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Tulsa Shootout a Winner for Lemley

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Washington driver Brock Lemley picked up two Golden Driller championship trophies and Bixby driver Kevin Bayer went home with a victory during Saturday night’s Tulsa Shootout feature events at the QuikTrip Center. Bayer held on for 25 laps to win the non-wing A class feature on the indoor fifth-mile clay oval.

Bayer started on the pole with Broken Arrow driver Donnie Ray Crawford on his outside. Crawford briefly jumped out front before the yellow flag waved. On the restart Bayer wheeled out front and drove to victory. Crawford, a six-time shootout trophies champion, fell back as the race wore on allowing Chris Andrews, Harlan Hulsey, Zeke Lewis and Koen Shaw to get by. Crawford finished sixth.

Lemley earned his first shootout title in the 1200cc Mini Sprint main and had little trouble leading all 10 laps from his pole starting position. Derek Hollywood chased Lemley the final 10 laps but had to turn back a challenge from third-place finisher Jim Scanior near the halfway point to retain the runner-up position.

Lemley had a little help on the way to victory in the Non-Wing Outlaw main. Lemley was running third when the first, second and fourth-place cars tangled in turn one on lap 13 and ended up in the wall. Somehow Lemley drove through the crash unscathed and inherited the lead on the restart. Lemley led the final laps to victory over Broken Arrow driver Jonathan Beason.

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IRC Drivers’ Trophy Awarded to Andreas

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Andreas Mikkelsen collected his 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge winning drivers’ trophy at the official end of season gala prize giving ceremony in Paris last night, and revealed that his title winning achievement with Skoda UK Motorsport didn’t sink in until a week after the final round in Cyprus.

“Straight after Rally Cyprus I went to London for a big media event and there have been things happening all the time ever since,” said Andreas. “When I eventually returned to Norway I was alone at home for a couple of days and watched the rally videos on YouTube. Only after I saw what we had done on-line did winning the IRC drivers’ title really begin to sink in!”

The IRC Awards took place at the stunning Maison des Arts et Métiers, where Andreas and co-driverOla Fløene were presented with their trophies. It had been a fantastic season for the pair who, in their first full season in the IRC and their first with Skoda UK, led the last six rounds of the series, won the final two rallies and set fastest time on an unequaled 38 special stages.

In addition to the receiving the trophies, Andreas attended a number of media engagements during his visit to Paris, including a meeting with Olivier Fisch (Eurosport Managing Director) and Laurent-Eric Le Lay (Eurosport Chairman), and enjoyed a tour of the Eurosport headquarters. He also signed 200 IRC Yearbooks, which were distributed to guests at the gala dinner.

Andreas: “It’s a great honor to be in Paris to collect the IRC drivers’ trophy. It’s an award the entire Skoda UK Motorsport team has been working so hard for this year, and finally we won it on the last rally in Cyprus. It was a great team effort and I’m really proud to have won the drivers’ title in my first year with Skoda . I’m also proud to have helped Skoda retain its IRC manufacturers’ title, as both awards mean so much to the ŠKODA UK staff and retailers.”

Andreas and Ola will now travel to the UK to attend this Sunday’s Autosport Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane.

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Marlon Stockinger Opens Up About Racing

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

He describes himself as a work in progress and he’s literally racing with time. “I still have to do a lot of racing,” said Marlon Stockinger, 20, who is half-Swiss and half-Filipino. “There’s so much to be done.”

In 2008, Marlon finished third in Rookie Cup in the Formula BMW Pacific Championships and a year later, placed fifth in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series. Last year, he was first-placer in the Formula Renault in UK and last October, he landed among the Top 5 in the over-all standing in the GP3 series held around the Catalan Circuit in Barcelona, Spain.

In fact, Marlon has been bringing home trophies and honors from prestigious championship races since 2006. Asked how many trophies he has bagged so far, Marlon broke into his Albert Martinez smile and said, humbly, “Honestly, I have lost count.”

Yes, he could be mistaken for Albert. Why, they could have been separated at birth. They have the same height (“I’m 5’7”,” Marlon claimed, although he looked more petite than that), the same aura and the same boyish appeal that arouses the maternal instinct in women. Could he take time out from the racetrack and try acting, maybe as Albert’s younger brother (or “double”)?

“I have a very high respect for artistas,” said Marlon in fluent Filipino, “it’s mahirap what they are doing, acting and singing and dancing. They also have to take care of their fans. Hindi ko kaya ‘yon. In the meantime, I just want to focus on racing and make sure that I do it properly.”

