ElDora Speedway Results

[Don]

Wednesday - June 6, 2007
NEXTEL PRELUDE TO THE DREAM PRESENTED BY OLD SPICE

ROSSBURG, Ohio - Results of the NEXTEL Prelude to the Dream Presented by Old Spice Dirt Late Model event June 6 at the half-mile Eldora Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any):


http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/results.html

Home Page:

http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/

[dscott]

Don, back in the late 60's my uncle raced at Eldora. I was his 15 year old pit crew. He always raced in the late model class with his Ford 300 six cylinder, it was really wild, 2-4bbl carbs, aluminum intake, etc. At the time many of the guys were switching to the big 427 Ford engines. My favorite driver beside my uncle was L.J. Lines. He drove a 57 Chev with a big Ford in it. My uncle never won against these guys on the bigger tracks but he always finished in the top ten which I thought was pretty good considering. We also raced quite a bit on the shorter tracks and the big block guys couldn't keep up with that little 6. Many good memories! This was my introduction into fast cars and dirt racing. My uncle co-signed a loan for me when I was 16 so I could buy a 1964 Impala SS with the 409 425hp, 4 speed. I paid $850 for it. It had 56,000 miles and was beautiful red. My car payment was $59 a month, my State farm insurance was $79 a month. I worked at a truck stop at the time and made $1.65 an hour. I don't think I've made $1.65 an hour in about 6 years of building kits. Seems to work out with the mega hours I put in to be about $1.00 an hour.
Don

[Don]

Don, the link I posted now references the latest race, the results of the NEXTEL drivers:

1. (2) Carl Edwards, 30
2. (8) Kyle Busch, 30
3. (4) Jeff Gordon, 30
4. (1) Ken Schrader 30
5. (11) Clint Bowyer, 30
6. (7) Kasey Kahne, 30
7. (16) Matt Kenseth, 30
8. (10) J.J. Yeley, 30
9. (15) David Reutiman, 30
10. (5) Mark Martin, 30
11. (9) Aric Almirola, 30
12. (18) Dave Blaney, 30
13. (13) Kenny Wallace, 30
14. (20) Kevin Harvick, 30
15. (25) Juan Pablo Montoya, 30
16. (17) Denny Hamlin, 30
17. (21) Red Farmer, 30
18. (12) Ryan Newman, 30
19. (24) Cruz Pedregon, 29
20. (22) Mike Wallace, 24
21. (6) Bobby Labonte, 17, Accident T2
22. (3) Tony Stewart, 17, Accident T2
23. (23) Ray Evernham, 5, Spin T2
24. (19) Ron Capps, 2, Mechanical
Elliott Sadler, DNS
Bill Elliott, DNS

Race Statistics
Margin of victory: .305 of a second
Cautions: 3 (Lap 2: Capps stalled backstretch; Lap 6: Evernham spin T2; Lap 17 Stewart, Labonte, Kahne accident T1)
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Lap leaders: Schrader 1, Edwards 2-10, Gordon 11, Edwards 12-30
Attendance: More than 20,000
Broadcast: HBO Pay-Per-View

Looks like Tony Syewart wants to make the race an annual event, with proceeds donated to the Petty's Victory Junction Camp

My first exposure to racing on the East Coast was the dirt tracks at Stafford Motor Speedway ( CT ), along with dirt tracks at Fonda and Utica/Rome in NY. Also, the high banked asphalt oval in Norwood MA.

These were NASCAR sanctioned running at that time a " modified ", usually a cut down 1936 to 1938 Chev coupe along with other makes. Rene Charland was the National Modified Champ and also ran, occasionaly, at a non-NASCAR track , Riverside Park in Agawam MA

Great racing !!!!