Fans night at Spring City Raceway

By Joe Dunn

Spring City raceway finished off their last night of racing with an emphasis on the fans. Before the nights racing action began, all of the cars were lined up on the track with the drivers standing by. All the fans were encouraged to leave the grandstands and head out onto the track to meet their favorite drivers.
With Halloween so close many of the kids were dressed in costume, and when the reached the track they discovered that nearly all of the drivers had bags of candy to pass out. It was a good night for the fans, kids and adults alike to meet the drivers, shake hands, pose for pictures and get autographs.
Joining in the spirit of the event was street stock driver Shorty Stewart as she stood by her car passing out candy while dressed as a green M&M candy. Heads turned when they saw her and the smiles just kept coming.

Sam Johnson, a Super Stock driver was voted the most popular driver and it was evident as fans young and old lined up at the 51 car waiting for autographs.

When the racing did get underway things progressed pretty smoothly through the heat races. The first feature race was the Mod Street class where Mike McGuire eventually took the checkered flag after the early leaders fell by the wayside. Todd Poole and Jackie Parks rounded out the top 3. Next up was the Super Street class where more action prevailed. In the end it was none other than Sam Johnson taking the checkered flag, followed by Jake Maloney and Taylor Sutton .










The big class of the night was the Limited Late Models, or at least it started as a big class, but some early clashes caused the field to shrink. Among the early casualties after doing some beating and banging was Gary Lively. When the dust settled it was Randy Runyan claiming victory with Mike Usry second and Jim Bolen third.
The Street Stock feature saw Charlie and Joe Godsey battling out front until they got together in turns 1 and 2. When the banging stopped both cars were hooked together and it took several track workers to free the cars. The call was made to restart the field and Joe Godsey was not all at happy with the call. To show his displeasure, he parked his car under the flag stand and exited the car to have a temper tantrum that did not belong on any race track. His childish actions delayed the race and prevented the race from being restarted. On an evening intended for the fans, including several children, his actions showed a complete lack of respect for the racers, fans and track officials, as well as an unsportsmanlike conduct that should not be tolerated. In the end, Yoder Godsey was declared the winner with Shorty Stewart second and Donnie Maloney third.
The Super Minis took the track next with Dyllis Devaney taking the checkered flag followed by Kenny Lemons and Jason Manley. The final race of the night was the Front Wheel Drives where Daniel Sizemore took an easy win over Charlie Godsey and Chad Pugh.

Spring City Raceway will hold their awards banquet at the track on Saturday November 10th at 1:00 PM where the season Champions will be honored.

