Sunday, January 31, 2010

Fantasy League and Driver Chart Updates

Wow, good start to the 2010 Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League! Already have 20 entries in! Keep them coming, this will be the fourth year having the League, and every year the number of entries has gone up, we had 62 last year, let's try to beat that number for 2010!

I've added Chris Hile (thanks to an interview on Dougs Dirt Diary), Rob Hile, Billy Pauch Jr, Jeremiah Shingledecker, Tommy Scheetz Jr, and Matt Harrell to the driver chart.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pauch Jr Finally Announces Plans; Tidbits

Billy Pauch Jr has finally released one of the worst kept secrets this off-season, that he will be driving for Shawn Fitzpatrick weekly at Big Diamond. Fitzpatrick retired at the end of 2009, and was planning on selling out, but after PPB Racing shut down, began talks with Pauch Jr about racing his car at Big Diamond. This will be a Friday-only ride. Pauch Jr. will be behind the wheel of the Eastern Rigging Racing #11 small block for weekly Saturday action at Grandview.

Also, quite a few guys have announced they'll be moving up. Matt Pupello, who ran 358 modifieds regularly at Lebanon Valley in 2009, will move up to the big block division in 2010. Lebanon Valley sportsman top gun Neil Stratton will also move up to the big block division. Kale Groff, who made his first big block attempt late in the year at Lebanon Valley's Mr. Dirt Track USA race, will also move up to the track's big block division from sportsman. Paul Kline, who came back to racing last year, after taking a few seasons off from big car racing, in the sportsman divison will move up to the small block division in 2010.

Willy Decker Lands Ride

As previously reported on DTD and here, Willy Decker has landed the ride in the Commercial Roofing Racing #10 big block modified for weekly action at Brewerton Speedway. Doug Elkins made the news official with an interview with Willy today (Thursday), check out his site for more info!

Also, added Willy Decker (thanks to his interview with Doug) and Kirk Horton to the drivers chart.

Monday, January 25, 2010

2010 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League Now Open

We are doing another Fantasy League for 2010, we just released the schedule. It's called the "Crown Jewel" Fantasy League because it covers the 19 crown jewel races run in 2010. The races on the fantasy league schedule are the 19 big and small block races that pay at least $10,000 to win. You'll also need to pick 2 alternates if you're going to play, so you have a back-up driver for a race if your driver doesn't show up or DNQs, choose wisely though, because you only get 2 alternates for the season. The league is FREE to enter, and the winner will receive a FREE season pass to the track of the winner's choice for 2011, last year's winner selected Grandview for their season pass, the first year we did it the winner selected a pit pass for Super Dirt Week; and the winner will also receive a FREE 6-month subscription to Area Auto Racing News. If the winner is already a subscriber to Area Auto Racing News, the next highest finisher that is NOT a subscriber will receive the subscription! Other prizes to the winners will hopefully be announced too! Also, you do not have to be a member of Club Wago to play. If you guys are interested in playing, click the link I posted below and read the rules. The deadline isn't until the April 10th, before the green flag drops at Fulton for the first race on the schedule. I know it's not for a while, but figured I'd get it out there awhile. Thanks!! I'll get the link posted on the right soon!

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=276

J.R. Heffner Is Back; 2010 Wago Fantasy League

J.R. Heffner, multiple time Lebanon Valley Speedway track champion, will return to full-time modified competition. Heffner will be teaming up with the Ronnie Dwyer team that Kory Sandstedt drove for last season for weekly competition at Lebanon Valley in the big block division, he'll also drive the Goodermote Motorsports #5 small block modified when they're on the schedule. Heffner is sorting out his traveling plans now. He'll still make a couple of Arca starts, but will focus on racing dirt. This comes a year after Heffner ran a lot of Arca races, and only a handful of starts at Lebanon Valley and Syracuse.

The 2010 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League rules and sign-up info will be coming soon, possibly later tonight! Stay tuned!

Lernerville Speedway Schedule Released; Dirt Mods on an Asphalt Road Course

I've added Dom Buffalino, Johnny Guarino, and (thanks to an interview on Doug's Dirt Diary) Billy Van Pelt to the driver chart.

New Jersey Motorsports Park will have a big block/small block race on June 20th. The race will be 50 miles long (not sure how many laps that means) and while the purse hasn't been announced, rumors say it's a good one. Also worth noting, the first 50 cars to pre-register are guaranteed starters for the race. Basically, since I'm pretty sure they won't get near 50 cars for this race, every car that shows up will start the feature.

