What are your plans
for the Holidays
this year?
We invite
you to share
with your friends, family and business associates.
It is fun to know how everyone is doing and even more fun to hear from our "been missing too long" friends !
Name: Steve Rogers
Occupation: Construction/Contractor
Relation to Racing: Owner MS #1, #2, #3...Pinto Palace
Favorite Holiday Food: All foods
What would you like Santa to bring you? Another Championship for one of my sons
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends at my oldest daughter's house.
Name: Austin Reed
Occupation: 8th Grade Student
Relation To Racing: Currently Racing a Trophy Kart in CORR Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Pop Overs and Homemade Raviolis
What do you want from Santa : A Trophy Kart Elite Series
How will you spend Christmas: Enjoying My New Trophy Kart :)
Name: Joe Nava
Occupation: Racing
Relation to Racing: Performance Motorsports Camping World Grand National Series West # 77 (has a nice ring to it)
Favorite Holiday Food: I think that I have tried most everything and I do like it all
What would you like Santa to bring you? A competitive year for our race team.
How will you spend the Holiday? We just got done with the Fred Jordan Mission event that we have been doing for a number of years. Today, Christmas Eve we will finish up delivering to our needy families and then go home to spend time with our kids and grandkids. Ain't life great? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!!
Name: Patrick Minegar
Occupation: HVAC
Relation to Racing: Car owner and sponsor
Favorite Holiday Food: Gin
What would you like Santa to bring you? Don't need a thing
How will you spend the Holiday? With family
Name: Pat Daly
Occupation: RETIRED!
Relation to Racing: ex owner,Gam,wcpt,legends
Favorite Holiday Food: HAM,mashed potatos,gravy!
What would you like Santa to bring you? World wide peace!
How will you spend the Holiday? With my wife Candy,oldest son(ex driver)Chad,his wife and grandkids,My brothers and family,missing my youngest corey in Cal.
Name: Joe Miller
Occupation: Shop Owner and Real Estate Agent
Relation to Racing: Owner Driver RMCS
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? 2 Tenths
How will you spend the Holiday? Making sure my little sister is spoiled and hanging with the Fam
Name: Christine Walker
Occupation: Deputy Clerk
Relation to Racing: Nascar Grand National West Marketing
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's Sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles
What would you like Santa to bring you? A way to pay off my credit cards!
How will you spend the Holiday? With my son Chad and the rest of my family...Mom, Dad, all my brothers, sisters and 13 nieces/nephews. Early Christmas present for my son was a trip this last weekend to Green Bay to watch the pack play vs. Oakland. We had front row seats on the Green Bay 30 yard line!!!
Name: Rex Lockwood
Occupation: Logistics Engineer
Relation to Racing: Pro-4 Driver, Rookie SRL Driver in 2008
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey & Carnberry Souce
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Fast & Safe Rookie Year with the SRL.
How will you spend the Holiday? Working on the race car and getting into shape.
Name: Brian Rhodes
Occupation: HVAC control tech
Relation to Racing: Crew Chief #6 LMCS
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? Tools
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family and friends
Name: Mike Retzer
Occupation: O/O Solid Rock Trucking
Relation to Racing: Sponsor of the # 51 Car LMCS / ARCA West
Favorite Holiday Food: Most Everything !!
What would you like Santa to bring you? A SAFE and Profitable New Year
How will you spend the Holiday? Very Low Key, just the 4 of us, wife, daughter and her boyfriend for lunch.
Name: Dani Rozhon
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: Granddaughter
Favorite Holiday Food: Candy
What would you like Santa to bring you? IPOD
Name: Adam Nelson
Occupation: Flunky
Relation to Racing: Douglas County Speedway ~ Roseburg, Oregon
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Short Track Glory Days of the Past!
How will you spend the Holiday? After a little Holiday Cheer in Roseburg, Oregon, we will also be spending some time in Boise, Idaho with some family and friends!
Name: Mike Marchant
Occupation: Buisness owner Mid Valley Iron &Metal
Relation to Racing: SRL Car Owner And Sponsor
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham & Potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Championship & Rookie Of The Year In The SRL
How will you spend the Holiday? With The Family
Name: Zach Bristol
Occupation: Front desk
Relation to Racing: Spotter/crew member for sister at Evergreen
Favorite Holiday Food: Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? More people racing
How will you spend the Holiday? Go to grandparents in the morning and to sisters' house for dinner
Name: Gary Lumpkins
Occupation: US Navy
Relation to Racing: Proud member of the #21 & #31 Golden Gate Racing Team - NASCAR Grand National West Series.
Favorite Holiday Food: Any food from Golden Gate Meat company
What would you like Santa to bring you? A 2008 NASCAR GRAND National West Series Schedule
How will you spend the Holiday? That's a big ? But for sure I'll be collecting $$$ for the Raiders having with a better record than the Bengals. Then watching Fresno State & USC win their bowl games.
Name: Jerry l Buell
Occupation: Maintenance
Relation to Racing: Race Pro 4 trucks
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime rib, Holiday candies
What would you like Santa to bring you? Lots of new toys
How will you spend the Holiday? Spending time with my family,and working alot of hours. From my family to yours, a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year......
Name: PeeWee Clevinger
Occupation: Retired Forklift Operator
Relation to Racing: ASANWT Official & gopher
Favorite Holiday Food: Deep fried turkey and everything that goes with it.
