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Jennifer Greenberg to
Compete in 2009 Chili Bowl
Race
TULSA,
OK – Nineteen-year-old
Jennifer Greenberg of
Albuquerque, NM will compete
in her first Chili Bowl
January 12-17 in Tulsa, OK.
The 23rd annual
Chili Bowl is an indoor
event that attracts the
stars of NASCAR, United
States Auto Club (“USAC”)
and many other open wheel
series. Previous winners
include Tony Stewart in 2002
and 2007. This year’s race
has 293 entrants from 30
different states and Canada.
The race will be televised
on SPEED TV. Greenberg will
be competing with increased
support from the New Mexico
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricant
dealers. After devoting much
of 2008 to racing NASCAR
Late Model stock cars in
California, Greenberg
returns to open wheel racing
with the help of Indiana’s
Billy and Tanya Mentgen. One
of the few female car owners
in the country, Tanya
Mentgen finished 11th
in the 2008 USAC Owner’s
Points Championship. The
Mentgen’s have taken
Greenberg under their wing
and hope to field an all
female car owner and driver
combination in the USAC
series.
“I
have been reading about the
Chili Bowl for years and
have attended as a
spectator”, said Greenberg.
“My two biggest midget
racing goals are to race at
the Chili Bowl and at the
Turkey Night race in
Irwindale. So racing in
Tulsa this year fulfills a
one of those goals. I am
very fortunate to have the
support of Billy and Tanya
Mentgen, as well as the New
Mexico AMSOIL Dealers to
help me reach this goal.
Billy, Tanya and Damon
Twitty have been preparing
my car for the last 6 weeks
to make the race. I got to
drive it in a test session
in Claremore, OK last week
and it felt great to be back
in a midget on dirt! I could
not be happier with the new
look my car has thanks to
Stanfill Design and
Graphics. Once this race is
over we will continue to
work on finding sponsorship
backing for the remainder of
2009. It is a tough economic
climate, but we would like
to find a marketing partner
that would allow us to
compete in select USAC
events in the Midwest in
2009.”
Jennifer Greenberg
represents marketing
partners B&T Motorsports,
Amsoil, Cabinet Concepts,
SunCo Equipment and Supply,
Andrews Motorsports, M&J
Signs, Synergy Coatings and
TIS Fitness Systems.
For
additional information on
the Jennifer Greenberg
Motorsports team, visit her
website at
www.jengreenberg.com
Paul Newman Dies At Age 83
Newman
attained stardom in the
1950s and never lost the
movie-star aura, appearing
in such classic films as
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"
"Exodus," "The Hustler,"
"Cool Hand Luke," "Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid," "The Sting" and "The
Verdict."
He
finally won an Oscar in 1986
-- on his eighth try -- for
"The Color of Money," a
sequel to "The Hustler." He
later received two more
Oscar nominations. Among his
other awards was the Motion
Picture Academy's Jean
Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
"Paul
took advantage of what life
offered him, and while
personally reluctant to
acknowledge that he was
doing anything special, he
forever changed the lives of
many with his generosity,
humor, and humanness," said
Robert Forrester, vice
chairman of the actor's
Newman's Own Foundation.
"His legacy lives on in the
charities he supported and
the Hole in the Wall Camps,
for which he cared so much."
He was
often willing to make fun of
himself. Early in his career
he was mistaken for fellow
Method actor Marlon Brando;
Newman obligingly signed
autographs, "Best wishes,
Marlon Brando."
Newman
was a Method-trained actor
who blazed his own career
trail and didn't shy away
from risky roles -- inside
and outside films.
A
portrayal as a race-car
driver in 1969's "Winning"
led to his actual
competition in races; at 70,
he participated in the 24
Hours of Daytona and he was
still racing at age 80.
He
stumped for liberal causes,
including Eugene McCarthy's
1968 presidential candidacy,
and earned a spot on Richard
Nixon's enemies list -- "the
highest single honor I've
ever received," he said.
In
1982, Newman and his friend
A.E. Hotchner founded
Newman's Own, a food company
that produced food ranging
from pasta sauces to salad
dressing to chocolate chip
cookies.
"The
embarrassing thing is that
the salad dressing is
outgrossing my films,"
Newman once wryly noted.
