Racin'
& Different Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
Volume # 132
03/28/2013
Late news – from Facebook:
Black Rock
Black Rock Speedway owner Dean Hoag has canceled this Saturdays opener out of concerns for driver safety and
equipment cost. We’ve got the track at about 70% but we really needed a few more warmer days and nights to get it to 100%. Turns three
an four are just not drying as much as we would like and we feel that this will
just cause the track to become to rough and become un-raceable.
A suitable make up date has not been researched at this time. Keep checkinghttp://blackrockspeedway.com/ for
info on this show and on our season points opener.
First:
From last weeks column:
“Second:
Will be trying
something different in this weeks column as far as the
weird printing that comes up on DTD. It
seems that if I copy and paste something – usually in the non racing news area,
that’s where the fonts, size and boldness of the printing is
effected.”
Well, it seems
to have worked pretty well. Column came
out with no major problems as far as weird fonts with bold and size
problems. I just had to re-type the
headlines, so it seems.
Second:
I’m not going
to say that I’m a know-it-all, but when I first started attending races, back
in the mid 40’s, then into the 50’s and up, drivers didn’t have mirrors or
spotters. Betcha
if Logano had no mirror or spotter, he would never
have put a block on Stewart last Sunday.
If that had happened back in the day, Stewart would have made a clean
pass of Logano.
OK, I realize that if you were to eliminate spotters and mirrors, and
only had communication between the track and drivers – for safety
announcements, like cautions and reasons for the cautions, some – quite a few,
would lose their jobs – especially the spotters.
Third:
I’ve said it before and will continue to do
so – no pitting under the yellow unless you’re the reason for the yellow. I’m very much surprised that we have not had
injuries – whether minor or major on pit road when you get anywhere from 30
cars pitting at once. Just seems to me
that the racing would probably be better if all pit stops were under green flag
conditions.
Fourth:
Last Saturday, I accompanied my son, Eric, on
a quick trip to
Fifth:
While on our
trip last Saturday, to
Sixth:
Tony George
reinstated to Hulman & Co board
http://www.wthr.com/story/21772279/tony-george-reinstated-to-hulman-co-board
Seventh:
Penske bristles at “petty”
criticism toward Logano
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/penske-bristles-petty-criticism-toward-164735553--nascar.html
Eighth:
About the Denny Hamlin
accident: No idea as to why that wall
was not a “Safer Barrier”. Reading on
the Internet, they have a couple of inside walls that are just plain concrete
walls and not the safer barriers at that track.
Next, I noticed that just prior to hitting that wall, Hamlin’s car went
up a short incline, which, more than likely, pushed him down into his seat and
could probably have helped with him getting that compression fracture of the L1
vertebra at the lowest part of his back.
Hamlin has compression
fracture in back, tweets picture
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/03/25/denny-hamlin-injured-joey-logano-nascar-sprint-cup/2018153/
Ninth:
While watching
the Cup race this past Sunday, the wife commented on how many commercials there
were.
Race and Commercial Breakdown
of the 2013 Auto Club 400:
For those of you NASCAR fans
that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for
Sunday's race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00
PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:17 PM (all times are
EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. Fox was the
broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials:
109
Total number of companies or
entities advertised: 55
Number of traditional
commercials (not split-screen): 102
Total number of companies or
entities advertised: 54
Number of 'Side-by-Side'
commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 7 And
one was cut short to return to racing action
Total number of companies or
entities advertised: 6
Number of times Fox utilized
'Side-by-Side' commercials during this broadcast: 2 And
one was cut short to return to racing action
Total number of brief promos
of products/services during the race broadcast: 44
Total amount of time these
brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 15 sec
Start time to record
race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record
race/commercial periods: 6:17 PM
Total minutes of complete
race broadcast: 197
Minutes of race broadcast:
146
Minutes of traditional
commercials (not split-screen): 51
Minutes of 'Side-by-Side'
commercials (split-screen): 4
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of 'mystery cautions'
(debris not shown): 1
Total race brdcst time 146 Total comm. brdcst
time 51
See more, links and past
races on my2013 TV Commcericials page.(3-25-2013)
Tenth:
Found this on Facebook:
Opening
weekend POSTPONED until April 6th. We will still be doing an open practice for
all divisions as well as the swap meet and a late Easter Egg Hunt!!!
