| Gone Racin' Newsletter by Richard Parks #71 5/18/05 | ||
| Boat Racers
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*JACK EARLY, By Gordon Glass. Jack Early, one of the
true pioneers of post-war sports car
racing in Southern California, passed away April 17, 2005, at his
retirement home in Rancho
Mirage, California. Jack owned one of the earliest MGTCs in Los
Angeles and started his racing
career while working with Phil Hill in the shop at International
Motors in Hollywood. He also was
photographed circa 1948 tearing up the makeshift track outside the
erstwhile Davis Motorcar Co.
in Van Nuys; later racing his TC against Phil, et.al., at Gardena's
Carrell Speedway, a circular
track that TCs were never intended to race on. He was also one of
the very first members of the
Cal Club, and an entrant in the first Palm Springs races. As a
sideline at that time, Jack and a few
friends designed and produced a line of MG accessories - including
the well-known coffin valve
cover with the appropriate octagonal beveled edges - under the name
"Autocessories, Ltd."
*TED ROBERTS, By Art Evans. It is with very real
sadness that I must report the death of Ted
Roberts on March 4, 2005; his 78th birthday. After his retirement
as a music scorer in the film
industry, Ted moved to the desert, not too far from my Palm Springs
home. At different times, I
keep one or another car in my garage there. Since I’m a mechanical dunce, Ted would often
come over to visit and help me with whatever auto problems that came
up. Ted started racing,
as I recall, in small sedans during the fifties. Eventually, he
campaigned in the Trans-Am Series. I
am told that there will be a memorial service on Sunday, May 29, at
the Money Tree from noon
until 5 p.m. The restaurant is located at 10149 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake. *ED LESLIE, by Jim Brewer. Ed Leslie passed away on March 31 in Monterey at age 83. He
was born on October 9, 1921 in Washington State, but grew up in
Monterey. Ed served in the
Army Air Corps during WWII, spending much of the war flying
“over-the-hump” in the CBI
theatre. Afterwards, he returned to Monterey, but was called up for
Korea. Leslie was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross and retired from the Air Force as a
reservist Lieutenant Colonel.
Ed began competing in local sports car races in 1957. During the
next two decades, he competed
all over the world. In 1964, he won the USRRC championship in a
Cobra and in 1965, was a
member of Carroll’s team that won the World Manufacturer’s
Championship. Next, he drove as
a teammate to Parnelli Jones and Dan Gurney in the Trans-Am and in
1968 with Mark Donahue
when they won the series in Roger Penske’s Camaros. In 1969, Ed
drove at Sebring and finished
second at Daytona. Leslie is survived by two ex-wives, a son, three
daughters, six grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren. A son predeceased him.
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*Roberta Nichols Yakel Memorial. Saturday, June
25, 2005, from 11:30 am to 4:30pm. A
buffet luncheon with beverages will be provided. The Dearborn
Inn, 20301 Oakwood Blvd,
Dearborn, MI 48124. (313-271-2700) There will be a display area
for photos and other
memories if you wish to bring something and please also bring a
story to tell if you like. For those
coming from out of town, a block of rooms has been reserved for
Thursday through Sunday the
23rd through the 26th at $119/night under the name of Roberta
Nichols. Reservations should
be made before June 3rd. Please RSVP by June 18 to Roberta’s
daughter Kathleen McDonald
kgf116@hotmail.com
208-343-8251, 2115 N. 29th St, Boise ID 83703-5847.
Editor's note:
Roberta Nichols Yakel was a member of the Boat
Racers Reunion and one of our Honorees
at the 2003 event. She was a pioneer in boat and car racing,
along with her husband, Lynn Yakel.
Roberta was an engineer with Ford and helped many people promote
in that company.
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*Evelyn Roth, our website owner, sends this in:
http://www.oilstick.com/clubproj/1.htm
and
http://www.oilstick.com/clubproj/wscott.htm for Will Scott's Land Speed Racer, which is a club project. Everyone who helps to get the car on the salt at Bonneville gets a ride in it.
