Mostly
Racin' Stuff
By
Tom Avenengo
Volume # 210
01/29/2015
Some
personal/family stuff:
Went and met with my kidney specialist and
then with my cardiologist. Things seem
to be doing ok. Weight is holding
between 148-152, so that's good, especially when, back in September, I tipped
the scales at 195. My main problem now
is a rash on my legs, which also brings some itching. And, due to my being diabetic, I do get sharp
stinging (like someone poking me with a needle) in my legs. Oh well, at least I'm able to write about it,
I guess?
More
memories:
I'm quite happy down here in Florida. Don't have to put up with all the cold temps
and snow anymore. Yes, I feel for those
up north and the weather they've had over these past few days. And, in some cases, weather that was
forecasted never did materialize. Must
be nice to be a weather person and have all those computers telling you what's
going to happen, then - poof! Any idea
as to how much those TV weather people get paid?
This past Monday, while I was waiting at
the school bus stop to pick up a great grandson, I thought back to a snow storm
we had back when I was working - so it had to be before 1996. I was working in the Highland Falls Grand
Union, and it was snowing like hell. I
had permission to leave early, so I did.
Took RT 9W north to Rt 293 West, then onto Rt 17 W. Got off onto I-84 near Middletown. Took I-84 to exit one - Port Jervis. At the time we lived on Shin Hollow Road
which was a steady up hill road with quite a few turns and bends. I guess I got about half way up the road to
our house, then on a slight left bend, the right rear dropped off the roads
surface.
The snow, coming down heavily, seemed to
be not falling to the ground, but blowing straight across. Can you say blizzard conditions? So, I started walking. A car came along, coming up the hill. He didn't stop. Could not blame him. Got to our "U" shaped driveway,
which went down off of the road. Made it
to the front door and collapsed onto a snow bank. My son, Eric, was there, and came and pulled
me into the house. The next morning we
went to retrieve my car. It wasn't
there! We were able to find it at Brim
re-cyclers in Cuddebackville - of course with a RR flat. Yeah, I remember that. Another reason I'm happy to be in Florida,
folks!
Racin’
stuff:
So, with Jeff Gordon announcing that 2015
will be his last full year of racing the Cup cars, one has to wonder who will
fill his sat afterwards? Chase
Elliott? Kyle Larson? And what might Jeff do as far as racing in
the future? I'll say a definite no for
the Indy 500. A lot or rumors and
speculation going on, from some dirt track racing to Formula 1, with Haas.
NASCAR outlaws the practice of flared
fender side skirts
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/26/nascar-outlaws-the-practice-of-flared-fender-side-skirts/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
Kyle Busch says Toyota teams are
“idiots” by not working close together
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/26/kyle-busch-says-toyota-teams-are-idiots-by-not-working-close-together/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
Rico Abreu schedule: http://www.ricoabreu.com/#!schedule/ckra
Note: Not too many midget races now.
Florida Open Wheel news by
Rich Golardi:
http://www.hoseheads.com/richard.html
NEMA Midget 2015
schedule:
http://www.nemaracing.com/schedule.htm
NEMA Lites 2015
schedule:
http://www.nemaracing.com/nema-lites-schedule.htm
URC's 2015 schedule:
http://theboard.southjerseydirtracing.com/DisplayMsg.asp?ForumID=27&Msgid=2246986&page=1&Title=2015%20URClub%20schedule
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/danica-patrick-stewart-haas-racing-godaddy-contract-negotiation-012715?adbid=780997381956045&adbpl=fb&adbpr=239115849477537&adbsc=social_20150127_39496467&cmpid=tsmfb%3Afscom%3Anascaronfox
Back
in time:
Covering some of the racing
happenings from January 29th to February 8th:
JANUARY 29
1915
Johnny McDowell ... Born
1929
Jerry Hoyt... Born
1950
Jody Schecter... Born
JANUARY 30
1927
Tommy Copp... Born
1979
Jason Meyers... Born
2011
Tommy McAndrew... Died
JANUARY 31
1908
Bill Cantrell... Born
1976
Buddy Rice... Born
FEBRUARY 1
1959
Daytona Beach, Florida Cars took to the new Daytona International
Speedway for the first time as a practice session took place. Curtis Turner and
Fireball Roberts were among those making runs. Following the practice session,
the track was closed to allow work on the guard rail to be finished.
