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I decided to upload a video of the whole first heat race from VIR, since it'll probably be a few days before I finish the DVDs for Langley Speedway and can start working on a full highlight video from VIR.

This was a fairly exciting race, decided by a last lap pass.

Are the UCAR guys as annoying in real-life as they are on the internet?

Firstly, I don't really understand your question. Are you pulling this notion that UCAR drivers are annoying just from watching my video or have you been in communication a/some driver(s)?

Just like any other racing series, most of the drivers I've met are very friendly, but the are always a few who could be considered annoying.

I love how they were doing a track day on the outer track at the same time as this.

I'm not getting that from your video, I'm just saying they have a web presence that seems like the racing world seems to revolve around UCARS. Maybe I'm just retarded for looking at RaceRap at all, I don't know.

yeah, that's yer problem right there. Pretty much the only exposure the UCAR Clash series receives is from RaceRap and the videos I post, so the series owner/promoter Larry Walls posts a lot of stuff on that site. But then again, it's an open site, so drivers from other divisions could post some stuff if they felt like it, they just don't seem to post as much as the UCAR guys.

Phillip Morris, of Ruckersville, VA is the NASCAR Whelen All American series champion for 2009, making this his 3rd championship in 4 years and his second consecutive. He also won the track championship at his home track, Motor Mile Speedway.
Virginia Beach's CE Falk III placed 7th in the national standings with 11 victories at two different track, an impressive season for the up and coming driver who is still battling for the Langley Speedway track championship.

