Results – Cincinnati, OH – 11/20-21/09

Event: Monster Truck Winter Nationals
Venue: Cincinnati Gardens
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Monster Truck Lineup:
Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer), Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim), Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues), Desperado (Drew Haygood), Excaliber (Chris Ryan)

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Date: Friday, November 20th
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Wheelie Contest:
Winner: Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer) – 50 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 25 points
Third: Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues) – 10 points

Long Jump Competition:
Winner: Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues) – 50 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 25 points
Third: Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer) – 10 points

Freestyle Competition:
Winner: Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues) – 100 points
Second: Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer) – 50 points
Third: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 25 points

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Date: Saturday, November 21st
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Wheelie Contest:
Winner: Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues) – 50 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 25 points
Third: Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer) – 10 points

Long Jump Competition:
Winner: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 50 points
Second: Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues) – 25 points
Third: Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer) – 10 points

Freestyle Competition:
Winner: Bounty Hunter (Darren Migues) – 100 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 50 points
Third: Amsoil Shock Therapy (Jon Zimmer) – 25 points

Introducing Ms. Bad Boys of Arenacross 2010

She is pretty, happy, full of life, determined, focused, young, and has the desire to become the best. Most of these traits are what every successful Arenacross racer shares and Chelsea Sanders will be among them as she was recently announced as the Ms. BAD BOYS OF ARENACROSS.

Chelsea, who is Southern California born, is a 16 year old Junior attending Byron High School in Byron, Illinois. She studies hard to keep her grades up so she can attend college at UCLA. Involved in dance she trains hard and to keep in shape she is a forward on the Byron Tigers Soccer team.

She has been around motocross and arenacross nearly all her life. Started riding on the peewee 50’s she now has a Suzuki 85cc motocrosser and races in the women’s class in her home state of Illinois. Winning races is a big rush for this energetic girl who has been raised around such name riders as Travis Pastrana. “Travis and Nate Adams and several of the fmx riders were neighbors and rode on my practice race track.” We asked her if she had seen Travis lately and she snickered and said, ” No I have not seen him since I was a little girl, he should see me now.” We agree Chelsea!

Ed Beckley, the president of the company said, “Recently Chelsea had her 16th birthday this past September. I feel her age does not match her maturity, this young girl is a lady. She will be very popular as our spokesperson and we are excited to bring her to the World!”

Chelsea is all about motorcycle racing, but school, dance, soccer, and part time modeling is part of what goes on with this young lady from Illinois. Now with the added title of Ms. BAD BOYS OF ARENACROSS Chelsea will be fulfilling her dream of being involved with Motocross racing on the top level. Beckley said, “When considering her for the role we were excited to see the way she went out of her way to make other people happy and her pretty face will even make the spotlights smile.”

She is all about the adrenaline and excitement while waiting for the gate to drop on the race. This brown haired beauty is going to be everywhere, holding the 30 second board up, signing autographs at pit party, talking to racers and fans about the Bad Boys series, and making sure that everyone has a good time is her goal.

Chelsea’s first event will be January 15th and 16th inside the Sears Centre in Chicago. Last year her brother Daniel competed there and made the main both nights so she will be cheering him on. Next stop for her will be the Family Arena event January 29-30th in St. Charles from then the sky’s the limit.

Chelsea Sanders, she is one more big reason to be excited about attending a BAD BOYS of ARENACROSS Races.
Let’s Go Racing!

Chelsea’s Bio:

Parents: Lynn & Veronica Sanders
16 years old -birthday Sept 23rd
Byron High School – Junior
Plans after High School – continue modeling and attend College at UCLA
Likes? Dance – Modern Jazz – Soccer and riding motocross bikes
Height – 5′4″
Weight 130 lbs.
Measurements 36 -24- 35
Hair: Long and Most the time Dark Brown
Chelsea known for: Friends say Energetic / Different in a good way / make people laugh and put them good mood
Raced motocross since 8 years old.
1st place several times in the Women’s class
What you like about racing? the adrenaline – going fast – and jumping
Worst crash > Was riding on a rocky hill flipped over the handle bars and the bike landed on her – just bruised up, rode the bike home.
What about your brother Daniel: He is really good and am proud of him and impressed.
Favorite racer: Travis Pastrana – Knew him when I was a little girl. “Travis needs to see me now.”
How did you feel being selected as Ms Bad Boys? Amazing – so excited – cannot wait to be talking to the fans – having fun being myself!
My Family: My family is the best! I can tell them anything and they are very supportive.

City of Dodge City / Ed Beckley ‘09 World of Outlaw Promoter of the Year

(Concord, NC – www.WorldofOutlaws.com) Dodge City, Kansas has been synonymous with Outlaws for well over the last 100 years and for the last six last consecutive racing seasons, a different breed of Outlaws have roared into the Old West with 850-horsepower, fire breathing winged sprint cars, as the World of Outlaws have been slinging mud at the state-of-the art Dodge City Raceway Park and thrilling fans since 2004.

For their dedication to the annual Boot Hill Showdown at Dodge City Raceway Park and continued support of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, the City of Dodge City, Kansas and Ed Beckley, the General Manager of the facility (and owner of Checkered Flag Productions) were named the 2009 World of Outlaws Promoter of the Year recently during the series Champions Banquet in Concord, North Carolina.

