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(FROM THE…FEBRUARY 25, 2008…SHOW)

THE A.M.A. ARENA-CROSSERS…WERE IN…ATLANTA…SATURDAY NIGHT …FOR ROUND # 8 OF THEIR 17 RACE SEASON…AND IT WAS…FOR THE 1ST TIME IN…FOREVER…A TRIO OF HONDA’S ATOP THE PODIUM…AS … DAVID MILLSAPS…COLLECTED HIS 1ST WIN OF THE YEAR…AHEAD OF FELLOW…"RIDE RED"…BOYS…KEVIN WINDHAM…IN 2ND…AND…ANDREW SHORT…3RD…

IN THE…"125cc LITES" CLASS…IT WAS…OKLAHOMA’S…TREY CANARD… ALSO ON A HONDA EARNING HIS 1ST WIN OF THE YEAR…AHEAD OF A PAIR OF…K-T-M RIDERS…CHASING HIM WITH MARTIN DA-VA-LOS…2ND …AND…RYAN SIPES…3RD…

THE…ARENA SUPERCROSSERS…HEAD NORTH…TO INDY… NEXT WEEKEND…FOR ROUND # 9,
THE "HUMP RACE"…OF THE SEASON…

THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…SPENT THE WEEKEND…DODGING RAIN…IN CALIFORNIA AS BOTH…TULARE SHOWS WERE CANCELLED…BUT THAT’LL ALL CHANGE…THIS SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE…WINGED SPRINTERS WILL DESCEND ON…MANZANITA SPEEDWAY FOR THEIR 1ST ACTION…SINCE LEAVING FLORIDA…CHECK IT OUT…

I.R.O.C…THE INTERNATIONAL RACE OF CHAMPIONS…SERIES…OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ALL-STAR…AUTO RACING SERIES WILL LIQUIDATE ALL TOOLS…EQUIPMENT…RACE CARS AND MEMORABILIA …IN A TWO-DAY…PUBLIC AUCTION ON MARCH 7TH & 8TH…AT I.R.O.C. HEADQUARTERS IN TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY…

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS…A SPONSOR OF DANICA PATRICK’S…RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT PASSENGERS AT…LAGUARDIA AIRPORT…IN NEW YORK WILL HAVE THE…PRIVILEGE OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL PIT CREW …TO GET THROUGH…CHECK-IN…FAST…THANKS TO A HUSTLING TEAM OF…DANICA PATRICK…LOOK-ALIKES. 

THE…"DANICA PIT CREW"…WILL WORK THE…AIRTRAN AIRWAYS TICKET COUNTER… ASSISTING TRAVELERS WITH THEIR LUGGAGE…AND HELPING CUSTOMERS SPEED THROUGH CHECK-IN…WE PRESUME…WHILE DOING THE…"DANICA STOMP"…

TO COMPLETE THE RACING THEME, PASSENGERS WILL EXIT THE CHECK-IN AREA BY CROSSING A "FINISH LINE" BETWEEN TWO CHECKERED FLAGS…WE SUPPOSE…BEHIND 3 OR 4 OTHER WINNING PASSENGERS

AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
 


(FROM THE…FEBRUARY 18, 2008…SHOW)

THE A.M.A. ARENA-CROSSERS…WERE IN…HOUSTON …SATURDAY NIGHT …FOR ROUND # 7 OF THEIR 17 RACE SEASON…AND IT WAS…KEVIN WIND-HAM…COLLECTING HIS 1ST WIN OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN…AS HE RODE HIS HONDA INTO VICTORY LANE AHEAD OF 5 TIME WINNER…CHAD REED …2ND…AND…TIM FERRY…3RD…

IN THE…"125cc LITES" CLASS…IT WAS…AUSTIN STROUP…GETTING HIS 2ND STRAIGHT SERIES WIN…AS HE PUT HIS…KAWASAKI…INTO VICTORY LANE…AHEAD OF…POINT LEADER…JASON LAWRENCE…IN 2ND…AND …JAKE WIIMER…WITH HIS 1ST PODIUM APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON… 3RD…

