(FROM THE…RACE-VEMBER 26, 2007…SHOW…)
THE FINAL...WINGED SPRINT CAR RACE…OF THE 2007 SEASON…A "360"… AFFAIR AT
THE INAUGURAL TURKEY OPEN WHEEL CLASSIC…AT SPRINGFIELD RACEWAY…IN…SPRINGFIELD,
MISSOURI…WAS RUN… SATURDAY NIGHT…AND WON BY… DOVER, MISSOURI…NATIVE…DANNY "THE
DUDE" LASOSKI. LASOSKI…BESTED A 17-CAR FIELD…ON THE ¼ MILE…BANKED OVAL…TO TAKE HOME A
$2,500 WINNER’S PRIZE.
IT WAS…LASOSKI’S…3RD WIN IN A…360-SPRINT CAR…THIS SEASON
…WITH ALL THREE COMING IN THE…SHOW-ME STATE.
JOINING THE…THE 2001 WORLD OF OUTLAWS CHAMPIONO…ON THE PODIUM…WAS HIS
NEPHEW BRIAN BROWN…AND…JESSE HOCKETT
LAKE HAVASU’S…"95 SPEEDWAY"…RAN A 75 LAP…LATE MODEL SHOW …ON
SATURDAY WHICH SAW…15 YEAR OLD…AUSTIN MURPHY…TAKE FAST QUALIFIER HONORS…AND
THEN…WIN…THE 75 LAPPER…OF THE TRACK’S…SEASON ENDING EVENT…
IN A MOVE…REMINISCENT OF REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC…NASCAR
HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL CHANGE THE QUALIFYING ORDER FORMAT…BEGINNING WITH
THE 2008 SEASON…
IN 2008…ALL CARS NOT…"LOCKED INTO THE FIELD"…A.K.A…THOSE
CARS…"OUTSIDE"…OF THE TOP 35 IN POINTS…WILL QUALIFY FIRST… BEFORE THE…"LOCKED
IN CARS"…QUALIFY…
APPARENTLY…THIS PART OF…MR. 3RD BASE (BRIAN FRANCE’S)…
SOLUTION TO REVERSE…A 20% SLIDE IN T.V. RATINGS…AND THE…EMPTY SEATS…AT RACE
TRACKS...PROBLEM…
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR…JANUARY 18TH…AS THE…RM…ANNUAL
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR… "VINTAGE CARS IN ARIZONA" EVENT…WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HELD
AT THE…ARIZONA BILTMORE RESORT…WHERE SUCH CARS AS THE…1946 LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL…INDY 500 PACE CAR… DRIVEN BY…HENRY FORD II…AND THE…HISTORIC EDSEL
FORD 1934 SPECIAL SPEEDSTER…WILL CROSS THE BLOCK.
COLIN BRAUN…19 YEARS OLD…WHO SPENT THE PAST TWO YEARS CAMPAIGNING IN
THE GRAND AM SERIES…AND RACING AGAINST THE LIKES OF…PHOENIX’S…MICHAEL MC
DOWELL AND WITH A COUPLE OF…TEAM WINS…UNDER HIS BELT…INCLUDING…THE 24 HOURS OF
DAYTONA…AND A PODIUM FINISH AT…LE MANS…HAS BEEN SIGNED BY…ROUSH RACING…TO
REPLACE…TRAVIS KVAPIL…IN THE…NASCAR TRUCK SERIES…NEXT SEASON…
BRAUN…IS AN EXCELLENT DRIVER…WHO WE BELIEVE WILL LIKELY GET A SHOT AT
THE COUPLE OF…BUSCH…ROAD RACING SHOWS…AS WELL…
RACING WRITER…MIKE MULHERN…WRITES THAT IT TAKES ABOUT…30,000 LAPS FOR A
NEW NASCAR DRIVER TO…"GET THE HANG OF THINGS."
HE FIGURES…NEXTEL CUP OFFERS SOME 10,000 LAPS ANNUALLY…WITH A FULL…BUSCH
SERIES SLATE…ADDING 7,000 MORE LAPS.
DOING THE MATH…WE CALCULATE…THAT AFTER HIS COUPLE OF YEARS
IN…BUSCH…AND…COUPLE OF YEARS…IN THE CUP SERIES…AND…AFTER SUBTRACTING SOME
LAPS…FOR…WRECKS …AND DNF’S…AND USING… MULHERN’S LOGIC…WE FIGURE…GLENDALE’S…J.J.
