NASCAR Coast to Coast - March 1

Did NASCAR coasted coach. Presented by Hercules star. Start touring series and short track news. Speed weeks 2017. Is in the books with some very amazing result but focus now he's getting his brain and opening up but frank in your area. Twelve days of Christmas comes twice a year especially your race. In and who can get to Florida in February. And it's so every form of motorsports no demand dirt and asphalt begin their quest for a promising new season back on February 15. Going right up through the 26. Wives and girlfriends may have received the attention the day prior on Valentine's Day but after that chivalry. Was put to the test the race fans and welcome to NASCAR coast to coast here on MR and dad come on buddy long cal Ricky Bobby join us shortly from Connecticut. Don't have today will recap the World Series of asphalt stock car race in a Nusa Murdoch and Cowell also have the chance to catch up on one of the great stories from speed weeks. As he sits down with Ronnie Bassett juniors the winner of the jet tools 100 for the ten N pro series east. One season ago tragedy struck the Bassett family is a fire swept through the race shop for both Ronnie and brother Dylan bass in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Now less than a year removed from that fateful night the Bassett family is celebrating life atop the leaderboard on the series following the opening night win on the tour. We'll also have a chance to catch up and Ryan priests fresh off his third consecutive World Series title. Placing him in some very elite company and will get Ryan's thoughts in his return to the NASCAR will modified tour. Following a stint with Johnny Davis motor sports in leaks and of these series one seasoned adults but first let's get you caught up on some results and happenings from speed weeks obviously Newsom Marat. I was a hotbed of action. Four NASCAR racing obviously for the yelled we'll modified drivers a lot of those came down the numbers were up for both the tort type modified as well. As civilly bowels early models were down just a little bit. But nonetheless it was a very exciting now a few nights of racing and add new samarra. When it was all said and done Ryan priest came away with these third World Series of asphalt title in a row on the tour modified side. Joining Ted Christopher and the league Richie Evans four titles in that category Harrisonburg had another very successful super late model campaign. And for the sixteenth straight year there's been a different titlist in the super late model category. Early models Jeff ticket came away with three victories as wells a Florida modified tour win and is also the first Robert owned titles in both super and truly model competition. But there have been eleven champions in eleven years also in the pro late model category some highlights Matt Hirsch wing came away with a big victory. Down a Newsom are not as he came up with a big victory NB. Richie Evans memorial Ryan priest took the John Borden memorial two very special modified races. Down a new samarra World Series of Nassau racing may be done Medusa remarkable continue one very shortly. They're next event is practiced coming up on March the 24 with their season opener scheduled. Or march the 25 but getting back to the Canon pro series east competition a very strong field kicked in the new season for that had to work. Ronnie Bassett juniors we mentioned came away with a jet tools 150 victory. Zane Smith running for David calabrese motorsports which is a team that Bassett ran for a few times last year. After the fire came on second in the event we touched on Derek Krause this new young driver for bill Mac and Alec racing. He's got to get death future McCain in pro series west he wound up third. Harrisonburg and Travis Carroll or the top five. As for defending champion Todd dole and he had tire issues and wound up ninth in the event but we also mentioned Dolan Bassett he came on 24. After being involved in an accident when it was also an end on Ronnie bass and will be headed to Greenville Pickens speedway come on April the eighth with a five point lead over Zane Smith. And that will be the next event for the NASCAR. And N pro series east some other stories they came out of speed weekend some good news and as is that bill Mollison businessmen from the ER. Hampton roads area has purchased Langley speedway in that track again will be open for business after being dormant for the 2016. Season. Once again their tail another year of 2015 was the last we saw in addition to a weekly racing series program the NASCAR will modified tour will be back for May thirteenth. And the NASCAR can improve series east will also be in action there on September the second as for the weekly schedule that will be coming up soon. On the Langley speedway. Will return we will get the thoughts of running Bassett juniors cal Ricky sits down. Talks about his victory in the jet tools 100. This is NASCAR goes to go. Fund Ameren dot com. It features NASCAR fan is fairly clean. So Kerry what do they call you queen of cakes out whenever Toyota went to NASCAR race I make a life sized Camry cake really he yet delicious and made America just like the dang car and with alternatives wins last year it was life sized Camry take city who even lost a kid at one point tried to drive one of the cakes had to eat his week on the drive train blast sparked let's go to NASCAR fan. Leo let's go places to learn more visit we auto racing dot com NASCAR's a registered trademark the national association for stock car racing Toyota vehicles and components are billions in US equal resource. 