Name: T.D.Kelley
Occupation: Offshore Oil Production
Relation to Racing: Crew Member, SWT Team in early 90's
Favorite Holiday Food: Turducken
What would you like Santa to bring you? Recovery for the Gulf Coast
How will you spend the Holiday? 100 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. Wishing I was home with family.

Name: Tommy Mason
Occupation: Wearing my HUGE yellow hat to the races
Relation to Racing: Grew up in it, dad crewed on cars for many years and still is today!
Favorite Holiday Food: Whatever mom cooks
What would you like Santa to bring you? AN AWESOME RACING SEASION IN 06'
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family who im so fortunate to have.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!!!

Name: Mike Duerr
Occupation: Retail Sales-Big O Tires
Relation to Racing: Long time fan and Cindy Clark Racing team member
Favorite Holiday Food: Tamales
What would you like Santa to bring you? A really fast Super Late Model for Cindy.
How will you spend the Holiday? Keeping an eye out for the hauler pulling up to unload the really fast Super Late Model that I am hoping Santa or one of Santa's helpers will bring us! Counting on you Santa...our car got pretty well destroyed in the Open Show at the Bullring!

Name: Ron and Wendy Zajicek
Occupation: Rear End Specialist & Office Manager for Electrical Contractor
Relation to Racing: Long family history of auto racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Pretty much anything homemade.... tonight we had homemade Tamales
What would you like Santa to bring you? More kindness and understanding, more patience and good health, more time to hike the mountains and more time for biking... oh yes, Ron wants new interior for his '56 Chevy
How will you spend the Holiday? I am hoping to gather up my sisters for a 2 hour hike in the mountains above Sunland/Tujunga where we reflect and share great memories and just plain vent about anything and everything... then sit down with our family(s) to a homemade meal and give our blessings and thanks.

Name: Kaye Reshaw
Occupation: PR
Relation to Racing: Fan of great drivers
Favorite Holiday Food: Piegos from my Polish grandnma
What would you like Santa to bring you? Good health for Austin & Rachele's baby to come and happiniess for Thompson family and their new blessing of Emerson Thompson.
How will you spend the Holiday? Thinking of all the wonderful people I have met and have come to care about in racing. Praying and hoping for wonderful things to come to them and their families.

Name: Larry Nava
Occupation: Plumbing Contractor
Relation to Racing: Born into it.
Favorite Holiday Food: Tamales
What would you like Santa to bring you? A 2006 Grand National West Championship and a winning Lotto ticket
How will you spend the Holiday? I'll spend the Holidays kickin back with my family for Christmas and New Years I'll be kickin down South hanging at the beach in Ensenada.

Name: Michael Mulder (tiremount)
Occupation:Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Relation to Racing: Retired tire mounter - maintain Rip Michels' hauler
Favorite Holiday Food:
What would you like Santa to bring you? A smile on my daughter's face
How will you spend the Holiday?With family here in So Cal

Name: Amee Blue
Occupation: Mortgage Account Coordinator
Relation to Racing: Born into it
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib - Mashed Potatoes - Cookies, Cookies, Cookies - Chocolate
What would you like Santa to bring you? I'd love a racecar - But will settle for a happy 2006
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family

Name: Nikki Bristol
Occupation: College Student, Franchise General Manager for the Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Franchise that runs from Everett, WA to Mt Vernon, WA
Relation to Racing: Speedway in Monroe, was raised at the racetrack in Monroe, my boyfriend Billy Coates drives a superstock sometimes at Evergreen Speedway, and my baby brother is soon to start racing a Hornet at the same track
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, green bean cassorale (I am actually making dinner on Christmas Eve with all of my favorites so I do not miss out on anything!)
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sponsors for Billy, larger sponsors for me, a fast hornet for my brother, and an enclosed trailer for the whole team!
How will you spend the Holiday? Christmas Eve I will be having presents with Billy and my Mom, along with dinner for Billy, my mom, my sister Morgan, and Billy's crewguy Mark. Then in the morning it is off to my grandparents, then one of Billy's grandparents, and then the second set of his grandparents, with last of all, going to Billy's parents house. Having lots of family members makes Christmas last all day long!

Name: Mike Greco
Occupation: Dispatch/Mixer Driver
Relation to Racing: Driver #70 LLM
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? I already got my present from Santa.....an enclosed trailer
How will you spend the Holiday? My family and my wifes family are both coming to our house on Christmas day. Christmas Eve we will be going to midnight mass at church, and for New Year's we will have some friends over. (It is my 30th birthday) I can't wait for the holidays to be over....then maybe there will be time to relax, that is until race season starts.

