Doug Coby On The Pole For Valenti Modified Racing Series Season Opener At The Waterford Speedbowl

WATERFORD - Doug Coby will be defending his victory in last year's Valenti Modified Racing Series season opener from the best place to be Sunday at the Waterford Speedbowl.

Coby, of Milford, will be on the pole for the 100-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series season opener, the showcase event of Budweiser Blastoff weekend at the Speedbowl.

Coby won the event last year, his second career VMRS victory at Waterford. He also won his first career VMRS event in 2009 at the shoreline oval.

"We'll just try to stay out front tomorrow," Coby said.

Chris Pasteryak of Lisbon will start second and Rob Summers of Manchester third.

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Vitaly: ?We can be proud of our result?

Vitaly, congratulations: your first Formula One podium in your 20th grand prix start. Tell us how you are feeling right now? I feel ecstatic. It was a great feeling to be standing on the podium in front of my team, especially knowing what we have all been through over the winter with some very difficult moments. It shows that all the hard work and effort was worth it and I have to say thanks to everyone for giving me such a great car. I feel really good and I know we can have a great (...)

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Live Blogging Camping World Truck Series From Darlington (SPEED - 3:30PM ET)

It's a tight one-day show for the Camping World Series trucks in Darlington, SC. Qualifying is on SPEED at 3:30PM for approximately one hour. Krista Voda then hosts the pre-race show at 4:30PM and the trucks race at 5PM.

Rick Allen will call the action along with Phil Parsons. Micheal Waltrip is off this week, so Larry McReynolds will call the race. I am told this is not an audition, just a guest appearance. Hermie Sadler and Ray Dunlap will handle the pit reporting.

With each passing week, the truck series looks more and more like the feeder series for Sprint Cup. While the Nationwide Series has become clogged with drivers on various agendas, the trucks continue to be the place where drivers can stand-out against good competition.

Darlington in the daylight is a reminder of old-style racing, despite the fact that the start/finish line was flipped years ago to what was formerly the backstretch. This type of track makes great TV pictures, especially from low angles when the trucks are allowed to race into and then through a "speed shot."

SPEED produces its own races in this series and has a style that is very different from ESPN, FOX or TNT. Over the years, fans have simply come to expect that this TV team will describe the action, cover the racing and let the teams take centerstage. That is almost the opposite of FOX and ESPN, two networks that thrive on TV personality-driven telecasts.

Despite his TNT gaffs last summer, Parsons continues to be the informed voice of the series and offers a perspective that can't be beat. Allen was simply abused by Darrell Waltrip at Daytona, but can pump excitement into a live telecast and that is his role. It should be interesting to see how McReynolds adapts to this series.

This post will host your comments before, during and after the block of TV truck series programming on SPEED. To add your TV-related comments, just click on the comments button below. This is a family-friendly website, please keep that in mind when posting. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.

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More on GP2

The driver confirmations for GP2 2011 are now starting to flood in. Since I published the last entry on it, another three teams have confirmed their line-ups. DAMS were the first, as the update to the last post shows. Former Renault F1 driver Romain Grosjean will be joined by Norway’s Pal Varhaug. DAMS once again [...]

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ExxonMobil renews long standing Mobi1 partnership with McLaren F1 team

ExxonMobil this week announced the renewal of its long standing technology partnership with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, marking the start of the 17th year of the Mobil 1 and McLaren association.
The Mobil 1 brand will continue to be prominently displayed on the McLaren race cars, drivers overalls and helmets as it has [...]

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Big Dog Motorcycles Shuts Its Doors

More bad news from the business sector this week, as reports are starting to come in that Big Dog Motorcycles has shut its doors after being taken over by the company’s creditors. With the banks halting the production line, this is effectively the end of one of the largest (if not the largest) custom motorcycle builders in the world. Cyril Huze broke the news on his blog on Monday that the company had closed its ...

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Cartoon: After Martinsville

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