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Here on NASCAR coast to coast the NASCAR touring series opened just over a week ago at the news Smyrna speedway part of speed weeks 2017. Has. But along mentioned a little bit ago in the NASCAR came N pro series east was right in the middle of it. On Sunday nights the jet tolls 150. To open up its when he seventeenth season in the race winner joins us now the driver of the Bassett gutters and more Chevrolet Ronnie Bassett junior Ronnie welcome to NASCAR coast to coast. Maybe I got a darn thank you for our men home. Thank you for joining us. Your first career win. Just over a week ago how special was it for you to be able to bring that checkered flag home with what appears to be at our table that. Beat down there and Victory Lane with you all lot of family and friends joining you with the racetrack gone on that night. It was great you know we've without. Long. Two years very they have been last year they're sort you know they're great see the men. Knew I'd be able to build the really and I straight pars at the winner and not come back late to really test scores is pretty cool to not begin with. So about the race for a moment a lot of tire issues you guys only got one set of tires for the entire 150 lap event sought Todd gill and have an issue John Holliman. Your brother Dylan Bassett who had a tire go down while leading. How important was it on that evening to manager tires over the entire distance. I don't know it's always important you know it windows straight is not being in our. I stopped gracious halfway disparity. Is very curt sort of make sure you take care of your equipment throughout the person I'm glad you asked them that is very sound. They instead bill and it seemed here are some on the racetrack here come on out yet that anyone not a mechanical problem in the right front Lola. I sit and just yeah a lot saying you know here. You're lucky in not run everything in had a good night. Luck was on your side no doubts as well as well a very good race car and we'll talk about that. In a moment but tell your your team you your family band through so much. In the last year and we documented on the show quite a bit last summer about the fire at your shop in the middle of the season. Does this win make. Every you know this is it that much more special after everything that you guys have been through. It is you know I can't let out a problem happened last year Leah. Really don't know what we're gonna do on you know all over race card where you're equity current guidance. To get more work this with a lot more equipment and good people this year you have Medicare and I got so many people for. We had a lot of stuff we were recover oats up right now this year we've. Actually pretty much double what we had and the smaller place. They're all watching out for him didn't you terrorist then we'll do that. Well and that have a great goal but it doesn't come out strong early got speed and both great guard not just one. And now on. The order come home where our government doesn't. No doubt part of that rebuilding and I believe. You got some pretty sporty race cars former aide Scott cars is that correct. Greg we got. Actual foreign got cars are prepared and be very important. Do for me not to open my brother Seth knows this so I didn't hear. Didn't get hurt somebody temple Sloan broke force cars if we go have fallen there are several current car so they had played out. Have to give you a lot of championship a lot of confidence to run for the championship obviously it's got motor sport as what I believe the last four NASCAR came in pro series east titles. Against you guys were running 12 there an early stages of the race at new Smyrna speedway does it does this. Give you a lot of confidence and obviously a lot of momentum heading in Greenville Pickens here and a couple of months. Yeah arbitrary that we did so last year we had county district that the list Marlee had fast race car and you know we just. Didn't have a lot our satellite Syria finishing third. And now may have been my brother both have been pretty get a Greenville Pickens Garrett wanted to let our doctor Weaver had a public I'm. That definitely helps situation ally. You know like their fifth start here off with a win and had your decorum second or toward you very is always the top of the eastern. You know through all the guys together job frustration to come home little and then I'd say that a car on the front always felt everybody. Else out there. Gotta be tough having to come off this win and then having to wait six weeks to be able to race again obviously the next race agreement opaque and still five weeks away. On April AP is it tough birds you know you just accepting the fact that got a discount and sit wait and hope that momentum stays with you. It'd help you know he went all that common throughout the winner to get your first race and you don't pump up and our coverage to go when it comes and goes this is quicker black and then and now on site said he had to wait a couple weeks to. We are fanatical very often did this town this sit down and popular crew