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ChancesMom
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Posted: Tuesday Jul 8th, 2008 09:32 PM |
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Results for July 4 & 5 are now posted at http://www.madrasspeedway.com
Not sure why the Crate Late Model results are not posted for the 4th and I haven't been able to locate them anywhere. They were the only class to run a main event on the 4th. I do know that Jason Wines #41, Lebanon, Oregon, was the winner on Friday night.
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Posted: Wednesday Jul 9th, 2008 02:39 AM |
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| The finishing order for the Late Models on the 5th dosn't look right. #30, #21, #28t, and #88i were involved in a crash. All of them went to the pits, but only #88i returned. They have him finishing after #30 and no mention of #21.
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Posted: Wednesday Jul 9th, 2008 03:58 PM |
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Chris.........maybe you could shoot the track an e-mail to clear up the errors. (?)Since we weren't there, I'm not much help....sorry.
When Robbie gets the article written, since you have an "in" with the WoD, could you post it here on this forum? In fact I would like to see the WOD with their own forum on this board. I know that our readers would throughly enjoy the reading!
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Posted: Thursday Jul 10th, 2008 01:53 AM |
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Here is the link to the WOD site.
http://www.warriorsofdirt.com/
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Posted: Friday Jul 11th, 2008 12:55 AM |
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Here is Rob's writeup:
JULY 4-5TH
PRIME-X FREEDOM RACE
$3,000 WON BY WINES!!!!!
RESULTS
A two day show over the Fourth of July, Mt. Hood, Mt. Bachelor, and Mt. Jefferson stood stalwart as the Madras faithful observed the FASTRAK Latemodels thunder out in three wide formation honoring the Red, White, and Blue. The Stars and Stripes set the pace carried by W.o.D. Kent Dollarhyde with a lucky fan passenger in the Ireland-Costello double seat Latemodel. The crowd was on their feet and before this first of two nights of racing was done, few ever found their seat. The rules of competition were simple, the driver with the best two finishes over the two-day show would take home the Sword of Freedom and $3,000 dollars.
Day one, green flag drops, the thunder intensified to a roar as Lisa Stroup #136 and Robby Ireland #8i trade positions back and forth pushing for the lead. The racing surface was smooth as a mirror but held tricky traction. A tangle brings out the yellow and the restart begins lining up. The next start would end the night for Scott Puncochar #14, down the front stretch going into the first turn, ten cars became one sliding screeching mass with Puncochar up on his side. RED FLAG and the anticipation grew as the safety crews led by Competition Director Jack Marontate checked each driver, amazingly nobody was hurt.
Puncochar waives to the crowd as his wounded car drags back on the hook. Bob Trout’s #28 suffered left front suspension damage requiring a flat bed carpet ride to the pits. Trout stepped out of his car and signaled he was all right and would be back, the crowd cheered, the red flag was lowered. Stroup and Ireland led the parade of surviving W.o.D. competitors into racing formation.
The FASTRAK restarts were a new addition to the show, and the confusion shuffled the top cars making this first night of the two day event absolutely spellbinding. Expert Veteran Driver Jason Wines #41 wiggled his way to the front leaving Stroup #136 and Ireland #8i battling for second. Newcomer to the Series Casey Vitale #3v proved himself passing both Ireland and Stroup, pressuring Wines.
Wines chose the fastest line and held it till the checker. Vitale worked all angles around the #41 but couldn’t find a line around.
Smart and sneaky Terry Ferrando #12 saw the opportunity as the FASTRAK restart lined up, nobody took the inside line. Ferrando gave up nothing, and took everything as he slipped into the third position gaining at least four spots. Ferrando #12 slipped by Vitale into second place as the checker dropped Wines, Ferrando, Vitale, and Ireland. The crowd was on their feet welcoming the warriors to the front stretch for the celebration. Vitale moved passed the most cars earning him the title of Hard Charger and Wines prevails winning the sixth Feature Winner challenge coin.
The fiercest competitors on the track, enjoy the strongest allegiance in the pits. Before the Feature, Vitale suffered an over fueling carburetor and a shredded distributor gear on his GM602 crate motor. The speedway didn’t have the parts and everything was closed for Fourth of July, Vitale was S.O.L. until fellow W.o.D. racer Terry Ferrando loaned a carburetor and Privateer Racing provided a back up distributor bringing the #3V back to life and providing the opportunity for Vitale to run the show.
The new blood of any racing series is the rookies. Coming from various racing backgrounds, Doug Trout #28t, Mike Keely #21, Kent Dollarhyde #00, and Brittany Ray #12b are the true rookies of the Pacific Coast FASTRAK Latemodels. These competitors lined up to claim the “Fasted Rookie” title and a hand carved Latemodel on a billet aluminum stand. Doug Trout had turned the fasted time at Cottage Grove so he started in the back side by side with Rookie points leader Mike Keely. Keely’s stock car background kept him out of trouble and on the fastest line. Victory goes to Keely establishing himself as the fastest and most consistent rookie of the weekend.
The end of the first day of competition brought together the W.o.D. drivers, the supporting W.o.D. legion, and Madras locals for a shared meal honoring and supporting Micah Burkley’s Mom, and her battle with cancer. The food was incredible, the dining environment impossible to duplicate. The stars provided the lighting and the roasted pig afforded the sustenance for the day to come.