Name: Robert Burleson
Occupation: Managing Director-IT Consulting Firm
Relation to Racing: Crew for Lee Hatch ASA Speed Truck Team
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it
What would you like Santa to bring you? MegaMilions Jackpot
How will you spend the Holiday? Christmas Eve with Girlfriend's Family, Christmas morning at home with the kids, then of to my Parents house for Dinner

Name: Sean Augustus
Occupation: Mechanic
Relation to Racing: Crew Member
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? An oppurtunity from a team to move up in my career
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends

Name: Bryan Hatch
Occupation: Security Consultant
Relation to Racing: Owner #91 Speed Truck
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey Baked Ham and wifes Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe season and 14 wins
How will you spend the Holiday? With family especially new grand baby Lee Jr. and grand daughter Brooke

Name: Shari Garber
Occupation: Looking for a new one! :-)  Oh yeah, and in my spare time: INSSA administrator, marketing director, race official, sometimes photographer, webmaster, and person of interest when things don't go quite right.
Relation to Racing: Member of Garber racing family with 3 generations racing in 2005.  Inland Northwest Super Stock Assn - Stateline, ID
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it ~
What would you like Santa to bring you? Winter to be over ~ sunshine and at least 75 degrees.  Also, world peace would be good and of course, millions of dollars.
How will you spend the Holiday? Up on the mountain with a very large family - who will all be sad because all the snow melted LOL

Name: Al Vautier
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Car owner and builder
Favorite Holiday Food:Ham, yams and sweet potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? My daughters hips to be healed
How will you spend the Holiday? With my daughters and nephews

Name: Derrick Shannon
Occupation: Sr. Manager of Training for DIRECTV
Relation to Racing: Big fan. I also endeavor to provide media and pr coverage for the Southwest Series.
Favorite Holiday Food: If it is on the plate I like it.
What would you like Santa to bring you? I have everything I could ever ask for. My wish is for safety for our troops around the world who defend the freedoms that we so greatly value and enjoy!
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend Christmas with my family here in Meridian, Idaho.

Name: Charles Heaton
Occupation: Pipelayer
Relation to Racing: NASCAR Northwest and Southwest Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Knobcreek whiskey and Eggnog,
fudge fruitcake
What would you like Santa to bring you? More opportunities to
see more racin'
How will you spend the Holiday? Chillin at home watchin' football

Name: Billy Bowling and Tracy Bowling
Occupation: Supervisor
Relation to Racing: Crew member for Gene Woods Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and any pies
What would you like Santa to bring you? NASCAR License
How will you spend the Holiday? With my wife Tracy,and daughters Shara, Amanda and one on the way due in June

Name: Bob Matthews
Occupation: Service Manager but in my off hours Head Tech Medicine Hat Speedway
Relation to Racing: Head Tech, Pit Crew, Board of Director
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies, especially the homemade kind
What would you like Santa to bring you? A successful 2006
Race Season and drivers who understand when I disqualify them ( ho ho
ho)
How will you spend the Holiday? I'll Be Home for Christmas

Name: Gary Robertson
Occupation: Self Employed Diesel generator and engine sales (internet sales)
Relation to Racing: I used to race... hope to again.... someday...Jerry and Odie are my Brother and Father
Favorite Holiday Food: Fudge
What would you like Santa to bring you? Racing Helmet
How will you spend the Holiday? With family... My mom and dad are coming out from South Carolina

Name: Dan Nikolai
Occupation: Self Employed
Relation to Racing: Have been involved with the Southwest Series for 15 years and would like to keep that going.
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything really, just don't try to get me to eat beets...
What would you like Santa to bring you? Health, happiness, and a safe racing season for everyone in 2006.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family, may travel to Reno.

Name: Bob Scanland
Occupation: Tire Specialist, Manager Goodyear Tire store
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? More Tools
How will you spend the Holiday? With my Wife and kids

Name: Irene Keiffer
Occupation: Confidential Secretary
Relation to Racing: Official NWT
Favorite Holiday Food: Where to start--Chocolate
What would you like Santa to bring you? Pitchfork
How will you spend the Holiday? With family

Name: Mark Hastings
Occupation: Aerospace functional test technician
Relation to Racing: Former driver and mechanic, current online racing fanatic.
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Thomas Enterprises wheel and pedals
How will you spend the Holiday? With my wife, children and grandchildren.

Name: Rob Horne
Occupation: Social Worker
Relation to Racing: Western Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Sausage Rolls
What would you like Santa to bring you? New body for Sportsman Car
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family and Friends

Name: William Burggraf
Occupation: Driver
Relation to Racing: Race Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Pizza
What would you like Santa to bring you? To win the lottey
How will you spend the Holiday? With my Mother & Sister &her family

Name: Steve Mortland
Occupation: Lube Oil Dispatcher, Part-Time Radio Station Employee
Relation to Racing: Announcer
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? For my parents health to drastically improve. And also for my good friend David Piland to get his situation taken care of! On a completely material basis, an XM or Sirius radio system for my truck.
How will you spend the Holiday? On a paper route helping my youngest son, then off to the in-laws function in the morning. Then after a well deserved nap, off to my side of the families gathering.

