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Friday, October 19th 2018

   New on the Audio Page for today:

Billy Pauch Jr. talked about his big win at Selinsgrove and looked ahead to a busy race weekend.
Kyle Inman explains how he got the lead with a familiar move in his Sportsman win at Genesee.
Cory Reed told me why things will be staying pretty much the same at Brewerton and Fulton.

I had a semi-day off on Thursday as I only had about a half an hour of work to do before I relaxed and visited with family. Make sure you get out today and see some racing as it sounds like today is going to be a beautiful day.

No snow pictures for us as we dodged this first dusting of the season. We didn’t even have one flake or even sleet as our Thursday as an uneventful one. At this time of the year that can truly be a good thing.

Now let’s talk a little more about what is new for today on the Audio Page as we start with a pair of winners from last weekend. Billy Pauch Jr. talked about his big win in a SpeedSTR at Selinsgrove, his top ten at Port Royal last Friday night and looked ahead to a busy race weekend at Orange County.

Kyle Inman explains how he got the lead with a familiar move in his Sportsman win at Genesee this past weekend, looks ahead to Charlotte next weekend and wonders what to do next season.

Cory Reed told me why things will be staying pretty much the same at Brewerton and Fulton Speedways, how well the 358’s did at Brewerton and the tough choice Sportsman teams have to make.

Thursday, October 18th 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Steve Poirier talks about picking up his 9^th 360 win of the season last Saturday at Brockville Ontario.
Donnie Lawson tells me about his hopes for this weekend at Outlaw Speedway and his 360 engine.
Danny Creeden runs down his plans for Orange County and describes the different cars he’ll drive.

It was a cold and rainy day on Wednesday and they actually mentioned that awful winter style of precipitation in the forecast so it seems like some of us may have a bit of a surprise waiting for us at the bus stop today. Ugh!

I’ve got some good stuff up for you today and have some in the can for tomorrow as I am taking today off. My brother in-law is in town from California and I have not seen him in years. He is a big baseball fan like me so we hope to be able to watch some playoff games and catch up. Go Brewers!

Now let’s chat more about what we have for you on the Audio Page starting with a driver who finished off his season, like every driver hopes to do, with a victory. Steve Poirier talks about picking up his 9^th 360 win of the season last Saturday in Brockville, how close the racing was after the track took ruber and what he is thinking about for 2019.

Donnie Lawson tells me about his hopes for this weekend at Outlaw Speedway, how a switch to a smaller 360 cubic inch engine has helped and why he likes to keep his car down low most of the time.

Danny Creeden runs down his plans for Orange County beginning tonight, explains why he likes small block racing so much and describes the different cars he’ll drive over the next four days.

Wednesday, October 17th 2018

   New on the Audio Page for today:

Ryan Susice tells me about his win at Genesee Speedway and his job working for Bicknell in the U.S.
Eldon Payne Jr. talks about learning his new cars this season as he gets ready for Outlaw Speedway.
Tim Hegarrty spoke about his season with the Dirt Modified Nostalgia Tour and his ride for 2019.
Al Heinke offered his thoughts on Weedsport Kartway and how he found his way into racing.

I had a very productive day on Tuesday as I got a lot done and stayed ahead by a day at the same time. I even got enough done to put up an extra chat for you today.

Not sure what I am doing this weekend as it sounds like it could be pretty raw out there but I do have a chat with a driver running this weekend and we’ll follow it up with another tomorrow. Outlaw Speedway has their big season ender and using the word “big” is an understatement on this one.

I hope you guys all have fun this weekend and hope you get out to show your support. There are still some races to including Eastern States at Orange County so get out and smell the race fuel before we fire up our snowblowers.

Now let’s chat about what we have for you today on the Audio Page starting with a winner from last weekend. Ryan Susice tells me about his win at Genesee Speedway in The Gladiator, why the ride he was in was a familiar one and describes his job working for Bicknell Racing Products here in the U.S.

Eldon Payne Jr. talks about learning his new cars this season as he gets ready for Outlaw Speedway, explains what he had to change as well as how things went at Super DIRT Week.

Tim Hegarrty spoke about his season with the Dirt Modified Nostalgia Tour, explains how he got into racing through his family’s involvement and his ride for 2019.

Al Heinke offered his thoughts on Weedsport Kartway and how he found his way into racing and remembers his days in the Army as a young man. Nice one here.

Tuesday, October 16th 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Ryan Watt tells me about his wins at Port Royal & Grandview and the rest of his 2018 race schedule.
Kevin Root explains how he won the Sportsman Super DIRTcar Series title with a 6^th place Friday.
Tony Veneziano reports on the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars from Terre Haute and Eldora Speedways.

We’ve got some good stuff for you today as we visit with a two time winner, a first time series champion and of course get our weekly fix from the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Things are still pretty busy and that’s great. More races coming up this weekend too.

I was also able to put three in the can as I need to stay a day ahead this week with some family coming into town from Cali. My brother in law is coming to town and that’s gonna be fun as I can now watch game with someone who really knows his stuff. Let the baseball playoffs continue we say.

Now let’s chat more about what we have for you on the Audio Page starting with a man who boosted his win total for the season to 11 this past weekend. Ryan Watt tells me about his wins at Port Royal & Grandview this past weekend, offered his thoughts on Super DIRT Week at Oswego and runs down the rest of his 2018 race schedule.

