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Sunday, October 26th 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

Chris Fleming spoke about his 29 win season and how that stacks up nationally with IMCA.
Frank Burnell Jr. talked about some handling issues he has been having late in the season.
Bobby Maynard explained why he moved up from a Street Stock to a familiar IMCA Modified.

It was a nice day on Saturday until the rain and cold came later in the day. Hopefully everyone got in some good racing yesterday and I hope everything goes well in Middletown today.

I have more good stuff for you and soon we’ll have more from Steve Ovens as well as he spent the weekend at Yates County Speedway. Plus we’ll get in the studio again soon too and have more from there as well.

Now let’s chat about what we have that is new for today on the Audio Page from Yates County. Chris Fleming spoke about his 29 win season and how that stacks up nationally with IMCA as well as what could happen if he wins a few more.

Frank Burnell Jr. talked about some handling issues he has been having late in the season, wondered if he was not driving the car right and what adding left rear weight would do.

Bobby Maynard explained why he moved up from a Street Stock to a familiar IMCA Modified as well as what he is doing to try to learn a new type of racecar.

Saturday, October 25th 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

David Marcuccilli explained he won’t win the GRIT Series and recaps his races the last two weeks.
Connor Cleveland talked about his multi-win season and what went wrong in the last GRIT race.
K.C. Cole told me why he got to Yates County late and why they had to change haulers on the way.
Gary Roberts ran down what he had to do to race at on Friday and why he will retire from driving.
Rocky Warner came in as the GRIT Series point leader and talked about his off week at Syracuse.

I had a fun time as I took a drive out to Dundee and Yates County Speedway. I only had a few hours of time to get some work done and I interviewed a lot of folks. Yates County runs today by the way with Modifieds, The Street Stock 100 and the Go Nuclear Series headlining the show.

And don’t forget that Orange County is running the final two days of Eastern States Weekend as well so if you’d rather smell race fuel than watch Martinsville this weekend, then get on your warm clothes and head on out to either of these venues.

I’ll have more tomorrow and through the week as Steve Ovens will also be sending us some great stuff from Yates County. And we may begin Season in Review interviews this week so send me your questions and we’ll send out a t-shirt to you if we use your question.

Now let’s chat more about what we have on the Audio Page from my quick trip through the pit area at Yates County. David Marcuccilli explained he won’t win the GRIT Series and recaps his races the last two weeks including why he won’t be going to Charlotte to watch the World Finals this year.

Connor Cleveland talked about his multi-win season, what went wrong in the last GRIT race and how he did some research to know what to expect at his first race at Yates County.

K.C. Cole told me why he got to Yates County late and why they had to change haulers on the way and how he finished as part of a dead heat at Five Mile Point Speedway.

Gary Roberts ran down what he had to do to race at Yates County, why he will retire from driving after the season is done and how some big crashed helped the decision along.

Rocky Warner came in as the GRIT Series point leader and talked about his off week at Syracuse as well as what he did with a door skin that took a beating. David Marcuccilli joins us here to tease him.

Friday, October 24th 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

Chad Homan talks about his hard crash at Rolling Wheels and how he is feeling weeks later.

Another big race weekend is upon us with multi-day shows at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown and Yates County Speedway in Dundee. I should be heading out to Dundee later today to check out the action tonight. I have not been there this year so it should be a lot of fun.

I got tied up on Thursday and was unable to get more work done but we’ll have more good stuff for you tomorrow. And be sure to check out my Chad Homan chat to hear about his scary crash at Rolling Wheels during Super DIRT Week.

I am obviously excited about my Kansas City Royals and their big win on Wednesday night. Of course whatever they do from here is the cherry on top as they have already exceeded my wildest expectations. Go Royals. I’ll watch you on the dvr later this morning.

Now let’s chat more about what I have for you to listen to on the Audio Page. I start with a driver who lit up You Tube for all the wrong reasons. Chad Homan talks about his hard crash at Rolling Wheels and how he is feeling weeks later and why he looked a lot worse in some photos immediately afterwards.

Thursday, October 23rd 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

Dale Caswell talked about his Go Nuclear Late Model win this past weekend in Brockville, Ontario.
Mark Alnutt gets ready for this weekend at Yates County and spoke about his newer Street Stock.

We’re back again as we get closer to a big race weekend as the 2014 racing season winds down. We are showing some love to the full fendered divisions this time around with drivers who run Late Models and Street Stocks. And both will race this coming weekend.

