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2010 NMRA-TQ MIDGETS Racing Schedule
2010 Archives
HIROSHIMA WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET SEASON OPENER @ PERRIS MARCH ‘10Part 3 of 3 – USAC @ PERRIS March ‘10Part 2 of 3 – LAS VEGAS SUPER SPRINT CLASSIC March ‘10 Part 1 of 3 – USAC Triple-header @ Tucson March ‘10Toyota All-Star Showdown Feb. ‘10Book Review: GRAND PRIX RACERS – Portraits of Speed” - By Xavier Chimits. Jan. ‘10Book Review: NASCAR RACERS – By Ben White. Jan. ‘10California Racing Assn. sprint car owner/driver AL BARTZ, of Santa Monica, CA JAN. ‘10
2009 Archives
RICKY WELLS WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY DEC. ‘09TOYOTA SPEEDWAY @ IRWINDALE CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY DEC. ‘09RICKY WELLS WINS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE FEATURE DEC. ‘09RACING SCENE Column – USAC TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX NOTES: NOV. ‘09PETERSON WINS IRWINDALE USAC FORD FOCUS MIDGET TURKEY NIGHT 40-LAP MAIN NOV.WHITT TAKES USAC TURKEY NIGHT SPRINT CAR 40-LAP FEATURE NOV. ‘09CLAUSON WINS USAC MIDGET THANKSGIVING GRAND PRIX AT IRWINDALE NOV. ‘09PERKINS WINS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE WINTER SERIES OPENER NOV. ‘09RACING SCENE – USAC MIDGETS @ VENTURA NOV. ‘09TULARE PACIFIC COAST NATIONAL SPRINTS – PART II OF II NOV. ‘09TULARE PACIFIC COAST NATIONAL SPRINTS – PART I of II NOV. ‘09PAS OVAL NATIONALS – PART II NOV. ‘09ASCOT DRIVERS IN INDIANAPOLIS 500 NOV. ‘09RACING SCENE - PAS OVAL NATIONALS – Part I NOV. ‘09IRWINDALE'S NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION = FIVE WILD EVENTS – 100 LAP FIGURE-8 MAIN OCT. ‘09FIVE FEATURES – FOUR FIRST-TIME CHAMPIONS CROWNED @ IRWINDALE OCT ‘09EVANS WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET SEASON FINALE @ SAN BERNARDINO OCT. 09VRA SPRINTS & USAC MIDGETS COMPETE AT VENTURA OCT. ‘09WALT JAMES FUNERAL OCT. ‘09KANKE WINS IRWINDALE SRL SWT 125 – FOUR NEW TRACK SERIES CHAMPIONS OCT. ‘09CHUCK WEST WINS VENTURA NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN OCT. ‘09JOHNSON & JOANIDES WIN IRWINDALE TWIN 40 LATE MODEL MAINS – JOANIDES TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP OCT. ‘09JOANIDES TAKES NASCAR SLM 100 – WAGNER WINS ASA SPEED TRUCKS 100 + FOUR OTHER WINNERS @ IRWINDALE SEPT. ‘09OBITUARY -------- WALT JAMES – 86 (5/13/23 Mother's Day – 9/9/09 at 9 am)LOPICCOLO WINS SECOND NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN @ SANTA MARIA SEPT ‘09IRVING WINS IRWINDALE LATE MODEL TWIN MAINS SEPT. ‘09LOPICCOLO WINS INITIAL NMRA-TQ MIDGET FEATURE @ BAKERSFIELD SEPT ‘09MICHELS & THIRKETTLE WIN IRWINDALE NASCAR SLM TWIN-40s; JOANIDES CHAMPION SEPT. BUCK BLAIR WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. ‘09JOHNSON KEEPS VOW, WINS AGAIN IN LATE MODELS @ IRWINDALE SEPT. ‘09FARIA WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN @ INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY