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| Tuesday, May 13th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page for today: Tony Veneziano previews tonight’s World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at Lernerville Speedway. Pete Bicknell talks about his two DIRT 358 Modified wins that took place this past weekend. Cody Darrah picked up his first ever 410 Sprint Car wins at Lincoln and told me how he did it. Kevin Bates chats about his recent streak of tough luck as he got ready to run Saturday at Fulton. Louie Jackson tells me all about his big money Pro Stock win Sunday at the Utica Rome Speedway. Tana Robinson recaps the action from the season opening show Friday night at Ransomville. Mark Garman describes the racing that took place Saturday night down at Grandview Speedway. I had a fun day yesterday as I just love Mondays. I get the chance to go to all of the racetrack websites and see who won. Then I get to call some happy winners and get them on this website for you to listen to. It is a very cool day. Almost everyone I talk to on Monday is in a real good mood. I wonder why? As you can see I have three of those winners on the site today and have a few more saved for tomorrow as well as messages out to many others who made it to victory lane over the last few days. If you won and want to tell the world how you did it, then just send me an email at doug@dougsdirtdiary.com and we can make that happen. I spent a lot of the day in the studio yesterday recording conversations in the afternoon and then again in the early evening. I even did a late one with Tony Veneziano so we could remind you all about the big World of Outlaw race at Lernerville tonight. We’ll have a report on that race on the site later this week. I hope to be able to wrap everything up a little earlier today as we are having a poker game with friends here at the house later tonight. I have been on a big time roll lately and am hoping that continues in our weekly gathering. Hey Central New York race types…wanna play some Texas Hold em’? Call me. Oh, and I did have something else cool happen to me yesterday as I got my Camaro back after some recent repair work to correct an overheating problem. Thanks to Ray Glaski at Rays Car Care Centre in Liverpool, my car is now running cool (With a new custom made four core aluminum radiator from Pats Rad in Kingston, Ontario under the hood.) and is now ready for full cruising status this summer. Nothing is ever easy with this crate powered throw back to the eighties, but Ray was more than patient and kept telling me all along that he would figure it out…and he did. Thanks Ray. Let the cruising begin. Now let’s talk about the new things you can listen to today on the Audio Page. I start out by previewing a big race that is taking place tonight. Tony Veneziano talks about the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series race that is taking place at Lernerville Speedway in the hills of western Pennsylvania. He told me about some of the drivers who traditionally done well at this track, explained why they like it so much and looked ahead to heading to Williams Grove this Thursday and Friday. And don’t forget about Orange County this Sunday either! Pete Bicknell told me about his pair of DIRT 358 Modified wins that came this past weekend at Ransomville and Merrittville Speedways. He talked about being fast on the cushion Friday night, the fun he had running swapping the lead with Chad Brachmann on Saturday night and talked about the positive attitude he is sensing in his part of the racing world. Nice chat, be sure to stay until the last half as that is where we get philosophical. Well, not really. But it is still pretty good. Cody Darrah picked up his first ever 410 Sprint Car wins at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night and told me what he was thinking of during the closing laps of each race. He also talked about some recent changes they have made to his car, how big a role his crew chief plays in the equation and looks ahead to racing with the World of Outlaws later this week. Congrats to you and your whole team. And oh by the way, he is only 18 years old and is still in high school. Kevin Bates chats about his recent streak of tough luck as he got ready to run his big block Modified Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway. He remembered his crash at Virginia Motor Speedway, the rear end they blew out at Rolling Wheels and the wreck he was involved in Friday night at Brewerton. Mamma always said there’d be days like this…just not three in a row! Louie Jackson tells me all about his big money Pro Stock win Sunday at the Utica Rome Speedway during the half way break of the Victoria 200. He talked about his plans to scale back a little this year, his hopes to beat Pete Stefanski in the Mr. DIRTCar Series and his impressions of the racing up his way. Tana Robinson recaps the racing action from the season opening show Friday night at the Ransomville Speedway. She talked about the record setting car counts, the fantastic track conditions and reminded us about the Lucas Oil race coming up in two weeks. Don’t miss the Pete Bicknell interview just above this to hear how he got to victory lane in the 358 Modified feature. Mark Garman describes the racing action that took place Saturday night down at Grandview as well as the special Sunday Enduro that was run at Big Diamond. He also told me about Duane Howard’s second Modified win in a row, the multi-time winner in the Late Models and the $8 admission night coming up this Friday. Sounds like a good deal to me! Come back tomorrow with more from the weekend and more from the studio. I’ll have a chat with Modified winner Perry Francis, multi-time Pro Stock winner Pete Stefanski and lots more. See you then! |
