All photos from 3Wide
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Jordan Cox takes the first Rookie Feature of the season.
Jordan's car has the same "Diamond 1" color and # as his father Phil drove a few years back...
Family and crew join Jordan in Victory Lane
John McClelland heads out for his heat race.
Tad Cox waits inside the #59 as crew makes a few adjustments prior to the heading out.
Brian Truppi ran hard to capture modified heat #1 over a quick running Jimmy Horton
Team conference in Dave Hunt's pit following his heat race run.
Crate 1 Sportsman racer Bob Rambone sporting a new look for 2011
Dom Buffalino looked to be running down Rick Laubach in his heat and ended up a close 2nd... When the track slicks up, Dom is at his smoothest.
Some new colors on Johnny Guarino's #9 this year
Interesting reading on the back of Rich Kuiken's(sp?) #00 racer
Wade Hendrickson leans in to get a word in with #99 car owner Johnny Leach
The modified heat races are intense at New Egypt with 12 strong cars and only 6 to qualify. Here Rick Laubach battles David Van Horn
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Bob Rossell in the early 70's in one of his self built racers
Rob Ormsbee and crew after winning the Fastrak Late Model Feature #1 of the evening
Rookie Mike Everitt looked strong finishing second in the Rookie Feature along with a solid run in the Crate 1 Sportsman feature.
John Salvatore's crew looks to make repairs to the frontend of the #10
Chris Allen Sr & Jr prior to the start of the 305 feature.
Team cars of Tony Pietrofitta
Tony gives driver Jeff Geiges some last minute instructions prior to the feature
2010 Rookie of the Year Stef Palmai gets ready to start from the pole in her first time in a true "Sprint Car" after running a SS Sprint in 2010
Front end work on Craig Rochelle's #2
No sponsors... but plenty of potential. "Low Buck Chuck" (great nickname from Nick Leach) is the real deal behind the wheel!
Great to see Mike McAleer back in the saddle after a rough ride in 2010 had him out for the balance of the season
Crate1 Sportsman racer Rich Steele picked up Bob Lineman's car from last year and noticed a big difference right away.
TSRS 305 Sprints get lined up in the staging area
Don't read too much into this, but you ever hear the old proverb that says something like "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill”? Lot's of "experience" in the #1 pit!
