Name: Frank Clark
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff
Relation to Racing: Driver of South Sound Speedway Sportsman Car
Favorite Holiday Food: Cheesecake
What would you like Santa to bring you? Miscellaneous safety equipment
How will you spend the holiday? With family at my home.
Name: Joe Nava
Occupation: Self Employed
Relation to Racing: Performance Motorsports # 77 & 17 Grand National West
Favorite Holiday Food: Too many to choose from. (I need to stay away from the sweets)
What would you like Santa to bring you? A schedule, A new Busch car (ooh man I think we got it!)
How will you spend the holiday? Our team spent time with the less fortunate on LA's skid row working with the Fred Jordan Mission. My family and a few good friends also provide Christmas to about 100 needy kids right here in our hometown. We'll be delivering gifts for the next 3 days. We just keep counting our blessings. Merry Christmas to All!
Name: Kelly Coburn
Occupation: Insurance Agent
Relation to Racing: Official at Lakeport Speedway. Asst. Starter and Track Steward. Husband Todd Coburn also races. Have been going to the races since I was 2 years old.
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's Divinity
What would you like Santa to bring you? I want to finally have a white christmas...will it happen....probably not, but one can hope!!!!
How will you spend the holiday? I will spend Christmas with my family and can not wait for my kids Casey 16, Corey 16, Melissa 12, and Kevin 7 to wake me up at 5am saying....look what santa brought. What is the holiday season without your family? I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday and prosperus New Year.
Name: Bruce Quale
Occupation: Family Consumer Electronics Business
Relation to Racing: Racecar Driver primarily at Magic Valley Speedway for 14 years.
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib with our special horseradish sauce
What would you like Santa to bring you? A late model or tour car and money to race it.
How will you spend the holiday? Sleeping in (if the kids will let me) at home after a crazy month of 13 hour days filled with Christmas shoppers and then dinner with family. I'm cooking the prime rib so I hope it's good.
Name: Derrick Shannon
Occupation: Sr. Manager of Training for DIRECTV.
Relation to Racing: PR/Media Coordinator for the Southwest Series. I am also a big fan of any Late Model asphalt racing.
Favorite Holiday Food: What ever is on my plate. Christmas dinner with Prime Rib.
What would you like Santa to bring you? I have all that I need, but I would like to take an actual vacation with my wife.
How will you spend the holiday? Enjoying time with my family in Idaho and spending quality time with my grandchildren.
Name: Catie Axup
Occupation: Public Relations Coordinator
Relation to Racing: California Speedway PR
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie with CoolWhip on top
What would you like Santa to bring you? Someone else to write my Masters thesis, or at least help me figure out what it will be about.
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends, relaxing
Name: Robert Ryan
Occupation: Librarian/Computer Technician
Relation to Racing: Racing Historian and mentor
(Information providor) to several SCCA SPEED World Challenge Drivers and Teams.
Favorite Holiday Food: Quite a range..most food is
my favourite
What would you like Santa to bring you? An IPOD Walkman
How will you spend the holiday? With my Wife and
Family. Short Holidays in Australia...I went to most of Europe last Christmas break.
Name: Nick Joanides
Occupation: Real Estate Appraiser
Relation to Racing: Driver (Southwest & West Series)
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey & Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? A ride for 2005
How will you spend the holiday? With family, which I feel totally blessed to be able to do as our prayers will be with our troops in Iraq and around the world that next year, they will be able to spend Christmas with their families!
Name: Melinda Moulaison
Occupation: Northwest Racing Enterprises, and Grandmother. (grandmother being the best job!)
Favorite Holiday Food: Fruit Salad, Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? A 2005 race season, that finds everyone busy doing what we all love to do. Happy race teams, Happy racetracks, successful racing!!
How will you spend the holiday? With Kids, and my grandchildren, Clayton, Cassie and Campbell !!
Name: Jess Middleton
Occupation: Self-Employed/Business Owner
Relation to Racing: Car Owner/Crew Chief
Favorite Holiday Food: Candied Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? His little elves to help rebuild an engine
How will you spend the holiday? Preparing for 2005 season at RAR
Name: Gary Moore
Occupation: Creative Director at Results Radio/ Race Announcer
Relation to Racing: Long time Announcer, media and public relations specialist
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and Ham sandwiches, pumpkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A phone call from the Grand National West Series Director. I want to be your announcer. gmooreaudio@charter.net
How will you spend the holiday? With my 3 daughters and my wife.
Name: David Phillips
Occupation: Owner-Race Image-Mooresville
Relation to Racing: Selling Race Used NASCAR Cup sheetmetal, driver suits, crew shirts, etc.
