RACING SCENE COLUMN – PART 2 OF 3

The Las Vegas Motor Speedway half-mile dirt track again hosted USAC National and Western Midgets and the USAC National/CRA Sprint cars as stop two of a three state 2010 western swing sandwiched between stops in Arizona and California. On Thursday, February 25 USAC half-mile racing kicked off NASCAR week at the 1.5-mile “big track”. MIDGETS: The 27 Midgets had seven chassis builders as follows: 14 Spike, 6 Beast, 2 each Bullet and Stealth, and 1 each Buzzard, TCR and Viper. Esslinger Ford engines powered 13 midgets and Mopar three. Fontana and Gaerte were in two cars each. Hawk, Stanton Mopar, Stanton Toyota, TRD Toyota, Toyota, Van Dyke and VDS Ford each supplied one engine.
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SRL TOP TEN WEIGH IN ON 2010 SEASON

The SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series will begin its tenth year of competition on Saturday, March 27th, for what should be the biggest season in the series’ history. The top ten drivers of the 2009 SRL season we’re asked their take on the upcoming year in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series.
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NASCAR ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENTAL SERIES TV SCHEDULE

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — NASCAR has announced today the television schedule for its developmental series for 2010.
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TWO CREW MEMBERS SUSPENDED DUE TO VIOLATION

Matthew Huffstetler, a crew member for the No. 01 team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and William Keith, a crew member for the No. 38 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, have been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.
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GARY SIGMAN, STOCK CAR BUILDER, PASSES AWAY

Gary Sigman, a Southern California stock car builder, team owner and driver for more than 40 years, died Friday March 5, 2010, of injuries sustained in a shop fire. Sigman was welding on a truck he was restoring in his shop when it caught fire. He stayed to fight the fire and was overcome by toxic smoke. He passed away Friday night due to the severe toxicity of the smoke inhalation.
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EDWARDS PLACED ON PROBATION

NASCAR has placed Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, on probation for the next three series events for a rule violation he committed during the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 7. Edwards’ probation will run until April 14 of this year.
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ALEXANDER GRABS 2010 OPENER AT TULARE

Dean Alexander of Visalia, Calif. Leads the USAC Western Regional 360 Sprint Car Series to Giant Speedway in Hanford, Calif. this Saturday night for round two of the brand-new series. Alexander has a five-point lead over Craig Stidham after winning last Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at the Groppetti Automotive Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway. He led the final 14 laps at Tulare driving the McCowan Motorsports Special. He passed Danny Sheridan on lap 12 and led the rest of the way to beat Stidham, Danny Faria Jr., Jace VanderWeerd and Garrett Ishii to the checkered flag.
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CRAPO GIVES LEIGHTON MTSPS FIRST NATIONAL WIN

Colby Crapo of St. Anthony, Idaho has competed in the shadow of his namesake for the past couple of season but Saturday night he emerged from the shadows to claim his first ISOC AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series national victory in front of a capacity crowd at the Hayward (WI) 300 Nationals. The win was also the first for Leighton Motorsports based in Eagle, Idaho and is the only team from the western United States to compete on the national tour.
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