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10-29-2009, 06:57 PM
:american:After Dillon Motor Speedway the top 10 in points from 3 place back to 10th changed a lot. As we had to Wake County Speedway on October 31st the race will be in the top four Keith Brame Jr has been on the top spot all year with Renno Marchetti IV VA only out by 54 points in second and 31 points separate 3rd and the 4th places car of Ben Walker B2 NC and David Wiggins 14 NC
Fund drive for the Shrines Burn Hospital for Kids
The Walls Roofing UCAR Clash has partnered with Burning Rubber Radio and Coach Wayne Deloriea to hold a fundraiser event at the final points race of the year. This event is scheduled for October 31st at Wake County Speedway. Donations will be taken and all proceeds will go to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children. Come on out and make this a memorable event and help those in need at the same time.
Andy DeLay BIG
NEWS!!! There will be an brand new Impact Racing Shriners racing
helment worth $850.00 that will be signed by the drivers at the Walls
Roofing UCAR Clash Spooktackular and raffled off, donated by Impact
racing in Mooresville, NC and E1wraps.com!!
Andy DeLay UPDATE.... NASCAR Truck, Nationwide and Cup Driver Ricky Byers, a 2 time cancer survivor will be co-hosting the OLE time BBQ pre-race dinner and the Walls Roofing UCAR Spooktackular with Burning Rubber Radio!!! BURNING RUBBER BABY... IM STOKED!!!
Andy DeLay Watch out UCAR... The Burning Rubber Radio boys are gonna be at the OLE Time BBQ on October 30th and Wake County Speedway On October 31 live and in person!! Better yet.... Im practicing on iRacing for the VIR event next year....WATCH OUT for the FAT BOYS! BURNING RUBBER BABY!
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In the Flag stand on Oct 31
In the Flag stand on Oct 31 will be the NASCAR Legendary Flag man and Vice President of the new Carteret County Speedway Marion Johnson. Marion was in the flag stand with Harold Kinder when Bobby Allison flipped at Alabama International Speedway now known as Talladega and almost took both man out of the flag stand. See story below.
The Walls Roofing UCAR Clash will have one of the first dates at the new Carteret County Speedway track in May 2010. www.carteretcountyspeedway.com (http://www.carteretcountyspeedway.com)
Last-lap crash: Like 1987 all over again
It seemed Sunday as if an imaginary time machine and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards were transporting me - and perhaps millions of other stock car racing followers - 22 years into the past.
The date was May 3, 1987, and the Winston 500 at the ultra-fast track then known as Alabama International Speedway was off to a sizzling start before a crowd estimated at 135,000 and a national television audience.
The lead cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series event were being timed at almost 207 mph, not much off Bill Elliott’s record qualifying lap of 212.809 mph. Then, trouble struck on the 21st lap at the high-banked 2.66-mile speedway near the town of Talladega.
A small puff of white smoke flew from the left rear of a Buick driven by popular veteran Bobby Allison. A tire had been cut. In an instant his car spun, whipped backwards and soared smoothly into the air. Watching from the press box at the track now named Talladega Superspeedway, I thought to myself, “It looks like an airplane taking off!”
Then the smoothness was shattered.
Allison smashed into the fence fronting the packed grandstand near the start/finish line, ripping away support posts, strong cables and other parts of the barrier. His shrapnel-spewing ride continued for hundreds of feet. Shards of metal flew into the grandstand. It was a horrifying sight.
I feared for the lives of fans in the front rows and for that of Allison. I felt that my friend and neighbor back in North Carolina, the late NASCAR flag man Harold Kinder, was a goner. The moment the spectacular accident began, he started waving the yellow flag. And he courageously continued to do so while Allison’s car flew right at him. The car slammed back onto the track just yards from Kinder’s perch.
In the weeks before the ’87 Winston 500 Talladega track officials had strengthened the fencing with two giant cables. These were credited with eventually flipping Allison’s car back onto the track.
As crews worked feverishly to get the protective barrier back in place, the speedway’s public relations director at the time, Jim Freeman, observed, “Right now I’d say those cables were well worth the cost.”
The similarity of the Allison crash and that of Edwards at the conclusion of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 are incredibly eerie. They sailed into the fence at almost the same point, spun around shattering the metal, and fell back onto the track with the cars on their wheels.
A major difference: Edwards wrecked while in the lead roaring toward the checkered flag, losing control of his Ford after a slight tap from a Chevrolet driven by rookie Brad Kesolowski, who won the race, the first victory of his Sprint Cup Series career. Also, Edwards didn’t sustain a scratch.
Allison suffered painful but relatively minor facial injuries and bruised hands.
Several fans were hurt during the Allison crash, three with rather significant injuries. Only one person was harmed badly by Edwards’ accident, suffering a broken jaw.
Another irony: A rookie also won the 1987 race - Davey Allison, Bobby’s son. Davey, just 26 at the time, was able to shake off the sight of his father’s awful accident and drive to his first major triumph.