Favorite Holiday Food: Pizza
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Mini Cooper
How will you spend the holiday? Cutting up wrecked race cars!
Name: Daren Blanton
Occupation: Racing Industry - Parts Salesman
Relation to Racing: Racing parts sales, and late model driver.
Favorite Holiday Food: I love it all but I usually have an extra serving of ham, Oh and my grandmother's pecan pie.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new front clip, I had some bad luck at Mesa Marin in the October Classic.
How will you spend the holiday? My wife Amber and I spend the day visting family.
Name: Jennifer Blake
Occupation: Freelance Motorsports PR, Marketing & Hospitality; Kohl's
Relation to Racing: PR & Marketing for Driver JR Norris; Scorer for #15 NCTS, #5 SES; Account Executive for CARQUEST Hospitality....The daughter of Blake Carburetion founder, Bob Blake
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's Broccoli/Rice Casserole
What would you like Santa to bring you? A sponsor for the teams and drivers I work with; a FT job in racing.
How will you spend the holiday? At the 'Rents House in Mo-town (Mooresville, NC)
Name: Clark G. Curtis
Occupation: Public Relations Manager Pikes Peak International Raceway
Relation to Racing: PR Manager PPIR
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, dressing and Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace
How will you spend the holiday? My wife and I spend the morning doing Christmas at our home with our houseful of dogs and cats. We then head to my brothers for more Christmas cheer!
Name: Jeff Thielscher
Occupation: NASCAR Promoter
Relation to Racing: I work with teams and tracks on the West Coast
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? PD170 Digital Movie Camera
How will you spend the holiday? I plan on spending Christmas at home with my girlfriend, her daughter and my parents.
Name: Rip Michels
Occupation: Journeymen Ironworker local #433
Relation to Racing: Driver of the #12 STOCK Building Supply SWT (NASCAR Southwest Series) car
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey ham, stuffing, fresh baked hot cookies & leftover turkey sandwich.UmUm good!
What would you like Santa to bring you? A tour schedule and a TV package is all I want from Santa. Soon!
How will you spend the holiday? Hopefully, I'll get to take Laurie and Jesse up to Mammoth or Tahoe for some big time shredding on our snowboards. Realistically I'll be in the garage with the team building & prepping the cars for 2005.
Name: Marcela Pasten
Occupation: Marketing Analyst, Photographer and Translator
Relation to Racing: Ok... the story starts back when I was growing up as an only child and my dad watched Indy car racing and I would sit and watch and he would tell stories about being part of the track officials. The story has a second side when one day I crossed paths with a guy in a white Mustang. I looked him up to take pictures of his car. The chemistry was inevitable. I began dating a race car driver back in 2001. Until today, I am his #1 fan!
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's cooking, of course!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Pleasant Surprises, a trip or two and something new!
How will you spend the holiday? Filled with music and color!
Name: Johnny Miskill
Occupation: Co-owner of Manes & Manes Masonry Company
Relation to Racing: The starter for Lakeport Speedway for 21 years
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it... Only comes once a year...
What would you like Santa to bring you? My racecar from Blair Akins
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends.....
Name: Tammy Brewington
Occupation: Public Relations Coordinator/Media Center Manager @ Nashville Superspeedway
Relation to Racing: Work at a superspeedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Chess Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new home computer
How will you spend the holiday? Enjoying time with my family since we all live far apart
Name: Paul Yeaton (CaptRPM34)
Occupation: 911/Public Safety Dispatcher for over 20 years (retiring in 20 months).
Relation to Racing: Currently Spotter/Truck Driver (among other duties) for Doug McCoun but have been involved in all kinds of racing (NHRA, SCCA, Trans-AM, APBA, Karting) in some way shape or form since I was 8 years old (man, that’s 45 years. Geez, no wonder I feel old).
Favorite Holiday Food: Spiral cut Ham (Honey/Pineapple glaze), Mashed Potato´s, Candied Yams, fresh Salinas Valley (home) veggies, Cranberry Sauce and most of all Gizdich Ranch Apple Pies (they are the absolute best) and lots of Holiday Spirits..
What would you like Santa to bring you? First, I would like to see peace in the world. Second, for our troops to come home safely. Third, health and prosperity to all. And finally, NASCAR to get off its ass and get the schedules out for 2005.
How will you spend the holiday? My Wife and I will be spending Christmas day at our house in California with my Daughter, her Husband, their 1 year old Daughter, as well as his family who are flying in from Kingston, Ontario, Canada for a couple weeks. Christmas night we will be leaving for Surprise, Arizona (Phoenix area) to spend the rest of the week and new years with our Son, his wife and our 3 older grandkids.
