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Mountain Speedway Crowns 2011 Division Champions

By: Gene Ostrowski
November 13, 2011

Hazleton, Pa- Under the twelfth season of operation with Hazleton’s Joe Callavini at the helm, Mountain Speedway held its annual awards banquet Saturday evening at Genetti’s Inn & Suites in Hazleton, PA.



Hundreds filled the banquet hall, including crew and friends and family members of racers that competed at the 1/3-mile asphalt oval in St. Johns, PA during the 2011 racing season. Along with the presentation of special awards, the end of the year celebration was held to recognize the top points finishers each of the track’s divisions.

Speedway Announcers Gene Ostrowski and Larry Spencer III were the emcees for the ceremony and spoke about the competitive 2011 season. They continued by thanking the drivers, families and crewmembers for not only supporting the speedway, but also for supporting short track racing in general.

The evening was highlighted when Bobby Jones of Palmerton was crowned as the Modified champion. In a dominating performance this season, Jones soared to 13 top ten finishes in an equal number of starts. With 11 top five finishes and four feature wins, he headed into the final event of the season with a large enough lead to not even start the race and still win the crown.


Jones thanked his sponsors and family before thanking his crewmember, many of which have been by his side through out his entire racing career.


The remaining divisional champions were also honored, including Dave Brigati of Long Island, who scored his first Sport Modified track championship. Like Jones, Brigati thanked everyone that helped him through out the season and promised that once again he would call Mountain Speedway his home next season. In 11 starts this year, Brigati only had one finish outside the top five. He also netted three feature wins along the way.

Also from Long Island, Craig Lutz scored his first championship in the Late Model division. In only his second year of competition, he set the bar high from the get-go. Lutz visited victory lane for the fist time this season and then followed up the feat with four more victories, including the season ending “King of the Mountain”.

In a tight points battle all season long, Steve Shultz of Drums grabbed the Street Stock title. Matt Schlenker of Walnutport clinched his first career Factory Stock title and Eric Banashefski of Ashley took his very first FWD division crown. Scott Hubler of Coplay won his second career INEX Legends championship. TJ Kapish of Mountaintop claimed his second straight 6/8-Cylinder enduro championship and Tony Rispin won the 4-Cylinder enduro title in the Mountain Madness Enduro Series.

Sponsored by Tyler Jett Motorsports Marketing, wooden clocks were presented to the drivers present who ran the fastest feature lap of the season. The winners were CJ Jones (Modified), Dave Brigati (Sport Modified), Travis Fisher (Late Model), Chip Wanamaker (Street Stock), Keith Frankenfield (Factory Stock) and Dan Freundt (FWD).

Sponsored by the Green family, Rookie of the Year winners were Jarred Nace (Modified), Chip Wanamaker (Sport Modified), Francis Gross III (Late Model), Justin Mooney (Street Stock), Chris Parry (Factory Stock) and Cody Roth (FWD).

The Sager’s Racing Hard Chargers of the season were Kyle Ebersole (Modified), Zane Zeiner (Sport Modified), Craig Lutz (Late Model), Chip Wanamaker (Street Stock), Matt Schlenker (Factory Stock) and Pete Verwys (FWD).

Sponsored by “The Gas Man”, Jerry Brighthaupt, the Most Improved Driver awards were presented to Allen Creveling (Modified), Pat Verwys (Sport Modified), Rick Smith (Late Model), Jeff McGrath (Street Stock), Rich Paciotti (Factory Stock) and Justin Hughes (FWD).

The Printer’s Edge Most Popular Driver awards went to Kyle Ebersole (Modified), Chip Wanamaker (Sport Modified), Craig Lutz (Late Model), Bernie Uphold (Street Stock), Brandon Oltra (Factory Stock) and Eric Banashefski (FWD).

Ostrowski closed out the awards presentation by thanking the racers and the Callavini family for their continued support of short track racing in Northeast Pennsylvania Then A.D.D., a popular band from the Lehighton area took the stage to entertain the crowd with classic rock-n-roll tunes.

Modified- 1. BOBBY JONES 2. Todd Baer 3. Nick Pecko 4. Kyle Ebersole 5. Allen Creveling 6. Ken Vogel, Jr. 7. Tommy Wanick III 8. Brian DeFebo 9. Earl Paules 10. Barry Callavini

Sport Modified- 1. DAVE BRIGATI 2. Nick Pecko 3. Barry Callavini 4. Todd Geist 5. Todd Baer 6. Chip Wanamaker 7. Jason Hearne 8. Pat Verwys 9. Zane Zeiner 10. Rusty Smith

Late Model- 1. CRAIG LUTZ 2. Kyle Harvell 3. Rick Smith 4. Francis Gross III 5. Adam Cox 6. Travis Fisher 7. Austin Kochenash 8. Mike Sweeney 9. Paul Monkoski 10. Zane Zeiner

Street Stock- 1. STEVE SHULTZ 2. Chip Wanamaker 3. Mike Garris, Sr. 4. Chris Burge 5. Dale Santee 6. Jeff McGrath 7. Bernie Uphold 8. Justin Mooney 9. Sam Grow 10. Brian Wozniak

Factory Stock- 1. MATT SCHLENKER 2. Chris Parry 3. Rich Paciotti 4. Brandon Oltra 5. Keith Frankenfield 6. Kermit Jacoby 7. Joey Barbush 8. Joey Helburg 9. Paul Morgan, Sr. 10. Paul Morgan, Jr.

FWD- 1. ERIC BANASHEFSKI 2. Cody Roth 3. Pete Verwys 4. Justin Hughes 5. Trevor Ahouse 6. Dylan Hoffman 7. John Smith 8. Jay Skupski 9. Alex Doyle 10. Dan Freundt

INEX Legends- 1. SCOTT HUBLER 2. Raven Schrantz 3. Kevin Nowak 4. Carl Jones 5. Brandon DeBrakeleer

MMES 4 Cyl.- 1. TONY RISPIN 2. Robert Fink 3. Bruce Miller 4. Ken Harper 5. Sam Ryan

MMES 6/8 Cyl.- 1. TJ KAPISH 2. Tom Szoke 3. Bill Schwenck 4. Mike Parisi 5. Scott Sipe
 

Nov. 13 2011

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THUNDER SERIES 2011

THUNDER ON THE HILL COMPLETES 22ND SUCCESSFUL SEASON, THUNDER ROAD SHOWS A HIT IN 2011

It's hard to believe another Thunder on the Hill Racing Series is history.

2011 was destine to be a monumental season as Thunder on the Hill reached its twenty-second season and 100th Thunder Show on June 28. Branching off from the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series are the Thunder Road Shows, similar in nature, by presenting the . . . ."not so similar" shows at different tracks. In 2011 all scheduled Thunder events were presented even against the odds of bad weather. Without a doubt, all the Thunder events were wildly successful.

Looking back at 2011, it was a year of right decisions for both the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series and the Thunder Road Shows. The 100th Thunder event in June was greeted by Mother Nature with rain falling during time trials and the ROC Modified Traffic JAM became a two day show with help from Mother Nature. With all the challenges, the shows did go on.

The Battle at Lincoln Thunder Road Show ran off without a hitch even with a 40% chance of rain and the 410 Sprint Jersey Rush show at New Egypt Speedway, well, that race came off despite a Hurricane, the loss of power at the track, limited phone service and several competitors missing from the field because flooding kept the crew from getting the car out of the garage. On with the show was the motto. . . . . .and yes, it was another successful venture.

It's all part of the job. When you get up in the morning of race day, you want everything to go just right, but some things are just out of your control, like MeMe DeSantis taking down a good portion of the Grandview Speedway homestretch fence during this years' Traffic JAM. And of course, the challenges always presented by Mother Nature.

Never-the-less, the Thunder events beat the odds, scheduling and completing all eight dates. Wow. . . a year without a single cancellation.

The Thunder events are known for being different, certainly not the same old same old. "Bringing a different show to a home track crowd is exciting but risky as well", commented Thunder event's organizer Bob Miller. The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series is different today than when the series started in 1990. What began as a standalone 410 sprint show, developed into much more. The World of Outlaws Sprints & Late Models soon joined the series along with the California Racing Association (CRA), SCRA and the USAC non-wing sprints rallied behind Thunder on the Hill. The DIRT Modifieds and ROC Modifieds sanctioned the fourteen year history of the Big Block Modified Traffic JAM, a marquee event now at Bruce Roger's exciting one-third mile Grandview Speedway, on "the hill" in Bechtelsville, PA. "Change is a necessity for success", added Miller.

URC Sprints, ARDC Midgets, Late Models, Legends, 358 sprints, sportsman, micro-sprints and even the Monster Smash Demolition Derby have all been part of the twenty-two years and one-hundred and two Thunder on the Hill Racing Series events presented at Grandview Speedway by track owner Bruce Rogers and Bob Miller.

In 2011, the Thunder Road Show was part of three additional successful events as well. First, the Thunder Road Show returned to the New Egypt Speedway for the second consecutive year to bring the USAC non-wings sprints back to New Jersey. The USAC sprint and Big Block Modified double-header was even bigger this year. The USAC sprints returned to New Jersey in 2010 after a thirty-two year hiatus. In early August, Bob Miller along with Ray Herold brought the big block modifieds to Lincoln Speedway. It was twenty-five years since the modifieds hit the "Pigeon Hills" oval and this event, joined by the 358/360 sprints filled the stands. The success of this show was a surprise to many especially those who thought there was little to no interest in the modifieds in central Pennsylvania. This show will be back on the Lincoln Speedway schedule in 2012.

At the end of August, Bob Miller teamed up with the Lenny Sammons and sons Danny and Davey to pull off the 410 Sprint JERSEY RUSH. Again, a different division, missing from the New Egypt Speedway schedule for years, returned to the delight of a huge crowd that saw JJ Grasso win his first ever 410 sprint feature as the master of New Egypt, Billy Pauch took the win in the modified feature in an outrageously successful event.

The 2011 season was a huge success for the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series and Thunder Road Show. Plans are already in the works for the 2012 year which will find the Thunder Series padding its' already lucrative total payoff that now exceeds $3.4 million dollars in one-hundred and two races at Grandview.

The Thunder on the Hill Racing Series wishes to thank their many sponsors especially long time Series sponsor NAPA Auto Parts & Jeff Riling, Vertical Telephone Systems & Jim Gallagher, Lee Myles Transmissions & Hank Smith , Pioneer Pole Buildings & Bob Greene, Chad Sinon & BPG Racing, MACH1 Chassis & Brian Scandle, The Berks-Montgomery Newspapers, Palmer Candy of Reading, Lawrence Chevrolet, and Joe Adams Lettering.
 
