<<And my international sources say it wasn't Narain Karthikeyan either.>>

Really? Looked just like him.


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And my international sources say it wasn't Narain Karthikeyan either.



Roland



From: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Will White
Sent: 25 November 2009 01:24
To: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [TrackChasers] Week 47 Summary





Colin,

3 guesses. Hint: It wasn't me.

Will

colin herridge wrote:
> Guy, Who was the other mystery trackchaser?






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Colin,

3 guesses. Hint: It wasn't me.

Will


colin herridge wrote:
> Guy, Who was the other mystery trackchaser?

I don't know if this will be of any help but there's at least a phone
number.

_http://www.speedwayentertainment.com/mrf_sidebites.htm_
(http://www.speedwayentertainment.com/mrf_sidebites.htm)
Myerstown, PA - Nov.  19th, 2009 (issue 56):  Tommy Perrego has announced
that the Walkill  Slingshot Club will be holding an event on Black Friday for
anyone that still  has their car together and wants to race. The Nov 8th
event had 14 cars show up  and the race program was done by 4. They are
planning on getting things underway  with hot laps at 1 and the program to
follow.
If anyone is interested please  call Tommy at 845-541-2004. There will be a
collection for a  payout.


In a message dated 11/24/2009 2:13:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
RTRYFBAR@... writes:




TrackChasers:

Due to the forecast, the Walkill Slingshot Club race  scheduled for this
week on Black Friday has been moved back to Sunday  afternoon. Hot laps are at
noon.

Does anyone have the location or  directions to this track? Post 'em if ya
got 'em.

Guy  Smith

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TrackChasers:

Due to the forecast, the Walkill Slingshot Club race scheduled for this week on
Black Friday has been moved back to Sunday afternoon. Hot laps are at noon.

Does anyone have the location or directions to this track?  Post 'em if ya got
'em.

Guy Smith


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Guy,
Who was the other mystery trackchaser ?
Colin

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From: RTRYFBAR@... <RTRYFBAR@...>
Subject: [TrackChasers] Week 47 Summary
To: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 23 November, 2009, 19:44


 



TrackChasers:

I was all set to go to Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon for the Limited Sprints
and Modifieds, when Mike emailed me with news of the discovery of a new figure 8
track in North Carolina at the Rowan County Fairgrounds. Pam was in New Orleans
for five days, and Mike wanted to go to NC, so i gave up my high school football
and Bridgeport plans and took him up on his offer.

I left right from work on Friday and met Mike at his house. By 10:30, we were in
Roanoke, VA where we stayed for the night.

Saturday we finished the drive to the Fairgrounds. Admission was only $7 for the
second ever figure 8 race at the track. They had one during the fair in
September. This was the first of a new eight race series, which will end next
September during the fair. The car turnout was decent, with 16 big cars and 5
small cars. There were not a lot of spectators on hand at the very nice
fairground facility. We were joined by one other TrackChaser. Before the race we
both enjoyed an outstanding deep fried pork chop sandwich at the refreshment
stand. It was a beautiful November day in North Carolina.

The show started 40 minutes late at 1:40 and they had three 15-lap heats for the
big cars, each with three cars qualifying for the feature. The small cars then
ran their 25 lap feature. The announced ten minute break turned out to be 40,
and then they had the 25-lap big car feature. The show was over by 3:30. By 1:15
a.m. I was back home in Effort. Because of being gone Friday night and all day
Saturday, I stayed home from Bridgeport on Sunday to do other work.

The next race in the eight race series is in March, then they will run every
month until the fair in September.

Next week's plan is once again up in the air. Mike and I were planning on
heading to Georgia for two new tracks for me and three for Mike, but now they
are also supposed to have a Slingshot race at the new track in Wallkill, NY this
weekend. I could be happy going to that and Wall Stadium for the TQ's, but Mike
wants to try for both New York and Georgia. The only problem is that as of
Monday afternoon, they are not even sure which day they are going to run the
race at Wallkill. This could turn out to be a last minute decision. As far as I
can tell as of now, I have three races left for 2009. I'm just not sure if it
will be one new track and two repeat visits, or the opposite.