What would you like Santa to bring you? No more closed race tracks.
How will you spend the Holiday? Linda and I will be playing host to my daughter and son-in-law.
Name: Richard Mucciaccio
Occupation: Announcer
Relation to Racing: Stateline Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Pazalis
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new headset for announcing
How will you spend the Holiday? Home resting watching the kids shovel snow
Name: Jeff Murphy
Occupation: Mechanic
Relation to Racing: Car owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? I am Santa
How will you spend the Holiday? With my famaly. Wife. Paula Son. Andrew Son. Austin Son Broc
Name: Scott Witz
Occupation: Fabricator for now defunked South Point Racing
Relation to Racing: Racing is my life
Favorite Holiday Food: Deep fried Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new Job
How will you spend the Holiday? Going to Tucson and see the family, and staying to help JJ Yeley run his sprint car at Roger McCluskey memorial Dec. 29&30
Name: Sandi, Kendall and Greg McKinley
Occupation: Property Inverstments
Relation to Racing: Driver/Owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Apple Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Heated Shop
How will you spend the Holiday? I would like to enjoy the true meaning of Christmas with my family and friends. Merry Christ-mas to all!!
Name: Name: Sandy Reynolds
Occupation: Insurance
Relation to Racing: Mom of Austin Reed and big fan of all racers
Favorite Holiday Food: Homemade rav's and Trader Joe's Jo Jo cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? More hours in the day, and days in a weekend
How will you spend the Holiday? With the kids and extended family, eating, drinking, and setting up our fantasy racing league for next year. **and saying a special thanks for our troops overseas, and all enlisted men and women, especially those still in bootcamp over the holidays.
Name: Bobby Dezarov
Occupation: eBay master, general jackassery associate
Relation to Racing: Driver 77SS @ OSS, Spotter for 17SS at IS
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and Cranberry Sandwich the day after!!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Some money for our new autocross car
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with my new wife and both out families, getting bombed and pissing my cousins off!
Name: Reggie Moore
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: Crew Chief #69 LImited Late Model, Driver in 2008.
Favorite Holiday Food: Free
What would you like Santa to bring you? Racecar parts, sponsors, and my sanity
How will you spend the Holiday? With the famdamly at home.
Name: Shawna Belletto
Occupation: Housewife
Relation to Racing: Wife
Favorite Holiday Food: Pasta
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family
Name: Matthew Hicks
Occupation: Sheet metal worker
Relation to Racing: Driver at Irwindale Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey baked ham!
What would you like Santa to bring you? A mondified to race against Dave Arce!
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family and my new fiance, Hollee Arce, and her Family!
Name: April
Occupation: Foundation manager
Relation to Racing: Work for NASCAR driver foundation/former NW Tour crew member
Favorite Holiday Food: PSumpkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Snow
How will you spend the Holiday? I am going home this year and hoping for snow!
Name: Bob & Kathy Butcher
Occupation: Pastors / Chaplains
Relation to Racing: Chaplains / Pastors to NASCAR Grand National West Series & assistant Chaplains to Charlie Staley for ASA Northwesst Tour
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, Cranberry, Pumpkin & Mince Pie & everything thta each family member makes as a traditional specialty each year
What would you like Santa to bring you? Actually, he arrived early bring us a grandson Elijah Dec. 4th. Our daughter Leeanne & son Chad and the baby are doing great. The kids are wearing their "Rookie" stripe well. Our second gift under the tree came with our daughter Sarah and son Joseph announcing we will be grandparents in July '08. Next would be our military, our heros home safe with honor deserved.
How will you spend the Holiday? Holding my new Grandson Elijah and fighting off Kathy to keep holding him!
Name: Jeff Glowniak
Occupation: Race car driver/tow truck driver
Relation to Racing: 2007 American Stockcar Challenge Champion
Favorite Holiday Food: Any Dessert!!!!
What would you like Santa to bring you? How about a sponsor for me and a sponsor for the series!!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? Hangin out with family and thinking about what i need to do to get the car ready to defend my championship for the 2008 season. wishing for a sponsor too!!
Name: Randy Forbis
Occupation: Heavy equipment mechanic
Relation to Racing: Drive in Lucas Oil ASA Modified Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey sandwiches
What would you like Santa to bring you? A sponsor so I can keep racing
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family at my house eating and having a few cold ones
Name: Lynnda Oliveira
Occupation: Grandma
Relation to Racing: FAN!!!!!
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A beautiful black Morgan horse
How will you spend the Holiday? Haven't decided
Name: Rob Rozhon
Occupation: Manager
Relation to Racing: Driver
What would you like Santa to bring you? New helmet
Name: Joe Mcdonald
Occupation: Auto Tech
Relation to Racing: Owner Driver Mechanic Crew chief
Favorite Holiday Food: Sweet potatos, Prime rib, pumpkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Enough sponsor money to run the full NSCS schedule.
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with my family. Cooking food, enjoying life and getting ready for the 24 Hour of Lemans race that weekend.
Name: Jeremy Grasty
Occupation: Production Manager
Relation to Racing: Owner driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Transporter
How will you spend the Holiday? With lots of family at our house this year
Name: Greg McLaughlin
Occupation: Auto Technician
Relation to Racing: Gasman-Busch and West Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and Dressing
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and Happiness
How will you spend the Holiday? With the parents and my wife enjoying a quiet holiday.
