Name: Val Inglebright
Occupation: Co-Owner of Roadrunner Tow and American Autobody Specialist
Relation to Racing: Wife of Jim Inglebright/Team Spotter
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's mashed potatoes and gingerbread cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? Just another good year with family, friends...looking forward to the the race season...
How will you spend the holiday? With Family

Name: Bob & Kathy Butcher
Occupation: Youth With A Mission - Missionary / Pastor
Relation to Racing: MRO Chaplain for Northwest Series
Favorite Holiday Food: "Christmas Eggs" (a famly recipe special once a year) for breakfast, Turkey, pumpkin pie, and a new "pumpkin pie - cake" recipe found. Oh yeah ...cranberry
What would you like Santa to bring you? I am asking the Lord for greater wisdom and fresh, new, revelation of His Word, (the Bible) so I can be of greater help to everyone. Second ...new sponsors and $$ for all the teams this year.
How will you spend the holiday? Last year it was spent traveling to take my daughter to Mexico for school and ministry. This year she just came home and we are thrilled to be a whole family again. We will spend the day at Kathy's sisters home with family rejoicing to have Leeanne home.

Blessings, Joy, & Peace to Everyone,

Name: Austin Cameron
Occupation: Driver of the #16 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet/Construction Estimator & Project Manager
Relation to Racing: #16 Winston West Car
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey Baked Ham, and just about any dessert!
What would you like Santa to bring you? 2003 Winston West Championship!
How will you spend the holiday? Christmas Eve with my mom's side of the family and Christmas morning I will be with my dad's side of the family.

Name: Derrick Shannon
Occupation: Human Performance Trainer and Coach
Relation to Racing: Media Coordinator for the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Always turkey, and a little pumpkin pie.
What would you like Santa to bring you? I have everything I could ever want, though I would ask for the wisdom to make more time.
How will you spend the holiday? With my family in Idaho.

Name: Jim Drummond
Occupation: Real Estate Investor
Relation to Racing: Front Tire Carrier
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan and Coconut Cream Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A good racing season in Winston West
How will you spend the holiday? With Family and Good Friends

Name: Clark G. Curtis
Occupation: Public Relations Manager at Pikes Peak International Raceway
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and dressing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace
How will you spend the holiday? My wife and I will spend the day with our four legged critters and my brother and his wife in Colorado Springs.

Name: Burry Dolbeare
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: 43 years of PR for numerous race tracks and drivers. Presently part time at PPIR
Favorite Holiday Food: Same as Thanksgiving. Glazed ham, sweet taters, and pecan pie. Little Jim Beam after dinner.
What would you like Santa to bring you? For the stock market to get back up so I won't have to live under a bridge and race car owners won't have to worry about losing sponsors
How will you spend the holiday? I'll be spending Christmas right here at home with a flock of my girl friends wonderful family.

Name: Tim Stephens
Occupation: President, Liberty Sports Management
Relation to Racing: Motorsports Management Company, also spotter for Matt Crafton in NASCAR Trucks
Favorite Holiday Food: My mother's potato salad
What would you like Santa to bring you? HANS devices for any driver client that doesn't have one.
How will you spend the holiday? Quietly at home with my wife and two daughters.

Name: Billy Bowling
Occupation: Racing Mechanic
Relation to Racing: Car chief for Adair Motorsports
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey baked ham and macaroni and cheese
What would you like Santa to bring you? Several wins and a championship next season
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends

Name: Robert Goslin
Occupation: Sheet Metal /Custom Lighting
Relation to Racing: Fan of all kinds of racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham, Fruit Salad
What would you like Santa to bring you? Good health for all my loved ones. No new car blues for "KAOS" Racing.
How will you spend the holiday? With family (all my kids are home this year) and friends at home

Name: Eddie Alves
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: Photographer, SRL Media Relations
Favorite Holiday Food: Moms stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, my Grandma's cookies, my Aunts Fudge.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Fun and Safe 2003. Corvette :)
How will you spend the holiday? How will I spend the holiday: At home with family in Tracy, California.