Name: Andy Daddario
Occupation: Recording Engineer
Relation to Racing: Fan/Sponsor/Crew Helper
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Legends Car
How will you spend the holiday? With my parents and family.
Name: Joe McDonald
Occupation: Auto Technician
Relation to Racing:
Favorite Holiday Food: Sweet Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? Race car parts
How will you spend the holiday? With my wife 2 daughters and family
Name: Cheryl Lamar
Occupation: Body Shop Owner
Relation to Racing: My son races the Southwest Tour
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and Cranberries
What would you like Santa to bring you? All I want from Santa is to have my childeren home.
How will you spend the holiday? We will spend the day opening gifts and watching a movie and visiting Grandma and Grandpa for a few hours!
Name: Scott Burson
Occupation: Electrcal contractor
Relation to Racing: Owner/truck driver/part time crewcheif/spotter and general grunt NSWS #56
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? I have good health,a loving wive and two great kids. I think I probably have it all.
How will you spend the holiday? At home in Albuquerque with my family
Name: Kathy Lewis
Occupation: Administration, Public/Government Affairs
Relation to Racing: Been around and involved in racing most of my life. My brother, three nephews, brother-in law and many friends, even myself in the powderpuff
Favorite Holiday Food: Most anything home-cooked.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A secret surprise!
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends.
Name: Matt Jackson
Occupation: Owner & Janitor of Proline Pit Carts
Relation to Racing: Mom & Dad of Jackson Race Cars, they made me do it!
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey Tacos "YUMMY"
What would you like Santa to bring you? The Bride of Chucky "O'h Baby what a Hottie"
How will you spend the holiday? Running from "Chucky"
Name: Austin Cameron
Occupation: Racing/Construction
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Mashed Potatoes and Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? My Health
How will you spend the holiday? With my family as well as Rachelle's
Name: John "Knuckle Up" Sullivan
Occupation: Professional Sports Bookmaker in Las Vegas
Relation to Racing: Fan of Jose Luis Ramirez
Favorite Holiday Food: Egg Nog
What would you like Santa to bring you? Miss NAPA and to beat Sean Woodside like a Piñata.
How will you spend the holiday? Watching Shaq vs. Kobe and the Pacers vs. Pistons, then placing bets on USC to whip up on Oklahoma!
Name: Jo Anne Conley
Occupation: Mother & Foster Mother
Relation to Racing: I'm the mother of Arvo Backholm (Wingless Sprint Car #96) & (500cc Outlaw Kart #96A)Mother of Charles Conley (500cc Outlaw Kart # 23C)
Favorite Holiday Food: My favorite food for the Holidays is Turkey Dinner and sitting down with my large family being together.
What would you like Santa to bring you? What I want for Christmas is to see that all my children, grandchildren and my foster children to be thankful for what they have and what they might get.
How will you spend the holiday? I will be spending Christmas at my home with 27 family members together for the holiday week.
Name: Katy Underwood
Occupation: Title Assistant
Relation to Racing: Fiancée (Ruben) is the Crew Chief on the #50 Speedtruck and works at BSR. I do all the timing, scoring and whatever else needs to be done. And also work with Ruben at the West races in the BSR trailer.
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Winning Lotto ticket, wins in the #50 Speedtruck, Time to plan our wedding with Ruben between the Speedtruck races and the West races. Oh and a bracelet. (Hint)
How will you spend the holiday? With my Fiancé Ruben, my family and his family.
Name: Drew Bischof
Occupation: Business owner in Phoenix AZ - Construction
Relation to Racing: Team Owner - NASCAR
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Some Busch Cars
How will you spend the holiday? ? With family in AZ
Name: Steve Larsen
Occupation: Director of Motorsports, National Orange Show, San Bernardino, CA
Relation to Racing: Manage/promote Orange Show Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Banana Cream Pie and Turkey sandwiches for four days
What would you like Santa to bring you? Spectators and Sponsors for 2005!
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends at home in San Bernardino, CA
Name: Michael B. Medlin
Occupation: Director of Investigations
Relation to Racing: Team Manager, Rip Michels Racing, Spotter
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham, Turkey, hmmmm Everything...lol
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Bigger Transporter for team and Crew
How will you spend the holiday? Prescott, AZ, with Family
Name: Victor MiBelli
Occupation: Applications Engineer (RS Tech services)
Relation to Racing: Owner Victor MiBelli Motorsports
Favorite Holiday Food: Roasted turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sponsor help
How will you spend the holiday? Making christmas magical for my daughters.