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Formula 1 Champ Vettel Loves the Trophies

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Sebastian Vettel has revealed one of his greatest joys is receiving a “nice trophy” on the Formula One podium. Also a collector of his numerous winning helmet livery designs, the back to back World Champion admitted on Monday that taking home a new “cup” from a Grand Prix is better than mere money. New trophies are a number one priority he stated. “I could give up anything, but not the trophies,” said the 24 year old, who in his 80 Formula 1 races has won 21 times and stood on 35 podiums.

“When you’ve put everything into it for two hours, whether you are rewarded with a big or a small cheque really doesn’t matter, but a nice cup makes a difference,” he told SID news agency. “When I stand up there (on the podium), I know life for me could not get much better.” Next month in India, Vettel will once again be presented with the official drivers’ championship trophy, and it’s the one that the German is not allowed to keep. The only way to keep looking at his name on the most important cup of all, then, is to keep the championships rolling.

“I have to give it back (eventually),” said Vettel, “so it would be great to have it for several years… Michael (Schumacher) had it for five in a row. “My ultimate goal has always been to be Formula One World Champion, and now no matter what happens in the future, it can’t be taken from me.” “I could give up anything, but not the trophies,” said the 24 year old, who in his 80 Formula 1 races has won 21 times and stood on 35 podiums. “When you’ve put everything into it for two hours, whether you are rewarded with a big or a small cheque really doesn’t matter, but a nice cup makes a difference,” he told SID news agency. “When I stand up there (on the podium), I know life for me could not get much better.”

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Indian Icons on F1 Trophies

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Thetrophies to be presented at the Airtel Grand Prix of India on October 30 will feature symbols which are very Indian to the core.

Special care has been taken to include icons of the country in the four trophies (three for drivers and one for constructor), handcrafted by British silversmith Richard Fox. According to Fox, who has been designing the trophies for motor racing and other sports for the last few decades, the top of the main trophy was gold plated with the Taj Mahal and a temple engraved on it.

“We have tried to combine culture with modern technology of India. The F1 track represents the zenith of technology,” Fox told The Hindu from London on Monday. He said other Indian icons like the tricolour and the lotus had also found a place in the trophies. Fox said the trophies would be of 0.5m in height and five kg in weight.

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Final Bracket Drag Race Doesn’t Disappoint

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Series championships in 11 classes, and five Wally trophies, were on the line for drag racers at Brainerd International Raceway last weekend during the fifth and final race in the Bracket Drag Racing Series.   In addition to being the final series race of the season, it was also the annual National Dragster Challenge, where racers in seven classes had a shot at winning a Wally, which is similar to trophies that pro drivers in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series compete for. Trophies were awarded to drivers winning the Super Pro, Pro ET and Sportsman classes.

Winners of the Pro Bike/Sled and Street Bike classes raced off for a Wally, as did the winners of the Comp Trophy and Street Trophy classes. Series champions in each class have not been determined as BIR is compiling points from the weekend’s racing. The racing had a slightly different twist. All classes only raced an eighth-mile instead of a quarter-mile. Fall temperatures and weather conditions can make the track unsafe near the quarter-mile finish line so the track was shortened.

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NHRA West Central Division Summit Race of Champions Crowned

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The NHRA West Central Division Summit Racing Series picked up the action for the Race of Champions for trophies this past weekend at Kearney Raceway Park in conjunction with the Division’s National Open event. The event was postponed due to bad weather at Brainerd International Raceway back on September 18.

Four racers, including Super Pro winner Landon Stallbaumer made the wait, and the extra trip, pay off as they took home the championship trophies. Stallbaumer, Wakarusa, Kan., took the win in a ’03 dragster posting a lap of 8.177 seconds at 156.73 against Kyle Kunze, Persia, Iowa, who recorded a perfect reaction time but broke out with an 8.960 second run on an 8.97 dial-in with his ’67 Nova.

In the Pro class it was a pair of Kansas racers facing off in the final round as Nyle Reinert, Great Bend, Kan., took the holeshot and held on for the win over TJ Tobler, Leawood, Kan. Reinert went 12.149 seconds at 107.47 in his ’74 Pontiac.

Nebraska racer Tom Gilligan, Fremont, Neb., took his ’77 Kawasaki to the Super Pro Bike winner’s circle with a lap of 8.928 seconds at 146.10 mph in defeating Beau Drexler, Lakewood, Colo., who left early with a foul start on his ’08 Buell. Toni Vetter made the trip from Gettysburg, S.D., to race her ’75 Mustang in the High School class knocking out Matt Selden, Bellevue, Neb., for the win in 12.391 seconds at 109.35 mph.

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Former Miss Teen Las Cruces Wins El Paso Speedway Park Championship

Monday, September 19th, 2011

A former beauty queen has left pageants behind and taken up a new hobby. The racing season in El Paso came to a close Friday night. Drivers had one last chance to compete for a championship and among those vying for a win was a former Miss Teen Las Cruces. And this queen is nothing less than a fierce competitor.

