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*Kenny Parks passed away on Oct 19,
2005, from bone cancer. He was the younger brother
of
Wally Parks. Kenny raced stock cars, jalopies,
motorcycles and anything that was fast. He was
a member of SCTA, CRA and other racing
organizations. He was a long time employee of Bell
Auto Parts, working the counter where he could
meet people. He later was the general manager
of the store. He leaves a wife, Billie, three
children, Bob, Bill and Kathy, and numerous grand-
children.
*Gene Russell is in an assisted
care facility in Anaheim. His phone number is
714-563-1956,
and goes directly into his room. I am sure he
would like to hear from you and others that have
been his friends in the past years. (Mary and
Al Ocampo)
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*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 28, Nov 11, Nov 18.
*SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes
(Southern California) Timing Trials
schedule:
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 29, PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
Extreme Trucks & SUV, Hornets/Cruisers
Nov 3-5, 10th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
Nov 12, 5 Star Championship PASSCAR, Super
Stocks, Street Stocks, Extreme Trucks,
SUV, Hornets & Cruisers
Nov 19, USAC/CRA Sprint Cars – Jack Kindoll
Classic 50 Laps
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*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:
Nov 12, 8am, Street legals
Nov 13, 8am, Antique Nationals
Dec 3, 8am, Street legals
*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. November 13 November 10-13 (tentative date) 3rd RUNNING TOYOTA NASCAR
ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN
November 24 THANKSGIVING NIGHT 2005, 65th Running Thanksgiving Night Grand Prix
Turkey Night for the Agajanian
Trophy, and 50th anniversary of the Agajanian
Family
promotion of this event. USAC
Sprints, USAC Midgets, 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 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 Season completed: (Gregg
Suyenaga)
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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
Nov 12-13, 16th Annual Autumn Get-Together,
Pleasanton, CA
Nov 19-20, 8th Annual Southeast Nationals,
Scottsdale, AZ
*Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Reunions. Call 909-622-8562
*2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series schedule.
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:
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)
Dec 2-4 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
400 Km-1000 Km
*2005 Nextel Cup Series
schedule (NASCAR):
Oct 30, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Nov 6, Texas Motor Speedway
Nov 13, Phoenix International Raceway
Nov 20, Homestead-Miami 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:
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.
*AutoZone Super Chevy Show Tour
XXV (AutoStar Productions) 2005
SCHEDULE
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*2005 Schedule for the Strip
at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Oct 27, NHRA Lucas Oil Series Test n Tune 9am-5pm. 28-30, Short Line Express Markets NHRA Lucas Oil Series Finals 7am-9pm. Nov 4, PSCA Street Car Supernationalls qualifying www.streetcarsupernationals.com 10am-6pm. 4, BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem Season Finale Post-SEMA Cruise Night 8pm–1am. 5, PSCA Street Car Nationals qualifying 8am-4pm. 6, PSCA Street Car Nationals eliminations 8am-4pm. 10, Thursday Night Street Wars street legal grudge drags 8pm-1am. 12-13, All Harley Drag Racing Series (AHDRA) Finals (track rental) 8am-6pm. 24, Las Vegas Bracket Nationals IV (Thanksgiving Day) 7am-9pm. 25, Las Vegas Bracket Nationals IV 7am-9pm. 26, Las Vegas Bracket Nationals IV 7am-9pm. 27, Las Vegas Bracket Nationals IV 7am-5pm. Dec 2, BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem 7pm-1am. 3, The Strip at LVMS annual awards banquet location TBA 7pm.
(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)
10/28-29 Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway, Calvert City, KY
*Visit
http://www.racersergey.com for the
latest on his exploits in the
wonderful world of Formula
Renault racing.
Visit
http://www.fastlinesinternational.com
for the latest exploits! (Gil
Bouffard)
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*I just received the Readers digest
in the mail and there is an article
in it about the Hero's Fireman,
Policeman etc. that went out of
their way to help with the disaster
relief in New Orleans. Last
Sunday I went to the Long Beach
swap meet and ran into Jim
Travis. I'm sure most of
you
either know Jim or have certainly
heard of him. Jim is a long time
Bonneville racer, record holder,
restorer of famous race vehicles
and a fairly recent member of the
Bonneville 200mph club (about
2000), a life long dream of his.
