SUNRISE FORD RACE REPORT: DRIVE FOR 10

Source: LRM Sports Marketing, Inc.
Date: 08/23/2007

Fresh off their 9th victory (8-11-07) of the season in 14 starts, Rip Michels and the Sunrise Ford Racing team will be gunning for their 10th victory of the season this coming weekend at Irwindale Speedway.

A win this weekend would match Rip’s career best of 10 wins he had in the 2003 season in the Super Late Model Division at Irwindale. A season, which saw Rip and the team win the Super Late Model Division Championship, and the 2003 Nascar Sunbelt Regional Championship. Rip and the team currently find themselves in a battle for two championships this year.

The team currently sits in the number one spot for the 2007 Irwindale Speedway Super Late Model Division Championship, with a 44 - point lead over second place, and second generation driver, Travis Thirkettle. The team also sits second in the points for the Whelen All-American Series California State Championship. The championship points are determined as follows:

Points are awarded in ascending order with the last place car receiving two points, next-to-last receiving four and will then move up through the field in two point increments. For example, the feature winner in a 10-car field will receive 20 NASCAR points, while the feature winner in a 25-car field would receive 50. Competitors will count their 18 highest point finishes with a season-ending date of September 30, 2007. Rip has 14 starts and sits 46 points behind Ross Strmiska of Madera County Speedway. Stmiska has 16 starts.

“We had a great car two weeks ago,” said Rip Michels, “and it was a good thing we did. I had a little bit more pressure added to me when my car owners Bob and Maureen Bruncati arrived just before we rolled out onto the track for our race. Bob, who also owns a Grand National West team, informed me that his driver, Jason Bowles, won earlier in the day at Fontana. So the pressure was on for us to give Bob his first clean sweep. I am glad we won, otherwise we would have been in the dog house, and the razzing in the shop would have been hell.”

Look for Rip Michels and his Sunrise Ford Racing team this Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway. Irwindale Speedway is located at 500 Speedway Drive off of Live Oak Ave. and the I-605 freeway, between the I-10 and 210 Foothill freeways in Irwindale, California. For further information log on to www.irwindalespeedway.com or call (626) 358-1100.

For more information on Rip Michels and his sponsors, please visit www.ripmichels.com

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