Name: Vinnie Marsili
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: Racer
Favorite Holiday Food: All
What would you like Santa to bring you? Racecar
How will you spend the Holiday? At home

Name: Scott Burson
Occupation: Electrical Contractor
Relation to Racing: Car owner SWS #56
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Tour chassis
How will you spend the Holiday? Home with family and friends

Name: Brian Holland
Occupation: Carpenter  
Relation to Racing: Ham
Favorite Holiday Food: I'll be pleased by a safe Christmas an New Year for my family
What would you like Santa to bring you? I'll be pleased by a safe Christmas an New Year for my family
How will you spend the Holiday? With my kids an wife

Name: Chris Ippolito
Occupation: Manager parts
Relation to Racing: Crew chief for Joey Mogar #5
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? A bad new race car slm or modified
How will you spend the Holiday? Watch old races

Name: Eddie Alves
Occupation: Cheif Scorer, Write Press Releases, Maintaining the SRL website
Relation to Racing: I work for the StockCar Racing League (SRL)
Favorite Holiday Food: Fudge
What would you like Santa to bring you? To be with family for the Holiday's (and the Xbox 360)
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with family in Tracy, California

Name: Brent Lamb
Occupation: Engine builder
Relation to Racing: Build engines  and sponsor IP4CS
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? Lots of $$$$$$$$ or all the newest engine building equip
How will you spend the Holiday? With family

Name: Charlie Kramm
Occupation: RE/MAX Realtor & Full time Dad!!
Relation to Racing: Driver, Car Owner, & Fan!
Favorite Holiday Food: Grandma's Fudge, home cooked Prime Rib, good wine!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Low Interest Rates & More Horsepower
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family & Friends

Name:Susan Jeffery
Occupation:Accounting
Relation to Racing: Father raced, brother's built race cars etc. and
have one brother on Nextel Cup team
Favorite Holiday Food: The fancy seafood dips
What would you like Santa to bring you? My health
How will you spend the Holiday? At oldest brothers house with other
family members enjoying the merriment

Name: Brian Harvick
Occupation: Industrial Sales
Relation to Racing: Irwindale SLM
Favorite Holiday Food: Swedish Meatballs, yeah we have Christmas there too
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new roller!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? Sitting in traffic

Name: Austin Murphy age 13
Occupation: Student (and a good one at that)
Relation to Racing: Driver - Legend car #07 - California - After Hours Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? I don't beleive in Santa - But I would like C.D.'s
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family, and going to grandma's house.

Name: Eric Bernocco
Occupation: Race car trailer sales
Relation to Racing: GN
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A buyer for my vintage cup car
How will you spend the Holiday? Driving new car and with family

Name: Mart Nesbitt
Occupation: Race car driver, Hooter's ProCup 88N; and Commercial Banker - RBC Centura.
Relation to Racing: Driver and Owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies and honey ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Health, happiness, and good racing luck.
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family at Home.

Name: Drew Bischof
Occupation: Owner, Schneider Heating & Air & Schneider Mechanical Systems
Relation to Racing: NASCAR Team Owner, Auto Zone Elite Division, Southwest Series & Grand National Division, Auto Zone West Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Sponsor...what else??
How will you spend the Holiday? At home in Phoenix with my family

Name: Jason Hedrick
Occupation: I am a HVAC foreman
Relation to Racing: I've driven race cars for 15 years
Favorite Holiday Food: My favorite food is cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? I want a new truck for christmas
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend xmas with my family

Name: Dennis Bounds
Occupation: News Anchor, KING5 News
Relation to Racing: Occasional pit reporter at Evergreen Speedway for Northwest Series and Winston West races
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey-glazed ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Not too picky these days regarding gifts from Santa. Mostly DVD's
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with my wife, three children and mother-in-law (who's a fabulous lady).

Name: Aaron Hicks
Occupation: Auto Technician
Relation to Racing: Drive Modified at Lakeport Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Money
How will you spend the Holiday? At Home

Name: Brian Scriver
Occupation: Program Analyst
Relation to Racing: Part of a 3 way Father and Sons ownership of DS Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham and au gratin potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? ONE POINT
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family at my parents house

Name: Jeff, Ryan, Ashley, and Amber Austine
Occupation:Service manager, service writer, cashier, and cashier
Relation to Racing: Head tech official, and the rest of us are officials for the ASA Speed Truck Challenge...the best racing series of the west!
Favorite Holiday Food: Too many favorites to list for all of us
What would you like Santa to bring you? Another great year for the Speed Truck Challenge
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with our whole family

Name: Dave Angus
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Pit crew #21 late model
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? Free tires for a year
How will you spend the Holiday? Sitting around drinking beer.

