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If you have been to a local track here in New Mexico, you have more than likely witnessed at least one member of the Truden family racing. Regardless if the track is asphalt or dirt, this family will get a car together just in time to turn some laps.

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uigi Truden has been exposed to the racing world since the very beginning of his life. He started racing Speedway Karts at the age of 7 and he has been in and out of a race car ever since. In 2004, Luigi jumped behind the wheel of a Factory Four at Sandia Speedway where he won 2 out of the 4 races he competed in. In 2005, he carried on the family legacy and got into a Street Stock where he won Rookie of the Year and Most Improved Driver. The following season, Luigi took home the Championship.

The next year, Luigi decided to try something a little different. He went to dirt. He began racing Modifieds in 2007 and again, won Rookie of the Year and Most Improved Driver.

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Driver, Builder, Crew Chief.

In 2008, Luigi decided to take a break from racing.

His passion brought him back in 2013 to race

The Story of Luigi Truden.

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Modifieds at the new Sandia Motor Speedway Dirt Track.

Yes, Luigi loves to wheel a race car, but he also has a love for the engineering side. In 2014, Luigi and a business partner started up a chassis-building company called Advanced Racing Design. That lasted for about 2 years until he decided to move on to building Stock Cars independently. “I really enjoy driving, but I think I enjoy wrenching on a car more. I like to help people win” said Luigi.

In addition to driving and building, he also likes to crew chief. “I think I have more wins as a crew chief then as a driver” he said. “I like the mechanical part of it.” In 2003 his crew chief career took off with his brother Mario.

In 2010, he was the crew chief for Justin Irwin and his asphalt modified.

Eventually Jason Irwin jumped in the car and Luigi helped him out as well.

During and after the Irwins, he crewed for Jacob Johnson’s mini sprint. In 2014, he crewed for Sean Guthry and his drifting car, and in 2015 he had the opportunity to crew chief for Ford racing and Roush Performance.

Currently, Luigi is working for Car Crafters during the day and building Stock Cars at night. Luigi has great plans for his future in the motorsports world. His love and passion for this sport has opened many doors for his racing career.

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Luigi is also raising money for Noah Burke and the Down Syndrome buddy walk, witch is September 23rd. If you are interested in donating to Noah and the cause, contact Luigi or Noah’s mom, Alyssa Burke on Facebook.

All donations are greatly appreciated.

By Dominic Aragon daragon@theracingexperts.net

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e’s not a racer, but he’s mistaken for the professional driver. A lot. He carries the same first, middle and last name.

It’s purely a coincidence.

28-year-old Jeff Gordon is a producer for KOBTV, the NBC affiliate in Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of New Mexico, Gordon is a former sportscaster who worked on air in West Texas prior to coming back to his home state.

He first had heard of Jeff Gordon, the racer, when he was in the second grade, as Gordon, the racer, was in the prime of his career in the 1990s.

He went by “Jeffrey Gordon” on-air, but people continued to associate the broadcaster with the NASCAR champion.

SHARING THE NAME “The first day of school was always weird. The teacher would always say ‘Jeffrey Gordon,’ and then everyone would turn around and say, ‘Oh my God, like the racecar driver?’

“I did get out of a speeding ticket one time because the cop was like, ‘You have to go fast,’ and I agreed with him.

“I had a DuPont jacket when I was little, I had a bunch of Jeff Gordon (diecast) cars.

“It’s been an interesting experience. I feel like I’m linked to this guy in a way that most people are linked to other celebrities. There’s been weird coincidences. He announced his retirement on my birthday.

“When he retired, I was working as a sportscaster, I did a montage to him. It was fun, all these years, people coming up to me, asking me if I saw the race to asking how it felt to win the Daytona 500, stuff like that.

“But then, he announced he was going to become a sportscaster, when I was still a sportscaster, so I was like, ‘Can you please just let me have this?’

BEING MISTAKEN FOR THE RACER “It gets a little annoying, because I’m always going to have that comparison. It doesn’t really bother me that much anymore because it’s kind of part of who I am now.

