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aoe4 I or' 1 i 1 6D Sunday Feb 1 ruary 20 '2000 I wwwstar-telegrancom 1 OtO rsp 0 rts 2000 1 011 07: iIII 1 11 t4 me PT yews" mr lit N' TEXAS TIE KEY DATES A i i March 2-4 Las Vegas 1 L01 i i i4 TIINIG Motor Speedway March 10-11 Spring 4 Nationals Devil's Bowl Speed- way Mesquite Outlaws heading to new venues to keep pace with series popularity March 30-31 Texas Motor Speedway dirt track 1 GARY WRIGHT By LEN HAYWARD Fort Worth Star-Telegnim Staff Writer April 7-8 Houston Race- Gary Wright can't explain way Park Houston ew venues in new markets highlight 1 why corporate sponsors have May 18-19 Williams Grove 1 the Pennzoil World of Outlaws sched- 7 not been knocking on his door Speedway Mechanicsburg Pa the in 2000 And many Sprint Car racing May 20-21 Hagerstown 1 experts wonder the same thing These venues will feature luxury suites and 4 0- Speedway Hagerstown Md A about a driver who has champi- more concrete than dirt But even during a i -41''''' 1 May 25-26 Lowe's Motor onship credentials winter of change and growth for the nomadic Speedway Concord NC Wright of Hooks had a one Sprint Car series the schedule looks very sim- 1 Speedway 9-10 Bristol Motor year sponsorship agreement ilar to what it did 10 years ago eedway Bristol Tenn with CompUSA in 1999 But When the series starts its season 23rd Fri- June 15-17 Heartland even after he won several Amer- day in Hanford Calif it will be the first of 60 Park Topeka Topeka Kan can Sprint Car Series events 1tet i June 21 State Fair his seventh consecutive Nation events in 24 states over 38 dates ewer races '''714rftotiii4 Speedway Oklahoma City al Championship Racing Associ- run from Monday through Wednesday But 1 -4'f----: -Di --'-3 June 23-24 Eagle Nation- ation Outlaw Sprint Car title and add up the numbers and the Outlaws will run 4 als Eagle Raceway Eagle Neb the 26th annual Winter Nation- 101 races in 2000 more than any other major 1 140-4 1LI Cy IVA July 6-8 Duel in the Dekai als at Devil Bowl the sponsor sanctioning body tas Red River Valley Speedway --4 413 ND 4 -14 was not interested in renewing They keep saying the schedule is going to ---J West Fargo 'i--' aa ii -I We won with the Pennzoil chance 15-time Outlaws champion Steve -1 'bi n''1' July 14-15 Kings Royal World of Outlaws the All Star Kinser said jokingly "Some of the guys like Eldora Speedway Rossburg Circuit of Champions and Ohio NCRA We had a great year me who grew up around the sport and this July 27-28 Williams Grove Wright said in his East Texas 1 race circuit to this day have not been able to 1 Speedway Mechanicsburg Pa drawl go to a class reunion or stuff like that July 29 Hagerstown Even without a sponsor But it is that nomadic lifestyle of racing on -n---k I Speedway Hagerstown Md when the World of Outlaws the short dirt tracks that has given the once August 4 Night Before Series comes to Texas Wright unknown but successful series a jump start '2 The Big One Eldora Speedway is always listed among the into the big time 474 77' -k---'6 I I Rossburg Ohio favorites He is not a World of The series' television contract with The August 9-12 Amoco Outlaws regular but he is a 4 0 Nashville Network which also owns a portion '--t local driver who helps to fill the Knoxville Nationals Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Iowa field and one of the few to chal- of the organization has been expanded The Star-reiegramtampH LAUER August 25-26 Portland lenge the touring Outlaws on a series also will race at new venues in Fort i Standing on the soon-to-be completed dirt track at Texas Motor Speedway is Steve Kinser a 15-time Speedway Portland Ore consistent basis Worth Concord NC Portland Ore and Sept 1-3 Harvest Classic champion of the World of Outlaws Wright's home base is a shop Houston In addition the series will run its Calistoga Speedway Calistoga in Hooks and he will run in first race on the 36-degree high banks at Brits- Calif close to 100 races He rarely to! (Tenn) Motor Speedway where more than In 1999 17 million fans attended Outlaws season Lasoski and Steve Kinser each won Sept 14-16 Gold Cup Sil chases points yet has managed 8000 cubic yards of dirt will be placed atop events making it fifth in attendance and 11 the only other drivers to win in double dig- ver Dollar Speedway Chico to win several championships I the concrete surface in early June Some are beginning to rival National Hot Rod Associa- its Calif during thye past 1t 0 year ing has expecting anywhere rs Sept 21-23 Speed- ih from 