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Corey Mechanical Makes A House Call To Sponsor NAPA Auto Parts Fifth Annual Dirt Track Heroes Show

Another piece of what has become an exciting puzzle to construct and visualize has come on board for the upcoming 2012 edition of the NAPA Auto Parts fifth annual Dirt Track Heroes Car Show as the countdown continues for the successful event that highlights the past, present and future of auto racing all together under one roof at the Mall in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. NAPA Auto Parts of the Delaware Valley will be headlining the event as the show sponsor for this years edition of the tremendously successful show and the addition of Smith Fabrications and the Stage One Modifieds, Moe Pagni's Outten Used Cars, R&F International Muffler & Brake, Caffe Europa and the Hamlin Speedway/S&S Speedways signing on as nightly sponsors, the event work staff continues to work their all-important magic to fill in the necessary blanks for another amazing event. The IRCO Community Federal Credit Union set the wheels in motion to lend their support to the show when it first launched in 2008 and have continuously supported the Dirt Track Heroes Car Show through the show's first four years of the show's existence will continue to have a presence at the event when the doors of the Mall swing open to welcome the return of the show to the Phillipsburg Mall in 2012 with opening day set for Sunday, March 4th. The tremendous buzz regarding the show has kept the phones in a three state area ringing off the walls as car owners have been burning up the midnight oil to ready their equipment for the popular show. This edition of the show encompasses the majority of the local short track scene and will continue through Saturday night, March 10th. The Phillipsburg Mall, located on Route 22 East in Phillipsburg, NJ, has proven to be a popular setting for this special event and offers a multitude of race cars, racing memorabilia, collectibles and photos on display throughout the course of the show. The show continues to be free of charge to the mall traffic since its inception and the 2012 edition of the show is the trend setter of the many shows that are scheduled during the year. With an exciting and diverse schedule of events to whet the appetite of any true race fan, large crowds are expected to fill the wide walkways of the Phillipsburg Mall.

The latest signing for the week-long racing event has Corey Mechanical coming on board as one of the growing list of sponsors secured for the event. Corey Mechancial is based out of the local Easton area and covers the entire tri-county area for all of your air conditioning, hot water heater and heating needs. Racing fan Gordon Crowell heads-up Corey Mechanical and has with him an expertly trained and certified staff of technicians who will find the best solution at the best price to cover your heating and cooling concerns whether it be a residential or a commercial setting. Corey Mechanical is a certified Tempstar Heating and Cooling Products dealer and the Tempstar line of products offers the most efficient line of heating and cooling products in the industry today and their website is: www.tempstar.com To reach Corey Mechanical, contact them by phone at: 610 438 3845. Corey Mechanical can supply 24/7 services and back up their solid performace record with a solid history of satisfied customers with their "johnny on the spot" expert service work. At Corey Mechanical, "The guys are cool, but know how to turn the heat on". Contact them today and you will be glad you did.

