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(FROM THE…JUNE 30, 2008…SHOW) THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…SPENT FRIDAY & SATURDAY...AT TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS IN…NORTH DAKOTA…AND THEN PACKED IT UP AND HEADED TO WISCONSIN…FOR A SUNDAY NIGHT AFFAIR...AND HERE’S WHO WAS HAULING THE HARDWARE AROUND FROM THE WEEKEND… BEGINNING WITH…FRIDAY…FROM…RIVER CITY SPEEDWAY IN…GRAND FORKS IT WAS A LONG HARD NIGHT OF WORK…FOR…FAST QUALIFIERS …RR-AZ ALUM…DONNY SCHATZ…WHO HAD TO REBOUND FROM A HEAT RACE CRASH TO WORK HIS WAY INTO THE MAIN THRU THE SEMI… BEFORE CAPTURING THE "A" MAIN WIN…AHEAD OF…CRAIG DOLLANSKY …IN 2ND…AND…JOEY SALDANA…3RD… AND THEN…FROM...FARGO…(YA’ HEY…AND…YOU BETCHA’)…ON SATURDAY NIGHT…IT WAS…MOM NATURE…TAKING…TOP HONORS…AS SHE DELIVERED…RAIN…AND 50 TO 60 MPH…WINDS…TO THE FARGO AREA…CAUSING THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE…SATURDAY SHOW… WHICH HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR…AUGUST 12TH… AND FINALLY…FROM THE…LAND OF CHEESE…ON SUNDAY NIGHT…FOR $10,000 BUCKS…AT…CEDAR LAKE SPEEDWAY…IT WAS…DONNY SCHATZ …COLLECTING HIS 3RD STRAIGHT WIN…AND HIS…6TH WIN…IN THE MONTH OF JUNE…AS HE FINISHED AHEAD OF…STEVE KINSER…IN 2ND…AND… JOEY SALDANA…3RD…AGAIN… THE OUTLAWS WILL SPEND THE…4TH OF JULY WEEKEND…IN THE…"SHOW ME STATE"…OF MISSOURI AND SINCE WE’LL BE OFF THE AIR…NEXT MONDAY YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN…TO FIND THOSE RESULTS. FOLLOWING A…3 WEEK LAY OFF…THE…A.R.C.A. SERIES…RETURNED TO ACTION…AT…CAYUGA PARK SPEEDWAY…IN OHIO…WHERE THEY PUT A 250 LAPPER INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS…AND IT WAS JUSTIN ALLGAIER …RECOVERING FROM A…MIDRACE SPIN…TO TAKE THE WIN…AHEAD OF 8 TIME SERIES CHAMP…FRANK KIMMEL..2ND…AND…SERIES POINT LEADER…RICKY STENHOUSE…3RD… PHOENIX’S…GABI DI CARLO…HAD A LESS THAN MEMORABLE DAY…AS SHE EXITED THE RACE WITH RADIATOR PROBLEMS…AND WAS CREDITED WITH A…23RD PLACE FINISH…AFTER…STARTING THE RACE IN THE 19TH SPOT… THE…A.R.C.A. BUNCH...WILL NOW TAKE…ANOTHER 3 WEEKS OFF… BEFORE JOINING UP WITH THE NASCAR TRUCKERS…IN KENTUCKY … ON…JULY 18TH… THE…U.S.A.C…NATIONAL SPRINT CAR GROUP…ALONG WITH THE…SILVER CROWNERS…JOINED UP WITH THE…I.R.L…AT…RICHMOND…OVER THE WEEKEND…AND IN THE SPRINT CAR PORTION OF THE RICHMOND… "OPEN WHEEL"…"THREE-FER"...IT WAS…A 60 LAPPER…WON BY… THE…NATIONAL SPRINT BUNCH WILL NOW TAKE A WEEK OFF BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE…8 SHOWS AT…7 TRACKS…IN 12 DAYS…INDIANA SPRINT CAR CHALLENGE…BEGINNING WITH A PAIR OF SHOWS… IN THE SHADOWS OF THE…SEAGRAMS WHISKEY DISTILLERY…IN LAWERENCEBURG, INDIANA ON…JULY 9TH & 10TH… AS WE SAID…JOINING IN ON THE…RICHMOND ACTION…WAS THE SILVER CROWN SERIES…RACING FOR ONLY THE 4TH TIME THIS