Author: Tim Newey

Motorsports on TV This Weekend: April 8-10, 2011

All times are Pacific Time.


AMA Supercross
Sunday: 9:00-10:00am on CBS.
Sunday: 2:00-4:00pm on Speed TV.


Firestone Indy Lights Series from Alabama
Sunday: 10:00 – 12:00pm on Versus.
 

Formula One Debrief
Saturday: 12:00 – 1:00am on Speed TV.


Formula One Racing – Malaysian Grand Prix
Qualifying, Saturday: 1:00 – 2:30am, 11:00pm -12:30am on Speed TV.
Race, Sunday: 12:30 – 3:00am, 11:30am – 2:00pm on Speed TV.


Grand-Am Rolex Series from Alabama
Sunday: 9:00 -11:30am, 11:00 – 1:30am on Speed TV.


Izod Indy Car Series from Alabama
Qualifying, Saturday: 3:00 – 4:00pm on Versus.
Race, Sunday: 12:00 – 3:00pm on Versus.
 

Lucas Oil Series Off Road Racing from Chandler, Arizona
Saturday: 8:30-9:30pm on Speed TV.


Mobil 1 The Grid
Saturday: 4:00-4:30am on Speed TV.
Saturday: 6:00-6:30pm on KVIE.
 

NASCAR Countdown
Friday: 5:00 – 5:30pm on ESPN2.


NASCAR Nationwide Series from Texas Motor Speedway
Qualifying, Friday: 2:00 – 3:00pm on ESPN2.
Race, Friday: 5:30 – 8:00pm & Saturday: 1:00 – 3:00am on ESPN2.


NASCAR Now
Friday: 3:00 -3:30pm on ESPN2.
Sunday: 7:00-8:00am on ESPN2.


NASCAR Raceday
Saturday: 2:00 – 4:00pm on Speed TV.


NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from Texas Motor Speedway
Qualifying: Friday, 3:30 – 5:00pm, 9:30 – 11:00pm on Speed TV.
Race: Saturday, 4:00 – 8:00pm on FOX.


NASCAR Victory Lane
Sunday: 5:00-6:00pm, 9:00-10:00pm on Speed TV.


NHRA Drag Racing from Las Vegas
Saturday, 12:00 -1:30pm on ESPN2.


Pirelli World Challenge at St. Petersburg, Florida
Saturday: 1:30 – 3:00pm on Versus.


Speed Center on Speed TV
Friday: 5:00 – 5:30pm.
Saturday: 8:00 – 8:30pm.
Sunday: 8:30 – 9:00am, 4:00 – 5:00pm, 8:00 – 9:00pm.


Trackside at Texas Motor Speedway
Friday: 8:00 – 9:00pm, 11:00pm – 12:00am on Speed TV.


Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain
Sunday: 6:00-7:00pm, 10:00-11:00pm on Speed TV.

Niello VW Ranch Run This Weekend April 8-10, 2011

The 6th Annual Niello Volkswagen Ranch Run benefiting Ride To Walk is this coming weekend. What started as a little show at the Niello VW dealership has grown into a 3 day event culminating on Sunday morning with a miles long VW caravan to the Ride To Walk property in Lincoln, CA. To download the 2011 Ranch Run Program click here.

FESTIVAL INFO:

The week of April 1ST thru April 7th
Registration Packet Pick-Up @ Niello Volkswagen
This will eliminate the long lines the day of the events.

Friday, April 7th
6pm – 6:30pm meet up at Niello VW to start the R/R Rally
7:30pm – 10:00pm Sonic Burger Cruise in Kick-off

Saturday, April 8th
8am -11:00am Kombi Haus Breakfast Get Together
11:30am – 2:00pm Bugformance BBQ and open House
4:00pm – 10pm Ranch Run Round – Up
We will be starting out with live music, Raffles, great food and the Finale will be an outdoor drive – in movie.

Sunday, April 9th
6am – 7:45am staging car for the Niello Ranch Run
9am – 3:00pm Niello Ranch Run Car Show & Festivities

According to Rob Pane and Jeremy Palomar from Niello Volkswagen: “It was six years ago that a simple idea of bringing the local Volkswagen community together was brought to a reality. It started as a car show with 55 vintage VW’s and has now grown into a three day event with over 400 cars, 1600 spectators and a charity to benefit by these efforts.

