A great Victory for the Chevy Caprice Mike Wine #24... DSCN1458

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There's an old adage in stock-car racing that the car that wins Sunday, sells Monday, and by returning to their roots and racing cars that look like the ones on display in the show room, the auto manufacturers figure that it's a move that can only help increase the Monday rush to purchase.




http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/NASCAR+unveils+stock+look/3334919/story.html

Look for Chevy Sales to go up!

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NASCAR handed down penalties Tuesday to the No. 88 team that competes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for a rule violation committed last week at O’Reilly Raceway Park.

The penalties come as a result of the team violating Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20A-12.3T (unapproved left front shock absorber) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book. The violation was discovered in post-race inspection on July 24.

Crew chief Tony Eury Sr. has been fined $10,000, while owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and driver Aric Almirola have been penalized with the loss of 25 championship owner and 25 championship driver points, respectively.

http://www.racintoday.com/archives/19865?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RacinToday+%28Racin%27+Today%29




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AUTO CITY SPEEDWAY

Saturday JULY 31st -7:00

Auto City Super Stocks, Modern Concrete Street Stocks,

Spaulding Insurance Virtual 6 & Auto Value Legends,

Spectator Drags and Kiddy Stocks

Gates open at 4pm Racing at 7pm

Grandstand prices are $15 Adults, $5. kids 12-6 & 5 and under

Any adult fan, male or female wearing a skirt gets in for $8.00

& Sunday August 1st

THE NIGHT OF “MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION

Presented by Suski Chevrolet-Buick of Birch Run

Thrills, Chills And Spills For The Whole Family

Will Be The Order Of Business As Auto City Speedway Will

Showcase A Fun Filled Family Night Of Destruction, Entertainment And Edge Of Your Seat Racing Excitement!!

Racing Are Mt. Morris-Clio Pure Stocks, in the “Pure Stock Special” Spaulding Insurance Hornets, Spectator Drags

Bob Kern’s Auto Repair Krazy 8’s, Trailer Races,

Skidmore Skid Kars, School Bus Figure-8 Races,

Chain-gang Races, Push Car Races, Car Hurling and more

Adults General Admission $18.00 &

Kids Under 12 Are Free Racing is at 6pm-

come early to avoid the lines

& starting July 19th stop into Suski Chevrolet Buick of Birch Run

for discount coupons for Maximum Destruction




http://www.autocityspeedway.com/








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We worry when we read this week in the New York Times that television ratings for NASCAR in the important young men demographic (19-34 years old) declined by 29 percent last year.
http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/8896655/article-Cars--bootleggers--The-real-story?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column


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Purdue Research Park-based Swift Enterprises Ltd. is working with the Great American Stockcar Series to produce a high-performance green fuel for next week's race at the Iowa Speedway. Co-owner John Rusek says SWIFT/FUEL has a higher energy density than traditional racing fuel, which allows drivers to race longer and make fewer pit stops.





http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=42827




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DIXIE MOTOR SPEEDWAY LAST WEEK



Kyle Maize won the bombers 20-lap feature. Mike Wines and Andrew Burton took the heat races. Ray DerMiner won the figure eights 13-lap feature.






http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2010/07/clios_nick_clemens_had_a_big_n.html






NEXT EVENT:
Friday, July 30th
Classic Car Cruise
Night at the Races

Pro Late Models, Modifieds,
Pro Stocks, Bombers,
and Figure 8s

Pit Gates Open: 2:00p.m.
Practice Begins: 3:00p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5:00p.m.
Qualifying: 5:15p.m.
Racing Starts: 7:30p.m.

Adults (18-59): $12.00
Seniors (60 and Over): $10.00
Teens (13-17): $8.00
Children (6-12): $5.00
Kids (5 and Under): FREE
Pit Passes: $25.00


http://www.dixiemotorspeedway.com/






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SLIDE SHOW

Let's take a look at some major players in NASCAR's current era who "have not" always found the sport to be kind and those who just enjoy the ride.

We will also see an example of those who are becoming by-products of this huge, high-dollar sport.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/425418-nascar-those-who-have-and-those-who-have-not






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July 2010 Mass Destruction at Auto City.

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DumpmySpouse.com Couple get dumped.

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THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!
STOCK CAR RACING AND FANS.
One said on the facebook community group Stock car racing "Surprised at how empty the stands were at the Indy Brick Yard 400. They lost the fan base. We gave up on NASCAR when it became WWF. Nic wishes they would go back to real stock car racing." Another on the same site said "Watched the Brickyard 400 on ESPN this afternoon and it seemed like the TV Commerical Ads 400! ESPN should be embarassed by this! One of the most premier events in stock car racing and they mostly show TV commericals? COME ON!!! And NASCAR can't figure out why they are loosing veiwership? Also, Marty Reid has to go! Put Allen Bestwick in the booth!!"

You cannot beat the local track expierence.

#80 asks his dad for directions! Answer, just turn left.

