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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: Celebrate Labor Day Go Racing! |
 Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, and that means most racetracks are winding down their 2010 seasons, holding their final points races and crowning division champions. But that doesnt mean its time to take your foot off the accelerator for your racing adventures this summer.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Points Battle Coming Right Down To The Wire! |
 The 2010 season at The Orange County Fair speedway got off to a rough start. Track condition wasnt the best and weather wasnt so great, but the drivers showed up and did their duty. This coming Saturday the drivers return for one last points battle to end it all and crown the champions in each division.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: When Bad Is Good |
 I honestly believe that if Kyle Busch announced he was planning to sell everything he owned, turn his back on the sport of stock car racing forever and spend the rest of his life in service to the poor and downtrodden, people still wouldnt like him.
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Columns From August 23rd
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Racing Icon Hearn Trying To Stop Rare Skid |
 It can't be. We are more than three-quarters of the way through the racing schedule at Lebanon Valley Speedway and modified icon Brett Hearn has yet to place himself in victory lane. Perhaps Hearn is saving his good fortune for when promoter Howard Commander offers up that $17,500 to the race winner at his upcoming Mr. DIRT Track USA event scheduled for Aug. 26.
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: Poutine, Glaziers and Late Models: A Weekend at Mohawk |
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Besides the racing, obviously, the best thing I love about dirt track racing has got to be the food. And, boy, did I ever get to eat some great food this weekend and see some great racing, too, of course at least on Friday, anyway. Race Pro Weekly photographer Mike Petrucci and I headed to Mohawk International Raceway this weekend for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series events on Friday and Saturday.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Have Racing Message Boards Gone Too Far? |
 In this day and age of wanting the news right away,do race fans carry their allegiances too far?Racing message boards are a great source of getting race results,team news,weather conditions and so much more,but in the long run it just becomes a haven for the know-it-all race fan who has nothing better to do than bash everyone and everything if the race they attended wasn't to their liking or if their favorite driver didn't win.
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MATT WIERNASZ: Ted Christopher Takes Double Dip At Thompson |
 The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour made their second of three appearances at Thompson International Speedway on Thursday night. The night started off with Ted Christopher setting fast time in time trials after knocking off Bobby Santos for the pole. After a redraw, Justin Bonsignore and Ted Christopher would lead the front row. When the green came out, Christopher took the lead and at one point had a 40 car length lead over the field.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: About Face: Who Is NASCAR? |
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When a model or actress signs a contract with a cosmetic or clothing company, she becomes what is known as "the face" of the product. If the marketing department is doing its job correctly, anytime consumers see that person's image -- in a movie or on a billboard, for example -- ideally they will immediately think of the product being endorsed.
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Columns From August 10th
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Victory Makes Toil Worth It For Davis |
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It's amazing how something as simple as a win can erase hours and hours of grueling work from the minds of race teams. But it's true. "There is just something about a win," said modified driver Jimmy Davis. "A win just makes you forget about everything else." Two weeks ago Davis crashed pretty badly at Fonda Speedway. Davis' car was totaled and he was quite sore in the days that followed the accident.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Calls, Non-Calls, Big Time Racing Losing It's Luster |
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After watching a few TV races the last few weekends,it is becoming quite apparent why people are staying away from NASCAR and IRL events.Many of them have found that short track racing is much more reliable in dealing with on track issues and has better racing than their highly paid counterparts. I'm still in shock regarding the blocking call on Helio Castroneves in the IRL airport race a few weeks ago and today watching the closed fendered racers literally move someone out of the way because they felt paybacks were the way to settle it.
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MATT WIERNASZ: Todd Annarummo takes Seekonk Win |
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Seekonk Speedway on Wednesday hosted their annual $10,000 to win 100 lap modified event. Todd Anarummo son of Vinny Annrummo took down the win. Steve Masse out of Bellingham, MA came in second place while Jon McKennedy out of Chelmsford, MA came home in third It was Anarummos first career win in a modified but has many laps at the cement palace. Kind of equaled out a bit those guys have millions of miles in the modified but I have a lot more here (Seekonk). The crew did an excellent job. I just had an awesome car. They gave me what I needed to do what I had to do. Anarummo stated.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
 Last week started off with a Tuesday night trip to Raceway 7 in Conneaut Ohio for leg number three of the Auto Racers for Kids Charity event presented by Bonnell Collision. A strong turn out saw Danny Mumaw picking up the $3,000 victory. On Sunday night it was back to Tri-City Speedway where Rob Eyler fended off veteran Rod George for his first win of the 2010 season. Great feature racing at both tracks so lets get this week started.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Dale Sr.s grandson putting the earn in Earnhardt |
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Bobby Dale has a heart for racing. He also has the genes for it. Bobby, who is 22 years old, lives in Rockingham, N.C., in the shadow of a speedway that once hosted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekends, and where large crowds still show up for ARCA and street stock races and driving schools. Like so many other aspiring race car drivers, he spends his days working at a "normal" job -- he is a cook at the local KFC -- and his weekends at the track.
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Columns From August 3rd
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Four Hours is Entirely Too Long |
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As a lifelong racing fan,I have seen many marathon events,some caused by weather,others caused by sloppy driving and even some by added classes not familiar with the speedway. It just seems that whenever the WoO Sprints or even occasionally the Late Models,the length of the racing program,goes on forever. I enjoy watching Rick Eckert mix it up with Kid Rocket or a PA Posse driver getting the best of Donny Schatz,Joey Saldana or Steve Kinser,but why must if take over 4 hours to get the final results.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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This past weekend it was two mid-week races on the schedule. On Tuesday night I made my first trip of the season to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver Pa. for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup featuring the World of Outlaws. The Don Martin Memorial featured Twin 30-lap feature events once again this season. Then on Thursday night it was off to Eriez Speedway for the second leg of the Auto Racers for Kids Charity $3,000 to win Sprint special presented by Bonnell Collision. A lot of great racing action to report on this week so lets started.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: The Nuzzaros!!! |
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Ron and Russ Nuzzaro are known at The X- Factor in Orange Countys Pro Stock division. Ronnie and Russ both joined the Orange County Speedway October 1, 2006 for the Eastern States Weekend qualifier. Russ and Ron both made the top 26 cars in the main event out of the 40 cars entered to qualify in the first race ever.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Crew Chief Balances Changing Drivers, Challenging Accents |
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If stock car racing had its own version of the old Ed Sullivan variety show, NASCAR Nationwide Series crew chief Trent Owens would be the plate spinner. Remember the plate spinner? He was the guy who set numerous plates, bowls and other flat objects simultaneously twirling on poles without falling off. It was a feat requiring a combination of timing, balance, reflexes and a good understanding of the laws of physics.