Open Practice – 12:00 – 5:00
$25.00 for practice which includes the pit pass
$12.00 pit pass – includes table set up fee
Motorcycles & Quads – flat track only
Eleventh:
Didn’t really
mean for this item to appear in “Eleventh”, but this message came out on Facebook late Tuesday evening:
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was evaluated today by Dr. Jerry Petty
of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates after suffering an L1
Compression Fracture during an accident on the final lap of Sunday’s NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.
Dr. Petty determined that Hamlin will not require
surgery, but will need time to properly heal, which is estimated around six
weeks time. Dr. Petty will make the determination when Hamlin will be able to
return to racing this season.
No decision has been made on a replacement driver for
Hamlin during his absence from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.”
Twelfth:
Monticello
Motor Club looking at noise-lessening alternatives to wall
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130327/NEWS/303270339/-1/COMM
Note: This track is only a few miles from where I
live, in Port Jervis, NY. The track has
mentioned previously, and as mentioned in this article, that they are thinking
of having some professional races during the summer. Indy Car was mentioned in a previous article.
Thirteenth:
I picked this up on the Dirt
Track Digest’s forum/message board:
Taxes and Racing
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/index.php?/topic/46853-taxes-and-racing/
Found
on Jayski’s website:
Stewart-Logano conflict
upstages Hamlin-Logano feud:
After
trading barbs on Twitter a week ago, #11-Denny Hamlin and #22-Joey Logano actually traded paint on Sunday, throwing away their
chances to win the Auto Club 400 by banging each other into oblivion on the
final lap at Auto Club Speedway. But it was Logano's
row with #14-Tony Stewart that led to the most heated exchange of the season so
far, first as Stewart tried to get a piece of Logano
on pit road and later as the three-time champion roasted the 22-year-old with
criticism that turned very personal.
The Hamlin-Logano
feud, which began last week at Bristol when Hamlin's attempted bump-and-run
sent Logano's Ford spinning into the wall, escalated
at Fontana, as Hamlin drove to the outside of Logano
to start the final lap and the drivers traded shots until they wrecked in Turn
3 -- to the benefit of Kyle Busch, who was running third at the time and won
the race. Logano was credited with a third-place
finish, but Hamlin's car slammed nose-first into the inside wall. Hamlin was
airlifted to a local hospital for precautionary evaluation.
But it was Logano's
block of Tony Stewart on the final restart on Lap 190 that had Stewart seething
after the race, to the point where he nosed in front of Logano's
car on pit road (stopping its progress), climbed out and confronted the young
driver before crew members intervened. Logano
acknowledged that the block was a deliberate attempt to win the race.
"I had to throw the block there," Logano said. "That was a race for the lead. I felt if
the 14 (Stewart) got underneath me, that was going to be the end of my
opportunity to win the race, so I was just trying to protect the spot I had. I
was actually pedaling, because I couldn't keep the 18 (race leader Kyle Busch)
aligned (in front of Logano's No. 22 Ford, as the
rules require on a restart). I was actually faster than the 18 getting our
tires hooked up. And then I'm trying to stagger myself making sure I don't beat
him to the line, and then I had to block the 14 because I was pedaling it. I'll
talk to him and we'll see what happens."
Stewart was having none of it.