Jeff Gordon riding high into Atlanta

from the Crossville Chronicle - Crossville, Tn. Friday October 26, 2007

by Joe Dunn
The Nascar Nextel Cup series head to Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) this weekend and Jeff Gordon is not only on the top of the standings, he leads all Chase drivers with 4 wins at AMS.
Gordon also has one pole, 12 top fives and 18 top 10s at AMS. But Gordon will be getting little breathing room from his teammate Jimmie Johnson who is the reigning champion who won the spring race at Atlanta, and just completed the sweep at Martinsville. Meanwhile Clint Bowyer, third in the Chase standings has shown no sign of letting up on his quest for a first championship as he remains 115 points behind Gordon and only 62 points behind Johnson.
Jeremy Mayfield will replace Jeff Green in the Haas CNC, #66 Chevy at Atlanta as the team announced that Green has been released. Mayfield will drive for Haas in 2008 along with Scott Riggs who will replace Johnny Sauter. Bill Davis Racing also announced that Truck series point leader Mike Skinner will replace Mayfield in the #36 Toyota. Former Kevin Harvick Inc. Busch Series driver and Nashville resident Bernie Lamar will attempt to qualify the 08 EM Motorsports Dodge.
The Busch series heads to Memphis this week for a Saturday afternoon race where point leader Carl Edwards hopes to come away with a title clinching 585 point lead over second place David Reutimann. Chip Ganassi Racing announced Monday driver Dario Franchitti will make his NASCAR Busch Series debut Saturday, Oct. 27 at Memphis Motorsports Park in the Sam's Town 250.The third official step in the Scot’s stock car learning curve will take place this weekend in the No.42 Target Dodge Charger on the .750-mile oval after previously contesting the ARCA race at Talladega Super Speedway and last weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. Franchitti will again race under the guidance of Crew Chief Brian Pattie.
The Nascar Craftsman truck series will be in action Saturday at Martinsville where Ron Hornaday Jr and Mike Skinner will be fighting it of the Truck series championship. Skinner holds an 11 point lead over Hornaday with just four races remaining. Skinner’s win at Martinsville pushed him ahead of Hornaday, and like Johnson in the Cup series he got the sweep at Martinsville and is looking for the sweep at Atlanta.
O. Bruton Smith, Chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc (SMI), owner of the Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS) as well as Bristol and four others made the news two weeks ago when he announced there was a 90% chance of replacing LMS with a new track in another community near Charlotte. SMI was making plans to add a dragstrip at the track when county officials voted on an ordinance change that would prevent the addition. The county’s action were in response to complaints of neighbors who objected to the increased noise.
Smith has the money to do what he says and folks around racing know that he is a man on a mission when he has a plan. Smith said his team is considering 20 sites, all within the same distance to the Charlotte airport but in other counties. The track, built in 1960 is one of the oldest tracks on the Nascar Nextel cup circuit and has less luxury suites than most of SMI’s other tracks. The planned renovations are expected to cost about $200 Million, while the new facility could be built for about $350 Million. Land acquisition is not considered a problem as various government agencies have been lining up with offers of free land since the possible move was announced. To offset the cost, real estate pro’s have said the old track property could easily draw a $100 Million price. tag.
Local residents flooded the racing campgrounds and motels near the track with petitions to keep the track at it’s present location. It was widely rumored that those circulating the petitions were the same residents that voiced their opposition to the drag strip. The petitions surfaced after the county rescinded the vote to deny the dragstrip, and Smith responded that the move still appeared to be the right thing to do.

Crossville Raceway Champions Honored

Crossville Raceway 2007 Track Champions
John Ross, Ricky Scruggs, Johnny Stout, Dale Nance, Jonathan Norris and Billy Palmer

By Joe Dunn / joe@onpitroad.com

A crowd of over 200 drivers, crew members, fans and family members gathered at Crossville Raceway on Thursday October 25 to honor the 2007 top five drivers in each class.
The awards banquet at the track which included food and beverages along with some pretty funny stories was a free event for all who attended. The track operator for 2008, William Scogins was the emcee for the evening and quickly became a hit with those in attendance. 2007 was an up and down year for the track, but the site of the huge trophies on display for the top 5 drivers in each class, with the Champions trophies standing 6 feet tall, gave the racers hope for 2008.
The 2007 champions crowned were, Super Late Model - Johnny Stout, Limited Late Model - Dale Nance, Open Wheel Modified - Billy Palmer, Street Stock - Ricky Scruggs, Mini Stock - John Ross and Front Wheel Drive - Jonathan Norris. In addition to the six feet trophies the Champions were also presented with Crossville Raceway Champions Jackets along with Photos from the 2007 season.
The track closed prematurely in late August and left many racers and fans to wonder what the future would bring. Thursday they got a glimpse of the future of the track and things started looking very good. Track operator Al Varnadore had closed the track due to financial concerns, but the owners of the track John McConnell and Steve Girsky were not ready to give up on the track. They have enlisted the help of William Scogins (owner of Clarksville Speedway) to get the track ready for the 2008 season.
William and Chris McConnell who will be in charge for 2008 have been busy at the track this past week getting ready for the awards presentation. Both William and Chris spent the better part of the evening answering questions about the track and it’s future, along with listening to ideas and suggestions from the racers and fans. In preparing for 2008 the track has scheduled a drivers meeting for Sunday December 9th at the track. All drivers and car owners are encouraged to attend. There will be separate one hour meetings by class on that day with the schedule as follows. 12 noon- Cruiser Cars, 1 PM - front Wheel Drives, 2 PM - Mini Stocks, 3 PM Street Stock and 4 PM - Limited Late Models. There will be no meeting for the Open Wheel Modifieds as they will continue to run under the UMP sanctioning body rules.
For question or concerns regarding Crossville Raceway contact William Scogins at (931) 538-8448 or Chris McConnell at (931) 472-5111.

