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LOOKING BACK: 05/09/08 PHIL SMITH
Forty five years ago in 1963 it rained at
the Utica-Rome Speedway.
Forty years ago in 1968, Jerry Cook took the win at
the Albany-Saratoga Speedway on Friday night. Dave Kotary finished
second with Ron Narducci, Dave Lape and Eddie Pieniezek rounding out the
top five. At Stafford, Eddie Flemke made it two in a row despite a lot
of pressure from Bugsy Stevens, who finished second. Fred DeSarro
finished third and was followed by Sal Dee and Lou Toro. Bugsy Stevens
made it two in a row at the Norwood Arena on Saturday night. At Fonda it
was Lou Lazzaro over Ed Pieniezek and Dick Clark. Sunday racing at
Thompson and Utica-Rome rained out.
THIS SUNDAY ON THE CAREY & COFFEY SHOW - 5/11/08
- 10am - NOON
CAREY AND COFFEY
▪ Review of the Darlington Race
▪ More “Know your show”
▪ Carey and Coffey speculate on who is going to leave Roush
▪ Was NWMT Driver Chuck Hossfeld telling Carey and Coffey the truth about
a missed appearance on the show? Rumor has it the
story was made up! Do you have any information?
▪ Why is Matt Carey dominating this years ‘Jay Coffey’s Weekly NASCAR
Predictions’?
▪ Snarky Hartford Courant Columnist Shawn Courchesne doesn’t have anything
nice to say about anyone; we will fill you in.
If you missed the Chuck Hossfeld excuse, or our interviews with Ted
Christopher or Jimmy Blewett or Jay Coffey talking
about Kasey Kahne’s good lucks; visit our
audio page.
REMEMBERING MOM
RACING WITH JESUS MINISTRIES
Mother's Day is this weekend. I know none of you
will forgot, right? One thing we all have in common,
we all have mothers. We set aside this one day to
remember them in a special way, but I think we
should heed Scripture and honor them everyday.
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. Let me ask you, what did you do for you mom
lately? I don't mean one Sunday out of 52. I mean
everyday. I realize some of us have estranged
relationships with our mothers but we still need to
recognize the fact that without them we wouldn't be
here. Scripture instructs us early on to honor our
parents.
MODIFIED
DRIVER RYAN PREECE HEADED TO IOWA
NASCAR
WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour regular Ryan Preece has landed
a one-race deal with car owner Maxie Bush to drive
the No. 28 Ford in the US Cellular 200, a combined
race between the NASCAR Camping World Series East
and NASCAR Camping World Series West. “It’s
definitely going to be a fun experience,” Preece
said. “It’s going to be my first time in a
full-bodied car. I’m getting out of the open-wheeled
stuff to try this, and I’m real excited.” In his
first foray in fendered racing, Preece will look to
qualify the Bush Racing Ford Fusion among a large
field of entries for the event that will start 44
cars.
Last year’s race drew a record crowd of nearly
25,000 and saw eventual NASCAR Camping World Series
East Champion Joey Logano beat NASCAR Sprint Cup
driver Kevin Harvick to the checkered flag.
MANY TOURING
SERIES DRIVERS FILL FIELD AT ALL-STAR SPEEDWAY
LATICRETE MODIFIED THUNDER 150 ALL-STAR SPEEDWAY The
pavement Modified division experienced a boom in
popularity in the 1970’s, largely because of events
known as “Open Shows”. They offered competitors who
raced at numerous home tracks a chance to compete
against each other for a purse larger than their
normal weekly payout. These events were fun and
memorable for both fans and competitors alike. In
the parking lot, license plates proved the interest
was widespread. Touring series events, with points,
and strict rules have largely taken over the racing
scene as of late, with open shows becoming small in
numbers.
LOUDON
TESTING ON HORIZON FOR NASCAR TOURING SERIES NASCAR RACING Race
teams from the NASCAR Camping World Series East and
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour are set to visit New
Hampshire Motor Speedway for a joint test session on
May 12. The test sessions for NASCAR Camping World
Series East and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour teams
are held in preparation for the series’ upcoming
events at New Hampshire . The NASCAR Camping World
Series East will run the Heluva Good! Summer 125 on
Friday, June 27 while the NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour will take the green flag on Saturday, June 28
in the New England 100. Both series are scheduled to
return to New Hampshire for events on Sept. 12-13.
Please visit the track’s official Web site for
ticket information.
DAVID
PINKHAM TAKES THE TVMRS WIN AT WATERFORD
THE
CHROME HORN Mother
nature was good to the Waterford Speedbowl and the TVMRS
Connecticut Army National Guard 100. With
pending bad weather throughout the New England area, the True
Value Modified Racing Series got their 100 lap
feature in the record books at the famous speedplant
under chilly conditions. The caution filled
race found #22 David Pinkham surviving to take the win
over #28 Dwight Jarvis. #06 Les Hinckley, #15 Chris Pasteryak
and #12
Vinnie Annarummo Jr.
finished out the Top 5.