"He's going to learn a lesson,"
Stewart said. "He's run his mouth long enough& He's nothing but a
little rich kid who's never had to work in his life, so he's going to learn
what us working guys who had to work our way up& how it works. He has the
choice to do that. He's in control of his car. But if he ever turns down across
in front of me again -- I don't care what lap it is -- he won't make it through
the other end of it& I'm tired of these guys doing that stuff, especially
out of a kid that's been griping about everybody else -- and then he does that
the next week& send Denny to the hospital and screw our day up. He's talked
the talk, but he hasn't walked the walk yet. He's always got his crew guys
walking the walk for him."(NASCAR Wire Service)(3-25-2013)
Hamlin injured in last lap wreck at Auto Club UPDATE
& Statement:
In
a wild finish, #22-Joey Logano was leading the Auto
Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway at the white flag and
#11-Denny Hamlin was next to hm a few feet behind the
#22. The two drivers raced hard and got into each other on the backstretch,
sending Logano into the outside wall and #11-Hamlin
hard into the inside wall, which has no SAFER (for some reason). After climbing
from the car under his own power, Hamlin laid down and
was put on a stretcher and then an ambulance and taken to the infield care
center. Hamlin was them taken by helicopter to a local hospital. #18 crew chew
chief Dave Rogers was interviewed by SPEED's Kenny
Wallace and said that he talked to team owner J.D. Gibbs and supposedly Hamlin
has some back pain and was taken to the hospital as a precaution.(3-24-2013)
UPDATE:
#11-Denny Hamlin was airlifted to a hospital after a hard single-car crash at the inside wall on the final lap of Sunday's Auto Club 400. Hamlin was awake and alert in the infield care center before being transported, but was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. A helicopter was used due to post-race traffic. Hamlin was helped from his car after the hard hit and seemed to collapse outside his car after he had pulled the window net down. He was taken by ambulance to the infield care center, where crew chief Darian Grubb hurried inside to check on the driver. Hamlin's girlfriend,Jordan Fish, tweeted
Sunday night: "Thank u everyone for your messages concerning Denny. Darian is keeping us posted. He's alert n awake, main concern is his back.(USA Today)
JGR STATEMENT:
Joe
Gibbs Racing (JGR) driver Denny Hamlin was involved in an accident on the final
lap of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.
Hamlin complained of lower back pain at the track's infield medical center and
was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. Hamlin will remain
at the hospital overnight for observation. No further updates are expected
tonight.(JGR)(3-25-2013)
Penske defends Logano:
Team
owner Roger Penske staunchly defended #22-Joey Logano
after his Sprint Cup driver was involved in a pair of controversies near the
end of Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway. "I'm 150% behind my driver,
and I think he's a real star on the team," Penske told
Dale Jr recommends small
change to Auto Club Speedway:
From
a Team Chevy post race press conferences transcript,
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. was asked:
Q. A lot has been said this weekend that the track hasn't
been resurfaced or redone in a while. Some people are calling it character like
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.:
I
think it's great. Do everybody a favor, whoever owns this place, and pave the
back straightaway. If you pave the back straightaway, there's
some real bad bumps, we all watched it on TV in the Nationwide race and I'm
sure you saw it today. It's just going down the back straightaway. It probably
doesn't cost much to pave the two lanes that we race in, and that would really
cure any complaints that I got. I think the corners are perfect. I wouldn't
pave anything or change anything about the turns. This place has got -- this is
the age of asphalt that I think tracks strive for. This is what places like
Sad News - "Jivie"
Simpson:
Mr.
Torrence "Jivie"
Simpson Jr., 76, of
No
penalties from Auto Club Speedway:
Kerry Tharp, NASCAR Director of Communications, tweeted Tuesday, "NASCAR will issue no penalties
from last weekend's events at [Auto Club Speedway]".(3-26-2013)
Hamlin
released form hospital UPDATE2:
#11-Denny Hamlin spent the night at a local hospital
in the Fontana, Calif., area and was released on Monday to fly home to
Charlotte, where Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine
Associates will evaluate him later in the week. Hamlin told reporters that it
is too hard to say if he will be ready for the next Sprint Cup race as he
walked out under his own power, according to one of his representatives. The
Sprint Cup series has this weekend off, then resumes
its schedule on April 7 at Martinsville Speedway. Dr. Petty declined to talk
about Hamlin's case or compression fractions in general until he has met with
Hamlin.(ESPN.com)(3-26-2013)
UPDATE:
Denny Hamlin walked out of Loma Linda University Medical
Center USA North Carolina Charlotte
UPDATE2:
Asked specifically Monday
night if Logano had tried to call him, Hamlin said,
"No. I've heard from pretty much all my peers which has been
humbling to say the least. It makes me really happy and keeps your spirits up
when you hear from all your peers and everything," he added. "That
part of it has been very encouraging." So, does he view the incident as
the product of hard racing or as a part of the rivalry between the two? "I
think it's a little bit of both if I had to characterize it," he said.
