Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Grasso chooses Tyler, Beamer is Back, Volusia & Hagerstown Tidbits

Joe Grasso Racing has chosen his new driver for the 2013 season. Danny Tyler will take over driving duties of the #19J small block modified for weekly competition at Accord Speedway. Tyler will also have his family-owned #97T modified for part-time competition at Five Mile Point Speedway and select other shows. Grasso's 2012 driver, Mike Ricci, who left the team prior to the end of last season, will return to the Kawalchuk owned #20T at Accord.

Thornton Racing will field a teammate to their veteran driver Steve Durand in the big-block ranks at Bridgeport in 2013. Tommy Beamer, who's had success in the modified division at Bridgeport in the past and ran weekly for the team in the sportsman division last season, will run the team's second car in Bridgeport's weekly modified division.

Hagerstown Speedway has released their schedule, and then only appearance for the modifieds will be the Brawl in the Fall feature event, rescheduled from October. They have announced that they will run a last-chance race for any drivers that want to show up that were not in attendance for the original date of the race. Matt Sheppard and Brett Hearn will share the front row for the 50-lap $7,500 to win feature.

Add a few more guys to the Volusia entry list; Brett Ballard, Jimmy Horton, and Jeremy Markle have confirmed their intentions on running the DIRTcar Nationals. Here's an early look at guys planning on running Volusia...

01 Brett Ballard
1 Darwin Greene
3 Justin Haers
5 Jimmy Horton
5* Tyler Siri
6m Mat Williamson
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Billy VanInwegen
20 Brett Hearn
22c Mario Clair
27J Danny Johnson
49 Francois Bernier
74 Tim Fuller
97 Michel Chicoine
99B Bruno Lepage
901 Eric Kormann

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