Any word on 2007

[Dirtslinger319]

Any racing at Brinkleyville in 2007?

[Tankee]

I would also like to know about next year

[Pinno32]

Be patient. As soon as they make their decision,you know they are gonna let us know. All we can do for now is wait.

[Red Dust]

but its so hard. i hope someone will run it. i love that track

[likemRed32]

I love the track and the folks there...it's like one big family!

[Tankee]

need to let everybody know as soon as possible

[REDNEKDEERHUNTR]

i think justin said it right from the beginnig u just need to wiat it out

[Tankee]

easy for you to say deer hunting season is now

[cntrygrl_002]

but still you should be patient and wait it out they'll let you know i promise

[Tankee]

have you been to Brinkleyville?

[SCdirtfan]

:knight: whay is rat tucker scared of dublin speedway. they are running $4,000 to win and he won,t go because he can,t win there. to many good drivers there

[dirtracer76]

i say lets all go to the track with our personal vehicles and take a few laps around like they do at charlotte with the souviner blowout the day after thanksgiving

[racer15]

TO SCdirtfan. 1st- If you think Tucker is scared you've never seen him race. 2nd- If you won't to talk about scared ALL THE BIG MONEY RACES at Clary's LIKE $5000.00 weekey $10000.00 & Let's not forget $20000.00 and guess how many of Dublin's SO CALLED Top,Bad,Best,#1,Great, driver's we all saw there racing YOU GUESSED IT NOOONE !!!!!!:animal39:

[Red Dust]

well why wont tucker go out of his element and try to run? like hagerstown or something? he sticks to where he is comfortable. not knocking tucker but if he is as great as everyone makes him out to be lets see if he can do something somewhere different. those big boys travel everywhere and do well. can he???????:DevilAngel:

[jhofficial]

well why wont tucker go out of his element and try to run? like hagerstown or something? he sticks to where he is comfortable. not knocking tucker but if he is as great as everyone makes him out to be lets see if he can do something somewhere different. those big boys travel everywhere and do well. can he???????:DevilAngel:

check your history that travling stuff Ray has been there and done that. Now runs completely out of his pocket. Dont win dont race next week or maybe even eat. Now if all you nawsayers come up with the money Iam sure you will find hes not scared to travel a little. I also will bet you if you check the stats ray has run more clash races and races out of state in 2006 than any SLM from dublin

[Red Dust]

i think you took it the wrong way john. im not saying he is scared nor am i taking up for anyone at dublin. i know what he has done in the past. that is the past. everyone now acts like he is the baddest thing that has ever raced on dirt. dont get me wrong, the man is awesome. he is just way overrated

[jhofficial]

i think you took it the wrong way john. im not saying he is scared nor am i taking up for anyone at dublin. i know what he has done in the past. that is the past. everyone now acts like he is the baddest thing that has ever raced on dirt. dont get me wrong, the man is awesome. he is just way overrated


How can he be overrated when he is still winning in second hand equipment? You were there you surely havent forget the show he was putting on at the begining of the race in july. That was an old chassis and a almost wore out borrowed motor. Leroy rumly's wife told me herself that ray tucker was the best driver they have ever had in their car. If he still wasnt one to deal with then why is people always talking bout him still. I dont ever come on here talking about ray tucker untill someone else starts dogging him. I can think of alot of nc/sc slm drivers that would have loved to have had the 06 season ray did and the sad thing is for those guys, this season sucked for rays standards.

[kraceman99]

Red Dust go ahead and put up the money and i'm sure Ray will travel anywhere you want to go.He doesn't have any big money backing him like all those teams that travel al over.I think ray won races at five different tracks this yr and outran some of the best drivers in dirt late models this yr with twice the cars then what he had.I'm sure Ray would like to travel some more in the future but i believe he had some bad luck this yr with motors there for awhile and that really hurts the pocket.So,i would say most likely he's working on getting thing right for next yr and will be the man to beat where ever he goes.