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As a new fans Lynn and I had another very enjoyable nite at Auto City Speedway. This is an environment where some have a scanty epidermis!(SE) Its fun to watch.
SHORT SLIDE SHOW
Name the driver with (SE)! Where to start!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30366181@N05/sets/72157624578005668/show/



--OTHER STUFF--

There has been a lot of talk about Jimmie Johnson winning a third race in a row at Indianapolis Motor Speedway today or Juan Palbo Montoya making amends for his speeding goof on pit lane in 2009 that robbed him of victory.



http://www.freep.com/article/20100725/SPORTS16/7250518/1064/Sports16/Martins-turn-to-win-Brickyard

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BRICKYARD

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/

2010 PHOTOS ,Indiaapolis Motor Speedway
http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/brickyard400/galleries/default/

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Dreams gone up in a Puff of Dust!

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Originally uploaded by terrybankert

DIXIE MOTOR SPEEDWAY 7/17/2010
How many other drivers dreams are going up in a puff of dust because NASCAR has told the drivers to have at it? Mabey none. Fans want the excitement and the drivers want to deliver. Where is the line?

Assumption of the Risk. When it comes to legal liability for injuries to spectators, courts have been reluctant to hold stadium owners and sports teams responsible for injuries that were a reasonably foreseeable result of the sport itself. This includes foul balls (even bats) flying into the crowd at a baseball game, and hockey pucks that sail over the rink's safety glass and into the stands. And it likely would extend to any injuries suffered by spectators at Talladega on Sunday. [8]

In fact, the track at Talladega is notorious for being one of the more dangerous of the 22 tracks in the NASCAR series, according to the Associated Press: "Horsepower-sapping restrictor plates are used at Daytona and Talladega -- NASCAR's two fastest -- to combat the high speeds. . . As a result, the cars all run the same speed, and the field is typically bunched tightly together. One wrong move by a driver can cause a massive accident."[8]


ARE THE TRACK OWNERS LIABLE?

Exploration of certain state tort immunity statutes is quite interesting and relevant. These

laws protect stadium owners from liability except for gross, willful, wanton or reckless acts
(as opposed to ordinary negligence).[5]

In 2001, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, died in a crash at Daytona International Speedway.52 In 2006, Rookie Indy Car driver Paul Dana died after a two-car crash at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the same track where John Nemechek died

1997.5352 Frank Pellegrini, Dale Earnhardt-Why We Chose Him, TIME.COM, Feb. 23, 2001, http://www.time.com/time/pow/article/0,8599,100437,00.html.

53 ESPN.com, IRL Rookie Dana Dies From Injuries Sustained in Crash, Mar. 27, 2006, http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=1&id=2384873; see John Donovan, Hitting Too Close to Home, CNNSI.COM, May 13, 2000,

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/2000/05/12/nemechek.
 [5]


Edwards managed to survive the Talladega crash. His car flipped at over 15 feet into the crowd’s protective fence, and neither he, nor anyone in the crowd, sustained any serious injuries. The track’s medical director, Dr. Bobby Lewis, calls the crowd’s injuries minor saying that they were “mostly bumps, bruises, contusions and possible fractures.”

The collision involved Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The incident fired up with the finish line in sight with Edward’s in the lead when he and Keselowski sped past Ryan Newman and Earnhardt. When Edwards attempted to block Keselowski’s move ahead, the move sent his car flipping over Newman’s hood and into the protective fence. Keselowski managed to pull through Edward’s crash and sped on to win the race.

When Edward’s car’s stopped flipping, he jumped out his window and ran across the finish line. [1]
 
 

[1] 04/27/2009

http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/article/seven_fans_are_injured_from_airborne_nascar_crash_042938282828282832/



[5]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30486233/


[8]

http://blogs.findlaw.com/injured/2009/04/nascar-fans-injured-at-talladega-spectator-safety-and-the-law.html

Child support, child custody, alimony, grandparent, divorce questions? Consider contacting Flint Divorce attorney Terry Bankert 810-235-1970,
http://attorneybankert.com/




DMS STOCK CAR RACING 07/23/2010*********
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Over the last several years, the 33-year-old has worked his way up through the racing ranks and he is currently in first place in the bombers at Dixie Motor Speedway in Birch Run. "We're having a great year at Dixie," Cam Hiltz said.
http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2010/07/otisvilles_cam_hiltz_is_in_the.html

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NASCAR responded this year with several changes. It encouraged drivers to stay aggressive with a "boys, have at it" policy, introduced double-file restarts that packed the leaders up front on restarts and removed lapped cars, extended overtime finishes, standardized most start times and swapped the cars' rear wings with more traditional spoilers.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/22/sports/la-sp-nascar-brickyard-20100723
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In a NASCARseason littered with crumpled cars, temper tantrums and aggressiveness sometimes bordering on recklessness, Sprint Cup points leader Kevin Harvick said he begins each race making one broad assumption.*…it is legislated mayhem. NASCAR instituted rules changes designed to inject more excitement into the sport, especially late in the races, and then before this season gave the drivers virtual free rein to have at it…..