*STOLEN CAR ALERT. '60 Impala convertible was stolen
May 7 in Temecula, CA which is
in San Diego County. It was taken from the driveway of the owner
and he's hoping to get some
leads. You can contact Jeff at 909-376-5964 with
any info. A REWARD is offered.
www.hotrodhotline.com
(Jack Lawford)
*Boat Racers Reunion is on WDIFL.com http://wediditforlove.com/BoatRacerReunion.html
(Don Ewald) Editor's notes: Our thanks to Don Ewald
for informing his group of our activity on
June 11-12, 2005. WDIFL.com is one of the
top 20 websites in the world of auto racing.
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*2005 Stacker 2. World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule
(Doc Lehman)
5/20 Brushcreek Motorsports Complex, Peebles, OH 5/21 Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, IND 5/27-28 The Show-Me/West Plains Speedway, West Plains, MO *SCTA/BNI 57th Annual Speed Week, August 13-19 (Vehicle Inspections begin on Aug 12) *SCTA/BNI World Finals October 12-15 (Vehicle Inspections begin on Oct 11) *SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes (Southern California) Timing Trials schedule: June 12, July 17, September 11, October 23, November 12-13. *NHRA Street Legal sanctioned drag racing every Thursday night at Irwindale Speedway, January to November. See www.Irwindalespeedway.com for Summit schedule and Junior Dragster program. (Doug Stokes) -------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Hello Friends: It's time once again for the Nextel
All Star event! Last year Ken Schrader was
voted in to the race and I know you'll join me again this year by
logging on to their website and
filling in the necessary marketing (name, address, etc), then hit
the submit button and a list of
NASCAR Stars will appear. We encourage you to please share
the passion of the Sport of Dirt
Track Racing and vote Kenny into the All Star event to be held at
Lowes Motor Speedway
during the NASCAR All Star Event this May. By the way,
Kenny's big Birthday will be May 29.
Thanks again, Pattie & Jack Frost See www.nextel.com/allstar
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*2005 Perris Auto Speedway, Perris, CA schedule of upcoming races. For more information on the 2005 Perris Auto Speedway schedule, please call (951) 940-0134. (Scott Daloisio) May 21, PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Extreme Trucks & SUV/Hornets/Cruisers May 28, USAC/CRA Sprint Cars Salute to Indy 50 Laps *2005 California Dragway schedule at the dragstrip, California Speedway, Fontana, CA. Contact Dave Danish at 909-429-5060 or go online at www.Californiaspeedway.com. All dates and times are subject to change: May 20-22, 8am, California Street Car Nationals-Pacific Street Car Assn (10am on the 20th) May 28-29, 8am, Super Categories ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Irwindale Speedway programs, see www.Irwindalespeedway.com for schedules and updates. 2005 Irwindale oval track racing schedule: Gates open 4:30, races start at 6pm. May 21 Demolition Derby, Monster Trucks, Late Models, Legend Cars. May 28 Super Late Models Twin 50's, Super Late Models, Grand American Modifieds, Mini Stocks, West Coast Pro Trucks, Dodge Super Trucks, Ford Focus Midgets. *May 29, Irwindale Dragstrip NHRA Summit Series; Gates open 9AM, time trials 10AM (3 timed runs - time permitting - run cards will be used), eliminations 1PM, track closes 6PM. Entry fee is $45 for each division entered and the purse structure will be prorated based on the number of entries in each class. Those racing for TIME ONLY will be available at these events for $20 and all spectators are $10 each. Each divisional champion will receive a track champion's trophy and a champion's gold card (good for a free entry at any 2006 season Dragstrip event) at the Irwindale Speedway annual awards banquet. Each champion will also be invited to represent Irwindale at the Summit Finals drag racing event in the fall. SUPER PRO (electronics allowed 6 - 7.99 et), PRO (8 and slower), SPORTSMAN (8.59 and slower), and MOTORCYCLES (6 and slower). (Bob Klein and Doug Stokes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Irwindale Speedway offers Thursday night drag racing. Pro's and street legal racing welcome. 