Tabla de contenidos para June 2015 en Circle Track

The Great American Circle Track Tour was a groundbreaking fouryear tour of the nation where our own Bob Bolles took to the road and visited 25 racetracks annually all across the country. From 2010 to 2013 we visited them all—dirt, paved, big, and little and along the way we learned a whole lot about the motorsports landscape today. That information was published over a series of articles right here in Circle Track–and much of it led us down the path to our next big adventure, The Great American Racing Series. That’s right folks we’re going racing and we are proud to announce this new series, which is designed as an affordable and exciting form of stock car racing that fills a void left by the big sanctions and caters to…

Circle Track Trade Show I would like to know information about the EXPO (Circle Track trade show), specifically when and where it is in Florida? Thanks, —Dan Autullo Hi Dan, We no longer produce the Circle Track trade show and haven’t for about 10 years. The Performance Racing Industry Show in Indianapolis held annually in December is now the show of choice for the oval track racing market. Check it out at www.performanceracing.com. Website Troubles What happened to your website? When I type in circletrack.com it sends me to Hot Rod’s website. You guys didn’t shut it down, did you? Thanks, —Damien Mulvey Damien, No we did not shut our website down. Our parent company (TEN: The Enthusiast Network) had more than 70 individual websites it operated, all of which…

One of the most asked questions I hear from racers has to do with securing sponsorship. It is the lifeblood of auto racing. Most racers would not be able to race without the support of a sponsor or, as we are seeing more often these days, several sponsors. A couple issues back I wrote a six-page article on sponsorship and the response was more than I ever envisioned. Our offer of a free subscription to our Motorsports Sponsorship Marketing News to the first 10 readers who contacted us saw the subscriptions grabbed up quickly. In fact we ended up giving away more than 20 subscriptions. So now I have been asked to write a monthly column on sponsorship. For those who may ask “why him?” I have been involved in…

You’re going to see a discussion in this issue on what many would consider outright cheating and some would consider innovation. The difference lies somewhere within the rules, and we have always advocated abiding by the rules. We have also advocated examination of the rules and making adjustments when the health of the sport could be improved. It may be a stretch to say that allowing something as controversial as tire soaking, or treatment being a nicer word, would help improve the sport, but maybe we should consider all of the information before blatantly saying no. Here is an example. I was at a track in the northeast during the second year of the Great American Circle Track Tour and being shown around by the chief technical official. We came…

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All Star Circuit of Champions www.allstarsprint.com Apr. 3-4 Attica Raceway Park; Attica, OH American Modified Series www.americanmodifedseries.com Mar. 3 Clarksville Speedway; Clarksville, TN Mar. 20-21 Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway; Calverty City, KY Mar. 28 Smoky Mountain Speedway; Maryville, TN American Canadian Tour (ACT) www.acttour.com Apr. 11-12 Lee USA Speedway; Lee, NH ARCA (Automobile Race Club of America) www.arcaracing.com Mar. 14 Mobile Int’l Speedway; Mobile, AL Apr. 11 Fairgrounds Speedway; Nashville, TN American Sprint Car Series www.ascsracing.com Mar. 20-21 Devils Bowl Speedway; Mesquite, TX Apr. 17-18 Volunteer Speedway; Bulls Gap, TN Big 8 Series www.big8series.com Apr. 12 Rockford Speedway; Loves Park, IL Carolina Clash www.carolinaclash.com Mar. 7 Carolina Speedway; Gastonia, NC Mar. 21 Lancaster Super Speedway; Lancaster, SC Mar. 28 Fayetteville Motor Speedway; Fayetteville, NC Apr. 4 Volunteer Speedway; Bulls Gap,…

Writer’s note: For 66 years, Kimmel Racing has been a visible and active part of the Kimmel family, including its presence on the circle track landscape today. Competitive, progressive, and geared to success, their collective efforts have been a driving force behind both innovation and progressive racing. This month, Bill Kimmel shares some views that are both revealing and helpful to circle track racers at virtually any level. Over time, as a racer, how have you developed relationships with sponsors, be they race parts manufacturers or businesses in general, wanting to expand their exposure into the motorsports community? My recommendation is that you start small. Sometimes a potential sponsor may see a business benefit for working with you. Other times you just build a friendship and they end up wanting…