 |
Jay
Fogleman Set For PASS South
Return
at
Kingsport's Daniel Boone
Classic |
CHARLOTTE, NC (May
5) - Two-time Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) National
Champion, Jay Fogleman, will
make his return to the
driver's seat for this
Friday night's Daniel Boone
Classic at Kingsport
Speedway. Friday night's 125
lapper at Kingsport will
mark the first time Fogleman
has sat behind the wheel in
competition since March,
2014 at the PASS South Super
Late Model season opener at
Greenville-Pickens Speedway.
The 2013 PASS South Super
Late Model Champion will
join his son, Tate, who
currently sits third in the
standings as the two Durham,
NC drivers prepare for
Friday night's first trip
for the series to Kingsport
Speedway.
"I'm really
excited to be racing at
Kingsport with Tate and the
PASS South guys this
weekend," says Fogleman.
"It's hard for me to even
believe, but I haven't raced
at Kingsport since the late
1990's when I was driving a
Late Model Stock car. So,
this will be a challenge for
me and all the guys, but I
can't wait for the fans of
that area to see our Super
Late Models put on a great
show."
Although it
will be the first time the
PASS South Super Late
Models, PASS Pro Late
Models, and KOMA Unwind
Modified Madness Series have
ever tackled the challenging
3/8 mile concrete speedway,
it will not be the first
time the Daniel Boone
Classic has ever been
contested. Newport Speedway,
another tough speedway in
East Tennessee, held the
first three runnings of the
Daniel Boone Classic from
2008-2010. Jay Fogleman
donned the traditional
coonskin cap the first two
years the race was held and
Ryan Blaney captured a hard
fought checkered flag at
Newport, most recently, in
2010.
"Yeah, it was
pretty neat to get those
coonskin caps at Newport and
I sure would like to start a
new tradition with my third
one this weekend at
Kingsport," said Fogleman.
"Looking back on those
races, I was still fairly
new to PASS and Super Late
Model racing, in general,
and those wins in the Daniel
Boone Classic kind of set us
on our way in this type of
racing."
Jay Fogleman
will not be the only veteran
in Friday night's PASS South
Super Late Model action at
Kingsport Speedway. Former
track champion, Wade Day,
and 2003 UARA-STARS Late
Model champion, Lee Tissot,
will both be making their
first PASS South Super Late
Model starts of the season
at Kingsport Speedway Friday
night. Both Day and Tissot
raced with Fogleman in the
now defunct Hooter's Pro Cup
Series. Day's one and only
PASS South victory came
right down the road from
Fogleman's home in Durham,
NC in the 2006 Orange
Blossom Special. Fogleman
knows that Day and Tissot
will be hard to beat thanks
to their extensive knowledge
of Kingsport Speedway.
"I'm looking forward to
racing with Wade [Day] and
Lee [Tissot] again," said
Fogleman. "The PASS guys
might have a slight
advantage with their
knowledge of Super Late
Model race cars, but Wade
and Lee definitely have a
big advantage when it comes
to Kingsport Speedway and
what it takes to win there."
In addition to the trio
of veterans, current points
leader, Zane Smith, and
fellow championship
contenders Tate Fogleman,
Jody Measamer, and Jimmy
Doyle will each be seeking
their first wins of the
season. Second year drivers
Matt Craig and Trey Jarrell
will also be in action, as
well as veteran AJ Frank,
who will be making his first
career PASS South Super Late
Model start Friday night at
Kingsport.
Action
begins on Friday, May 8 with
pit gates opening at
Kingsport Speedway at Noon,
rotating practice for the
PASS South Super Late
Models, KOMA Unwind
Modifieds, PASS Pro Late
Models, Legends, and
Flathead Fords starting at 2
PM, followed by qualifying
at 6 PM, and feature racing
at 7:45 PM.
The Pro
All Stars Series is
recognized as North
America's premier
sanctioning body for asphalt
Super Late Models and boasts
such marquee events as the
legendary AIM Recycling
Oxford 250 Presented By
Kenny U-Pull at Oxford
Plains Speedway and PASS
South's Easter Bunny 150 at
the historic Hickory Motor
Speedway. For technical
information concerning all
PASS divisions please send
questions to
passracing@roadrunner.com.
For media or marketing
questions, please contact
Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039
or
alandietzpass@live.com.
