(FROM THE…AUGUST 27, 2007…SHOW…)
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS SHOWED UP AT
BEAUTIFULLY NAMED SKAGIT SPEEDWAY…IN THE…NASCAR HATIN’…"GRUNGE
STATE" OF WASHINGTON…FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
A STAND ALONE SHOW…WHICH SAW BROOKE TATNELL PREVAIL THRU A TRIO OF RESTARTS
TO BEGIN THE RACE AND THEN MAINTAIN THRU 8 CAUTION AND ONE RED FLAG
CONTRETEMPTS (unforeseen event) …TO CLAIM HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE WIN
AT THE SKAGIT FACILITY AND …THE 8TH FEATURE WIN OF HIS…OUTLAW
CAREER…
STEVE KINSER…BROUGHT IT HOME IN THE 2ND
SPOT…WHILE…JASON SOWOLD…COMPLETED THE PODIUM…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…STILL IN…"GRUNGE LAND"…AT…GRAY’S
HARBOR RACEWAY IT WAS A THREE HOUR RAIN DELAY…SLOWING UP THE SHOW…BUT WHEN…THE
TRACK WENT GREEN…IT WAS…CRAIG DOLLANSKY…MOVING TO THE FRONT AND PICKING UP HIS
3RD WIN OF THE SEASON…AND THE 21ST OF HIS CAREER…
JOEY SALDANA…WHO RESIDES IN 2ND…IN THE
SERIES POINT CHASE… FINISHED IN THAT SPOT JUST AHEAD OF…TIM SHAFFER…IN THE 3RD
SPOT…
THE…OUTLAWS…STAY AFTER IT…WITH A BIG WEEK OF…4
RACES… BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER PAIR IN THE…"GRUNGE STATE"… FOLLOWED UP
BY A…PAIR OF…CALIFORNIA SHOWS…BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT…
THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL SPRINTERS…DRAGGED THEIR
STUFF TO… SHARON SPEEDWAY…IN HARTFORD, OHIO…ON SATURDAY FOR A 30 LAPPER AND
ENDED UP SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE HAULER BECAUSE OF RAIN. A MAKE UP
DATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED…SHORTLY…
THE…NATIONAL SPRINTERS…CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN THE
SEASON… AS THEY HAVE JUST 6 SHOWS TO GO…STARTING WITH…A TRIP TO… ELDORA…IN A
MONTH…
THE…U.S.A.C…NATIONAL…MIDGETEERS…HEADED
TO…’SCONSIN…FOR THE… 4 RACES …IN 4 DAYS…WISCONSIN CHALLENGE…OR AS WE CALL
IT…THE "CHEESEHEAD CHALLENGE"…AT A TRIO OF
TRACKS…WHICH BEGAN…FRIDAY NIGHT…IN PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN…WHERE IT WAS… "MOM
NATURE"…COLLECTING YET…ANOTHER WIN…AS THIS ROUND OF THE…"CHEESEHEAD
CHALLENGE"…HAS BEEN POSTPONED…AND… RESCHEDULED FOR…SEPTEMBER 7TH…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…61 MIDGETEERS…HEADED TO THE HOME
OF THE… MIDGET HALL OF FAME…SUN PRAIRIE’S LEGENDARY…ANGELL PARK … FOR A
PAIR…WHICH SAW…NEARLY 10% OF THE ENTRIES (6 CARS) GET "UPSIDE DOWN"…THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT BUT WHEN THEY WEREN’T "FLIPPING"…IT WAS TUCSON’S JERRY
COONS, JR PICKING UP HIS 4TH WIN
IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST…AS HE GOT BY DAVE DARLAND AT THE HALFWAY MARK…OF THE
30 LAPPER…AND CONTINUES TO CLOSE IN ON HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL
MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP DARLAND STAYED CLOSE
TO FINISH 2ND…WHILE RICKY STENHOUSE RAN 3RD…
ON SUNDAY NIGHT…STILL AT…ANGELL PARK…IT WAS
HISTORY BEING MADE AS THE WINNER MICHALE PICKINS…AND THE 2ND PLACE
FINISHER… BRAD MOSEN ARE BOTH FROM…NEW ZEALAND…AND THIS IS THE 1ST
TIME IN U.S.A.C. HISTORY…THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED…
THE 3RD PLACE FINISHER…NOT…FROM
NEW ZEALAND BUT FROM OLD ARIZONA WAS.JERRY COONS, JR…ON A NIGHT THAT SAW 9…
MIDGETEERS…A…"BASEBALL TEAM’S WORTH"…GET UPSIDE DOWN…
THE FINAL ROUND OF THE…4-RACE…"CHEESEHEAD
CHALLENGE"… IS "HAVIN’ AT IT"…AS WE SPEAK…AT THE…BEAVER DAM FAIRGROUNDS…
THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…SHOWED UP AT THE…OLDEST RACE TRACK IN THE
COUNTRY…"THE MILWAUKEE MILE"…FOR A 200 LAPPER…ON SUNDAY… WHICH SAW…RR-AZ
ALUM…OUT OF PHOENIX…MICHAEL MC DOWELL …LEAD THE FIELD FROM HIS…7TH
POLE POSITION OF THE SEASON…BUT THINGS WOULD NOT GO AS SMOOTHLY…RACE WISE…AS…8
TIME SERIES CHAMP…FRANK KIMMEL…PASSED…RACE LEADER…JUSTIN MARKS… JUST TWO LAPS
FROM THE END…AND THEN BROUGHT IT HOME FOR THE WIN…
MARKS...HELD ON FOR 2ND…WITH…PHILLIP MC
GIL-TON…3RD…AND… PHOENIX’S…MICHAEL MC DOWELL…4TH…
THE SERIES HAS A "SIX PACK" OF RACES REMAINING ON