To
date, the company -- which
donates all profits to
charities such as Newman's
Hole in the Wall camps --
has given away more than
$200 million. Newman
established the camp to
benefit gravely ill
children.
"He
saw the camps as places
where kids could escape the
fear, pain and isolation of
their conditions, kick back
and raise a little hell,"
Forrester said.
Today,
there are 11 Hole in the
Wall camps around the world,
with additional programs in
Africa and Vietnam. Some
135,000 children have
attended the camps -- free
of charge.
The
Association of Hole in the
Wall Camps "is part of his
living legacy, and for that
we remain forever grateful,"
the association said in a
statement.
"We
are greatly saddened by his
passing. His leadership and
spirit can never be
replaced. But he has left us
strong and confident."
Newman
was half of one of the most
successful showbiz marriages
-- to Joanne Woodward, whom
he married in 1958. He
observed that just because
he was a sex symbol there
was no reason to commit
adultery.
"Why
would I go out for a
hamburger when [I] have
steak at home?" he asked.
Newman's daughters said
described him as a devoted
husband, a loving father, an
adoring grandfather and a
dedicated philanthropist.
"Our
father was a rare symbol of
selfless humility, the last
to acknowledge what he was
doing was special," they
said in a statement.
"Intensely private, he
quietly succeeded beyond
measure in impacting the
lives of so many with his
generosity.
"Always and to the end, Dad
was incredibly grateful for
his good fortune. In his own
words: 'It's been a
privilege to be here.'"
The
statement requested privacy
for Newman's family.
CNN's
Larry King, who interviewed
Newman through the years,
said he greatly admired the
actor.
"He
lived a long and terrific
life," King said Saturday
morning. "He was much
appreciated. Did some
theater, graduated Yale.
Long marriage to Joanne
Woodward. One of those
showbiz rarities."
Paul
Leonard Newman was born on
January 26, 1925, in Shaker
Heights, Ohio, a suburb of
Cleveland. His father owned
a successful sporting goods
store, but young Paul was
taken with his mother's and
uncle's interest in the arts
and started acting while
still in grade school.
"I
wasn't running toward the
theater but running away
from the sporting goods
store," he said later.
After
being kicked out of Ohio
University for unruly
behavior, he joined the Navy
and served for three years
during World War II. After
the war he attended Kenyon
College in Gambier, Ohio,
where his unruly ways led
him to theater.
Newman
continued studying acting at
Yale and at New York's
Actors' Studio, earning jobs
in the growing medium of
television.
He
made his Broadway debut in
William Inge's 1953 play
"Picnic," opposite Kim
Stanley, one of the most
successful stage actresses
of her time. The next year
he made his first Hollywood
film, "The Silver Chalice,"
a bomb that he mocked for
the rest of his life. He
even took out a newspaper ad
apologizing for his
performance.
But
success as boxer Rocky
Graziano in "Somebody Up
There Likes Me" (1956) made
him a star, and more hits
followed: "The Long, Hot
Summer" (1958) opposite his
soon-to-be wife, Woodward;
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
(1958) with Elizabeth
Taylor; and "The Young
Philadelphians" (1959).
But
the 1960s were to be
Newman's decade, a perfect
match for his ironic,
anti-establishment attitude.
He began the decade with
"Exodus" (1960), an epic
about Israel's founding
directed by Otto Preminger,
and succeeded it with "The
Hustler" (1961) as pool
shark Fast Eddie Felson;
"Sweet Bird of Youth"
(1962), another Tennessee
Williams work; and "Hud"
(1963), "Harper" (1966) and
"Hombre" (1967), continuing
a good-luck streak of films
beginning with "H."
After
"Cool Hand Luke" (1967), in
which he played the
egg-eating malcontented
title character, he turned
to directing, earning raves
for his behind-the-camera
work on "Rachel, Rachel"
(1968), starring his wife.
"Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid" (1969) and "The Sting"
(1973) teamed Newman with
co-star
Robert Redford
and director George Roy
Hill. The trio proved to be
box-office gold: They were
two of the highest-grossing
films of their time, winning
a slew of awards --
including a best picture
Oscar for the latter, a tale
of con men in 1930s Chicago.