chiefs in the other drivers make sure. It clear that they they got a letter of Barack and our cars as well out there it's good bad both ways but I'll pay your biggest saying I've still got to sit down then. Bureau where we need to improve ourselves and our team and go home opener. Right that's a junior joining us here in NASCAR coast to coast the driver of the passing gutters and more Chevrolet pick up the race when the jet tools 158. At the new Smyrna speedway and talk about the schedule this year and and lots and new tracks you have Berlin raceway coming on board in mission Ken Thompson speedway is back on the schedule in Connecticut. VI newly announced in fact it was announced that the drivers meeting in new Smyrna Langley speedway in Virginia back on board this year you'll raced there in September. Your thoughts on the schedule that includes in the short tracks are a lot of traditional tracks like Greenville Pickens back with us. And some opportunities to race in front of NASCAR's top series at places like New Hampshire Dover Watkins Glen a very diverse federal this year. Yeah I think it's a great thing down you know we've had got quite acute stingray tracking schedule Kurt past couple years then. You're very you're racetracks in this area is very often like mental you know. Out of their vendors are going to be saying we get a test they've led the board and come. As it's gonna be here. I've regained their competitor got a best about three hours or wherever test day it we'll they re we'll look at it like aliens when they're more debt to income before he did you know that preceded them. The millionaire who could drag and we ever had it bent down. You know I certainly corner than inflation and art itself and have fun. You mentioned that Memphis is is that detract you're looking forward to the most in running this year and if not. What track is. I think that it will be out Barton didn't put a dominant and hopefully I'm. Yeah always fighting getting irritated there's certain they don't want party doesn't run as solid political you know what do you go to Dover and allowed them. Critical. Can be a fun season. Ronnie Bassett junior congratulations again on the win at new Smyrna speedway and at best of luck to you the rest of the season we'll see you a Greenville Pickens speedway next month. I appreciate it Democrats count of the document or. Absolutely current point leader and NASCAR K and N pro series east and running for championship Ronnie Bassett junior the winner of the jet tools 150 at new Smyrna speedway and coming up another driver that had some success at Newsome murder. But at a modified Ryan priest joins us after the break. This is NASCAR goes to go. Fun Ameren dot com. I don't. When it comes to safety nothing is more important than your vehicle's brakes if it's hard to stop where you hear squealing their grinding noises during breaking stuff by O'Reilly auto parts you'll find the brake parts you need from trusted brands like Greg best of break best select that everyday low prices play it safe with breaks from O'Reilly auto parts better cars better prices every day. It's. Whatever you drive wherever you go Hercules tires he gets in there whether you run along there. 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Florida's speed weeks and tradition now forty years in the making and the modified its have run at new Smyrna speedway and we are with the three and three time and three consecutive time champion of the World Series of asphalt racing. Ryan priest joins us now on the gas line Ryan congratulations again they know other successful trip down south for you and your race and. Yeah it definitely turn into for example we can't you know Conroy the championship for the third year in a row. One obvious triple option and that's taken a victory also I was also a good good way to start off the year so. It it definitely was me being and there are a lot of competition this year obviously Max Hirsch may end up you know there is scared to Ichiro and and Tyler ripped ma I think it's how you pronounce the name hall all that we Newt so it definitely wasn't easy. Do you and it's such a short week there and obviously mother nature was a factor. Do you even look at the points that that was just one point separating you from map for the championship is that something that you even look at or. Is that after the final race after that Richie Evans 100 just happy to be in position to claim that title. I think I think you don't look at it up until. Up until the final night and that's when they appear in position for you kinda. You kind race hard like I don't mean by selling truck for a third. Wherever it there's some on Richie Evans the race but I also knew I had the Butte to claim that championship so that was. Pretty much I drove really hard to get to that point in Canada you know like I got third I would try to get third by Tom I knew that. Fourth put a pretty much guaranteed hit. At that point and so that's pretty much protein or going into that final cut. But he mentioned at the top of the show a very healthy field of cars sell last weekend the most modified Stew of believe the track has had. In more than a decade of averaging about 25 every night. What do you think that is the kind of the surgeon in modified racing down during that speed weeks. Obama I would say a lot of it has to do directed drugs on the track