We could never have imagined that the love of Volkswagens would have created such an out pouring of support and as always, the VW community never disappoints. It is because of all of you that this car show has become an annual event and we have raised over $60,000.00 throughout the years to support the Ride to Walk Organization.

None of this would be possible without the support of the Niello Volkswagen staff and the many parents and volunteers from Ride to Walk, plus all of our countless sponsors – and for that, we thank you. All of us at Niello VW have spent countless hours together to ensure this event is the success you’ve come to expect.”

For more info on this year’s Ranch Run go to: www.nielloranchrun.com.
To learn more about Ride To Walk go to: www.ridetowalk.org.

NorCal Drivers Racing Highlights: April 1-3, 2011

Several Northern California race car drivers had good weekends competing in a variety of races. The NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck series raced in Martinsville, Virginia. The NHRA was in Las Vegas and the World of Outlaws finished their tour of California by visiting Merced Speedway on Friday night and Calistoga Speedway on Saturday night.

My pick for NorCal Driver of the Week is 18 year old Kyle Larson from Elk Grove.

Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, CA.
Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, CA.

Kyle Larson, had a great weekend racing with the World of Outlaws as they passed through California. Friday night at Merced Speedway, Kyle came in 4th in the B-Main to make the A-Main where he started 21st and finished 9th. He won the KSE Hard Charger Award. In Calistoga on Saturday night, Kyle started 21st again and raced all the way up to finish 3rd, winning the KSE Hard Charger Award for the second night in a row.

Here are a few highlights of this past weekend by NorCal race car drivers:

Steve Faria from Tulare
Steve Faria who races NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters qualified 15th on Saturday with an ET of 4.159 and speed of 268.92 mph and made it through to race on Sunday. He then came up short to Brandon Bernstein in Round 1 of eliminations.

A.J. Allmendinger from Los Gatos
A.J. Allmendinger survived a difficult race to finish 14th in the NASCAR Sprint Car Series race at Martinsville Speedway. The hard fought finish moved him up a spot in the point standings to the 14th position.

Matt Crafton from Tulare
A great day for most drivers is a mediocre day for Matt Crafton. He finished 11th, out of the top ten for the first time in 20 consecutive races. He now sits in 2nd place in the points standings only 5 pts behind race winner Johnny Sauter.

Brad Sweet of Grass Valley
After a long day, Brad Sweet finished a respectable 15th which moved him up 3 spots in the points to 17th place, one spot ahead of fellow NorCal driver Justin Marks of Rocklin.

Tim Kaeding from San Jose
At Merced Speedway, Tim Kaeding won his heat race, the dash, then started in the pole position and ended up with a 2nd place finish behind legendary driver Sammy Swindell. On Saturday night, in Calistoga, Tim started 7th and finished 11th. He is now in 18th place in the points standings.

Paul McMahan from Elk Grove
Paul McMahan started 8th and finished 6th in Merced on Friday night. Paul had the fast time at Calstoga Speedway with a lap of 17.60 seconds his 4th of the season. He started the A-Main in the 3rd spot and finished 12th. Paul is now in 8th place in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series standings.

Jason Meyers of Clovis
At Merced Speedway, Jason Meyers started 11th and finished 8th. The next night in Calistoga, he started 20th and raced to the 5th spot. Jason is now in 3rd place in the World of Outlaws Series standings, 45 points back.

Jonathan Allard of Chico
Chico native, Jonathan Allard started 3rd and finished 4th in the A-Main at Merced Speedway Friday night. Saturday in Calistoga, he started 6th and finished 18th.

Tommy Tarlton of Fresno
Friday night in Merced, Tommy Tarlton started 9th and finished 7th in the World of Outlaws race at Merced Speedway.

Other NorCal drivers competing in the World of Outlaws events last weekend were: Justin Sanders of Prunedale, Sean McMahan of Elk Grove, Bobby McMahan of Elk Grove, Brent Kaeding from Campbell, Bud Kaeding from Campbell, Billy Strange Jr. of Elk Grove, Cory Eliason from Visalia, and Alissa Geving of Penngrove.