Mostly
Racin' Stuff
By Tom Avenengo
04/17/2014
Some
personal/family stuff:
So, is it the cooler temps or something
else up here in this area that causes both the wife and I to have a harder time
breathing? Might it be our blood is now
thicker, what with the cooler weather?
The wife has also been complaining about her back aching. Might it be caused by the car trip from
Last Saturday I accompanied my son, Eric,
on a trip to
Yes, we made that trip, got back in time
to go to OCFS for their opening night of point racing.
Hopefully you’ll be reading this at your
usual times. As of Wednesday AM, I’ve
had some problems with my computer.
Some
things I’ve noticed here - “back home” in the
One must be extra careful when exiting a
store and going to ones car. In
The roads – OMG – Pothole haven - at times
ya just can’t miss them!
Yes, the days are about an hour shorter up
here, even with the changing of the clock.
Oh, and come Wednesday morning, there was
a trace of snow here. Yay!
Racin’ stuff:
From last weeks column:
“Also, I’ve been working on some
information on the ARDC midgets racing in New England from back in the day, for
Dick Berggren and the forth coming museum that will be at the track in
Note:
Hmmm – I received a message on Facebook, on
Wednesday, that Mr. Berggren has more or less abandoned the Loudon
location. Seems there will be a meeting
on April 19th at the Stafford Club house for an “important” update
on future plans.”
Mr. Berggren got back to me with this – in
part:
“Absolutely not true. We have
not abandoned any location.”
OCFS – what a difference between last
Sunday and this past Saturday. Last
Sunday, the track was very dusty, especially in the fourth turn, during the two
feature races. On Saturday, there was
some “dust” but not the dry type. There
was quite a bit on my clothing – kind of like one gets at Accord.
OC had a couple of good lanes on
Saturday. It isn’t too often that one
sees an outside pass in turns 3 & 4, but there were some on Saturday.
As expected, the fan count wasn’t near
like it was for the Sunday race, although the drive-in was pretty well filled. It also seemed that there were more in the
half covered stands than what was the “norm” last year.
Again, in the Sportsman feature, the top
five finishers were all former OVRP Dirt Oval racers.
Note:
About that Sportsman feature, this, found on the Internet:
“Krummel
robbed Venezia by taking him out on a late restart.
There is still a hole in T2.
They really need to sipe the track to get more water
into the track.”
“You must have missed the
victory lane interview with Krummel. Brian admitted
that he unintentionally took out Venezia. He also
gave Venezia the winners check and trophy and said
that Frank deserved to be in victory lane. I have a lot of respect for Krummel. He knew he messed up and owned up to it. Kudos to
him.
As far as the track goes, I
thought it was excellent for the features. It was to fast in the heats and no
one was going anywhere. Once it slicked over it became a very racey track. It was enjoyable to watch McKee and Hindley use the top side to go forward.”
While OCFS is being mentioned
– on Sunday for the Hard Clay Open, two young women sang the National Anthems –
one for
Due to “Mother Nature” acting up, again,
most every race that was scheduled for last Friday was cancelled due to rain.
Ok, I originally became a fan of oval
track racing back in the mid 40’s. In
the 50’s, I also became interested in road racing – back when the driver had so
much to do with the car getting around the track, with shifting, braking etc etc. And, they raced
mainly on road courses, not some silly “track” on city streets, or parking
lots, where the track is bordered with
While the NY Mets were playing like a 5th
grade girls team this past Sunday, I attempted to watch some of the Indycar race on TV.
Couldn’t watch it. “Progress”
along with aero dynamics has taken most of the driver input out of the
equation.
Note:
I hope this link works for a video of an accident from last Sunday. As you could hear one of the announcers
saying that it happened on a “blind” turn.
Hell, with the lowness of the cars, the damn
Not a “Press Release”, as such but his was
posted on the DTD Forum by Brett Deyo:
“After the great response we
have received from the DNQ incentive program following the Hard Clay Open in
advance of our next NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP event at Thunder
Mountain Speedway Tuesday, May 20, we have expanded our "extras" for
non-qualifiers.
The "Recycle Your Entry
Fee" program has been launched.
Non-qualifiers at every Super Series race this year: we will pay your
car entry at the next series event. If you are a full-season entrant and paid
for the full-season in advance, we will give you a cash refund of your entry
money when you come to the registration table to draw your number. This program
will be in effect starting May 20 at the Mountain and goes through the year-end
Short Track SuperNationals at I-88. Non-qualifiers at
Thunder will receive free car entry for the July Crazy 8s Special at I-88, etc.
etc.
Also, for
Manmiller Electric (owned by PA 358-Mod racer Doug Manmiller) has posted a pair of $100 cash bonuses which
will go to drivers unable to make the main event (a draw will decide the
recipients).
Diversified Machine/Bulldog
Rear Ends has posted a $50 gift card to a driver unable to make the main
(random draw will determine recipient).
A second, $50 certificate will go to the 11th-place finisher.
Additionally, the 50-lap
Lightning on the Mountain at
Keep posted for more updates
at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.”
Jeff Gordon’s 6-year-old
daughter takes to the track
Note: More on this can be found, below, in my Jayski section.
Former
OVRP Dirt Oval runners:
At OCFS in the Big Block Modified feature,
Tim Hindley was the race winner. Clinton Mills was 4th, Mike
Ruggiero 7th and Billy V 16th.
In the Small Block Modified feature, Brian
Krummel was 4th, Danny Creeden
5th, LJ Lombardo 10th, Andrew Reeves 15th and
Joe Falanga 21st.
In the Sportsman feature, Krummel got his second straight win, with Matt Janiak 2nd, Joe Conklin 3rd, LJ
Lombardo 4th, Andrew Reeves 5th, Joe Falanga
13th, John Illanovsky 17th,
while Zack Vavricka was a DNQ, but, depending on
where you see the results, he’s also shown as 24th.
At
Out in
At
Davie Franek was a DNF but credited with
15th at Selinsgrove, in the Sprint Car feature.
In the Roc 100 LAP RACE AT 5 Mile, Anthony
Perrego was 4th, Danny Creeden
10th and Tyler Dippel 18th. Mike Traver was 17th
in the Sportsman feature.
Roger Coss was 5th
in the 100 lap Modified feature at Mahoning, while BJ Wambold
was 15th and sister Tiffany 18th in the 50 lap Street
Stock feature.
Down at the Airport
27 names this week.
Brian
Krummel:
Bill Boyle, AKA “Doctor Dirt”, had an interview with driver Brian Krummel recently.
With his permission, here it is:
WHO IS BRIAN KRUMMEL?
2013 OCFS SPORTSMAN CHAMPION
By Bill Boyle
Yep, it’s a question that a
lot of us have been asking since he arrived on the Orange County Fair Speedway
Sportsman scene in July of 2005. I’ll tell you who Brian Krummel
is. He is a two time OCFS Sportsman Champion, he has won 35 features at the
infamous Hard Clay oval including three Eastern States Sportsman opens, and a
Small Block Modified feature last year. Oh, let’s not forget the three
Sportsman Championships he amassed at Accord Speedway in the only years he ran
fulltime.