Newman
finally teamed up with Steve
McQueen, who had been
scheduled to be his co-star
in "Butch Cassidy," in
1974's "The Towering
Inferno." Though the Irwin
Allen-produced disaster film
earned mixed critical
notices, it, too, was one of
the most successful
box-office films of the era.
Newman's career started
faltering in the late '70s
as he turned his attention
to his other pursuits,
notably racing. The loss of
his son Scott to a drug
overdose in 1978 hit the
actor hard.
He
made an artistic comeback
with 1982's "The Verdict,"
the story of an
ambulance-chasing hard-luck
lawyer in which Newman
appeared broken, raspy and
every inch of his 57 years.
By the
time Newman starred in "The
Color of Money," directed by
Martin Scorsese, his movie
career had slipped a notch.
Never afraid of playing his
age, Newman portrayed a
repressed businessman in
1990's "Mr. and Mrs.
Bridge," a cantankerous
lodger in "Nobody's Fool"
(1994), a fatherly, retired
gangster in "Road to
Perdition" (2002), and the
voice of a Hudson Hornet in
"Cars" (2006).
He
gained some of his best
reviews for his performance
as the stage manager in a
Broadway production of
Thornton Wilder's classic
play, "Our Town," filmed for
television in 2003, and was
perfectly cast as the
rascally father to Ed
Harris' responsible diner
owner in the miniseries
"Empire Falls."
In
recent years, Newman talked
about doing another film
with his friend Redford, but
the two couldn't settle on a
script. In 2007, Newman said
he was retiring from acting,
saying he'd lost confidence
in his abilities. Still, he
marveled at his own
resilience.
"You
can't be as old as I am
without waking up with a
surprised look on your face
every morning: 'Holy Christ,
whaddya know - I'm still
around!' It's absolutely
amazing that I survived all
the booze and smoking and
the cars and the career."
Newman, who was married to
Jackie Witt from 1949 to
1957, is survived by his
wife, Joanne Woodward, and
five children.
ASCS Rocky Mountain Division
Race Tight
Info provided by William
Jewell of
The Oil Medics
Two
Albuquerque drivers are in
the top 5 of the ASCS Rocky
Mountain Division with only
two nights of racing left in
the season. Derik Ortega is
first and Colt Treharn has
moved into third (Colt would
be a contender for first,
but did not make the
Nebraska race. The race from
second to sixth is very
tight. 93 points The Aztec
race next weekend will
determine the final results.
Derrik Ortega has the
championship pretty much
sewed up. With only 300
points available for the
weekend, he only chance of
not winning would be if he
did not start either main
event and either second,
third or forth in points
swept both nights A
main. Johnny Herrera should
be there and he is
undefeated in ASCS Rocky
Mountain Division A main
event wins that he has run.
So the chance of Derrik
falling from first are
between slim and none.
ASCS
Rocky Mountain Region Points
(Top Ten): 1. Derrik Ortega
1,862, 2. Jeremy McCune
1,663, 3. Colt Treharn
1,592, 4. Bob Schaeffer
1,584, 5. Chad Corken 1,583,
6. Danielle Ossenfort 1,570,
7. Jake Ossenfort 1,551, 8.
Dustin Hall 1,344, 9. Justin
Wolf Medlock 1,225, 10. Mark
Sweet 1,207.
 Jennifer
Greenberg Featured in AutoWeek
Magazine
Although
Jennifer Greenberg’s stock car
adventure in California is over
(for now), she is still
receiving nice press coverage.
The July 21, 2008 issue of
AutoWeek magazine (a weekly
national publication) had a
story on drag racer Ashley Force
and “5 Fast Women Your Mother
Never Warned You About!”
Renowned racer and journalist
Denise McCluggage wrote the
portion on Jennifer. Ms.
McCluggage is one of the true
female pioneers in motorsports,
having competed in the 1950’s
and 1960’s when women were
really not welcome in the auto
racing world.
For the
on-line version of the article,
click
HERE
 Rachel
Greenberg Summer Sizzler - Wins 4
Jr. Dragster Races in July and
August!
July and
August are almost always the busiest
part of the racing season. This year
has been no exception as Rachel ran
9 races and 2 test sessions in the
two month period, including a
stretch where she spent 12 days
racing between July 4 and August 2.
In addition to races in Albuquerque,
she was one of the Albuquerque track
representatives at the NHRA Western
Conference Finals in Denver.
