Troczynski wins at Daytona; Qualifies for cash bonus next week
Kevin Troczynski started fifth in Thursday night’s SpeedwayMedia.com Sprint Cup Shootout 125 Night (50 laps) at Daytona International Speedway and went on to win the first race of season #2 at Anarchy Motorsports Server, an IRacing league.
This was an non-points qualifier race in which Troczynski (@KevinJTro) is now eligible to win a cash bonus if the driver of the No.12 Bells/Pure Michigan Chevrolet finds victory lane again next week in the SpeedwayMedia.com Daytona Challenge 225 Day (90 laps) also held at Daytona International Speedway.
Greg Elliott, driver of the No.3 DVX by Wiley X Chevrolet finished second and Dalton Baldwin, driver of the No.51 M&Ms/MARS Inc. Chevrolet finished third. Both of those drivers also qualify for a cash bonus if either of them win next week at Daytona.
Hoyt Smith finished fourth and David Cassidy finished fifth.
The race featured 16 lead changed among 10 drivers and three caution flags for 11 laps.
Official Race Results
*Race 1 – August 09, 2012
Daytona International Speedway
http://www.racepointsmanager.com/pm4/league/1687/results/343
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Pts | Laps | Inc | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 5 | 12 | Kevin Troczynski | Chevy | 47 | 50 | 4 | Running | $250,000 |
| 2 | 18 | 3 | Greg Elliott | Chevy | 43 | 50 | 2 | Running | $200,000 |
| 3 | 2 | 51 | Dalton Baldwin | Chevy | 42 | 50 | 0 | Running | $190,000 |
| 4 | 8 | 47 | Hoyt Smith | Chevy | 42 | 50 | 8 | Running | $180,000 |
| 5 | 16 | 33 | David Cassidy | Chevy | 39 | 50 | 7 | Running | $170,000 |
| 6 | 15 | 28 | wallace boyce | Chevy | 38 | 50 | 4 | Running | $160,000 |
| 7 | 12 | 5 | Robert Peters | Chevy | 37 | 50 | 6 | Running | $150,000 |
| 8 | 7 | 49 | Avery McDonald | Chevy | 37 | 50 | 8 | Running | $140,000 |
| 9 | 10 | 19 | Justin Page | Chevy | 36 | 50 | 15 | Running | $130,000 |
| 10 | 13 | 24 | AJ Bernys | Chevy | 35 | 49 | 11 | Running | $120,000 |
| 11 | 3 | 23 | David McMann | Chevy | 33 | 49 | 14 | Running | $115,000 |
| 12 | 20 | 17 | Charles LeMaire | Chevy | 32 | 48 | 2 | Running | $110,000 |
| 13 | 9 | 13 | Shawn Geroux | Chevy | 32 | 47 | 4 | Disc. | $105,000 |
| 14 | 1 | 37 | Kevin Ford | Chevy | 32 | 44 | 6 | Disc. | $100,000 |
| 15 | 11 | 73 | Chris Ostrander | Chevy | 29 | 29 | 8 | Running | $95,000 |
| 16 | 6 | 82 | kennan miller | Chevy | 28 | 26 | 4 | Disc. | $90,000 |
| 17 | 19 | 61 | Billy Bob Stephens | Chevy | 27 | 25 | 3 | Running | $85,000 |
| 18 | 17 | 3 | Kevin carr | Chevy | 26 | 25 | 10 | Running | $84,000 |
| 19 | 4 | 70 | Chris Pike | Chevy | 26 | 25 | 4 | Running | $83,000 |
| 20 | 14 | 1 | Brent Nicholls | Chevy | 24 | 18 | 8 | Disc. | $82,000 |
*non-points race
Time of race: 01:00:50
Lead Changes: 16 (10 drivers)
Weather: Clear, 70 °F, North 0 mph
Kenny Wallace Pays Annual Visit to Sauble Speedway; Scott McTeer takes Dash for Cash Victory
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[/media-credit]In what is becoming a tradition, Kenny Wallace made his annual trip to Sauble Speedway (Sauble Beach, Ontario) on Wednesday night to take part in the Dash for Cash presented by Butchart Automotive Service & Transmission. The event featured a 50-lap Late Model feature, 40-lap Thunder Car feature and 30-lap Mini Stock feature.
Despite the start-stuttered field, Sauble Speedway’s own Scott McTeer would take the victory.
The night would start off with an hour autograph session featuring Wallace, along with NASCAR Canadian Tire Series drivers Mark Dilley and Scott Steckly. Many of the Canadian stock car fans were out to get Wallace’s autograph, taking advantage of the opportunity. For both years that Wallace has joined the show, fan have been appreciative due to not being able to always get to the races in the U.S.
When it came time for Late Model qualifying race action, all three drivers would taking part, driving Late Models that are normally driven weekly there by other competitors. Wallace would jump behind the wheel of the No. 88 driven by Tim Schreinert, Dilley would drive Nick Goetz’s No. 24 Jeff Gordon look-a-like late model while Steckly drove the No. 68.
