East Bay Sprints is their own "weekly series". I'll be there on Sat night.
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East Bay Sprints is their own "weekly series". I'll be there on Sat night.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.p...00000030769067
http://www.eastbayracewaypark.com/
Nice track and its not too many minutes off the interstate. The food at the tavern on site is worth the ride
Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it but it's true they say
He's the master of going faster. -George Harrison
Thanks, Rich, for starting the thread for me.
I've basically two choices this week. first is Cleveland County Speedway over at Shelby. $23 to get in, big late model (any other kind here?) on Saturday night. I'm leaning that way.
Or, for only $10, I can go to Harris Speedway, a good bit closer (about 12 miles SE of Rutherford). However, they are advertising NINE classes of race cars.
Reminds me of FunFest, formerly a year ender done by Lawrenceburg, now done by Brownstown Speedway...with upwards of 20 classes running for a weekend.
I'd put it to a vote but you guy would send me to Harris.The rain may win out anyway.
What? You dont want to see a 4 cylinder bomber class followed by a 6 cylinder bomber class? Cmon, everyone LOVES when they run two or three different mini stock classes that all look alike.Originally Posted by DannyB
Or, for only $10, I can go to Harris Speedway, a good bit closer (about 12 miles SE of Rutherford). However, they are advertising NINE classes of race cars..
Youve heard me moan about Southern tracks before but Ive been to a few of those $10 tracks and left every time feeling I didnt get my moneys worth. Stay FAR away.
Id rent Days of Thunder before I tried a Carolina track advertising that many classes
LOL Thanks for the laugh. I was in a crappy mood about getting up at 5 AM and the 3 hour drive to St. Pete in the morning, but not now.
I think sometimes Im funniest when Im not trying to make a joke.
No such thing as a bad day at a race track
Enjoy!
Cleveland County is already rained out. Not too hot about Harris either. I read where Cherokee is running only 4 classes. Hoosier promoters get raked over the coals when they run 4 classes.
Thanks. No rain here, but got a little sunburned. Got lots of good photos of the new car. I've got a couple hours to file my story & get over to East Bay for some dirt.
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Somewhat ignoring my good and right SC buddy, I paid a visit to the Cherokee Motor Speedway, near Gaffney, SC. Lovely race track. Other than that? Huge difference when one crosses state lines sometimes, eh?
Nothing like 4 or 5 car heat races on a wide 3/8 mile to get your blood pumping. And the PA guy said they were trying something new: group qualifying for all.
Thought I was late when I arrived at 8 p.m. but I wasn't. First race at 9:35 p.m. after a somewhat hideous version of the Anthem. I left after the modified feature. It was 12:30 a.m. Had been texting people off and on.
That Fishburger fella texted me Sunday afternoon, asking if the feature was over yet.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2012 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.012; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.110; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-13.138; 4. Matt Mitchell, 18X, Watt-13.268; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-13.291; 6. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-13.324; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.361; 8. Josh Ford, 72, Ford-13.370; 9. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-13.405; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.461; 11. Greg Taylor, 7, Taylor-13.462; 12. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.502; 13. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-13.581; 14. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-13.603; 15. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-13.638; 16. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-13.779; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-13.792; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-13.833; 19. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.845; 20. Jim Richardson, 8R, Richardson-14.081; 21. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.105; 22. Matt Day, 97, Day-14.205; 23. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-14.206; 24. Brian Baker, 5X, Swaim-14.321; 25. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray-14.453; 26. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-14.658; 27. Ray Knight, 6K,
Knight-15.710.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Hines, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Conrad, 5. C. Gansen, 6. Murray, 7. Carlile. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Barnes, 3. Murphy, 4. Dolacki, 5. Buckley, 6. Bernal, 7. Day. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Faria, 3. Hamblin, 4. D. Gansen, 5. Nichols, 6. Knight, 7. Taylor. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ford, 3. DeBlauw, 4. Richardson, 5. Baker, 6. Ennis. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Josh Ford, 6. Peter Murphy, 7. Kevin Barnes, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Don Gansen, 10. Chris Gansen, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Steve Conrad, 13. Justyne Hamblin, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Matt Day, 16. Jim Richardson, 17. Brian Baker, 18. Ray Knight, 19. Brody Roa, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Austin DeBlauw, 22. Terry Nichols. NT
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**Carlile and Murray flipped during the first heat. Taylor flipped during the third heat. Ennis flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Roa, Laps 28-30 Kaeding.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Bud Kaeding-68, 2-Matt Mitchell-68, 3-Ryan Bernal-62, 4-Markus Niemela-59, 5-Josh Ford-55, 6-Peter Murphy-52, 7-Danny Faria Jr.-50, 8-Kevin Barnes-49, 9-Don Gansen-41, 10-Chris Gansen-37.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 7 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
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O'Neal over Owens at Brownstown Indiana Icebreaker
O'Neal over Owens at Brownstown Indiana Icebreaker
BROWNSTOWN, IN (March 24, 2012) - Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN won his fourth career
Indiana Icebreaker Presented by Bowman Auto Group on Saturday Night at the Brownstown Speedway. O'Neal started sixth in the 50-lap main event and went on to capture the $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event in front of a huge crowd.
O'Neal and defending Series Champion Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN traded the lead four times, until O'Neal pulled ahead for good on lap 36. Owens held a good lead over O'Neal until lap 26 when O'Neal reeled Owens in as they went through lap traffic.
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Wanna know what's wrong with NASCAR? They've gone from Junior Johnson to Jimmie Johnson.
Wanna know what's wrong with IndyCar? It's gone from dirt ovals to street races.
We got rained out at my new track. They called it early and believe it or not they were joking around saying "hey we got time to make it to Gaffney". The place is a joke even to other SC tracksSomewhat ignoring my good and right SC buddy, I paid a visit to the Cherokee Motor Speedway, near Gaffney, SC. Lovely race track. Other than that? Huge difference when one crosses state lines sometimes, eh?
Nothing like 4 or 5 car heat races on a wide 3/8 mile to get your blood pumping. And the PA guy said they were trying something new: group qualifying for all.
Thought I was late when I arrived at 8 p.m. but I wasn't. First race at 9:35 p.m. after a somewhat hideous version of the Anthem. I left after the modified feature. It was 12:30 a.m. Had been texting people off and on.
That Fishburger fella texted me Sunday afternoon, asking if the feature was over yet.
What I do not understand is how can these drivers think that being in a 4 car heat and a 7 or 8 car feature is worth all the time and money? I cant even call it racing some of the time as there are some races where there are no cars in the same corner at the same time
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