Visit our website and keep up to date on Thunder on the Hill for 2012. Our website is www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com

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For Immediate Release: JM2 Motorsports JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com   Joe Martin Completes 2011 Season with Six Wins   Ringgold, PA (November 11, 2011) 24 year old Fastrak Crate Late Model standout Joe Martin of Ringgold, PA closed out his third year behind the wheel of his JM2 Motorsports, Specialty Rental Tools & Supply, Martin Farms, Juart Exploration Inc., Allegheny Crane Rental, Juart Bros. Excavating, Neese Trucking, JNJ Motorsports Media sponsored Faster Chassis a few weeks ago at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA with his 19th top five of the season.   Martin spent a majority of the 2011 season following the Fastrak Northeast Tour for 17 of the 19 total scheduled events. If Joe wasn't on the road with the tour, he spent most of his weekends at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH or Dog Hollow Speedway in Strongstown, PA. Despite missing two Fastrak Northeast tour events, Martin was able to place sixth in points while picking up one win with the series at Dog Hollow Speedway on July 26.   Overall, Joe started 39 events in 2011, including the 17 Fastrak Northeast events, and captured 28 total top ten finishes to go with his 19 top five's and six wins. Martin's six wins came at three different facilities including Sharon Speedway (3 wins), Dog Hollow Speedway (2 wins) and Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, PA. Joe now has 11 feature wins in just three full seasons.   'We're extremely pleased with how the 2011 season played out,' Joe said. 'We set a lot of goals for this past season but our main objective was to continue to improve from the year before. We were a lot more consistent this year and won a couple more races than we have in the past. So all-in-all, we are certainly happy with our season but we're not where we want to be. There are still championships and a lot of other things that we want to accomplish.' Martin continued, 'we're still a pretty young team so to be where we are and to have had the little bit of success we've had is exciting and has us looking forward to the 2012 season.'   For more information on Joe Martin and the JM2 Motorsports team please visit www.joemartin55.com.   JM2 Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors and supporters: Specialty Rental Tools & Supply, Martin Farms, Juart Exploration Inc., Allegheny Crane Rental, Juart Bros. Excavating, Neese Trucking, JNJ Motorsports Media, Primitive Peddler, Ringgold Tire, S&S Communications, Zero Wraps, Cornerstone Chiropractic Center, B&C Meter Inc., Freedline Auto Repair, LazFab, Ingram Racing Engines, Faster Chassis, Jeff Martin Lumber, Brocious Lumber, AM/PM Personal Care Home, and Mike Blose Racing.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

Nov. 11, 2011

GASOLINE ALLEY NEWS

Allentown, PA: Gasoline Alley Hosts Ed And Steve Pados Thanks The Racing Community For Their Support For Ten Successful Years Of Race Shows

By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show ended their successful ten year reign of shows with the airing of last week's farewell edition of the show. Show hosts Ed and Steve Pados have welcomed in a multitude of top personalities from the past, present and future of motorsports during the ten years they have broadcast their show and would like to take this opportunity thank everyone who became involved with the show for the overwhelming success the show has enjoyed throughout it's long existence. The fan base of the show was universal and the Pados Brothers thank everyone for the hundreds of emails and phone calls that have arrived with the closing of the show. The Gasoline Alley Gang has served the racing community for the past ten years on the airwaves and captured the essence and the pulse of racing with the well formatted "theme" show programming they followed from day one of the show. In total, the 545th edition of their show was their final show and 334 of the shows were hosted on the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137. The Gasoline Alley Team also hosted another 63 shows dubbed "On-Track" on WALN that followed Gasoline Alley for two years. The show originally came to fruition in 2002 when they first aired on the WGPA 1100 AM Station in Bethlehem and after 47 shows were produced moved to the Easton based WEST 1400 AM Station. While at the Easton location 101 shows were produced and the show became the number one listened to show in the Lehigh Valley calling area.

The Pados Brothers have been involved in racing for more than sixty years with their first racing chores being scraping the accummulated mud out from under the 1937 Ford coupe stock car the family was racing at the time. The memories abound for the Pados Brothers in racing and it was a natural for them to turn to the microphones to carry their thoughts to the airwaves with their well accepted show. Through the 545 shows, more than 8,000 drivers, car owners, engine and chassis builders, media correspondents and book authors were interviewed during their great show. Every division of racing was included in the interview process, from go karts right on up to the stars of NASCAR but it was indeed the short tracks where the Pados Brothers focused their attentions too. The list of guests that interviewed on the show is likely never to be duplicated again in racing as young stars such as Chad Boat gave his first interview to the Gang at the age of 12 and many of the young stars arriving at the top echelon of the sport today such as Ricky Stenhouse, Cole Whitt, Kyle Larson and Chris Windom were many time guests on the show. The list of female driving talent on the show was second to none with Mares Stellfox, Taylor Ferns, Shannon McQueen, Jessica Clark, Jessica Zemken, Michelle Decker, Audra Saselli, and Randi Pankratz among the many top female driving stars who frequented the show. The Gang never forgot the past superstars of the sport and whether it was the sprints or the modifieds, the Gang covered all the bases and then some. Doug Wolfgang, the late Ray Tilley, Roger Rager, Bubby Jones, Lynn Paxton, Bobby Allen, Milt Miller, Richard Griffin, Leland McSpadden, Lee Osborne, Kenny Brenn were just a sampling of the many great open wheelers who took part in the show. Modified aces included racing legends, Bill Wimble, Sammy Beavers, Tom Hager, Stan Ploski, Freddy Adam, Red Coffin, Kenny Brenn Jr, Gerald Chamberlain, Frank Schneider and the late Gene Bergin and Ernie Gahan. Modern era Modified stars have included just about every star in Modified racing today. The Gang also did their famous prelude to the Chili Bowl shows format for years and were able to bring in the winners of the event each year with the exception of Tony Stewart.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show has been archived with only a few shows missing from the long history of the show. In the next few months the shows will be reviewed and possibly offered to the fans of racing who want to hear and see many of the broadcasts again. The Gasoline Alley Gang has brought to the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves and while the show has come to a close, racing will remain a major part of the Pados Brother's lives.

Should you have questions on any past shows, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net 


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For Immediate Release: Tim Fuller Racing Inc. BPG Racing JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com    2011 Season Comes to an End for Tim Fuller   Watertown, NY (November 11, 2011) Tim Fuller and his Tim Fuller Racing Inc., team finished up their 2011 season this past weekend, November 3, 4, and 5 at the Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, NC for the Lowes Foods World Finals with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds.   After timing in 28th quick for Friday's $10,000 to win World of Outlaws Late Model Series event and 18th quick for Saturday's nationally televised show, Fuller would garner third place finishes in heat race action on both nights followed by a 24th place finish on Friday night and a 20th place finish on Saturday.   Tim also competed with the Super DIRTcar Series throughout the weekend with much better results. Fuller timed in fifth for Friday's festivities and fourth for Saturday's action. Tim won his heat race on Friday setting up a third place finish in the night's feature event while a second place finish in Saturday's heat race propelled Fuller to a fifth place finish in the Super DIRTcar Series finale.   'We were really happy with how we performed in the modified at Charlotte, all season really,' Tim exclaimed. 'Steve Hastings and the rest of the team put me in the best stuff every time I climb into that car. I can't thank those guys enough for the work they put in and the way we finished out the year in that car with a top five run at Syracuse a few weeks ago and two top five's this weekend at Charlotte. It's because of the work those guys put in.'   Tim summed up his 2011 Late Model campaign in one word, 'disastrous'. Fuller was put behind the eight ball early in the season when after Florida Speedweeks in February, Tim was left scrambling after his car owner didn't want to follow the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. 'After that I said screw it and bought the whole deal,' Fuller said during his 10th place acceptance speech at the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Banquet on Sunday, November 6. 'Then Chad Sinon from BPG stepped up and helped me buy one car, some tires, and some wheels. Harvey and Joanie Fink, (owners of Fulton and Brewerton Speedway's in New York) bought me a motor to get me by and then I started working with Kevin Enders.' Tim continued, 'Little by little people showed up and wanted to help out when I started this new team. I actually got a call from Dale Beitler on Easter morning wanting to know if I needed motor, wheels; anything. Integra Shocks, who I've been with since I started, stepped up, Hoosier Tire helped out a lot, JNJ Motorsports Media built us a brand new website, VP Race Fuels, and Schaeffer's Oil all came on board and really helped out. It's nice to know that there are people out there that are willing to help. I can't thank everyone enough for helping me get through this year.'   Sponsorship and marketing opportunities with Tim Fuller Racing Inc. for the 2012 season are available by contacting tim@timfullerracinginc.com.   Tim will head to the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Orlando, FL slated for December 1 through 3 and will then look to regroup for the 2012 racing season slated to begin at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, GA for the $20,000 to win, World of Outlaws Late Model Series sanctioned 'Winter Freeze' on Friday, February 10, 2012 and Saturday, February 11, 2012. From there Fuller will start the season with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series following the to the UNOH Florida DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park from Monday, February 20, 2012 to Saturday, February 25, 2012.   For more information on Tim Fuller and Tim Fuller Racing Inc., please visit www.timfullerracinginc.com.   Tim Fuller and Tim Fuller Racing Inc., would like to thank their sponsors for the 2011 season: BPG Racing, Rocket Chassis, Integra Racing Shocks, JNJ Motorsports Media, Atomic Sign Works, G and R Auto Parts, ASI Racewear, Bicknell Racing Calipers, VP Racing Fuel, ATL Fuel Cells, Real Racing Wheels, Performance Friction Brakes, NGK Spark Plugs, Bert Transmissions, Beyea Custom Headers, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Schaeffer's Racing Oil, and Trick Race Parts.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

MotorRacingNetwork.com Weekend Preview NASCAR racing at the brand new Phoenix International Raceway tops the weekend schedule with the NHRA and Formula One also on the calendar. Full Story Driver Handicaps: Phoenix To help you make your fantasy racing picks for Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500, Motor Racing Network brings you our weekly detailed look at some of the field for the 312-lap event. Full Story Earnhardt Jr. Still Upbeat on Future Dale Earnhardt Jr. remains confident about his career and continued improvement at Hendrick Motorsports. Full Story Keselowski Seeks High Points Finish Brad Keselowski entered the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as a wild card, but now finds himself in fifth place heading into Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Full Story Vettel On Record Run With only two Grands Prix remaining in the 2011 Formula One World Championship season, it might appear that Sebastian Vettel would have little left to accomplish this year. Full Story Power Cleared to Test Team Penske IZOD IndyCar Series driver Will Power has been cleared to test the 2012 Chevrolet IndyCar next week as he continues to recover from injuries suffered in final race of the 2011 season. Full Story Phoenix Schedule of Events Phoenix Loop Data eBook Phoenix Driver Averages Title Fight Moves to Phoenix Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart bring their Chase for the Sprint Cup championship battle to Phoenix International Raceway and Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500. Full Story See Also: Nationwide Race Preview Sponsor Change for Busch Joe Gibbs Racing announced late Thursday that sponsorship has been shifted on its No. 18 Toyota for Kyle Busch in the wake of last weekend’s incident at Texas Motor Speedway. Full Story Hight Tops Thursday Robert Hight raced to the qualifying lead in Funny Car Thursday at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Full Story GRAND-AM Announces 2012 Schedule GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series competitors will compete for an exciting new three-race endurance championship, highlighting the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series schedule. Full Story IndyCar to Race in China A first-ever IZOD IndyCar Series race in China is among four international destinations announced Thursday by INDYCAR for the 2012 season. Full Story

