Monday, November 1, 2010
Career Best at Taladaga for Garvey
While Muskegon's Mike Garvey spends much of his time as a driving coach for Ryan Sieg in the NASCAR Truck Series, this past Saturday night he got the opportunity to race a team truck of Sieg to a 12th place finish at Taladaga Speedway. Garvey raced in the top 20 all night after qualifying 22nd. It was Garvey's best finish in a Truck series race. His previous best was a 14th place finish in the Milwaukee mile in 1998.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Coopersville driver Johnny VanDoorn celebrates second consecutive CRA Super Series title
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press
Johnny VanDoorn's resume looks a little more impressive this week, and it already was a pretty darn good one.
The Coopersville stock car driver clinched his second consecutive CRA Super Series championship Sunday with a second-place finish in the season finale at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Ind.
VanDoorn, 22, became the first driver to win two consecutive CRA titles, and he now seeks a jump up in the racing world in 2011.
VanDoorn, who got his start racing go-karts at area tracks such as Ravenna Motor Park, plans to knock on plenty of doors this winter looking for an opportunity.
"I am very grateful with everything I have been blessed with," he said. "I am with a great team and it has been an awesome couple of years. I am trying to move up to ARCA or (NASCAR Camping World) Trucks, but if you don't bring a lot of money with you, it's hard to do, so we will see.
"If it comes down to it, I would be more than happy to come back and race CRA for a third championship. But I feel that I have accomplished what I need to accomplish at this level and it's time to move up."
CRA is a 12-race traveling series that makes stops in Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio, as well as Berlin Raceway in Marne.
NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch has competed in a handful of races, and Chase Elliott, the teenage son of 1988 Sprint Cup champion Bill Elliott, won Sunday's Winchester race.
In addition to VanDoorn's CRA championship, Brian Campbell of Wyoming finished second and Jay Niewiek of Dorr was 11th in the season standings.
Niewiek, a South Christian High School senior, finished a strong rookie season despite missing the first two races. He finished ninth Sunday at Winchester.
"I was quite surprised by how I was able to do," Niewiek said. "I have to thank our crew chief, Tom Blouw, and my parents for giving me the opportunity to race and all the people who have helped us."
VanDoorn races for car owner Jimmy TenBrink's Muskegon-based Kaos Motorsports team, and his brother, Ben VanDoorn, a senior at Coopersville High School, serves as his crew chief on the No. 61 Impala.
VanDoorn won three races this season, including the season-opening event at Anderson, Ind. He then heated up in August, winning two of three races, at Toledo and Winchester.
TenBrink said VanDoorn would be welcomed back to his team if he decides to stay in CRA.
"It's fun being the first team to win two championships in a row because we aren't running against slouches," TenBrink said. "The team that beat us (Sunday at Winchester) has backing from Ford. Only two cars finished on the lead lap.
"I have known Johnny since he was 13 and he is a good driver. He and his brother, Ben, work so well together, and that makes it a lot easier."
Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press
Johnny VanDoorn's resume looks a little more impressive this week, and it already was a pretty darn good one.
The Coopersville stock car driver clinched his second consecutive CRA Super Series championship Sunday with a second-place finish in the season finale at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Ind.
VanDoorn, 22, became the first driver to win two consecutive CRA titles, and he now seeks a jump up in the racing world in 2011.
VanDoorn, who got his start racing go-karts at area tracks such as Ravenna Motor Park, plans to knock on plenty of doors this winter looking for an opportunity.
"I am very grateful with everything I have been blessed with," he said. "I am with a great team and it has been an awesome couple of years. I am trying to move up to ARCA or (NASCAR Camping World) Trucks, but if you don't bring a lot of money with you, it's hard to do, so we will see.
"If it comes down to it, I would be more than happy to come back and race CRA for a third championship. But I feel that I have accomplished what I need to accomplish at this level and it's time to move up."
CRA is a 12-race traveling series that makes stops in Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio, as well as Berlin Raceway in Marne.
NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch has competed in a handful of races, and Chase Elliott, the teenage son of 1988 Sprint Cup champion Bill Elliott, won Sunday's Winchester race.
In addition to VanDoorn's CRA championship, Brian Campbell of Wyoming finished second and Jay Niewiek of Dorr was 11th in the season standings.
Niewiek, a South Christian High School senior, finished a strong rookie season despite missing the first two races. He finished ninth Sunday at Winchester.
"I was quite surprised by how I was able to do," Niewiek said. "I have to thank our crew chief, Tom Blouw, and my parents for giving me the opportunity to race and all the people who have helped us."
VanDoorn races for car owner Jimmy TenBrink's Muskegon-based Kaos Motorsports team, and his brother, Ben VanDoorn, a senior at Coopersville High School, serves as his crew chief on the No. 61 Impala.
VanDoorn won three races this season, including the season-opening event at Anderson, Ind. He then heated up in August, winning two of three races, at Toledo and Winchester.
TenBrink said VanDoorn would be welcomed back to his team if he decides to stay in CRA.
"It's fun being the first team to win two championships in a row because we aren't running against slouches," TenBrink said. "The team that beat us (Sunday at Winchester) has backing from Ford. Only two cars finished on the lead lap.
"I have known Johnny since he was 13 and he is a good driver. He and his brother, Ben, work so well together, and that makes it a lot easier."
Sunday, October 17, 2010
VanDoorn Racing for more than just the Win at Winchester
Photo Courtesy of Speed51.com
Johnny VanDoorn will be racing from the pole today, but his spotter Dirk Redder will be racing with a heavy heart as his mother Mary Redder has been diagnosed with cancer. She started treatment last week and the entire 61 team would like to win one for her in the Winchester 400.
Today’s running of the Winchester 400 can be heard live on RaceTalkRadio.com as Speed51.com is providing at the track radio. Coverage is expected to start close to race time at 2pm.
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.
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