- Brittnie Lovin, a 19-year-old college student from Hamlet, N.C., will perform the National Anthem to kick off the Oct. 9, 2010 running of the ARCA Racing Series American 200 presented by Black’s Tire and Auto Service at Rockingham Speedway. Lovin, a 2009 graduate of Richmond Senior High School, has performed in various venues and churches throughout North and South Carolina and Georgia over the past decade.
- Ty Dillon surged past Steve Arpin with five laps remaining in the Kansas Lottery 150 to win his first ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards race in just his second career start. In achieving victory, Dillon became the 14th different winner and the 12th different first-time winner in the series this season. The 18-year-old Dillon, a grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, started fourth and kept the No. 41 Karl Chevrolet/Richard Childress Racing Development Chevrolet among the leaders throughout the race's early stages. The race was not Dillon's first taste of success at the ARCA level, but surely his sweetest. In July, Dillon finished second after winning the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell at Iowa Speedway.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday notes
Park returns
Park returning to site of biggest win
Rockingham, NC (Sept. 28, 2010) – Most race fans remember Steve Park’s last NASCAR Winston Cup victory.
Coming just one week after car owner’s Dale Earnhardt tragic death on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, Park edged Bobby Labonte for the emotional win in the Dura Lube 400.
The track? North Carolina Speedway, now called Rockingham Speedway.
Park makes his return to the track for the Oct. 9, 2010 running of the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards American 200 presented by Black’s Tire and Auto Service.
“It is always great to have former winners back to race at ‘The Rock,’” said track president Andy Hillenburg. “Steve’s win here was one of the most memorable races I have ever seen, being such a fantastic finish and coming on the heels of such tragedy for that team and race fans everywhere. We are thrilled to have him back racing at Rockingham in the American 200.”
Also scheduled to race in the American 200 is Ricky Carmichael. A 30-year-old native of Clearwater, Fla., Carmichael is best known for his successful motocross career which includes 10 AMA Motocross Championships, five AMA Supercross Championships, and two World Supercross Championships. Carmichael has driven to six top-10 finishes in 20 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season. Rockingham will mark Carmichael’s fifth ARCA Series start of the year, with a best finish of seventh in the season-opener at Daytona.
Festivities for the American 200 race weekend kick off on Thursday, Oct. 7 with the ninth annual Thunderfest in downtown Rockingham. The street festival at Harrington Square gets underway at 11 a.m. and will feature music from the The Tams and Nantucket, a Kids Zone, an ARCA and UARA driver autograph session at 6:30 p.m., a beer garden and many other attractions.
Racing action also gets underway on Oct. 7 with an open practice for the cars of the ARCA Series. General admission to the grandstands is free. Friday, Oct. 8 is pole day for ARCA and UARA with fans admitted to the grandstands for $5. The American 200 gets underway Saturday, Oct. 9 with the UARA Late Models rolling off at 11 a.m. follwed by the ARCA 200-miler. Tickets, starting at $20 in advance, and suite packages are still available.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Finding the "Angel in Black"
PERIODICALLY, I LIKE to Google my book "Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr." to see who's selling it.
You can find it dozens on places. For instance, it's on
Cumberland House Publishing of Nashville, Tenn., originally published the book in 2008. Sourcebooks has since taken over its handling and has done a nice job. I appreciate it.
There are many other sites, I'm sure, but this is a representative listing.
If you're interested, there's also a review page on Amazon. Naturally, there's at least one review stating that Earnhardt was no hero and certainly no angel. No, he wasn't. He was a man, but an interesting one. Obviously this reader didn't read the book all the way through. The book doesn't say that Earnhardt was an angel; it says that, to children he befriended, he wasn't the baddest man on the planet; to them, he was an angel in black. I'll go into detail with that at some point.
Oh, and if you want an autographed copy, contact me at nc3022@yahoo.com or tgilli@copydesk.org. Operators are not standing by, but I can help hook you up with your Earnhardt fix.
Buy three; they're small and make nice gifts. And 3 is always appropriate for Earnhardt.
You can find it dozens on places. For instance, it's on
Cumberland House Publishing of Nashville, Tenn., originally published the book in 2008. Sourcebooks has since taken over its handling and has done a nice job. I appreciate it.
There are many other sites, I'm sure, but this is a representative listing.
If you're interested, there's also a review page on Amazon. Naturally, there's at least one review stating that Earnhardt was no hero and certainly no angel. No, he wasn't. He was a man, but an interesting one. Obviously this reader didn't read the book all the way through. The book doesn't say that Earnhardt was an angel; it says that, to children he befriended, he wasn't the baddest man on the planet; to them, he was an angel in black. I'll go into detail with that at some point.
Oh, and if you want an autographed copy, contact me at nc3022@yahoo.com or tgilli@copydesk.org. Operators are not standing by, but I can help hook you up with your Earnhardt fix.
Buy three; they're small and make nice gifts. And 3 is always appropriate for Earnhardt.
Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.
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