Listening to the fans

Prompted by lagging attendance and TV ratings, NASCAR in the past year has responded to fan complaints by altering the way it restarts and finishes races. Both have supplied much-needed drama but at the same time have contributed to the carnage.

In June 2009, double-file restarts were instituted. Instead of the lead-lap cars lining up nose-to-tail in the outside lane with lapped cars to the inside, the leaders are lined up side by side at the front. Predictably, especially late in a race, the restarts become a free-for-all.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100723/SPORTS0109/7230307/1052/SPORTS01/Tempers-flare-after-NASCAR-s-have-at-it-decree
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“The line between intentional and unintentional when it comes to wrecking others is actually wider than what you might think. “

http://www.mstrc.com/index.php?showtopic=33742&pid=201799&st=0&#entry201799
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Juan Pablo Montoya was pretty sure he was innocent at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year.
http://www.freep.com/article/20100723/SPORTS16/7230308/1365/Sports/Juan-Pablo-Montoya-feels-good-at-Indy-but-can-he-win-there
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A victory in Sunday's Brickyard 400 would make him the first to win in an Indy car and a stock car at Indy.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-07-22-unawed-juan-pablo-montoya-seeks-historic-win-at-indy_N.htm
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DIXIE MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Friday, July 23rd
Eastern Michigan Food Bank
Night / College
Grocery Kart Races

HUGE 6 in 1 Show
Pro Late Models, Modifieds,
Pro Stocks, Street Stocks,
Bombers, and Figure 8s

Pit Gates Open: 2:00p.m.
Practice Begins: 3:00p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5:00p.m.
Qualifying: 5:15p.m.
Racing Starts: 7:30p.m.

Adults (18-59): $12.00
Seniors (60 and Over): $10.00
Teens (13-17): $8.00
Children (6-12): $5.00
Kids (5 and Under): FREE
Pit Passes: $25.00
http://www.dixiemotorspeedway.com/component/content/frontpage

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AUTO CITY SPEEDWAY
July 24 Coca-Cola Night-

July 31- Spaulding Insurance Night-Skirt Night

August 1- Maximum Destruction "Sunday" presented by Suski Chevrolet Buick of Birch Run

August 7-Greg Yost Topless mod tribute race

http://www.autocityspeedway.com/












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THIS TO SHALL PASS...." Son rubbing is racing !"....

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A memorial to the " Good Old Days".
Name this track?
Heres a hint.
[yawdeepsyticotua]
Try your answer in the comments section and name a driver from the era.



HOW IS THE RULE CHANGE AFFECTING THE SPORT?

Flint Divorce Attorney Terry Bankert stated "A friend who owns a car said to me NASCAR needs to change the rules back and make this business safer. I wondered what he was talking about so I nosed around." Divorce Attorney Bankert is the Franchise attorney for dumpmyspouse.com Genesee County and is an Auto City Speedway Track Sponsor and the Persails #80 and Wine #24 cars.

DID YOU KNOW!

On January 22, 2010, in the article "NASCAR attempting to energize sport," ESPN.com reported that NASCAR lifted restrictions on bump-drafting and increase horsepower in an effort to juice up the sport for the fans. The bump-drafting restriction was placed in 1989. [9] Is there an increase in payback wrecks and did this rule change allow it?





THE SPORTS MEDIA SEEMS TO WRITE ABOUT DRIVER INJURY IN NASCAR INTENTIONAL WRECKS, WHAT ABOUT THE INJURED FANS?



Seven NASCAR fans were injured ….while watching a race at Alabama's Talladega Super speedway, when a last-lap crash sent Carl Edwards' car airborne and into a "catch fence" in front of the stands. Although the car landed back on the track, some debris from the crash made it through the fence and into the crowd, causing injuries to seven spectators. The incident at Talladega raises questions about spectator safety at sporting events, and legal liability for fan injuries. [8]


Racing folklore says " rubbing is racing". Does this include intentional crashes?

...if NASCAR continues to let the racers settle scores on the racetrack, the repercussions will escalate. Rubbing is racing. Intentionally wrecking a driver and setting the stage for innocent racers to be collected in the process goes beyond simple retribution. At least eight cars were destroyed on Saturday night — including the Fords of Edwards’ Roush Fenway teammates Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Colin Braun.[B]



NASCAR SENT A MESSAGE FOR THE BOYS TO "HAVE AT IT "TO DRAW CROWDS

What exactly does "boys, have at it" mean? [a]

The message NASCAR sent to drivers earlier this year about their on-track conduct came accompanied by the phrase of “Have at it”. And a cool phrase it is.[C]




It’s folksy, as befitting a sport with rural roots. It’s easy to remember. Gosh knows that it rolls off the tongue with such ease that the media has fallen head over heals in love with its use.[C]



But what it also is, is useless as an official policy statement. It’s open to wild interpretation and offers no specific rules of order. It’s a guideline which is being individually analyzed 43 different ways on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons and with increasingly scary results.[C]



It is that open-ended quality which is confusing drivers and may be leading to a major injury.[C]




WHEN DOES A BUMP, LEADING TO UNINTENTIONAL WRECK,
RESULTING IN A PAYBACK CHALLENGE,
RESULTING WITH AN INTENTIONAL WRECK,
INJURY AND DEATH,
CAUSE A TORT CLAIM OR A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE?
WHO HAS TO DIE BEFORE THE TRACKS,NASCAR ,OR CONGRESS TAKES CONTROL OF THIS SPORT?

