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 (WOMR file photo) As we enter the last weekend in May, the traditional start of summer, we will be feasting upon the greatest racing day of the year! The Greatest Spectacle In Racing The morning starts out with “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing”, the Indianapolis 500, from the hallowed grounds known as . . . → Read More: Memorial Weekend: The Greatest Racing Day Of The Year! (photo courtesy of tommytarlton.com) Last Saturday night I took both of my sons, Jason and Jeremy, as well as my grandson, Cole, to the Tulare Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA, the place where this old redneck was born, to watch The King of the West Series sprint car races. As you all know, . . . → Read More: King Of The West Sprint Car Racing At Tulare (WOMR file photo) Sometime ago in the previous century, Charles Davis, Jr. made a trip to Yuma to race at the former Yuma Speedway. He can’t remember just exactly what year it was, however, he will not forget his Saturday night visit to this race track! In the night’s showcase event, the . . . → Read More: Wingless Sprinters Sling Some Mud At Cocopah Speedway (WOMR file photo) Three former winners and seven rookies, including Indiana boy Bryan Clauson living his “surreal dream”, bracket the list of drivers named to 34 entries filed for the 2012 Indianapolis 500. The 96th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” is scheduled for Sunday, May 27, at the 2.5-mile Indianapolis . . . → Read More: The 2012 Indy 500 Entry List (Jim Hall’s Chaparral 2J, “The Sucker”) As a young kid watching racing in the 60′s, I remember seeing these new innovative designed sports cars, the Chaparral, driven by the duo of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp. The first Chaparral that I remember seeing had this weird huge blade/wing above the rear end . . . → Read More: Jim Hall Honored At Long Beach (WOMR file photo) Tuesday night I made my first appearance at Volusia Speedway Park for the super late models, UMP modifieds and a dose of the big block modifieds. For those who have never made a trip to this race track, let me tell you that this half mile dirt track has . . . → Read More: A Night At Volusia Speedway (Photo courtesy of the Rolex GRAND-AM Sports Car Racing Series) It has been a long, long time, since A.J. Almendinger visited Victory Lane. In fact, “The Dinger” has not won a race since his days in the Champ Car Series, five years ago. However, the brand new Penske Racing driver of the . . . → Read More: The Dinger Rings In The New Year With The Rolex 24 Getting ready for a night of dirt tracking' @ USA Raceway (WOMR file photo) So guys, stop me if you have heard this one. Billy Moyer,Sr. has now won three of the first five A mains in the 2012 Wild West Shootout for Late Models! So far in this year’s show, . . . → Read More: Billy Moyer,Sr. Wins Again At The Wild West Shootout (WOMR file photo) While most of the rest of the USA is suffering from either extreme cold, snow, or rain, here in Tucson the sun was shining, the temperature was balmy 71 degrees, and the best late model racers were getting ready to put on a world class race clinic for the . . . → Read More: Billy Moyer, Sr. Wins Night #4 Of the Wild West Shootout
Late Model in the pits @ USA Raceway (WOMR file photo) The first two races of the Wild West Shootout are in the record books. This was only the first two races of the Wild West Shootout. The annual event hosts some of the best drivers throughout the USA, as well . . . → Read More: The First Weekend Of The Wild West Shootout |
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