Davey generally stayed by his dad’s side while the Winston 500 was red-flagged for 2 ½ hours for repairs to the fence. “I’m not sure how I kept control of my emotions,” Davey said after the race. “I saw the accident happening in my mirror and my heart sank. It’s the scaredest I’ve ever been in my life.
“As I drove around the track I asked The Lord to let my dad stay on earth a little longer - hopefully, for a long time. When I came back around the track and saw him get out of his car, it lifted my heart.
“During the red flag he told me I had the savvy and the car to win the race. He told me to get back out there and keep the 500 in the family.” Bobby Allison, leader of the storied “Alabama Gang,” had won the race in 1986.
Memorably, the Allisons were to score the greatest father-son finish in NASCAR history in 1988, Bobby taking the Daytona 500 with Davey right behind.
A hard crash at Pocono, Pa., ended the great driving career of Bobby Allison later in ’88.
Tragically, Davey lost his life due to the crash of a helicopter he was attempting to land at the Talladega track in July of 1993.
Bobby Allison’s flight that almost carried into the grandstand at Talladega understandably caused considerable concern among competitors and for officials of both NASCAR and the International Speedway Corp., which owns the Talladega track. Both organizations are controlled by the heirs of NASCAR founder Big Bill France.
“If Bobby had gotten into the seats, the death toll would have been of earthquake proportions,” one shaken veteran driver told me. “There would have been nothing to stop his car for hundreds of feet but human bodies. “It probably would have been the end of NASCAR.”
NASCAR’s response was to place restrictor plates on the carburetors of the cars, reducing horsepower. However, the plates, generally hated by the drivers and their crews, tend to keep the cars in tight packs, leading to big multi-car crashes. There were two of these Sunday.
So what to do now, following the Aaron’s 499 melees and Edwards’ terrifying crash, in which he bounced off the windshield of Ryan Newman’s Chevy?
The late, highly-respected driving champion Benny Parsons once offered this solution for the Talladega track, where he was involved in a 23-car crash in 1973: “Knock down those high banks and turn it into a two-mile speedway…But I know they won’t do it.”
For my part, I’d always been frightened to watch races at Talladega, especially after the colorful driver Tiny Lund lost his life there in 1975. After the Bobby Allison incident, I couldn’t bring myself to look at the “live” action. I covered the races by watching closed-circuit TV in the infield media center.
Call me chicken, crazy, or whatever, but somehow this seemed to somewhat remove me from seeing someone get seriously hurt, or worse, in person.
Following what could have been a monstrous tragedy at Talladega in 1987, Darrell Waltrip, a three-time champion and now an analyst for Fox television’s racing shows, dramatically warned, “We’re sitting on a time bomb here.”
Carl Edwards’ wreck shows they still are.
The Walls Roofing UCAR Clash for Cash on the highest finishing car $50.00 Renno Marchetti IV at Dillon
Renno Marchetti IV got the $50.00 Foss Auto Recycle Hard Charger award at Dillon Motor Speedway.
24th. Annual Piedmont Racing Expo
January 15-16, 2010 -- State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
2009 Piedmont Racing Expo Rookie of the Year leader Keith Brame Jr. #12 NC
North Carolinas own Keith Brame Jr. #12 holding on to the front spot in points Renno Marchetti IV #01 VA is close behind in second. Ben Walker B2 NC is racing hard in third place in points. The rest of the top 5 are David Wiggins #14 NC 4th and Drew Starling #54 NC in 5th. The WCS race should have one of the biggest fields of the year. So come on out to Wake County Speedway this Saturday October 31st and see the UCAR Clash.
24th. Annual Piedmont Racing Expo
January 15-16, 2010 -- State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Brute Power of Raleigh NC has added a bonus money to the October 31 race
Brute Power of Raleigh NC has added a bonus of $100.00 for a first time winner of the October 31 race.If someone does not take the $100.00 Brute Power will add 10.00 per race until it is won by a new driver in the UCAR Clash in 2010 season.
$25.00 Brute Power Half Way leader
$25.00 to Brute Power Hard Luck award. voted on by UCAR Clash official
New Sponsor for the Oct 31st race
PRESS RELEASE new sponsor for the October 31- Walls Roofing UCAR Clash for Cash North/South Spooktacular Championship presented by OLE Time Barbecue 401 South Raleigh, NC , Wake County Speedway. I would like to thank Jerry Hart of OLE Time Barbecue for his help in sponsoring the Championship race at WCS. Go to www.oletimebarbecue.com (http://www.oletimebarbecue.com) to find out more on OLE Time BBQ. We will be able to pay the top end purse now for this race. Go to www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com) to see the purse break down.
The trophy for this race is on display at OLE Time Barbecue corner of Pine Winds and 401 south Raleigh, NC
PRESS RELEASE WALLS ROOFING UCAR CLASH FOR CASH
We now have a page on our web site www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com) for the October 31-UCAR Clash for Cash North/South Spooktacular Championship,at Wake County Speedway -presented by Ole Time Barbecue 401 South. The purse break down and a list of events for that race are on that page.