http://localracing.nascar.com/node/3707

The top 500 drivers in the national standings
[spoiler]position driver track starts wins T-5 T-10 Points
1 Philip Morris Motor Mile Speedway 28 9 20 23 841
2 Keith Rocco Waterford Speedbowl 45 13 31 35 816
3 Nick Joanides Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 13 21 21 813
4 Bill Leighton, Jr I-80 Speedway 34 9 27 30 803
5 Ted Christopher Stafford Motor Speedway 28 9 18 23 779
6 Steve Robblee Delaware Speedway 19 7 16 17 769
7 C E Falk, III Langley Speedway 24 11 20 21 751
8 Ron Sheridan Delaware Speedway 19 3 15 17 737
9 Marty Ward Greenville-Pickens Speedway 24 13 21 22 731
10 Matt Buller I-80 Speedway 32 6 15 29 726
11 Jason Romero All American Speedway 29 11 17 25 723
12 Frank Deiny, Jr Motor Mile Speedway 18 2 15 17 720
13 Rip Michels Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 3 17 20 713
14 Mike Wallace I-80 Speedway 33 2 22 30 712
15 Andy Eckrich Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 39 7 32 36 711
16 Woody Pitkat Thompson Intl Speedway 28 3 18 23 703
17 Les Siebert I-80 Speedway 33 2 17 28 700
18 Andrew Kosiski I-80 Speedway 34 4 15 29 696
19 Gary Glenn All American Speedway 29 5 16 24 683
20 Jeff Strunk Grandview Speedway 19 2 11 16 678
21 Tommy Lemons, Jr Motor Mile Speedway 28 3 10 16 677
22 Roger Powell Greenville-Pickens Speedway 24 4 21 24 672
23 Kevin Nuttleman Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 2 10 18 660
24 Travis Swaim Caraway Speedway 22 5 13 17 659
25 Duane Howard Grandview Speedway 19 3 11 15 659
26 Nick Smith South Boston Speedway 26 5 13 17 655
27 Jeff Larson Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 26 6 16 23 654
28 Chad Harris Motor Mile Speedway 18 2 11 15 654
29 Brandon Dean Motor Mile Speedway 19 0 7 18 648
30 J Herbst Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 2 11 15 644
31 Mike Carlson Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 8 17 642
32 Jacob Gomes--R All American Speedway 32 3 20 28 637
33 Danny Gay Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 1 12 19 637
34 Jonathon Urlin--R Delaware Speedway 19 1 11 16 633
35 John Moore All American Speedway 29 3 17 25 631
36 Clint Benson I-80 Speedway 26 2 8 19 630
37 Andy Mercer Hickory Motor Speedway 21 14 19 19 628
38 Justin Johnson South Boston Speedway 21 2 14 16 626
39 Todd Hipnar I-80 Speedway 20 0 10 16 624
40 Todd Korish Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 17 1 11 15 621
41 Bruce Yackey Colorado National Speedway 17 1 14 17 613
42 Juan Pitta All American Speedway 30 1 12 29 613
43 Chris Muhler Colorado National Speedway 17 5 12 15 609
44 Matt Scott--R All American Speedway 28 3 12 23 609
45 Jonathan Mawhinney All American Speedway 29 0 14 26 602
46 Jeremiah Hurst Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 19 5 14 16 601
47 Scott Lindsay Delaware Speedway 19 1 11 15 597
48 Will Thomas, III Lake Erie Speedway 21 5 15 17 595
49 Matthew Henderson Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 2 8 14 592
50 David Quackenbush South Boston Speedway 21 1 11 18 589
51 Ron Yuhas, Jr Waterford Speedbowl 17 2 13 16 586
52 Deac Mccaskill South Boston Speedway 21 2 11 16 586
53 Jake Meier Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 38 1 11 29 585
54 Steven Mathews--R Delaware Speedway 32 2 7 21 582
55 Anthony Anders Greenville-Pickens Speedway 31 2 19 26 576
56 Craig Von Dohren Grandview Speedway 19 3 9 12 575
57 Meme Desantis Grandview Speedway 19 1 7 15 575
58 Tony Bagstad Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 18 2 4 13 574
59 Tim Brown Bowman Gray Stadium 22 5 16 19 573
60 Emily Sue Steck Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 3 6 14 573
61 Shannon Mansch All American Speedway 26 3 12 19 573
62 Ron Klein Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 27 2 11 21 572
63 Shawn Pfaff Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 10 13 570
64 Luis Martinez, Jr Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 1 9 17 569
65 John Fortin Riverhead Raceway 17 7 13 16 567
66 Ron Chunn All American Speedway 29 0 11 22 562
67 Bear Rzesnowiecky, III Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 24 0 10 16 562
68 John Hightower Greenville-Pickens Speedway 24 1 15 20 561
69 Eddie Johnson South Boston Speedway 22 0 9 17 560
70 Tom Svoboda I-80 Speedway 30 1 6 20 555
71 Jonathan Bouvrette Autodrome St. Eustache 22 12 17 18 554
72 Bobby Hodges All American Speedway 20 2 11 16 554
73 Willard Lawrence, III Old Dominion Speedway 19 5 16 18 553
74 Burt Myers Bowman Gray Stadium 22 7 12 19 551
75 Steve Carlson Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 14 2 11 13 546
76 Jimmy Blewett Thompson Intl Speedway 20 0 8 17 546
77 Donnie Hill Columbus Motor Speedway 18 9 14 16 545
78 Dexter Canipe, Jr Tri-County Motor Speedway 36 9 28 32 542
79 Michael Reed-Cherry Greenville-Pickens Speedway 22 0 7 20 536
80 Roger Avants Colorado National Speedway 17 0 9 15 534
81 Ronnie Hults Colorado National Speedway 17 3 11 12 533
82 Vito Ranuio The New Stockton 99 Speedway 32 5 14 23 531
83 Rick Smith Colorado National Speedway 17 2 7 15 528
84 Danny Edwards, Jr Langley Speedway 16 2 14 15 526
85 Jerame Donley Motor Mile Speedway 16 2 10 11 524
86 Adam Royle Elko Speedway 34 11 31 34 522
87 Jeffrey Paul Waterford Speedbowl 17 2 10 14 522
88 Mark Cottone Motordrome Speedway 18 2 16 17 522
89 Chuck Steuer Riverhead Raceway 17 1 12 17 521
90 Rob Janovic, Jr Waterford Speedbowl 17 1 11 15 519
91 Kirk Hooker--R Delaware Speedway 17 2 8 13 518
92 Ryan Wilson Caraway Speedway 33 1 7 26 515
93 Leon Zeitner Adams County Speedway 16 4 14 15 514
94 David Ross Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 0 4 17 514