30000 to 5000o tion drag-racing events Most expect the 2000 season to be the Sprina rac way Greenwood Neb never been that big in Texas" attend the historic event Last year also featured one of the closest same although with different winners and a Sept 29-30 Williams Wright said "But it is a growing Those attendance numbers are in stark con- title chases in history and the crowning of a tight race for the championship Close to 20 Grove National Open Williams sport and if you don't have the trast to 1978 when the series' largest venue familiar name as champion teams are registered to compete on the Out- Grove Speedway Mechanics- participation of the local cars was the 5000-seat Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway Mark Kinser who won his first Wo0 title in laws series and most have the equipment burg Pa you can't put on a race" "This was a form of motorsports that like a 1996 driving for his father Karl earned his sec- needed to win races and possibly champi- Oct 5-6 Lowe's Motor Wrights greatest successes lot of things to become successful just needed ond title by 71 points over Danny Lasoski onships Speedway Concord NC have been in front of home-state said Hum Wheeler of Oct 12 14 Texas Motor a nudge" Humpy ieMopar pgine' It is probably more competitive" said crowds especially at the Devil's Speedway Fort Worth Lowe's Motor Speedway "Why is the public the first ChanipiiShiji a non-Chevrolet pow- Sammy Swindell a three-time Outlaws cham- Bowl Speedway in Mesquite He Oct 20-21 Houston won his first World of Outlaws so enthralled with the World of Outlaws? I ered car since currentWinstonCtip rookie Dave pion "In the past you used to do a lot of your Raceway Park Houston I race at the half-mile dirt track in think it's a throwback maybe to NASCAR in Blaney won ith a Foul poierplant in 1995 own stuff Now It is more like a shopping Oct 27-28 Winter Nationals I 1992 and since has won five in the late 1940s early '50s This is excitement Kinser won 19 Main events list 'year mall You can just go down and buy every- Devil's Bowl Speedway Mesquite the series it's people doing something with powerful which marked the third consecutive year a dri at your car take notes Oct 30-Nov thing A guy can look 1 Las Vegas 4- -4 Len Hayward machines when they're not supposed to" ver had not won more than 20 races during a and go out and buy all the same pieces" Motor Speedway r--t --3 47 i 7 r) 7 l' 171 1 1 71: TEXAS TIE r-1 (1 1 :2: '4 SCHEDULE J--01 or 4 American Le Mans Series 0t 1 March 18 Sebring Fla 1 l'a '4 6' April 1 Charlotte NC 1 May N-1 Road-racing series gaining attention drawing new fans to fresh markets 13 Silverstone Eng- we: -1 land July 9 Nurburgring Ger- 1 By LEN HAYWARD Motor Sports Center in Brasel- many BOBBY ARCHER Star-Telegram Staff Writer -W 4 44 '444moo ton Ga The rules governing the July 23 Somona Calif Ilion Forbes-Robinson 24 Hours of Le Mans were used Aug 6 Bowmanville Canada Olivier Beretta and Bobby for that event and those same Bobby Archer bristles with Sept 2 Fort Worth excitement when talk to turns to Archer are names that rules were employed for an Sept 10 Portland Ore racing Sports Cars at Texas average race fans have a hard eight-race series in 1999 Sept 30 Braselton Ga Motor Speedway in Fort Worth time recognizing This year the series will run 11 Oct 15 Monterey Calif "To bring a potential sponsor All were champions in 1999 events including its first on a yet- Oct 29 Las Vegas into this arena TMS is the But their cars probably are better to-be-built infield road course at Dec 31 Aus facility that I want to invite peo- known among casual road-racing Texas Motor Speedway in Fort tralia 6 ple to" Archer said "This is a fans Worth on Sept 2-3 two in win-win for everybody There is a Forbes Robinson drove an Europe and another in Australia BFGoodrich Tires Trams-Am built-in fan base in Fort Worth- Dallas and it is not like trying to exotic Dyson Racing Riley ak! The series also has television drag people to Brainerd Minn Scott Mark III Ford powered V-8 A 'tAt contracts with Speedvision Fox arch 18 SebringFla A Charlotte NC or Elkhart Lake Wis" to the championship of the Amer- Sports Net CNBC and NBC ppril April 16 Lon Beach Sports Car racing at the pro- ican Le Mans Series Prototype A The new Grand American i'- 74: '7 Calif fessional level will return to Division Road Racing Series a sanction- May 21 Bowmanville North Texas for the first time Both Beretta and Archer drive ing body based in Daytona Canada since 1996 when the Grand Prix I production -based Dodge Vipers Beach Ha is backed by a num- June 17 Detroit of Texas is contested Sept 1-3 Beretta a former Formula One 1 her of people involved with July 1 Cleveland on a combination infield roa course and oval layout at IMS driver won the GI'S Division of NASCAR and International Aug 19 Elkhart Lake Archer will be driving his pro- the American Le Mans Series for Wis Speedway Corp The series is Sept 3 Fort Worth duction-based Dodge Viper French-based Team Oreca built around the Rolex 24 at Day- Sept 30 Houston "Usually hometown races are Archer a Keller resident and Fort tona America's premier sports- Oct 15 Monterey Calif the kiss of death" Archer said Worth businessman took the car endurance event The 10-race Oct 29 Las Vegas "The Viper is the fastest street car Speedvision World Challenge schedule will conclude at Nov 19 Aruba out there and we will have a GT Championship for Showroom Watkins Glen International in three-car team and throw every- stock cars upstate New York on Aug 27 thing at it hoping to win this race" SCCA World Challenge In ports Car racing the 10 Angeles TirnesRichard Dole In a political situation that par- Archer and his Viper are corn- peting in the Sports Car Club of thing that gets the attention is the Driving a Dodge Viper Olivier Beretta won the GTS Division of the American allels the one plaguing open- April 1-2 Charlotte NC America-sanctioned Speedvision cars not the drivers" said Don Le Mans Series in 1999 for French-based Team Oreca wheelIndy-car racing some crit- May 20-21 Bowmanville World Challenge GT Champi- Panoz founder of the American ics have wondered whether two Canada onship attempting to defend the Le Mans Series and the Ford- with the Rolex 24 at Daytona on racing again has market value road-racing series featuring simi- May 26-27 Lime Rock title he won last year by one point powered sports car that bears his Feb 5-6 the demises of the "The fans know they are going lar cars can survive Conn Archer won without factory July 2-3 Somona Calif name International Motor Sports Asso- to see a real race" Panoz said Panoz said that at his events backing or a primary sponsor and Sept 2-3 Fort Worth Even with the allure of cars elaton and the United States The ALMS has a license from at least participation and atten- with a team based in Detroit This i Sept 30-Oct 1 Braselton year the Viper Speed team will be many Americans only dream of Road Racing Championship soon the Automobile Club De L'Ouest dance were up last year Ga housed in Fort Worth and feature buying Vipers Corvettes and may be forgotten to use the "ie Mans" brand name "We had some very good Oct 14-15 Monterey two additional cars But Archer is Porsches professional Sports Panoz's American Le Mans associated with the famed 24- races and we were able to corn- Calif hoping to land factory support Car racing has struggled in recent Series and the Grand American hour race in France pete with other races who had Oct 28-29 Las Vegas from DaimlerChrysler and a prima- years to attract new fans and Road Racing Series are preach- "Racing is about going faster" years to build up their scheduling Nov 1 8-1 9 Aruba Ty sponsor keep diehard followers hooked ing rules stability as their corner- Panoz said "We have stable rules and fan base" Panoz said "At "We are really excited about Organizational instability con- stones giving both factory- that everybody can relate to Road Atlanta we saw 35000 having the team based in Fort stant rules changes runaway backed and privately funded real racing with really good cars when we used to see 3000 peo- 4-- anybody here knows the Worth" Archer said "I don't technology and costs heavy dri- teams the chance to compete Not cars that are being inhibited pie At Sears Point in Sonoma think potential of having a road race ver turnover and races too often Factory-backed programs when they win" Calif there were 18000 The at TMS Everybody is going to void of excitement overtook the from DaimlerChrysler Audi Panoz started the ALMS in fans were saying 'Yes you are be pleasantly surprised sport in the 1990s BMW Chevrolet and even ('add- 1998 when he staged the first doing the right thing' The indii Len Hayward But as the 2000 seoson began lac are a sign that thiN genre of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlantal cations of progress are there" i i a AD Sunday February 20 2000 I wwwstar TEXAS TIE GARY WRIGHT Gary Wright can't explain why corporate sponsors have not been knocking on his door And many Sprint Car racing experts wonder the same thing