Mindy's Minute - Weekend Racing Wrap
Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact Information Mindy Stephens Ringers Gloves Public Relations 800.421.8454 _mindys@ringersgloves.com_ (mailto:mindys@ringersgloves.com) MINDY’S MINUTE Shoe Returns to NHRA Winner’s Circle Moorpark, Calif. - (June 27, 2006) Two Ringers supporting teams met in Top Fuel finals at the O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol on Sunday. Don Schumacher Racing’s Tony Schumacher made his first final round appearance of the 2006 season at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. Bud King Racing’s Brandon Bernstein, the defending Top Fuel race champion of the event, met Shoe at the line in hopes of collecting his second consecutive hometown win for his sponsor, Budweiser. Unfortunately, a victory eluded Bernstein as he smoked the tires early down the strip and Shoe returned to Winner’s Circle for his first win of the season. Ringers’ driver Tony Pedregon made his third final round appearance of the year and took on his former boss John Force in Funny Car action on Sunday. Force, the favored opponent, was leading TP until the 1,100-foot mark when he blew a blower belt, handing TP his third win of the season with a 4.859/320.43 mph run. Pedregon’s win boosted him to fourth place in point standings. Pro Stock Motorcycle saw its fifth winner of the 2006 season and second consecutive win for G-Squared Motorsports. Matt Smith collected his first official NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle career win last weekend in Englishtown. His teammate Chip Ellis picked up his first win of the season, fourth of his career, on Sunday. Ellis met Michael Phillips at the Tree. While Phillips jumped off the line ahead of Ellis, Ellis ran Phillips down on his way to a 7.153/183.84 mph run to Phillips’ 7.298/184.83 mph run. Mike Edwards used his DriverX racing gloves by Ringers to shift past Larry Morgan in the Pro Stock category, picking up his second win of the year. He edged out Morgan by 20 inches, 6.717/205.76 mph to 6.715/205.82 mph. NASCAR Nextel Cup Series – Dodge/Save Mart 350– Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. The Ringers team of Penske Racing South scored two top-five finishes with its drivers Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch on Sunday at the Infineon Raceway road course. Kurt Busch collected the pole for the Dodge/Save Mart 350, while his teammate Ryan Newman lined up in fourth. Both drivers completed all 110 laps en route to double top-five finishes. Newman came home behind race winner Jeff Gordon in second, while Busch held on for fifth place. Busch’s finish boosted him two spots in Nextel Cup point standings to 14th, while Newman didn’t gain any ground and maintains 17th. NASCAR Busch Series – AT&T 250 – The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wis. Paul Menard finally collected his first career Busch Series win! It came in his home state of Wisconsin on Saturday at The Milwaukee Mile just outside of Milwaukee. Menard, an UnderX by Ringers user, held off an aggressive Kevin Harvick during the final stages of the race. But Harvick’s bump triggered a wreck, setting up a two-lap dash to the finish, with Menard being the victor. Fellow UnderX user Jason Leffler led 45 laps of the race and held on for a fourth place finish at the checkers. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series – Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 – The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wis. Ringers team Billy Ballew Motorsports fielded two trucks on Friday night in the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. One was for team driver Kyle Krisiloff and the second was for Wisconsin native, Johnny Sauter. Sauter led the Ringers supporting team to the checkered flag in 12th place. Green Light Racing’s Chad McCumbee finished 14th, while the next Ringers driver to come across the line was Brendan Gaughan and his Orleans Hotel Dodge in 19th. Ringers racer Justin Allgaier finished 22nd, Billy Ballew Motorsports stable driver Kyle Krisiloff, 29th and the second truck of Green Light Racing with driver Chris Wimmer bowed out early with electrical woes, finishing 36th. Other Racing Bud Kaeding picked up his second USAC Silver Crown Series win of the season on Saturday in Richmond, Va., during the Richmond Times-Dispatch 100. While BK was picking up a win in Virginia, his brother Tim was picking up points with his fourth place finish in National Sprint Tour action in Sedalia, Mo. TK sits in second place in NST standings, only 47 points behind leader Danny Lasoski. In other sprint car action, Jonathan Allard picked up his fifth Golden State Challenge win of the season, this one coming at Silver Dollar Speedway on Saturday. Allard just came off his second Dirt Cup win last weekend in Washington. In off-road racing action, Ringers racer Scott Taylor picked up two wins over the weekend in Crandon, Wis., in Rounds 3 and 4 of CORR Lucas Oil Racing Series Pro-2 action. On Saturday, Taylor picked up the win in the Ford Truck Pro-2 race with a dominating lead over the second place finisher by 22 seconds. Sunday brought the same dominating finish in the American Axle Pro-2 race with a 24-second lead. About Ringers Gloves Ringers Gloves, Official Gloves of NHRA and title sponsor for the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle, is a full-line manufacturer of high-end, task specific gloves, SFI 3.3/1, 3.3/10, 3.3/20 racing gloves, UnderX protective undergarments and rdigs pit boots. Keep up with your favorite Ringers racers in ‘06 by logging onto _www.ringersgloves.com_ (http://www.ringersgloves.com/) for photos and highlights! 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