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2009 Duel In The Desert Shaping Up As Best Ever
212 pre-entries have been received for the 2009 IMCA Modified Duel in the Desert to be held in Las Vegas next week. The list reads like a Who’s Who of IMCA modified drivers and includes national champion Dylan Smith. Drivers from 22 states and 2 Canadian provinces are already entered for the $7,777 to win, $500 to start feature. There are so many must see events anymore, and this is one more. If you can’t make it to Las Vegas you can still listen to the races on the internet. Check out the links below:
Thursday, November 12, 2009
http://www.ezstream.com/play/index.cfm?id=141F9AACC7
Friday, November 13, 2009
http://www.ezstream.com/play/index.cfm?id=141906AD08
Saturday, November 14, 2009
http://www.ezstream.com/play/index.cfm?id=1419CBAD22
New Home For Show-Me 100
The Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series purchased the naming rights for the Show Me 100 and the Memorial Day weekend event will now be held at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. The 2010 event is scheduled for 5/28-5/29.
Josh Richards Wins Hungry Man
Racing conditions that brought about facial injuries to four drivers caused the Hungry Man 50 Topless Late Model race to be rescheduled from Wednesday to last night. Officials also decided to race with full bodies-i.e. tops on. Josh Richards took home the $12,750 winners share of the purse.
The WoO finals continue tonight and tomorrow at The Dirt Track at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte.
Dirt Track Racing A 12 Months A Year Sport
Late model racing does not end this week. There are seven events scheduled next weekend, and six events scheduled in each of the final two weekends in November. Crate late model nationals are scheduled for mid-December at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa.
Makes me dream of retiring and hitting the road with a little motor home. That would be called the impossible dream. I won’t be retiring anytime soon, and Jane is not a race fan at all. Still, it would be fun to travel to Florida in the winter-the modified and late model weeks at East Bay, then up to Volusia County and Daytona for a week. Catch some of the big open shows in what used to be the racing season-April through early October, then November races in the southeast U.S. or Las Vegas and the crate late model nationals at East Bay in December. Right now just doing one of these events one time seems unlikely. Maybe some day.
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