about a driver who has championship credentials Wright of Hooks had a one-year sponsorship agreement with CompUSA in 1999 But even after he won several American Sprint Car Series events his seventh consecutive National Championship Racing Association Outlaw Sprint Car title and the 26th annual Winter Nationals at Devil's Bowl the sponsor was not interested in renewing "We won with the Pennzoil World of Outlaws the All Star Circuit of Champions and NCRA We had a great year" Wright said in his East Texas drawl Even without a sponsor when the World of Outlaws Series comes to Texas Wright is always listed among the favorites He is not a World of Outlaws regular but he is a local driver who helps to fill the field and one of the few to challenge the touring Outlaws on a consistent basis Wright's home base is a shop in Hooks and he will run in close to 100 races He rarely chases points yet has managed to win several championships during the past 10 years "Really Sprint Car racing has never been that big in Texas" Wright said "But it is a growing sport and if you don't have the participation of the local cars you can't put on a race" Wright's greatest successes have been in front of home-state crowds especially at the Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite He won his first World of Outlaws race at the half-mile dirt track in 1992 and since has won five in the series Len Hayward TEXAS TIE BOBBY ARCHER Bobby Archer bristles with excitement when talk to turns to racing Sports Cars at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth "To bring a potential sponsor into this arena TMS is the facility that I want to invite people to" Archer said "This is a win-win for everybody There is a built-in fan base in Fort Worth-Dallas and it is not like trying to drag people to Brainerd Minn or Elkhart Lake Wis" Sports Car racing at the professional level will return to North Texas for the first time since 1996 when the Grand Prix of Texas is contested Sept 1-3 on a combination infield road course and oval layout at Archer will be driving his production-based Dodge Viper "Usually hometown races are the kiss of death" Archer said "The Viper is the fastest street car out there and we will have a three-car team and throw everything at it hoping to win this race" Archer and his Viper are competing in the Sports Car Club of America-sanctioned Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship attempting to defend the title he won last year by one point Archer won without factory backing or a primary sponsor and with a team based in Detroit This year the Viper Speed team will be housed in Fort Worth and feature two additional cars But Archer is hoping to land factory support from Daimler Chrysler and a primary sponsor "We are really excited about having the team based in Fort Worth" Archer said "I don't think anybody here knows the potential of having a road race at TMS Everybody is going to be pleasantly surprised" Len Hayward telegrancom Outlaws heading to new venues to By LEN HAYWARD Star-Telegram Staff Writer New venues in new markets highlight the Pennzoil World of Outlaws schedule in 2000 These venues will feature luxury suites and more concrete than dirt But even during a winter of change and growth for the nomadic Sprint Car series the schedule looks very similar to what it did 10 years ago When the series starts its 23rd season Friday in Hanford Calif it will be the first of 60 events in 24 states over 38 dates Fewer races run from Monday through Wednesday But add up the numbers and the Outlaws will run 101 races in 2000 more than any other major sanctioning body "They keep saying the schedule is going to change" 15-time Outlaws champion Steve Kinser said jokingly "Some of the guys like me who grew up around the sport and this race circuit to this day have not been able to go to a class reunion or stuff like that" But it is that nomadic lifestyle of racing on the short dirt tracks that has given the once unknown but successful series a jump start into the big time The series' television contract with The Nashville Network which also owns a portion of the organization has been expanded The series also will race at new venues in Fort Worth Concord NC Portland Ore and Houston In addition the series will run its first race on the 36-degree high banks at Bristol (Tenn) Motor Speedway where more than 8000 cubic yards of dirt will be placed atop the concrete surface in early June Some are expecting anywhere from 30000 to 50000 to attend the historic event Those attendance