YEAR…AND IT WAS …51 YEAR OLD…CHET FILIP…PICKING UP…HIS 1ST CHECKERED FLAG IN 10 YEARS…AS HE LED THE FINAL 62 LAPS OF THE 100 LAPPER…TO FINISH AHEAD OF CAMERON DODSON...IN 2ND…AND…A.J. FIKE…3RD…SO LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE…OLD GUYS. RACE # 5 OF THE 10 RACE…SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE…WILL TAKE PLACE…AT…I.R.P…IN A MONTH …WHEN THEY CONTEST A 100 LAPPER… F-1…STAR…AFRO-BRIT DRIVER…LEWIS HAMILTON…CONTINUED TO HAVE A DIFFICULT SEASON…AS THIS WEEK…HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH OF A DIFFERENT KIND…PRIOR THE START OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST YACHT RACES…OVER THE WEEKEND… BUT UNLIKE HIS RECENT…PIT LANE ERROR…WHEN HE DROVE INTO THE BACK OF…FERRARI'S…KIMI "THE FINN" RAIKKONEN…DURING THE CANADIAN GRAND PARADE…HAMILTON…WAS NOT TO BLAME FOR TODAY'S…PRANG...(BRITISH FOR "SCREW UP")… HAMILTON…JOINED…3X OLYMPIC MEDALLIST…BEN AINSLIE…AND …ALEX THOMSON…ON THE…OPEN 60 HUGO BOSS…SAILBOAT…FOR THE… ROUND THE ISLAND…RACE…OFF THE…ISLE OF WIGHT …AND…BEFORE THE RACE GOT UNDER WAYTHE…"BOSS BOAT"…
TRADED PAINT …WITH THE YACHT…FARR 45 ATOMIC…WHICH WAS DIS-MASTED…AS IN… "TIMMM-BERRR"…NO
ONE WAS INJURED… (FROM THE…JUNE 23, 2008…SHOW) THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…CONTESTED THE…TWO NIGHT…"BOOT HILL" SHOWDOWN…IN…DODGE CITY…OVER THE WEEKEND…WITH FRIDAY’S OPENING ROUND GOING TO JOEY SALDANA …WHO FINALLY SHED THIS 2008 BRIDESMAID LABEL… SALDANA…WHO HAD FINISHED…2ND…5 TIMES IN 20 OUTINGS…THIS SEASON…LED TWICE…TO TAKE THE WIN AHEAD OF…CRAIG DOLLANSKY …IN 2ND…AND…JASON MEYERS…3RD… THE SATURDAY…"BOOT HILL" FINALE WENT TO…RR-AZ ALUM…AND… SERIES POINT
LEADER DARYN PITTMAN…RAN 2ND…TO SCHATZ…WHILE…FRIDAY WINNER…JORY SALDANA…COMPLETED THE…"BOOT HILL" PODIUM… NEXT UP FOR…THE OUTLAWS…IS A FRIDAY SHOW…IN…GRAND FORKS …FOLLOWED BY A SATURDAY NIGHT IN...FARGO…YA’…HEY… 44…U.S.A.C. NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WERE IN…KNOXVILLE, IOWA TO RUN A PAIR OF WEEKEND SHOWS INCLUDING THE…"KNOXVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS"…AND THE…"KING DOODLEBUG CLASSIC"… IN THE…OPENING NIGHT…"KING DOODLEBUG" SHOW…AND WHAT YOU MAY ASK IS THE ORIGINATION OF THE TERM…"KING DOODLEBUG"??? WELL …ACCORDING TO…NATIONAL SPEED SPORT NEWS EDITOR…EMERITUS…CHRIS ECONOMAKITHE TERM…"DOODLEBUG"…WAS CREATED BY THE…"BIG CAR" (INDY CAR) GENTRY…IN THE LATE 1930’S …FOR THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR…"MIDGET" CAR… WALTER E. BULL…WHO FOUNDED THE…ILLUSTRATED SPEEDWAY NEWS …THEN STARTED A CONTEST TO CROWN THE…"KING DOODLEBUG" …EACH YEAR…AND NOW YOU KNOW… ANYHOW…THE "KING DOODLEBUG" RACE…WAS WON BY…CALIFORNIA’S …BRAD SWEET…WHO EARNED HIS 1ST NATIONAL WIN...IN HIS…KASEY KAHNE…OWNED MIDGET… THE A.R.C.A. SERIES