95 Jamie Ramsay Delaware Speedway 19 1 5 13 513
96 Gord Shepherd Barrie Speedway 18 5 13 17 511
97 Bradley Powell Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 15 3 8 12 511
98 Darren Robertson Colorado National Speedway 16 3 10 11 511
99 Jonathan Brown Bowman Gray Stadium 22 3 11 19 511
100 Travis Thirkettle Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 17 1 8 12 509
101 Jason York Caraway Speedway 20 3 10 11 507
102 Billy Pauch, Jr Grandview Speedway 19 1 7 13 507
103 Dave Brigati Riverhead Raceway 17 1 13 16 507
104 Rick Egersdorf Cedar Lake Speedway 15 4 11 15 506
105 David Wilson--R Hickory Motor Speedway 30 3 19 24 505
106 Jason Rauen Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 19 4 9 11 502
107 Joel Callahan Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 28 0 8 19 496
108 Dwayne Baker Barrie Speedway 17 3 13 17 495
109 David Beat Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 0 3 16 494
110 Brad Brinkley Caraway Speedway 18 3 9 11 493
111 Bill Park Riverhead Raceway 17 3 12 15 493
112 Dennis Gada Waterford Speedbowl 17 1 10 13 493
113 Woody Howard Langley Speedway 18 2 10 15 490
114 Rusty Skewes Motor Mile Speedway 23 0 0 9 488
115 Kevin Hirthler Grandview Speedway 18 2 3 9 486
116 Jeff Pearl Waterford Speedbowl 17 1 6 15 485
117 Rowan Pennink Thompson Intl Speedway 17 1 8 15 485
118 Jesse Lefevers Hickory Motor Speedway 25 4 14 22 484
119 Terry Meitzler Grandview Speedway 19 0 3 11 484
120 Jeremy Burns Greenville-Pickens Speedway 24 0 6 19 484
121 Brad Soll I-80 Speedway 19 1 2 7 483
122 Amy Catalano Spencer Speedway 17 4 15 16 482
123 Josh Oakley South Boston Speedway 18 0 8 13 482
124 B J Mackey Caraway Speedway 19 1 5 13 481
125 Mike Looney Motor Mile Speedway 19 1 5 10 481
126 Chris Spieker Adams County Speedway 16 5 10 15 477
127 Chad Rijnen--R Delaware Speedway 17 0 2 13 476
128 Erica Thiering Edmonton Intl Raceway 19 7 17 18 475
129 David Polenz--R Old Dominion Speedway 20 3 14 18 475
130 Darren Crocker Colorado National Speedway 17 1 7 12 475
131 Keith Mcleod Barrie Speedway 17 2 15 16 474
132 Mark Watson--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 8 12 474
133 Jeff Tharp Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 5 12 468
134 Mark Wertz Langley Speedway 16 0 11 16 468
135 David Elliott--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 1 9 468
136 Andre Coursol Autodrome St. Eustache 22 2 16 20 466
137 Bobby Justus Columbus Motor Speedway 36 2 15 33 466
138 Justin Alsip Kil-Kare Speedway 29 3 15 24 465
139 Jesse Kennedy Delaware Speedway 19 1 7 11 465
140 Frank Ruocco Stafford Motor Speedway 14 2 6 10 464
141 Randy Butner Bowman Gray Stadium 22 0 11 20 464
142 Rick Hanestad Cedar Lake Speedway 23 3 10 18 463
143 Matthew Parsons Columbus Motor Speedway 18 1 12 17 463
144 Richard Davis--R Thunder Raceway 14 6 12 13 462
145 Mike Gular Grandview Speedway 18 0 4 11 462
146 Greg Edwards Langley Speedway 17 1 12 14 461
147 Justin Philpott The New Stockton 99 Speedway 27 4 18 23 459
148 Mike Fryer Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 26 1 6 14 459
149 Randy Benson Caraway Speedway 18 0 4 12 458
150 Shawn Gray Columbus Motor Speedway 20 3 11 16 457
151 Barry Awtey Motordrome Speedway 18 1 13 17 457
152 Mathew Box--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 1 10 456
153 Allan Inglis Barrie Speedway 18 2 8 17 454
154 Rodney Cook Ace Speedway 22 5 13 17 453
155 Mark Poole Motordrome Speedway 17 3 10 14 453
156 Donald Parsons, III Columbus Motor Speedway 18 2 11 16 450
157 Garry Wiltrout Motordrome Speedway 18 1 11 18 449
158 Paul Glendenning Adams County Speedway 16 1 11 14 445
159 James Brokus Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 20 0 7 12 444
160 Corey Strickland Caraway Speedway 18 1 8 9 441
161 Mackena Bell Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 0 1 10 440
162 Steve Cote Autodrome St. Eustache 22 2 13 18 438
163 Kevin Kile West Liberty Raceway 16 2 10 15 432
164 Chuck Crump Caraway Speedway 18 0 5 10 432
165 Speedy Faucette Ace Speedway 17 7 16 17 431
166 Mark Bakaj Stafford Motor Speedway 18 0 3 9 430
167 Scott Drake Kil-Kare Speedway 22 4 13 17 428
168 Ron Quesnelle--R Barrie Speedway 18 2 9 16 428
169 Bill Niles Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 0 8 426
170 Neil Brown Motordrome Speedway 13 9 11 11 423
171 Jason Myers Bowman Gray Stadium 22 1 6 18 423
172 Randy Hall--R Junction Motor Speedway 18 1 6 12 423
173 Kerry Malone Thompson Intl Speedway 17 1 5 12 423
174 David Latour, Jr Caraway Speedway 21 0 2 7 422
175 David Philpott The New Stockton 99 Speedway 24 6 14 18 420
176 Michael Hardin South Boston Speedway 20 0 1 13 418
177 Jeff Malave Stafford Motor Speedway 13 1 7 10 417
178 Todd Oliver Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 0 8 416
179 Greg Compton Old Dominion Speedway 20 1 13 16 415
180 Adam Brenner Old Dominion Speedway 17 2 11 14 412
181 George Skora, III Lake Erie Speedway 13 3 11 11 411
182 Lloyd Spearchief--R Edmonton Intl Raceway 18 5 15 16 409
183 David Roberts Greenville-Pickens Speedway 17 3 7 8 409
184 Martin Marcoux Autodrome St. Eustache 22 4 11 17 408
185 Timmy Solomito--R Riverhead Raceway 17 2 4 13 408
186 Don Mahaffey, Jr Kil-Kare Speedway 22 3 13 18 407
187 Lee Jeffreys Bowman Gray Stadium 21 1 8 15 407
188 Adam Hensel Cedar Lake Speedway 23 1 11 15 407
189 Dane Rudolph South Boston Speedway 18 0 2 10 406
190 Jeff Connors Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 5 10 12 405
191 Lee Pulliam South Boston Speedway 21 1 4 10 405
192 Robert Jeffreys Bowman Gray Stadium 20 0 8 15 404
193 Darren Mish Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 24 0 3 13 404