I hope you all had as good of a weekend as Mike and I did.

Guy Smith

2009 Summary

Weeks Racing--46 of 47
Weeks with New Tracks--39
New Tracks--60
Total Tracks--91
Race Events--87
Trips Via Air--2

Lifetime Toal Tracks--1,247

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Guy:

Thanks for letting us know that Wallkill, NY may run this weekend. If you here
anything about Wallkill, please let us know. Depending on the day they racen, if
they do indeed race, I may be able to make it.

Edward

TrackChasers:

I was all set to go to Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon for the Limited Sprints
and Modifieds, when Mike emailed me with news of  the discovery of a new figure
8 track in North Carolina at the Rowan County Fairgrounds.  Pam was in New
Orleans for five days, and Mike wanted to go to NC, so i gave up my high school
football and Bridgeport plans and took him up on his offer.

I left right from work on Friday and met Mike at his house.  By 10:30, we were
in Roanoke, VA where we stayed for the night.

Saturday we finished the drive to the Fairgrounds.  Admission was only $7 for
the second ever figure 8 race at the track.  They had one during the fair in
September.  This was the first of a new eight race series, which will end next
September during the fair. The car turnout was decent, with 16 big cars and 5
small cars. There were not a lot of spectators on hand at the very nice
fairground facility.  We were joined by one other TrackChaser.  Before the race
we both enjoyed an outstanding deep fried pork chop sandwich at the refreshment
stand.  It was a beautiful November day in North Carolina.

The show started 40 minutes late at 1:40 and they had three 15-lap heats for the
big cars, each with three cars qualifying for the feature.  The small cars then
ran their 25 lap feature.  The announced ten minute break turned out to be 40,
and then they had the 25-lap big car feature.  The show was over by 3:30.  By
1:15 a.m. I was back home in Effort.  Because of being gone Friday night and all
day Saturday, I stayed home from Bridgeport on Sunday to do other work.

The next race in the eight race series is in March, then they will run every
month until the fair in September.

Next week's plan is once again up in the air. Mike and I were planning on
heading to Georgia for two new tracks for me and three for Mike, but now they
are also supposed to have a Slingshot race at the new track in Wallkill, NY this
weekend. I could be happy going to that and Wall Stadium for the TQ's, but Mike
wants to try for both New York and Georgia. The only problem is that as of
Monday afternoon, they are not even sure which day they are going to run the
race at Wallkill. This could turn out to be a last minute decision.  As far as I
can tell as of now, I have three races left for 2009.  I'm just not sure if it
will be one new track and two repeat visits, or the opposite.

I hope you all had as good of a weekend as Mike and I did.

Guy Smith


2009 Summary

Weeks Racing--46 of 47
Weeks with New Tracks--39
New Tracks--60
Total Tracks--91
Race Events--87
Trips Via Air--2

Lifetime Toal Tracks--1,247



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TrackChasers:

Win some, lose some. After just reporting about the new Micro Sprint track in
PA, I read that Adirondack International Speedway will not be opening for 2010.
It appears they are delinquent on taxes. The track always seemed a little shaky,
getting a half million dollar grant from the government to finish the place, yet
they never built their signature track, the Almost Mile, nor the road course.

They did manage to have races on three of five planned tracks. I made it to the
first race at all three. The first race was on a dirt road course in December of
1997. The small half mile opened in 2001, and the inner quarter mile oval in
2004. For two of the three tracks, they only had one race ever as far as I know.
I was hoping to be able to get to the first race at the other two tracks, but I
doubt that will ever happen, but I have had those doubts for several years now.

Guy Smith


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TrackChasers

I discovered a new track that plans on opening next year in western, PA. It's
called Neupert Raceway Park in Cabot, PA. It's planned as a quarter mile dirt
oval running Saturday nights. Micro Sprints, Mod Lites, Four Cylinder Stocks,
and UTV's are planned. Their myspace page lists a June opening date.

I've been around this long enough to know that tracks never seem to open when
they think they will be able to. Some never open. We will have to wait and see
what 2010 brings.

