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TJ’s Leftovers and Hangovers from Attica Raceway Park
As always there was some information I couldn’t quite squeeze into my notes column, so I saved a little bit of info on the weekend action at Attica.
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Weekend Leftovers and Hangovers
I just got back from the “Parade of Champions” in Lansing for the Michigan State Spartans National Championship Basketball game. It seems as if MSU has made Florida kind of its whipping boy after the Citrus Bowl and now winning the National Championship over the Gators. I’m almost sure MSU could take them in Ice Hockey as well! Great job State, and thankfully no discount store couches burned in the celebration this time around!
Eldora Speedway
Drake No Joke on April Fools Day at Eldora
Jay Drake won the USAC National Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Eldora Speedway. Danny Smith, Kasey Kahne, Tony Elliott, and J.J. Yeley rounded out the top five.
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Random News Items From TJ’s Notebook
omeone dropped me a line Saturday about the new owners of the Millstream Speedway. Mr & Mrs Greg Roe join the list of recent green track owners as they have purchased the 3/8-Mile clay oval located in Findlay, Ohio.
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Getting “Slideways” on the Pavement to End 1999
Most of the Midwest has little or no rain all spring and summer, and just when it’s time for the U.S. Nationals at the Terre Haute Action Track Mother Nature cuts loose with heavy rain. Several campers reported seeing people starting pair of all the species of animals in the area. Okay, maybe it wasn’t that bad. I still think though the facility earned the name “Terre Float Actionless Track” for the weekend. No word yet on a possible rescheduling of the ASCS Outlaws and Non-Wing sprints for this year, but I have my doubts if that will happen.
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Match Race: The All Stars vs. The Ted Johnson Support Series
During the Amoco Knoxville Nationals Ted Johnson announced that the Pennzoil World of Outlaws were going to start their own support series. No matter how anyone tries to sugar coat it, the series is going to be based on the home turf of the All Star Circuit of Champions run by Bert Emick and is rest of the All Star Board of Directors. Since both series look to be racing during the 2000 season , and it appears they will be butting heads. So I decided to weigh all of the options in the only fair way to compare the two series, with a little match race.
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Jac Haudenschild Wins $50,000 Bonus at the Back to the Front Challenge
ac Haudenschild needed some caution flags and a lot of luck if he wanted to collect on the $50,000 bonus to win the feature Monday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. What happened was just an amazing series of events that ended with Joey Saldana hitting an infield marker tire while leading on the last lap to hand Jac the win and a $50,000 bonus from McTwo promotions. The capacity crowd went crazy as Haudenschild stopped on the front stretch.
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Weekend Notes from Gas City, New 96, and Spartan
Weekend notes from Gas City, New 96, and Spartan Speedways!
Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints
Photo Gallery: Auto Value Super Sprints at Spartan Speedway
Photo gallery from the Auto Value Super Sprint event at Spartan Speedway….
Gas City I-69 Speedway
Kruseman Wins Thrilling Feature at Gas City
California visitor Cory Kruseman swept the Summer Celebration special at the Gas City I-69 Speedway on Friday night to take the $2,500 first price in Dave Ellis built race car.
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Is there any good time for rain?
The alarm clock rings at 6:00 a.m. on race day morning, and the weather forecast calls for a slight chance of scattered thunderstorms. Always the optimist, I blow the report off and start upstairs to get ready to head to the track. An hour later after packing all my computer gear back up I head to the speedway.
All Star Circuit of Champions
Kerr Wins Final Night of Michigan Fast Track Challenge
Frankie Kerr had to wait until Sunday afternoon to run the feature at the New 96 Speedway after a large thunderstorm washed out racing just before the main on Saturday night.
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Weather Observations and Race Notes From the Michigan Fast Track Challenge
The weather was the top story all weekend at the first annual Michigan Fast Track Challenge at the New 96 Speedway with rain and near record temperatures and humidity for all three days.
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TJSlideways.com 4th Anniversary Racing Vacation
This past weekend the Bob, Rod, Todd crew and company celebrated the fourth season of the TJ Slideways Midwest Sprint Car Racing Page by taking in four races featuring six of the divisions that have made this page worth reading on a regular basis. From midgets on pavement to the World of Outlaws, we pretty much saw everything we cover here on the Slideways page.