JUST WHAT IS GOING ON WITH EDWARDS?

As Carl Edwards understands it, apparently, it means when someone angers you on the race track, you wreck him and you wreck him hard, regardless of what other competitors get taken out in the mess.[A]




NASCAR will have to determine their answer, and soon.[A]



Brad Keselowski is a driver who has annoyed many, but none has wrecked him multiple times so forcefully as Edwards has. Twice Edwards has put Keselowski in a visibly and obviously dangerous position. He did it in Atlanta in March and he did it at Gateway International Raceway at the end of this weekend's Nationwide race.[A]



Both wrecks were intentional and payback. The first time Edwards was parked. The second time he won the race.[A]


Sports and Torts



If a NASCAR driver died in a crash, would the racer who caused it be liable?[4]

Mabey not!

It should be noted that in 2006 the California Supreme Court held that intentionally hitting the batter is actually a fundamental part of the game of baseball.60 60 Avila v. Citrus Comm. Coll., 131 P.3d 383, 394 (Cal. 2006) (Even if pitcher intentionally threw at the batter, conduct did not fall outside the range of ordinary activity in the sport).[5]



Just wondering if the rule change and increase in intentional wrecks should re reevaluated before a fan dies?

Just how are those injured fans doing?



Posted by

Terry Bankert

http://attorneybankert.com/



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Sources this article

[4]*

http://www.slate.com/id/2247672

[5]*

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30486233/

[8]*

http://blogs.findlaw.com/injured/2009/04/nascar-fans-injured-at-talladega-spectator-safety-and-the-law.html

[9]*

http://sportslaw.foxrothschild.com/tags/assumption-of-risk/


[a]
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-20/sports/sc-spt-0721-notes-ganguli-autos-modul20100720_1_brad-keselowski-kyle-busch-wrecking

[B]
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/NASCAR-needs-to-look-closely-at-Carl-Edwards-Brad-Keselowski-incident


[C]

http://www.racintoday.com/archives/19663


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Mickey Adams, Ypsilanti
Adams won Sunday's No Box race at Milan Dragway, posting a winning pass of 130.49 mph in his 1967 Camaro in the finals against Terrance Cairns. Adams also won the July 10 Ultimate Outlaw Series.

http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2010/07/checkered_flags_spring_lakes_b.html

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For Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch, there are the "big picture" and even the "bigger picture" scenarios entering this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series return to the history-rich Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While Busch and his Steve Addington-led "blue deuce" team are focused on continuing to do what it takes to make the 12-team Chase roster after 26 races, they also realize how significant an Indy NASCAR victory would be for Penske Racing.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=378547&FS=NASCAR-CUP

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Child support, child custody, alimony, grandparent, divorce questions? Consider contacting Flint Divorce attorney Terry Bankert 810-235-1970, http://attorneybankert.com/


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Auto City Speedway view from the turn

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Sitting eye level with rumble,wind and noise.
-DMS Stock Car News




This “you wrecked me, so I am going to wreck you” mentality is something that happens on short tracks all over the country. You see that on your local tracks on Friday and Saturday nights where the same guys are racing together all the time. It just bothers me a lot to see things go in the direction they have gone in lately.



http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/NASCAR-needs-to-rein-in-aggressive-moves-072010



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Based off feedback from a 12,000-member fan council (created by NASCAR and surveyed regularly online) that demanded more action, a series of rule changes were implemented over the past 18 months — double-file restarts, multiple attempts at overtime finishes, a return to the traditional spoiler. It's resulted in first-half records for leaders, lead changes per race and green-flag passes.





http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-07-20-nascar-brickyard-fans-chase-attendance-tv_N.htm



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Sure, local tracks will offer their weekly dose of stock car racing, but this weekend isn’t like most. That’s because everything from lawn mowers to buses will take the green flag.





http://www.autoracingdaily.com/news/general-interest/motorsports-isnt-only-for-cars-and-trucks/



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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Johnson has made eight Sprint Cup Series starts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he has earned three wins, three top-five and four top-10 finishes.
Johnson has completed 85.2% (1091 of 1281) of competition laps on the 2.5-mile track and has led 128.





http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/pr/pr.asp?pr=072010122645



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Child support, child custody, alimony, grandparent, divorce questions? Consider contacting Flint Divorce attorney Tery Bankert 810-235-1970, http://attorneybankert.com/





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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNN M. SORENSON

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BIG SHOUT OUT TO LYNN!