1/8 mile track. Entrance fee $20. Spectators are $10. See Dragstrip track manager Bob Klein 626-358-1100 x 211. (Doug Stokes) *May 22, Irwindale Speedway NHRA JUNIOR DRAGSTERS. Three events are scheduled. NHRA Junior Drag Racing classes will be offered with the track gates opening at 9AM, time trials 10AM, and eliminations beginning at 1PM. The races will be held on three Sundays: drivers will get three practice runs and trophies will be awarded as per the guidelines in the NHRA rulebook. Entries will be $50 per car. Spectators and Crew members are $20 each and kids under 12 admitted free. Run under NHRA rulebook. (Doug Stokes) *2005 ASA Speed Truck Challenge Schedule May 28, Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield, CA Broadcast Aug 20, 8PM PST ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *2005 Southern California Top Comp Schedule: (From Gregg Suyenaga) Race 3 June 4 Fontana Mike's Transmission Race 4 June 5 Fontana Mike's Transmission *2005 Goodguys Schedule of Events. See www.goodguys.com or call 925-838-9876: May 20-22, 1st Annual Great American Rod & Custom Nationals, Hershey, PA May 27-29, 7th Annual Spring Nationals, Jacksonville, FLA *Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum Reunions. Call 909-622-8562 June 17-1, Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, Beech Bend Park, Bowling Green, KY Sept 30-Oct 2, Automobile Club of Southern California, California Hot Rod Reunion,
Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, CA
*2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. May 19-22, 41st Annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals, Columbus, OH May 26-29, 17th Annual O'Reilly Summer Nationals, Topeka, KS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *2005 King of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule: For info call Mike OLeary 812-825-9614 or moleary@bluemarble.net KISS is at www.kissracing.com and www.Elliottbrand.com. May 20, Bloomington Speedway May 21, Lincoln Park Speedway May 28, Lawrenceburg Speedway *SEMA Car Club activities: May 21-22, Atlantic City, NJ, SEMA International Auto Salon, www.semaautosalon.com May 21-22, Little Hershey Swap Meet and Car Show, Rockford, stull1553@mchsi.com May 21-22, Redbird State Riding Area Spring Fling, ILL, 812/876-6688 May 22, Greensboro, NC, Corvettes at Bill Black Chevrolet, Clubvette, www.clubvette.org May 27-29, West Burlington, IA, Midwest IHC Classic, 319/372-3281 or scoutcon@interl.net May 27-29, Jacksonville, FL, 7th Spring Nationals, Goodguys, www.good-guys.com May 27-29, Casper, WYO, Cruisin With the Oldies, Oil Capitol Auto Club, 307/265-7314 May 28-29, Lebanon Valley Dragway, PA, Musclepalooza II, Hemmings, 800/227-4373 May 29, Millston, Wisconsin, Spring Car Show, Millston Park Commission, 715/284-0461 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) 2005 racing schedule: May 21, McKean County Raceway, 50 laps May 28, Bill Sawyer's Virginia Motor Speedway, 50 laps *2005 Crown Royal IROC Series schedule: Sept 9, Richmond International Raceway Oct 29, Atlanta Motor Speedway *2005 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series schedule (Linda K. Mansfield) May 19-21, Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant, 6 hours *2005 Nextel Cup Series schedule (NASCAR): May 21, NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge Lowe's Motor Speedway May 29, Lowe's Motor Speedway ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The John Force Cruise Night is held on the last Wednesday of each month from 5-8 P.M. at the shop in Yorba Linda, CA 92887. Contact Craig Hoelzel for details about vendor space, how to show your car, or for directions. Craig is at craig@johnforceracing.com While you are there, check out the Force Racestation gift shop next door. It is a fascinating store filled with all sorts of collectibles, including broken parts from John's Funny Cars, autographed by the 13 time NHRA Funny Car Champion himself. You'll find artwork, paintings, photographs, hats, jackets, apparel, pins, die cast cars, souvenirs and just about anything that you could want. If Force is in town and not on the race car circuit, he will be glad to sign your collectible. See hundreds of hot rods and vintage cars, rock to the music of the '50's, purchase some delicious food, and meet your fellow hot rodders. Celebrity racers and hot rodders are known to show up for this one of a kind hot rod cruise night at the legendary John Force RaceStation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum's schedule of events: June 1, Twilight Cruise Night 4:30-8pm. Ladies night, special prizes for women street rodders. June 17-19, Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, Beech Bend Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky. June 18-20, L.A. Roadster Show. *AutoStar Productions, 1226 Pike Street SW, PO Box 310, Etna, Ohio 43018, 740-964-2350 Roger