Here's the latest schedule released, if the schedule gets cut-off, I apologize, copying and pasting doesn't work. New Egypt and Bridgeport have also released their schedules, I'll get them posted tonight.

2010 Race Schedule

Friday “Fabulous Four” Divisions

DIRTcar 410 Sprints, DIRTcar Late Models,

DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds, and DIRTcar Sportsman

Racing on Friday Nights at 7:30 PM (Except where noted)

2/27 Lernerville Awards Banquet at the Butler Days Inn

3/4-3/6 Clearview Mall Car Show

3/11-3/13 Pittsburgh Mills Car Show

3/20 (Sat.) Test & Tune Tech Day (Free Admission in the stands)

3/26 “Fab Four” Racing – Opening Night 2010

4/2 “Fab Four” Racing - Bud Points Start - Easter Egg Extravaganza

4/9 “Fab Four” Racing - Silver Jacket Night

4/16 “Fab Four” Racing - Ladies Night

4/23 “Fab Four” Racing - DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series

4/30 All Star Late Models $5,000-to-win

plus DIRTcar Pro Late Models & UMP Mods

5/7 “Fab Four” Racing (Diehl Toyota of Butler Night)

Breast Cancer Awareness Night

5/14 “Fab Four” Racing - Armed Forces Night (PCTC Night)

5/21 All Star Sprints $5,000-to-win

plus DIRTcar Pro Late Models & Sportsman

5/28 “Fab Four” Racing - Fire, EMS, Police Night

6/4 “Fab Four” Racing - School’s out for Summer! Night

6/11 Holiday Races with Fireworks

(#1 Cochran Automotive Fan Appreciation Night)

6/18 “Fab Four” Racing Mid-Season Championships (Twin State Night)

4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com

Featuring the World of Outlaws Late Model Series

6/24 Firecracker 100 Qualifier $6,000-to-win Night #1

6/25 Firecracker 100 Qualifier $6,000-to-win Night #2

6/26 $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 & $3,000-to-win Uncle Sam 30

(Rain Date 6/27) Reserved camping is available

7/2 “Fab Four” Racing - Youth Sports Night

7/9 “Fab Four” Racing - Nostalgia Night

7/16 “Fab Four” Racing - Dollar Dog Night

Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup XIX

7/20 (Tues.) World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Silver Cup Twin 30s

Two $15,000-to-win, 30-Lap Features

(Rain Date Wed. 7/21) T.T. 7:15 pm, Racing 8:00 pm

7/23 “Fab Four” Racing - Joe Pitkavish Memorial Modified Race

(Thoma Meat Night)

7/30 “Fab Four” Racing - DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series

8/3 (Tues.) “Summer Vacation” School Bus & Kid’s Bike races

Plus 100-Lap Enduro & Trailer Races

8/6 “Fab Four” Racing (ARCH Fan Club Night)

8/13 “Fab Four” Racing - UFo Lunarville 33 v2.0

8/20 “Fab Four” Racing - Scout Night

8/27 “Fab Four” Racing - Championship Night (Armstrong One Wire Night)

9/3 All Stars Late Models & Sprints Dual in the Dirt

9/11 (Sat. 6:00) “Back to School” School Bus Races & Kid’s Bike Races

Plus Powder Puff races, Senior Series, Demo Derby & Figure 8 Races

Autumn-Motive Fest 2010

9/18 (Sat. 6:00) Sportsman/Stock Spectacular plus 100-Lap Enduro sunoil[1]

World of Outlaws Sprints - Commonwealth Clash

9/25 (Sat.) World of Outlaw Sprints $10,000-to-win Commonwealth Clash

DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede 2010

10/21 DIRTcar Sprints, DIRTcar Late Models, DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds

10/22 DIRTcar Pro Lates, Sportsman, UMP Mods, 4 Cylinders & Mod Lites

10/23 DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series Finale plus 100-Lap Enduro

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Motorsports Update

There are a couple more pictures on South Jersey Dirt Racing's website from Motorsports, but not much.

