LOCAL WATCH: KANKE HITS THE STREET.Byline: Tim Haddock Staff Writer The last time MK Kanke of Frazier Park competed in the Ford L.A. Street Race, he led for 10 laps and might have had a shot at winning 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. Featherlite Southwest Series race if not for a broken motor he suffered after the first pit stop. That was three years ago. And even though the time has changed, broken motors and damaged rear ends have plagued the Kennedy High graduate over the last two Southwest Series races. ``We've been having lots of breakage problems,'' said Kanke, driver of the Buyer's Choice Auto Warranty/4 Points Sheridan Pontiac. ``But we got to look up for the future.'' Despite the recent mechanical problems, Kanke's team has showed promise. Kanke, who is fifth in the Southwest Series standings, won the pole 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 two weeks ago for a Southwest Series record-setting 23rd time. But a broken rear end ended Kanke's day and he finished 12th. Now he's looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. his luck to change at this weekend's L.A. Street Race, an event on a course that appeals to Kanke's taste in driving. ``I've done well there before and I enjoy it,'' Kanke said. ``It makes more of the driver come out. I am looking forward to that.'' The L.A. Street Race is the only NASCAR event run on a temporary road course and one of only two road course events on the Southwest Series. Kanke said he is planning on driving the same car he used in 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 in Sonoma last month. Sears Points is also a road course, but differs from the L.A. event in that it is not a temporary street course. The car Kanke used at Sears Point lost its motor during the race, so his team has had to put together a new engine. --NASCAR Winston West update: Bill Sedgwick of Acton finished fourth in the NAPA Auto Parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
--Herta in for Mo at Toronto: 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 will race for Mo Nunn Morris 'Mo' Nunn is a motor racing team owner and engineer from England. He ran the Ensign Formula One team in the late 1970s and early 80s, and later worked for Chip Ganassi's highly successful Champ Car team, before striking out on his own again to found Mo Nunn Racing. Racing at the CART FedEx Series Molson Indy Molson Indy can refer to any of the following races:
``Toronto's an absolutely terrific event,'' Herta said. ``Certainly, I think as far as the fans go there, they have some of the most knowledgeable fans of Champ Car racing that we see all year. And I really enjoy the street courses. I got to do Long Beach this year (for Walker Racing) and that went pretty well (fifth place). Hopefully we can recreate that at Toronto.'' Kanaan, who injured his arm and ribs during qualifying for the Grand Prix of Detroit, is expected back for the Michigan 500 on July 23. |
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