Gustin, President/Owner, roger@superchevyshow.com, G. Susan Gustin, Exec VP, susan@superchevyshow.com, Rose Guagliardo, Event Dir, rose@superchevyshow.com, Greg Baumer, Sales/Ad Mgr, greg@superchevyshow.com, Hank Schmitt, Ad/Media Relations, hank@superchevyshow.com, Paul Meikle, Controller, paul@superchevyshow.com, Sandra Hanna, Executive Assistant, sandy@superchevyshow.com, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *AutoZone Super Chevy Show Tour XXV (AutoStar Productions) 2005 SCHEDULE May 20-21-22 SBR Texas Motorplex T Dallas-Ennis, TX *Showcase Photo, 20 Browning Ct., Dublin, Oh 43017, 614 766-2720, Official photographer for Super Chevy Shows and AutoStar Productions orders@showcase-photo.com *May 20, Skyline Speedway, Stewart, Ohio, 740-989-0567, www.skylinespeedway.com, Regular Show, Kids Ride With Drivers, All Classes. (Dustin Jarrett) *May 27, Skyline Speedway, Stewart, Ohio, 740-989-0567, www.skylinespeedway.com, Regular Show, SCAVENGER HUNT PRIZE NIGHT All Classes. (Dustin Jarrett) *Dirt Nation Radio show, Monday nights 8-10 P.M. at www.racetalklive.com. May 23, guests are Bill Sawyer, Ralph Capitani, Mike Swims, Todd Fisher, Roger Slack, Allan Kreitzer and Ernie Saxton. (Doc Lehman) *Dirt Nation Radio show, Monday nights 8-10 P.M. at www.racetalklive.com. May 30, guests are Bobby Varin, Bruce Neimeth, and John Duty. (Doc Lehman) -------------------------------------------------------------------------
*On Friday, June 10, Sotheby's Auction House will
offer more than 350 lots of Important Sports
Memorabilia and Cards, spanning the history of baseball, basketball,
football, boxing, tennis and
track & field. The sale will feature property from a number of
private estates, including Jim
Murray. Items from the Estate of Jim Murray. A
portion of the proceeds from the Jim Murray
Estate auction will be donated to the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation
(JMMF), a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization, founded by his widow, Linda McCoy-Murray, to
perpetuate Jim’s legacy
and his love for and dedication to his extraordinary career in
journalism. Seven $5,000 scholar-
ships are awarded annually to university journalism students. See www.sothebys.com.
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*NASCAR Manufacturer Support in Trouble? Given the
choppy financial outlook for the Big
3 automakers, some NASCAR team executives are beginning to wonder
whether the cascade
of financial and technical support they receive from Detroit will
begin to run dry. Does it really
make sense for General Motors, which lost $1.1 billion in the
first quarter of this year, and Ford
and DaimlerChrysler, which saw profits slip 30% or more, to maintain estimated nine-figure
NASCAR budgets? "It's a legitimate question that a shareholder
would ask," says Jim Andrews,
editorial director of the IEG Sponsorship Report. "But there's
also a danger in saying, 'The
company's doing badly, let's just start dumping stuff.' "
Executives representing automakers'
racing programs say sales slumps make NASCAR more important than
ever. While manufact-
urers are beginning to find ways to spend money more efficiently
in racing, executives rule out
wholesale cutbacks that would jeopardize their teams' ability to
compete. Andrews notes that
GM actually is expanding its sports marketing budget, having
signed a deal with Major League
Baseball earlier this year. "I doubt very much that these
companies are looking at NASCAR
racing and saying, 'We should be getting out,'" Andrews says.
Andrews believes automakers'
support of NASCAR is more defensive than anything else; they're
racing because their
competitors are racing. "If they weren't there, other companies
would say, 'Why aren't you
there?' " Automotive industry consultant Peter DeLorenzo,
publisher of the autoextremist.com
http://www.autoextremist.com Web site, estimates each
manufacturer spends at least $125 million
a year on NASCAR and doesn't get its money's worth. While
automakers still use racing to train
young engineers, it has been decades since advances made in NASCAR
- which limits technology
to control the cost of racing - applied to passenger cars. Beyond
that, drivers' personalities and
connections to other corporate sponsors have been marketed so
aggressively that DeLorenzo
says the kind of car they drive is an afterthought. Most
important, DeLorenzo says, being in
NASCAR does nothing to help domestic automakers overcome what he
calls their biggest
challenge: winning over foreign car buyers. NASCAR fans already
buy domestic cars and trucks.
