MUST SEE RACING XTREME SPRINT SERIES AND BERLIN RACEWAY

ANNOUNCE THE “MUST SEE RACING INVITATIONAL”

Saturday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

 The BIOBASED US Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series and Berlin Raceway announce the addition of the “MUST SEE RACING INVITATIONAL” to the OPEN WHEEL SHOWDOWN joining the ISMA super modifieds and the USAC midgets at Berlin Raceway on Saturday September 25th.

“All of us at Must See Racing are excited about becoming a part of this spectacular event at Berlin Raceway. The race fans are in for a great night of wheel to wheel, bumper to bumper close racing with the fastest short track cars on the planet. We are going to add the “FAST CAR SLASH” to the heat race, B-Main and 30 Lap feature events. The “FAST CAR SLASH” will put the  fastest 6,8 or 10 qualifiers fully inverted, racing to determine their starting spot in the feature with a new twist. If you get passed you’re out, it’s a combination of the old Australian Pursuit and todays Fast Car Dash. I wouln’t want to miss this, the fastest qualifiers battling for the best starting spot in the feature may be the best race of the year.” said Jim Hanks of MSRXSS.

Mike Blackmer of Berlin Raceway “The addition of the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series to the OPEN WHEEL SHOWDOWN will take this event to a new level of race fan entertainment. These guys have smashed track records, set world records while bringing the best car count and quality of cars and drivers in the winged sprint car business. The addition of the new “Fast Car Slash” will put everyone on their feet watching the fastest of the fast battling for the best starting spot in the feature. With the ISMA supers, the USAC midgets and the addition of the Must See winged sprints this will be one of the best shows ever put on at Berlin.”

The Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series and Berlin Raceway also announce today that the MSRXSS will be at Berlin Raceway for two shows in 2011. The events are planned to be tape delayed broadcasts to 90 million households with Rick Benjamin, Tom Bigelow and Dave Argabright slated to bring race fans all the racing action.

Visit berlinraceway.com and mustseeracing.com for details

Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series - Slinger Speedway - 8/21/10

Mike Larrison in the #6 Tru Fuel 50 sponsored winged sprint won the inaugural
Must See Racing Slinger 60 at the high banks of Slinger Speedway.
 
Larrison charged through the field to take his first MSRXSS victory. "I could put the
Tru Fuel 50 car wherever I needed to all night - the car was perfect," said a jubilant Larrison.
 
Young gun, Kyle Flint of Litchfield MI finished second followed by Jeff Bloom, Troy DeCaire
and Hank Lower.
 
Veteran Jeff Bloom brought the fans to their feet during qualifying with a blazing
qualifying lap of 9.908 seconds setting a new Slinger and world 1/4 mile track record.
 
The Slinger 60 will be televised to over 90 million households.

The world's fastest short track cars of the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series
will compete next and Dells Raceway Park in Dells, WI on Saturday, September 11th.

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Qualifying
 
1. #26 Jeff Bloom 9.908
2. #07L Ryan Litt 9.942
3. #81 Troy DeCaire 9.998
4. #6 Mike Larrison 10.023
5. #7 Tim Cox 10.030
6. #88 Jimmy McCune 10.068
7. #40 Jason Cox 10.073
8. #10s Jason Blonde 10.144
9. #07w Jacob Wilson 10.166
10. #20k Kyle Flint 10.296
11. #37 Hank Lower 10.340
12. #23 Scott O'Connor 10.445
13. #6a David Gough 10.481
14. #46 Jim Swain 10.827
15. #10k Ron Koehler 10.957
16. #43p Tom Paterson 11.133
17. #26s Al Schlafer 11.251
18. #10d Jim Dolph 11.934
 
Heat Race #1
 
#1 Kyle Flint
#2 David Gough
#3 Mike Larrison
#4 Jeff Bloom
#5 Jason Cox
#6 Tom Paterson
 
Heat Race #2
 
#1 Hank Lower
#2 Tim Cox
#3 Ryan Litt
#4 Jim Swain
#5 Jason Blonde
#6 Al Schlafer
 