I’ll be back tomorrow and may make it to Yates County either tonight or tomorrow if things work out well here. There are a lot of variables in place but we’ll do the best we can.

Of course our buddy Steve Ovens from Turn 5 racing Podcasts is always at Yates County and we anticipate getting some new stuff from him this weekend as well. It’s so nice to have an extra voice here and who knows, maybe you can get a recorder and be our next new voice.

Now let’s talk about the voices we’ll hear today on the Audio Page. I start with a driver who has a late season two race winning streak. Dale Caswell talked about his Go Nuclear Late Model win this past weekend in Brockville, Ontario and looked ahead to racing again this weekend in the series finale at Yates County Speedway.

Mark Alnutt gets ready for this weekend at Yates County and spoke about his newer Street Stock as well as why he is happy they are not running time trials on Saturday.

Wednesday, October 22nd 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

Danny Creeden gets ready for Eastern State Weekend and talks about the racecars he is bringing.
Dan Harpell previews Dutch Hoag National Open Weekend taking place at Yates County Speedway.

It’s a been wet for a few days now here in Central New York but things are looking better this weekend for both Yates County and Orange County as they look to get in their big season finales. I have interviews up for both shows today so give them a listen and make your plans to see some racing this coming weekend.

We have more coming up this week and have a new column coming tomorrow to www.syracuse.com/motorsports. And later tonight we will finish up the next episode of the Atomic Power Racing Hour featuring the Go Nuclear Late Models from the Fulton Speedway.

And I will be in the studio again today both early and late so if any of you would like to get on, just send me a message on facebook or at doug@dougsdirtdiary.com and I’ll get you on.

Now let’s chat more about the new stuff we have for you today on the Audi Page. I start with a look ahead to what will happen this weekend at Orange County starting tomorrow. Danny Creeden gets ready for Eastern State Weekend and talks about the racecars he is bringing as well as how he became guaranteed to start no worse than 7th in the 358 race.

Dan Harpell previews Dutch Hoag National Open Weekend taking place at Yates County Speedway. He talked about a new qualifying format for the Street Stocks as well as why he stretched this into a two day event.

Tuesday, October 21st 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

Pete Stefanski talked about his Pro Stock wreck at Syracuse and why he now likes crate engines.
Steve Ovens previews the Dutch Hoag National Open this Friday and Saturday at Yates County.

We have more for you today on past events and one that will take place this weekend for you to listen to today. I also have a new column out at www.syracuse.com/motorsports so be sure to check that out.

I am back in the studio today and am still looking for drivers who are racing this weekend so if you are, send me an email at doug@dougsdirtdiary.com and we’ll promote both you and the speedway you are racing at.

Now let’s chat more about what we have for you on the Audio Page. I start with more from a driver who had a bad crash on the mile. Pete Stefanski talked about his Pro Stock wreck at Syracuse, explained how long it seemed between the two impacts and why he now likes crate engines under the hood.

Steve Ovens previews the Dutch Hoag National Open this Friday and Saturday at Yates County Speedway in Dundee and tells us who to watch for on each day.

Monday, October 20th 2014

New on the Audio Page for today:

Ryan Susice talked about his big wreck at Super DIRT Week and wonders about this weekend.
Johnny Hill walked me through his top ten at Brockville and looks ahead racing at Yates County.

Wow! What a change we had on Sunday huh? Winter jackets will be dug out soon and I’m sure a few of you did that very thing this past weekend. I also heard reports of wet snow in New York State. It’s that time of the year alright.

I got to work in the studio in between football game and got some work done. I put half of what I did up today and the other half will go up tomorrow. I had a fun weekend with some time off on Friday & Saturday so I am ready to go this week.

I’m hoping to check out one of the days at Yates County this weekend and am looking for drivers racing there and at Eastern States so if you are racing this weekend, send me an email of message me on facebook please and we’ll work you in.

Now let’s chat about the new stuff on the Audio Page for today. I start with a driver who hit the wall hard at Syracuse. Ryan Susice talked about his big wreck at Super DIRT Week, explained how he ended up finding a ride for the event and wonders if he’ll race this weekend at Yates County.

Johnny Hill walked me through his top ten at Brockville, described a problem they had as soon as they unloaded and looks ahead to racing his Late Model at Yates County this weekend.


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