1996
Ray Crawford... Died
2000
Dick Rathmann ... Died
2009
Jim McWithey ... Died
FEBRUARY 2
1966
Billy Boat... Born
FEBRUARY 3
1922
Johnny Moorehouse... Born
1944
Lennie Waldo... Born
1950
Rocky Moran... Born
FEBRUARY 4
1927
Dale Van Johnson... Born .
1931
Bay Darnell... Born
1973
Carl Williams... Died
1987
Bruce Jacobi... Died
2001
Ernie McCoy... Died
Note: A photo of Ernie in the
Vargo Sprint Car is in my "Photo of the week" section, this week.
FEBRUARY 5
1931
Malcolm Campbell sets a Land Speed Record of 256.09 MPH in his
Bluebird on the beach at Daytona, Florida.
1934
Ted Johnson ... Born
1947
Darrell Waltrip... Born
1953
Dorsey Schroeder... Born
1981
Justin Labonte... Born
1986
Reed Sorenson... Born
FEBRUARY 6
1916
Cliff Griffith... Born ..
1986
Willard "Bill" Cantrell... Died
FEBRUARY 7
1959
Daytona International Speedway formally opened. 13 cars were on hand
for the first qualifying round, but 6 failed tech inspection.
"Fireball" Roberts turned in a speed of 140.581 mph in a Pontiac to
earn the pole for the inaugural 100 mile Grand National qualifying race. Marvin
Panch ran 128.810 mph to pace the two convertibles that timed in.
FEBRUARY 8
1920
Mike Magill... Born
1939
Bill Cummings... Died
Note: I think that as the racing
season gets going, I'll be dropping this section.
From
Jayski:
Is a NASCAR TV analyst career in Jeff Gordon's future?:
Would Jeff
Gordon trade his helmet for a headset after exiting his #24 Chevy after the
2015 Sprint Cup Season? The four-time series champion said Friday morning he
would consider a career as a TV analyst in NASCAR after he leaves full-time
competition this year. "I love the sport," Gordon said during an
interview with "The Morning Drive" on SiriusXM Radio's NASCAR channel.
"I'm very passionate about it. I love to critique it. I think I could do a
good job with that. I don't think it's an easy job. I'll be honest. I have a
lot of respect for those that do it from radio and TV. I'd entertain it."
Multiple sources have told MotorSportsTalk that Gordon put out feelers to TV
networks last year about the possibility of eventually entering the broadcast
booth. But Gordon, who hasn't ruled out racing in myriad series beginning in
2016, said he would be spend the season mulling his next step. "I don't
know if (TV is) at the top of my list right now," Gordon said.
