Saturday, October 16, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Johnny VanDoorn Looking For His Second Title
CRA to Crown Four Champions During Winchester 400 Weekend
CRA - PR Report
Champion Racing Association will Crown four division Champions this weekend at the 39th Annual Winchester 400 Presented by EDCO Welding & Hydraulics and WMDH 102.5 Hit Country on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway. No CRA Series has ever had back-to-back Champions, three of the CRA series have a very good chance of that happening after this weekend.
2009 CRA Super Series Champion John VanDoorn only needs to show up for this weekend’s Winchester 400 to claim his second CRA Super Series Championship for Kaos Motorsports Team. VanDoorn will join Brian Ross as the only drivers to claim two series Championships and will only trail three time series Champion Scott Hantz for the most series Championships. VanDoorn and the Kaos Motorsports Team will make history this weekend, as the only driver and team to ever claim back-to-back CRA Super Series Championships.
VanDoorn comes into this weekend with a 108 point lead over second place Brian Campbell, who is competing in his first full time season with the series and is tied with Ross Kenseth with two series victories this season, behind VanDoorn who has three victories. Hantz is in third place in series points, he is 28 points behind Campbell, which is very impressive considering he missed two series points events this season. Several point positions are still being battled for, Tommy St. John is in fourth place, he is 16 points behind Hantz. Jason Dietsch is in fifth place, he is 16 points behind St. John, and only seven points ahead of six place Terry Fisher Jr.
Rick Turner is in seventh place, he is 69 points behind Fisher Jr. Two series rookies are battling for the eighth place position, which is currently held by Colin Nickolai by only three points over Perfect Circle Racecars Rookie point’s leader Nick Gullatta in ninth. Currently Nick Lay is in 10th place, but Lay is not entered for this weekends event. Rookie Jay Niewiek only needs 38 points to pass Lay for the 10th position.
CRA - PR Report
Champion Racing Association will Crown four division Champions this weekend at the 39th Annual Winchester 400 Presented by EDCO Welding & Hydraulics and WMDH 102.5 Hit Country on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway. No CRA Series has ever had back-to-back Champions, three of the CRA series have a very good chance of that happening after this weekend.
2009 CRA Super Series Champion John VanDoorn only needs to show up for this weekend’s Winchester 400 to claim his second CRA Super Series Championship for Kaos Motorsports Team. VanDoorn will join Brian Ross as the only drivers to claim two series Championships and will only trail three time series Champion Scott Hantz for the most series Championships. VanDoorn and the Kaos Motorsports Team will make history this weekend, as the only driver and team to ever claim back-to-back CRA Super Series Championships.
VanDoorn comes into this weekend with a 108 point lead over second place Brian Campbell, who is competing in his first full time season with the series and is tied with Ross Kenseth with two series victories this season, behind VanDoorn who has three victories. Hantz is in third place in series points, he is 28 points behind Campbell, which is very impressive considering he missed two series points events this season. Several point positions are still being battled for, Tommy St. John is in fourth place, he is 16 points behind Hantz. Jason Dietsch is in fifth place, he is 16 points behind St. John, and only seven points ahead of six place Terry Fisher Jr.
Rick Turner is in seventh place, he is 69 points behind Fisher Jr. Two series rookies are battling for the eighth place position, which is currently held by Colin Nickolai by only three points over Perfect Circle Racecars Rookie point’s leader Nick Gullatta in ninth. Currently Nick Lay is in 10th place, but Lay is not entered for this weekends event. Rookie Jay Niewiek only needs 38 points to pass Lay for the 10th position.
Garvey: Allen Turner Tune Up 100
Garvey Eyes World Crown As a Tribute to Hawkins
Mike Garvey told Speed51.com that he plans on doing the double at Gresham Motorsports Park (GA) in November. He will likely be a favorite to win the Pro Late Model show, however a victory in the World Crown would mean so much more. Garvey worked as a crew chief and driver coach with Matt Hawkins who had several strong runs in the event including a runner-up finish in 2007.
“To win that race would mean a lot,” said Garvey. “It gives me goose bumps to even think about that. It would be big if we could pull that off.”
With Garvey at the helm, Hawkins won his first race at the old Peach State Speedway in June of 2006 and then had a second and a third in the World Crown 300.
Mike Garvey told Speed51.com that he plans on doing the double at Gresham Motorsports Park (GA) in November. He will likely be a favorite to win the Pro Late Model show, however a victory in the World Crown would mean so much more. Garvey worked as a crew chief and driver coach with Matt Hawkins who had several strong runs in the event including a runner-up finish in 2007.
“To win that race would mean a lot,” said Garvey. “It gives me goose bumps to even think about that. It would be big if we could pull that off.”
With Garvey at the helm, Hawkins won his first race at the old Peach State Speedway in June of 2006 and then had a second and a third in the World Crown 300.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Caleb Bisacky savors Late Model feature win in Berlin Raceway's season finale
Caleb Bisacky savors Late Model feature win in Berlin Raceway's season finale
Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press
MARNE -- Caleb Bisacky of Spring Lake called Saturday night’s victory the biggest win of his career, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Bisacky won the 75-lap Great Lakes Outlaw Late Model Series feature race in Berlin Raceway’s season finale, beating out Mike Lichty and three-time defending track champion Ross Meeuwsen.