Name: Exit J Smith
Occupation: Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps
Relation to Racing: : Write articles for Jim Pettit II
Favorite Holiday Food: : Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Christmas came early with Jim winning the 2004 NASCAR Southwest Series Championship
How will you spend the holiday? At home in Southern California with my wife Bree and 5 dogs.
Name: Robby Mott
Occupation: Owner of Ribtect - manufacturing safety products for gokart racing
Relation to Racing: Have been racing since the age of 8
Favorite Holiday Food: Fried Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A healthy baby girl (first baby - due Feb. 7)
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends
Name: Renee Angel
Occupation: Technical Service Manager at Microsoft
Relation to Racing: Shane Biles’ wife/Crew chief/car owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Deep fried turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new kart motor
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends
Name: Steve and Jan McCormack
Occupation: I am a retired Air Force officer as is Jan. She is now -- Rev. Dr. Jan McCormack at Denver Seminary
Relation to Racing: I drive the hauler, set up tires and do catch can. Jan scores and is our own NASCAR chaplain for Scott Gaylord Racing, 4th in 2004 Grand National Division
Favorite Holiday Food: We will be in Mexico. It will be Mexican style turkey with all the fixings; tamales, beans, salsa etc, etc, and oh yes Pacifico Beer!!
How will you spend the holiday? Jan and I leave 18 Dec. to Zihuatanejo, Mexico for 3 weeks.
Name: Steven Wilson
Occupation: Owner Fast Time Signs
Relation to Racing: We do the decals on the cars
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? For another great year for Fast Time Signs and My new biz Autographics
How will you spend the holiday? I will spend time with my kids and my family With my girlfriend and her family
Name: Ryan Arciero
Occupation: Race Car Driver/Property Manager
Relation to Racing: Driver/Owner
Favorite Holiday Food: My Grandfather’s Pasta
What would you like Santa to bring you? An All-American Dakar Program for 2006
How will you spend the holiday? With family
Name: Owen A. Kearns
Occupation: NASCAR Public Relations
Relation to Racing: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Manager of Communications
Favorite Holiday Food: Roast ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A 2005 season as exciting and successful as 2004
How will you spend the holiday? On the beach on the Big Island of Hawaii
Name: Robert Franchimone
Occupation: Director of Ops Drywall Sub Contractor
Relation to Racing: Owner of 2004 ROTY #19 ASA Speed Truck Challenge Team, ( Son Scott Franchimone is Driver)
Favorite Holiday Food: Grandma’s Homemade Lasagna
What would you like Santa to bring you? A winning 2005 season
How will you spend the holiday? With family at my brothers
Name: Joe Farrè
Occupation: Bridge Engineer, PBS&J Engineering
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver of the #54 Speed Truck. 14 years of experience in the IMCA dirt modifieds. Raced Modifieds throughout California and Nevada from 1990 to the present.
Favorite Holiday Food: Christmas Cookies!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Santa, please bring peace to the world, joy to all the little children, and goodwill to all my friends in 2005. And if it isn’t too much to ask... I’d like a 5000 sf shop building to move all of my race and fab equipment into... Thanks Big Guy!
How will you spend the holiday? I will celebrate Christmas at home with my wife and two daughters. We open one present of Christmas eve, and the rest on Christmas morning. Kids don’t sleep past 5:30 a.m. on Christmas day, so it’s up bright and early for all. - Have a great Holiday Season everyone.
Name: Mike Vivilacqua
Occupation: Business Owner
Relation to Racing: Relation to Racing: Former Driver/Former Track Steward/ Hopefully a
driver again!!!
Favorite Holiday Food: Our family has a gigantic seafood feast on Christmas Eve... Not to be selfish, but I like the shell fish. ;-)
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new Track Steward at Lassen Speedway to take my place so I can race again.
How will you spend the holiday? With family, friends and more great Italian food.
Name: Marlin Gill
Occupation: Chief Building Engineer
Relation to Racing: Owner / Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new race car
How will you spend the holiday? I will be at Glamis C.A. Playing with my new Dejong long travel Sand Rail.
Name: Justice
Occupation: Money Hound
Relation to Racing: President of Company owns HPS/Victory Circle SW Series Racing team
Favorite Holiday Food: Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Hardshell Guitar Case
How will you spend the holiday? With family
Name: Meghan Fullington
Occupation: Assistant Communications Manager - Phoenix International Raceway
Relation to Racing: Working at PIR, and have been a fan of racing for over 5 years.
Favorite Holiday Food: Fruit, Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? A break for my Mom and Dad.
How will you spend the holiday? With my Family, in Dundee, New York (near Watkins Glen).