"Throughout this year, one of the things I have to get acclimated to is
actually to have a real job. That's going to be an adjustment".(NBC Sports)(1-24-2015)
UPDATE:
Jeff
Gordon's TV career will start this year, as the soon-to-be-former Sprint Cup
Series driver will serve as a rotating analyst for FOX Sports' Xfinity Series
broadcasts. Gordon will switch off his Xfinity Series (formerly called
Nationwide Series) analyst role with defending Cup champion Kevin Harvick and
former Cup champ Brad Keselowski. Those are just part of many changes for FOX,
which goes into this season splitting TV broadcasting duties with NBC. The news
will officially be announced Monday.(USA Today)(1-25-2015)
Chip Ganassi Racing wins Rolex 24 at Daytona:
Scott Dixon
drove a gritty and lengthy final leg Sunday to lead Chip Ganassi Racing and its
"star car" to a record-breaking sixth victory in the Rolex 24 at
Daytona. The three-time IndyCar champion relieved Kyle Larson, NASCAR's
reigning rookie of the year, with 3 hours, 32 minutes remaining in the
twice-round-the-clock endurance race. Dixon was tasked with conserving fuel and
making no mistakes in pursuit of the Rolex watch. The Iceman delivered, and
made it look easy, too. He totaled more than seven hours behind the wheel of
the Target/Ford EcoBoost Riley Prototype, and had teammates Larson, Daytona 500
winner Jamie McMurray and Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan watching with
little worry as he closed out the victory. The win gave team owners Ganassi and
Felix Sabates their sixth win in 12 Rolex attempts - most in the 53-year
history of the race. It was the second win for Dixon, who was part of the 2006
victory with Casey Mears and Dan Wheldon. It was the first Rolex win for
McMurray, Kanaan and Larson, who felt he was so underwhelming in his debut last
season that he let his team down and never wanted to return to the sports car
race. Instead, he drove his own impressive three-plus hour stint in the middle
of the night, then put together a brief but error-free run Sunday morning to
get the team into the time window to turn the car over to Dixon. McMurray
joined AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti as the only drivers to win the Daytona 500
and the Rolex.(Associated Press)(1-25-2015)
Bill Elliott talked to Ford about Chase Elliott:
When Bill
Elliott is inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday, most of the
highlights will show him wheeling a Ford. He made his name driving Fords and he
was synonymous with the blue oval brand. So to see his son, Chase, driving a
Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports affiliate JR Motorsports is a little bit
strange. "I tried to make the Ford thing happen," Elliott said.
"It didn't. I saw it one way and they saw it another way and it didn't
work out. Mr. Hendrick came to us with an opportunity that at the point in time,
it wasn't much of an opportunity but he was the only one that would talk to
us." Elliott won the 2014 Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series title, and is
expected to step into the Hendrick #24 car after Gordon retires at the end of
2015. "My gratitude to (Hendrick), I just can't say enough about the man
about what his character is in the sport and what he's done for us,"
Elliott said. "That kind of went against my roots as far as the Ford goes,
but that's the path we ended up having to take at the point in time and I can't
do anything about it. Right now, it's set and that's the way it is."(Sporting News)(1-25-2015)
Roush had a shot at Jeff Gordon:
Fifteen
years ago or so, while researching a NASCAR book, one of the people Tom Jensen
interviewed was John Bickford, Jeff Gordon's stepfather and business manager.
Bickford, who was the architect of Gordon's career from his early days as a kid
in quarter midgets until Gordon was an established NASCAR star, had plenty of
interesting stories. One of them surrounded how Gordon wound up in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series. After growing up racing open-wheel cars on asphalt and dirt,
Gordon ran two full seasons in what's now known as the NASCAR Xfinity Series in
1991 and '92. And while Gordon is one of the most recognizable Chevrolet
drivers today, in those days he drove Ford Thunderbirds owned by Bill Davis.
Naturally, Ford Motor Co. was keen to see Gordon move up to Sprint Cup in a
Ford.
According to Bickford, in 1992, NASCAR team owner Jack Roush called him up and
told Bickford he wanted to hire Gordon. After a brief discussion, Bickford said
he was amenable to the idea of Gordon driving for Roush and he had a great
young crew chief named Ray Evernham who Bickford wanted to be part of the deal.
"My drivers don't get to pick their own crew chiefs," Roush told
Bickford. "I do that." Whereupon Bickford said he hung up the phone,
because it was a package deal. Bickford knew Gordon and Evernham already had
great chemistry and would be successful together. He didn't want Gordon to have
to start over with a new crew chief.
Roush called back and said there must have been a problem with the phone and
Bickford said, no, he had hung up on Roush deliberately. Upon hearing that,
Roush went on to explain that if he was making the expensive and potentially
risky investment in a promising, but unproven young talent, he had to have the
comfort level of hiring the crew chief himself. That was the way Roush always
worked in the past and the way he was going to work in the future. And that's
when Bickford said he hung up on Roush a second time, and when negotiations
between the two officially ended.(Tom Jensen / FoxSports)(1-25-2015)
Kurt Busch hasn't discussed running Indy 500 in 2015:
#41-Kurt
Busch said on Tuesday during the NASCAR Media Tour that a second attempt at the
Indy 500 - and with that, a second attempt at The Double of the "500"
and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on the same day - has not been discussed by him and
team owners Tony Stewart and Michael Andretti. "It's nice to have Tony
Stewart's blessing to run Indy, and Michael Andretti giving me the access to
come back to give it a shot, but it's something we haven't talked about.
