CARQUEST GASOLINE ALLEY NEWS
By · CommentsAllentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Welcomes Hall Of Fame Legend Lee Osborne, ASCS Sprint Star Dustin Daggett and Lincoln Speedway Winner Brent Marks To Monday Night’s Show
By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show hits the airwaves running with another fabulous edition of their show on Monday evening, June 21st 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 479th edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their 267th 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 will be legendary Sprint Car Hall of Famer Lee Osborne, who was an inductee into the hallowed Hall in 2009, after a stellar career in racing that saw him begin in the Modified division where he enjoyed great success but the desire to race Sprint Cars brought him to Central Pennsylvania to learn the craft from the late great Dick Tobias. Osborne began constructing his own race cars and followed that dream to the Indianapolis area where the Oz-Built race cars became a solid fixture in the racing industry. Dustin Daggett, the 2003 and 2004 Sprints on Dirt Champion joins the Gang to talk about his recent win at the Hartford Motor Speedway in Hartford, Michigan. Daggett is chasing some records of his own as he hopes to become the all-time leader in Sprint car wins in the series. Brent Marks, the 19 year old youngster who is enjoying a good deal of success on the Central Pennsylvania Sprint Car racing circuit, joins the Gang to talk about his rise in stature in racing and his Saturday night triumph at the Lincoln Speedway.
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 June 21st 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.
Should IndyCar Have a Fuel Rule?
By · CommentsIn the wake of Mike Conway’s scary crash on the final lap of the Indy 500, Arie Luyendyk is questioning whether the IndyCar Series should require competitors to meet a minimum fuel level through the end of the race. Luyendyk, himself a two-time winner of the 500, believes it’s too dangerous for drivers to implement fuel-saving strategies on ovals.
The remains of Mike Conway's car after getting into the fence at Indianapolis. (Mr. 0 photo, flickr.com / CC 2.0)
Conway’s car got airborne after clipping the left side of Ryan Hunter-Reay, who suddenly slowed after running out of fuel in turn three on the final lap of the race.
Would this be a good rule to have on the books, or is this just a knee-jerk reaction to an ugly crash?
Imagine for a moment that there was a rule requiring finishers to have at least 1.5 gallons of fuel in the tank after finishing the race, which is apparently similar to what Formula One requires. What if a driver just won the Indy 500 and in post-race inspection the officials were only able to siphon out 1.45 gallons of fuel? What would they say? “Sorry boys… we have to take that trophy away!” Or perhaps the team would just be fined — which amounts to no deterrence at all. In practice I believe it would be a very unpopular rule.
While I hate that the crash happened and that Conway was injured, we have to admit that it’s just something that happens in this sport. Ordinarily the circumstances involved are not a problem: if drivers are too slow they are black-flagged or at least relegated to running on the track apron. Indy is a bit more complicated since the speeds are so fast and there is essentially only one racing lane. Making matters worse, they removed the track apron in 1993 (preferring warmup lanes), taking away a large portion of track that could be used by drivers to avoid an incident or to pull down and out of the way if a problem occurred with the car. Maybe a better question to ask is whether or not Indy cars really need to go a zillion mph in the first place. Does it really put on a better show?
Let’s be thankful we got through another oval race without a large portion of a car flying up into the grandstands and keep it at that.
And that reminds me…
What was with all the black-flagging for “blocking” during the Indy 500? Didn’t it get a bit excessive? I saw instances where a car was down low and a driver attempted a pass where it was nowhere near humanly possible and still the leading car got a black flag for what amounted to moving over a couple of inches. What happened to finding a way to set the guy ahead of you up for a pass? Or maybe trying to pass on the outside of a straightaway?
If I were a new fan watching that race I would have concluded that if a driver wanted to pass on the inside, it was the lead driver’s obligation to move over and let him pass. And we’re to believe that the future of Indy car racing is in better hands now that Tony George is gone?
Photos: USAC Eastern Storm at Grandview Speedway, June 1
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USAC National Sprint Cars returned to Grandview Speedway on Tuesday.
Photos: Sprints, Sportsman at Grandview Speedway, May 26
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Tyler Walker came back from a flip in warmups to win the feature at Grandview.
Photos: Micro-Sprints at Bridgeport Speedway, May 21
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The Hartman brothers stole the show Friday night, winning all three micro-sprint features.
Photos: Modifieds, Sprints at New Egypt Speedway, May 8
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Just a bit of a breeze Saturday night at New Egypt.
Gary Butler, Dan Mazy, Bill Case, Jr. and Steve Davis each scored feature wins.
Fan Interference — NASCAR Style
By · CommentsWith all the recent hilarity surrounding the tasered Phillies fan at Citizens Bank Park, I couldn’t help but think about how racing has its share of crazy fans too.
Like this guy.
What ensues when a drunk in the heart of Alabama stumbles upon an unlocked Pontiac Firebird pace car? A police chase right out of the Dukes of Hazzard. Old school NASCAR, man… old school.
Check out that police brutality!
