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*Kenny Parks, CRA member, Jalopy racer,
and previous owner of Bell Auto Helmets, has
been
diagnosed with bone cancer. He is at home under
hospice care. Due to his condition, it is advised
that you do not contact him by phone as this is hard
on his family, and they need their strength to
care for him. Kenny's two sons have asked that you
send emails to them and they will print them
out and take them to Kenny. You can use the following
email addresses to reach him:
slparks@charter.net, and
maggiesfolks@sbcglobal.net. Kenny was a long time
employee at Bell
Auto Parts under Roy Richter,
and was involved in racing all of his life. Please
include your
home phone number if you would like to speak to
Kenny. Based on his health and strength, he
may be able to call you. If not, you can continue to
communicate with Kenny through his two sons.
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*Doug Stokes and Chet Knox,
owners of Autobooks/Aerobooks, in Burbank,
California, have
just announced the purchase of Miss
Information's Automotive Calendar of Events Magazine
from Joan Denver.
*Don Weaver has scheduled his Legends
of Ascot Reunion for October 22, 2005, at Perris
Auto Speedway, Lake Perris, California. This
year's honorees will be Bob Hogle, Ted Halibrand,
Alex Morales, Hal Minyard and Danny McKnight. This
event honors the legendary Ascot Track
that J.C. Agajanian and his family made famous over in
Gardena, California. The last two events
had over 600 racers in attendance. Contact Don for
tickets at
LegendsofAscot@aol.com or call
310-549-3562.
*Perris Auto Dragstrip, Lake Perris,
CA, racing schedule for 1/8 mile dragstrip. Racing will take
place every Friday night and is open to anyone 16-years old
or over with a valid registration,
drivers license and a helmet. Cars, trucks and motorcycles
are allowed. Gates will open at 4 PM
every Friday with racing from 5-10:30 PM. Tech will close
at 9 PM, and you cannot run if you
do not go through tech inspections. Admission: spectators
$10, competitors $20. (Kim Donner)
Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 11, Nov 18.
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*SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes (Southern California)
Timing Trials schedule:
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)
*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)
Oct 8-15, Southern California Fair
Oct 22, USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
Oct 29, PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Extreme Trucks & SUV,
Hornets/Cruisers
*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:
Oct 21-23, 8am, Edelbrock Fall Nationals-Pacific Street Car
Association (10am on the 21st)
Nov 12, 8am, Street legals
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*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. October 8 Super Late Models, Late Models, Pick Your Part Figure 8s. October 15 Super Late Models, Super Stocks, West Coast Pro Trucks, Dodge Super Trucks,
Ford Focus Midgets.
*Irwindale Speedway offers Thursday night drag
racing. Pros 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)
*2005 ASA Speed Truck Challenge
racing/television schedule (Pacific Standard Time):
Oct 15 race at Orange Show Speedway to air Nov 26, 8PM,
Repeat Broadcast TBA
Oct 29 race at Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway to air Dec 3, 8PM,
Repeat Broadcast TBA
2005 Season Review to air Dec 10 and 17 at 8PM
*2005 Southern California Top Comp
Schedule: (From Gregg Suyenaga)
Race 7 October 15 Las Vegas Mike's Transmission
Race 8 October 16 Las Vegas Mike's Transmission
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*2005 Goodguys Schedule of Events. See
www.goodguys.com or call
925-838-9876:
Oct 28-30, 12th Annual Southeastern Nationals, Charlotte, NC
Oct 29-30, 7th Annual Fuel & Gas Finals, Famoso Raceway,
Bakersfield, CA
*Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum Reunions.
Call 909-622-8562
*2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule.
Oct 20-23, 5th Annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, NV
Nov 3-6, 41st Annual Auto Club Finals, Pomona, CA
*2005 King of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule: For
info call Mike OLeary 812-825-9614
*SEMA Club Newsletter is at
www.semasan.com
*Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) 2005
racing
schedule:
Oct 7-9 Challenger Raceway, TBA Raindate Oct 21-23 See macs1@verizon.net and http://www.macsracing.com (Andy Geesey)
*2005 Crown Royal IROC Series
schedule:
Oct 29, Atlanta Motor Speedway
*2005 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car
Series schedule (Linda K. Mansfield)
Oct 7-9, Virginia International Raceway, 400 Km
Dec 2-4 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 400 Km-1000 Km
*2005 Nextel Cup Series schedule
(NASCAR):
Oct 9, Kansas Speedway
Oct 15, Lowe's Motor Speedway
Oct 23, Martinsville Speedway
Oct 30, Atlanta Motor Speedway
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*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:
Oct 5, Twilight Cruise Night 4:30-8pm. Top four cars
will appear on Nov 14 parade.
