Motorsports Newsletter 12/23/23

By Richard Parks EDITOR: Racing clubs feud at times. These are mostly volunteer or lowly paid elected boards and officials who work for their sporting club because they love motorsports. Arguments and personalities erupt, and people leave with hurt feelings. I've talked to people about LIBELOUS and … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 12/15/23

By Richard Parks EDITOR: A reader wrote in that the newsletter has a lot of info on Canada, Australia and England, but why not the US. The short answer is that they WRITE in a great deal. Remember: The Motorsports Newsletter is meant for fun, to learn something new and post news. What comes in … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 12/09/23

By Richard Parks EDITOR APOLOGIZES: I may have deleted some messages, and I have no way of checking. If your email does not show up it's because I was working too fast and did not watch what I was doing. Apologies to all and resubmit if you don't find your letter in the current newsletter. I had a … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 12/02/23

By Richard Parks EDITOR: The newsletter is strictly for fun. No one advertises, but everyone can mention news and events that they love and support. Jon Lundberg has proposed a Historical Society and it's a great idea. Jim Miller, Roger Rohrdanz, my father, many others and I have thought about … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 11/26/23

By Richard Parks EDITOR: Please send in news that you know about, and you wish to share. Try to keep it short, but Kenny, I apologize, and you can send in all the news that you want. Try to keep it to 3 or 4 lines, but if it is longer, I can chop it up into parts and serialize it over several … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 11/18/23

By Richard Parks 1) After much confusion and consternation, it appears that 'ol Sacramento Raceway Park will be closing at the end of November. The last Big Bucks Race was held last weekend (November 3-5, 2023). Unfortunately, I unloaded a broken race car and as luck would have it (otherwise … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 11/10/23

By Richard Parks 1) EDITOR SEZ: To Steve Gibbs and daughter Cindy and all the staff of the Nitro Revival Reunion; What a wonderful event you put on this last weekend. So many people mentioned how thankful they are that you put on the Nitro Revival Reunion. I spoke to a number of staff and … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 11/04/23

By Richard Parks 1) Don't forget Steve Gibbs' Nitro Revival Reunion at Irwindale drag strip November 3-5, 2023, stevegibbs20. 2) HIDDEN PIONEERS INTERVIEW WITH MR HOTWHEELS - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQEa081yaEs&list=UUqPKCa7hSdKSS7vS9wTibmw&index=19. Bill Montgomery … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 10/30/23

By Richard Parks 1) EDITOR: If you see duplications, my apologies, that is simply lazy editing. 2) The Celebration of Life for Les Leggitt will be held at the November El Mirage race after the racing is done for the day on Saturday November 11, 2023. We will need a rough head count for chairs, … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 10/24/23

By Richard Parks 1) EDITOR: The newsletters are being rejected in numbers by your spam filters, and part of this is due to added images and photos, so from now on I will list the caption, the sender of the photo and their email address and if you want to see the photo you will need to contact the … [Read more...]