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Weekend Winners: 2008
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Other Recent 2008 Winners In Joie of Seating Race Seats Include:
Driver Name	Track Name
Brian Ickler	won at	Stafford Motor Speedway
Keith Rocco	won at	Thompson International Speedway
Jimmy Horton	won at	Bridgeport
Ronnie Silk	won at	Thompson Speedway
Johnny Benson	won at	Nashville Super Speedway
Tony Santangelo	won at	Stafford Motor Speedway
Matt Carmen	won at	Reading Nostalgia Race
Johnny Benson	won at	O”Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis
Donnie Moran	won at	Sharon Speedway
Kenny Horton	won at	Stafford Motor Speedway
Keith Rocco	won at	Waterford Speedbowl
Joey Saldana	won at	Eldora Speedway

Ambrose Finally Gets First Win

Marcos Ambrose’s luck finally took a turn for the better Saturday during the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International. This was his 59th Nationwide Series start in the No. 59 Ford, it was definitely his day. The first career victory was redemption of sorts for Ambrose, whose dominant run last week was waylaid by a pit road speeding penalty.

Congratulations to Marcos Ambrose and the No. 59 Team.

Doug Coby Gets First Feature Win

On Friday, August 8 at Stafford Motor Speedway in the 18th Annual New England Dodge Dealers 150 Whelen Modified Tour event, Doug Coby nailed down his first win of the season in the 40-lap SK Modified feature event. Doug drove a dominating drive to capture the win. Congratulations to Doug Coby and his team.

Travis Benjamin gets first PASS win

Travis Benjamin’s fans knew it was only a matter of time before he earned a PASS victory. He’s been runner up twice and hasn’t finished outside the top ten all year. Congratulations to Travis Benjamin and his crew for their victory in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Atlantic CAT 250 at Scotia Speedworld in Halifax Nova Scotia.

Clanton Snaps Winless Streak

Shane Clanton finally broke his winless stretch of 42 races and celebrated his first WoO triumph at Boone County Raceway. “Finally!” Clanton exclaimed “We’ve been close so many times this year but just couldn’t get the job done, so it feels good to win again – real good”. Congratulations to Shane Clanton & his Team!

Woody Pitkat wins at Stafford Motor Speedway

Woody Pitkat comes back from a flat tire which put him two laps down to score the $4,000 winner’s check Friday night, at the 5th Annual CARQUEST SK 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway. Woody gained his two laps back with the lucky dog awards.
Congratulations to Woody & his team!

Benson takes series lead with win in Kentucky

Johnny Benson picks up his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win of the season and takes over the series lead by a single point over Matt Crafton. After the race Benson stated “We ran good, but it wasn’t easy. It looked easy, but it wasn’t.”
Congratulations Johnny Benson & Bill Davis Racing

Matt Kobyluck Wins in Nashville

Matt Kobyluck of Montville passed Trevor Bayne to drive away over the final four laps to win the Camping World East Series Strutmasters.com 150 Saturday night at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville. “Any win is spectacular,” said Kobyluck. “These races are so hard to win these days that anytime you get one is great.”
Congratulations Matt and his team.

Brady Smith Wins Back to Back

Brady Smith has suddenly become the hottest driver on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. In one weekend he captured not only his first-ever victory on the tour but went on to capture his second. ”To win two World of Outlaws features is an accomplishment,” said Smith “But winning two in a row is just awesome. Doing this against the competition on this series, I couldn’t be more proud of our team.”
Congratulations to Brady Smith and the team!

Ross Kenseth Gets His First Feature Win

15 Year old, Ross Kenseth gets his first BRP Big 8 Late Model Series win at Dells Raceway Park and becomes the second youngest winner in this series. Cautions came in bunches on this night, however Kenseth would get an outstanding restart and power around the # 27 in turns 1 and 2 to take the lead with 5 laps to remaining.

Hossfeld Wins at NH by .001 Seconds

Chuck Hossfeld made a move on the last lap to the inside of Teddy Christopher to win the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour New England 100 by about 4 inches, or .001 seconds. Hossfeld stated after his win “This feels extra special because it was so close, and our car wasn’t perfect in the beginning. We pitted, which is always difficult to give up that track position.” He added “This team is on top of their game, and it makes my job as a driver fun and much easier.” Congratulations to Chuck and his team.

Storms Takes Orange County Modified Main

Michael Storms otherwise known as “Kid Lighting” sparked the excitement and lived up to his nickname by hanging on for a narrow victory over his mentor, Brett Hearn, in the thrilling DIRTcar Modified 30-lap feature event. “This is awesome. I always wanted to beat him (Hearn) and now I finally did. But I can’t thank Brett enough for everything he’s done for me” stated Storm after his win. Congratulations to Michael Storms and his team.

Alexander Makes History in Waterford

Kirk Alexander has won his 25th-career True Value Modified race and also completed a personal goal. Kirk is the only competitor in the TVMRS to have won at every track where the series has competed in its four year history. Alexander stated after his win “I did not want to curse myself so I did not tell anybody. All the guys knew it. So now we have won at every race track we have ever been to.

Hearn Wins at Albany

Brett Hearn raced against some of the top names in northeast Modified racing at the three-eighths-mile Albany-Saratoga Speedway and defended his honor against outside invaders.
After winning Hearn stated “I have to give Bruce (Richards) a lot of credit for having this race. This is a great event for the racers and the fans and it was nice to have a big event at my home track.”

Glenski Wins at Bristol

With just eight laps to go, Horak’s #28 began to wiggle in the third turn with a flat right-front tire, Glenski who remained a distant second sped to the low side and took the lead and the victory in a borrowed car from former Bristol winner Corey LaJoie. “This is awesome,” said Glenski. “Corey moved up to Late Models, so he wasn’t racing this car this year, so I’ve really got to thank the guys at The Joie of Seating for helping me out a lot. They gave me everything I needed to win.”

Johnny Benson Wins in Milwaukee

Johnny took his third consecutive victory at The Milwaukee Mile. This win kept Benson in the lead for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship.

Congratulations to Johnny Benson and the crew of the No.23 Toyota Certified used Vehicles Tundra team. Johnny sits in a Full Custom Seat by The Joie of Seating

DJ Shaw Wins First PASS North Feature

18 year old DJ Shaw, who graduated from high school the day before took full advantage of this racing opportunity. Shaw held a ten car length lead over Clark and Rowe before rain brought out the red flag and halted the race on lap 98. One hour later the feature was declared complete and DJ Shaw had his first PASS feature win. Congratulation to DJ Shaw and his crew! DJ rides in a Custom Late Model Seat by The Joie of Seating.

Tanner Swanson Wins The “Glen Niebel Classic”

Tanner Swanson made his first USAC National Sprint Car start memorable by winning the recent 100-lap 9th Annual “Glen Niebel Classic” at Anderson Speedway.

Congratulations to Tanner Swanson.
Tanner rides in a Sprint seat custom made by The Joie of Seating.

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