I have just closed a deal with Ultra Power Sports of Garner NC for this race.
Old time Barbecue will pay the top 7 places at 500,300,200,100,85,55,35
Ultra Power Sports will pay 8th-30th 25.00 per car.
Ultra Power Sports sales scooters, ATVS and motorcycles in its Garner location at 1038 US Hwy 70w www.ultrapowersports.com (http://www.ultrapowersports.com)
This will be a fun day of racing for our fans at WCS. Not only are we having a costume contest for the kids and adults we are having a first every stock cut your grass type lawn mower race for the fans and drivers to take part in so get your numbers on your mowers and lets cut some pavement at WCS. NO ZERO TURN TYPE MOWERS ALLOWED. There will be other fun things at the bullring on that day as well. Go to www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com) for all of your UCAR Clash info.
Thanks
Larry P. Walls
www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com)
www.wallsroofing.com (http://www.wallsroofing.com)
919-291-0938
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PSS: The race will be covered live by Andy Delay and Charles Roberson of BurningRubberRadio.com
PSSS: The trophy for this race will be a one of a kind A picture of it on our web site .
New Sponsor for the UCAR Clash and web link
http://tracksidechat.com $25.00 to the car that leads the most laps in main event
Saturday October 31, 2009
Schedule WCS
Pit gate open at 8
Inspection 8-10
Pre drivers meeting 9:45
Practice 10-11 UCAR - Mini Cup
Grand Stand open 11 $5.00 adult
Practice 11:30- 12
Drivers meeting 12
Heat Races for UCARS – Mini Cup 10 laps 1:00
B-Main if needed 10 laps
C-Main if needed 10 LAPS
NASCAR Pit Road Coach Wayne Deloriea Fundraiser 1:30
Kids events and lawn mower races 1:45
Main event Mini Cup 2:30
Drivers go in stands Shriner’s fund drive
Main event UCAR 3:00 50 laps
The score is NC 8--VA 1 in the North /South show down of both states.
Past and current Champions that could be in the race.
Jason Miller #20 NC Southern National Raceway Park past Champion 2002 Bomber/Thunder
Renno Marchetti IV #01 VA 2008 UCAR Southside and Langley VA Champion
Keith Brame Jr. #12 NC Three time UCAR ACE Champion 2007-2008-2009
Matt Grimes #87 NC 2008 UCAR Champion Wake County Speedway
Randy Prillaman #26 VA 2007 UCAR Langley Speedway Champion
Greg Carroll #15C NC 2008 Wake County Stock 4 Champion
Bradley McCaskill NC #58 Past Wake County Stock 4 Champion and Current Pass South Super Late Model driver
Sammy "Showtime" Pacitti # 43 NC 2008 Mod 4 Champion Wake County Speedway Michael Rowdy Chapman #18 VA Southside points Champion 2009
Justin Jones Mod 4 points Champion at Wake County Speedway 2009
Dennis West ECMS 2009 UCAR Track Champion
Mike Strickland S9 2009 WCS Champion
Next Race Oct. 31st at WCS
Past Winners
Mar 21-WCS-Keith Brame Jr
Apr 25-FMS-Keith Brame Jr
May 9-County Line-Keith Brame Jr
June 6-ECMS-Robert Arch
June 26-WCS-Robbie Ward
July 18-OCS-Renno Marchetti IV
Aug 15-FMS-Keith Brame Jr
Sep 6-VIR-Keith Brame Jr
Sep 26-Dillon-Ben Walker
rank car# name points difference
1 12 Keith Brame 949 0
2 01 Renno Marchetti 899 -50
3 B2 Ben Walker 747 -202
4 14 David Wiggins 716 -233
5 54 Drew Starling 656 -293
6 20 Jason Miller 613 -336
7 91 Shane Phillips 564 -385
8 T3 Travis Taylor 558 -391
9 s9 Michael Strickland 439 -510
10 18/59 Michael Chapman 378 -571
11 5/6 Jason Beck 360 -589
12 1 Kenneth Parton 296 -653
13 F1 Robert Arch 267 -682
14 66 Jim Bounds 254 -695
15 87 Matt Grimes 190 -759
16 3 Mark Dean 174 -775
17 20 Bubba Johnson 160 -789
17 22 Dennis West 160 -789
19 55 David Foreman 152 -797
20 87 Austin Dodge 144 -805
20 51 Donald Wooten 144 -805
22 4 Marty Dean 140 -809
23 4 Thomas Brandner 136 -813
