Racin'
& Internet Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
Volume # 36
10/28/2010
SPECIAL
NOTICE:
Please,
don’t forget:
This coming Sunday is Halloween. The little ones will be out and about. If you’re driving, please be careful!
Some of my thoughts:
First:
RED
FLAG!
In my opinion,
and, from what I’ve been reading on the Internet, I’m no the only one that
thinks the Eastern States 200 should have been red flagged when a scoring
problem arose at around laps 182-184.
Yes, it was red flagged some laps later, after some yellow flag laps
were scored, when the race leader, Stewart Friesen, objected to his being
placed in second position rather than first for a re-start, and he parked his
car at the end of the front stretch to have a “chat” with the starter and some
of the race officials. Sadly, it seems
that “common sense” went out the window when the problem arose. So, even with the AMB scoring system, it
looks like there can be quite a “gray area” – something that maybe common sense
should over ride a computer, maybe?
Second:
My heart goes out to Clinton Mills. The way he was running, just prior to the red
flag, was THE RACE! Low buck team, with
what I’ve read was coming to ESW on an open trailer, with a home built engine,
and here is this driver passing some of the best in the business,
with a run, on the top, that was so beautiful to watch. He had the momentum, and prior to that red
flag, the speed to overtake the top cars in front of him – Stewart Friesen and
Tim McCreadie. I’ve read that during
that way too long red flag period, the left rear on his car slowly leaked air.
Third:
My heart also
goes out to Michael Storms. Just a week
prior to Eastern States, Michael and the Four Star team split. That left him with no ride for ESW. In stepped Brett Hearn and the Madsen race
team, and put Michael in a Brett Hearn big block back-up car. Michael went out and qualified the car third
fastest for the 200. On Sunday, the rear
let go in a hot lap session. Hmm, that’s
been a yearlong problem with Hearn and his cars, it seems. That left Michael with no ride, so it
seemed. Up stepped Chris Shultz. He offered his back-up # 24 for Michael. Unfortunately, the car wasn’t quite set-up
right, and after some laps, Michael retired from the race, ending up 34th. Had the rear not let go, I feel Michael would
have been right there at the end.
Fourth:
You can spend hours reading about what happened during the
ESW 200 on forums and message boards like the Syracuse Forum, Dirt Track Digest
and the South Jersey Dirt Racing forum.
There are some that agree with what Friesen did, and some that
don’t. I’d venture to say that most
comments about how the track handled it were not in favor of the track. Face it folks, OCFS is not the most favorite
track to quite a lot of “race fans”.
Maybe it’s because they’ve chosen to go “Independent”, or maybe it’s
because of how the place, as Historical is it is, has gone so far down hill
over these last years. The property, now
being in a “For Sale” state, hasn’t helped it keep fans, either, I believe. And contrary to what you might have read elsewhere, or maybe in a part in my column a week ago, the
sale of the property really can be accomplished WITHOUT the new buyer keeping
the track or the fair, itself, operating.
Maybe, for a while, we should be happy that the economy and the real
estate market kind of suck right now, and no one has come forward (that I know
of) with an actual offer or financial backing, to purchase the property. Heck, I know of a real nice track down in
Fifth:
The racing season is just
about over. I’ve been leaning towards
doing my columns every other week after next week – still on Thursdays,
though. In between, on occasion, I’ll
have some articles out – probably mostly pictorial, which would eliminate them
being on Dirt Track Digest, but them being on the New England Tractor website -
http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/
Sixth:
Our National Anthem – the
first verse - I
suppose that if you’re up in years, as I am, you, too, might “cringe” at some
of the renditions that we hear – whether on TV or when at an event. What bugs me the most is when the “performer”
tries to see how high they can get when singing the word “free”, in bold, below. Another thing
– have you noticed lately the changing of a word? I have.
And it’s not only on TV but also in renditions that I’ve heard in
person. The word “fight”, in bold,
below, has been changed to the word NIGHT.