Once again Smith Fabrications, the home of the Stage One Modifieds, will play an important role in this year's edition of the show. "Rapid Rich" Smith has incorporated his solid background in racing and the technical know how to improve upon his finished product and the Stage One Modified is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship from the master fabricator Richie Smith. The Stage One race car is beautiful to look at and the performance of the car on the race track is a thrill a second for those who have tried the equipment on for size. Touting affordability and safety as the race car's primary selling points, a ready to race unit is priced in the neighborhood of $12,000.00 and with the recent announcement the Stage One Modifieds will becoming a regular attraction this season at the always exciting Hamlin Speedway. For additional information regarding the Stage One Modifieds, log-on to their website at: www.smithfabrications.com or contact them by phone at: 610 462 4302. Moe Pagni's Outten Used Cars, located at 1902 South Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania is returning to the show for the second consecutive year as a nightly sponsor for the event. Moe coined the phrase, "Stop Dreamin, Start Drivin" as the excellent sales staff will find you the credit you need to slide behind the wheel of a quality used car and begin to re-build your credit once again. To reach the Outten team, call today at: 610 791 7912 or check out their website at: www.moes.outtencars.com R&F International Muffler & Brake is located at 1951 West Main Street in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and offer the "the best exhaust at the best cost" among the many services they offer at their complete car care facility. The number to reach them is: 570 476 2120. Caffe Europa, located in the Mall, was named as the official restaurant of the NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes Show last week and will be an important stop-over point for the racing fans as the popular eatery offers up many tantalizing Italian entrees and sandwiches as well as piping hot pizza from their brick ovens. The phone number is: 908 387 9787 for take out orders and the restaurant offers a cafe oriented seating area. Hamlin Speedway opens up for the season in April and will feature eight divisions of racing excitement every Saturday night throughout the racing season. Checkout their website at: www.hamlinspeedway.com and also checkout S&S Speedways Indoor Go Karts and put some excitement into your weekend at: www.ssspeedways.com and contact them at: 570 420 5500. Martocci's Automotive, located at 26 North Second Street in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania is "Your Pocono Automotive Specialist" offering the most competitive labor rate and one percent guarantee for their expert services. Contact them at: 570 517 2777or 570 517 7130 with any questions or concerns about your vehicle or to make an appointment or you go to their website at: www.martocciautomotive.com PR Performance Truck & Trailer Repair is located at 1 State Street in Bloomsbury, New Jersey with a phone number to reach them at: 908 479 0102 and they also provide 24 hour towing and recovery services.

The NAPA Auto Parts Stores of the Delaware Valley has five stores conveniently located within the immediate area and the locations are: Easton, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey locations Stewartsville, Hackettstown, Clinton and Flemington. The stores are owned by Quaker City Motors Parts with their headquarters located in Middletown, Delaware. NAPA was founded in 1925 to meet America's growing need for an auto parts distribution system. To date, NAPA has 69 Distribution Centers, more than 6,000 stores and 13,000 affiliated NAPA AutoCare repair facilities, over 320,000 parts in inventory every day and ASE-Certified Parts Professionals. To learn more about NAPA Know How, go to their extensive website at: www.napaonline.com or contact by phone at: 800-LET-NAPA (800-538-6272. All of the stores will have representation at the show throughout the week offering specials and discounts to the racers and fans.

IRCO will remain a big part of the show as they will sponsor the stage area where the nightly shows will be presented. Vice President of IRCO, Greg Collins, will become part of the announcing team lined up for the shows that include the longtime broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados from Gasoline Alley fame, veteran announcer Bobby Stull, Bridgeport and Thunder announcer Jeff Ahlum and former Lake Mocatek co-announcer Justin Beltrame. Collins, who serves as the noted historian of the Harmony Speedway, is expected to have much of his memorabilia from the Harmony Speedway for the event and Beltrame will once again spearhead and show the vast collection of Lake Mocatek material he has collected over the years.

The "Golden Era" of auto racing from the late fifties through the early eighties was an era that saw many changes take place in the way the race cars were constructed. The word "stock" gave way to ingenuity at first and followed closely by technology as the race cars became less stock appearing and relied more heavily on the latest speed part that would make the race car go faster. While the years have changed the look and the cost of racing, the spirit of the competition remains much as it was when racing in the local area was launched. The great fan base of racing can come out to this grand Mall event and be transported back to a time when they could hop into their family jitney and travel less than a half hour to witness the excitement of a night at the races. All historical racing groups including Reading, Flemington, Harmony, Dorney Park and Nazareth will have their memorabilia on display and their many scrapbooks open for the fans to take another long look at the glory years of racing and possibly find a picture or two they want to purchase as a keepsake from past glory or racing exploits.

Entries are now accepted to display in the NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes Show. More information is available by calling: 443-513-4456 or you may complete the entry form located on the home page of the: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com web site. Follow the simple instructions posted on the web site to register. Space is available for race cars of all divisions, vendors and race tracks as well.