THEIR 2007 SCHEDULE…WITH THE NEXT ROUND…SCHEDULED FOR…GATEWAY RACEWAY…IN THE
SHADOW OF THE…ST. LOUIE ARCH NEXT FRIDAY …AND…MICHAEL MC DOWELL…JUST 95 POINTS
BEHIND SERIES LEADER KIMMEL…WILL TRY AND MOVE IN CLOSER TO THE…CHAMP…
THE…GRAND AM SERIES…HEADED TO…SONOMA,
CALIFORNIA…WITH THE…I.R.L…FOR THE PENULTIMATE ROUND…OF THE 2007 SEASON…AND IT
CAME DOWN TO A…GREEN-WHITE-CHECKER…FINISH…WHICH SAW…2ND GENERATION
DRIVER…ALEX GURNEY (DAN’S SON) PASS…2ND GENERATION DRIVER…DAVID
DONOHUE (MARK’S SON)…FOR HIS…AND CO-DRIVER…JON FOGARTY’S… 7TH WIN
OF THE SEASON…AND THE INSIDE TRACK FOR THE SERIES TITLE…
SO WHEN IT WAS OVER…IT WAS…GURNEY-FOGARTY…WINNING
IN THEIR PONTIAC…AHEAD OF DONOHUE…AND CO-DRIVER…DARREN LAW OUT OF
PHOENIX…FINISHING 2ND…IN THEIR PORSCHE WHILE…SCOTT PRUETT & MEMO
ROJAS…COMPLETED THE PODIUM…IN THE 3RD SPOT…IN THEIR…LEXUS…
THE FINAL…CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDING RACE…OF 2007…FOR
THE…GRAND AM-ER’S…WILL BE…IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS…ON THE…IDES OF
SEPTEMBER…(THAT’S THE "15TH" …FOR YOU…NON-ROMAN EMPIRE…
LISTENERS)…AT THE…MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK…IN…TOOLEE, UTAH.
THE INDY PRO SERIES…WAS IN SONOMA…WITH THE…I.R.L.-ER’S… AND THE…GRAND
AM-ER’S TO RUN A PAIR OF RACES…BEGINNING ON SATURDAY…WITH A 100 MILER…WHICH
HAD A FAMILIAR ENDING AS… THE…"LLOYDSTER"…ALEX LLOYD…COLLECTED HIS 8TH
WIN…IN 14 STARTS…FINISHING AHEAD OF…RICHARD ANTINNUCCI… IN 2ND…AND…
MIKE POTEKHEN IN 3RD…
AND THEN ON…SUNDAY MORNING…THEY RAN ANOTHER…100
MILER… AND…ON THE SABBATH
IT WAS…SATURDAY’S…RUNNER UP…RICHARD AN-TIN-NUC-CI…MOVING UP A POSITION…TO TAKE
THE WIN AHEAD OF… RYAN JUSTICE…IN 2ND…AND…ANDREW PREN-DEN-VILLE…3RD…
TONIGHT…DENNIS WOOD…PASSES THE KEYS TO
THE…MANZANITA SPEED-A-TORIUM…TO THE NEW OWNER…BOBBY MARTIN…AND THE NEW…GENERAL
MANAGER…STEVE DUNN…SO THIS WILL BE A NIGHT OF REFLECTION…AND ANTICIPATION…AS
WE MELD THE PAST WITH THE FUTURE…
MAKE A NOTE…WE WILL BE TAKING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
OFF…SO IF YOU SHOW UP HERE AT MAX’S…EXPECTING TO SEE A…RR-AZ BROADCAST …YOU’LL
BE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE WON’T BE HERE…BUT YOU CAN STILL ENJOY
OUR…WITTY…RACING… BANTER AND REPARTEE (clever-ness)…FROM A PREVIOUS BROADCAST
ON… 1310 KXAM & KXAM.COM…ON THE INTERNET BROADCAST …
WORLDWIDE…AND TO…ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA…
KYLE PETTY…BROKEN HAND AND ALL…WILL BE IN TOWN
TOMORROW NIGHT…FROM 6:00-8:00
AT THE…DOWNTOWN… ASU…COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTHCARE…WHERE HE WILL ANNOUNCE
PLANS FOR A… CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT… BENEFITING THE…COLLEGE AND
THE …VICTORY JUNCTION GANG…
THE…CHARITY GOLF OUTING IS SCHEDULED FOR…FEBRUARY
28TH …AND WE’LL SHARE MORE INFORMATION…AS WE RECEIVE IT…
IN ADDITION TO…KYLE PETTY’S…TRIP TO
PHOENIX…TOMORROW… THE "OTHER"...KYLE…KYLE BUSCH…HITS
PHOENIX…ON THURSDAY…FOR A… Q & A SESSION…BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE HE’S
GOING TO BE… YOU’LL NEED TO CHECK THE…P.I.R. WEBSITE…OR…ASK US…HERE AT
MAX’S…BECAUSE…BUSCH "THE YOUNGER’S…APPEARANCE…IS AT A VENUE…WHICH TO MENTION
ON AIR…WOULD VIOLATE OUR BROADCAST CONTRACT…
AARWBA (ARUBA)…THE AMERICAN AUTO RACING WRITERS & BROADCASTERS
ASSOCIATION
OF WHICH…WE THE…RR-AZ STAFF ARE MEMBERS BELIEVE IT OR NOT…"IN GOOD
STANDING" HAS ANNOUNCED THAT…RR-AZ ALUM…GARY SCELZI …IS THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENT
OF THE…
"RICK MEARS…GOOD GUY AWARD"…GIVEN TO THE RACER…WHO IS DEEMED THE MOST…
MEDIA FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE…AND WE AGREE BECAUSE SCELZI…EVEN TALKS TO US
ESPECIALLY WHEN HE’S…HAVIN’ A SMOKE…
BILL DAVIS RACING…HAS ANNOUNCED THAT…EX-F-1-ER…
CANADIAN… JACQUES VILLENEUVE WILL MAKE HIS NASCAR DEBUT…IN A TRUCK…AT LAS
VEGAS…ON SEPTEMBER 22ND…AND WILL COMPETE IN 7 TRUCK EVENTS THIS
YEAR…AND MAKE HIS "CUP" DEBUT IN…2008…LIKELY REPLACING THE…"PINK SLIPPED"
DRIVER OF THE…# 36…JEREMEY MAYFIELD…WOO HO…EH?