There's been plenty of other things in this offseason to stay focused on."
As for Andretti, who fielded Busch's Verizon IndyCar Series machine at last
year's "500," he told FoxSports.com earlier this month that while
Andretti Autosport's main focus is on fielding a fourth car for the 2015 IndyCar
season, there was still a chance for something to come together with Busch for
the Month of May. "He was a real professional and learned a lot to the
point where I think he would be a real factor in the race if we put something
together," Andretti said in that interview. "He did a hell of a job
last year without experience. Now, with one more year of experience, I think
Kurt Busch could be a real factor in the Indianapolis 500 in 2015."
Busch's ride with Andretti for last year's "500" was not announced
until March.(NBC Sports)(1-28-2015)
Stewart buys All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series:
#14-Tony
Stewart has agreed to terms with Guy Webb, owner of the All Star Circuit of
Champions Sprint Car Series, to become the sole owner of the original winged
sprint car tour. The All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of
the oldest traveling sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots,
open-wheel racing. The transaction between Webb and Stewart will proceed
immediately.(Eldora Raceway)(1-28-2015)
Kurt Busch reasserts what he said about ex:
#41-Kurt
Busch didn't back down Tuesday from his testimony about ex-girlfirend Patricia
Driscoll but said he didn't know when a decision would be made in the protective
hearing case. Busch has been a part of national headlines after testifying
earlier this month that he believed Driscoll was a trained assassin. He also
stated that she repeatedly asserted she was and claimed the work took her on
missions across Central and South American and Africa. Busch reasserted his
claim Tuesday: "What I said was under oath.''(NBC Sports)(1-28-2015)
Gene Haas looks to re-sign Danica Patrick:
Danica
Patrick, who is entering her third season in the #10 GoDaddy Chevy, is in the final year of her contract.
Stewart-Haas Racing owner Gene Haas says discussions are ongoing and the
evaluation process began from "the day she starts". Haas isn't
concern with how Patrick has struggled in the first two seasons. He believes
the potential is there. "This is the last year of the contract we have
with her and GoDaddy," Haas said. "There are negotiations going on.
Everything changes in this sport. I think she's done good. When you look back
at someone like a Joey Logano, he spent all those years over at Gibbs and it
took six year to get going. I don't think she's that far off the mark. She's
probably right on the mark really. We've made some changes. I think putting
Daniel (Knost, crew chief) with her is a good change. He's very technical. He's
the type of guy that will explain to you what the car is doing. If it's doing
this, these are the results you're going to get. He has a different way of
racing than say Tony Gibson. It's like she said, it's going to give you a
different perspective which will give you different results." While the
commitment from Patrick and Haas appears to be viable, there's the question of
what level GoDaddy chooses to participate at moving forward. Patrick said on
Tuesday, "Of course I want GoDaddy to come back. We've been talking about
it for quite a while. They want to, we just have to make sure we keep giving
each other value. They give me value, now it's about me giving back to
them."(Motorsport)(1-27-2015)
BK Racing names JJ Yeley as the Primary Driver for the 2015 Season:
JJ Yeley
will pilot a BK Racing Toyota for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season,
starting at Daytona International Speedway in a few weeks. Yeley, who filled in
for the team at the end of the 2014 season, has signed on for a full 36 race
season. JJ Yeley commented, "I am looking forward to getting back behind
the wheel of my BK Racing Toyota Camry. I filled in for the team at the end of
the 2014 season, and I'm glad to be given the opportunity to come back again
for another season. I am ready to get the 2015 season started and head to
Daytona International Speedway for some restrictor plate racing."