Guy Smith



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Saturday, November 14 - We decided to drive 45 miles south of Houston today to
visit the city of Galveston.  If you remember Galveston took a direct hit from
Hurricane Ike last September and we are happy to report that things are starting
to turn around for the good in this city.  There are still signs of the
destruction but many have rebuilt and things are looking better.  We had a
wonderful lunch at Olympis on the dock on the bay side of Galveston where I
enjoyed fresh grilled shrimp while Pat feasted on Bossa.  It was a very
enjoyable meal and our conversation with two visitors from South Africa only
added to the enjoyable experience.  After a tour of a tall ship and a boat tour
of the harbor area it was time to head back north on I-45 for our Saturday night
fix of racing.

The destination was the Houston Motorsports Park, a 3/8 mile high banked
asphalt/concrete oval, located in a questionable area of south Houston.  Seating
was a large concrete grandstand with aluminum planks with backs on every other
row.  The pit area was located outside of turns one and two with a clear infield
for good viewing.   Ed Esser and his traveling mate arrived after just about all
of the heats had been completed and sat with us for the remainder of the
evening.   I was upset as HMP's website ad advertised $5 admission by buying a
ticket at Fiesta Marts in the area.  The only problem was we could not find any
in a 10 mile radius of the track.  When registering our complaint to the ticket
seller all she could offer was a "sorry" and a track card to go onto the site to
order tickets off of Ticketmaster.  Yea, right!!!  I want to pay more in fees
than I would pay for the ticket!!!  So instead of the admission costing $5 each
it cost us $15 each plus $5 for parking.  An extra $20 out of our pockets and
with a little common sense the ticket seller could have sold us tickets for $5
each and probably the other $20 would have been spent on souvenirs or food.  But
instead it left us with a bad taste in our mouths (and that wasn't from the $1
hot dogs that were half cooked on stale rolls to boot)!!!

There were seven divisions of racing with the following car counts:  bandoleros
(8), eco stocks (16), NASKARTS (12), limited modifieds (6), pro stocks (9), pro
trucks (10) and late models (13).  Low car counts and too many divisions!!  The
racing was so-so with straight up starts from the heat finishes so there was not
much passing in the features.  The pro trucks and the eco stocks by far put on
the best features of the evening.  Racing started at 6:04 and all qualifying was
over by 7:07.  An intermission followed where all fans were allowed to come down
on the track and get autographs and posters of all the divisions racing tonight
(we knew about this ahead of time and the PR guy told me they were looking to
start the first feature by 8:15 to 8:30).  This was nice for the fans and about
two thirds of the crowd took advantage of the opportunity to go down and meet
their favorites up close and personal.

The bandoleros went green at 8:08 and the last race of the evening was 50 laps
for the late models with checkered at 10:56.  We believe a five hour program is
too long but the fans didn't seem to mind and the regulars are the ones who
support the track week in and week out and a good crowd was on hand so I guess
they enjoy what they are watching and don't mind that the program lasts five
hours.

Not an exceptional weekend of racing but still two new tracks and one new state
for the weekend is not bad.  We have now seen racing in 46 of the 50 states with
two new states added to the ledger this year.  Not sure when we will look to bag
the four remaining ones to join the prestigious 50 state club.  Time and money
will determine that!!

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Friday, November 13 - We had two plane tickets set to expire on November 23 from
our cancelled flight to Florida in February so I searched for somewhere to catch
some racing in November.  The spot I picked was Texas and this would be the
first time we had ever witnessed any racing in the Lone Star state.  We flew out
of Philadelphia on a windy Friday with only an hour delay and arrived in Houston
only 20 minutes behind schedule.  From there we grabbed the National Rental
Chevy Malibu and headed north on I-45 toward Willis.

The Gator Motorplex was running the first night of a two night program on Friday
with qualifying heats and dashes for all divisions.  We arrived at 7:05 missing
only the hobby stock heats.  The limited modifieds ran five heats for their 28
car field while the street stocks ran 3 heats for their 19 car field.  The dwarf
cars ran 6 heats for their 32 car field while the pure stocks ran 3 heats for
their 18 car field.  Last but not least the modifieds ran 2 heats for their 14
car field with intermission starting at 9.  We both felt that the number of
heats in several of the classes could have been lowered but that is what they
ran.

