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2011 NORA SERIES SPONSOR

2011 NORA SERIES SPONSOR

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Andrews Auto Sales & Lakeside Racing News SBS 30 added to the inaugural Kasey Kahne “Steel Palace Classic”



The NORA Small Block Supers will have a chance for some national exposure as the SBS cars will be the support class for the inaugural Kasey Kahne “Steel Palace Classic” USAC Silver Crown race to be run on Thursday, August 6th at Oswego Speedway. This 100 lap Silver Crown race will feature Kasey Kahne and fellow NASCAR star Ryan Newman. The Andrews Auto Sales & Lakeside Racing News SBS 30 lap feature has generated much excitement among the SBS competitors who look forward to racing in this inaugural event. 10 lap heat races will be sponsored by Chris Nelson Insurance of Oswego. Advance General Admission tickets are available through the Oswego Speedway box office or by calling 315-342-0646. Children’s tickets and pit passes will available on the day of the event.

**PLEASE NOTE: PIT GATES AND REGISTRATION OPEN AT 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING **



Event Schedule: 3:00 PM Spectator Gates Open

3:00-4:00 PM Silver Crown Practice

4:30-4:45 PM Media session

4:45-5:45 PM Small Block Super Practice

5:00-5:30 PM Sponsor Meet and Greet session

5:45-6:15 PM Silver Crown Practice

6:25 PM Silver Crown Qualifying

7:15 PM Opening Ceremonies

7:30 PM Small Block Super Heat Races (10 Laps)

8:00-8:15 PM Silver Crown Final Practice (full tank runs)

8:30 PM Small Block Super Feature (30 Laps)

9:15 PM Driver Introductions

9:30 PM Silver Crown Feature (100 Laps)

10:30 PM Victory Lane ceremonies



Andrews Auto Sales is located at 4407 Rt. 104 in New Haven, N.Y. at the corner of Rt. 104 / 104B - half way between Mexico and Oswego. Andrews Auto Sales has been a long time supporter of the SBS division at Oswego. Call Jay Andrews at 315-447-6998 or get vehicle listings and more at www.andrewsauto.com



SBSRacingNews.com and SuperRacingNews.com are products of Lakeside Racing News. Keep up to date on all the racings news, results, and interesting columns at both of these websites. SBS Racing News covers all the action for the Small Block Supers at both Oswego and on the NORA circuit. Super Racing News covers Supermodified news from all across the country.

In other news, NORA has been added to the Spencer Speedway schedule for Friday night, August 28th as a makeup for the rained out July 17th race. This will be after the Oswego Speedway season points championship has been decided and a tune up for the big Oswego Classic Weekend the following weekend so expect a great field of competitors in the always competitive SBS division. Pit gates open at 4:00pm, grandstands and practice at 5:30pm and the racing action starts at 7:30pm.



NORA would also like to announce the Championship Night Raffle. First prize will be the two pit passes good for the August 22nd Championship Night race. Second prize will be the two general admission grandstand tickets for the same night.
Tickets are $1.00 each, and only 400 tickets will be sold.
Tickets will be available on both Saturday, August 8th and Saturday, August 15th, with the winners drawn on August 15th at the Speedway. You will be able to purchase tickets in the main concession area of the grandstands and also in the pit area from NORA representatives.
NORA would like to thank Steve Pryor and Oswego Speedway management for their kind assistance in this effort.



This will all lead up to the NORA season finale at the 59th Sunoco Race of Champions on Saturday September 12th. The Lighthouse Lanes ROC SBS 35 will be part of a huge day of racing along with a 150 lap Late Model feature and other qualifying races. Look for more info and a detailed ROC schedule soon.



Keep up with the latest NORA SBS news on the web at www.norasbs.blogspot.com and all the SBS racing action at www.sbsracingnews.com
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ON THE CLOCK