IN CONJUNCTION WITH 20 OTHER…NASCAR RACE TRACKS…
P.I.R…WILL HOST A BLOOD & BONE MARROW DRIVE…AT THE TRACK…ON… TUESDAY…
SEPTEMBER 11TH...FROM 2:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
POTENTIAL DONORS CAN REGISTER AT…WWW.GIVE
LIFE.ORG…BY ENTERING THE SPONSOR CODE…"DONATE PIR"…OR THE ZIP CODE
…85323…FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT…WWW.RED CROSS.ORG…OR
BY CALLING…P.I.R…AT…623-463-5660
U.S.A. RACE PARK…DOWN TUCSON WAY…HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT THEY WILL HOST THE A.M.A GRAND NATIONAL…FLAT TRACK… MOTORCYCLE
CHAMPIONSHIPS…ON…FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS …SEPTEMBER 28TH & 29TH…
THIS WILL BE THE 1ST TIME THE …FLAT
TRACKERS…PRO DIVISION WILL RACE IN…TUCSON…AND TICKETS…ARE
ON SALE…NOW FOR MORE INFO…CONTACT THE TRACK AT…520-574-8515…OR VISIT…USA
DIRT TRACK.COM…ON THE INTERNET
THE ARIZONA GP…WILL BE HELD ON A 2.087 MILE
COURSE… WINDING THRU THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN PHOENIX …THE WEEKEND OF… NOVEMBER
30TH – DECEMBER 1ST…AND FEATURE THE…CHAMP CAR SERIES…AND
A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER "STUFF"…
GRAND PRIX-ARIZONA…TICKETS…ARE NOW ON SALE…AT…
TICKETMASTER.COM…OR YOU CAN CALL…480-784-4444…
AS USUAL…TONIGHT'S 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…AUGUST 20, 2007…SHOW…)
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…CROSSED THE
BORDER INTO…EDMONDTON, CANNUCKADA…FOR A TWO RACE…WEEKEND SESSION AND
APPARENTLY…AL GORE’S GLOBAL WARMING MESSAGE HAS NOT REACHED CANNUKADA YET…AS
THE RACE WAS RUN IN 40 DEGREE…MID-AUGUST…WEATHER BUT THE CHILLY WEATHER COULD
NOT STOP STEVE KINSER FROM PICKING UP HIS 9TH WIN OF THE SEASON…AND
THE…542ND OF HIS OUTLAW…CAREER…
THE "KING" OF THE OUTLAWS…LED ALL 35 LAPS…TO
RECORD THE WIN …AND BECOME THE ONLY…OUTLAW DRIVER…TO COMPLETE THE … N.A.F.T.A…TRIFECTA…AS
HE WON THE ONLY OUTLAW RACE EVER RUN IN …MEXICO…IN 1992…HAS WON…540…IN THE
U.S.A…AND NOW HAS… ONE WIN…IN…CANNUKADA…STEVE
KINSER…YOU DA’ SENOR…EH???