special. The head tech official her for all the engines. You know from what I've what I've worked with him is he's not a guy at. And if you're armed with him he's going to be opposite view and and another thing isn't it fair you know he's gonna try and make all the little Paul he works for everybody so that no one has really have an advantage it. It just comes down to who who got the best car at the end of the night and and that's something that I think you get. I think it's a mercy weeks battling and to grow over the course the next five years from now I think you're gonna have a lot of younger guys that. That reason up here whether either corner. Her out ERC. BM are out there and yes. You'll have guys a strategy kind of they can't end and look down their arms because. They know that bill they'll they'll have an equal shot at trying to win this if they're goal for better single seat time than they know what they're gonna get beat by somebody cheating self. That's that's definitely a plus in our. You know you know as racers you are racing into the best candidate and I think it's been pointed out that there is a lot camping in the lottery winners down there. And if you know anything about Ricky Brooks everything that he's involved in in short track racing is successful including. The snowball derby just up the road five flags speedway obviously. One of the more successful short track events with carts of spenders in this country. Talk about this year in general you've elected to return to your roots the modified that here in New England. What your schedule look like right now of Al's obviously the NASCAR will modified tour but will we see where it says that short tracks on a weekly basis as well. I guess yet you'll see neo you know as far as that's absurd I'll be right at full time at Compton with Albert Cathy ordered the armed. Media that Waterford here mayor. Riverhead raceway will be their their have a Big Three hundred lap the river had 300 in yet the man believed their so I'll be going to that. You know I church decorated with a AMR I after the yes are eight whatever we can pretty much straight. We're gonna leader of that. And the tri attract the appropriate data district serves that they well definitely looking forward all the racing that's that's going to be coming this this year and just try to knock out some more went. In plenty of options appear no doubt is that part of the reason. Why you decided to move back in and then. Kind of get replanted in your roots. Yeah. I'm. I think there were a lot of different things. And especially just because number eight certain. And amp breaker wanna go out and win races I mean I'm not. I didn't realistically feet. You know meet impending Berlin bureau where I was going. At that lower right there are so. I felt you know it's not that I'm giving up trying to go down there because there are you know there will be options I think in the future but around. You know our idea to Wear him because no one races in and you know I got the support and the sponsors that I have. I would races such as new construction comfort index and our construction balked northeast without out any key on. You know wouldn't and I wanna keep that I want you Def say that they believe in me and he that I can win races so in order to death I felt like I need to sit back in. Get back into a modified and readying Connie cartridge that's a solid number six. And try to win some racism and hoped her an opportunity where when I do get back at that level that I can contend for a win north. You know Coke it's could. In the end it was a tough decision. But I feel it was the right there and so that's that's where I'm where I'm and then hopefully we can win one period the year. And they say sometimes he would take to step backwards to go three steps forward and hopefully I'm sure it will work out with few or for you going forward we haven't talked you since the announcement. Other merger the NASCAR we were modified tour now one tour this year. Are your thoughts on the merger as you guys are set to open up in a couple of weeks at the Myrtle Beach speedway. The first time that the modified tour has opened up down south than at the Myrtle Beach neglect. Yeah I'm definitely excited. No we were fortunate enough Eddie Connie let that go around their left if you lap icebreaker. And kind of got a glimpse of the glory is going to be except we get four tired there though that a lot shake things up a little bit but man I'll tell you. It's going to be a heck ever race I think you're gonna have got himself guide and Norton. And I think yeah I'm not really sure who's gonna win that race it's it's gonna be tough you know obviously dug won the race there and yeah ice breaker but. I also feel matters would come in there at the end and and I I I kind of missed the boat a little bit when it came to set up pretty. So I have an idea what we need to do we go back and and it's it's going to be interesting because the fastest car probably won't win narrate gonna be the first news. Who has the best game plan as far as tire strategy goes through the smartest to whom race is the smartest race. The race coming up later this month other southern races this year include Langley speedway in May thirteenth. And the Charlotte motor speedway on October 5 final question for a UN and by all accounts we talked about Newsome Myrna very healthy car counts. Are