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Columns From July 20th
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Jordan Does Profiles... |
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Billy VanInwegen (#23) is one of the Big block Modified rookies for the 2010 season. His home track for Modified action is currently The Hard Clay Orange County Fair Speedway. Billy here for his first year has also made quite the many stops to a bunch of tour races held here on the east coast. He currently sits in the top 20 in points.
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RANDY KANE: Mike Mammana Starting To Make His Move |
 Friday night at the Big Diamond Raceway, Brad Brightbill started from tenth in the 20-lap main event, took the lead on lap 14 and went on to grab a win, his first this season. For Brightbill, that win was his tenth career victory in the Sportsman division and Brightbill became the fourteenth different lad to win a feature in 14 Sportsman events in 2010. There has not been a repeat winner all year.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Does Dominations Hurt Attendance ??? |
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Since June of '58 I have been heading to auto races of many classes and on quite a few racing surfaces and with the recent rash of major winning streaks got to thinking....................does this hurt track attendance? Having seen my first racing event in June of '58 as a soon to be 3 year old,there have been many winning streaks that I have followed or took occasion to since my first race at the Reading Fairgrounds.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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This past Sunday night the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car series made a return visit to Tri-City Speedway just outside of Franklin Pennsylvania. Sunny and warm mid July weather greeted the traveling series and fans for the second consecutive year at Tri-City for this event. A strong field cars saw defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer wire the field to score his first career victory at Tri-City Speedway. A lot of racing to report on from Sunday night so lets gets started.
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Odasz Wins One For Car Owners |
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Despite successfully winning the modified feature event at Fonda Speedway last weekend, Ryan Odasz was still beating himself up in victory lane afterward. "The first thing that came to me was that I had to thank my car owners Bill and Ellen Scoons for not firing me because if I were the car owner and I had me driving, I would have fired myself back in May," Odasz said.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Back Home Again In The Race To The Chase |
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Travelers often mark their time on the road by using certain points of interest; state lines, for example, or favorite stops along the way. Florence, S.C. is a great example of this. Frequent travelers of Interstate 95 know Florence as the halfway point between New York and Miami, making it an ideal place to stop for a while, take stock of the miles already traveled and speculate about the ones that lie ahead.
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Columns From July 13th
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Towns Excited About Latest Win |
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When it comes to driving race cars, sportsman driver David Towns has talent, and he showed that talent Saturday night at Fonda Speedway. Towns won the 20-lap sportman feature event from the rear of the field, taking the race lead on the final time around the track. "I've been racing for 30 years, and I've been around racing for 45 years, and it's the most fun, the most excited I've personally ever been after a race. I still am," Towns said several days after the feat.
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: Pioneers Should Lead 11 Hall Class; ESS Racer Trying to Make a Name |
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During the induction ceremony for the inaugural class of the brand-new NASCAR Hall of Fame back in May, I heard one of the commentators refer to the inductees as the Mount Rushmore of NASCAR. After looking at a group that included seven-time champions Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, arguably the two greatest drivers the sport has ever seen, its father-son founding duo of Bill France and Bill France Jr., and great driver and even greater owner Junior Johnson, I would have to agree with that assessment.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: The Ultimate NASCAR Clutch Play |
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There are many things I like and admire about Dale Earnhardt Jr., but one particular item that keeps popping up is the fact that just when you're a little bit tempted to give up on the guy, he saves it. Junior definitely knows how to come through in the clutch.
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Columns From July 6th
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Hartman Has Promising Driving Future |
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With many of the top names in racing reaching maturity, you wonder who the Brett Hearns and Kenny Tremonts of the future will be. If I were a betting person, I would definitely slide some cash on young Timmy Hartman being one of the drivers to reckon with in the very near future. The 17-year-old is only in his second season and he's gotten the attention of many.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Should Fireworks be the Reason ?????? |
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For as long as I can remember,the July 4th racing weekend always meant fireworks,whether it be at the Reading Fairgrounds,Penn National,Flemington or Grandview to give a few examples. Is this the reason to attract more fans,to charge a larger admission price,to bring in non-racing fans just to watch the aerial color blasts?
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RANDY KANE: Like Old Man River Dennis Bailey Keeps Rolling Along |
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Dennis Bailey began his racing career in 1970 at the old Dorney Park Speedway chauffeuring a Late Model car he owned for, roughly, half the season. In 1971 Bailey steered a green-colored No. 81 Late Model at the track for a full year of racing. In 1972, Chico, as the bearded Kutztown, PA resident is known, raced to a solid third-place finish in the season-long points at Dorney Park in his Late Model entry.
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RON HEDGER: Running With The Old Timers |
 As John Cahill and I pushed his Edmunds cageless midget across the pit area at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway, I asked if he had any history on the immaculate Chevy II powered beauty. No, I could never run down any reliable information, so apparently nobody famous ever drove it, replied Cahill, whose other prized possession is an equally perfect older midget with the obligatory Ford V8-60 powerplant. A devoted supporter of the Atlantic Coast Old Timers, Cahill even has a vintage Ford pickup, painted the same as the Edmunds, to tow his tiny trailer from meet to meet.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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This past weekend it was back out to Central Pennsylvania to take in more of P.A. Speedweek. Friday night it was back to Williams Grove Speedway for the crown Jewel of Speedweek the Mitch Smith Memorial. On Saturday it was off to Juniata County and Port Royal Speedway for their leg of Speedweek. Sunny and warm weather greeted both tracks which were rewarded with outstanding crowds which made Speedweek another huge success.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: OCFS Full Fender Action |
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Tommy Vigh and Johnny Velde made up the front row for the Empire Racing Pro Stock 20 lap feature event. Tommy Vigh quickly jumped out to the lead and was spreading his lead to an extent. The first caution came when Paul Maiolo spun in turn 4 in front of the field. It was one of the wildest spins as he spun across the track and into the pits.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Any Win Can Happen At Daytona |
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Do you know what I'd really like to see? I'd really like to see Jeff Gordon win a race. Soon. This is the time to state for the record that although Jeff Gordon is not the driver I routinely root for on Sunday afternoon, I am definitely one of his most loyal fans. Every week now I find myself hoping that at the end of the day, I'll see him in Victory Lane.
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Columns From June 29th
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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This past weekend I was able to take in a couple of Speedweek races. The first stop was Thursday night at Sharon Speedway in Hartford Ohio for night number seven of Ohio Speedweek featuring the All Star Circuit of Champions. On Sunday night my direction headed east to Bedford Speedway for night number two of Pennsylvania Speedweek. Both shows were packed with some exciting racing action so lets get started.
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: Mohawk Hosts Exciting Show; Danica Not That Impressive |
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I went to Mohawk International Raceway for the first time last Wednesday night, and the Super DIRTcar Series went to the three-eighths dirt oval in Hogansburg, N.Y. for the first time in 15 years. The last time the series ran at Mohawk, seven-time series champion Brett Hearn captured the victory back in 1995, with the legendary Barefoot Bob McCreadie winning the inaugural series race at Mohawk in 1994.