“I expect it to come, and it’s actually a pretty good icebreaker when I’m meeting someone new for the first time.”

MEETING THE FOUR----TIME CHAMP

Courtesy Photos Dominic Aragon/The Racing Experts Benjamin Palmer/The Racing Experts “We have the same exact name, this has been my story for the past 28 years.

“People always ask if I’m his kid, which I’m not, I look nothing like him.”

OTHER COOL EXPERIENCES “It was fun being a fifth-grade kid, and people would be like, ‘Can I have your autograph?’ “...Every time I go to the MVD, they’re always laughing about it.” “...People would text me ‘You won today.’ “... I could be named after a lot worse people, than Jeff Gordon, so I’m very happy it was a successful racecar driver as opposed to something completely different.”

RACING “I was very into The Fast and the Furious in high school.

“I had a Honda Prelude that I put a body kit on, with no engine work, and everyone beat me, so that’s how I tried racing back in the day.”

THE FUTURE “I’m happy to be back here in New Mexico. I’m happy to be covering my home state, telling people’s stories.”

“I do want to have a conversation with Jeff Gordon one day. I’ve tweeted at him a bunch of times, I know he’s seen my tweets.

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t was an exciting weekend of racing all around. We’ll start at the top with the MotoGP race that was awesome to watch. I don’t know if any of you caught it, but the slow motion shot of Marquez putting his foot down into a turn with the back wheel a few inches off the ground and his boots SMOKING as the extra break was simply awesome! Too bad he blew an engine and dropped out of championship status. It’s going to be an interesting last few races. And Rossi may be out of it, too. I was just checking on stats and saw that he broke his right leg in two places in a training run on Aug 31st. He’s out for the next race but optimistic that he’ll be back in. AS much as I’d love to see that, I don’t think he doesn’t remembers that he’s 38 years old and things don’t heal like they did when we were 25.

But hey, he’s got the best docs in the world. So maybe he will.

Locally we had some great racing at Sandia Motor Speedway on Aug 20th where Mikey Shreve (#311) held his championship status by winning Speedin’ Motorsports’ Unlimited Grand Prix, Expert Open Superbike, and Robert B. Gibson Auto Sales’ Expert Formula 1000.

Speedin’ Motorsports Unlimited Grand Prix standings currently are:

1 Mikey Shreve (YAM 1000) 2 Dave Dikitolia (SUZ 1000) 3 Kevin Gibson (SUZ 1000) 4 Dylan Beck (HON 600) 5 Edda Tully (BMW 1000) 6 Randy Bailey (YAM 600)

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By David Werth

For standings on all the other races just head on over to smri-racing.org, mouse over “Roadracing,” and then click on “results and current standings.” You’ll find all the current standings fro all classes of racing. And while you’re there check out the news and get the latest details on the last race day.

There’s some interesting things to watch over the next two months of racing!

Only two more months? Say it isn’t so! Yes, there’s only two more race days left in the 2017 season for SMRI and the last two races are sure to provide some thrilling racing. September 17th and October 22nd. Make sure to mark them on your calendar and get out to Sandia Motor Speedway to watch some intense racing! Nobody sits during ULGP! In fact, I dare you to try to stay seated. I double-dog dare you!

Sandia Motor Speedway also offers some flat track excitement as well.

September 9th will get you a thrill of flat track and some grit in your teeth as you watch the flat track racers drift around the oval rubbing up against the edge of a high side...and each other. If you haven’t seen it, you really should check it out. And if you’ve been on the road track.... well, you can tell by watching the crowd, who’s have been on the road track, because they’ll be the ones watching flat track with that puckered up “Oh, I might s#@t myself” pucker stance.

sandiamx.com I think I left fingerprints in the chain link fence the first time I watched flat track racing out there. It’s truly impressive to see live.

The Isle of Man TT also came to a close this past weekend. And for anyone who doesn’t know what this is... well, you’re probably not reading this article. This is by far, in my humble opinion, the most “balls out” gutsy thing you can do on a bike. And I’ve done some (arguably) crazy shit on a bike. The TT is even above the MotoGP. It’s so above it that GP racers have to sign a contract that they won’t enter the TT while under contract.