What I want to tell you about Jim
has nothing to do with racing.
Jim heard that the Red Cross was asking for volunteer's to go to New Orleans and help in the
relief effort. He went to the
local chapter, in Whittier, CA, I
believe. He signed up and within a
day or so he was on a plane to New
Orleans to help. I spent about an
hour talking to Jim and he
said it was one of the most
gratifying things he has ever done
and he came away feeling warm and
fuzzy about his efforts. Jim's
not a Fireman or a policeman nor to
my knowledge has ever been
one. Here's just a regular guy
that dropped whatever he was in the
middle of, took off from L.A.,
spent a couple of weeks or so and
did what only a few folks would do.
He helped feed folks,
put up sand bags, shuffled folks
stranded to safety and any other
thing that was asked of him.
Why!! Because he was asked and he
did it. I've know Jim for quite
awhile and I am glad that I
got to know that side of him. A
real Hero and he's a racer. We
should all be proud to have Jim
as "one of us." Thanks Jim.
(Mike Waters)
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*On Monday night (Oct 17) I
was honored to receive the first
ever Delphi Safety Award for
my contributions to auto
racing safety over the past 30
years. Delphi is the division of
General Motors concerned
with all GM safety programs. They
are the sponsors of the Indy
Racing League Trackside Fire
and Safety Team, the group I have
been working with since
the league's formation.
Before that, I worked with the
Trackside Team of The Indianapolis
Motor Speedway as the
Secretary of the United States
Auto Club Safety Committee, a
position I continue to
hold. During this time I have
developed a rescue device which
many
Paramedic users of the
device have identified as the
world's ONLY Rapid Extrication
Device. To my LGB QB
associates...the very first
recipient of the Continental
Casualty
Award for Safety in Auto
Racing was Ted Halibrand
in 1957. The very large trophy,
which
is on display at The
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
features an actual magnesium
racing wheel which Ted
manufactured. The trophy
presented to me features the
figurine
holding the Shoehorn Device
I invented, in good proportion,
high overhead. The Motor
Racing column in Friday's LA
Times (10/21) may have more
information regarding this
award since I had a long
conversation with Shav
Glick yesterday. (Bob
Falcon)
*Heads up everyone, The
October Meet (El
Mirage SCTA) has been
canceled – see below.
Please spread the word as
not everyone gets e-mail. The El
Mirage Trash day on Saturday
is still on - register
between 7:30 and 9am. There will
be pancakes for the early arrivals
for a $2 donation. Please
attend if you can – our group is
the largest single user of the
lake and we need to support
the BLM there.
Also, you can drop off toys for
the Christmas
gift program this weekend.
New and unwrapped, they will be
very much appreciated by
the local community. (Becca
Livingston) President
Mike Cook visited
"Lake" El Mirage this
morning and found the entire
racecourse flooded from the recent
rains. The October meet is
officially cancelled.
Information concerning the Nov.
meet will be found here as things
develop.
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*9th Annual Commonwealth
Cup, Kentucky Lake
Motor Speedway, Calvert City,
KY. Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Points-Earl Pearson Jr 5885,
Don O'Neal 5830, Donnie Moran
5665, Matt Miller 5300, Scott
James 4920, Freddy Smith 4480, Tim
Dohm 4265, Brady Smith
2880, Brian Birkhofer 2725,
Darren Miller 2700. (James
Essex)
*Pebble Beach
is a show that in the past hasn't
had much room for Hot Rods and
Customs
but in recent years, those
in charge have come to realize
that our field is certainly
worthy
or recognition among
collectors. This year they
invited some Customs into the
show and
Barry Mazza
sent us a few pictures of the
Customs entered in the Pebble
Beach Show. It's
good to see the Pebble
Beach folks finally catching on.
(from Www.Hotrodhotline.com)
*...photo gallery for the
2005 Rockabilly Rod
Reunion at The
Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway,
http://www.lvms.com/photo_galleries/superspeedway_gallery/sf4532.html
or go to
www.LVMS.com Next
Rockabilly Rod Reunion is set
for Oct 14, 2006. (John Bisci)
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*The State of Massachusetts is
considering SEMA model
legislation (HB 2156
and HB 2212)
that would create a vehicle
registration classification for
street rods and custom vehicles
and
provide for special license
plates for these vehicles will
be considered by the
Massachusetts Joint
Transportation Committee on
Thursday, October 27th.