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JAMIE WEAKNECHT: My Dad |
 For those of you who dont know who I am, my name is Jamie Weaknecht and Ive been attending races regularly since I was 2 years old. My dad was always the person to take me. Now, at age 20, Im one of the members of party group Club Wago, which was founded by my dad and his friends before my time one year on the way to Super Dirt Week, when on the Club Wagon they were driving had the letter n fall off the side, so it read Club Wago. My dad is now in his 50s and goes to as many races and everything as ever.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Why Does Winning Equate to Cheating? |
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As a longtime fan of northeast modifieds,sprints and late models,there is something that sticks out in one class and it's mainstream fanbase. Sprint car drivers are known to take losses as bad as any other class.There are drivers that lose by the slidejob,there are drivers that lose because of the lack of using the passing flag,but very rarely does a sprint car driver accuse another driver of cheating.
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Hearn Rolls with the Raindrops |
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Modified driver Brett Hearn promoted the Big Show 2 at Orange County Fair Speedway on June 16. It was Hearn's second attempt in the racing promotion business. It was also the second time that the show was shortened because of rain. Last year's 100-lap event was curtailed on lap 59 and this year it was rain-shortened on lap 67. "The show was really good, it was a good race but we got crushed by the weather," Hearn said.
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JAMIE WEAKNECHT: Dirt Modifieds on the Asphalt "ROAD COARSE" |
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Race fans complain regularly that its time for nothing new and refreshing in the world of dirt modified racing. Something new took place this past Sunday as New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey as dirt modifieds tackled the beautiful 2.25 mile road course for a 50-mile event.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Nuzzaro on Top |
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Ron Nuzzaro Jr. the Yonkers NY native won his second career Pro Stock victory Saturday night. Nuzzaro fought his way from the back of the field along with top runners Bill Pascual and Don Carlson. Sean Corr was Nuzzaros biggest task as Corr blasted out to the front of the field and had the field completely saddled up.
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CAL CHANDONNET: NHMS Weekend June 2010 |
 What an exciting weekend for racing for the Whelen Modified Tour and the Nascar Sprint cup series at Loudon no really! Yes, Ive said it, it was actually GOOD racing at New Hampshire for once. On Saturday Bono Manions #7 piloted by Ryan Newman bested TC Ted Christopher and the ground pounders for 100 laps at the magic mile. TC tried to do the whole shot like at SMS into turn one but proved unsuccessful allowing Newman to earn his first WMT win.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Let Freedom Roar |
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It seems a dichotomy of sorts that one of the professional sporting events most closely associated with the Fourth of July -- Independence Day -- is the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. On the day set aside to celebrate independence, the sport of NASCAR seems to celebrate anything but. Or does it? It has been a hot summer so far, and I'm not talking about the thermometer. Between the Stanley Cup and the World Cup, temperatures and passions have run high.
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Columns From June 22nd
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Heffner Is Still Looking For A Victory |
When you look at the win stats for the modified drivers for the 2010 race season at Lebanon Valley Speedway, it's surprising not to see J.R. Heffner's name on the list. Heffner, like many of the Valley's top names (Brett Hearn, Eddie Marshall, Mark Flach and Andy Bachetti) have yet to grace victory lane. "We're moving in slowly," said Heffner, who is in third place in the points chase.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Can Racing Win Back Minor League Baseball Fans ? |
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With the entertainment dollar being fought for by movies,stick and ball sports and auto racing,what decides where the family spends their entertainment dollar? In recent years,it seems that many of the racing loyalists have ventured off to the ballpark for some alternate family entertainment,due to giveaways,being close to the players and a chance to go home with a souvenir foul ball or player autograph.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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This past Sunday night it was off to Sportsmans Speedway in Knox Pennsylvania for the return of the 410 Sprint Cars. The last time the 410 Sprints visited Sportsmans was in 2007. Sunday night was the first of a four race series being run for the Auto Racers for Kids Charity presented by Bonnell Collision. The four race series features a solid purse of over $13,000 dollars with $3,000 going to the winner of each feature event. All proceeds from each event will benefit local charities for children.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Arnold in Pros and Napolitano and Conklin in Sportsman! |
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Saturday night the track was in beautiful shape and even more cars entered the pits then previous weeks. Gary Napolitano won his first ever sportsman feature event beating out 15 year old Sammy Piazza. Piazza who was all over Napolitano didnt have enough bite to beat Napolitano and settled for a second place finish.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Repeat Performance: NASCAR Hits Its Marks Time After Time |
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To be a successful NASCAR driver, you have to be more than simply fast. Winning involves good vision and reflexes, physical strength and endurance, and patience. A driver needs to have a certain amount of fearlessness and yes, a little bit of luck now and again. Theres another thing, too. You have to be able to remain alert, even when things get dull.
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Columns From June 15th
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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Friday night it was back out to Central Pennsylvania as the All Star Circuit of Champions made their second swing into Central Pennsylvania to take on the Pennsylvania Posse. After fighting Mother Nature the past two weeks and losing, the weather finally cooperated allowing Williams Grove to complete another fantastic night of racing action at the historic 1/2-mile. The Posse defended their turf once again against the All Stars as the fans were treated to one of the closest finishes in the history of Williams Grove Speedway. Another great 30-lap feature to report on so here comes the green flag on this weeks column.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: WILD FULL FENDER ACTION! |
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Saturday night the Pro Stocks geared up for double features while pure stocks were contending for their own regular night show. Pro Stocks kicked the night off with a held over 15 lap feature which started all time winner Scott Kehr on the front row next to returning veteran Paul Maiolo. They went green and Kehr a crate powered combatant got a little edge over Maiolo and led for four laps.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Harvick Has 20/20 Vision For Logano |
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Clichs earn that designation for a reason. Yes, they might be tired and hackneyed, but theyre also mostly true, which is why they are pulled out, dusted off and shoved up in peoples faces time and again. The final laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono served to vividly illustrate that point. Most of us played the game Musical Chairs when we were kids, so we know from experience that two bodies cannot physically occupy the same space at the same time. This also applies to stock cars.