Krummel is basically a quiet man, shy and reserved, and
doesn’t seek the limelight that often goes with winning. He would prefer to
stand back and let others reap in the glory that goes with the position of
being called “Champion”. He would prefer that Brian Smith, majority car owner
of his #44 Sportsman and Small Block Modified, and owner of Superior
Remodeling; silent partner Joe Tufano of Tuf Motorsports; and “UNSILENT” partner Sharon Loder bask in the limelight. They are the ones who make
racing possible for him, so he wants them in the spotlight, and he truly
appreciates their support. Advance Auto Parts is also a big supporter of his
racing efforts.
So just what does Brian Krummel want? “All I want to do is win.”
Krummel started racing at the ripe old age of 13 in a go-kart
in
So Krummel
strapped on a helmet, and off he went to fulfill his dreams. In his seventh
race, Krummel had the lead with two laps to go. Then
in the turns, a girl passed him and he thought he had lost his shot at victory.
“That girl was good.” But wait a minute, the yellow was being displayed and
that meant the lineup reverted back to the last completed lap. Given a
reprieve, Krummel sped off to garner his first career
win.
In 1993, his first full year
of Karting, he won the first of eight championships, and over a 15 year span,
amassed close to 150 feature wins. “We did a lot of traveling over those years,
and we won our share of races” remised Krummel. “I
really enjoyed Karting, and still do to this day. With the exception of a
National win, we won every other big show we entered. But last fall, we went to
When 2005 rolled around, Krummel hung up his helmet and stowed his Kart away. “I had
reached my goals, and it was time to walk away.” Ah, but others had different
plans for this truly gifted driver. After browsing the OCFS pits, car owner
Dean Canfield grabbed Krummel by the collar and
convinced him that he would be his next driver in his car. So Krummel belted himself into a Sportsman car, and four weeks
later, owned the car when Canfield moved to
Tim Hindley,
a capable driver in his own rights with Championships in the three major
divisions at OCFS, is a very close friend to Krummel.
“Tim has taught me everything I know about racing the big cars. He is
relentless, pounding all of his wisdom into me until I fully understood what he
was talking about. He is the main reason for my success in the Sportsman
Division. Anytime I have a question, he is always available.”
As Krummel
entered the 2007 season, things once again changed when he was offered a ride
in both the big and small block divisions. It was a decision that didn’t work
out well. “We couldn’t get the results I was looking for, and to be truthful, I
was overwhelmed by the scope of the operation. It was better suited for a more
experienced driver.”
But as the wheel of fortune
continued to spin, Krummel needed a change of scenery
as the 2008 season neared. He packed up his own car and headed to Accord
Speedway for their Friday night action. I guess the change for Krummel was good, as he won the championship. Not to be
outdone, he also won the championships in 2009 and 2010.
After the 2009 season, Krummel teamed up with NYC Fireman Brian Smith, and the two
developed a bond. So, even though he was racing his own car at Accord on Friday
nights, he was behind the wheel of the Superior Remodeling #44 on Saturday
evenings at OCFS. And guess what, Krummel also won
that championship.
It was that union that aided Krummel’s maturity. “I met Charlie Loder
and his wife Sharon. Charlie had owned cars in the past, and worked on many top
notch open wheeled cars and knew his way around a race car. He was a perfect
match to my personality, and we worked well together. Being a perfectionist, I
like to do things myself, but with Loder around, it
took a lot of pressure off my back and eased the situation when we arrived at
the track. When I’m at the track, I don’t like to be bothered, and I want to
get into a mind set for when I’m in the car. Unfortunately, Charlie passed on
in 2012, but not before he trained 19 year old Cody Hunt to replace himself.
When I look at Cody, I’m always reminded of Charlie. I really miss Charlie.”
But the union between Krummel and Smith is like one made in heaven. Together,
they have won many features, including a SBM win last year, and also another
Championship in 2013.
“I’m doing what I want to do”
stated Krummel, “I always keep it in the back of my
mind that racing is a hobby for me, not a profession.”
With 35 Sportsman wins under
his belt, he is six shy of the record held for the division. It’s a quandary
about what will happen if he gets six more wins and ties the record. It is
after all a record held by his best friend Tim Hindley.
Hindley has threatened to return to the Sportsman
ranks if Krummel passes him.
Running a big block Modified
is out of the question for the near future. It’s the difference between
business and fun, and all Krummel wants right now is
fun. “Don’t get me wrong, I would love to win a Modified feature, but some
things are more important.”
His plans for 2014 are to
alternate between the Small Block and Sportsman ranks on an alternating basis.
It takes time and effort to prepare cars for two divisions weekly.
So, there you have a
thumbnail sketch of who Brian Krummel is, and what
direction his future holds for him, after all, he is only 35 and his next objective
is to take the Small Block Championship from childhood friend Danny Creeden.
Good luck Brian.
While I was down in
I took in two races with my
grandson, John Rizzo. One was at the
Hendry County Motorsports
Park 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rux7qlvHFmE&feature=youtu.be
A
little trip back in time:
Over my life time and as I was a race fan,
I did have quite a few favorite drivers.
Johnny Ritter still is my all time favorite. Next would be Bill Vukovich. Heck, both my late father and my brother, to this
day, call me “Vuky”.
George Rice was a favorite. Bill
Schindler was another favorite driver of mine, along with Ted Tappett (Phil Walters).
I was fortunate to have seen Schindler
race exactly one week before he was fatally injured at
It’s hard to believe that on the following
day, September 14, 1952, that Schindler was a DNQ for the Sprint Car feature a
the Reading Fairgrounds. And the same
goes for Paul Russo, too.
Link to the
Link to some Bill Schindler history: http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=601
Note:
There’s a photo of Schindler in this weeks photo section.
An interesting thread on the DTD forum –
A thread about the Rolling
Wheels Speedway – are they racing?
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/index.php?/topic/50427-rwr/
Note:
In the AARN, in their issue that had all the track schedules, there was
no schedule listed for Rolling Wheels.
From
Jayski:
Someday
NASCAR president Mike Helton
was asked Saturday if
Sad News - Billy Standridge:
Former NASCAR driver Billy Standridge passed away of cancer at 1:30am/et on Saturday,
April 12, 2014. Standridge made 23 NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series starts from 1993-1999 with a best finish of 14th in the 1995 Southern
500 at Darlington Raceway. For services and visitation info or leave a comment
at the blog set up by Billy's family, go to: Billy's
Jayski.com was the listed
sponsor of the #47 Ford at
Three cars entered by the JD
Motorsports with Gary Keller team in Friday's VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200
Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway carried decals honoring Billy Standridge. Standridge also raced
in the Nationwide Series from 1986 to 1993. JD Motorsports owner Johnny Davis
formerly worked for Standridge as a crew chief,
engine builder, truck driver and all-around mechanic. The Standridge
decal was carried on the C post of JDM Chevrolet's driven by #01-Landon Cassill who finished 12th, #4-Jeffrey Earnhardt (20th) and
#87-Kevin Lepage (19th) at Darlington and will run in
other races this year.(4-12-2014)
Larson & Dillon discuss
practice incidents:
From a Team Chevy transcript
after both rookies #3-Austin Dillon & #42-Kyle Larson hit the Darlington
Raceway wall and gained a Darlington Stripe. Larson's car was damage so bad
that the team pulled out the backup car. Comments from both drivers:
AUSTIN DILLON, #3 DOW
CHEVROLET SS - HIT THE WALL DURING THE FIRST PRACTICE SESSION AND EARNED HIS
FIRST NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
Dillon: "Well, Kyle
(Larson) came over and asked, 'where did you hit'? I said off Turn 2. He said,
me too. I said did you try you try to come off the wall and make it turn? He
said exact same thing. So we are just learning, I guess. You get really tight.