For Immediate Release: Gregg Satterlee Racing JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com   Gregg Satterlee Caps Off 2011 Season at World Finals   Rochester Mills, PA (November 10, 2011) 'The Truth', Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, PA wrapped up his busy 2011 season this past weekend with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series at the Dirt Track at Charlotte for the Lowes Foods World Finals presented by Tom's Pizza, Coca-Cola, and Nature's Own. The three day event kicked off on Thursday, November 3 with two separate sets of qualifying, one for each of the two, $10,000 to win main events set for Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5.   Gregg and his Satterlee Petroleum Distributers, East American Motorsports, Daugherty Motorsports, Zero Wraps, JNJ Motorsports Media sponsored Rocket Chassis wound up 14th fastest for Friday's event and seventh fastest for Saturday's live Speed broadcasted event. A fifth place finish in Friday's heat race put Gregg in a B-Main where he would finish third, one spot out of a transfer position but Satterlee was given a provisional for being an early entry for the World Finals. Satterlee pulled off the speedway after 14 laps and was credited with a 28th place finish.   Starting on the outside of the first heat race for Saturday's event, Gregg's hopes for a better night were dashed when, while running third, he entered turn three a little too hard and pushed up the race track and into the outside barrier. Satterlee gathered himself back up and went on to finish a disappointing sixth. Gregg found more trouble in his B-Main event and was able to rebound for a fifth place finish but fell short of making his eighth straight World of Outlaws main event at the Concord, NC speedplant and ending his 2011 season.   Satterlee's 2011 season consisted of entering a whopping 59 events en route to six total wins including two at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA, two at Marion Center Speedway in Marion Center, PA and single wins at Dog Hollow Speedway in Strongstown, PA and Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, PA. Gregg also captured 33 top ten finishes and 24 top five's throughout 2011.   'I have to thank all of our sponsors that helped us out this season,' Gregg graciously said. 'Satterlee Fuel, East American Motorsports, JNJ Motorsports Media, Dougherty Motorsports, Zero Wraps, Rocket Chassis, VP Race Fuels, Port City Racing, Integra Shocks, Laz Fab, Hoosier Race Tires, ASI Racewear for the awesome shirts they did for us this year, and everyone else who helped us throughout the season. I especially have to thank my dad. Without him, and everyone I mentioned; I wouldn't be able to do this. Their products and support goes a long way with us racers, we can never thank them enough.'   Gregg's plans for 2012, for now, are to run the same type of schedule they've run the past few seasons. A brand new car is in the works and proves to be the team's off-season project.   For more information on Gregg Satterlee and Gregg Satterlee Racing please visit www.greggsatterlee.com.   Gregg Satterlee and Gregg Satterlee Racing would like to thank their sponsors for the 2011 season: Satterlee Petroleum Distributors, East American Motorsport, JNJ Motorsports Media, Daugherty Motorsports, ZeroWraps.com, Laz-Fab, Lias Tire, American Racer, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Port City Racing, Integra Shocks and Springs, Rocket Chassis, VP Race Fuels, ASI Racewear, Bell Racing, R2C Filters and Weld Racing.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

Thursday, November 10, 2011 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas at Charlotte Motor Speedway Carolina Christmas Setup Has Begun It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Charlotte Motor Speedway as more than 3 million LED lights are being installed for Carolina Christmas. The spectacular drive-through holiday light park and village located at the legendary superspeedway, is even bigger in its second year, with an expanded route of nearly five miles, triple the number of LED lights, 600 displays and double the drive-the-track experience with a one-mile cruise around the track. This week Carolina Christmas light displays are going up along the new Carolina Christmas route, starting at zMAX Dragway. More than 30 animated light displays in the shape of stock cars are being installed throughout the frontstretch grandstands this week. Carolina Christmas goers can gaze at this new addition to the light show as they drive down the frontstretch during their visit. Displays including the popular Lowe's Patriotic Alley, featuring a new Vietnam WarMemorial, are being installed in the speedway infield. Open nightly from Nov. 23- Dec. 31, excluding Christmas Day, tickets are just $20 per car (up to 8 people). For more information check out www.visitcarolinachristmas.com.   Read More » Souvenir Blowout Means Day-After Thanksgiving Savings! Need a stocking stuffer for the NASCAR fan on your holiday shopping list? Check out the gigantic Souvenir and Race Ticket Blow-Out Sale on Friday, Nov. 25. Shoppers who spend $50 or more on merchandise or race tickets, or donate $25 to Speedway Children's Charities during the annual day-after-Thanksgiving event, can have the incredible experience of driving their personal vehicle for three laps around the legendary 1.5-mile superspeedway. In addition, more than a dozen NASCAR souvenir rigs are expected to be on hand, offering driver and team merchandise at drastically reduced prices. Call 1-800-455-FANS for more information! Read More » Speedway Club to Host PRN's Fast Talk Live Nov. 21 with Kyle Petty You can be a part of a live broadcast of PRN's show "Fast Talk" in The Speedway Club on Monday, Nov. 21, from 7 to 8 p.m. with PRN's Doug Rice and special co-host Kyle Petty. The show is free to members and those who dine, and just $5 for non-members who want to watch the show. Call (704) 455-3216 for dining reservations or to reserve your seat! Read More » You Can Help Feed the Children Darrell Waltrip highlights a problem here in America, but you can be part of the solution! Race fans can make a difference. Check out what DW has to say! Sweepstakes! Enter today for your chance to be flown to Nashville, Tenn. for two nights at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. While in Nashville you will tour the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and attend a dinner show on the General Jackson Showboat. Then you'll be flown to Bristol, Tenn. for the ultimate NASCAR experience including a luxury RV, suite tickets, garage and pit tours, a live radio interview and $5,000 CASH! Sponsored by the Performance Racing Network andFeed The Children. Read More » Charlotte Auto Show Check out the Charlotte Auto Show, Nov. 17-20, at the Charlotte Convention Center. Covering more than 280,000 square feet, the entire exhibit area will be fully carpeted, lavishly decorated and brightly lighted for the greatest appeal and enjoyment to show attendees. A complimentary 2011 Auto Show Program and Buyers Guide with information about the 2012 new models will be distributed to attendees. As a special offer for Charlotte Motor Speedway fans, you can save $2 off admission! Read More » Veteran's Day Thank You Check out this special message from Goodyear in honor of Veteran's Day this Friday. A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to all the men & women of the armed forces and the families that support them! Read More » Upcoming Events 11/23 - 12/31/11 Carolina Christmas 04/13 - 04/15/12 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 04/19 - 04/22/12 Food Lion AutoFair 05/19/12 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race 05/26/12 History Channel 300 05/27/12 Coca-Cola 600 Connect with us:

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Contact: Chub Frank Racing

982 Lottsville Niobe Road
Bear Lake, PA 16402
814-489-3952


Chub Frank Secures Fifth-Place Finish In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Standings

BEAR LAKE, PA – Nov. 9, 2011 – Chub Frank secured a fifth-place finish in the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series points standings with a top-10 run in last Saturday night’s season-ending 50-lap Lowes Foods World Finals A-Main at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C.

Surviving a late-race tangle that sent him spinning in the middle of traffic, Frank crossed the finish line seventh to clinch his first top-five placing on the WoO LMS since 2008. He picked up a $30,000 check for his fifth-place points finish during the national tour’s awards banquet on Sunday night at the Great Wolf Lodge just down the road from the speedway.

“We’re happy to get fifth in the points,” said Frank, who has finished as high as second in the WoO LMS standings. “We almost got to fourth (falling just four points shy of Tim McCreadie) – if we could’ve run better on Friday night (he finished one lap down in 19th in the first 50-lapper of the World Finals weekend) we could’ve gotten by McCreadie. We’ll take fifth, though.”

Frank, 49, of Bear Lake, Pa., fell short of reaching Victory Lane on the WoO LMS for the second consecutive season, but his steady performance record in 2011 (five top-fives and 17 top-10s) allowed him to crack the top-five in the points race.

The driver known as ‘Chubzilla’ did, however, experience a scare in Saturday night’s World Finals finale. While racing inside the top 10 on lap 37 he tangled with Shane Clanton, sending his Corry Rubber/Hino Toyota/Horton Equipment Rocket No. 1* spinning in turn four. Frank managed to twirl his machine around without coming to a stop, allowing him to keep his position for the restart and continue on to a seventh-place finish.

“Clanton’s gonna say one thing and I’m gonna say another (about the tangle),” said Frank, who qualified for both World Finals A-Mains with third-place heat-race finishes. “I thought I gave him enough room, but if I was at fault after looking at the tape, I’ll apologize.”

Frank, who started 13th in Saturday’s feature, ended his ’11 WoO LMS campaign with an upbeat attitude. His performance improved after putting Roush-Yates engines under the hood of his cars late in the season, giving him high hopes for 2012.

“Let’s go. Let’s start now,” Frank said when asked about the ’12 season. “I’m ready to go right now. Everything we changed with our program was positive, so I’m happy. We ended the season stronger than we started it, so we’re going in the right direction.”

Frank plans to follow the WoO LMS as a regular once again in 2012 – and with the help of his Roush-Yates power, he’s hoping to time-trial more consistently and thus contend for more top-five finishes and wins.

“I don’t want to pass 179 cars again – that part I didn’t like about this year,” said Frank, who won the $500 DirtonDirt.com Hard Charger for advancing the most positions in WoO LMS A-Mains during the 2011 season. “If you pass 179 cars in features, that means you’re not qualifying well and you’re starting too far back. You just can’t make up that ground.

“You have to put yourself in position to win, and to do that we have to improve our qualifying. I think we will.”

Frank stayed down south after Sunday’s WoO LMS banquet in order to enter this weekend’s National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala. His assault on the $25,000-to-win event will close out his 2011 racing schedule.

For more information on Chub Frank, visit his Web site at www.chubfrank.com.