| Monday, May 12th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page from the Victoria 200 at the Utica Rome Speedway: Pre race conversations: Brett Hearn talked about the familiar car he brought to the event and explained why he liked it. Bobby Varin told me how he made his fans and his detractors both happy Saturday night at Fonda. Ronnie Johnson remembered his win from the night before and talked about how good his car was. Jack Johnson was hoping for a good run and told me about his two top fives at Fonda Speedway. Steve Paine commented on the state of Utica Rome Speedway and remembered Saturday night. Billy Decker has been the man to beat of late and talked about the wins he had on the weekend. Gary Tomkins looked over his small block and told me about his late lap pass for the win on Saturday. Dave Camara recapped his weekend and looked ahead to celebrating Mothers Day one day late. After the heat races: Pat Ward told me how he got to the front, won his heat race and then drew the pole for the 200. Bobby Varin talked about the slippery surface and explained why the regulars might do well later. Dave Camara won his heat race and talked about the need to be able to run multiple grooves. Andy Bachetti, Billy Decker and Gary Tomkins talked about their heat wins at the draw. Tim Fuller and an apprehensive Matt Sheppard shared stories about their heat race victories. After the Victoria 200: Danny Johnson chatted about his big win and thanked his crew for pulling an all-nighter to get it. Pat Ward led the most laps of anyone and talked to me about his disappointing second place. Billy Decker always shows up to win and told me about his third place plus the fun he had early on. Tim Fuller finished in fourth place and talked about a change of tires at the lap one hundred break. Willy Decker came home in the number five spot in the Victoria 200 and recapped his race day. It was a fun afternoon for me on Sunday as I got to bask in the sun at the Utica Rome Speedway as they held their first Victoria 200. And I actually woke up at ten o’clock in the morning too as I needed to hit the road by 11:15. I know, that in it self says a lot! Ask anyone who knows me. It was a beautiful day and the pit area was packed with a lot of the northeast’s top dirt Modified drivers, so it was a good day to wake up early. It was a who’s who of the division with racers from DIRT, ROC and beyond all calling Vernon their temporary Sunday home. A star studded field of 67 drivers attempted to qualify for this $10,000 to win ROC show and each heat race was jam packed with talent. I began my day with the usual pre race interviews and the usual picture taking activities in the pit area as everyone was unloading their racecars. As I kept going, I noticed how many people I was chatting with who had already won during the weekend. That told you how good the competition level was. I also saw that a lot of folks had to alter the side panels after going through pre race tech. Look through my photo bin and you’ll notice one picture that shows the part a lot of these panels that some teams had to cut out. It was a vision thing and after the guys cut the pieces out, they agreed with the ruling. I watched the heat races and consolation events from high atop the turn one grandstand. I love sitting up there as you can get a great view of the entire track and take some nice pictures too! (As I did.) I sat with the Gary Tomkins bunch and they were happy as their guy won the final qualifying heat. There was a chance for a big upset in the heat race that ran right before that. With just one lap to go, Utica Rome regular David Orr was in the last transfer spot with veteran driver Rick Laubach on his tail and charging fast. But there would be no Cinderella Story this time around as Laubach got around him in turn two and went onto get a qualifying spot and run the feature. David however, went to the consi, got in a jingle and did not make the show. Talk about drama. The racing in the 200 lapper was very good with four lead changes among four extremely talented race drivers. Danny Johnson ran a very patient race hanging back from leader Pat Ward before going to his inside in turn two to take the lead and go on to the big win. Danny was very excited afterwards and was grinning ear to ear. It had been a while since I had seen him this way and I felt truly happy for him. He had the lead the night before at Fulton before having engine problems. Make sure to listen to his chat to hear about the work he and his team did just to make it to the track. And then to win, it must have been a great feeling for Danny and the entire JIR Racing Team. Congratulations guys! There are so many other stories that happened at this big show and a lot of those are on the Audio Page. Plus there were so many that I did not get to talk about and wished I had the chance to cover. Send me an email at doug@dougsdirtdiary.com if you know of one that you would like me to follow up on. I did however save an additional six interviews from Sunday and those will show up this week, so be sure to come on back every day to hear more of them plus bonus cuts from the Fulton Speedway as well. As always, the new pictures from the event that I took are up to see right now and many more will be showing up from our photographer friends later today. I changed the way that I categorize them, so hit Images, then This Year and scroll down. Watch the dates at the right side and you’ll know which ones are newest. Of course you can always hit Latest Pics to see them all and scroll through them at any time. Have a great Monday and come back tomorrow as you never know who I’ll be talking to next! |