I felt good into (Turn) 1, and then through the middle, I get tight late around
the corner, it just carries speed. Just hit the wall, but I learned a lot right
there. Hopefully it doesn't happen again."
KYLE LARSON, #42 TARGET
CHEVROLET SS - HIT THE WALL DURING THE FIRST PRACTICE SESSION, WILL GO TO A
BACK-UP CAR; IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO A BACK-UP:
Larson: "Yeah I mean we
(Austin Dillon) were talking and it sounded like the exact same thing that we
were describing. Difference is I have to get a back-up out. Our back-up they
said is just as good as our primary so we had a really good run before we I hit
the wall. Just learning, I'm mostly ever in the wall in (Turns) 3 and 4 and
never hit off (Turn) 2. I killed the wall in (Turn) 2. We will get back out
here soon and I'm sure be fine."(Team Chevy)(4-12-2014)
Statement from Gene Haas
Regarding FIA's Grant of Formula One License:
Gene Haas, founder of Haas
Automation and co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series,
has been granted a Formula One license by the FIA. The following is his
statement. "Obviously, we're extremely pleased to have been granted a Formula
One license by the FIA. It's an exciting time for me, Haas Automation and
anyone who wanted to see an American team return to Formula One. Now, the
really hard work begins. It's a challenge we embrace as we work to put cars on
the grid. I want to thank the FIA for this opportunity and the diligence
everyone put forth to see our license application come to fruition."
Founded in 1983 and based in
Don't expect to see
Stewart-Haas drivers in F1 car:
Now that her car owner has a
Formula One team, could Danica Patrick ever race in
the worldwide racing series? Gene Haas doesn't think so. Nothing against
Patrick, he just doesn't think any of his NASCAR drivers could jump in a car
for Haas Formula, a new F1 team that will begin fielding two cars in 2015 or
2016, and succeed. Haas actually has three drivers with IndyCar
experience in his NASCAR stable. Tony Stewart was the 1997 IndyCar
championship, Patrick spent seven years on the circuit and Kurt Busch is
competing in the
Michael Schumacher 'showing
small signs of progress':
Michael Schumacher is said to
be "showing small signs of progress" in his recovery from a serious
brain trauma as the seven-time Formula 1 world champion continues to be treated
for injuries sustained in a skiing accident last December. The 45-year-old's
manager Sabine Kehm confirmed earlier this month that
Schumacher was showing signs of consciousness and being awake, and she has now
elaborated on her latest revelation that gives hope of the F1 great making a
recovery. "There are short moments of consciousness and he is showing
small signs of progress," Kehm told German
broadcaster ARD. "There are moments when he is awake and moments when he
is conscious. See full story at the Independent.(4-16-2014)
Gordon could race 10 more
years? Daughter may race soon:
#24-Jeff Gordon talked to
Larry King at Auto Club Speedway last month about his strong season in 2014,
his career and whether his children will race. "It's funny how life serves
these things up," Gordon said. "You go through a time where you go
through a frustrating year, or I had some back and health issues. And I said,
'You know, I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to do this at this
level or if I event want to.' "Then you all of the sudden have this
amazing year, and you go, 'God, I love racing. Racing's amazing. I can't wait
to do it for another 10 years.' " In addition to his own future, Gordon
also discusses the possibility of his offspring racing and expects to see his
daughter behind the wheel in the near future. "We're probably going to put
my daughter in a quarter-midget soon," Gordon said.(see video at
NASCAR.com), on Monday, April 14th, Gordon posted an image on his Twitter of
daughter Ella driving a quarter midget for the first time.(4-15-2014)
Kurt Busch says Gene Haas
serious about F1 UPDATE2:
#41-Kurt Busch said team owner
Gene Haas is serious about making a strong entry into Formula One, a move that
could expand the series' footprint in the
UPDATE: NASCAR team owner
Gene Haas says he plans to field an American-based Formula One racing series
team within the next two years. The team will be called Haas Formula, he said
Monday at a news conference. Haas says he should know within the next four
weeks if the team will begin racing in 2015 or wait until 2016. He says part of
that depends on how long it takes for Haas Formula to find an engine supplier.
Haas Formula would become the first American-based Formula One team in more
than three decades to join the racing series. Although there's plenty of
skepticism over his decision, Haas says, "I wouldn't be doing it if I
thought I was going to fail. But that's the challenge -- proving other people
wrong."(Associated Press/ESPN)(4-14-2014)
UPDATE2:
The motivation for Gene Haas
is two-fold. Primarily, Haas, who owns one the largest CNC tool manufacturing
operations, wants to market his products globally and F1 will allow him to
"enhance his branding" on a greater scale than NASCAR, which is
limited to North America. "The ultimate goal is to take the image of Haas
Automation and turn it into a brand that is desired and high-quality and known
throughout the world," Haas said. "The ultimate goal would be to
double our sales for Haas Automation. I think it's going to be positive. As an
indicator, I'm using the relationship with NASCAR that we have here including
the brands we have in the
Secondly, despite short-lived
effort of the USF1 team, Haas is convinced that an American-based team can
compete against the established F1 juggernauts of
"I'm here to prove that
we can do it, and we can do it with a budget and we can be efficient at it and
we can win at it," Haas said. "That's what I'm going to try. I'm not
saying that I'm better than anybody else. I just have a different way of doing
it, and people that I work with think differently. That, I guess, is going to
be the secret to our success in this business. We're going to spend our money
wisely. We're going to do it with an American flair for design and
efficiencies, and that's how we're going to control our costs. I don't -- we're
not going to be a European-led team. We're going to be an American-led team and
we'll do it the way we think is the most efficient. Yes, this is an ambitious
undertaking for Haas. He wasn't joking when asked about his budget that
"it's going to be billions and billions" to be operational. And he
has just over a month to inform the FIA as to whether Haas Formula intends to
race in 2015 or 2016. Certainly, Haas' timetable will depend on the support of
his technical partners. Similar to his introduction to NASCAR where he relied
on Hendrick Motorsports to get up to speed, Haas will
rely on the relationship of his potential F1 partners as well.