MOST RECENT WINNER…RICKY STENHOUSE…RAN 2ND…WITH…COLE WHITT…IN THE 3RD SPOT…JERRY COONS, JR…WAS THE TOP FINISHING "ZONIE"…IN 4TH…WHILE… CHAD BOAT …WAS 21ST… THE…FINAL NIGHT OF THE...KNOXVILLE NATIONALS…SAW…BRAD SWEET …PASS…JERRY COONS, JR…WITH 6 TO GO…TO PICK UP THE WIN…AND FINISH AHEAD OF…COONS, JR…WHILE…BRADY BACON…RAN 3RD… NEXT UP FOR THE NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WILL BE A…MONTH OFF… BEFORE RESURFACING…ON THE ASPHALT…AT…I.R.P…ON…JULY 24TH… THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…SPENT…SATURDAY NIGHT AT… WEASLEY NAMED…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…WHERE IT WAS…GARRETT HANSEN…TAKING THE WIN IN A FIELD OF…21 SPRINTERS…BLAKE MILLER…RAN 2ND…WITH…TONY JONES…3RD… THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A./CAL SPRINTERS…WILL NOW TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF…BEFORE THEIR NEXT SHOW AT… WEASLEY NAMED…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…ON THE 4TH OF JULY… THE NASCAR…GRAND NATIONAL WEST…SERIES…JOINED THE "NASCAR CUPPERS"…AT SEARS POINT…ON SATURDAY…WHERE IT WAS…JASON BOWLES…COLLECTING THE WIN AHEAD OF…POINT LEADER…AND…FAST QUALIFIER…ERIC HOLMES…2ND…AND…JIM INGLEBRITE…IN THE 3RD SPOT THE...I.R.L. SUPPORT GROUP…THE…INDY LITES SERIES…WAS…IN NEWTON, IOWA…SUPPORTING THE IRL-ER’S…AND…PHOENIX’S…ARIE LUYENDYK, JR…STARTED FROM THE POLE...AND LED MOST OF THE RACE …BUT GOT BOGGED DOWN BY LAPPED TRAFFIC…WHICH GAVE… POINT LEADER DILLON BATTISTINI…THE OPENING HE NEEDED…TO GET BY…YOUNG LUYENDYK…WITH JUST A DOZEN LAPS REMAINING IN THE RACE… BATTISTINI…KEPT IT OUT FRONT TO EARN HIS 3RD WIN OF THE SEASON ...WHILE…ARIE, JR FINISHED 2ND…AHEAD OF…MS ANA BEATRIZ…WHO COMPLETED THE…IOWA SPEEDWAY…INDY LITES PODIUM. FYI…ARIE, JR…SITS…5TH…IN THE SEASON POINT BATTLE… THE…GRAND AM SERIES…HIT THE HALF WAY POINT OF THEIR…14 RACE SEASON…AT THE…VERY RAINY…MID-OHIO…COURSE…ON SATURDAY… WHERE IT WAS …JON FOGARTY & ALEX GURNEY WHEELING THEIR… PONTIAC…TO THE 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON…JUST AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM…OUT OF PHOENIX… DARREN LAW…AND…PORSCHE…CO-DRIVER…DAVID DONOHUE…WHO HAD THEIR BEST FINISH OF THE SEASON …IN 2ND…WHILE…HUGH PLUMB & GENE SIGAL…COMPLETED THE PODIUM …IN THEIR…BEEMER… THE…GRAND-AMER’S…WILL NEXT…HOOK UP…WITH THE…NASCARIANS …AT DAYTONA…ON…JULY 3RD…FOR THEIR 8TH RACE OF THE SEASON… CHAMP CAR FANS…WILL BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT PAUL TRACY MAY HAVE FOUND WORK AFTER THE COLLAPSE...OF THE SERIES…AS WE HAVE LEARNED THAT…TRACY…TESTED…TODD BODINE'S RACE TRUCK AT CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY…AND HAS BEEN SIGNED TO A…ONE-RACE DEAL… TRACY…WILL DRIVE A GERMAIN RACING TOYOTA…ON SEPTEMBER 20TH…
AT…LAS VEGAS.
