Racin'
& Internet Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
08/23/2012
First:
So, this past
Monday I take the wife to have her first IV Chemo. Appointment is for 10:00 AM, and we get there
in time. She gets called in around
10:30. After a few minutes, we come to
find that there is a slight problem with the newly installed “Medi-port”. The
needle was in place, but the “Medi-port” would not
accept anything. Try as she might, the
woman wasn’t able to do the IV with it.
So, it was IV in a vein time. One
problem – wife left her veins at home, or they were doing a great job of
hiding. Anyway, to make a long story
short, the Chemo was finally put in.
Some other “Meds” were also put in, meds to
help with the wife cope with any effects from the Chemo. So, what should have been two and a half
hours to maybe three, ended up being over five hours. The Chemo treatment is two hours.
Second:
I have no idea as to what might be going on
with Eastern States this year. Will
there be Sprint Cars? How about the
Sportsman – two races for them – one for the “Open” engines and one for
Crates? No schedule out yet, either, per
the OCFS website – just shows the three days.
Yes, I’ve given up as far as OCFS having a
Third:
We hear and read about how the unemployment
rate is 8% - or thereabouts, yet in reality, it’s maybe closer to 14 or 15%, if
one figures in those that have given up or those that are not looking for
work. In the area where I live, in
Nearly
five years after the onset of the Great Recession, the light at the end of the
tunnel is but a distant glimmer for the long-term unemployed.
Those
fortunate enough to find jobs often end up working longer hours for less pay,
making do until something better comes along. Many recent college graduates
know that a degree doesn't guarantee a job, because there's so much competition
these days.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120819/NEWS/120819759&cid=sitesearch
Things sure do not look to promising, do they?
Fourth:
For the last 13 years, the “Turkey Night” Midget race has
been held at the Irwindale, CA paved track. This year, it’s returning to the half mile
dirt track at the Perris Speedway.
From the Track Forum:
"Announced last night at
The PAS"
"72nd running of the
annual Turkey Night Grand Prix will be at Perris Auto Speedway on November
22nd!!!!!"
"Be great if it was on
live TV, wouldn't it?"
"You should be able to
see it live on your computer (for a small fee) here:
"“
ANNUAL
MIDGET CLASSIC NOV. 22 AT PERRIS
AUTO
The “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race is returning
to a dirt track for the first time in 14 years! Perris (
Perris hosted the race in
1996 as Billy Boat scored the second of what would be three consecutive “Turkey
Night” triumphs for him at three different tracks! The race’s last appearance
on dirt came in 1998 at
“Turkey Night” has been held
at nine different venues in its 78-year history. This year’s race marks the
72nd running of the race which began at Gilmore Stadium in
Boat’s three victories have
been eclipsed only by the remarkable Ron Shuman, who compiled eight wins in the
yearly race!
Defending two-time USAC
National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of
“We are absolutely delighted
that Turkey Night is returning to the dirt,” offered USAC’s
President/CEO Kevin Miller. “The race had a sensational history on the dirt at
tracks like
Perris race organizer Don Kazarian is equally enthusiastic about the race returning
to his facility: “We are very excited and honored to be hosting the annual
running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix,” Kazarian
said with a smile. “The Thanksgiving night tradition returns to the dirt with all
of its prestige for the first time since 1998. The best Midget drivers in the
world will be here. It is going to be a great night of racing and the fans are
going to love it. I cannot wait.”
Perris Auto Speedway has
hosted a total of 203 USAC events (as of August 20, 2012),
including 145 Sprint races, as it has become the home of the popular AMSOIL
USAC/CRA Sprint Series. A total of 22 USAC Midget races have been held at
Perris since the first 16 years ago.
The Agajanian
family also is excited about the move back to the dirt. “My dad absolutely
loved the event when it was part of our operations at
Advance tickets for the 72nd
running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix will go on sale on Monday, August 27.