On Pit Road unveiled the 2008 Crossville Raceway Calendar at the awards banquet and quickly sold out all copies. These heavyweight 12 month wall calendars display over 80 full color racing photos from the 2007 Crossville Raceway season. We will be accepting pre-orders for the next batch that we hope to have available in time for Christmas. The next batch will include the 2008 racing schedule along with the Champions Photos from the banquet. The price of the Calendars is $20 each, plus $5 for Priority Mail shipping. Orders may be placed via email to Calendar@onpitroad.com, US Mail to Joe Dunn, 498 Arnolds Way Crossville, Tn 38571 or telephone (931) 200-2276. Payments may be made by Check or money order payable to Joe Dunn or via PayPal.
Thanks to all the racers and fans for a great 2007! Joe

Looking back at the 2007 Racing season

When I arrived at Crossville Raceway for their opening night of the 2007 season, I was not there to take pictures, but rather to do a story on the reopening of the track for the Crossville Chronicle. I had with me a rather cheap digital camera with the intention of getting a couple of general shots to be submitted with the story. As I watched the racing from the scoring tower, I was asked by Al if I had a digital camera and would I mind taking some pictures of the winners, as the regular photographer was not there. When I returned the second week, the story repeated, and then I had some drivers asking about getting copies.
The rest of the story most of the drivers and fans know, a few weeks later I became the track photographer. Doing the pictures gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of drivers and crew members and this ‘job’ became a lot more personal. A few weeks later I watched as some folks were planning to reopen Baxter on Friday nights. I had considered heading down there, but Wartburg had just switched to Friday nights and that track was only 15 miles from home. There were a lot of post on MRM and the Wartburg site looking for a photographer, so I decided to give it a try. Wartburg Speedway became my ‘other’ home track where I found a whole other family of friends.
When Crossville closed suddenly in August, it shocked a lot of folks and was the cause of a lot of frustration, hurt feelings and anger. The racing season never had a chance to come to a close, no final points race, no banquet, no celebration. Little did I know that when I headed to Bristol for race week that my local tracks were soon to be closed. The Labor Day Thunder race scheduled for Crossville was moved to Wartburg and then rained out. That race was later rescheduled for the end of September and was a big success. In the interim, I headed down to Spring City raceway for a three week run ending with their $1000 Limited Late Model race. The regular season at Wartburg Speedway was scheduled to end the night of the Thunder race with trophy presentations, but the plan changed that night. Wartburg crowned their champions on October 6th while I was in Talladega covering that race for the newspaper.
Through late September the rumors were flying all over regarding the future of Crossville Raceway and I decided that some one needed to dig in and get the ‘facts’. I managed to contact the owners through one of their partners and scheduled a meeting.
I won’t repeat what I learned as I have posted it on the MRM board, but I am looking forward to seeing a lot of race fans on October 25th.
On Pit Road will be at Crossville on the 25th with a blowout sale of 2007 photos from Crossville Raceway, Wartburg Speedway and Spring City Raceway. We will also have a few preview copies of the 2008 Crossville Raceway Calendar for sale and will be taking orders for the final copies once the 2008 schedule is ready. Each calendar contains over 70 racing photos from the 2007 season.
For those wishing to do their shopping online, we have lowered the prices on all Crossville, Wartburg and Spring City photos on our SmugMug site to help offset the shipping cost. Photos may still be ordered via email, telephone or US mail at the regular prices with FREE shipping included. Those may be paid by checks or money order through the mail or online through PayPal.

