4-TIME WINNER RISES TO BIG 10 CHALLENGE.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Motor Sports Greg Pursley couldn't have asked for much more. The NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Super Late Model driver from Canyon Country clinched the Miller Lite Miller Lite is the name of a popular pilsner beer sold by Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a 4.2% ABV. Sibling beers include Miller Genuine Draft and Miller High Life. Big 10 Challenge championship and a $5,000 bonus by winning last Saturday night's race at Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. . Pursley picked his spots during the season, winning four Big 10 Challenge races and finishing second in three others. With one race to go, Pursley has a chance to win half the Big 10 races. But not only did Pursley clinch the championship by winning the night's race, he also won the trophy dash and set fast time in qualifying. ``From middle to long runs, the car was absolutely perfect,'' Pursley said. ``It was one of those times when everything was right on the car.'' Pretty good for a driver and team that weren't going to run a full schedule when the season started. Pursley's team was lacking the sponsorship to run every race and was only going to run the Big 10 Challenge races. But after King Taco came on board four races into the season, Pursley was able to enter every race. It just happened that Pursley put on his best showings in those Big 10 Challenge races. ``It's funny,'' Pursley said. ``I always seemed to run good on the Miller nights.'' By winning the last race, Purlsey was able to close the gap on class leader Rip Michels of Mission Hills. There are two races left in the Super Late Model season, and Pursley has yet to give up on winning that championship, as well. ``It made us a little bit closer,'' Pursley said. ``There are two races left. Anything can happen.'' In other action at Irwindale Speedway, Aaron Staudinger of Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. won the West Coast Pro Trucks main event and extended his lead in the points race to 20 over Jeff Williams For the poker player, see . For the physician, see . For the astronaut, see . Jeff Williams (born June 6, 1972 in Canberra) is an Australian-born, left-handed pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. of Westlake Village. Andrew Phipps of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. won the NASCAR Grand American For sports car racing association formed in 1999, see . Grand American was a NASCAR sanctioned series of pony car stock cars. The series ran from 1968 until 1971. The series was sometimes called the Baby Grand series. Modified main, followed by Rod Johnson For the former soccer player, see Rod Johnson (footballer) Rod Johnson is an American public address announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. of Canyon Country in second, Roger Carufel of Saugus in third, Travis Thirkettle of Newhall in fourth and John Watkinson John Taylor Watkinson (25 January 1941 – 21 September 2004) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister and teacher. Watkinson was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire West in the October 1974 general election, but lost the seat in 1979 to the of Canyon Country in fifth. Mike Trottochau of Acton was 12th. Dave Blakenship of Stevenson Ranch was second in the Ultra Wheel Spec Truck main. Ryan Arciero of Foothill Ranch won the Spec Truck race. Blakenship can wrap up the class championship tonight, the final race of the season in the Spec Truck series. He has a 16-point lead over Carson Woods of Yucca Valley. Dave Hessing of Canyon Country finished seventh and Guy Tripp of Saugus was 10th in the NASCAR Late Model main. Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills won the Late Model feature race. Racing continues tonight with the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Advantage Ford 150, NASCAR Super Late Models and the Ultra Wheel Spec Trucks. Races start at 6 p.m. --Indy Racing League: Late caution flags might have cost Valencia's Bryan Herta Bryan Herta (b. May 23 1970, Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Andretti Green Racing, which is co-owned by former CART and IRL driver Michael Andretti, in the ALMS, although his career has primarily been spent in open-wheel cars a victory at Nazareth (Pa.) Speedway on Sunday. Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate, finished third in the Firestone Indy 225, his second podium finish in a row. ``That was a good run for us,'' Herta said. ``We didn't have the same speed the top two guys had, but we still got a great result (Sunday) for Archipelago and Motorola. This team keeps getting close and pretty soon we're going to win another one.'' As the race neared its end, Herta was trailing three cars, driven by Helio Castroneves, Sam Hornish and Alex Barron Alex Barron may refer to several people:
