Well race fans, the season has started. We caught a lot of action
at Towne West Square this weekend with 32 cars present. Some of the
drivers were featuring new designs or brand new cars. There were even a
few new drivers with there cars. Open practice will begin on Sunday
afternoon from 1 pm to 5 pm. To watch practice is free admission in the
grandstand and a small fee for pits. Open practice will be the whole
month of March. The Cruisers will open the season on March 26 at 2 pm. On April 1, the NCRA Modified will run at 7 pm.
Haysville Times will have their car show at Haysville Sonic on April
8th from 11 am to 2 pm. We will have cars from 81 Speedway and
International Raceway. April 15, is the first Season Opener, heat
laps start at 2 pm and races at 7 pm. Haysville Times will be out there
in full force covering all the race action and auctioning a basket of
goodies for the March of Dimes. This year we will have another race page and we will be covering both 81 Speedway and International Raceway. We hope you enjoy the race page this season. We will be featuring a lot of action.
If there is something you want to see on this page please let me know.
Dont forget you can pick up a copy out at 81 Speedway starting March
10th or you can get a Racing Subscription for just $20.00 for the
racing season.
Mark Curry of Haysville is trying his luck as a first time Hornet
driver at 81 Speedway this year. In talking about why he wanted to
start racing, he jokingly said, “Chicks dig it” (like his wife Sandi).
Also, it is good clean fun for the whole family. Curry started building his hornet last fall and has been on the track one time this season practicing. The
hornet driver chose the hornets because they are cheap to get into as a
first time driver. With a hornet everything is stock on them and then
you have to make it safe. Curry has been drawing from his brother Marty Curry’s knowledge of racing. Both the Curry brothers race at 81 Speedway. Curry
is really excited about this season; he hopes that he can look back at
the end of the season and say that they had fun and enjoyed the season. Curry
has been married to his wife Sandi for eight years. They have two kids:
Emily, four years old, and Jacob, seven years old. Curry is a CNC
Machinist and has lived in Haysville for about seven months. He enjoys
watching NASCAR. He also enjoys hunting, fishing, camping with his
family and riding a motorcycle. Curry’s son Jacob chose the #9 for his dad’s car because his favorite NASCAR driver is Kasey Kahne. “My
wife Sandi is one of my biggest sponsors by being moral support and
running for parts. She also is real excited about racing,” said Curry. All
of Curry’s sponsors provide support, knowledge or a trailer. His
sponsors are Dodd’s Chiropractic, Curry Racing, Yesteryears Classic Car
and Special T’s. Curry stated it would be nice to have a sponsor
that would give you a little cash to help with fuel or repairs on a
weekly basis. The hornets and cruisers first race of the season is
Sunday, April 2nd at 1:00 pm. So we hope you go out and help cheer Mark
Curry on to a victory.
The race season of 2006 has officially begun with the “Cruiser Nation”
Hangover 100 on January 1. There were 44 teams on hand to compete for
the $1,000 prize. After the teams ran a six-lap heat race to
determine the starting field, the teams had 15 minutes to get the car
ready for the 100 lap race. The 100 laps would be divided into two 50
laps. A red flag would be waved after the lead car reached 50 laps. So
all the teams could go in for a fuel up and check the car over. The
cars started the 100-lap race with three cars wide through the field.
There were numerous lead changes in the first 50 laps. The Shipman team
looked like they were going to go far in the race until they had a few
problems. The Hauserman team finished the first 50 laps in the lead. The
second 50 laps started off on a good foot with the Hausermans in the
lead. They had some problems with the car smoking and then started
slowing down. The Wonders team got the lead and never looked back; they
had a good two laps on everybody on the track. With the Wonders winning the race, out of 44 teams starting the race there were only 13 teams finishing the race. After
the race, the top five winners parked their car on the front stretch to
be put up for sale. If a team refused to sell their car they were
immediately disqualified and lost the prize money. The OOPs team of
Justin Montgomery and partner Chuck Northrup refused to sell their car
after they finished second. So that moved the father-son team of
Kralicek’s up to second place. Don’t forget, the 2005 awards will be held on January 28 at the Cotillion Ballroom.
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