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Columns From June 8th
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RANDY KANE: Von Dohren Sweeps The Weekend |
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Craig Von Dohren has had fast cars all season long, running weekly at the Big Diamond Raceway in Forrestville, PA on Friday evenings aboard the Mike Harvey owned No. 1C 358 Modified machine and weekly on Saturday nights steering that self-financed look-alike No. 1C 358 Modified entry. All the 6-time Grandview Speedway point champion needed was a little luck. Earlier this season, the 48-year-old Von Dohren had a feature race all but in his pocket, with 5 to go at Grandview, when engine issues ended Craigs stout effort prematurely.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Do Special Events Hurt Regular Attendance? |
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Living in an area where there are about 25 tracks within 2 hours travel time,do race fans really want to go to every special race scheduled near them? Whether it be the WoO Sprints,WoO LM's,All Star Sprints,Lucas Oil LM's,DIRT Mods or even just a special event for the locals,can race fans really afford to get to all the races they had originally planned on attending.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Where are they at? |
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Well as many fans and team know the Pro Stock car count is low except Lebanon Valley whose well above average with over 20 cars a week. Lebanon Valley has always been a predominantly full fender track with usually around or over 50 pure stocks a week. Accord, Glen Ridge, OCFS, Fonda, and Bethel all have mixed car counts as one week its up the next its down. Bethel is an asphalt speedway that has a decent amount of dirt cars racing on the asphalt on Saturdays. Many faces from the Accord and OCFS speedways make their way there throughout the year in the Sportsman, Pro, and Pure Stock classes.
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Johnson enjoys Accord oval |
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Modified driver Ronnie Johnson wasn't thrilled when promoter Bruce Richards decided to pave his dirt oval. It meant Johnson had to find something different to do on Friday nights. "My heart is still at Albany-Saratoga. It was one of my favorite racetracks when it was dirt," Johnson said. "Once (Richards) made to decision to do that, I really didn't look back. I have dirt cars and a dirt modified race team and it just didn't fit for my team."
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Kurt, Kyle Make Vegas The City Of Brotherly Love |
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"Brother acts" are hardly a new phenomenon in NASCAR. There are many notable examples: Bobby and Donnie Allison. Terry and Bobby Labonte. The Waltrips. The Wallaces. The Burtons. The Flocks. But as the sport continues to diversify, attracting drivers from all over the nation and even the world, that time-honored tradition is becoming diluted just a little bit. Looking around the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage these days, there really arent too many active competitors who are actual relatives or blood kin, as we call them in this neck of the woods.
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Columns From June 1st
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Rookie of the Year Winner ?????? |
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Can someone help me with the following question? Does 1 regular driver running for the 2010 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year deserve to get the award? Kevin Conway has been behind the wheel of the whole Front Row Racing stable of cars so far this year,all in hopes of making sure he has a locked in ride for the 2010 Rookie of the Year award.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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This year Memorial Day weekend was marked on the calendar of many Western Pennsylvania Sprint Car fans. For the first time in the history of Tri-City Speedway, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series invaded the Venango County 1/2-mile in front of gigantic crowd this past Sunday night. Picture perfect weather greeted the packed house for this highly anticipated inaugural event. An outstanding night of racing action to report on so lets get started.
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ROBIN YASINSAC-GILLESPIE: Tremont tackles asphalt test |
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Kenny Tremont will begin his weekly assault on asphalt racing when he heads to Albany-Saratoga Speedway. "It's going to be all new -- it's going to be quite interesting," said Tremont, a veteran of modified racing on dirt. Bruce Richards decided to convert his raceway to the way it was in the 1970s when his father purchased the Malta-based oval, so he went to asphalt instead of dirt. When Richards made the decision last fall he lost some stars (Brett Hearn, Ronnie Johnson, Matt DeLorenzo) from the Friday night modified starting lineup. Tremont was one of the ones who wanted to stay and give it a try.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Double Duty Possible Thanks To Armed Forces Tours Of Duty |
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The Memorial Day weekend is a pivotal point in racing for far more than one reason. The first and most obvious reason is the same one that explains why buffet restaurants continue to do a booming business, even in a tough economic climate: quantity. Theres so much good stuff to consume, and so little time in which to do it, that we run the risk of surfeiting ourselves, worried that well miss something really tasty. It is a risk race fans are willing to take, and have been taking since 1974, the first year the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway competed head to head on the same day Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.
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Columns From May 25th
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RANDY KANE: Adam McAuliffe Showing Hes Got What It Takes |
Aboard his clean-looking J. R. Trucking Repair No. 234 GM Crate Sportsman machine, this season, at the Fonda Speedway, Adam McAuliffe has shown hes got what it takes. Theres no doubt about it.
This season, running weekly at the Track of Champions, the 24-year-old second-year driver is looking for that first career feature win, plus a lot more top 5 finishes. In addition, Adam has been throttling his ride as a weekly racer on Friday nights at the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, running with the DIRTcar Sportsman division.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Indy Qualifying Brings Back Excitement |
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As a fan of all types of racing ,I was eagerly watching every minute of Bump Day at Indianapolis,especially with some name drivers still on the outside looking in and all the team engineers patiently waiting for cooler temperatures and the sun to set. The chess game that some teams were playing,left me wondering how much money was being spent on speed and how much money was spent on the drivers. Tony Kanaan was one driver that after day 1,you'd figure he was a lock to be in the starting field if not the starting front row.Tony's time left him searching for answers not only in making the car faster,but getting refocused to go out and make some additional laps before the 11 was put back into the qualifying grid area.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Old School Meets New School |
Jimmy NASCAR Smith is by far one of the most unique racers in the pro stock class at the Orange County Fair Speedway and is also one of the nicest. Jimmy has been racing since way back when OCFS had the rookie street stocks and pro stocks.
In 2009 Jimmy made his return after a real bad wreck on the back stretch in 2007 where Jimmy was found on top of the wall almost in the pits. Now hes known for his familiar #52 pro stock which is exactly like the Leak Less car from the movie Cars.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
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My weekend started off last Thursday night with a trip to Williams Grove Speedway for the first of six stops by the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series at the legendary 1/2-mile. A great 25-lap feature saw the Pennsylvania Posse once again defend their turf with Chad Layton taking an exciting victory. On Saturday night I made my first trip of the season to Fremont Speedway in Fremont Ohio for their second race of the 2010 season. A lot of great racing action to report this week so lets get started.
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ROBIN YASINSAC: A son's victory, a father's pride |
If you look in the dictionary under "happy" you just might see former race car driver Ron Dwyer's smiling face. Dwyer's 16-year-old son, Olden, won the 20-lap Sportsman feature event at Lebanon Valley Speedway. It was an extremely jubilant celebration.
"Every caution lap I kept thinking that somebody was going to come up on me," said Olden, who held off two veteran racers for the victory.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Pit Crew Members Are 'Roll' Models |
Last year, the top story that came out of the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge presented by Craftsman, one of the most popular events leading up to the annual Sprint All Star Race, was written by Marty Smith of ESPN.
Smiths account of Jack Kerr, who won $10,000 in the individual jack man category of competition, then donated his winnings to the family of a critically injured 4-year-old boy, reignited the spirit of selflessness and compassion in its readers, inspiring similar acts of generosity from many of them.