This really means a lot to Dodge City, Ford County and all the folks involved here, said Beckley.  The World of Outlaws puts on the best show in dirt track racing all over the United States and to receive this honor is big. It shows one thing, that when you have a good crew working with you, it makes the captain of the ship look good.

In the Boot Hill Showdown this past June, not only did the best sprint car drivers in the world battle each other, but that had to battle Mother Nature on a couple of occasions. The night before the race a storm with 5 inches of raing and golf ball sized hail hit Western Kansas, taking its toll on a couple of the teams race rigs and merchandise trailers that were parked in the pit area early. The finale of the two-day event was completed in the wee hours on Sunday morning after a couple of rain delays and a downpour led to the track crew pulling out all stops to get the racing surface back in shape and the show completed.

While most promoters would have probably thrown in the towel after a couple of rain delays and a track that looked more suitable for mud bogging rather than sprint car racing, Beckley, who was a long time motorcycle jumper and legend of that sport and has never backed down from a challenge was bound and determined to complete the show for all of the diehard fans that were still in the grandstands hours after they first took their seats under sunny skies. “After a rain delay from 9:02pm till 1 am the WOO officials came on the radio and asked me how soon I could get it ready. I said 45 minutes if we have no more rain, and 42 minutes later the first sprint car was bumped off for hot laps at nearly 1:30am, I think we hitched a ride on a miracle that night.”  The blazing fast track was back in racing shape and the show was completed.

It started with tornadoes and massive hail on Thursday night before the first race and when the drivers got there, it looked like a swamp, explained Beckley. Nobody thought we would be able to get the track ready for Friday night after that storm. WOO officials were doubting if I could make the track hard enough so it could be raced on. We ended adding water to it the first day when getting it ready. It’s just one of those deals where everyone gave it all they had and it all worked out.

Dodge City Raceway Park was built in 2000 as an asphalt track and was converted to a dirt track in 2004, the same year that the World of Outlaws made their debut at the beautiful facility. It is one of the only tracks on the World of Outlaws circuit, which traditionally visits around 50 speedways a season that has a fully paved pit area, which gives the crews a flat and solid surface to work on as they prepare their machines. In addition the track has an elevator that leads to the top of the spacious aluminum grandstands and the press box. There is also an elevator that services the pit grandstand which sits elevated in the middle of turn 3 and 4. Dodge City Raceway Park also has some of the best lighting on the circuit, with the cameras from SPEED taking full advantage of that to tape both night of action again this past season.

The City and County has spent a lot of money on the track and made it happen, he noted. It’s a beautiful facility and it could be at home in any major city in this country, but its home is here in Dodge City and why not have it in Dodge City. The people here feel like it’s their race track and they support it. We have great fans here and even sold tickets to people from Australia this year. They came here and liked it and liked the old Dodge City way. When people see good racing and have a good time, that’s what keeps them coming back.

Joey Saldana became the first multi-time winner at the track in 2008 and backed that up by winning both nights of the Boot Hill Showdown this season. The native of Brownsburg, Indiana, who was the winningest driver on the World of Outlaws circuit this season, now has four career wins at Dodge City Raceway Park, which he lists as one of his favorites stops over the course of the season.

This is a great facility and you are lucky to have it, so support it every week, said Saldana after his win at the Dodge City on June 12. Hopefully we’ll get the chance to come back next year and for many years to come.

Saldana will in fact get that chance, as Beckley is proud to announce that the World of Outlaws will return for a seventh consecutive season to Dodge City Raceway Park in June of 2010 for the Boot Hill Showdown. Since the World of Outlaws first visit to the track in 2004, in an event won by 20-time series champion Steve Kinser, six different drivers have been victorious there, including four-time reigning champion Donny Schatz, who holds the track record at Dodge City, Jason Meyers who finished second in points this year, 2001 series titlist Danny Lasoski and Daryn Pittman.

We got right to it and secured our dates (June 11-12, 2010) and will work hard all winter preparing for the event, noted Beckley. We’re adding a Media Day and a practice session the night before. We’ll have a big Western Party and it will be a good time. We are very excited for it.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), Quaker State (Official Motor Oil), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder’s Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder’s Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.

Results – Billings, MT – 11/7/09

Event: Monster Truck Winter Nationals
Venue: Rim Rock Auto Arena
Location: Billings, MT
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Date: Saturday, November 7th
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Monster Truck Lineup:
Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim), California Kid (Bill Payne*), Jurassic Attack (Gary Schott Jr.), Maniac (Don Frankish), Rock Star (Bill Payne)

Wheelie Contest:
Winner: Rock Star (Bill Payne) – 50 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 25 points
Third: Maniac (Don Frankish) – 10 points

Racing Competition:
Winner: Maniac (Don Frankish) – 100 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 50 points
Semi-Finals: Rock Star (Bill Payne) – 25 points
Semi-Finals: Jurassic Attack (Gary Schott Jr.) – 25 points
First Round: California Kid (Bill Payne) – N/A

Freestyle Competition:
Winner: Rock Star (Bill Payne) – 100 points
Second: Bigfoot Bad Boy (Larry Swim) – 50 points
Third: Maniac (Don Frankish) – 25 points

* No points awarded for Bill Payne for driving California Kid