CALIFORNIAN…MAURICIA GRANT…THE…LUGNUT COUNTER…WHO IS SUING NASCAR…IN NEW YORK…FOR… DISCRIMINATION… SEXISM … WRONGFUL DISMISSAL…AND…$225 MILLION…WAS INTERVIEWED BY…SPORTS ILLUSTRATED…ABOUT THE SUIT…AND…MAURICIA… TELLS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED…THAT SHE WAS…SO APPALLED AND SICKENED BY HER TREATMENT…WHILE IN THE EMPLOY OF NASCAR …(2005-2007) THAT SHE BEGAN KEEPING AN…EXCEL SPREADSHEET LOG…BEGINNING IN…FEBRUARY 2006…AND ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL HER DISMISSAL… (ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER)… DETAILING EACH…ALLEGED… INCIDENT SHE ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED. AND MAYBE IT’S JUST US…BUT WE GOTTA’ ASK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION OF…MAURICIA…AND HER SCUMBAG…N.Y. LAWYER… "WHY DIDN’T YOU BRING THESE INCIDENTS UP WHEN THEY OCCURRED ??? …OR WOULD THAT HAVE PREVENTED YOU…AND YOUR SCUMBAG LAWYER… FROM…TRULY…RIGHTING…THE ALLEGED WRONGS VERSES TRYING TO EXTORT MORE THAN $200 MILLION… FROM A BUSINESS…YOU OBVIOUSLY SET OUT TO…ENTRAP???…JUST ASKIN’… FRIDAY’S "SPINDOCTOR" FEATURE IN THE…SOCIALIST REPUBLIC SAW…INSIGHT ON… RR-AZ ALUM…GARY SCELZI…AND "THE CARL"…EDWARDS THAT IS…AND BE SURE TO…CHECK OUT… FRIDAY’S RACIN’ NOTEBOOK…IN THE …ARIZONA SOCIALIST REPUBLIC…AUTHORED BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL KNIGHT WHO THIS WEEK WILL FOCUS ON…GRAND AM SERIES CHAMPION SCOTT PRUETT AND…BE SURE TO ALSO CHECK OUT THE "SPINDOCTOR" MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…BUSINESS OF DRAG RACING COLUMN…AT WWW.DRAG RACING ON LINE.COM UNDER THE…"ALL BUSINESS" TAB…AND LASTLY…BE SURE TO VISIT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…RACING BLOG…& THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS THRU THE…RACING ROUNDUP.COM …"LINKS" PAGE AS USUAL…TONIGHTS RACE RECAPS…LOCAL…NATIONAL…& THE... MINUTIAE…CAN BE FOUND AT THE RR-AZ WEBSITE AT … RACINGROUNDUP.COM AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING… (FROM
THE…JUNE 16, 2008…SHOW) THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS WINGED SPRINTERS HEADED TO SOUTH DAKOTA ON FRIDAY THE 13TH WHERE…CRAIG DOLLANSKY EARNED HIS 1ST OUTLAW CHECKERED FLAG OF THE SEASON FINISHING AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM AND…POINT LEADER...DONNY SCHATZ…2ND…AND JASON MEYERS…3RD… AND THEN ON SATURDAY…IT WAS OFF TO… "BUG EATER LAND"… AND EAGLE, NEBRASKA RACEWAY WHERE CRAIG DOLLANSKY "SWEPT THE WEEKEND" WITH HIS 2ND WIN IN TWO NIGHTS AS HE FINISHED AHEAD OF…STEVE KINSER…IN 2ND…AND…JASON MEYERS…IN THE 3RD POSITION. AND…FYI…LUCAS
WOLFE…THE LEADING CONTENDER…FOR THE…KEVIN GOBRECHT …W.O.O ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
