KANKE TAKING TIME TO DO TOUR RIGHT.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 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. Featherlite Southwest Series driver M.K. Kanke made his 2003 debut Oct. 25 at Mesa Marin Raceway Mesa Marin Raceway was a high banked half mile racetrack in Bakersfield, California that was demolished following the 2005 racing season to make way for housing developments in the foothills of northeast Bakersfield. in Bakersfield. And while the result, a 17th-place finish, was short of spectacular, Kanke was more concerned about getting his car and his team ready for Phoenix - in February. Kanke, who drove for several years for Crown Motorsports, has a new owner and team. Oddly enough, his new team, Rotary Performance Machinery, bought the cars and equipment from Crown Motorsports. Everything, even down to a couple of crew members, is the same. ``We all had to work too much,'' Kanke said of his previous owners. ``We decided to shut it down. It was a mutual decision. I owe them a lot.'' RPM Racing RPM Racing (short for Radical Psycho Machine Racing) is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System racing game developed by Silicon & Synapse with help from Interplay Entertainment and published by Interplay. It claims to be the first American-developed game for the SNES system. is taking it slow. Kanke and his new team entered the Sears Point Sears Point is a prominent landform jutting into the historic reaches of San Pablo Bay in Sonoma County, California, USA. This hill is the southernmost peak of the Sonoma Mountains and forms the southwestern ridge above Tolay Lake. Raceway event earlier this year, but crashed in qualifying. Instead of rushing to make races after that, Kanke and his team decided to take their time, work on the car and get ready to make a full-schedule run in 2004. Entering the race at Mesa Marin was more of a test run than anything. `'To me, it was a good thing,'' said Kanke, who lives in Frazier Park. ``I want to win races. I don't want to just turn laps. The guys performed awesome Saturday.'' Kanke's new team owner is Dan Nikolai, a Granada Hills resident who owns Rotary Performance Machinery, a manufacturer of rotary satellites for the military. Kanke and Nikolai have been friends for 14 years, so building a cohesive team shouldn't have been much of a challenge. However, Kanke said he was a little surprised on how quickly some of his new crew members have jelled. ``We're clicking pretty good,'' Kanke said. ``I didn't think it would come together that quick. You can't put a championship team together in a year.'' Rather than rush to enter races - the season finale was Thursday 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. - Kanke is content to wait until the start of next year. `'It's coming around,'' Kanke said. ``I'm pretty excited. But it will probably take us four or five races to get back on top again.'' --Cruise America 125: Ben Walker of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, led the first 41 laps of the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Cruise America Cruise America is a privately held recreational vehicle rental and sales company based in Mesa, Arizona. The company was founded in 1972 and was publicly traded in the American Stock Exchange under the ticker “RVR” until 1997. [1]. 125 at Phoenix International Raceway on Thursday, but finished seventh in the last race of the season. Eddy McKean of Jerome, Idaho Jerome is a city in Jerome County, Idaho, United States. The population was 7,780 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Jerome CountyGR6. Geography Jerome is located at (42.724622, -114. , led the last 12 laps of the race to capture the victory against a field that included NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ken Schrader Kenneth Schrader (born May 29, 1955 in Fenton, Missouri) is a second-generation race car driver. He currently drives the #21 Little Debbie Snacks Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. . Auggie Vidovich Jr. of Lakeside won his first Southwest Series championship with a 13th-place finish in the Phoenix race. --NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown The Toyota All-Star Showdown is a nonpoints, all-star race that brings together the top drivers in NASCAR's lower-level series. It was inaugurated in 2003, and all three events so far have been held at Irwindale Speedway in suburban Los Angeles. : Wildfires in San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County forced the cancellation of the NASCAR Winston West Series King Taco 200 at California Speedway The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. in Fontana which was scheduled to run on Saturday. ``We fully support the speedway's decision to not run this weekend's event,'' NASCAR Regional Touring Series/Weekly Racing Series Director Chris Boals said. ``We appreciate their efforts, in coordination with state and local authorities, in arriving at this decision. Conducting this event with the current state of affairs in 