Don't forget to
"Like" the Pro All Stars
Series on Facebook or follow
us on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to
keep up with breaking news
as it happens. |
 |
.jpg) |
|
|
Spencer Davis Eyes PASS
South and
KOMA Modified Double
At Kingsport |
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 30) -
Tennessee's Kingsport Speedway will
see its share of firsts next Friday
night as the Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) South Super Late Models and
Pro Late Models make their return to
the Volunteer State for the first
time since 2012. The Daniel Boone
Classic will be the first time PASS
has ever raced at the 3/8 mile
Kingsport Speedway. It will also be
the first time the PASS South Super
Late Models have ever been paired
with the KOMA Unwind Modified
Madness Series. PASS South and the
KOMA Modifieds will compete in Twin
125's in an event no short track fan
will want to miss.
One driver
especially looking forward to next
Friday night at Kingsport Speedway
will be Dawsonville, GA's, Spencer
Davis. Davis is a former PASS Pro
Late Model winner and had a stellar
rookie season in the PASS South
Super Late Model division in 2013,
finishing second to Jay Fogleman in
the final standings. At Kingsport,
Davis will attempt the double,
driving his family-owned #129 in the
PASS South Super Late Model 125
lapper and piloting the #79
Hillbilly Racing entry in the KOMA
Unwind Modified Madness portion of
the Daniel Boone Classic.
"I'm very excited to pull the double
at Kingsport Speedway with PASS and
the KOMA Modified Series," says
Davis. "I've never been to
Kingsport, but I have received a lot
of information for the upcoming
race. I'm excited to be racing on
the concrete surface too."
Kingsport Speedway has a reputation
for being equally as tough on
drivers as it is on equipment. For
Davis, 250 green flag laps in two of
short track racing's most
competitive divisions could prove to
be a daunting task. But, it's a
challenge the 16-year-old driver
welcomes as he looks forward to next
Friday night.
"I honestly
have no concerns for competing for
250 green flag laps, I'm actually
excited too," said a confident
Davis. "I love the longer races and
how much strategy goes into them.
And going from one race to another,
it will give me enough time to adapt
back to the car I am racing."
The PASS South Super Late Models
and KOMA Unwind Modifieds provide
some of the fastest, most
action-packed competition in all of
short track racing. Each car is
relatively light weight, with a lot
of power and maneuverability for the
drivers. And, while they do share
some similarities, Davis says they
also have a lot of differences he
will have to decipher through at
Kingsport.
"From a driver's
standpoint, the biggest similarity
between the two cars is how they
steer, but other than that, they are
totally different," say Davis. "You
run different lines with the cars
considering the dramatic change in
tire size and the power between the
Modified and the PASS Super. The
actual interiors of the cars are
really different too and also how
much lower to the ground you sit
with the Modified."
Davis
will have his fair share of
competition from the PASS South
regulars when he races the Super
Late Model, including current points
leader, Zane Smith, and fellow
championship contenders Tate
Fogleman, Jody Measamer, and Jimmy
Doyle. Kingsport Speedway veterans
Lee Tissot and Wade Day will also
present another variable to the PASS
regulars as they try to protect
their home turf.
Action
begins on Friday, May 8 with pit
gates opening at Kingsport Speedway
at Noon, rotating practice for the
PASS South Super Late Models, KOMA
Unwind Modifieds, PASS Pro Late
Models, Legends, and Flathead Fords
starting at 2 PM, followed by
qualifying at 5 PM, and feature
racing at 7:45 PM. PASS South Super
Late Model and PASS Pro Late Model
entry forms for the Daniel Boone
Classic can be found at
ProAllStarsSeries.com.
The
Pro All Stars Series is recognized
as North America's premier
sanctioning body for asphalt Super
Late Models and boasts such marquee
events as the legendary AIM
Recycling Oxford 250 Presented By
Kenny U-Pull at Oxford Plains
Speedway and PASS South's Easter
Bunny 150 at the historic Hickory
Motor Speedway. For technical
information concerning all PASS
divisions please send questions to
passracing@roadrunner.com. For
media or marketing questions, please
contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039
or
alandietzpass@live.com.
And, don't forget to "Like" the Pro
All Stars Series on Facebook or
follow us on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to
keep up with breaking news as it
happens. |
|
|
 |
Tissot Hopes to Visit
Victory Lane
in Kingsport 125 |
ARDEN, N.C. -- Veteran racer
Lee (Randall) Tissot of Arden, N.C.,
believes he stands a good chance of
visiting victory lane at Kingsport
Speedway on Friday, May 8. After
all, he's got plenty of experience
racing weekly at "The Concrete
Jungle" competing in the NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series.