Name: Rhody Hayes
Occupation: College professor
Relation to Racing: A life long fan of racing
Favorite Holiday Food: any food served
What would you like Santa to bring you? Lots of money for racing & life long health for all
How will you spend the Holiday? Family at our house
Name: Ed Coughenour
Occupation: Owner www.pitstopusa.com
Relation to Racing: Owner / Driver / Retailer
Favorite Holiday Food: Everything but fruitcake
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Five Star Body (but it won't fit in his sleigh)...
How will you spend the Holiday? Family and friends, eating too much, and enjoying a day off.
Name: Paul Yeaton
Occupation: Retired 911 Dispatcher
Relation to Racing: Spotter/Hauler Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace on Earth
How will you spend the Holiday? Spending them in Arizona with all of our Kids/Grandkids.
Name: Gilbert Contreras
Occupation: Motor Coach Operator
Relation to Racing: FAN
Favorite Holiday Food: Honey Baked
What would you like Santa to bring you? liver
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family
Name: Tim Richter
Occupation: Mortgage Planner
Relation to Racing: Driver - Lucas Modified series
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's Cranberry Sauce
What would you like Santa to bring you? Food and gifts for the less fortunite kids.....
How will you spend the Holiday? Crunk.... Of course with the whole fam damily. and CRUNK....
Name: Daren Blanton
Occupation: Purchasing Agent / Sales
Relation to Racing: Driver / Work in the industry
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham / Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Spec motor for my car.
How will you spend the Holiday? Our house in the morning, ending up at my family’s gathering that afternoon. The best part will be watching my 11 month old daughters first Christmas!
Name: Anne Schaefer
Occupation: race fan
Relation to Racing: Bike Give-away at all ISMA races
Favorite Holiday Food: chocolate anything
What would you like Santa to bring you? longer racing season
How will you spend the Holiday? The whole family gets together on Christmas eve, exchanging gifts and just being together with food and fun and family.
Name: Penny Buell
Occupation: Merchandiser
Relation to Racing: Owner, Biggest supporter, crew chief
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Anything my husband wants for the race truck so that we may have a better season!!! GO #55
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family
Name: CT Hellmund
Occupation: Full Throttle LP.
Relation to Racing: Racer/Reluctant Promoter
Favorite Holiday Food: Any home made pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A sponsor to run all the GN races
How will you spend the Holiday? With my daughter Kate.
Name: Anne Schaefer
Occupation: race fan
Relation to Racing: Bike Give-away at all ISMA races
Favorite Holiday Food: chocolate anything
What would you like Santa to bring you? longer racing season
How will you spend the Holiday? The whole family gets together on Christmas eve, exchanging gifts and just being together with food and fun and family.
Name: E. Rohn
Occupation: Power Plant Operator in Vegas
Relation to Racing: FEAR 3 years WWRA 2
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? The boys home from the big sandbox!
How will you spend the Holiday? Not sure yet
Name: Larry Brown
Occupation: Auto Tech.
Relation to Racing: Driver owner crew chief 30+years
Favorite Holiday Food: BEER(Did you need to ask)
What would you like Santa to bring you? BEER
How will you spend the Holiday? With my children and GRANDKIDS. I'll be a happy GRAMPA!!!!!!
Name: J.J. Calvacca
Occupation: Heavy mobile equipment mechanic (civil service)
Relation to Racing: Motor sports reporter/writer for two local newspapers. The Daily Press (Victorville, CA) and The Desert Dispatch(Barstow, CA)
Favorite Holiday Food: Lasagna and ham
What would you like Santa to bring you?: New laptop computer.
How will you spend Christmas?: With family and friends
Name: Dave Arce
Occupation: Owner of Automotive Machine and Repair
Relation to Racing: LM Driver @OSS, Modified Driver for Lucas Oil Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey Sandwich after dinner
What would you like Santa to bring you? Enclosed Trailer (New or Used), Finish my new LM for me.
How will you spend the Holiday? Spend time with family as much as possible, work on LM if Santa does'nt finish it, miss our friends Rex and Beth.
Name: Dave Reed
Occupation: Owner of Approved Memory, also applying to be Mike Mendenhall's assitant!!!
Relation to Racing: Spotter for Craig Raudman SRL and Ron Esau SLM Irwindale, my son Austin is racing in Trophy Karts Off Road Short Track in CORR
Favorite Holiday Food: I always say the same thing here, I guess that is why it says favorite. Honey baked ham, Mary's homemade cheese cake, apple pie, and homemade tamales/
What would you like Santa to bring you? A trailer and truck to tow the Flashco SRL Southwest Tour car so Raudman and the # 2 team can go race all the races this coming year. Good health for all!!!
How will you spend Christmas? We will be at home in South Orange County and then up to the cabin in Big Bear for a few days with the kids and friends.
Name: Vance Palm
Occupation: TV, Internet & Musical Talent
Relation to Racing: PR Director for Mike Duncan/Co-Founder of RealFast.tv/Ambassador for Kern County's New Home to NASCAR
Favorite Holiday Food: Tamales
What would you like Santa to bring you? All the presents my kids have requested from him + the right fit for a RealFast.TV partner
How will you spend the Holiday? With family, singing around the piano and praying for loved ones that need to know the "Reason for the Season".