THE…ARENA SUPERCROSSERS…HEAD EAST…TO ATLANTA NEXT WEEKEND…FOR ROUND # 9 THE…"HUMP RACE"…OF THE SEASON…

THE …WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS SPENT SATURDAY NIGHT IN…MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI…DOING A…ONE NIGHTER…WHICH SAW…ALL THE ACTION OCCURRING IN THE HAULERS…AS THE…SHOW WAS POST-PONED…

THE OUTLAWS…NOW…DRAG THEIR STUFF…ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY…TO…TULARE, CALIFORNIA…NEXT WEEKEND…FOR A PAIR…AT THE…THUNDERBOWL…

FINALLY…THE FOLKS AT…CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY’S…LATEST ATTEMPT TO…PUT SOME BUTTS IN THE STANDS…FOR THE… EXTRA BORING… NASCAR SHOW…SCHEDULED NEXT WEEKEND…IS IN THE FORM OF A… RETRO…ROCK CONCERT…FEATURING…Z.Z. TOP…ALONG WITH…GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DELAWARE DESTROYERS…

IF THIS DOESN’T WORK…MAYBE THEY WILL FINALLY YIELD TO COMMON SENSE AND…CHOP THE DISTANCE OF THE TRACK IN HALF...AND MAKE IT A…ONE MILER…OR LESS…WHICH WILL ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE… RACING…SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE THE TRACK OPENED…

AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…


(FROM THE…FEBRUARY 11, 2008…SHOW)

THE A.M.A. ARENA-CROSSERS…WERE IN…SAN DIEGO…OVER THE WEEKEND FOR ROUND # 6 OF THEIR 17 RACE CAMPAIGN…WHERE IT WAS…RUN-AWAY POINT LEADER…POINT LEADER…CHAD REED… COLLECTING WIN # 5…IN 6 TRIES…AS HE RODE HIS…YAMAHA … ACROSS THE LINE AHEAD OF…TIM FERRY…2ND…ON HIS KAWASAKI…WITH…DAVID MILLSAPS…3RD…ON A HONDA…

IN THE 125 CC CLASS…JASON LAWRENCE…PICKED UP HIS 3RD STRAIGHT WIN AS HE GAVE YAMAHA THE "SWEEP"…OF THE NIGHT’S EVENTS… FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK…TAKING THE WIN AHEAD OF… KAWASAKI RIDER…TIM HAHN…IN 2ND …WHILE…ROBERT KIRNEY… RECORDED HIS 1ST PODIUM FINISH…RIDING HIS…HONDA…TO THE 3RD PLACE FINISH…

THE…ARENA BIKERS…WILL HEAD TO…HOUSTON...NEXT WEEKEND…FOR ROUND # 7…NOW BACK TO…4 WHEELS…FOLKS…

THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A…"CAL SPRINTERS" WITH 39 SPRINTERS…CHECKING IN LAUNCHED THEIR…37 RACE… 2008 SEASON…WITH A FRIDAY-SATURDAY…TWO-FER…AT…WHERE ELSE…BUT…"WEASLEY NAMED … PERRIS SPEEDWAY…OVER THE WEEKEND…AND IT WAS…RR-AZ ALUM… CORY "THE KRUSER" KRUSEMAN…"SWEEPING"…THE OPENING WEEKEND OF RACING…

KRUSEMAN…PARLAYED HIS …TOP QUALIFIER…HONORS INTO THE… FRIDAY…OPENING NIGHT WIN AHEAD OF…MIKE SPENCER…IN 2ND…AND …BLAKE MILLER…3RD…

ARIZONA’S…R.J. JOHNSON…FINISHED 5TH…ON FRIDAY…WHILE…CHAD BOAT…RAN 11TH…

ON SATURDAY NIGHT…IT WAS…MORE OF THE SAME…AS…KRUSEMAN … POWERED HIS WAY FROM A…12TH…STARTING SPOT TO RECORD THE BACK-TO-BACK…WIN…AHEAD OF…MIKE SPENCER AGAIN…IN THE 2ND SPOT…AND…LAST YEAR’S…U.S.CA.C./C.R.A. CHAMP…TONY JONES…3RD…

R.J. JOHNSON…QUALIFIED 8TH…BUT…DIDN’T SHOW UP THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT…SO WE ASSUME HE…MUST HAVE BROKE SOMETHING … WHILE…CHAD BOAT…ALSO HAD A DIFFICULT NIGHT…RUNNING …20TH…IN THE MAIN…