In the previous events, cars that were on display included big and small block Modifieds, Sportsman, Micro-Sprints, ARDC Midgets, URC Sprints, Late Models, go-karts and a broad variety of vintage and restored race cars. New Egypt, Grandview, Big Diamond, Bridgeport, Hamlin, Accord, Kutztown, Borger's and Snydersville will again be among the many speedways involved with the 2012 show. The week-long event will set aside one evening to salute the "Stars of Tomorrow" with a special night set aside for the budding young racing talents competing with the many quarter midget clubs in the area and this night has proven to be one of the highlights of the week as many will be giving their first ever interviews to a sizable crowd. The NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes Car Show will again offer a great keepsake event souvenir program book and shirt. The Phillipsburg Mall is open Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM and from Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 9 PM. For additional NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes information, contact show organizers Bob and Donna Miller by phone at 443.513.4456, via e-mail at TOTHILL98@aol.com or on the web at: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com.

The event offer race teams a great opportunity to promote their sponsors and announce their racing plans for the 2012 racing season.

2012 Fifth Annual NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes Car Show Schedule of Events

Sunday- March 4 - (Starting at Noon) - NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes Car Show Opening Ceremony (Stage) Presented by Moe Pagni's Outten Used Car Center - All Tracks and Driver Autograph Session: Highlighting Nazareth And Nazareth National Speedways with Reading, Harmony, Orange County, Hatfield, Dorney Park, Langhorne, Trenton, Flemington, East Windsor, Sanatoga, Allentown Fairgrounds, Stroudsburg, Mahoning, Mountain

3 PM: Salute to the Legends of Lake Mocatek Speedway

Monday- March 5 - (6 PM) – Presented by R& F International Muffler & Brake welcoming ATQMRA, Borger’s Speedway, Kutztown Speedway, Shellhamers Speedway, Snydersville Raceway, X-Cel 600 Modifieds, Oreville Karts and the Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium

Tuesday- March 6 - (6 PM) Smith Fabrications/Stage One Modifieds/Hamlin Speedways welcoming the “Stars of Tomorrow” featuring Quarter Midget Clubs: Oaklane, Blue Mountain, Lehigh Valley, West End Raceway, Keystone, South Jersey and Garden State Quarter Midget Clubs

Wednesday- March 7 - (6 PM) - Presented by Caffe Europa featuring New Egypt Speedway and Wall Stadium Night - Saluting the Legends of the East Windsor Speedway - Invite to the Garden State Vintage Racing Club

Thursday- March 8 - (6 PM) – Hamlin Speedways/Smith Fabrications/Stage One Modifieds welcoming Hamlin Speedway, Stage One Modifieds, Accord Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway and Big Diamond Speedway Night

Friday - March 9 - (4 PM) Corey Mechanical presents the Legends Showcase (Guests to be announced)

(7 PM) - Presented by Martocci's Automotive Salute to Thunder on the Hill Series, Grandview Speedway, Bridgeport Speedway, ARDC Midgets, URC ,TSRS Sprints, CRSA Sprints, plus the Legends of the Reading Fairgrounds and Dorney Park Speedways

Saturday - March 10 - (Noon until complete) Corey Mechanical welcomes the stars from Flemington Speedway, all divisions, Flemington Speedway Racing Historical Society and Harmony Speedway Group. All drivers invited to return for fan-fest and Autograph Session

Caffe Europa serves as the Official Restaurant of the NAPA Auto Parts Dirt Track Heroes Show

Mall Hours: Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. -

*Schedule subject to change

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NEWS FROM: RISLONE SPRINT SERIES

KRAMER WILLIAMSON AND THE PINK PANTHER PLAN RETURN TO URC IN 2012

A three time URC champion and winner of sixty-seven URC feature events, Kramer Williamson of Palmyra, PA will be returning to chase another Rislone URC Sprint Series Championship in 2012.

