Gabi DiCarlo’s Impressive Road Race Return

Gabi DiCarlo and her Great Clips Race Team continue to impress the competition. Gabi returned to road course racing this past weekend at the brand new facility known as New Jersey Motorsports Park, where she quickly adapted to the challenging track.

During the ten minute qualifying session DiCarlo piloted the Great Clips Toyota Camry around the sweeping right and left hand turns to position herself in a very respectful 16th place starting spot. [Read more]

Gabi DiCarlo Road Course

Denver, NC (September 22, 2008) - Although the cars will be much heavier and have more horsepower, Gabi DiCarlo driver of the Stringer Motorsports number 90 Great Clips Racing Toyota Camry is ready for the challenges of a road course. The ARCA RE/MAX series in which DiCarlo competes will make a stop at the brand new Thunderbolt Raceway 2.3 mile paved road course in New Jersey Motorsports Park. Gabi started her career in motorsports on road courses throughout the southwest and has proven to be very skilled in the techniques associated with the challenging circuits. [Read more]

For These Girls, Saturday Night is Race Night

Dalton Halden won’t have her driver’s license for at least four more years. In the meantime, she’ll stick to driving racecars.

Halden, from Columbia Falls, is one of six female drivers who race at Raceway Park’s high bank super oval track. Driving in the Bandolero division, the 11-year-old speedster is third in the point standings after falling out of the top spot a couple of weeks ago. Her immediate goal is to climb back into first place. Her eventual goal is a bit larger.

“I’m going to be in NASCAR,” Halden said.
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OWENS MAKES CHICAGOLAND DEBUT

The Chicagoland ARCA 200 marks Alli Owens’ first visit to the 1.5 mile Chicagoland Speedway. Piloting one of her favorite racecars, the No. 12 ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet nicknamed ‘Mudpuppy’, Owens is
optimistic.
“Mudpuppy is my second favorite car mostly because it’s very comfortable to drive,”
said Owens. “We ran it in Kentucky where I scored my career best finish. We also ran it in
Kansas and Michigan but mechanical problems kept us from finishing well. This weekend,
we put in our strongest motor and have a totally killer package.”
DGM Racing, which fields the No. 12 entry for Owens, competed at Chicagoland
Speedway from 2004-2006 with team owner Mario Gosselin behind the wheel. Each time, it
proved to be a contender.
“Our team has always been strong here and we expect that to continue this year,”
said Owens. “We didn’t have the opportunity to test, but Mario recently tested a Truck here
and the data from that is very helpful for our ARCA car.”

Pocono the Perfect Prescription for Gabi DiCarlo

Long Pond, PA (June 7, 2008) – Gabi DiCarlo and the Great Clips Racing Team were hoping for a change of fortune as they headed to the 2.5 mile Pocono International Raceway. It seems that the Pocono 200 was just what the doctor ordered for the besieged race team. After coming off a grueling six week schedule that had been filled with enough bad luck to last the whole season, DiCarlo masterfully guided the team’s Toyota Camry to a well needed 10th place finish. [Read more]

Camping World Series Debut Postponed for Tiffany Daniels

 

Denver, N.C. (May 23, 2008) - Due to restructuring within its NASCAR Camping World Series program, Eddie Sharp Racing has withdrawn the entry for Smithfield, Virginia-native Tiffany Daniels in the Strutmasters.com 150 at South Boston Speedway. This was to be Daniel’s debut in the NASCAR Camping World Series East.

 

“We are very proud of our organization,” stated team owner Eddie Sharp. “The NASCAR Camping World Series is a very impressive series and is extremely competitive. We have withdrawn Tiffany at this time simply because we knew we were not prepared to show up at South Boston with two competitive teams. Instead we have returned our focus to our full-time East driver, Craig Goess. Tiffany is still a priority to us and we look forward to entering her in a future event when we can bring two teams to the track that will meet the high standards which we hold ourselves to here at Eddie Sharp Racing.”

 

“I’m a racer, so of course it’s disappointing that I won’t be racing at South Boston,” commented Daniels. “However, I completely understand the obligations Eddie Sharp and the ESR organization have to their full-time Camping World Series East team, and respect their dedication to building a top-notch East Series program. I also appreciate Eddie’s honesty concerning the developments within the organization, and look forward to racing for ESR in the future.”

 

Daniels added, “in the meantime, I will continue to race my Late Model at various tracks across the Southeast.”

 

For more information on Tiffany Daniels and for her up-to-date race schedule, please visit www.tiffdaniels.com.

 

Eddie Sharp Racing is located in the Charlotte, NC suburb of Denver. Eddie Sharp Racing has proven to be a successful avenue of driver development, and is considered among the most elite teams in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Drivers from Eddie Sharp Racing’s ARCA program have quickly advanced to the NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series, two of the highest-rated motorsport series in the world.