| Sunday, May 11th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page for today from the Fulton Speedway: Pre race conversations: Willy Decker explains why he brought his big block out and looks ahead to the Victoria 200 today. Jeff Rudalavage tells me what he did on his rain out on Friday and how often he will be at Fulton. Tom Sears Jr. talks about a problem he had earlier and his hopes to have a nice finish later on. Alan Johnson remembers his nice run from Brewerton on Friday and his struggles last Sunday. Sam Reakes III gets ready to run his sons back up Sportsman and wonders how he will do. Jimmy Phelps talked about his hopes for later in the day and his plans to run a 358 on Sunday. After the heat races: Danny Johnson won the first Modified heat race of the night at Fulton and told me how the car felt. Alan Fink talked about winning his first ever DIRT Modified heat race and the outside line he ran. Alan Johnson told me about his late race pass of Sean Beardsley for win in the last Mod heat race. Billy Clark won the first Sportsman heat race and talked about the adjustment from Pro Stocks. Sam Reakes III spoke about his heat win and explained how he hit an inside ute tire earlier. Tommy Juhl chatted about his heat win and told me why he spun earlier in the make up feature. After the features: Alan Johnson talked about the pass of his brother for the lead and his Modified win at Fulton. Jimmy Phelps chatted about his runner up finish and the fun he had racing in a tight group. Tom Sears Jr. told me about his third place finish and his race down low with Jimmy Phelps. Tim Sears explains how he lost a few spots and still came home with a nice fourth place finish. Ryan Phelps talked about his top five finish and what happened to his car after the halfway mark. Sam Reakes IV won the rained out Sportsman feature from last week and talked about changes. Sam Reakes III told me about his surprising win as he and his son teased each other about it. I had a fun night last night as I returned to my original racing home, the Fulton Speedway. I got there right on time and got right to work. The first interview I did was just moments after I walked through the gate. There is that one plus a lot of others that I did along the way last night. There was a strong field of Modifieds with 27 cars attempting to qualify and they ended up running without a caution later in their feature race. The show also had a rained out Sportsman feature race from the previous week, plus Mod Lites and an Enduro. With all of that on the card, they got done at just a little past ten o’clock and that was with a short intermission. Nice job! The track conditions were slick and smooth all night long challenging the drivers set up knowledge. It was also nice to see a new winner as the dad of a long time Sportsman driver got a chance to shine and win a feature race. Don’t miss the interviews with the Reakes family to get a taste of the ribbing that will be taking place at their shop this week. The DIRT Modified race was a dandy as Alan Johnson went on to record his second feature win of the year and did so with a nice move to the inside of his brother early in the race. When it was all over, there were unofficially just nine cars on the lead lap. The battle for positions two through five was a real good one. Jimmy Phelps, Tom Sears Jr., Tim Sears and Ryan Phelps put on one heck of a show. Eventually Ryan would fade from the three in front of him, but it was still a real good show. As always, thanks to the folks at Fulton who let me roam where I may and give me all the information I need when I get confused. Although I must admit that I am convinced that they add some grade to that hill in the pit area every year. Also, make sure to check out my latest photo bin as well. We had a problem putting the photos up as we actually exceeded the space on our server where they live. My team was up well into the morning fixing it and those pics should be up sometime during the day today. I am so lucky to have them and so lucky that they keep the same hours I do as I did not originally discover the problem until well after midnight. Thanks to Webmaster Andy and Tony for all their hard work. Today I will be in Vernon, New York for the Victoria 200 at the Utica Rome Speedway. I should have pictures up later today from that event and I hope to see a lot of you guys there. Keep checking back and tomorrow I will chats from those drivers and lots of other photos from the weekend as well. See you then! |