The
Pro All Stars Series and Southern
Modified Race Tour will make their
first-ever visit to the Model City
for running of the Daniel Boone
Classic. The PASS South Super Late
Models and the Koma Unwind Modified
Madness Series will each compete in
125-lap events, and the 45-year-old
Tissot believes he's got a good shot
at capturing his first-ever victory
with the Pro All Star Series.
"You always hear people talk
about race car drivers having
experience, well, I guess you could
say I've got plenty of seat-time at
Kingsport Speedway," said Tissot
while taking a break from working in
the race shop getting his Chevrolet
SS prepared. "I've competed in the
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at
Kingsport Speedway from 2011 now
through the first six races of the
2015 racing season. I just believe
the laps I've got around the track
will factor into how we'll run in
the PASS South race this Friday.
With the concrete racing surface,
it's got 'characteristics' you don't
have compared to racing on asphalt."
Tissot has put together four
consecutive winning seasons at the
.375-mile banked concrete oval, and
finished top-five in points each
year. In 2011, Tissot finished
runner-up in points and was in
contention to win the championship
heading into the final event. He
captured five Late Model Stock Car
feature wins and recorded 18
top-five finishes in 21 starts. He
also earned seven pole awards along
the way. Beginning the 2012 campaign
behind the wheel of his own car
before stepping into the J&J Racing
ride midway through the season,
Tissot won one feature and recorded
12 top-five runs and finished fifth
in points.
In 2013 Tissot and
J&J Racing captured two victories,
10 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes,
along with earning three pole awards
including setting a new track record
and finishing fifth in points.
Tissot finished fourth in
Kingsport Speedway Late Model Stock
Car points in 2014, recording one
feature win, 11 top-five, and 14
top-10 finishes in 19 starts. Tissot
concluded last season ranked 60th in
the NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series Top 500 rankings from among
over 1,000 drivers across the United
States and Canada.
Since the
track reopened (2011) for full-time
weekly NASCAR racing, Tissot has
recorded a total of 11 victories (9
Late Model Stock Car), one United
Auto Racing Association-Southern
Touring Asphalt Racing Series win
back during the '11 racing season,
and a Southeast Super Truck Series
win in '14.
"We've had a good
bit of success racing at Kingsport
Speedway," said Tissot. "It's a fun
track to run around, but it's close
quarters racing action. Sometimes as
a driver you get a little impatient
with your fellow competitors' and
you have to kind of use the front
bumper to beat-and-bang around. I
don't necessarily like having to
race that way. But, hey, what is it
they say - rubbin's racin' and I
guess that's what the fans love to
see - just good hard racing."
To begin the 2015 racing season
at Kingsport Speedway, Tissot has
recorded one runner-up finish, one
third-place run, two fourth-place,
and two fifth-place efforts to
currently sit second in the Late
Model Stock Car point standings,
only three points out of the lead.
It was a given Lee would
drive a race car, because he grew up
watching his father, Randy Tissot,
compete with NASCAR's biggest names
such as Richard Petty, David
Pearson, Bobby Allison, Cale
Yarborough, Buddy Baker and others
during the 1970s and 1980s.
Lee got his start in racing
competing at New Asheville Speedway,
where he recorded back-to-back
NASCAR Late Model Stock Car
championships in 1998 and '99.
Besides in his hometown racing along
"The River," Tissot has also visited
victory lane at NASCAR sanctioned
tracks in North Carolina such as
Hickory Motor Speedway and
Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson,
plus in the Palmetto State at
Greenville-Pickens Speedway.
With Tissot enjoying much success on
the local level, he branched out and
began competing with the NASCAR Slim
Jim All-Pro Series, United Speed
Alliance Racing Hooters Pro Cup
Series, and UARA-STARS. He won not
only feature events with each
series, but in 2003 he captured the
UARA-STARS championship on the
strength of four victories and only
finished outside of the top-10 once
during the season.
For the
Kingsport Speedway PASS South event,
Tissot will be chauffeuring his own
Super Late Model. While many teams
will show up at the track on Friday,
May 8 with big toter-home haulers
and two cars inside, Tissot will be
bringing "old faithful" to the
track, his almost 20-year-old Port
City Race Car.