Our second installment of "ON THE CLOCK" features the driver who was the SBS Rookie of the Year in 2010...Mike Bruce. Mike's demographics look like this: he just turned 19 on March 18th, is single, and a Freshman at Alfred State studying for an Associates Degree in Motorsports Technology. He has been racing since the 7th grade (only 7 years) and has one feature win to his credit in the Mod Lite division. This will be his second season behind the wheel of a SBS. Previous experience include go karts and the aforementioned Mod Lites. His rookie season at Oswego produced one heat win and an 8th place finish in the season-long points race for the SBS division. Mike's parents Frank and Jackie are huge supporters of his racing, and he gives them all the credit. "My parents have gone far beyond making me happy, they support me 110%. I couldn't ask for a better set of parents-my dad does everything he can and more for me to be able to race, and my mom supports our every move. My brother, Robbo, has also been an important part of my career. Hopefully he will be getting into racing this year and I hope he wants to follow in my footsteps and be the second Bruce to be rookie of the year at Oswego Speedway in another year or two. He has done tons and sacrificed a lot for me to be able to race as much as I do. My sister Brittany has also been a huge supporter of my racing." Near the end of the 2010 season, the Bruce family purchased the former Shawn Walker #68, which will be renumbered #22 for the 2011 season. Mike lists his brother Robbo as the crew chief, with mom Jackie as "the cleaner" and dad Frank and former car owner and now teammate Rob Pullen (#2) as "the brains of the project". Sponsors of the #22 for 2011 include C's Farms, Woodchuck Saloon, Bruce Electric, Pullen's Plumbing, FFB Chassis (Mike's car is a 2005 model) and Bob Bruce. When asked who or what got him interested in racing, Mike told me that as he was growing up his parents always had the racing on tv, and when he became old enough (age 3-4), his dad started bringing him to Oswego. He would sit in the grandstands with his mom or sister and watch his dad in the pits working with Jeff Holbrook, Dave Trytek and Bob Magner, who he states are the drivers he looks up to the most. Dave Trytek and Jeff Holbrook gave him his first go kart, one that was hanging on their wall and weren't doing anything with. He eventually raced the "road course" inside the pit area of Oswego, and travelled to Avon once with a travelling series. Graduating to the Mod Lite division he ran at most of the dirt tracks in Central NY, as well as Evans Mills, Utica-Rome and Canandaigua. Evans Mills was the site of his first (and to date, only) feature win with the Mod Lite. Bruce considers the Pullen Deuce his best ride so far; "He (Pullen) gave me the chance to open some eyes, and Rob probably didn't even know my first name when we talked about my driving. I guess he got a good vibe and trusted me, as we picked up the car the day after we talked." When asked what he would consider his best moment in racing, Mike immediately says it was opening night at Oswego last season: "We started scratch in our heat. Being a rookie, I just wanted to keep my nose clean and see what happened; I found myself racing with Brian Sobus (who I later found out was a great shoe in the SBS division), and when the checkered flag fell, I had finished 3rd--I was excited! Starting mid-pack for the feature right behind Steve Abt, I once again just wanted to keep my nose clean and hope for a good finish. Getting the green and going into turn one for the first time in a feature, there's a wreck. I followed Abt through a hole and missed it..I was a little more excited. A few laps later, another wreck on the front straight with cars everywhere, and I somehow found another hole and got through that one, too, although it was a little closer. After the second wreck and things settled down, I found myself in 5th place, running with drivers like Abt, Mike Bond, Brian Sobus and Dave Cliff...I was very excited." He continues, "my worst moment came shortly after that (he estimates 15 minutes later) when I got a bump from behind and hit the inside hub rail, knocking out the toe. I pitted and when I came back out, I was a little angry. We ended up getting tangled up with a couple of other rookies ending my night. When I came back into the pits, I looked at my car owner's (Pullen) face and I don't think he was the happiest man alive with me because I just wrecked his race car...he was actually pretty understanding, because he had wrecked it plenty of times himself." Other than your dad, do you have anyone you consider a mentor? "Well, without my dad, I wouldn't be half the person I am now. I would also say Bobby Magner-he was one of the drivers I remember coming up to me my first race at Oswego and he told me to quit biting my nails because I made myself look nervous. He loosened me up and gave me a lot of good advice, too." In closing, when asked what the future holds for him, Mike put it plain and simple..."Right now, my future hasn't been decided. I'm hoping to be in a Supermodified; it would be nice to go further than that and drive for someone else, but times are tough these days and free rides are becoming slim, so who knows what's going on in the future." You can be sure of one thing, though....Mike Bruce is a talented young man, and with the right amount of skill and luck, he will grace the podium many times at Oswego and on the NORA circuit, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him follow in the footsteps of his mentors Holbrook, Trytek and Magner from the ranks of the SBS to the Supers in the near future.


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Hotlap Action 5/29/10

Hotlap Action 5/29/10
Tim Barbeau being chased down the front straight by Andrew Schartner and Mike Bond. Photo by Sue Delong

Racing Action 5/29/10

Racing Action 5/29/10
As Mark Castiglia roars down the front straight, he's followed by Jason Simmons, Chris Proud and Steve Abt. Photo by Sue Delong

Heat Race Action 5/29/10

Heat Race Action 5/29/10
The Small Blocks crank it up to take the green flag in heat race action Saturday. Schartner, Kingsley, Gates, Danzer, LaFave and Bruce hustle out of turn 4. Photo by Sue Delong

Vern LaFave Returns to the SBS Ranks 5/29/10

Vern LaFave Returns to the SBS Ranks 5/29/10
photo by Sue Delong

Steve Abt

Steve Abt
photo by Sue Delong

Feature Fiasco-Tony White Memorial, 5/29/10

Feature Fiasco-Tony White Memorial, 5/29/10
Guard Nearbin sits crosswise on the front straight as Vern LaFave does a brake check to avoid hitting him. Andrew Schartner's #18 sits nose first into the inside hub rail as rookie Dennis Richmond threads his way through the chaos. Photo by Sue Delong