numbers are in stark contrast to 1978 when the series' largest venue was the 5000-seat Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway "This was a form of motorsports that like a lot of things to become successful just needed a nudge" said Humpy Wheeler president of Lowe's Motor Speedway "Why is the public so enthralled with the World of Outlaws? I think it's a throwback maybe to NASCAR in the late 1940s early '50s This is excitement to! (Tenn) Motor Speedway where more than In 1999 17 million fans attended Outlaws 8000 cubic yards of dirt will be placed atop events making it fifth in attendance and the concrete surface in early June Some are beginning to rival National Hot Rod Associaexpecting anywhere from 30000 to 50000 to tion drag-racing events attend the historic event Last year also featured one of the closest Those attendance numbers are in stark con- title chases in history and the crowning of a trast to 1978 when the series' largest venue familiar name as champion was the 5000-seat Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway Mark Kinser who won his first Wo0 title in "This was a form of motorsports that like a 1996 driving for his father Karl earned his sec-lot of things to become successful just needed ond title by 71 points over Danny Lasoski nudge" said Humpy Wheeler president of it1Mopar engine' Lowe's Motor Speedway "Why is the public the first ChampiiIiiiShiji by a non Chevrolet pow so enthralled with the World of Outlaws? I ered car since current Winston Clip roolde Dave think if a throwback maybe to NASCAR in Blaney won NV ith a Ford powerplant in 1995 the late 1940s early '50s This is excitement Kinser won 19 Main events last 'year if people doing something with powerful which marked the third consecutive year a dri- machines when they're not supposed to' ver had not won more than 20 races during a Road-racing series By LEN HAYWARD Star-Telegram Staff Writer Eiott Forbes-Robinson Olivier Beretta and Bobby Archer are names that average race fans have a hard time recognizing All were champions in 1999 But their cars probably are better known among casual road-racing fans Forbes-Robinson drove an exotic Dyson Racing Riley Scott Mark 111 Ford-powered V-8 to the championship of the American Le Mans Series Prototype Division Both Beretta and Archer drive production-based Dodge Vipers Beretta a former Formula One driver won the GIS Division of the American Le Mans Series for French-based Team Oreca Archer a Keller resident and Fort Worth businessman took the Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship for Showroom stock cars "In Sports Car racing the thing that gets the attention is the cars not the drivers" said Don Panoz founder of the American Le Mans Series and the Ford-powered sports car that bears his name Even with the allure of cars many Americans only dream of buying Vipers Corvettes and Porsches professional Sports Car racing has struggled in recent years to attract new fans and keep diehard followers hooked Organizational instability constant rules changes runaway technology and costs heavy driver turnover and races too often void of excitement overtook the sport in the 1990s But as the 2000 seoson began Motorsports 2000 Standing on the soon-to-be completed dirt track at Texas Motor champion of the World of Outlaws gaining attention Los Angeles TinesRichard Dole Driving a Dodge Viper Olivier Beretta won the GTS Division of the American Le Mans Series in 1999 for French-based Team Oreca with the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Feb 5-6 the demises of the International Motor Sports Association and the United States Road Racing Championship soon may be forgotten Panoz's American Le Mans Series and the Grand American Road Racing Series are preaching rules stability as their cornerstones giving both factory-backed and privately funded teams the chance to compete Factory-backed programs from Daimler Chrysler Audi BMW Chevrolet and even Cadillac are a sign that thiN genre of keep pace with series' popularity drawing new fans racing again has market value "The fans know they are going to see a real race" Panoz said The ALMS has a license from the Automobile Club De L'Ouest to use the "Le Mans" brand name associated with the famed 24- hour race in France "Racing is about going faster" Panoz said "We have stable rules that everybody can relate to real racing with really good cars Not cars that are being inhibited when they win" Panoz started the ALMS in 1998 when he staged the first Petit Le Mans at Road Atlantal