Name: David and Renee Farr
Occupation: Software Test Engineer / Retired
Relation to Racing: Farr Motorsport Photography - former track photograpers for Mesa  Marin
Favorite Holiday Food: Pretty much everything
What would you like Santa to bring you? My motorcycle fixed, Renee wants it gone
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends

Name: Jeff Williams
Occupation: Volvo parts rep.
Relation to Racing:Driver & owner of the #28 Cleavage Creek Fine Wines West Coast Converters WCPT Ford F150
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, mashed potatoes & biscuits.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A big sponsor, better luck than we had last year & Leeann Tweeden! LOL!
How will you spend the Holiday? With family.

Name: Jeff Glowniak
Occupation: I am an owner/operator of a small towing company in San Mateo, CA
Relation to Racing: I co-own a stockcar team that competes in the American Stockcar Challenge. We finsihed 3rd in points in 2005 with 2 wins and several podiums.
Favorite Holiday Food:All the candy and cookies and other sweets.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Victory Circle Roadrace chassis
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend Christmas hanging out with my family and recuperating from my elbow surgery and figuring out my racing budget for 2006.

Name: Bruce Mooney
Occupation: Forklift Driver
Relation to Racing: Friends of Mike Zamora, 2005 LMCS Champ Longtime Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Mooney Family Holiday Roast
What would you like Santa to bring you? For my sister-in -law to be able to get well and come home from the hospital.And a new motor for Mike's racecar.
How will you spend the Holiday? At my other sister-in-laws.

Name: Wendi Day
Occupation: Accts Receivables & Contingencies at DJ Safety
Relation to Racing: Grew up around racing, currently on #9 SWS
Favorite Holiday Food: All the cookies and fudges we make every year, but the cinnamon rolls are the best!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Schedule for next season and a vacation to NJ to see my sister and niece.
How will you spend the Holiday? With friends and my parents, then an R & R vacation!!!

Name: Tom Skahill
Occupation: Product and Trademark Licensing
Relation to Racing: Owner/ Driver----Legends cars
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? A New Trailer
How will you spend the Holiday? Family first...changing a motor second

Name: Paul Collins   
Occupation: National Sales Mgr.
Relation to Racing: Legends - Asphalt Late Models
Favorite Holiday Food: Dressing
What would you like Santa to bring you? To sell our entire Racing Equipment
How will you spend the Holiday? Spend time with Entire Family and Deer Hunt

Name: Tom Merritt
Occupation: Racing / Custom Patio Cover Design and Instalation
Relation to Racing: Spotter / Driver Coach / Team Director - GNW & ASA ST
Favorite Holiday Food: My TurDucKin
What would you like Santa to bring you? Love and Peace
How will you spend the Holiday? With as many friends as possible

Name: janet
Occupation: Self-employed
Relation to Racing: Die-hard Race fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Potatoes and yams, any which way they are cooked ... and I love Rhubarb!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Not from Santa, but from another animal lover--someone with the know-how to help me set up a 501c for animal rescue. This would allow people to take my animal rescue efforts more seriously and allow contributors to write off donations on their taxes.
How will you spend the Holiday? For years I have been more concerned with gifts and family and the occasional candelight celebration, this year it is strong in my heart to remember that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ. Next I will begin meticulously plotting out 2007--like NASCAR's Tour, there will be no major changes in 2006, but 2007? well. . .

Name: John Raney
Occupation: Plant Manager
Relation to Racing: Dirt Mod
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe race season for 06 and all others.
How will you spend the Holiday? With 28 family members at our house.

Name: Melinda Moulaison
Occupation: Depends who you ask. My favorite is Clayton, Cassie Anne, and Campbell's and soon to be born Cooper (Breanne is having a boy) Grandmother.
Relation to Racing: Northwest Racing Ent & Racing West's  Near live
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib and Fruit salad
What would you like Santa to bring you? A healthy 06 race season for all the teams and  race tracks
How will you spend the Holiday? With CK and all our kids and grandkids

Name: Rob Nascimento
Occupation: Buyer
Relation to Racing: Crew member; fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham and Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A winning lottery ticket
How will you spend the Holiday? With family

Name: Wally Cahill
Occupation: TV Show Host.......Motorsports Mania on FSN Arizona.
Relation to Racing: By injection
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? More live race coverage on TV
How will you spend the Holiday? With family (in the sand dunes)

Name: George Green
Occupation: Sales Representative MasterCraft Cabinets, Inc
Relation to Racing: Own NASCAR weekly racing series team Crew on NASCAR Elite series team
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? I do not "want" anything, I think Santa and I are doing alright.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends, showing off my new Grandson

Name: Michael B. Medlin AKA: Captain Sensitive
Occupation: Director of Investigations, I think, let me investigate
and then I will tell you.
Relation to Racing: Team Manager, Rip Michels Racing, anyone seen my
Van
Favorite Holiday Food: Everything, have you seen my belly lately...lol
What would you like Santa to bring you? Safety for our troops, and for Rip and the rest of the team to complete their Anger Management Classes, Just Kidding
How will you spend the Holiday? In Prescott, AZ teaching my nephew how to play drums on his new set, should be awesome.