SEPT. ‘09WILEY WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN @ BAKERSFIELD AUG ‘09JOANIDES SWEEPS IRWINDALE SLM TWIN 40-LAP FEATURES AUG ‘09HEDDEN WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY AUG. ‘09JOHNSON WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE IRWINDALE LATE MODEL MAIN AUG. ‘09McCONNELL WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE WARREN RUSSELL ALL-STAR CUP AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY AUG. ‘09ORTEGA WINS THIRD NMRA-TQ MAIN AT SANTA MARIA AUG. ‘09MARTINEZ & JOANIDES WIN SLM TWIN-40s IN WILD NIGHT AT IRWINDALE AUG. ‘09FARIA WINS FIRST 2009 INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN Aug. ‘09JOHNSON WINS IN IRWINDALE LATE MODELS, TWO TRUCK SERIES RUN THRILLING 40-LAP MAINS AUG. ‘09WILEY WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET VENTURA FAIR FEATURE AUG. ‘09NMRA TQ-MIDGETS SUMMER SEASON UPDATE AUG. ‘09MICHELS & JOANIDES SPLIT IRWINDALE SLM MAINS IN 6 DIVISION, 7 FEATURE NIGHT AUG. ‘09HICKS WINS FOURTH SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY July ‘09JOHNSON WINS IRWINDALE LATE MODEL FEATURE JULY ‘09VENEGAS TAKES THIRD 2009 INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN JULY ‘09TROY ERMISH WINS IN WILD SRL-SW TOUR STOCK CAR FINISH AT IRWINDALE JULY ‘09JANNIRO RIDES TO THIRD INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE VICTORY JULY ‘09MICHELS & JOANIDES WIN IRWINDALE SLM TWIN-40s JULY ‘09JANNIRO WINS SECOND SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN AT INDUSTRY JULY ‘09BOWLES, HUDDLESTON & MARTINEZ WIN AT IRWINDALE JULY ‘09VENEGAS WINS SECOND INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN JULY ‘09RACING SCENE (2009 Indy 500) JUNE ‘09FIVE EXCITING MAIN EVENTS AT IRWINDALE JUNE ‘09JANNIRO WINS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE FEATURE JUNE ‘09JOANIDES WINS IRWINDALE NASCAR SLM TWIN 40s JUNE ‘09VENEGAS CLEAN-SWEEPS SPEEDWAY CYCLE FIELD AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY JUNE 17, ‘09JOHNSON (LATE MODELS) & WAGNER (SPEED TRUCKS) WIN IRWINDALE FEATURES JUNE ‘09HICKS TURNS SPEEDWAY CYCLE HAT TRICK AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY JUNE ‘09DOBSON FIRST REPEAT NMRA-TQ FEATURE WINNER IN ROUND 7 AT PERRIS JUNE ‘09JOANIDES TAKES TWO IRWINDALE SLM 40-LAP FEATURES JUNE ‘09HICKS WINS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN AGAIN JUNE ‘09WAGNER WINS ASA TRUCKS 75 – HUDDLESTON TAKES LATE MODEL 50 @ IRWINDALE MAY HICKS WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE SEASON OPENER AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY MAY ‘09HUDDLESTON WINS 40TH IRWINDALE LATE MODEL MAIN MAY ‘09AHRENDT WINS FIRST TQ-MIDGET MAIN AFTER 22 YEARS MAY ‘09LATE RACE LEAD CHANGES AT IRWINDALE MAY ‘09TIM HUDDLESTON TOPS IRWINDALE LT MODEL 50 MAY ‘09HIROSHIMA WINS SMS TQ MIDGET MAIN & TAKES NMRA POINT LEAD MAY ‘09GAY & JOANIDES TAKE IRWINDALE SLM TWIN 35s MAY ‘09IRVING & JOANIDES WIN IRWINDALE LATE