23 56 Cody Mckenzie 136 -813
25 14j Joey Wilkes 132 -817
26 3T Trey Mcdowell 128 -821
27 14 Brian Owens 124 -825
28 92 Heather Welch 120 -829
29 5 Brandon Anderson 112 -837
30 22 Robbie Ward 100 -849
31 11 Michael Neal 92 -857
32 03 Larry Isley Jr. 85 -864
33 78 David Kerns 80 -869
34 24 David Fortner 78 -871
34 0 Reuben Levesque 78 -871
34 87 Bud Allen 78 -871
37 75 Les Aliff 76 -873
37 7 Barry Wilson 76 -873
39 00 Clifton Wilson 74 -875
40 5/F1 Alex Fleming 72 -877
40 2 Micheal Waters 72 -877
40 43 John Hollis 72 -877
43 8 Tommy Porter 70 -879
44 43 Sammy Pacitti 68 -881
44 44C Robert Church 68 -881
46 45 Greg Vaugh 66 -883
47 E9 Danny Gurganus 64 -885
47 54T Wesley Turner 64 -885
49 7 Tanner Buffkin 62 -887
50 58 Kevin Herndon 60 -889
50 6 Kelley Bottomley 60 -889
50 11 Benjie Oakley 60 -889
53 c3 Calvin Hicks 56 -893
54 7J Justin Jones 54 -895
56 74 Ronnie Deveva 37 -912
57 5 Jeff Thomas 0 -949
Possible drivers in the house October 31, 2009
00 Clifton Wilson Greenville NC
F2 Nick Floars Clayton NC
B1 Brett Myers Statesville, NC
01 Renno Marchetti IV Sandston, VA
1 Kenneth Parton Garner NC
2 Michael Waters Norfolk VA
2 Jonathan Goodwin Lenoir NC
B2 Ben Walker McLeansville NC
2C Calvin Hicks Knightdale NC
3 Teresa West Bethel NC
3 Mark Dean SC
T3 Travis Taylor LaGrange NC
T3 Tray McDowell SC
03 Larry Isley Jr Graham NC
4 Thomas Brandner Snow Hill NC
4 Marty Dean SC
5 Jason Beck Fayetteville NC
5 Jeff Thomas Mebane, NC
5 Brandon Anderson SC
05 Kelley Bottomley Garner NC
05 Jonathan Goodwin Lenoir NC
6 Jason Cook Mebane NC
7 TannerBuffkin NC
7 Kevin Brown Burlington NC
7 Barry Wilson Stokesdale NC
7J Justin Jones Fuquay-Varina NC
8 Tommy Porter Burlington, NC
8X Wayne Penny Kinston NC
E9 Danny Gurganas Robertsonville NC
S9 Mike Strickland Clayton NC
11 Machael Neal Burlington, NC
11 Austin Wilder Creedmoor NC
11 Benjie Oakley Hamilton NC
11G Murray Gault Raleigh, NC
12 Keith Brame Jr Gibsonville NC
14 David Wiggins Snow Hill NC
14 Brian Owens SC
14J Joey Wilkes SC
15c Greg Carroll Clayton NC
16 Mike Loomis Lexington NC
18 Mike (Rowdy)Chapman Richmond VA
18 Reuben A Levesque Spring Lake NC
20 Jason Miller LaGrange NC
20 Bubba Johnson Sumter SC
21Jason Welch Stafford VA
22 Bradley McCaskill Raleigh, NC
22 Dennis West Bethel NC
22 Rob Rowdy Ward Raleigh, NC
24 David Fortner Haw River, NC
28 Davey Lamont Greenville NC
40 Tyler Lamont Greenville NC
40 Marty Whitlock Mechanicsville VA
43 Showtime Sammy Pacitti Anger, NC
43 Robert Rusinyak Virgina Beach VA
43 John Hollis Virgina Beach VA
43B Michael Bradley Danville VA
44 "Mad Mike" Michael Kitcih Archdale NC
44C Rob Church McLeansville NC
44R Jeremy Rowe Thomasville NC
45 Greg Vaughn Willis VA
51 Donald Wooten SC
54 Drew Starling Snow Hill NC
54T Wesley Turner Floyd VA
55 David Foreman Snow Hill NC
55 Ryan Hill Chesapeake VA
56 Cody McKenzie Dillon SC
58 Kevin Herdon Raleigh, NC
58x Robert Burns Raleigh NC
62 Barry Cobb Jr. Eden NC
66 Jim Bounds Raleigh NC
71 Chris Hildebrand Newport News VA
74 Ronnie Devera Tarboro NC
75 Les Aliff Clayton NC
76 Vern McLendon Raleigh, NC
78 David Kerns Richmond VA
82 Chris Rhymer Thomasville NC
87 Austin Dodge Chesterfield VA
87 Bud Allen Richmond VA
G87 Matt Grimes Willow Springs NC
89 William Pearce Willow Springs NC
91 Shane Phillips Raleigh NC
92 Jason Brown Asheville NC
92 Heather Welch Sumter SC
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Races left for the 2009 Season
October 31-North/South Spooktacular Championship, Wake County Speedway -presented by Ole Time Barbecue 401 South
*Non Points Races*
November-County Line Speedway - November 7th Dirt with the dirt Super Late Models
November-Dillon Motor Speedway November Thanksgiving weekend $1000.00 to win.