Name: Brian Rhodes
Occupation: HVAC Control Technician
Relation to Racing: Crew Chief/Brother of Wes Rhodes
Favorite Holiday Food: Christmas Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Home Theater System
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends
Name: Gaylon Stewart
Occupation: Electrician
Relation to Racing: Evergreen Speedway (Monroe, Washington) Late Model division
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new Jerico Transmission.
How will you spend the holiday? With friends and family close to home.
Name: Michael Maher
Occupation: NAPA Auto Parts Driver/Motorsports Journalist
Relation to Racing: Reporter for "Motorsport News" / PR Director for Gene Woods Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Jillian Barberie (or to get my racing reality TV show produced)
How will you spend the holiday? Eating. sleeping, opening presents.
Name: Shon Sbarra
Occupation: Media/Public Relations
Relation to Racing: Media Coordinator for NASCAR Northwest Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Peanut Blossom Cookies, you know, the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey Kiss on top.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Well, I would say World Peace, but that seems too tall a task for even Santa, so I will go with a canopy top for my truck.
How will you spend the holiday? At home with my family.
Name: Melody Raudman
Occupation: Mommy/Marketing for HPS
Relation to Racing: Married to Craig Raudman
Favorite Holiday Food: Granny’s homemade noodles, they’re the best!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Really just to see smiles on my kids’ faces on Christmas morning!
How will you spend the holiday? In Redding with our families.
Name: Rich Romine
Occupation: Sports writer
Relation to Racing: Write a local racing notebook for the Ventura County Star and cover Ventura Raceway.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A winning lottery ticket, so then I could just enjoy watching sports and racing.
How will you spend the holiday? Home with my family.
Name: Cindi Lux
Occupation: President of Lux Performance Group, LLC. A company that performs independent automotive testing for magazines and manufactures.
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Are you crazy.... cookies and fudge!
What would you like Santa to bring you? A plane ticket over to Hawaii for 2 for 1 week without cell phones or internet!
How will you spend the holiday? Relaxing with family in Yakima Washington. Hopefully do some snowmobiling with the family and get ready for the 2005 season which for us starts in January.
Name: Donna Lehman
Occupation: Medical Insurance Biller
Relation to Racing: 100 % Michael Waltrip fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham and Potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? An engagement ring
How will you spend the holiday? With my daughter and boyfriend
Name: Jim Drew
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff/Peach farmer
Relation to Racing: Driver coach/instructor for Exec AutoSports/Competitive Edge Race Schools & step-father and fan club V.P. to Jeff Bailey #27 NW/SW Tour driver. Also own & operate "Peach Fuzz" 1982 Camaro bracket racer at Portland International with light bar and Sheriff decals as a beat the heat car.
Favorite Holiday Food: Cranberries
What would you like Santa to bring you? Z06 in race trim
How will you spend the holiday? Working, then visiting the grandkids
Name: Tom Dyer
Occupation: Driving Instructor
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey & stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Is he still around? I keep asking him for the big sponsorship check, but he hasn’t delivered it yet. I figured he must of retired or something!
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends.
Name: Amee Blue
Occupation: Mortgage Loan Closer
Relation to Racing: Driver/Crew/Spotter
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything made by Big Momma
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Super Stock - A Pure Stock - Radar Detector :)
How will you spend the holiday? With Family
Name: Steve Rogers
Occupation: Contractor
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe Holiday and future to all.
How will you spend the holiday? With family
Name: Steve Benesh
Occupation: Printing Pressman & photographer (weekends)
Relation to Racing: Photographer for NASCAR Scene and NASCAR AutoZone Midwest Series.
Favorite Holiday Food: Holidays goodies - mainly cookies and pie Turkey and stuffing too.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Better fields in Midwest Series and a new Nikon D2H
How will you spend the holiday? With my family
Name: Phil Warlock
Occupation: Racing
Relation to Racing: Super Stock Driver at Irwindale
Favorite Holiday Food: Baked Ziti
What would you like Santa to bring you? A crew chief/spotter
How will you spend the holiday? Preparing for the —05 season
Name: Natasha Brookes
Occupation: Sales for SpeedwaySolutions.net
Relation to Racing: Lifetime Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything chocolate
What would you like Santa to bring you? NASCAR legal crate motors
How will you spend the holiday? Waiting for the 2005 racing season
Name: Beverly Meyers
Occupation: Food Service Manager for Headstart
Relation to Racing: Mother to #19 Southwest Tour driver, Eddy McKean
Favorite Holiday Food: Candied yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? All 9 kids and spouses, 26 grandkids and 13
great grandkids in one place at one time.