MODEL TWIN 40s APRIL ‘09THREE POINT LEADERS PREVAIL AT IRWINDALE APRIL ‘09MYERS DOMINATES IRWINDALE LATE MODEL 50-LAPPER APRIL ‘09SCOTT DOBSON WINS BAKERSFIELD NMRA-TQ MIDGET 25-LAP MAIN APRIL ‘095 DIVISIONS, 6 MAINS INCLUDE SLM TWIN 25a @ IRWINDALE APRIL ‘09JIMMY DODSON FIRST-TIME NMRA-TQ MIDGET WINNER AT VENTURA MARCH ‘09JOANIDES WINS LATE MODEL 50 AT IRWINDALE MARCH ‘09USAC 3-STATES WESTERN SWING (Part III of III) MARCH ‘09KENNY WILEY WINS BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY NMRA-TQ MIDGET 25-LAP MAIN MARCH ‘09CHAMPIONS PREVAIL AT IRWINDALE 2009 SEASON OPENER MARCH ‘09USAC 3-STATES WESTERN SWING (Part II of III) MARCH ‘09GREG ALEXANDER WINS 360 SPRINT SEASON OPENER AT RENOVATED VENTURA RACEWAYUSAC 3-STATES WESTERN SWING Part I of III: MARCH ‘09Perris Auto Speedway Seven Division Race Card March ‘09RACING SCENE COLUMN NEWS FEB. ‘09TOYOTA ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN FEB ‘09SCOTT DOBSON WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN AT ANGEL STADIUM JAN. ‘09TULSA CHILI BOWL & MORE JAN. ‘09BOOK REVIEW: "MEMORIES of the CALIFORNIA JALOPY ASSOCIATION" JAN. ‘09USA SPEEDWAY CYCLES AWARDS BBQ LUNCH HONORS RIDERS AT INDUSTRY HILLS JAN. 09CALIFORNIA ROADSTER ASSOCIATION 15th ANNUAL REUNION/LUNCHEON JAN. ‘09NMRA-TQ MIDGETS CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS BANQUET JAN. 10, ‘09Book Review: "Race To Win" Jan. 2009
2008 Archives
USAC-CRA SPRINTS - GLENN HOWARD MEMORIAL @ PAS DEC 2008TURKEY NIGHT MIDGET GP NOTES DEC 2008SANTOS WINS FAVORITE RACE – WHITT BECOMES YOUNGEST USAC CHAMPION NOV. ‘08HINES EARNS USAC WESTERN 360 SPRINT CAR TURKEY NIGHT VICTORY NOV. ‘08BOWMAN DOMINATES TURKEY NIGHT USAC FORD FOCUS MIDGETS AT IRWINDALE NOV. ‘08Manzy Sprint Car WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Nov. 2008(PIR-Copper World Classic) Nov. 2008TENTH ANNUAL CHAMPION'S AWARDS CELEBRATION AT IRWINDALE NOV. ‘08PAS Sprint Car Oval Nationals Nov. 08The Lowe's Motor Speedway garage area dispute on Thursday, October ‘08INDIANAN NORTON WINS $5,000 in $10K WEST COAST FIGURE 8 CHAMPIONSHIP OCT. 2008Legends of Ascot @ PAS...Oct. 2008CHUCK WEST WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET FEATURE & CHAMPIONSHIP OCT. 2008MYERS WINS IRWINDALE LATE MODEL MAIN, HUDDLESTON TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP OCT. 08NECROLOGY SEPT 2008TWO MORE CHAMPIONS DETERMINED ON SIX EVENT NIGHT AT IRWINDALE WILEY WINS NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN AT SANTA MARIA SEPT 2008WILD NIGHT AT IRWINDALE SEPT. 2008VENEGAS WINS SPEEDWAY CYCLE AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY Sept. 2008Kyle Busch--Carl Edwards..Sept. 08 MICHELS RETURNS, WINS IRWINDALE SLM TWIN 25s ...SEPT. 08WELLS TAKES SPLIT DECISION VICTORY AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY SEPT 08CRASHING, BASHING & CHAMPIONSHIPS AT IRWINDALE Sept. 2008McCONNELL WINS FIRST INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN IN THREE YEARS