{"id":782,"date":"2010-10-13T02:06:56","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T02:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/?p=782"},"modified":"2010-10-18T23:30:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T23:30:19","slug":"to-win-a-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/httprealracinusa-comracelogthe-vault\/to-win-a-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"To Win a Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RRUSA Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/JamesKnight2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-783\" title=\"JamesKnight2010\" src=\"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/JamesKnight2010-250x214.jpg\" alt=\"JamesKnight2010\" width=\"250\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/JamesKnight2010-250x214.jpg 250w, http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/JamesKnight2010-400x343.jpg 400w, http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/JamesKnight2010.jpg 1684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>James Knight battled through chemotherapy and 35 competitors to win a championship in the Pure Stocks at DeSoto Speedway in 1999.  After being schooled by Gus  Coorssen, one of Florida&#8217;s best, he beat all the odds becoming DeSoto&#8217;s fan favorite and taking home the first place trophy.  James told his story on Inside Florida Racing Tuesday night with hosts Jack Smith and Racin&#8217; Jason Beckner.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the studio Tuesday night were Phil and Michelle Ellis. Phil is a first year driver in the Pro 4 Cylinder division at Punta Gorda Speedway. Phil is having the time of his life, running in the top three in points with his wife helping all along the way.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a driver or other racing personality you would like to hear on Inside Florida Racing, e-mail us at<a href=\"mailto:KARNAC@comcast.net\"> KARNAC@comcast.net <\/a>.\u00a0 Feel free to comment on any of our shows by using the <a href=\"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/front-page-news\/to-win-a-champion\/#comments\">add comments link<\/a> or on our <a href=\"http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/forums\">racing forums.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karnacmedia.com\/RRUSAshows2010\/IFR101210.mp3\"><strong>Use this link to download tonight\u2019s show.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3212\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-782-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karnacmedia.com\/RRUSAshows2010\/IFR101210.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karnacmedia.com\/RRUSAshows2010\/IFR101210.mp3\">http:\/\/www.karnacmedia.com\/RRUSAshows2010\/IFR101210.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karnacmedia.com\/RRUSAshows2010\/IFR101210.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/realracinusa.com\/racelog\/?powerpress_pinw=782-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karnacmedia.com\/RRUSAshows2010\/IFR101210.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IFR101210.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RRUSA Media James Knight battled through chemotherapy and 35 competitors to win a championship in the Pure Stocks at DeSoto Speedway in 1999. After being schooled by Gus Coorssen, one of Florida&#8217;s best, he beat all the odds becoming DeSoto&#8217;s fan favorite and taking home the first place trophy. 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