DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2006) – Even though the NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series awards banquet is nearly three weeks away, series champion Mike Olsen is already enjoying the fruits of his title winning season.
CONCORD, NC (November 29, 2006) – Cassius Clark was supposed to end his racing season with last weekend’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown at South Boston Speedway (VA). In fact, if he had finished in any one of 31 other positions at the conclusion of the 250-lap race, he’d be up in Maine getting ready for Ice Fishing or Snowmobiling season there instead.
CONCORD, NC (November 28, 2006) – The moon was shining down brightly on South Boston Speedway (VA) for the Friday night feature races of the Mason-Dixon Meltdown. It wasn’t quite a full moon (the lunar phase is still two weeks away from that), but judging from the wild race that the INEX Legends cars put on, many people would have guessed that the moon was in full glow.
CONCORD, NC (November 27, 2006) – Cassius Clark came out of turn four at South Boston Speedway on the final lap of Saturday’s inaugural Mason-Dixon Meltdown PASS South Super Late Model feature knowing he would be going back home to Maine with a strong finish. After dispatching Johnny Clark in a hard-fought battle, Cassius crossed beneath the checkered flag knowing he had a good run. Once he had a chance to look at the turn-two scoreboard on his cool-down lap, it hit him just how well he had done.
CONCORD, NC (November 27, 2006) – Mr. November.
CONCORD, NC (November 25, 2006) – Cassius Clark drove over 15 hours to make it from Farmington, Maine to South Boston, Virginia on his Thanksgiving weekend. When the weekend ends and Clark and the team of his number-eight Super Late Model head back to their hometown, they will be doing so with a lot more money than they left town with. The young PASS North regular scored a hard-fought victory in Saturday night’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown 250-lap Super Late Model feature event, earning him a $12,500 payday and the satisfaction of besting some of the best Super Late Model drivers from around the country. Clark worked his way by fellow Maine native Johnny Clark with just two laps remaining and contact ensued down the length of the frontstretch, but Cassius was able to hold strong for the victory.
ISMA Supers returning to Oxford in 2007
OXFORD, Maine – The world’s fastest short track asphalt cars are returning to Oxford Plains Speedway.
OPS owner Bill Ryan and International Supermodified Association president Howie Lane have announced that ISMA will be back at the historic, 3/8-mile Western Maine oval in 2007 after a three-year absence. The New England Dodge Dealers Maine Classic is scheduled for Saturday, August 18.
Three-time ISMA champion Chris Perley of Rowley, Mass., ruled the last 75-lap event at OPS, hitting the finish line ahead of Pat Abold and Brad Lichty. Perley was the fourth different winner in five ISMA appearances at Oxford between 2000 and 2004.
Beech Ridge closes out 2006 season with the crowning of champions.
Portland, Maine-With approximately 400 people in attendance, the Holiday Inn by the Bay was the setting for the crowning achievements of the 2006 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series held at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The 58th consecutive season was brought to a close as champions and distinguished members of the racing fraternity were honored. Leading the list of honorees was 2006 NASCAR Pro Series champion Bobby Babb who capped off another strong season with his fifth championship in the past nine years.
Mod Tour RoY James Civali Enters Mason-Dixon Meltdown
Modified Tour Rookie of the Year Gets Ready for 250 Laps of Racing at South Boston
CONCORD, NC (November 20, 2006) – James Civali and his #28 King Motorsports team didn’t want their 2006 racing season to end. Who could blame them? It was a year when the driver and team won their first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Stafford, took home the series Rookie of the Year honors and came within a hair of possibly sweeping the biggest NASCAR Modified events of the season at New Hampshire International Speedway.
The Best of North and South in the Announcer’s Booth at Meltdown
South Carolina’s Alan Dietz and New York’s Derek Pernesiglio to Call All the SoBo Action
CONCORD, NC (November 20, 2006) – Fans from across the country are eagerly anticipating the inaugural Mason-Dixon Meltdown, November 24th and 25th, at South Boston Speedway in Virginia. So are the teams, who have already filed their entries for the twin 250-lap PASS South Super Late Model and Tour-Type Modified features, as well as the Legends Cars and Pro Challenge races. Drivers from 17 states and several from Canada have already filed entries into the Meltdown, an event that is bringing the best racing talent from all corners of the country to compete for big bucks and the pride of their region.
TV TIMES
By Lou Modestino(for 11/24-11/26/06)
The good news is that NASCAR's Phoenix overnight TV ratings spiked
up over last year. NBC's broadcast of that Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500
at Phoenix International Raceway earned an overnight Nielsen Media Research
rating of 4.1 and an 8 market share, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily
reported. The rating is 2.5 percent higher than the 4.0 NBC earned
overnight for the 2005 Phoenix race. This report came from SceneDaily.com
and the jayski.com webpages Also, the suits in the NASCAR front office based
in Daytona Beach, FL will be pleased..
Speedway 95 News Release 11-18-06
By Bill DaButler
(Hermon, ME) Speedway 95 ended it's 2006 season Saturday, November 18th with it's annual awards banquet at the Elks Lodge in Bangor. John Phippen, Jr. of Town Hill, picked up his third championship trophy in his ProStock racing career, beating out Winterport's Ryan Deane, by just two points. The second spot in the ProStock standings marks the fourth year in a row Deane has occupied that position. Jason Witts of Bangor earned the trophy in the Limited Sportsman division, by 4 points over Rowland Robinson of Steuben.
TV TIMES
By Lou Modestino(for 11/24-11/26/06)
Three-time PASS Champ Enters Both Big Events at the Mason-Dixon Meltdown
CONCORD, NC – A few years back, Bo Jackson managed to do something unthinkable in major league sports. He was a member of the Kansas City Royals baseball team while also playing in the National Football League for the Raiders. Not only did Jackson compete in both sports, he excelled. That led to a Nike advertising campaign that simply stated, “Bo Knows Baseball” and “Bo Knows Football.”