Chase heads for Johnson’s house - Lowe’s Motor Speedway

From the Crossville Chronicle - Crossville, TN Friday October 12,2007

By Joe Dunn
The Nascar Nextel Cup teams head to Charlotte, NC and the track that one team calls home. Jimmie Johnson is the current master at LMS, a fact boosted by statistics. His five victories there, the best of all active drivers, means he tops most lists of favorites. But he’s a threat to win even when he doesn’t get to Victory Lane. Johnson finished second when Kasey Kahne swept both 2006 events at LMS. He finished 10th behind winner, and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Casey Mears in the Coca-Cola 600 at May.
Saturday’s Bank of America 500 under the LMS lights marks the fifth event in the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup”, the format that determines the series champion. It began Sept. 16 at New Hampshire and culminates Sunday, Nov. 18 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Chase field, the top 12 drivers in the series standings following race No. 26 at Richmond International Raceway on Sept. 8, compete for the series title during the season’s final 10 events.
Johnson and Jeff Gordon dodged the bullets at both Kansas, after a rain delayed restart and again last week at Talladega where a late race charge got them both to the front.
Last weeks race at Talladega showed the flaw in the ‘Top 35’ start plan, as all but one Chase contender blew off qualifying. I watched in dismay as the 8 go or go home guys all qualified ahead of the regulars. The attitude of the leaders was exemplified by Jeff Gordon when he predicted that he would qualify between 25th and 35th. Gordon then went out and qualified 42nd. Nascar needs to address this pathetic showing before the 2008 season. When a field-filler who was able to qualify for only 12 of 30 races takes the pole at Talladega, it is a sad statement for the top racing series in America. Not to take anything away from Michael Waltrip’s effort, but if half of those top 35 teams had made serious qualifying efforts, he would have never been on the pole. In the end, Dave Blaney was the only car in the top six to finish up front. His efforts on the day moved the #22 Caterpillar team back into the top 35 replacing the Woods Bother 21 driven by Ken Schrader.
David Reutimann signed a contract renewal with Michael Waltrip last week, keeping him in a Toyota for next year and ends rumors of him moving to RCR. Rumor has it that David will start in the 00 car and then move to the UPS? 44 after Martinsville which is expected to be Dale Jarrett’s last race. No word on who will take over the 00 after that.
Sterling Marlin, who failed to qualify the 09 car at Talladega last week will be racing against his son Stedman this Sunday in a 200 lap Late Model at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville.
Local dirt track racing is about over with the only race scheduled this weekend is at Spring City raceway on Saturday. A reminder to those who missed last weeks announcement, Crossville Raceway will hold it’s Awards Banquet and Open house at the Track on Thursday October 25. Gates will open at 5 pm with awards presented at 6:30 pm.

Jeff Gordon takes the win and the lead

By Joe Dunn joe@onpitroad.com

In a strange twist of events that began with a group of field fillers starting up front and the Chase contenders in the back, Jeff Gordon went from 42nd to 1st on Sunday.
It was obvious from the beginning of qualifying on Saturday that the top 35 teams guaranteed to start the race had little concern with a serious qualifying effort. The top eight fastest cars were the go or go home teams. In past years they were called the field fillers, but that is another term that Nascar is trying to avoid. On the pole sat Michael Waltrip who has only managed to qualify for 11 of 30 races thus far this season. Of the top 8 qualifiers, only Dave Blaney managed a decent finish, hanging in the front most of the race to finish 3rd. that finish moved Blaney into the top 35 ranks.
For the first 29 laps the lead changed 14 times among 11 drivers as they were constantly racing 2-3 and sometimes 4 wide. On lap 30, it appeared that half of the crowd rose to their feet in celebration as Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved his red #8 Chevy past teammate Martin Truex Jr. to take the lead. On lap 94 Jeff Burton’s car went up in a cloud of smoke and the first RCR/DEI motor failed. It didn’t take long for the engine failures to move through the field. On lap 114 Martin Truex’s #1 blew up, followed on lap 137 by Teammate Dale Jr. By the end of the day only the 07 of Clint Bowyer was the only car RCR car to survive the engine failures finishing 11th.
The BIG one came on lap 146 as something broke on the bobby Labonte car forcing it to slide down the track and into the path of Kyle Busch’s car. Also collected in the wreck were Robbie Gordon, Reutimann, Reagan, McMurray, Kenseth, Menard, Stremme, Sadler, Villeneuve, Hamlin and Michael Waltrip. Once it all cleared and racing went back to green, Tony Stewart emerged as the leader and appeared to be a strong contender for the win.

Jimmy Johnson began leading a charge in the inside line, Stewart moved low to block Johnson and then attempted to slide back up. But this time Ryan Newman, with a push from teammate Kurt Busch slid past Gordon for the lead. Newman held on for 7 laps until Stewart lined up behind Johnson and they moved past Newman. Johnson held that lead until Jeff Gordon made his move exiting turn 4 on the final lap. It was that late effort that gave way to the Gordon victory.
The win moved Jeff Gordon ahead of his teammate Johnson, into first place in the points. The series moves on to Concord, North Carolina this week for the Bank Of America 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway.