"JJ has been a great asset to the BK Racing team," owner Ron Devine
commented. "He has been involved in the motorsports industry for several
years now, and has the knowledge and skill to help build this
organization."(BK Racing). Yeley ran the #83 and #93 Toyota's for
BK Racing in 2014, the PR doesn't say which BK Racing team Yeley will be paired
with.(1-27-2015)
Michael Annett joins HScott Motorsports as second full-time driver:
HScott
Motorsports enters the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season with a new
look as it expands to two cars. Justin Allgaier will return to the #51 BRANDT
Chevy while Michael Annett joins the team and will drive a Chevrolet adorned by
longtime anchor partner Pilot Flying J. "The addition of a second team
increases HScott's overall ability to better utilize its resources at track and
at the shop to be even more competitive," said team owner Harry Scott Jr.
"I'm proud to have seen Justin truly mature as a NSCS driver last year,
and I can't wait to see what he does this year. Like Justin, Michael is coming
off his rookie year following six years of competition in the NASCAR Xfinity
Series. Michael is a quality driver with a great future at HScott Motorsports.
These drivers compliment one another and will make great teammates."
"This is as excited as I've been for a new season, I can't wait to get to
Daytona and fire the engines," said Allgaier. "I'm looking forward to
carrying the momentum from the end of last season over to this year. Michael is
a great addition to our organization and I'm glad to have a teammate to compete
with each week."
BRANDT Professional Agriculture, a leading agriculture retailer and
manufacturer of agricultural specialty products, returns as the primary sponsor
of the #51 Chevy for 21 races, beginning with the Daytona 500 on February 22.
Auto-Owners Insurance will also be the primary partner on the #51 for three
races.
"Justin and the #51 team continue to be a great source of pride for BRANDT
employees and customers, and we are all looking forward to a great 2015
season," said BRANDT President and CEO Rick Brandt. "I'm excited for
the opportunity to drive for HScott Motorsports," said Annett. "I am
impressed with the way Harry is building his NASCAR teams. Harry and
competition director Steve Addington have a long-term vision and I'm honored to
be part of it. I'm also looking forward to having Justin as a teammate."
Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel retail centers, will be a
primary partner on Annett's car. Other partners include Cypress Associates,
Inc., Allstate Peterbilt Group and Northland Oil.(HScott Motorsports), no car number for Annett
was announced. Annett drove the #7 Chevy for Tommy Baldwin Racing in
2014.(1-27-2015)
From
Track Forum:
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/forum.php
SAGE
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php/191642-SAGE
From the Dirt Track Digest Forum:
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/
From
the AARN:
This week in the AARN:
Shelby Harper
Named Ms. Motorsports 2015
Rolex 24 Shared By
Ganassi Indy 500 Winners, Sprint Cup Stars
New Grandview Ride
For TenTime Champ Jeff Strunk
Tommy Baldwin’s
Sprint Cup Team Dealt Mortal Blow As Annett, Sponsor Bolts
Patented Rear
Suspension Unveiled At Motorsports By Troyer Race Cars
NYSCCA, ARCH Honor
Regional Racing Stars At Annual Banquets
Joe Skotnicki Let
Go Abruptly By DIRTcar
Bernal, Bacon Win
USAC Sprint Mains In Arizona
NAPA KNOW HOW AC Indoor
Race Weekend Awaits
Plus a few other
things I found:
I see Tyler Dippel
was 5th at New Smyrna (Fla) Speedway, in the Pete Orr Memorial Race.
Don't forget -
this coming weekend - Indoor races at Atlantic City. Just hope it's not another demo derby like
Trenton was.
Randy Wolfe has
joined up with the Don Matters WoO Sprint Car team as crew chief. Joey Saldana is their driver.
Ricky Yetter is
retiring from driving after 31 years.
Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
lost his driver and his driver's sponsor, all inside of a month.
I tend to agree
with Ernie Saxton - some NASCAR races are too long.
