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National Sprint Tour Tune-up on Thursday Night at SSP

National Sprint Tour Tune-up on Thursday Night at SSP

Contact: Todd Fisher (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Sprint Tour Tune-Up at SSP on Thursday; Women on Wheels Added to Friday NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (May 29, 2006) – The Sprint Cars return to SSP on Thursday night, June 1 with the One-on-One Street Car Drags, Xtreme Stock Cars and Four Cylinders. ... Continue reading

SAMAX - Watkins Glen preview

SAMAX - Watkins Glen preview

The SAMAX/ Doncaster Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car will carry a new number in this week's Rolex Sports Car Series race, but the same talented team will be behind the wheel. The Toronto trio of Dave Lacey, Greg Wilkins and Mark Wilkins will switch from No. 71 to No. 17 for the six-hour race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Inter ... Continue reading

SAMAX - Lime Rock race

SAMAX - Lime Rock race

SAMAX Motorsport had a short track day at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn., as both team cars made an early exit from the May 29 Rolex Sports Car Series race on the 1.53-mile road course. Mark Greenberg of Boston was at the wheel of the No. 17 SAMAX Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car when it tangled with another car 10 minutes ... Continue reading

Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE Toyota Finish 16th at Mansfield

Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE Toyota Finish 16th at Mansfield

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: Ted Musgrave Interview Contact: Jayson Kaplan, 704-293-7508 AS ... Continue reading

USAC Release - MARTZ LEADS MIDWEST FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES TO IOWA; ANDERSON RACE RESCHEDULED

USAC Release - MARTZ LEADS MIDWEST FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES TO IOWA; ANDERSON RACE RESCHEDULED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN 06-122 MARTZ LEADS MIDWEST FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES TO IOWA; ANDERSON RACE RESCHEDULED INDIANAPOLIS – USAC’s Midwest Ford Focus Pavement Midget Car Series returns Friday at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Tate Martz will con ... Continue reading

CRA VISITS VENTURA

CRA VISITS VENTURA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-116 CRA VISITS VENTURA THIS SATURDAY JONES GETS 1ST USAC/CRA WIN IN "SALUTE TO INDY" Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. leads the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series to the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway this Saturday night and will aim for his 11th fast qualify ... Continue reading

WESTERN MIDGETS PREP FOR VENTURA

WESTERN MIDGETS PREP FOR VENTURA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-115 WESTERN MIDGETS RESUME JUNE 10 AT VENTURA RAHE, HANSEN GRAB USA RACE PARK FEATURES Tyler Brown of Norco, Calif. holds a 23-point lead over defending USAC Western Midget Champion Jerome Rodela going into a June 10 race at Ventura (Calif.) Race ... Continue reading

GARDNER 10-FOR-11!

GARDNER 10-FOR-11!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER GARDNER CONTINUES INCREDIBLE FQ STREAK, NOW 10-FOR-11! Drivers earning top Earl's points in last weekend's action included Josh Wise (Silver Crown), Dave Steele (National Sprints), Bobby Santos III (National Midgets), Garrett Hansen and Johnny Rodri ... Continue reading

PEPSI/MT. DEW NATIONALS AT KNOXVILLE

PEPSI/MT. DEW NATIONALS AT KNOXVILLE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-113 "PEPSI/MT. DEW MIDGET NATIONALS" AT KNOXVILLE FRI./SAT. SANTOS TAKES 58TH "NIGHT BEFORE THE 500" CLASSIC Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. will aim for his third consecutive USAC National Midget victory this weekend as the series visits Kno ... Continue reading

SPRINTS "OFF" THIS WEEKEND

SPRINTS "OFF" THIS WEEKEND

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-112 SPRINTS "OFF" THIS WEEK; PREP FOR ELDON, WINCHESTER HAGEN TAKES "PIERCE 50," RAIN HALTS KOKOMO AGAIN Josh Wise will lead the USAC National Sprint Car series to dirt and pavement events June 9 and 11 following a "week off" for the "Thunder & L ... Continue reading

USAC Release - MADERA UP NEXT FOR CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FOCUS CARS; GRAY EARNS FIRST DIRT VICTORY

USAC Release - MADERA UP NEXT FOR CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FOCUS CARS; GRAY EARNS FIRST DIRT VICTORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN 06-121 MADERA UP NEXT FOR CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FOCUS CARS; GRAY EARNS FIRST DIRT VICTORY INDIANAPOLIS – Chris Veach of Livermore, Calif. leads USAC’s California Ford Focus Pavement Midget Car Series division Saturday to Madera Speedway in C ... Continue reading

Steve Kinser Shop Open House -- June 1, 2006

Steve Kinser Shop Open House -- June 1, 2006

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STEVE KINSER SHOP OPEN HOUSE 280 East Smithville Road Bloomington, Ind. ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1 BLOOMINGTON, IN (May 29) - Our previous release tha ... Continue reading

USAC Release - OSBORNE CLAIMS POINT LEAD AFTER ABOLD SEEKONK WIN; TEAMS HEAD TO CHEMUNG SATURDAY

USAC Release - OSBORNE CLAIMS POINT LEAD AFTER ABOLD SEEKONK WIN; TEAMS HEAD TO CHEMUNG SATURDAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 29, 2006 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN 06-120 OSBORNE CLAIMS POINT LEAD AFTER ABOLD SEEKONK WIN; TEAMS HEAD TO CHEMUNG SATURDAY INDIANAPOLIS – Ryan Osborne of Milford, N.J. overtook Nick Wean of the same town Saturday at Seekonk (Mass.) Speedway, in a USAC Northeast Ford Focus Midge ... Continue reading

Daniels Finishes Wild Weekend With MX-5 Cup Win at Lime Rock

Daniels Finishes Wild Weekend With MX-5 Cup Win at Lime Rock

For Immediate Release Daniels Finishes Wild Weekend With MX-5 Cup Win at Lime Rock LAKEVILLE, Conn. (May 29, 2006) - After missing practice for his children's graduations and then losing a transmission during qualifying, a clean race just would not have fit the type of weekend Jim Daniels, of Germantown, Tenn., had. So ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon / Q Power Race Team - Topeka Results

Tony Pedregon / Q Power Race Team - Topeka Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2006 Contact: Allison Holt, JRL Group, (847) 291-7080 x201, <mailto:Allison@jrlgroup.com> Allison@jrlgroup.com Janie Vogel, JRL Group, (440) 915-7627, <mailto:janievogel@yahoo.com> janievogel@yahoo.com Hi- and low-resolution photos available upon request TONY PEDREGON AND THE Q POWER RACE ... Continue reading

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