How will you spend the holiday? Fixing a meal at home for who ever shows up Merry Christmas to everyone and remember Jesus is the reason for the season. God Bless You All and we pray that you all have a very good New Year with good health and good wealth!!
Name: Wayne Miller
Occupation: Retired civil servant
Relation to Racing: Crew person/Crew Chief/Car Owner/Spotter/Consultant and Hauler driver. (Not all at once).
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? More TOYS!
How will you spend the holiday? With my very understanding wife and semi-extended family.
Name: Don Scriver
Occupation: Owner Bowmans Electro Painting
Relation to Racing: Owner NW Series ROY #33 Travis Bennett
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? NW tour BACK!!!!!!!!!
How will you spend the holiday? With all of my kids and grandkids at home for the first time in 3 years.
Name: Sandro Silva
Occupation: Signs/Stickers
Relation to Racing: I own Speedway Decals & Signs, Inc. which supplies the ASA Speed Truck Challenge And its drivers on site Decals and stickers
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Motorcycle
How will you spend the holiday? Stuffed, warm and hopfully on my
motorcycle. Oh yea family to.
Name: Mark Arenal
Occupation: General Manager of Kinemetric Engineering
Relation to Racing: Currently running a Jr. Dragster for my daughter Michelle. Past and temporarily sidelined ASA Speed Truck team owner.
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom’s potato salad.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Our troops home from Iraq...and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Team with Lee Hatch as the driver.
How will you spend the holiday? With family at home and hopefully skiing in Mammoth after.
Name: Bryan Hatch
Occupation: Retired LASD/Self Employed
Relation to Racing: Owner Speed Truck #91
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything my wife Carol cooks
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new 2005 Speed Truck from RG Motorsports
How will you spend the holiday? At home with family
Name: Jeff Wolf
Occupation: Reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Relation to Racing: Reporter/columnist
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey (appropriate food for a sports columnist)
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe 2005 racing season
How will you spend the holiday? Playing with whatever Action
collectibles Santa delivered
Name: Evin D. Powell
Occupation: Honors Student,"Mission Viejo High School"
Relation to Racing: Driver, #71 Legends, Irwindale Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Yams (sweet potatoes) and Turkey stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Complete funding for our 2005
ASA Speedtruck program and an iPod-mini.
How will you spend the holiday? I will spend Christmas with my
family followed by a week at Shaver Lake in the Sierra Mountains with my
relatives.
Name: Jack O’Neal
Occupation: Dispatcher
Relation to Racing: LMCS Race Director. (Former Winston West Chief Starter)
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? My kids to be happy.
How will you spend the holiday? With my kids and family.
Name: Ken Stout
Occupation: Broadcaster
Relation to Racing: Married to it for life!!
Favorite Holiday Food: HELLO, have you seen me lately? I LOVE it all!!!!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Everything I can get but for now lets just go with a couple of yellow flags from time to time at the Speed Truck Challenge Races. You know, lets bunch’um up from time to time Jay!!
How will you spend the holiday? That’s a great question. After being gone for 40 plus weekends this year I first have to see if I’ll have a home and a family, if not, I’ll need an address from Jay Rutherford, the kindest, friendliest and most loving promoter I’ve ever met!
Merry Christmas to everyone from Ken Stout and Newave Productions!!!!
Name: Robert Burleson
Occupation: Network Engineer
Relation to Racing: Crew Member/ Tire Tech #91 ASA Speed Truck
Favorite Holiday Food: My sister’s Yams, Mom’s Standing Rib Roast
What would you like Santa to bring you? I already have everything I need
How will you spend the holiday? With my Kid’s and family
Name: Dick Varder
Occupation: Chaplain at Irwindale Speedway. Was with Grand National West.
Favorite Holiday Food: I love ham with yams.
What would you like Santa to bring you? would like to have the opportunity to share Jesus Christ with the entire racing community.
How will you spend the holiday? With my wife and children and grandchildren. We will share gifts, food and remember why we celebrate Christmas.
Name: Kaleb Hart
Occupation: Retail Warrior, Wenatchee Target t-1064
Relation to Racing: Track Announcer/PR Ephrata Raceway Park 2004, Wenatchee
Valley’s Super Oval 1995-2001
Favorite Holiday Food: White Chocolate Covered Pretzels
What would you like Santa to bring you? A hot date and a deep playoff run for the
Seahawks
How will you spend the holiday? With Mom, Dad, and Katie at home in East
Wenatchee, watching college football and recooperating from a long holiday
season.
Name: Patrick Britain
Occupation: Student at El Modena High School
Relation to Racing: Driver of #6 ASA Speed Truck
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? An Impact Supercharger helmet
How will you spend the holiday? Probably power-sliding my Jeep in the snow at Big Bear.