Rachel has a
history of doing exceptionally well
at Albuquerque’s big holiday weekend
racing shows and this Labor Day
weekend was no exception. On
Saturday (8/30/08), Albuquerque
Dragway attracted the largest Junior
Dragster field of the year. Rachel
had a nearly flawless night to wade
through 5 rounds of tough
competition and take the event
win.
Rachel
continued her hot streak by winning
all 4 rounds of competition in the
Jr. Dragster class on Sunday night
(8/31/08) to take the event
win. For the two races over
Labor Day weekend, Rachel was
undefeated in 9 straight rounds of
competition. This was
Rachel’s third consecutive win in
Albuquerque and fourth of the season.
The performance moved her into the
Albuquerque Dragway season points
championship lead.
Rachel also
took the Jr. Dragster event wins at
Albuquerque Dragway on Aug. 2 and
July 4th.
Cody Dons Captures Championship
July 30, 2008
-- Cody Dons raced his way in to IKF karting royalty by
capturing the International Karting Federation Junior I 2
cycle Light National (Duffy)Championship at Delaware
Speedway in Iowa. Cody races locally at Harvey Caplin
Speedway in karts and restricted mini sprints. Cosy also won
a regional race at Delaware Speedway on Saturday night
against 16 competitors. Way to go Cody, bring home another
Duffy on Thursday when you race 2 cycle heavy.
George Carlin Dies
By Ed
Payne CNN
 June
23, 2008 Los Angeles, CA --
Comedian-actor George Carlin, known for
his raunchy but insightful humor, died
of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles,
his publicist said. He was 71.
Jeff Abraham says Carlin
went into St. John's Health Center on
Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest
pain. Carlin died at 5:55 p.m. PDT, The
Associated Press reported.
Carlin, who had a history
of heart trouble, performed as recently
as last weekend at the Orleans Casino
and Hotel in Las Vegas.
"He was a genius and I
will miss him dearly," Jack Burns, who
was the other half of a comedy duo with
Carlin in the early 1960s, told the AP.
Carlin was best known for
his routine "Seven Words You Can Never
Say On Television," which appeared in
1972's "Class Clown" album.
When Carlin uttered all
seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he
was arrested for disturbing the peace,
the AP reported. The comedy sketch
prompted a landmark indecency case after
WBAI-FM radio aired it in 1973.
The case was appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court where the
justices ruled on a 5-to-4 vote that the
sketch was "indecent but not obscene,"
giving the FCC broad leeway to determine
what constituted indecency on the
airwaves.
"So my name is a footnote
in American legal history, which I'm
perversely kind of proud of," Carlin
said. "In the context of that era, it
was daring."
"It just sounds like a
very self-serving kind of word. I don't
want to go around describing myself as a
'groundbreaker' or a 'difference-maker'
because I'm not and I wasn't," he said.
"But I contributed to people who were
saying things that weren't supposed to
be said."
Carlin, who was also an
author, was slated to receive the 2008
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in
November.
"In his length career as
a comedian, writer, and actor, George
Carlin has not only made us laugh, but
he makes us think," Stephen Schwarzman,
Kennedy Center chairman, said in a
statement. "His influence on the next
generation of comics has been
far-reaching."
In a typical wry
response, Carlin said: "Thank you Mr.
Twain. Have your people call my people."
Carlin hosted the first
broadcast of "Saturday Night Live" in
October 1975.
He played the character
of Mr. Conductor on the PBS series
"Shining Time Station" and starred in
more than a dozen HBO specials. Carlin
was also a regular on The Tonight Show.
He produced 23 comedy
albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, a
couple of TV shows and appeared in
several movies, from his own comedy
specials to "Bill and Ted's Excellent
Adventure" in 1989 -- a testament to his
range from cerebral satire and cultural
commentary to downright silliness (and
sometimes hitting all points in one
stroke), the AP reported.
"Why do they lock gas
station bathrooms?" he once mused. "Are
they afraid someone will clean them?"
He won four Grammy
Awards, each for best spoken comedy
album, and was nominated for five Emmy
awards, according to AP.