TED CHRISTOPHER LOOKS
TO CARRY SPRING SIZZLER MOMENTUM
INTO TSI HARLEY-DAVIDSON 150 AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY The
stars and cars of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
return to Stafford on Friday, May 23rd for the 18th Annual TSI
Harley-Davidson 150. Last season, Donny Lia won the Spring Sizzler
and then returned to Stafford and won the TSI Harley-Davidson 150,
which accounted for two of his season high 6 wins that helped propel
him to the 2007 championship. Ted Christopher will look to do the
exact same thing this season for the Whelen Modified Tour’s second
visit to the Connecticut half-mile. “I’m looking forward to coming
back to Stafford,” said Christopher. “I think we’ll
have a real good car again. It will really help us
to get a full practice. At the Sizzler, we only got
three laps of practice and we lost the rear end. We
still time-trialed fifth and we won the race, so I
think with a few minor adjustments to the car we
should be really good when we come back.
LOOKING BACK: 05/02/08 PHIL SMITH
Forty-five years ago in 1963, Jim Luke won the 25 lap NASCAR
Sportsman feature at the Utica-Rome Speedway. Ken Meahl finished second
with Bobby Cain, third. Rene Charland and Lou Lazzaro rounded out the
top five.
Forty years ago in 1968 the Fonda Speedway
opened for the season with Eddie Pieniezek taking the win over Jerry
Cook and Ron Narducci. Ray Hendrick won the Spring 100 at Martinsville. Steady Eddie Flemke, in the Bobby Judkins No.2x went two for two as he
won season openers at Norwood Arena on Saturday night and Thompson on
Sunday afternoon. In other northeast action, Don Diffendorf won the
season opener at Fulton Raceway in New York on Sunday.
RUDOLPH SHOWCASES HIS POTENTIAL AT STAFFORD DELANGE RACING Erick
Rudolph and the DeLange Racing team of Lockport, New
York made the trip last
weekend to Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford
Springs, Connecticut. The racing program featured
one of the core events on the NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour schedule, the 37th Annual Tech-Net Spring
Sizzler. It was the first-ever Stafford appearance
for both Rudolph and the team, but they quickly
demonstrated they were going to be competitive.
After a 90-minute practice session where the crew
made the necessary adjustments to the racecar, the
Ransomville, New York teenager went out for time
trials. He demonstrated his ability to learn quickly
as he qualified 16th fastest out of the 35 Modifieds
on hand.
WHO KNOWS?
RACING WITH JESUS MINISTRIES
Sometimes
in life we are ridiculed or rumors are told about us
by people who don’t know the truth or even care
about the truth. Paul Harvey has made a living by
telling “the rest of the story.” That gets to us and
eats us up. It can cripple us. Are people jumping to
conclusions all around us without regard for the
truth? Who knows and who doesn’t know. Greetings in
the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In
racing we put up with rumors all the time. The truth
sometimes is ignored, rarely is the truth proclaimed
or believed. I think as Christians it is important
to know that we are people who seek the truth,
accept the truth and honor the truth.
When we are faced with things that are not the
truth, things that seek to tear people down, not
build up, innuendo or rumor, we stand up. We should
not participate in or promote the rumor mill.
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▪ Review of the Darlington Race
NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour regular Ryan Preece has landed
a one-race deal with car owner Maxie Bush to drive
the No. 28 Ford in the US Cellular 200, a combined
race between the NASCAR Camping World Series East
and NASCAR Camping World Series West. “It’s
definitely going to be a fun experience,” Preece
said. “It’s going to be my first time in a
full-bodied car. I’m getting out of the open-wheeled
stuff to try this, and I’m real excited.” In his
first foray in fendered racing, Preece will look to
qualify the Bush Racing Ford Fusion among a large
field of entries for the event that will start 44
cars.
Race
teams from the NASCAR Camping World Series East and
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour are set to visit New
Hampshire Motor Speedway for a joint test session on
May 12. The test sessions for NASCAR Camping World
Series East and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour teams
are held in preparation for the series’ upcoming
events at New Hampshire . The NASCAR Camping World
Series East will run the Heluva Good! Summer 125 on
Friday, June 27 while the NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour will take the green flag on Saturday, June 28
in the New England 100. Both series are scheduled to
return to New Hampshire for events on Sept. 12-13.
Please visit the track’s official Web site for
ticket information.
Mother
nature was good to the Waterford Speedbowl and the TVMRS
Connecticut Army National Guard 100. With
pending bad weather throughout the New England area, the True
Value Modified Racing Series got their 100 lap
feature in the record books at the famous speedplant
under chilly conditions. The caution filled
race found #22 David Pinkham surviving to take the win
over #28 Dwight Jarvis. #06 Les Hinckley, #15 Chris Pasteryak
and #12
Vinnie Annarummo Jr.
finished out the Top 5.
The
stars and cars of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
return to Stafford on Friday, May 23rd for the 18th Annual TSI
Harley-Davidson 150. Last season, Donny Lia won the Spring Sizzler
and then returned to Stafford and won the TSI Harley-Davidson 150,
which accounted for two of his season high 6 wins that helped propel
him to the 2007 championship. Ted Christopher will look to do the
exact same thing this season for the Whelen Modified Tour’s second
visit to the Connecticut half-mile. “I’m looking forward to coming
back to Stafford,” said Christopher. “I think we’ll
have a real good car again. It will really help us
to get a full practice. At the Sizzler, we only got
three laps of practice and we lost the rear end. We
still time-trialed fifth and we won the race, so I
think with a few minor adjustments to the car we
should be really good when we come back.