SeptHUDDLESTON & IRVING WIN IRWINDALE TWIN 40 LATE MODEL MAINS AUG. 2008SCOTT DOBSON EARNS SECOND NMRA-TQ MIDGET MAIN AUG. 2008VENEGAS REGAINS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE WINNING EDGE.. AUG 2008TRAVIS THIRKETTLE TAKES IRWINDALE TWIN SLM 40s... AUG. 2008RICKY WELLS WINS AGAIN IN SPEEDWAY CYCLES AT INDUSTRY Aug 2008Biography on Legends of Ascot Hall of Fame Inductee Ned Spath Aug 2008Three Series Tighten Point Battles At Irwindale August 2008Wiley Wins Third 2008 NMRA-TQ Midget Main August 2008Wells Wins Fourth Speedway Cycle Main At Industry August 2008Brickyard 400 Aug. 2008VIDOVICH & JOANIDES WIN SLM TWIN 40s AUG. 2008SIDECAR CRASH ENDS INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLE RACING EARLY HOSPITALIZES TWO LINDSEY KING IS 1ST FEMALE FEATURE WINNER... AUG. 2008"PROFESSOR" PANKRATZ, 62, TEACHES YOUNGSTERS JULY 2008RANDY MOODY WINS VENTURA COUNTY FAIR TQ MIDGET FEATURE... JULY 2008JOANIDES LEADS TOP TWO IRWINDALE TRACK SERIES POINTS JULY 2008WELLS EARNS 2nd SPEEDWAY CYCLE VICTORY AT INDUSTRY JULY 2008SHAUN HARMATIUK RETURNS FROM RACING IN EUROPE JULY 2008RAIN STOPS RACING AT IRWINDALE AFTER FIVE OF SEVEN FEATURES JULY, ‘08RICKY WELLS, 16, WINS FIRST INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY CYCLES FEATURE JULY, ‘08BOWLES & JOANIDES WIN IRWINDALE NASCAR FEATURES JULY 2008VENEGAS NOW 8 FOR 9 IN SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAINS JULY 2008JOANIDES WINS SEVENTH IRWINDALE SLM FEATURE JUNE 2008CHARLIE VENEGAS WINS SEVENTH SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN IN EIGHT ATTEMPTS JUNE 08COLIN FLEMING WINS FIRST IRWINDALE LATE MODEL MAIN JUNE 2008CHARLIE VENEGAS WINS FOR SIXTH TIME IN SEVEN RACES JUNE 2008RACING SCENE Column (New Winners) June 2008THIRKETTLE & JOANIDES SPLIT NASCAR SLM 40-LAP MAINS JUNE 2008VENEGAS WINS FIFTH JUNE 2008FIVE SERIES ENTERTAIN FANS AT IRWINDALE JUNE 2008THIRKETTLE WINS FIRST SLM MAIN OF '08INDY 500 JUNE 2008VENEGAS WINS FOURTH IN A ROW AT INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY MAY 2008TIM HUDDLESTON WINS IRWINDALE LATE MODEL FEATURE MAY 2008PREDICTABLE WINNERS AT IRWINDALE MAY 2008 MYERS WINS RECORD FIFTH CONSECUTIVE SEASON OPENING (MAY 2008)DANICA MANIA (MAY 2008)JOANIDES WINS SUPER LATE MODEL TWINS-AGAIN (MAY 3, 2008)PETTIT WINS IRWINDALE SRL STOCK CAR 100 JOANIDES WINS TWO NASCAR SUPER LATE MODEL MAINS AT IRWINDALE MYERS WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE NASCAR LATE MODEL MAIN (APRIL2008)TOYOTA SPEEDWAY AT IRWINDALE SEASON OPENER (MARCH 2008)Pas Sprints (March 2008)Las Vegas Dirt Classic Part II) March 2008Las Vegas Dirt Classic (March, 2008)Manzy's Copper on Dirt (Feb. 2008)PAS Sprint Car Opener (Feb. 2008)PAS OVAL NATIONALS REVISITED(FEB. 2008)MANZANITA SPEEDWAY 2007 SPRINTS REVISITED (FEB. 2008)14TH ANNUAL REUNION HONORS BOB HOGLE (JAN. 2008)CHILI BOWL Midgets (Jan. 2008)TQ Midgets @ STADIUMS (JAN.2008)
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