AWARD… WILL BE OUT INDEFINITELY…AFTER SUSTAINING A FRACTURED NEXT UP FOR THE OUTLAWS…WILL BE A…PAIR OF…COWBOY "SHOWDOWNS"…IN DODGE CITY, KANSAS…NEXT FRIDAY & SATURDAY… LAST…THURSDAY NIGHT…AT…WINCHESTER, INDIANA…THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL SPRINTERS… LAUNCHED THE…3 SHOW…INDIANA-OHIO… BORDER WARS…WHERE THE OPENER WAS WON BY DARREN HAGEN… AHEAD OF…COLE WHITT…2ND…AND…TUCSON’S…JERRY COONS, JR…IN THE 3RD SPOT…THE SAME POSITION HE HOLDS DOWN IN THE…NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS… GLENDALE’S…CHAD BOAT…THE YOUNGEST WINNER...IN THE SERIES HISTORY…WAS SHOWN IN THE 21ST…FINISHING SPOT… ON…FRIDAY THE 13TH…THE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR GROUP WAS OFF TO SHADY BOWL…MAKE THAT…WATER BOWL…SPEEDWAY…IN…DEGRAFF, OHIO…WHERE… ROUND # 2…OF THE 14TH EDITION OF THE…OHIO-INDIANA …BORDER WARS …WAS…RAINED OUT… ELDORA SPEEDWAY…STILL IN OHIO…WAS THE SCENE OF THE FINALE OF THE 3 RACE…OHIO-INDIANA…CLASH…AND IT WAS…TRACY HINES… REBOUNDING FROM A…FRIDAY NIGHT…"FLIP OUT"…TO EARN THE WIN AHEAD OF…JESSE HOCKETT…IN 2ND…AND…CHAD BOAT…BACK ON THE PODIUM…IN THE 3RD SPOT… JERRY COONS, JR…HAD AN VERY UNEVENTFUL FINISH…TAKING THE CHECKERED FLAG IN THE…16TH SPOT… THE NATIONAL SPRINT GROUP WILL NOW PARK ‘EM FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS…BEFORE HEADING TO…RICHMOND…ON…JUNE 27TH…FOR A JOINT SHOW WITH THE…SILVER CROWN BUNCH… THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…SPENTSATURDAY
NIGHT AT SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A./CAL SPRINTERS…RETURN HOME TO… WEASLEY NAMED…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…FOR THEIR NEXT EVENT...NEXT WEEKEND… THE A.R.C.A. FOLKS…JOINED UP WITH THE…NASCAR-IANS…FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK AS THEY SHOWED UP IN MICHIGAN AND RAN ON SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWING A FRIDAY RAIN OUT BUT IT DIDN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ROOKIE JUSTIN LOFTON…OUT OF CALIFORNIA WHO LED THE 100 LAPPER’S FINAL 11 CIRCUITS…TO RECORD HIS 1ST SERIES WIN AHEAD OF FELLOW ROOKIE POINT LEADER AND LAST WEEK’S WINNER…RICKY STENHOUSE WHO FINISHED 2ND WHILE NOT A ROOKIE BUT 8 TIME SERIES CHAMP… FRANK KIMMEL COMPLETED THE PODIUM PHOENIX’S…MS. GABI DI CARLO…FINISHED 15TH IN THE 43 CAR FIELD …AFTER STARTING THE RACE IN THE 26TH SPOT… THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…WILL NOW TAKE A PAIR OF WEEKS OFF…TO PREPARE FOR THE…200 LAP SHORT TRACK AFFAIR…AT…CAYUGA SPEEDWAY…ON…JUNE 29TH… THE…1ST DIESEL POWERED CAR…IN HISTORY…AN AUDI…DRIVEN BY… …RINALDO CAPELLO …TOM KRISTENSEN…AND…ALAN MC NISH… PREVAILED THRU A …13 HOUR RAIN…TO TAKE THE WIN AHEAD OF…55 COMPETITORS…IN THE…76TH EDITION OF THE…24 HOURS OF LE MANS AHEAD OF A PAIR OF…PEUGEOTS…DRIVEN BY FOLKS…YOU’VE PROBABLY…NEVER HEARD OF…SO WE WON’T WASTE YOUR TIME…OR OURS…TRYING TO MIS-PRONOUNCE THEIR NAMES. THE TOP 5 NASCAR TEAMS…VALUE WISE…AS RANKED
BY…FORBES…ARE…HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AT $335 MILLION…ROUSH FENWAY RACING $313
MILLION…JOE GIBBS RACING $184 MILLION… GILLETT EVERNHAM MOTORSPORTS $150