TIM SHAFFER…RAN 2ND…WHILE…RR-AZ
ALUM…AND OUTLAW POINT LEADER…DONNY SCHATZ COMPLETED THE PODIUM…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…STILL IN…CANNUCKADA…IT WAS…TO
COLD AND RAINY…TO RACE…SO THEY MOVED THE SHOW TO…SUNDAY AFTERNOON …
THE OUTLAWS…NOW RETURN TO THE GOOD OL’ U.S.A…AND
CONTINUE WESTWARD TO THE GRUNGE STATE…A.K.A…WASHINGTON…FOR A PAIR OF SHOWS
AT…BEAUTIFULLY NAMED SKAGIT…SPEEDWAY…NEXT WEEKEND…
THE…U.S.A.C…NATIONAL…MIDGETEERS HEADED TO…MACON,
ILLINOIS …FRIDAY NIGHT FOR A STAND ALONE…30 LAPPER THAT SAW…44 MIDGETS ON
HAND…BUT IT WAS…BRAD KUHN…WHO WAS THE CLASS OF THE FIELD…AS HE LED ALL 30
LAPS…ON HIS WAY TO THE WIN…AHEAD OF BRAD LOYET…IN 2ND…AND…SHANE
HOLLINGSWORTH…3RD…
NATIONAL MIDGET POINT LEADER…JERRY COONS, JR…OUT
OF TUCSON …WAS SHOWN FINISHING…18TH…
NEXT UP FOR THE…NATIONAL…MIDGETEERS…WILL BE THE 4
RACES IN 4 DAYS…WISCONSIN CHALLENGE…OR AS WE CALL IT…THE … "CHEESEHEAD
CHALLENGE"…AT A TRIO OF TRACKS IN WISCONSIN BEGINNING
ATPLYMOUTH NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED UP BY A PAIR AT…SUN PRAIRIE’S…LEGENDARY…ANGELL
PARK…ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY…AND THEN CONCLUDING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT…AT … BEAVER
DAM, WISCONSIN…
THE…U.S.A.C. SILVER CROWNERS…JOINED UP WITH
THE…A.R.C.A. FOLKS…AT THE SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS…1 MILE DIRT TRACK…AT THE
…ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS…FOR A 100 MILER…ON SATURDAY… THAT SAW…39…YES…WE
SAID…39 CARS…TAKE THE GREEN FLAG…IN THE CURFEW SHORTENED RACE…WHICH
TURNED INTO A…75 MILER… WON BY…TONY STEWART EMPLOYEE…RICKY STENHOUSE…AHEAD OF
BILLY WEASE…IN 2ND…AND…SERIES POINT LEADER…BUD KAEDING…3RD…
THE SILVER CROWNERS…WILL RETURN TO…F.I.B.-LAND…IN
ANOTHER WEEK…AS THEY SHOW
UP AT THE...ONE…MILE DIRT TRACK…IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS…OVER THE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND …FOR A 100 MILER…
THE U.S.A.C./C.R.A…"CAL SPRINTERS…CONTINUED THEIR
2007 SEASON AT…"WEASLEY NAMED"…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…SATURDAY NIGHT… WHERE IT
WAS…POINT LEADER…TONY JONES…PICKING UP HIS 5TH CHECKERED FLAG OF
THE SEASON…AS HE CONTINUES HIS MARCH TO HIS 1ST…U.S.A.C./C.R.A.
TITLE…
DANNY SHERIDAN…RAN 2ND…WITH…SCOTTY
WEIR…3RD…WHILE THE ONLY …"ZONIE"…IN THE FIELD…JEREMEY
SHERMAN…QUALIFIED 18TH…RAN 2ND …IN HIS HEAT…AND WAS
SHOWN AS 16TH…IN THE MAIN EVENT…ON A NIGHT THAT SAW…4 FLIPPERS…
NEXT SATURDAY…THE U.S.A.C./C.R.A…WHORDE…DO IT
AGAIN…IN PAREE …ON SATURDAY NIGHT…
THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…SHOWED UP AT THE…ILLINOIS STATE
FAIR…FOR ROUND…# 16 OF THEIR 23 RACE SCHEDULE…A 100 MILER…ON THE DIRT… WHICH
SAW…
ROUND # 17…FOR THE…A.R.C.A. BUNCH…WILL TAKE
PLACE…AT THE OLDEST TRACK IN THE COUNTRY…"THE MILWAUKEE MILE"…IN TWO
WEEKS…WHEN THEY CONTEST A…200 LAPPER…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS…HOSTED THE…
"TOPLESS 100"…FOR…DIRT LATE MODELS…(THEY TAKE THE ROOFS
OFF THE CARS)…AND IT WAS…WISCONSIN’S…JIMMY MARS…PICKING UP THE $46,000.
DOLLAR…WINNER’S CHECK…AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM…BILLY MOYER…IN 2ND…AND…RICK
ECKHART…3RD…
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM THE…AUGUST
13, 2007…SHOW)
THE
“WINGED SPRINTERS”…OF THE…WORLD OF OUTLAWS…HEADED TO…KNOXVILLE, IOWA FOR THE
47TH EDITION OF THE…KNOXVILLE NATIONALS…AND THE…$150,000.
WINNER’S SHARE OF THE PURSE…AND IN THE THURSDAY NIGHT…OPENING ROUND OF THE
THREE NIGHT… SHOW IT WAS…RR-AZ ALUM…PAUL MC MAHAN…WHEELING HIS…TONY
STEWART…OWNED SPRINTER TO A NEW….TRACK QUALIFYING RECORD …BUT IT WAS…JEFF
SHEPARD…COLLECTING THE 1ST FEATURE WIN OF THE “NATIONALS”…AS HE
EDGED…BROOKE TATNELL…AND…WAYNE JOHNSON…IN THE FEATURE…
ON FRIDAY…ROUND # 2…OF THE
3-RACE KNOXVILLE NATIONALS WAS WON BY…DUDE LASOSKI WHO…DIDN’T “BEAT HIS
DADDY”…ON THIS NIGHT…BUT DID…BEAT…RR-AZ ALUM…DONNY SCHATZ…TO THE CHECKERED
FLAG…WHILE…JASON SOWOLD…COMPLETED THE PODIUM...
