NHRA-Wayne Co. Team Suffers Major Loss, Will Sit Out Englishtown
Steven P. Tapia
Spokespeople for the Wayne County Speed Shop Team Mopar Pro Stock Team of
Darrell Alderman and Scott Geoffrion have confirmed that vandals broke
into the Team's shop in Fairfield, IL last night and destroyed all seven
of the team's engines. While details are sketchy at this point, it appears
that the vandal (or vandals) sprayed the walls of the shop with "See you in
E-town" with an Oldsmobile symbol underneath and "winners GM reains [sic]."
As a result of this criminal activity, the Team Mopar cars will not be able to
race at this weekend's NHRA event at Englishtown, N.J. and Alderman and
Geoffrion will be forced to miss the DuPont Pro Stock challenge unless other
rides are secured.
[Editorial comment: this is really, really sick....]
David Mcclelland
>
>Courtesy of CompuServe's Motor Sports Forum:
>
>Spokespeople for the Wayne County Speed Shop Team Mopar Pro Stock Team
of
rides are secured.
>
>[Editorial comment: this is really, really sick....]
>
Agreed one hundred fold. Late this afternoon it was announced that they
would not seek other rides, for either the Dupont Pro Stock Challenge or
the Mopar Parts Nationals. The attitude was that this has been a team
activity from the beginning and would continue that way. Other
highlights include the announcement that Columbus and the Springnationals
may be the first time they can be back on the track...the problem is all
cylinder blocks were destroyed in the incident. Also, a 10,000 dollar
reward has been posted by Mopar and Wayne County.
Dave McClelland
"Big MaC"
Steven P. Tapia
Thanks for the input. See you in Sonoma...and looking forward to hearing
those ducet tones on the USSB pay-per-view this weekend.
--Steve (RIS/CompuServe)
TODD6518
>Spokespeople for the Wayne County Speed Shop Team Mopar Pro Stock Team of
>into the Team's shop in Fairfield, IL last night and destroyed all seven
>of the team's engines. While details are sketchy at this point, it appears
>that the vandal (or vandals) sprayed the walls of the shop with "See you in
>E-town" with an Oldsmobile symbol underneath and "winners GM reains [sic]."
competitor feel this action came from outside the professional ranks. For
the good of our sport lets hope so. May they be caught and punished to the
full extent of the law.
>As a result of this criminal activity, the Team Mopar cars will not be able to
>As a result of this criminal activity, the Team Mopar cars will not be able to
>race at this weekend's NHRA event at Englishtown, N.J. and Alderman and
>Geoffrion will be forced to miss the DuPont Pro Stock challenge unless other
>rides are secured.
with a sledgehammer, but nothing else was harmed. The timing indicates it was
a premeditated attack, and I for one wish Wayne County, Darrell and Scott a
fast return to the track.
ron selberg
Dave,
could you or someone else repost what is going on with the Dodges.
For some reason I only got a fragment of the original post.
I'm really hoping that this tradgety doesn't involve injury or loss of
life.
Ron selberg
MR...@chevron.com
> >
> Agreed one hundred fold. Late this afternoon it was announced that they
> would not seek other rides, for either the Dupont Pro Stock Challenge or
> the Mopar Parts Nationals. The attitude was that this has been a team
> activity from the beginning and would continue that way. Other
> highlights include the announcement that Columbus and the Springnationals
> may be the first time they can be back on the track...the problem is all
> cylinder blocks were destroyed in the incident. Also, a 10,000 dollar
> reward has been posted by Mopar and Wayne County.
>
> Dave McClelland
> "Big MaC"
>
>
I guess I missed something here, What happened?
Steven P. Tapia
of the reports we filed in CompuServe's Motor Sports Forum):
Courtesy of CompuServe's Motor Sports Forum:
Spokespeople for the Wayne County Speed Shop Team Mopar Pro Stock Team of
Darrell Alderman and Scott Geoffrion have confirmed that vandals broke
into the Team's shop in Fairfield, IL last night and destroyed all seven
of the team's engines. While details are sketchy at this point, it appears
that the vandal (or vandals) sprayed the walls of the shop with "See you in
E-town" with an Oldsmobile symbol underneath and "winners GM reains [sic]."
As a result of this criminal activity, the Team Mopar cars will not be able to
race at this weekend's NHRA event at Englishtown, N.J. and Alderman and
Geoffrion will be forced to miss the DuPont Pro Stock challenge unless other
rides are secured.
[Editorial comment: this is really, really sick....]
--Steve Tapia, Asst. SysOp, CompuServe's Motor Sports Forum
Chuck Fry
In article <sptapiaD...@netcom.com>,
Steven P. Tapia <spt...@netcom.com> wrote:
>Here's what I posted on Thursday morning (which was a distillation
>of the reports we filed in CompuServe's Motor Sports Forum):
>Spokespeople for the Wayne County Speed Shop Team Mopar Pro Stock Team of
>Darrell Alderman and Scott Geoffrion have confirmed that vandals broke
>into the Team's shop in Fairfield, IL last night and destroyed all seven
>of the team's engines. While details are sketchy at this point, it appears
>that the vandal (or vandals) sprayed the walls of the shop with "See you in
>E-town" with an Oldsmobile symbol underneath and "winners GM reains [sic]."
How ironic that with the Wayne County team out of action, the GM boys
went home winless anyway, as Bob Glidden finally came out of his long
slump and won Pro Stock at E-town!!
I hope they find out who sabotaged the Wayne County team and nail the
bastards to the wall. Drag racing is the only motorsport with any real
sportsmanship left, and I'd like to see that preserved.
-- Chuck, coincidentally a Glidden fan
--
Chuck Fry chu...@rahul.net, chu...@best.com
We interrupt this engagement to bring you the racing season...
What's that, dear? You want to drive the race car too?!
Dave Hagood
|> [deletia]
|> I hope they find out who sabotaged the Wayne County team and nail the
|> bastards to the wall. Drag racing is the only motorsport with any real
|> sportsmanship left, and I'd like to see that preserved.
I don't agree with this premise. I thought the other team's
reaction to Penske's travails at Indianapolis was sportsmanship at it's
finest. Penske was offered cars from Dalye Coyne and Newman Haas,
in addition to the leased cars from Pagan Racing and Rahal Hogan. Newman
Haas had it's backup cars inline for qualification by Penske's drivers.
Penske didn't take most of the offers, but...
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