Fans can purchase tickets online or via phone at www.tix.com or 1-800-595-4849.
--USAC—"
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?168096-Turkey-Night-2012
Note: In a way, I’d
love to see SPEED or another easily accessible channel show this race,
live. Granted, it might be a tad late,
hour wise, here on the
Fifth:
On Tuesday afternoon I received a phone call from my son,
Eric. He told me the seats we wanted for
ESW had already been sold. Later on he
called me back and said we have the same numbered seats in the row behind the
poles. Now if I can find our “Sawzall”, we should be in good shape.
Sixth:
At times I’d go to Jayski’s website
and click on the links he has to various other websites. One of my favorites to read was always Matt
McLaughlin. Sad to say, but Matt has
given up the writing about Motor Sports.
In part:
“Regretfully, gentle readers, this will likely be my last commentary
column, at least for the foreseeable future. I’ve been at this NASCAR writing gig for sixteen years now and
trust me, it’s tough to walk away. For all my
cynicism, bitching, and occasional panic if I’d be able to find anything
interesting to write after a boring race, I’ve loved every minute of it, being
able to provide many of you with a few minutes of enjoyment or making you think
on various issues while reading my columns. Your comments, both positive and
negative have made a better writer out of me after a near hopelessly amateurish
start to my so-called career.”
“Truth be told, I slit my own professional wrists back in
February of 2001. In the wake of Dale Earnhardt’s passing I wrote a column
titled “Blood On Their Hands” stating basically that NASCAR® officials were
responsible for Dale’s death with their refusal to install SAFER barriers and require the HANS device for all drivers at every track
— even after the deaths of Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin and Tony Roper the previous
season, all of which were caused by basalar skull
fractures.”
“While
we now accept SAFERbarriers and the HANS devices as a fact of life (and death),
back in 2001 my opinions weren’t so popular — especially since I spent most of
the week working various radio outlets repeating my opinion NASCAR had killed Earnhardt by sins of omission,
not commission. No less a personage than Bill France, Jr. got in contact with
my bosses and demanded that not only should my column be taken down, but I
should be fired.”
“There
was a logistical problem there in that no column, mine or anyone else’s had
ever gotten as many hits as that one. I didn’t lose my job, but a few months
later I was told at Pocono that despite having a letter stating my credentials
were confirmed, I was no longer going to get into any NASCAR® race on a press
pass — which makes it hard to work a paying gig in this biz. Then I kept
writing anyway for free; as it turns out the ISC, sister company of NASCAR®, bought the
site and had me fired days before the start of the season.”
See more on this here:
http://www.frontstretch.com/mmclaughlin/41124/
In his 2001
article, which came out right after the death of Dale Earnhardt, he more or
less put the blame on NASCAR, citing that NASCAR has said they’ve done
everything possible concerning safety.
From there, it was kind of a battle between McLaughlin and NASCAR – for
quite a while.
Note: If you’d like to see that article, e-mail me
and I’ll send it to you. My address is
always at the end of my column. It’s
quite an interesting read, that’s for sure!
Seventh:
I still think
that there should be performance clauses in all contracts with professional
athletes. If we, or you (I’m retired
now) were to perform as some of these so called athletes do, you’d be let go
immediately – right?
Eighth:
I’ve been in
conversation with another race fan and he kinda says
the same thing as me – there’s a certain race track, quite local, that has a
“Contacts” link,
but when one sends them an e-mail we get no reply back. Why have a “Contacts” link,
if you’re not going to respond?
Ninth:
Still no word on
Eastern States Weekend with the Sportsman class – will they have two separate
races again this ear as they did last year – one for Crates and one for Open
engines? How about Sprint Cars at
ESW? And so far, I have yet to see a
schedule for ESW. Have you? Didn’t think so.