AND THEN…IN THE FINALE OF THE
47TH…KNOXVILLE NATIONALS…IT WAS…DÉJÀ VU…ALL OVER AGAIN…FOR…RR-AZ
ALUM…DONNY SCHATZ …WHO WON THE BIGGEST SHOW IN THE WINGED SPRINT CAR BUSINESS
FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR… AS HE…MADE A BRIDESMAID OUT OF…JOEY
SALDANA…FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR…WHILE…FELLOW RR-AZ ALUMN TERRY
MC CARL…COMPLETED THE PODIUM…
IN ADDITION TO PICKING UP
THE…$150,000. DOLLAR… WINNER’S CHECK …SCHATZ APPARENTLY WON AGAIN…AS IT WAS
ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS MERGING HIS…CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WITH TONY STEWART
MOTORSPORTS…TO FORM…ARGUABLY…THE MOST POTENT TEAM IN WINGED SPRINT CAR RACING…
THE…U.S.A.C. NATIONAL
MIDGETEERS…CONDUCTED THEIR VERSION OF INDIANA MIDGET WEEK SORT OF…WITH 4
RACES…AT 4 TRACKS …IN …4 DAYS…BEGINNING WITH A THURSDAY NIGHT KICK OFF AT
BOSWELL, INDIANA…WHERE…IT WAS…TUCSON’S…JERRY COONS, JR… TAKING THE TOP SPOT
FROM…BRADY BACON…11 LAPS INTO THE…30 LAPPER…AND THEN…STAYING OUT FRONT THE
REMAINDER OF THE WAY TO PICK UP THE 1ST CHECKERED FLAG OF THE…4
RACE…INDIANA MIDGET WEEK SHOWDOWN…
KEVIN SWINDELL…RAN 2ND
IN THE OPENER…WHILE…BRADY BACON…MANAGED TO RUN 3RD…
THEN ON…NIGHT TWO OF INDIANA MIDGET WEEK…ON FRIDAY
ATGAS CITY’S...I-69 SPEEDWAY
IT WAS…SHANE COTTLE…TAKING THE WIN AHEAD OF…BRAD SWEET…IN 2ND…AND…INDIANA
MIDGET WEEK… ”HALFWAY”… POINT LEADER…BRADY BACON…IN 3RD…
RR-AZ ALUM…JERRY COONS, JR…WORKED HIS WAY INTO THE
FEATURE …BY WINNING THE “2ND SEMI”…OF THE SHOW…AND RACING TO A
5TH PLACE FINISH…IN THE…“A” MAIN…
THE…PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE…NATIONAL MIDGET…
FOURPLE”… WAS RUN ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE SHADOWS OF THE SEAGRAM’S WHISKEY
FACTORY IN LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA WHERE IT WAS…KEVIN SWINDELL…WHEELING HIS…KASEY
KAHNE…OWNED… SPRINTER TO THE WIN AHEAD OF…DARREN HAGEN…IN THE 2ND
SPOT ANDU.S.A.C. NATIONAL POINT LEADER JERRY COONS, JR…3RD…
THE
SUNDAY…INDIANA MIDGET FINALE…WAS HELD IN…KOKOMO… WHERE…RICKY STENHOUSE WON
THE FINAL ROUND…AS HE FINISHED AHEAD OF…SATURDAY WINNER…KEVIN SWINDELL...IN
2ND…AND BRAD LOYETTE…IN THE 3RD SPOT…
TUCSON’S…JERRY COONS, JR…WON HIS HEAT RACE…AND
FINISHED … 4TH…IN THE FEATURE WHICH WAS…GOOD ENOUGH…TO CLINCH
THE…INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPIONSHIP…FOR THE…RR-AZ ALUM…OUT OF TUCSON…
NEXT UP FOR THE NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WILL BE A TRIP
TO…MACON, ILL-ANNOYING…THIS COMING…SATURDAY NIGHT…
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. “CAL
SPRINTERS”…SPENT…SATURDAY NIGHT AT…
SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY…WHERE
IT WAS…MIKE SPENCER…SHOWING THE WAY…FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE
WEEK…AS HE SET QUICK QUALIFYING TIME…AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH HIS 4TH
U.S.A.C./C.R.A. WIN OF THE SEASON…AHEAD OF…POINT LEADER…TONY JONES…IN
THE 2ND SPOT…AND…DANNY FARIA…RUNNING…3RD…
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. BUNCH…SHOWED UP
IN…NASHVILLE…ALONG WITH THE NASCAR TRUCKERS OVER THE WEEKEND…FOR THEIR…15TH
RACE OF THE 2007 CAMPAIGN…AND…JEREMEY CLEMENTS WHO JUST MISSED HIS 1ST
SERIES WIN…LAST WEEK AT POCONO WHEN HE RAN OUT OF PETROL COMING OFF
THE FINAL TURN OF THE RACE…HAD BETTER LUCK…IN NASHVILLE…AS HE GOT THAT
ELUSIVE 1ST WIN…AHEAD OF…OPEN WHEELER…BRYAN CLAUSON…IN 2ND…AND
8 TIME SERIES CHAMP… FRANK KIMMEL…IN THE 3RD SPOT…
PHOENIX’S…MICHAEL MC DOWELL HAD AN…UP & DOWN
WEEKEND…AS HE…WON HIS 6TH ”PORK POLE”…OF THE YEAR…AND WAS RUNNING
4TH… IN THE RACE…WHEN HIS MOTOR WENT SOUR RELEGATING HIM TO A 19TH
PLACE FINISH…AND DROPPING HIM TO…80 MARKERS BACK OF POINT LEADER…KIMMEL…IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE…
THE “OTHER” ZONIE…IN THE FIELD…GABI DICARLO…FINISHED