Nov 2, Twilight Cruise Night 4:30-8pm. Top four cars
will appear on Nov 14 parade.
Nov 11, Night of Champions, FREE admission from
6:30-10pm.
Nov 13, Street Rod Parade, at Pomona Raceway, 9-9:30am.
Dec 7, Twilight Cruise Night 4:30-8pm. Annual Holiday
toy drive.
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*AutoZone Super Chevy Show Tour XXV (AutoStar
Productions) 2005 SCHEDULE
Oct. 7-8-9 SBR National Trail Raceway T Columbus, OH Oct. 21-23 Gainesville Raceway T Gainesville, FL
*2005 Schedule for the Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway:
Oct 14, Test n Tune 6-10 p.m. 14, BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem 10pm-2am. 15, 2nd Rockabilly Rod Reunion (www.rockabillyrodreunion.com), 9am-5pm. Pre 1965 hot rod/custom car show, kustom kulture celebrities, pin-up girl contest, vendors and swap meet, rockabilly/surf bands (Cadillac Angels, Dragstrip Riot, DJ Flattop Tom), pre 1965 nostalgia bracket racing. 15, BFGoodrich Super Tuner 6pm-1am. Buick Grand National Racing Assn, Supras Invade The Strip 2005, Euro Entertainment Super Tuner Car Show. 16, W Coast Top Comp Assn, ET bracket race, LV Corvette Club, Diesel Hot Rod Assn 20-23, NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals (www.nhra.com) 27, NHRA Lucas Oil Series Test n Tune 9am-5pm. 28-30, Short Line Express Markets NHRA Lucas Oil Series Finals 7am-9pm. (John Bisci, LVMS Public Relations, 702-632-8231, jbisci@lvms.com)
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*Special Reunions and events during the year:
Walt and Dottie James'
CRA Reunion in January
Hila Sweet's Car Racers Reunion
in April
Boat Racers Reunion in June
Gold Coast Club's Gas-Up Party
and Dry Lakes Hall of Fame in September
Wally Parks' NHRA Motorsports Museum's
California Hot Rod Reunion in October
Don Weaver's Legends of Ascot
Reunion in October
*Industry Hills Speedway Motorcycle Races
at the Industry Hills Event Center, in the City of
Industry, CA. Wednesday Nights, AMA
Sanctioned. Adults $12, Juniors $8, Children $4, and
those 5 and under are FREE! Tapes Up 7:30
PM. Contact: Freddie Orosco at 909-681-4911,
For rider signup see Ryan Evans at 626-643-7598 or
email sideways31@aol.com.
*2005 Stacker 2 World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Schedule: (Doc
Lehman)
10/7-8 West Virginia Motor Speedway, Mineral Wells, WV 10/28-29 Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway, Calvert City, KY
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'Track Roadsters: The Road to Indy,' Coming
to Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
New exhibit to run Oct. 22, 2005-Jan. 15, 2006.
From the dirt tracks of yesteryear to the hallowed
asphalt at Indy, the history of track roadsters is
coming to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum as a
new exhibit. "Track Roadsters: The
Road to Indy," will run from Oct. 22, 2005 through
Jan. 15, 2006, in the Museum's special exhibit
hall and will feature several authentic track
roadsters set on a dirt-track diorama, as well as rare
period photos, memorabilia and film footage. The
exhibit is presented by Irwindale Speedway.
Performance Racing Industry is a supporting
sponsor. "This is an opportunity to learn the history
of
this seminal sport which contributed so much to
American Oval Track racing as we know it today,"
said Greg Sharp, curator of the Parks Museum.
