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New Castle, Ind.—Oct. 25, 2012— Arizona used to be a haven of sprint car racing, at the beginning and end of each season, as drivers from the Midwest would escape the cold by heading to the desert. That trend slowly began to disappear in recent years, but officials at Canyon Raceway Park in Peoria, Ariz., have been working hard to resurrect the tradition. Tracy Hines has done his part to support the efforts at Canyon as he raced in the Hall of Fame Classic last year, as well as competing in the Winter Freeze at the facility this past winter. He will return to the semi-banked oval three more times in 2012, including for a pair of races this weekend.

Hines will take to the track for the 12th Annual Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic at Canyon Speedway Park with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series on Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 for two full racing programs, piloting the MP Environmental DRC. Each night will begin with time trials, followed by heat races and a main event. A strong field of nearly 40 cars is currently expected for the two-night event.

“The Hall of Fame Classic was a great event last year and there seems to be a lot of excitement again this year,” said Hines. “We’ll be racing quite a bit over the next few weeks at Canyon in both the sprint car and midget, so all the laps we have there already this year should help quite a bit. There are definitely a lot of great fans in that area, who really enjoy sprint car racing.”

Hines was victorious three times and finished among the Top-Five in five of the six rounds that comprised the Winter Freeze at Canyon Speedway Park in late January and early February to win the overall championship of the mini-series that pit the ASCS Canyon Region versus the USAC West Coast Series. Each of the six main events that were part of the Winter Freeze were 30 laps in distance.

“We certainly had a lot of success at Canyon in the winter and hopefully we can continue that this weekend,” he noted. “There is going to be a lot of good cars there and we’ll have our work cut out for us. We’ll use some of the things we learned back in the winter and have a good baseline to go off when we roll the car out of the trailer on Friday.”

Hines won for the first time during the Winter Freeze on Jan. 29, which was the third round of the event and followed that up with a triumph in the fifth round on Feb. 3. He capped off the six-race mini-series with a victory in the finale on Feb. 4 to lock up the title. The 2002 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series champion finished second in the second round of the Winter Freeze on Jan. 28, leading a number of laps, before Jon Stanbrough took the top spot in the late going, and was also second in the third round on Jan. 29. He opened the Winter Freeze with an 11th-place showing on January 27.

“It was a pretty remarkable stretch of races we had during the Winter Freeze,” shared Hines. “When you are on a roll like that it definitely helps to run the same track and set-up night after night. The surface will probably be a little bit different now in the fall, since there’s been a full season of racing on the track, but we’ll be ready to adjust and adapt accordingly.”

The USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series made their debut at the three-eighths-mile just outside of Phoenix last year, with Hines finishing 13th in each of the two main events. In the opener of the event, he finished fourth in the first eight-lap heat race to earn a spot in the 30-lap main event, after opening the night by recording the 21st-fastest lap in time trials of the 35 entries. The second night saw Hines time in 13th and finish third in the first heat to punch his ticket into the A-Feature.

Hines enters the two-night event at Canyon Raceway Park fourth in the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series championship standings. He has two wins with the series this season, to go along with 19 Top-10 finishes of which 11 are Top-Five performances. The native of New Castle, Ind., was victorious in a midget last weekend in the Kokomo Klash at Kokomo Speedway in his home state of Indiana, while finishing third in the sprint car feature that headlined the event.

“We were able to win in the midget last weekend at Kokomo and hopefully can carry a little of that momentum out west,” Hines said. “We have four more sprint races this year and that’s four more chances to get wins. Like most every race nowadays, you have to put yourself in a good position all night, have a good car and have a little luck on your side as well.”

Tracy Hines Racing would like to thank: MP Environmental, DRC, AFCO Racing Shocks, Bell Race Gear, FatHeadz, Kenny’s Components, Race Bumpers, Rod End Supply, Schoenfeld Headers and Stanton Racing for their continued support.

For more information on Tracy Hines Racing, including a complete 2012 schedule, visit http://www.tracyhinesracing.com. Follow Tracy on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TracyHinesRacin.

Schatz is on tap to secure his fifth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship

CONCORD, N.C. – Oct. 24, 2012 – Following the first week off since Easter, focus on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series shifts to the popular PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts.

The sixth edition of the prestigious event, which also features the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and the Big-Block Modifieds from the Super DIRTcar Series, concludes the season Nov. 1-3 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

“It’s really a fun event,” Steve Kinser said. “You get to watch a lot of good racing and a lot of different divisions, so it’s fun for the competitors along with the race fans.”

While Kinser – a 20-time champion and the winningest driver – is on pace to wrap up his unprecedented 31^st top-five finish in the standings, his Tony Stewart Racing teammate Donny Schatz is set to earn his fifth career championship and his first since claiming four straight from 2006-09.

Schatz is riding a hot streak of eight wins, 20 podiums and 24 top fives in the last 27 points events to hold a 176-point advantage entering the final weekend at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, where he swept the PEAK Motor Oil World Finals Presented by NAPA last season.