IN THE 23RD SPOT…AFTER STARTING THE RACE…35TH…
NEXT UP FOR THE A.R.C.A. GROUP IS THE…ONE MILE DIRT
TRACK…AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS…AND THAT’S ALWAYS…A GOOD ONE…
THE...I.R.L. SUPPORT
GROUP…THE…INDY PRO SERIES…WAS… SUPPORTING THE…IRL-ER’S…IN KENTUCKY…OVER THE
WEEKEND… WHERE IT WAS…ROOKIE…HIDEKI MUTOH…PICKING UP HIS 2ND
SERIES WIN…AS HE PASSED…BOTH…SERIES POINT LEADER…ALEX LLOYD AND…WADE
CUNNINGHAM… ON THE FINAL LAP…BEFORE PICKING UP THE CHECKERED FLAG…MUTOH’S
WIN…WAS REWARDED WITH MORE THAN A…CHECK…AS HE WILL BE GIVEN A …SHOT AT THE
BIG TIME…WHEN HE MAKES HIS I.R.L. DEBUT…IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS…WHEN THE SERIES
RACES IN CHICAGO…
LASTLY…THE INDY PRO
SERIES…WILL FOLLOW THE I.R.L…TO SONOMA …IN TWO WEEKS…FOR THEIR…NEXT SHOW…
THE…GRAND AM SERIES…HOOKED UP WITH THE…NASCARIANS…ON
FRIDAY NIGHT…AT… WATKINS GLEN…FOR THE 13TH ROUND…OF THEIR 15 RACE
SCHEDULE…WHICH SAW…PONTIAC DRIVING…ALEX GURNEY… AND …JON FOGARTY…COLLECT
THEIR 2ND WIN OF THE SEASON…AT THE “GLEN”…AND THEIR 6TH
OVERALL WIN OF THE 2007…GRAND AM CAMPAIGN…
THE WIN TOOK ON EXTRA SIGNIFICANCE…AS IT PULLED
THE…GURNEY-FOGARTY TEAM…INTO A…THREE WAY TIE…FOR THE SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP…WITH JUST A PAIR OF RACES REMAINING TO DECIDE THE…CHAMPS…
THE PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE SEASON…WILL TAKE PLACE
AT… SONOMA…IN TWO WEEKS WHEN…GURNEY & FOGARTY…WILL DO BATTLE
WITH…FRIDAY’S…PODIUM FINISHERS…WAYNE TAYLOR & MAX ANGELLELLI’S…PONTIAC…AND
THE…LEXUS…OF…SCOTT PRUETT & ALEX ROJAS…WHO RAN 2ND & 3RD…AT
THE “GLEN”…AND WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE THREE WAY LOGJAM…FOR THE TITLE…
PHOENIX’S…DARREN LAW…AND TEAMMATE…DAVID DONOHUE…WHO
RAN 5TH...IN THEIR PORSCHE…AT THE…“GLEN”…WILL NOT CONTEND FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP…BUT ARE STILL FOCUSED ON GETTING THEIR 1ST WIN OF
THE YEAR AT…SONOMA…
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY
MOTORING…
(FROM THE…AUGUST 6, 2007…SHOW…)
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…CONTESTED
RACES…# 53 & 54…OF THE…2007 SEASON…WITH BOTH ROUNDS TAKING PLACE AT …BEAVER
DAM, WISCONSIN’S…CHARTER RACEWAY…WHERE IT WAS…
QUITE A…FRIDAY NIGHT OPENER…AS…NOT ONE…NOT
TWO…NOT THREE …NOT FOUR BUT FIVE…YES WE SAID…FIVE…RESTARTS
WERE NEEDED TO START THE…"A" MAIN…AND WHEN IT DID GET UNDERWAY…IT WAS… JASON
SOWOLD…"LEADIN’ ‘EM ALL"…TO COLLECT HIS 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON IN
THE 40 LAPPER…
FAST QUALIFIER…JOEY SALDANA…RAN 2ND…WITH…DUDE
LASOSKI…3RD...
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…NO RESTARTS WERE
NECESSARY…BECAUSE "NO START" WHATSOEVER OCCURRED…AS RAINY WEATHER
POSTPONED THE SHOW...WHICH WILL NOW BE RUN IN …SEPTEMBER…
THE…OUTLAWS…NOW TAKE AN UNPRECEDENTED…10
DAY…MID-SEASON BREAK…BEFORE RESURFACING AT…NODAK SPEEDWAY…NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT…
THE…U.S.A.C…NATIONAL…MIDGETEERS…KEPT UP THE PACE…
FOLLOWING LAST WEEK’S BELLEVIEW NATIONALS…AS THEY JOINED UP WITH THE U.S.A.C
SPRINTERS…AT…SALEM…FOR A "DOUBLE-HEADER"… THAT SAW…BRAD KUHN…LEAD ALL 30
LAPS…TO RECORD THE WIN AHEAD OF…LEVI JONES…IN THE 2ND SPOT…MARC
JESSUP…3RD…AND TUCSON’S…JERRY COONS, JR…REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMP…IN
4TH…
COONS, JR.’S…4TH PLACE RUN ALSO
CATAPULTED HIM TO THE…TOP SPOT …IN THE POINT STANDINGS…AS HE CONTINUES TO
PURSUE…BACK-TO-BACK…NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIPS…
NEXT UP FOR THE…NATIONAL…MIDGETEERS…WILL BE…THEIR…"MINI
VERSION"…OF…INDIANA SPRINT WEEK…BEGINNING…THIS COMING FRIDAY
NIGHT…AS THEY RUN…4 SHOWS…AT…4 TRACKS…IN 4 DAYS … BEGINNING WITH…BOSWELL,
INDIANA…ON THURSDAY NIGHT…AND THEN TAKING ON…GAS CITY’S…I-69 ON FRIDAY…LAWERENCEBURG,
INDIANA … ON SATURDAY…AND THEN WRAPPING IT UP IN…KOKOMO…NEXT SUNDAY.