"I really went out of my way throughout the day to give the #22 (Logano) room in a lot of places. He raced me really hard
for really the entire event and
obviously other guys as well. But at the end I think he saw I was going to win
and wasn't going to let that happen."(FoxSports)(3-26-2013)
UPDATE 3:
Joe
Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was evaluated today by Dr. Jerry Petty of
Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates after suffering an L1 Compression
Fracture during an accident on the final lap of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Dr. Petty determined that Hamlin
will not require surgery, but will need time to properly heal, which is
estimated around six weeks time. Dr. Petty will make the determination when
Hamlin will be able to return to racing this season. No decision has been made
on a replacement driver for Hamlin during his absence from the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series.(Joe Gibbs Racing)(3-26-2013)
Logano says he wasn't trying to wreck Hamlin:
#22-Joey Logano
said he did not realize #11-Denny Hamlin was involved in a hard crash when he
made televised comments suggesting the driver had it coming nor did he mean to wreck his former teammate
on the last lap of Sunday's Auto Club 400. Logano
told USA TODAY Sports by phone Monday that he had "no idea" Hamlin
was hurt or even that he hit the wall hard when he told Fox: "He probably
shouldn't have done what he did last week (at Bristol), so that's what he
gets."
"I just thought we were
racing hard, you know?" Logano said Monday.
"It happens. You don't ever want anyone to get hurt; you don't ever want
anything to happen, especially to Denny. We were racing really hard there at
the end of the race. I wish there was a SAFER barrier down there, and I wish I
knew before I made any comments on TV also." Logano
insisted he was not trying to wreck Hamlin "in any way, shape or
form."(
Sadler expected to fill in for Hamlin:
Elliott
Sadler has been chosen as the primary sub for Denny Hamlin. All that's
preventing an official announcement, as of Wednesday morning is a few details
to work out with sponsor Fed Ex. Sadler, who was long pegged as the likely
choice is driving full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series and was
scheduled to drive a fourth Cup car in a limited schedule later this season.
There are no conflicts on the Nationwide schedule that would affect Sadler
until early June.(Frontstretch)(3-27-2013)
No penalties from Auto Club Speedway UPDATE:
Kerry
Tharp, NASCAR Director of Communications, tweeted Tuesday, "NASCAR will issue no penalties
from last weekend's events at [Auto Club Speedway]".(3-26-2013)
UPDATE:
Sprint
Cup Series director John Darby addressed the media Tuesday afternoon and
discussed the decision to not issue fines;
Q. Going back to the decision not to penalize anybody
there, Stewart did cut off Logano on pit road, and
started an incident there. Can you tell me why the governing body decided there
was nothing wrong there?
JOHN DARBY: Yeah, all of the
post-race incidents, a few years ago, we backed away from micromanaging
drivers' emotions. You would hope in today's world that if somebody didn't win
a race, they would be upset about it for whatever reason. That's what our
drivers do is they try to win races. So the emotions that follow a race
sometime, as long as stuff -- and keep in mind, there's the checks and the
balances, but a couple of drivers at the end of the race arguing a little bit
doesn't create a foul in our world today. The crews did a great job of managing
their drivers to make sure that it didn't cross the line to where there was
physical violence or anything like that, and that's what you would hope. That's
just another example of the state of competition in NASCAR racing, and the
disappointments that come sometimes when you don't win the race. I don't see
any foul there at all.(NASCAR)(3-27-2013)
[NASCAR
CEO Brian]
Logano,
Hamlin exchange texts:
Roger
Penske said Wednesday that Joey Logano and Denny
Hamlin have exchanged text messages since their final-lap crash at
Former OVRP Dirt Oval
runners:
Last Saturday,
at New Egypt, in the modified feature, Danny Creeden was
22nd. In the Sportsman
feature, Anthony Perrego was 16th. As I figured, track conditions were quite
rough.