Name: Amy Martin
Occupation: In School for my Motorsports Management Degree.
Relation to Racing: Grew up in it. Dad is a Crew Chief for a Mechanix Wear Speed Truck and a mechanic for a Winston West Team.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and all the fixings. And Mom's Divinity.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A great 2003 Racing Season!
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends.

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope everyone has a Wonderful New Year a Great 03' Racing Season!

Name: Jim Kinder
Occupation: Chairman/CEO
Relation to Racing: Majority Owner race team based in Greenville, SC
Favorite Holiday Food: Any fuel will do
What would you like Santa to bring you? Driver who comes with a solid Sponsor, to help field a USAR Pro Cup and ARCA Superspeedway program in 2003
How will you spend the holiday? Continue the hunt for the right marketing partner (sponsor for our PowerBase Motorsports, Inc. 2003 Season.

Name: Kevin Hamlin
Occupation: Sales rep w/ Longacre Racing Products team player for everyone involved at the WVSO
Relation to Racing: Driver NASCAR NW Series.
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Less credit card bills!
How will you spend the holiday? With family. At my parents house and at my fiance's parents house.

Name: Dar Filbeck
Occupation: Owner of Wenatcheecars.com, Photographer, Reporter, plus a lot more, Providing tons of WVSO information updated weekly, To be recognized as a team player for everyone involved at the WVSO
Relation to Racing: Friend of the WVSO Management, Drivers and Fans
Favorite Holiday Food: Glazed Roasted Pork with Apple dressing, fruit salad, Pumpkin Pie and Mom's light bread buns.
What would you like Santa to bring you? The continued support of the people for Wenatcheecars.com website.
How will you spend the holiday? With my closest friends and all the family that is possible.

Name: Carla Heath
Occupation: Inside Sales/Customer Service Mgr. for Electronics Firm
Relation to Racing: 6 years racing a Foreign Stock/Mini Stock at Spanaway & Evergreen Speedways. Work with Steve M. on Sat. nights - KRKO radio live from Evergreen Speedway. Parade and Car show coordinator for Evergreen Speedway. Announcer for S & D Promotions for Indoor Flat Tracking Racing. Proud mother of Colton Heath, racer of Go-karts, Quarter Midgets, and now for the 2003 season a 250 sprinter at Deming Speedway.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and my famous popcorn balls.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and joy throughout the world. Our racing team to continue to have fun and successes, working with our wonderful sponsors and always learning and growing within the racing community. To know that our family and friends know how much we really appreciate their understanding of our need to race.
How will you spend the holiday? With Family and Friends, and getting ready for the race on Saturday.

Merry Christmas and a Happy FAST New Year to all !!

Name: Don Holbrook
Occupation: Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA) Media Relations Person.
Favorite Holiday Food: Like all Holiday Foods.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and have great and safe 2003 race season.
How will you spend the holiday? We will spend Christmas Day with my wife's family in Fresno, then we will travel to San Diego for Christmas with our son and daughter.

Name: Jim Farley (BodyFixer9)
Occupation: University of California Cooperative Extension County Director & Livestock Advisor
Relation to Racing: Body/Paint and Public Relations for Kenny Shepherd (NASCAR SWS) and Shepherd Motorsports
Favorite Holiday Food: Pork Loin barbecued on my Traeger Pellet Grill (www.traegerindustries.com)
What would you like Santa to bring you? A job for my wife. She was a Field Representative for a Congressman who was not re-elected!
How will you spend the holiday? We will spend Christmas Day with my wife's family in Fresno, then we will travel to San Diego for Christmas with our son and daughter.

Name: Cindi Lux
Occupation: Automotive Trainer
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Chocolate
What would you like Santa to bring you? Good health for my family and friends. Less stress in everybody's world.
How will you spend the holiday? Actually, this Christmas will be shorter than normal. Will spend Christmas Day with my family in Washington State but will return back to work immediately afterwards to finish up on a new race car for 2003. We start testing for the upcoming season January 15th in Willow Springs

Name: Denny Strimple and Caren
Relation to Racing: Motorsports Photographers: North Fork Photo
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything warm and lots of Christmas cookies and goodies
What would you like Santa to bring you? A healthy economy, lots of sponsorship and good health for all. For ourselves, continued good relationships with our present customers and establishing new customers as well.
How will you spend the holiday? First, I'm going to sleep in late on Christmas Eve, then we will head to Caren's family for the rest of the day (always interesting for sure), sleeping in late Christmas Day, then to old friends for more food, conversation (and football). Between Christmas and New Year, we will head home to Montana for a week and bring in the New Year north of Polebridge at the community hall just eight miles south of the Canadian border (hey-we're the official photographers !!)...and then more food, sleep, story telling, skiing, fun and hanging with some great people that we don't get to see enough these days.