Kevin Root explains how he won the Sportsman Super DIRTcar Series title with a 6^th place Friday night at Brockville Ontario Speedway as well as how he followed the driver right behind him in points.

Tony Veneziano reports on the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars from Terre Haute and Eldora Speedways, talks about the cars that broke a long standing track record and looked ahead to Kansas this weekend.

Monday, October 15th 2018

   New on the Audio Page from Weedsport Kartway:

Zach Sobotka offered up his thoughts as he got ready for his first kart race at the new kart track.
Mike Walton told me who was driving his kart on Sunday and how his racing business is going.
Charlie Tibbitts remembered his karting background while talking about his Sportsman season.
Jake Cratsley described how he was prepping tires and how he has been doing on the dirt tracks.
Anthony Desimone talked about his first laps in a kart as well as his Friday in a Quarter Midget.
Zach Sobotka told me how he did in practice & time trials as he got his first laps in a dirt kart.

We had a nice time as we checked out the new Weedsport Kartway on Sunday. It was a beautiful summer day and the place was wonderful. We were impressed with the facility and the amount of karts in the pit area as I believe the number was 165.

We did have to leave early for a family issue but fortunately everything worked out there. We’ll be back as like I said both Allie and I were very impressed with what we saw. And the racing was intense. We’re glad we sat this one out as Allie is not ready for that kind of action just yet.

Now let’s chat more about what we have for you on the Audio Page as we begin with a racer we know from local Sportsman racing. Zach Sobotka offered up his thoughts as he got ready for his first kart race at the new kart track, recapped some of the smaller cars he has driven and how he found a ride for the event.

Mike Walton told me who was driving his kart on Sunday, described why tires were so important and encouraged racers to check out his business for some help.

Charlie Tibbitts remembered his karting background while talking about his Sportsman season as well as how much more consistent his second season in the class was compared to the first.

Jake Cratsley described how he was prepping tires and how he has been doing on the dirt tracks as well as how he does when he races friends at the public go-cart tracks.

Anthony Desimone talked about his first laps in a kart, how it was different than his usual ride as well as his Friday night in a Quarter Midget on the track in Syracuse.

Zach Sobotka told me how he did in practice & time trials as he got his first laps in a dirt kart, how he was entering the corners and how similar it was to a Quarter Midget in that aspect.

Sunday, October 14th 2018

   New on the Audio Page for today:

Jimmy Phelps previews today at Weedsport Kartway and talks about his sixth place on Friday night.
Lee Gill talks about purchasing Evans Mills Speedway and runs down some of what he’d like to do.
Jeremie Corcoran looks ahead to the Northeast Racers Auction, Tradeshow & Swap Meet Nov 16-17.

It was a cold and rainy day again in Central New York as lake effect rain once again made it just a miserable day to be outside. Here was drizzle on and off and it wasn’t even enough to show up on the radar but would have not been fun to race on a raw day like that.

I got some work done in the warm studio and will be with Allie today in Weedsport for some kart racing. It will be the inaugural event for the track and I am looking forward to seeing how this goes and looking forward to seeing some good racing too as I have never seen karts on dirt before. I know…how could that be? Well, we’ll fix that today.

Now let’s chat more about what we have for you on the Audio Page for today starting with a chat about the big race happening later today. Jimmy Phelps previews today at Weedsport Kartway, describes how the schedule changed after a rainout on Saturday and talks about his sixth place on Friday night.

Lee Gill talks about purchasing Evans Mills Speedway and runs down some of what he’d like to do to the facility as well as the things he likes best about his 3/8 mile asphalt track.

Jeremie Corcoran looks ahead to the Northeast Racers Auction, Tradeshow and Swap Meet Nov 16-17^th, reminds vendors that there are only a few booths left and reminds drivers to get in their info for free admission. Go to www.northeastracingproducts.com/WP

Saturday, October 13th 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Tommy Sears told me about his Friday qualifier at SDW and what little advice he gave his nephew.
Demetrios Drellos described the work he had to do in a last chance qualifier last Saturday at SDW.
Robby Knowles talks about his new job as Promoter at Airborne and shares some history at the track.

I don’t know how it was where you were on Friday but it was cold and rainy here at the home studio. Lake effect rain was all around our area and when I went to the bus stop in the morning with Katie it was drizzling at there but not 100 feet away at our house. We were just on the edge of it all day long.

As I wrote this up I am getting ready to take Allie up to the dome to see the SU men’s basketball team scrimmage. She is totally in basketball mode now and has been working hard to get ready for the JV girls tryouts in early November and can’t wait to see what this year’s team looks like. We may even hit Varsity Pizza just to give her the full SU experience.

Now let’s chat about what we have new for you on the Audio Page for today starting with my last two chats from Super DIRT Week. Tommy Sears told me about his Friday qualifier at SDW and what little advice he gave his nephew as well as how happy he is to see him doing as well as he is at this stage of his career.

Demetrios Drellos described the work he had to do in a last chance qualifier last Saturday at SDW, how fast he was in the final practice and wonders about next year at Fonda.

Robby Knowles talks about his new job as Promoter at Airborne Park Speedway, describes what his position was before the change and shares some of his family’s history at the track.


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