TV listings:
Mainly
NASCAR stuff.
http://www.jayski.com/pages/tv.htm
WoO Sprint Cars on SPEED
Sat Aug 25 @ 12:00pm ET
Coming up:
Accord:
August 24th
Mike Voss Trucking
Night
A Night of Dirt Track
Racing
to Benefit the Kids at
St Jude Children’s Hospital
Free
Ice Cream to the first 100 Spectators
Chances
to Win Exciting Prizes
Sponsored by Tyler Dippel
Racing
Modifieds $1500 to Win
Sportsman-Spec
Sportsman
Pro Stock-Pure Stock
Lightning Sprints
& Fireball 4 Cylinders
Pit Gates 4:30
Spectator Gate 5:00 Warm ups 6:30 Racing 7pm
Adults $12
Kids $3
Family 4 Pack $40 ( 2
adults & 2 kids & $20 in food vouchers)
Indoor seating $20
Reserved outdoor seating $14
OCFS:
NEWS FROM
Orange County Fair
CONTACT
Mike Gurda
845-342-2573
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MODIFIED KING OF THE
CATSKILLS QUALIFIER, POINT RACES HIGHLIGHT AUGUST 25 RACING PROGRAM AT ORANGE
COUNTY FAIR SPEEDWAY
MIDDLETOWN, NY (Aug.
20)……..The winner of the 30-lap DIRTcar Modified
feature race this Saturday, August 25 at Orange County Fair Speedway in
Middletown, New York will go home with a trophy, $2,500 in prize money, and an
automatic starting slot in the upcoming King of the Catskills race at nearby
Accord Speedway.
In addition, drivers in all
four
In the headline Modified ranks, Jerry Higbie (1,222 points) has a relatively comfortable lead
over Tommy Meier (1,170 points), while Tim Hindley,
Jackie Brown, and Chris Shultz will battle for the “show” position.
Gary Edwards Jr. leads Jimmy
Spellman by 30 points in Sportsman competition.
That’s not a large enough difference to assure Edwards the title in this
volatile division.
The Pro Stock drivers have
but two more outings on their schedule to determine their champion. And this is the tightest point race of
all. Ron Nuzzaro
Jr. and Mike Dutka are tied with 654 points each;
Troy Arnold trails them by just two markers. This one will go down to the final
checkered flag.
With an 88-point lead,
Charles Donald needs only to keep his car pointed in the right direction to
garner the Street Stock championship.
That’s not always easy in Street Stock competition.
Admission prices for the
August 25 Accord Speedway Night remain at $14 adults, $12 seniors, and free for
children 12 and under. Racing begins
promptly at 6:30 pm.
Advance sale tickets for the
October 19-21 Eastern States Weekend and additional information can be found at
the Orange County Fair Speedway website, www.orangecountyfairspeedway.net
, or from the Track Office. Call
845-342-2573 Monday through Friday during business hours.
Found on Jayski’s website:
Keselowski
says Hendrick teams may be bending rules:
#2-Brad
Keselowski believes Penske Racing's refusal to bend
the rules contributed to him not being able to challenge #48-Jimmie Johnson for
the lead Sunday Michigan. Johnson was leading Keselowski
with six laps remaining when his Hendrick Motorsports
engine blew. #16-Greg Biffle won the race and Keselowski finished second. During the race, Keselowski made reference to Hendrick's
"tricks" with their cars. Hendrick's Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third and fourth,
respectively. The Hendrick cars appear to have
different rear suspension setups than other cars, especially at intermediate
tracks such as
Bristol TV coverage affected in some markets:
NASCAR fans
in six affected markets will be able to watch ABC's telecast of Saturday
night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on alternate
channels through arrangements made by the local ABC affiliates. The ABC
affiliates in the six markets will be airing NFL preseason games Saturday night
rather than the NASCAR race but with the alternate channels in each market, the
race telecast will still be available nationwide. ABC's coverage begins with
NASCAR Countdown at 7:00pm/et.