Jennifer Greenberg Motorsports
March/April Update
by
Jennifer Greenberg
In March I
began my stock car season. As you may
recall, I was selected to the Ron Sutton
Winner’s Circle Driver Development
Program. This program led to an offer
to drive a NASCAR Late Model stock car
for the Simi Valley, CA based High Point
Racing Team (www.highpointteam.com).
I will be running at least 12 races at
Irwindale Speedway this year.
I have to say
that the stock car is a completely
different animal from the midgets and
sprint cars that I have driven. Although
the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers make it
look easy, I can assure you that stock
cars are extremely challenging to drive.
Their size, weight and suspension
dynamics make them much less responsive
than the 1000 pound open wheel cars that
I have driven. I am very thankful that I
am working with an established team that
has very good equipment!
Through the
end of April, I have run 4 races. My
best finish has been 13th out
of a 32 car starting field. Another
major difference from the open wheel
cars is that there is considerably
more “contact” between the cars.
Unfortunately that has led
to some equipment damage, but I am
really enjoying driving stock cars. I am
currently 14th in the season
points championship (40 drivers have
competed in the series) and 3rd
in the Rookie of the Year points
standings (out of 8 drivers that are
eligible).
The team and I
have also been getting an amazing amount
of press coverage. There were feature
stories in at least 3 southern
California newspapers and I had several
interviews on KTLA (a major Los Angeles
TV station). In addition I have done
quite a few TV interviews for various
other media outlets.
I am working
hard to find additional marketing
partners so that we can race for the
full 2008 season. Currently we have the
funding in place to do 12 races out of
the 20 the team would like to run. I am
very motivated to contact any leads that
materialize so, if you have any business
contacts in Southern California, please
consider passing them on to me. I truly
believe that I can provide valuable
marketing exposure to many different
types of businesses.
We have added
a lot of content to my web site at
www.jengreenberg.com,
including a video clip of the KOAT TV-7
news feature announcing my association
with High Point Racing and lots of
pictures from the first few races at
Irwindale (go to the “Photos/Videos”
link).
Thanks for
your support!
Boyd
Coddington Dies
by Jeff
Wilson AP Writer
February
27, 2008 LOS ANGELES
- Car-building legend Boyd Coddington,
whose testosterone-injected cable TV
reality show "American Hot Rod"
introduced the nation to the West Coast
hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.
Coddington
died at Presbyterian Intercommunity
Hospital in suburban Whittier at 6:20
a.m. Wednesday. His La Habra office
spokeswoman Amanda Curry wouldn't
disclose the cause of death.
Coddington,
who started building cars when he was 13
and once operated a gas station in Utah,
set a standard for his workmanship and
creativity, with his popular "Cadzilla"
creation considered a design
masterpiece. The customized car based on
a 1950s Cadillac was built for rocker
Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
"That was a
groundbreaking car. Very cool," said
Dick Messer, executive director of the
Petersen Automotive Museum in Los
Angeles.
"This was
your modern era George Barris," Messer
said. "He did things to hot rods and
customs that weren't being done by
anyone else. But the main thing is he
designed cars that were drivable."
Coddington
was a machinist by trade, working at
Disneyland during the day and tinkering
with cars in his home garage at night
and on weekends. His rolling creations
captured the imagination of car-crazy
Southern Californians and soon he was
building custom cars and making money.
Most often,
he customized 1932 Ford "little deuce
coupes." "It was one of those things
when a hobby turned into business,"
Messer said, noting Coddington was also
"one of the first guys to get into the
custom wheel business."
Wheels by
Boyd were fetching
$2,000 apiece, which was unheard of two
decades ago.
Coddington also surrounded himself with
talent. Alumni from his shop include
Jesse James and Chip Foose, who went on
to open their own shops and star in
reality TV shows.
Coddington twice won the
Daimler-Chrysler
Design Excellence Award and he
was inducted into the Grand National
Roadster Show Hall of Fame, the National
Rod & Custom Museum Hall of Fame and the
Route 66 Wall of Fame.
Always dressed in a Hawaiian shirt,
Coddington said he loved his "American
Hot Rod" Discovery Channel show, which
featured ground-up construction of
$500,000 hot rods.
"The viewers are ... people who lived in
the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and loved
these cars. Now, they have money,"
Coddington told The Associated Press in
a 2004 interview.