Formula Haas' home base will
be in
As for prospective drivers,
in the beginning Haas would like to use racers that are already familiar with
the current engine rules package then eventually phase in American talent. Formula
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner would prefer not entertainment drivers
searching for buy rides but rely on racers with raw talent. For now, Haas
intends on maintaining a clean car free of sponsorship outside of the Haas
brand. He believes that any additional support would "dilute" his
marketing strategy. However, a five-year plan is in place to "make this a
profitable enterprise" and that will involve additional sponsors in order
"to make money and compete".(Motorsport)(4-15-2014)
Sad News - Marty Little:
Longtime
Subway 'exploring' F1
sponsorship:
Subway is considering a
ground-breaking sponsorship deal with Formula One which could see several of
the sport's teams and superstar drivers teaming up to promote the brand. Subway
was founded in the
FOX moves
NASCAR ramped up its pre-race
excitement level for the 2014 season, making qualifying more relevant and much
more entertaining by introducing a highly competitive "knockout"
system, beginning with 43-plus race cars on the track at the same time at
tracks 1.25 miles or longer. NASCAR on FOX, which covers the first 13 NASCAR
Sprint Cups Series of the season, is showing its enthusiasm for the new system,
moving the (Saturday) May 3 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying at
unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway from FOX Sports 2 to FOX, marking the
first time a non-Daytona qualifying session has aired on FOX. "This move
is a direct result of the double-digit ratings gains NASCAR's new knockout
qualifying format is delivering every weekend," said Bill Wanger, EVP of Programming, Research & Content
Strategy. "We are thrilled to be able to highlight this new format on FOX,
and what more exciting place to do that than Talladega Superspeedway." The
new qualifying system, which moves away from single-car qualifying and is
supported by double-digit, year-to-year ratings growth, allows for all cars to
qualify collectively for up to 25 minutes, with the top 24 based on fastest
laps advancing for a subsequent 10-minute session. The top 12 from that group
advance to the final, five-minute round. The 90-minute
NOTE so far FoxSports has aired qualifying time delayed, 5-10 minutes
behind live. Results will be posted LIVE on Jayski.com, and Jayski's
Twitter & Facebook...so spoiler
alert....(4-16-2014)
Found
via a link on Jayski:
Saturday
Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson
provide electrifying look at NASCAR's future
Apr. 12, 2014
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
Driving Chevrolets adorned
with those car numbers, NASCAR neophytes Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson staged a
remarkable battle in Friday night's VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at
Darlington Raceway.
Driving as hard as they could
and significantly over the edge of control, Elliott, 18, and Larson, 21, waged
an all-out battle for the second position after a restart on Lap 99.
Both cars slid sideways, as
the young drivers fought for control. Ultimately, Elliott won the race—his
second straight victory in the series—and Larson, a first-time winner at
After the race, Elliott
marveled that he was sitting at the dais in the media center, rather than
watching his car hauled from the track on a wrecker.
"There was definitely
one (instance) that I can think of where I thought our night was 100 percent
finished," Elliott acknowledged. "I thought both of us were getting
ready to pile it up pretty big, along with probably some more cars behind us.
"I have no idea how both
of us held on to that, and he did a really good job holding on to it, and it
kind of gave me something to lean up against while I was trying to save it.
That was a crazy lap or so there. We raced really hard, he's fun to race with,
and fortunately, we raced each other pretty clean."
Clean, yes, but neither
driver hesitated to make a move when he had a slight advantage, and both have
exhibited phenomenal instincts at very early stages in their stock car careers.
Elliott hopes the competition can continue for years.
"I'd like to think
so," said Elliott, who along with Larson has been a member of the sport's
NASCAR Next program, designed to spotlight future stars. "Kyle's obviously
a talented guy, and he's earned his place in the sport, for sure."
EMBRACING THE PAST
Chase Elliott's victory at
On Sunday at the 1.366-mile
speedway, track president Chip Wile and NASCAR president Mike Helton unveiled
the first glimpse of a campaign for the 2015 Bojangles'
Southern 500 that honors the track's past.
Elliott and father Bill
Elliott, the 1988 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, are the faces of a new
platform for the 2015 race, which features throwback ticket designs and classic
merchandise that recalls the history of the legendary track.
"As the drivers, teams,
fans and media leave here this weekend thinking about who visited
"Our history defines us.
Without history we wouldn't know where we've come from or where we're
going. NASCAR legends and loyal fans
have all played a role in defining Darlington Raceway. Together, we're celebrating where we came
from and where we're going."
The dates of the 2015
Southern 500 have not been announced, but Wile said he is very satisfied with
SCARY FAST
It wasn't until 1988 that
qualifying speeds at
Since then, speeds at the 1.366-mile track have advanced
dramatically. Aric Almirola
set a track record at 184.145 mph in the second round of knockout qualifying on
Friday. Joey Logano wasn't far behind at 183.870 mph.
"It feels freaking fast,
I promise you that," Logano said after
qualifying second for Sunday's Bojangles Southern
500. "I remember the first time I came here. I was shaking after
qualifying. It is insane. I can't really put it in words.
"I've never driven
anything like an IndyCar or anything, but this is the
place you go to with the most sensation of speed. Here and
The pressure of time trials
at
"For one, you are going
so fast into Turn 1, and you look at that corner, and you barely lift, and you
just book right through it. It's just crazy. I'm having a hard time putting it
into words. You go into (Turn) 3, and enter high and your car is loose, and if
you go too hard, you'll chase the back end of the car into the fence.
"Then you're right back
to the gas and wide open right up against the wall. That sensation of going
fast and also having no room for error out there on the race track is what
makes it feel like you're just crazy out there."
--30--
ARDC
news:
2014 ARDC SEASON OPENER –
THIS SATURDAY, NEW
by admin
Pit gates open at 3pm
Grandstand opens at 4pm
Warm-ups at 5 with racing due
to start at 6
Pit Admission is $30 with a
license and $40 without
Grandstand admission - $22
for adults, $20 for Senior Citizens
Teens and Military admission
is $12 with kids 11 and under FREE
Track phone #609 758 1900
.All cars must be safety
inspected BEFORE they are allowed on the speedway. Contact Scott Arndt to make arrangements or
if you have any questions at 484 269 8543
Looking for help with
merchandise sales both before the races and during intermission - please
contact me if you are willing to help
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From
Track Forum:
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/forum.php
Danica Criticism (and Defense)
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?175471-Danica-Criticism-(and-Defense)
Note: If you have the time to read, it's now 55
pages worth of comments.