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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30366181@N05/sets/72157624418268319/show/




AGGREGATED TRACK NEWS-07/20/2010

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Unlike most veterans, Edwards seems to fail to understand the fine line between payback in kind and deliberate and dangerous cheap shots like the one taken on the front straight at Gateway to win Saturday’s Nationwide Series race. The incident tore up a lot of equipment among the competitors headed for the checkered flag behind him and luckily ended without serious injury.

http://www.racintoday.com/archives/19620

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Their cars touched several times and had 1,000+ fans on their feet watching the closest TS@I finish of the year unfold.


http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/23816-jonathon-gomez-edges-derek-thorn-in-srl-thriller.html

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Chip Ganassi could become the first team owner to win the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year this weekend, having won the first two events already this season.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85388

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One of the more underrated performances seen on the Nationwide Series circuit the last season and a half has come from Shelby Howard and the No. 70 ML Motorsports team.



http://www.frontstretch.com/bkeith/30344/





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Brad Leighton…The Center Harbor, N.H., native led 189 of the 250 laps until his right front tire blew on lap 203 and that cost him a chance to take the checkered flag. He wound up finishing fifth as Rowley, Mass., native Eddie MacDonald won his second straight 250.






http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/149143.html





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AUTO CITY SPEEDWAY

Mark your Calendar

TEST AND TUNE EVERY THURSDAY!! 4-8PM

July 24 Coca-Cola Night-

July 31- Spaulding Insurance Night-Skirt Night

August 1- Maximum Destruction "Sunday" presented by Suski Chevrolet Buick of Birch Run

August 7-Greg Yost Topless mod tribute race

http://www.autocityspeedway.com/

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Child support, child custody, alimony, grandparent, divorce questions? Consider contacting Flint Divorce attorney Tery Bankert  810-235-1970, http://attorneybankert.com/

#9 Mike Root In the Middle of the pack then wins.

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Grand Rapids' Mike Root won his second straight Flint-area super late-models feature Friday, taking the checkered flag in the 47th annual 100-lap Dixie Classic at Dixie Motor Speedway in Birch Run.




http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2010/07/grand_rapids_mike_root_wins_10.html

#9 Wins at Dixie

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Lynn and I watched this great win. #9 Mike Root at Dixie Motor Speedway.




-OTHER TRACK NEWS

Those ovals can't come soon enough for Danica Patrick. In the first five street and road events of the year, Patrick finished 15th, seventh, 19th, 16th and 20th at the Glen. She was second at Texas Motor Speedway and 11th, sixth and 10th in the other oval races.

And things went poorly at the Glen right from the start, with Patrick failing to advance out of the first qualifying group and ultimately settling for a 21st-place starting position.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/indycar/news/story?id=5390457
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All of her self-described good fortune has not led to much in the way of success on the track this year, with Patrick juggling her celebrity and IndyCar with a part-time job in NASCAR. Neither circuit has yielded a podium finish.
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100716/100716_danica_patrick/20100716/?hub=CP24Sports


This fan page is produced by Flint Divorce Attorney Terry Bankert a franchisee of DumpmySpouse.com ,Genesee County .Our purpose here is to create a vehicle for short track information from track, driver and fan.“DMS Stock Car Racing” is written to promote lay understanding and SEO. We are new to this sport and will approach articles from that perspective. If you have questions about Family Law please consider contacting Flint Divorce Attorney Terry Bankert , free consultation. http://attorneybankert.com












810-235-1970.(child custody, parenting time, child support and divorce).








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Auto City Speedway short track stock car racing 07/17/10

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DMS Car #80 great night of racing. Our sponsored group  will be back in full force with new engines next week. Even Rusty will take a spin.

This fan page is produced by Flint Divorce Attorney Terry Bankert a franchisee of DumpmySpouse.com  Genesee County .Our purpose  here is to create a vechical for short track information from track, driver and fan.DMS stock car is written to promote lay understanding and SEO. If you have questions about family law contact Flint Divorce attorney Terry Bankert 810-235-1970.(Child Custody, parenting time, child support and divorce)

Thanks for the comments about this fan page. The  widgets to allow your comments did not work right  and  they were taken down. It was suggested by a drive that we use the MSTRC Board. See the link on the upper right of this page.  Type in stock car racing into your facebook search bar. We have a good  short track community page there.
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-STOCK CAR NEWS-
DeWitt's Chad Finley is pursuing his dream, making it happen one left turn at a time on the NASCAR race tracks at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100718/CLINTON03/7180334/1021/SPORTS02
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Mariel Moorer hopes a second internship in a NASCAR diversity program puts her on the fast track to a career with the stock car racing powerhouse.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100718/NEWS03/7180490/1004/NEWS03
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Whoever would have imagined hearing that you couldn’t run a race at a track due to darkness, when there are plenty of lights at the track?
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/KR/071810.html
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There is big money scattered around everywhere in the format for the Legends Million weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The winner of the spotlighted A-feature Saturday night will take home $250,000, a shocking amount for a 100-lap short-track race featuring cars that cost only $13,000.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/07/16/cup-green-eyes-big-green/
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Auto City we will be there tonite looking for another crowd