THE…U.S.A.C…NATIONAL SPRINTERS…WERE ALSO AT
THE…HIGH... ASPHALT BANKS...OF SALEM, INDIANA…SPEEDWAY...ON SATURDAY NIGHT…FOR
THEIR 27TH RACE OF THE 2007 CAMPAIGN...WHERE THEY QUALIFIED…RAN A
TRIO OF HEATS…A SEMI…AND 15 LAPS OF THE MAIN BEFORE RAIN HALTED THE FEATURE…WITHOUT
A WINNER…SO THAT’S IT FOR THE SPRINT CAR RECAP…NOTHING!!!
WITH SALEM…BEHIND THEM…THE…NATIONAL SPRINTERS…NOW
HAVE JUST 8 MORE RACES TO DETERMINE THEIR…2007 CHAMP…WITH THE NEXT TEST
SCHEDULED FOR…WEST VIRGINIA SPEEDWAY…ON…AUGUST 24TH…
THE U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS…AFTER A COUPLE
OF WEEKS OFF…RESUMED THEIR 2007 SEASON AT…"WEASLEY NAMED"…PERRIS
SPEEDWAY…SATURDAY NIGHT…WHERE IT WAS FAST QUALIFIER…MIKE SPENCER…STAYING FAST
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT…AS HE ALSO WON THE SERIES 22ND FEATURE RACE OF
THE SEASON…AHEAD OF…RICKIE GAUNT…IN THE 2ND SPOT…AND…C.R.A. POINT
LEADER…TONY JONES…IN 3RD…
NEXT SATURDAY…ROUND 23 OF THE 39 RACE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A…SCHEDULE
…WILL GO INTO THE BOOKS AT…SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY…
THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…SHOWED UP AT POCONO…WITH THE
NASCARIANS …FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS SEASON…AND SATURDAY’S…"BUY A
RIDE"…200 MILER…FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE RACE WENT TO…RR-AZ ALUM…OUT
OF PHOENIX…MICHAEL MC DOWELL…WHO ASSUMED THE TOP SPOT…IN TURN 4 OF THE FINAL
LAP…WHEN…RACE LEADER…JEREMEY CLEMENTS …RAN OUT OF PETROL…COMING OFF OF TURN
4…ON THE FINAL LAP…
2006…U.S.A.C. NATIONAL SPRINT CAR CHAMP…JOSH
WISE…FINISHED 2ND …WHILE…JEREMEY "I NEED SOME GAS"
CLEMENTS…LIMPED HOME IN THE 3RD SPOT…
RR-AZ ALUMNETTE…GABI DICARLO…OUT OF
ARIZONA…FINISHED ON THE LEAD LAP…IN THE 18TH POSITION…AFTER
STARTING…27TH…
MC DOWELL’S WIN…COUPLED WITH THE 25TH
PLACE FINISH OF 8 TIME SERIES CHAMP…FRANK KIMMEL…ALLOWED…MC DOWELL…TO CLOSE
WITHIN 30 POINTS…IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE…WITH 9 RACES REMAINING TO DETERMINE
THE…CHAMP…AND WE’RE BETTING ON MC DOWELL…TO DO THE JOB…
THE 15TH EVENT OF THE A.R.C.A
SEASON…WILL OCCUR…NEXT WEEKEND …IN NASHVILLE WHERE SOME LUCKY DRIVER…AND WE’RE
THINKING …MC DOWELL…WILL WIN…A GUITAR…AND THE RACE…
HOW ABOUT THAT NASCAR MISCARRIAGE OF THEIR OWN
RULE BOOK…IN THE BUSCH RACE…ON SATURDAY…ONCE AGAIN…IT COMES DOWN TO… "WHO
YA’ GONNA’ BELIEVE…NASCAR…OR YOUR OWN LYING EYES"…AND NOW YOU KNOW
WHY…THE BRICKYARD…T.V. RATINGS WERE OFF 21%… AND WHY THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
EMPTY SEATS…AT EVERY RACE… AND THE PROBLEM LIES SQUARELY IN THE LAP OF…MR. 3RD
BASE…THE "BOSS"…BUT HARDLY...A LEADER OF NASCAR…
THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN NASCAR’S USUAL
NONSENSE…WAS THE COMPLETE LACK OF EXPLANATION…BY THE ESPN FOLKS… (BESTWICK &
OTHERS)…THESE MEDIA WHORES (AND YES…THAT IS REDUNDANT) WILL DO ANYTHING FOR A
PAYCHEK…
TONY STEWART…WAS FINED $25,000. AND 25
OWNER/DRIVER POINTS FOR HIS "B.S." COMMENT IN THE…"BRICKYARD"… POST RACE
INTERVIEW …AND WE GUESS THAT’S ABOUT ALL YOU CAN EXPECT FROM…NASCAR
…AS…STEWART…WAS A…REPEAT OFFENDER…AND…ON PROBATION AND THE FINE
EQUALS…5% OF HIS BRICKYARD WINNINGS ($488,000+)… OOH…THAT HURTS…
ALL OF YOU FOLKS WHO VISITED THE…I.M.C.A.COM…WEBSITE…TO
VOTE FOR…"SHOWTIME" SHAWN ZELENKA…THE I.M.C.A…ARIZONA POINT LEADER…TO
