Friday, October 20, 2006

Reid Looking for 2007 Ride/ USAC Ford Focus Driver Aims for First Truck Start

Reid Looking for 2007 Ride
Boston Reid is looking for a ride for 2007. The 2002 USAC National Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year announced on his website http://www.bostonreid.com/ that he is no longer the driver of the No. 25 Woodward Racing NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entry.

“I regret to inform everyone that I will no longer be the driver of the No. 25 Woodard Racing Dodge in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,” said Reid in a statement on his website. “I appreciate everything the employees at Woodard Racing have done for me during the 2006 season, and regret that I will not be able to finish the remainder of the year there. I want to thank all of my fans for their continued support and let everyone know that I am working hard to find a new home in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck or Busch Series for the 2007 season.”

Boston Reid finished 14th three times in this season at Kentucky, Mansfield and Nashville. His best start was 18th at Nashville.

USAC Ford Focus Driver Aims for First Truck Start
It is nice to have friends that can give you a heads up if you are asleep at the wheel. TJ, founder of http://www.tjslideways.com/ gave me the heads up on a story that I missed. Thanks TJ.

It looked like Bradley Riethmeyer’s racing career was over. The Texas A&M Senior’s family had no more money to run the aspiring driver. Then he entered the All-American Driver Challenge and won a seat in a midget. This season Riethmeyer finished third in the points and won two USAC Carolina/ Virginia Ford Focus Midget Series. The 22 year old won at Southern National Speedway on April 15th and at Shenandoah Speedway on June 17th. His performance in the USAC Ford Focus Midget Series was good enough to land him in a ride in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entry this weekend at Martinsville. In the first practice session of the day, the Open Wheeler was 38th quick. He was 5th quick in rookie practice and had improved to 19th quick in the final practice session. Both USACRacing.com and NASCAR.com have stories on Riethmeyer. Tune in throughout the weekend for coverage of our Open Wheelers at Martinsville.

http://www.usacracing.com/content/view/6108/100/
http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/truck/10/19/martinsville.preview/index.html

NCTS Qualifying is set for about 5pm eastern today and the race is set to air at 12:30pm eastern Saturday on SPEED.
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