MILLION…AND RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING $130 MILLION AND OUR FINAL BIT OF MINUTIAE…AND THIS IS REALLY THE…"MINUTIAE OF THE MINUTIAE" HONDA…HAS CONFIRMED THAT…"CUPCAKE DIVA" …DANICA PATRICK… WILL GET A TEST IN ONE OF ITS…FORMULA ONE CARS…LATER THIS YEAR…AFTER…THE SEASON IS OVER… DANICA…SHOULD BE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN THE…NO RACING…JUST DRIVING…PARADE SERIES CARS…BUT WE RECOMMEND SHE BRING HER OWN…PRINCESS TIARA…WITH HER AS HONDA HAS NO CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A WIN…IN F-1…AND…DANICA’S…PRESENCE WILL MERELY SERVE TO…CONFIRM…THAT…FACT!! NASCAR AT MICHIGAN...IF THERE’S NO GOOD NEWS…INVENT…GOOD NEWS…AS WITH JR.’S …"DANICA 1ST PLACE FINISH"…MOMENT… NASCAR…IN A PRIVATE MEETING…TELLING DRIVERS TO QUIT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TIRES C.O.T…HEAT IN CARS…ETC… "QUIT BADMOUTHING THE PRODUCT…WHEN IT IS PAYING YOUR SALARY"…AND YOU FANS…QUIT BITCHIN’…AND…GIVE US THE MONEY!!!…WE GOT...RACES TO "FIX"…AND…LAWSUITS TO PAY… MORE NASCAR…A LAWSUIT FILED BY A…FIRED…"DIVERSITY EMPLOYEE’…CHARGING NASCAR NOT ONLY WITH …RACISM…BUT SEXISM…AND…HOSTILITY…AND IT GOES…ON AND ON…FOR 143 PAGES…UNTIL IT REACHES…$275 MILLION…AND COVERS… SEEMINGLY…EVERY RACE TRACK AND…EVERY DAY…OF HER LESS THAN 3 YEAR EMPLOYMENT… NASCAR TEAM VALUE & TOP 10 DRIVER WAGES (ATTACHED) ARIZONA MINI SPRINT GOLF OUTING (ATTACHED) BE SURE TO…CHECK OUT…FRIDAY’S RACIN’ NOTEBOOK…IN THE ARIZONA SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC AUTHORED BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR" …MICHAEL KNIGHT…WHO THIS WEEK WILL FOCUS
ON AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING… (FROM THE…JUNE 9, 2008…SHOW) THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…SPENT THE WEEKEND …DODGIN’ TORNADO’S IN…KNOXVILLE, IOWA…OVER THE WEEKEND …BEGINNING WITH A…FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW THAT SAW…SHANE STEWART…PUT AWAY HIS…BRIDESMAID OUTFIT…AND PICK UP HIS 1ST TROPHY OF THE 2008 SEASON…WHEN HE PASSED…RR-AZ ALUM…AND SERIES POINT LEADER…DONNY SCHATZ…WITH 4 TO GO…TO EARN THE 25 LAP WIN… THE NIGHT’S…2ND FAST QUALIFIER…SCHATZ…HUNG ON FOR ANOTHER 2ND…JUST AHEAD OF JASON MEYERS…IN THE 3RD SPOT… ON SATURDAY NIGHT…STILL AT…KNOXVILLE…RR-AZ
ALUM…DONNY SCHATZ APPARENTLY AND FINALLY…ON SUNDAY…AT…TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY…IN PONTOON BEACH, ILLINOIS…IN THE 3RD STRAIGHT NIGHT OF RACING…IT WAS… DONNY SCHATZ…MAKING IT TWO WINS…IN TWO NIGHTS AS HE PICKED UP HIS 75TH CAREER WIN…AHEAD OF…JASON MEYERS…IN 2ND…AND THE…KING OF THE OUTLAWS…STEVE KINSER…3RD… WEDNESDAY NIGHT…THE OUTLAWS…WILL RUN A…STAND ALONE … ONE NIGHT SHOW…AT THE…"SHOW ME" STATES…MISSOURI STATE FAIRGROUNDS…IN…SEDALIA, MISSOURI… THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL SPRINTERS…WERE SCHEDULED TO RUN A "FOURPLE" OF SHOWS LAST WEEK …AND IT WAS…MOM NATURE… USING…RAIN…TO COLLECT THE WIN ON…TUESDAY NIGHT AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY…IN PENNSYLVANIA…AND THEN ON… WEDNESDAY…MOM NATURE COLLECTED HER 4TH WIN OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN…WITH A RAINOUT…AT…WILLIAMS GROVE… ON THURSDAY NIGHT…AT…BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY…ALSO IN PENNSYLVANIA…IT WAS…COLE WHITT…PICKING UP THE WIN AHEAD OF…LEVI JONES IN 2ND…AND…DAVE DARLAND…3RD… ZONIES IN THE FIELD...INCLUDED 2ND FAST