"Detroit is spending a lot of money to preach to the choir,"
DeLorenzo says. Manufacturers'
executives tell a different story, one of positive media exposure
and fan demographics. "We
absolutely believe that it's a great return on our investment,
from the standpoint of getting
exposure," says Bob Wildberger, senior manager of NASCAR
operations for Dodge Motor-
sports. Mark Kent, director of GM Racing, says GM is in NASCAR for
the "long haul." But
Kent says they have cut back on travel expenses and are working with Chevy teams to
consolidate research and development projects. "Obviously, like
anything else in our business,
we're looking to do more with less," Kent says. (Buzz Baylis)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Bob Norton has produced a set of CDs that include each and every edition of the old bi-weekly
tabloid, MotoRacing. The cost is only $25 ($35 if
you’re off-shore). To get your very own set,
visit Allen Kuhn’s website:
www.vintage-sportscar-photos.com or email
rlnor-ton@pacbell.net.
*From all indications, our first Fabulous Fifties Concours
d’ Provenance at Paramount Ranch
was a great success with 50 cars showing up. Best of Show was
taken by Dr. Mike Jacobsen
with his 1934 MG Magnet Special that his father raced at the
very first Paramount race, Aug 19,
1956. Al Moss drove his MGTC that he raced in fifties-era races
(but not at Paramount, where
Al was Chief Judge). Stan Peterson brought his TC, which he
raced during the fifties. On Dec 8,
1956, Stan drove his MGA Simca Special at Paramount. John Ebey
entered the Siata 208S
driven at Paramount by Bill Dixon. Bill’s brother, John, was on
the crew then again on April 16,
2005. George Myers brought a 1952 Cadillac-Allard K2. Bob
Eldridge brought an MGTC.
Bobby Brigham and Jim Parkinson (who I think drove every
Paramount), and SCCA Director
Andy Porterfield (who finished ahead of me in his Corvette at the last Paramount). A non-
Paramount Corvetter showed up: 58-59 SCCA National Champ Jim
Jeffords. Lady’s Race
Paramount Champ, Ruth Levy came from Solvang. I’m working on a
new book: Paramount
Ranch Remembered. My plan is to cover
the 2005 event. If you were there back in the fifties
and you came on April 16, please let me know; I want to include
you. E-mail f50s@yahoo.com
Also, if you took any photos, either during the fifties or this
year, I would appreciate having them.
(Art Evans, founder of the Fabulous Fifties UN-club)
*May 28-29, Julian Classic Motoring Show, Julian, CA. e-mail julianauto-show@netscape.net
or call 760-765-1984. We have a 300SL, a Cobra coupe, two TCs
plus a coupe of Loti and
XK120s. See www.julianca.com.
(Bob Engberg)
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*Art, In 1947, I worked for Bob Estes in his parts department. Louie Bromie took care of his
Indy and stock cars. When Louie and Bob read the rules books,
they always looked for what the
rules didn’t say. One of the things they found was that all
parts for a stock car had to come from
the original manufacturer. That didn’t leave much room for
creative innovation with Ford/Lincoln/
Mercury. At that time, Bob was running a Mercury coupe at
Gardena with Andy Linden driving.
Louie and Bob looked into the depth of the rules and found out
that GM had lots of crossovers.
Wow, if we can put 6 cylinder pistons in an 8 cylinder block, we gain great big displacement and
horsepower. So Bob sent the girl friend of his sales manager up
the street to buy a straight-eight
Pontiac. Louie told Bob, “When we bore out this block, we’re
going to go into the water jacket,
but that’s okay, because the 6 cylinder GMC trucks have steel
sleeves and we just weld them in
the block to cure that problem.” This all worked fine and the
Pontiac had a great big engine that
ran smoothly. When the car was complete, it was taken to
Carrell Speedway for testing. If my
memory is correct, Bill Taylor was the driver.
