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BRIDGEPORT, NJ (September 21, 2010) - On Saturday, September 25, an
accomplished all-around racer will be competing at Bridgeport Speedway
as JJ Yeley will be the pilot of Will Brown’s Big Block Modified.
“We are very excited to have JJ Yeley at Bridgeport Speedway,”
stated promoter Jessica James. “Fans will have a chance to meet and
greet him at an autograph session during intermission.”

Yeley has raced in various asphalt and dirt series including the
Nascar Sprint Cup, Indy Car Racing League and all three major USAC
divisions (Midgets, Silver Crown, Sprints). With the 2010 point chase
over for the Big Block Modifieds, this show will feature drivers
drawing for their heat race position. Plus, the top finishing
Bridgeport Speedway regular and the top finishing invader will earn a
starting spot in the Charlie Bray Memorial race slated for Sunday,
November 21 at Bridgeport Speedway.

Also on this special night, season champions will be crowned in the
Crate Modified and Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stock Car divisions with
double point features in both classes. On Saturday, September 25, the
gates to the grandstand will open at 5:00 PM, and the racing gets
underway at 7:00 PM. Grandstand admission is $20 for adults. Kids 12
and under are admitted for free.

Bridgeport Speedway provides a safe and secure family atmosphere,
free parking, giveaways and fan participation games. Billed ‘The
Fastest Dirt Track in the East’, 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.

By Ken de la Bastide
CNHI News Service

WINCHESTER, Ind. — North Carolina driver Shane Hmiel found the perfect way to capture the USAC Amsoil Sprint Car pavement championship by winning the Rich Vogler classic at Winchester Speedway on Sunday.

Hmiel came into the final race of the pavement season in the points lead and needing only to finish in the top five to secure the title. He capped off a great season with his first win at Winchester.

Levi Jones took the early lead from the pole position chased by Hmiel, Bobby East, Henry Clarke and fast qualifier Tracy Hines.

For 10 laps Hmiel kept the pressure on Jones, and finally on the next circuit, Hmiel was able to get underneath Jones entering Turn 1 to take the point.

Clarke brought out the first caution on Lap 20 when his car got loose entering Turn 1 and made contact with the outside retaining wall.

On the restart Jones got alongside of Hmiel, but was unable to take the lead entering the first corner. East, Hines and Damion Gardner chased them. Gardner passed Hines on the back straight and then East two laps later to claim the third spot.

The second caution waved on Lap 31 for debris, but Hmiel was able to hold off Jones, who surrendered the second spot to Gardner on Lap 32 on the back straight. The final caution flag waved on Lap 33 when Chris Windom made contact with the Turn 2 wall.

Hmiel pulled away from the remainder of the field on the restart as Gardner, Hines, Jones, East and Jerry Coons Jr. battled for position.

At the finish it was Hmiel, Gardner, Hines, Jones and East.

“Our car is good,” Hmiel said in victory lane. “We won the Rich Vogler, and the Hoosier Hundred. I’m not a very good driver, but this car is amazing.”

Hmiel said he drove the last 10 laps as hard as he could.

In addition to the sprint car event at Winchester, Hmiel won at Salem Speedway a week ago and recorded two victories at O’Reilly Raceway Park in July.

Gardner credited his crew with doing a great job in preparing the car and thanked Bobby East for some assistance.

“Bobby (East) pointed us in the right direction,” he said. “We have been able to race from the back to the front all year.”

Hines said the team had a decent car and was placed with the podium finish.

Hmiel also won the first of two heat races leading the entire distance followed by Hines and Windom.

The second heat win went to Clarke with Coons and Jones rounding out the top three.

In the SuperPro late model feature, Eric Barcus took the early lead but it only lasted until the fifth circuit when Al Cook Jr. got inside coming off the fourth corner.

The driver on the move was fast qualifier Derrick Griffin, who worked his way through the field and into the second position after 10 laps. For the next 40 circuits Griffin stayed glued to the rear deck lid of Cook’s late model but was never able to grab the position.

Wes Griffith finished third followed by Justin Matson and Tommy Cook.