Are you as anxious as I am to see if Rossi hits the TT after retiring from GP? You know, when he’s 54 years old and is only coming in 4th place in his 450th first row grid position. Where else can you go? Isle of Man! I can’t WAIT!!! You know he’s got to be just DYING to run that!!

Especially because he CAN’T... legally, YET! When/if that happens that island will sink from the amount of people lining the roads. I’ll be one of them, on the inside of a curve. Momma didn’t raise no dummy. (okay, I see how that last sentence could be argued, given my first article in this mag... but still, you know you’d be there, too!!)

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2018

Bowman ready to fill some big shoes

Companies Nationwide and Axalta will continue their sponsorship roles with the No. 88 team.

Alex Bowman

For Bowman, the 24-yearold driver will have his dream job.

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“It’s been a complete dream come true; a little bit overwhelming,” Bowman said. “I’m just so appreciative and thankful for the opportunity for Nationwide and Axalta to support me and Dale for everything he’s done.”

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“...It’s been amazing and a dream come true. Hendrick Motorsports is where I’ve always wanted to be. To make it here, like I said, is a dream come true.”

he landscape at Hendrick Motorsports will look much different in 2018.

The four-team lineup in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will feature two new drivers: Alex Bowman will replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 and William Byron will take over the No. 5 driven by Kasey Kahne.

When Bowman hits the track in 2018, his racing career will come full circle.

In 2018, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will join the NBC Sports broadcast booth, With the retirement of fan-favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the end of the following the steps of former teammate Jeff Gordon; shifting to an analyst 2017 season, Arizona’s Alex Bowman will have the chance to drive top-tier role. equipment in NASCAR’s premiere series on a fulltime basis.

“It’s been a complete dream come true; a little bit Bowman was tabbed as the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in July.

overwhelming,” Bowman said. “I’m just so appreciative and thankful for the opportunity for Nationwide and Axalta to support me and Dale for everything he’s done.”

WAITING IN THE WINGS

Bowman’s move to replace Earnhardt Jr. has been a move over a year in the making.

Bowman had been released from his full-time ride with Tommy Baldwin Racing before the season had started in 2016. He only had a handful of XFINITY Series races lined up with JR Motorsports, Earnhardt Jr.’s team.

When Earnhardt Jr. was sidelined from concussion-like symptoms for 18 races in July of 2016, Bowman and Jeff Gordon were picked to share driving duties for the No. 88.

Prior to driving the No. 88 car, Bowman competed full-time in the series for two years, posting a best finish of 13th.

In 2016, Bowman drove the No. 88 car in 10 races, finishing inside the top-10 three times. He also earned a pole and led the most laps at Phoenix in November.

This season, Bowman competed in The Clash at Daytona in the No. 88, an exhibition race in February. Eligibility for the race requires a driver to have won a pole award from the previous season.

Throughout 2017, Bowman has been a test driver, driving the Team Chevy wheel force car at various test sessions. He has also continued to have a behind-the-scenes role at Hendrick Motorsports, utilizing time on the team’s simulator.

As Earnhardt Jr. starts to run his final races at NASCAR’s top level, he recently talked about how he has surprised himself with how far he made it in NASCAR and following in his father’s footsteps.

“I didn’t come here to be the most popular guy,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I didn’t come in here thinking I was going to win seven championships. I just wanted to be able to do.

“I just didn’t want to flame out in two years and be gone and have to work.

Honestly.

“I just wanted to be able to make a living doing it, and it has turned out to be much, much more than that for me. Every time I win a race, it is a surprise to me.

“Any time we did anything really big like win the XFINITY Series championship, or the Daytona 500, even to this day, it is hard for me to believe it happened to me.”

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By James Jackson info@theracingexperts.net IMAGES: NASCAR Media Group ISC Archives Dante Ricci/The Racing Experts

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eoff Bodine has accomplished a lot over the course of his life. You may remember the retired NASCAR driver as Hendrick Motorsports’ first driver, for his help in the U.S. Winter Olympics or for his crash in Daytona in 2000.