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Columns From May 18th
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RANDY KANE: Mixed Reviews So Far This Season For Paul Frantz |
Mustachioed second-generation sportsman modified asphalt raceway pilot, Paul Frantz has had some mixed reviews, so far, kicking off the new racing season at the flat, third-mile Sundance Vacations Speedway, near Hazleton, PA. Paul has had some good runs, as well as some horrible luck, forcing the chauffeur from Scheidys, PA to ride the roller coaster through the early going in 2010 wheeling his self-owned Haines Exxon No. 210 machine. Frantz timed eighth quickest on pole day and, after a roll of the dice, found himself starting from third-place in the season opening 40-lapper.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Where Are These Announcers From? |
After watching a few NASCAR programs and pre-race shows this weekend,it has become very clear that female racing announcers are the big thing right now.I'm not sexist and I'm not saying male announcers are always worth their paychecks,but there were some blunders made during some broadcasts that had me scrambling for the remote.
I will not mention names because this is not being tabbed as a slap at one particular person,but when she was doing her pre-race pit reporting,I learned absolutely nothing.It was like listening to an 8 Track Tape going round and round.
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DOUG SEEGER: My Weekend Travels... |
My weekend started off last Thursday night with a trip to Williams Grove Speedway for the first of six stops by the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series at the legendary 1/2-mile. A great 25-lap feature saw the Pennsylvania Posse once again defend their turf with Chad Layton taking an exciting victory. On Saturday night I made my first trip of the season to Fremont Speedway in Fremont Ohio for their second race of the 2010 season. A lot of great racing action to report this week so lets get started.
Thursday night the World of Outlaws made their first appearance of the 2010 season at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania. You really cannot beat a World of Outlaw show at the Grove.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: NASCAR Hall of Fame On Its Game |
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Fame, according to a very old saying, is the perfume of heroic deeds. So if anyone in the vicinity of Charlotte, N.C. notices an unfamiliar aroma in the air as they go about their daily business, dont panic. The reason may well be the fact that the long awaited NASCAR Hall of Fame has opened its doors at last. The decision regarding the facilitys location was officially announced in March 2006, and the ensuing four years have, in typical NASCAR fashion, sped by as designs were approved, exhibits were collected, and the selection process for the inaugural inductee class was completed.
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Columns From May 11th
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RON SZCZERBA: 1999: LOU LAZZARO THE LEGEND |
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This is a story that I wrote back in 1999 that was published in the June 1999 edition of the Redline Motorsports Magazine. With the Lou Lazzaro Memorial event coming up this Saturday at Fonda I dug it out of the archives and thought that I would send it out for people to read again. I contacted Mimi Lazzaro and asked if this would be okay to send out and she said that it was so please enjoy the story.
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RANDY KANE: Veteran Hendershot Off To A Good Start |
Twenty-two-year racing veteran Mike Hendershot has gotten off to a good start aboard his self-owned Red Horse Lukoil and Deli Troyer built No. 80 big block Modified mount this season at the New Egypt Speedway. Racing weekly against a bunch of top-running racers, the second-generation chauffeur knows he needs a solid performance, week in-and-week out. His respectable start has Hendershot looking forward to a great season.
With some 41 cars in a crowded pit area on Opening Night, in late April, Mike lined up outside row one in the third heat race. At the drop of the rag, Mike assumed the top spot and never looked back.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: What Keeps You Away? |
It's a known fact that motel room rates rise when a special event is in the area and also gas prices will rise slightly as well,but what keeps you away from a racing event that you always wanted to attend?
After spending the weekend at Darlington,it was quite apparent that room rates not only were raised,but to the point of it having race fans head back home.I know many fans had reservations made in advance and many reputable lodging facilities will honor the reservation,but after talking with a few fans at the merchandise trailers, it was not the case in the Darlington area.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Wild Full Fender Action |
This Saturday night an early call to cancel a few upstate tracks brought in some top competitors from a few tracks. Orange County Fair Speedway was one of the few tracks to run this past Saturday May 8th.
In Pure Stock competition the weather caused some track regulars to stay away but the feature went on and it was the most exciting feature Pure Stocks has seen since the Veteran Pure Stock feature from Eastern States Weekend last year. Johnny Hechinger got right straight out to the front as the pack closed in on him.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Too Tough To Tame More Than A Name For Kvapil, Darlington |
It seems oddly appropriate to be standing in a hauler with Travis Kvapil in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage at Darlington Raceway because in a way, both are testaments to the tenacity of the little guy.
Kvapil, driver of the No. 34 Long John Silvers Ford for Front Row Motorsports has, to paraphrase the old Joni Mitchell song, looked at racing from both sides now.
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Columns From May 4th
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: OCFS Full Fender Weekend |
Two of the major support classes of racing took to the speedway this Saturday and came right back again on Sunday. On Saturday Pure Stocks and Pro Stocks ran their respective 15 lap features and qualifying heats. In Pure Stock racing on Saturday nineteen cars competed and of the nineteen the 4 car Dave Van Sise won the feature.
One of the most exciting features weve seen at OCFS in a while. Van Sise left the field behind but going on behind him was Tommy Shortway, Frank Thissen, Emerson Cargain, Joel Murns, and Johnny Hechinger battling.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Are There Enough Classes in Racing???? |
As a longtime race fan it is becoming quite apparent that many new race fans are becoming more confused with what class of racing they are paying to watch.
Without naming NASCAR's divisions,Indy Car or the multitude of SCCA classes,let's see if I can come up with a variety of names used by racing tracks just in my area of ,PA,NJ,NY and DE.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: NASCAR In May: History Is Beautiful This Time Of Year |
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Its race week in Darlington, and I am sitting in my office -- also in Darlington. I am surrounded by flyers and posters and cardboard stand-ups of various drivers smiling hopeful smiles, most of which will be replaced by scowls and a few choice words once the green flag drops at the cantankerous old track.
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Columns From April 27th
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RANDY KANE: Paul Kline Looking Towards Another Comeback |
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Battle-tested Reading, PA based chauffeur Paul Kline has had a lot of different and interesting ideas running through his mind since the calendar turned to 2010. The veteran campaigner has been up-and-down on the track and in-and-out of the cockpit in recent years, but, now, the 46-year-old pilot is wondering a lot about his racing future.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Fascination With NASCAR Big Business |
In this day and age of high dollar racing,the only people that are making money are making it at the expense of smaller teams,trying to keep up with the Joneses or should we say the Hendrick's.