October 31 Championship 2009 UCAR Clash for Cash purse
500.00 300.00 200.00 85.00 55.00 35.00 25.00 back to 30th place
Larry P. Walls
www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com)
www.wallsroofing.com (http://www.wallsroofing.com)
919-291-0938
Fund drive for the Shrines Burn Hospital for Kids
The Walls Roofing UCAR Clash has partnered with Burning Rubber Radio and Coach Wayne Deloriea to hold a fundraiser event at the final points race of the year. This event is scheduled for October 31st at Wake County Speedway. Donations will be taken and all proceeds will go to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children. Come on out and make this a memorable event and help those in need at the same time.
Andy DeLay BIG
NEWS!!! There will be an brand new Impact Racing Shriners racing
helment worth $850.00 that will be signed by the drivers at the Walls
Roofing UCAR Clash Spooktackular and raffled off, donated by Impact
racing in Mooresville, NC and E1wraps.com!!
Andy DeLay UPDATE.... NASCAR Truck, Nationwide and Cup Driver Ricky Byers, a 2 time cancer survivor will be co-hosting the OLE time BBQ pre-race dinner and the Walls Roofing UCAR Spooktackular with Burning Rubber Radio!!! BURNING RUBBER BABY... IM STOKED!!!
Andy DeLay Watch out UCAR... The Burning Rubber Radio boys are gonna be at the OLE Time BBQ on October 30th and Wake County Speedway On October 31 live and in person!! Better yet.... Im practicing on iRacing for the VIR event next year....WATCH OUT for the FAT BOYS! BURNING RUBBER BABY!
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In the Flag stand on Oct 31
In the Flag stand on Oct 31 will be the NASCAR Legendary Flag man and Vice President of the new Carteret County Speedway Marion Johnson. Marion was in the flag stand with Harold Kinder when Bobby Allison flipped at Alabama International Speedway now known as Talladega and almost took both man out of the flag stand. See story below.
The Walls Roofing UCAR Clash will have one of the first dates at the new Carteret County Speedway track in May 2010. www.carteretcountyspeedway.com (http://www.carteretcountyspeedway.com)
Last-lap crash: Like 1987 all over again
It seemed Sunday as if an imaginary time machine and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards were transporting me - and perhaps millions of other stock car racing followers - 22 years into the past.
The date was May 3, 1987, and the Winston 500 at the ultra-fast track then known as Alabama International Speedway was off to a sizzling start before a crowd estimated at 135,000 and a national television audience.
The lead cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series event were being timed at almost 207 mph, not much off Bill Elliott’s record qualifying lap of 212.809 mph. Then, trouble struck on the 21st lap at the high-banked 2.66-mile speedway near the town of Talladega.
A small puff of white smoke flew from the left rear of a Buick driven by popular veteran Bobby Allison. A tire had been cut. In an instant his car spun, whipped backwards and soared smoothly into the air. Watching from the press box at the track now named Talladega Superspeedway, I thought to myself, “It looks like an airplane taking off!”
Then the smoothness was shattered.
Allison smashed into the fence fronting the packed grandstand near the start/finish line, ripping away support posts, strong cables and other parts of the barrier. His shrapnel-spewing ride continued for hundreds of feet. Shards of metal flew into the grandstand. It was a horrifying sight.
I feared for the lives of fans in the front rows and for that of Allison. I felt that my friend and neighbor back in North Carolina, the late NASCAR flag man Harold Kinder, was a goner. The moment the spectacular accident began, he started waving the yellow flag. And he courageously continued to do so while Allison’s car flew right at him. The car slammed back onto the track just yards from Kinder’s perch.
In the weeks before the ’87 Winston 500 Talladega track officials had strengthened the fencing with two giant cables. These were credited with eventually flipping Allison’s car back onto the track.
As crews worked feverishly to get the protective barrier back in place, the speedway’s public relations director at the time, Jim Freeman, observed, “Right now I’d say those cables were well worth the cost.”
The similarity of the Allison crash and that of Edwards at the conclusion of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 are incredibly eerie. They sailed into the fence at almost the same point, spun around shattering the metal, and fell back onto the track with the cars on their wheels.
A major difference: Edwards wrecked while in the lead roaring toward the checkered flag, losing control of his Ford after a slight tap from a Chevrolet driven by rookie Brad Kesolowski, who won the race, the first victory of his Sprint Cup Series career. Also, Edwards didn’t sustain a scratch.
Allison suffered painful but relatively minor facial injuries and bruised hands.
Several fans were hurt during the Allison crash, three with rather significant injuries. Only one person was harmed badly by Edwards’ accident, suffering a broken jaw.
Another irony: A rookie also won the 1987 race - Davey Allison, Bobby’s son. Davey, just 26 at the time, was able to shake off the sight of his father’s awful accident and drive to his first major triumph.
Davey generally stayed by his dad’s side while the Winston 500 was red-flagged for 2 ½ hours for repairs to the fence. “I’m not sure how I kept control of my emotions,” Davey said after the race. “I saw the accident happening in my mirror and my heart sank. It’s the scaredest I’ve ever been in my life.
