REAL
RACIN USA LIVE! 2008
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July
30, 2008 -- Skip Wall & Jack Smith in a special Real Racin USA
show featuring NASCAR's oldest sanctioned speedway Bowman Gray Stadium
and the ADVANCE AUTO PARTS promotion for the NASCAR Whelen Southern
Modified Tour. Bowman Gray promoter Gray Garrison is featured along
with Tour PR man Jason Mitchell and drivers Burt Myers and Robert
Jeffreys.
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May 6, 2008 --
Very
special guest Dave Argabright, noted sprint car expert, columnist,
author and announcer, joins Real Racin' USA for an inside peek at
this year's Little 500 Sprint Car race.
Must See Racing's
President Jim Hanks on the Internet TV broadcast of
the Little 500 this year.
The Pass Super Late Model Series is in the spolight with recent
winner Perry Brown and Head Tech Man Scott Reed featured.
Greg Wood, Operations Director from the CRA Super series discusses
the S.E.A.L. motor program and the issues surrounding current Stock
Car Racing motor programs.
Skip Wall reports his first hand experiences for Real Racin' USA
inside the ARCA Carolina 500 from "The Rock".
April
29, 2008 -- Real Racin USA Live! took the week off...
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April 22, 2008 - Top stars of dirt
and asphalt stock car racing, plus two of America's best F1 Boat
racers are featured.
Jeff Choquette and Jay Middleton are preparing for a return to USA
International Speedway. Last time there during Speedfest 2008, they
finished 1-2. This time it's the Florida debut of the ASA Asphalt
Southeast Tour at the 3/4 mile track.
Dirt Racer Mark Whitener, former NLMS tour Rookie of the Year is
now alos competing and winning with the UDLMCS dirt tour. Not sure
what that is? Well, guest Ken Kinney is the promoter of the series
and he will tell you all about it.
Formula
1 Boat racers Terry and Randy Rinker are featured. The duo are the
pilots in one of America's top boat racing teams. 120 mph on the
straight and then a 5 G turn and back the other way. Awesome!
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April 15, 2008 - Ed Otto was equal
partners with Bill France in the early days of NASCAR. Ed Otto was
perhaps the greatest racing promoter ever, but he owned the North!
Here the incredible "Real Story of NASCAR". Nothing about
"moonshiners" and such, from the man who was there and
watched his father, together with France, start an empire. Edgar
Otto is a very special guest.
Also an interview with legend Bugsy Stevens and a more recent legend
of racing, recently retired, Fritz Augustine.
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April 8, 2008 - Around the wide world of motorsports, talking Indy
Light and Pro Mazda racing with Dan
Anderson, owner of Anderson Race Park, a testing ground
for up and coming open wheel stars.
- Also,
from the world of stock car racing: Friendship
Motor Speedway in North Carolina is going back to its former
status as an exciting dirt track, with promoters Dennis Wood and
Phil Hall at the reins.
-Dennis Nixon is the promoter of the stock car side of the South
Georgia Motorsports Park, a dual purpose venue with top level
drag racing and stock cars also. Motor confusion is making it difficult
for promoters of late model events according to Nixon, and he has
some answers.
- Drivers Jim Crabtree (SuperCup) and Johnny
VanDoorn (CRA Series) share their racing story with fans.
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April 1, 2008 - Stellar lineup of heavy hitters! Dennis Huth, owner
of the American Speed Association
- Don Nerone, one of the South's long time stock car promoters -
Doug Smith, GM at ACE Speedway,
a protege of Humpy Wheeler - Billy Ausburn, co-host of the Trackside
Tonite radio show & former flagman/race director at Volusia
Speedway Park - Chris Fontaine,
former Craftsman Truck driver now running the ASA Southeast Asphalt
Tour - Casey Smith,
Texas super late model racer around the southeastern US -
Jimmy Lang interview from the ASA Late Model Series win at Bronson
- Skip Wall of SouthernMotoRacing.com
with SuperCup, Whelen Modified and Hooters ProCup news.
Real Racin USA did not air on March 25, 2008.