Introduced by separate sponsors,
H.B.
2156 and H.B. 2212 define a
street rod as an altered vehicle
manufactured 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)
*...Well that finishes up
the best season ever! 5
National event wins, 3
Regional wins and 2
wins on the Carolina
Ford Show Tour, and a win at
the "World Finals" in Bowling
Green,
Kentucky. It's been a
heck of a ride. Other news,
feature story in "Race
Pages" probably
a spring 2006 issue.
This week on ESPN2 "Inside
Drag Racing" with Bret
Kepner, will
air a piece on the car.
Times are Wednesday 10/27, at
3pm and again on Sunday 10/30
at 11 or 12 noon (check
your cable listing). Special
thanks to Bobby Torres
for helping
me make this happen!
Thanks to everyone from Race
Officials to people helping me
at
the truck stops.
(Ed and Mary Randall)
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*Pete Lyons,
veteran motorsports
writer/author will be appearing
at Autobooks/Aerobooks in
Burbank, California, on
October 29, 2005, to sign copies
of his newly reissued Can-Am
book.
(Doug Stokes)
*Perris Auto Speedway,
Lake Perris, CA, points
standings: MC BUILDERS SUPER
STOCKS
PRESENTED BY VISTA PAINT-Terry
Hershberger 827, Brain Pannone
745, Mike Hixson
686, Ed Perry 681, Ron Meyer
681. RAMONA TIRE STREET
STOCKS-Jeremy Queener
659, Kevin Busher 643, Curtis
Dietzch 605, Rich Barr 590, Joe
Falduto 583. RWD EXTREME
TRUCKS AND SUV’S-Art
Peterson 611, Kenny Mann 598,
Jeff Dunham 548, Mike Hixson
505, Bill Bartel 476.
HORNETS-Tony Thompson 960,
Mark Howison 712, John Denver
710,
Bobby Hogerhuis 684, Dave Yungen 652. (Scott Daloisio and Kim Donner)
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NOVEMBER 2005 SAN CLUB EVENTS
Nov 5, Chandler, AZ, 2nd 5 & Diner Shiner All-Chevy Show www.arizonaimpalas.com
Nov 6, Mesa, AZ, Karl's Custom
Show and Swap
volksworks@cox.net
Nov 12-13, Pleasanton, CA, 16th
Autumn Get-Together
www.good-guys.com
Nov 4-6, Gulfport, FLA, 30th
Antique Car Show and Swap Meet
www.aaca.org/fwcr
Nov 5, Lake Worth, FLA, 39th
Annual Pioneer Days Car Show
561/965-5748
Nov 12, Sanford, FLA, 22nd
Annual Car Show 407/323-8844
Nov 13, Sarasota, FLA, 22nd
Annual Fall Packard Meet
flpackardclub@webtv.net
Nov 5-6, Chicago, ILL, Fall
Chevy/Vettefest Nationals
708/563-4300
Nov 5-6, Richmond, IND, 33rd
Rod and Custom Car Show
usa1vet@msn.com
Nov 5, Glen Burnie, MD, 2nd Hot
Rod Jalopyrama
http://jalopyrama.tripod.com
Nov 12, Truth or Consequences,
NM, T or C Veterans Car Show
505/894-6900
Nov 5, Wilmington, NC, Brits and
Battleships
www.bmccf.org
Nov 6, Dayton, OH, 31st Annual
Swap Meet
rumbleseat@woh.rr.com
Nov 5-6, Franklin, TN, 2nd Kris
Kringle Invitational Car Show
www.bellevuecruisers.com
*Michigan SB 786:
Increases fines for violation of
materials or objects obstructing
the vision
of the driver in a motor
vehicle, including window tint.
Vehicles must be certified by a
law
enforcement agency before
fines can be paid.
*New Hampshire LSR 2120:
Requires vehicles to be equipped
with a useable spare tire.
*New Hampshire LSR 2121: Prohibits the use of hand held mobile telephones by drivers.
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