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This is Lynn handing out DMS gifts at the last autograph nite at Auto City. We will be in the party section and in the stands. I am looking to interview fans, drivers, and track for this blog. Tonight!!!!July 17th

Banana 101.5 “Rocks the House”

With Banana 101.5 at the Races








It’s Bald Night anyone completely Bald gets in FREE

and if you are ½ bald you get in for $8.00



Racing Include: Auto City Super Stocks, Modern Concrete Street Stocks,

Mt. Morris-Clio Herald Pure Stocks, and Bob Kern’s Krazy 8’s

Dwarf Cars in the Tommy Bowles Memorial Race &

Kiddy Stocks

Gates open at 4pm Racing at 7pm

Happy hour is between 5pm-7pm



Grandstand prices are $15 Adults, $5. kids 12-6 & 5 and under FREE

116 spins clock wise.

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Spinning clockwise threw up a little dust, no harm now to the back of the pack. Dixie Motor Speedway 07/16/2010.

Lynn and I had a great time at Dixie. 116 spun in front of us, rooted for Mike Wine #24, little dust by the orange car and the figure 8 still looks dangerous.( we are still new)!

Thumbnail pictures, take what you like I waive all copyright.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30366181@N05/sets/72157624520142360/
Slide show, grab a beer and some chips.
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Its off to Auto City raceway tonite to root for #80 and #24.

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Flint Divorce Lawyer
http://attorneybankert.com/

Can you fit into your Uniform?

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Several Eras were present Memorial Day 2010at Auto City Speedway.


DIXIE MOTOR SPEEDWAY


Friday, July 16th
47th Annual
Dixie Classic 100

Outlaw Super Late Models
Dixie Cup Triple Crown
Series - Round II

PLUS: Pro Stocks,
Street Stocks,
Bombers, and Figure 8s

Pit Gates Open: 12:00p.m.
Practice Begins: 3:00p.m.
Grandstands Open: 5:00p.m.
Qualifying: 5:15p.m.
Racing Starts: 7:30p.m.
http://dixiemotorspeedway.com/

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AUTO CITY SPEEDWAY

July 17th
Banana 101.5 “Rocks the House”
With Banana 101.5 at the Races
It’s Bald Night anyone completely Bald gets in FREE
and if you are ½ bald you get in for $8.00
Racing Include: Auto City Super Stocks, Modern Concrete Street Stocks,
Mt. Morris-Clio Herald Pure Stocks, and Bob Kern’s Krazy 8’s
Dwarf Cars in the Tommy Bowles Memorial Race
Gates open at 4pm Racing at 7pm
Happy hour is between 5pm-7pm

Grandstand prices are $15 Adults, $5. kids 12-6 & 5 and under FREE
http://www.autocityspeedway.com/

Sure, local tracks will offer their weekly dose of stock car racing, but this weekend isn't like most. That's because everything from lawn mowers to buses will take the green flag.
http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2010/07/school_buses_and_lawn_mowers_a.html

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Burns never lost his passion for racing, and it has been that passion that has taken the Kalamazoo Central High School graduate to the top of his profession.
http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2010/07/kalamazoo_native_dave_burns_pa.html


Remaining 2010 NASCAR
Nationwide Series schedule

• Saturday — Gateway Internationall Raceway in Madison, Ill.
• July 24 — O’Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind.
• July 31 — Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa
• Aug 7 — Watkins Glen International* —Watkins Glen, N.Y.
• Aug 14 — Michigan International Speedway* —Brooklyn, Mich.
• Aug 20 — Bristol Motor Speedway* — Bristol, Tenn.
• Aug 29 — Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Que.
• Sep 4 — Atlanta Motor Speedway* in Hampton, Ga.
• Sep 10 — Richmond Int’l Raceway* in Richmond, Va.
• Sep 25 — Dover Int’l Speedway* in Dover, Del.
• Oct 2 — Kansas Speedway* in Kansas City, Kan.
• Oct 9 — Auto Club Speedway* in Fontana, Calif.
• Oct 15 — Charlotte Motor Speedway* in Concord, N.C.
• Oct 23 — Gateway Int’l Raceway in Madison, Ill.
• Nov 6 — Texas Motor Speedway* in Fort Worth, Tex.
• Nov 13 — Phoenix Int’l Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.
• Nov 20 — Homestead-Miami Speedway* in Homestead, Fla.
*Combination event with Sprint Cup series
http://www.thekansan.com/sports/x1005404109/Reflections-on-the-NASCAR-season-so-far
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Pit Drama at Spartan Speedway

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Last Sunday,07/10/2010, Pit Drama at Spartan. Seems an out of town guy spun part of a father son team after the checker flag. I was wondering why they had Sheriff Deputies on hand through out the race. These farm boys tussell up pretty fast.By Terry Bankert Flint Family Law Attorney.
http://attorneybankert.com/