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, is not prudent at this time, especially with several of our Winston West Series teams located in the area. The focus should be, and rightly so, on the situation at hand, and our thoughts are with all of those affected by the fires.'' As a result, Scott Lynch For the fantasy author, see . Scott Lynch is a chief operating officer at the video game developer Valve Corporation. Prior to joining Valve, Scott was Senior Vice President at Havas Interactive where he created and managed the Sierra Studios business unit publishing a number of of Burley, Idaho Burley is a city in Cassia County, with a small portion extending north across the Snake River into neighboring Minidoka County, in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 9,316 at the 2000 census. , claims the NASCAR Winston West championship and will be one of the top contenders for the Toyota All-Star Showdown 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. on Saturday. A first of its kind, the Toyota All-Star Showdown will bring the top drivers from the NASCAR Elite and Grand National divisions to compete against each other for more than $500,000 in prize money. The invitation-only race will also determine NASCAR's regional racing national champion. The top 15 drivers in the two NASCAR Grand National series - Busch North and Winston West - will be invited along with the top 10 drivers in each of the four series in the NASCAR Elite Division. The Elite Division consists of the Featherlite Southwest Series, International Truck and Engine Corporation Midwest Series, Kodak Southeast Series and Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series. The Toyota All-Star Showdown will be televised live on NASCAR TV on Speed Channel, beginning at 5 p.m. on Nov. 8. NASCAR officials also announced the postponement of the Winston West Series championship awards ceremony, which was set for Sunday at the Alex Theatre The Alex Theatre is a historic landmark located at 216 North Brand Boulevard in Glendale, California of the United States of America. It is currently owned by the City of Glendale and operated by the Alex Regional Theatre Board. in Glendale. NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Phoenix International Raceway Cruise America 125 Finishing position, starting position, driver, car, laps completed, reason out, money won: 1. (36) Eddy McKean, Pontiac, 134, Running, $12,150 2. (3) Jeff Jefferson, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $5,600 3. (9) Steve Carlson, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $4,100 4. (16) Eric Holmes Eric Holmes may refer to:
5. (27) Brian Hoppe, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $3,200 6. (19) Tim Schendel, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $2,800 7. (2) Ben Walker, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $2,400 8. (6) Jim Pettit II, Ford, 134, Running, $3,100 9. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $2,100 10. (42) Eddy Mercer, Ford, 134, Running, $2,000 11. (12) Ken Schrader, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $1,700 12. (20) Zach Niessner, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $1,650 13. (18) Auggie Vidovich Jr., Chevrolet, 134, Running, $2,500 14. (26) Joe Herold, Chevrolet, 134, Running, $1,550 15. (7) Burney Lamar, Chevrolet, 133, Running, $2,400 16. (10) Dan Holtz, Ford, 133, Running, $2,375 17. (13) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, 133, Running, $1,425 18. (4) Craig Raudman, Chevrolet, 133, Running, $2,300 19. (24) Kevin Clark, Chevrolet, 133, Running, $1,375 20. (22) Greg Potts, Chevrolet, 132, Running, $1,325 21. (14) Doug McCoun, Chevrolet, 132, Running, $1,300 22. (39) Chris Hines, Chevrolet, 132, Running, $1,275 23. (34) Tom Sweatman, Chevrolet, 132, Running, $1,240 24. (31) Mike Ledbetter, Chevrolet, 132, Running, $1,200 25. (25) Steve Belletto, Chevrolet, 131, Running, $2,075 26. (30) JR Patton, Chevrolet, 131, Running, $2,050 27. (1) Joey Miller, Chevrolet, 129, Running, $1,450 28. (11) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 127, Running, $2,025 29. (38) Richard Johnson, Chevrolet, 127, Running, $1,125 30. (40) A.J. Rhoads, Chevrolet, 122, Running, $1,125 31. (37) Nathan Thiesse, Chevrolet, 115, Running, $1,125 32. (8) John Dillon, Pontiac, 113, Running, $1,125 33. (5) Ed Hoffman, Chevrolet, 77, Flat Tire, $1,125 34. (29) Todd Souza, Ford, 48, Accident, $1,125 35. (28) Greg Voigt, Chevrolet, 47, Accident, $1,125 36. (35) Michael Price, Chevrolet, 27, Transmission, $1,125 37. (15) Thomas Martin, Chevrolet, 21, Accident, $1,125 38. (21) Danny Burson, Chevrolet, 21, Accident, $1,125 39. (33) Kevin Vernon, Chevrolet, 1, Accident, $1,125 40. (32) Ed Belec, Chevrolet, 0, Accident, $1,125 41. (41) Russell Butler, Chevrolet, 0, Accident, $1,125 42. (17) Ray Skillman, Ford, 0, Engine, $1,125 CAPTION(S): box Box: NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Phoenix International Raceway Cruise America 125 (see text) |
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