“As I drove around the track I asked The Lord to let my dad stay on earth a little longer - hopefully, for a long time. When I came back around the track and saw him get out of his car, it lifted my heart.
“During the red flag he told me I had the savvy and the car to win the race. He told me to get back out there and keep the 500 in the family.” Bobby Allison, leader of the storied “Alabama Gang,” had won the race in 1986.
Memorably, the Allisons were to score the greatest father-son finish in NASCAR history in 1988, Bobby taking the Daytona 500 with Davey right behind.
A hard crash at Pocono, Pa., ended the great driving career of Bobby Allison later in ’88.
Tragically, Davey lost his life due to the crash of a helicopter he was attempting to land at the Talladega track in July of 1993.
Bobby Allison’s flight that almost carried into the grandstand at Talladega understandably caused considerable concern among competitors and for officials of both NASCAR and the International Speedway Corp., which owns the Talladega track. Both organizations are controlled by the heirs of NASCAR founder Big Bill France.
“If Bobby had gotten into the seats, the death toll would have been of earthquake proportions,” one shaken veteran driver told me. “There would have been nothing to stop his car for hundreds of feet but human bodies. “It probably would have been the end of NASCAR.”
NASCAR’s response was to place restrictor plates on the carburetors of the cars, reducing horsepower. However, the plates, generally hated by the drivers and their crews, tend to keep the cars in tight packs, leading to big multi-car crashes. There were two of these Sunday.
So what to do now, following the Aaron’s 499 melees and Edwards’ terrifying crash, in which he bounced off the windshield of Ryan Newman’s Chevy?
The late, highly-respected driving champion Benny Parsons once offered this solution for the Talladega track, where he was involved in a 23-car crash in 1973: “Knock down those high banks and turn it into a two-mile speedway…But I know they won’t do it.”
For my part, I’d always been frightened to watch races at Talladega, especially after the colorful driver Tiny Lund lost his life there in 1975. After the Bobby Allison incident, I couldn’t bring myself to look at the “live” action. I covered the races by watching closed-circuit TV in the infield media center.
Call me chicken, crazy, or whatever, but somehow this seemed to somewhat remove me from seeing someone get seriously hurt, or worse, in person.
Following what could have been a monstrous tragedy at Talladega in 1987, Darrell Waltrip, a three-time champion and now an analyst for Fox television’s racing shows, dramatically warned, “We’re sitting on a time bomb here.”
Carl Edwards’ wreck shows they still are.
The Walls Roofing UCAR Clash for Cash on the highest finishing car $50.00 Renno Marchetti IV at Dillon
Renno Marchetti IV got the $50.00 Foss Auto Recycle Hard Charger award at Dillon Motor Speedway.
24th. Annual Piedmont Racing Expo
January 15-16, 2010 -- State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
2009 Piedmont Racing Expo Rookie of the Year leader Keith Brame Jr. #12 NC
North Carolinas own Keith Brame Jr. #12 holding on to the front spot in points Renno Marchetti IV #01 VA is close behind in second. Ben Walker B2 NC is racing hard in third place in points. The rest of the top 5 are David Wiggins #14 NC 4th and Drew Starling #54 NC in 5th. The WCS race should have one of the biggest fields of the year. So come on out to Wake County Speedway this Saturday October 31st and see the UCAR Clash.
24th. Annual Piedmont Racing Expo
January 15-16, 2010 -- State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Brute Power of Raleigh NC has added a bonus money to the October 31 race
Brute Power of Raleigh NC has added a bonus of $100.00 for a first time winner of the October 31 race.If someone does not take the $100.00 Brute Power will add 10.00 per race until it is won by a new driver in the UCAR Clash in 2010 season.
$25.00 Brute Power Half Way leader
$25.00 to Brute Power Hard Luck award. voted on by UCAR Clash official
New Sponsor for the Oct 31st race
PRESS RELEASE new sponsor for the October 31- Walls Roofing UCAR Clash for Cash North/South Spooktacular Championship presented by OLE Time Barbecue 401 South Raleigh, NC , Wake County Speedway. I would like to thank Jerry Hart of OLE Time Barbecue for his help in sponsoring the Championship race at WCS. Go to www.oletimebarbecue.com (http://www.oletimebarbecue.com) to find out more on OLE Time BBQ. We will be able to pay the top end purse now for this race. Go to www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com) to see the purse break down.
The trophy for this race is on display at OLE Time Barbecue corner of Pine Winds and 401 south Raleigh, NC
PRESS RELEASE WALLS ROOFING UCAR CLASH FOR CASH
We now have a page on our web site www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com) for the October 31-UCAR Clash for Cash North/South Spooktacular Championship,at Wake County Speedway -presented by Ole Time Barbecue 401 South. The purse break down and a list of events for that race are on that page.
I have just closed a deal with Ultra Power Sports of Garner NC for this race.
Old time Barbecue will pay the top 7 places at 500,300,200,100,85,55,35
Ultra Power Sports will pay 8th-30th 25.00 per car.