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March 18, 2008 - Sprint Car ace David
Steele and TBARA Sprint Car President
Lenny Puglio talk about the series under new leadership this
year. Motorsports writer
Walter Elliott gives fans an in depth look
behind the scenes at the Wall Speedway closing the gates for good
this week. Regular contributor to Real Racin' USA Live! Skip
Wall joins Rick & Jack to talk with Super Cup driver
Megan Reitneour and Whelen Southern Modified Public Realtion
Director. Duane Goins is taking over
the top spot at old Thunder Valley Speedway in North Carolina. The
new name is Cleveland County Speedway, and yes there IS dirt racin'
in NC.
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March 11, 2008 - "Motor Wars" in the second
hour with drivers Jeff Choquette and Rob Elting
with noted engine builders Steve McInnis (Progressive),
and DeWaine McGunegill (McGunegill) .....
In the first hour guests include owner of
Hot Licks Racing, Dennis Gibson. What does it take to race
boats at 250 mph in the 1/4? Lots of technology.
Joining us from South Carolina and Florida are "Staging"
Stevie LeTempt and Diana Dickerson with Lakeland and Ridge
HD to talk about Diana first experience with high speed (120 MPH)
motorcycle road course racing. Dirt late Model
racer Billy Moyer Jr. is getting ready for the AMP Series. That
apple didn't fall far from the tree, as you will discover if you
are a fan of the dirt late models.
Breaking news about the pending sale of the Hooters International.
What does it mean for the ProCup? Tune in.
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March
4, 2008 -Guests include Wayne Anderson, Shane
Williams, Joe Linebarier, Dalton Zehr, Blake Lehr, Ken Minney and
Jacob Goede. Shane Williams rec'd the PANDORA JEWELERS DRIVER
OF THE MONTH AWARD. Anderson fresh off a 2nd place run at The RATTLER,
Jacob Goede is hunting the ASA Late Model Championship in 2008 and
holds the fastest time at Bristol in a stock car. Dalton Zehr and
Blake Lehr are both Florida drivers hunting success by different
paths, Ken Kinney has the pedal to the floor promoting his new United
Dirt Late Model Challenge Series, and Joe Linebarier is warming
up his chords for a new season at Volusia Speedway Park and with
Trackside Tonite! Give it a listen and let us know what you think.
SPECIAL
EVENT: United
Dirt Late Model Challenge Series LIVE from Ocala Speedway with Announcers
Scott McAllister and Rick Anges. February 29, 2008
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February
26, 2008 - Scott McAllister sits in for host Rick Anges in this
major preview of the first race of the United
Dirt Late Model Challenge Series and the return on Friday
Feb 29 of Florida's Ocala Speedway return to dirt racing. UDLMCS
owner Ken Kinney is in the spotlight
in an in depth interview with one of the brightest stars on the
short track promotion scene. Other guests include Ocala
media writer BJ Cavin, and drivers
Evan Becton and Tyler Ivey. Ken
Kinney interview is 50 minutes, with Jack Smith and Scott McAllister
delving into what makes a good promoter tick.
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February 19, 2008 - 2 1/2 hours of lively interviews and information
about breaking news you won't find anywhere else. Real Racin' USA
Live hosts Rick Anges and Jack Smith talk with
Toronto Motorsports Park Race Director Neale Armstrong about
the pending changes in laws regarding leaded fuel that is about
to drastically alter the future of Canadian motorsports, and soon
to have major impact on Americans as well.
Also featured is "hot as fire" Jeff
Choquette, Florida racer on a remarkable roll in Super Late
Models, Jim Hanks from MUSTSEERACING.com
reviews the 42nd annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing,
and Valerie Thompson outlines her plan
to break the 7 sec mark on the NHRA motorcycle racing circuit and
her awesome new sponsor EYE-ON. Racing writer and historian Marty
Little reviews he recent Modified Reunion party held at New
Smyrna Speedway with the biggest names from the 60s and 70s. Co-host
Skip Wall joins Rick and Jack in a discussion with veteran
racer Lonnie Rush on the subject of the Hooters ProCup and
the expense versus reality factor of racing. Lonnie is sure to give
most every racer some well intentioned food for thought. Finally
the remarkable promoter of the AMP dirt late model series Christy
Hudson along with the first female driver to join the series Rachel
York. Christy outlines her latest plans and promotions for 2008
and Rachel talks about her racing career and expectations for her
first season in the AMP Series.