YELEY…SHOULD BE ABOUT READY TO CONTEND…IN THE 2008 SEASON…
THEY RUN ON DIRT AND ..THEY RUN ON ASPHALT AND IN 2008…IT’S 56TH
SEASON OF OPERATION THE…A.R.C.A. FOLKS…WILL RETURN TO… ROAD RACING…AS
THE SERIES HAS ANNOUNCED AN AGREEMENT TO RACE AT A…"NEW"… ROAD COURSE…BEING
BUILT IN…MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
IN SEPTEMBER
THE LAST TIME THE ARCA SERIES APPEARED ON A ROAD COURSE WAS AT…WATKINS
GLEN…IN JULY…OF 2001...
RR-AZ…TAKES SOME OCCASIONAL…"HEAT"…FROM F-1 FANS FOR CALLING IT A…PARADE
SERIES VS. A …RACING SERIES…BUT FEEL SOMEWHAT VINDICATED BASIS AN
ANALYSIS…DONE BY THE NATIONAL SPEED SPORT NEWS’…EDITOR…CHRIS ECONOMAKI…WHO HAS
DONE AN ACTUAL COUNT OF…ON TRACK "PASSES"…FOR…LEAD CHANGES …IN THE… JUST
CONCLUDED…2007 SEASON… …
"ACCORDING TO…ECONOMAKI…A REVIEW OF THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED GRAND PRIX
SEASON OF 17 WORLD-WIDE---FORMULA ONE RACES…REVEALS THAT IN ONLY…TWO RACES
THIS YEAR DID
THE LEAD CHANGE WITHOUT BENEFIT OF A PIT STOP…IN GERMANY AND IN CHINA.
IN THE EUROPEAN GP, CONDUCTED THIS YEAR IN GERMANY…FELIPE MASSA’S…PASS
OF ADRIAN SUTIL…AND…FERNANDO ALONSO’S… OVERTAKING OF…MASSA…WERE WITHOUT PIT
STOP HELP AS WAS… KIMI RAIKKONEN’S…BREEZE PAST…LEWIS HAMILTON…IN CHINA.
EVERY OTHER LEAD CHANGE DURING THE…ENTIRE…2007 F-1 SEASON WAS MADE WHILE
THE LEADER MADE A…PIT STOP"…
AND….BASIS THIS…WE FEEL VINDICATED…AND COMFORTABLE…AS WE …CONTINUE TO
REFERENCE …F-1…AS A…PARADE SERIES… …WOO HOO
THIS WEEK’S…LEGAL NEWS ADVISES THAT THE JUDGE IN THE KENTUCKY
SPEEDWAY VS. NASCAR LAWSUIT…OVER THE AWARDING OF CUP RACES HAS SET A TRIAL
DATE OF…MARCH 4, 2008…IF THE TWO…WARRING PARTIES CANNOT REACH AN OUT OF COURT
SETTLEMENT…VIA MEDIATION
THE…KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY FOLKS WANT A…"CUP" RACE OR THEY WANT…$200 MILLION
IN DAMAGES AND A BREAK UP OF THE "COZY RELATIONSHIP" BETWEEN…NASCAR…(HEADED
BY MR. 3RD BASE – BRIAN FRANCE)…AND…I.S.C. (INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
CORP…OWNER OF
12 TRACKS & 14 RACES )…HEADED BY…SISTER 3RD BASE (LESA FRANCE
KENNEDY)…AND WHICH SHARE…THE SAME OFFICES…IN DAYTONA BEACH…AND THAT A
JURY COULD "REASONABLY DIVINE" …THAT THE TWO COMPANIES HAVE WORKED TOGETHER
TO…DENY… INDEPENDENT TRACKS…THE CHANCE TO HOST A RACE…
YA’ THINK SO???
