Camping World race has local flavor.Byline: LOUIS BREWSTER, MOTORSPORTS 1 There will be a Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, tinge to tonight's 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. Camping World Series West Jimmie Johnson This article is about NASCAR driver. For the football player, see Jimmie Johnson (American football). For people named Jimmy Johnson, see Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation). Foundation 150 at Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona State Fairgrounds as an automobile racing venue. . Newhall's Greg Pursley is second in points to Eric Holmes Eric Holmes may refer to:
The entry list will also include David Gilliland David Gilliland (born on April 1, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #38 M&M's Ford for Robert Yates in Nextel Cup Series and the #25 FreeCreditReport.com in the Busch Series for Team Rensi. , the former Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. Hills resident who is competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for TGR TGR Teton Gravity Research TGR Total Goiter Rate TGR Tiergenetischer Ressourcen (German: animal-genetic resources) TGR Things Gone Right TGR Thermal Gradient TGR Terminal Growth Rate (finance theory & valuation) Racing. Gilliland competed full time in the series West in 2004 and 2005 before heading East. Others who are expected to vie for a starting spot are Steve Park, who once won a Sprint Cup pole at Auto Club Raceway, and Austin Dillon, grandson of Richard Childress. 2 The West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame will grow by 11 this year as the Class of 2009 will be inducted July 3 at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. In a vote by the board of directors, the Historic category (1930 through 1969) will include Ben Gregory, brothers Joe and John Fernandez, Bert Letner, Chuck Meekins, Dick Rathman and Art Watts. Modern era (1970 to present) selections are Chuck Bown, Rick Carelli, Doug George and Wayne Spears. 3 Ontario's Sean O'Bannon struggled to get his first top alcohol Funny Car victory earlier this year at a NHRA NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHRA Northland Human Resource Association NHRA National Human Resources Association NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act NHRA National Hospice Regatta Alliance NHRA National Heritage Resources Act (South Africa) divisional race in Phoenix. The second win for the Jack O'Bannon Racing driver was much quicker. The younger O'Bannon solidified his spot atop the division standings (63 over Doug Gordon) and moved into fourth nationally by winning last week's event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. . O'Bannon defeated Terry Ruckman in the finals, covering the quarter-mile in 5.654 seconds at 254.90 mph. "It's like we finally got the monkey off our back by winning the first one in Phoenix. We're finally starting to get some of the lucky breaks go our way," said O'Bannon. "I can't say enough about the job Jeff Lirones has done since he's taken over as crew chief." Claremont's Jay Payne was the top qualifier in the class but was taken out in the semifinals by Ruckman. Others Las Vegas winners included Val Torres Jr. of Valinda in Super Comp, defeating Steve Williams of Loma Linda; Randy Balough of Newbury Park in Super Gas; and Rick Takahashi from San Gabriel in Top Sportman, taking out J. Wayne Silva of Upland. 4 Auto Club Dragway, on the grounds of Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, will host the fourth NHRA Jegs Pacific Sportsnationals beginning Friday. The annual event, the second of three held throughout the country, will showcase drivers in the NHRA Sportsmen Lucas Oil Series. A purse of nearly $65,000, as well as national points, will be on the line in six categories: Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. 5 John Force may be in Atlanta this week competing in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, but his heart is always close to home. The legendary Funny Car driver, through Yorba Linda-based John Force Racing, will host the first of seven John Force Cruise Night Car Shows beginning April 25. The events will be in addition to the traditional December show that raise awareness for Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks. . Participants and spectators at the monthly events can earn a ticket for a drawing for a 52-inch Sanyo flat screen television with each can of food, to be donated to the Orange County Food Bank. The drawing will be held on Halloween at the final Cruise Night Car Show of the season. All John Force Cruise Night Car Shows will be held at John Force RaceStation, 22722 Old Canal Road in Yorba Linda from 4 to 7 p.m. CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: Newhall resident Greg Pursley is second in points in the NASCAR Camping World Series heading into this weekend's event. Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images for NASCAR Box: (1) This week's events (2) Etc. |
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