Bisacky and his wife, Stacey, lost an infant girl, Stella Marie Bisacky on Sept. 18, so he said it has been difficult focusing on racing the past month. But Bisacky grabbed the lead on lap 32 and led the rest of the way.
“We lost a child at seven months pregnant,” Bisacky said. “But we are all fine and this helps with the grieving. We have been going through hard times, and we needed something like this.”
The series, which was created this season, was making its second Berlin trip. Bisacky, who started fourth in the 21-car field, earned $2,000 for the win. There were five lead changes in the first 27 laps before Bisacky took control.
“It was really strong early, and I wanted to go hard then, but I thought I better not do it,” Bisacky said. “The guys on the radio kept telling me not to go too hard, they kept slowing me down a little bit.”
Lichty, of Innerkip, Ontario, Canada, finished second in the International Supermodified Association feature race two weeks ago at Berlin before taking second Saturday.
Lichty is teammates with Johnny Benson Jr. when Benson races ISMA. Benson raced one of Lichty’s Supermodifieds to victory last weekend in an ISMA race in Massachusetts. Benson then turned over his Late Model to Lichty this weekend and served as his coach and spotter.
What was especially impressive about Lichty’s run was that it was his first race in a Late Model.
“I was supposed to be spotting for him, and we had radio plug problems,” Benson said. “He did that race on his own. I didn’t help him at all. I was helping in practice, but he told me after the race, ‘I couldn’t hear you.’ After that, I was more impressed. He did a great job.”
Berlin also hosted a pair of Run What Ya Brung style races, and Denny Anderson of Walker won a 50-lap stock car race and Chris McKinley of Sparta took top honors in the 40-lap 4 Cylinder main. Both drivers took advantage of the no-rules opportunity and did radical work on their cars.
Anderson removed the roof of his Super Stock and slapped on a wing, then sat fast time, took the lead up on lap 17 and beat out Randy Day by 4.49 seconds.
“This was fun, I haven’t had this much fun in a long time,” Anderson said. “I would like to run this every week. It’s a riot.
McKinley beat out Ryan Hamm, the season’s 4 Cylinder track champion, by 5.80 seconds. It was McKinley’s first career victory.
“I have always seen them on dirt cars but have never ran one,” McKinley said of the sideboard. “I thought what the heck. I spent $7.50 on the cables and gave it a whirl. I got here, and nobody else had one, and they picked on me.
“It was awesome, unbelievable. I could pretty much hold the track wide open all the way around the track. There was a lot more speed through the corners.”
Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press
MARNE -- Caleb Bisacky of Spring Lake called Saturday night’s victory the biggest win of his career, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Bisacky won the 75-lap Great Lakes Outlaw Late Model Series feature race in Berlin Raceway’s season finale, beating out Mike Lichty and three-time defending track champion Ross Meeuwsen.
Bisacky and his wife, Stacey, lost an infant girl, Stella Marie Bisacky on Sept. 18, so he said it has been difficult focusing on racing the past month. But Bisacky grabbed the lead on lap 32 and led the rest of the way.
“We lost a child at seven months pregnant,” Bisacky said. “But we are all fine and this helps with the grieving. We have been going through hard times, and we needed something like this.”
The series, which was created this season, was making its second Berlin trip. Bisacky, who started fourth in the 21-car field, earned $2,000 for the win. There were five lead changes in the first 27 laps before Bisacky took control.
“It was really strong early, and I wanted to go hard then, but I thought I better not do it,” Bisacky said. “The guys on the radio kept telling me not to go too hard, they kept slowing me down a little bit.”
Lichty, of Innerkip, Ontario, Canada, finished second in the International Supermodified Association feature race two weeks ago at Berlin before taking second Saturday.
Lichty is teammates with Johnny Benson Jr. when Benson races ISMA. Benson raced one of Lichty’s Supermodifieds to victory last weekend in an ISMA race in Massachusetts. Benson then turned over his Late Model to Lichty this weekend and served as his coach and spotter.
What was especially impressive about Lichty’s run was that it was his first race in a Late Model.
“I was supposed to be spotting for him, and we had radio plug problems,” Benson said. “He did that race on his own. I didn’t help him at all. I was helping in practice, but he told me after the race, ‘I couldn’t hear you.’ After that, I was more impressed. He did a great job.”
Berlin also hosted a pair of Run What Ya Brung style races, and Denny Anderson of Walker won a 50-lap stock car race and Chris McKinley of Sparta took top honors in the 40-lap 4 Cylinder main. Both drivers took advantage of the no-rules opportunity and did radical work on their cars.
Anderson removed the roof of his Super Stock and slapped on a wing, then sat fast time, took the lead up on lap 17 and beat out Randy Day by 4.49 seconds.
“This was fun, I haven’t had this much fun in a long time,” Anderson said. “I would like to run this every week. It’s a riot.
McKinley beat out Ryan Hamm, the season’s 4 Cylinder track champion, by 5.80 seconds. It was McKinley’s first career victory.
“I have always seen them on dirt cars but have never ran one,” McKinley said of the sideboard. “I thought what the heck. I spent $7.50 on the cables and gave it a whirl. I got here, and nobody else had one, and they picked on me.
“It was awesome, unbelievable. I could pretty much hold the track wide open all the way around the track. There was a lot more speed through the corners.”
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