| Saturday, May 10th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page for today: Mitch Gibbs offers his perspective on the big crash he was involved in Sunday at Utica Rome. Larry Knowles talks about the Scott Dennison Memorial race taking place tonight at Woodhull. Chris Higgins tells me how he is adjusting to his new big block Modified so far this season. John Tiff looks ahead to tomorrow’s Victoria 200 and explains how the event will be run. Rich Vleck previews the first Hot Wings TV show airing on Rochester Time Warner tomorrow. Once again we have more cool stuff on the website today and a lot of it previews events that are taking place tonight and tomorrow. Plus some of the people who will be competing are also highlighted. Before I get going, I need to thank all of you out there for stopping by as we just had a wonderful week here at Doug’s Dirt Diary. Our numbers were through the roof and we just enjoyed our biggest Wednesday ever as well. Thanks for coming by and thanks to all of the anonymous forum posters who in their attempts to slam us, just reminded a lot of you that we are still here and still providing the best daily dirt racing content that there is on the web. Thanks to all of you! Tonight I will be at the Fulton Speedway and tomorrow I will be in Vernon, New York for the Victoria 200 at Utica Rome. It should be a fun weekend and with the rainy weather that plagued a lot of the northeast last night now pushing off to the ocean, it means that more good stories will be unfolding in the world of dirt track racing. Before I go to talk about what I have for you today. I wanted to say congrats to Pete Bicknell on winning the Ransomville opener and to Ron Cartwright Jr. for bagging his first Modified win of the year at Black Rock. Will there be another new winner today? I guess you'll have to go to your local dirt track and find out for yourself. Have fun! So now let’s talk about the new clips I have for you to listen to today on the Audio Page. First up, I talk to a driver who had a wild ride last Sunday. Mitch Gibbs tells me about the big crash he was involved in at Utica Rome Speedway and how he is feeling in the days following it. He told me what he saw, what he felt and the work he is doing to make it back to the track this Sunday for the Victoria 200. Larry Knowles talks about the Scott Dennison Memorial taking place today at Woodhull Raceway and tells me a little bit about the man who is being remembered tonight. He also talks about racing against Scott, explains how emotional it would be for him if he won tonight and why he likes the BRP Can Am Late Model Series so much. Good luck tonight Larry! Chris Higgins was back at a track he knows well as he was making his first ever DIRT Modified start at Rolling Wheels last Sunday. He told me what he has been learning so far this year, remembered his night before at Can Am and explained why set up is even more important in a big block compared to an open motor Sportsman. John Tiff runs down some of the talent that will be assembled tomorrow at the Victoria 200 at the Utica Rome Speedway. He also talks about how the qualifying procedure will work, reminds me about he big money Pro Stock race that is also on the card and the big change that everyone will notice in the infield this weekend. I’ll see you there! Rich Vleck talks about the debut of Hot Wings TV tomorrow night in the Rochester area on Time Warner Sports. He tells you what race is highlighted in this first episode, looks ahead to other races down the road and chats about his hopes to get the show in other markets as well. It will be on Sunday, May 11th at 10PM, Tuesday, May 13th at 5:30, Thursday, May 15th and 11PM and again on Sunday, May 18th at 5PM. I’ll see some of you tonight in Fulton and more of you tomorrow in Vernon. Have a great weekend and don’t let the keyboard commandos of the world get you down. They are only trying to make you feel bad so that they can feel better about themselves. See ya tomorrow! |
| Friday, May 9th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page for today: Ted Lamb talks about his Utica Rome crash last Sunday and the car he is working on right now! Keith Flach tells me why he towed into Rolling Wheels Raceway this past Sunday afternoon. Ally Amell explains why he got out of Antique Stock Cars and got into a DIRTCar Sportsman. Dave Pope looks ahead to a great year in Street Stocks and talks about what he learned last year. Dean Reynolds reports on the Empire Super Sprint test session from last weekend at Oswego. I hope all of you are fired up and ready to hit your favorite speedway this weekend. It sounds like the area south of Central New York could get some rain today but the rest of us should be fine. Then the rest of the weekend sounds like it will be fine. So that is good news. I’ll be doing another two race swing this time around as I am hitting the Fulton Speedway on Saturday and then Utica Rome on Sunday for their first Victoria 200 event. I’m staying close to home on Saturday as I actually need to be up in the morning on Sunday for Utica Rome! Yeah, I can actually wake up in the morning, I just prefer not to most of the time. But for this big show, I’ll easily make an exception. Yesterday I had the chance to hit the road and visit the race shop of veteran Modified racer Ted Lamb. He was one of the cars involved in the big crash at Utica Rome Speedway on Sunday and I wanted to hear how he was doing. Sure, I love the posts on the internet saying, “I spoke with Ted and he told me to tell you…”, but I would much rather hear it from the person themselves rather than a go between. That is why I started this website in the first place. So when I called him Thursday afternoon, he reminded me that he was only ten minutes away from my house. So I hopped in the car and headed over to see him. You can see the pics I took in the filmstrip and then hear his interview on the Audio Page. And then come back tomorrow for my chat with Mitch Gibbs. He was the one who was in the air when Ted came through! And yes, they do