IN THE…"PUTTIN’ ‘EM TOGETHER LIKE A…CHEAP SUIT"…DEPARTMENT… WE’RE HERE
TO REPORT THAT…BRUTON SMITH …THE BILLIONAIRE OWNER OF…CHARLOTTE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY…HAS DECIDED…NOT…TO MOVE THE TRACK…
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER…CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA… POLITICIANS…WHO HAD
DENIED…SMITH…A PERMIT TO BUILD A…DRAG STRIP…AT THE…CHARLOTTE TRACK…AND WHO
CAME UNDER FIRE WHEN …SMITH…ANNOUNCED HE WOULD CLOSE DOWN THE FACILITY…HAVE
REVERSED THEMSELVES AND WILL NOW…INSTEAD…OFFER…SMITH $70-$80 MILLION
DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES… TO…BUILD…THE DRAG STRIP…AND…KEEP THE…TRACK IN
OPERATION…
IF THERE IS AN…UPSIDE…FOR TAXPAYERS…ON THIS…IT IS THAT IT ONLY COST
$70-$80 MILLION TO KEEP THE TRACK RUNNING…WHEN NORMALLY THEY SCREW TAXPAYERS
OUT OF…$400-$500 MILLION…FOR SOME STICK & BALL PALACE…WHICH COSTS MORE TO
RUN…THAN IT RETURNS…
FIRST THINGS FIRST…THE COOKIE EXCHANGE…WILL BE HELD… THIS… FRIDAY
NIGHT…AND…AS USUAL…THE…NASCAR CUP BANQUET…WILL SERVE AS…BACKGROUND
NOISE…BEGINNING AT …7:00…ON ESPN CLASSIC…
ANOTHER …GOOD COLUMN…BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL KNIGHT …IN FRIDAY’S
REPUBLIC WHICH REVIEWED THE…"STATE OF PLAY"… AMONG THE 4 CUP AUTOMAKERS…POST
2007 AND GOING INTO 2008 …AND PARTICULARLY THE CHALLENGE…MOVING
FORWARD…WITH THE… CAR OF TOMORROW…
NEXT FRIDAY… THE SPINDOCTOR…WILL OFFER UP A PIECE ON… SEVEN-TIME…NASCAR
CUP CHAMPION…TEAM OWNER…RICK HENDRICK … INCLUDING SOME QUOTES…FROM HIM…AND
ABOUT HIM… FROM DALE EARNHARDT, JR…SO THAT SHOULD BE SOME INTERESTING READING.
AND… DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT…MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…ON LINE… RACING… BLOG…AT…
SPIN DOCTOR 500 BLOG. BLOGSPOT. COM…AND YOU GAN GET THERE EASIEST…THRU THE
RACING ROUNDUP.COM … "LINKS" PAGE
RACING ROUNDUP-ARIZONA…AND THE…LTN RADIO HOUR…HOSTED BY…TODD BEHLING AND
BASED IN WISCONSIN…HAVE BEGUN LAYING THE GROUND WORK FOR THEIR…JOINT…RACER
EXCHANGE PROGRAM WHICH WILL SEE AN…ARIZONA…SHORT TRACKER… HEAD TO
WISCONSIN TO RACE…IN A…TOP SHELF RIDE…AND IN TURN…A…WISCONSIN DRIVER… WILL
COME TO ARIZONA…FOR A CHANCE TO RACE…HERE IN ARIZONA…
MODIFIED DRIVER…CHUCK KUEHL…HAS BEEN TABBED TO BE OUR
INAUGURAL…"EXCHANGE DRIVER"…FROM ARIZONA…AND…IT LOOKS LIKE
THE…WISCONSIN…"EXCHANGE DRIVER"…AT THIS TIME…MAY BE… BILL TANDETZKE…WHO YOU
MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH FROM THE… CRAFTSMAN TOOL COMMERCIALS…SHOWING A SHORT
TRACK RACER …WRENCHING…ON HIS MODIFIED…
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE DETAILS…OR ANY CHANGES…AS THIS
EFFORT…UNFOLDS…
ON…TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY…DEC. 11TH & 12TH …AT LAS
VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR'S "CAR OF TOMORROW" WILL MAKE ITS’ FIRST
LAPS…AROUND THE HIGH-BANKED…SUPER SPEEDWAY… AS FIVE DRIVERS WILL CONDUCT
A…TIRE TEST…ON BEHALF OF GOODYEAR…
TONY STEWART…MATT KENSETH…JEFF BURTON …KASEY KAHNE…AND …TRAVIS KVAPIL…ALL
DRIVERS FROM TEAMS…THAT REALLY NEED TO …GET THEIR…C.O.T…PROGRAMS TOGETHER WILL
TAKE PART IN THE TWO-DAY TEST.