From
the AARN:
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Inaugural Draws Huge Crowd;
Sheppard Rules
Rocco Runs Wild At Speedbowl;
Sweeps
LM Extra Distance
Mains
Yoder Family Bonanza:
Include Three Wins, One
Second
MacDonalds ACT Win Comes
At Family’s Lee,
VMS’s NDRL LM Score
Is $20 Grand Payday
For
Bloomquist Also Win
Beers Finds Mahoning’s
Opening Night To His Liking;
Paules Wins Too
ARDC’s History-Making
75th Year Begins
This Weekend At New
Brunnhoelzl Stays Hot
On NASCAR Southern Mod Tour
USAC
For Rico Abreu
New Season,
Familiar
In Bunting (Mod), Elliott
(LM)
Press releases:
NEWS FROM
Orange County Fair
CONTACT
Mike Gurda
845-342-2573
FOR RELEASE BEGINNING APRIL
13, 2014
DIVISIONS APRIL 19 ON
HOWARD JOHNSON/SUPER 8 OF
than 100 Orange County Fair
Speedway race car drivers are primed for the second night
of exciting stock car racing
Saturday night, April 19 at the historic Middletown, New York
five-eighths-mile track. This
week marks the first outing of the Rookie Sportsman division,
a chance for novice drivers
to test their racing mettle before competing against more
experienced wheelmen. Racing
for the four divisions---DIRTcar-sanctioned Big-Block
Modified, Sportsman, Rookie
Sportsman, and Street Stock---will take the green flag with
qualifying heats and
consolation races beginning at 7:00 PM.
The highly competitive
Modified division is the track’s headline racing class, with the
winner of the 30-lap feature
race earning $2,500, among the region’s highest payouts for
a regularly-scheduled weekly
event.
The sponsor for the night of
action is Howard Johnson/Super 8 of Middletown.
Admission prices for the
April 16 race meet remain at $14.00 adults, $12.00 seniors, and
$1.00 for children 12 and
under.
With just a month until the
thrilling World of Outlaws Sprint Cars return to
County on Saturday, May 18,
advance ticket sales and track information is available at
the website,
www.orangecountyfairspeedway.net, or from at the Track Office. Call 845-
342-2573 during business
hours.
News from
Media Contact: Brett Deyo – thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/April
13, 2014
Attachments: Photos of the
work underway at Thunder Mountain Speedway as the first on-track action of 2014
nears
Work Has Not Stopped At
Thunder Mountain Speedway; Improvements Continue As First On-Track Activity
Approaches With Saturday, April 19 Open Practice Session; Official Season
Opener Saturday, May 3
CENTER LISLE, NY – It’s been
a long road – and the destination has not yet been reached – but the resurgent
season for Thunder Mountain Speedway is set to kick off on Saturday (April 19)
with the first on-track activity of the 2014 season.
“We’ll be working on it right
up to the time we open the gates for the first race of the season,” Thunder
Mountain’s returning owner Karl Spoonhower, who
reacquired the facility he built in the early 1990s after a seven-year absence
from the sport last fall, said.
“But we’ve made a lot of
progress. The new clay is in good shape. We are ready to race on the
track. We’ve been at the track every day
for 12-15 hours a day freshening up the facility.”
The first of two open
practices is set for April 19 starting at 1 p.m. Pit admission is $20 and
grandstand admission is free. A second open practice takes place on April 26,
with identical times and pricing in place.
Recent work at the facility
has included the construction of a new
“I am looking forward to
everybody coming back to the track and seeing what we’ve done,” Spoonhower said. “We’ve had a ton of interest, that’s for
sure.”
The official “Grand
Reopening” takes place on Saturday, May 3 with a $1,992-to-win, 30-lap Modified
feature headlining a program of Sportsman, Rookie Sportsman, Street Stocks,
Four Cylinders, Empire Sport Trucks and Pure Stocks.
Despite the evening’s added
payout, adult grandstand admission for the opener remains just $10. Seniors (65
and over) and Students (ages 10-17) pay $8. Kids nine and under are FREE. Pit
admission weekly is $30 with no license required. Gates open for the lid-lifter at 4 p.m. Hot
laps begin at 6:30 p.m., with racing at 7 p.m.
Weekly Saturday night racing
continues through Sept. 6.
This season, Modifieds at
American Racer regional
distributor Lias Tire of Indiana,
Registration for the American
Racer incentive program requires a one-time, $30 fee. Forms can be obtained by
e-mailing the speedway at thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com.
The Modified drivers will
take part in no less than five Saturday events paying $1,500 or more to win
during the season, including the opener. There is one Sunday $2,500-to-win
event (Aug. 31) and a pair of events paying $5,000 to the winner (Tuesday, May
20 and Sunday, July 13).
Sportsman will race for $700
to win weekly thanks to sponsor Howard Jones Logging & Firewood. Sportsman
will earn $100 to take the green flag weekly.
Each of the track’s regular
divisions will enjoy a special event during a busy ’14 campaign.
Marketing opportunities for
the ’14 season are now available. To learn more about billboards, night
sponsorships and other advertising, contact Brett Deyo
of BD Motorsports Media LLC at 845.728.2781 or e-mail
thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com.
For rules, general
information and a complete schedule, visit www.thundermtnspeedway.com. A new
website is currently in the works from Finish Line Web Design. The speedway office number is 607.657.8202.
On race day, call 607.849.7899. The speedway e-mail is
thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com. “Like”
Thunder Mountain
News from the
Media Contact: Brett Deyo – 845.728.2781 or Deyo99H@aol.com
For Immediate Release/April
13, 2014
Note: The latest video
production has been launched on the BD Motorsports Media YouTube channel. Click
the following link to view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-VAhEf-jic&feature=youtu.be
Non-Qualifiers’ Incentives
Put In Place For NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Starting At
Tuesday, May 20 Thunder Mountain Speedway ‘Lightning on the Mountain’
$27,000-Plus Spectacular; “Recycle Your Entry Fee” Program Launched; Manmiller Electric Posts $100 Cash Bonuses For DNQ Drivers
CENTER LISLE, NY – Incentives
continue to grow for the “racers’ choice” National Dirt Racing League (NDRL)
Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP.
Round No. 2 of the first-year
series, offering a $10,014 champion’s share, approaches at Thunder Mountain
Speedway (Center Lisle, N.Y.) on Tuesday, May 20 (rain date: May 21) with the Olum’s ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ presented by Rochinski Contracting Services & Husqvarna.
Emphasis has been placed on
rewarding drivers unable to qualify for the NDRL Modified main event - not only
at the Thunder Mountain spectacular - but for the remainder of the series,
which also includes stops at I-88 (N.Y.) Speedway (July 23 and Oct. 11), Accord
(N.Y.) Speedway (Aug. 5) and Penn Can (Pa.) Speedway (Aug. 12).
The NDRL Short Track Super
Series Fueled By VP has adopted an innovative “Recycle Your Entry Fee” program.
All drivers on the DNQ list at any NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP
event will receive a complimentary car entry at the next series event. Any
driver that had already filed a full-season entry with payment will receive a
refund – yes, a cash refund – if they qualify for the “Recycle Your Entry Fee”
program. They will get cash back when they visit the car registration table on
race day.
The program is in place for
all remaining ’14 NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP events.
Drivers that were unable to
qualify for the first event of the season at N.Y.’s
Orange County Fair Speedway on April 6 will receive a FREE car entry for the
May 20 Thunder Mountain ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ NDRL Short Track Super
Series Fueled By VP race. To be
eligible, drivers simply need to e-mail series coordinator Brett Deyo at Deyo99H@aol.com to register.