have different opinions on the incident. But for today, I have some great things for you to listen to on the Audio Page, starting with a heavily requested interview. Ted Lamb walked me through what he saw and felt in his big crash Sunday during the Modified feature at the Utica Rome Speedway. He also told me how he is doing right now, how much work he is doing this week to make sure he does not miss the Victoria 200 on Sunday and how many people have called him to see how he is doing. Glad you are okay Ted. Click on the picture of him and his family to see what I saw at his shop yesterday. Keith Flach tells me why he towed into Rolling Wheels Raceway this past Sunday afternoon and wrapped up his rainy weekend at the eastern part of the state. He also talked about how much he will travel this season, described the car he brought out to Elbridge and looked ahead to his first ever experience at The Fast Track. He went on to finish 22nd and 21st in the twin 50 lap features. Ally Amell explains why he got out of Antique Stock Cars and got into a DIRTCar Sportsman for the 2008 racing season. He told me about a rule change he did not like in the antiques, what appealed to him about the crate powered Modifieds and described how his health and a condition he is dealing with now affected his decision as well. Get well soon Ally and I hope you have a great season. Dave Pope looks ahead to a great year in Street Stocks and talks about what he learned last year about the car he is driving right now. He also told me about his brief appearance the night before at Glen Ridge, a recent second place finish and a problem they recently found on the car. Lesson was learned and as Dave says, “You get what you pay for!” Dean Reynolds reports on the Empire Super Sprint test session from last weekend at Oswego. He told me about the lap times, how they improved with each session and how much everyone is looking forward to this first ever show on Saturday, June 28th. I’ll be there for my second ever Oswego appearance! Today I will be in the studio for a while and then tomorrow I’ll be at the Fulton Speedway for what has the potential to be a real dandy of a show. They have some rainout stuff from last week that needs to made up so you’ll get some free racing! Hope to see you there. Then on Sunday, I hope to see all of you in Vernon New York for the Victoria 200. Have a great weekend everyone! |
| Thursday, May 8th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page for today: Pat Ward recapped his two win weekend and looks ahead to this Sundays Victoria 200 at Utica Rome. Riche Pratt Jr. tells me how he won his second Modified race in a row at the Bridgeport Speedway. Mike Bowman told me how his car was working in the first hot lap session Sunday at Rolling Wheels. Mark Garman reports on last weekends big races at both Big Diamond and Grandview. In my latest Motor Sounds clip, hear the cars in the staging area at the Can Am Speedway. It was a “get caught up on things” kind of day for me on Wednesday as I did some running around town, picked up my daughters from the sitters and made it to a last minute appointment later in the day. Since I was ahead in the studio, I could keep it quiet and do some non-racing related things. But then after the kids went to bed, it was back to the computer to get some busy work done and write up the front page to the website. Some big rain came through our area during the day and early evening providing a little extra moisture for the tracks that will be running early this weekend. From the sounds of it, we should be okay this time around as the last few weekends have been full of cancellations instead of race results. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you guys. By the way, I got a lot of emails about my recent chat with Bob McCreadie. While a lot of people picked up different things from the conversation, I did get a lot of thoughts from you guys on the language itself. I must tell you that I went back and forth on the thing so many times. But when I spoke with the people who know him best and asked their opinions, they were overwhelming in their response. “That’s how he talks when you are at his shop and there are no reporters or photographers around. Air it, it’s real!” So I did. But don’t worry, it is not the start of a trend. The trend has always been about new conversations with the people who make this sport happen. And that is what I have for you again today on the Audio Page. First up, I check in with a driver who had himself a pretty good weekend. Pat Ward tells me about the pair of Modified feature wins he had on Saturday and Sunday. He talked about his unexpected trip to Five Mile Point, the fast car he has had at Utica Rome and his hopes for this Sundays Victoria 200. Yep, the Gypsum boys were hot last weekend! Richie Pratt Jr. talks about winning the Modified feature at Bridgeport Speedway for the second week in a row. He told me how he worked his way through the field from 17th, what he did to the car in between races and offered some advice on running on a heavy track. Congrats Richie! Mike Bowman had just finished a hot lap session at Rolling Wheels this past Sunday and talked to me about how the car felt to him. He told me how good the track looked, what he did with his off night on Saturday and the fun he had at the fishing hole! Later on he would finish 18th and 24th in the 50 lap features. Mark Garman recaps the weekend of racing at Big Diamond Raceway and Grandview Speedway. He talks about the one driver who may have been nervous going across the scale after his win, another who has won three of his four feature races and the charges from the back in the Modified features. I got to get down there! Hear some engine noise from the hot lap session this past Saturday night at the Can Am Speedway in my latest Motor Sounds clip. There are a lot of different kinds of cars in this one so turn your speakers up and see if you can identify them all. I’ll be back in the studio today with cough drops in hand ready to go. I have some things set up already and have a list of folks that I want to track down. Come back tomorrow to see who I get ahold of. See you then! |