It was once said to make a small fortune in auto racing,you have to start with a large fortune. Aside from the corporate honchos in NASCAR that own most of the teams, control most of the engine and car building,what else is left.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Orange County Pro Stocks Week #2 |
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Saturday night April 24th 2010 OCFS kicked off their second week of competition for the pro stocks. With the hard work and effort I put into the class we got 5 first time starters of the season on the night. Scott Kehr, Jimmy Smith, Tom Cilurso, Steve Galgano, and Rob Yetman made their way to the track to compete.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Why Silly Season Isn't Silly At All |
In keeping with the global climate changes weve been experiencing of late, Silly Season has come early this year. For as long as I've been a fan of NASCAR, I have believed the term "Silly Season" was actually coined by our sport.
The name has typically been used to describe roughly the second half of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, when teams and sponsors and even auto manufacturers begin the process of realigning themselves for the following year. In years past, it was the time when Hendrick Motorsports would announce the addition of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to its driver lineup, for example, or Tony Stewart would officially reveal the creation of Stewart-Haas Racing.
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Columns From April 20th
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Shound NASCAR Return to Dirt? |
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With the purchasing of Eldora Speedway by Tony Stewart and the packed house running of his specialty charity races,does NASCAR have any guts in giving the dirt fans a chance to see the stars on the clay????
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Pro Stocks Opening Night |
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Ladies and gentlemen Saturday night Orange County Fair Speedway kicked off their official season. The full fender challengers were low on cars but on a spectacular show combating with each other and exhibiting what there racing will be like all season long.
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: AJ Kingsley - GM Crate Late Model Racer |
 Hometown: Fulton, NY, Car: Rocket Chassis, Engine: GM Crate, Body: Pontiac GTO, Home Track: Fulton Speedway, Major Sponsor: Patriot Tank Lines, Associate Sponsors: WAVE Energy Drink,Pit Stop Convenience Store, E & V Energy, King Landscaping, FDI Finkle
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CATHY ELLIOTT: '11 Can Wait For Dreamy Kahne |
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Each January, the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) holds its annual convention and awards banquet in Charlotte. Its a fun event, and its always nice to see the sometimes underappreciated motorsports media corps rewarded for its hard work.
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Columns From April 13th
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RANDY KANE: The Flyin Farmer Continues His Mastery At Bridgeport |
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With a very respectable crowd in the grandstands along the front straightaway on Saturday night, at the spacious five-eighth-mile Bridgeport Speedway oval, second-generation big block Modified wheeltwister Wade Hendrickson, whos the defending track champion, put on an impressive display of speed, while taking career win number 43 in the 30-lap season opening main event.
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CAL CHANDONNET: Action From The Icebreaker! |
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Well the first race is in the books for the 2010 campaign and right away there is drama. And what do you know? It isnt Ted Christopher and everyone else, it is a battle of the young lion and the battle hardened veteran. In the late race restart brought the Boehler racing #3 of Ryan Preece and the Flamingo Motorsports #16 of Mike Stefanik.
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DOUG SEEGER: Ohio Bound! |
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This past weekend it was off to Ohio for the first time this year. Saturday night the OReilly All Star Circuit of Champions invaded Attica Raceway Park in Attica Ohio for the Spring Nationals. Originally scheduled for a two-day show, Friday night was cancelled due to cold weather and showers.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Are Enduros Real Racing????? |
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The thought of taking the family to watch some auto racing always is in the back of many people's minds for their weekend entertainment.You have baseball,football,hockey,bowling,golf and even soccer can be put on the "go-see or do" agenda for sports fans of all ages.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: OCFS Pro Stock Practice! |
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Saturday night April 10th was open practice at the Orange County Fair Speedway I the beautiful Middletown New York area. Out of seven different divisions with new cars, the pro stock class had a group of about seven cars. Of the seven racers were Timmy Southard in the red and white 89, Tommy Vigh in the all black bodied car, Johnny Velde in Mike Weslowskis 33J, 2009 track champion Bill Pascual in the 3, Julius Pepin a first year pro stock rookie in the 33, runner up for the 2009 championship Troy Arnold in the 73J, and former weekly competitor Paul Maiolo in the 92.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Its a bird, its a plane no, its The Biff |
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The first time I heard a driver -- it was Kurt Busch -- refer to Greg Biffle as The Biff, I laughed out loud. It sounded so much like a superheros name. But what kind of superhero might he be? Their names should be indicative of their powers, right? They are men to be respected, by virtue of their physical prowess. The Hulk is bigger than we are, The Flash is faster, and Superman, obviously, is simply super.
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Columns From April 6th
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Ultimate Underdog Becomes Fan Favorite |
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On a night when many fans are supporting their favorite driver until the final checkered,it was quite apparent opening night at Grandview might have changed a few fans thought processes.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Accord and OCFS News and Notes |
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This past Saturday Accord Speedway held its first open practice for 2010. A nice group of modifieds, pro stocks, sportsman, vintage modifieds, pure stocks, spec sportsman, 4 cylinders, and micro sprints were on tap. Of the Pro Stocks portion seven cars took to the track for practice.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: All Grown Up From Young Guns To Straight Shooters |
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Small things can get a person's attention in a big way. This point was driven home to me while watching pre-race coverage from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville in last month. Denny Hamlin was being interviewed, and at the bottom of the TV screen was a simple graphic that read, "Denny Hamlin, 29."
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Columns From March 30th
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DOUG SEEGER: Early Season Sprint Car Action! |
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This past weekend it was back out to Central Pennsylvania for another two race weekend. On Friday night Williams Grove Speedway pushed on with their second race of the 2010 season despite the very frigid weather conditions.
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CAL CHANDONNET: The Waterford Speedbowl! |
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Nothing like a modified tour race to cure the winter time blues, unfortunately old man winter decided to stick around Waterford for the weekend. Not to mention a hefty amount of rain was dropped upon the New London track to top things off.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Meaning of Test and Tune |
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After spending a nice spring afternoon at Grandview,I was wondering what some of the drivers consider the meaning of open practice or test and tune as it is sometimes known.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Middletown Motor Sports and More OCFS News! |
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The annual Middletown Motor Sports Car Show just passed displaying vehicles from Accord, Bethel, and Orange County Speedways. From slingshots to big blocks a decent amount of cars were entered. A few of the winners of the awards were the Boniface boys in sportsman, Troy Arnold in pro stocks, Mike Consales in pure stocks, and Scott Ferrier in the big blocks.
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CATHY ELLIOTT:Jimmie Johnson Is Good But Hes Lucky, Too |
Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnsons early season dominance has his fellow drivers doing a little more than scratching their heads. Theyre pounding their race cars and blaming Johnsons success on the mystical power of luck.
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Columns From March 23rd
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JAMIE WEAKNECHT: The Surge of the RoC |
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Theres a tour making a serious bid to dethrone the Super Dirt Series as the premier level of dirt modified racing in the northeast. The RoC Tour, which began its sixth season of competition last weekend, is finally cutting into the huge gap that Dirt held over the rest of the modified racing world.