Ernie made note of
the difficulties Sam Ard has had and how NASCAR falls short by not having a
program in place to take care of older drivers. A head injury to Ard, back on 10/20/84 led
to other complications and eventually to Alzheimers Disease.
AARN had a full
page devoted to the racing in Florida.
Also a full page devoted to Dr. Dick Berggren and his life in racing.
As for the
wingless, self starting 602 Sprint Cars at the Accord Speedway - it's said that
a lot depends on the interest in them as to whether they'd be a weekly class.
The URC has at
least 20 races on their 2015 schedule, so far.
Bridgeport
Speedway has added over 200 truckloads of new clay - black clay.
Of the more than
40 tracks that had Grand National races during their first decade, only 3
tracks remain - Martinsville, Darlington and Watkins Glen.
Jeff Strunk will
be driving for Dave Zubikowski at Grandview and the Deyo events. Jerry Higbie will also have a
"Zubi" car for the Deyo events and also for Accord. The "Zubi" tem has 5 Hig-Fab
chassis, 5 Morrison Small Block engines, 3 open Small Blocks and a DIRT legal
spec head Small Block.
Vinnie Salerno is
cutting back on their team racing due to work obligations. T-Mac will be in the seat, as will Billy
Decker, on occasion.
Danny Creeden was
seen talking quite a bit with Dieter Schmidt at the Motor Sports show. Might it be about driving for him at OCFS?
On Facebook - racing related:
Davey
Hamilton at today's meeting with the Florida sprint car racing community in
Gibsonton, FL:
"I'm doing it then. I'll tell you
right now I'm doing it," after hearing support from the racing community.
During the meeting, no one urged him not to go forward with his plans. Hamilton
proposed that the name for the Southeast regional series be "Southern
Super Sprints". It would operate under the banner of the King of the Wing
Series. "I am going to start working on it immediately," Hamilton
stated.
And,
on 1/28/15:
Stewart
ends Sprint Car battle for Ohio
http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/sprints-midgets/other-sprint-cars/stewart-ends-sprint-car-battle-for-ohio/
Press Releases:
News from the Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek PPB
South Region
Media Contact:
Brett Deyo – bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/Jan. 28, 2015
Bridgeport Speedway Kicks Off
Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. South
Region Championship Race For 2015 Sunday, April 19; Rules Set, Registration
Opens As Lucrative ‘South Jersey Shootout’ Nears!
BRIDGEPORT, NJ – It all begins in South Jersey.
The chase for the Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek
Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. South Region championship opens on Sunday, April 19
(rain date: April 26) at Brian Ramey’s Bridgeport Speedway with the ‘South
Jersey Shootout’ inaugural edition. The event will make history at Bridgeport,
a wide and fast five-eighths-mile clay oval located just minutes from Delaware
and Pennsylvania.
The ‘South Jersey Shootout’ will be headlined by the Short
Track Super Series big-block/small-block Modifieds running 40 laps with a
lucrative purse structure offering $5,000-plus to win, $1,000 for 10th-place
and $400 to take the green flag. Who will strike first in the Pioneer Pole
Buildings Inc. South Region, a five-race point series involving Bridgeport, Big
Diamond (Pa.), New Egypt (N.J.), Delaware International and Georgetown (Del.)
speedways?
The Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. South Region will pay a minimum
of $7,500 to its inaugural champion. The top-10 drivers will share in the
series point fund which totals a healthy $19,800 for just five events. All drivers with perfect attendance
placing outside the top-10 will receive $250.
The rules for the ‘South Jersey Shootout’ have been
established with staggered weight limits for a competitive balance among
“Delaware” big-blocks, standard big-blocks and a variety of small-block
powerplants. The rule structure should encourage a diverse field to converge on
Bridgeport for the South Region lid-lifter.