QUALIFIER…JERRY COONS… FINISHING…5TH WHILE IN THE FINAL OF THE…U.S.A.C. SPRINT…"FOURPLE"…AT…HAGERSTOWN, PA …GLENDALE’S CHAD BOAT EARNED HIS 1ST U.S.A.C. NATIONAL WIN…AND HE DID IT THE HARD WAY COMING THRU THE SEMI TO FINISH AHEAD OF…COLE WHITT…2ND…AND…HEAT WINNER TUCSON’S…JERRY COONS, JR. 3RD… THE "BULLET…BOB REAM, JR…FINISHED 10TH…AFTER TRANSFERRING THRU THE SEMI…WITH CHAD… NEXT UP FOR THE…NATIONAL SPRINTERS…WILL BE A DATE…AT… WINCHESTER, INDIANA THIS THURSDAY NIGHT…IN THE 1ST ROUND OF A 3 RACE SET…SPANNING…INDIANA & OHIO THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…SPENT SATURDAY
NIGHT AT… WEASLEY NAMED THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A./CAL SPRINTERS…HEAD TO…SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA…FOR THEIR 15TH EVENT...NEXT WEEKEND… THE A.R.C.A. FOLKS…JOINED UP WITH THE…NASCARIANS…AT THE POCONO TRIANGLE…ON SATURDAY…WHERE…EX-OPEN WHEELER…AND SERIES POINT LEADER…RICKY STENHOUSE TOOK THE WIN AHEAD OF SCOTT SPEED…IN 2ND…WHILE…WASHINGTON’S…TAYLOR MALSAM RAN 3RD… MS. GABI DI CARLO…OUT OF PHOENIX…RECORDED A 10TH PLACE FINISH IN THE 200 MILER AFTER STARTING 23ED…GOOD JOB GABI…!!!! THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…STAYS LINKED UP…WITH THE NASCARIANS…AT MICHIGAN...NEXT WEEKEND… THE NASCAR "WEST" SERIES CONTESTED ROUND # 5 OF THEIR 12 RACE SCHEDULE AT COLORADO NATIONAL…SATURDAY NIGHT…IN A 150 LAPPER…WON BY…ERIC HOLMES…AHEAD OF…MIKE DAVID…IN 2ND… AND…JASON BOWLES…IN THE 3RD POSITION…PHOENIX’S...MOSES SMITH…WAS SHOWN FINISHING…6TH… THE…GRAND AM SERIES…HEADED TO…WATKINS GLEN…FOR A 6 HOUR AFFAIR…THAT SAW SCOTT PRUETT & MEMO ROJAS…WHEEL THEIR LEXUS…TO THEIR 4TH WIN OF THE SEASON FINISHING AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM…OUT OF PHOENIX…DARREN LAW…AND…CO-DRIVER DAVID DONOHUE’S…PORSCHE… IN 2ND…AND…THE PONTIAC OF…MAX ANGELLELLI…AND…MIKE VALIENTE…3RD… LEADING INTO THE DIRT LATE MODEL…"DREAM" AT ELDORA SPEEDWAY WAS A WEDNESDAY NIGHT…NASCAR CHALLENGE… RAISING $1 MILLION DOLLARS…FOR THE "VICTORY JUNCTION GANG"… WHICH WAS WON BY…HOST…TONY STEWART…AHEAD OF…DIRT TRACK ROOKIE ROBBY GORDON…IN THE 2ND SPOT…WITH…CLINT BOWYER… COMPLETING THE PODIUM… PHOENIX’S…J.J. YELEY…WHO HAS HAD TROUBLE…TRANSITIONING FROM TO…STOCK CARS IN NASCAR…WAS…COMPLETELY CONFUSED IN THE… DIRT LATE MODEL…AT ELDORA…AS HE SPUN IN HIS HEAT…AND THEN …SPUN 3 MORE TIMES…IN THE MAIN…BEFORE BEING "PARKED" VIA THE… "3 CAUTION RULE"… 123 "DIRT LATE MODELS…(23 LESS THAN LAST YEAR)…CHECKED IN AND QUALIFIED…FOR THE $100,000. DOLLAR…"ELDORA DREAM" … WHICH SAW… "YING-YANG"…SCOTT BLOOMQUIST PICK UP HIS 5TH CAREER… "DREAM WIN"…AHEAD OF…BRIAN BIRKHAUFER…2ND…AND… STEVE CLANTON…THE NIGHT’S FAST QUALIFIER…3RD… THAT "SUCKING SOUND" YOU HEARD ON SUNDAY WAS THE NASCAR T.V. COVERAGE GOING AMAZINGLY GOING FROM…BAD TO WORSE…AS THE… "BOOGITY"…HILLBILLY ACT…OF FOX HAS BEEN PARKED IN FAVOR OF "GAY FOR NASCAR"…BILL WEBBER…"MALE CHEERLEADER" SQUEALING HIS LOVE FOR