Why? And how about those that
have to pronounce the letter “H” when saying/singing “Oh”, and “And”
Oh,
say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last
gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Seventh:
I’m a member of
the AARP. I really don’t get much use
out of being a member – maybe a discount on a Motel room on occasion, and I do
belong to their Motoring Plan – just in case I might have a problem while
traveling. I know that some AARP members
were quite upset when the AARP came out in favor of the medical plan that our
President is hoping to get passed, and I’m wondering if the announced news of
the AARP sponsoring Jeff Gordon in NASCAR might get some more members riled up.
I found this, below, on
Jayski’s website:
Jeff Gordon will 'Drive to End Hunger' beginning in 2011: UPDATE:
Hendrick Motorsports and Jeff Gordon have teamed with AARP and AARP Foundation
on the Drive to End Hunger, an
unprecedented three-year initiative to address the growing problem of hunger
among older Americans, including 6 million over the age of 60. Drive to End
Hunger will be the majority sponsor of Gordon's #24 Hendrick Motorsports team
in 2011, 2012 and 2013, with primary paint schemes in 22 Sprint Cup races
annually. The #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevy, which will be unveiled at a later
date, will race in the next three Daytona 500 events. With Gordon as its
spokesperson, Drive to End Hunger will help the millions of older Americans who
are facing hunger across the
UPDATE: Going to the AARP-sponsored car is big news for Gordon in
another way -- in that DuPont, his long-time sponsor, will be in a reduced role
beginning next season. "DuPont is not going away," insisted Hendrick,
who added that an announcement concerning that would be forthcoming very
shortly. "You can fill in the blanks. The people that have been here --
Pepsi and DuPont -- they'll be back. And they'll be picking up the rest of it.
They'll be on the cars with AARP -- AARP will be on the car with them, and
they'll be on the car with AARP, the same way we do it now with associate
sponsors." Filling in the blanks means that Pepsi likely is going to be
primary sponsor for two races next season and DuPont will be primary sponsor
for the rest -- a total of 12 to 14 races, depending on who is on the car for
two non-points events (the Sprint All-Star Race and the season-opening
Budweiser Shootout).(NASCAR.com)(10-28-2010)
Going back, in time:
Note: Most of the following information was found
here:
http://www.wheelsofspeed.com/history.html
Covering
the days of October 22nd to October 28th.
OCTOBER 22
1941
Gus Schrader ...Died ...
Schrader would become known as "King of the OUTLAW Dirt Tracks"
during his storied career. Gus was the IMCA "big car" (sprint) champ
from 1933-1941 except in 1938 when Emory Collins broke the string. He ran the
Indy 500 in1932 and finished 39th.
1958
Johnny Unser ... Born ... A
former CART and IRL race car driver. He is the son of open wheel driver Jerry
Unser, cousin of Al Unser, Jr. and Robby Unser, nephew of Al Unser and Bobby
Unser, and first cousin once removed of Alfred Unser.
1965
Earl Cooper... Died ... AAA
driver 1911 to 1927
OCTOBER 23
Nick Fornoro Sr... Born ...
Nick was the American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) driving champion in 1950, and
he was the first NASCAR Midget driving champion in 1953. After retiring, he
went on to be one of the best starters (flaggers) ever, starting out here in
the Northeast and eventually ending up as the flagger for two hundred
consecutive Championship Auto Racing Teams Indy Car Series races (CART),
serving in that position from 1979 to 1992. In 1993 he was the honorary starter
for the
1926
Larry Crockett... Born ... AAA driver who ran the Championship series in 1954.
He was killed in a sprint car accident at Langhorne
1929
Raymond Gerard Avenengo was
born. He’s my brother. He still works at his place of business,
which is making molds and molding plastics and Lexan, down in
1966
Alex Zanardi ... Born ... An
Italian racing driver. He won two CART championship titles in
Larry Dixon ...Born ... NHRA
Top Fuel driver.
1970
Gary Gabelich, driving the Blue
Flame, set at new Land Speed Record of 622.407 mph on the
1973
Ralph Mulford... Died ... AAA driver 1910 to 1926.