Kramer is a veteran of the sport and a multi-time champion on the Central Pennsylvania sprint car tracks, and a former winner of the National Open at Williams Grove. Williamson also has his named etched on the World of Outlaws feature win list. In the world of sprint car racing, Kramer has pretty much done it all.

Kramer would not reveal his age, so to put it in perspective, he did share that he was Rookie of the Year at Williams Grove in 1971.

Yes Kramer has been around for a long time and when asked if retirement was in his future, he was quick to reply, "My body will tell me when it's time to stop". Kramer's history brings a lot to the sport like building his own frames and most of his components, and he does it because, that's how they did it years ago. With that said, Kramer remains very competitive with the start of each and every sprint car race and has confidence his the parts he builds. There's an old saying, "Once a Champion, Always a Champion" and that fits very well for Kramer Williamson.

"We do plan to run the entire URC season even though I would like more race dates on the schedule. When you get to this stage of my career, you want to race every possible weekend", added Williamson. "I like the tire prices and this will help with the overall operating cost of a race team, it will definitely help keep more teams running". Kramer also has a view on the double file restarts. "I think it will be exciting and something different and for me, double file restarts will help. I get stronger as the race goes on". Williamson added, "I'm glad URC is trying it and if it makes the racing better for the fans, then we have to do it. . . .after all, it's about the fans".

URC will again offer several higher paying events in 2012, but as we all know, more money often attracts more competition. "Good, bring them on. I want to kick their butts. I have always believed that if you race with good drivers, you'll be a good driver. I believe it's my way to get better". Williamson went on to say, "I remember beating Fred Rahmer at the Grove one night driving Fran Hogue's car and it was so sweet, and I want to do more of that".

Two new tracks are joining the Rislone URC Sprint Series schedule and include Potomac Speedway in Budds Creek, MD and the Winchester Speedway in Winchester, VA. "I'm game for the new and different tracks", added Kramer. "I like to race, the more the better so I'll just keep beating my head against the wall and do it over and over again".

The 2012 season will find Kramer once again sporting his #73 well known as the Pink Panther. His crew includes Crew Chief Jason Simmons, Chris Gustin, Cliff Irvin, Dale and Steve Simmons of course his wife Sharon and daughter Felecia. Kramer's son, Kurt prepares all the shocks for the Panther and stays in close contact with the team on race days while he is working with various NASCAR teams. Sponsors on the Pink Panther include Jason Simmons, Armorboard, Boyer Signs, JRI Shocks and Pepsi-Cola.

Kramer remains a present day race who proudly experienced and lived through the old days. To this day, Kramer Williamson is still one of the most popular drivers on the URC roster. At driver autograph sessions, the response from the crowd and media requests almost always include the name Kramer Williamson.

2012 RISLONE URC SPRINT SERIES SCHEDULE

APR 28 Delaware Intl
MAY 4 Black Rock
MAY 12 Selinsgrove $3,500 Jack Gunn Memorial
MAY 25 Big Diamond
JUNE 1 Williams Grove
JUNE 20 Lincoln (non-points)
JUNE 22 Potomac
JUNE 23 Winchester, VA
JUNE 30 Delaware Intl
JULY 7 New Egypt $3,000 Bar's Leaks Nationals
JULY 21 Grandview
July 28 Bridgeport
AUG 3 Williams Grove $5,000 Rislone Nationals
AUG 4 Lincoln
AUG 10 Black Rock
AUG 11 Selinsgrove
AUG 24 Williams Grove
AUG 25 Port Royal
SEPT 1 Delaware Intl
SEPT 29 New Egypt
OCT 13 Grandview $3,000 PPB Feature Only