Bodine is currently staying busy and enjoying retirement in Melbourne, Florida. Among the activities keeping him busy include a role as Driver Analyst with The Racing Experts auto racing news website. Bodine is also known to make an occasional appearance on The New Mexico Motorsports Report with David Swope.

We recently caught up with the 1986 Daytona 500 champion, to get his thoughts on retirement, the NASCAR season and what keeps him going.

Q. What are your thoughts on being honored at Darlington with Kasey Kahne’s throwback paint scheme?

Geoff Bodine: “It’s great, that paint scheme was a very popular one, very nice, very pretty. Everybody, even today, still remarks about how nice that was so to see it again at Darlington is great.

“Hopefully, he runs good with it. We ran good with it there, personally I’ve never won a race there with that paint scheme. I won a race in the Xfinity Series there, but I came close in the Cup many times. ‘The Track to Tough to Tame’ well, I didn’t tame it. Hopefully Kasey will be able to this time.”

Q. You retired after having multiple concussions, do you believe drivers have the same chance of getting CTE as other athletes do and do you have any prolonged CTE symptoms?

Q. What can you tell me about your Bobsledding business?

GB: “I started building bobsleds in 1992 with Geoff Bo-DYN’s bobsled project. We built bobsleds for american athletes free, no charge. They won gold medals, world championships in places all around. More than they have ever done before.

We’re kinda out of the Olympic side of it now.

“A few years back we designed and built a sled that’s used in training and it can be used for paraplegic’s to use, it’s a multi-use sled. China has 10 of our sleds. They’ve been using them for 2 years, training their athletes for the Olympics when they are in China.

“We’d like to sell more but we haven’t yet. We have a lot countries interested in it for training their athletes. China is loving them, kids are getting pretty good at it. I think they will have a couple athletes in the Olympics next year.”

Q. What made you want to make bobsleds?

GB: “Well, I learned that our American athletes weren’t using American made equipment and I thought that was totally wrong.

“I thought American athletes were using American made equipment and Russian’s were using Russian made and Germans using German made.

People have tried building bobsleds here in the United States and they failed, so they had to buy their equipment from the competition, they were getting second rate equipment. Not the best.

“Plus, the athletes had to buy their own equipment, so I said woah wait a minute. Because of NASCAR I could afford it so I funded the project to get

GB: “I’m very fortunate, I don’t think I’ve had any symptoms. I’m getting older so a little memory loss I guess is normal. I’m very fortunate I haven’t suffered any effects from all the concussions I’ve had.

“Hopefully I won’t get any, but you just never know. That’s the problem with having multiple concussions, you just never know when something is going to happen. I pray everyday and thank God that I know who I am today.

“My two brothers are a little more sensitive to concussions than I was. They’d get knocked out, Brett had lasting effects, he didn’t know where he was for quite a while. Todd was a little, in between him, Brett and myself, I’d hit the outside wall and get knocked out and then hit the inside wall and wake up. “ I guess that was a good thing but I just never know when something might go wrong. I’ve learned so much about the multiple concussions, how they can affect a person.

“Dale Jr. retiring, he can do that because he made a lot of money and doesn’t need anymore I guess. He just got married and wants to have a family so I applaud him when he sat out some races because of the problem and the situation and now he’s retiring and I think it’s a great idea.”

Q. Are you doing any charity work or what keeps you busy?

GB: “Well I’ve been involved in charities for a long while. Back in the 80s, Red Cross and any charities in town.

“A lady from Greensboro, she introduced me to Make-a-Wish back in the mid 80s. We took the first little guy and his family to a NASCAR race at Rockingham and it was like an act of congress to get him in because that was a first to have a little guy in a wheelchair, wheel around in the garage area.

“Got some autographs for him, had a good time. At first it was really hard but as time has gone on, NASCAR has opened their arms up to the Make-a-Wish program and we’re proud of that and happy about that. I had a Make a Wish golf tournament for 14 years in North Carolina.

“I’ve been fortunate that God led me to be able to do those things.”