Hear Race #3
 
#1 Troy DeCaire
#2 Scott O'Connor
#3 Ron Koehler
#4 Jimmy McCune
#5 Jim Dolph
#6 Jacob Wilson
 
B Main
 
#1 Jason Cox
#2 Jason Blonde
#3 Tom Paterson
#4 Al Schlafer
#5 Jim Dolph
 
Feature
 
#1 Mike Larrison
#2 Kyle Flint
#3 Jeff Bloom
#4 Troy DeCaire
#5 Hank Lower
#6 Tim Cox
#7 David Gough
#8 Scott O'Connor
#9 Jimmy McCune
#10 Tom Paterson
#11 Jim Swain
#12 Jason Cox
#13 Ryan Litt
#14 Jason Blonde
#15 Ron Koehler
#16 Jim Dolph
#17 Al Schlafer

Qualifying

1. #81 Troy DeCaire 14.324
2. #07W Jacob Wilson 14.543
3. #10s Jason Blonde 14.656
4. #26 Jeff Bloom 14.695
5. #88 Jimmy McCune 14.21
6. #07L Ryan Litt 14.725
7. #82 Travis Miniea 14.803
8. #7 Tim Cox 14. 816
9. #6 Mike Larrison 14.870
10. #37 Hank Lower 15.134
11. #70 Sondi Eden 15.178
12. #20K Kyle Flint 15.229
13. #7s Joe Swanson 15.285
14. #40 Jason Cox 15.402
15. #78 Joey Aguilar 15.680
16. #56r Ryan Myers 15.826
17. #75c Jerry Caryer 16.071
18. #46 Jim Blenkarn 16.653
19. #100 Jim Payne 16.660
20. #10x Ron Koehler 17.121
21. #28 Joh Whitter 17.150
22. #Jim Dolph 17.584
23. #10k NT

Heat Race 1

1. Troy DeCaire
2. Travis Miniea
3. Hank Lower
4. Jeff Bloom
5. Ryan Myers
6. Joe Swanson
7. Jim Payne

Heat Race 2

1. Tim Cox
2. Jimmy McCune
3. Jacob Wilson
4. Sondi Eden
5. Jerry Caryer
6. John Whitter
7. Jason Cox

Heat Race 3

1. Ryan Litt
2. Joey Aguilar
3. Mike Larrison
4. Kyle Flint
5. Jim Blenkarn
6. Jason Blonde
7. Ron Koehler

B Main

1. Joe Swanson
2. Jason Blonde
3. Ron Koehler
4. Jim Payne
5. John Whitter
6. Jim Dolph

Feature

1. Troy DeCaire
2. Travis Miniea
3. Jeff Bloom
4. Joe Swanson
5. Sondi Eden
6. Kyle Flint
7. Hank Lower
8. Joey Aguilar
9. Ron Koehler
10. Jimmy McCune
11. Jim Blenkarn
12. Mike Larrison
13. Ryan Litt
14. Jacob Wilson
15. Jim Payne
16. Ryan Myers
17. Tim Cox
18. John Whitter
19. Jerry Caryer
20. Jason Blonde

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:46:01 GMT http://mustseeracing.com/news-pressreleases/110-msr-at-back-to-the-bricks-2011.html http://mustseeracing.com/news-pressreleases/106-slinger-speedway-race-fan-contest.html Announcing the 2010 Must See Racing Slinger Speedway Race Fan Contest. One lucky winner at each race event will win a certificate to drive a sprint car at the Dirt Track Racing School for free.

]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:39:37 GMT http://mustseeracing.com/news-pressreleases/106-slinger-speedway-race-fan-contest.html http://mustseeracing.com/news-pressreleases/105-kalamazoo-results-71710.html             KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Mike Ling captured his first career BIOBASED USA/Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series victory at Kalamazoo Speedway on Saturday night, using a strong late-race surge to prevail in the 50-lap feature over Troy DeCaire and Travis Miniea.