[HARDROCK]

I AGREE WITH KRACEMAN99 ON THE RAY TUCKER THING. EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE A BAD YEAR AT SOME POINT IN RACING. I THINK YOU HAVE NOT SEEM THE LAST OF RAY TUCKER BEING THE "BIG DOG" ANY WHERE HE WANTS TO GO AND RUN!:exactly:

[racer15]

Ray's bad year is most driver's good year!

[Dirtchaser]

Not really a fan of tucker but i respect the mans driving. He is a helluva racer . I have seen him many times he is always a threat to win at ant track he comes to. I did see old bloomer could not do much with him at clary,s at the 20,000 race. Ray was gone. The man comes to a track for one thing to WIN.

[Red Dust]

Not really a fan of tucker but i respect the mans driving. He is a helluva racer . I have seen him many times he is always a threat to win at ant track he comes to. I did see old bloomer could not do much with him at clary,s at the 20,000 race. Ray was gone. The man comes to a track for one thing to WIN.

not a bloomer fan but its obvious he is the best there has ever been. do you think he was goin to burn up his tires at the beginning of the race??? he is the best for a reason. he knows how to save a car until he needs it.

[bigkid]

Yea , Bloomer really saved his car at Lowes. Loaded it up and didn't even run. Lost ALL my respect for the reason he gave for that move. I was there and saw him as an also ran in his heat race. So his excuse of the other drivers racing for the added bonus not racing him clean in the feature was bogus.

[jhofficial]

How about a little Ray Tucker Traviling History Read the whole post towards the bottom.

February 11, 1999
Volusia Speedweeks - Thusrday Night

Volusia Speedway Park - Brett Hearn won the 30 lap D.I.R.T. modified feature at Volusia Speedway Park passing Rich Polenz on the final lap. Hearn, who started eight, benefited from a lap 23 caution and the choice to go with hard compound
tires. The win is Hearn's 500th career victory. He and his crew celebrated
in victory lane with champagne.

Top 5:
1. Hearn
2. Polenz
3. Danny Johnson
4. Bob McCreadie
5. Keith Hoffman

Heat wins: Craig Mullins, Deron Rust, Mike Hughs
Consi: Tommy Corellis

In the UMP modifieds, Ray Walsh in the 1W lead wire-to-wire in the 25 lap
UMP modified feature to become the first driver to win twice at Volusia'a
dirt Speedweeks.

In the final event of the night, Rick Aukland dominated the 30 lap Late
Model feature, leading every lap and winning with a comfortable margin. He
also set fast time in qualifying and won his heat.
1. Rick Aukland
2. Randall Chup
3. Rick Eckert
4. Bart Hartman
5. Chub Frank
6. Billy Moyer
7. Dale McDowell

Fast Time: Aukland (18.37)
Heats: Aukland, Chup, Moyer, Davey Johnson (Freddie Smith light at scales),
Frank, Hartman
Consi: Ray Tucker, Wendall Wallace, Gary Gorby

The Volusia Speedpark staff had their "A" game on Thursday. A show that
included 13 heat races, 6 consolation races and 3 features started promptly
at 7:30 and finished at midnight. 29 DIRT modifieds, 44 UMP modifieds, and 69 late models took heats. The track was dusty but looked packed and fast early. By the end of the night, the DIRT modifieds put a black groove into the track and it looked quite slick.


Friday night, Volusia will host the Hav-a-Tampa late Model tour for a 30 lap
non-points race. New York State D.I.R.T modifieds crown their champion with a 50 lap feature. Also in action, Late Model Sportsman heats. The asphalt track will have Late Models, Modifieds, Baby Grands, and the always exciting Winged Tampa Bay Area Race Sprints. Both shows start at 7:30 and a general admission ticket gets you into both shows.

[jhofficial]

How Bout a little more Ray tucker history and this dont seem that old to me.