DON’T FORGET TO ORDER YOUR COPY OF…WINDY MC DONALD’S …NEW
BOOK…"MANZANITA SPEEDWAY'S DESERT THUNDER"… WHICH COVERS THE HISTORY OF
MANZANITA SPEEDWAY AND PICKS UP WHERE…"THUNDER IN THE DESERT" …WINDY’S…1ST
BOOK…LEFT OFF CONTINUING WITH THE 1981 SEASON…AND GOES THROUGH 2005…. IT IS
512 PAGES… WITH OVER 2,100 PICTURES.
IT SELLS FOR…$81.02…AND…YOU CAN PAY WITH…CHECKS OR
CASH…ONLY…AS WINDY IS NOT SET UP FOR CREDIT CARDS… …SHIPPING IS BY PRIORITY
MAIL…ADDS ANOTHER…$10.
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM THE…RACE-VEMBER 19,
2007…SHOW…)
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…PUT A FORK IN
THE 2007 SEASON …WITH A 40 LAPPER AT…"WEASELY NAMED"…PERRIS SPEEDWAY SATURDAY
NIGHT WHERE IT WAS RR-AZ ALUM CORY KRUSEMAN… PASSING…MIKE SPENCER…ON THE FINAL
LAP…TO RECORD THE WIN…
DAMION GARDNER…RAN 3RD…WITH…PHOENIX’S…R.J.
JOHNSON…4TH…
TONY JONES…CLAIMED THE…2007…U.S.A.C/C.R.A…DRIVING
CHAMPIONSHIP…FOLLOWING A 6TH PLACE FINISH…IN THE SEASON ENDER…
THE…LAS VEGAS DIRT TRACK…HOSTED THE ANNUAL…"DUEL
IN THE DESERT" FOR MODIFIEDS AND LATE MODELS SATURDAY NIGHT AND IN THE
MODIFIED PART OF THE SHOW…IT WAS
RR-AZ ALUM "SPECIAL ED" MARTIN OUT OF OKLAHOMA
TAKING THE 40 LAP WIN AND THE $5,000. WINNER’S CHECK…AS HE TOOK THE WIN AHEAD
OF … NEBRASKA’S…JOHNNY SAATOFF…2ND…
THE TOP FINISHER WITH…ARIZONA CONNECTIONS…WAS…JEREMEY
PAYNE…WHO WAS SHOWN FINISHING…27TH…
IN THE…LATE MODEL…40 LAPPER ALSO CHASING A…$5,000.
WINNER’S PAYDAY...IT WAS WISCONSIN’S JIMMY MARS COLLECTING THE WIN AHEAD OF
COLORADO’S...KELLY BOEN IN 2ND.
THE "MILD CHILD"…LONNIE PARKER, JR…WAS THE TOP
FINISHING "ZONIE"…CROSSING THE FINISH LINE…20TH…IN THE 28 CAR MAIN…
THE 14TH ANNUAL…3 DAY…TULARE, CALIFORNIA…"TROPHY CUP…FOR
"360" WINGED SPRINTERS" SAW…W.O.O…2007 POINTS BRIDESMAID JOEY SALDANA WIN
THE OPENING NIGHT MAIN EVENT.
FRIDAY NIGHTS…MAIN EVENT WAS TAKEN BY JASON MEYERS
AND SATURDAY NIGHT’S…FINAL ROUND…OF THE "TROPHY CUP WAS TAKEN BY RANDY
HANNAGAN AHEAD OF BUD KAEDING …2ND AND JASON MEYERS…IN 3RD…
MEYERS…CHARGE FROM A 20TH STARTING
SPOT…AND SUBSEQUENT…3RD PLACE FINISH ALLOWED HIM TO WIN
THE…2007…TROPHY CUP…AND THE …$15,000. WINNER’S CHECK…
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR…JANUARY 18TH AS
THE…RM…ANNUAL MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR… "VINTAGE CARS IN ARIZONA" EVENT…WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE HELD AT THE…ARIZONA BILTMORE RESORT…WHERE SUCH CARS AS THE…1946
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL…INDY 500 PACE CAR… DRIVEN BY…HENRY FORD II…AND
THE…HISTORIC EDSEL FORD 1934 SPECIAL SPEEDSTER…WILL CROSS THE BLOCK.