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 11, 2012 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.017 (New Track Record); 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.123; 3. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics-14.282; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.323; 5. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-14.338; 6. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.340; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.362; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-14.370; 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.374; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.391; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.420; 12. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.476; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.500; 14. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.508; 15. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.512; 16. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-14.520; 17. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-14.532; 18. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.594; 19. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.604; 20. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-14.663; 21. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-14.729; 22. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.745; 23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.749; 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.841; 25. Logan Jarrett, 2
9x,
Jarrett-14.878; 26. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-15.044; 27. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.061; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.847; 29. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-16.504; 30. Mark Broughman, 52, Broughman-17.651; 31. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. East, 3. Darland, 4. Grant, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Swanson, 7. Jarrett, 8. Simmons. 1:57.31

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Clauson, 3. Windom, 4. Jones, 5. Cummins, 6. McIntyre, 7. Goodnight, 8. Broughman. 1:56.78

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Hines, 3. Hagen, 4. Gulick, 5. Leary, 6. Ballou, 7. Fitzpatrick. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Hendrick, 3. Gardner, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Thomas, Jr., 6. Wissmiller, 7. Hery. 1:57.65

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Thomas, Jr., 2. Swanson, 3. McIntyre, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Ballou, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Leary, 8. Jarrett, 9. Goodnight, 10. Simmons, 11. Hery, 12. Broughman, 13. Cummins. 3:01.01

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Wes McIntyre, 8. Kody Swanson, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Dave Darland, 13. Coleman Gulick, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Bobby East, 18. Casey Shuman, 19. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Chase Stockon, 22. Mitch Wissmiller, 23. Kyle Cummins. NT
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**Weber flipped in Hot Laps.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hagen.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-187; 2-Gardner-176; 3-Stanbrough-174; 4-Grant-167; 5-Jones-159; 6-Hagen-153;7-Darland-147; 8-Thomas, Jr.-140; 9-Hines-137; 10-Shuman-135.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 14 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 9, 2012 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.409 (New Track Record); 2. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics- 14.589; 3. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.691; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.746; 5. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.877; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.974; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.975; 8. Scotty Weir, 21H, Hery-15.024; 9. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-15.031; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.085; 11. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-15.109; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-15.134; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.136; 14. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-15.140; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.175; 16. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.192; 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.264; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.282; 19. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-15.303; 20. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-15.305; 21. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller- 15.346; 22. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins- 15.360; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard- 15.445; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG- 15.513; 25. Coleman Gulic
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14, Gulick-15.712; 26. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.771; 27. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight- 16.098; 28. Logan Jarrett, 29x, Jarrett-16.176; 29. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons- 16.798; 30. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber- NT (time of 15.830 disallowed)

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Darland, 3. Clauson, 4. Gulick, 5. Hendrick, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Grant. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hagen, 5. McIntyre, 6. Cummins, 7. Leary, 8. Weber. 2:21.32

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. East, 3. Fitzpatrick, 4. Hines, 5. Swanson, 6. Goodnight, 7. Windom. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Jones, 3. Thomas, 4. Ballou, 5. Stockon, 6. Weir, 7. Jarrett. 2:16.59

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Stockon, 3. Weir, 4. Wissmiller, 5. Swanson, 6. Cummins, 7. Windom, 8. Leary, 9. McIntyre, 10. Goodnight, 11. Hendrick, 12. Jarrett, 13. Weber. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9. Justin Grant, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Robert Ballou, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Coleman Gulick, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Chase Stockon 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Mitch Wissmiller, 21. Hunter Schuerenberg, 22. Bobby East, 23. Kyle Cummins, 24. Darren Hagen. NT
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**Simmons flipped during qualifications. Windom flipped during Heat 3. McIntyre flipped during the Semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Bacon, Laps 6-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1- Gardner-68; 2-Stanbrough-66; 3-Clauson-63; 4-Darland-52; 5-Shuman-50; 6-Thomas, Jr.-45; 7-Grant-42; 8-Jones-38; 9-Fitzpatrick-35; 10-Hines-34.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 10 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

