MOORESVILLE, NC - As recently as this past Friday, Brandon McReynolds wasn’t sure if he would even be able to race in Saturday
night’s next-to-last event on the UARA-Stars Late Model Stock Car Series schedule, despite coming into the race third in the point standings.

The weekend prior, McReynolds had surgery on a hernia that had been bothering him for several months. The 18-year-old was hoping to put it off until after the season, but when things got worse, he had to go under the knife just a week before the final two events of the season.

But McReynolds is a racer, and with an outside shot at the UARA championship, nothing was going to keep him out of the car. So the team packed up the #28 Airplus Insoles / Team McReynolds Dodge and headed to Concord Speedway in Concord, NC on Saturday morning, not sure what might happen.

What happened was McReynolds showed everybody his true grit, picking up his second UARA-Stars pole of the season despite racing in immense pain. Unfortunately, Mother Nature showed her hand before the race was able to run both Saturday night and then again on Sunday afternoon, forcing the event to be rescheduled for November 14th. The race will now serve as the
season-finale for the UARA-Stars Series.

“I think it shows the strength of our team,” said McReynolds of his pole winning run. “This weekend, I was not feeling well at all, but we still went out there and put up strong numbers in both practice sessions (7th and 2nd quick on the practice charts) and then laid down the quickest time in qualifying. That just goes to show that nothing can keep our team down when we are on it.

“It’s just too bad that the race had to get rained out and we’ll have to come back here in a couple of weeks and do it all over again. But I’m pretty confident that when we come back, we can put the car on the pole again. We learned some things this weekend and we can apply them when we come back. And I’ll be two more weeks recovered from surgery, so I’ll just be that much better behind the wheel.”

UARA-Stars officials announced following the postponement that the teams would have to requalify when they return to the track for the makeup event on November 14th.

“I am deeply disappointed with the decision of the UARA Series to completely scratch the qualifying session that was held prior to the rain moving in on Saturday afternoon,” said team owner and Brandon’s father Larry McReynolds of the decision to requalify. “This was a complete and official qualifying session and the field was set with Brandon on the pole, regardless of when the race could be run. I have been racing for over 30 years in about every series imaginable, including the top NASCAR series, and I have never seen this done before. We obviously have to live with this decision of UARA, as do all the other competitors, and as I have told Brandon, Nick (Hutchins, the team’s crew chief) and the team that it just gives us more incentive to go back and run even faster than this past Saturday’s qualifying to confirm just how fast we are.”

With McReynolds not sure of how the weekend would play out in his condition, he had a friend standing by to hop in the #28 Airplus Insoles / Team McReynolds Dodge should he need to get out of the car during the race.

“I need to thank Matt DiBenedetto for coming out and standing by for me,” added McReynolds. “Matt is a great racer and I’ve had a lot of fun racing with him the last couple of years. So to have someone like that there standing by in case we needed him was awesome. He was able to get in the car in practice and put down some good laps and get a feel for things. So it was great to have him there working with us.

“But after getting the pole and knowing I was going to start up front, it would have taken a lot for me to get out of that car during the race. I would have to be feeling pretty bad.”

Now, the series will head to Kingsport Speedway in Kingsport, TN this weekend, then turn around and come back to Concord for the season finale. With just two races left, Brandon is 137 points out of second-place in the point standings and just 190 points behind first.

With only two more races in 2009, Team McReynolds continues to work hard to finish the season with a lot of momentum to carry into 2010. Our goal is to move toward the NASCAR Camping World East or ARCA Series or a combination of both but still with the desire to run some UARA events. The biggest challenge to accomplish any of this is to secure sponsorship. We feel like
we have a great package to offer with a talented young driver, a championship caliber race team and not to mention the likes of Larry McReynolds to help promote the brand of any product or company. Anyone with interest, leads, thoughts or ideas to help Team McReynolds achieve our goals would be greatly appreciated. We strongly feel we can move Brandon to one of these top series and not only be competitive, but help give a company a huge bang for their buck. Please contact the shop office at 704-799-9170 to discuss the opportunities available.

As always, check out the UARA-Stars website, http://www.uara-stars.com/, for race recaps, results and point standings. And check out the new Brandon McReynolds website, http://www.brandonmcreynolds.com/, for all the information on Brandon and the entire team.

If you can’t make it out to the track to enjoy the action live and see how Brandon and the team are doing, be sure to follow along with at-track coverage and Twitter updates from http://www.race22.com/.

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This is the final week to purchase your Governor’s Cup Laps as we close in on the 44th Annual running of this prestigous race. Laps are $100.00ea. and all the money raised goes directly towards increasing the Driver’s Purse.