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Racing istough

By David Swope

BRISTOL, Tenn.—At the conclusion of the Food City 300 XFINITY Series night race, Dale Earnhardt Jr. decided a quick stop at the Infield Care Center might be a good idea.

“My hands were cramping at the end of the race and I got the race tomorrow,” Earnhardt Jr. said to The Racing Experts as he was being released from the Infield Care Center. “I sweat, I sweat—I sweated a lot today.

“Going in and out of both cars through the process this afternoon, I sweated a ton yesterday during XFINITY practice. This [fire suit] is so wet. So just precautionary, you know, preemptive.”

POST-RACE The story started a few minutes earlier when Earnhardt Jr. had climbed from his car following the race.

Earnhardt Jr. finished 13th in his first start in NASCAR’s second-tier series this season.

I asked him if there was anything that he had learned from the Food City 300 that he could carry over to the Bass Pro Shop NRA Night Race.

He seemed winded and had trouble speaking, so I commented that he needed to catch his breath.

“Yeah, I’m tired,” Earnhardt Jr. said.

many laps we have to run tomorrow,” Earnhardt Jr. said with a nod.

“Just wanted to be on the safe side as far as hydration goes.”

Earnhardt Jr. missed the final 18 races of the 2016 Cup Series season because of concussion-like symptoms. When he announced his retirement at the end of this season, he sighted his desire to enjoy his life following his retirement with the highest heath options.

I asked him during the interview if those concerns were part of his decision to seek help.

“Yeah, I think so,” he said. “I have been in the care center before to get fluids. When me and Dad raced that race in Michigan in the IROC series back in 1999, I went from Victory Lane and congratulating him to getting fluids,” Earnhardt Jr. said.

“I have been in there before to get fluids and it’s just an easy and cheap way to get hydrated.”

The weather was 80-85 degrees during the majority of the day Friday with 85 percent humidity.

At times, there was cloud cover and a short rain storm that delayed XFINITY qualifying which was shorted to a single 20-minute session. The temperature following the race was 72 degrees but the humidity was still 85 percent.

SATURDAY Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start 31st in the Bass Pro Shop NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

I asked him if he was alright, but did not get a response. Instead, I looked up and we had walked directly to the Infield Care Center at Bristol Motor Speedway. I waited outside the facility for any word on his condition.

This will be the Hendrick Motorsports driver’s final confirmed start at Bristol in the Cup Series and was evident from the cheers from the fans during driver’s introductions, he will be missed on the track.

Jim Utter of Motorsport.com had also been trying to find out what was going on so we joined forces. Utter asked Earnhardt Jr. about his ability to drive in the Saturday night race.

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Like social media, Dale Earnhardt Jr. aims to be candid in future NBC broadcasting role By: John Haverlin

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ale Earnhardt Jr. is known as a straightforward individual when it comes to social media. He never shies away from speaking his mind, yet makes a conscientious effort to not hurt anyone’s feelings.

It’s probably part of the reason he’s been a 14-time winner of NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award.

And next year, when he joins NBC Sports Group as a broadcaster, his goal will be to translate that honesty to the television booth. Instead of doing his usual post-race Periscope in jeans and a T-shirt to talk about his day to fans, he’ll be dressed in a suit and tie in front of a camera to offer his commentary on an event.

“Sam [Flood, Executive Producer and President of Production of NBC Sports,] told me he hired me to be me,” Earnhardt said. “I’m hoping the me he’s talking about is the guy I am on social media and Twitter. That’s what I enjoy and that’s what I want when I get into the booth ... to be that candid and be that honest.”

Earnhardt has a blueprint for joining the booth next year. Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton both recently became broadcast analysts shortly after their racing careers ended. Instead of the adrenaline rush drivers face before climbing into a racecar on Sunday afternoons, he more likely to be fighting off the jitters of going on-air to an audience of millions.