The track itself sits right along the interstate and is a 3/8 mile high banked
red clay oval that blackened up farely quickly.  None of the heats were that
exciting and with the stiff wind blowing on our backs and the small number of
people in the concrete grandstands and hillside outside of turns three and four
the 35 minute intermission could have been cut in half.  We watched three of the
15 lap dashes before we decided to call it an evening.  Decent looking track but
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TrackChasers:

Neither Pam nor I got to a new track this weekend, for the first time since we
went to see the ARDC Midgets at Big Diamond on the last weekend of March. At
least one of us had been to a new week for the past 32 weeks.

The original plan was to go to Georgetown on Saturday for the Modifieds, but
they rained out. The backup plan was to go to Albany Saratoga for the enduro,
but that was canceled. Either of those would have been new tracks for Pam. The
only other Saturday race choices appeared to be Penn Can for Sportsman or
Grandview for an enduro. Neither of those two choices were as appealing as high
school football playoffs.

In PA, the school teams are broken into four classifications by size. Pam and I
went to one game on Friday night (AAAA), one on Saturday afternoon (AAA), and
one on Saturday evening (AA). On Friday, the East Stroudsburg South Cavs crushed
the defending state champ Liberty Hurricanes (where I once taught). On Saturday,
the Wilson Warriors (alma mater of our own Bing Metz, a high school wrestler of
some note), crushed the Pottsville Crimson Tide. And on Saturday night the
Catasauqua Rough Riders (Pam's alma mater and where I did student teaching just
one semester after she graduated) held off the Palisades Pirates. High school
football is one thing I enjoy as much as racing.

Sunday was the rain date for Georgetown, but they canceled that too, already on
Friday. Pam stayed home to grade midterms, and I went to Snydersville Speedway
for their season finale. It was in the high 60's, and too nice to stay home,
although I should have done yard work. What can I say, I'm still a race fan. The
Senior Slingshots were one of four countable classes out of 17, and had the
highest car count with 11. As video killed the radio star, Slingshot popularity
may have killed the Micro Stocks. A class that once flourished at Pinebook was
down to only two cars (one Modified and one Sportsman) at Snydersville. They
also only had two Champ Karts, as a new Winged Outlaw Kart class had five or six
entries. Snydersville was my 91st track of the season so far, of which 59 were
new.

I still have four races left on my schedule for this season, which should be
ending early this year. As of now, the last race I have planned is a return to
Providence for the indoor TQ's on December 5. From Wednesday to Sunday of this
week Pam is heading to New Orleans to present at a conference that will be
attended by Vice President Joe Biden. Neither of us like Joe or his boss. My
plan was and maybe is to go to Bridgeport on Sunday for Sprints and Modifieds.
However, Mike just found some kind of figure 8 race in the Carolina's this
weekend, and he's raring to go. I'll have to do some investigating on this one,
as there are very few if any figure 8 races in either Carolina, except for JM's
annual trip to the Dixie Classic Fair. Maybe I'll end up in NC, and maybe in
Bridgeport.  Maybe even both. We'll see.

I hope everyone had as good a weekend as Mike and Paul did in Georgia and South
Carolina this past week.

Guy Smith


2009 Summary

Weeks Racing  45 of 46
Weeks With New Tracks--38
New Tracks This Year--59
Total Tracks This Year--91
Race Events This Year--86
Trips Via Air--2

Lifetime Total Tracks--1,246


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TrackChasers:

Yesterday I found information online that Frozen Ocean, NY is reopening next
year. A group that runs kart races, including Winged Champs, has leased the
track. I went there by myself once for a Slingshot race, but when I got there
there was no one there as they canceled due to earlier rain. I ended up going to
see the Syracuse Skychiefs minor league baseball game that night. I didn't even
know the track was still there. It's always nice to get another crack at one
that was missed, and even better when you can pull a thorn of one that was
actually visited but didn't see races.