Name: Mike Marchant
Occupation: Business owner Mid Valley Iron &Metal
Relation to Racing: SRL Car Owner And Sponsor
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham & Potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Championship & Rookie Of The Year In The SRL
How will you spend the Holiday? With The Family
Name: Scott Burson
Occupation: Electrical Contractor
Relation to Racing: Car Owner (ASA this year)
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib and pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? New ASA car
How will you spend the Holiday? At home for Christmas then off to pick up the new car
Name: Bobby Latham
Occupation: Honest Used Car Salesman
Relation to Racing: Driver, RMCS
Favorite Holiday Food: Beer
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Wife
How will you spend the Holiday? With friends and family.
Name: Randy Franks
Occupation: Race Car Fabricator
Relation to Racing: Competitor/Race Shop
Favorite Holiday Food: Mom's Apple Dumplings
What would you like Santa to bring you? Another Year of Good Health
How will you spend the Holiday? With famly in Coeur'd Alene ID and spoiling my nephews with everything my brother does'nt want them to have. LOL
Name: Kyle Pope
Occupation: Insulation Contractor
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver/Sponsor
Favorite Holiday Food: Does Grandpas Eggnog count?
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Sponsor
How will you spend the Holiday? Enjoying all of the family together,which only seems to happen once a year.To everyone else,have a happy and safe Holiday.
Name: Jim Petrie - H-Town Racing
Occupation: Utilty Billing & Marketing
Relation to Racing: Owner/ Driver #1 SLM Vegas
Favorite Holiday Food: Manicotti with a good Gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? Additional Associate Sponsors for 08 - Blessings to all in 08
How will you spend the Holiday? Watching the Little Ones enjoy opening presents, seeing the joy on theier face. Spending it with family and frinds. Enjoyin the time together.
Name: Donie Butts
Occupation: Nascar Fueler / Stuntmen / NHRA Safety Safari
Relation to Racing: Over The Wall Fueler, And Eric Norris,s Safety Adviser.
Favorite Holiday Food: Hmmm, Moms Turkey and Cranberry Sauce, And Her Home Made Fudge
What would you like Santa* to bring you? Happyness for Everyone in 2008.
How will you spend Christmas? With Friends and Family at Home
Name: Johnna Hensen
Occupation: Computer Operator
Relation to Racing: Sister to NSCS driver Dane Nissen and Former NSCS Official
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it...it only comes once a year!
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new travel trailer so that we may enjoy our "retirement"
How will you spend the Holiday? Visiting relatives homes. This year we get to have Christmas morning at home, yeah!
Name: Amanda Klingenberg
Occupation: Student
Relation to Racing: GNW #71
Favorite Holiday Food: mashed potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? my bachelor's degree...
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family and friends
Name: Jim Stevens
Occupation: Sports Marketing
Relation to Racing: Driver /Owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Rib Roast
What would you like Santa to bring you? Motor, Tires, and a safe season
How will you spend the Holiday? With my daughter/son inlaw and grand kids. Christmas day with brother and his family
Name: Jason Patison
Occupation: Project Director for Lucas Oil Products and aspiring racecar driver
Relation to Racing: Driver for Lucas Oil Products and Speed Wong Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: I love turkey stuffing
What would you like Santa* to bring you? I would like Santa to bring me a car seat for the little one on the way J
How will you spend Christmas? I will spend Christmas with my wife and family watching movies, playing poker and eating until I can’t move!
Name: Stephanie Robeck
Occupation: Full time student :-]
Relation to Racing: Fan, ex-Driver, Involved with much of it.
Favorite Holiday Food: Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? More money for college, and even more money for a couple new racecars, and id like for all of our troops to be safe..
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family, and then probably falling asleep on the couch. Oh, and we will head up to Reno for Altamont's banquet.
Name: Rich DeLong III
Occupation: Welder/Painter/XMAS Light hanger.
Relation to Racing: Driver of #84 SS # 84 ST
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey n Pumpkin Pie.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Nice Sponsor, and my Nintendo WII of course.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family at home. picking on my sisters of course.
Name: Richard Bullen
Occupation: Web Design
Relation to Racing: WebMaster Havasu 95 Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything wife cooks
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Wavcom Design Tablet
How will you spend the Holiday? At my motherinlaws
Name: Dave Minegar
Occupation: Project Coordinator at ESI Construction
Relation to Racing: RMCS Racer
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Safety and Courage for all of our Troops. SNOW SNOW SNOW
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend the Christmas Holiday with all of my family and my fiance Heidi here in Boise.
Name: Dan & Annette Garber
Occupation: Business Management
Relation to Racing: Racer and Spectator
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib
What would you like Santa to bring you? LOTS of SNOW!!
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends!
Name: Gregg Rauscher
Occupation: Auto parts
Relation to Racing: DIRT driver and former owner, sometime ARCA Re/Max crew member
Favorite Holiday Food: Grandma's Christmas dinner
What would you like Santa to bring you? a competitive ride for '08
How will you spend the Holiday? visiting with the little family I have left
Name: Ken "the professor" Shaw
Occupation: Surfing
Relation to Racing: Crew-member Scott Gaylord #00 GNW and avid fan.
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, sweet potatoes/marshmellows,real mashed potatoes/gravy, and cranberry sauce.