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February 12, 2008 -
Skip Wall's latest article " Has USAR
Lost Its Ways"
is discussed with this sometimes controverisal motorsports observer.
Jerry Binner, organizer of the Modified Reunion at New
Smyrna Speedway, Megan Reitneour of the Super Cup series, Blake
Isenberg and Mason Mingus, racers in Mini Cups and Baby Grand Late
Models are featured. Allen Tippen is moving to the AMP Dirt Late
Model Series and his reasons why might be something promoters might
be advised to pay heed to.
NO SHOW FOR FEB 5, 2008
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January 29, 2008 - Guests include Travis Kittleson (Late Models,
Craftsman Trucks & Busch Series - this year moving to the ProCup
Series) - Michelle Theriault (ProCup, Busch East, ARCA) - Shane
Sawyer off a 3rd place run at Speedfest 2008 in Lakeland, Fl - Martin
Pierce, Promoter and owner of Huntsville Speedway, a bullring in
Alabama. Also Larry Sams from the American Sprint Car Series, ready
to roar into action at East Bay Raceway Park. Reporter Dave Westerman
gives his look back at Speedfest 2008.
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January 22, 2008 -What a show for stock car buffs. Starts off with
John Kee (Marketing Director) from the ASA Southeast Tour (super
late models) with the best TV package of any short track late model
series in the country beginning in March. Joe Schmaling (Co-owner)from
the SuperCup Series details some of the reasons this steel bodied
ProCup type car based series is going to be a hit. Hint: it may
have to do with some pretty cool women drivers. Dennis Nixon joins
in from South Georgia Motorsports Park in his role as head of the
short track operations at the multi-dimensional facility. The North
Carolina Motorsports Association is an idea whose time finally came.
Shawn Stewart explains the impact of racing on the community and
how North Carolina is preparing to turn the corner on bringing short
track racing out of the closet. Yes my friends IT IS STILL IN THE
CLOSET.....listen, you'll see. Two young talented and well spoken
drivers grace the show this evening. Blake Lehr (super late models)
and Andy Zeuss (Whelen Modifieds) are two young guns on the fast
track to success, tune in and find out what sets them apart..
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January 15, 2008 - Glenn Luckett (CRA Super Series) on the 2008
Speedfest at Lakeland, news about Kyle Busch and possibly Ray Everham
to race in the event.
Randy Dye, host of the long running "Trackside Tonite"
radio show out of Daytona, Fl.
Ken Kinney updates fans on the United Dirt Late Model Challenge
Series.
Skip Wall from Southern Motor Racing talks about the life and passing
of Herb Schoolfield, and the inspiration Herb's work in racing media.
Susan & Rick Auriemma talk about the successes of their Fast
Mini Cup Series and the heartache of peronal attacks from a media
source.
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JANUARY 8, 2008 - Guests include Jim Hanks (co-owner of Must See
Racing which will broadcast live Internet TV from New Smyrna Speedway's
World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing in February. Shannon McIntosh
is set to start her Dirt Late Model career under the guidance of
Tony Izzo, Jr.
Things really get fired up when Guy Webb, President of the All Star
Circuit of Champions sprint car series, talks about the issues facing
promoters these days. Webb also is excited about the series event
scheduled at North Florida Speedway on Feb 1-2.
Frankie Lloyd, the promoter of Golden Isle Speedway in Georgia talks
about the $500,000 combined pirse Super Bowl of Racing coming to
his track, one of the biggest national dirt late model events of
the year. "T-Bone" Terry Wall is excited about the new
NASCAR based fan call in show he and Buck Bucklholz recently got
started. Great Stuff!
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