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[/media-credit]In the first round of heats, 2011 track champion Jason Parker would win the opening heat while Dilley would take the win in the second heat. Steckly finished fourth in the second heat with Wallace fifth.
In the second round of heats, Sauble regulars Jason Tremble and Andy Kamrath would be victorious. Steckly finished second with Dilley third and Wallace fifth.
When it came time to features, Sauble’s own Marvin Frieburger would have pole, while Dilley started second, followed by Jason Parker, Jason Tremble and McTeer. Steckly would start sixth with Wallace starting 12th.
There’d be a scary moment on lap three when Mel Preibe would flip over on his roof after going three-wide with Tommy Robb and Cole Weber. Weber may not had known that Preibe was on his outside and slid up coming out of turn two to go out to the wall, pushing Preibe up on the wall and over. Preibe would get out of his car and would be okay.
Under that same yellow, Jennifer Hatch would stop her car just before turn three on the backstretch with the car leaking water. She’d be done.
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[/media-credit]On the restart, Frieburger and Parker would battle side-by-side for the lead and stay that way till the caution at lap seven for Tremble stopping on the front stretch. At that point, the top five was Parker, Frieburger, Dilley, McTeer and Josh Stade.
On the restart, Parker would jump in front of Frieburger with the lead while McTeer would pass Dilley for third. On lap 10 while Parker continued to lead, McTeer would get alongside Freiburger on lap 10, completing the pass on lap 12.
McTeer would begin to look for a way around Parker at lap 16, getting underneath him on lap 19. Though the caution would come out the next lap as when Dilley, Kamrath and Stade went three-wide for fourth, it bottle-necked the field up and Roy Wilkie went for a spin. Brittney Gressel, meanwhile, would pull her car to the infield.
On the restart, Parker would have the lead, ahead of McTeer, Frieburger, Dilley and Kamrath. On lap 21, Dilley would get alongside Frieburger, completing the pass for third on lap 28. Kamrath would then pass Frieburger for fourth on lap 33. On lap 39 with 11 laps to go, Kamrath and Dilley would get alongside for third, with Kamrath completing the pass with eight to go.
In the final sprint to the finish, Scott McTeer would find his way past Jason Parker to take the victory in the Dash for Cash presented by Sauble Speedway and Butchart Automotive Service & Transmission Late Model feature. Andy Kamrath would finish third, followed by Mark Dilley and Josh Stade. Steckly and Wallace would battle for most of the race mid-pack, finishing eighth and ninth respectively.
Shawn Chenoworth would win the Thunder Car feature with a pass on Joe Adams on lap 24.
Kevin Bridge would win the Mini Stock feature with a pass on Billy Swartzenburg on lap six.
Tyler Clary wants to race, but not only in the pool
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[/media-credit]When you think of Olympic swimming, you think of guys like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Michael Phelps is now the most decorated Olympian in history, and Lochte is of course his rival. But what about Tyler Clary? The 2012 games in London were Clary’s first. He beat out Ryan Lochte for the gold in the 200-meter backstroke event and set a new Olympic record. Clary is going to be a very successful Olympic swimmer throughout his career. But what about his dream career? That would be driving race cars.
In an interview with Dave Despain on the SPEED program Wind Tunnel, Clary shared his thoughts of being a driver. He said “100-percent true. I want to take a serious shot at being a professional race car driver after swimming’s over. It’s funny because when you initially tell people that, you get laughs, complete surprise, but I know that this is something I could be really good at and, like I said, I want to take a serious shot at it.” Clary also said he’s been around auto racing for a long time, his family got him into it. He’s been to several auto races. But what are the odds of someone becoming a race car driver?
It’s obviously very tough. Nobody can just say “I want to go drive race cars for a living.” It’s not that simple. You really have to work for it, start at a young age, and you must have a desire to win. Tyler Clary already has a desire to win by racing in the pool, so he can take that desire to auto racing as well. But he must work for it. He has to get noticed. He said he’s been spending time with the CEO of Skip Barber Racing School hoping to get in on some of their programs. He also hopes to try out some regional races in his off time from swimming.
If he ever did make it big, which series would he drive in? Dave Despain also asked him that on Wind Tunnel. His answer: “If I had a way of saying, as far as racing goes, ‘this is what I’ll be doing after swimming is over,’ I’d be in a Formula One car. But I’m the type of guy that’s … Just get me in a car and I’ll be happy. If it’s an Indy car, a rally car, a stock car, off-road racing would be amazing, too. Any of that stuff. I just really have a passion for auto racing and I really want to drive.”
In conclusion, it’s not everyday you see an Olympic swimmer go from being in the pool to on the track. But that’s what US swimmer Tyler Clary wants to do when he hangs up his Speedo. Whether it’s Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR, or Off-Road, he just wants to drive, and hopes to have success doing it.
Do you see Tyler Clary driving race cars in the future?