What would you like Santa to bring you? A call from the Gaylords saying, 'Lets go racing" Word on the street is watch out for the gaylord boys.
How will you spend the Holiday? Surfing in HB, and spending time with friends and family. Probably do a little karting and watching football on tv. MERRY CHRISTMAS to Scott, Donna, Ryan, Chase and Tripp Gaylord and FELIZ NAVIDAD to Steve and Jan McCormick
Name: Chris McGinnis
Occupation: Pilot Car Driver
Relation to Racing: Owner of McGinnis MotorSports and GNWS Jackman
Favorite Holiday Food: What ever is in front of me
What would you like Santa to bring you? Money
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend the Holiday with family eating all kinds of food.
Name: Karla Rockberg
Occupation: Administrative Assistant
Relation to Racing: Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: turkey and cranberries
What would you like Santa to bring you? a win for my favorite race car driver
How will you spend the Holiday? At Pismo Beach with my Mom and my boyfriend
Name: Rip Michels
Occupation: Ironworker & Racer
Relation to Racing: Owner, Driver & Ringleader for Rip Michels Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Cold Stone Ice Cream with family, friends and a bottle of Jack
What would you like Santa to bring you? MAN...I think I have everything I ever wanted and more, so I would fee; guilty if I asked Santa for more. But...Since-u-was asking! Healthy & happy family & crew member, Chip's leg healed, Sponsors for SRL
How will you spend the Holiday? TAHOE...OH-YEA! 6 days with Laurie's family and only 5 minutes from Heavenly. Jibs, rails, halfpipe and fresh powder. It can't get and better than that.
Name: Bud Borden
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? Spring
How will you spend the Holiday? With family
Name: Warren Shaklee
Occupation: Computer Programmer
Relation to Racing: Fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Italian
How will you spend the Holiday? At home
Name: Ron Applegate
Occupation: Truck driver
Relation to Racing: Spotter & Fan
Name: Connie Applegate
Occupation: Manufacturers Rep
Relation to Racing: Fan
Favorite Holiday Food:
What would you like Santa to bring you? Money
How will you spend the Holiday? Unknown
Name: Mike Mendenhall
Occupation: Playboy photograher
Relation to racing: Supposed driver?
Favorite holiday food: Yams
What would you like Santa to bring you: An extra ball for my sack....I just walked the Kern Co. track!
How will you spend Christmas: With my Family
Name: Richard Bullen
Occupation: Web Design
Relation to Racing: WebMaster Havasu 95 Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything wife cooks
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Wavcom Design Tablet
How will you spend the Holiday? At my motherinlaws
Name: Jeff Belletto
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Race Car
How will you spend the Holiday? With family
Name: Chris Clyne
Occupation: School Bus Driver
Relation to Racing: Driver / Spotter
Favorite Holiday Food: Stuffing
What would you like Santa to bring you? The new KTM 540 Quad .. They are AMAZING!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? Just hangin out with my kick ass mom having some cocktails and grub... maybe go to Dumount Xmas eve....
Name: Tom Rice aka racerrice
Occupation: Truck driver
Relation to Racing: 40 years: a driver, owner ,tech person
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, stuffing and gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? A sponsor
How will you spend the Holiday? Eating, playing on the computer
Name: Wayne Jones
Occupation: Mortgage Banker
Relation to Racing: NW & B Mod owner
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Tools
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family and grand kids
Name: Bryan Bykerk
Occupation: Transmission Tech.
Relation to Racing: Owner/Driver car #99. NWOSS
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, of course
What would you like Santa to bring you? New driving gloves
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends.
Name: Darrell & Shelley LaMoure
Occupation: Partners for Life
Relation to Racing: Enthusiasts of the sport
Favorite Holiday Food: Everything in season and lots of it
What would you like Santa to bring you? Smiles for the kids & grand kids
How will you spend the Holiday? With our family and for the first time the entire family will be together since Mom passed in 01 then Shelley and I are off to our second favorite place on earth Cabo for the new year celebrations chest high in the ocean with a cold one in hand. Be happy and safe everyone!
Name: Chris Johnson
Occupation: Engine Builder
Relation to Racing: Late Model Crew Chief for Dan Garber #95
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? anything that he wishes
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends and my lovely girlfriend Tami
Name: Bill Bailey
Occupation: Owner of the Northwest Legends racing series
Relation to Racing: Own a racing series
Favorite Holiday Food: Christmas cookies
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe 2008 racing season for my series
Name: Tony Oddo
Occupation: Engine Builder
Relation to Racing: Engine Builder
Favorite Holiday Food: Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you?
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family
Name: Dave Balkwill / Superbrush
Occupation: Signmaker
Relation to Racing: Crew man / Anthem singer NWT
Favorite Holiday Food: Full turkey meal deal
What would you like Santa to bring you? Just surprise me
How will you spend the Holiday? With family...especially the grand kids..maybe deep fry a turkey with the wife"s boys up on the mountainside in B.C.
Name: Chris Cunningham
Occupation: sidelines
Relation to Racing: Occasional Late Model and NW Tour Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Instant Gator
What would you like Santa to bring you? More Saturday night short track racing on Speed Channel
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends.