Chub Frank Racing receives support from many valued sponsors, including Corry Rubber, Lake Shore Paving, Hino Toyota, Sorbera Family Chiropractic, Horton Equipment, All-Star Performance, Slavic Corporation, Custom Race Engines, GW Performance, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Tire and Roush-Yates Racing Engines.

For Immediate Release Richards Falls One Lap Short of Adding World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship to Spectacular 2011 Season   SHINNSTON, W. Va. - Nov. 8, 2011 - Josh Richards put his heart and soul into pursuing an unprecedented third consecutive World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship, but in the end the racing luck necessary to complete the job just wasn't on his side.   In a heartbreaking conclusion to his otherwise spectacular 2011 campaign, Richards fell one lap short of capturing the national tour's coveted points title in Saturday night's season finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. A flat right-rear tire as he held ninth place heading to the white flag in the 50-lap Lowes Foods World Finals A-Main caused him to slow and allowed Rick Eckert to streak by off turn two to clinch the championship in dramatic fashion.   It was a gut-wrenching end to a weekend that Richards had hoped would provide him a grand springboard to a fulltime assault on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2012, but the 23-year-old from Shinnston, W.Va., still managed to accept his fate with the graciousness and humility that has become his trademark.   "I'm not disappointed at all in the year we had," said Richards, who led the WoO LMS in wins (his total of nine tied the tour's single-season win record set in 2004 by Scott Bloomquist), top-five finishes (22), top-10 finishes (26), heat wins (19) and earnings. "We fought hard all year, but every time we would get close to (Eckert in) the points, something would happen. Circumstances all year long put us behind and we couldn't quite overcome it all.   "To win nine races, to win our first crown jewel (the USA Nationals at Wisconsin's Cedar Lake Speedway), to be as competitive as we have all year - I'm not at all disappointed in how we got beat.I feel like we had a championship year, but it just didn't work out. It just wasn't meant to be our year I guess.   "I obviously wanted to win three in a row," he added, "but we still got two they cannot take from us."   Richards hailed Eckert, whose 12th-place finish versus Richards' 18th-place result gave the Pennsylvania veteran the championship by a scant 14-point margin.   "Eckert and his guys did a great job all year," Richards said of Eckert, one of his racing mentors. "They did what they had to do and they really deserved to win. Congratulations to them."   The memorable close to the 2011 WoO LMS schedule was set up after Richards finished sixth and Eckert 12th in Friday night's first 50-lap A-Main of the Lowes Foods World Finals at the four-tenths-mile oval. Eckert ended the race with just a two-point lead over Richards - a miniscule gap that meant whichever driver finished higher in Saturday's finale would win the points crown. If Eckert finished directly behind Richards to create a tie, the title would go to Richards on the most-wins tiebreaker.   After Richards finished third in his heat race and Eckert won a B-Main on Saturday, the rivals lined up 17th and 20th, respectively, for the feature event that was run before a capacity crowd of over 14,000 and a national television audience on SPEED. They proceeded to thrill the fans with a nip-and-tuck battle amongst themselves.   "It could not get any closer," said Richards. "We lined up side-by-side on restarts, he was ahead of me, I tried to get him back. Then I was like, 'I think I finally got him,' and I just tried to ride it out."   Unfortunately, Richards slowed rounding turns three and four as he looked for the white flag. A gash in his right-rear tire - perhaps picked up when he clipped Darrell Lanigan's car while avoiding a multi-car tangle in turn four on lap 37 that also nearly swept up Eckert - proved to be his undoing.   "I just kept watching the lap counter, but you just had that feeling that maybe something wasn't right," said Richards, who never felt he had the championship secured considering all the ill-timed speed bumps he experienced during the season. "I didn't really feel anything wrong - it's more in your head - but I was doing all I could and hoping that the finish would come as fast as it could. We just didn't make it."   While Richards calmly replayed the crushing loss following the race, he was more emotional when discussing his pending move from WoO LMS regular to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2012. The reality of closing one chapter in his racing career in moving on to another hit him head-on Sunday night when he spoke after accepting his points-fund check during the WoO LMS awards banquet at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, N.C.   "You can say that (finishing second to Eckert) was unlucky, but truthfully, I feel like I'm the luckiest man who's ever walked this earth," said Richards. "It's still a dream come true for me to race and be a part of this deal. It really means a lot to me. Our first year started with the new modern era (of the WoO LMS in 2004)...I'm gonna miss this dearly. I'm kind of speechless right now.   "Thanks again to everybody. I'm just trying to move on. It's been a wild and wonderful ride and I'm just gonna try to keep racing."   While Richards' season in the Seubert Calf Ranches/Kentucky Fuel Corporation Rocket No. 1 team is now complete, he plans to drive the Ernie Davis-owned Rocket No. 25 this weekend (Nov. 12-13) in the dirt Late Model portion of the Octoberfest 350 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.     For more information on Josh Richards, visit www.joshrichards.com and follow him on Twitter at @Josh_Richards1.         Josh Richards' No. 1 team carries support from Rocket Chassis, Roush Yates Engines, Cornett Racing Engines, Seubert Calf Ranches, Kentucky Fuel Corporation, Ernie D's Enterprises, ACE Metal Works, Petroff Towing, Tony Stewart Racing, Sunoco Race Fuels, Hoosier Racing Tires, Integra Shocks, Slavic Custom Decals, Valvoline, AEM, AFCO, ATL Fuel Cells, Aurora Bearing Company, Autolite, Banshee Graphics, Barnes Systems, Beyea Performance, Brinn Transmissions, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Braswell Carburetion, Butlerbuilt Seat Systems, CV Products, Dohm Cycles, Dyer's Top Rods, Fram Filters, Frankland Rearends, Howe Racing, Kwik Change Product, LSI, Mason Racin', MSD Ignition, Outerwears, Performance Bodies, Performance Friction Brakes, Performance Rod & Custom, Ringers Gloves, Scott Performance Wire, Simpson Race Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Tel Tech, TWM Racing Products, Trick Carbon Fiber Driveshafts, Jones Racing Products, TurboStart Racing Batteries, US Brake, Weld Racing Wheels, Wehr's Machine, Wilwood and Wrisco Aluminum.       Honey Elizabeth Rentz   Rising Star Management Group hrentz@risingstarmg.com (704) 658-7650

For Immediate Release
Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com) 
November 8th, 2011



Bub McCool Closes Season with $7,000 Payday in Gumbo Nationals



Vicksburg, MS (11/08/11) –Bub McCool closed his 2011 campaign in a big way over the weekend by powering his #57J McCool Logging/Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model to his biggest win of the season, which was a $7,000 payday in the 5th Annual Gumbo Nationals.

Bub McCool concluded his 2011 season over the weekend as he claimed the biggest win of the year in the $7,000-to-win, Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway (Greenville, MS), which was sanctioned by the PRO Dirt Car Series Super Late Model tour. Thirty-five Super Late Models entered the event, and action began on Friday night as Bub set fast time in his group and overall to earn the pole position for the first heat race. He would storm to the heat win to earn the pole starting spot for Saturday night's $7,000-to-win, 70 lap finale. Bub was joined on the front row by Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, and as the race went green McCool jumped to the lead. He would endure a few early race cautions before the feature saw the event's final 52 laps go caution free. Bub would drive away from second place runner, Jack Sullivan, but the going would be far from easy as he had to endure heavy lapped traffic for the remainder of the event. McCool would survive a few close calls to claim the win over Jack Sullivan, Kyle Pleasant, Rodney Wing, and Ross Camponovo. The win was his third of the season as he celebrated in front of an enthusiastic crowd and gave a young fan his helmet. Full results are available at www.PRODirtCarSeries.com.

Bub's 2011 season is now complete, and he is already preparing for the 2012 campaign, which will begin during the 6th Annual Wild West Shootout at USA Raceway (Tucson, Arizona) in January 2012.

Visit the Merch page at www.BubMcCool.com  to view the latest, team apparel.

The Bub McCool Fan Club has been relaunched. Each month a lucky member of the fan club will receive a free Bub McCool t-shirt For more information, please visit www.BubMcCool.com .

Bub and everyone at McCool Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include Southern Belle, McCool Logging, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, Henderson Motorsports, Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, DixieDirtTV.com, Good Hope Lumber, Boland Performance, Schaeffer's Specialized Lubricants, New Vision Graphics, & MSRMafia.com.

For more information on Bub & McCool Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.BubMcCool.com .

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)                                                                                                                                                                                            
November 8th, 2011



Jay Dickens Powers Rick Eckert to WoO Title



Aberdeen, MS (11/08/11) –Jay Dickens Racing Engines (JDRE) is proud to be a part of the winning team that powered York, Pennsylvania's Rick Eckert to the 2011 World of Outlaws Super Late Model Championship in his #24 Bloomquist/Jay Dickens Racing Engines Super Late Model. The title was his first with the tour, and the third national title during the course of his career. He claimed three wins on the tour in 2011 and four wins overall.

Bub McCool from Vicksburg, Mississippi scored his biggest win of the year by piloting his #57J Victory Circle/JDRE-powered Super Late Model to the $7,000 win in the 5th Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway (Greenville, Mississippi). He also set fast time in the event. The victory was his third overall of the season.

Two weeks ago Scott James closed out his 2011 season with a $5,000 triumph in the Fall 50 at Florence Speedway (Union, Kentucky) over a talented field of competitors in his #81 Rocket/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model.

JDRE would like to thank all of their customers for their support throughout the 2011 season and looks forward to an even bigger season in 2012.

Jay Dickens Racing Engines power many of the nation's top teams with racing engines. In addition, they offer a full range of racing products and components from various vendors. For more information on Jay Dickens Racing Engines and all of their products, please visit www.JayDickens.com . 

 

Nov.  8, 2011

 Bieber, Johnston Take Slingshot Top Honors

The 2011 Slingshot by Tobias racing season began with the Herr's Snack Bowl 25 for the All Star teams and after the checkered was thrown on winner Mike Butler, it was apparent that the season would see one of the most competitive point races in all regions and national events.

Oley, PA's Brett Bieber's AC season opener was at best, an attempt, as his 24th place finish, would hopefully not continue on after he headed out of New Jersey. Next up on the national tour schedule was Brett's hometrack, the Cordier Family operated Shellhammers Speedway in Leesport, PA.Brett was the 2010 champion and the Marlin Bieber prepared, Tim Long Insurance # 32 was awaiting all comers for the 2nd Annual Spring Spectacular that has the highest payout of any single event on the weekly or touring schedule. With $2000 awaiting the winner,the best of the best head to the 1/8th mile high banked oval in hopes of heading home with the top prize.