In four of the affected markets, the race
telecast will air on ESPN, including
In
In
ABC affiliates in Little Rock, Ark., Corpus
Christi, Tex., and Omaha, Neb., will pre-empt NASCAR Countdown at 7:00pm/et for
local news but will join the ABC telecast at 7:30pm/et. The race's green flag
is scheduled for 7:43 pm/et.(ESPN)(8-22-2012)
Gordon unhappy with Earnhardt, Jr.
The Pure
Michigan 400 had some shocking moments Sunday, including a verbal feud between Hendrick Motorsports teammates #24-Jeff Gordon and #88-Dale
Earnhardt Jr. "Tell the f------ 88 he can thank me later for not wrecking
him," Gordon said on his radio during the race. "That was f------
stupid." Earnhardt had moved in front of Gordon midway through the race
with a pass Gordon felt was a little risky. Team owner Rick Hendrick
sided with Earnhardt: "Man, you didn't do anything. Just drive that thing
to the front." Earnhardt finished fourth. Gordon finished a disappointing
28th after an engine failure, but later talked about the incident in the
garage. "He took me four-wide, then slid up in
front of me in Turn 2," Gordon said of Earnhardt's pass. "I had to
check up and it could have wrecked all of us. It wasn't the smartest thing to
do, especially to a teammate. But he chose to do it and it all worked out. I
don't care who does it, I'm going to show my displeasure if they do something
like that."(ESPN)(8-20-2012)
UPDATE:
#88-Dale
Earnhardt Jr. has no regrets about how he drove against #24-Jeff Gordon on a
restart Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, but NASCAR's most popular
driver laments how radio chatter turned a difference of opinion between the Hendrick Motorsports teammates into a firestorm. "I
personally carried on a little bit on the radio about it; just curious about
it," Earnhardt told
Earnhardt Jr. wins vote to be on video game
cover:
The face of
NASCAR's new video game also happens to be the face of NASCAR. But that might
not be the primary reason that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a natural choice as the
cover star of NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. "Even
though I drive cars for a living, it's fun to do it
with a reset button," Earnhardt told
#27 team and Menard penalized:
NASCAR could
come down hard on the #27 Richard Childress Racing team after discovering irregularities
with the frame rails on the car driven by Paul Menard last weekend at Michigan
International Speedway. Menard's car was taken to the Research and Development
Center in Concord, N.C. after finishing ninth in the Pure Michigan 400 Sunday (FOXSports).(8-22-2012)
UPDATE:
NASCAR has
issued penalties, suspensions and fines to the #27 team in the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series as a result of rules infractions discovered this week during
post-race inspection at the NASCAR Research and
The #27 team was found to be in violation of
Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4K (race equipment
that has been previously certified or previously approved by NASCAR for use in
an event, pursuant to sub-section 8-12, has been altered, modified, repaired or
changed in any manner. Intentionally modifying frame rails for the purpose of
deceiving NASCAR's inspection gauges) of the 2012 NASCAR Rule Book.
As a result, crew chief Slugger Labbe has been fined $100,000, suspended from NASCAR until
Oct. 3 and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Car chief Craig Smokstad has been suspended from NASCAR until Oct. 3 and
placed on probation until Dec. 31, while crew member Grant Hutchens has also
been suspended from NASCAR until Oct. 3 and placed on probation until Dec. 31.
Driver Paul Menard and owner Richard Childress have been penalized with the
loss of 25 championship driver and owner points, respectively.(NASCAR
Integrated Marketing Communications )(8-2-2012)
NASCAR Reinstates Driver
Aaron Fike:
NASCAR has reinstated [former
Truck Series] driver Aaron Fike upon his successful
completion of NASCAR's
#18 JGR Team Penalized For
Rule Infractions:
NASCAR announced penalties
and fines to the #18 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a
result of rule infractions at Michigan International Speedway. The #18
Junior Johnson's house auctioned off:
A
Going back, in time at OVRP’s Dirt Oval:
From
September 1, 2002:
http://www.whowon.com/Results.asp?TrackID=1904&StoryID=72646
1946-47
Nov. 30 1. Art Cross
2.
