Congratulations, Woody and Erica Pitkat



First Nema Female Winner

Congratulations, from all of the "Race Chatter Nation"

New One on the Way #6

Congratulations Miranda & Eric McClure #14 Baby # 6 Due in May 2015 from "Race Chatter Nation"   Click on  You Tube  on right

Keith Rocco Wins NASCAR Seventh Straight Conn. Crown

photos by W.Gauvin Barber @http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwaas_feature_102914_Keith-Rocco_Rolls_To_Seventh_Straight_Connecticut_Crown Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

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North- South Shootout, Caraway Speedway Nov. 1st cancells the SK Lights Segment

 I just had a communication and verification of the North- South Shootout SK Lights being cancelled at Caraway Speedway,Sophia, N.C. because of the lack of interest in the $2,000 plus perks payout.

Donny Lia leaving the Mystic Missle in 2015

Heading out to qualify at Thompson photo W.Gauvin Barber

Two time NWMT champion Donny Lia, the driver of the famous # 4 Mystic Missle since 2007 has decided to move on from owner Bob Garbarino and will be actively seeking a different ride for 2015. Donny Lia hails from Jericho, New York and has driven on and off since 2007 with 17 career wins.

Lia is a two time champion, 2007 & 2009 with the Mystic Missle race team. The collaboration also accumulated 12 victories. Lia said," Bob has always been my biggest supporter of me", he said. He's been a guiding figure of my life. And that won't change. I could never thank Bob and Joan Garbarino, Greg Shroder, Richard Brustolon, and Jimmy Savage enough.



Donny Lia left and Ryan Preece at Thompson  Oct.19 finale photo by W.Gauvin Barber

North East Motor Sports Museum to build at NHMS

New England Motor Sports Museum picks site at New Hampshire Motor Speedway,Loudon,N.H.

First building 10,000 square feet, spring 2015 $1 a year lease, 2nd one 10,000 square feet By Dick Berrgren, President

Dick Berrgren and Wayne G. Barber at Thompson Oct. 19,2014http://www.nemsmuseum.com/

ROTY Timmy Solomito Lands in the Vacated Flamingo Ride in 2015

Wayne & Joette Anderson will now have Shawn Solomito as the pilot for this rocketship

Silly Season in the NASCAR Whelen North Series has begun.
This driver should do well with Eric Sanderson & Sly Szaban. Also by having 4 races at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in 2015
They say good luck and bad luck comes in three's.
Timmy gets engaged, wins the NASCAR ROTY Award, now full time ride in one of the top 5 race teams.
Class Act, Congratulations from everyone at 'Race Chatter Nation" WNRI.COM
"The Natural"

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NASCAR Whelen North Tour ROTY elevates from part time in 2015 to a fulltime ride in the #16 Falmingo Sports race car vacated by Ryan Preece moving over to Ronnie Silk's former ride in the # 6http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_102714_Timmy-Solomito_Headed_To_Flamingo-Motorsports

Marty Smith to Remain with ESPN as Bureau Reporter

My friend Marty Smith, who has been a lead NASCAR reporter for Sports-Center and other ESPN platforms since 2007, has agreed to a new contract and will remain with ESPN as a Bureau reporter.
 From his base in Charlotte, N.C., Smith will cover a variety of sports for the network, including NASCAR,pro and college football and basketball, and other sports. He also will still write for ESPN.COM on NASCAR and other topics and will continue the popular Marty and McGee podcast on ESPN.COM, which he co-hosts with ESPN the Magazine senior writer, Ryan McGee.
 Smith's new contract begins Jan.1st and will cover the last four weeks of this years chase for the NASCAR Cup and also the Charlotte Hornets. Smith is a Radford University graduate and covered newspapers in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Va. before joining NASCAR.COM
 Do not miss his future work in progress of the Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost and his relationship with the late seven time champion NASCAR sprint cup great Dale Earnhardt Sr.
 Smith told me, "I'm so fortunate to have a challenging, rewarding job that allows me for creativity, and to have colleagues and bosses that believe in my approach and my ability," said Smith
 I am so fortunate to list Ricky Craven, Alan Bestwick and Marty Smith as mentors and as friends. Wayne