Brett's prelim run at Shellhammers the night before found him in victory lane and the setup was there for him to take the lion's share of the purse as well as the 150 points for a Super National win. From this race forward it was a matter of survival, patience, maintenance and driver know-how. Making an early season statement was Boyertown's Branden Clauss, who returned to PA from Florida to get the added races that are here in the northeast. The green 67 of JR Fulper,seems to be the silent surprise in many races as the Jim Fulper owned race car can be counted on for top 10 runs ,no matter the track size or number of race entries.

Staying within challenging status was Shannon Smith in the Hamlin Speedways 23,Simon Egan in the S&S Speedways 55,Michael Glass aboard the Nicholas Racing 3N and Matt Carman who garnered a ride in the Slinger Warehouse # 7.

The night of August 8th will be one remembered by the Rick Nicholas Racing Team as driver Michael Glass battled with Kyle Rohner and Matt Carman as the trio had a race for the ages as the Reading Nostalgia National wasn't decided until the final lap with Glass just edging Carman with Rohner in the Bill Weaver owned Slingshot getting 3rd.Bill Weaver completed the 40 lap main in 4th with 3 time winner Marc Daniels wheeling into a 5th in the S&S Speedways 5S.

The Kutztown Fair Speedway saw a dramatic increase in weekly competition and it produced some great weekly racing ,but the August 8th Dutch Classic would find over 30 teams hoping to be sitting in victory lane when the 30 lap main was completed. Taking the win was Gary Hieber in the Scrappy' Auto Service 56 as Brett Bieber tried every trick in the book to get by and actually had the lead ,but a yellow reversed the front runners and Hieber,who also claimed the Kutztown weekly point championship was not to be denied. Joining Hieber and Bieber on the top 3 podium was Matt Carman,who was now really in the point chase.

Caroga Creek held their Pit Stop Challenge on August 27th and with Hurricane Irene's aftermath wreaking havoc in the northeast,travel was held to a minimum as Cody Clark took the checker with Tyler Dippel 2nd and making the 5 hour haul for 3rd Matt Mertz.

The night of August 29th would see more than 40 Slingshots signed in for the prestigeous running of the West End Fair Super National and with Lindas Speedway announcer Mike Batz getting the crowd riled the racing on the speedway was one of the most spirited of the season as the yellow 55 of Simon Egan got the honors with Kyle Rohner and Kyle Hieber awaiting a mistake that would never happen,as these 3 would be the big 3 at race's end. Strong runs by Joe Bodenschatz and Matt Mertz were now letting some teams know the remaining season national events could have a few surprises.

Reed Miller and Al Wilcox's Penn Can Speedway welcomed the Slingshot teams with open arms and the Slingers did not disappoint, as all teams that entered would be feature competitors in the a race that saw 2008 National champion Ben Whitaker firmly plant himself into Elite 11 status with his continued battle with Simon Egan as the pair ran wheel to wheel in the late stages of the 25 lap main with Egan getting another victory to his credit, Whitaker 2nd and Shannon Smith slotting in for her best national finish of 2011 with a fast closing 3rd.Adding to the excitement of the Battle by the Border was two of the top 3 national contenders Brett Bieber and Matt Carman bringing home the Slinger Warehouse team cars 4th and 5th.The Penn Can event was labeled by many as the favorite race of 2011 with thanks and total respect to track management allowing all teams the chance to race all events.

The season closer at Hamlin would find another 30+ cars signed in for the Pit Stop Challenge and one of Hamlin's strongest teams of 2011 would find victory lane as Katonah,NY's Charlie Lawrence who made the switch from Oakland Valley to Hamlin payoff as his win would add his name to the impressive list of national event winners in the 2011 All Star Elite 11 National Tour. Giving chase to Lawrence was Kyle Rode who was a winner at Hamlin in 2011,with one of the youngest All Star drivers Danny Buccafusca getting 3rd in the David Buccafusca wrenched 43.The Hamlin race now would find Buccafusca firmly in the season long point battle. Simon Egan continued his run on picking up points to drop Bieber from the top spot with a 4th place finish and Robbie Hocker was also quietly moving into contention with a 5th place showing.

With the season winding down it was becoming most important to make every remaining race on the schedule with the Lebanon Valley 50 at Lindas Speedway the next challenge for the Slingshot teams.26 teams made the September 24th outing and in the end it was the S&S 55 of Simon Egan triumphant with a lot of credit going to his tire changer Ryan Smith who got the 9th place car to the checkpoint first and his run to the finish would not be challenged.Post race inspection found the 55 in violation of the rules and moved the 2nd place running Brett Bieber into the top spot. Gary Hieber was awarded 2nd and this moved Gary into the top 5 of the Elite 11 standings. Michael Glass' return to Lindas was a profitable one as he got 3rd place money.2009 National champion Cody Kline was 4th as Bill Weaver, who has a history of bad luck at Lindas getting 5th.

Geneva,NY's ,Paradise Speedway,for many ,the favorite stop on the tour did not let anyone down as the big smooth oval, saw some of the fastest racing of the season with laps turned in excess of 60 MPH.Wiring the field in the 71C was Caroga Creek regular Cody Clark, but a post race engine claim denial, caused a DQ of the finish and the win was given to Cody Kline with team mate and car owner Bill Weaver getting runner-up points. Ben Whitaker, who in his pick and choose Slingshot schedule, continued to impress as he logged the 25 laps in 3rd.Gary Hieber and Simon Egan were credited with 4th & 5th.

Borgers presentation of the Roy Smith Memorial attracted a record setting 32 cars in 2010,but when 40 cars were pitside for this year's running, the promotional team of Heckman / Raidline were very thankful for all teams in attendance and wanted nothing but the best of track surfaces and a solidly run racing program. They succeeded in all accounts and benefitting from this would be Flemington,NJ's Matt Carman who took the Slinger Warehouse # 7 under the checkers first, followed by Gary Hieber right behind him. The 3rd place run by Brett Bieber,would now make it virtually impossible to be passed for the 2011 crown but one final Pit Stop Challenge event at New Egypt Speedway would delay the crowning efforts of the Bieber # 32 Racing Team. Kurt Bettler had the Scott Miller 66 sailing and his 4th place showing would be his best of the season with Matt Mertz continuing to do what was needed of him to stay on as a contender.

The Fall Jamboree at New Egypt had many pre-race questions regarding speed,track size,abilty to pass and accident damage. Well after the show was completed the following became fact. Speeds were in excess of 80 MPH,Travis Bieber and Carl Labonte passed 9 cars during the course of the program, size of the speedway added to the excitement and there was not 1 single yellow flag thrown for any Slingshot qualifier or feature. The benefactor of the best pit stop of the day was Justin Thompson, who was 6th at the break, getting a quick legal tire change from his father Mike and was not to be denied his first national win. In what was one of the strongest drives of the season, it was Travis Bieber,putting the Buccafusca 43 into the runner-up spot, giving the 43 team the required points to make the Elite 11,due to NJ State minimum driver age laws.Kyle Hieber,who sat out much of the 2011 season finished 3rd in the Langhorne Motorsports 47 with Brett Bieber locking up the title in 4th and 2011 Hamlin Super Class champion Henry Anderson,Jr. wheeling and dealing his 99 for 5th

The 2011 All Star Elite 11 Championship run saw 156 teams take part in at least 1 event. The Regional tours,Speedweeks mini-series and the weekly point standings all figured in for the bonus points added to crown an overall National Champion, as Brett Bieber used his MA Silver bonus points for the title run. Brett will be getting the Red Carpet treatment at the 2011 Speedway Entertainment Awards Banquet on Saturday January 7th,2012 at the AACA Museum on Rt 39 in Hershey, PA.$1200 will await the Bieber Racing Team along with a new chassis and body. The total point fund has been upped $200 per spot for the All Stars with 11th getting $500.

Many of the younger racers in the Slingshot by Tobias, have the talent to become competitive as they move up the racing ladder. These drivers ranging in age from 8 to 14 have no trouble in giving the race fans the show they pay their hard earned money to see and the 2011 Great 8 Junior National Tour left nothing to be denied. After Tyler Dippel's 2010 championship run, it was decided to move Tyler to the All Stars and even into the more powerful sportmans modifieds.The playing field was wide open and the interest and intensity was there right from the 1st race on the tour schedule.

June 11th saw the Juniors head to Shellhammers ,but after dual heat qualifying and 1 lap completed in the A Main, Mother Nature took another one of her checkers this year and according to the Slingshot rules if a race is not official or cannot be made up, the dual heat lineup will be used for the finish and Jared Zionkowski was the benficiary of claiming the opening event of 2011.Taking 2nd was "the Midget" Chris Kurtz, with Tyler Johnston awarded 3rd.Rounding out the top 5 were Brandon McGill and Kyle Gruber.

Next stop was the June 25th Wyalusing Valley Motorsports Park 1/5 mile in Wysox.PA and in convincing fashion the blue 5 of Tyler Johsnton would start his quest for a title run. Keeping pace with Johnston was Jared Zionkowski who now had 2 top 2 runs, as Leo McGurrin went under the checker in 3rd.Dylan Martin, had the Mark Gray 33 in for 4th with a new young talent Abbey Price showing the world that the 9A would be a strong runner.

The All Star / Junior National combo show at Borgers Speedway on July 22nd,gave the Juniors a chance to showcase their machines in front of a good size crowd.It didn't take long for Dylan Martin to put his car out front and eventually into victory lane as Chris Kurtz tried every trick in his young career's playbook, but Martin did not waiver. These 2 best of friends rubbed some rails and had a few bumper taps, but they raced hard and clean and this was a real crowd pleaser. Kyle Gruber had a bird's eye view and if anything would've happened, he was there for the taking.Abbey Price claimed another top 5 run with a 4th and Tyler Johsnton would have the worst finish of the 2011 Junior National season with a stout running 5th.

Reading's Junior Nostalgia National again produced one that had the fans buzzing for days. Tyler Johnston,Jared Zionkowski and Chris Kurtz were racing under a blanket, respect for equipment was shown and a great race resulted as Johsnton would share the winner's photos with his 2 challengers. Kyle Gruber again with another top 5 was 4th and new fan favorite Abbey Price grabbed 5th.After this race it was wide open for the title chase, but Jared Zionkowski who was 3rd in points at the time sat out the remaining Junior Nationals and the Great 8 was anyone's after Reading.