“We wanted to put a program
in place to reward drivers who aren’t able to make the feature field at our
events,” series coordinator Deyo said. “This is a
token of appreciation for attendance, and it saves race teams a few dollars as
well. We are actively working on other bonuses and awards for drivers missing
the field, and we’ve already got a few lined up.”
Manmiller Electric of
Diversified Machine Inc.
(DMI)/Bulldog Rear Ends also stepped up for the racers. A driver unable to make
the main will take home a $50 product certificate via a draw; the 11th-place
feature finisher will also receive a $50 DMI certificate.
A long list of contingencies
and special awards is already in place for every NDRL Short Track Super Series
Fueled By VP event. A complete list/breakdown can be found at
www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.
Following a huge opener at
More than $27,000 has been
posted for the NDRL Modified division purse: $5,100 to win (including a $100
bonus from Simplicity Design of Middletown, N.Y.), $1,500 for fifth, $1,000 for
10th and $500 just to take the green flag for 50 laps of racing.
Additionally, there will be
lap money, contingency awards, bonuses and product certificates distributed at
the unprecedented event promoted by Deyo and Spoonhower.
For qualifying, drivers will
draw for their starting positions upon entry to the speedway. Heat-race
finishes utilizing staggered passing points will be calculated to set the
redraw participants and qualified cars from 10-lap heat races. Consolations, 10 laps each, will set the
remainder of the starting field via their order of finish. The heat-race
finish/passing point combination will set the starting lineups for the
consolations.
The passing points system,
new to Modified racing but widely used in other forms of racing including
Sprint Cars and the famed ‘Chili Bowl’ in Tulsa, Okla., aims to satisfy the
desires of both racers and fans by easing the consequences of a poor draw for
competitors and providing heat-race excitement for fans. The system made its debut
at
Sportsman (Open vs. Crate)
will also be featured on the ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ card in a 25-lap event
paying a minimum of $1,000 to the winner and $100 to take the green flag.
Sportsman will qualify via a traditional draw/redraw format.
Complete rules, general
information and pricing have been posted on the BD Motorsports Media LLC
website – www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com – under “Events” and “Lightning on the
Mountain” from the main menu.
The ‘Lightning on the
Mountain’ is the first major midweek event at
Gates will open at 4 p.m. for
the ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ special. A drivers’ meeting takes place at 6:20
p.m. Hot laps begin at 6:40 p.m. with a 7:15 p.m. start time planned. The rain
date is Wednesday, May 21.
Adult grandstand admission is
$20. Seniors (ages 65 and over) and Students (ages 10-17) pay $18. Kids nine
and under are FREE. Pit admission is $35, with no license required.
Lap sponsorships, $20 per
lap, are currently on sale by contacting Brett Deyo
via e-mail at Deyo99H@aol.com. All lap
money collected will be distributed directly to the racers.
For further ‘Lightning on the
Mountain’ information, contact Brett Deyo of BD
Motorsports Media via e-mail at Deyo99H@aol.com or by phone at 845.728.2781. BD
Motorsports Media is on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. “Like” BD
Motorsports Media on Facebook or “follow” @BrettDeyo on Twitter.
Note: Provisional starters,
two highest in NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP points unable to
qualify, receive $250 to start.
The ‘Lightning on the
Mountain’ special is presented by Olum’s, Rochinski Contracting Services, Husqvarna,
Manmiller Electric and many other fine marketing
partners
The National Dirt Racing
League (NDRL) Short Track Super Series is presented by VP Racing Fuels, Pioneer
Pole Buildings Inc., East Coast Speed/ECS Auto, Rochinski
Contracting Services, Allstar Performance, American
Racer/Lias Tire, Art’s Radiator, ATL Fuel Cells, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, BFP Specialty, Bicknell
Racing Products, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, COMP Performance Group, Dirt Track
Digest, DRACO Springs, Driven Racing Oil, ERK Steering, Finish Line Web Design,
FOX Shox, H.B. Steele & Son, Henry’s Stainless
Steel Exhaust, Hig Fab
Chassis, Jack’s Used Race Car Parts & More, Kirkey
Racing Products, PM3 Digital Imaging, Quarter Master, Race Pro Weekly,
Schaeffer Racing Oil, Shiley Fabrication, Sleepy
Hollow Golf, Teo-Pro Car, Troyer Race Cars & Vahlco Wheels.
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Brett Deyo
BD Motorsports Media LLC
Phone: 845.728.2781
E-Mail: Deyo99H@aol.com
Web:
www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BDMotorsportsMedia
Twitter: @BrettDeyo
News from
Media Contact: Brett Deyo – thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/April
11, 2014
Young Guns Anthony Perrego & Mike Mahaney Call
Thunder Mountain Speedway Home For 2014 Season; Modified Field Taking Shape For
Saturday Nights; ‘Grand Reopening’ Saturday, May 3 Will Feature $1,992-To-Win Modifieds & $10 Adult Grandstand Admission
CENTER LISLE, NY – Two of the
brightest, up-and-coming stars in dirt Modified racing will call Thunder
Mountain Speedway home in 2014.
Anthony Perrego
and Mike Mahaney – both proven young drivers in the
Northeast dirt Mod ranks – have set plans to race regularly at the Center
Lisle, N.Y., three-eighths-mile oval on Saturday nights this season. The
resurgent campaign for
The “Grand Reopening” takes
place on May 3 with a $1,992-to-win, 30-lap Modified feature headlining a
program of Sportsman, Rookie Sportsman, Street Stocks, Four Cylinders, Empire
Sport Trucks and Pure Stocks.
Despite the evening’s added
payout, adult grandstand admission for the opener remains just $10. Seniors (65
and over) and Students (ages 10-17) pay $8. Kids nine and under are FREE. Pit
admission weekly is $30 with no license required. Gates open for the lid-lifter at 4 p.m. Hot
laps begin at 6:30 p.m., with racing at 7 p.m.
Weekly Saturday night racing
continues through Sept. 6.
This season, Modifieds at
American Racer regional
distributor Lias Tire of Indiana,
Registration for the American
Racer incentive program requires a one-time, $30 fee. Forms can be obtained by
e-mailing the speedway at thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com.
The Modified drivers will
take part in no less than five Saturday events paying $1,500 or more to win
during the season, including the opener. There is one Sunday $2,500-to-win
event (Aug. 31) and a pair of events paying $5,000 to the winner (Tuesday, May
20 and Sunday, July 13).
Perrego, 20 years old, of Montgomery, N.Y., will make the
140-mile-plus, one-way ride to Thunder Mountain weekly to race his No. 18 Teo-Pro Modified fielded by his father, former Mr. DIRTcar Rookie of the Year, Tom Perrego. A graduate of the Sportsman division, Perrego burst onto the Modified scene last season and
enjoyed immediate success, including a $7,732.11 victory at the November
‘Gobbler’ event held at Accord (N.Y.)
Already in 2014, he’s shown
prowess with a runner-up finish at Volusia (
What has drawn Perrego to
“A lot of reasons,” he said
honestly. “There are quite a few high-paying races there, even on Saturday
nights during the season. The championship being $5,000 is something to shoot
for. And I see all the work they’ve done there.