"Legendary track roadster drivers such as Troy
Ruttman, Manny Ayulo and Jack McGrath went on to star
at Indy. In fact, 73 track roadster
drivers qualified for the Indy 500 and 19 of them won
it!" Sharp said the exhibit is in conjunction
with Dick Wallen's new book, "Roaring Roadsters - The
Road to Indy." There will be special
events during the show's run, including a gala event
tentatively set for Tues., Nov. 22 and a
Saturday morning panel discussion sometime in early
January 2006. The Track Roadsters show
is the latest in the Museum's on-going race-related
displays such which have included the Salute
to Parnelli Jones, 100 Years of Ford Racing and the
Edelbrock Performance Legacy exhibits.
Named for the founder of the National Hot Rod Association, the Wally Parks NHRA
Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of
Southern California houses the very
roots of hot rodding. Scores of famous vehicles
spanning American motorsports history are on
display, including winning cars representing 50 years
of drag racing, dry lakes and salt-flat racers,
oval track challengers and exhibits describing their
colorful backgrounds. The Wally Parks NHRA
Motorsports Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST. Current
NHRA members are admitted free. Admission for
non-members is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors 60
and older, $3 for juniors six through 15, and free for
children under the age of five. The Museum is
also available for private parties, meetings,
corporate events, weddings and special group tours.
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is located at
Fairplex Gate 1, 1101 W. McKinley
Ave. in Pomona. For further information on special
exhibits, museum events or directions, call
909/622-2133 or visit
http://museum.nhra.com.
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*Wally Pankratz, a great veteran
retires at Irwindale Speedway, on November 24,
2005. By
Doug Stokes. His racing record should see him
shortly in the Hall of Fame. His story-telling
ability
should have seen him on the stage, doing stand-up.
His physical prowess and knowledge of the
game should have seen him coaching
championship-level college football. And his
personality
should have seen him in political office as perhaps
a crusading congressman, or a sensitive senator.
Instead, here's Wally Pankratz, 57 years old,
sitting dazed in a USAC Midget racked up on the
Irwindale Speedway crash wall midway between turns
three and four, with one of the safety crew
screaming, "Billy!…Billy!" two inches from his face,
trying to knock the cobwebs and cotton out
of his head. Wally had already ridden his own car
into (almost) that very same spot during practice,
damaging it beyond the kind of repair that would get
it going that night. Friend and fellow racer
Billy Sipe loaned Wally a car so that he could run
in the main that night (after all it was the Turkey
Night Grand Prix, a race that both he and his father
both competed in). Wally (with the TV in-car
camera as usual) was most likely as pissed off as he
was stunned, sitting there in another wrecked
midget, embarrassing for a guy who had a rep. for
racing hard and clean and for not going on his
head very often. Ok, so here's an EMT in the bright
yellow fire suit sticking half his body into the
tight little cockpit and yelling: "Billy!…Billy! Are
You Alright? Billy! To Wally, who, up until that
moment was almost wishing that he was somewhere
else, maybe even someone else, that crash
guys words and the action going on around his just
didn't compute. Pankratz knew that he had
crashed pretty hard, but not THAT hard, he sure
thought his name was Wally and these guys were
yelling at him, and calling him "Billy." "Whoa, I
musta hit harder than I thought!" Wally took that
licking, and kept on ticking (big time) by going on
to win the 2000 USAC Western States Midget
Championship. His record shows a studly sixty three
Supermodifieds main event wins, forty-three
Midget main events, and seven Sprint Car
victories. He was the Ascot Midget Champ in 1977,
and the Super Modified Champ in '81. His 2000 USAC
championship was perhaps one of the
most popular of any USAC driving star's ever. Fans
and friends celebrated this guy's driving
abilities long and hard, but the real celebration
for this guy is in the number of people who he has
helped, encouraged, trained, counseled, commiserated
with, had a cold one or two with, listened
to, advised, taught, trained, or just plain
befriended. (Doug Stokes)
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*RIGHT COAST ASSOCIATION have announced
that Year One of Braselton, GA, will serve
as the Title Sponsor for the 2005 Myrtle Beach
Fall Cruise slated for Oct. 21-23, at Inlet
Square-Murrells Inlet, SC. The Year One Myrtle Beach
Fall Cruise is open to all make, models
and year vehicles and will feature special events,
runs and activities. Vehicle Entrants will receive
a coupon book with special offers and hundreds of
dollars in discounts for Myrtle Beach area
attractions, restaurants, golf courses, stores and
other great things to see and do while you're
cruising the Grand Strand. Two participants will also
be selected as finalists in the Right Coast
Association 2006 Hot Rod Giveaway. (Jack Lawford
Www.Hotrodhotline.com)
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*Irwindale begins life
after Stokes, By
Keith Lair, San Gabriel Valley News
Staff Writer
Saturday night will be oval racing program
No. 291 in the history of Irwindale Speedway.