194 Eric Goodale Riverhead Raceway 18 0 3 11 404
195 Terry Senneker Kalamazoo Speedway 12 7 9 10 403
196 Tyler Chadwick Waterford Speedbowl 16 1 8 11 401
197 Dave Cook I-80 Speedway 18 0 2 6 400
198 Dave Doll I-80 Speedway 12 1 4 9 399
199 Darrell Nelson--R Cedar Lake Speedway 16 3 12 14 397
200 Jason Hobscheidt I-80 Speedway 13 1 5 8 397
201 Sebastien Dussault Autodrome St. Eustache 22 1 10 19 397
202 Taylor Barton Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 1 13 13 397
203 Brent Larson Cedar Lake Speedway 23 0 8 16 394
204 Kenneth Headen Greenville-Pickens Speedway 14 0 8 13 392
205 Guy Jubinville Autodrome St. Eustache 22 0 13 19 392
206 Dusty O'connell Edmonton Intl Raceway 17 3 14 16 391
207 Benoit Juteau Autodrome St. Eustache 22 1 7 19 389
208 Todd Owen Stafford Motor Speedway 14 0 5 8 388
209 Andy Bozell, Sr Kalamazoo Speedway 11 1 10 10 387
210 Jake Redetzke Cedar Lake Speedway 16 1 8 12 387
211 Michael Southard Old Dominion Speedway 20 2 8 13 386
212 Wayne Anderson Riverhead Raceway 17 0 5 14 386
213 Grant Wimbish Hickory Motor Speedway 23 0 8 17 386
214 Jason Hamilton Grandview Speedway 18 0 3 7 386
215 Tyler Chrisinger Colorado National Speedway 17 0 2 10 386
216 Wayne Ramsey South Boston Speedway 10 4 7 8 384
217 Doug Manmiller Grandview Speedway 18 0 5 9 384
218 Cole Miktuk--R Hickory Motor Speedway 18 0 7 16 384
219 Brad Robbins Bowman Gray Stadium 22 1 5 15 383
220 Eddie Vecchiarelli, Jr Colorado National Speedway 17 2 2 6 382
221 Mike Rowe Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 7 11 13 381
222 Steve Laursen Cedar Lake Speedway 17 4 6 13 380
223 Ryan Godown Grandview Speedway 16 2 5 9 380
224 Matt Barndt Lake Erie Speedway 16 1 5 14 379
225 Mike Beeler The New Stockton 99 Speedway 15 3 12 14 377
226 Corey Hutchings Waterford Speedbowl 17 2 3 8 376
227 Junior Miller Bowman Gray Stadium 21 2 7 11 376
228 Andy Wilkinson Junction Motor Speedway 18 0 3 12 376
229 Chris Atkinson Colorado National Speedway 17 0 0 10 376
230 Kyle Gottula Madera Speedway 18 7 12 17 375
231 Kurt Kile West Liberty Raceway 16 0 9 13 374
232 Donald Gimpel Junction Motor Speedway 15 0 5 14 372
233 Bobby Henry Motordrome Speedway 16 1 9 12 371
234 Donny Reuvers Elko Speedway 18 2 11 15 370
235 Ashley Huffman Hickory Motor Speedway 18 0 10 13 370
236 Jill George Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 24 0 3 8 370
237 Nick Marolf West Liberty Raceway 17 3 6 12 369
238 Todd Ceravolo Thompson Intl Speedway 15 2 5 9 368
239 Curt Brainard Stafford Motor Speedway 13 0 2 9 368
240 Micah Brown I-80 Speedway 19 0 1 5 368
241 Al Hill Bowman Gray Stadium 22 0 3 16 368
242 Justin Zeitner Adams County Speedway 16 1 8 11 367
243 Robert Tyler Caraway Speedway 14 1 4 10 367
244 Norman Uptain Thunder Raceway 13 2 7 12 366
245 Jon Kellner Grandview Speedway 16 0 4 7 366
246 Dave Lewis Barrie Speedway 18 0 6 17 364
247 Dave Haworth Sunvalley Speedway 14 8 13 13 362
248 Philip Baril, Jr Lee Usa Speedway 24 4 15 19 362
249 Ryan Vicker Adams County Speedway 16 2 8 11 362
250 Karl Ritterbusch Adams County Speedway 16 0 5 13 362
251 Dan Moore Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 11 0 6 10 362
252 Jason Schneider Elko Speedway 18 1 11 17 361
253 Jeff Belletto The New Stockton 99 Speedway 17 2 10 13 360
254 Zane Lovelace, Jr All American Speedway 19 0 2 12 360
255 Zack Sylvester Stafford Motor Speedway 15 0 3 8 360
256 Trenton Jackson Adams County Speedway 16 0 5 11 358
257 Danny Cates Thompson Intl Speedway 15 1 5 10 357
258 Carlos Vieira The New Stockton 99 Speedway 29 0 13 24 356
259 Becky Roth Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 26 0 0 8 356
260 Chad Pendleton Columbus Motor Speedway 17 1 11 13 355
261 J R Kent, III Chemung Speedrome 18 8 17 18 354
262 Chris Fleming Bowman Gray Stadium 20 0 4 13 354
263 Max Sadler Thunder Raceway 14 3 10 10 353
264 Robert Ewing Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 0 8 12 352
265 Ricky Bilderback Rockford Speedway 17 5 14 14 351
266 Sam Heckman Kil-Kare Speedway 18 1 13 17 349
267 Cole Howland--R Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 1 4 348
268 Doug Barlow--R Edmonton Intl Raceway 18 0 9 18 348
269 Robin Jongen Barrie Speedway 17 0 6 14 348
270 Reese Coffee Park Jefferson Speedway 15 3 13 14 347
271 Wade Mattesen Stafford Motor Speedway 13 0 2 6 346
272 Shawn Thompson--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 1 6 346
273 Wayne Helliwell, Jr Lee Usa Speedway 15 5 14 15 345
274 Jake Ryan Elko Speedway 15 2 12 14 344
275 Wes Falk Langley Speedway 17 0 4 11 344
276 Doug Liberman Old Dominion Speedway 16 0 6 14 344
277 Mack Little, III Caraway Speedway 16 1 3 8 343
278 Jerry Gille Rockford Speedway 17 2 14 16 342
279 Kris Bowen Caraway Speedway 16 0 4 9 342
280 Al Zeitner Adams County Speedway 15 0 5 13 342
281 Derrick Lancaster Motor Mile Speedway 17 0 2 7 342
282 Justin Bonsignore Riverhead Raceway 14 1 6 11 341
283 John Kaanta Cedar Lake Speedway 13 1 6 10 341
284 Phil Bozell Kalamazoo Speedway 11 0 6 10 340
285 Chris Abelson--R Park Jefferson Speedway 15 5 12 13 339
286 Steve Anderson Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 1 5 11 337
287 Naima Lang Evergreen Speedway 17 11 15 17 335
288 Les Miranda Old Dominion Speedway 20 0 3 15 334
289 Doug Coby Stafford Motor Speedway 14 0 5 7 332
290 Thor Anderson--R Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 16 0 1 4 332
291 Amanda Lynch Greenville-Pickens Speedway 25 0 0 8 332
292 Steve Ihm Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 12 1 5 8 331
293 Rickey Mccray Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 0 1 4 330