However, being the fan favorite that he is, maybe it won’t be too nervewracking for him because fans will embrace hearing their favorite driver’s voice during the races. Earnhardt has support from an entire industry about his choice to retire on his own terms from full-time competition in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, and his presence will continue to be appreciated from the booth.

said. “I’m not going to attack anybody. I didn’t like getting attacked when I was a racecar driver and I certainly wouldn’t want to do that to any of my peers. I have a lot of respect for those guys.”

NBC has not yet decided how Earnhardt will be used for broadcasts. Right now, Burton is the driver analyst with Steve Letarte as crew chief analyst and Rick Allen as the lap-by-lap announcer. He could replace Burton to call the races from the booth, or he could join Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett as analysts for the pre and post race shows alongside host Krista Voda.

NBC covers the second half of the Cup Series schedule and begins the 2018 season at Chicagoland Speedway in early July.

Until then, Earnhardt will savor the final months of his Cup career as a driver and prepare for his new role in the booth for 2018.

He has limited exposure in the broadcasting field. He’s provided color commentary for Fox twice over the last two years, including The Clash at Daytona at the start of the 2017 season. But will look to improve his broadcasting skills as his new career blossoms.

“I want to be that same person I am in the booth. I don’t want to change or be molded into something different or polished up,” he said. “But I definitely want to get better and I want to be great at it. I want to work at it and do what I need to do.”

Although he won’t be part of the Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 88 team after this season, he’ll still have friendships with members of that crew, and he’ll want to keep it that way beyond his racing career. So if Alex Bowman, Earnhardt’s replacement, and the No. 88 team have a bad day at the track, he has to balance being critical without being too harsh.

“It’ll be a bridge I’ll have to cross when I get there,” Earnhardt said. “I hope that I’m able to be comfortable being honest. You can cross the line, and I’ve done it before, you just have to know when you’ve crossed it and admit it. I think that people, my peers included, think that’s OK as long as you own it.

“But I do think that — I hope that — I’m being brought into the booth because of who I am and how I am and how I act and my honesty and candid conversation. I also want that freedom to be honest and be candid.

But if you’re going to do that, you’re obviously going to step on a toe or two.”

If Earnhardt feels he ever crosses the line or says something incorrect, he’ll acknowledge any mistakes he makes. It’s a cliché — but he’ll treat competitors the way he would want to be treated.

“You’re also going to be wrong sometimes. I think when you’re wrong — and I feel I’ve always done a good job of it — is own in it and move on,” he NMMotorsportsReport.com • 11

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f you have competed regularly in Super Pro in Albuquerque anytime in the last few years, you have probably had to race Angelo Sanchez and the Sanchez Family Nova … and the odds were that you didn’t get the win light. Angelo has won the Season Points Championship for the last 3 years in a row (2014, 2015 & 2016) and has won a total of 8 championships in his driving career. In addition, he figured out a way to drive his race car to the track and took all the marbles at the 2016 All Out Call Out. The Sanchez Family has been competing at Albuquerque Dragway since the day it opened in 1964. The family all lived in Belen and Frank Sanchez (Angelo’s Uncle) and another Belen resident, Dave Benjamin, had the two fastest cars in town. Frank had a 1955 Chevy with a straight axle and a 409 engine. Frank also was very involved in a supercharged Corvette Roadster that was Benjamin’s first serious race car. Throughout this time period, Frank’s younger brother Billy was there helping him.

After a period where they were away from racing, Frank built another 1955 Chevy that he raced throughout the Southwest. After years of racing that car, Frank’s son Derek completely rebuilt the ‘55 with a chrome moly chassis and turned it into a very serious race car. Derek started driving the ‘55 Chevy in the 1980s and immediately showed that the racing gene had been passed down to him. In 2002 Derek moved to Arizona and kept racing the ‘55 Chevy. He ran an active schedule of NHRA National and Divisional events with it before the car was sold to a team in Germany (that car is still racing today in Europe, running in the 7 second zone). After that, Derek teamed up with Jeff Nolte on a very competitive 1933 roadster in Super Gas. Derek and Jeff campaigned that car with success for several years. Tragically, Derek lost his life in a crash at The Strip in Las Vegas in 2013. Since then, Nolte has continued to be an integral part of the Sanchez family’s racing program.