From the way it looks,
Mahaney, the defending I-88 (N.Y.)
“I’ve heard nothing but good
about Karl (Spoonhower) and his track prep skills,” Mahaney said. “I know a lot of people who live around the
track, and they tell me Karl is known for a track surface that’s smooth, has
bite and doesn’t burn tires. I can’t wait to get going this year.
“For us, Saturdays will be a
lot nicer this year. Last year, racing at Fonda (N.Y.), we spent a lot of time
on the road back-and-forth to the track. It’s a lot closer for us and Charlie (
Mahaney and Perrego will be part of
a growing Modified division at
The Whitney Point, N.Y.-based
operation of Chris Clark and Tom and Terry Coar will
field a pair of potent Modifieds at
Nick Rochinski,
the Dickson City, Pa., driver, plans to enter the
The speedway office has been
receiving phone calls daily from race teams planning to compete at
Practice days are set for
April 19 and 26, consecutive Saturdays. Practice begins at 1 p.m. each day.
Grandstand admission is free of charge and the pit fee is $20.
Marketing opportunities for
the ’14 season are now available. To learn more about billboards, night
sponsorships and other advertising, contact Brett Deyo
of BD Motorsports Media LLC at 845.728.2781 or e-mail
thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com.
For rules, general
information and a complete schedule, visit www.thundermtnspeedway.com. A new
website is currently in the works from Finish Line Web Design. The speedway office number is 607.657.8202.
On race day, call 607.849.7899. The speedway e-mail is
thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com. “Like”
Thunder Mountain
Brett Deyo
BD Motorsports Media LLC
Phone: 845.728.2781
E-Mail: Deyo99H@aol.com
Web: www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BDMotorsportsMedia
Twitter: @BrettDeyo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 14, 2014
DICK JORDAN 14-40
"BRANSON-LARSON"
SPRINT SATURDAY AT ELDORA
This Saturday night's AMSOIL USAC
National Sprint race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,
Ohio salutes the memory of two members of the USAC Hall of Fame, the legendary
Don Branson and Jud Larson, both of whom will be formally inducted May 17
during pre-race ceremonies at the USAC Hall of Fame Silver Crown event at Lucas
Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Ind.
Branson, USAC's
1964 Sprint car champion, scored 13 USAC Sprint victories during his career,
while Larson earned 15 USAC Sprint wins. Larson grabbed three Eldora trophies
in 1964 and 1965 and Branson took one each in 1965 and 1966.
Dave Darland
and Justin Grant enter the Eldora race separated by a single point in the
latest AMSOIL standings. Darland's three 2014 starts
have produced a second, a third and a fourth, while Grant has a win (at
Lawrenceburg April 5), a second and a sixth.
Darland,
trailing Tom Bigelow by just five wins for the all-time USAC National Sprint
Car victory lead, has four Eldora trophies in his case, including one in 2012.
Tracy Hines, just two wins behind Darland in the all-time list, has nine Eldora Sprint wins,
which include two in 2012. Chris Windom should also be a top contender Saturday
after winning last year's "4-Crown Nationals" at Eldora.
Defending AMSOIL USAC National
Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson enters the race
fourth in the 2014 standings. Amazingly, he is still seeking his initial Eldora
USAC Sprint win.
Saturday's race continues a
"Branson-Larson" tradition started in 1981 when Dave Peperak was the winner. Other race winners include Jack
Hewitt (1982 & 1990), Rich Vogler (1983 &
1987), Steve Butler (1984), Jac Haudenschild
(1985 & 1987), Rick Hood (1988), Terry Shepherd (1992), Robbie Stanley
(1993), Frankie Kerr (1994 & 1996), Kevin Doty (1995 &1998), Kevin
Huntley (1997), Derek Davidson (1999), Jay Drake (2000, 2004 & 2005), Tracy
Hines (2001, 2008 & 2012), J.J. Yeley (2002),
Boston Reid (2003), Jerry Coons Jr. (2006), Robert Ballou
(2007), Jerry Coons Jr. (2009) and Robert Ballou
(2010).
2014 AMSOIL USAC National
Sprint Car Standings: 1-Dave Darland-183, 2-Justin Grant-182, 3-Chase
Stockon-171, 4-Bryan Clauson-169, 5-Brady Bacon-167, 6-Jon Stanbrough-146,
7-Tracy Hines-138, 8-Chris Windom-118, 9-Robert Ballou-113, 10-Hunter Schuerenberg-108.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 14, 2014
DICK JORDAN
14-41
"HUT HUNDRED,"
LITTLE
ABREU "SWEEPS"
The 2014 Honda USAC National Midget
Series resumes May 9-10 with back-to-back events in
Rico Abreu
of
Saturday, Abreu
led a 1-2-3 "sweep" for the Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
team. He led the last 27 laps to win the 40-lapper, beating teammates Tanner
Thorson and
The May 9 race at
2014 Honda USAC National
Midget Standings: 1-Rico Abreu-139; 2-Christopher Bell-125; 3-Tracy Hines-114;
4-Tanner Thorson & Kevin Thomas Jr.-102; 6-Dave Darland-94; 7-Chris
Windom-89; 8-Zach Daum-84; 9-Bryan Clauson-80; 10-Tyler Thomas-75.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 14, 2014
DICK JORDAN
14-44
BRUNS TAKES 2; LAMB (2),
HUNTER & NOBLE ALSO SCORE
USAC's
HPD Midwest and Western Midget Series are idle this week, awaiting events at
Gas City, Ind. April 25 (Midwest) and Las Vegas, Nev. April 26 (Western), The
Eastern HPD Series visits Shendadoah (Va.) Speedway
this Saturday.
Patrick Bruns,
fresh off back-to-back Midwestern victories last week, leads that series to Gas
City I-69 Speedway April 25. Bruns, of
Dylan Noble of
Chris Lamb and Scott Hunter
captured 25-lap USAC Eastern HPD Midget races Saturday afternoon at Ace
Speedway. Lamb, from
Lamb led wire-to-wire to win Friday
night's 25-lap series opener at Ace Speedway. He was trailed at the checkered
flag by fast qualifier Hunter, Leydig, Calvin Carroll
and Bean.
2014 HPD USAC
2014 HPD USAC Eastern Midget
Standings: 1-Chris Lamb-193, 2-Scott Hunter-186, 3-Blaine Leydig-171, 4-Calvin
Carroll-159, 5-Tyler Corriher-158, 6-Jessica Bean-145, 7-Fletcher Wulf-134,
8-Nikki Carroll-121, 9-Eric Lewis-112, 10-Jake Nelke-85.
2014 HPD USAC Western
Pavement Midget Standings: 1-Shawn Buckley-303, 2-Toni Breidinger-179, 3-Ashley
Hazelton-147, 4-Dylan Noble-144, 5-Joel Rayborne-138, 6-Bryant Dawson-132,
7-Cody Jessop-127, 8-Tom Patterson-104, 9-Annie Breidinger-99, 10-Jesse James
Burks-85.