We wish all a happy and restful Holiday Season and that you get to spend it with people that you care about. See you in 2003

Name: Rebecca Chouinard
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: Fan, writer, troublemaker :)
Favorite Holiday Food: Green bean casserole
What would you like Santa to bring you? Hmmm nothing really...money is always good.
How will you spend the holiday? With family in Monroe and Northbend, then off to Wenatchee for New Years!

Name: Teresa Morten
Occupation: Assist with husband's roofing business - Central Valley's Elite Roofing Co.
Relation to Racing: Driver of a Sportsmen Late Model
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? A ride for the 2003 Season or a full sponsorship - we would be happy will either one!
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends

Name: Lois Pollard-Grant
Occupation: Full time mother of two
Relation to Racing: Driver of the # 97 stockcar which races at Western Speedway in Victoria, BC Canada
Favorite Holiday Food: A traditional Turkey dinner with all the trimmings
What would you like Santa to bring you? World peace and good health
How will you spend the holiday? With my family and friends

Name: Randy Kerr
Occupation: Telecommunications Tech
Relation to Racing: Race Director at Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls Idaho
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A great year for everyone
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends

Name: Beverly Meyers
Occupation: Food Service Manager for Headstart
Relation to Racing: Mother to Eddie McKean
Favorite Holiday Food: Candied sweet potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and happiness for everyone
How will you spend the holiday? My husband Lenny and I are cooking dinner at the Jerome First Church of God for anyone that needs a meal and for everyone that wants to come. We are hoping that some of our nine children will join> us with their families. We pray you all have a very Merry Christmas and safe Holiday Season!!

Name: Udo Richter
Occupation: Webmaster / Mover
Relation to Racing: Webmaster of MUD-Racing.net and many driver sites, formerly on a late model pit crew, and starting in 2003 a driver at Stockton 99 Speedway.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, especially the gravy.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Driver Suit, Helmet, etc...
How will you spend the holiday? With my family.

Name: Robert Ryan
Occupation: Librarian/Computer support
Relation to Racing: Librarian/Computer support Relation to Racing:Motorsport Archivist;Media Contacts(mainly Australia, make some insular Editors/ organisations aware of what is happening in the US)Have done searches for drivers and compiled a racing album for a midget driver.
Favorite Holiday Food: Hmmm difficult one! I like a lot of different foods.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Broadband internet connection
How will you spend the holiday? With my Family then breaking in my Brother-in-Laws brand new Subaru Outback travelling to the Lakes District of Victoria.

Name: Darren "Budah" Scriver
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: Work on Kevin Hamlin's NW Series Car
Favorite Holiday Food: With a name like Budah I LIke ALL food
What would you like Santa to bring you? A couple million dollars will do LOL
How will you spend the holiday? With my parents, my brother and his wife and their 2 kids will be up from California and sister and her husband and their 2 kids, it will be the first time my mom has all her grandkids home for christmas so shes really excited.

Name: Michael Richard Mulder (tiremount)
Occupation: Technician at a Cadillac dealer
Relation to Racing: Just a fan nowadays
Favorite Holiday Food: There is too much to choose from, I like it all
What would you like Santa to bring you? Still want a new jag
How will you spend the holiday? with family here in Southern California

Name: Mike, Mare, and Amanda Easley
Occupation: Steel Fabricator, Admin. Support, Dept. of Revenue
Relation to Racing: Build it, drive it, crew it, live it, survive it, do it all again.
Favorite Holiday Food: Homemade fudge, of course
What would you like Santa to bring you? New TV, Washer, Microwave..isn't it funny how when one goes, they all go??!!
How will you spend the holiday? With just a few of the people who love us, but we will be thinking of everyone, and giving Thanks to God.