Race information
is now posted on the Short Track Super Series website at the following link:http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/south-jersey-shootout-rules-general-information/
The complete
Modified purse structure, from first to last, is outlined on the web at:http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/modified-pay-structure/
Registration is
now open for the ‘South Jersey Shootout’ for Modified competitors. The entry
form can be found here: http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BridgeportModifiedEntryForm.pdf
Unique to the ‘South Jersey Shootout’ event: both the outer
five-eighths-mile track and inner quarter-mile will be in action on the same
day. While the Modifieds, Sportsman (Open vs. Crate) and Outlaw Stocks will
compete on the big track, Doug Borger’s XCel 600 Modified series is set to do
battle on the inner quarter-mile oval. Fans will get to see action on two
tracks for one price.
Marketing
opportunities for the ‘South Jersey Shootout’ are now available by contact
Brett Deyo by phone at845.728.2781 or
via e-mail: bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com including lap sponsorships for $20 per
lap. BD Motorsports Media LLC is on the web at www.shorttracksuperseries.com or www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. Like “Short Track Super Series” on
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Located in South
Jersey, just minutes from Pennsylvania and Delaware at I-295 Exit 14,
Bridgeport Speedway is a spacious five-eighths-mile clay oval with a
quarter-mile embedded in the center. Bridgeport Speedway provides a safe and
secure family atmosphere, free parking, giveaways and fan participation. To
learn more, visit www.bpspeedway.com.
The Short Track Super Series is
presented by Hi-Tek Race Fuels, American Racer/Lias Tire, Bob Hilbert
Sportswear, Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., East Coast Speed, Behrent’s
Performance Warehouse, Dirt Track Digest, Hig Fab Chassis, Bicknell Racing
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Kirkey Race Products, Simplicity Designs and many other fine marketing
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Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. South Region
Sunday, April 19 (Rain Date:
April 26) – Bridgeport Speedway/Bridgeport, NJ: South
Jersey Shootout
Tuesday, May 5 (Rain Date: May 6) – Big Diamond Speedway/Minersville, PA
(Combo): Anthracite Assault
Thursday, June 11 (Rain Date: June 15) – New Egypt Speedway/New Egypt, NJ: Dirty
Jersey 3 - $10,000 to win!
Tuesday, Aug. 4 (Rain Date: Aug. 5) – Delaware International Speedway/Delmar,
DE – Diamond State 50
Tuesday, Sept. 1 (Rain Date: Sept. 2) – Georgetown Speedway/Georgetown, DE – Beach
Blast 2 – Championship Points
Pioneer Pole Buildings
Inc. Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek South Region Point Fund
(*based on 5 events): 1.
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$850; 9. $800; 10. $750.
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Note:
It's nice to see rain dates posted.
This week’s
photo:
Ernie McCoy, pictured here in a Jake Vargo Sprint Car,
at Reading, PA. Ernie was one of the
five drivers that completed the entire 500 miles at Indy in 1953, without
relief. The others being Bill Vukovich,
Art Cross, Jack McGrath and Jimmy Daywalt.
This weeks video:
Noted car owner Chip Ganassi
was also a race driver. Here's a video
of an accident he had at Michigan, with Al Unser, Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C7aVRpoEVg
Non racin' stuff:
Site of previously planned
NASCAR track in New York to finally be developed
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/25/site-of-proposed-nascar-track-to-finally-be-developed/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
This weeks joke:
Deep Thinkers
What deep thinkers men
are...
I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat
down and had a cold beer.
The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink
facilitated some deep thinking.
My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing, and
I said 'nothing'.
The reason I said 'nothing' instead of saying 'just
thinking' is because
she then would have asked 'about what?'.
At that point I would have had to explain that men
are deep thinkers
about various topics, which would lead
to other questions.
Finally I pondered an age old question:
Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in
the nuts?
Women always maintain that giving birth is way more
painful than
a guy getting kicked in the nuts, but how
could they "know"?
Well, after another beer, and some more heavy
deductive thinking,
I have come up with an answer to that question.
Getting kicked in the nuts is more painful than
having a baby, and even though
I obviously couldn't really "know",
here is the reason for my conclusion.
A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often
say,
"It might be nice to have another child."
On the other hand, you never hear a guy say,
"You know, I think I would like another
kick in the nuts."
I rest my case.
Time for another beer, and then maybe a nap in that
hammock.
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