Month: March 2011

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM’S ON-LINE STORE OFFERS VINTAGE SPRINT CAR PHOTOS FOR SALE

he National Sprint Car Museum’s on-line store is now offering vintage sprint car photos for sale to the general public. To date, over one hundred photos from the donated collections of photographers Al Booton of central Iowa and Herb Zieman of northern Ohio have been scanned and are now available for purchase. Photos are being added everyday to the www.sprintcarstuff.com web site.

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Dollasky Scores Top Five in Vegas Opener

A double-dip of racing in ‘Sin City’ was the next race for the Big Game Treestands #7 team as they headed to The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on Wednesday for night one of the Las Vegas Nationals. ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ was looking for his first victory at the big half-mile as he has five runner-up performances including 22 top tens and 13 top fives in 42 appearances.

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United States Auto Club

LANCE JENNINGS NAMED USAC/CRA PR DIRECTOR

Lance Jennings of Carson, Calif. has been named the new publicist for the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series. Jennings will work directly with Series Coordinator Chris Kearns and officials with the United States Auto Club for relating information to track announcers, race organizers, participants, media, and fans.

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Ventura Raceway

VENTURA SEASON BEGINS MARCH 5TH

Ventura Raceway will open its 2011 season on Saturday night March 5, with a full program of short track racing action on its clay oval at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA. On that night we will feature VRA Sprint Cars, VRA Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, VRA Kids Classes and our new VRA Mod Lite Class.

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Indy Car

IZOD INDYCAR SERIES UNVEILS RULES FOR FIRESTONE TWIN 275S AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

The Firestone Twin 275s at Texas Motor Speedway will be identical in almost every way when the IZOD IndyCar Series race twice in the same day this summer, with one significant exception. Both will pay half the points and half the bonus prizes for the event, but the field for the second race will be set by a blind draw, INDYCAR officials announced today the rules for the June 11 race.

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Badger Midget Auto Racing Association

Paul Clark 1982 Badger Midget Champion dead at 58

Paul Clark, the 1982 Badger Midget Series Driver Champion died Friday Feb. 18 in Madison at the age of 58-years old. Clark spent the last twenty-two years in constant care for injuries suffered in a 1988 USAC National Midget Race.

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Personalities That Make Race Officials Miserable

Racing officials, no matter how large or small their roll is, generally is a low or no pay job done by people that simply love the sport. Most nights the best outcome and official can hope for is going through a program without being yelled at…

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Wednesdays with Wayne – Teaming with Travis in Texas!

Wayne Johnson finds himself back in the saddle in south Texas in yet another ride. This time, he’s partnered with good friend, Travis Rilat, and will be sporting familiar colors. The Knoxville, Iowa driver will be aboard the TSR #29 sponsored by F&J Construction as he fills in for Travis. Wayne drove the Fred & Jo Threatt #29 to an ASCS National championship back in 2000 and had several years of success in that machine.

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