1977
Gary Balough
won the 16th annual Eastern States 200 Modified Stock Car race at the Orange
County Fair Speedway, Middletown, NY. Kevin Collins was second followed by
Sammy Beavers, Don Kreitz, Jimmy Horton Jr, Buzzie Reutimann, Mike Grbac, Billy
Osmun, Carl Van Horn and Dave Leckonby.
Note: Balough is the only driver to have won the
Eastern States 200 and led every lap.
After that, a rule for mandatory pit stops was put into effect.
2000
Bob Hurt... Died
... USAC driver from the 1960's.
OCTOBER 24
1924
George Amick... Born ... AAA / USAC driver 1954 to 1959. He was killed in a
crash in a USAC 100-mile Indy car race at Daytona International
1985
Richie Evans... Died ... Richie
from
Note: In last weeks edition of the Area Auto Racing
News racing paper, noted columnist Ernie Saxton made mention in his column that
he had spoken with others that were to vote for those being admitted to the
NASCAR Hall of Fame (Ernie is one that has that opportunity), and a good amount
of those he spoke with had no knowledge of Richie Evans. Can you imagine – and they’re voting to put
people into a Hall of Fame?
OCTOBER 25
1950
Bob Frey ... Born ... Sprint
Car and CART driver from the 1970's and 80's.
1972
Johnny Mantz ... Died ... AAA /
USAC and NASCAR driver from the 1940's and 50's. He made 17 starts in the AAA
Championship Car series from 1948 to 1952, capturing a victory in his rookie
season at the
OCTOBER 26
1915
Ray Crawford... Born ... AAA
& USAC driver from the 1950's & 60's
1955
Sammy Swindell... Born ... A
three time World of Outlaws champion, winning the title in 1981, 1982, and
1997, with hundreds of A-main victories to his credit. He also competed in the
CART series in 1985 and 1986 and failed to qualify for the 1987
1975
Jimmy Caruthers... Died ...
USAC midget, sprint and Indy car driver from
1979
Wayne Reutimann won the Sprint
Car race at the DeSoto Super Speedway,
Note: Remember when I made mention of a track in
OCTOBER 27
1910
Mark Light... Born ... Mark
Light drove Sprint Cars, Stock Cars and Midgets at tracks mostly around
1964
Art Arfons topped Craig
Breedlove's twelve day old Land Speed Record by running 536.71 MPH/858.73 KPH
in the Green Monster on the Bonneville Salt Flats. This record would stand just
over one year.
1967
Brian Tyler... Born ... He was
a back-to-back USAC National Sprint car Champion for Larry Contos Racing in
1996 and 1997. He made 10 starts in the Indy Racing League in 1998 and 1999 for
3 different teams with a best finish of 6th at the
1968
Andy Michner... Born ... USAC and IRL driver from the 1990's.
1971
Bob Tattersall... Died ... The
1969 USAC National Midget Champion also raced in Australia and New Zealand for
thirteen winters, winning over fifty percent of the races he competed in, as
well as the World Championship at the Sydney Showgrounds on seven different
occasions. He also drove sprint and championship cars and passed his rookie
test at the
Note: Bob is in the National Midget Racing Hall of
Fame.
1977
Anton "Tony"
Hulman... Died ...
Note: Are you aware that the second biggest one-day
sports spectacle, for quite a few years, was the first day of qualifying for
the Indy 500?
2003
Johnny Boyd ... Died ... Boyd
drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series from 1954 to 1966 with 56
starts. He finished in the top ten 31 times, with his best finish in 2nd
position, in 1959 at
OCTOBER 28
1919
Walt Hansgen... Born ... A driver from the
2006
Johnny Coy... Died ... Coy
raced everything from jalopies to modifieds, but it was in the midgets where he
excelled. He started running midgets in the late '40's at
Note: In a few weeks, I’ll
be at the Lobitz movie party/auction and I’ll attempt to find out if he used
the “Coy” name because of the role that Mickey Rooney had in the movie The Big
Wheel – “Billy Coy”.