High
Point Racing's Newest Driver
February 27, 2008 Simi Valley,
CA
– Irwindale Speedway is over 750 miles from Albuquerque, NM. However,
that didn’t stop High Point Racing from
finding their newest member to the
already expanded team. Jennifer
Greenberg, the eighteen year old former
midget driver from Albuquerqe, NM
recently signed a development deal with
High Point.
“I met Jennifer when I went to the Ron Sutton
Winner’s Circle combine. She
demonstrated class and a great presence
with the media. Despite the fact that
she hasn’t driven as long as some of the
others, I could see a great deal of
potential for development in Jennifer,”
team owner Tim Huddleston said.
Jennifer decided to pursue racing as a career
one year ago after being invited to the
Lyn St. James driving program, a program
designed for young female drivers
entering the sport.
“I’ve raced for five years now but after I attended the LSJ
program, I asked my dad what he would
think if I pursued racing as a career
and since then I’ve been selected for
the Ron Sutton program and now with High
Point the doors are opening towards a
career in NASCAR,” Greenberg stated.
“I’m really excited to start testing
with High Point and getting up to speed
to run for Rookie of the Year,” she
added.
Between race dates Jennifer will also be hitting the books
hard. As a Business Marketing student
at the University of New Mexico,
Jennifer is learning how to best benefit
her sponsors by learning their side of
the business. She has
performed
several internships with marketing firms
and race teams, including Kellogs.
After racing quarter midgets for several
years, Jennifer began racing midget
cars. In 2006, she won the New Mexico
Mini Sprint Association championship for
combined asphalt and dirt racing
series. In 2007, Jennifer won the
Rookie of The Year title in the Rocky
Mountain Racing Association while
finishing fourth in the points chase.
High Point Racing competes in the Auto Club Late Model Series
at Irwindale Speedway. Primarily
sponsored by Justice Brothers Car Care
Products, the team fields Racecar
Factory built late models powered by
Liz-Zard Racing Engines. For more
information on High Point Racing, visit
www.high-pointracing.com
and look for the HPR “Blue Crew” at
Irwindale Speedway’s next late model
race.
Jennifer Greenberg Named RMMRA Rookie of the Year
November 24, 2007
ALBUQUERQUE,
NM – Eighteen-year-old Jennifer Greenberg capped a very
successful season by winning the Rookie of the Year title at
the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (“RMMRA”) 2007
Awards banquet Saturday night in Denver. Greenberg competed
in RMMRA events in Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico during
the 2007 season, finishing 4th in the season
points championship. Her best main event finish was 2nd
at Colorado National Speedway in Denver and she won a
preliminary heat race at I-25 Speedway in Pueblo.
“The beginning of the season was tough for my
team as we struggled with mechanical difficulties”, said
Greenberg. “Fortunately we kept plugging away and started to
run ok by the middle of the year. We then ran very well at
the end of the year. I have to thank my Dad, Lyle Greenberg,
for his commitment to our racing program. There were a few
times where the easiest route would have been to park the
car, but we continued to push forward all year. In addition,
I want to recognize Butch Blackberg, Scott Baron and my
sister Rachel for their help all year. I can’t wait to start
the 2008 season, though our plans are very uncertain. We
have several different opportunities, including stock cars
and sprint cars. Hopefully we will know what our 2008
program will be by the first of the year. In the meantime we
are preparing our midget to run it when we can.”
Jennifer Greenberg represents marketing
partners Amsoil, Cabinet Concepts, SunCo Equipment and
Supply, Andrews Motorsports, M&J Signs, Synergy Coatings and
TIS Fitness Systems.
Jennifer
Greenberg Returns to the Lyn St. James DDP as Graduate Team
Leader
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – In December of last year,
Jennifer Greenberg had the most meaningful experience of her
young life when she was selected to the Lyn St. James Driver
Development Program. This program motivated the Albuquerque
teenager to seriously consider a career in Motorsports and
was the beginning of a whirlwind 12 months that saw her
racing cars, making personal appearances and working with
race teams from Richmond, VA to Sacramento, CA and almost
everywhere in between. Former Indy 500 Rookie of the Year
Lyn St. James created the Driver Development Program to
provide information and expertise to up-and-coming racers,
in particular female racers, by pooling together experts in
such fields as physical fitness, mental preparation,
nutrition, media training and the business of racing. There
is also technical instruction, as well as a variety of
on-track activities, in an effort to provide the necessary
tools to become successful in the professional ranks of the
sport. Realizing that Jennifer has made excellent use of the
training she received, she was invited back to this years
Lyn St. James program in Phoenix as a graduate Team Leader.