Note # 1: An interview with Danny Creeden
on Doug’s Dirt Diary from this past weekend:
http://www.dougsdirtdiary.com/audioplayer.php?id=16859
Note # 2: While I was at the Motor Sports show in
News from the AARN:
Note: Don’t forget – if you’re a subscriber to the
AARN, you can have the free digital version.
That is available on Tuesday mornings.
From their March
26th edition – picked up from the Digital Service:
I have no idea as to whether
any of the other indoor TQ races might not be on the schedule, next year –
2014, but there will be a two day show in
Lebanon Valley Speedway had
their Banquet last weekend and handed out over $100,000.00 in point fund
monies. Brett Hearn, the modified
champion received a check for $9,000.00.
Note: I guess I can see why most banquets do not
make mention of monies won. I’ve heard
it said the modified champion at a track close to my home gets a check equal to
a modified feature win, which is quite a lot less than what Brett put in his
pocket. Hey, you have to hand it to the
“Valley” – you no sooner get through the gate and you’re hit with 50/50 girls selling
tickets. Good looking young ladies, too,
which surely does not hurt the sales. On top of that they are continually going
through the stands. That’s something
that a lot of tracks could improve on, as far as I’m concerned – 50/50 ticket
sales with proceeds going towards the drivers point funds.
Did you hear about the F-1
race last weekend in
The FIA has frowned on team
orders lately, but it wasn’t known if there would be an investigation, or if
anything would happen.
Note: I can recall, back in the day – the 50’s,
when the Mercedes F-1 team manager, Neubauer, I think
his name was, would tell his drivers prior to the start of an F-1 race just
where they were supposed to finish – 1st, 2nd and 3rd. In most cases they finished in those
positions.
Down in
Lenny Sammons:
In his column, he makes note
of two appearances by the ESS at the Selinsgrove (Pa)
Note: How this writer would love to see the ESS at
OCFS. It almost happened, I believe,
last year at Eastern States Weekend, except for one little problem (track
wanting ESS to bring sponsor dollars with them). At least that’s what I was told. With them running at Selinsgrove, they sure
can’t use an excuse that OCFS is too far for them to travel to.
Ernie Saxton:
Ernie had an excellent photo
of his all time favorite driver, Johnny Thomson, in the Sam Traylor # 2 Sprint
Car in his column.
Note: Back in the day, when that photo was taken,
Indy drivers would run the local tracks – midgets and sprint cars. That helped put butts in the stands, and on
top of that, after the races, one could go into the pit area and “rub elbows”
with the drivers. Not so, today, unfortunately.
And that was a good part of
Ernie’s column – “Indy Car drivers need to become public figures for the
division to soar”.
Ernie makes not of how Jeff
Gordon thumbed his nose at Indy Car and went with NASCAR.
Note: Roger Penske has a little to do with that,
folks, telling Gordon “no” when Gordon asked him if he could try out one of the
Penske Indy Cars.
Ron Mentus:
“Mergers –
the ‘road’ to success”?
An interesting read that made
mention of the merger of CART and Indy Car which has helped the car counts to
an extent. But the increase of road
courses to ovals – 10 to 6 this year, seems to have hurt some. He also mentions the merger of the American
Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series – more than likely
caused by dwindling car counts over these past few years as a main reason for
the merger.
Ron is questioning
sportsmanship in racing, noting how there’s been an increase in verbal and
physical goings on lately. He also
wonders what has happened to Danica Patrick. Her average finish, after five races is 27th.
Steve Barrick:
He had an article about the
OCFS Motor Sports Show. Bethel Speedway
is introducing a new class – Beginners Legends.
Gary Palmer had the Accord Speedway Banquet on Saturday night so he
could only make his annual appearance on Sunday. The show, cut down from three days to two,
had almost as many visitors as past shows, for the two days.