Name: Matt Jackson
Occupation: Owner Proline Pit Carts
Relation to Racing: Divorced
Favorite Holiday Food: Egg Nog & RUM
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Proline Pit Cart 

How will you spend the Holiday? Opening all my presents!!

Name: DebbiLee
Occupation: I'm an Account Representative for an advertising media agency by day and at night/wkends, I work for Trader Joes, and occasionnaly will work as a waitress/bartender as needed by my friend's restaurant. I also sing and perform in bands. I also compete in Country Western Dancing.
Relation to Racing: A good friend is a mechanic for one of the S/W tour drivers-M k Kanke, One of these days I will hopefully meet him.
Favorite Holiday Food: My favorite holiday food is STUFFING! But more fun is cooking and baking!( when I have time)
What would you like Santa to bring you? I'm hoping Santa would help me earn enough money to pay my bills-if he can't do that then perhaps a scanner so that I can hear the racers chatter to make watching the races more interesting because I can't always hear the announcer.
How will you spend the Holiday? I'm a NASCAR racing "virgin" i have only been to the Toyota shootout qualifiers... due to my work schedule Christmas, hooray, I actually have a day off, but it will be most likely w/ my girl friend & her mother,-her father passed away in July so this will be a very hard holiday season.

Wishing all of you at Racing West, a very happy holiday and thanks for keeping me in touch with what's going on..
Here's to a championship season for MK, got close this year.
Merry Christmas and Happy and safe New Year!

Name: Dustin Ash
Occupation: Student at Cimarron Memorial High School
Relation to Racing: Driver-2005 Legends pro Champion and 2005 Late model Rookie of the year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Green Beans and Bacon
What would you like Santa to bring you? The new Simpson Shark helment
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with Mom and Dad

Name: Bob Huntington
Occupation: Auto Tech
Relation to Racing: Director of Competition Mesa Marin Raceway ( retired )
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? We already got our present. We moved to Mooresville N.C. to be with our kids and grandkids.
How will you spend the Holiday? With our kids.

Name: North Fork Photo-Denny and Caren Strimple
Occupation:
Caren: Photographer when I am not working at the hospital. Job: Putting up with Denny
Denny: Photographer...and becoming a better recovering college professor
Relation to Racing: Motorsports photography up and down the west coast, having a good time with our racing extended family...and loving it all
Favorite Holiday Food: Pop Corn Balls and Bratwurst (you guess who)
What would you like Santa to bring you? Caren-I want it all./ Denny-wish me luck
How will you spend the Holiday?
Caren: we celebrate Christmas with my family on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day, I work at the hospital so a coworker can be home with their children.
Denny: I will sleep until noon, walk our dogs (Sonny and Shadow) and watch a lot of bad Speed Vision reruns

Name: Chris  Cyne
Occupation: Pro Student -- I'm on the ten year program
Relation to Racing: SLM  driver at  Irwindale and LVMS
Favorite Holiday Food: Crown Royal
What would you like Santa to bring you? A bigger budget
How will you spend the Holiday? With my mom in Cave Creek, Arizona

Name: Windi Portenga
Occupation: Signco Owner
Relation to Racing: Wife/Sometimes Car Owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Health and Happiness!
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with family, then off to Mike & Joys!

Name: Sammie Lukaskiewicz
Occupation: Public Relations Manager
Relation to Racing:Kansas Speedway since 2000
Favorite Holiday Food: Mashed potatoes AND stuffing ... must have both!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Safety for our soldiers and their families
all over the world
How will you spend the Holiday? In Hawaii

Name: Shane Harding and Shae Stephens
Occupation: After Market Sales and Banker
Relation to Racing: 2005 Evergreen Speedway Super Stock Champion and Son of 1999 NW Tour Champion
Favorite Holiday Food: Shane: Stuffing/Shae: Raspberry Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Shane: 4 New Pro Shocks/Shae: More vacation time
How will you spend the Holiday? With Both of our Families in Canada and Vancouver, WA

Name: Mindy Reed
Occupation: Marketing Promotions
Relation to Racing: Work with NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division and a Busch series team.
Favorite Holiday Food: ANYTHING!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Will be grateful for good health.
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family, at home.

Name: Steve Larsen
Occupation: Director of Motorsports, NOS Events Center
Relation to Racing: Manage the Orange Show Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Banana Cream Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and Goodwill
How will you spend the Holiday? With family in Newport Beach, CA

Name: Pete Graham
Occupation: Laboratory Technician, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
Relation to Racing: Ex-Winston West driver & Cup crew member, now crew chief on #5 SRL car
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, Potatoes, stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? More time to spend with family
How will you spend the Holiday? Reclip car, rehang body, finish new engine, oh yeah spend time with family..........

Name: Lisa McClure
Occupation: Radio Sales & PR Manager
Relation to Racing:   My brother is Lee Hatch from the ASA Speed Truck Series and I am his PR Manager. 
Favorite Holiday Food: Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? I'd like him to bring me the winning lottery numbers.
How will you spend the Holiday? I'll enjoy spending a lot of time with my daughter Brooke and the rest of my family.

