Start Your Engines: Orange Show set to go green
February 28, 2007
Opening night will feature ‘full contact’ Figure 8 racing
By Jim Short, OSS PR
SAN BERNARDINO – Saturday night, when Orange Show Speedway opens its 60th Anniversary season, contact won’t be encouraged, but it will be inevitable. Read more
Meier leads SPEED-TV reality show
February 28, 2007
Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas race car driver Jace Meier is in first place after the first episode of the live-action mini-series, FORZA MOTORSPORT SHOWDOWN being aired on SPEED, the automotive lifestyle and motor sports network. Last week’s episode ended with Meier getting top prize of a night’s stay in the Château Élan Winery & Resort. Read more
THE NOTEPAD: Fontana Cup Race
February 28, 2007
A CASE OF DEJA VU
By Dave Grayson
Deja Vu: it’s an interesting little concept that allows events to repeat itself unexpectedly. In the first two weeks of the NASCAR season it appears that Kevin Harvick may be on his way to mastering the meaning of Deja Vu. Let’s take a look at some rather interesting statistics within a period of seven days. Read more
WRAP-UP: Busch series win goes to Kenseth
February 28, 2007
By Dave Grayson
Matt Kenseth took the lead for good on lap 129 and came home the winner of the February 24th Stater Brothers 300 NASCAR Busch Series race at the California Speedway in Fontana. Casey Mears, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle followed him under the checkers to complete the top five. NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers competing in this race, often referred to as Busch Whackers, claimed nine of the top ten places in the final finishing order. Read more
WRAP-UP: Skinner claims wild truck race at Fontana
February 28, 2007
By Dave Grayson
Each and everytime that the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series visits the California Speedway the fans can be guaranteed of one thing: the final laps are going to be a very wild, jump out of your seat, affair and it’s something everyone will be talking about the next day. The February 23d San Bernardino County 200 was no exception. When it as all over, Mike Skinner collected the win and Mark Martin was snake bit for the second time in six days. Read more
Tony Stewart Racing ready for AZ racing stop
February 26, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Paul McMahan and the No. 20 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle team are eager to head into the desert of Arizona this week, as they hope to capture their first World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series victory of the season. McMahan and the WoO Sprint Series will return to USA Race Park on Friday (March 2), and Manzanita Speedway on Saturday (March 3), for the first time this season. The No. 20 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle team won the spring event at USA Race Park in Tucson, Ariz., on March 4, 2006, in the series’ first outing at the facility. Read more
TJ Milton’s 2006 Year in Review
February 25, 2007
TJ Milton of NW Racing News Podcast,submits this year in review for 2006 from the Northwest.
NSCS adds August race at Grays Harbor
February 25, 2007
By Andrew Kunas, NSCS PR
ELMA, Wash. - An addition and a minor change has been made to the inaugural schedule for the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series.
ELMA, Wash. - An addition and a minor change has been made to the inaugural schedule for the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series.Grays Harbor Raceway announced on Tuesday the turnover of control of the Elma, Washington track from Debbie Brownfield and Brownfield Promotions to George Wade of Great Northwest Promotions. Grays Harbor Raceway also announced the return of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series on Monday, August 27. In addition to that event, the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series has another race scheduled at Grays Harbor on Sunday, August 26. Read more
New promoter, Outlaw date for Grays Harbor Raceway
February 25, 2007
By Craig Murphy
ELMA, Wash. – Change continues to happen at a rapid pace at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash. Two more changes took place Feb. 20: Brownfield Promotions Inc. turned over promotion of the track, and the World of Outlaws Sprint Series was added to the schedule. The Outlaws will race in Elma Aug. 27. Read more
Steve`s Performance Products enters Kimmel enduro
February 25, 2007
Steve ‘Bomber’ Adams will pilot the #500 Steve`s Performance Products Firebird in the first annual Frank Kimmel Enduro Nationals May 26th at the Kentucky Speedway. This is a 100 lap event on the famous 1-1/2 mile asphalt oval for 300 American made 1960-1988 Stock Cars and will be Bomber`s first trip to the asphalt. For more details on this race visit www.frankkimmel.com
For more information on Steve`s Performance Products visit http://www.500ms.net/OvalGlide/
Source: Steve`s Performance Products
Promoters see promise for upcoming season
February 25, 2007
From Racing Promotion Monthly
LAKE MARY, FL - The Speedweek Annual Workshop of the Thirty-Fourth Annual RPM Promoters Workshop concluded today with promoters upbeat about business prospects for the 2007 season and resolved to surmount the challenge of a highly competitive leisure time marketplace. Read more
Padjen 31st ARPY winner
February 25, 2007
Veteran California promoter John Padjen, Silver Dollar and Placerville (CA) Speedways (left) is presented with the 31st Annual Auto Racing Promoter of the Year Award by Steve York 30th Auto Racing Promoter of the Year. Lukens Photo/Racing Promotion Monthly
From Racing Promotion Monthly
LAKE MARY, FL - In the Grand Ballroom at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, February 12, John Padjen, promoter of Silver Dollar and Placerville (CA) Speedways, was revealed as the Thirty-First Auto Racing Promoter of the Year by Racing Promotion Monthly, the idea newsletter for auto racing promoters. Read more
