KANKE BACK FOR MORE AT COLORADO TRACK.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 Only four 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. Elite Division drivers have won more than one race at Colorado National Speedway. Two are active and only one is expected to be entered in tonight's race, a combination event with the Midwest Series. M.K. Kanke of Frazier Park has two wins in his career at Colorado National Speedway. Auggie Vidovich, Jerry Robertson Jerry Robertson (born January 2, 1962 in San Diego, California) is a champion NASCAR driver. He began his racing career as a high school senior at Colorado National Speedway and won eight races, garnering the Rookie of the Year title. and Rick Carelli Rick Carelli is a race car driver from Arvada, Colorado. Nicknamed, "The High Plains Drifter, he won multiple times in the Craftsman Truck Series, before he suffered near-fatal injuries when his truck hit the wall during a race at Memphis Motorsports Park in 1999. each have two wins at Colorado National Speedway, but they are not entered in the race. Robertson, a driver from the Midwest Series, was entered in the June race, but his name was not among the entrants for tonight's race. Kanke, from the Southwest Series, comes into the United Power/Touchstone Energy 150 at Colorado National Speedway with two wins, fourth in points and 102 behind series leader Rip Michels of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. . Michels is coming off his first career win in Southwest Series competition last Saturday night 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. . ``It's been a great year so far,'' Michels said. ``This series is so tough and to finally pick up a win last weekend is a real boost for the team.'' In the six races this year, Michels has finished no worse than sixth. This will be the second visit for the Southwest Series drivers to Colorado National Speedway. In the race on June 3, Michels was fifth. ``We always look forward to going to Colorado National Speedway,'' Michels said. ``The fans that attend at that track are some of the best and most enthusiastic crowds we get to compete in front of all season.'' Michels has a 21-point lead in the standings over Eric Holmes Eric Holmes may refer to:
The drivers from the Midwest Series will also be entered in the Colorado National Speedway race. This is the fourth time in two years drivers from the Southwest and Midwest series have been entered in the same event at Colorado National Speedway. Dan Fredrickson of Elko, Minn., leads the Midwest Series by 10 points over Tim Schendel of Sparta, Wisc. As of Tuesday, 39 drivers were entered for the race. Only 32 cars will start the race. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: 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. has a week off from his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule. But it doesn't mean he has a break from racing. Hornaday will be entered in tonight's late model race at Adirondack International Speedway in 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 . ``I'll need some laps to figure out the car, but after that we're going from the back to the front,'' said Hornaday, a former Saugus Speedway champ from Palmdale. ``I'm coming to win.'' Irwindale Speedway: Rookie Brian Reed of Castaic notched his fifth top-five finish in the past six NASCAR Super Trucks Series races at Irwindale Speedway the last time he raced two weeks ago. Reed has posted three straight third-place finishes and is fourth in points. The Super Trucks are scheduled to race tonight at Irwindale Speedway. The NASCAR Super Late Models, Legend Cars, Bandoleros and a demolition derby demolition derby n. A contest in which drivers crash old cars into each other until only one is left running. are also on tap tonight. Ron Peterson of Riverside has a commanding 69-point lead in the Super Trucks standings. Pat Mintey Jr. of Quartz Hill is second in points and Scott Fortier of Santa Clarita is fifth. Van Knill of Tucson, Ariz., has a 30-point lead over David Beat of Santee in the Super Late Models standings. Canyon High graduate Todd Southwell is fifth in points in the Super Late Models division; Rod Johnson of Canyon Country is seventh and Cory Fancy of Canyon Country is 15th. The gates will open at 4 p.m. The races will start at 7. timothy.haddock(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3715 |
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