Name: Stu Peace
Occupation: Civil Engineer
Relation to Racing: Owner of Super Late Model and past Owner of Allison Legacy West racing series.
Favorite Holiday Food: My wife's stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Super Late Model Championship at Irwindale and an Asphalt race track in San Diego.
How will you spend the Holiday? Working on my race car, the new season is only four months away.

Name: Brandon Arciero    
Occupation: Owner/operator heavy equipment
Relation to Racing: ASA Speedtruck driver/Co-Owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Apple Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new ASA SpeedTruck!
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family, my two kids Gwendolyn 5 and Ashton 3 months.

Name: Kevin Kravig
Occupation: Regional Commercial Sales Manager-Auto Zone
Relation to Racing: Attend most of the NASCAR AutoZone races in this market.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, chicken, ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Cold weather and good health
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family at home

Name: Larry McReynolds
Occupation: FOX Sports Race Analyst
Relation to Racing: Former Crew Chief for 17 years and currently Broadcast Anaylyst
Favorite Holiday Food: All of It
What would you like Santa to bring you? R & R
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family

Name: Judy Stropus
Occupation: Owner, Communications/Public Relations Agency
Relation to Racing: Represent Don Schumacher Racing's NHRA Funny Car teams, as
well as Melanie Troxel's Top Fuel Dragster team and Richie Stevens Jr. Pro Stock team (all members of DSR), as well as other motorsports clients
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey with all the trimmings
What would you like Santa to bring you? Continued good health, world peace, safe
existence
How will you spend the Holiday? With friends

Name: Dave Grayson
Occupation: Freelancers Media Services/Lone Maverick Productions Mobile DJ
Relation to Racing: Reporter and columnist
Favorite Holiday Food: Banana Bread
What would you like Santa to bring you? Some badly needed time off
How will you spend the Holiday? Very quietly

Name: Michael Miceli
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Relation to Racing: Graphic Designer for Teams, Agents, Drivers
Favorite Holiday Food: The Eggplant Rollatini on Christmas Eve
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sirius radio. On a racing note, perhaps occasional Live TV coverage of the Busch North/West Series. (other than the Showdown)
How will you spend the Holiday? At my parent's house discussing how we ate too much the night before at my Uncle's house.

Name: Dave Reed
Occupation: Owner ApprovedMemory.com check out our new USB surf drives, great stocking stuffers or go to eBay store for memory needs, http://stores.ebay.com/approvedmemory/
Relation to Racing: Spotter for Ron Esau Irwindale Super Late Models and Craig Raudman SWS
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything with alcohol in it!!!!!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sony DV Direct turns home movies into DVD's
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends at home

Name: Darren Scriver
Occupation: Appliance Delivery and Installation
Relation to Racing: Part of a 3 way Father and Son Ownership of DS Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey,Stuffing and Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? A BIG sponsor and a new bed lol
How will you spend the Holiday? With my entire immediate family at my Parents house.

Name: Nick Holt
Occupation: Media Director, United States Racing Association
Relation to Racing: Media Director, United States Racing Association
Favorite Holiday Food: Whatever the track concessions are selling..
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new set of digital scales
How will you spend the Holiday? With the family at home.

Name: Jim (and Martha) Drew
Occupation: Marine Patrol Deputy Sheriff
Relation to Racing: Fan to our son, NW tour driver Jeff Bailey, and
driving instructor at Portland Intl Raceway
Favorite Holiday Food: Thanksgiving Turkey!!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Quick victory in Iraq, bring home all
the troops
How will you spend the Holiday? Church in AM, with wife and friends PM, grandkids a weeks later

Name: Cindy Spies
Occupation: Paralegal
Relation to Racing: 2004 Late Model Champion/Rookie of the Year
Favorite Holiday Food: It was turkey, but we are going to try Prime Rib this year.
What would you like Santa to bring you? I already took Santa to the mall and pointed out "exactly" what he is to bring me.  {wink}  If I don't do this, Santa tends to bring me tight clothes, gift certificates or (heaven help him), cleaning utensils!!
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family at my house, hoping I don't serve them over cooked, dried out Prime Rib. lol

Name: Bud Budavari
Occupation: Car Hauler Driver
Relation to Racing: Driver #63 ASA Speed Truck, Speed Truck Official, spotter for Newave Productions.
Favorite Holiday Food: Everything that's on the table!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sponsorships for next season would be real nice.
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with family.

Name: Buddy Johnson   
Occupation: Work for Chip Ganassi Racing - Indy
Relation to Racing: Grew up/Work in it
Favorite Holiday Food: All the trimmins'
What would you like Santa to bring you? A snow plow! And a safe New Year for my family and friends (and another Championship wouldn't hurt!)
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends and my new granddaughter!

Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy New Year! Good Luck to all the racing teams next year!