Also, the Andy Romano Racing #97 will officially go to Bobby Varin for 2010. Varin drove the car at the end of 2009, along with a couple of other drivers in part-time deals, but Varin will get the nod to run the car weekly at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. The team may also hit a few RoC Dirt Tour shows later in the year. As for the Commercial Roofing Racing #10 big block team, Varin will run the car in some of the bigger races in 2010, starting with Volusia. The team is still looking for a driver to run weekly at Brewerton. It looks like Willy Decker is the leading candidate for the right, he'll be helping Varin and the team at Volusia.

I added Jimmy Horton IV (thanks to his Doug's Dirt Diary interview), Bobby Varin, and Danny Varin to the driver chart.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Five Mile Point Schedule Released

Here's Five Mile Point Speedway's 2010 schedule...

2010 Tentative Five Mile Point Speedway Schedule.

www.fivemilepointspeedway.net

phone: 607-775-5555

email: fivemilepoint1@aol.com


Sat. 4/10 Open Practice - 2:00 p.m.

Sun. 4/11* RoC Dart Dirt Sportsman 40 - $1,500 to win plus SS, and LC - 4:00 p.m.

Sat. 4/17 Open Practice - 2:00 p.m.

Sat. 4/24* Southern Tier Open for Modifieds – 40 laps - $2,500 to win! - 6:00 p.m.

Season point openers for SM, SS, IMCA, LC and Figure 8’s.

Sat. 5/1 Official 60th Season Opener for Modifieds plus SM, SS, IMCA, LC, ALOTO - 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 5/8 Mods, SM, SS, IMCA, LC – 600 c.c. Mods. Endicott Community Night! - 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 5/15 Little League night – Mods, SM, SS, IMCA, LC, Figure 8’s. - 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 5/22 Open Practice - 6:00 p.m.

Sun. 5/23 Trackside Products Street Stock Tour plus CRSA Sprints and Colossal Cat 1 - 5:30 p.m.

Sat. 5/30* Modified “Night of Qualifiers” – 40 laps $4,000 to win (non point event)! - 6:00 p.m

SM, SS, IMCA, LC, Figure 8’s.

Sat. 6/6 Mods, SM, SS, IMCA, LC, ALOTO. Youth Night (17 and younger free!) - 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 6/12 “Pack the Track Night”- $1 grandstand admission. tba - 5:00 p.m.

Sat. 6/19 Mods, SM, SS, IMCA, LC, Figure 8’s. Kirkwood Community Night – Kiddie Rides 6:00 p.m.

All Kirkwood residents admitted into grandstand free with photo i.d.

Wed. 6/23 tba

Sat. 6/26* 46th Heath Memorial – 46 laps for Mods plus SM, PS, IMCA, LC - 6:00 p.m.

Former Racers Reunion and Mid State Antique Racer Display.

Sat. 7/3 2 for 1 Grandstand Admission Night – FIREWORKS – CRSA Sprints - 5:00 p.m.

600 c.c. mods, SM, SS, LC, Figure 8’s, Kiddie Cats/ALOTO (no food or drinks permitted).

Wed. 7/7* 60th Anniversary Race of Champions Dart Dirt Tour – RoC Mod 60 – - 7:15 p.m.

RoC Sportsman 40 Plus the Colossal Cat Challenge Race 2.

Sat. 7/10 Mods, SM, SS, LC, ALOTO, Kiddie Cats. Windsor Community Night - 6:00 p.m.

All Windsor residents admitted into grandstand free with photo i.d.

Sat. 7/17 $1,000 to win for IMCA Mods, plus Mods, SM, SS, LC, Figure 8’s. - 6:00 p.m.

Whitney Point Community Night – all residents free in grandstand with photo i.d.

Sat. 7/24 $2,000 to win for Mods, plus SM, IMCA, SS, LC, ALOTO, Kiddie Cats. - 6:00 p.m.

CDL Truckers Night – Free admission for class A license holders.

Sat. 7/31 $1,000 to win for SS plus Mods, SM, IMCA, LC, Kiddie Cats. Kids Bike Races. - 6:00 p.m.

Conklin Community Night – all residents free in grandstand with photo i.d.

Thurs. 8/5 Inner Loop Night – Grandstand admission only $5 - 7:15 p.m.

Sat. 8/7 $1,000 to win for SM plus Mods, IMCA, SS, LC, ALOTO, Figure 8’s.

Sat. 8/14 Mods, SM, IMCA, SS, LC, Kiddie Cats. Armed Forces Night! - 6:00 p.m.

Military personnel admitted into grandstand free with i.d. plus Kiddie Rides.

