D & D CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES A TRIPLE THREAT AT TOYOTA SPEEDWAY

Source: LRM Sport Marketing, Inc.
Date: 09/10/2008

This Saturday night at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, California, D & D Construction Specialties/Dan Moore Racing will field three Super Late Model racecars for the season’s final race in the premier Division at Toyota Speedway. Team owner Denise Moore has given the green light for Dan Moore to bring his shop guys out as a way of thanking them for all their hard work over the season.

The driver line up will consist of veteran Dan Moore, Rod Johnson Jr. and Toyota Speedway legend, Rip Michels. Dan Moore is currently in third place in the SLM series point standing at Toyota Speedway. Dan’s Crew Chief, Stevie “Big Thunder” Boldroff, will be calling the shots from the pit box. Stevie finished Dan’s newest Victory Circle Elite chassis racecar last week. The car named “ Madonna” looks to have some speed right out of the box.

The second driver is third generation racer Rod Johnson Jr., who will be making his SLM series debut in the #91 D & D Construction Specialties Ford. AKA Bobby Lite, or RJ to his friends, currently competes in the Super Truck Division at Toyota Speedway. RJ is the current leader in the rookie of the year points battle, and is 4th overall in the season’s point battle. RJ is no novice when it comes to racing it has been his life. RJ is the son of Rod Johnson, the Toyota Speedway 1999 SLM champion, and multiple time track champion. He is also the grandson to the legendary West Coast car owner, Donny Johnson, who has fielded cars for the likes of Oren Prosser, Dan Press, and Jim Robinson, just to name a few. He is also the nephew to Mark Perry, who currently drives the #10 SLM at Toyota Speedway, and Dan’s Crew Chief, Stevie Boldroff.

Making his Crew Chief debut for RJ will be Shawn “Sweet Daddy” Dickens, who currently is the Crew Chief for Dan and Denise’s daughter, Lexi Moore who runs in the D & D Bandoleros Division at Toyota Speedway. “Rookie Crew Chief, and rookie driver, should make things interesting,” commented Shawn Dickens, “I mean, the SLM should be pretty easy to set up compared to the Bandoleros.”

Rounding out the driver’s line up will be none other “The Ripper,” Rip Michels, who is the all time winningest driver in Toyota Speedways history. Rip, the 02, 03, and 07 SLM champion, will be making his 08 SLM debut with a brand new Victory Circle Elite car. Rip, who is the chassis specialist/ Team Manager for D & D Construction Specialties/Dan Moore Racing, has been looking to get back behind the wheel for a long time. Rip last raced competitively in the SRL Flashco Southwest tour race at Toyota Speedway, back in April where he finished second.

“I have a feeling that RJ is going to make both Dan and I get on top of the wheel and lay down qualifiers all night, otherwise he’s is going to blow right by us. Just in case, I made sure to fill his Ipod with the Jonas Brothers music to mess with his head, but I don’t think it is going to work. He’s a good kid, a hard worker and a smart racer he’ll do great,” said Rip.

“We have wanted to do this all year,” said Denise Moore. “We just simply ran out of time.” “I am looking forward to having team mates on the track,” said Dan Moore. “RJ has been a great mechanic for me, and Rip, well what can you say, except he is simply the best. I wanted to thank them all for a great year, and what better way then racing against them.”

The entire D & D Construction Specialties/Dan Moore Racing team would like to congratulate Nick Joanides on capturing his first NASCAR championship along with all the people at Jackson Race Cars. Rip did have a message for Nick, “The party’s over Nick, we’re bringing three cars and were not racing for 2nd,” joked Rip

D & D Construction Specialties/Dan Moore Racing Team would like to thank the following sponsors. Stock Building Supply, Victory Circle, Peters Racing Engines, Performance Friction Brakes, Ringers Gloves, Orme Brothers, Brown & Miller, Quarter Master, Circle Racing Wheels, Aurua Bearings, BC Sportsimages, Schroeder Torsion Bars, Rock Solid Designs, Ron's Rear Ends, Naake Suspension, Apache Rental Group and Works of Art Johnson

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