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO Let's Get Ready to Race! |
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The temperature in Selinsgrove, Pa., was unseasonably warm, and early spring felt more like early summer. It was the perfect weather for some dirt track racing and the ideal setting for the opening of the 2010 Race of Champions Dart Dirt Modified Tour.
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CAL CHANDONNET: The Countdown To Thompson! |
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The countdown is on to Thompson. The machines of the modified tour sit idle while teams and drivers jockey for wheelmen and sponsorships. When the smoke clears upon an unknown driver roster we can all make our choices as to who will win the 2010 championship. No matter what the roster is, I have my predictions ready in hand.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Selinsgrove Hot in March |
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Mother Nature decided to stay home this weekend as the Icebreaker 25 for 358's and Icebreaker 50 for big blocks found April temps in March. The pits and stands showed everyone that we were all tired of sitting inside.Car counts in the mid 50's for the small blocks and mid 60's for the big blocks left many fans ready for the green to be waved.
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DOUG SEEGER: Opening Day at Williams Grove |
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Welcome back for another season of Wide Open Weekly. After a long cold and snowy winter the weather finally took a turn for the good and allowed the 2010 Northeast season to get underway. This past Friday night Williams Grove Speedway open under unseasonably warm March time temperatures which brought out a huge crowd and great filed of Sprint Cars.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Neon Dion Naples |
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The Neon one Dion Naples is on of the upcoming stars at the Orange County Fair Speedway. Dion is by far one of the nicest drivers a fan can meet and is a hilarious person. He awaits the arrival of the 2010 season amidst his race shop in Bloomingdale New Jersey. This season is sure to be none other like Dion has seen. What are his plans? What the thinks? Well find out no later then now!
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CATHY ELLIOTT:The Long And Short Of It Is Bullrings Rule |
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A little over a decade ago, Jim Hunter, NASCARs current vice president of corporate communications who then served as president of Darlington Raceway, took masterful advantage of what could have been a discouraging situation.
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FOOD CITY 500: Johnson Gets First Win At Bristol, 50th Overall |
 In a milestone race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnsonthe last driver third-place finisher Kurt Busch wanted to see win the racetook the checkered flag for the 50th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career in the Food City 500.
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Columns From March 16th
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: A Chat With #33 Bill Wimble |
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Even though I am only 22 years old, I consider myself an old-school racing fan. That is because I have been a part of the sport of auto racing for all 22 of those years and still remember what I like to call the good old days of racing.
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CAL CHANDONNET: Cal & Glen Reen |
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Team info: Nascar Modified Tour, Car type: Chassis Dynamics Chevrolet, Sponsor: Reen Orthodontics, Crew Chief : Jimmy Fuller
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: Dan Wiesner - DirtCar Sportsman Driver |
 Marital Status: Married (Emily), Children: Daughter (Natalie), Hometown: Geneva, NY, Car: 2008 Troyer Max Flex, Engine: GM Crate 602, Body: Mustang, Home Track: Canandaigua, Rolling Wheels, Major Sponsor: Monroe Wheelchair, Associate Sponsors: Safety Awareness Solutions, Wayne's Spa Service, Sparkling Waves, Troyer Race Cars, BC Designs
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Woman in Local Racing! |
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Dirt racing and racing in general is most commonly known to be a male dominated sport. With drivers such as Brett Hearn, Danny Johnson, and Billy Decker being the top dogs of competition, but at these weekly race tracks youfll find the ladies of the sport being just as popular as the other racers they compete with.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Will Modifieds Always Look the Same? |
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In this day and age of "store bought" race cars and parts,there once was a time when sheer craftsmanship and know-how made you a better race car driver at virtually no costs but your time.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Returning Favors: There's The Rub In Racing |
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For fans of Penske Racing, the March 7 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was, in the words of Charles Dickens, the best of times, and the worst of times.
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: 2010 Motorsports Expo Preview |
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The 24th annual Motorsports Expo is coming up this weekend at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y., and the event that many people consider to mark the beginning of a new racing season is likely to be a hit with racing fans all around the Northeast as it is each and every year.
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CAL CHANDONNET: Madhouse! Madhouse! Madhouse! |
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Lets face it. There are some divisions of racing that arent covered as much as they should be. I remember at the end of 2008 when the Busch East and the Modified tour were going to run the Fall Final and Comcast sports net was going to broadcast the race on a 15 min tape delay.
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Will Another Death Change NASCAR? |
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As a lifelong fan of auto racing in all forms,what happened at Atlanta between Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards was one for the ages....in the wrong way. The photos,film clips,the driver interviews and the response from fans and media have really made this more important than the actual race itself.What Edwards did to Keselowski was not only a payback,but almost a catastrophe.
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: Billy Pauch Jr. |
 Hometown: Frenchtown, NJ, Car: T102, 11, 88, Engine: Nick Gatto Motors, Body: Teo and Bicknell, Home Track: Big Diamond and Grandview, Sponsors: Felty Farms, Eastern Rigging, Kens Tire, Shaeffers Harley Davidson
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JAMIE WEAKNECHT: Izod IndyCar Series Preview 2010 |
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The IndyCar Series sets for their third season of unified American open wheel racing with lots of concerns. Only 3 full-time drivers were born in the United States, their television contract with Versus continues to be tainted by the riffs between Versus and Direct TV, costing the series hundreds of thousands of viewers, popular drivers Graham Rahal and Tomas Scheckter are currently rideless, and long-time series owner Tony George has left the Indy Motor Speedway Board, and his race team, Vision Racing, has closed its doors for the 2010 racing season.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Pro Stock Action at Its Best |
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Pro Stocks, Pure Stocks, and a Demolition Derby on a Sunday afternoon is something Orange County Fair Speedway hasnt seen since Full fender Frenzy days in 2006. In 2006 Racinvideos.com brought us a showdown of the two full fender classes of Orange County into a two series qualifying races.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Harvick At Home In Hot-Lanta |
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Leading into any given NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekend, you always hear a lot of talk about hometown heroes. In Las Vegas, it focused on Kurt and Kyle Busch. In Richmond, Va., Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton find themselves even more popular than usual.
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KOBALT TOOLS 500: Kurt Busch Wins |
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Kurt Busch won two races Sunday: the Kobalt Tools 500 and the Carl Edwards 25. In a race that went 16 lapsnearly 25 milespast its scheduled distance, after Edwards retaliated against Brad Keselowski for an incident earlier in Sundays NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Busch took advantage of a strong restart to grab the lead during the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag restart and crossed the finish line .482 seconds ahead of runner-up Matt Kenseth.