Sat. 8/21* $1,000 to win Figure 8 World Championship plus CRSA Sprint Car Tour, - 6:00 p.m.

SM, IMCA, LC, ALOTO, Kiddie Cats.

Sat. 8/28 Mods, SM, IMCA, SS, LC, Kiddie Cats Final Race. Youth Night - 6:00 p.m.

All kids 17 and younger free!

Sat. 9/4* 2010 Season Championship Night (championship points for all classes) - 6:00 p.m.

Mod 50, SM, SS, LC, ALOTO & IMCA Final point races. Post race bonfire.

Sat. 10/9* Short Track SuperNationals – Open Modifieds 50 laps, RoC Dart Dirt Street Stocks

Presented by Trackside Products, Plus Vintage Car Open and Lightning Cat Open.

NATIONAL QUARTER MILE DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND OCT. 29th & 30Th

Fri. 10/29* RoC Dart Dirt Sportsman 100 Finale $2,555 to win!, - 7:00 p.m.

Trackside Products RoC Dart Street Stock Finale 40 –- Colossal Cat Challenge Finale.

Sat. 10/30* Racer’s Flea Market (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.) – RoC Dart Dirt Mod Finale Southern - 5:00 p.m.

Tier 100 plus IMCA Modified Series Finale and 600 c.c. Mods.

TBA Annual Awards Dinner

(all races start at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted)……………………………………………………

* indicates extra admission event - please note maximum 6 pack cooler allowed in grandstand

- no glass bottles permitted on facility grounds – schedule subject to change

** no coolers, food, cans or bottles are permitted on June 13th “Pack the Track Night” or July 4th “2 for 1 Night”

Mods = Big Block/Small Block Modifieds Grandstand Regular Event Admission:

SM = Sportsman Adults: $12

SS = Street Stocks Seniors (ages 65 and older): $10

IMCA = I.M.C.A Modifieds Youth (ages 13-17): $8

LC = Lightning Cats & A League Kids (12 and younger): Free!

Of Their Own (womens racing) Five Mile Family Five Pack: $30

Kiddie Cats = Kids Racing League 2 adult tickets – 3 youth or kid tickets

TSP – Trackside Products Dart Dirt Street Stocks Plus 5 Hot Dogs & 5 Soda’s – save over $30

Motorsports This Weekend

Motorsports at the Great Philadelphia Expo Center is taking place this weekend, starting tonight (Friday.) There are a couple of preview pictures on South Jersey Dirt Racing, which shows the Wade Hendrickson #R10 Rio Brothers Racing team big block modified. Also, on www.cowpattynation.com they have pictures of Kevin Hirthler's #117 small block modified. Also on that page from about a week or so ago are pictures of the Mike Nicholas #3 modified. Best of luck to Miss Wago Heather Thompson, and fellow Wago member Loralyn Brinster as they both compete for the 2010 Miss Motorsports crown.

Big Diamond Raceway Schedule Released

Here's Big Diamond Raceway's 2010 schedule...

2010 Updated Big Diamond Raceway Schedule

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Event

Sponsor

3/21

Open Practice

3/28

BB 50

ARDC

Yuengling

4/2

358 Mod

Sportsman

Roadrunners

4/9

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

40 lap $3000

4/16

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

4/18

Enduro

Sunday

4/23

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

4/30

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

5/2

410 Sprints

ARDC

Sunday

5/7

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

Yetter Law Offices

5/14

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

5/16

Enduro

Sunday

5/21

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

5/28

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

5/30

Open Mod ???

Spt

RR

Sunday Picnic

6/4

358 Mods

USAC

Seltzer

6/11

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

6/13

Enduro

Sunday

6/18

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

6/25

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

7/2

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

Memorial Race

Ken's Tire

7/9

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

7/11

Enduro

7/16

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

RR chicken challenge

Kauffman's BBQ

7/23

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

7/25

Late Models

7/30

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

8/6

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

8/13

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

Pepsi Challenge

Pepsi

8/15

Enduro

8/20

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

8/27

358 Mods

Sportsman

Roadrunners

BD Fan Page

9/3

Coalcracker 50

RR

Mod NW

9/5

Coalcracker 100

9/12

Enduro

or

CC 100

Raindate

9/25

Enduro Raindate

10/2

Diamond Natl

URC

SBM, ARDC

Diamond Nationals

10/3

Diamond Natl

BBM

SPT, RR

Diamond Nationals