Name: Betty Jane Martin
Occupation: Specialty Automotive Repair Shop Owner
Relation to Racing: Drivers Mom #21SWT
Favorite Holiday Food: Bon Bon Cookies (the ones with the cherry in the middle)
What would you like Santa to bring you? I want it all :) Love, Peace, Joy, Happiness, a pair of slippers and a couple computer games that don't have the word Daytona in them...
How will you spend the holiday? We spend Christmas at my parents with family and friends. I am so lucky my kids and grandson will be there.

Name: The Kanke Family
Occupation: Trucking company owner, homemaker, student, student
Relation to Racing: M.K. drives for #98 Community Recycling SWT team
Favorite Holiday Food: We took a vote - turkey and ice cream, though not together :)...is ice cream a "holiday food?"
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Pig-O-Rama hunt,hugs, kisses and maybe some scrapbooking stuff, Legos and cars (the same wish for about 8 years running) and a puppy. Merry Christmas to all!
How will you spend the holiday? At home together with family

Name: Melinda Moulaison
Occupation: Northwest Racing Ent. Inc
Relation to Racing: It all depends who you are asking..... Sell Race Car Parts, Build Race Cars, Our Parts Trailer follows the NW Tour....
Favorite Holiday Food: What ever we decide we have having...
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Crystal Ball.....to see into the future
How will you spend the holiday? Most likely adding stuff on our web site, I think I get to see my grandchildren Christmas Eve......:)

Name: CT Hellmund
Occupation: Driver and "Safe & Sober" program for High School kids
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: The casserole and cinnamon rolls Amy makes Christmas morning
What would you like Santa to bring you? A sponsor for 2003, and a Happy Holidays wish to all
How will you spend the holiday? With family

Name: Judy Stropus
Occupation: Public Relations Consultant
Relation to Racing: Represented Chevrolet in Winston Cup in 2002, have represented Chevrolet in motorsports for over 30 years. also represent BMW of North America, LLC, in motorsports.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and all the fixings.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Money
How will you spend the holiday? On the beach in Sanibel, Florida, with a wonderful family I have known for 25 years.

Name: Jeff Davis
Occupation: Karting Division Manager, Circle Racing Wheel
Relation to Racing: Driver Winston West & Mechanix Wear SpeedTruck
Favorite Holiday Food: Kiefles, a delicate Hungarian pastry that my Mom makes with a crushed walnut filling wrapped inside a small, fluffy crepe and topped with powder sugar.
What would you like Santa to bring you? All the usual - world peace, good health for all, food and shelter for the less fortunate, a ride with a winning team, etc.
How will you spend the holiday? I'll spend Christmas with my family eating pull-a-part coffee cake around the tree, opening gifts, building toys, installing batteries, trying to decipher instructions. Then eating a good holiday meal. And later, calling family members in the midwest to brag about our weather. Maybe from the hot tub.

Name: Gary Bryant
Occupation: Body shop manager
Relation to Racing: Owner/driver Mechanix Wear Speedtruck #94
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? More driving skill, 4 new Hoosiers
How will you spend the holiday? Spending Xmas with family at home

Name: Jessica Gallardo
Occupation: Administrative Assistant for the Vice President of Publications at the National Hot Rod Association
Relation to Racing: Other then my place of employment. Cousin to Brandon Ash and member of the #23 Winston West, Ash Racing Team.
Favorite Holiday Food: All the homemade baked goods....cookie, cakes, candies and old-fashioned bread pudding. Otherwise known as Eat Fest 2003!
What would you like Santa to bring you? I am still waiting for the brand new, shiny, red Corvette. I promise I have been a good girl! Actually, I would love for everyone to have a very safe and happy holidays.
How will you spend the holiday? Traditional get together with family and friends.