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Columns From March 2nd
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JAMIE WEAKNECHT: Chad Brachmann...from a Fan Point of View |
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We all have a favorite driver. Whether that driver is still actively racing is a different story, but we all have that one guy or girl that we cheer for over anyone else. We look up to them, they're our heroes, the people we look up to. No matter how they're running, when it's race day, we're proud to display their hats, shirts, and sweatshirts, to show the world who we'll be cheering for.
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CAL CHANDONNET: Racing Against Money in Asphalt Mods |
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We all know what a modified is, 2600 lbs, 600 hp; a NASCARs fastest sanctioned car. There is no doubt that when these cars take the track that the fans pack the stands. These cars produce the best racing hands down. However, excitement comes with a very high price tag for the drivers. So what has been done over the years to curb this?
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Season Race Scheduling |
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Is it me or are the race tracks in the northeast that have February opening dates losing the battle with Mother Nature more often than not? Lincoln and Hagerstown have always been the 2 that try to schedule early season opening days and in most instances it always gets canceled.
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: Mike Bush - 305CI Sprint Car / Budget Sportsman Driver |
 Hometown: Highland Falls, NY Residence: Hudson Falls, NY Team Information Car: 2009 J & J Sprint Car & 2006 Bicknell Engine: Race Saver spec 305 Motor & 602 Crate Body:CRSA & CVRA Home Track: Albany Saratoga Speedway, Malta , NY Major Sponsor: Tomkins Cove Plumbing & Heating, C.M. Landscaping Inc., KAW Enterprise. Associate Sponsors: FK Rod Ends, DMI, Team Simpson, Valken Wheels
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Blast From The Past |
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This week, the first installment of a section Im going to call Blast from the Past! I caught up with former Pro Stock racer from OCFS, Fred Pavia. Freds currently located in New Windsor New York and is very eager to get involved in the sport again. Within talking to Fred Ive learned many things like most importantly I need to dig throughout my closet and find them old racing videos to relive many classic moments that were made at the Orange County Fair Speedway.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: News - Oval Of Life: Farewell To A Legend, Hello To Fatherhood |
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It seems ironic that as NASCAR is preparing to race at perhaps its most modern, contemporary track of all -- Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- one of the most significant events that occurred in the sport during the week leading up to the race focused not on the NASCAR's present, but on its past.
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SHELBY AMERICAN 400: Johnson Reels In Gordon To Win Fourth at Las Vegas |
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Jimmie Johnson didn't need luck in Las Vegas -- he was just that good when it counted in Sunday's Shelby American at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A week after parlaying a lucky break on pit road at Fontana, Calif., into his first win of the season, Johnson pulled away to beat Kevin Harvick by 1.874 seconds at the 1.5-mile track. Johnson's 49th career victory leaves him alone in 12th place on the Cup Series wins list, one behind Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson.
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Columns From February 23rd
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MIKE FELTENBERGER: Danica Overload |
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After witnessing 3 races that have had Danica Patrick in the field,how much more do we need to hear her name when she's a non-factor in the race.If Las Vegas had an over-under line on the mention of her name surely,the over would have won.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Pure Stocks on the Hard Clay 2010, and Some More Pro Stock Information |
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The very popular pure stocks saw an excellent year in 2009.45 cars collected points in between both the veterans and amateur classes. Emerson Pop Cargain took the veteran championship with an outstanding 100 point lead over 2nd place Marty VanNeiuwland.
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: Del Rouguex - Pennsylvania Big Block Dirt Modified Driver |
 Marital Status: Single, Hometown: Frenchville, PA, Car: Bicknell, Engine: Kriner Racing Engines, Body: HigFab, Home Track: Lernerville, Major Sponsor: Vinyl Graphics Unlimited, K&N Filters, FK Rod Ends, Associate Sponsors: BC Designs, Behrents, Arts Radiators
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CAL CHANDONNET: Who Will Drive the Mystic Missile in 2010? |
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As the months wind down and drivers vie for rides left and right, there is one car still without a driver. The Bob Garbarino Mystic Missile is without a driver this year and some have questions whether it is the end for the famous #4.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Great American Dream: McMurray Still Can't Believe Daytona Win |
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Some dreams are so big, and seem so unattainable, that even the dreamer doesnt believe they can ever come true. Just ask 2010 Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray. After the race, McMurray talked about the experience of seeing the checkered flag in front of him ... and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., one of the best superspeedway racers in NASCAR, coming up behind him. Fast.
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AUTO CLUB 500: Johnson Rallies For Victory At Fontana |
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A career came full circle for Jimmie Johnson, who won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway in 2002 and on Sunday claimed his fifth victory at the 2-mile track and the 48th of his career matching the No. 48 on his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
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Columns From February 16th
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JAMIE WEAKNECHT: What Are Dirt Tracks Doing Special for 2010? |
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The northeast racing season is right around the corner. As the Florida DirtCar Nationals closed for 2010, us race fans sit inside, watch the snow begin to melt away, and count down the days until the modifieds run their first race north of Florida, as they return to Hagerstown Speedway on February 27th.
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JORDAN SHEEHAN: Pro Stocks on the Hard Clay 2010 |
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Last season Bill Pascual mastered the orange County Fair Speedway (OCFS) pro stock division. Bill beat out Warwick NYs Troy Arnold by 48 points. Tommy Vigh of Sussex NJ came in 3rd followed by The Irish Man Tim McCarthy and Tommy Cilurso.
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JONATHAN MONFILETTO: 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview |
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The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has already turned into the Who Can Beat Jimmie Johnson? Series. If you look at any of the season preview magazines, youll see that the overwhelming consensus is that Jimmie Johnson will win his record-extending fifth consecutive championship. But, there is also a theme in these magazines which drivers have the best shot of unseating Johnson as champion and snapping his title streak.
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: Richie Pallai Jr. - NASCAR Whelen Modified Driver |
 Residence: Yorktown Heights, NY.....# 2 SK Modified/ #39 Whelen Modified Tour...Engine: Performance Engines by Billy the Kid...Home Track: Stafford Motor Speedway...Major Sponsor: Bosch Spark Plugs...Associate Sponsors: Lucas Oil Products, Superclean, Mahle Motorsport, Spectra Premium
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DAYTONA 500: Emotional Win For McMurray, Second Place For Earnhardt Jr. |
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What a storybook finish! Jamie McMurray won the 52nd annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 but it took three green, white, checkered flag attempts and an unbelievable shove from the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., to pull the curtain down on one of the most exciting 500's in the sport's history.
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CATHY ELLIOTT: Drivers Focus On Winning Races, Not Other Sports |
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Like everyone else on the planet, I saw a lot of pre-game Super Bowl TV coverage on February 7, because there was no racing that day and I had nothing else to do. Like everyone else in NASCAR Nation, I got all excited and fangirlish during the portion of the broadcast when celebrities were giving their picks, and some of our drivers were included in that group.
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