Name: Jerry Britain
Occupation: General Manager (DCH Auto Group)
Relation to Racing: Son drives #6 ASA Speed Truck (Patrick Britain)
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey Baked Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A sponsor to help support Patrick’s racing!
How will you spend the holiday? Big Bear on Christmas Day and working on the race car the rest of the time.
Name: Bud Budavari
Occupation: Auto Transport Driver
Relation to Racing: Driver #63 ASA Speedtruck
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? Nothing in specific
How will you spend the holiday? Together with family at home
Name: Ryan Zeck
Occupation: Race Car Driver and Mechanical Engineer
Relation to Racing: ASA Driver of the #95 car
Favorite Holiday Food: The Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? An opportunity to drive full time in 2005
How will you spend the holiday? My family
Name: JT Davis
Occupation: Photographic Lab Tech.
Relation to Racing: Around it all my life and have radio show SPORT OF SPEED
Favorite Holiday Food: That marshmallow, banana, strawberry,fruit salad thing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Paint and body work done on my jeep!
How will you spend the holiday? Spending it with the in-laws
Name: Jackie Britain
Occupation: Retired legal secretary
Relation to Racing: Son is ASA SpeedTruck driver #6 Patrick Britain
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Surprise me!
How will you spend the holiday? Big Bear (by the fire place)
Name: John Flores
Occupation: Retail Sales Manager
Relation to Racing: Part time ASA Speed Truck Official
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? To be a full time ASA Speed Truck official
How will you spend the holiday? Freezing my butt off in Minnesota with the in-laws
Name: Ray Hampton
Occupation: Engineer/Race Director
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver #64 ASC Pontiac
Favorite Holiday Food: Nut Bread
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Transporter
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends
Name: Jerod Popejoy
Occupation: Pipe Fitter
Relation to Racing: Qwner and Driver of the #18 Super Stock with T-Tops at Altamont Raceway Park..
Favorite Holiday Food: My Mom’s homemade Pumpkin Pie...
What would you like Santa to bring you? A set of scales for my garage, and a good safe race season for all in 2005.
How will you spend the holiday? Not sure yet but probably at my house with my new wife and hopefully celebrating her being pregnant. = )
Name: Mike Bailey [ crutches ]
Occupation: Retired or retarted ???
Relation to Racing: Super fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Our boys home from iraq !!!
How will you spend the holiday? With mom
Name: Jay Rutherford
Occupation: ASA Speed Truck Challenge...presented by...CMKXtreme.com
Relation to Racing: Truck racing series owner/series director/TV show producer
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey baked ham, green beans with onions and tomatoes, stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, pumpkin pie & whipped cream
What would you like Santa to bring you? 14 safe and exciting races for my drivers, fans and viewers on the Outdoor Channel
How will you spend the holiday? At mountain home (2 feet of snow last weekend) with wife Carol and new Chocolate Lab puppy (Choco) and probably on to Arizona to visit with family and friends
Name: Buddy Johnson & Family
Occupation: Truck Driver/Tire guy, etc.
Relation to Racing: Work for Chip Ganassi Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Everything! It’s all delicious.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A snow plow! (Among other things I can fill my garage with!)
How will you spend the holiday? With Family and Friends.
Name: Martin G. Cameron
Occupation: Artist
Relation to Racing: Kustom helmet painter, Formula Car Body Manufacturer (Mysterian House of Glass), Owner Driver of Mysterian #59
Favorite Holiday Food: Mince Pie (Costs me seconds in January but hey, you only live once)
What would you like Santa to bring you? A HANS device and 3 seconds off my lap times at Infineon raceway.
How will you spend the holiday? By day getting two cars ready for next season, evening huddled with my family watching old Rankin Bass Christmas specials.
Name: Darren "Budah" Scriver
Occupation: Back in school
Relation to Racing: Co Owner of DS Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Shrimp dip, ham, turkey, stuffing......mt names Budah I like most all food haha
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Tahoe
How will you spend the holiday? With my entire family at my parents
Name: Lisa McClure
Occupation: Public Relations
Relation to Racing: Work in the field and my brother, Lee Hatch, is an ASA Speed Truck driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? The winning lottery numbers and a lot of happiness for 2005
How will you spend the holiday? I’ll spend Christmas with my daughter Brooke and the rest of the Hatch family.
Name: Anne Proffit
Occupation: Journalist/Photographer
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new racing job
How will you spend the holiday? With friends
Name: Gordy Durocher
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Long time fan,have friends on a pit crew ASA team
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, Beer
What would you like Santa to bring you? Bristol tickets
How will you spend the holiday? With Family and friends
Name: Jeff Yeager
Occupation: Unemployed student
Relation to Racing: Former SDKA Sr. Sportsman light champ 1990 & 1991 and current sim racer in ORCA.