October 25, 2010:
I received information that Sonny Ates, 75, passed away
on Monday, October 25th, via an e-mail to the Yahoo Race History
Group.
This info from a Google search:
“Charles
"Sonny" Ates (born March 28, 1935, Sellersburg, Indiana) is a retired American
racecar driver.
Ates raced in the USAC Championship
Car series in the 1968-1970 seasons, with 15 career starts, including the
1969 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 5
times, with his best finish in 5th position in 1968 at
Track news – (for tracks
in my area):
OVRP – the dirt
track: http://www.oaklandvalleyspeedway.com/
Karts
and Slingshots this coming Saturday, with no racing on Sunday for Bikes and
Quads. The following week is Novemberfest Weekend!
Novemberfest info:
3 ROUNDS OF FEATURE RACING -
25 LAPS EACH
EVERY FEATURE COUNTS TOWARD FINISHES
50% OF ENTRY FEE GOES TOWARDS THE PURSE
Friday November 5th - Open Practice
Gates Open - 2:00 pm
Registration - 2:00 - 7:00 pm
Open Practice - 4:00 - 9:00 pm - 4 1/2 HOURS OF PRACTICE
Break from Practice - 7:30-8:00 pm
Barbecue - 7:30 pm
Saturday November 6th
Gates Open - 8:00 am
Registration - 8:00 - 10:30 am
Practice - 10:00 am (2 Rounds of Practice)
We will do our best to get in 2 rounds of features on Saturday. We will take a
break at 7:00 for dinner.
Beef & Pork Roast - 7:00 pm
Sunday Novebmer 7th
Gates Open - 8:00 am
Practice - 10:00 am (1 Round of Practice)
Racing will resume after practice
3 Round of Features, every feature counts toward official finishes. Round 1
will be lined up by draw. Round 2 will be lined up by the invert of the draw.
Round 3 will be lined up by the total points from Rounds 1 and 2.
Classes Offered: (must have 5 or more entries)
Junior 1, Junior 2, Junior Clone, Junior 3, Junior Stock, Junior Sportsman
Champ, Junior Champ, Lights, Mediums, Heavys, Super Heavys, Senior Stock,
Animal Lights, Animal Heavys, Senior Champ, Star Champ, KT 100, Junior
Slingshot, & Senior Slingshot.
Kid Karts & Rookie Champ – Saturday ONLY
$25.00 entry fee (doesn’t include pit pass)
Please check the website for additional class information.
Classes
Friday Night Practice* - $25.00 - INCLUDES BARBECUE
Entry Fee* - $75.00 per class - INCLUDES BEEF & PORK ROAST
1 Day Pit Pass - $12.00
2 Day Pit Pass - $20.00 (save $4.00)
3 Day Pit Pass - $30.00 (save $6.00)
Friday Barbecue - $5.00
Saturday Beef & Pork Roast - $10.00
If you are interested in bringing a camper, please be sure to email me to let
me know the size of your camper. Reservations are a must and it is first come
first serve. There is a limited amount of room available.
http://www.oaklandvalleyspeedway.com/
The History of the Sport:
Something
a little different this week. Going to make you do some work
if you want to see some racing history. The other day, one of the members of the
Yahoo! Race History Group sent out some links (35 of them, to be precise) to
some auto racing articles that appeared in Time magazine, many years ago, via
e-mail. So, if you don’t mind, I’ll be
putting on five links per column, over the next seven columns. Hope you get some enjoyment out of reading
them.
Former Dirt Oval Go-Kart (
This week, it’s
all about how they did during Eastern States weekend.
Sportsman:
Matt Hitchcock, last years winner,
couldn’t repeat, but did finish 2nd in the 50 lap feature. Anthony Perrego was 4th, Brian
Krummel 5th, Zack Vavricka 9th, Keith Still 10th,
Jason Roe 19th, RJ Smykla 23rd, John Lodini 25th
and Matt Janiak 27th.