THE WEST COAST SPRINTERS WILL SHOW UP HERE IN PHOENIX…FOR ANOTHER PAIR OF NIGHTS OF RACING…AT MANZANITA SPEEDWAY…IN THE…2ND ANNUAL…"COPPER ON DIRT"…NEXT WEEKEND…

THE HARDEST TRAVELIN’ RACERS IN THE BUSINESS…THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…"WINGED" SPRINT CAR GROUP…GOT THEIR…82 RACE…2008 SEASON OFF…WITH A TRIO OF SHOWS AT…VOLUSIA COUNTY SPEEDWAY …OVER THE WEEKEND…

FRIDAY NIGHT’S…SEASON OPENER…SAW 46 SPRINTERS…CHECK IN… AND…FAST QUALIFIER…CRAIG DOLLANSKY…STAYED FAST ALL NIGHT …AS HE COLLECTED THE SERIES…1ST WIN OF 2008…AHEAD OF… REIGNING CHAMP…DONNY SCHATZ…2ND…AND…TERRY MC CARL…3RD…

ON SATURDAY NIGHT…ROUND # 2…OF THE…SEASON OPENING…FLORIDA "THREE-FER"…IT WAS JASON MEYERS…COLLECTING A …HEAT WIN… AND THEN ANOTHER WIN…IN THE MAIN…AS HE RELEGATED…DONNY SCHATZ…TO THE…BRIDESMAID FINISH…FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT NIGHT… WHILE…JOEY SALDANA…COMPLETED THE PODIUM…

IN SUNDAY NIGHT’S…FLORIDA…WEEKEND FINALE…IT WAS…DANNY LASOSKI…MOVING TO THE TOP OF THE PODIUM…AS HE FINISHED AHEAD OF FRIDAY & SATURDAY’S…WINNERS…CRAIG DOLLANSKY..IN 2ND…JASON MEYERS…3RD…

THE…W.O.O-ER’S…WILL KEEP IT IN FLORIDA…FOR ONE MORE RACE… NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT…AT PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY…AND THEN THEY’LL HIT THE ROAD…HARD!!!

65 DRIVERS…INCLUDING OF HANDFUL OF…FERINERS…(4 CAN-NUCK-ERS & 1 SCOTSMAN)…TOOK TO…DAYTONA SPEEDWAY…TO TRY AND QUALIFY FOR THE A.R.C.A. OPENER…AND OF THE…43 THAT MADE THE SHOW…IT ENDED UP BEING…DES MOINES, IOWA’S…MICHAEL ARNETT LEAVING WITH THE…WIN…THE 1ST BY A…TOYOTA…IN THE TRACK’S 50 YEAR HISTORY…

ARNETT…KEPT HIS NOSE CLEAN ALL DAY…STARTING 3RD…AND AVOIDED THE USUAL…"BIG ONE"…WHICH CLAIMED A DOZEN CARS…INCLUDING MANY OF THE TOP COMPETITORS…AS HE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE AHEAD OF…JUSTIN ALL-GAI-ER…2ND…AND…BILL BAIRD…3RD…

ARIZONA’S…GABI DICARLO…DID A NICE JOB…FINISHING 20TH…AFTER BEGINNING THE RACE IN THE 37TH STARTING SPOT…AS SHE USED A PROVISIONAL…TO MAKE THE RACE…JUST LIKE…8 TIME…SERIES CHAMP …FRANK KIMMEL…WHO USED…HIS PROVISIONAL…TO START…43RD…

IT’LL BE ANOTHER TWO MONTHS…BEFORE THE…A.R.C.A…FOLKS…TAKE TO THE TRACK AGAIN…ON…APRIL 13TH…AT…KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY…

AND FINALLY…THIS…FROM THE…I.R.L…AS WE CITE A…2008 RULES CHANGE…DICTATING THAT THE…RACE CARS…WILL NOW…BE CHECKED FOR THE SERIES…MINIMUM WEIGHT…WITH…THE DRIVER…AS PART OF THE…MANDATED…"MINIMUM WEIGHT"…REQUIREMENT OF… 1,530 LBS…