294 Justin Johnson Las Vegas Motor Speedway 17 2 4 8 326
295 Tim Spurgeon The New Stockton 99 Speedway 18 2 8 14 326
296 Rich Skora Lake Erie Speedway 11 0 8 10 326
297 Randy Hawkins Greenville-Pickens Speedway 14 0 5 10 326
298 Ryan Rhodes Caraway Speedway 16 0 3 7 326
299 Pat Doar Cedar Lake Speedway 16 1 6 12 325
300 Ross Strmiska Madera Speedway 14 7 11 13 323
301 Jonathan Cash South Boston Speedway 14 1 3 7 323
302 Sam Harroun West Liberty Raceway 18 1 2 10 323
303 Dean Shiflett Langley Speedway 16 0 4 11 322
304 Wendell Dailey Waterford Speedbowl 17 0 1 5 322
305 Richie Pallai Stafford Motor Speedway 13 1 2 8 321
306 Michael Clifton Bowman Gray Stadium 19 1 8 9 321
307 Wes Meeks Thunder Raceway 14 0 8 10 320
308 Scott Gafforini Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 0 6 12 320
309 Ron Boyse West Liberty Raceway 14 0 8 12 320
310 James Goff Hickory Motor Speedway 19 0 7 14 320
311 Rusty Turbush Riverhead Raceway 16 0 3 9 318
312 Duane Hunt, Jr Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 21 0 0 3 318
313 Jason O'brien Adams County Speedway 11 3 5 9 317
314 Dustin Rumley Ace Speedway 17 2 11 17 316
315 Bryan Roach Raceway Park 24 3 13 18 315
316 Justin Gaydosh Waterford Speedbowl 16 1 1 7 315
317 Justin Mitchell West Liberty Raceway 16 1 3 9 315
318 Brent Brinson Myrtle Beach Speedway 17 10 17 17 314
319 Chad Walen Raceway Park 25 2 15 21 314
320 Brian Bergakker--R Kalamazoo Speedway 11 0 5 9 314
321 Tim Nelson Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 18 0 0 4 314
322 Troy Cooke--R Thunder Raceway 12 1 7 11 313
323 Jonathan Bailey South Boston Speedway 13 0 1 7 312
324 Darren Bucklen Colorado National Speedway 16 0 1 7 312
325 Garry Reynolds Barrie Speedway 18 1 5 10 311
326 Todd Corral The New Stockton 99 Speedway 18 1 9 16 311
327 Mike Darne Old Dominion Speedway 12 2 7 9 310
328 R A Brown Tri-County Motor Speedway 19 2 11 15 310
329 Billy Koons I-80 Speedway 13 1 2 6 309
330 Ty Dillon Tri-County Motor Speedway 14 0 4 9 308
331 Eddie Brunnhoelzl, III Riverhead Raceway 14 0 2 12 308
332 Kenny Brooks Motor Mile Speedway 17 0 0 5 308
333 Matt Goede Elko Speedway 14 2 10 13 306
334 Sloan Henderson--R Kil-Kare Speedway 29 0 6 18 306
335 Rick Emery--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 1 2 306
336 Jordan Pennington--R Motor Mile Speedway 18 0 0 4 306
337 Laura Hayes South Boston Speedway 21 0 0 4 306
338 Tom Thill Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 17 0 0 4 306
339 Jon Reynolds, Jr Rockford Speedway 17 6 13 14 305
340 Scott Riechers--R Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 12 0 3 9 304
341 Jeff Shiflett Langley Speedway 16 0 2 9 304
342 Kenny Forbes, Jr South Boston Speedway 17 0 1 6 304
343 Dennis Charette Waterford Speedbowl 14 0 1 8 298
344 Tyler Brown Tri-County Motor Speedway 17 0 8 17 298
345 David Hulsey All American Speedway 16 0 0 4 298
346 Chris Finocchario Spencer Speedway 10 2 6 10 296
347 Troy Mckee Adams County Speedway 16 0 1 9 296
348 Michael Wendt The New Stockton 99 Speedway 16 0 7 12 296
349 Stephane Drapeau Autodrome St. Eustache 20 0 2 17 296
350 Davin Scites Motor Mile Speedway 9 1 6 7 295
351 Craig Preble I-80 Speedway 8 2 3 6 294
352 Shawn Solomito Waterford Speedbowl 13 0 2 7 294
353 Joe Perry Waterford Speedbowl 17 0 1 7 292
354 Steve Yackey Colorado National Speedway 14 0 0 6 292
355 Dustin Storm South Boston Speedway 10 1 5 8 291
356 Dan Radcliffe Thunder Raceway 13 0 3 10 290
357 Brent Elliott Bowman Gray Stadium 22 0 2 8 290
358 Martin Goulet, Jr Autodrome St. Eustache 20 0 3 13 290
359 Brandon Lyons Kalamazoo Speedway 11 0 2 9 290
360 Doug Stewart Delaware Speedway 19 0 0 1 290
361 Buck Catalano Spencer Speedway 11 1 6 9 289
362 Bob Moore Park Jefferson Speedway 15 1 10 13 289
363 Matt Gallo Stafford Motor Speedway 13 0 1 5 288
364 Mike Fiebelkorn, Jr Holland Motorsports Complex 13 3 8 10 287
365 Robert Turner Ace Speedway 13 3 12 12 287
366 Steve Needles Kalamazoo Speedway 11 1 4 8 287
367 Tony Hanbury Chemung Speedrome 16 4 12 13 286
368 Shawn Reimert Grandview Speedway 16 0 2 6 286
369 Kevin Hall Old Dominion Speedway 18 0 3 11 286
370 Steve Black Motordrome Speedway 18 0 1 13 286
371 Dusty Davis--R Las Vegas Motor Speedway 16 0 2 6 286
372 Jacob Brown I-80 Speedway 15 0 0 2 286
373 Dion Verhoeven Delaware Speedway 13 1 2 5 285
374 Keith Maiato--R Barrie Speedway 15 1 4 11 285
375 Jody Cahall Old Dominion Speedway 17 1 2 10 285
376 Brennan Poole--R Hickory Motor Speedway 13 1 6 12 285
377 Mark Frabott Columbus Motor Speedway 17 0 3 11 284
378 Randy Porter Greenville-Pickens Speedway 11 1 6 8 283
379 Rick Kluth, Jr Spencer Speedway 11 1 5 9 283
380 David Rendall Edmonton Intl Raceway 18 1 8 14 283
381 Chris Young Riverhead Raceway 15 0 4 9 282
382 John Willman Grandview Speedway 15 0 1 4 282
383 Gary Joens, Jr I-80 Speedway 17 0 0 0 282
384 Devon Rendall Edmonton Intl Raceway 16 1 6 16 281
385 Ryan Johnson Raceway Park 23 1 9 17 281
386 William Browning--R Columbus Motor Speedway 18 0 1 10 280
387 Kyle Peters Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 18 0 0 2 280
388 Frank Mucciacciaro, Jr Waterford Speedbowl 17 0 0 4 280
389 Jerry Williams, Jr Columbus Motor Speedway 18 1 3 9 279
390 Kenny Edwards I-80 Speedway 8 0 4 7 278
391 Jon Rogers Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway 14 0 0 6 278
392 Mike Self--R All American Speedway 13 0 2 9 276
393 Greg Fowler Colorado National Speedway 16 0 0 5 276
394 Les Hein Sunvalley Speedway 14 1 9 12 275
395 Jay Noteboom Park Jefferson Speedway 12 4 9 10 274
396 Brandon Watson--R Barrie Speedway 11 2 6 8 274
397 Tom Abele, Jr Waterford Speedbowl 15 0 3 7 274
398 Joshua John Lake Erie Speedway 11 0 3 10 274
