December 2009 – Page 9 – TJSlideways.com

Beast Congratulates Brad Kuhn on His First USAC National Midget Championship

Winning championships never gets old; just ask perennial winners such as Rick Hendrick or Roger Penske. While Hendrick and Penske are the measuring stick NASCAR and IndyCar owners aspire to, Bob East’s championship record building short track open wheel cars dwarves both of them — combined.

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BUY CANDY CANE TREE ORNAMENT TO BENEFIT SALVATION ARMY

Race fans visiting the IMS Online Store and Brickyard Authentics Gift Shop locations during the holiday season can purchase a candy cane tree ornament to benefit charity through Shop For A Cause program.

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Chili Bowl Champions Team-Up for 2010

Two-time Chili Bowl Champion, Cory Kruseman has acquired the driving services of 2001 Champion and longtime friend, Jay Drake, to pilot a Kruseman Motorsports/Lucas Oil/Spike in January’s 24th edition. Drake looks to join his new car owner as a two-time winner; while Kruseman seeks to garner his third Golden Driller.

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Mission Accomplished!.. Barger Crowned 2009 Lucas Oil ESS Champion

The 25 year old budding star from Montrose, NY finally collected on a goal that he was been wanting for the past six years. Justin Barger came out on top in one the nation’s leading 360 sprint car organizations and thus is the champion of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) for the 2009 racing season.

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Nominate for Speedweek NOW to Avoid Missing Out

The Annual PWWSS Speedweek is shaping up to be the biggest on record as teams gear up for 5 rounds in 7 days during the peak holiday period. Car counts sore as drivers put their machines and crew to the test with interest from around Australia and America.

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Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Entry List – The First Glance

The wait is over, as the early entry list for the upcoming 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway was released from the event’s Tulsa office today.

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Palmer Finally Gets a Haircut and the Victory Spoils

For the past two seasons Brendan Palmer has turned up to each meeting hoping to get a haircut and last Saturday night at Brisbane International Speedway (BIS) in Queensland via a cameo drive with the Jack Berry owned Polar Ice Racing team it resulted in a breakthrough Speedcar feature race victory and a haircut.

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Thompson the Best of the Locals

The good 09/10 season form of James Thompson continued last Saturday night after he picked up the honour of being the highest placed local finisher in sixth place during the third round of the World Series Sprintcar (WSS) Championship at Parramatta City Raceway (PCR).

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Reidy Etches Closer to Maiden WSS Victory

If the performance of Danny Reidy last Saturday night at Parramatta City Raceway (PCR) during the third round of the World Series Sprintcar (WSS) Championship is any indication than a maiden WSS round victory isn’t too far away.

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DIRTcar 2010 Sprint Memberships Now Available

With the calendar still reading 2009 for a few more weeks, the 2010 season is well underway at the DIRTcar offices, especially in the Member Services Department.

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Lines Gets the Job Done

Avalon Raceway (Geelong, VIC) was a track that Steve Lines has never won a feature race at, but that ended last Saturday night when he drove to a commanding victory in the fourth round of the Eureka Garages and Sheds Super Sprint Series and he also made it back-to-back wins in the annual Fireball Derby.

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Month: December 2009