In this capacity, Greenberg assisted the staff with
administrative details of the program, led the attendees in
some of the program’s curriculum and spoke to the current
drivers about how the Lyn St. James program has made such an
incredible difference in her life.
“When I applied to the program in 2006, I was
having fun racing and doing very well”, said Greenberg. “I
won the points championship in the series we raced in but I
hadn’t seriously considered a career in racing. Attending
the Lyn St. James program gave me a fabulous insight into so
many different aspects of the racing industry. While I would
love to make it big as a race driver, it showed me that my
talents could position me for a career in motorsports
marketing. With the confidence that I gained and the
contacts I have made, I was able to work with NASCAR teams
at the Richmond and Indianapolis races along with open wheel
teams during the month of May in Indy. I was on the road at
race related events for almost 70 days this year. Thanks to
the training I received from Lyn St. James, doors keep
opening for me and I hope to have even more success in
2008.”
Jennifer Greenberg represents marketing
partners Amsoil, Cabinet Concepts, SunCo Equipment and
Supply, Andrews Motorsports, M&J Signs, Synergy Coatings and
TIS Fitness Systems.
For additional information on the Jennifer
Greenberg Motorsports team, visit their website at
www.jengreenberg.com
October 23, 2007
It
is with a deep heart that I must offer my condolences to the
Bard Family and Racing Team for their tragic loss they
suffered this weekend at Abilene Speedways Southern
Challenge. Ryan Bard, driver of the #1 Southern Sportmod
suffered severe burns while racing in Texas Sunday
afternoon. He was sent to a Dallas hospital and was unable
to make it through the night.
On
behalf of Aztec Speedway, its employees, drivers, families
and friends, our prayers go out to the Bard family and
racing team as they truely have suffered a tragic loss.
We
will miss you Ryan, and we will always remember you for all
that you truly represented in our lives.
Our
Prayers are with you all,
Tre Brewbaker
Aztec Speedway Promoter
September 30,
2007
It's a
wrap for the 2007 Sandia Motor Speedway and
Hollywood Hills Speedway tracks!
For
Sandia Motor Speedway, the following track champions
were crowned:
Street
Stocks: Roger Frakes
Slug
Bugs: Kenneth Payne
Legends:
Roland Trujillo
Modifieds: Lee Gonzales
Mini
Stocks: Darrel Spradling
Super
Trucks: (need verification)
For
Hollywood Hills Speedway, the following track
champions were crowned:
Hobby
Stocks: Ronnie "Skimmer" Leathem
Cruisers: Perry Held
Modifieds: Curt Barnett
Street
Stocks: Joe Smithberger
Late
Models: (need verification)
Sprints:
Bo Baker
Mini Sprints:
Jordan Mattson
Great
job and look forward to seeing everyone next year!
September 29,
2007
Rachel Greenberg
Wins Jr. Dragster Class on Sept.
22 For Second in Row, 5th Win of Season
Rachel continued her spectacular
2007 season with a win on Saturday night. She did not
have a particularly strong qualifying effort, ending up
in the 3rd qualifying position with a 0.07 reaction
time. However, once eliminations started she started
racking up the round wins. She was matched up with Jacob
Salas in the final round. These two drivers have
dominated the Jr Dragster class in Albuquerque, each
winning 4 races out of the 12 races run prior to this
event. As expected, they had an incredibly close race.
Rachel took a bit of an advantage on the reaction time
with a .06 to Jacob's .10. At the finish line Jacob ran
an 8.86 on his 8.84 dial while Rachel took the hole-shot
win with a 8.61 on her 8.56. The margin of victory was
.007 seconds!
Greenberg has been on an
incredible hot streak - this was her second win in a
row, third out of the last four events and fifth win of
the season. Although Rachel closed the margin with her
win, she remains in 2nd place in the track points.