Kayla Smykla, Kyle Redner and
Doc Young were DNQ’s.
Small Block Modifieds:
Danny Creeden was 10th
in the 100 lap Small Block race, and Brian Krummel was 12th, Mike
Ruggiero 20th, Corey Ziegler 23rd, Tim Hndley 30th
and Matt Janiak 36th.
Doc Young, Kayla and RJ
Smykla and Matt Hitchcock were DNQ’s.
CRSA 305 Sprint Cars:
Chuck Alessi was 4th,
Billy VanInwegen 12th and Josh Pieniazek 20th.
Big Block Modifieds:
Clinton Mills put on a great
show, coming from 36th starting spot to finish 2nd. Mike Ruggiero was 14th, Billy
VanInwegen 17th,
Randy Sherlock 18th, Johnny Guarino 21st,
Michael Storms 34th, Danny Creeden 41st and Tim Hindley
42nd.
Corey Ziegler and Matt
Hitchcock were DNQ’s.
For sale:
My son, Eric,
still has the dirt modified for sale.
2006
Teo, Complete car minus engine. Kirkey full
containment seat, Winters rear, Bert transmission,
inboard starter, profile steering, parker pumper, wilwood hubs. $5000.
Interested? Send me an e-mail at: ygordad@yahoo.com
or send him one at: ema19us@yahoo.com
More racin’ stuff:
NASCAR’s point
standings – two ways – as they used to be (still should in my way of thinking),
and how they are with the “Chase”.
How they still should be – per Jayski’s
website:
2010 Sprint Cup
Driver 'Classic' Points Standings:
[after Martinsville, race 32 of 36....the OLD way]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick(x), 4629
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson(x), 4365, -264
3) #18-Kyle Busch(x), 4291, -338
4) #24-Jeff Gordon(x), 4288, -341
5) #11-Denny Hamlin(x), 4274, -355
6) #99-Carl Edwards(x), 4212, -417
7) #14-Tony Stewart(x), 4169, -460
8) #31-Jeff Burton(x), 4142, -487
9) #17-Matt Kenseth(x), 4051, -578
10) #2-Kurt Busch(x), 4038, -591
11) #1-Jamie McMurray, 3916, -827
12) #16-Greg Biffle(x), 3849, -713
13) #33-Clint Bowyer(x), 3813, -780
And, the “Chase”:
1. Jimmie Johnson – 5998
2. Denny Hamlin – 5992
3. Kevin Harvick – 5936
4. Kyle Busch – 5826
5. Jeff Gordon – 5795
6. Carl Edwards – 5785
7. Tony Stewart – 5762
8. Jeff Burton – 5752
9. Kurt Busch – 5721
10. Matt Kenseth – 5705
11. Greg Biffle – 5682
12. Clint Bowyer - 5592
Additional
racin’ stuff:
XCEL CHASSIS ANNOUNCES
LINDAS
The word is out and is now official. The Xcel Chassis 600
modifieds have been added as a regular division at Lindas Speedway for the 2011
season. Lindas Speedway located in
Doug Borger, series owner and promoter, talked about the
upcoming season for the 600 modifieds. “I’ve been working with John and Linda
the last couple of weeks to put this deal together and I am excited for them
and the series. The 600 modifieds will be running three weeks out of the month.
The dates will be announced shortly and will not interfere with the tour dates
so teams will be able to run both if they choose to do so. I’ve built the
series on being affordable and this will only help us grow as the economy has
everybody guessing. ‘
Please check our website at xcelchassis.com
as more updates will be released shortly.
Other forums/message
boards and websites:
You might find some
interesting reading if you go to the links below.