PREVIOUSLY…THE…DRIVER’S WEIGHT…WAS NOT…INCLUDED…

WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE ADVANTAGE OF A…100 LB. DRIVER…VS. A 150 LB OR HEAVIER… DRIVER…WILL NOW BE NEUTRALIZED…AND THE RACER WILL NEED TO DEPEND ON TALENT VERSES…A TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE…

AND…THAT…"FOOT STOMPING NOISE"…YOU HEAR COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF SCOTTSDALE…HOME OF…"CUPCAKE DIVA"…DANICA PATRICK…IS BECAUSE…AFTER MOVING UP THE…"FOOD CHAIN"…DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF FORMER SERIES CHAMPS…SAM HORNISH & DARIO FRANCHITTI…SHE HAS NOW…DROPPED BACK TO THE BOTTOM 1/3…OF THE FIELD…AS SHE’S LOST HER…WEIGHT ADVANTAGE…ON THE TRACK…

WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO????

TONIGHT’S SHOW IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF…JERRY KULWICKI …FATHER OF 1992 NASCAR CHAMP…ALAN KULWICKI… WHO PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND…JUST 6 WEEKS SHY…OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY…OF…ALAN’S DEATH…

LOOK FOR…MICHAEL KNIGHT…THE…SPINDOCTOR’S…COLUMN…NEXT FRIDAY…IN THE SOCIALIST-REPUBLIC…WHICH WILL FEATURE A PIECE ON… NEW…U.S.A.C. PRESIDENT KEVIN MILLER AND HIS PLANS TO TRY TO…CHANGE AND RE-ENERGIZE U.S.A.C…(GOOD LUCK) … AMONG OTHER THINGS… AND …DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…ON LINE… RACING… BLOG…AT… SPIN DOCTOR 500 BLOG. BLOGSPOT. COM…BUT THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS THROUGH… RACING ROUNDUP.COM

DRIVERS FUND OF ARIZONA…GOLF OUTING…THIS THURSDAY…FEB. 14TH…HEAD TO…MANZANITA SPEEDWAY.US…FOR FORM…OR…CALL MANZANITA SPEEDWAY…AND ASK FOR…ALLYSON

AND THAT'S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…


 (FROM THE…FEBRUARY 4, 2008…SHOW)

THE A.M.A. ARENA-CROSSERS…WERE BACK IN ANAHEIM…FOR THER 3RD TIME IN 5 OUTINGS…THIS SEASON…AND IT WAS…POINT LEADER…CHAD REED…COLLECTING WIN # 4…IN 5 TRIES…AS HE RODE HIS…YAMAHA … ACROSS THE LINE AHEAD OF…DAVID MILLSAPS…2ND…ON A HONDA… AND …TIM FERRY…3RD…ON HIS KAWASAKI…

IN THE 125 CC CLASS…JASON LAWRENCE PICKED UP HIS 2ND STRAIGHT WIN…AS HE GAVE YAMAHA THE "SWEEP"…OF THE NIGHT’S EVENTS TAKING THE WIN AHEAD OF…KAWASAKI RIDER…AUSTIN STROUP…IN 2ND …WHILE ANOTHER YAMAHA RIDDEN BY…BRETT MET-CALF…COMPLETED THE PODIUM…

THE…ARENA BIKERS…WILL HEAD TO SAN DIEGO…NEXT WEEKEND … ROUND # 6…OF THE…17 RACE CAMPAIGN…

STOCKHOLDERS OF…HD PARTNERS ACQUISITION CORP…(DIRECT TV–THE SATELLITE FOLKS)…ON THURSDAY…REJECTED THE FIRM'S…$122 MILLION DOLLAR…PLAN…TO BUY THE N.H.R.A. SERIES AND…FOUR RACETRACKS.