But it
will be the first without Employee No. 1,
communications director Doug Stokes.
Oh, Stokes
plans to watch some of Saturday night's
program. But it will not be as part of the
track's manage-
ment team. The Duarte resident, who was the
last original employee of the company, left
earlier
this week to become a part owner of
Autobooks-Aerobooks in Burbank. Stokes,
a fixture of
Southern California motor racing public
relations for nearly 30 years, says he will
probably
venture to the track at about 7:30 pm, after
the venerable Burbank store closes. It will be
only
the second time in the history of the track
that Stokes, seemingly the speedway's No. 1
ambassador, won't be in his press room
office by noon; the only other time it
happened, he was
in the hospital with pneumonia. "Everyone
here has been really, really good," Stokes
said. "I hate
to leave in midseason, with four nights
left, but the situation at my new employment
requires my
presence. This new adventure is an
opportunity for ownership for me in a field
that I've loved for
a long, long time." Stokes might not be
well known by those who chance upon a track
visit once
in awhile, or even by season-ticket holders.
But he is a key cog in the Irwindale
machinery. He
has no control over the track's racing
program, but for those who want something
special, even
if it's a quick behind-the-scenes look,
Stokes has his hand stuck in the process
somewhere. He
knows nearly everyone in the motor racing
community, and frequently gets them to the
track. Last
December, the American Auto Racing Writer
and Broadcasters Association awarded Stokes,
64,
with its Jim Chapman Award
for outstanding contributions in public
relations. For once in his life,
Stokes -- who can talk a mile a minute --
was speechless. He was also selected NASCAR's
Team Player Award in 2001 during Speedweeks
at Daytona International Speedway. "His love
of Irwindale Speedway is phenomenal," track
general manager Bob DeFazio
said. "He's a great
guy and dedicated to the speedway and the
sport itself. He has incredible enthusiasm.
He has
made my job easier. Guys like him are few
and far between." Love for the track? Stokes
is the
only employee who drives around in a car
that looks like it is ready to go racing, with
the logo for
Irwindale in prominent places and the
track's series sponsors also placed
advantageously on his
car. But his love for 54-year-old Autobooks
happened long before the current track was
even a
dream; he was a junior in high school in
Covina. That's when he began his frequent
visits to the
Burbank store, which also draws the famous,
like Tonight Show host Jay Leno. "So,
when I was
visiting owner Chet Knox,"
Stokes recalled, "I saw a sign in the window
for help wanted. I
told Chet that when I retire, I'm going to
apply. Chet said, ‘Why not now?"' They
agreed by
handshake, and Stokes became the company's
general manager and vice president. Knox says
Stokes could eventually acquire control of
the store. "It's not like I haven't worked
behind a
counter before," said Stokes, a former
Studio City Camera worker. "I've worked with
inventory,
taking care of stock, selling." However,
his biggest influence has been on Southern
California
racing. He was the executive director of
the International Kart Federation, watching
racers like
Michael Andretti, Scott Pruett
and Bryan Herta
before they grew into the sport. He was the
righthand man to Mickey Thompson's
off-road racing series, which exposed the
desert sport to
stadiums throughout the United States. He
handled supercross media for Suzuki and then
became the first public relations director
at Perris Speedway, which many call the finest
dirt track
facility in the country, and until this
week, the only public relations director at
Irwindale, called by
many the nation's best short track. "The
people I have worked with are awesome," he
said.
