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*Best wishes to Neil Thompson (Gear Grinders) who is
scheduled for surgery. (J. Underwood)
*Harry Breck Jr, known affectionately to all of us as
Yankie Breck, passed away on Monday,
November 14, 2005. He was born in 1935. Injured in a racing
accident, Yankie was confined
to a wheelchair, but his spirit always was free. One of the most
congenial and pleasant of people,
he never let his infirmnity change his wonderful spirit. A good
friend with Jack Mendenhall and
a long time resident of the Santa Barbara area, Yankie will be
greatly missed by all of his friends,
family and neighbors. The following comes from
www.oilstick.com;
"Yankie passed away Monday morning, 11/14/2005, on his
seventieth birthday. This
Thursday, Nov 17th, there will be a viewing at Welch-Ryce-Haider
funeral chapel,
located at 15 East Sola Street in Santa Barbara, beginning at
8 AM-9:30 AM. At 10
AM there will be a service at Our Lady of Sorrows Church located
just down the
street at 21 East Sola Street. Yankie will then be taken to the
Santa Barbara
Cemetery, off of Channel Drive in Montecito, to be laid to rest
next to his father,
Harry Breck Sr. With heavy heart,
Cynthi Bacon."
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*Nov 24, Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, CA,
64th "Turkey Night Grand Prix" USAC
National/Western Midget race. Wally Pankratz,
USAC's 2000 Western Midget Champion is
also slated to make the final appearance of his lengthy USAC
career in Thursday's event. Wally
has amassed an amazing 453 total starts in USAC's Western Midget
series since its 1983 debut.
*USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS-Josh Wise 1000, Jerry Coons
Jr 822, Brad Kuhn 687, Ron Gregory 640, Tom Hessert III 612, Teddy
Beach 591, Cole
Carter 570, Darren Hagen 563, Bobby East 475, Jay Drake 449.
(Doug Stokes)
*USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS- Robby Flock 767, Jerome
Rodela 760, Tyler Brown 650, Ryan Kaplan 556, Scott Pierovich 475,
Stephen Graves 469,
Garrett Hansen 459, Brad Galedrige 432, Dallen McKenney 428, Shannon McQueen 387.
*Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. leads a trio of
drivers competing for the 2005 Valvoline
USAC Western Sprint Car Championship into Thursday
night's series finale at Irwindale, Calif.
The race is part of the 64th "Turkey Night Grand Prix"
program. Swanson is the son of for-
mer USAC Supermodified standout Mike Swanson.
Thursday night's Sprint car feature race
will be 40 laps around Irwindale's 1/2-mile paved oval. (Doug
Stokes)
*USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS-Kody Swanson 604, Tim Barber
565, Mike Murgoitio 561, Tony Hunt 501, Cody Veenstra 485, Michael
Trimble 459, Brian
McClish 457, Shauna Hogg 367, Brad Bumgarner 343, Chris Petersen
304. (Doug Stokes)
*USAC CALIFORNIA MIDGET CAR SERIES
STANDINGS-Alex Harris 695, Audra
Sasselli 689, Chase Barber 671, Robbie Whitchurch 634, Benny
Moon 630, Jace Meier 611,
Chris Veach 546, Jeff Sakowicz 541, Lindsay Kernohan 455,
Cameron Veach 419.
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*2006 Valvoline USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars schedule at Perris Auto Speedway, Lake
Perris,
CA: Feb 4 (daytime), Feb 18, Mar 4, Mar 25, Apr 15, Apr 29, May
13, May 27, June 10,
June 24, July 1, July 22, Aug 5, Aug 19, Sept 2, Sept 16, Sept
30, Oct 21, Nov 2-4 for the
11th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals, Nov 18-10th
Annual Jack Kindoll Classic. (Kim
Donner and Scott Daloisio, call 951-940-0134, or email them at racesatthepas@aol.com)
*2006 Street Legal Drag Strip at The PAS (Perris
Auto Speedway, Lake Perris, CA) will be
on Friday, January 6. Drag racing will continue on every Friday
thereafter. The Perris Auto
Speedway is on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds. Take the 215
Freeway, exit at the Ramona
Expressway and go east two and a half miles to the
fairgrounds. For info call 951-940-0134, or
email them at racesatthepas@aol.com
(Scott Daloisio and Kim Donner)
*Ralph Foster has a Louie Unser
built 400 c.i. racing engine for sale. See editor for phone#
*Bob Schilling and Joe Henning
will be at Autobooks/Aerobooks, on Magnolia Street, in
Burbank, California, on Friday morning to sign books and talk about their work. (Doug Stokes)
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*The 2005 IAMA awards announced that my “FUEL FOR THOUGHT”
column trouncing the
FIA on behalf of land speed racers worldwide has earned GOLD
recognition. This is the very
same column that was awarded the James T. Valentine Award
by the Society of Automotive
Historians earlier this year. Further, the Gold Coast
Racing and Roadster Club shares the
SILVER honor with me for the 2004 total design of the Dry Lakes
Racing Hall of Fame program
that unfolds at the GAS-UP each year. The purpose of the
International Automotive Media
Awards (IAMA) is to recognize and encourage excellence in
all forms of automotive media. Jud-
ging is by peers, to a standard; entries may earn up to 100
points. The Foundation IAMAs,
Bronze (85-91), Silver (92-96) and Gold (97-100) medallions, are
presented for those works so
qualified. If no entry in a category meets the minimum standards
no award will be made in that
category. E-20, Commentary -- Gold to Louise Ann Noeth,
for “What’s an FIA Land Speed
Record Worth?” -- Goodguys Gazette. F-40, Design: Total
Publication--Silver to Louise Ann