            The entire racing program will be telecast on a tape-delayed basis to nearly 90 million U.S. homes. Airdates and other information can be found at www.mustseeracing.com.

            Up next for the BIOBASED USA/Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series is the “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial” at Salem Speedway on Saturday night, Aug. 14.

BIOBASED USA/Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series 50-lap feature:

1) Mike Ling, 2) Troy DeCaire, 3) Travis Miniea, 4) Jeff Bloom, 5) Jimmy McCune, 6) Ryan Litt, 7) Kevin Feeney, 8) Jason Cox, 9) Tim Cox, 10) Kyle Flint, 11) Hank Lower, 12) Eddie Kelley, 13) Scott O’Connor, 14) Joe Swanson, 15) Geoff Kaiser, 16) Dave Baumgartner, 17) Jim Sheets, 18) Dorman Snyder, 19) Jim Swain, 20) Jacob Wilson, 21) Mike Astrauskas.

BIOBASED USA/Xtreme Sprint Series winners in 2010

May 8 – Salem Speedway – Winged Sprint Spectacular – Aaron Pierce

May 23 – Winchester Speedway – King of the Wings Showdown – David Steele

May 26 – Anderson Speedway – MustSeeRacing 60 – Jimmy McCune

May 29 – Anderson Speedway – Little 500 – Eric Gordon

June 26 – Auto City Speedway – MustSeeRacing Twin-20s – Jimmy McCune

July 17 – Kalamazoo Speedway – MustSeeRacing 50 – Mike Ling

Race car drivers take time to visit shelter

By Brenda L. Holmes CNHI

Link to Original Article http://flyergroup.com/local/x540031571/Making-a-pit-stop

DANVILLE — Three race car drivers ranging in age from 9 to 28 visited Sheltering Wings last week to inspire its residents and have a little fun.

Sheltering Wings is a domestic violence shelter for women and their dependent children. The facility is the only one of its kind in Hendricks County.

Maria Larrison, the shelter’s executive director, is a huge race fan. Her favorite driver is Mike Larrison, her nephew, who drives sprint cars for Bob East.

“I’m his biggest fan,” she said. “I’ve only missed one of his races and that was because I had surgery. I had to have my gallbladder out.”

Mike Larrison said he’s just about as proud of his aunt who leads the staff at Sheltering Wings.

“She’s just wonderful and I’ve been out to the shelter before,” he said. “It’s an honor for me to be asked by Maria to come out. I could never turn her down.”

He’s been racing for most of his life. He’s 28 now and started when he was only 4.

“I did take a break in there,” Mike said. “Me and my dad got involved in motocross (when he was young.)”

He said his father was injured in a race, so they started racing go-carts. He’s raced quarter-midgets and midgets. Now he’s in a sprint car.

“Driving for Bob East is an opportunity of a lifetime,” Mike said.

Drivers like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, and Kasey Kahne have come up through the ranks and driven for East in the past.

In anticipation of the event at the shelter, Maria Larrison took a group to see a race.

“The other night I took three girls from the shelter with me to the (Indianapolis) Speedrome to watch Mike race,” she said. “They had so much fun they want to go back. They really enjoyed it.”

Midget driver Dillon Welch, 16, also came along for the visit to the shelter. He’s been racing for several years and lives in Carmel.

“I’ve always loved racing,” Welch said. “When I was little they would try to give me baseballs or footballs and all I wanted were Hot Wheels.”

Welch’s father worked for ESPN so he had some contacts in the racing world. He began by racing quarter midgets and brought his old car in for the children at Sheltering Wings to see.

“Seeing them in the quarter midget really brings back memories,” he said.

The youngest driver who came out to the shelter was Ben Mikitarian, 9. He and his two brothers, Joe and David, with help from their parents John and Celeste, make up Triple M Motorsports. Mikitarian is from the Boston area.

“My brothers were into it when I was a kid,” he said. “I started driving when I was 4. I really enjoy it.”

brenda.holmes@flyergroup.com

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Published: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 8:44 PM     Updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 9:05 PM