Johnny Ringger
3. MIke Nazaruk
Called
a "dress rehearsal", full program without spectators
Dec.
4
1.
Bill Baker
2.
Art Cross
3.
Johnny Ringger
Dec.
11
Dec. 14 1. Chet Gibbons Hough #82 V-8
2.
Bill Schindler
3.
Johnny Ringger
4.
Rex Records
5.
Art Cross
6.
Johnny Rice
7.
Ray Nestor
8. Disbrow
9.
Len Duncan
10.
Walt Fair
25
laps no time
Dec. 18 1. Andy Furci
2.
Art Cross
3.
Bill Baker
25
laps no time
Dec.
21? 1. Art Cross
2.
Chet Conklin
3.
Dutch Schaefer
4.
Joe Barzda
5.
Bill Schindler
6.
Tony Bonadies
7.
Don Morris
8.
Chet Gibbons
25
laps no time
Dec. 28 1. Bill Schindler
Jan. 4 1. Ray Nestor John Schloeder #10 cycle
2.
Bill Schindler
3.
Johnny Carpenter Hough #80
4.
Chet Conklin
5.
Bill Baker #35 black
6.
Walt Fair
7.
Johnny Rice #5
8.
Herb Heldt
9.
Joe Barzda
10.
Bud Tatro
25
laps no time
Jan. 8 1. Ted Tappett Bourgnon
cycle
2.
Andy Furci
3.
Johnny Carpenter
25
laps 5:44.28 NTR
Jan. 18 1. Johnny Ringger
2.
Bill Schindler
3.
Len Duncan
4.
Bert Brooks
5.
Johnny Carpenter
6.
Eddie Shaw
7.
Joe Barzda
8.
Charles Kiphut
25
laps 6:18.48
Jan. 22 1. Al Keller V-8 60
2.
Johnny Ringger
3.
Bud Tatro
4.
Rex Records
5.
Art Cross
25
laps 6:18.00
Jan. 25 1. Art Cross
2.
Johnny Ringger
3.
Johnny Rice
4.
Chet Gibbons
5.
Jeep Colkitt
6.
Andy Furci
7.
Bill Baker
8.
Harry Sheeler
9.
Johnny Carpenter
25
laps 5:56.46
Jan. 29 1. Rex Records
2.
Johnny Ringger
3.
Art Cross
4.
Tony Bonadies
5.
Dutch Schaefer
25 laps
5:48.92
Feb. 1 1. Johnny Ringger
2.
Johnny Rice
3.
George Fonder
4.
Dutch Schaefer
5.
Johnny Carpenter
6.
Ted Tappett
7.
Rex Records
8.
Ernie McCoy
9.
Don Morris
10.
Chet Conklin
25
laps 6:13.52
Feb. 5 1. Joe Barzda #33
2.
Rex Records
3.
Don Morris
4.
Andy Furci
5.
Johnny Rice
25
laps 6:20.40
News
from the AARN:
From
the August 14th issue:
Lenny
Sammons:
Makes
mention that Kevin “Bobo” Manion
will not use the NASCAR Spec engine in his Modified. Mainly because of the cost – engine she’s
already spent monies on would just sit if he changed.
Ernie
Saxton:
Ernie
says he was tempted to throw a brick through his TV during the telecast of the
Cup race at Pocono. Too much with top
drivers being mentioned during the rain delay, while the down time might have
been better used by maybe talking to drivers like JJ Yeley, Casey
Mears, Joe Nemecheck and David Reutimann. I agree.
He
makes note of the lack of respect when our National Anthem is played – not only
for fans, but at Pocono, the track driers were in use, and men could be seen
walking around in the pit area, with their hats on.
He
also, like I did last week in my column, is questioning the car counts with the
TQ’s today.