A previously rained out Junior National at Kutztown saw the rescheduled date as part of Fair Week and with a full grandstand, these drivers saw time trials used for their starting spots. The best field of drivers from Accord,Hamlin, Oakland Valley, Wyalusing Valley and Shellhammers all converged on the PA Dutch college town for the 5th race on the tour.2 familiar names were going to surface again at the head of the pack as Tyler Johnston took win # 3 in the 5 races run and Chris Kurtz got his 3rd runner-up finish. These young racers ran 16 straight green flag laps and were awrded with a standing ovation by some of the Kutztown faithful and the track officials. Chasing the "Dynamic Duo" was Abbey Price who got a fast closing 3rd with
Dylan Martin and 2011 WVMP champion Alex Shaffer rounding out the top 5.

Hamlin Speedway's September 17th affair can only be described as "all out". This was a no-holds barred event right from the start as 20110 Hamlin Junior champion Dylan Martin had something to prove on his territory, but it was Jacob Dunn, who makes the 3 hour haul from Mohnton, PA ,putting his 74 into the Speedway Entertainment and Hamlin record books as the winner of the final race of the 2011 Hamlin season. Tyler Johnston chased him to the finish with Martin joining the top 2 on the podium. Chris Kurtz continued a stellar season earning 4th place points and the Kevin Gruber maintained Universal Repair 76 with Kyle Gruber at the wheel 5th.

Rain which was not a favorite word in racing this year struck the Accord Junior National not once, not twice, but 3 times and with the Juniors on the schedule as part of the King of the Catskills weekend, the fan base at Accord would have a chance to witness these younger drivers in action.19 teams took to the big 1/4 mile and for a few this would be the biggest track in many of their young careers. Michelle Cmapbell brought the field to the green, but Chris Kurtz would headed to the front in the early going. The X5 was on a mission to possibly take the Junior National Great 8 championship at the last race. Kurtz took the win with Tyler Johnston having enough luck to just finish 2nd as the chain would break 20 feet past the checkered. Dylan Martin would be the 3rd place recipient as Brandon McGill and Cole Hentschel would get their best runs of the season with a 4th and 5th.

34 Juniors participated in the tour this season, up from 26 last year. For his winning efforts the 2011 Junior National Champion Tyler Johnston, who hails from Napanoch,NY will receive $400 and a new 2011 Slingshot body. Rich Tobias is adding the new body to the top 3 in the Junior Nationals with Chris Kurtz and Dylan Martin added to the list.

2011 All Star Elite 11 National Points
1.721 Brett Bieber Oley, PA
2.678 Simon Egan Kunkletown ,PA
3.670 Matt Carman Flemington, NJ
4.669 Gary Hieber Langhorne, PA
5.648 Cody Kline Bangor, PA
6.620 Shannon Smith Kunkletown ,PA
7.599 Michael Glass Myerstown, PA
8.597 Bill Weaver Bangor, PA
9.586 Matt Mertz Slatington, PA
10.530 JR Fulper Milford, NJ
11.529 Danny Buccafusca Montague ,NJ


2011 Great 8 Junior National Points
1.892 Tyler Johnston Napanoch, NY
2.865 Chris Kurtz Saylorsburg, PA
3.785 Dylan Martin Stroudsburg ,PA
4.745 Kyle Gruber Jonestown, PA
5.637 Alex Shaffer Wyalusing, PA
6.633 Kevin Predmore, Jr. Middletown, NY
7.626 Brandon McGill Plattekill, NY
8.618 Abbey Price Phillipsburg, NJ

The Speedway Entertainment Point Fund for the Slingshots rivals many big track and big car payouts, continuing to make the Slingshots, one of the most affordable and profitable forms of motorsports today.

 

11/7/11

McGuire Takes Treat at Atomic "Trick or Treat 50"
McWilliams McFast in Mods/ Thompson Takes Hobbys

Sat. Nov. 5, 2011

Atomic Speedway results
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-It was a spooky, nearly full-mooned "Trick or Treat Topless 50" Night, but when all was said and one Grayson, Kentucky's Josh McGuire tricked the the rest of the field and came home with the $5,000 treat Saturday night at Chillicothe, Ohio's Atomic Speedway. In the Modified division, second generation driver Dave McWilliams held off Dave Fireball Pinkerton and in the Hobby Stocks Brandon Thompson defeated multi-time track champion Jamey Adams.

The 50-lap feature endured only two cautions on a track that was fast and back to multi-groove racing for the endurance of the feature. Ben Adkins by luck of the pill draw led the first two laps with Rod Conley challenging for the top spot. On lap three a caution waved for K-C Burdette who had mechanical difficulties and went pitside setting the stage for a single file restart. On the restart, Jackie Boggs another Kentucky high flyer passed third place Josh McGuire prior to reaching the 'cone' and was whistled for the jump. Under Atomic rules, drivers are penalized two spots at the next caution, leaving a fired up McGuire and and Boggs standing hard on the throttle. A lap later, both passed the two front runners and raced side-by side until lap twenty two when another caution waved.

Boggs was set back in fourth behind Scott James and Rod Conley. On the restart, Boggs quickly zoomed past the next two positions and briefly staged another run at McGuire's GCP Race Engines Mastersbuilt Chassis, however, McGuire had the hot set up and blitzed the rest of the field by over half a lap. Great individual battles highlighted the racing back in the pack. One of the most notable was the battle between track champion Delmas Conley and former champ Jason Montgomery who exchanged positions randomly in side-to-side action for nearly 30 laps of the 50-lap run.

Chad Smith, Scott James, and Freddie Carpenter all had good battles throughout the night and fourth heat winner Ralph Withem had a top ten run end with mechanical problems on lap 32. Carpenter was the hard charger in the Tru-Tech #C-4 in a 15th to 6th place run. Rounding out the top ten were Josh McGuire, Jackie Boggs, Scott James, R.J. Conley, Freddie Carpenter, Chad Smith, Delmas Conley, Jason Montgomery, and Dustin Linville.

McGuire noted, "What a great way to end the season! This engine was great, my car was great, and you could run anywhere on the track. This is a 'Family and Friend Operation, so we take special pride in the wins we get. We'll be back next week if Jeff decides he want to have a race. I know the fans are probably freezin' but I hope everyone is still having fun."

In the modified main pole-sitter Sam Hobbs suffered mechanical woes before the race went green. Dave McWilliams was the beneficiary, moving up to the pole alongside Clint Keenan. McWilliams got the jump and led the first 12 laps when the race's second caution waved. That pitted Rick Hensley on McWilliams' bumper for a dual that went another four laps before Hensley took the lead and started to run off from the pack. Another caution waved on lap 21. On the restart Hensley jumped the cushion and shuffled back to fourth, handing McWilliams back the lead. McWilliams momentarily started to pull away until up-and-coming Dave Fireball Pinkerton kicked it into gear.

 The 2011 K-C track champion had battled hard throughout the race, but really started to come on strong late in the race. Pinkerton had his hands full of Clint Keenan, AMRA Champ Kenny Johnson, and 2010 RWT Champion Matt Holcomb for much of the race.

Pinkerton gave chase and closed the gap in the last two laps, but fell short at the finish. Dustin Linville was gaining ground in a 14th to 7th place run, while hard charger of the race Jimmy Lennox came from 18th to 9th. A notable moment of the night was when Bob Crace, Jr. came from 12th to second behind Kenny Carmichael in the second B-main to make the transfer.

Rounding out the top ten were Dave McWilliams, Dave Pinkerton, Matt Holcomb, Rick Hensley, Kenny Johnson, Clint Keenan, Dustin Linville, Jeremy Berwanger, Jimmy Lennox, and Rob Stambaugh.

Said McWilliams, " It has been a rough year and we have struggled a little bit, so it feels really good to end the season on a high note. Thanks to my sponsors aand family and to the fans who turned out tonight. I like this track and hope to be back next year."

In the Hobby Stock feature Brandon Mather and Jamie Adams fought tooth and nail for the top spot. Both drivers have had great seasons and have had some classic battles throughout the year. Adams, the 2011 champ, then broke away for some breathing room until lap eight when talented youngster Brandon Thompson moved into the fold.

Thompson and Adams heated up the battle. Edging closer with each lap, Thompson raced side by side past the flagstand with Adams leadng narrowly on lap twelve. The next circuit saw a repeat this time with Thompson ahead by inches. This time the yellow waved a lap later with Thompson on the point. With time having run out on the clock, Thompson brought home his second straight win. Thompson also ended last season by winning the last two races of the season.

Said lthe young charger, "it is great to be back in victory lane. Thanks to all my sponsors and all of my fans. If it wasn't for the fans we wouldn't have a place to race!"
A lot of big things are in store for Atomic Speedway for next season. Please keep visiting www.kc-raceway.com  until the new website is finished.


The Summary:
AMRA Late Models
Fast Time: Rod Conley 14:081
Heat One:Jackie Boggs, Rod Conley, KC Burdette, Chris Garnes, Dylan Huron, John Melvin, Matt Melvin, Cody Welch, Chad Oberson, Josh Bivens,
Heat Two: Josh McGuire, Scott James, Delmas Conley, Brandon Fouts, Rod Evans, David Webb, Brian Huron, Brandon Conkle, Josh Lawrence
Heat Three: R.J. Conley, Chad SMith, Mike Wilson, Freddie Carpenter, Tyler Carpenter, Steve Kester, Bub Crum, Darin Roush, Jerry Mustain, Danny Wilson
Heat Four: Ralph Withem, Ben Adkins, Dustin Linville, Jason Montgomery, J. T. Conley, Tony Roush, Nick Latham, Evan Terry , Jay Dunaway, Lee Logan

B-Main One- Dylan Huron, Rod Evans, Mike Webb, John Melvin, Matt Melvin, Cody Welch, Josh Lawrence, Brandon Conkel, Josh Bivens, Chad Oberson, Russ Frohaphel
B-Main Two-Tyler Carpenter, Steve Kester, J.T. Conley, Evan Terry, Tony Roush, Darin Roush, Bub Crum, Nick Latham, Jerry Mustain, Jay Dunaway, Danny Wilson, Lee Logan
Halloween Trick or Treat 50 Feature: Josh McGuire, Jackie Boggs, Scott James, R.J. Conley, Freddie Carpenter, Chad Smith, Delmas Conley, Jason Montgomery, Dustin Linville, Ben Adkins, Chris Garnes, Tyler Carpenter, Dylan Huron, Ralph Withem, K.C. Burdette, Mike Wilson, Brandon Fouts, Brian Huron, Steve Kester


AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds
Grooms Trucking Fast Time: Jason Brooks 15:805
Heat One: Matt Holcomb, Fireball Pinkerton, Jeremy Berwanger, Jason Brooks, Robin Ours, Dave Kirker, Dave Wolfe, Mike Foggin, Junior Payne, Eric Arledge
Heat Two: Rick Hensley, Mike McPherson, Rob Stambaugh, Dustin Linville, Luke Jordan, Jimmy Lennox, Chuck Yeley, Jason Cottrill, Donnie Stewart, Jeff Votaw
Heat Three: Dave McWilliams, Sam Hobbs, Mark Kaetzel, Phillip Bapst, Greg Oliver, Nathan Loney, Danny Ferguson, Collin Thurlsby, Dale Lyons,
Heat Four: Kenny Johnson, Clint Keenan, Tim Tribby, Tanner Wilson, Bob Crace, Jr., Kenny Carmichael, Dillon Schefer, Steve Clemmons, Mike Arthurs, Mike Long