Lap Sponsors will receive PA mentions as well as a listing in the Official Souvenir Program and on the webstie. They will also be listed on signage that is being displayed throughout the facility. Laps must be paid in full be Friday November 6th so that we may release the final Purse Structure.

If you are interested in purchasing laps, please contact Kim Brown at 386.547.2879 or email mkeeler@fascar.org.

We’d like to thank all those who have already purchased laps for your support of this great race.

CONCORD, N.C.- Two-time and reigning NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon will switch
gears this week as he transitions from flying down the drag strip at speeds of more than 300 mph to maneuvering a World of Outlaws late model around the four-tenths-mile clay oval at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway for the World of Outlaws World Finals.

While competing in a late model on dirt is a far cry from barreling down the track in a nitro Funny Car, Pedregon isn’t a complete stranger to dirt racing. In the 1980s he raced go-karts and won a championship at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway in 1986. Pedregon then followed his father, Frank, into the world of drag racing. He worked his way up through the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car ranks before moving up to Top Fuel competition in 1991. He won his first NHRA Funny Car championship in 1992, the second in 2008 and has 26 Funny Car wins.

Pedregon first returned to dirt after a trip to watch the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at Tulsa (Okla.) Expo Raceway in 2004. “I revamped my dirt career after that race and got a USAC midget,” Pedregon said. “I did that for a few years and then ran a late model in the Prelude in 2007.”

Pedregon participated in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart’s Prelude to the Dream all-star charity race for the first time in 2007. He finished 19th in the car he was provided and followed that up with a 15th-place finish in 2008. He purchased his own car to race in 2009 and brought home a sixth-place finish.

“I got serious about it this year,” Pedregon said. “I wanted to do it the right way and bought all the right equipment.” While the NHRA schedule keeps him busy racing his Toyota Solara Funny Car most weekends, Pedregon fit in almost 10 other dirt late model
races this year. He scored his first win in dirt late model competition on Aug. 8 at Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell, Ind. “It takes a little while to knock the rust off, but I’ve got good car control,” Pedregon said.

“The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway is a beautiful track. I saw it when we were out at zMAX Dragway, and I’ve probably logged 500 to 600 laps on it with the World of Outlaws game on my PlayStation.” Pedregon also plans to run his No. 75 PBM/Cruz Pedregon Racing Toyota Camry in Wednesday’s World of Outlaws Topless Showdown presented by Hungry-Man to get acclimated to the track and prepare for the World of Outlaws World Finals on Thursday through Saturday.

Nearly 50 late models have submitted entries for the World of Outlaws Topless Showdown and more than 50 late models and nearly 40 sprint cars are anticipated for the three-day World of Outlaws World Finals events.

Tickets for the World of Outlaws Topless Showdown are $25 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Three-day passes for the World of Outlaws World Finals are just $59 for adults and $19 for children 12 and under. Single-day tickets are also available.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com or by calling the Lowe’s Motor Speedway ticket office at 1-800-455-FANS.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The upcoming American Speed Association Transcontinental Series Free State 500 at the Phakisa Freeway Circuit in Welkom, South Africa on Sunday, January 31, 2010 will be a true international competition. John Mickel, a champion driver from Cambridge, UK has accepted his invitation to compete in the inaugural event. “I felt very privileged to receive a phone call from Dennis Huth asking me to race in such a prestigious event,” Mickel said about receiving an invitation from the ASA President. “As a racing driver, I love to get behind the wheel whenever I can but it is even more exciting to be involved in an international motorsport contest especially as it will be the first ever ASA race to venture outside North America. Having been involved in the first ever race in SCSA when it was launched in Europe, I have an understanding of how exciting and important an event like this can be to the drivers, locals, businesses and authorities and most of all showing the fans how thrilling oval racing can be.”

Mickel was the first SCSA (Stock Car Speed Association) champion in 2001 and in 2002 he ventured over to the United States to try his hand at American stock car racing. In 2004, he competed in the American Speed Association National Series events at Charlotte and Atlanta where he finished on the lead lap in both events. Mickel said that the SCSA was a European version of ASA when it was launched in 2001, “We were hopeful that it could become the European stepping stone to oval racing in the US. During the years that we ran in the SCSA Championship, we had many victories including the inaugural Championship title. This put us in a great position to place our experience in the States. I was involved in SCSA from the very beginning and I helped coach the European drivers through what we called “Rookie Training.” I hope that all the South African drivers enjoy the experience and I wish them every success in becoming familiar with racing on super speedways.” In 2005, he made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Texas Motor Speedway driving for Bobby Hamilton Racing. Since that time, he has made six other starts with the last coming in 2008 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. “The experience we gained from working with teams in the US was invaluable and it created a platform for us to build upon,” Mickel said. “I loved every second of it and it makes me hungry for more involvement and our plan is to do a full season in NASCAR.”