Not only is the group running at Frozen Ocean, but they have three weekly tracks
as well. West Amboy runs on Fridays, Moose Mountain on Saturdays, and Savannah
on Sundays. I didn't know about any of those tracks. The Winged Champs seem to
race at all of them. All the tracks are in the upstate New York. Could be as
many as four potential new tracks for 2010.

Keeping with the frozen and New York themes, AMEC has their ice racing schedule
for 2010 on their website. They have races scheduled at eight different lakes,
but none new. I've been to them all. If I don't find different ice races to go
to, you may find me at a couple of the AMEC shows, just for fun.

Guy Smith


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TrackChasers:

This just in from Allan Brown. Kingsport, TN ran a UARA Late Model race last
weekend. It was the first race there in several years. If you go to the
UARA-STARS website, you can read all about it. Gordy and I went to that track in
1987, but at that time in was dirt. It's nice to see a famous and defunct track
reopen. Hopefully it will stay open for next year so we can have another chance
to get there. It's surprising that a race sanctioned by a group of that stature
escaped everyone in the groups notice, or at least everyone that wouldn't have
kept it a secret from the rest for strategic reasons.

Guy Smith




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Thanks for the heads up on Georgetown. I kind of figured as much.

Brian
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From: RTRYFBAR@...
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:03:38
To: <TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [TrackChasers] Georgetown This Weekend

TrackChasers (Take Note Brian Hickey):

Georgetown has canceled for this weekend for both tomorrow (Saturday) and for
the rain date (Sunday). Boo. Albany Saratoga had already canceled their enduro.
Penn Can should be running this weekend, scheduled for Saturday afternoon with a
rain date of Sunday afternoon. Is there anything else running in the northeast?
Guess I should have listened to Mike and taken one of my two personal days today
and headed with him and Paul to Georgia.  Looks like two nights of high school
football for me. Luckily, I love high school football!

Guy Smith


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TrackChasers (Take Note Brian Hickey):

Georgetown has canceled for this weekend for both tomorrow (Saturday) and for
the rain date (Sunday). Boo. Albany Saratoga had already canceled their enduro.
Penn Can should be running this weekend, scheduled for Saturday afternoon with a
rain date of Sunday afternoon. Is there anything else running in the northeast?
Guess I should have listened to Mike and taken one of my two personal days today
and headed with him and Paul to Georgia.  Looks like two nights of high school
football for me. Luckily, I love high school football!

Guy Smith


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Dave:

Jim Nace was 55.  You can read his obit in the Harrisburg Patiort News.

http://obits.pennlive.com/obituaries/pennlive/obituary.aspx?n=jim-nace&pid=13588\
0124

Guy Smith


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   I'll go one better concerning Jim Nace,he was an excellent racer,especially
when one considers the competition he ran against on a weekly basis. In the
pre-WoO days,Nace ran against,argueably,the best group of winged racers in the
country and did very,very well.
   Does anyone know how old he was. It seems like he probably wasn't that old.
 
Dave Balloch
Reading,PA
 
 




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Ed,



Glad to know I trackchase again with you in two weeks time.



Roland



From: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of ejesser@...
Sent: 12 November 2009 21:36
To: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [TrackChasers] Schedule





Roland,
Glad to see your schedule. I too had the Orlando Speedworld on my list
as
it is one of the few times to catch the figure eight too. I should be
there on the 27th. Guess that means Carnesville will wait another year!
Ed