Name: Chaplain Bob Elliff
Occupation: MRO Chaplain, Mona Vie distributor
Relation to Racing: Chaplain with Motor Racing Outreach serving NASCAR West & Irwindale
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? More coffee from Green Frog Roasting
How will you spend the Holiday? Having more time to spend with my wife Ruth, our daughter's family in Victorville & friends
Name: Derrell McDoiugald
Occupation: Truck driver
Relation to Racing: Father and crew chief for two sons
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? Main event win for either or both boys
How will you spend the Holiday? Quietly at home with family.
Name: Bill Hindorff
Occupation: Sales Manager, Fox Racing Shocks
Relation to Racing: In the racing Industry
Favorite Holiday Food: Potatoes n Gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? 25 ft. center console fishing boat
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with Ma and my kiddies opening presents!! (I am not sure how Santa is gonna get that fishing boat to my house!!)
Name: Bruce Mooney
Occupation: Forklift Driver and Backup Boss
Relation to Racing: Fan and a friend that races
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A New track in Tri-Cities
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family at Home
Name: Michael Richard Mulder (tiremount)
Occupation: Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Relation to Racing: Rip Michels Racing crew member
Favorite Holiday Food: My moms mashed potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? The smile on my daughters face on Christmas morning is good enough for me
How will you spend the Holiday? Morgan and I will probably end up at my sisters in Simi Valley.
Name: Rich Clark
Occupation: Self employed
Relation to Racing: Fan and Web Master
Favorite Holiday Food: Apple Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? My original 1967 427 Corvette
How will you spend the Holiday? Doing as little as possible
Name: Rex Murray
Occupation: Sheet Metal Worker
Relation to Racing: Former mechanic & driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? New truck
How will you spend the Holiday? Quietly at home
Name: Troy Blanton
Occupation: Construction Superintendent
Relation to Racing: Currently working as an official for the N.W.Pro 4 Alliance...I have always been a fan as ling as I can remember...I raced for a few years...I have officiated and flagged at Meridian Speedway.
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie w/ extra whip cream
What would you like Santa to bring you? A permanent flagging job or the funds to race again!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? With mt beautiful wife watching our four spoiled boys rip into the packages and playing all day!
Name: Burry Dolbeare
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: PR
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham and sweet taters
What would you like Santa to bring you? A new computer
How will you spend the Holiday? At home enjoying time with family
Name: Ron & Wendy Zajicek
Occupation: Differential Doctor
Relation to Racing: Aunt & Uncle
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa* to bring you? 5 Golden Rings, 4 Calling Birds, 3 French Hens, 2 Turtle Doves, and a Glass of Bennett Lane in a Pear Tree ~ More Peace and Love in the World!
How will you spend Christmas? Sharing the joy.
Name: Bob Coply
Occupation: Security
Relation to Racing: Marketing/Media Director Northwest Pro4 Alliance
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pies
What would you like Santa to bring you? Fun and Exciting Pro4 Racing in 2008 and better health
How will you spend the Holiday? Quietly with my wife Olga here in Boise, ID. working on better health so I can face a summer of exciting pro4 racing
Name: Tony Berry
Occupation: Account Executive/Compliance Manager
Relation to Racing: Driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie!
What would you like Santa to bring you? a new hauler
How will you spend the Holiday? Eating pumpkin pie and watching football.
Name: Grandpa Bob
Occupation: Retired
Relation to Racing: Fan, Participant
Favorite Holiday Food: All
What would you like Santa to bring you? Peace and prosperity to everyone every where.
How will you spend the Holiday? Family and friends
Name: Larry Nava
Occupation: Plumbing Contractor
Relation to Racing: Former Crew Chief in the Grand National series #77
Favorite Holiday Food: Tamales, Egg Nog (with a little makers mark) pumpkin pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A driver with alot of money to my bro's team, a winning lotto ticket and our troops home and that's it
How will you spend the Holiday? I'll be spending Christmas and New Years freezing my butt off in Minnesota visiting my wife's family.
Name: John Newhouse
Occupation:Auto sales The Car Store....
Relation to Racing: 3rd yr RMCS racer
Favorite Holiday Food: Deep fried turkey..
What would you like Santa to bring you? New Helmet, good health to all..
How will you spend the Holiday? Hanging with the family, and watching my two kids Hannah 10 and Mason 8 have a blast opening gifts and stuff..
Name: Tom Mikla
Occupation: Design Manager
Relation to Racing: Driver Factory Stock Tucson
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? A safe holiday season and new year for everyone, another championship, and a red rider BB gun.
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends and getting the car ready for the Dec. 30th Havasu race.
Name: Darren "Budah" Scriver
Occupation: Office Monkey
Relation to Racing: Part Owner of DS Racing, life long fan and SUPER FAN #1 For Kevin Hamlin!
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib and Twice Baked Potatoes
What would you like Santa to bring you? I've already got my gift from Santa a Trip to North Carolina to see the new Hamlin Baby and watch the Seahawks KICK the Crap out of the Panthers!!! Also safety to all of our proud Fighting Men and Women.
How will you spend the Holiday? Pretty light Christmas Day this year as most of the family will be spread out, but I'll have dinner and such with my parents and then possibly go catch a movie with some buddies. Of course there is the 3rd Annual Christmas Bash the weekend before Christmas, always a WILD time haha MERRY CHRISTAS Everyone!!!