| Wednesday, May 7th 2008 |
| New on the Audio Page for today: Tony Veneziano recaps the latest World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series race from Knoxville, Iowa. Kevin Kovac talks about two Woo Late Model races that were run this past weekend in Missouri. Billy Pauch Jr. remembers his last three races including his first win of the year at Big Diamond. Vic Coffey tells me about his Late Model weekend and the new baby boy he has back home. Brad Shova told me about his 358 Modified background and explained why he was at Can Am. Jeremy Pitcher chatted about a problem they were having at Rolling Wheels during hot laps. It is another nice day on the website today as we have interviews with folks all across the dirt racing landscape. I was very busy in the studio and have a lot of chats still in the can and several of those were recorded yesterday. Make sure to come back tomorrow too as we have chats with two time weekend winner Pat Ward and back to back winner Richie Pratt Jr. And who knows who we may track down today! Guess you’ll have to come back tomorrow and every day to see. We saw some nice numbers from Monday as a lot of you not only checked out our newest in-car video on the JonesCAM Video Page, but I saw that many of you starting digging through the archives too. That is how I can tell that we have gained some new listeners as most of you who have been with us all along have watched the videos right when the initially aired. For those of you who are new, I’ll have a special segment for you next week that I hope you’ll like. As for today, I’ll be back in the studio and hopeful that I can maybe even work in a shop shoot before the weekend gets here. But so many of the teams are looking to clean up before I get there in an effort to look good, so often we never get the chance to connect. I’ll give you guys some advice that my mother in law gave my wife and I. She said, “Don’t ever be afraid to have someone over just because you feel that your place is a mess. They are your friends, they’ll understand. The big thing is that you get to see them, don’t care about the other stuff!” Good advice…so call me or send me an email at doug@dougsdirtdiary.com and I just won’t shoot the pile of sheet metal sitting in the corner. Now with that said, let’s talk in more detail about the new stuff I have for you to listen to on the Audio Page. First up, I check in on a series that just had the last two weeks off due to weather. Tony Veneziano talks about the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series action that took place this past weekend in Knoxville, Iowa. He told me about the big crash in the feature, the two big name drivers that battled each other for the lead and the wild weather that postponed the Friday night show. Kevin Kovac reported on the two World of Outlaws Late Model races that took place this past weekend in the Show Me State. He told me about the one driver who switched to a new car to get the win on Friday, the driver who won with an experimental car on Saturday and how tight the standings are right now! Billy Pauch Jr. remembers his last three races from the past weekend including his first win of the year at Big Diamond, his fourth place run in Virginia and a tough luck outing he had in a Midget on dirt Saturday night. He also explained why it is important to get to the front fast on Friday nights, ran down his schedule for this weekend and looked ahead to his upcoming ARCA race at Pocono. Vic Coffey tells me about his Late Model weekend that could have easily resulted in a pair of top six finishes and described what prevented that from happening. He also went over his plans to return to Modified racing this weekend and told me about the drawn out birth of his new baby boy Kasey John. Congratulations to both Vic, Jillian and their entire families. Brad Shova told me about his 358 Modified background and explained why he was at Can Am Speedway this past Saturday night. He also told me about his past experiences at Mohawk International, how much the weather channel helped him make his decision on where to go and remembered his test and tune session from a few weeks ago. Look for a pic of him and his #4 car in my Can Am photo bin from Saturday. Jeremy Pitcher chatted about a problem they were having at Rolling Wheels during the hot lap session and told me how confident he was in his team’s ability to find what was wrong. He described what the car was doing, remembered his heat win from the night before at Fulton and talked about the rain that halted them from completing the feature. Come on back tomorrow for more from the world of dirt track racing. I hope you like the stuff we have for today and I hope you all found something you liked. Come back tomorrow for more. See you then! |
 
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