After three warm-up laps, Bill stuck his foot in it
and broke the track record. On Saturday night, it was race
time. Bob was not the kind of guy
that told a driver how to drive, but that night he told Bill to
qualify in the middle of the pack and,
in the Main Event, do NOT pass that Mercury. Needless to say,
Andy finished first and Bill
second. Bob’s law was, “Do not ever break the rules, but always
read the rules for what they do
not say.” Those were, and still are, the good old days. (Al
Baker in the Fab 50 newsletter)
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*Art, Here are some photographs and some information that might be of interest to you and an
addition to our files. The car is a Crosley Special
that I built in 1951-52. The frame is a single-
tube type with front suspen-sion from a Fiat “Mouse.” The rear
axle and springs are from a
Crosley and wheels from the “Mouse.” The engine was a Crosley
with an Italmeccanica blower
driven from the crankshaft. The body was fiberglass and the
grill from two ’41 Ford side grills.
When it was completed in 1953, a race was scheduled for Torrey Pines. I made a tow-bar and
brought it behind my Porsche...Harry Morrow...late
entry and got permission to run in the
practice session, which was short lived. On my second lap, I
sheared an axle shaft, so I hooked
the car back to the Porsche and went home. I couldn’t remachine
another axle in time to run the
next day (Sunday). Shortly after that, I sold the car to
Nick Reynolds of the Kingston Trio. At
the time, Nick was a college student living on Coronado. He was
a friend of Bill Pickford, who
was running a Jaguar Special. Before I sold the car, I replaced
the blower with two Amal
carburetors so it could run in the 750cc class. Nick raced the
Crosley for quite some time. I think
he got a first in class at Golden Gate. I have no idea what
became of the Crosley, but if anyone
has any ideas, I would like to hear from you at
ghammelor@aol.com. (Bob
Hammel Fab 50's)
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*I recently purchased a 1951 MGTD with a Ford V8-60 engine,
transmission, Ford sectioned
torque tube, Ford sectioned rear end, special shortened axles,
Ford sectioned front solid H beam
axle, Ford hydraulic brakes and Ford 16-inch wire wheels. The
frame has had a series of plates
welded inside the frame to stiffen it and the engine mounts and
cross members have been welded
to the frame. New mounts have been welded to the frame for the
body and the under-cowl roll
bar section. A cross body roll bar was welded to the frame, but
has been cut with 4-inch stubs
left. The front spring is transverse and the two rears are
parallel to the frame rails. The car looks
like a stock full-fendered TD except for the wheels. Someone did
a tremendous amount of work
on this car and I would like to identify it if possible and
learn something about its race history.
Please call, write, fax or e-mail to Don Martine, PO Box 330,
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 (831)
373-3388 or
don@martine-inn.com. (Don Martine in the Fab 50's newsletter)
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races in the early 1960s. He has an interesting auto-centric
Website that might be interesting to
look at and even to contribute items to. (Deke Houlgate)
Dear Deke, So far we have 10
comments-
http://www.aztexcorp.com/expressionengine/index.php/weblog/comments/398/
This is what I would like to see WDB - News do. Become a clearing house for these types
of topics. Encourage all you friends to sign up for the
mailing list if they do not want to
become members (members are free). For the mailing list
only use Special List, lower left.
We should have some feedback from Fr. Dale soon. Best
Walter Haessner
*Dennis Erb won the 40 lap O'Reilly Auto
Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar series
race at Soggy Bottom Speedway,
Carpentersville, ILL, on May 14. (Dustin Jarrett)
*O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
DirtCar Series Point Standings (5/14/05): Whitney
McQueary 1100, Michael England 1030, Chris Combs 1005, Tim
Tungate 970, Mike Jewell
920, Scott James 840, Aaron Hatton 830, Chuckie May 825,
Frankie Coomer 805, Wayne
Chinn 805. (Dustin Jarrett at
www.naradirtcar.com)
*May 14, Joey Kramer wins NARA Battle of
the Bluegass Open Wheel Modified race at
Soggy Bottom Speedway, Morgantown, KY. (Dustin
Jarrett)
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*Websites: (from Mike O'Leary)