For more
details on Rachel Greenberg's racing program, visit her web
site at
www.greenbergracing.com
September 18, 2007
The Good
news
Hollywood
Hills Speedway will have its first day of practice of
the 2008 season on April 6th.
The Cruiser
class was one of the many great things that happened at
the speedway this season. I look forward to building on
that success in 2008.
The Sad
news,
HHS will
drop the First Frost 200 lap. HHS can not obtain a
reasonable insurance rate for the event because it is a
standalone event- meaning the only event being insured
for that given weekend as opposed to a Sunday race
following a Saturday night race (there is a sizable
discount for the latter). With no other classes to share
the cost it just can not be done from a financial point
of view.
This is
unfortunate turn of events because, believe it or not,
despite it being mid September, there are people still
building/buying cars hoping to make a 2007 show.
(Call it old
fashion but we think a motorsports event should have
track insurance, a fire-crew, ambulance and the National
anthem).
So here is
what was decided:
Cruisers
will be on the schedule for this Saturday (09 22 07)
running along with the Sprint Cars, Modifieds and Hobby
Stocks. In addition the cruisers will be added (no
points) to the schedule for the 29th of
September the final event of 2007.
In addition,
it looks as if there may be an opportunity to race your
Cruiser car this winter. More information at this
weekends drivers meeting.
Congratulations are in order to Perry Held for wrapping
up the 2007 season Cruiser division championship. Look
to see Perry and others moving up a class or two next
season.
The top 10
points as of 09/20/07 are:
(P. Held
172) (G. Nidel 124) (C.Giron 122) (K.Ford 120) (J.Bastillos
104) (M. Sullivan 86) (R.Cain 78) (R.Apadaca 70) (D.
Oldfield 66) (R.Martinez 64)
Only 20
points separate 2nd through 5th –
oh boy
HHS
is looking to find someone(s) to recruit to sit on the
Cruiser class awards banquet committee for the track
party to be held on the evening of November 10th,
2007 at the San Felipe banquet hall. If you are
interested or would like a task description contact me
please.
If you a
have a Cruiser car for sale or are looking to purchase
one contact me. There are a few Cruisers cars coming on
the market at the end of the season and I have a few
requests to purchase a machine.
If you would
like to be on the Cruiser mail list e-mail
kgseals126@msn.com
September
18, 2007
Jennifer Greenberg Places 2nd at Colorado National Speedway,
Clinches 4th in RMMRA Season points
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Assoc. (“RMMRA”)
held their final event of the 2007 season at Colorado
National Speedway in Denver on Saturday night. As the event
began Jennifer Greenberg was in 4th place in the season
points championship with a slim 4 point lead over 5th place.
Greenberg was coming off a very successful 6th place
performance at the previous race at Hollywood Hills Speedway
in San Felipe, NM. A time of 16.69 seconds on the paved 3/8
mile oval qualified Greenberg 5th and she started the
Feature event from the 4th position. After two aborted
starts due to accidents, Greenberg quickly moved into 2nd
place behind RMMRA points leader Chris Scheil. For the
remainder of the 20 lap race Greenberg fought off intense
pressure from both Todd Plemons and Billy Mentgen to finish
a career high 2nd place. This finish clinched 4th place for
Greenberg in the RMMRA points championship and makes her a
leading contender for the Rookie-of-the-Year title.
“I got a great jump on the first aborted start so I was
disappointed when we had the restarts,” Greenberg said. “I
really took a chance on the start when I passed the second
place car on the outside. It worked, but I held my breath a
little. I knew Todd Plemons was right there for the entire
race. He showed me a wheel a few times, but I was able to
hold him off. It feels really great to end the season with a
good result.”
A United States Auto Club (“USAC”) Midget is a sprint car
style chassis with a 4 cylinder, 166 cubic inch engine. The
300+ horsepower engines power the 1000 pound cars to speeds
in excess of 100 mph on ¼ to 3/8 mile oval tracks. Many of
today’s NASCAR stars gained their first national attention
in the USAC Midget class.
Jennifer Greenberg represents marketing partners Amsoil,
Cabinet Concepts, SunCo Equipment and Supply, Andrews
Motorsports, M&J Signs, Team Synergy coatings and TIS
Fitness Systems.
For additional information on the Jennifer Greenberg
Motorsports team, visit her website at http://www.jengreenbergracing.com
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