"Hey, she
(race car) might have a little age
on her, but don't let that fool you
because she's still quite racey,"
said a smiling Tissot. "I'm also
getting a little age on me and
closing in on that 50 mark in a few
more years, but I feel like I'm a
better racer now than I ever was.
I've got many years of racing
experience, dating back to when I
began racing at News Asheville
Speedway in 1988. You've got to have
confidence not only in yourself and
your abilities to drive a race car,
but also have confidence in your
racing equipment.
"While I
might not have a new race car,
there's one thing I can guarantee
you and that is, I put the hours in
at the race shop working on the car.
And if you want to run strong and
have opportunities to win races,
that's where it all begins - back in
the race shop with preparation of
your equipment. You want to be ready
to race when you show up to the
track and not have to scramble
around working on the car when you
arrive. Because if you do that,
immediately your back is up against
the wall. I really believe we'll
have a good race car and hopefully
be in contention to get the victory.
We'll definitely give it our best
effort."
Tissot is looking
forward to once again having his old
racing buddies onboard helping for
this PASS South event: Mitch West,
Jeff Caldwell, David Ball, Mark
Williams, Jeff Herron, Jason Herron,
"Big" Ed Morgan and Kevin Morgan
Supporters of Lee Tissot Racing
on the No. 27 Chevrolet SS: A-1
Plumbing & Utilities of Marshall
(828-253-5559), David Ball
Construction, and Jeff's Auto Sales
of Leicester (828-683-JEFF ...
jeffsautosalesllc.com).
Grandstand and tier-parking gates at
Kingsport Speedway will open at 5
p.m. on Friday, May 8, with
qualifying scheduled for 6 p.m. and
green flag racing beginning at 7:45
p.m.
Adult grandstand
admission $20, youth (ages 12-17)
$15, with kids 11-and-under admitted
free. Adult tier-parking admission
$20 per person (plus a $10 vehicle
parking spot fee). Kingsport
Speedway is located at 2961 N. John
B. Dennis Hwy.
For more
information regarding Lee Tissot
Racing, contact Lee Tissot at (828)
243-8549. |
|
|
 |
Wade Day Looking Forward To
Kingsport Speedway on Fri., May 8 |
SEYMOUR, Tenn. -- Wade Day's
racing credentials speak volumes, as
he is quite accomplished behind the
wheel of a race car and also very
hands-on overseeing racing
operations for young developmental
drivers under his guidance.
The Pro All Stars Series and Koma
Unwind Modified Madness Series will
make their first-ever visit to
Kingsport Speedway on Friday, May 8
for running of the Daniel Boone
Classic. The PASS South Super Late
Models and the Koma Unwind Modifieds
will each compete in 125-lap events
at "The Concrete Jungle," and the
42-year-old Day is looking forward
to competing with the Pro All Star
Series.
"Kingsport Speedway
is where it all began for me racing
NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars in the
late '90s," said Day while taking a
break from working on the Highlands
Motorsports Super Late Model,
getting prepared for the PASS South
race in the Model City. "After I
moved to Northeast Tennessee from my
home in Kentucky, the late Jim Wolfe
is who put me in a race car at
Kingsport Speedway. Jim's son, Matt
Wolfe and I were teammates, and I
really look back on that time in my
life and the great times we had
racing.
"I've got the record
for most victories at 14 in a season
(2000) at Kingsport Speedway, and we
had a streak where we won nine
straight races and also captured 10
pole awards that year. And the icing
on the cake for us was winning the
NASCAR Blue Ridge Regional
Championship."
Day's a former
multi-time World Karting Association
state and national champion with
over 800 career go-kart victories at
tracks all over the Mid-Ohio Valley,
East Coast and Southeast. Day
captured two NASCAR regional Late
Model Stock Car championships, in
2000 at Kingsport (Tenn.) Speedway
and 2002 at Lonesome Pine Raceway in
Coeburn, Va. Between 1999 and '02,
Day recorded a total of 48 Late
Model Stock Car feature wins at
Kingsport Speedway, LPR and New
River (Radford, Va.) Valley Speedway
(now known as Motor Mile Speedway).
He's a native of Whitesburg,
Ky., and earned an Associate of
Applied Science degree in Mechanical
Computer-Aided Design Drafting from
Louisville Technical Institute, with
additional study completed towards a
Mechanical Engineering Degree at the
University of Kentucky.