Ed,
>
>
>
> In order to let you plan your future race trips here's my schedule for
> my forthcoming Florida-Georgia trip:
>
>
>
> 11/27: Orlando Speed World Speedway - Bithlo (FL)
>
> 11/28: Charlotte County Speedway - Punta Gorda (FL), eventually also
> East Bay Raceway Park - Gibsonton (FL)
>
> 11/29: Sebring (FL)
>
> 12/03: Five Flags Speedway - Pensacola (FL)
>
> 12/05: Road Atlanta - Braselton (GA) and Watermelon Capitol Speedway -
> Cordele (GA)
>
> 12/06: Roebling Road (GA)
>
>
>
> Hopefully one (or more) of those could be seen in your company.
>
>
>
> Roland
>
>
>
> From: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com
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TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:TrackChasers%40yahoogroups.com> ]
> On Behalf Of ejesser@... <mailto:ejesser%40jvlnet.com>
> Sent: 11 November 2009 08:22
> To: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:TrackChasers%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [TrackChasers] Schedule
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
> I am off to the Western World - this year at USA Race Park in Tucson,
AZ
> on Thurs 11/19 through Sat 11/21.
> I will stop at Riverside, West Memphis, AR on Friday 11/13 and Houston
> Motorsports Park on Saturday 11/14 on the way out.
> Then maybe more Georgia or Florida on Thanksgiving?
> Depends on Roland's schedule too!
> Happy Chasing,
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Roland,
Glad to see your schedule. I too had the Orlando Speedworld on my list as
it is one of the few times to catch the figure eight too. I should be
there on the 27th. Guess that means Carnesville will wait another year!
Ed

Ed,
>
>
>
> In order to let you plan your future race trips here's my schedule for
> my forthcoming Florida-Georgia trip:
>
>
>
> 11/27: Orlando Speed World Speedway - Bithlo (FL)
>
> 11/28: Charlotte County Speedway - Punta Gorda (FL), eventually also
> East Bay Raceway Park - Gibsonton (FL)
>
> 11/29: Sebring (FL)
>
> 12/03: Five Flags Speedway - Pensacola (FL)
>
> 12/05: Road Atlanta - Braselton (GA) and Watermelon Capitol Speedway -
> Cordele (GA)
>
> 12/06: Roebling Road (GA)
>
>
>
> Hopefully one (or more) of those could be seen in your company.
>
>
>
> Roland
>
>
>
> From: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of ejesser@...
> Sent: 11 November 2009 08:22
> To: TrackChasers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [TrackChasers] Schedule
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
> I am off to the Western World - this year at USA Race Park in Tucson, AZ
> on Thurs 11/19 through Sat 11/21.
> I will stop at Riverside, West Memphis, AR on Friday 11/13 and Houston
> Motorsports Park on Saturday 11/14 on the way out.
> Then maybe more Georgia or Florida on Thanksgiving?
> Depends on Roland's schedule too!
> Happy Chasing,
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
>
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TrackChasers:

Central, PA sprint car driver Jim Nace passed away yesterday. He was a very good
racer in his prime, especially in the Camel Express car.

Guy Smith


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TrackChasers:

The Saturday November 14 afternoon enduro and races at Albany Saratoga Speedway
have been canceled. They forgot to take it off the schedule on their webpage.
They started laying new pavement and couldn't wait until after the enduro race.

Guy Smith


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Ed,



In order to let you plan your future race trips here's my schedule for
my forthcoming Florida-Georgia trip:



11/27: Orlando Speed World Speedway - Bithlo (FL)

11/28: Charlotte County Speedway - Punta Gorda (FL), eventually also
East Bay Raceway Park - Gibsonton (FL)

11/29: Sebring (FL)

12/03: Five Flags Speedway - Pensacola (FL)

12/05: Road Atlanta - Braselton (GA) and Watermelon Capitol Speedway -
Cordele (GA)

12/06: Roebling Road (GA)



Hopefully one (or more) of those could be seen in your company.



Roland



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Hi All,
I am off to the Western World - this year at USA Race Park in Tucson, AZ
on Thurs 11/19 through Sat 11/21.
I will stop at Riverside, West Memphis, AR on Friday 11/13 and Houston
Motorsports Park on Saturday 11/14 on the way out.
Then maybe more Georgia or Florida on Thanksgiving?
Depends on Roland's schedule too!
Happy Chasing,
Ed






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Hi All,
I am off to the Western World - this year at USA Race Park in Tucson, AZ
on Thurs 11/19 through Sat 11/21.
I will stop at Riverside, West Memphis, AR on Friday 11/13 and Houston
Motorsports Park on Saturday 11/14 on the way out.
Then maybe more Georgia or Florida on Thanksgiving?
Depends on Roland's schedule too!
Happy Chasing,
Ed