That hunger has been well noticed by famous car owner Dick Midgley. Midgley is very familiar with taking American stock car racing overseas has he has ventured with Dennis Huth to past events in Australia and Japan along with preparing Trucks in the past for Mickel. He is excited to be preparing a car for Mickel for the ASA Free State 500. “He can definitely drive, he has the experience and he has plenty of seat time in a car,” Midgley said. “The thing that really stands out is that he has the desire. I really like his attitude and I think he can get the job done. I know that John would like to come back and do more ASA racing in the United States.” “John will be a very valuable asset for our event,” Dennis Huth, ASA President said. “Not only with his talent behind the wheel but with his coaching experience to young European drivers, the South African drivers will learn a lot from him as well as he will take away a lot as well from this adventure. He also has experience as a television commentator in auto racing, so he will be a great communicator with the world media covering this event.”

Most of Mickel’s experience has come on oval tracks in Europe, “Oval racing in the UK is becoming more popular thanks to the live coverage of NASCAR on Sky Sports television. Small oval racing has always been popular amongst drivers here, which is where my racing experience comes from, however it would be good to see far more speedways in the UK,” Mickel explained. “The European super speedways are less banked than many in the US. The European tracks are much like Indianapolis or Pocono.

The typical US super speedways such as Charlotte and Atlanta have much steeper banking making them much faster tracks. But nothing can compare to the US fan base in motorsport where the whole family follows the season and sets up a home at each track with their barbecues and beers.”

“This event is set to be a ‘Championship Between the Continents’ and the South African Government wants to make it one of the premier motorsport events in the world,” Mickel exclaimed. “I am looking forward to working with the South African drivers and exchanging knowledge and experience with them and I am very hopeful that I will have a chance to explore a beautiful country. On track, I will be giving 100%.” You can learn more about John Mickel by either visiting www.johnmickel.com or www.torquespeed.com.

The American drivers invited will not only get a chance to compete on one of the finest racetracks outside of the United States, but will enjoy many off-track opportunities to see the various sights of South Africa; this includes a private tour of “Savannah” the wildlife preserve that holds the distinction of being just one of three accredited worldwide breeders of the Cheetah.

To learn more about Phakisa Freeway, visit www.phakisa.com

To learn more of the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based American Speed Association call (386)258-2221 or send an e-mail to info@asa-racing.com. For news and information from all the racetracks and regional tours involved in the ASA, visit www.ASA-Racing.com. ASA(TM), ASA Racing(TM) American Speed Association® are trademarks of Racing Speed Associates, LLC. ASA International, LLC or Racing Speed Associates, LLC are not related to or affiliated with ASA Late Model Series, LLC.

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Franklinton, Louisiana-Voodoo Motorsports will return to action his weekend at the 3rd Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi with Scott Creel behind the wheel of his #31 Creel Brothers/Black Warrior Auctions/Mastersbilt/Pro Power Racing Engine Super Late Model.

Creel will be invading Greenville Speedway this weekend in the 3rd Annual Gumbo Nationals. The event boats a $5,000 top prize with $450 on the line to start the main event. The weekend gets underway with a practice session on Thursday, November 5th. On Friday, November 6th time trials and heat race action will be held, while b-mains and the 40 lap feature event will be held on Saturday, November 7th. For more information on the event, please visit http://www.gumbonationals.com.

Scott Creel was last in action two weeks ago as he traveled to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi for the 15th Annual Coors Light Fall Classic. With 60 Super Late Models on hand, Scott finished sixth in his heat race, and with only the top three cars transferring to the feature, he was forced to a b-main event, where he started fifth. In the b-main, Scott would fail to advance to a transfer spot, bringing his weekend to an early end.

Voodoo Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Black Warrior Auction Company LLC, Creel Brothers, J&J Motorsports, Pro Power Racing Engines, All Star Performance, GW Performance, Randy LaJoie Racing eats, Mastersbilt Race Cars, Ohlins Shocks, Hoosier Racing Tires, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, MSRMafia.com, Team Voodoo Racing, and ASI Racewear.

For more information on Voodoo Motorsports, please visit www.VooooDirt.com http://www.voooodirt.com.

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