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PACKED HOUSE ON HAND FOR A.C. GAMBLERS CLASSIC; RUDOLPH SCORES A DOUBLE IN THREE QUARTER MIDGETS AND 600 MICRO SPRINTS; DALEY REPEATS ‘08 CHAMP KART WIN; EAGAN TOPS IN SLINGSHOT THRILLER

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -February 4 . . . In front of one of the largest crowds in Boardwalk Hall's Gamblers Classic ten year history, Ransomville, N.Y.'s Erick Rudolph dominated the weekend events. After winning the Micro Sprint features Friday and Saturday, Rudolph saved his best effort for last when he overpowered the competition, winning the Gamblers Classic for Three Quarter Midgets.
The race was a three-man affair from the outset. Front row starters Stewart Friesen and Rudolph paced the field and sparred with each other through a series of double file restarts. In one of those instances, Rudolph seemed to gain the upper hand only to have the start called back by officials who added a two position penalty for the infraction.
Undeterred, Rudolph passed Friesen after challenging for the lead for several laps. Friesen seemed destined for a second place finish but a late race tangle with a surging Billy Pauch saw Friesen spin and Pauch penalized.
Rudolph ruled the roost as the laps ran out. The big mover in the last five laps was Ryan Smith, who was trying to put a 600 Micro in the winners circle for the first time. Smith settled for second place after a sterling drive ahead of Jon Gambuti, ninth starter Mike Lichty and sixteenth place starter Tim Buckwalter.
The 20 lap Micro Sprint feature turned upside down on a mid-race tangle in the midst of heavy lapped traffic. Matt Janisch and Lou Cicconi Jr., running first and second, and pulling away from the field, encountered back markers. Janisch collected one of the lapped cars and nearly flipped. Cicconi clipped Janisch's slowing car and reduced speed himself but was able to keep his car running.
Cicconi thus inherited the lead and a clear track while Janisch restarted at the back of the field. Erick Rudolph, Friday night's 600 Micro feature winner, took up the chase as Cicconi held back all challenges. With three laps to go, Cicconi and Rudolph went at it head to head. On the final lap, Rudolph ducked under Cicconi in turn one, made a clean pass off turn two and took the checkered flag. The exacta of Rudolph and Cicconi was the same finish as the previous night.
In the Champ Karts, Chris Daley, 2008 winner, picked his way through a talent-laden field, avoided the pitfalls of lapped traffic and survived a two-lap shootout to win the 25-lap feature.
Heavy hitters Norman Hynes, Daley and Justin Bonsignore cut their way through the pack in pursuit of Brian Sullivan, who had taken command after Andy Nye had problems.
By lap five, Bonsignore and Daley had assumed first and second; and on lap nine, Daley completed his march to the front with a power pass for the lead as Hynes was just a few kart lengths off the pace.
With five laps left, the top three had pulled away from the pack but a caution flag flew with two laps left, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Daley never wavered in the final lap as Bonsignore held second. Zac Smith made a key last lap move to assume third place at race's end.