B-Main One-Luke Jordan, Jimmy Lennox, Jason Cottrill, Donnie Stewart, Dave Kirker, Chuck Yeley, Mike Foggin, Robin Ours, Eric Arledge, Ron Strauk, Jr. Payne, Dave Wolfe, Jeff Votaw
B-Main Two-Kenny Carmichael, Bob Crace, Jr., Greg Oliver, Adam Colley, Collin Thurslsby, Danny Ferguson, Nathan Loney, Dale Lyons, Steve Clemmons, Dillon Schefer, Mike Arthurs, Mike Long
Feature: Dave McWilliams, Dave Pinkerton, Matt Holcomb, Rick Hensley, Kenny Johnson, Clint Keenan, Dustin Linville, Jeremy Berwanger, Jimmy Lennox, Rob Stambaugh, Luke Jordan, Jason Brooks, Mike McPherson, Kenny Carmichael, TimTribby, Mark Kaetzel, Bob Crace, Phillip Bapst, Tanner Wilson, Sam Hobbs


Hobby Stocks
Heat One:JAmey Adams, Mike Brust, Brandon Thompson, Butch Eblin, Cort Fischer, Jeff Sheets, David Landman, David Akers, Mike Fritz, Jason Spillman, Richard Mitchell
Heat Two:Brandon Mather, Evan Seitz, Jimk Hikldebrand, Tim Cutler, Jack Martin, Josh Hunt, Greg Simms Brian Simms, Zack Perine, Tommy Mossbarger, Josh Brickey
Feature- Brandon Thompson, Jamie Adams, Brandon Mather, Evan Seitz, Butch Eblin, Josh Hunt, Davide Akers, David Landman, Tim Cutler, Josh Brickey, Greg Sims, Zach Perrine, Cort Fisher, Dave White, Kenny Johnson, Jack Martin, Jason Spillman, Mike Brust, Brian Sims, Jeff Sheets
 

TIM SINCLAIR WINS $1500 SUPER PRO FINAL SUNDAY AT U.S. 13




By Charlie Brown, Delmar, DE (11/6/11) – Tim Sinclair of Princess Anne, Md. closed out the 2011 season at the U.S. 13 Dragway Sunday with an exciting final round win over Mike Jones of Salisbury, Md. The day was especially good for Sinclair as he picked up $1500 for the victory. Phillip Truitt of Parsonsburg, Md. closed out the year with a $1000 final round win in Pro and James Farmer of Denton, Md. continued his domination of Pro Bike with a $250 final round victory. Other winners on the day included: Brian Reibert, Jr. of Snow Hill, Md. in Street, Harvey Powell of Salisbury in Bike Trophy; Zoe Jackson of Newark, Md. in Jr. Dragster 1 and Christopher Kahler of Ocean View, Del. in Jr. Dragster 2.

The Super Pro final was one of the closest finishes of the day. Tim Sinclair in his ’68 Camaro had a .004 reaction but Mike Jones was a fraction quicker in his ’01 Undercover dragster with a .003. At the finish line it was less than one one-thousandth of a second difference as Sinclair took the win with an 8.586/154.71 on an 8.58 dial while Jones ran a 7.518/171.81 on a 7.51 dial-in! Semi-finalist was Dave Skerrit of Severna Park, Md. who lost to Sinclair while Jones had the bye.

Phillip Truitt faced Daryl Beauchamp in the Pro final. Truitt had the better reaction and drove his Chevy Nova to the win with a 10.152/120.09 on a 10.08 dial. Beauchamp ran an 11.495/114.50 on an 11.42 dial. Semi-finalist was John Donovan of Federalsburg, Md. who lost to Truitt while Beauchamp had the bye.

James Farmer rode up against Bill Kenlon of Pocomoke, Md. in the Pro Bike final. Farmer took the win with an 8.577/148.68 on an 8.57 dial. Kenlon left early with a -.052 red light and fouled. Semi-finalists were Eddie Chapman of Pocomoke who lost to Kenlon and Brandon Clark of Frankford, Del. who lost to Farmer.

Brian Reibert, Jr. took the Street final over Richie Chaesman of Goldsboro, Md. Reibert had a .007 reaction and was on his dial with a 17.829/76.25 on a 17.82 dial while Chaesman broke out with a 10.837/17.32 on a 10.84 dial.

Harvey Powell continued his domination of Bike Trophy on his Kawasaki Quad. Powell defeated Malon Smith of Lincoln, Del. with a 15.890/71.84 on a 15.88 dial. Smith ran a 9.091/147.63 on an 8.99 dial.

Zoe Jackson was paired against Matthew Wilkinson of Salisbury in the Jr. Dragster 1 final. Wilkinson had problems staging and fouled and Jackson ran an 8.993/70.76 on an 8.95 for the win. The same was true in Jr. Dragster 2 when Trevor Post of Delmar had problems staging and fouled and Christopher Kahler took the win with a 7.930/82.38 on a 7.90 dial.


Sunday closed out the 2011 season at the U.S. 13 Dragway. The next event on the calendar in the 2011 Awards Banquet which will be held at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Del. on Friday night, January 6th, 2012. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at the Dragway office by calling (302) 875-1911.
 

Stewart's Chase Charge Continues Tony Stewart won his fourth race of the Chase with a dominating performance in Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Full Story Texas Rear View Mirror Pete Pistone takes a look at some news, notes and observations from the weekend of racing at Texas Motor Speedway. Full Story Charlotte Sweep for Schatz Donny Schatz completed the sweep of the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Saturday night while Jason Meyers was crowned champion for the second consecutive season. Full Story Bayne Scores First Nationwide Win Trevor Bayne earned his first career victory in the NASCAR Nationwide Series when he took the checkered flag in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Full Story Gibbs Agrees with NASCAR Decision Team owner Joe Gibbs was in full agreement with NASCAR’s decision to park driver Kyle Busch for the remainder of the Texas weekend. Full Story No. 3 Returns to Nationwide with Dillon AdvoCare will be the primary sponsor of the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala driven by Austin Dillon for 20 races in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Full Story AAA Texas 500 Results AAA Texas 500 eBook AAA Texas 500 Photos An Open Letter From Kyle Busch Kyle Busch issued a statement regarding being parked from the weekend of racing at Texas Motor Speedway and his actions on the racetrack in the Camping World Truck Series race. Full Story Schatz Scores Win in Finals Opener Donny Schatz scored the opening feature win in the Lowes Foods World of Outlaws World Finals on Friday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Full Story Harvick Wins Texas Truck Race Kevin Harvick scored the victory and wrapped up the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owners’ championship in the process with his win in the WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Full Story Patrick Sets 2012 Cup Schedule Danica Patrick’s limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule for Stewart-Haas Racing is now known, as is the car number that will adorn her GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala. Full Story Martin Officially Joins MWR Michael Waltrip Racing announced Friday it has hired Mark Martin to share in driving duties of the No. 00 Toyota and extended its 30-race sponsorship with Aaron’s, Inc. through the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Full Story Program Calendar   Date: 11/07/11 12:30 PM ET Hosts: Marty Hough and Woody Cain   Date: 11/08/11 12:30 PM ET Hosts: Steve Post and Kendra Jacobs   Date: 11/08/11 7:00 PM ET   Featured Galleries   Motor Racing Network Sprint Car   World of Outlaws World Finals

Nov. 7, 2011

CARQUEST GASOLINE ALLEY NEWS

Allentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Welcomes Friends In Racing For Final Show By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show will crank up the airwaves on Monday evening for the final time with another fabulous edition of their show on November 7th as show hosts Ed and Steve Pados welcome in a multitude of top personalities involved with the exciting world of motorsports. The show will air from 6 to 8 PM on Monday evening on channels 103 and 137 and worldwide on the Internet. The Gang has been serving the racing world for the past ten years on the airwaves and is well noted for their well noted "theme" show format and will host the 545th edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their 334th show since joining forces with the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137. The Gasoline Alley Team of Ed and Steve Pados have followed the same great format since the inception of their hit show back in 2002 as they have highlighted the past, present and future of auto racing and unfortunately will be closing the show down on November 7th after 545 shows and interviews with more than 8,000 drivers, car owners, engine and chassis builders, media correspondents and book authors with their great show.

With this being the final edition of the show, the Gang will welcome in a diverse group of legendary people involved with racing who have helped build the legendary status of the show's ten years of existence. The interviews will kick off with Harmony Speedway Greg Collins joining the Gang in-house to talk about a friendship that came into play with the advent of the spectacular Dirt Track Heroes Show in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Greg has been the designated hitter of the show for the past few seasons and it is always great to have on board for the show. Thunder on the Hill Promoter Bob Miller will join the show to share his longtime friendship with the Pados Brothers and what the show has meant for his Thunder promotions and URC groups. Author, publisher and racer Lew Boyd joins the Gang for a final interview to talk about the great fun he has shared as a guest on the show and his friendship with the Gasoline Alley Gang. The great Bill Wimble will share his final thoughts as a many time guest and as a dear friend of the Pados Brothers. Nex-Gen Motorsports guru Charlie Patterson will also share his thoughts about the show in which he has been a guest many times in the past as well as supplying many of his clients to the show for interviews. Pete Raskovic, the education visionary who helped launch Urban Force Racing, joins the Gang to talk about a longtime friendship with the Pados Brothers and what the show has meant for many of his students and drivers in the State of Wisconsin. Mares Stellfox, the Original Lady Outlaw and long time friend of the Pados Brothers, shares her thoughts for the final time on the show as she too was a many time guest on the show in the past ten years. The interviews will close with Accord Speedway Promoter Gary Palmer as he is a longtime friend of the Pados Brothers and Steve Pados serves as the Announcer and Media correspondent for the very successful New York based speedway.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show has offered a live internet video feed to all of the Internet subscribers to view the wide assortment of the many racing videos that are played while the show is in progress and to enjoy the chat sessions with the many great personalities from within the racing community who pay the Gang a visit to discuss racing. The Gasoline Alley Gang has brought to the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves to date and all shows produced by GA Motorsports Media are carefully researched, authenticated and fully scripted to produce for our loyal sponsors, guests and racing fans the best show on the airwaves today.

CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show continues with its outstanding line-up of talented guests with this week's edition of the show. The Show's programming is available on WALN Digital Cable Radio, Internet www.walncableradio.com  for the Audio portion and: livestream.com/walncableradio/old for the video portion. The Show is available on Service Electric Digital Cable TV, Channels 103, and 137 and is live from 6 to 8 PM and later tape delayed on Channel 50 at Midnight.

Join the Gasoline Alley broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados on Monday evening, November 7th as they take you on the final two-hour circular journey with their well documented, very informative and extremely funny show.

Should you have questions on how to be a part of the show through advertising, appearances or remotes, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; or the WALN Studios at: 610 791 1818. You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net 


RACING NEWS THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE
 

Nov. 7, 2011

 Labonte ,Willman,Thompson Shine in Fall Jamboree

The New Egypt Speedway track crew prepped a daytime surface that could best be described as highly raceable.With the sun shining and a steady breeze blowing the starts and cars of the Slingshot and SpeedSTR classes were running their last events of the respective National point seasons.

A Pit Stop Challenge 20 was first on the slate as a dual heat format would set the starting field as Matt Carman would lead the way in the Bill Hocker 54R.The first 10 laps saw numerous position changes as Carman held on to the top spot giving him the closest spot to the pit stop checkpoint.

The required pit stop would see the Slingshot jacked up and a right rear tire completely replaced, with the restart lineup relined by their appearance and legality at the checkpoint. Mike Thompson put the Justin Thompson # 7 off first after running 5th at the break.

The remaining 10 laps found Thompson in another area code as the battle behind him was just heating up. Travis Bieber was summoned to emergency duty aboard the Buccafusca # 43 and he passed brother Brett and Kyle Hieber for second in a lap 14 outside move that had only Thompson as his next conquest.The yellow would never fly and the Slinger Warehouse prepared # 7 would find victory lane with Thompson getting the win. Travis Bieber held on for second with Kyle Hieber third. Fourth went to OLey,PA's Brett Bieber who would clinch the 2011 All Star National Championship with his fine run. Rounding out the top 5 was 2011 Hamlin Super Division champion, Henry Anderson,Jr. in his gold # 99.

With a half field invert the Daylight Savings 12 would be the show of shows for the Slingshots and taking the win in the Kevin Gruber prepared 76 was Kyle Gruber. The Lebanon,PA hotshoe just got to the line ahead of Carl Labonte in the RevStar # 1 and 2011 All Star champion Brett Bieber.With a total run of 44 laps for the Slingshots, there wasn't one single caution flag flown for these racers. The Slingshots were making laps in excess of 80 MPH,a testament to the abilities of these racers

The SpeedSTR were next on the event schedule and the lineup was formed by use of timed dashs.The Langhorne Motorsports # 6 with Kyle Hieber would set fast time with Canada winner Brittany Wixon sharing the front row.Hieber took the green and the race was on as Gary Huber mounted a challenge with Paul Lotier,Jr and Gary Hieber trailing closely behind. As lap 12 was being put into the books Huber got out of shape in turn 2 and Lotier closed in on Hieber for one last run.With the pack closely bunched Matt Harrell passed Scott Munroe and Brittany Wixon with an against the wall pass coming out of turn 4 and was now the fastest car on the speedway, but the checker waved above the Kyle Hieber driven orange Bucks County International SpeedSTR.Lotier would claim second with Gary Hieber third.SpeedSTR National point contender Yannick Poirier would get 4th with Matt Harrell grabbing 5th from his 15th place starting spot.

The Run What You Brung heats were won by Tad Cox in the 59 and John Willman in the Ron and Ann Wilson # 89 "Plexiglass Special".

Round 2 of the Trifecta 15's for the SpeedSTR's would have a 10 car invert,done by the fan draw, giving Freddie Rahmer the pole position and Gary Huber the outside pole.It didn't take long for third starter Carl Labonte to take the lead as he put the RevStar # 14 to the lowside of turn and had the lead heading out of turn 2.One of the few cautions of the day gave the field another shot at Labonte on lap 6 and taking advantage of this yellow was Paul Lotier,Jr. who went from his 9th starting spot to 3rd and was running side by side with Gary Huber for 7 laps before finally getting past the H&V Racing # 11 and having 3 laps to get by Labonte for the win.A lap 13 spin put the field in single file mode for the remaining 2 laps and Lotier had a slight advantage over Labonte heading out of turn 2 but Labonte's low line gave him the needed traction off of turn 4 for the win.Lotier notched his second runnerup spot of the day with Gary Huber third,Yannick Poirier forth and Freddie Rahmer 5th.Rahmer was set back for aggressive driving giving 5th to the Bulldog Art # 5 of Bobby Dmuchowski.

The Jersey Jam 25 was next up with 14 of the 16 entered cars taking the green.The early race battle between Stan Frankenfield and Tommy Carberry was quickly joined by John Willman who was putting the Wilson Motorsports # 89 anywhere on the speedway.Tad Cox had his altered 59 on the move and the speed show was on.Willman grabbed the lead and Cox put a fast time lap of over 100MPH on the slate on lap 6 getting up to the rear bumper of Willman.Lapped cars were now becoming involved in the outcome and Willman's patience heading through traffic was the deciding factor.The 25 lap Run What You Brung main was over in under 8 minutes as Willman's run netted him $2000 with Cox's run putting $1000 in his pay envelope.Dave Hunt grabbed 3rd in his 27 with Tommy Carberry and Sammy Piazza taking 4th and 5th.

The final SpeedSTR event of the 2011 season used an 8 car fan pick invert and it put the Langhorne Motorsports team cars of Gary and Kyle Hieber on the front row.The brothers swapped the lead for the first 10 laps with Carl Labonte getting into the mix from his 8th starting spot.The 11th lap now had the Hieber's,Labonte,Lotier and Dmuchowski all under a blanket and heading 3 wide into turn 3 Labonte snuck his RevStar racer under Kyle and Gary to take the lead.Following him through was Lotier and a yellow on the 12th lap had a double file restart with the $650 win on the line.The front pair headed under the white flag dead even,but Lotier bobbled heading into turn one giving Labonte the needed room for the remaining 2 turns and the win.Getting under the 4X of Lotier was Gary Hieber who would run of out laps to challenge Labonte.The Quebec,Canada driver would record a SpeedSTR double with Gary Hieber and Lotier taking the remaining podium spots.Kyle Hieber took 4th and Bobby Dmumchowski also recorded his 2nd top five of the afternoon.A last lap battle between Scott Munroe,Yannick Poirier,Yannick Mathieu ,Brittany Wixon and Brandon Rahmer came down to the transponder scoring as these 5.were that close.

The Great American Enduro 100 was a real crowd pleaser as early race leader Richie Cass,Jr.would plant his # 1 four cylinder right up against the turn 4 and turn 1 wall to take a 3 lap lead before lap 30 was completed.Cass tangled in a turn 1 spin setting off his car's airbags and with the deployed airbag in his lap he soldiered on until finally having a flat tire and eventually no tire forcing him to the sidelines on lap 68.Randy Nelson inherited the lead he had lost to Cass,but the Saturn # 15 of Steve Wilson had other plans as he passed Nelson on lap 74 and would not be denied the win.Nelson would be the big car class winner in the 54.The Great American Enduro Series would name Mark Naftzinger who finished 2nd in the big car class,as
the 2011 Big Car point champion.John Crosby who put his 49 in for a 5th place Small Car run would be named the 2011 Small Car Champion.

Champions Day at New Egypt would see Yannick Poirier named the 2011 SpeedSTR National Champion and Brett Bieber would be crowned the 2011 All Star Slingshot by Tobias National Champion.

Results:
Pit Stop Challenge 20 (Slingshots)
1.Justin Thompson 2.Travis Bieber 3.Kyle Hieber 4. Brett Bieber 5. Henry Anderson,Jr. 6. Carl Labonte 7. Bobby Snyder,Jr. 8. Dave McCullough 9. Joe Bodenschatz 10. CR Hill 11. Pierre Desilets 12.Bill Larue 13. Kyle Gruber 14.Matt Carman 15. Gary Hieber

Daylight Savings 12
1.Kyle Gruber 2. Carl Labonte 3. Brett Bieber 4. Bobby Snyder 5. CR Hill 6. Joe Bodenschatz 7. Dave McCullough 8. Pierre Desilets 9. Bill Larue 10. Henry Anderson,Jr. 11. Justin Thompson 12. Travis Bieber 13. Kyle Hieber 14. Matt Carman 15. Gary Hieber

SpeedSTR 1st 15:
1. Kyle Hieber 2. Paul Lotier,Jr. 3. Gary Hieber 4. Yannick Poirier 5. Matt Harrell 6. Scott Munroe 7. Brittany Wixon 8. Carl Labonte 9. Gary Huber 10. Freddie Rahmer 11. Brandon Rahmer 12. Howie Bedell 13. Yannick Mathieu 14. Matt Carman 15. Walt Stearley 16. Bobby Dmuchowski

SpeedSTR 2nd 15:
1. Carl Labonte 2. Paul Lotier,Jr. 3. Gary Huber 4. Yannick Poirier 5. Bobby Dmuchowski 6. Scott Munroe 7. Gary Hieber 8. Kyle Hieber 9. Freddie Rahmer 10. Yannick Mathieu 11. Brittany Wixon 12. Brandon Rahmer 13. Matt Carman 14. Howie Bedell 15. Matt Harrell

SpeedSTR 3rd 15:
1. Carl Labonte 2. Gary Hieber 3. Paul Lotier,Jr. 4. Kyle Hieber 5. Bobby Dmuchowski 6. Scott Munroe 7. Yannick Poirier 8. Yannick Mathieu 9. Brittany Wixon 10. Brandon Rahmer 11. Matt Harrell 12.Matt Carman 13. Gary Huber 14. Freddie Rahmer 15. Howie Bedell

Jersey Jam 25 :
1. John Willman 2. Tad Cox 3. Dave Hunt 4. Tommy Carberry 5. Sammy Piazza 6. Mike Franz 7. Al Cheney 8. Stan Frankenfield 9. Rick Holsten 10. Steve Davis 11. Corey Anderson 12. Ryan Simmons 13. Pat Wall 14. Joe Dill 15. Richie Pratt(DNS) 16. Darren McCaughey (DNS)

Great American Enduro:
1. Steve Wilson 2. Randy Nelson 3. Justin Dunn 4. Mark Naftzinger 5. Clay McAdams 6. Scott Dunn 7. John Crosby 8. Jamie Naftzinger 9. Paul Hartwig 10. Bill Stockert 11. Jimmy Avery 12. Dave Bentley 13. Jim Watkins 14. Richie Cass,Jr. 15. Pat Hires

 

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