UDTRA Late Models End Week Of East Bay Winternationals


By Rick Anges
http://www.karnac.com/images/eastbaylm021001.jpgSix days of Late Model racing culminated Saturday night at East Bay Raceway with some action packed racing to a capacity crowd as the fans were treated to the UDTRA (former Hav-A-Tampa) show. After five days of all out racing these guys were still loaded for bear as number 30 Steve Shaver came out with a blistering qualifying run at 14.571 seconds to be the top dog for the night. Several cars were in the low 15 to high to mid 14 second range which meant that although the track was a little rough in some places the new clay was still very fast.

John Kresser Jr. in the 45k took a wild ride in one of the nights heat races. Several cars including EastBay driver Keith Nosbich tangled on the backstretch going into turn three, Kresser came up on the melee full bore and clipped Nosbich causing himself to barrel roll several times and land on his roof.
http://www.karnac.com/images/JohnKresserJr021001.jpgAfter several tense minutes John climbed from his car a little shaken but otherwise unscathed. All of the other drivers also escaped with only minor bumps and bruises making a good example of how safety is the number one rule in these cars.

The Strawberry Invitational Dash for Cash was also had some exciting moments. The s9 of Dan Schlieper who had lead the race from almost the get go came around and took the white flag for what looked like an easy victory. Then going into turn one his rear tire shredded off the car and crowd went wild as Schlieper was able to three wheel his ride home for the checkers and the cash!

Twenty-six cars lined up on the front stretch for the final feature of six nights of UDTRA/Renegade STARS Late Models. Top drivers from all over the country were lined up in front of the 4,000 plus crowd. With $25,000 on the line for tonites winner racing this should be one heck of a race. Steve Shaver started on the pole for the 100 lap event but it was the 27 of Ray Tucker who jumped out to the early lead. Steve Boley in the 26 brought out the caution flag after connecting with the backstretch wall ending his evening early. On the restart the Mopar powered machine 15 Steve Francis was able to get by Tucker and take the point. Racing was hot and heavy all over the track as the cars were going three and four wide, pulling the front tires all the way down the straight-aways. Dan O'Neal in the 71o made his way up through the field and began the battle for the lead with Shaver.

As the two raced side by side, running high and low the racing got to close as O'Neal slid up into Shaver causing the Mopar machine to get a flat. The caution flew and Shaver was able to pit, replace the tire and return to the tail; end of the field. Steve Lucas 5 had moved into the second spot and looked like he was going to give O'Neal a run for his money but his motor expired going in a puff of smoke and just like that his night was done. Shaver, O'Neal and the number 18 of Shannon Babb made it a three car race for a while, Shaver and Babb traded second several times but neither was able to get by the hard charging O'Neal. Babb picked up some debree on the track and had to dash into the pits to change a tire sending him to the rear of the field. Rick Auckland 12 made his way up through the field, only to break and retire into the infield.

Other drivers also made bids for the lead including the 1 of Chub Frank, 4b of previous nights/morning winner Jackie Boggs, b12 Kevin Weaver also made a run for the lead but couldn't get by the lighting fast O'Neal. Just when it seemed like O'Neal had the race slam dunked his ride expired and low qualifier Shaver was right there to take the lead.

http://www.karnac.com/images/ShannonBabb021001.jpg
Shannan Babb with a second place finish and $10,000 for his work. From left to right,Stan Kolan, Miss East Bay, Shannan Babb, Chelsea Auld
Shannon Babb came from the rear of the pack to battle Shaver for the lead. http://www.karnac.com/images/JimmyMars021001.jpg Riding right on the tail of the 30 car Babb was using the whole race track trying to get by, but the race track just wasn't wide enough as Babb tagged the turn four wall allowing Shaver to hold on for the victory. Babb was able to gather his car up and take second, 28m Jimmy Mars took the third spot, fourth went to the 1 star of Chub Frank and rounding out the top five in the 100 lap event was the 1j of Davey Johnson.

Having been a previous years Winternationals winner not only was Shaver the winner of $25,000 but track owner Stan Kolan kicked in another $2,500 to make it a cool $27,500 win for Shaver and his crew.


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Stanley Kolan (far right) and the big winner Steve Shaver with East Bay Queen