Name: Heidi Pursley
Occupation: Field Sales Representative, Arrow Electronics
Relation to Racing: Marriage (Greg Pursley)
Favorite Holiday Food: Green Bean Casserole
What would you like Santa to bring you? A quiet, peaceful Christmas
How will you spend the holiday? With our family

Name: Brian Rhodes
Occupation: HVAC Control Technician
Relation to Racing: Crew Chief to Wes Rhodes #6 NWT
Favorite Holiday Food: Candy Canes
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and happiness (maybe a few extra bucks)
How will you spend the holiday?
With family and friends

Name: Kimberly Miller
Occupation: Manager of Media Relations, Indy Racing League
Relation to Racing: Please see occupation
Favorite Holiday Food: It is not holiday food, but I always love going home to Texas during the holidays for quality Mexican food and Texas home cooking.
What would you like Santa to bring you? It is not holiday food, but I always love going home to Texas during the holidays for quality Mexican food and Texas home cooking.
How will you spend the holiday? I'll once again attempt to battle holiday travel traffic and make stops in Texas to see my family, California to see Scott's family and then a small getaway to the Coast before returning to Indy to ring in the New Year.

Name: Matt & Jocelyn Crafton
Occupation:
Driver of the Menards/SealMaster racing # 88 Chevrolet & wife
Relation to Racing: Driver of the Menards/SelaMaster racing # 88 Chevrolet & wife
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? From Santa all we want is to have a great 2003 season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
How will you spend the holiday? We will spend Christmas Eve with Matts family here in Ohio, then fly to California for Christmas day with Jocelyns family. For New Years we will head to Glamis Sand Dunes on the border of CA and Mexico, and play for a few days before the season gets going.

Name: R.J. Cobb
Occupation: Business Owner (Stage Systems Production Services)
Relation to Racing: Team Owner (Irwindale Late Model #12)
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey & Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sponsors
How will you spend the holiday? With Family & Friends

Name: Mike Meazell
Occupation: OK Fire Systems
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver of the #42 Gilroy Tire, Gilroy Automotive Machine, Limited Latemodel at Chowchilla Speedway.
Favorite Holiday Food: Candied yams, pumpkin pie cause we need more left side wieght, not.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A ride in that sleigh would be cool.
How will you spend the holiday? With my wife and our four girls at home.

Name: Leilani Munter
Occupation: Instructor for Richard Petty Driving Experience
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything my Mom makes is wonderful!
What would you like Santa to bring you? This will be a typical answer, but a sponsor would be great. And a snow boarding trip!
How will you spend the holiday? In Minnesota, freezing with my family!

Name: Scott Ellsworth
Occupation: Production Manager
Relation to Racing: Announcer
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Laptop
How will you spend the holiday? With Family

Name: Bryan Araki
Occupation: Associate Planner, City of Clovis
Relation to Racing: Team Graphix Plus, PKS Karting Supplies
Favorite Holiday Food: Race track hot dogs
What would you like Santa to bring you? Saver racing in 2003
How will you spend the holiday? Testing out in the cold desert, come on!

Name: Jim Zoehrer
Occupation: Vice-President Tru-Line Laser Alignment Inc.
Relation to Racing: Associate Sponsor & Set up Technician #34 SWT
Favorite Holiday Food: Everything except fruit cake (Yuck). Bruno's is cheeseburgers & puppy pepperonis
What would you like Santa to bring you? More Tru-Line Sales & a Primary Sponsor for our team.
How will you spend the holiday? At my father-in-law's up in Auburn, CA

Name: Jon T. Garrett
Occupation: Allstar Race Truck Series - Dealer & Builder
Relation to Racing: 2002 American Race Truck Champion - Lone Star Region
Favorite Holiday Food: Greenberg Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? I want an ASA car from Santa!
How will you spend the holiday? Will spend Christmas with family.

Name: Darren Hensley
Occupation: Attorney
Relation to Racing: Jackman for #00 Scott Gaylord
Favorite Holiday Food: Fudge
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new car
How will you spend the holiday? At home with the family.

Name: John Bisci
Occupation: Public Relations Manager, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Relation to Racing: Public relations, announcing, photographer, marketing.
Favorite Holiday Food: My parents' homemade sausage.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Slot cars and an unlimited Home Depot gift card.
How will you spend the holiday? With my wife, brother and parents at my parents' house in Las Vegas.