Holly Jones, a former Miss Teen Las Cruces, who’s been racing since she was old enough to get a driver’s license loves the modified GRT she races in. But before getting behind the wheel, Holly had to get her dad, also a race car driver, on board with the idea. “It took a lot of convincing, a lot of convincing, because he thought, ‘Oh she’s so girly. Why would she want to get dirty and do stuff like that?’ But, I finally convinced him and I got the opportunity when I was 16,” said Holly.

Holly, who’s also a former Southern New Mexico Fair Queen has raced hundreds of drivers over the years. It’s a hobby that runs in the family.  “If they don’t race a car, they know someone who or they’re married to someone who does, so every weekend, it’s kind of what we do. It’s like a family gathering. We go race together,” said Holly. In fact, during one competition her brother came in first, Holly second and their dad third. Even though that day her brother won the competition, she’s got plenty to show for her wins. During her 11 years racing cars, Holly has won more than 200 trophies and she says, she’s running out of room.  “I have too many. I have so many trophies that I had to start, after I would win something, I would just start giving it away to a kid in the crowd,” said Holly.

The trophy she’s proudest of, “The Copper on Dirt” in Tucson, Arizona where she competed against 75 other drivers.  “There were only two female drivers there and the first night, I got first place and the second night, I got second place,” said Holly. Even though she’s got the trophies to prove it, some find it hard to believe that this beauty queen is actually their competition. “There was one race that I showed up to in California and I was standing next to my car and some of the opponents walked up to me and they were like, ‘Oh are you our trophy girl for tonight?’ and I was like, ‘No, but wait until I kick your butt out on the track’,” said Holly.

Holly says although she’d like to go pro, she does not want to constantly be on the road, but she says it’s a hobby that she plans to keep around. “I’m going to do this till probably I’m in the grave. I think this is something I could probably do forever,” said Holly. At Friday’s race, which was the last of the El Paso race season, Holly won the overall championship for the 2011 El Paso Speedway Park Championship. That means that for this year, she was the best race car driver in her class.

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Wabash Valley College Home to Wicked Wheels Event

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 2. Wabash Valley College’s Diesel Equipment Technology Program will host the 3rd Annual Wicked Wheels Car, Truck, Motorcycle & Antique Tractor Show.

Whether you have a Wicked-looking car, truck, motorcycle or antique tractor, you are invited to come out for a chance to win one of over 40 trophies that will be awarded. There will be 4-foot and 3-foot trophies awarded in the following categories: CARS: Pre-1941, 1941-1960; 1961-1980, 1981-Present; TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES, TRACTORS: Pre-1939 (Antique Class), 1939-1959 (Vintage Class), 1960-Present (Classic Class).

The show will be held in WVC’s Main Hall parking lot, and show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Judging will be at noon, and awards will be presented at 1:45 p.m. There will be food, games and fun for all ages.

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Brian Chandler Bags More Championship Trophies

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Haverhill race driver Brian Chandler bagged sixth and fourth-placed finish trophies after competing in the Ma5da Championships at Donnington last weekend.  Chandler, who was on painkillers following a motorbike accident on Easter Sunday, qualified ninth out of 58 for the first race last Saturday (May 14) morning in heavy rain and a slippery track. The conditions put Chandler about four seconds behind his dry-track pace, and soon broke away from the middle of the pack in the second lap. By the end of the 20-minute race, he had advanced to sixth despite running his car wide around a few hairpin corners and bouncing over the grass.

On Sunday, the track was dry but cold, and again Chandler lined up in ninth, making a good start but failing to advance any places in the first corner. Towards the end of the first lap, the car ahead of him bounced through a big puddle, splashing thick muck over his windscreen which, with no washers and just wipers on the car, seriously reduced his visibility for the rest of the race. Within a lap, Chandler had broken into the top six and broken away from the rest of the pack and moved up the fourth. The top four then engaged in a battle for first, with Chandler climbing to second for a lap as the drivers were four abreast going around a hairpin, before dropping back to third and then fourth.
He performed a risky maneuver to try and take third around the outside of a bend late on, but was run wide on to the grass and lost several car lengths by reeling sideways to end fourth.

Chandler said: “There wasn’t much room, but we had to trust each other not to do anything silly at 100 miles per hour. I was real happy with the result and got some more silverware to give to my daughters as I am giving them any trophies I pick up. Three trophies in three meets and a free Scalextric for driver of the day at Silverstone – not bad for the start of the season. I aim to finish in the top ten out of over 100 entries at the end of the season.”

Chandler will next race at Castle Combe on May 30 (Bank Holiday Monday).

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