399 Kurt Jankowski Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 0 0 274
400 Nic Belletto The New Stockton 99 Speedway 14 0 3 11 272
401 Chuckie Desmith Cedar Lake Speedway 15 0 2 9 272
402 Jim Carlson Cedar Lake Speedway 15 0 0 6 272
403 Bruce Anderson, Jr South Boston Speedway 17 1 2 5 271
404 Eric Schmidt All American Speedway 10 2 8 9 270
405 Jeff Cameron Sunvalley Speedway 16 0 9 13 270
406 Jocelyn Gagnon Autodrome St. Eustache 14 0 8 12 270
407 Paul Debolt Langley Speedway 13 1 3 7 269
408 Jimmy Parker, Jr Las Vegas Motor Speedway 11 2 4 9 268
409 Kevin Timmerman Spencer Speedway 10 0 7 8 268
410 Bert Marvin Thompson Intl Speedway 12 0 4 7 268
411 Matt Waltz Langley Speedway 16 0 2 6 268
412 Brian Koski All American Speedway 18 0 0 4 268
413 Ricky Bates Kil-Kare Speedway 17 0 6 15 266
414 Mike Nutzman Cedar Lake Speedway 13 0 5 6 264
415 Josh Wimbish--R Hickory Motor Speedway 18 0 2 11 264
416 Todd Price Motordrome Speedway 18 0 2 8 264
417 Forrest Reynolds Motor Mile Speedway 11 1 4 6 263
418 Scott Dodd Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 15 2 2 5 262
419 Andy Jankowiak Spencer Speedway 13 2 3 8 262
420 Gene Pack Bowman Gray Stadium 21 0 3 6 262
421 Davey Callihan--R Old Dominion Speedway 15 1 2 7 261
422 Bryan Kruczek Lee Usa Speedway 14 1 10 14 261
423 Todd Patnode Monadnock Speedway 9 0 6 9 260
424 Matt Bodman West Liberty Raceway 14 0 3 10 260
425 Branden Giannini--R Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 0 1 10 260
426 Shawn Balluzzo Langley Speedway 15 0 1 10 260
427 Tim Sullivan Thompson Intl Speedway 14 0 2 6 258
428 Tim Noble--R Rockford Speedway 15 1 8 14 257
429 Justin Shepker Holland Motorsports Complex 11 1 10 11 257
430 Jeff Baker Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 9 2 4 5 256
431 Dan Savage Colorado National Speedway 15 0 1 7 256
432 Marc Jacobs--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 0 0 256
433 Kirk Alexander Monadnock Speedway 8 4 6 6 254
434 John Moore Ace Speedway 17 0 10 15 254
435 Mitchell Mote Greenville-Pickens Speedway 18 0 0 6 254
436 Gary Elliott--R Delaware Speedway 19 0 0 1 254
437 Megan Reitenour--R Tri-County Motor Speedway 17 0 7 16 252
438 Chris Scribner All American Speedway 18 0 0 4 252
439 Kerry Kratz Grandview Speedway 14 0 2 3 250
440 Jason Payne Ace Speedway 17 0 7 16 250
441 Tasha Kummer Greenville-Pickens Speedway 17 0 0 7 250
442 Frank Farron The New Stockton 99 Speedway 24 0 2 15 248
443 Dave Lacroix Thompson Intl Speedway 15 0 0 5 248
444 Jamie Farrell Raceway Park 12 5 8 10 247
445 Kyle Hall Motor Mile Speedway 10 1 3 7 247
446 Thomas Bolles Stafford Motor Speedway 13 0 2 5 246
447 Kyle Waltz--R Langley Speedway 16 0 1 4 246
448 Dean Cota Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway 19 0 0 0 246
449 David Oliver Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 3 8 10 245
450 Coleman Pressley Hickory Motor Speedway 9 0 4 7 244
451 Roy Herron, IV--R Thunder Raceway 11 0 4 10 244
452 Micah Veleba Junction Motor Speedway 14 0 1 8 244
453 Shaun Mangum Motor Mile Speedway 9 0 1 5 244
454 Larry Woodward Barrie Speedway 18 0 0 7 244
455 Doug Godsey South Boston Speedway 13 1 2 6 243
456 Tim Comeau Sunvalley Speedway 15 0 8 11 242
457 Bradley Babb--R Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 1 4 11 241
458 Jeffrey Labrecque, Jr Lee Usa Speedway 15 1 7 13 241
459 Bryan Shumway Monadnock Speedway 8 2 5 7 240
460 Roy Meeks--R Thunder Raceway 12 0 4 8 240
461 Kyle Martel Motordrome Speedway 12 0 3 9 240
462 Keith Brightbill Grandview Speedway 14 0 2 4 240
463 Dennis Rock, Jr Las Vegas Motor Speedway 14 0 2 6 240
464 Ryan Beeman Spencer Speedway 9 0 6 7 238
465 R D Smith, III Caraway Speedway 16 0 6 6 238
466 Joel Cryderman--R Cedar Lake Speedway 13 0 5 7 238
467 Dan Mckeage Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 0 4 11 238
468 Chris Eggleston Colorado National Speedway 8 0 5 6 238
469 Roy Poeling--R Thunder Raceway 14 0 3 9 238
470 Greg Kelley Motordrome Speedway 15 0 1 10 238
471 Adam Long--R Motor Mile Speedway 17 0 0 1 238
472 Bub Bilodeau Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 1 5 10 237
473 Mike Andrews Riverhead Raceway 11 1 5 7 237
474 Steven Anderson Elko Speedway 18 0 3 14 236
475 Jamie Sites Kil-Kare Speedway 21 0 2 14 236
476 Mike Maietta, Jr Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 0 6 11 234
477 Chris Bailey, Jr Lake Erie Speedway 11 0 2 6 234
478 Kyle O'connell Edmonton Intl Raceway 13 1 7 11 233
479 Robert Bruce Old Dominion Speedway 11 0 3 8 232
480 Richard Gdovic South Boston Speedway 16 0 0 2 232
481 Doff Cooksey, Jr The New Stockton 99 Speedway 14 0 3 11 230
482 Jason Merriman Motor Mile Speedway 13 0 1 4 230
483 Joe James, Jr Colorado National Speedway 12 0 1 5 230
484 Dennis Furden Toyota Speedway At Irwindale 15 0 0 2 230
485 Mike Svagera, Jr Junction Motor Speedway 22 0 0 1 230
486 Kenny Head Kalamazoo Speedway 10 0 2 6 226
487 Kelly Kingery Motor Mile Speedway 9 0 1 4 226
488 Ronald Hill South Boston Speedway 13 0 0 5 226
489 Roger Davison--R All American Speedway 29 0 0 0 226
490 Jeff Brown, Jr Lake Erie Speedway 11 0 3 8 224
491 Bryce Scott Lake Erie Speedway 10 0 3 7 224
492 Chris Bray Las Vegas Motor Speedway 9 0 6 7 224
493 Rick Vanderheiden I-80 Speedway 12 0 0 3 224
494 Kelly Anderson Cedar Lake Speedway 13 0 0 4 224
495 Mike Stacy Kil-Kare Speedway 10 3 7 9 223
496 Richard Boswell, III Motor Mile Speedway 7 0 4 5 222
497 Jeff Anderson--R Thunder Raceway 12 0 4 7 222
498 Harry Rheaume Thompson Intl Speedway 13 0 1 5 222
499 Aaron Ricker Beech Ridge Motor Speedway 13 0 8 9 220
500 Zachary Germain--R Columbus Motor Speedway 15 0 1 6 220[/spoiler]