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Golden Bettenhausen 100 contested at Illinois State Fair on Saturday August 21st.

The 50th running of the Tony Bettenhausen 100 won't see a back to back winner in 2010 but several former winners comprise part of the entry list for the golden edition of the Bettenhausen Memorial and the 76th national championship dirt track race held on the historic Springfield Mile as the Illinois State fair enters its second century of auto racing.

Defending race winner Cole Whitt moved to the NASCAR K&N Series, however three time (1997, 1999, 2003) winners Dave Darland of Lincoln, Indiana and Brian Tyler of Parma, Michigan (2004, 2005, 2008) continue in their quest for a 4th Springfield victory while Russ Gamester of Peru, Indiana (1998), Tracy Hines of New Castle, Indiana (2006) each try to add a second Bettenhausen win to their resume.

They are joined by three time USAC K&N Silver Crown champ Bud Kaeding of Campbell, California. Kaeding is attempting to become the first four time national champion in series history and ironically has never won a 100-mile race on the dirt. In fact, nineteen of the top twenty drivers in the 2010 USAC K&N Filters title chase should be on the Springfield entry list on August 21. 2008 K&N National Champion Jerry Coons Jr. of Tuscon, Arizona (2nd) is one and he could be joined by some of USAC's "Young Guns"as well.

Pleasant Garden, North Carolina's Shane Hmiel is in search of the second leg of the dirt car "Triple Crown". Hmiel is sixth in points and had a strong performance at Indianapolis in May, winning the Hoosier Hundred. Joining Hmiel are the Swanson brothers, Kody (5th in points) and Tanner, from Kingsburg, California. The Swanson brothers had the first 1-2 finish in Silver Crown history at Berlin with Tanner getting his first win at Kody taking second.

Noblesville, Indiana resident Bryan Clauson is a series rookie driving for Tony Stewart. 2008 Tony Bettenhausen 100 polesitter Shane Hollingsworth of Indianapolis also won the 2009 Hoosier Hundred. Second generation driver Bobby East of Indiana has experience in two of NASCAR's top three divisions and has returned for a shot at a Silver Crown title. However, he has just one start on the dirt miles and that ended upside down at the May Hoosier Hundred.

USAC veterans Tom Capie of Trevose, Pennsylvania and former one-lap track record holder Jeff Swindell of Memphis, Tennessee should.be on the entry list as well as John "Hot Rod" Heydenreich who returns to the series after an absence.

Forty-four years have passed since Central Illinois' Don Branson (Champaign) pulled into Springfield's victory lane, winning the 6th Bettenhausen 100 in 1966. 2010 could see another winner from the central part of the state as A.J. Fike of Galesburg enters the 50th Bettenhausen as a dark horse favorite, not only for the Tony Bettenhausen 100 but for the national title as he is currently third in the standings thanks to a win in Iowa. Fellow Illini Levi Jones (Olney), a pilot for Tony Stewart's race team, won the pole for the May Hoosier Hundred and is 4th in the points. Fike, who will be pulling double duty for the weekend racing in Sunday's ARCA event, and Jones lead a contingent of Illini participants that could number at least 8 by race day.

Hometown drivers Donnie Beechler and Mike Hess have extensive experience in the big dirt cars on the Springfield Mile. Beechler is a 4 time starter in the Indianapolis 500 with 5 USAC Silver Crown wins to his credit, three on dirt miles. Hess is a two-time Powri National Midget champion. They are joined by Elkhart's Chris Urish, Pocohontas' Zach Daum, Davey Ray of Loves Park and Murphysboro's Randy Bateman as well as Benton car owner Ricky Nix who fields Powri Midget champ Brad Kuhn at the wheel.

