Mindy's Vegas Minute

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Mindy Stephens
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MINDYā€™S VEGAS MINUTE
Moorpark, Calif. - (November 1, 2006) This minute is coming live to you
from booth number 20713 at the SEMA Show in glitzy Las Vegas, Nevada...
Iā€™ve been out in Vegas since Tuesday of last week. The NHRA races didnā€™t
start until Thursday, but I had won some money last year at Ballyā€™s and
received a couple free comp room nights at the Rio Hotel & Casino, so I decided to
enjoy Vegas a couple days before my schedule started getting busy. After my
stay at the Rio, we moved to the beautiful South Point Casino & Resort,
located on the southern part of Las Vegas Boulevard. It is one of the hotels owned
by the Gaughan family and since we sponsor Orleans Racing, they take care of
us very well.
Speaking of Brendan, him and the South Point No. 77 Dodge ran at Atlanta
Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last weekend under the
guidance of Bryan Berry, after Tony Liberati was released from the team earlier
that week. After qualifying 23rd for the show, Brendan cut a tire down, just
after receiving the Lucky Dog pass the caution period before, kissing the wall
and forcing him to the pits to fix damage and change the flat tire. A
caution did not come out for his mishap and he went two laps down. Never
regaining his lost laps, Gaughan crossed the finish line in 26th.
Billy Ballew Motorsports put Jeremy Mayfield in the No. 15 Quest Global/Red
Top Auto Auction Chevrolet for the EasyCare 200. However, his engine expired
on lap 114, ending his day early and handing him a 30th-place finish.
The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series also ran at Atlanta Motor Speedway over the
weekend. The Ringers supporting team of Penske Racing South and drivers Kurt
Busch and Ryan Newman finished 14th and 30th, respectively. Busch fought a
loose race car most of the day and Newman brushed the wall during and spun
during the course of the race, putting him two laps down.
The NASCAR Busch Series ventured to Memphis, the birthplace of the blues,
and the Memphis Motorsports Park for the Samā€™s Town 250. Ringers supporting
racers of Todd Kluever and Jason Leffler; Kluever sporting the DriverX by
Ringers racing gloves drove to the checkered in 16th place on Saturday, while
Leffler, sporting the UnderX by Ringers was forced off the track with an expired
motor late in the race, relegating Leffler and the Braun Racing No. 32 to a
34th-place finish.
It was a Ringers winning weekend in NHRA action at The Strip at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway on Sunday! All of the professional classes had a Ringersā€™
winning driver or supporting team driver in the Winnerā€™s Circleā€¦and three of
them being owned by Don Schumacher.
Tony Schumacher of the Ringers supporting team of Don Schumacher Racing
toppled new nemesis J.R. Todd in the final round of Top Fuel at the ACDelco Las
Vegas NHRA Nationals with a 4.469/313.58 mph run.
After Whit Bazemore was let go from the Matco Tools Racing Funny Car at
Schumacher Racing, Jack Beckman was brought in to fill the seat for the remainder
of the year. Well, in only his fourth professional start for DSR, he
landed in the Winnerā€™s Circle and collected his first Wally. Beckman beat fellow
Ringers supporting racer Tommy Johnson Jr., whose Skoal Racing Funny Car went
up in tire smoke in the final round.
It was announced at Indianapolis that the Richie Stevens Jr.ā€™s Pro Stock
operation would still be owned by DSR, but would be run by Allen Johnson and
his father Roy. Since that change, Richie has scored two career Pro Stock
wins, with the second being in Vegas on Sunday. Richie took out 2006 POWERade
Pro Stock Champion Jason Line in an upset holeshot win, 6.789/202.85 mph.
Two teammate and Harley-Davidsons battled in the Pro Stock Motorcycle finals
Sunday evening. The one coming out on top though was the 2006 Ringers
Gloves Pro Bike Battle Champion Andrew Hines. Hines took out teammate GT Tonlget
with a 7.080/188.65 mph run. Hines sits in first place in POWERade Pro
Stock Motorcycle points, only 37 points ahead of Antron Brown, heading into the
final race at Pomona next weekend.
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 ā€˜06 by logging onto
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Mindy Stephens
Public Relations/Marketing
Ringers Gloves
RingersIndy@aol.com