BE INCLUDED IN THE 2007…"ALL STAR RACE" …IN BOONE, IOWA…AT THE…25TH
ANNUAL…BOONE NATIONALS…IN SEPTEMBER CAN …PAT YOURSELVES…ON THE BACK…BECAUSE
…SHOWTIME SHAWN ZELENKA…HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THE 10 DRIVERS…TO SECURE A
SPOT IN THE…INVITATIONAL RACE…
SHAWN…WILL HEAD A…"FOURPLE" CONTINGENT…OF…ARIZONA
DRIVERS…SCHEDULED TO MAKE THE SEPTEMBER TRIP…TO IOWA …AND INCLUDED IN THAT…"WHORDE"…
ARE ZELENKA… GEORGE FRONSMAN …JOHN MORRIS, JR…AND…JOE PARMELEY…
NOW …TAKE A DEEP BREATH…GIRLS…
LAST WEEK…KASEY KAHNE … WAS IN HOLLYWOOD ON A PRODUCTION SET…AND HE GOT…"HIT
ON" BY DRUNK DRIVING "SKANK"…PARIS HILTON… WHO COMMENTED THAT KASEY…"IS SO
CUTE"…AND THEN GAVE HIM A LITTLE SMOOCH…
DONE DEALS???…GIBBS TO TOYOTA…&…CHANGE THOSE…"8’S"
TO… "9’S"…AS…BUDWEISER IS GOING TO…KAHNE
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT…RR-AZ…WILL BE SOMEWHAT…MODIFIED…
AS… THE REYNOLDS’…AND WHEATS…WILL BE AT…ROAD AMERICA ...IN ELKHART LAKE,
WISCONSIN…AND…HINES…WILL BE GOING LEFTY-RIGHTY…AT…LAGUNA SECA…IN MONTEREY…AND
THAT MEANS…RR-AZ WILL BE IN OUR…STAFF TEENAGER’S HANDS…AND HE’S DECIDED TO
HOST A…MODIFIED NIGHT AS TONY…WILL BE JOINED BY…CO-HOSTITUTES…RACIN’
JASON NOLL… AND…RICK WARD…AND… SPECIAL …"MODIFIED GUESTS"…JAMES PAUTOT & CLINT
FOUTS…IN A NIGHT OF UNUSUAL STUFF…WE’RE SURE…
A.J. FOYT…RECONFIRMED HIS…"TOUGHEST MUTHA’ IN THE
FREE WORLD" CREDENTIALS…LAST WEEK…AS THE 72 YEAR OLD… RACING LEGEND
…SURVIVED…A 15’ DROP INTO A LAKE…WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER …AND HAD TO FREE
HIMSELF…UNDER WATER…FROM THE DOZER’S CAGE …AND MAKE HIS
WAY TO LAND …NEEDLESS TO SAY…A.J…DID NOT GO TO THE
HOSPITAL…
…AND…ASTUTE LISTENERS…WILL RECALL THAT IT WAS JUST
LAST YEAR …WHEN…A.J…ON A BULLDOZER…DISTURBED A…BEES
NEST…AND WAS …STUNG…MORE THAN 200 TIMES…AND MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES…ON THE
FACE…AND OF COURSE…REFUSED …TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL…
A.J. IS ONE TOUGH DUDE…BUT WE RECOMMEND HE GET RID
OF THAT BULLDOZER…
IN CONJUNCTION WITH 20 OTHER…NASCAR RACE TRACKS…
P.I.R. WILL HOST A…BLOOD & BONE MARROW DRIVE…AT THE TRACK …ON… TUESDAY…
SEPTEMBER 11TH...FROM 2:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
POTENTIAL DONORS CAN REGISTER AT…WWW.GIVE
LIFE.ORG…BY ENTERING THE SPONSOR CODE…"DONATE PIR"…OR THE ZIP CODE
… 85323…FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.RED CROSS. ORG…OR
BY CALLING…P.I.R…AT…623-463-5660
U.S.A. RACE PARK…DOWN TUCSON WAY…HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT THEY WILL HOST THE A.M.A GRAND NATIONAL…FLAT TRACK… MOTORCYCLE
CHAMPIONSHIPS…ON…FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS …SEPTEMBER 28TH & 29TH…
THIS WILL BE THE 1ST TIME THE …FLAT
TRACKERS…PRO DIVISION WILL RACE IN…TUCSON…AND TICKETS…ARE
ON SALE…NOW
FOR MORE INFO…CONTACT THE TRACK AT…520-574-8515…OR
VISIT…USA DIRT TRACK.COM…ON THE INTERNET
THE ARIZONA GP…WILL BE HELD ON A 2.087 MILE
COURSE… WINDING THRU THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN PHOENIX …THE WEEKEND OF… NOVEMBER
30TH – DECEMBER 1ST…AND FEATURE THE…CHAMP CAR SERIES…AND
A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER "STUFF"…
GRAND PRIX-ARIZONA…TICKETS…ARE NOW ON SALE…AT…
TICKETMASTER.COM…OR YOU CAN CALL…480-784-4444…
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…