“When you take some of the greatest racers in the country and everybody’s excitement throughout the year and someone winning a championship and all this stuff coming down to one weekend, that’s what makes an event like that what it is,” Schatz said.

Adding to the excitement is that the Saturday finale on Nov. 3 will be broadcast on SPEED, beginning at 8 p.m. (Eastern). It is the fifth televised race of the season and the second event for the World of Outlaws at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

“Definitely live on SPEED, it’s big for the sponsors,” said Joey Saldana, who claimed the other event at The Dirt Track at Charlotte this season.

“You always want to go in there and have a good showing, and definitely want to go into the winter with something positive.”

Tickets can be ordered online by clicking CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com or by calling 800-455-3267.

/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), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), Gravely Tractors (Official Lawn Equipment), University of Northwestern Ohio, VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, JE Pistons, / /Klotz Synthetic Lubricants,/ /KSE Racing Products, MSD Ignitions, Penske Shocks, Superflow Dynos and Wix Filters; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Astro Titanium, ButlerBuilt, Fuel Safe, Intercomp, J&J Auto Racing, Jake’s Carts, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.

Grand Prize Winner to Receive Trip to F1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas

DOVER, NJ, (OCTOBER 23, 2012) – Casio America, Inc., a proud sponsor of Red Bull Racing, is pleased to announce a promotion on its Edifice Facebook page, offering car enthusiasts the chance to win a Formula 1™ prize package. One lucky winner will win a pair of tickets to the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, held November 16-18, 2012, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The prize package also includes airfare for two and hotel accommodations. The promotion, currently underway, will end on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time.

Formula 1 is considered the most prestigious form of motor racing in the world. The Circuit of the Americas, where the event will be held, features a state-of-the-art 3.4-mile circuit track, and is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S.

“As a result of designing our EDIFICE collection of timepieces with motorsports in mind and our sponsorship of Red Bull Racing, we feel this promotion is a natural fit for us,” said Shigenori Itoh, Chairman and CEO of Casio America, Inc. “We look forward to ending this year’s F1 season by awarding one lucky racing enthusiast and a guest the trip of a lifetime.”

Individuals eighteen (18) years or older can enter by visiting Casio’s EDIFICE website or official Facebook page and filling out the required fields. A winner will be selected and announced on or about Friday November 2nd, 2012.

For additional information or to enter, please visit http://bit.ly/QBkMik

*No purchase or payment necessary. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C. (excluding Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all other U.S. territories and possessions), 18 or older. Begins October 11, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. EST, ends November 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Void in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all other U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited. Subject to Official Rules.

About Casio America, Inc. Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, digital cameras, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to fulfill its corporate creed of “creativity and contribution” through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casiousa.com.

Kansas City, KS. (October 21st, 2012) – Vying for his 10th ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards championship, Frank Kimmel scored his 10th consecutive top ten finish of 2012, finishing 2nd in series points. Kimmel’s championship rival, Chris Buescher, finished in 8th, clinching his first title. Kimmel and the Ansell/Menards team performed well and ran towards the front throughout the entire 99 lap affair, but came up 75 points short of Kimmel’s 10th championship.

Thorsport Racing brought a revamped chassis to Kansas for Kimmel, and showed speed from the opening of practice on Friday morning. Kimmel and the Ansell/Menards team worked primarily on scuffing tires on the new asphalt at Kansas, and it paid off with a six place qualifying effort, his best starting spot on an intermediate track since Pocono in June. Kimmel ran no worse than 6th all race, and avoided the lap 2 carnage in his rear view mirror. Three cars were involved in the race’s first caution period, under which Kimmel reported his pleasure with the Camry’s handling in the first two circuits.

The lap nine restart saw Kimmel protect his 6th place position, and as the field began to string out, navigating lapped traffic would prove to be a major factor in the race. As the leaders began lapping the tail end of the field, Kimmel’s progress would be impeded by the significant speed differential, and halted his drive towards the front, until a lap 31 caution. Kimmel reported his #44 Ansell/Menards Toyota was tight from the center off the corner, but his biggest complaint was the inconsistency of the lapped traffic.

Under than caution, crew chief, Jeriod Prince, brought the nine-time champ to pit road for four tires and an air pressure adjustment. With a pre-race concern about tire wear, Kimmel’s team looked over all four Hoosier tires with no signs of significant wear or blistering. From the lap 37 restart, Kimmel charged to 4th before another yellow slowed the pace on lap 58. Kimmel came down for his second stop, and his last of 2012 for four tires and another adjustment to alleviate his tight condition on corner exit.

On lap 64, Kimmel restarted in the top five and chased down the leaders. While racing for a podium position, Kimmel avoided the wrecking 3rd place car, and took over the position as the race’s fourth caution flew. Kimmel restarted third with 19 laps remaining, but a tight condition forced him to relinquish positions before taking the checkered flag in 6th.

“It was an exciting race. Congratulations to Chris (Buescher). He and his team did a great job. We came home six, and had a 4th or 5th place car. I’m a little disappointed with our finish there at the end. We got shuffled a little bit and our car got tight there at the end. All in all, it was a great season for the Ansell/Menards Toyota. We’ll take second and come next year and go after them.”