The Nova that Angelo currently drives was originally driven by Billy back in 1989. After a few years, Billy turned the seat over to Angelo. They have occasionally put the 632 big block Chevy on nitrous and have gone as quick as 8.12. Normally aspirated it has gone as quick as 8.60. It is amazing how long they have been running the same car and it seems possible that the Nova has made over 4,000 runs. It almost certainly has been down the track more times than any other car currently racing.

In 2016, Billy Sanchez debuted a beautiful 1956 Ford Victoria with a 555 ci big block Chevy. This was a car that Billy’s sister gave him in 1975 at a particularly tough time when Billy’s son had passed away. In 2016, Billy took the Victoria out of storage and made an awesome race car out of it. They brought it out toward the end of 2016 and everyone was amazed at what a cool car it was and how well it ran with a best ET of 9.95. Then, in early 2017, Billy’s son Vincent drove it to the win in Super Pro at the “Derek Sanchez Memorial Race.” It was an incredibly emotional moment for Derek’s family to win his memorial race. Billy Sanchez summed it up when he said “we just keep on racing because we love it.”

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The OCA, who jointly hosted the event with the Oldsmobile Club of New Mexico, ran the event July 18-23 on the campus of the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid in the northeast quadrant of the city.

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Roger Green, a member of the Oldsmobile Club of America and former president of the New Mexico chapter, had his hand in the early stages of bringing the event to New Mexico.

Green said the headhunter for the group needed a national meet in the southwest, and Albuquerque was ultimately chosen for the meetup.

“The turnout was better than expected with the weather,” he said. “No rain, no storms, we had 213 cars on the showfield.”

While the event brought in locals, people as far away as Florida came to the event, and even an international presence was seen.

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“We had people from Canada,” Green said of the turnout.

Ron Bean, a local man from Tijeras, earned the honors of Best of Class in the Modifieds with his 1966 Olds 442.

On the Friday of July 21, the fourth day of the event, the OCA drag racing event welcomed all people with show and race cars to participate.

Held at the Albuquerque Dragway, 14 participants competed across three divisions; the Show Stock, Pro, and Super Pro. Brian Graber took the top honors in the Show Stock, posting a time of 20.171 at 50.6 mph at the quartermile.

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Roger Green took the top spot in the Pro division, posting a time of 15.97 at 82.75 mph in his 1969 Hurst/Olds.

In the Super Pro division, Tim Alt of Amarillo, Texas took the top spot in his 1965 442, posting a time of 11.94 at 109.5 mph.

Green said the event was unique to Albuquerque, because it isn’t an every year occurrence. The Sandia Park, New Mexico resident thinks the people involved made it a great time.

“Oldsmobile people are really friendly, outgoing,” he said.

“It’s a different kind of people than say a Corvette club.

“The Oldsmobile people are a lot more laid back and like to share stories and common interests in the cars, especially since it’s an orphan brand now.”

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Dramatic race at Watkins Glen tightens IndyCar championship battle

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And then there was one.

All four Penske drivers could win it. Last year, Pagenaud and Power went head-to-head, but Power’s car stalled out after 37 laps, and Pagenaud won the title as well as the race.

Castroneves broke a three-year winless drought at Iowa Speedway this summer and the only thing missing from his IndyCar résumé is a championship. The three-time Indy 500 winner may move onto sports car racing for Penske in 2018, so it’s likely a now-or-never situation for the 42-year-old Brazilian.

Rahal and Rossi are the least likely to win the championship because of their points deficit. But Rahal has two top fives at Sonoma, including a runner-up finish last year, so he could move up a couple of places in the standings at the very least. This season has been among the best of his career as he swept at The Raceway at Belle Isle earlier this year and has led 110 laps; the most of his career in one season.

One race remains in the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series campaign, and a champion will be decided at Sonoma Raceway on September 17th.

Seven drivers are in mathematical contention for the Astor Cup trophy, including Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, Alexander Rossi, and Graham Rahal.

The season finale at Sonoma is a double-point event, so that’s why so many drivers are still standing in the fight.