Favorite Holiday Food: My Sister in-law’s cooking
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace on earth and more wins in ORCA (though a racing related job would be nice).
How will you spend the holiday? Starting with a candlelight service on Christmas eve and then dinner with my family & in-laws Christmas day.
Name: Rick "Rick-It!" Albarran
Occupation: What ever it takes.....
Relation to Racing: Second love after the wife!
Favorite Holiday Food: Adult Strength Eggnog
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new race car would be nice....
How will you spend the holiday? With family and friends.....
Name: Brian H Burck
Occupation: Promoter and agent for drivers
What would you like Santa to bring you? A nice big sponsorship (for the drivers) would be a great gift from Santa. I would be happy with air tools, foosball table or electronic dart board for my game room.
How will you spend the holiday? Tradition in our family for Christmas will put me at a family gathering of about 40 on Christmas Eve, and then with my wife and kids Christmas Day at home.
Name: Shelley & Darrell LaMoure
Occupation: Husband & wife (its work, don’t kind yourself, but worth every minuite)
Relation to Racing: Driver’s wife & driver SWS
Favorite Holiday Food: We like the traditional stuff turkey, prime rib Meat baby! lots of wine. Have you seen me lately? Not missing many meals... Food is a very important part of our lives enjoy every single bite.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Our nephew & all the troops home safe. We are supporters of the war. Get em Bush!
How will you spend the holiday? Home with all the family, both sides hopefully. Maybe get away to the cabin for the New Year week?
Name: Steven Blakesley
Occupation: Student/Reporter for Gold Country Media
Relation to Racing: Report on Sacramento area racing, mainly All American Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Christmas Cookies/any animal that is cooked
What would you like Santa to bring you? I need NASCAR 2005 Chase for the Cup. Maybe the NASCAR Touring Schedules would be NICE.
How will you spend the holiday? I will spend Christmas with my family.
Name: Burry Dolbeare
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Years of press relations
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham, sweet taters and pecan pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Another year
How will you spend the holiday? At home with my girlfriend’s folks
Name: Lloyd Wideman
Occupation: President; Diamond III LLC - Motorsports PR & Marketing Agency ( www.diamond3.net )
Relation to Racing: Represent drivers and teams on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series/NEXTEL CUP Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Butter Mints & Vodka
What would you like Santa to bring you? $15 Million Corporate Sponsor on a 3 year contract for JR Patton of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series #67 Fiddle back Racing Ford
How will you spend the holiday? I will spend Christmas with my Beautiful girlfriend and my Family.
Name: Kaye Reshaw
Occupation: PR/Media Relations - Timing/Scoring #16 NAPA team
Relation to Racing: Bill McAnally Racing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Another West Series championship for BMR, an opportunity for Austin Cameron in Nextel Cup or Busch, and a very safe and competitive season for all the race teams in the West.
How will you spend the holiday? Relaxing with my family.
Name: Donie Butts (Fueler32)
Occupation: Gasman (Fueler) For Eric Norris, 2002 Winston West Series Champion. Also Member of the NHRA Safety Safari for 24 Years as a Fire Diver.
Relation to Racing: Member of Eric Norris,s West and Truck Crew and Journeymen Fueler and different teams.
Favorite Holiday Food: I love Turkey and Sweet Yams. And cannot forget the Sweet Potato Pie.
How will you spend the holiday? I plan on spending Christmas with my family at Home in Torrance California.
Holiday info is the same as last year....a little more lonely. Three good friends and my last ex died in the last 4 months.
Name: John "Spider" Hruska
Relation to Racing: Track Photographer, Retired 12/06/03 Mesa Marin
Favorite Holiday Food: All the trimmings.
What would you like Santa to bring you? An introduction to a nice lady to share part of my future.
How will you spend the holiday? With my 1st ex wife and my kids at her house in Burbank, Calif.
Name: Cindy Spies
Occupation: Senior Paralegal
Relation to Racing: 2004 Late Model Champion at Orange Show Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Money to pay off some credit cards and for my son to enjoy his first year in karting, (and for me not freak out when he has his first accident!)
How will you spend the holiday? At home. My family comes to my house for Christmas and I do the cookin’.
Name: Drena Farrell
Occupation: Sales Coordinator
Relation to Racing: Dating #39 Crew Chief
Favorite Holiday Food: Stuffing with home made cranberry sauce J
What would you like Santa to bring you? Already have it, going to Mexico!
How will you spend the holiday? With friends