Todd Bodine claims another win at Talladega

By Joe Dunn joe@onpitroad.com

2006 Nascar Craftsman Truck Series Champion Todd Bodine held on to a squeaker in a super close 3 wide finish to repeat as the winner at Talladega Super Speedway. Bodine who started on the Pole for the Mountain Dew 250 in his number 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota managed to stay clear of several wrecks, by virtue of remaining up front all day.
A late race restart with two laps to go, began with Bodine out front, followed closely by Rick Crawford and Johnny Benson. The single file pack all remained in line bumper to bumper until they came out of turn four on the final lap. As the leaders approached the tri-oval, Crawford went to the high side while Benson dove low. But neither was able to get the jump on Bodine who cleared second place Crawford by a mere 0.014 seconds.
The big wreck came on lap 74 when three time series Champion Jack Sprague was leading the race. Sprague had a right front tire blow. Sprague slowed coming out of turn 4 in an attempt to head to pit road when he got a bump from behind by Benson, turning him sideways and eventually causing a six truck crash fest.
"It's typical Talladega," Bodine said of the second truck race at the Alabama track. "The guys get racing hard and try to jockey for position at the end of the race. Somebody bumps somebody else and pretty soon everybody is crashing."
The win leaves Bodine 26 points behind third place Travis Kvapil as the teams take a week off to prepare for the next race October 20 at Martinsville Speedway.

Talladega Nights with ‘Fatback’ the next Rock Star

As seen at Speedwaymedia.com Tuesday October 9, 2007

By Joe Dunn joe@onpitroad.com
The nights of Talladega Race Week are never quite because the parties go on all week. The infield never sleeps and Talladega is famous for that, but just over the wall of turn 2 is the Talladega Family Camping area.
Those campers came alive on Saturday night in a park next to the south tunnel when the band ‘River’ was joined on stage by legendary Nascar Nextel Cup Crew Chief, Michael ‘Fatback’ McSwain. After announcing that he planned to retire as a crew chief after the 2007 season to spend more time with his family, Fatback grabbed a microphone and began singing Hank Williams Jr.‘s ‘Country Boy Can Survive’. The crowd of several hundred gave a roaring welcome and joined in singing with Fatback. No, he isn’t really planning a new career on stage, but he sure gave the fans something to talk about.

Also joining Fatback was ‘Preacher’ Barry Steed, the lead singer of the band which is headquartered at the Little Chapel Church in Harrisburg, IL. The band follows several Nascar races at select track such as Talladega, Michigan, Kansas, and Chicago doing free concerts in conjunction with Motor Racing Outreach. This weekend was the seventh year at Talladega, where they perform both race weeks. Steed spoke of his work with MRO in the past and his desire to do something for the race fans. When he approached the members of his church several years ago, there was no hesitation, they wanted to do what they could to help.
Because of Barry’s work with MRO he has come in contact with several drivers and team members, so it is not unusual that a Nascar ’name’ shows up on stage. Fatback’s crooning may not be the ‘norm’ for a crew chief but he also hung around to answer questions, sign autographs and generally just rub elbows with the fans.
So, on several Nascar Nextel Cup weekends about 125 members of the church pack up their stuff, load the tractor trailer and several vans with equipment and camping supplies and head off to the races. They ask for no pay from the tracks, the campgrounds or the fans, paying their own way as they performed both Friday and Saturday nights. They stay in the Talladega Free Family camping area, pay their own expenses and sell a modest supply of CD’s and T shirts in a tent next to the stage to help cover some of the fuel cost.
The next stop for River is at Atlanta Motor Speedway, October 26-28. So if your gonna be at Atlanta, look for a band called River. You will not be disappointed, in fact, you will surely be joining in singing with the rest of the crowd.
Wonder who attends these concerts? Want to see how much fun this band provides? Check out the photos from both the Friday and Saturday concerts by River at the Talladega Super Speedway family Camping area. Click on this link http://onpitroad.smugmug.com/gallery/3613739#205711618 or check the photo section at http://www.onpitroad.com .

