NEWS ARCHIVE 2008

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Ford Fever at MIR 10-07 Video
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Race 1&2 of the All Star Series
Sorry, I'm a little late with this.  They say no news is good news, not so here.  A new season with new hardware
and rusty reactions, the 422 team is off to a slow start this year.  Race 1 at Cecil yielded a blown motor, a broken
Jerico, a shorted ignition system all before the second round.  Fred's Thunderbolt was our shining light but Fred
pushed it a little too hard and broke out.  Time to lick our wounds, pack the trailer and go home.  Race 2 at
Numidia looked as though it was going to be a washout.  The weather looked gloomy but the track was great.
The cars only qualified mid field but nothing broke, we'll take that.  Round 1&2 red lights and breakouts took out
all but Pellegrini with his super quick Falcon.  The next round Frank decided to finish eating his lunch on the
starting line giving the victory to the Ramsey Ford.  Once again it's time to load up and go home early.  No
trashed equipment this time, nothing and no one to blame but ourselves.

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All Stars #3 at MIR
It's always a pleasure to race at MIR.  We have always run well on the track and the facilities just keep
getting better.  Each time we roll in we are impressed with their obvious recent improvements.  We are
hoping a weather machine is in the near future.  Rain it did, at least until noon, just in time to dry the
track and pull off the event.  We went into the race with a handicap.  Frank Pellegrini packed his ski's
instead of his fire suit.  To top it off he made a wrong turn and wound up in Italy.  News flash for Frank,
you don't get points for skiing no matter how fast you go.  The first round was great, everyone won.
Round 2 Fred wanted to cut a better light, he went red.  The Comets seemed back in form and took out
their opponents in style.  This brought us to the semi-finals where Jay was over amped and brought on
the red light and Ed dozed off and gave the race away at the tree.  Not what we hoped for but a major
improvement over the first two races.