A new format greets the drivers and fans for the 50th Bettenhausen 100 replacing a format change for the 49th running last year. In 2009 the top 6 qua1ifiers were inverted at the start meaning fast qualifier A.J. Fike had to start sixth. Cole Whitt charged to the lead from the inside front row and led all 100-miles to become at 18 years and 2 months the youngest driver to ever win a 100-mile national championship race at Springfield. This year there will not be an inversion of the qualifiers;but a 'competition red flag' at the conclusion of the leader's 51st lap. At that time all cars will be stopped in running order along the main stretch and the crews allowed to work on the machines. Should a tire be changed on the car the car will be sent to the tail of the field for the restart. In addition, the field will restart in DOUBLE FILE order for the second half of the race. The new format was used for the Hoosier Hundred in May and Shane Hmeil gave up a commanding lead at the competition stop, changed three tires and was forced to come from 12th on the restart to retake the lead on lap 77.

Over 30 drivers attempt to join immortals A.J. Foyt, Rodger Ward, Mario Andretti, Chuck Gurney and Jack Hewitt as winners of the Tony Bettenahusen 100 on August 21. Practice is slated to begin at 9 a.m. with qualifications at around 10:30 and the 50th running of the Tony Bettenhausen 100 at 1:30. Tickets are available at the Illinois State Fair Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets.

Source: Illinois State Fair

CARQUEST GASOLINE ALLEY NEWS

Allentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Welcomes Reading Slingshot Stars, Accord Speedway Winner Brad Szulewski and Harmony Speedway Historian Greg Collins To Tonight's Show
By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show cranks up the airwaves on Monday evening with another fabulous edition of their show on Monday evening, August 9th as they play host to another blockbuster lineup of talented racing stars who join the Gang for the fastest, funniest, and most informative racing show in the country today. The show airs from 6 to 8 PM every Monday evening on channels 103 and 137 and worldwide on the Internet. The Gang has been serving the racing world for the past eight years on the airwaves and is well noted for their well noted "theme" show format and will host the 486th edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their 274th show since joining forces with the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137 and the Gasoline Alley Team of Ed and Steve Pados is looking forward to more of the same great format they have been following since the inception of their show in 2002.

With this edition of the show the Gang will welcome a very diverse group talented group of driving stars stars who help make up the great history and the latest news in the world of motorsports. Joining the Gang in house will be the noted historian of the Harmony Speedway Greg Collins and another portion of the speedway that was "in tune with speed" will be re-visited. Brother Ed Pados will be on location at the Reading Nostalgia Nationals and will be reporting back to the studio with the latest in news and available drivers as the two day event kicks-of tomorrow evening. The CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Show and the Reading Fairgrounds Racing Historical Society have once again joined forces to create a healthy payout for the competing teams, the sixth year the popular show has been involved with the annual event. Newcomer to the full sized race cars, Brad Szulewski, will join the Gang to talk about his Friday night win at the Accord Speedway, his first career win at the facility. Brad had been doing his racing in the 600 Xcel Modifieds in the past and purchased a race car from the "Iceman" Dom Roselli to take the big step up into the Sportsman division. With Hamlin Speedway being dark this past week, Steve Pados paid the Orange County Fair Speedway a visit on Saturday evening and will report on the racing action at the "House of Power".

Miss WALN Cable Radio Vicky Kidd will join the Gang for this edition of the show.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show offers a live internet video feed to all of the Internet subscribers to view the wide assortment of the many racing videos that are played while the show is in progress and to enjoy the chat sessions with the many great personalities from within the racing community who pay the Gang a visit to discuss racing.. As always, a surprise or two will be expected as the Gasoline Alley Gang continues to bring the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves today. All shows produced by GA Motorsports Media are carefully researched, authenticated and fully scripted to produce for our loyal sponsors, guests and racing fans the best show on the airwaves today.

CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show continues with its outstanding line-up of talented guests with this week's edition of the show. The Show's programming on WALN Digital Cable Radio, Internet www.walncableradio.com for the Audio portion and: livestream.com/walncableradio/old for the video portion. The Show is available on Service Electric Digital Cable TV, Channels 103, and 137 and is live from 6 to 8 PM and later tape delayed on Channel 50 at 11 PM.

Join the Gasoline Alley broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados every Monday evening August 9th as they take you on a two-hour circular journey with their well documented, very informative and extremely funny show.

Should you have questions on how to be a part of the show through advertising, appearances or remotes, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; or the WALN Studios at: 610 791 1818. You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net.