Next up Talladega, Race four in the Chase

From the Crossville Chronicle - Crossville, Tn. Friday October 5, 2007

By Joe Dunn / joe@onpitroad.com
After a wild and crazy race and the most controversial finish in memory at Kansas Speedway, the Nextel cup teams head to the high banks of Talladega Super Speedway. This will also be the first restrictor plate race for the COT.
Following last weeks race at Kansas, the points for all the Chase contenders changed with the exception of Denny Hamlin who remains in 12th place. Jimmie Johnson is the leader heading to Talladega, followed by Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer.
Robert Yates Racing announced this week that Mike Wallace will drive the 88 car replacing brother Kenny. No explanation was given for the change. Bill Davis racing has entered Jacques Villeneuve another Formula One ace with intentions of moving to Nascar. In a surprise move Nascar approved Villeneuve after a recent testing session. Sam Hornish will also attempt the race in a Penske car.
Remember “The Rock”? North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, NC was the scene of many heart pounding close finishes. One of Nascar fans beloved ‘old’ tracks. The Rock closed a few years ago after it was sold to Speedway Motorsports Inc. as part of a lawsuit settlement over a second race date for Texas Motor Speedway. International Speedway Corporation had already stripped one of the tracks dates for a second California date in 2003. Tuesday, the Rock went up on the auction block, with Race car driver, instructor and one time actor Andy Hillenburg placing the winning bid of $4 Million. Hillenburg, who operates the Fastrack Racing School, plans to bring racing back to the Rock. Rumor has it that the Arca/Remax series will run a race at the Rock in the fall of 2008. Hillenburg also intends to pursue other Nascar dates for the track, in the Craftsman Truck Series as well as the Nascar Busch series.
In local action, Spring City Raceway held their $1,000 Limited Late Model event last Saturday with Crossville’s Sam Williams taking home the big check. Following Sam across the line were Ruben Mayfield and Randy Runyon. Crossville’s Chad Pugh won the Front Wheel Drive feature.
This Saturday Wartburg Speedway will run a non points race and also present trophies to the season Champions. Spring city is slated to run their normal race schedule.
Crossville Raceway, which closed in August, this week announced that they will conduct an Open House / Awards Banquet at the track on Thursday October 25, 2007. The gates will open to the public at 5 PM with the Awards presentation to begin at 6:30 PM. The track management is also planning to conduct a drivers / owners meeting before the end of the year to discuss 2008 rules and racing schedule.

Crossville Raceway Awards Banquet and Open House

Crossville Raceway - Crossville, Tn.
Press Release - October 2, 2007


Crossville Raceway would like to extend an invitation to all racers and fans to join us at the track on Thursday October 25 to honor our Champions. Trophies will be presented to the top 5 finishers in each class. The gates will be open to the public at 5 PM with the Championship Awards Presentation at 6:30 PM.

Crossville Raceway 2007 Season Champions

Super Late Model - Johnny Stout
‘top 5’ Tim Damron, Dewayne Pesterfield, Kenny Coble & Brett Wyatt

Limited Late Model - Dale Nance
‘top 5’ Duke Lowe, Joe Cline, Lynn Selby & Brandon Williams

Open Wheel Modified - Billy Palmer
‘top 5’ Steve Mullinax, Michael Asberry, Robert Potter & Mike Freeman

Street Stock - Ricky Scruggs
‘top 5’ Brian Selby, Chris Croinex, Ron Dodson & Danny Clouse

Mini Stock - John Ross
‘top 5’ Joseph Howell, Shalon Turner, Randy Goolsby & Dustin Stephens

Front Wheel Drive - Jonathan Norris
‘top 5’ Jordon Butler, Cody Rector, JD Rector & Seth Smith

Crossville Raceway will resume racing in the spring of 2008 with an exciting line-up of the finest Dirt Track racing in East Tennessee. Watch for the announcement of a drivers / owners meeting to be held before the end of 2007. The meeting will include discussion of rules for the various classes as well as the racing schedule for the new year. All owners and drivers are encouraged to attend and share their comments and recommendations. It is our sincere hope that this meeting will ensure a better racing environment for all parties involved.
I would ask that the above named Drivers kindly contact Joe Dunn ASAP to confirm your attendance at the banquet, by email at joe@onpitroad.com or telephone at (931) 200-2276