He
also is making another mention of the “Pennsylvania 400 Memorial Fund” that’s
been created to help those that were involved with the lightning strikes at
Pocono. If you’d like to help out, you
can send your donation to:
Pocono
Raceway
1234
Long
Long
Pond, PA. 18334
Todd
Heintzelman:
Made
mention that Logan Schuchart, grandson of Bobby
Allen, has now run on 28 tracks and run 64 races so far in 2012, in Sprint
Cars.
Kevin
Rice:
Said that some teams would not be going to the
Modified race at
Look
for smaller restrictor plates on the Spec engine for Loudon.
Other
news:
Coming
up:
WoO Late Models at Selinsgrove on 8/26 – 50 laps,
$10,000.00 to win.
WoO Late Models at Little Valley
DIRT
602 Crate Sportsman added to the PASS Super Late Model program at the Stafford
Motor Speedway – a 40 lap feature, on Sunday, 8/26.
Note: I kinda think
they’ll have a low car count with that one.
NEMA
is celebrating its 60th year.
Its first race was on Memorial Day (Remember that holiday?) in 1953 at
Seekonk. Fred Meeker was the race
winner. Three tracks that NEMA raced on
back then, still hold NEMA races today – Seekonk,
Waterford Speedbowl and
Steve
Kinser failed to qualify for the A Main at the
Knoxville Nationals. Same goes for Sammy
Swindell. For Kinser, that ended a string of 34 consecutive A Mains for
that event.
Some
of the 50/50 pay outs:
Night
# 1: $5,944.00, night # 2: $8,725.00, night # 3:
Allen
Crowe, a USAC driver, died in 1963 from injuries received while racing a Sprint
Car. The “Allen Crow 100” celebrates its
50th anniversary when the ARCA cars head to the dirt mile at
In
AARN
This
Week:
Hirschman
Stays On Track
As
Rivals Pit;
Earns
Chemung RoC Victory
From
Hospital Bed
To
Victory Lane:
Brett
Hearn Wins
'Mr.
Dirt ' Lebanon Valley Classic
Glen
Ridge RoC
Goes To
First
Time 'Ridge Starter
Ryan Godown
Heart
Attack Claims Life
Of New
Egypt Sportsman Driver
Scott
Doty
Goodyear,
WoO Split;
Owner Ott Organizing Owners
To Make
Voices Heard
Friesen
Claims Ransomville Race
Dedicated
To Memory Of Uncle Alex
ARDC
Oddity:
Potomac
Race
Rained
Out In Progress;
Finished
At Winchester Next Night
Busy
ISMA Supermod Sched
Sees McKennedy, Summers
Win At
Lee, 'Bowl
Georgetown
Speedway
Reopens
In Delaware
Five
Mile Point Mod Championship
Within Justin
Holland's Reach
Former
At
In double features at Fonda, Alex Bell had a 24th
and a 20th, in the Modifieds.
Brian Sobus was 20th
in the Super Modified feature at
At Penn Can, in the Sportsman feature, Kyle Rohner was 2nd and Corey Ziegler 9th.
At the Ridge – Tyler Dippel
was 8th and Anthony Perrego 18th
in the Sportsman feature at the RoC event for Modifieds.
Justin Grosz ventured out to
Last Wednesday, at Accord, Wyatt Clark won the All
Star Slingshot feature while Tyler Dippel was 2nd.
Rich Coons won the Sportsman feature at
At
Nick Pecko was 3rd
in the Modified feature at Mountain Speedway.
At Hamlin, Charlie Lawrence was 23rd in
the All Star Slingshot feature. Jacob Hendershot was 3rd, Tiffany Wambold
5th and Rick Casario 9th in the
270 Micro Sprint feature. Kyle Rohner won the 600 Micro Sprint feature,
while Jacob was 23rd.
Danny Creeden was 9th
and 1st in the double features at Five Mile Point.
