January 24, 2002 - Phoenix, AZ. -
To all racing teams and parts suppliers and chassis builders, the #75 Modified Team from Morgan Hill,
Calif. Raced at Canyon Raceway in ARZ. on 1-19-02 and our racecar and truck and trailer were stolen
from the Country Suits Hotel on Grand Ave. in Phoenix,Arz. Saturday night 1-19-02 about 2:30 a.m. We
are asking for all of your help this is a devistating blow to our race team so keep your eye's and
ears open for any really cheap modified parts, below is a discription of all that was stolen. And
please send this to every body you know involved in racing.
TRUCK: 1995 GMC Dually 4 door, blue and silver, aluminum wheels and tool box, California plates.
They broke one of the passenger side windows to get into truck.
TRAILER: 1999 Hallmark" Edge" 36' enclosed 3 axle 5th wheel trailer. California plates #1WJ9090,
IMCA sticker on back door of trailer. Trailer is all White with aluminum diamond plating on front of
cab over.
RACECAR: 2000 Dirtworks DW-8 Monoleaf car blue body,frame is powder coated orange, Numbers are
orange and yellow #75 drivers name on car Jim DiGivoanni, car has harris bumpers front and rear and
harris right side nerf bar, also rear suspension uses no C.O.E. right rear spring is on top of rearend
and left rear is in front of rear end with a rubber bisket style pullbar. Also battery was relocated to
left rear corner of car and crossmember snout has been cut off flat and plated behind center link.
MISC.PARTS AND EQUIPTMENT: Spare motor 350 chevy w/dart cast heads and victor jr. intake, 2
generators, craftsmen electric compressor, rebco wheel scales in rebco box, 10 new bilstien shocks, 6
spare imca wheels and tires G-60.
That's all the big money stuff. Reward for information leading to recovery of property.
SEND E-MAILS TO: Troy Diatte Troderycam@aol.com
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January 30, 2002 - Knoxville, TN. -
The Racers Network™ has announced it's Associate Sponsorship of the #49 NASCAR Busch
Grand National Team.
Blair.com
is the Primary sponsor of the car, and other Associate sponsors are DrScot.com and
Rent-A-Wreck.
Blair.com
is one of the fastest growing clothing retailers on the Internet. President and CEO of
The Racers Network™ Fred Wallace states "Our association with
Blair.com
, is beneficial to our customers and users. Many Blair specials and sales are offered on the
Blair.com
Internet site".
The 2002 Ford Taurus is owned by Jay Robinson Racing, and will be driven by Kirk Shelmerdine.
Longtime fans of the late Dale Earnhardt are quite familiar with Kirk Shelmerdine. They know him
as the leader of the championship pit crew nicknamed the "Flying Aces" and the "Junkyard Dogs,"
and he was Earnhardt's crew chief for four of his seven Winston Cup titles.
But about 10 years ago Shelmerdine left Richard Childress Racing. He needed a lifestyle change.
Being a crew chief was getting "pretty old" and there were things in his personal life that
needed his attention.
"I'd been stuck under the hood of a Winston Cup car since I was 18 years old," he said. "I was
30 before I ever stood up, looked around and saw what else was out there. Once I started doing that
I noticed there were other things in life and it was going to take more time than I had to devote
to it. The driving opportunities came up afterwards."
Shelmerdine began running a limited ARCA schedule and remained on that circuit for most of the last
decade. This year, however, a full-time Busch Series ride with team owner Jay Robinson is on
the agenda.
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