This week’s photo:
A photo of the late Bill
Schindler in “Basement Bessie”. This photo was taken when the Champ cars ran at
Williams Grove on July 27, 1952. Bill
started 2nd and finished 2nd to Paul Russo. – A Walt
Imlay photo.
Link to race results: http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=1508
Racing videos:
I had a bunch of videos saved
in my computer, nine of them, that went from 1 to 9, that were about Ayrton Senna. Now, they’re no longer available. However, I did find one that, if you’re an Ayrton Senna fan, you might
enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eWKjpjnipw
Not
racing related:
Did you know that there is not one person
alive today that would have seen the Chicago Cubs win a World Series? The
Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first Major League club to play three consecutive times in the
Fall Classic and the first to win it twice.
Found on the Internet – not racing related:
How to Create a
by Saul Alinsky
There are 8 levels of control
that must be obtained before you are able to
create a social state. The
first is the most important. The last is the most significant
1) Healthcare – Control
healthcare and you control the people
2) Poverty – Increase the
poverty level as high as possible, poor people are
easier to control and will
not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt – Increase the debt
to an unsustainable level. That way you are able
to increase taxes, and this
will produce more poverty.
4) Gun Control – Remove the people’s
ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police
state.
5) Welfare – Take control of
every aspect of their lives (food, housing, and
income)
6) Education – Take control
of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion – Remove the
belief in the God from the Government and schools.
8) Class Warfare – Divide the
people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it
will be easier to take (tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Does any of this sound like
what is happening to the
As for the Nevada/Bundy Farm
deal, one has to wonder how true this might be?
In other News, Senate
Majority Reid's family set to profit off land sale in
Chinese engery
giant ENN Energy Group wants to use
Part of the land ENN wants to
purchase from
Follow the money, Harry Reid
is DIRTY and selling off
And why Cliven
Bundy did what he did:
Why Cliven
Bundy isn't WRONG.
There have been a lot of
people criticizing Clive Bundy because he did not pay his grazing fees for 20
years. The public is also probably wondering why so many other cowboys are
supporting Mr. Bundy even though they paid their fees and Clive did not. What
you people probably do not realize is that on every rancher's grazing permit it
says the following: "You are authorized to make grazing use of the lands,
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and covered by this
grazing permit, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this
grazing permit and payment of grazing fees when due." The
"mandatory" terms and conditions go on to list the allotment, the
number and kind of livestock to be grazed, when the permit begins and ends, the
number of active or suspended AUMs (animal units per
month), etc. The terms and conditions also list specific requirements such as
where salt or mineral supplements can be located, maximum allowable use of
forage levels (40% of annual growth), etc., and include a lot more stringent
policies that must be adhered to. Every rancher must sign this
"contract" agreeing to abide by the TERMS AND CONDITIONS before he or
she can make payment. In the early 90s, the BLM went on a frenzy and
drastically cut almost every rancher's permit because of this desert tortoise
issue, even though all of us ranchers knew that cow and desert tortoise had
co-existed for a hundred+ years. As an example, a family friend had his permit
cut by 90%. For those of you who are non ranchers, that would be equated to
getting your paycheck cut 90%. In 1976 there were approximately 52 ranching permittees in this area of
-Kena
Lytle Gloeckner
The Modern American Revolution
–BB”
Yes, folks, this might be a
problem:
http://news.yahoo.com/york-police-disband-unit-spied-muslims-014529824.html
Note: Just one of the many comments:
“Devout Muslims in Key
Positions in the White House
Arif Alikhan – Devout Muslim,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for the
Mohammed Elibiary
– Homeland Security Adviser Elibiary appeared at a
conference honoring Ayatollah Khomeini, has made attacks on prosecution of
terrorist fundraisers, has actively promoted jihadist ideology godfather Sayyid Qutb, and threatened a
Dallas Morning News journalist who repeatedly exposed his extremist views.
Rashad Hussain – Special Envoy to
the (OIC) Organization of the Islamic Conference. Hussain
is “a hafiz of the Qur’an”–An individual earns this designation by committing
to memory the Qur’an in its entirety and enjoys high status among Sharia-adherent Muslims who regard this feat as proof of a
deep devotion to Allah.
The OIC is headquartered in
Salam al-Marayati
– Obama Adviser –founder Muslim Public Affairs Council and its current
executive director, and a Muslim leader who said that Israel should have been
added to the”suspect list” for the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.
Imam Mohamed Magid – Obama’s Sharia Czar –
President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Magid
was born and raised in
In 2012, ISNA hosted Dawud Walid who said, “One of the
greatest social ills facing
Eboo Patel – Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood
Partnerships – Patel is the founder and executive director of the Interfaith
Youth Core, a Chicago-based international nonprofit that promotes interfaith
cooperation.
A good source for more on the
Muslim and Muslim Brotherhood infiltration into the White House can be found in
Frank Gaffney’s The Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration.”
Obama Promotes a Society of
Helpless Victims
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-promotes-society-helpless-victims-093000311.html
In part: "Eric Holder stirred up a hornet’s nest
the other day, whining to a mostly black crowd about the ill treatment he
received from a Congressional Committee. Holder seemed to imply that he and
President Obama have come in for rough treatment because they are black.
It was a stunning comment.
This is, after all, Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the
Emails – not racing related:
Keeper:
I grew up with practical
parents. A mother, God love her, who
washed aluminum foil after
she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the
original recycle queen before
they had a name for it.
A father who was happier
getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.
Their marriage was good,
their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away.
I can see them now, Dad in
trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand,
and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things.
A curtain rod, the kitchen
radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress.
Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and
sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just
once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew
there'd always be more.
But then my mother died, and
on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck
with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about
most gets all used up and goes away...never to return..
So... While we have it.....
it's best we love it.... And care for it... And fix it when it's broken..........
And heal it when it's sick.
This is true. For
marriage....... And old cars..... And children with bad report cards.....
And dogs with bad hips....
And aging parents...... And grandparents. We keep them because they are worth
it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep. Like a
best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things
that make life important, like people we know who are special.....
... And so, we keep them
close!
I received this from someone
who thinks I am a 'keeper', so I've sent it to the people I think of in the
same way... Now it's your turn to send this to those people that are
"keepers" in your life.
Good friends are like
stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Keep
them close!
God won't have to ask how
many people you forwarded this to,
He already knows your
decision.
Music videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czu_8e6J-R8
Note: How I wish I was in attendance when these
real country music singers got up and sang.
More, like this video are available over on the right side.
Joke
of the week:
A nice, calm and respectable
lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into
his eyes, and said, "I'd like to
buy some cyanide."
The Pharmacist asked,
"Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady replied, "I
need it to poison my husband."
The Pharmacist's eyes grew
big and he explained, "Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill
your husband. That's against the law!
I'll lose my license!
They'll throw both of us in
jail! All kinds of bad things will
happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have
any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her
purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's
wife.
The pharmacist looked at the
picture and said, "You didn't tell me you had a prescription!"
Please don’t forget:
Until my next column – next
week – unless my computer blows up!
I can be reached, via e-mail, at: ygordad@yahoo.com