Hi All,
Sunday was a chance to get a look at the Ambassador JRG3 Racing School
Performance Center in Balm Florida. This 1/6-mile asphalt oval is home to
the Tampa Bay Quarter Midgets and thanks to a posting by Will White I
found out they have a countable class of half-midgets racing too. The
facility has some nice shade trees and permanent buildings with a
concession stand but is free to the spectators. The track is slightly
banked with some grass run-off area all around then a row of tires is
placed in front of the chain link fences. They had 4 sets of 4-row
bleachers good speakers and two light poles in the infield that would not
be used today as the races began at 12:30PM and were done before 5:30PM.
The inside of the track has no tires or cones to hit and just drops off
slightly to the grass. Today’s races were 20 lap heats and 30 lap features
for the 9 classes as follows: 3 Rookies, 7 junior Honda, 7 senior Honda, 2
light world formula, 1 heavy world formula, 5 heavy Honda, 9 light 160, 7
heavy 160 and 3 Senior Half-Midgets. There was only one class racing for
the half-midgets all the other 8 were quarter midgets. They combined the
two world formula classes and raced the three cars together. Heats went
fast with some delays for the real young classes to lineup and they seemed
to be tangling more too. Mitchell Stevens took the half-midget heat from
the pole and after an intermission the features were underway. Jacob
Nicoletti took the rookie feature. The junior Honda feature was won from
the pole by Tyler Clem over A J Freitas and slowed by 2 yellows. Garrett
Jones won the senior Honda feature from the pole and was slowed by only
one yellow. Matt Green took the combined world formula feature from the
pole with one yellow. Mickey Drotos started last in the heavy Honda and
got to the front to take the win with the help of only one yellow. Matt
Green led the entire race from the pole in the light 160 class but had to
hold off Nick Snyder on three restarts after a car spun on the 27th lap
and then cars kept tangling on the restarts. Cheyne Hammond took the heavy
160 class from the pole with only 2 yellows. The Half-Midgets rounded out
the day with a non-stop 30 laps and Mitch Stevens led the first 15 until
Rick Hockman got underneath and completed the pass for the lead. Hockman
then led the remaining laps to take the win over Stevens and Shana
Chevillot. I enjoyed the warm mostly cloudy day with a steady breeze from
the East.

#1250 11/8/09 Ambassador JRG3 Center - Balm, FL - 1/6 paved - Half-Midgets

Ed

Hi All,
Saturday night I arrived in Albany Georgia about 5PM to check out the
Albany Motor Speedway where I visited in 2005 to watch the races on
pavement but now they have converted it to a Ľ-mile dirt track. The track
is banked and has concrete outside walls with no inside walls or tires for
the cars to hit. Tonight the track was extremely wet and with the damp
night and no wind to dry the dirt it took a long time to pack the track.
The facility features two roomy 16-row grandstands that are elevated so
you can see over the trackside parking that lines the straightaway and
first turn. They have excellent lights and good speakers and tonight drew
a full trackside parking area of spectators and a fair grandstand crowd to
see a big money race for late models (17 cars), racing in 4 other
divisions (5 super street, 15 mini stock, 14 enduro and 10 pure stock)
plus two make up features. Racing got a late start at about 8:20 and
although the late models could run good on the wet track the other
divisions were having trouble. The mini stock make up feature had 5
yellows in the first couple of laps when the showed the green, white
checkered finish and pole sitter Tyler Boyett just beat Chris Henry to
take the win. The make up enduro feature had 4 yellows in the first 4 laps
taking a long time and got them the green, white checkered finish too with
Mike Adams a winner from the front. Wayne Bradley took off from the pole
and won the 15-lap feature for the super streets over Wade Sexton. The
late model 40-lap feature went next with a first lap spin then 10 green
laps before a string of 4 yellows before another 10 green laps. Josh
Johnson was the early leader but broke then it looked like Cale Simons
might take the win but a challenge from Stacey Roberts changed the race on
about the 32nd lap. Roberts spun then under the yellow banged into Simons
and sure enough two laps later the yellow was out for a flat on Simons’
car.  Charles Sealy started 13th and took his time moving well on the
narrow rubber coated lower lane and inherited the lead but had to hold off
Brandon DeWitt who had spun early and charged back to second. Sealy ran
the final laps smooth and won over DeWitt, Earl Boyett from 8th and Kitt
Sealy from 9th. The mini stock regular 12-lap feature went much better
with one yellow but Tyler Boyett from the front was again the winner this
time over Billy Joe Boyett from 7th and Henry from 10th. The pure stocks
had 3 yellows as Michael Canady was a winner from the front. Billy Brock
started from the pole and won the enduro feature that had two yellows and
closed out the racing at about 11:20PM when I headed south.