Slingshot expert Simon Egan made a crossover move off the last two turns of the final lap that gave him a remarkable win over Matt Carman.
Neither Egan nor Carman seemed to be likely victors as the white flag waved on the first of three attempts at completing the race.
First, Vern McLaughlin tangled with Shannon Smith when she attempted to pass him on the outside. Smith was spun and went to the back of the pack as did McLaughlin, who was penalized for overly aggressive driving. Brett Biever, who had been among the early race leaders, and Anthony Perrego, who had come back from an early race aggressive driving penalty, lost their chances for a late race victory when they tangled.
This set up the last lap sprint finish that elevated Egan, who had first taken the white flag in sixth place, into the winners' circle. Carman was inches behind with Brandon Azzalina third.
Gamblers Classic TQ Midget Feature (40 Laps): 1. Erick Rudolph; 2. Ryan Smith; 3. Jon Gambuti; 4. Mike Lichty; 5. Tim Buckwalter; 6. Billy Pauch Jr.; 7. Matt Janisch; 8. Stewart Friesen; 9. Steve Craig; 10. Pat Bealer; 11. Jonathan Reid; 12. Mike Tidaback; 13. Lou Cicconi Jr.; 14. Mike Fedorcak; 15. Glen Reen; 16. Frank Fischer; 17. Chris deRitis; 18. Johnny Benson Jr.; 19. Ryan Greth; 20. Jonathan McKennedy; 21. Bobby Holmes; 22. Anthony Sesely; 23. BJ MacDonald; 24. Joey Payne; 25. Todd Hoddick; 26. Ted Christopher.
TQ Consolation Winners: Ryan Greth, Billy Pauch
TQ B-Main Winners: Marc Rogers, Jeff Kot.
600cc Micro Sprint Feature (20 Laps): 1.Erick Rudolph; 2. Lou Cicconi Jr., 3. Brett Michalski; 4. Jason Ormsby; 5. Kyle Hieber; 6. Justin Moench; 7. Rob Vivona; 8. Matt Janisch; 9. Steven Bracall; 10. Steve Walters; 11. Mike Dicely; 12. Greg Smith; 13. Johnny Gearhart; 14. Steve Kemery; 15. Mike Fillbrunn; 16. Timmy Neal; 17. Jack Conover Jr., 18. Randy Oswald; 19. Philip Durham; 20. Jimmy Carpenter; 21. Butch Valley Jr., 22; Sierra Weaver; 23. Steve West; 24. Jimmy Weiss.
Micro Sprint B-Main Winner: Greg Smith.
Champ Kart Feature (25 Laps): 1. Chris Daley; 2. Justin Bonsignore; 3. Zac Smith; 4. Todd Crenshaw, 5. Norman Hynes; 6. Glen Meisenhelder; 7. Ryan Kendall; 8. Brandon Rusczek; 9. Danny Bouc; 10 . Nick Hadden; 11. James Hadden; 12. DJ Shaw; 13. Joey Bruning; 14. Kevin Baird; 15. Joey Milza; 16. Eric Zeh; 17. Brian Sullivan; 18. Jonathan Cash; 19. Wayne Baker; 20. Matt Fenn; 21. Andy Nye; 22. Bryan Shields; 23. Bobby Timmons; 24. Brandon Young; 25. Mike Perry; 26. Carl Medeiros Jr., 27. Gavin Soroghan.
Champ Kart B-Main Winners: Gavin Soraghan, Zac Smith, Todd Crenshaw.
Slingshot Feature (25 Laps): 1. Simon Egan; 2. Matt Carman; 3. Brandon Azzalina; 4.Shannon Smith; 5. Matt Dealaman; 6. Eddie Strada; 7. Ben Witaker; 8. Jesse Hartman; 9. Carl Labonte; 10. Mark Sensenig; 11. Vern McLaughlin II; 12. Brett Biever; 13. Anthony Perrego; 14. Marc Daniels; 15. Jimmy Spellmon; 16. John Bockhorn; 17. Steve Intravaia; 18. Shawna Ingraham; 19. Kurt Bettler; 20. Jim Housworth; 21. Mike Butler; 22. Ryan Raidline; 23. Gary Hieber; 24. Cody Kline.
Slingshot B-Main Winners: Shawna Ingraham, Steve Intravaia
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Race results written by Steve Barrick