Ultra Power Sports sales scooters, ATVS and motorcycles in its Garner location at 1038 US Hwy 70w www.ultrapowersports.com (http://www.ultrapowersports.com)
This will be a fun day of racing for our fans at WCS. Not only are we having a costume contest for the kids and adults we are having a first every stock cut your grass type lawn mower race for the fans and drivers to take part in so get your numbers on your mowers and lets cut some pavement at WCS. NO ZERO TURN TYPE MOWERS ALLOWED. There will be other fun things at the bullring on that day as well. Go to www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com) for all of your UCAR Clash info.
Thanks
Larry P. Walls
www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com)
www.wallsroofing.com (http://www.wallsroofing.com)
919-291-0938
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PSS: The race will be covered live by Andy Delay and Charles Roberson of BurningRubberRadio.com
PSSS: The trophy for this race will be a one of a kind A picture of it on our web site .
New Sponsor for the UCAR Clash and web link
http://tracksidechat.com $25.00 to the car that leads the most laps in main event
Saturday October 31, 2009
Schedule WCS
Pit gate open at 8
Inspection 8-10
Pre drivers meeting 9:45
Practice 10-11 UCAR - Mini Cup
Grand Stand open 11 $5.00 adult
Practice 11:30- 12
Drivers meeting 12
Heat Races for UCARS – Mini Cup 10 laps 1:00
B-Main if needed 10 laps
C-Main if needed 10 LAPS
NASCAR Pit Road Coach Wayne Deloriea Fundraiser 1:30
Kids events and lawn mower races 1:45
Main event Mini Cup 2:30
Drivers go in stands Shriner’s fund drive
Main event UCAR 3:00 50 laps
The score is NC 8--VA 1 in the North /South show down of both states.
Past and current Champions that could be in the race.
Jason Miller #20 NC Southern National Raceway Park past Champion 2002 Bomber/Thunder
Renno Marchetti IV #01 VA 2008 UCAR Southside and Langley VA Champion
Keith Brame Jr. #12 NC Three time UCAR ACE Champion 2007-2008-2009
Matt Grimes #87 NC 2008 UCAR Champion Wake County Speedway
Randy Prillaman #26 VA 2007 UCAR Langley Speedway Champion
Greg Carroll #15C NC 2008 Wake County Stock 4 Champion
Bradley McCaskill NC #58 Past Wake County Stock 4 Champion and Current Pass South Super Late Model driver
Sammy "Showtime" Pacitti # 43 NC 2008 Mod 4 Champion Wake County Speedway Michael Rowdy Chapman #18 VA Southside points Champion 2009
Justin Jones Mod 4 points Champion at Wake County Speedway 2009
Dennis West ECMS 2009 UCAR Track Champion
Mike Strickland S9 2009 WCS Champion
Next Race Oct. 31st at WCS
Past Winners
Mar 21-WCS-Keith Brame Jr
Apr 25-FMS-Keith Brame Jr
May 9-County Line-Keith Brame Jr
June 6-ECMS-Robert Arch
June 26-WCS-Robbie Ward
July 18-OCS-Renno Marchetti IV
Aug 15-FMS-Keith Brame Jr
Sep 6-VIR-Keith Brame Jr
Sep 26-Dillon-Ben Walker
rank car# name points difference
1 12 Keith Brame 949 0
2 01 Renno Marchetti 899 -50
3 B2 Ben Walker 747 -202
4 14 David Wiggins 716 -233
5 54 Drew Starling 656 -293
6 20 Jason Miller 613 -336
7 91 Shane Phillips 564 -385
8 T3 Travis Taylor 558 -391
9 s9 Michael Strickland 439 -510
10 18/59 Michael Chapman 378 -571
11 5/6 Jason Beck 360 -589
12 1 Kenneth Parton 296 -653
13 F1 Robert Arch 267 -682
14 66 Jim Bounds 254 -695
15 87 Matt Grimes 190 -759
16 3 Mark Dean 174 -775
17 20 Bubba Johnson 160 -789
17 22 Dennis West 160 -789
19 55 David Foreman 152 -797
20 87 Austin Dodge 144 -805
20 51 Donald Wooten 144 -805
22 4 Marty Dean 140 -809
23 4 Thomas Brandner 136 -813
23 56 Cody Mckenzie 136 -813
25 14j Joey Wilkes 132 -817
26 3T Trey Mcdowell 128 -821
27 14 Brian Owens 124 -825
28 92 Heather Welch 120 -829
29 5 Brandon Anderson 112 -837
30 22 Robbie Ward 100 -849
31 11 Michael Neal 92 -857