Herta had the fuel-mileage strategy to let him stay out and take his chances. But as it turned out, a pair of caution flags allowed everyone to pit. Castroneves and Hornish battled in the waning laps, with Castroneves winning. ``We almost had another win (Sunday). We know we could have made it to the end without stopping because Bryan was doing such a good job saving fuel,'' said Herta's team manager, Kyle Boyer. ``I don't think the other guys could have finished without stopping or help from yellow flags.'' --NASCAR Busch Series The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCAR's "minor league" circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Nextel Cup. : It will probably be one of those stories Ron Hornaday Ron Hornaday, Jr. (born in Palmdale, California on June 20, 1958) is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and the son of Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two time Winston West Champion. Jr. will tell his grandkids: the one about the night, last Friday night, when he and two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip Michael Curtis Waltrip (born April 30, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a professional race car driver and owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion (now retired). bumped and grinded around Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Hornaday, a former Saugus Speedway champion from Palmdale, finished second to Waltrip but, more important, climbed to within 100 points of the NASCAR Busch Series lead. ``The car was great,'' Hornaday said. ``It just caught me off guard a little. If I had known that was how it would take a set, I would have driven the corner differently. But it was a good run for the AC Delco Chevrolet.'' As it stands, Hornaday is third in points, 97 behind leader Scott Riggs
Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. 200. Hornaday and his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team fielding Chevrolets for Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, and Scott Wimmer in the NEXTEL Cup Series as well as the #2 BB&T Chevy for Clint Bowyer, the #21 AutoZone Chevy for Harvick team will be taking the same car he drove at Bristol last weekend. Staff Writer Tim Haddock covers auto racing for the Daily News. He can be reached by e-mail at timothy.haddock(at)dailynews.com. BUSCH SERIES South Carolina 200 Site: Darlington, S.C. Schedule: Today, race (Ch. 4, 11 a.m.) Track: Darlington Raceway (egg-shaped oval, 1.366 miles, 25 degrees banking in turns 1-2, 23 degrees in turns 3-4). Race distance: 200.8 miles, 147 laps. Last race: Winston Cup regular Michael Waltrip used a slight bump-and-run to knock Ron Hornaday out of his way and won the Food City 250 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Waltrip's only other Busch Series Bristol win was in April 1993, two days after Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki Alan Dennis Kulwicki (December 14, 1954 - April 1, 1993) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup racecar driver. He arrived at the highest and most expensive level of stock car racing in the United States in 1985 with only a borrowed pickup truck, a racecar, and no sponsor. was killed in a plane crash. Last year: Jeff Burton Jeffery Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. won the rain-shortened Gatorade 200 at Darlington Raceway. After nearly an hour of trying to get ahead of rain that began falling during the race's fourth caution at lap 68, NASCAR decided to end the race after 74 laps. Next race: Funai 250, Sept. 5, Richmond, Va. IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY STANDINGS The following is a list of the top 10 drivers in each division in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series at Irwindale Speedway. Drivers are listed by name, city and points: NASCAR Super Late Models 1. Rip Michels, Mission Hills 696 2. Tony Bruncati, Glendora 656 3. Greg Pursley, Canyon Country 646 4. Dan Moore, Burbank 576 5. Brandon Loverock, Norwalk 548 6. Russell White, Corona 514 7. Stephen Sadler, Brea 462 7. Nathan Wulff, San Marcos San Marcos (săn mär`kəs). 1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. 432 9. Kevin O'Neil, Long Beach 420 10. Gary Jenkins, El Cajon 396 NASCAR Late Models 1. Todd Burns, Riverside 640 2. Scott Youngren, Fallbrook 570 3. Tim Huddleston, Agoura Hills 504 4. Doug McComb, Thousand Oaks 490 5. Mike Price, San Pedro 486 6. Jess Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , Sylmar 484 6. Dave Hessing, Canyon Country 484 8. Tony Green, Oak Hills 396 9. Mike Johnson, Covina 394 10. Andrew Myers, Newport Beach 384 NASCAR Grand American Modifieds 1. Rod Johnson, Canyon Country 286 2. Andrew Phipps, Simi Valley 284 3. Travis Thirkettle, Newhall 262 4. John Watkinson, Canyon Country 254 5. Roger Carufel Jr., Saugus 226 6. Robert Rice, Hawthorne 212 7. Tim Morse, North Hollywood 200 8. Dennis Schlaurbaum, La Habra 174 9. Wally Pettengill Jr., Pearblossom 168 10. Eddie Ernst, Cathedral City 162 NASCAR Super Stocks 1. Lee Ladd, Westlake Village 514 2. Greg Benner, Whittier 446 3. Chris Houwen, Canyon Country 438 4. Brian Harrell, Bloomington 434 5. Steve Gilmore, Van Nuys 430 5. Danny Renko, Temple City 424 7. Larry Sampson, Covina 398 8. Ken Brown, Bermuda Dunes 362 9. Greg Crutcher, Covina 316 10. Robin Bourgeois, Costa Mesa 312 NASCAR Modified 4s 1. Fred Adams, Fontana 254 2. Tony Lawler, Palm Springs 244 3. Kevin Bernhardt, Fontana 228 4. Richard Boker, Fontana 214 5. Greg Tucker, Ojai 212 6. Michael Morales, Monrovia 206 7. Robert Miller, Palm Springs 192 8. Richard Garver, Torrance 176 9. Tim Ross, Rancho Cucamonga 170 10. Eric Reed, Riverside 170 Ultra Wheel Super Trucks 1. Dave Blakenship, Stevenson Ranch 422 2. Carson Woods, Yucca Valley 406 3. Ryan Arciero, Foothill Ranch 366 4. Jim McGill, Temecula 330 5. Ron Peterson, San Bernardino 310 6. Jim Kondziela, Yorba Linda 300 7. Pat Mintey, Quartz Hill 256 8. Frank Steiner, Colton 252 9. Brian Harris, Torrance 232 9. Dan Moore, Burbank 232 West Coast Pro Truck Series 1. Aaron Staudinger, Stevenson Ranch 236 2. Jeff Williams, Westlake Village 216 3. Neil Conrad, Arcadia 184 4. Craig Baker, Barstow 182 5. Dave Lyons, Ontario 156 6. Dale Cromwell, Ridgecrest 154 7. Jim Satterfield, Tustin 152 8. Michael Thomas, San Marcos 146 9. Dennis Bennett, Crestline 138 10. Steve Dyer, Lomita 136 CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) THIS WEEK'S RACE (see text) (2) IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY STANDINGS (see text) |
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