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David Pearson doesn't know a lot about the Old School Racing Champions Tour but The Silver Fox does know it appeals to him.
"To go back and race on some short tracks with Cale (Yarborough) and some of those boys sounds like a lot of fun," said one of NASCAR's all-time greats. "I really don't know too much about it except I've been told we'll all have be driving the same cars.
"I'm all for it, as long as it's only 25 or 30 laps, we don't need to be running any 100-lappers at our age."
Dave Marcis, Jack Ingram, Larry Pollard and Pearson were here Friday at the 20th PRI Show to unveil the car and talk about the 10-race series that begins next May at Concord Speedway.
Created by brothers Gene and Norm Weaver, the OSRCT features conventional-looking stockers with 450 horsepower on some of NASCAR's famous short tracks like Hockory, New Smyna, Langly and South Boston.
"I beat those guys on short tracks 40 years ago and I reckon I can still do it," said Ingram, a 70-year-old firebrand who racked up 303 victories during his NASCAR days. "I raced this past season and I haven't slowed down that much.
"I expect Pearson and Cale will be just as competitive as they were in their heyday."
Marcis, just a kid at 67 years old, has never lost that desire to race.
"I was lucky because I got to test the IROC cars all the time before that series went away in 2006," he said. "You know, people have talked about doing this for a long time but it never got off the ground.
"I'm just thrilled the Weavers are giving us this great opportunity."
Darrell Waltrip has been invited and an invitation will likely go out to Mario Andretti as well.
"We've always been big race fans and we're doing this for passion, not for money," said Gene Weaver, who grew up in the shadow of Langly Speedway watching his father race."
"We don't have a title sponsor yet and we're looking for one but, based on the response to far, I think it's going to be a big hit with the fans.
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VALIANTE TRIUMPHS
Canadian Michael Valiante withstood the pressure from Buddy Rice and the impressive charge of Gary Carlton to capture Friday night's Snap-On All-Stars Karting Classic.
Starting from the outside of Row 1 next to pole-sitter Nelson Philippe, Valiante led all 50 laps around the tight, twisting course erected outside the Convention Center and, after fighting off Rice for the first 25 laps, cruised to an easy win.
It was a good night for Valiante, the former Toyota Atlantic star who never got a shot in CART but is now with Wayne Taylor's Grand Am team. He'd loaned his kart to a younger competitor for the Stars of Tomorrow feature and it promptly got badly damaged. A quick thrash to repair the suspension
"I wasn't sure what to expect because my kart was pretty beat up but my guys did a great job of putting it back together and it was a dream to drive," he said.
While Rice applied the heat for the first half of the race, the real excitement came from Carlton. After winning the Stars of Tomorrow feature with a nifty pass of Joel Miller, the reigning ICC champ started 17th in the main event. And the 21-year-old Californian was a blur as he sliced his way to the front on a very tough track to pass.
"That Carlton kid was the show," praised Rice, last year's winner.
A.J. Allmendinger finished fourth while Tyler Dueck took fifth and Jamie McMurray came home sixth.
NOTES AND NEWS
Advance Auto Parts was named as the new title sponsor for the World of Outlaws while the SCCA acquired Playboy to sponsor the Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup.... WOO champ Donnie Schatz was presented the Champion of Champions award by Speed Sport News voters -- edging out Jimmie Johnson.......Ford unveiled its new series -- the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup presented by BFGoodrich. "We wanted something that was affordable so people could add fuel and oil, change tires and go racing," said Dan Davis, Ford's director of motorsports, who said the car would cost $75,000. The 8-race series will support various open wheel and sports cars shows in North America and be sanctioned by the Grand Am series......Speaking of Grand Am, it announced a new road course date in New Jersey and the fact Lola and Dallara will be building Daytona Prototypes..... USAC's new bossman, Keith Miller, was manning the USAC booth along with Jason Smith and Greg Staab.
ARMSTRONG, EAST WIN
A 16-year-old and a veteran showed the way in Friday night's third annual MoPar/PRI Midget & Sprint Classic at Orlando SpeedWorld.
Dakoda Armstrong, making only his third start in a full midget, started on the outside of the front row, grabbed the lead in the first turn and breezed to an impressive victory in the 50-lap midget main.
"I was concentrating so hard I never saw the white flag," admitted Armstrong, who resides in New Castle, Ind. "This is the biggest night of my career and I can't thank my mom and dad enough. Without them, I wouldn't here tonight.
"They gave me a great race car and I really don;t know what else to say."
Bobby East led flag-to-flag in the 40-lap sprint feature and was trying to collect the $50,000 bonus from Crane Cams to sweep the program. But, according to the rules, he had to start last in the 24-car field and never had a chance to get to the front on the one-groove paved oval.
"I knew it would be almost impossible because this place is very hard to pass and there were a lot of fast guys in front of me," said the longtime USAC front-runner. "We had fun in the sprinter, especially getting through lapped traffic, so it was a good night."
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