FOR ALL THAT, WOODSIDE A RUNNER-UP.Byline: BILL SCHLOTTER Sean Woodside must have a pretty good idea what it feels like to be Mark Martin. Despite a fine season on 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. Winston West circuit in which he won two races, two poles and finished 271 points ahead of his nearest pursuer, the Valencia-based driver wound up the series runner-up for the second straight year. Woodside, who also lead the most laps on the tour this season, finished 99 points behind Palmdale's Kevin Harvick For the racing team owned by Kevin Harvick and his wife Delana, see . Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield, California) is an American race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving , who won the title with five wins and five poles. Harvick finished third in last Saturday's Sam's Town 125in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Andy Houston Andy Houston (born November 7, 1970 in Hickory, North Carolina) is a veteran of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, scoring three wins. Houston is the son of legendary Busch Driver Tommy Houston and the youngest of three brothers, one of them being part-time NASCAR driver Marty was the winner and Woodside was 10th. Southwest finale: Granada Hills' M.K. Kanke came on hard in Saturday's NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour season-ending Sam's Town 90, winning the race after taking the pole. But it wasn't enough to move him past Steve Portenga Steve Portenga(pronounced Port-en-GAY) is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series. He won the Featherlite Southwest Series championship in 1994 and 1998. , who won his second season title by finishing fourth. Portenga, who overtook Kanke for the points lead midway through the 16-race series, wound up with 2,315 series points to Kanke's 2,286. Kanke's win was his fourth of the season and his qualifying speed, 145.177 mph, was a track record - more than 2 mph faster than second-place Doug McCoun. Shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. '99: The field is set for the NASCAR Winston Cup Bud Shootout races that annually precede the Daytona 500. One of the 25-lap races feature 1998's pole winners - Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Todd Bodine, Derrike Cope, Ricky Craven, Bobby Hamilton, Ernie Irvan, Kenny Irwin, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Rick Mast, Jeremy Mayfield, Ken Schrader and Rusty Wallace - and the winner of the other 25-lap dash, contested by the fastest of 1998's second-round qualifiers. Running in the second event will be Gary Bradberry, Jeff Green, Dave Marcis, Jerry Nadeau, Joe Nemechek, Dan Pardus, Steve Park, Robert Pressley, Dennis Setzer, Morgan Shepherd, Mike Skinner, Jimmy Spencer, Dick Trickle and Kenny Wallace. Both events will be run Sunday, Feb. 7. Calling all cars: Owners of classic pre-1970 sprint cars, midgets and roadsters will meet at Rosamond's Willow Springs International Motor Sports Park Thanksgiving weekend for the sixth annual Walt James Vintage Race Car Gathering. The cars will run on the park's 3/8-mile clay oval Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 and 29. Admission is $15 per day or $25 for the weekend. Nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] : CART driver Christian Fittipaldi had surgery this week to remove a 14-inch rod and two screws from his right leg. The devices were implanted in April 1997 when Fittipaldi broke the leg in an accident during the CART race in Australia. . . . Buzz Calkins is one of the more eclectic drivers on the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series circuit. Calkins, who finished 19th in season points this year, also spends time as a full-time graduate student and recently ran the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Marathon in just over four hours. CAPTION(S): Box Box: COMING UP |
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