 

For more on Eddie Sharp Racing, please log onto www.teamesr.com.

Mandi Tonchuk wants a Racing Career

SAMSULA - May 23, 2007 - Mandi Tonchuk doesn’t mind getting a little dirty. Working on - and driving - race cars has turned into a passion for the Late Model rookie driver at New Smyrna Speedway. As the female half of D.A.D. Motorsports (Dad and Daughter), Tonchuk is hoping to parlay the family business into a full-blown racing career.

“I want to take this as far as I can,” Tonchuk said. “I love it. “The biggest thing right now is to continue to gain experience and to get my name out there. I would love to get in one of the driver development programs and continue to move up the ladder.”
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Tiffany Daniels…Racing toward NASCAR history

 

Michael Morisi

As the news continues to highlight the top female NASCAR drivers who are hoping to be the next one to make history, one in particular stands out from the rest. Tiffany Daniels has been racing for 8 years and has been a consistent top 5 finisher. She has several wins to her credit and was the 2003 Women’s National Legends Champion. Out of the car, she has accomplished a great deal as well. A 2007 magna cum laude graduate of UNC with a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Motorsports Concentration and a minor in Public Relations, she works full time for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates as a Support Engineer on the #40 Sprint Cup car.

Tiffany started the 2008 season splitting time with her brother who is also an accomplished Late Model driver and a sophomore at UNC in the Mechanical Engineering program. She has posted two solid runs at Southern National Speedway and South Boston this season. Her next race at South Boston will be in the Eddie Sharp #22 Camping World East car for her debut in that series on May 31.

Tiffany has been very busy off the track as well this season. Earlier this year, Tiffany participated in and completed Phase Two of the Women in the Winners Circle Foundation’s 2007-2008 Driver Development Program and along the way was presented with a prestigious honor, the Kara Hendrick Memorial Award by former Indy Car racer Lyn St. James, known as the American Woman Racing Icon of the Century, who is the founder of the Women in the Winners Circle Foundation.

“The Kara Hendrick Memorial award is given out by Lyn St. James in memory of the late Kara Hendrick, a USAC driver who was killed the day she set a track record at one of her local tracks,” explained Daniels. “Lyn gives out the award when she sees someone that has similar spirit and talent to Kara Hendrick. It is not something she gives out every year, so it is a prestigious award and I am honored that someone like Lyn thinks highly enough of me to give this award. It means a lot to know she realizes how hard I have been working and how determined I am to make it in racing, which is a tough sport. To have Lyn St. James recognize me is really special.”

“All the drivers who attend our program really want to succeed in racing, but not every driver grasps the concept of just how hard they have to work,” explained St. James. “And when they do sometimes it’s just overwhelming and often they have to take a step back and go to work. Then on occasion I see a driver who not only has the talent and potential, but takes the information and knowledge we share and runs with it. It actually motivates and empowers them to move forward. And they are able to keep their smile and spirit intact as well. Tiffany demonstrated all of that in my opinion. She has the potential to go far and carry Kara’s spirit with her.”

Tiffany is a very dynamic, educated, professional woman who has the total package. As she continues her climb toward NASCAR history, she is certain to make a lot of headlines. For more information on Tiffany, check out her web site at www.tiffdaniels.com or contact Mike@hmiteam.com or 757-822-3017

 

Photos courtesy of 51 Sports Photos

 

Gabi DiCarlo Races Way to First Top Ten Finish

KANSAS CITY, MO. (April 25, 2008) – Gabi DiCarlo picked the right time to show everyone why she has been picked to drive the Great Clips Racing Toyota Camry for Stringer Motorsports. With the team struggling with some bad luck this season Gabi drove the Toyota powered rocket from the 23 starting position to as high as 3rd and contended with the leaders late in the race. It was an impressive run, as the ARCA/REMAX series regular finished the very fast Kansas Speedway’s Kansas Lottery 150 Grand in the 9th position and garnered her first series top ten.
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Chrissy Wallace eyes NASCAR career

 

 

TALLADEGA, Ala. — What do Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick have in common, other than both wearing Nomex suits and $5,000 helmets to work every day?

Chrissy Wallace.

Stewart, as her mentor and coach. Patrick, as her role model.

Mike Wallace, Wallace’s father, the middle of the Wallace brothers, is out in the NASCAR garage working on his own equipment and worrying that his wife and daughter might be red-lining the family credit cards at the mall when they don’t answer their cell phones. But at the moment, Chrissy Wallace, 19, happens to be just lounging on a big sofa in the family motor coach deep in the Talladega Speedway infield, while her mother, Carla, sits attentively on a sofa on the other side.
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