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Newgarden’s costly mistake The points battle tightened up at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. Newgarden started the IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen with a 31 point lead over Dixon and came away with a threepoint lead when the checkered flag waved.

Just days before the race at the Glen, Andretti Autosport confirmed that the team would stick with Honda for 2018. In effect, the organization signed Rossi to an extension after speculation he could leave Andretti for a rival Honda team. Now that he’s secured a ride for next year and won a race, he’ll look to continue his momentum at Sonoma and end the season on a high note.

“We had time, we had the pace, the performance, the tire life, everything was going He finished 18th after starting third at the historic New York Rossi-VC-TeamShower-WGI our way,” he said after his win. “A huge hats off road course. During the final cycle of pit stops, Newgarden to Andretti Autosport. … Thank you to Honda. was racing Team Penske teammate Will Power off pit road and We’re coming really hard for 2018.” ended up crashing into the retaining wall that runs parallel to the righthanded Turn 1 leading to the track.

There are plenty of storylines as the series heads to Sonoma in two weeks. We’ll just have to wait and see which driver will prevail in the After hitting the wall, Sebastien Bourdais, who was also leaving pit lane, hills of Northern California. plowed into Newgarden’s No. 2 Chevrolet and both drivers suffered damage, which brought out a full course caution with 15 laps to go.

Newgarden’s team repaired the car to the best of its ability, but he finished two laps down. Four-time IndyCar champion Dixon took advantage of the first year Penske driver’s mistake by finishing second and trimming 28 points off his lead.

“I felt like we were in a good position until that final pit stop. No excuse for it. It was my fault,” Newgarden said. “I saw Will leave right in front of us and I just locked it up and slid over into the wall. Then Sebastien got into the back of me. It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing I can do about it. We’ll go to Sonoma in a couple of weeks and race for it.”

Rossi keeps title hopes alive Rossi won the 60-lap race. It was his first victory since the 2016 Indianapolis 500, where he shocked the world with a perfect fuel mileage strategy. But unlike that win, his No. 98 Honda was dominant throughout the event. Rossi started from the pole and led a race-high 32 laps. Mathematically, he’s still alive in the title hunt, although a lot would have to go wrong for his competition for him to win the championship.

Regardless, he feels like there’s a monkey off his back by proving he can be a dominant driver in the series.

“We’re just trying to be competitive in every race and try to win,” he said.

“In terms of what’s next, it’s only Sonoma. It’s a double points race. It’s valuable from a mathematical standpoint as the 500. … We were very strong there last year. It’s probably one of our strongest tracks outside of Indianapolis.

“I have high expectations. We need to really make sure that, again, we tick all the boxes throughout the weekend. Hopefully we can climb a couple spots in the championship.”

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I remember the day it all started, like it was yesterday. I was having lunch with friends at Taco Sal, and I was in between jobs and was looking for something new. Someone said, “why don’t you buy Yearwood, it’s for sale”. I hadn’t heard that, but since I was heading over there to get some parts from Ted after lunch, figured I would ask. He did confirm it was for sale and three months later we were inventorying my new adventure. The plan was to give Yearwood a facelift and make it more user friendly.

My theory was: I could wholesale in a retail environment, but I couldn’t retail in a wholesale environment. It was time to ditch the 70’s warehouse mentality and get the parts out of the warehouse and into the hands of the consumer.

I contacted local drag racer Mike Labbate to help with the construction needs, which they started right away. I wanted the warehouse separate from the showroom, put in a new drop ceiling with light fixtures and slat wall for display. Then, a change of colors made it look like a speed shop. I asked myself “If I were king for the day, what would I do, what were my goals?” I wanted to have the best little speed shop in the southwest, and ten years later, with the help of our dedicated customers and staff, I think we have accomplished exactly that. Our inventory is second to none, we have literally more than ten times what it was before and not only have we increased inventory, we increased locations. Seven years after transforming the Eubank location, we opened our second location on the west side of Albuquerque. We are trying to spread the gospel of speed even further west, with very similar inventory as the original, but a lot more convenient for our west side customers.

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