WE DON’T LIKE THE…SMELL OF THIS BUT AFTER A
THREE-YEAR RUN AS A PRIMARY SPONSOR OF THE RON CAPPS DRIVEN…AND…DON SCHUMACHER
OWNED NITRO FUNNY CAR…AND…AS
AN OFFICIAL NHRA…SERIES SPONSOR…BRUT…WILL EXIT THE SPORT EFFECTIVE AS OF THE
2008 RACE SEASON…PERHAPS RACING IS A
LITTLE TOO…MANLY…FOR THE…METRO SEXUAL MARKET…BRUT…IS…LOOKING FOR…
1993 CHAMP CAR AND 1992 FORMULA ONE CHAMPION…NIGLE
MANSELL’S …PAIR OF SPAWN GREG…AND…BROTHER…LEO…HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY...WALKER
RACING…TO COMPETE IN THE…CHAMP CAR’S… DEVELOPMENT…MAZDA ATLANTIC…SERIES…NEXT
SEASON…
THE TWO BROTHERS HAVE ALWAYS COMPETED ON THE SAME
TEAMS TOGETHER…STARTING OUT IN GO-KARTS…MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE OPEN WHEEL
LADDER…COMPETING IN THE FORMULA BMW…UK CHAMPIONSHIP…IN 2006…AND THE…BRITISH
F-3…INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN 2007…WITH…SUSPECT…RESULTS…AS BEST AS WE CAN
DETERMINE…MEANING…THAT WHILE THE NAME…MAY BE FAMILIAR…THE RESULTS…LIKELY…WON’T
BE…
OUR FINAL PIECE CONCERNS…FORMER…INDY CAR
RACER…"SALT" WALTHER…WHO STILL HAS THE NEED FOR SPEED AT THE RIPE OLD AGE
OF…59…AND IF WE LEARN …NOTHING FROM THIS OTHER THAN … DON’T…TRY AND
OUTRUN THE COPS IN GREENE COUNTY , OHIO…WE’LL HAVE LEARNED
SOMETHING…
"FORMER INDIANAPOLIS 500 DRIVER…DAVID "SALT"
WALTHER…WAS SENTENCED WEDNESDAY TO…THREE YEARS IN PRISON…AND HAD HIS DRIVERS
LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR 15 YEARS… FOR LEADING BEAVER CREEK POLICE ON A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE IN JULY"…
FIRST THINGS FIRST…THE COOKIE EXCHANGE…AS
ALWAYS…WILL BE HELD ON THE NIGHT OF THE…CUP BANQUET…THIS YEAR…THAT WOULD
BE…NEXT FRIDAY…NOVEMBER 30TH…YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED…
ON SUNDAY…WE ATTENDED…AND…CHRIS HINES…MC’D...THE 1ST
ANNUAL …"WELLNESS COMMUNITY"…RACING ORIENTED…FUND RAISER…AT THEIR
DOWNTOWN LOCATION…DON’T FORGET TO THANK…PAULA HARDISON(?)…THE CHAIRPERSON…OF
THE EVENT…WHICH WE HOPE TO BE AN ANNUAL PART OF…MOVING FORWARD…
HOMESTEAD POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING DRIVER…KASEY
KAHNE…FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOVING A TRACK SECURITY GUARD FRIDAY NIGHT.
KAHNE…IN DRIVING UNIFORM…WAS STOPPED FOR…NOT
HAVING THE PROPER CREDENTIAL TO BRING HIS BROTHER…KALE…INTO THE DRIVERS' MOTOR
HOME LOT…
MATT KENSETH’S…CREW CHIEF…ROBBIE REISER…IS…MOVIN’
ON UP AT…ROUSH RACING…TO THE…GENERAL MANAGER’S POSITION…
MORE…FORD STUFF…CONFIRMS WHAT WE TOLD YOU…MONTHS
AGO …AND THAT IS THAT… YATES RACING WILL RESURRECT THE…# 28 NEXT SEASON…WITH
DRIVER…TRAVIS KVAPIL.