Name: John Tiernan
Occupation: Auto Restorations
Relation to Racing: Married 40 + years to it-- body, paint, design, also team nag
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey with all the trimmings and those wonderful aromas
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and good health for my family and all of you!
How will you spend the Holiday? With Mom and visit with children and there family

Name: Bruce Quale
Occupation: Consumer Electronics Business
Relation to Racing: Driver, RMCS and some NWT
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib and Shrimp
What would you like Santa to bring you? Last year I got my wish for a tour car, this year I'm wishing for the knowledge to make it fast.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family at Mom and Dad's.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Name: Stephanie Monahan
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: My uncle races
Favorite Holiday Food: Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A race car to go along with our new race shop.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family at my grandparents house.

Name: Phil Warlock
Occupation: Automotive plating/Racing
Relation to Racing: Super Stock Driver at Irwindale
Favorite Holiday Food: Rigatoni Vodka
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sponsorship
How will you spend the Holiday? Preparing for the '06 Season

Name: Mike Vivilacqua
Occupation: Auto Service & Repair Shop Owner
Relation to Racing: Racer & Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Feast of 7 Fishes
What would you like Santa to bring you? Clay for our dirt track
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends... eating and eating and eating.

Name: Melody Raudman
Occupation: Mom/Manicurist/Owner JDA Enterprises, Inc.
Relation to Racing: Loyal Fan of SWT #2 (Craig Raudman)
Favorite Holiday Food: Hasn't changed, Granny's homemade noodles and pumpkin pie.
What would you like Santa to bring you? To sleep in my own bed in my new house!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? With our families, can't wait to see the smile on the twins face!

Name: Jim Hooker
Occupation: Bus Driver/Grounds Maintenance
Relation to Racing: NASCAR Offical
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe 2006 Season
How will you spend the Holiday? With our kids and grandchildren

Name: Don A. Leo
Occupation: Project Manager for Public Transit Authority
Relation to Racing: Crew member Young's Racing Elite Northwest Tour
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib dinner
What would you like Santa to bring you? A great sponsor
How will you spend the Holiday? Wishing for a Great Sponsor

Name: Moses Smith
Occupation: Race Car Driver, and Fabricator
Relation to Racing:I race in the ASA Speed Truck Series, and also own a Star Mazda Formula Team
Favorite Holiday Food: Candied Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? A bigger race shop
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend a few days at home with my parents, relaxing and talking about racing!

Name: Bonnie Hellings
Occupation: Occupation: Banker, retired * Treasurer for PHCMC Guild
Relation to Racing: Mother to Heidi Pursley & Greg Pursley (he is like my son) 
Favorite Holiday Food: Dressing & Pecan Pie (this year NY Cheesecake)
What would you like Santa to bring you? More than anything I wish for good health to some of our loved ones that need it very much & the war to end.  I know we all have some loved ones over there.
How will you spend the Holiday? This is the fun part of the Holidays.  Shopping, wrapping, trimming the trees.  After cooking & eating, having fun with all the family, especially the children.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL

Name: Rick-It!
Occupation: Transportation....more going fast..
Relation to Racing: Gopher
Favorite Holiday Food: Egg Nog with Capt. Morgan Spiced
What would you like Santa to bring you? More races and a CTS RIDE FOR JP II
How will you spend the Holiday? Dreaming..

Name: Gilbert Contreras  (quintacali2)
Occupation: Motor Coach Operator
Relation to Racing: Pitted on 1974 championship Super Stock Ron Overman
Favorite Holiday Food: All the trimmins'
What would you like Santa to bring you? Ron to win another championship at the grand young age of 60 plus.
How will you spend the Holiday? With my kids opening presents...

Name: Bill Hindorff
Occupation: Salesman
Relation to Racing: Sell racing shocks, driver of the the #81 IMCA Modified
Favorite Holiday Food: Mashed potatoes and gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? Parts for my Super Late Model
How will you spend the Holiday? With my kids opening presents...

Name: Gary Lumpkins
Occupation: Chief Petty Officer, US Navy
Relation to Racing: #77, NASCAR's "unsponsored" Grand National West Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Tacos & Thighs....
What would you like Santa to bring you? A 2006 race schedule
How will you spend the Holiday? Eating tacos & thighs....

Name: Joe Nava
Occupation: Family business," Your crash is our cash"
Relation to Racing: Grand National West # 77 & #17
Favorite Holiday Food: Just did a prime rib for Thanksgiving that was out of this world. Might try it again.
What would you like Santa to bring you? Our country to support our troops and hopefully they can come home soon.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends. We have a large extended family that gets together only once a year and it is potluck city.
On behalf of my family and team, we would like to wish everyone in the racing community a very "Merry Christmas" and a "Prosperous and Safe New Year!"