Day 2, the racing started as the sun came over the high desert, lighting the way for racing preparation. The banging of sheet metal, grinding of rubber, and rattle of impact wrenches signaled the genesis of the race to come. Every car that raced on Friday except Puncochar’s #14 was made ready for Saturday’s event. Setup notes were shared, and Jim Clair #44 benefitted from Tom Lawson Sr.’s expert advisement as to springs and configuration. Steve Suckow #37 tried a double spring pull bar, setting up to hook all the power his GM604 can put down. Tom Lawson Jr. #2 had taken a basket case 2003 Rayburn, and pieced together a competitive race car in less than two weeks, nut and bolted in final preparation. Bob and Doug Trout with their Dad Gary and crew Andy and Jeremy straightened what was bent, welded what was torn, and set both competition orange Trout machines back into play. Oscar Luckman, no stranger to Madras Speedway, dipped into his old school notes and set up Kent Dollarhyde’s #00 and the Keevan Motorsport #21 car piloted by Mike Keely. JP Pagel and wife Christy pounded out the wrinkles and pinned the Pagel chariot back together. Brittany Ray’s #12b endured reconstructive nose surgery as Dad and Grandpa readied her craft. The Madras pits looked as if someone kicked over an ant hill, so many moving people carrying so many burdens. The single goal, every car will be made ready, every driver will race.
As with any racing family, there are blood families who are nucleus to specific teams. Honoring this family tradition, a Family Feud was raged between Team Prime-X (Father Jim Clair, Son Steve Suckow, Team Privateer (Father John Ireland, Son Robby Ireland), Team Trout (Brother Bob Trout, Brother Doug Trout), and Team Bro-Sis. (Brother Mark Carrel, and Sister Lisa Stroup). Eight laps for eight cars, Mark Carrel evaded the competition to pick up the win, pursued, but not passed by Robby Ireland.
The deciding feature started with the best W.o.D. drivers in the fastest FASTRAK Latemodels, rank and file, fastest in the front. The FASTRAK signature restarts mixed up the rank and file and created opportunities to pass and move up for every competitor. The racing surface was superb and Jason Wines piloting the #41 moved to the front like a soap bubble out of water.
Steve Moore piloting Darvin Trammel’s #62 ran high and low but couldn’t find the footing to overtake Wines. Casey Vitale #3v kept pressuring but couldn’t pass. Terry Ferrando #12 moved through the traffic but never cleared enough to challenge Wines.
The Tanner factor came into play once the experienced racers settled in on their fastest lines, which didn’t include the Tanner line. Joey Tanner #111 known for lightening laps but also DNFs, streaked the inside line and stuck his car where the older more seasoned racers conservatively avoided.
Tanner passed Ireland and Vitale like they were stalled. Splitting Mark Carrel #26 and Steve Moore #62, Tanner cut to the inside, rubbed a yuke tire and took the lead. Not only did he take over the first position, he ran all the way to the checker with it! Nobody had anything for him as Tanner wins from the middle of the pack and establishes himself as the Hard Charger and Feature Winner for the night.
Special thanks to our Title Sponsor Prime-X Contracting and the Suckow family for supporting the series and promoting this All-American sport of stock car racing.
Catch the next race at Cottage Grove as the FASTRAK Latemodels take on open motor locals on July 12th.
For a complete story with photos go to http://www.warriorsofdirt.com
Last edited on Friday Jul 11th, 2008 02:46 AM by cjvg
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Posted: Friday Jul 11th, 2008 01:19 AM |
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Chris, not all of us can see that good!
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Posted: Friday Jul 11th, 2008 02:47 AM |
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| OK, I just bumped up the font size for the intoxicated open wheeler.
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Posted: Friday Jul 11th, 2008 04:07 PM |
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Thanks Chris! Very enjoyable reading for sure!
For those of you not familar with the W.o.D, check out their web site and be sure to catch them at a track near you. These folks not only put on a great LM show but they also know how to have some real, clean fun!
I know of a young LM racer and his team from Central Oregon who are seriously thinking about running this series in the near future............betcha' can't guess who that is!
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Posted: Friday Jul 11th, 2008 05:27 PM |
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Hmmm....I wonder who that could be?!?!? 
Congrats to Jason & Joey on their wins!!! 
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Posted: Saturday Jul 12th, 2008 12:07 AM |
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| You might know him and his team, Donna
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Posted: Monday Jul 14th, 2008 03:59 PM |
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Ya think?!?!
Can't wait to see him in there!!
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Posted: Monday Jul 14th, 2008 04:08 PM |
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Payouts are nice in this series and it seems everyone's having lots of fun and they all seem to get along well. We want to wait until the end of the season to see if they' re still having fun before we commit.
Chance say's when this motor goes south (again) we're going crate. Heck, we get beat by one of these crates quite often and we've got triple the amount of money in our motor that they do, so why not? The crates are very competive in the Super Sport and Outlaw class at WS so we could still run there too.
Hope to see you guys at WS sometime soon!
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Posted: Monday Jul 14th, 2008 04:12 PM |
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Yes, the crate motors seem to being a fine job for the folks who are using them!! Good luck on that!!
I'm hoping to get back down there soon...Curt's going to be busy for the next couple of weeks working on the rental house as the renters moved out Sunday and he's got someone moving in on the 1st of Aug. so he doesn't have much time to get stuff done!! 
Tell everyone hi!
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