THANK YOU……A big thanks to all the media for the great support of this event and helping to make it a huge success. Ernie Saxton

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 31, 2012
DICK JORDAN

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LEVI JONES OPENS PURSUIT OF USAC TITLE #8
WITH A.J. FOYT’S ALL-TIME RECORD OF 11 THE TARGET

Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. appears ready to challenge one of USAC’s most revered all-time records. That pursuit begins February 9-11 when the AMSOIL National Sprint Cars open their 2012 campaign with ‘Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.

The 2011 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Champion and Traxxas Silver Crown king now owns seven USAC National Championships and only one driver stands between him and the top of the pyramid – A.J. Foyt.

Driving for NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart, Jones has reeled off four titles in the past two years and is tied with Mel Kenyon and Rich Vogler with seven National crowns, four behind Foyt’s record of 11. Foyt owns seven National Championships in Indy cars, three in Stock Cars and one in Silver Crown. Jones has two Silver Crown titles in addition to his five in the Sprint cars.

Jones scored three victories on his way to the 2011 Sprint title and now has 27 career wins in USAC’s tough Sprint series. He has yet to win in the Sunshine State, however, finishing seventh and fifth in two 2010 races at East Bay Raceway Park and a fourth, ninth and third at Ocala last year.

“Just having a chance to challenge A.J. on the all-time list is something I never even dreamed about,” admits Levi. “I’m sure when he was winning all those races and championships back then he probably didn’t think much about all-time records either, so it’s not something I dwell on. I’ve had a great run the past couple of years but it’s hard to stay on top. The team Tony has assembled has sure made my job easier and it’s a pleasure to approach each race with a chance to win. Ocala offers a challenge unlike some other tracks we go to, with a different type surface which makes car set-up a primary objective. We’ve qualified well there but things seem to change by the time the feature rolls around. This year we have a different game plan so we’ll see how it works out.”

Levi has plenty of competition in the upcoming Ocala races, with drivers like USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson and Damion Gardner, the winners at Ocala last year, plus drivers like Tracy Hines, Jon Stanbrough, Dave Darland and others.

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” open the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car calendar, which spans nearly 50 events across America.

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Office: 610-398-4923
Speedway: 856-467-6757
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DRIVERS, OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES PLEASED AFTER MEETING BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY’S NEW PROMOTER

Swedesboro, NJ (January 29, 2012) – Smiles were seen at the Holiday Inn in Logan Township, NJ on Saturday, January 28 after several meetings were completed by Bridgeport Speedway’s new promoter Doug Hoffman.

Following a session with track employees, Hoffman met with Friday and Saturday night teams separately. During his conversations throughout the day, Hoffman focused in on providing a quality racing surface for competitors and running an efficient show for fans. In addition, Hoffman and his family are committed to providing a concession stand with superior food and value. The running order of the Saturday night features this year will be the same with the Big Block Modified main being the final race of the evening. Some rule changes were discussed including the possibility of adding sail panels to the Big Block Modifieds. For the Micro-Sprints, an open tire rule will be in place for the 2012 season.

After releasing a tentative 2012 schedule recently, Hoffman is planning to finalize the event listing within the upcoming week. The first event of the season on Saturday, March 31 will be the initial race of the Poker Series for the Big Block Modifieds. Also, this will be a Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour event and a plethora of talent is expected to attend. For each Poker Series race, the winner receives an Ace (A), second a King (K), third a Queen (Q) and so on down to the 13th-place finisher receiving a Deuce (2). After the completion of the five-race series, the driver with the best poker hand receives $2,500, second $1,500 and third $1,000.The driver with the worst hand receives $1,000. To be eligible for the Poker Series point fund, a driver must participate in all five events. Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media will manage the publicity for the five Poker Series races at Bridgeport by coordinating press releases, race-day promotions, contingency awards for racers, and apparel sales.

With the 2012 season just two months away, plenty of excellent marketing and sponsorship opportunities are available. Any interested parties should contact Gena Hoffman at gena@bpspeedway.com or Skye Michael at skye@bpspeedway.com to determine the right package for you.

Bridgeport Speedway provides a safe and secure family atmosphere, free parking, giveaways, and fan participation games. As a premier racing complex, Bridgeport Speedway is a banked 5/8th mile dirt oval, featuring a dirt 1/4 mile oval embedded in the center, and is located in Southern New Jersey -- just minutes from Pennsylvania and Delaware at exit 14 off of I-295.