Track Forum: - http://www.trackforum.com/forums/
Frontstretch.com: http://www.frontstretch.com/
Jayski: - http://www.jayski.com/
Open Wheel Racers3: http://www.openwheelracers3.com/
Race Pro Weekly: http://raceproweekly.com/
Racing on TV - http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm
Note: I had heard that there would be live
telecasting from
(must register to post)
Victory
Video time:
From a Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 –
November 7, 1980) movie. Not
really the way one should drive a vehicle in
http://www.wimp.com/bestchase/
Other (non racing) news:
“We are a nation grown numb to the seemingly endless fine print that accompanies our purchases. But every now and then a product is sold with a warning that should command attention. Consider the little-noticed bit of legalese that comes in the safety manual for Apple's iPhone 4: "When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) away from the body, and only use carrying cases, belt clips, or holders that do not have metal parts and that maintain at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) separation between iPhone and the body," the warning reads.”
“So should you be worried about putting your phone in your pocket? The answer depends largely on how much faith you put in the current state of scientific research about radio-frequency energy.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20101026/us_time/08599202752300
In part:
“New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie is standing by his decision to kill the nation's biggest public works
project, a train tunnel connecting
Christie, a
rising star in the Republican Party for his fearless budget-slashing, has
argued that his cash-strapped state can't afford to pay for any overruns on the
$9 billion-plus rail tunnel under the
The federal
government and the Port Authority of New York and
“At least $1.25 billion becomes available for state projects with the tunnel's demise.”
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101027/NEWS/101029799/-1/NEWS
Note: While watching the news on Wednesday night, and this topic was being discussed, it was said that
the city of
And this, too, about the tunnel:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101027/BIZ/101029790/-1/NEWS
Is this true?:
What follows is, in part, from an e-mail I received:
We need to keep this fresh
in everyone's mind till Nov. The Obama crew thinks we will forget about it by
Nov. Let's prove them wrong.
*THIS IS THE ONE THAT
WILL FLIP YOU OUT!!** **
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS
FUNDING TWENTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS--LET ME REPEAT THAT
AMOUNT SO YOU UNDERSTAND IT $ 24,000,000.00 DOLLARS FOR NEW
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS PROCESSING FOR OUR CONGRESSMEN
AND SENATORS !!
THEY ARE OBTAINING THESE FUNDS*
*And*
I QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOCIAL
SECURITY WEBSITE...
"THIS MONEY WILL BE COMING FROM
THE SAVINGS TO BE GENERATED FROM WITHHOLDING "COST OF LIVING
INCREASES FOR 2010 & 2011 In SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND A $2.00 INCREASE ON ALL MEDICARE RX BENEFIT
CO-PAY"
In
November of 2010 The entire House of
Representatives will stand for
re-election; All 435 of them.
One third of the Senate, A total
of 33 of them, will also stand for re-election.
Vote every incumbent out. And I
mean every one of them.
No matter their
Party affiliation.
Let's start all over in
the House of Representatives with 435 people
Who have absolutely no
experience in running that body, with no political favors owed to anyone but their own constituents.
Let's make them understand that they
work for us... They are answerable to us and they simply have to run that body with some
common sense.
Two years later,
in 2012, Vote the next third of the incumbents in the Senate out. We
can do the same thing in 2014 and, by that time we will have put all new
people in that body as well.
We, the People, Have got to take
this Country back and we have to do it peacefully. That's what the
Framers of our Constitution envisioned.
THE LONGER THEY STAY IN OFFICE
THE MORE POWER THEY GET AND THEY LOVE IT AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET RE-ELECTED. WE HAVE TERM LIMITED THE PRESIDENT NOW LET'S
TERM LIMIT THE LEGISLATORS
Closing with these:
From an e-mail I
received this week. Maybe you’ve seen
this, maybe not.
Read
quietly then send it back on its journey
Read quietly
To realize
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To
realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize
The value of one second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.
The
origin of this letter is unknown,
But it brings good luck to everyone who passes it on.
Remember....
Hold on tight to the ones you love!
Do not keep this letter.
Send it to friends & family to whom you wish good
fortune. And don't forget the one who sent
it to you!
May “Guardian Angels”
sit on the shoulders of all of our race drivers and race fans, and guide them
safely around the tracks!
Drive safe!
As usual, you can reach me
at: ygordad@yahoo.com