#1249 11/7/09 Albany Motor Speedway - Albany, GA - 1/4 dirt - Late Models

Ed

I. Made it over to memphis to catch there race on sat and it is amazing how that
series can stay in bussiness with about 300 people in the stands.

Brian
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Subject: [TrackChasers] ASA Late Model Series also at North Wilkesboro

TrackChasers:

This morning I got an email from Allan Brown with the information that the ASA
Late Model Series has also been booked for North Wilkesboro in 2010. That gives
them two major races for next year, as ASA joins the USAR Pro Cup appearing at
the track next season.

Guy Smith


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TrackChasers:

This morning I got an email from Allan Brown with the information that the ASA
Late Model Series has also been booked for North Wilkesboro in 2010. That gives
them two major races for next year, as ASA joins the USAR Pro Cup appearing at
the track next season.

Guy Smith


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TrackChasers:



Pam and I went to high school football games on both Friday evening and Saturday
afternoon, which left Sunday as our only day to go racing this past weekend. In
the Morning Call newspaper high school football game, I ended up tied for 2nd
out of 774. First place won $1000 (B&M Provisions gift certificate), and second
got nothing. Close but no cigar. It was fun though. If I would have won, I was
planning to donate the gift certificate to a food bank for the homeless in
Bethlehem anyway.

On a gorgeous November Sunday Pam and I headed back to New Jersey to Corson's
Speedway. I wanted Pam to see Corson's, because we had such a good time there in
June and Pam didn't come along that day. On tap was the season finale 50 Lap
Turkey Derby for the Champ Karts, with the final point race for the modified
flat karts.

Racing started around 2:15, with one flat kart heat and two heats for the Champ
Karts. Admission is always free. After the three heats, it was time for
intermission and lunch. On the lunch menu for today were hot dogs and
sauerkraut, fried cheese sticks, and sausage chili. Everything is free with
donations accepted. I popped in a $10 spot for Pam and I, which seemed fair to
me.

During intermission, Fred, the track owner (head idiot in his words) came over
to make sure we were having a good time, to thank me for the nice writeup this
summer in Area Auto Racing News (circulation over 19,000) and to make sure I
mentioned him by name this time. Fred, as well as every single person at the
track were as nice as could be to us once again.

Pam likened the event to a weekly Sunday afternoon neighborhood picnic where
instead of setting up the nets to play grass volleyball, they race Champ Karts. 
A good analogy.

The 50 lap feature was great. They had only two cautions, far fewer than we saw
in June. In 50 laps with only two yellows, no one got lapped and only one
dropped out. And to top it off, the winner took the lead in the first turn of
the last lap. Both mains were over before 4:00.  What a great place for a
relaxing and fun afternoon.  The only problem for me is that it is a three hour
drive each way, including going through Philadephia, and costing over $14 in
tolls. If it was closer, I'd go there every year.

I did not go to a new track this weekend,  for only my second time in eight
months. Too bad I didn't know about Walkill, but no worries because we had such
a nice time at Corson's. No new track this coming week either, as we are
planning on going to Georgetown, DE for the Modifieds on Saturday.  I'm down to
five races left for the year, only two at new tracks, both with Mike on
Thanksgiving weekend. The season is winding down.

Hope everyone else found a race to attend this past weekend.

Guy Smith


2009 Summary

Weeks Racing--44 of 45
Weeks With New Tracks--38
New Tracks--59
Total Tracks--90
Race Events--85
Trips Via Air--2

Lifetime Total Tracks--1,246



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