Nice work Steve Robblee and Ron Sheridan.

MMFan, are you going to the Bailey's 300 again this year?

I'll definitely be there, but the question still remains if I'll be recording it or not.

Tommy Cloce was named ASA Member Track National Champion today, he narrowly beat out Thunderhill Raceway driver Clint LaFont.


I've seen Clint LaFont run a bunch this year, he deserved the title...The only thing that really hurt him was a low car count in a few races.

Really? Thats awesome, Tommy runs up at Adirondack International Speedway in New Bremen, NY, about a 45 minute drive from my house. I go up there every now and then, nice facility but they take way too long to run their show, I went their last Saturday for their 100 lap season finale, it took an hour and a half to get the first race on the track, absolutely pitiful. Cloce is a good driver though, not afraid to run the high line if he needs to, he's tough to beat no matter where he races.

I wonder what their LM class is going to look like for 2010, I've heard most of them are going to bolt for Shangri-la 2.

LaFont is the same way. Thunderhill is always great at keeping the show moving. Sometimes they go too quickly. But they have to since they usually have 10 different feature races every race weekend.

10 features, how many classes do they have? If short tracks are wondering why their crowds are gone, it's probably because most of them are running too many classes with shows that go way too long. Honestly, you should need no more than 3-4 divisions and your show shouldn't last much more than 3 hours, anything beyond that is ridiculous. My usual track has seven different divisions and only one of them has a full field every week, if they'd only force people to choose between three or four well thought out divisions, they might have full fields and a better product.

BTW, it wouldn't suprise me to see a smaller LM field at Adirondack next year, some of those guys would probably rather stay closer to home and I haven't heard to many good things about the way they run things at AIS.

Here is a fantastic article chronicling the 2009 Bailey's 300 at Martinsville Speedway on October 4, 2009. I've heard from some people who've been going to this event for years that it was the best one they can remember. In my opinion, this race somehow managed to be even better than the 2008 edition of this race.
I do have a highlight video of this race in the Crash Videos forum.

[spoiler]Story by: Corey Latham ~ corey@RACE22.com

Martinsville, VA(October 6, 2009) -- Another Sunday passed and another historic Bailey's 300 down in the record books.

The people with the Bailey's company have been long supporters of this event and racing in general and this years race at Martinsville was their last due to government restrictions going into effect for 2010. So it was only fitting they were honored in the best way possible, going out with a bang after the 42 car field presented the most exciting Bailey's 300 on record. There were lot's of faces at the front of the field throughout the day, but when it was all said and done the best car was not in victory lane, but the best driver, as Jake Crum got up on the wheel like never before and made the 2009 Bailey's 300 his own.

As the day starts at Martinsville for the event, the 25 lap heat races are usually a dream for anyone that loves carnage,as It's a "go or go home" event, either you finish in the top five or you pack it up. The top 22 were set in qualifying, with five cars from the four heat races advancing to make up the 42 car field. And, this year qualifying was the tightest ever, as the top nine cars broke the track record previously held by Davin Scites. The rest of the field was no slouch, 11th to 60th were separated by two tenths, and the entire field of 85 cars was under one second, simply amazing.

To everyone's surprise, even with the competition being so close, the heat races went off without hitch, well, all but heat race #2. A lot of torn up race cars and hurt feelings came from that one, with Andy Loden taking the win after starting ninth. Other heat winners were CE Falk, Paddy Rodenbeck and 2-time Bailey's 300 winner Tony McGuire, after McGuire and Jamie Yelton had a torrid battle going side-by-side the last 10 laps of their race for the win.

It was now time to go and everyone was on edge, as was the drivers, and it was evident in the first 100 lap segment. The front row was the same as it has been the previous two years, with Davin Scites and Philip Morris leading them to the green. Morris would get the good jump and shoot to the lead and for the first 27 laps it looked as if the race would go "green" for a while..........but we all knew better than that.

Matt McCall was the first victim of the day, as the #23 erupted in a cloud of smoke, but kept running, the engine was not hurt, but a loose oil line would end his day. Brandon Butler had put himself into second by then and he would be a force for the rest of the day as the pole sitter Scites, would have his day to continuously go south.

At every Bailey's 300, the veterans of the Late Model Stock Car world shine through, as the youth movement can't ever seem to find the knack to the paper-clip shaped track. This day would be entirely different though, as the vets would run into bad luck one after another and it started with the ensuing restart after the McCall caution.

Morris leads the field to the green but suddenly his car cuts off, almost wrecking the entire field behind him. He manages to get his car running again, but his problems wouldn't stop there. Jimmy Mullins then goes for a spin and young Paddy Rodenbeck is sent to the garage after losing a plug out of his rear end putting fluid on he track. The next restart claims Frank Deiny and Martinsville rookie, Ryan Wilson, as Deiny makes hard impact with the inside wall. Morris also catches a piece of the accident ending his day, but it was ending anyway, as he could not keep his car running and the crew couldn't figure out why.

As we get back to racing for just a bit, Alex Yontz and Brandon Butler assert their selves to the front of the field, and begin to pull away from the rest. Good battles are raging behind them, as Matt DiBenedetto, Richard Boswell, Nick Smith and Davin Scites are having a war. But that comes to an end also as Smith gets turned around in turn four collecting Scites just a touch, but enough to break a sway bar and and his hopes at the victory. Eddie Johnson and Chad Harris are also collected and have their days ruined Three years in a row on the pole, two consecutive track records and nothing to show for it, Scites was obviously dejected.

Tommy Lemons Jr. has a drive shaft break ending his day as the field is under caution, and the attrition of the "big dogs" in the first 75 laps is starting to boggle the mind. All the incidents are concerning the veterans of Martinsville, could the youth movement be underway? We had no idea then, but it was in full effect for the rest of the day.

We think that we may get to halfway without any more carnage, but that goes out the window quickly as Jamie Yelton gets airborne off turn 4 and makes hard contact with the turn 4 wall, so hard that it damages the safer barrier. Yelton would get out OK, well, pretty OK, as he had a broken front tooth and a split molar. I'm telling you, this could have been the hardest hit at Martinsville since the fatal Charlie Jarzombek accident in 1987, it was scary. It goes to show how far the safety of the cars have come with time, and we are all thankful of it. Jamie did have fun the rest of the race showing off his new smile.

As we get just past the 75 lap mark, nearly every car past 10th spot has considerable damage, some not enough to affect the performance, but sheet metal replacement for sure. The two cars of Yontz and Butler are clean and slick though, as they put on a good battle up front with Butler tucked right up under the rear of the Yontz machine.

The "big one" has yet to happen, so only fitting that it keeps up with the rest of the first half of destruction, it comes on lap 80 and does some real damage. Jerame Donley gets crossed up off turn 4, comes down the track and makes contact with Clay Rogers, sending him back up in front of the entire field at the start/finish line. Garrett Campbell, Tony McGuire, Rodney Cook, Butch Hamlet and Mullins are collected and amazingly they all had hard contact with the spinning car of Donley, that particular car is done ...... maybe forever. Dustin Rumley, Andy Loden and Dennis Setzer are forced to pit road also after receiving damage in this incident.

After a red flag to clean up debris on the track, debris that you could almost build a complete car with, we go back to racing briefly before the halfway break. Yontz continues to hold off Butler, and Brennan Poole flexes his muscle going into 3rd passing Brandon McReynolds after hounding him for several laps. Jake Crum has moved up nicely into the 5th spot from his 11th place starting position, and Matt DiBenedetto has came from 18th to sixth in his brand new Marlowe machine.