Steve also had another
article in this weeks paper – one about Wingless
Sprint Car racing on TV. Jackslash Media, MAV-TV Network, along with some folks from
Lucas Oil will be telecasting some races from
More info on this can be
found if you go to:
www.jackslash.com and www.mavtv.com
Steve was quite busy last
week, and a third article makes mention of 21 year old Aaron Ott making a return to Sprint Car racing with his dad, Don Ott. If you recall,
young Aaron had a second neck injury early on in 2012, which put him out of
racing. They’ll be making a return
running with the URC. Don expects to
have a 410 ready for the Lincoln Speedway’s WoO show.
Todd Heintzelman:
You’ve heard that Tony
Stewart and Kasey Kahn, among others, own race teams, right? Well, last week, at Lincoln Speedway, Cole
Duncan won the Sprint Car feature. The
owner of the car: Bobby Labonte.
Don & Jo Ann Davies:
Most of their column was
about the RoC race last Saturday at the New Egypt
Speedway. As I figured, what with new
clay being put down just two weeks prior to the race, and with the cool temps,
it was going to be a rough day/night at New Egypt. On top of that, some teams from upper New
York State encountered some rather not so nice road conditions on their way
south, with some reporting near misses – accident wise.
Twenty-seven cars started the
Modified 60 lap feature. Eleven managed
to survive the rough track conditions.
Herb Anastor:
So what do Marshall Teague,
Dick (born James) Rathmann, Paul Goldsmith, Bobby
Johns, Cale Yarborough, LeeRoy
Yarbrough, Donnie & Bobby Allison all have in common? They were former NASCAR drivers that ran in
the Indy 500. A few drivers that tried
to make the 500 were Curtis Turner, Robert “Red” Byron, Junior Johnson and
Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr.
If you’re into the history of
auto racing in this country, Herb usually has some interesting tid bits and columns devoted to “Back in the day”.
Russ Conway:
Russ had an article
pertaining to the late Charlie Elliott.
Mr. Elliiott passed away on March 20th
at the age of 96. Mr. Elliott built what
is known as Star Speedway, in
John Snyder:
John covers some of the
history of OCFS in this weeks issue. Rocky DiNatale won
the first stock car race at OC on September 18, 1948. Tex Enright won on
April 15, 1950, on the small track. Indy
racer Ira Vail ran at OC and won his first race at OC in 1921. Vail also won the first race at the
Flemington, NJ track. Due to weather
problems, the 1986 Eastern States race was held on April 25, 1987. Rich Eurich won his
first opening night race in 1982. OC has
had 37 different opening night winners in 63 years, with Brett Hearn having 9
opening night wins.
Gary London:
Gary also makes mention of
the ridiculous fine imposed on NASCAR driver Carl Long – Long using a borrowed
engine that measuredthismuchtoobig was fined
$200,000.00 by NASCAR, and with his wife listed as the car owner, she was
responsible. The fine was later
transferred to Carl, and since he has not paid it, he cannot go into the pit
area during a Cup race.
Some of the things covered in
this weeks edition:
Horton's
$10,000
New
Egypt Win Prolongs
His
Racing Career
Selinsgrove
Announces
Late
Model Purse,
Point
Fund Hikes
Unrelenting
Winter Weather Wreaks
Havoc
Nationally, Regionally
Len
Sammons Motorsports Productions
Announces
2014 Indoor Race In Trenton
Lincoln
410 Upset:
Buckeye
Cole Duncan
Stuns
Central Pennsy
VonDohren's Big Diamond Win
Gets
Year Off To Good Start
Wingless
Indiana Sprint Racers
Are
Going In Television
McMahan,
Larson Win
WoO West Coast Mains
Press Releases:
News from Friesen-Deyo
Promotions – Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. ‘Dirty
Media Contact: Brett Deyo
– 845.728.2781 or Deyo99H@aol.com
For Immediate Release/March 20, 2013
Avis, Serving The
NEW EGYPT, NJ
– For one driver whose night didn’t start
out as they would have liked during the first Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc.