"There is a certain camaraderie, I know I'm
going to miss. Like on Turkey Night." Stokes
was
on the ground floor in the development of
the track. Pasadena's Victor Cuilla,
the owner of Twin
Palms restaurant, and Stokes spent many
hours formulating the track's concept and
working
behind the scenes with the city of Irwindale
for more than a year before the project got
off the
ground. Eventual Irwindale Speedway CEO
Jim Williams formally hired
Stokes and general
manager Ray Wilkings at the
same time once the facility appeared to
receive the go-ahead. The
pair shared a small mobile office for months
on a landfill that had nothing but dirt, a
facility layout
on the wall and a lot of dreams. Yet, Stokes
would call reporters nearly once a week to
tell of
progress, even if only dirt had been moved.
"We had many fond memories in the beginning,"
Wilkins told Stokes this week. DeFazio said
he has not made an immediate decision on a
replacement, and Stokes will serve in an
advisory role until then. Autobooks-Aerobooks
sells
books, magazines, scale models, DVDs, videos
and other items about nearly every make of car
and airplane made. "You never know who
you'll meet at this place," Knox said. "It's
always
been a focal point for the faithful, a place
where the California car culture is celebrated
in print by
many of the people who are a vital part of
it." A prime example, Stokes says, is NASCAR
broadcaster Mike Joy. "Do
you know who that is?" Stokes said he told
Knox when Joy was in
the store. "A regular customer," Knox
said. Joy said Leno told him about the store,
and he visits
every time he is in Southern California.
Keith Lair can be reached at (626)
962-8811, Ext.
2272, or by e-mail at
keith.lair@sgvn.com.
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* "...7:10 am Monday. Just received a
call from Larry Volk. He and Gary Allen
called from
the salt. The salt is under a
considerable amount of water and it was/is
raining. We have
no choice but to cancel our upcoming
World Finals (at Bonneville) event. Thanks
to all
you folks that volunteered to help put
on the event. We'll be in touch this coming
spring as
we prepare for next years Speed
Week." (Mike Waters)
*Oct 1, O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass DirtCar Series,
Florence Speedway,
Union, KY, race results. B-Main
#1-Casey Noonan, Mike Jewell, John
Gill, Jerry Rice, Tyrel
Todd, Dan Hoard, Duane Chamberlain,
Michael England, Ted Nobbe, Jordan Bland,
Devin
Sebree, Paul Davis, Robby Hensley, Adrian
Nichols, Chris Stilwell, John Holt, Jason
Keltner,
Barry Doss. B-Main #2-Roger
Williams, Greg Lucas, Eric Myers, Bob Lanter,
Jeff Watson,
Jeff Raisor, Chad Smith, Mike Luna, Blake
Chinn, Dan Deaton, Larry Pickleheimer Jr,
Jeff Alsip,
Tim Tungate, Steve Landrum, Brad Eitniear,
Don O'Neal, Dustin Neat. O'Reilly
Auto Parts
Fall 50-Darrell Lanigan,
Scott James, Audie McWilliams, Freddy Smith,
Steve Casebolt, Brad
Neat, Mike Jewell, Jesse James Lay, Bryan
Barber, Tyrel Todd, Chris Combs, Whitney
McQueary, Scotty Earl, Casey Noonan, Roger
Williams, Josh Williams, Doug Dodd, Greg
Johnson, Rick Corbin, Steve Landrum, Tim
Tungate, Johnny Wheeler, Michael Chilton,
Shannon
Thornsberry, Greg Lucas. (Dustin
Jarrett/NARA)
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*The El Mirage, CA, dry lake surface is
in better shape than I've seen for quite a
while &
holding up really well. We were out
testing & doing driver development runs &
ran
through a tank of gas & you can not
see where we had been. What has happened
is this
last rain, filled in around the
segment, making the surface nearly solid.