Bloomington Speedway - www.bloomingtonspeedway.com Lincoln Park Speedway - http://lincolnparkspeedway.homestead.com/ Lawrenceburg Speedway - http://home.fuse.net/kewendel/ Kokomo Speedway - www.kokomospeedway.net Paragon Speedway http://www.paragonspeedway.com Terre Haute Action Track - http://www.terrehauteactiontrack.com
*2005 King Of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule:
Gas City I-69 Speedway, May 13-RAINED
OUT. Bloomington Speedway, May 20. Lincoln Park
Speedway, May 21. Lawrenceburg
Speedway, May 28. Kokomo Speedway, June 19. Paragon
Speedway, June 25. Terre Haute
Action Track, July 2. See
www.kissracing.com (Mike
O'Leary)
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*NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Open Wheel Modified
Points after May 14, 2005: Joey
Kramer 250, Kelly Warren 230, Jimmy Westerfield 220, Trent Young
215, Justin Rattliff 210,
Shawn Simpson 200, Russ Gabbert 195, Russell Childress 190, Hank Bradley 185, Tommy
Bailey 180, Eric Adkins 175, Brandon Wilson 170, Ryan Hogue 165,
Jimmy Payne 160, Josh
Belcher 155. (Dustin Jarrett)
*Mickey and Trudy Thompson Murder Trial defense motion denied. Michael Goodwin,
defendant in the double murder trial was denied his latest
appeal to dismiss the murder charges
against him. His attorneys are drafting more appeals to dismiss
the charges, claiming they are
due to police misconduct and police intent to frame him. The
family of Mickey Thompson are
insistant that the trial go forward to a jury trial as soon as
possible so that this tragedy can finally
be put to rest once and for all. (email received from Gary and
Collene Campbell)
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*May 24, Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, CA, Monster Truck
rally with Snake Bite, Sudden
Impact, Kicker, Public Disturbance, Line-X
Obsession, and Natural High Chevrolet SSR.
Also, NASCAR oval racing. Auto Club members
to receive $5 discount. (Doug Stokes)
*Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will have 3 new
tracks on its schedule in 2005; Belleville
High Banks in Belleville, KS on June 24, Junction
Motor Speedway in York, NEB on June 25,
and West Liberty Raceway in West Liberty, IA on July
28. See www.highbanks.org,
www.junctionmotorspeedway.org,
www.westlibertyracing.com, and
www.naradirtcar.com.
*Perris Automotive Speedway, Perris (CA) Points standings: MC BUILDERS SUPER
STOCKS-Terry Hershberger 316, Ed Perry 270, Brian
Pannone 250, John Caley 245, Henry
Wesolowski Sr 221. RAMONA TIRE STREET STOCKS-Jeremy
Queener 165, Kevin Busher
147, Richard Barr 143, Joe Falduto 128, Joe Shuagis 124.
RWD EXTREME TRUCKS &
SUVS-Jeff Dunham 235, Art Peterson 233, Kenny Mann 210,
Mike Hixson 208, Virgil Haney
185. HORNETS-Tony Thompson 198, Kris Stauffacher 172,
Craig Stone 162, Dave Rhodes
161, Mark Howison 160. PICK-A-PART CRUISERS-Talkington/Lewis
180, Allen/Ramsey
172, Brown/Bates 171, Bundy/Holdridge 150, Fengler/Heaton 130.
(Kim Donner)
*The International Motorsports Alliance at
California State University San Bernardino is
starting the Automotive Performance and Motorsports technology
certificate program. This three
part series will be taught by Don Alexander,
racing instructor, consultant, and former editor of
Circle Track Magazine. For info call Dick
Dixon at 909-630-8234 or Jace Baker,
Ph.D. at
909-880-7481. (From Pattie Frost)
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*Friday May 13, 2005, USFRA member
Hugh Coltharp visited the salt flats. He was kind
enough to take some photos, and share them with us all.
Utah has had a wetter than usual
spring, and there is significant water on the salt. I am
not enough of a Utah weather fore
caster to suggest whether or not this water level will be
an issue for racers this year. Speed
Week is still nearly 3 months away, and warm weather can
remove a lot of water in a short
time. These photos clearly show the conditions at the end
of the road as of May 13. Pass
them along as you see fit. Daniel Wright,
University of Utah Editor's notes:
Contact
George Callaway for these photos, which were
spectacular. The recent rains have even turned
Death Valley into an inland lake.
*I have been invited to participate in a radio interview show at a local pub at Indy on May
24. The broadcast will be on the Internet on the following
day and the link is:
www.autosportradio.com Follow the instruction
stated on the top right side of the page.
The program should be in the archive by Wednesday 25 May.
Don Kay is the broadcast
host. "How about that!?" (Bob Falcon)
Editor's notes: Way to go Bob.
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