At the halfway break most drivers were preaching patience, as they had not showed their full deck of cards yet. One such case was Brandon Butler.

"We were just riding there, I could have passed Alex but he would have only wanted to run back by me so I didn't see the point," said Butler. "He looked to be burning his stuff up pretty good, so I feel good about it. We aren't touching a thing, just some new tires, go ride, and go with about 40 laps to go" said Butler. Little did he know the car he had been following and laying back from the entire first half would be involved with him much more later on.

The field had a top 5 invert, putting Jake "The Snake" Crum in the lead, with Martinsville rookie Brennan Poole right behind. Poole had been fast in every practice and qualifying, and Crum ripped one off out of nowhere in time trials to put him near the front at the start. This segment would begin one of the most exciting battles ever had at Martinsville, and between drivers who had little to no experience here.

Crum gets away on the start, and since it is double-file restarts always, McReynolds takes second as Poole is pinned to the outside. Poole waste no time on working McReynolds for the spot back and completes the pass bringing Yontz with him to third. All the while, Crum has been pulling away as the rest of the field fights, but his mirror will soon fill up with the kid from Texas.

Lap after lap, Poole reels Crum in a little closer and finally he catches him and makes the pass. He caught him and passed him, he must be faster, he should pull away right? Crum wasn't this close to give it away, and he immediately starts to apply the pressure back to the rear of Poole. Crum gives a nudge to take the lead, only to have Poole do the same in the next corner to take it back. As so it continued like this, one of the best battles we have ever seen at the track, but there was someone else, as Alex Yontz didn't look to be left out.

We get to 30 to go and Crum is in the lead once more, but now the top three of Crum, Poole and Yontz are nose to tail. Poole nudges alongside Crum and takes the top spot off the corner, allowing Yontz to follow through on the inside, but Crum tries feverishly to fight him off, to no avail. Yontz has been the talk of the town the entire weekend with his practice times, so it was no surprise he was fighting for the lead inside of 30 laps to go.

As crazy as this race had already been, it gets even wilder as Dennis Setzer makes a rare mistake as the leaders are overtaking him and gets in the middle of a battle between Matt DiBenedetto and McReynolds with DiBenedetto punting Setzer into the inside backstretch wall.

Another double file restart and more trouble for the leaders with 19 laps to go. On the restart as the cars dive into turn one, contact ensues between McReynolds and Yontz shooting Yontz into the outside wall collecting Butler in the process, destroying both cars. This caution will also serve as the mandatory caution with ten to go, and the tension is very high now.

Crum and Poole pull away, with McReynolds in second. It looks to be a cakewalk for Crum to the finish, but alas, the 11th caution of the day comes when Wayne Ramsey, defending winner Jason York and Dustin Rumley wreck hard on the frontstretch destroying the cars of Ramsey and York. The day has been a car owner's nightmare, and a car builder's fantasy, as the garage area looks like a junkyard at this point. It all comes down to this...........GREEN-WHITE-CHECKERED.

As they take the green Crum has the advantage going into turn one, but McReynolds comes out of nowhere and makes a banzai move to the inside as the leaders battle off turn two. Crum gets the advantage as McReynolds is now trying to hold off a hungry Poole in third as they take the white flag. McReynolds takes one last surge towards Crum for the win but to no avail and Crum wins the 2009 Bailey's 300.

On the cool-down lap after the race, McReynolds makes hard contact with Crum ripping his right front fender away and things would get even more heated later but this is another story that you will see later this week. This day belonged to Jake Crum and even though he didn't look to have the best car there, he showed flashes of driver skills of days gone past, as he compensated what he didn't have in the car, making up for it in the drivers seat.

They are going to be talking about this one, for some time to come and for good reason. Thanks to the whole field and especially to Jake Crum on the win, they provided the fans with something they rarely see in the upper levels of racing, hard-nosed, no holds barred, pure skill racing.[/spoiler]

Link to the official site (with pictures):
http://www.race22.com/summer2009news2/C ... s_300.html

It's October so the local racing season is basically over since it will be snowing soon. To mark the end of the racing season I made my first trip to Super Dirt Week at the New York State Fairgrounds near Syracuse, NY. While it's not the best track to watch a race since you can't really see the back half of the track, it's still an interesting place to watch a race. I won't spoil the finish in case anyone was hoping to catch it October 31st when SPEED broadcasts the race. I brought my camera since there was a ton of really nice looking race cars over the weekend and I took around 700 shots and trimmed it down to about 500 to post here: http://www.tbk-light.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4763

Saturday was the most destructive, especially in the Sportsman feature which featured this grinding pileup that saw a couple cars flip and a coule guys get sent to the hospital.


All in all I saw a lot of good racing this year, some wild moments, more flips than I can remember and some close finishes. Locally I made it to two paved tracks, Oswego and Adirondack Internatiol, and seven dirt tracks, Can Am, Thunder Alley, Brewerton, Utica-Rome, Mohawk, Rolling Wheels, and Syracuse.

Good lord which are they supposed to be going?

NICE! I was at the 200 on Sunday. Pretty decent race for 'Cuse, which for those who don't know usually turns into a one groove parade. But that doesn't really matter because you only get to see Big Block Modifieds on the Moody Mile once a year. Anybody living in the Northeast, I HIGHLY recommend you attend SuperDIRTWeek at least once. It's an experience... Especially if you camp on the infield.

EDIT: joha107, did you make it out to Thompson for the World Series by any chance? It was a great Sunday of racing. Terrific Modified 30 lap race and easily one of the best SuperModified races I've seen in a long time. I didn't have a camera though...

Ive never been to super dirt week but Ive seen the big mods run in person at Ransomville Speedway and OMG what a show they put on.

SuperDIRTWeek is an experience all in it's own. A lot of the time the racing is blah, but the atmosphere is what keeps people coming back year after year.

Now, if you want to go see a good race and have some excellent atmosphere, than look no further than The Steel Palace alongside lake Ontario. Labor Day weekend there is no other place to be than Oswego Speedway for the International Classic 200. Big Block SuperModifieds, 200 Laps around a lightning fast 5/8's mile (track record is 16.217 non-wing @ 138.74mph) and no pit stops.

Damnit, I need 2010 to get here all ready. I'm going into withdrawal and I went to 8 SuperMod races at 4 different tracks this year... Along with the WoO sprints at Lebanon Valley and the 200 in 'Cuse...