In
2004 he led the American Speed
Association points as a rookie,
recording a best finish of second at
Kentucky Motor Speedway and also
finished fourth at Atlanta Motor
Speedway, just ahead of legendary
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Mark
Martin, and eventually wound up
fifth in the standings at season's
end. Day captured the International
Sport Compact Auto Racing Series
Dash championship in 2005, plus was
a front-running competitor with the
United Speed Alliance Racing Hooters
Pro Cup Series in 2006 and 2007. Day
visited victory lane in 2006 with
the Pro All Stars Series (PASS
South), winning the prestigious
"Orange Blossom Special 150" Super
Late Model event at Orange County
(Rougemont, N.C.) Speedway.
Over the past eight years, Day has
focused on building his racing
business (WD Performance) and
guiding the racing careers of
teenage drivers such as Trevor Bayne
(2011 Daytona 500 winner and current
full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
competitor for Roush Fenway Racing)
and the T2 Motorsports team in the
Hooters Pro Cup Series. Plus
mentoring NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series racer Blake Jones of
Sevierville, who this past weekend
won the ARCA Racing Series presented
by Menards International Motorsports
Hall of Fame 200 at Talladega
Superspeedway, Dylan Presnell (Late
Model Stock and NASCAR K&N Pro
Series competitor), and current
protege Justin Fontaine, a
17-year-old from Fletcher, N.C., who
competes weekly in the NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series at Kingsport
Speedway.
Operating WD
Performance and heading up racing
operations has kept Day from racing
on a regular basis. But he's
strapped in behind the wheel of a
race car on three occasions since
stepping away from racing full-time
at end of the 2007 season, and he's
proven he still has what it takes to
get the job done.
Day is
three-for-three, having won a NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series Late
Model Stock Car event in 2011 racing
as a teammate with Nate Monteith,
and in 2012 won the Rev-Oil Pro Cup
Series Food Country USA 250
presented by Mahle Motorsport, and
in 2014 went to victory lane with
the Southeast Super Truck Series.
Day looks to keep his perfect
winning streak alive in the PASS
South event at Kingsport Speedway,
where he will team up with longtime
friend and car owner Wade Lopez to
drive the Lopez Wealth Management,
LLC - Pizza Plus - Texas Roadhouse
of Kingsport - Wilwood - AR Bodies -
Catch 22 - Breast Cancer Awareness -
Robbie White Race Engines - Rebel
Chassis - Highlands Motorsports -
No. 96 Ford Fusion.
"It's
just awesome to get the opportunity
to team back up once again with
(Wade) Lopez," said Day. "He's
really been a big supporter of my
racing over the years, and I'm very
appreciative for that. But moreso,
he and I are just great friends and
that means the world to me. I drove
full-time for his Highlands
Motorsports team back when we won
the ISCARS Dash championship, and we
also raced in the Hooters Pro Cup
Series and some PASS South races
too. We won the Pro Cup Series race
at Kingsport back in 2012, and
there's nothing more that I'd love
to do than win another race for
Wade. He's a good racer himself, he
won the Kingsport Speedway
championship in 2001, after I'd won
in 2000. I've talked with Pro All
Stars Series owner Tom Mayberry and
I believe this will be a pretty
competitive field of cars coming to
Kingsport Speedway. But we'll be
bringing a good hot rod with us and
hopefully be able to get the win.
"This PASS South race is going
to be a great deal because besides
Lopez being onboard, I'm going to
have my dad (Rick Day), Duke Bare,
Dinky Torbett, Tony Ponkauskas, Brad
Ball and Larry Gibson in the pits
helping. Plus, my current driver in
the NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series, Justin Fontaine, he's going
to be spotting for me and this will
definitely be a role reversal
between us. My wife Jessica and our
daughter Allison, and sons Connor
and Ethan will be at the track, plus
my aunt and uncle Roger and
Priscilla Day, along with cousin
Michael Rayburn and possibly other
family members will be watching. I
guess you could maybe say we're
going to have a family and friends
reunion get-together at the track."
Grandstand and tier-parking
gates at Kingsport Speedway will
open at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 8,
with qualifying scheduled for 6 p.m.
and green flag racing beginning at
7:45 p.m.
Adult grandstand
admission $20, youth ages 12-17 $15,
with kids 11-and-under admitted
free. Kingsport Speedway is located
at 2961 N. John B. Dennis Hwy.
For more information regarding
WD Performance, contact Wade Day at
(423) 956-2583. |
|
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg)
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg)
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
