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Last night was the awards banquet for the 2009 season and the results, from what I hear, were interesting. There were no Sportsman or Hard Luck awards but there was Starter Award. Chosen by flagman Tim Bennet, the track gives this award to the driver that best follows track protocols during the races. And the winner is? Scott Michalski. Add that to his Championship trophy, Most Popular Driver award, and the nifty little plaque Nascar gave to the top three finishers and I'd say he's had a pretty good year. Next up is the Most Improved Driver award and this year's recipient is Chad Baxter. The award was definitely well deserved, Baxter jumped 12 positions from 20th in 2008 to 8th place in 09. He was also a threat to win in two or three events last season and scored multiple top fives (he had none in 08.) Honorable mention should go to Nate Taylor who improved nine positions from 19th to 10th and who also was in the mix for a win on several occasions the most memorable being the great battle he had against Brad Caddick. Brad won the race but Nate made him earn it. Mike G deserves a nod here too. After a rocky start to the season he came on strong and won more heat races than anybody and came about an inch short of his first win against Steve Michalski for a photo finish that was featured on Shawn Courchesne's blog. Finally there was the Rookie of the year award which went to veteran driver Randy Churchill... and Alicia Thatcher? Two Rookies of the year? Didn't I say it was interesting? I don't know the specifics but Alicia's award was in some way associated with Shelly Perry. (Any insight here would be appreciated so I can better honor her achievement.) Big mention here for Trevor Michalski. This kid had never driven a car of any sort before jumping into a Ministock last April, you don't get any "greener" than that and at first it showed! He got into a lot of trouble out there early in the season, but he learned quick, got smoother, and became a driver you could trust on your door. Soon he was leading races and banging out top five and top ten place finishes. When all was said and done he finished head and shoulders above his fellow rookies with a 16th place finish in the final standings. Congrats to all of the award winners and top ten finishers on their 2009 season. Making it to the banquet is a great achievement that they can all be proud of, but don't rest on your laurels, the battle begins anew in just two months!

Rumor update.

Here's an update on some of the rumors I posted last month (in order lol!)

Randy Churchill will run a full season and be the 2010 Champion (you heard it here first!)
Andy Publicover and Unicorn boy will run the Mini Stock tour!
Lloyd Anderson and his new driver have already parted company, send in your resume'!
Caddick will be the driver of the Burdick's new truck but the number will be the #15 not #1.
JT's says he's even "sicker" of Don Simon's, "King shit attitude!" He also says that the #7 car, which Don built from the ground up, is such a poorly built (and I quote) "Deathtrap" that his life insurance dropped his policy when they found out he was driving it! Wow, strong words!
Ken Stilwell will be back, but he might switch makes from a Chevy to a... a... Chord???
Mike G/unicorns/puke!

14 Mini news:
No news would be good news but this isn't no news it's bad news. That wreck in the last heat race junked my car. We tried everything we could but the front horns were just too far gone to ever make it a race car again. We could've mashed it back together and it would've looked like a race car, but we'd always be chasin' a bent chassis. So we pulled the center section out of it Friday night and we'll start over from scratch. We have nine weeks until the first practice to build the new car and not a lot of free time between us to get it done, so we'll see but it's gonna be close.

RE: Rumor update above:
OK, the whole truth and nothin' but the truth! In the original "rumors" post in December I said, "What you are about to read below is a combination of stuff I know is true, rumors I've heard, and some out right bullshit!" Well the truth is all of the JT/Don Simon stuff from that post and todays was bullshit. I wrote it to rile 'em up and man did that work well (lol!) Here's the unedited e-mails that followed after I posted in December:

From JT:

I did buy one and i, rebuilding it now its gunna be the 02 it will be ready before the first practice. I just read your post on your website and i dont appreciate you saying that i was sick of dones "King shit attitude" because i never once said anything bad about don because hes a great guy and has done nothing but helped me thats a low blow buddy and im not happy about it i never said anything bad about don simon and i never will. I would appreciate if you could update your site and fix that "error" in your facts or you can mark that one as you said bullshit because thats what it is idk whos telling you there "facts" because they are highly untrue

im eager to see a change and to hear your responce

Sincerely,

JT Suprenant

(Ain't he adorable!) Anyway after that I called Don and had a good laugh at his expense and then let him in on it, and we both had a laugh on JT. Then I thought about it and sent him this e-mail:

Hey man read this e-mail! JT' s all cheesed at me! (lol) Hey you should send him an angry e-mail about how you don't like his attitude and tell him you'll never make the mistake of letting him in your car again after what he said on my website! roflmao!! Too funny!!!!!!!!!

Steve "The Shit Stirrer"

Then three days later :

Did you let JT off the hook yet? Let me know when you do so I can update my site and put him at ease. He's a good accomplice and they're tough to come by so I'd hate to lose him! (lol)

Steve

Don replied:

Steve,
Yes I called and let him off. He did seem seem pretty mad. It should be all better now.
Don

Then I got a few more e-mails from JT asking when I was gonna set the record straight and clear his name to which I replied simply: SOOOON! Honestly I just didn't have time to clear him until now. As for today's BS in the rumors section, after my coversation with Don last night where he told me that he and JT had something planned for me, I just couldn't resist burnin'em one more time (tee hee!) Do your best boys, but remember you're dealin' with a pro! Don't hate the player hate the game! (wink)
The final word on it for now is, as I recall saying on this site before, Don's been a great friend to me and has always helped me in any way he could including letting me borrow the car that he built so poorly with his own two hands (sorry man, I just can't help myself!) And even though he's out to get me I'd do the same for him (or to him depending what it is we're talking about lol!) And JT is a great accomplice and was a great team mate during my time at DSR. The kid worked hard and earned his seat time in the No.7 car. Don has offered to help him with his new car, the soon to be debuted 02, and seems willing to continue mentoring him. Now that that's out of the way I'll even help them get revenge on me so it'll be easy to get by my formidable defenses at the track. Here's what you guys should do: pay strippers to come dance for me at the track after the race some night. See, the thing is I'm terribly shy and that would totally embarrass me! (Oh, the horror!) I know it sounds cruel but go ahead, I can take it. Heck, I deserve it. I'll go one step further, to facilitate your revenge, as gruesome as it is, I'll even be a sport and mount a stripper pole to my trailer to help you out. :)