32 03 Larry Isley Jr. 85 -864
33 78 David Kerns 80 -869
34 24 David Fortner 78 -871
34 0 Reuben Levesque 78 -871
34 87 Bud Allen 78 -871
37 75 Les Aliff 76 -873
37 7 Barry Wilson 76 -873
39 00 Clifton Wilson 74 -875
40 5/F1 Alex Fleming 72 -877
40 2 Micheal Waters 72 -877
40 43 John Hollis 72 -877
43 8 Tommy Porter 70 -879
44 43 Sammy Pacitti 68 -881
44 44C Robert Church 68 -881
46 45 Greg Vaugh 66 -883
47 E9 Danny Gurganus 64 -885
47 54T Wesley Turner 64 -885
49 7 Tanner Buffkin 62 -887
50 58 Kevin Herndon 60 -889
50 6 Kelley Bottomley 60 -889
50 11 Benjie Oakley 60 -889
53 c3 Calvin Hicks 56 -893
54 7J Justin Jones 54 -895
56 74 Ronnie Deveva 37 -912
57 5 Jeff Thomas 0 -949
Possible drivers in the house October 31, 2009
00 Clifton Wilson Greenville NC
F2 Nick Floars Clayton NC
B1 Brett Myers Statesville, NC
01 Renno Marchetti IV Sandston, VA
1 Kenneth Parton Garner NC
2 Michael Waters Norfolk VA
2 Jonathan Goodwin Lenoir NC
B2 Ben Walker McLeansville NC
2C Calvin Hicks Knightdale NC
3 Teresa West Bethel NC
3 Mark Dean SC
T3 Travis Taylor LaGrange NC
T3 Tray McDowell SC
03 Larry Isley Jr Graham NC
4 Thomas Brandner Snow Hill NC
4 Marty Dean SC
5 Jason Beck Fayetteville NC
5 Jeff Thomas Mebane, NC
5 Brandon Anderson SC
05 Kelley Bottomley Garner NC
05 Jonathan Goodwin Lenoir NC
6 Jason Cook Mebane NC
7 TannerBuffkin NC
7 Kevin Brown Burlington NC
7 Barry Wilson Stokesdale NC
7J Justin Jones Fuquay-Varina NC
8 Tommy Porter Burlington, NC
8X Wayne Penny Kinston NC
E9 Danny Gurganas Robertsonville NC
S9 Mike Strickland Clayton NC
11 Machael Neal Burlington, NC
11 Austin Wilder Creedmoor NC
11 Benjie Oakley Hamilton NC
11G Murray Gault Raleigh, NC
12 Keith Brame Jr Gibsonville NC
14 David Wiggins Snow Hill NC
14 Brian Owens SC
14J Joey Wilkes SC
15c Greg Carroll Clayton NC
16 Mike Loomis Lexington NC
18 Mike (Rowdy)Chapman Richmond VA
18 Reuben A Levesque Spring Lake NC
20 Jason Miller LaGrange NC
20 Bubba Johnson Sumter SC
21Jason Welch Stafford VA
22 Bradley McCaskill Raleigh, NC
22 Dennis West Bethel NC
22 Rob Rowdy Ward Raleigh, NC
24 David Fortner Haw River, NC
28 Davey Lamont Greenville NC
40 Tyler Lamont Greenville NC
40 Marty Whitlock Mechanicsville VA
43 Showtime Sammy Pacitti Anger, NC
43 Robert Rusinyak Virgina Beach VA
43 John Hollis Virgina Beach VA
43B Michael Bradley Danville VA
44 "Mad Mike" Michael Kitcih Archdale NC
44C Rob Church McLeansville NC
44R Jeremy Rowe Thomasville NC
45 Greg Vaughn Willis VA
51 Donald Wooten SC
54 Drew Starling Snow Hill NC
54T Wesley Turner Floyd VA
55 David Foreman Snow Hill NC
55 Ryan Hill Chesapeake VA
56 Cody McKenzie Dillon SC
58 Kevin Herdon Raleigh, NC
58x Robert Burns Raleigh NC
62 Barry Cobb Jr. Eden NC
66 Jim Bounds Raleigh NC
71 Chris Hildebrand Newport News VA
74 Ronnie Devera Tarboro NC
75 Les Aliff Clayton NC
76 Vern McLendon Raleigh, NC
78 David Kerns Richmond VA
82 Chris Rhymer Thomasville NC
87 Austin Dodge Chesterfield VA
87 Bud Allen Richmond VA
G87 Matt Grimes Willow Springs NC
89 William Pearce Willow Springs NC
91 Shane Phillips Raleigh NC
92 Jason Brown Asheville NC
92 Heather Welch Sumter SC
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Races left for the 2009 Season
October 31-North/South Spooktacular Championship, Wake County Speedway -presented by Ole Time Barbecue 401 South
*Non Points Races*
November-County Line Speedway - November 7th Dirt with the dirt Super Late Models
November-Dillon Motor Speedway November Thanksgiving weekend $1000.00 to win.
October 31 Championship 2009 UCAR Clash for Cash purse
500.00 300.00 200.00 85.00 55.00 35.00 25.00 back to 30th place
Larry P. Walls
www.ucarclash.com (http://www.ucarclash.com)
www.wallsroofing.com (http://www.wallsroofing.com)
919-291-0938