Name: Loren & Jeanne Bartle
Occupation: Office Manager
Relation to Racing: INSSA Official
Favorite Holiday Food: Egg Nog
What would you like Santa to bring you? To speed a head to April so racing can start! To bring our troops home safe.
How will you spend the Holiday? Will spend time with my 97 year old grandma and our kids. Will enjoy time with good friends. Just enjoying the Holiday season
Name: Michael Woodall
Occupation: Auto tech
Relation to Racing: Crew member
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? More late model tracks in NY
How will you spend the Holiday? spending time with then ones I love.
Name: Bud Budavari
Occupation: Auto Transport Driver
Relation to Racing: ASA Speed Truck Official, Spotter #2 Irwindale Mini Stock (Jacob Rogers)
Favorite Holiday Food: You name it, I love it!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Continued good eyesight!
How will you spend the Holiday? With family at our home.
Name: Mike Reece
Occupation: Construction/Windmills
Relation to Racing: Car owner/Fan/Ex-official
Favorite Holiday Food: Seefood...I see food and eat it!
What would you like Santa to bring you? Politicos who can accomplish something other than bickering
How will you spend the Holiday? With family/friends...working in the shop on the race car
Name: Rick Albarran
Occupation: Operations Manager/Race Director
Relation to Racing: Ocean Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: Anything cooked in the home!
What would you like Santa to bring you?
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family and friends and having dreams of our soldiers all coming home safe and sound. Thinking of those that won't be here because of their sacrifice.
Name: Steven Blakesley
Occupation: President, Blakesley Sports Media
Relation to Racing: Career and life-long passion
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey and/or ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? rides for all the deserving drivers out there
How will you spend the Holiday? I will spend the holiday with family and friends and will also spend the holiday planning out the 2008 racing season.
Name: Cliff Cherry (12bnsgasman)
Occupation: Accountant
Relation to Racing: Gasman with #63 John Salemi in the Busch East Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Pecan Pie - just had some from Boston Market last night, and even mass produced Pecan Pie is deeelicious!
What would you like Santa* to bring you? All the usual suspects - health for my wife Leanne, and sponsorship for the race team
How will you spend Christmas? Probably at Leanne's brother's house, but as crazy and plan-altering as this whole year has been, I don't know for sure. But as long as Jesus is there, it'll definitely be good!
Name: J. Bucher
Occupation: Automotive Machinist
Relation to Racing: West/NCTS official and sometimes FSCRA Photographer
Favorite Holiday Food: ?
What would you like Santa to bring you? Canon EOS mrk2 camera
How will you spend the Holiday? With Family and friends
Name: Jim Hooker
Occupation: Grounds Keeper/Bus Driver
Relation to Racing: Craftman Truck Series Official
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it especially Pecan Pie
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Great Race Season and a safe holidays for Our Troops
How will you spend the Holiday? At home with our children and all of grandchildren in the am then all the rest of our family come over in the pm. Wish all of Southwest Series Officials and Racers a Happy Holidays.
Name: Doug Pace
Occupation: Banking Service Quality advisor
Relation to Racing: Former NASCAR employee, parent of young driver
Favorite Holiday Food: Yams with brown sugar and other sweet flavors
What would you like Santa to bring you? Full size race car for my son and the safety of those in the military who are out there risking their lives for us each day
How will you spend the Holiday? With my family, wife Susie, son Jaelen, daughter Kendra and our newest member Lily at home on her first Christmas. No matter your opinion on our sport, remember that in our country the troops who serve for us give us the right to have that opinion so please keep them in your prayers this season.
Name: Lori Reed
Occupation: Special Education Teacher- moderate/Severely Disabled
Relation to Racing: Chaplain At Irwindale Speedway
Favorite Holiday Food: mashed potatoes and gravy
What would you like Santa to bring you? Love, Peace and Happiness to everyone
How will you spend the Holiday? With family and friends. Hanging out at home. Remembering those who are not with us anymore.
Name: Tommy Mason
Occupation: Low Budget TV
Relation to Racing: Fan since birth
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey dinner
What would you like Santa to bring you? Sponsorship for the Low Budget Racing Chevy Monte Carlo
How will you spend the Holiday? On a cruise to Hawaii with my buddy Jeffrey's family.
Name: Marlin Gill
Occupation: Building Engineer
Relation to Racing: Owner / Driver Latemodel # 34
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey Dinner
What would you like Santa to bring you? The track Championship at the new race in Bakersfield !
How will you spend the Holiday? Will be out Glamis CA playing in the sand dunes with the Monster Manx.
Name: Michael B. Medlin
Occupation: Director of something, not sure anymore???
Relation to Racing: Circus Director for the Clowns at Rip Michels Racing
Favorite Holiday Food: Food is my favorite food....lol
What would you like Santa to bring you? SLM, a New Truck, and safety for our tropps...Semper Fi
How will you spend the Holiday? I will be spending Christmas with the new love of my life, Ms. Stefanie Ross and her family on Christmas Eve. Then heading to my moms on Christmas day.
Name: Nikki Bristol
Occupation: Franchise General Manager
Relation to Racing: Life Long Fan and participant
Favorite Holiday Food: Dutch Apple Pie, Green Bean Casserole
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Mrs. Bo which can be delayed until after April 15th
How will you spend the Holiday? Christmas Eve working, and then family time with my boyfriend James' family. Christmas day with my family at my grandparents in the morning for brunch and presents, and then dinner at my place later.