‘Dirty
Avis Car Rentals has signed on to support
the “We Try Harder” Award at the ‘Dirty Jersey 60’ which marks the return of
Super DIRTcar Series big-block Modified racing to the
Garden State 7/16ths-mile oval on Tuesday, June 18 (rain date: June 19). The
first-ever Friesen-Deyo Promotions event, co-promoted
by Stewart Friesen and Brett Deyo, is headlined by a
60-lap Super DIRTcar Series main event – the first at
New Egypt since 2007 – with the ‘Turnpike 25’ for Open vs. Crate Sportsman
serving as the supporting act.
The Avis “We Try Harder” Award offers $300 cash and a commemorative plaque to a
Modified competitor who struggled to qualify for the main, advanced toward the
front via a consolation starting spot or overcame obstacles during the feature
to post a respectable finish.
“This is an award to a driver who put in the effort and persevered,” said event
co-promoter Friesen. “Thanks to Avis, we are able to hand out some extra cash
and a plaque to reward them for their hard work.”
Avis, serving the
Already, Shiley Fabrication of
The Modified ‘Dirty Jersey’ program will offer full Super DIRTcar
Series points and a $6,000 winner's share from a hefty $27,500 total purse.
Matt Sheppard of
Sheppard, 30 years old, owns two Super DIRTcar Series
Modified victories at New Egypt: the first came on Sept. 24, 2005 in a 100-lap
grind. The second came during the most recent Super DIRTcar
Series visit to New Egypt on Oct. 13, 2007. Sheppard won the first of Twin 50s
contested that evening. Keith Hoffman of
The Super DIRTcar Series has visited New Egypt on 11
occasions (12 events) from June 1998 through Oct. 2007.
The ‘Turnpike 25’ for Sportsman joins the Super DIRTcar
Series on the program. The event is 25 laps and offers a minimum of $750 to win
(plus bonuses and lap money). Crate and Open Sportsman teams are eligible to
compete.
Marketing opportunities remain for the ‘Dirty Jersey 60’ inaugural event. Lap sponsorships
are on sale for the Modifieds ($25 per lap) and
Sportsman ($20 per lap). In the Modified event, lap 52 has been set aside in
memory of the Stan Friesen and lap 60 is dedicated to racer and promoter Doug
Hoffman. The racing community lost both over the winter months. All
contributions for the two special laps will be pooled. To inquire about lap or bonus award
sponsorships, contact Brett Deyo at Deyo99H@aol.com or
by phone: 845.728.2781.
For the ‘Dirty Jersey 60’ pit gates will unlock at 4 p.m. Spectator gates open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are planned for 6:30 p.m. and Modified qualifying
begins at 7 p.m. A rain
date for Wednesday, June 19 has been established.
To learn more about Friesen-Deyo Promotions or
the 'Dirty Jersey 60' long onto www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com or "like" BD Motorsports
Media on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bdmotorsportsmedia.
The ‘Dirty
Jersey 60’ is presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., Avis Rental Car, Shiley Fabrications, VP Racing Fuels and many other fine
marketing partners
About New Egypt
Speedway
Located in New Egypt, N.J.,
New Egypt Speedway features a daylight-quality lighting system and excellent
sightlines from any seat in the house. There are clean, heated restrooms, a
monitored playground area for young fans and restaurant-quality concession stands
serving up a full menu at family style prices. The racy, 7/16ths-mile clay oval
hosts tight, wheel-to-wheel, all-out competition. New Egypt Speedway’s GPS
address is 720 Route 539 New
About Friesen-Deyo Promotions
A collaboration between dirt Modified standout driver Stewart Friesen and
special events promoter and motorsports writer Brett Deyo,
Friesen-Deyo Promotions anticipates its first event
at New Egypt Speedway in June 2013 with a goal of additional events in the
future.
I
get e-mails:
The Quote of
the Decade: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising
Pass it on and
on and on until it comes back to you! Then send it out again!
(It was so nice of him to give us this
great quote for posterity!)
SO, USE IT!!! Only 86% will send this on.
Should be a 100%.
Please send it on if
only to one person.
