Showing posts with label Dixie Motor Speedway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dixie Motor Speedway. Show all posts

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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


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Originally uploaded by terrybankert
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!

Friday, July 23, 2010

Dreams gone up in a Puff of Dust!

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.
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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

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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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Monday, July 19, 2010

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


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Originally uploaded by terrybankert
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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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Originally uploaded by terrybankert
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


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Saturday, July 17, 2010

116 spins clock wise.


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Originally uploaded by terrybankert
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.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30366181@N05/sets/72157624520142360/show/

Its off to Auto City raceway tonite to root for #80 and #24.

Posted here by
Terry Bankert
Flint Divorce Lawyer
http://attorneybankert.com/

Friday, July 16, 2010

Can you fit into your Uniform?


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Originally uploaded by terrybankert
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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