Name: Steve Witz
Occupation: Sprint Cup Official
Relation to Racing: duh Former Official with Southwest Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Ham and Turkey
What would you like Santa to bring you? Winning Lottery numbers
How will you spend the Holiday? Tucson with Mom and Brothers Scott and Craig and sister Lori Sister in law Chyrel and Nephews Ryan, Wesly, and Kevin
Name: J. Turrigiano
Occupation: Retired from photo industry
Relation to Racing: Just a Fan (lifetime)
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey, with my stuffing.
What would you like Santa to bring you? a vacation FROM the In-Laws
How will you spend the Holiday? like always...with the In-Laws...*sigh* ;)
Name: Johnny Miskill
Occupation: Co-owner of Manes & Manes Masonry Company
Relation to Racing: Starter for North State Challenges Series,Redwood Acres Raceway and 24 years at Lakeport Speedway!
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it !!!!! Only comes once a year...
What would you like Santa to bring you? A fun and safe racing year for all !!!!
How will you spend the Holiday? With my wife to be and family and friends..... FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS TOO ALL AND A SAFE HOLIDAY!!!!
Name: Kelly Hart
Occupation: Radio Advertising Sales
Relation to Racing: Retired Race Announcer
Favorite Holiday Food: Pie, Turkey, Ham
What would you like Santa to bring you? A 50inch HDTV of some sort
How will you spend the Holiday? I will be with my wife and kids, and the in-laws for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We'll eat great meals, enjoy each others company and be thankful for all we have. God bless everyone, and keep the troops protected and safe.
Name: Steve and Jan McCormack
Occupation: Guest relations col. rockies
Relation to Racing: With Scott Gaylord 97-07
Favorite Holiday Food: Turkey , beans salsa rice and Pacifico beer
What would you like Santa to bring you? An rv and a ride for Scott so i can get out of the house again!!
How will you spend the Holiday? Arrived in Zihuatanejo, Mexico on 17 Nov and leave 9 Jan 08, so Christmas on the beach for last several years. check out our little beach shack at www.villaslosarcos.com . its a tough life but beats shoveling snow in Denver !!
Name: Curtis Langer
Occupation: Real Estate Broker / Racing news reporter
Relation to Racing: Cover Northwest Racing & West Series
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib Roast at Lawery's
What would you like Santa to bring you? World Peace & lower prices
How will you spend the Holiday? With my beautiful bride of 42 years. We will be in Las Vegas as we have lost both of our children these last several years. So an opportunity to get away from the hectic & enjoy a few settle shows and great meals. May all of you have a special Holiday especially if you have children & grand children all the better.
Name: Beverly Meyers
Occupation: Retired from Head Start and Foster Mom to six teenage boys and wife to Lenny Meyers thats enough in itself also work part time for my son cleaning his businesses
Relation to Racing: Worked at Magic Valley Speedway also mother to Eddy McKean owner of the MVS and also a champion of the South West Tour 2002 champion and mother to Jerry McKean 2007 Grand National Champion
Favorite Holiday Food: sea food (all the food I see) I guess in all reality I like the day after Christmas for the cold turkey and sweet pickle sandwiches
What would you like Santa* to bring you? all my family members together (which is a lot as my husband has five children and I have four and we have adopted one and we also have our foster boys) and peace and happiness and our troops back home
How will you spend Christmas? fixing dinner for who ever wants to show up and enjoying their company
We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year and remember who's birthday Christmas really is and why we celebrate it. God Bless you all!!
Name: Jim Farley
Relation to Racing: Big fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Rib eye and plum pudding
What would you like Santa to bring you? World peace
How will you spend Christmas? Spending Holiday with family at Zermatt
Name: Lee Elder
Occupation: Public Relations representative for Goodyear Racing and others.
Favorite Holiday Food: : Our family is so spread out that what I eat means less than who I eat with. All I really care about is being with family sometime during the holiday season. Having said all that, bring on dessert.
What would you like Santa* to bring you? That's a toughie, since I don't need much.
How will you spend Christmas? We'll spend it with whatever family members we can get together.
Name: Tim McDougald
Occupation: CAD Manager - KMB Design Groups, Inc. P.S.
Relation to Racing: Driver, #68 HayWire Racing Grand Prix (LLMRS) - Spotter, #92 HayWire Racing Grand Prix (Whelen Series - Evergreen)
Favorite Holiday Food: Pumpkin Pie!
What would you like Santa* to bring you? A new Howe Replacement Stock Clip Limited Late Model chassis!
How will you spend Christmas? With my family! Who also happen to be my race team! What could be better?
Name: Derrick Shannon
Occupation: Director, Learning and Performance Solutions for DIRECTV
Relation to Racing: Life-long fan
Favorite Holiday Food: All of it but if I had to choose it would be a nice Prime Rib dinner
What would you like Santa* to bring you? Safety for our troops overseas
How will you spend Christmas? My wife and I are going on a Caribbean cruise and then returning on Christmas eve to spend time with our grand kids.
Name: Dirk Kruiswyk
Occupation: NAPA
Relation to Racing: Michael Waltrip fan
Favorite Holiday Food: Sugar cookies with frosting
What would you like Santa to bring you? A Crate Motor
How will you spend Christmas? With my wonderful wife Kristin and little Dirk. Also with all my friends.