Stewart-Haas Racing Announces Personnel Swap 10 & 41 Teams

Kannapolis, N.C. - Stewart-Haas Racing, the championship-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, will swap crew chiefs and road crews between its # 10 and # 41 teams beginning with the AAA Texas 500 race weekend Oct.31 - Nov.2 at Texas Motor Speedway in Forth Worth.
 Crew chief Tony Gibson will move from the # 10 Go-Daddy team of driver Danica Patrick to the # 41 Haas Automation team of driver Kurt Busch. Crew chief Daniel Knost will move from the #41 team to serve as the interim crew chief for Patrick and the # 10 team. The road crews assembled by each crew chief will also make the swap. However the pit crews for each respective team will not be moved.
 ' We made this change to evaluate our program and to get a head start on the 2015 racing season," said Greg Zipadelli, vice president of competition, Stewart - Haas Racing. "With the ban on testing next year, the last three races of this season take on even greater importance. For Tony Gibson and Kurt, they'll get three races together that will provide direction for next year. And for Daniel Knost and Danica, this is a opportunity for them to develop a rapport that could potentially continue into 2015,"
 This weekend's Sprint Cup event at Martinsville (VA) Speedway will be the last for Gibson with Patrick and Knost with Kusch.
  In 70 Sprint Cup races with Patrick dating back to the last two races of the 2012 season, Gibson helped deliver her first career pole in the 2013 Daytona 500 and her best career finish of sixth earned on Aug. 31, 2014 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
 In 32 Sprint Cup races with Busch, all of which took place in 2014, Knost helped him make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the second straight season and the eighth time in his career. Knost, a first- year crew chief with a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech, directed Busch to six top- fives and nine top-tens finishes. highlighted by a win when the series raced at Martinsville in March,2014.
 Kevin Harvick in the Budweiser #4 at

Stewart- Haas is the last team in the hunt for the 2014 championship at Homestead. Harvick will pilot Chassis No.4-684 at Martinsville(VA) Speedway. Built new for 2014,Chassis 4-684 started 18th and finished seventh at Martinsville in April, its only time in competition.
 In 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Martinsville, Happy has one win, five top-fives finishes and 12 top-tens. Additionally, the 38- year-old driver has a average starting position of 13.7, an average finish of 15.8 and has completed 97.7 percent of the laps he's contested ( 12,736 of 13,036)
 In Harvick's career. he now has 26 wins, 111 top-five finishes and 226 top-ten's in 498 career starts.
 The next three races should favor Harvick and any top 10 equals a win for Race Fans- Outback Steak House has given race fans one more reason to cheer for Harvick and the No. 4 race team this season. When Harvick finishes in the top-10 of a Sprint Cup race, fans get a free Bloomin' Onion (r) at Outback Steakhouse on the following Monday immediately following the race. All fans have to do is mention Harvick's top-ten finish.  Wayne G. Barber "Race Chatter"

ISMA, Seitz takes Advantage of McKennedy's Misfortune

Hall Of Famer Dick Berrgren,&Wayne G.Barber
photo by W.Gauvin Barber Library

Lap Leaders  #37 Jeff Locke (1-40)   #11 Chris Perley  (41-50) #17 Ben Seitz, Bourne, Mass. Finished 2nd, good enough for the 2014 ISMA Championship at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

#29 Bobby Chartier
photo by W.WGauvin Barber

This was practice
photo by W.Gauvin Barber

Practice photo by W.Gauvin Barber

http://www.ismasupers.com/

Photo by Simply the Best,Crystal Snape
# 18 Howie Page

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 Points leader coming in #79 Jon McKennedy

photo by W.Gauvin Barber

Started the day with 46 point advantage till car caught fire and parked
Photo by W.Gauvin Barber

No starters, Magneto and Methanol instead of gasoline
photo by W.Gauvin Barber

photo by W.Gauvin Barber
#29 Bobby Chartier

Modified driver, Ryan Preece drove this car Sat. in practice
#70 David McKnight photo by W.Gauvin Barber

Photo by W.Gauvin Barber
#18 Howie Page

$50,000 a motor, $75,000 to $100,000 per race car
photo by W.Gauvin Barber
# 97 Russ Wood Sr.

Some of the greatest drivers in the World
photo by W.Gauvin Barber

Photo by W. Gauvin Barber
# 37 Jeff Locke   Led the first 40 Laps

Detail impeccable ,Photo by W.Gauvin Barber
 



Car #74 Rob Summers had a outside chance in third, 74 points back
# 84 Mike Lichty #95 Dave Shullick  # Craig Rayvals, Photo by W. Gauvin Barber

photo by W.Gauvin Barber

Between 150 - 165 mph with no spotters or headsets
photo by W.Gauvin Barber

2014 World Series Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
Thank You, for hosting this spectacular fall event.
photo by W.Gauvin Barber

Die hard race fans for three days and three rain delays. Seats 99% filled.
photo by W.Gauvin Barber

What a Show ! # 79 John McKennedy & #17 the 2014 Champion Ben Seitz
photo by ISMA P/R Dept.

Waterford/ Speedbowl Conn.to remain afloat in 2015

60 year old Bruce Bemer of Glastonbury,Conn high bidder at track auction. His associate Jerry Collect said the track would remain in 2015. The two lein holders Arbitell and Borelli bid up to 1.7 million until Bemer of a large petroleum company bid $1.75 million. We will  see if the track remains a NASCAR track or independent. Good luck to the new owners for a prosperous year in 2015.

Kyle Busch,wife Samantha expecting first child in 2015

Congratulations from " Race Chatter Nation "

They are kissing between a pair of classic cars, with a child version of a classic car in front of the expectant parents.      A sign propped against one of the cars announces that the baby Busch will be "Racing at You in May 2015"

Life will be Full.

Living the Dream !