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (October 21, 2012) – Philip Morris held off Lee Pulliam in a final six-lap sprint to the finish to win the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, but it was a gutsy decision on a late restart that proved to be the difference in the race for the four-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion.

Morris took the high line and ran deep into Turn 1 on a restart on Lap 126 to get past race leader Matt Bowling. Morris started on the outside and drove deep into the corner to get past Bowling and he remained out front the rest of the afternoon.

For Morris, he was just glad the move worked.

“I didn’t think the car would go through the turn,” said Morris. “I should have wrecked but I didn’t and I got such a good run in to the Turn but I didn’t want to stay up there up high.”

Pulliam held on for second, B.J. Mackey was third with Ryan Wilson and Brandon Butler fourth and fifth, respectively.

Finishing sixth through 10th were C.E. Falk, Matt Bowling, Kris Bowen, Justin Boston and Adam Long.

With the victory, Morris became the first three-time winner of the annual late model stock race at the speedway and it was a great end to a frustrating season for the Ruckersville driver.

“You know it was really frustrating to find out just before the season began that I would not have a ride, but I just knew that meant bigger things were ahead for us,” Morris said. “We tested and ran as much as we could to get ready for this race.”

Pulliam, the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champion, finished one position short in his attempt to become the first repeat winner of the race.

“We had a really good car today and I tried to save my car in the first half of the race, but we weren’t quite where we needed to be in our set up,’ Pulliam said. “The car was a lot better in the second half but we just couldn’t get started on the restarts and I could get past him on the final run to the finish.”

The race was slowed 11 times by caution. A total of 23 cars out of the 42-car field finished the race.

Racing returns to Martinsville Speedway this weekend with the TUMS Fast Relief 500 week. Qualifying is set for Friday, the Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is Saturday and the TUMS Fast Relief 500 is Sunday.

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (October 20, 2012) – In a race that has a reputation for close competition, it shouldn’t have been a surprise when two drivers turned in identical times for the top starting spot for Sunday’s Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 at Martinsville Speedway.

Lee Pulliam and Matt McCall turned in matching fast times of 20.301 seconds (93.276 mph) Saturday afternoon. Pulliam was awarded the top position in a tiebreaker, which was national points standings. Pulliam, defending champion of the race, also won this year’s national championship.

Under this year’s new all-heat race format, Pulliam will start on the pole of the first 25-lap heat race while McCall will start first in the second heat. Garrett Campbell will start on the pole in the third heat race while Mike Darne will be the pole-sitter in the fourth heat race.

Deac McCaskill had the fifth best speed of the day, followed by Matt Bowling, Dennis Setzer, Philip Morris, Josh Berry and Brandon Butler.

Sunday’s action begins at 12 p.m. with the first of the four 25-lap heat races. The top eight finishers in each heat race will advance to the 150-lap feature. After the fourth heat race there will be a 50-lap last-chance race for the cars not making the field in the heat races. The top 10 finishers in the last-chance race will advance.

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Mooresville, NC (October 19, 2012) Chris Buescher finished eighth in Friday night’s Kansas Lottery 98.9 at Kansas Speedway to bring home the 2012 ARCA Racing Series Championship after an extraordinary season with his Roush Yates engine.

Buescher entered the final race of the season just 85 points ahead of former ARCA Champion Frank Kimmel and needed to finish 12 or more positions ahead of Kimmel to seal his title hopes. After 99 laps of dueling top competitors in the series, Buescher stayed in the top 10 most of the night to cross the finish line eighth and become the series’ 30th different champion.

“This is absolutely amazing,” said Buescher in Victory Lane. “So much work goes into this and we’ve had so much help. I’m very proud to get Ford back in Victory Lane. This really makes all the work worth it.”

Buescher has finished in the top 12 on 45 occasions during his ARCA Racing Series career, a success rate of 84.9 percent in his 53 starts. He won four races in 2012 and has become the only driver in the history of the ARCA Racing Series to complete every single lap in a season. Gary and Rusty Roulo of Roulo Brother racing own the No. 17 Ford that Buescher drives and have been running Roush Yates engines for over 5 years.

“I’m so proud of this team,” said Gary Roulo. “Chris Buescher has done an amazing job this season as our driver and everyone at Roush Yates engines have helped along the way. We couldn’t be happier about this Championship.”

Nick Ramey, Manager of the ARCA engine program at Roush Yates, is excited to win the ARCA Championship at Roush Yates. Ramey has been building engines with the Yates family for many years and is very proud of the entire No. 17 team.

“I’m very excited for Chris Buescher and the Roulo Brothers,” said Ramey. “Chris is a great kid and to win an ARCA Championship at only 19 years old tells me he is going to have a future in racing. Roush Yates engines have performed well all year and it’s great to bring home a championship.”

The ARCA championship is the sixth championship Roush Yates has captured so far in 2012. To learn more about Roush Yates engines, please call 1-877-798-RYPP or visit www.roushyates.com.

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