At OCFS, in the Modified feature, Tim Hindley was 3rd, Mike Ruggiero 8th,
Clinton Mills 9th, Matt Hitchcock 15th and Billy VanInwegen 25th.
Brian Krummel was 4th, Tyler Dippel 5th, Anthony Perrego
8th, Matt Janiak 9th, RJ Smykla 12th, Andrew Reeves 14th, LJ
Lombardo 16th, Keith Still 18th and Zack Vavricka 20th in the Sportsman feature, while Johnny Illanovsky was a DNQ, as well as Mike Traver. In the Rookie Sportsman feature, Joey Falanga was 8th.
At the Kutztown Fair Week Nationals, Molly Chambers
was 20th in the 600 Micro feature.
Last week, at Hamlin, Charlie Lawrence was 14th
in the All Star Slingshot feature. Rick Casario was 12th and Jacob Hendershot
16th in the 270 Micro feature. Kyle Rohner was 3rd,
Jacob 20th, and Molly Chambers 24th in the 600 Micro feature. Paul Tigue was 4th in the Junior Slingshot feature.
On the Sunday, August 19
edition of Speed TV’s Wind Tunnel, a sport coat wearing Robin Miller was
co-hosting and gave voice to the rumor that a few series owners were
planning/conspiring to purchase the IndyCar series
from IMS. If anyone actually read this
blog, I might take credit for starting the rumor that IndyCar
was for sale. Just scroll down to last
week’s post, “IndyCar’s Endless Summer,” and read the
“God Only Knows” section. Sure, I
suggested that NASCAR would be the deep pockets that would step up and take
this slightly used series off IMS’s hands, but this
sounds like a variation on a theme. The
big question is whether IMS would really sell the series.
More of the above can be seen
here, along with other interesting topics:
Press Releases:
XCEL CHASSIS
FORCED TO CANCEL THIS SATURDAYS SUMMER HEAT SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 25TH
Summer Heat scheduled for August 25th
has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. Doug Borger, co-promoter,
explained the short notice. "Dick Stark, owner of
Championship Night Moved to September 7 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Weather-related postponement shuffles schedule, adds extra week
For Immediate Release
WEST HAVEN, VT – Mother Nature threw a kink in the stock
car racing plans at Devil’s Bowl Speedway last week, but the resulting
shuffling of schedules will allow race fans to enjoy an added week of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action.
The twin 20-lap features for the J&S Steel Late Model
division that were scheduled to be run at last week’s Green Mountain Water
Environment Association/Sunoco Race Fuels Night have been moved to Sugar &
Spice Night, this Friday, August 24, along with the postponed 75-lap Enduro for 4- and 6-cylinder cars. Also on the card for Friday are
regular events for the Bond Auto Parts Modified, Renegade, and Bomber
divisions, a pancake eating contest, and the summer’s second round of Spectator
Racing. All street-legal
vehicles are welcome to compete in the spectator races; vehicles must be
registered, inspected, and insured, and drivers must
wear a helmet.
Regular general admission for Sugar & Spice Night is
just $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (62+), and free for children 12 and
under. Gates open at 5:00pm, racing begins at 7:30pm.
The make-up date for Green Mountain Water and Sunoco Race
Fuels will be Friday, August 31 at 7:30pm, which includes a full card for the
weekly NASCAR divisions along with a special ladies-only Powder Puff event
using 4-cylinder Bomber division cars.
Championship Night, presented by Brown’s Quarried Slate and
Brown’s Orchard & Farm Stand of Castleton, VT, has been moved from its
original date on August 31 to Friday, September 7 at a special early start time
of 7:00pm. The event will
be the final point-counting race for all weekly divisions and features extra-distance
races of 50 laps for the Modifieds and 40 laps for
the Late Models. Special
general admission is $12 for adults and free for children 12 and under.
Ron Proctor of
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is located on Route 22A in
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