Star-TelegtaMRALPH LAUER Speedway is Steve Kinser a 15-time season Lasoski and Steve Kinser each won I I the only other drivers to win in double digits Most expect the 2000 season to be the same although with different winners and a tight race for the championship Close to 20 teams are registered to compete on the Outlaws series and most have the equipment needed to win races and possibly championships "It is probably more competitive" said Sammy Swindell a three-time Outlaws champion "In the past you used to do a lot of your own stuff Now it is more like a shopping mall You can just go down and buy everything A guy can look at your car take notes and go out and buy all the same pieces" to fresh markets Motor Sports Center in Braselton Ga The rules governing the 24 Hours of Le Mans were used for that event and those same rules were employed for an eight-race series in 1999 This year the series will run 11 events including its first on a yetto-be-built infield road course at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth on Sept 2-3 two in Europe and another in Australia The series also has television contracts with Speedvision Fox Sports Net CNBC and NBC The new Grand American Road Racing Series a sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach Ha is backed by a number of people involved with NASCAR and International Speedway Corp The series is built around the Rolex 24 at Daytona America's premier sports-car endurance event The 10-race schedule will conclude at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York on Aug 27 In a political situation that parallels the one plaguing openwheeWIndy-car racing some critics have wondered whether two road-racing series featuring similar cars can survive Panoz said that at his events at least participation and attendance were up last year "We had some very good races and we were able to compete with other races who had years to build up their scheduling and fan base" Panoz said "At Road Atlanta we saw 35000 when we used to see 3000 people At Sears Point in Sonoma Calif there were 18000 The fans were saying 'Yes you are doing the right thing' The indications of progress are there KEY DATES March 2-4 Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 10-11 Spring Nationals Devil's Bowl Speedway Mesquite March 30-31 Texas Motor Speedway dirt track Fort Worth April 7-8 Houston Raceway Park Houston May 18-19 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg Pa May 20-21 Hagerstown Speedway Hagerstown Md May 25-26 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord NC June 9-10 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol Tenn June 15-17 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka Kan June 21 State Fair Speedway Oklahoma City June 23-24 Eagle Nationals Eagle Raceway Eagle Neb July 6-8 Duel in the Dakotas Red River Valley Speedway West Fargo ND July 14-15 Kings Royal Eldora Speedway Rossburg Ohio July 27-28 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg Pa July 29 Hagerstown Speedway Hagerstown Md August 4 Night Before The Big One Eldora Speedway Rossburg Ohio August 9-12 Amoco Knoxville Nationals Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Iowa August 25-26 Portland Speedway Portland Ore Sept 1-3 Harvest Classic Calistoga Speedway Calistoga Calif Sept 14-16 Gold Cup Silver Dollar Speedway Chico Calif Sept 21-23 1-80 Speedway Greenwood Neb Sept 29-30 Williams Grove National Open Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg Pa Oct 5-6 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord NC Oct 12 14 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth Oct 20-21 Houston Raceway Park Houston Oct 27-28 Winter Nationals Devil's Bowl Speedway Mesquite Oct 30-Nov 1 Las Vegas Motor Speedway SCHEDULE American Le Mans Series March 18 Sebring Fla April 1 Charlotte NC May 13 Silverstone England July 9 Nurburgring Germany July 23 Somona Calif Aug 6 Bowmanville Canada Sept 2 Fort Worth Sept 10 Portland Ore Sept 30 Braselton Ga Oct 15 Monterey Calif Oct 29 Las Vegas Dec 31 Adelaide Australia 6 Madrid Tires Trams-Am March 18 Sebring Fla April 1 Charlotte NC April 16 Long Beach Calif May 21 Bowmanville Canada June 17 Detroit July 1 Cleveland Aug 19 Elkhart Lake Wis Sept 3 Fort Worth Sept 30 Houston Oct 15 Monterey Calif Oct 29 Las Vegas Nov 19 Aruba SCCA World Challenge April 1-2 Charlotte NC May 20-21 Bowmanville Canada May 26-27 Lime Rock Conn July 2-3 Somona Calif Sept 2-3 Fort Worth Sept 30-Oct 1 Braselton Ga Oct 14-15 Monterey Oct 28-29 Las Vegas Nov 1 8-1 9 Aruba.