DMS STOCK CAR NOTES 07/15/2010
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The Clio teenager is hoping his strategy will work when he competes in the first Legends Million 100-lap event July 15-17 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.
http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2010/07/clio_teenager_loren_short_to_e.html
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“The race car instructor suffered a traumatic brain injury after crashing at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth on May 15. A passenger in the Corvette, 87-year-old Don Krusemark of Dallas, was killed.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-awake_15met.ART.Central.Edition1.293f407.html
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“After a grueling stretch of back to back race weekends, the NASCAR Cup Series drivers finally have a rare weekend off before heading into the next race on the schedule at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/Story.asp?S=4860713102149

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Ovid, MI
3/8 mile paved oval and figure 8 track. Owosso Speedway is home to some of the best racers and fans in the midwest. A colorful history surrounds one of Michigan's oldest speedway's. Owosso Speedway is a 3/8 mile, high-banked, paved oval race track, featuring weekly stock car and open wheel racing events. In the past at Owosso Speedway NASCAR legends such as Benny Parsons, Gordon Johncock, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Kenny Schrader, Matt Kenseth, and Michigan�s own Johnny Benson Jr. have graced the high-banks at Owosso Speedway. In addition many champion drivers and members of the Michigan Hall of Fame like Jim Aldrich, �The Flyin' Farmer� Dave Mulder, Willie, Butch, & Gary Fedewa, Tim Felver, Jon McNett, Tom, Tony, & Steve Hoose, Mark Welch, Bill Luckhurst, Mark Ragsdale, Dick Maurer, and Larry Wallace. Purchased by Fast Track Promotion July 1st, 2008, Owosso Speedway has enjoyed a renewed enthusiasm about racing at this historic facility and has enjoyed the support of it's loyal fans in addition to new ones every week!

http://www.racingwest.com/tracks/owosso-speedway.html

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The Pit Auto City

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Memorial Day race at Auto City Speedway

Car #80 Gerald Persails running at Auto City

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Flint Divorce Attorney Terry Bankert is the Genesee County Dumpmyspouse.com franchisee.(DMS). They are one of the sponsors of AUTO CITY SPEEDWAY and several Auto City Speedway Stock Car competitors Gerald Persails Car #80 and Mike Wine Car #24.




Auto City Speedway has shown us the family nature of Michigan Short track Stock car racing and the intense competitive nature of this great American tradition. Flint divorce attorney Terry Bankert is the author of Dumpmyspouse.com, Stock Car Racing.



This blog is intended to share this experience. As divorce practitioners of course our benefit is to promote our service. We do not cause divorce, we just help when it happens to you. If you need help ,divorce, child support, child custody, contact Flint Family Law lawyer Terry Bankert at http://attorneybankert.com/

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SPARTAN SPEEDWAY 07-11-2010

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NOW JUST WHY ARE YOU TAKING MY PICTURE?
Pick the person that
1.is a 4 star cook, reads classical piano, has run a 1/2 dozen business and is the most beautiful person on the planet?
2.a full time working family man stock car driver?
3.wonders how he got here but works as hard as he can ?
4. has to do none of the above?

Short Track Racing, Auto City Speedway and DumpMySpouse.com

Flint Divorce Attorney Terry Bankert is the Genesee County Dumpmyspouse.com franchisee.(DMS). They are one of the sponsors of AUTO CITY SPEEDWAY and several Auto City Speedway Stock Car competitors Gerald Persails Car #80 and Mike Wine Car #24.

 Auto City Speedway has shown us the family nature of Michigan Short track Stock car racing and the intense competitive nature of this great American tradition. Flint divorce attorney Terry Bankert is the author of Dumpmyspouse.com, Stock Car Racing.

This blog is intended to share this experience. As divorce practitioners of course our benefit is to promote our service. We do not cause divorce, we just help when it happens to you. If you need help ,divorce, child support, child custody, contact Flint Family Law lawyer Terry Bankert at http://attorneybankert.com/


First in this post you will find background material on Short track Racing.


Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval tracks measuring approximately ¼ mile to 2.66 miles (about 400 meters to 4.2 kilometres) in length. NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) is the world's largest governing body for stock car racing, and its Sprint Cup Series (named for its sponsor, Sprint Nextel Corporation) is the de facto premier series of stock car racing. Top level races are 200 to 600 miles (320–1000 km) in length. Average speeds in the top classes are usually within 70–80% of comparable levels of open wheel racing at the same tracks. Some stock cars may reach speeds in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) at tracks such as Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. For safety, devices such as restrictor plates may be used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway that limit top speeds to approximately 192 mph (309 km/h).

Stock cars

A stock car, in the original sense of the term, described an automobile that has not been modified from its original factory configuration. Later the term stock car came to mean any production-based automobile used in racing. This term is used to differentiate such a car from a race car, a special, custom-built car designed only for racing purposes.

Today most stock cars may superficially resemble standard American family sedans, but are in fact purpose-built racing machines built to a strict set of regulations governing the car design ensuring that the chassis, suspension, engine, etc. are architecturally identical on all vehicles. Ironically, these regulations ensure that stock cars are in many ways technologically less sophisticated than standard cars on the road. For example, NASCAR (the largest stock car organization in the U.S.) requires carbureted engines in all of its racing series, while fuel injection is now universal in standard passenger cars.