P.S. -- on Dec. 18, 2005 we will be making our annual trip to skid row to help the less fortunate at the Fred Jordan Mission.
Anybody wishing to join us please call 909-394-3341

Name: Brian Burck
Occupation: Head of team developement, PR & Marketing for new GNW team
Relation to Racing: Related to a champion of the NW Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Yams
How will you spend the holiday? :With family and friends in the NW, getting ready for opening day in January at Phoenix

Name: Chad Daly
Occupation: Retail Skate/Snow
Relation to Racing: Driver #28 Grand Am modified, #11 WCPT and Modified Tour soon to come...
Favorite Holiday Food: Watermelon Rinds
What would you like Santa to bring you? A modified tour car to beat Ted Christophers bumper in with :)
How will you spend the Holiday? Snowmobiling around the yard with my wife and 2 girls.

Name: Alan J Claffie
Occupation: Motorsports PR
Relation to Racing: Covers NASCAR Busch North Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Hershey kisses
What would you like Santa to bring you? Honda S2000 in screaming yellow
How will you spend the Holiday? Christmas day at brother & sister in-law's with my two nieces, then a second Christmas over New Year's at mom & dad's

Name: Darrell LaMoure
Occupation: Program Director Racing for the Missing
Relation to Racing: Personal Safety & Awareness of Missing Persons
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib & Tators
What would you like Santa to bring you? Fly fishing equipment
How will you spend the Holiday? Just heard we are heading to Cabo San Lucas after we spend Christmas day with the grandchildren.

Name: Steve Portenga
Occupation: Self Employed
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you? Health and Happiness.
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family and friends.

Name: Bob Elliff
Occupation: Pastor on staff at Light & Life Christian Fellowship in Long Beach, CA
Relation to Racing: Motor Racing Outreach Association Chaplain to the NASCAR Southwest Tour
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and a good cup of freshly brewed, strong, flavored coffee
What would you like Santa to bring you? Another year with the Southwest Tour
How will you spend the Holiday? I’ll spend Christmas with my beautiful wife Ruth of 31 years, our kids, 5 grandchildren and friends. I’ll also spend time with my 95 year old dad who first introduced me to motor sports at Ascot Park in Gardena, CA. over 40 years ago.

Thank you Racing West for all you do for the sport!

Name: Burry Dolbeare
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Sometimes PR for Burney Lamar and PR staff for former PPIR
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham, sweet taters, pecan pie, and a shot or two of Jimmy Beam
What would you like Santa to bring you? I would love for Santa to tell me tearing down PPIR is only a bad dream
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with my girl-friend and famly

Name: Nancy "Donovan" Owens
Occupation: Psychotherapist
Relation to Racing: Wanted to be a racecar driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Duck
What would you like Santa to bring you? Zero balance on my credit card, and one fun toy....I'm still a kid at heart!!!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? With loved ones in San Antonio, TX

Name: Johnna Hensen
Occupation: Data Systems Operator
Relation to Racing: Administrator, North State Challenge Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Aunt Paula’s Pork Tenderloin with chutney
What would you like Santa to bring you? An enclosed trailer for the race series.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family. Happy holidays to the RacingWest family.

Name: Randy Kerr
Occupation: Telecommunications Tech
Relation to Racing: Race Director, Magic Valley Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? For everyone to have a safe and happy holiday season and another awesome racing season.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends

Name: J. Turrigiano
Occupation: Photo lab technician
Relation to Racing: Grew up in the sport. Daddy built race cars back in the day!.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey of course, with my killer stuffing, it is to die for
What would you like Santa to bring you? To spend Christmas at the Grand Canyon Lodge north rim.( If it is snowing.) OR a week in Canyon Lands. (Far away from in -laws.)
How will you spend the Holiday? With the... in-laws...

Name: Steve Benesh
Occupation: Work in the printing trade
Relation to Racing: Photographer for the NASCAR AutoZone Midwest Series and NASCAR Scene
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey & dressing - pecan pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Cure for cancer (see below)
How will you spend the Holiday? With family back in Minneosta, praying that my older brother will beat his lung cancer.

Name: Jason Holton
Occupation: Yachts Builder
Relation to Racing: Super F-8 Driver, Evergreen Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Fudge without a doubt
What would you like Santa to bring you?
How will you spend the holiday? With the family watching the kids open their new toys since Christmas is really about the kids anyway. Happy Holidays to everyone reading this!!!

Name: Terry Osborn
Occupation: Truck Driver
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver #46 NW Outlaw Streetstock
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey/Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Enclosed trailer for my new racecar
How will you spend the Holiday? With family

Name: Donie Butts
Occupation: Work For NHRA Safety Safari and Eric Norris
Relation to Racing: Work For Eric Norris, NASCAR Craftsmen Truck Series as Over the Wall Fueler, also work with Green Light Racing as Fueler ( CTS ) And Eric Hardin Racing GNW.
Favorite Holiday Food: My Moms Sweet Potatoes and Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and Love throughout the world, stop the war and killings and bring all our troops back before Christmas.
How will you spend the holiday? At home with family. Merry Christmas to all the Racingwest families and teams.