Found on Facebook:
Mel Kenyon fans....on April 15th, Mel will be 80
years old. We would like to see him receive a minimum of 80 birthday cards from
fans (how about 800?). If you would like to participate, send your card (feel
free to add a personal note or photo) to: Mel Kenyon c/o Joy Kenyon (so she
will know it is a card for Mel), 2645 South 25 West, Lebanon , IN 46052
Found on the
Internet:
From the Track
Forum:
Protection
against vertical G-forces?
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?174436-Protection-against-vertical-G-forces
Some
non-racing stuff:
Taxpayers to subsidize NY’s
higher minimum wage
http://news.yahoo.com/taxpayers-subsidize-nys-higher-minimum-143533956.html
Editorial: State (NY) needs to get priorities straight
In part:
“
We suggest, instead, the box be reserved for disabled people,
since the budget paying for it is being balanced on their backs.
Beyond the team’s sad performance — it hasn’t made the playoffs
since 1999 — is a principle that should be fundamental to government
operations: The state should not give taxpayer dollars to successful businesses
to keep doing what they are already doing.
Little hope seen for millions
priced out of health overhaul
http://news.yahoo.com/little-hope-seen-millions-priced-health-overhaul-213934894--business.html
Our massively one-sided
Immigration debate
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593528?__source=yahoo%7Cheadline%7Cquote%7Ctext%7C&par=yahoo
Gun control: Public support is waning, poll finds
http://news.yahoo.com/gun-control-public-support-waning-poll-finds-204331892.html
Army Captain “DHS
Acquisitions are ‘bold threat of war’ against the American people.
Video time –
racing stuff:
How about a
video of how the work has progressed on the new pit area at OCFS – video taken
this past Sunday, March 24th, by Jeff Lambert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dkxFtDa_nws
Video
time - music videos:
It
was on March 25, 2009, when we lost Dan Seals.
Dan Seals, who as part of the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley
sang the hit "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" and other 1970s
soft-rock touchstones, has died. He was 61.
His death was caused by complications related to lymphoma, said
Marty Martel, a talent agent who worked with Seals. The singer died at his
daughter's home in
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/27/local/me-dan-seals27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeXydLRaMJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVTW1ZHuNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKpn-GYsKSc
Same
song, but in person:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXZQTIVc5sg
Photos:
Note: The photos are not available on Dirt Track
Digest, only on New England Tractor - http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/
Here’s a photo of Lloyd Christopher, one of the top midget drivers from the late 40’s. If you look close, down from the word “Special”, towards the bottom of the car, you’ll be able to see his left shoe, right behind where the front radius rod connects to the chassis, where the bottom sheet metal ends.
Closing with
these:
I tried to catch some fog,
but I mist.
When
chemists die, they barium.
Jokes about German sausage
are the wurst!
A soldier who survived
mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
I know a guy who's addicted
to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.
How does Moses make his
tea? Hebrews it.
I stayed up all night to see
where the sun went. Then it dawned on me!
This girl said she recognized
me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
I'm reading a book about
anti-gravity. I can't put it down.
I did a theatrical
performance about puns. It was a play on words.
They told me I had type-A
blood, but it was a Type-O.
A dyslexic man walks into a
bra…
PMS jokes aren't funny,
period.
Why were the Indians here
first? They had reservations.
Class trip
to the Coca-Cola factory. (I hope
there's no pop quiz.)
Energizer bunny arrested. Charged with battery.
I didn't like my beard at
first... but it grew on me.
Did you hear about the
cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
When you
get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
What does a clock do when
it's hungry? It goes back four seconds.
I wondered why the baseball
was getting bigger. Then it hit me!
Broken pencils are pointless.
What do you call a dinosaur
with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
I used to be a banker, but
then I lost interest.
I dropped out of communism
class because of lousy Marx.
All the toilets in
I got a job at a bakery
because I kneaded dough.
Haunted French pancakes give
me the crepes.
Venison for
dinner? Oh, deer!
Earthquake
in
I used to think I was
indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
Be kind to your dentist. He
has fillings, too.
Velcro ... what a rip off!
Cartoonist found dead in
home. Details are sketchy.
Until next week,
folks!
As usual, you can reach me
at: ygordad@yahoo.com