The closest European equivalent to stock car racing is probably touring car racing, though these are raced exclusively on road courses rather than ovals.



Classes

There are several classes of stock car racing, each with slightly different rules, but the key intention of cars that look like production cars, but with near-identical specifications underneath, remains true.

Street Stock

'True' stock car racing, which consists of only street vehicles that can be bought by general public, is sometimes now called Street Stock, Pure Stock, Showroom Stock, or U-Car racing. In 1972, SCCA started its first showroom stock racing series, with a price ceiling on the cars of $3,000. Some modern showroom stock racing allows safety modifications done on showroom stock cars.

Super Stock

Super Stock classes are similar to street stock, but allow for more modifications to the engine. Power output is usually in the range of 500–550 horsepower (373–410 kilowatts). Tire width is usually limited to 8 in (200 mm).[1]


Late Model

Late Models are usually the highest class of stock cars in local racing.[1] There may be subcategories of Late Models such as Super Late Models and Limited Late Models. A Late Model may be a custom built machine, or a heavily modified street car. The national touring series, the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division, originated from local late model races in the East Coast of the United States This division became the Busch Series and then the Nationwide Series.[2]

Stock car series

The most prominent championship in stock car racing is the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, named after its sponsor Sprint Nextel. It is the most popular racing series in the United States, drawing over 6 million spectators in 1997, an average live audience of over 190,000 people for each race.

The most famous event in the series is the Daytona 500[5], an annual 500-mile race at Daytona Beach, Florida. The series' second-biggest event is arguably The Brickyard 400, an annual 400-mile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the legendary home of the Indianapolis 500, an open-wheeled race. NASCAR also operates the Nationwide Series, a stock car junior league, and the Camping World Truck Series, a junior league where pickup trucks are raced. Together the two car-based series (Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series) drew 8 million spectators in 1997, compared to 4 million for both American open-wheel series (CART and IRL), which merged in 2008 under the IRL banner. In 2002, 17 of the 20 US top sporting events in terms of attendance were stock car races. Only football drew more television viewers that year.

Besides NASCAR, there are a number of other national or regional stock-car sanctioning bodies in the United States. There are a few organizations that cater to these local short tracks. The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), American Speed Association (ASA), Champion Racing Association (CRA), International Motor Contest Association (IMCA), United Auto Racing Association UARA and, United Speed Alliance Racing (USAR) all sanction their own forms of stock-car racing, on varying types of track, and with various levels of media coverage. The International Race of Champions (IROC) series used stock cars, but is usually perceived as being outside of the usual stock car racing scene because of its 'All-Star' design. [1]

In North American auto racing, particularly with regard to NASCAR, a short track is a racetrack of less than one mile (1.6 km) in length. Short track racing, often associated with fairgrounds and similar venues, is where stock car racing first got off of the back roads and into organized and regulated competition. Many traditional fans and purists still see short track racing as the "real" NASCAR, because the lower speeds make "paint swapping," where the bodies of the cars actually rub against one another, practical without a very high likelihood of serious accidents. In fact, NASCAR sanctions such "club" racing, offering the Whelen All-American Series as a national championship for the drivers, and an invitational race for club racers, the Toyota All-Star Showdown, a 150-lap race featuring the common Super Late Models with NASCAR-established rules. In 2007, NASCAR is increasing marketing of the short tracks with the "NASCAR Home Tracks" campaign, with Greg Biffle, Elliott Sadler, and Carl Edwards featured in advertising to market short track racing. In some cases a Sprint Cup star or two will race in a weekly short-track event held usually on a short track near that week's race, or in a midweek special, such as the Slinger Nationals at Wisconsin's Slinger Super Speedway, a quarter-mile track (but is not NASCAR-sanctioned).

Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart, Dave Blaney, Scott Wimmer, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. all own short tracks, most of them being dirt. Stewart owns the Eldora Speedway, which features Sprint Cup stars and other nationally recognised drivers in the "Prelude to the Dream" dirt late model race. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is a partner in the Paducah (Kentucky) International Speedway.

In recent years, there has been a gradual push away from short track venues for Sprint Cup (the highest level of NASCAR) in favor of longer tracks. This is due to larger venues having accommodations for more fans (although the short track in Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol Motor Speedway, now has over 160,000 seats) and higher speeds.[2]



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[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_car_racing

[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_track_motor_racing

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Spartan Speedway 07/11/2010

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Mike Wine driving the #24 Dumpmyspouse.com sponsored car.

07/11/2010 Spartan Speedway with Mike Wine in dumpmyspouse #24

Lynn and I went to Spartan Raceway to root on Mike Wine.
Thumbnail pics
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slideshow
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Nice track new bleachers.  The big cars seemed to have too much muscle for the track. lots of aggression and some great driving. I was wondering why they have Sherriff dept on site until the pit drama began. Plently of families with there kids. The family non  booze seats are the best in the house.

Terry

Gerald Persails at Autograph nite Auto City Speedway

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Maximum Destruction at Auto City and Gerald Persails

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