(George Callaway)
*Irwindale Speedway,
Irwindale, California, Race results from Tim
Kennedy: 5000 spectators
saw the longest NASCAR Lucas Oil Super
Late Model race (a non-points 200
lap-Open), plus
the longest Figure 8 race--a one-hour
World Championship for the track's largest
Figure-8
winner's payoff of $10,000. Figure 8
regular "Barefoot" Billy Ziemann won in
Figure 8's. Speed
Truck rookie Bobby McGowan won the ASA
Speed Truck event. Brian Ickler won the
Super
Late Model race. A four-car
Super-modified Racing League (SRL)
demonstration 10-lap race
entertained fans during the SLM intermission. Greg Pursley, a 2005 NASCAR GN West driver,
and David Ross made contact in turn three
and slammed into the crash-wall. Pursley's
car quickly
erupted into flames from the back end. The
inferno from spilled fuel engulfed the car's
interior to
the driver's seat. In seconds, Pursley
tumbled out of the car onto the track and
rolled away from
the No. 13 Monte Carlo. IS safety workers
extinguished flames quickly and paramedics
tended
to Pursley. He walked to the track
ambulance and was examined by Los Angeles
County para-
medics called to the scene. See
www.IrwindaleSpeedway.com. (Doug
Stokes)
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*World Finals 2005 Update,
Oct 3, the on-site morning report
states: "Water...everywhere and
now raining." World Finals 2005 is
officially cancelled. All pre-entry monies
will be promptly
returned; no credit cards have been
charged. Thank you for your support. Roy
Creel-Chairman
Bonneville Nationals Inc. (Landspeed
Louise)
*NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Open Wheel Modified Series, Soggy Bottom Speedway-
Morgantown, KY-Oct 1, race results.
B-Main #1-Justin
Rattliff, Tim Dierlam, Alan Gates,
Robbie Sanders, Dustin Linville, Eric
Adkins, Sam Murphy Jr, Scott Boley,
Phillip Hill, Quentin
Embrey. B-Main #2-Brandon
Tomes, Adam Cole, Shon Flanery, Kevin
Westerfield, Sam
Murphy Sr, Randy Westerfield, Terry
Edwards, Steve Johnson Jr. 7th
Annual Battle at the
Bottom-Jimmy
Westerfield, Russell Childress, Joey
Kramer, Justin Rattliff, Brandon Wilson,
Randy Westerfield, Tim Dierlam, Robbie
Sanders, Joe David Turner, Ronnie
Falloway, Shon
Flanery, Brandon Tomes, Josh Belcher,
Ed Shamhart, Randle Sweeney, Trent
Young, Alan
Gates, Adam Cole, Paul Miles, Kelly
Warren, Shelby Miles.
*NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
Open Wheel Modified Series,
2005 Final Championship
Points Standings: Joey Kramer 2965,
Justin Rattliff 2590, Kelly Warren 2520,
Joe Turner 2175,
Adam Cole 2080, Dustin Linville 1595, Shon Flanery 1350, Jason Perry 1270, Jimmy Payne
1265, Hank Bradley 1170. (Michael
Despain)
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*SEMA legislation (H.B.
2156/H.B. 2212) would create a vehicle
registration classification for
street rods and custom vehicles and
provide for special license plates for
these vehicles will be
reviewed by the Massachusetts Joint
transportation Committee on Oct 27.
Introduced by
separate sponsors, H.B. 2156 and H.B.
2212 define a street rod as an altered
vehicle manufact-
ured before 1949 and a custom as an
altered vehicle at least 25 years old and
manufactured after
1948. Both bills allow kit cars and
replica vehicles to be assigned a
certificate of title bearing the
same model year designation as the
production vehicle it most closely
resembles. (Jason Tolleson)
*2005 NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
Open Wheel Modified Final Points
Standings: Joey
Kramer 2965, Justin Rattliff 2590,
Kelly Warren 2520, Joe Turner 2175, Adam
Cole 2080,
Dustin Linville 1595, Shon Flanary 1350, Jason Perry 1270, Jimmy Payne 1265, Hank Bradley
1170.
*Mike Jewell and
Tim Tungate each scored 3495
points to tie for the O'Reilly NARA
Battle
of the Bluegrass DirtCar,
and will be crowned Co-Champions for the
2005 season. Whitney
McQueary took 3rd place in the points
chase. Final results are: 3495 Mike
Jewell, 3495 Tim
Tungate, 3435 Whitney McQueary, 3200
Aaron Hatton, 3150 Chris Combs, 3110
Tyrel Todd,
3035 Michael England, 2905 Wayne
Chinn, 2620 Frankie Coomer, 2545 Shannon
Thornsberry.
(Dustin Jarrett)
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