we anticipating that same kind of health this year on the NASCAR will modified tour. I definitely wouldn't doubt it. On I think the rule package showed that the that on the eighteen degree motors are capable of keeping up with the sect voters especially with what they did down there I thought they're really cool and armed. I think it's just to help you governor Bob Iger isn't gonna make a comeback in. And I think people gotta gotta continue to support it because. For the trying to be negative you know all drivers from my own very sponsors we read the things that people that have nothing to do it. You know bottle fed rate we post on FaceBook so they want to if they ultimately want to help the period and help modify her apron they need to support it not. Nothing negative towards that. Seems healthy right now especially after the last week of racing down in Florida. Best the luck to you by the rest of this year look forward to seeing a lot of view this year appear in the Connecticut short tracks. Are not have a good thanks. All right thank you for joining us Ryan priest joining us Sierra NASCAR coast to coast while we come back we'll rejoin body along at the motor racing network headquarters in Concord near North Carolina. He'll preview the upcoming weekend of racing which will include at least one season opener. For track out west that's coming up next on NASCAR coast to coast. This is NASCAR goes to go. Fund Ameren dot com. I don't. 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Back did NASCAR coast to coast on Ameren dot com. Here again our buddy love. Ramadan another week here on NASCAR coast to coast and keep him with a modified theme FW Webb has decided to return as these sponsor of the New Hampshire mollified event and extending that sponsorship. Through the 2018 season the FW web 100 days many fans have noted up at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway has been a fixture since 2009. The FWM 100 bull run for the wheel modified tour September the 21 in conjunction. With a NASCAR Camping World truck series and the American Canadian tour this announcement pretty much comes on the heels of safety Kleen making an announcement just a week or so ago. That they would also be the entitlement sponsor for the series opening event for the wheel modified tour. March the eighteenth coming up at Myrtle Beach speedway Kyle alluded to some season openers as idea that there were some tracks it would be opening up in your area very soon. Now they speed weeks 2017 is in the books Greenville Pickens speedway which had a winter melt down raced just a couple of weekends ago was scheduled for season opener. This guy and not Saturday march the Ford some other racetracks in the Carolinas. That are also looking to open up their season Hickory motor speedway is gonna have the first round of the Paramount Kia Big Ten challenge. Which will also be on Saturday march the fourth southern national motorsports park in Stanley North Carolina has their season opener which is the dog with 300. Featuring one editorially model series plus a label stock car 150 lap or. And is he also alluded to meaning Kyle Tucson speedway out of the far west will also have their season opener coming. On March the fourth they have also had the a chilly Willy won fifty which was one of the earliest races. Run this season there are some other racetracks that will be getting into the practice mode dominion raceway in Thornburg Virginia. At three very successful first season looks to get their second season under way starting on March the fourth this will be the first. Four practice sessions for this facility with a practice sources it's a season opener coming up on April the eighth likewise for king sport speedway in Tennessee. They will have the first of four practice sessions which will get underway on March the fourth. Season opener for king's court coming up on March the eighteenth. Which will be the food city won 75. We get our congratulations go now to Harris and Burton Jeff Czech cat and Brian priest who worthy winners and champions. Of the World Series of asphalt stock car racing down a new Smyrna speedway we also mention Newsome Arnold would be offer a couple of weeks which is almost unheard of it seems to be attract that never sleeps but again march the 24 will be other next practice day in that. Getting ready. For the march 25 season opener so again we look forward to a new season of NASCAR short track racing we mentioned Carter red county speed wait two weeks ago one of the newest tracks. To the will all American series fold and there will be several more racetracks we're going to be talking about. In the coming weeks we're discovering the tracks that are opening up this weekend whether it be a practice session. Or season opener but the month of march is filled with other racetracks that will be cranking up the 2017 season so we're looking forward to that indeed. Well do it for this week's edition of NASCAR coast to coast could be short catches on and Orrin dot com on demand at. ITunes and Google play special going story yesterday Ronnie Bassett junior and Ryan priests for pal Rickie and a producer price. More about you long we'll see you next week and another edition NASCAR who's the hill. This is then NASCAR coast to coast presented by Hercules tire blight on our strength. 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