THE # 28…WITH 76 WINS…HAS BEEN A…GOOD…BUT OFTEN
SAD…LINK …TO MANY…WELL KNOWN DRIVERS…SUCH AS…RICKY RUDD …CALE
YARBOROUGH…DONNIE ALLISON…BOBBY ALLISON …DAVEY ALLISON …KENNY IRWIN… AND
…ERNIE IRVAN…
NOW THAT IT’S OVER…EARNHARDT, JR.’S…LATE SEASON
PROBLEMS …THE "OTHER" SIDE OF THE STORY…
ANOTHER …GOOD COLUMN…BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL
KNIGHT
IN FRIDAY’S…REPUBLIC…HIGHLIGHTED BY THE QUOTE
FROM…MR. 3RD BASE…BRIAN FRANCE REGARDING THE POOR ESPN…BROADCAST
COVERAGE…AND IN TRUE…MR. 3RD BASE… LEADERSHIP… BRILLIANCE… HE SAYS…AND
WE QUOTE…"THEY'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THE BEST BROADCAST
FORWARD."…AND OUR QUESTION IS…"WHEN"…AND
SECONDLY…IF YOU’VE HEARD THE DISSENT…SHOULDN’T YOU BE MORE CONCERNED AND
PROACTIVE…IN AFFECTING THAT…CHANGE???…
BUT THEN THAT WOULD ENTAIL SOME SEMBLANCE OF
COMPETENCE …IN HIS POSITION AS GRAND POOBAH…OF NASCAR …BUT THEN …AS WE’VE SAID
BEFORE…BRIAN FRANCE…CAN BE THE "BOSS" OF NASCAR …BUT HE CONTINUES TO
PROVE…HE’LL NEVER BE THE… LEADER"…
IN THIS WEEK’S…REPUBLIC…THE…"SPINDOCTOR"…WILL…BRIEFLY
REVIEW THE…"STATE OF PLAY"…AMONG THE 4 CUP AUTOMAKERS POST 2007 AND GOING INTO
2008…SHOULD BE SOME GOOD INSIGHT INTO HOW THE MANUFACTURERS SEE NASCAR
UNFOLDING…MOVING FORWARD WITH THE…CAR OF TOMORROW…
AND… DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT…MICHAEL KNIGHT’S ON
LINE RACING… BLOG…AT…
SPIN DOCTOR 500 BLOG. BLOGSPOT. COM…AND YOU CAN GET THERE EASIEST…THRU THE
RACING ROUNDUP.COM … "LINKS" PAGE
JUST SO YOU KNOW…UNDER..BRIAN FRANCE…A.K.A…MR. 3RD
BASE’S LEADERSHIP…
TELEVISION VIEWERSHIP…HAS DROPPED …FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR…
THIS YEAR’S NUMBERS…ARE DOWN 9%…FROM LAST YEAR…AND
THE COMBINED…TV VIEWER LOSS…OVER THE PAST TWO YEAR IS …OFF 21%… SINCE…2005…AND
THAT MEANS…1 OF 5 FOLKS WHO WERE WATCHING NASCAR TWO YEARS AGO…TOOK A
PASS…THIS YEAR…AND SOMEHOW …THIS COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO US…AND THE LACK OF
LEADERSHIP …IS THE # 1 REASON FOR THE PROBLEM!!
SO…DO YOU BELIEVE…MR. 3RD BASE…WHEN HE
SAYS THAT NASCAR… DOES NOT…HAVE A …"FOR SALE"…IN
FRONT OF THE BUILDING?
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM
THE…RACE-VEMBER 12, 2007…SHOW…)
THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…AND THE…SILVER CROWNERS LAUNCHED THE P.I.R
.RACE WEEKEND…WITH A THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW…BEGINNING WITH A…25 LAP…MIDGET RUN
WHICH SAW…RR-AZ ALUM…DAVE STEELE…DO WHAT HE DOES BEST…AND THAT IS… WIN AT
P.I.R WHERE HE PICKED UP HIS 1ST MIDGET CHECKERED FLAG OF THE
SEASON WHEN HE OUTLASTED BOBBY WEASE…ON A COUPLE OF RESTARTS…OVER THE FINAL 6
LAPS…TO TAKE THE WIN…
UNLIKE HIS SUCCESS…IN THE SPRINT
CARS…AT MANZY…OVER THE WEEKEND…U.S.A.C. NATIONAL MIDGET POINT LEADER…JERRY
COONS, JR…COULD DO NO BETTER THAN A 36TH PLACE FINISH…BUT THAT WAS
ENOUGH TO EARN HIM HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE…NATIONAL MIDGET DRIVING
TITLE…
THE SILVER CROWN 100 LAPPER…SAW…
CAMERON
DODSON…OF GREENFIELD, INDIANA…SCORE HIS INITIAL…SILVER CROWN…WIN… THURSDAY
NIGHT…AT P.I.R…AS HE ASSUMED THE LEAD AND THEN THE WIN…FOLLOWING A…J.J.
YELEY…SPIN…JUST 16 LAPS FROM THE END…
JERRY COONS…WHO ONE RACE EARLIER…CLINCHED THE…NATIONAL
MIDGET TITLE…FINISHED 2ND AHEAD OF…PABLO DONOSO…IN 3RD…