NASCAR…ON…CABLE…TNT…RATHER THAN NETWORK …NBC (12) WHICH WAS COVERING…THAT RATINGS BEHEMOTH…AKA… GYMNASTICS… "THE CARL"…WILL BE IN PHOENIX ON THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH…FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE HIM…GO TO THE P.I.R. WEBSITE…FOR THE DETAILS… BE SURE TO…CHECK OUT…FRIDAY’S RACIN’ NOTEBOOK IN THE ARIZONA SOCIALIST REPUBLIC AUTHORED BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL KNIGHT…WHICH WILL INCLUDE A VISIT WITH BRAD KESELOWSKI…NASCAR’S "NEWEST" WINNER… AND…BE SURE TO ALSO…CHECK OUT THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL
KNIGHT’S…BUSINESS OF DRAG RACING COLUMN…AT WWW.DRAG
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VISIT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S …RACING BLOG…& THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS THRU THE…RACING
ROUNDUP.COM …"LINKS" PAGE AS USUAL…ALL RESULTS & RECAPS ON RACING ROUNDUP.COM AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING… (FROM THE…JUNE 2, 2008…SHOW) THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES…HEADED TO THE...BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN THE LAND OF CHEESE…FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE THEY SUFFERED THEIR 1ST RAINOUT IN 8 EVENTS THIS SEASON. THE…NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WILL NOW TAKE A…3 WEEK BREA … BEFORE RETURNING TO ACTION…WITH A…DOUBLE HEADER…IN… KNOXVILLE, IOWA…AT THE END OF THE MONTH… ON THE HEELS OF…6 RAINOUTS…THIS SEASON…THE…WINGED SPRINTERS OF THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…GOT A CHANCE TO RACE FRIDAY NIGHT…IN…ATTICA, OHIO…WHERE IT WAS RR-AZ ALUM… DONNY SCHATZ…COLLECTING HIS…2ND WIN OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN…AND THE…72ND CHECKERED FLAG…OF HIS…OUTLAW CAREER…AS HE PREVAILED IN THE 40 LAPPER…AHEAD OF…JOEY SALDANA…2ND… AND…SHANE STEWART…IN THE 3RD SPOT… ON SATURDAY NIGHT…THE OUTLAWS…STILL IN OHIO…CONTESTED A 30 LAPPER AT…TONY STEWART’S…RACE PLACE…ELDORA RACEWAY … WHERE IT WAS…DONNY SCHATZ…WINNING AT THE…BOSS’ TRACK… WHEN HE PASSED…"FORMER"…POINT LEADER…JASON MEYERS WITH 4 TO GO…TO PICK UP THE WIN…AND…TAKE THE SERIES POINT LEAD…IN THE PROCESS… AND…FOR THE 2ND NIGHT IN A ROW…JOEY SALDANA…RAN 2ND…WHILE …ALSO FOR THE 2ND NIGHT IN A ROW…SHANE STEWART…RAN 3RD… THE OUTLAWS WILL CONTINUE TO ATTACK THEIR 80 RACE SCHEDULE …NEXT WEEKEND…WITH A PAIR OF SHOWS…AT…KNOXVILLE RACEWAY …IN…IOWA…AND NOW…YOU HAVE ALL THE OUTLAW NEWS…T HAT’S OUT THERE… THE INDY PRO SERIES…WAS AT THE…MILWAUKEE MILE…ALONG WITH THE I.R.L.- ER’S AND RATHER THAN GO TO CHURCH…THEY INSTEAD PUT A 100 LAPPER INTO THE BOOKS ON SUNDAY MORNING…WHICH SAW…BOBBY WILSON…SITTING IN THE FRONT PEW…WHILE…RR-AZ ALUM JEFF SIMMONS…SAT 2ND…WITH…RAPHAEL MATOS…HOLDING DOWN THE 3RD SPOT… PHOENIX’S…ARIE LUYENDYK, JR…WHO IS…5TH IN THE I.P.S. CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS FINISHED IN THE 8TH POSITION… AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING
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