Noeth, 2004 Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame
program. This is a very tough competition – the
judges don’t bother with you unless your work earns a minimum of
85 points – so I am very
pleased that my assault on the FIA has once more made an
impression outside of the sport. Of
course I live in delusional hope the FIA will stand up and do
right by the land speed racer, but
until then it is my pleasure to focus a very harsh light on their
shameful shenanigans. I accept the
GOLD on behalf of all land speed racers who tirelessly toil with
hopeful dreams of speed and
look forward to the day when the FIA learns to respect your
efforts. In closing, if you wish to
review the aforementioned FUEL FOR THOUGHT, you’ll find it on the
home page of my web-
site. Speedy Regards, "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth www.landspeedproductions.biz
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*Media Associations contact points for writers,
journalists, photographers, etc:
Automotive Press Association, Detroit -
jdgilbert@cbs.com,
Detroit Press Club Foundation
www.icnpr.net
International Automotive Media Awards -
whaessner@earthlink.net,
International Motor Press Association, NYC -
www.impa.org,
Midwest Automotive Media Association, Chicago -
www.mamaonline.org,
Motor Press Guild, Los Angeles -
www.motorpressguild.org,
New England Motor Press Association, Boston -
www.nempa.org,
Northwest Automotive Press Association, Port Orchard, WA-
www.nwapa.org,
Phoenix Automotive Press Association, Phoenix-
ledsall@cox.net,
Rocky Mountain Automotive Press, Denver -
vince@theweekenddrive.com,
Society of Automotive Historians -
www.autohistory.org,
Southeast Automotive Media Organization, Charlotte, NC
www.southeastautomedia.org,
Texas Auto Writers Association, Red Oak TX -
http://www.TexasAutoWriters.org,
Truck Writers of North America,
www.twna.org
Washington Automotive Press Association, D.C. -
www.washautopress.org,
Western Automotive Journalists, San Francisco -
www.waj.org,
*NOVEMBER 2005 SAN CLUB EVENTS
Nov 27, Orangevale, CA, Christmas at the Lake Toy Run 916/369-6376
Dec 2-4, Timonium, MD, East Coast Indoor Nationals
www.eastcoastindoornats.com
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*Dirt Racers Radio airs every Sunday evening on
WQKT 104.5 FM from 6–8PM. The show is
hosted by Doc Lehman & Ryan Pearson,
and can also be heard at: www.wqkt.com
MACS
Late Model series racers will be invited on the show. (Doc Lehman
and Ryan Pearson)
*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 registrat-
ion, 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.
SEASON OVER FOR 2005 (Scott Daloisio
and Kim Donner)
*SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes (Southern California)
Timing Trials schedule:
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*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)
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*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:
Dec 3, 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. 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):
2005 Season Review to air Dec 10 and 17 at 8PM
*2005 Southern California Top Comp SEASON
OVER FOR 2005 (Gregg Suyenaga)
*2005 Goodguys Schedule of Events. See
www.goodguys.com or call
925-838-9876:
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum Reunions.
Call 909-622-8562
*2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule.
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*2005 King of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule: For
info call Mike OLeary 812-825-9614
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*SEMA Club Newsletter is at
www.semasan.com
*Mid-Atlantic Championship Series (MACS) 2005
racing schedule: SEASON OVER FOR
2005 See
macs1@verizon.net and http://www.macsracing.com (Andy
Geesey)
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*2005 Crown Royal IROC Series
schedule: SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*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): SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*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:
Dec 7, Twilight Cruise Night 4:30-8pm. Annual Holiday
toy drive.
*AutoZone Super Chevy Show Tour XXV (AutoStar
Productions) 2005 SCHEDULE
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
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*2005 Schedule for the Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway:
Nov 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)
*Special Reunions and events during the year:
Walt and Dottie James'
CRA Reunion in January
Hila Sweet's Car Racers Reunion
in April
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.
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
*2005 Stacker 2 World of Outlaws Late Model Series
Schedule: (Doc Lehman)
SEASON OVER FOR 2005
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*15-year-old race car drivers Matt Lee
and Robert Thorne are pleased to announce
that they
will join Team Autotecnica for the 2006 Formula BMW
USA series. Team Autotecnica, based
in Toronto with a U.S. shop in Lake Park, Fla., won
the series championship in 2005, posting 3
victories and 6 poles in the 14-race season.
www.twintooth.com,
www.autotecnicagroup.com,
www.formulabmwusa.com and
www.restartcommunications.com. (Linda K. McKinley)
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