HD PARTNERS…ANNOUNCED LAST MAY…THAT IT WANTED TO BUY THE NHRA'S PROFESSIONAL RACING ASSETS…THE POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES…THE TV CONTRACT WITH ESPN…FOUR NHRA RACETRACKS…AND A LONG-TERM LEASE ON THE TRACK IN POMONA, CALIFORNIA…AND THE NHRA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA…THE N.H.R.A…WAS TO KEEP ITS AMATEUR RACING ASSETS…

IN A STATEMENT…THE N.H.R.A…SAID IT WOULD CONTINUE ITS OPERATIONS AND WAS NOT LOOKING FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL BUYER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE TOP…RETURNING DRIVER…IN THE CHAMP CAR SERIES JUSTIN WILSON…WAS CONFIRMED TO DRIVE FOR THE BEST TEAM…WHEN…NEWMAN-HAAS-LANIGAN RACING ANNOUNCED HE WOULD REPLACE…4 TIME SERIES CHAMP …FUTURE…F-1 BACKMARKER…SEA-BASS BOURDAIS…AS A TEAMMATE TO…GRAHAM RAHAL THIS SEASON.

WILSON…FINISHED 2ND…TO SEA-BASS BOURDAIS…THE PAST TWO SEASONS WHILE RAHAL AS
A ROOKIE… FINISHED 5TH IN THE POINT STANDINGS LAST SEASON.

5 TIME…N.H.R.A…TOP FUELCHAMP…TONY SCHUMACHER…HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH STOCK CAR RACING…ONCE LAST NOVEMBER …AND AGAIN…IN…LATE JANUARY

HELPING HIM CONDUCT…THOSE EXPERIMENTS…IS…BILL MCANALLY… ONE OF THE BEST (MEANING …"WELL FUNDED")…NASCAR RACE TEAMS ON THE WEST COAST...

SCHUMACHER…EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN STOCK CARS A FEW YEARS AGO…AND ENROLLED IN THE…RICHARD PETTY DRIVING EXPERIENCE JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN…BUT IT WAS…MARK MARTIN…(WHOSE TEAM …LIKE SCHUMACHER’S…IS SPONSORED BY THE U.S. ARMY)…WHO REALLY TWEAKED HIS INTEREST…AND SUGGESTED THAT HE GIVE IT TRY …IF FOR NO OTHER REASON…THAN TO…JUST HAVE SOME FUN…OUTSIDE OF HIS FULL TIME…DRAG RACING JOB…

THAT LED TO…SCHUMACHER AND MCANALLY…GETTING TOGETHER… WITH SCHUMACHER EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN SOMEDAY DRIVING A…NASCAR WEST SERIES…AND…A SUPER LATE MODEL CAR FOR B.M.R…

SCHUMACHER…WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO RETIRE FROM RACING SOME- TIME IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS…WITHOUT GIVING STOCK CAR RACING A SHOT.

SCUMACHER…RAN APPROXIMATELY 150 LAPS…WE THINK…AT ROSEVILLE…A QUARTER MILE PAVED OVAL…AND SAID…"I HAD A BLAST AND I REALLY GOT A GOOD FEEL FOR THIS KIND OF RACING."

WE…LIKE…STRAIGHTLINERS…AND NASCARIANS…EVERYWHERE…WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS ONE…

 

JASON PRIESTLEY…BETTER KNOWN AS…BRANDON WALSH…ON "BEVERLY HILLS, 90210"…HAS ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH…JIM FREUDENBERG…THE FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF KELLEY RACING … (ARIE LUYENDYK’S RIDE)…AND THE…FAILED…PHOENIX GRAND PRIX…TO START A NEW IRL TEAM CALLED…RUBICON RACE TEAM.

SO FAR…THE TEAM HAS ONLY ONE RACE IN WHICH IT PLANS TO COMPETE…THE INDY 500.

PRIESTLEY…IS KNOWN AS AN AVID RACER…THOUGH HE HASN'T BEEN BEHIND THE WHEEL MUCH SINCE HE HIT THE WALL AT…KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY IN…2002…AND BROKE HIS BACK AND BOTH HIS FEET…

THE RUBICON RACE TEAM ADVISORY BOARD ALSO INCLUDES TWO PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS A.K.A "CHECK WRITERS"…INDIANAPOLIS COLTS TIGHT END…DALLAS CLARK…AND…CAROLINA PANTHERS PUNTER… JASON BAKER.

PLANS ARE TO SEAT A HIGH-PROFILE VETERAN DRIVER IN THE CAR FOR THE…"500"…THOUGH NO ONE'S BEEN SIGNED YET.

AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…