WELCOME TO MEMPHIS RACING. 97 WAS NOT THE BEST OF SEASONS FOR MYSELF. A RECORD NUMBERS OF DNF'S. BUT THAT IS PART OF RACING, HOPEFULLY 98 WILL BE MUCH BETTER. WILL BE RETURNING TO MY ORIGINAL NUMBER 43 AND COLOR SCEME. SAD NEWS, SORRY TO HAVE TO REPORT THE DEMISE OF THE SUPER STOCK CLASS. BUT MOST OF THOSE DRIVERS HAVE CHOSEN TO MOVE UP TO THE LATE MODEL CLASS IN 98. SORRY KIDS THE BABY DRAWFS HAVE ALSO BEEN DROPPED FOR 98. MAYBE THIS WILL HELP INCREASE THE CAR COUNT IN OTHER CLASSES. MAYBE DROPPING THE WEAKER CLASSES WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE OTHERS. I THINK IT WAS A PROPER MOVE, MAYBE A YEAR TOO EARLY. BUT I THINK IT WAS MEANT TO BE. WELL I WILL SEE YOU ALL AT THE RACES IN 98 AND BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED IN 97 I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER GREAT SEASON OF RACING IN THE MEMPHIS AREA. SEE YOU IN THE SPRING. DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US EACH SUNDAY 12 NOON CENTRAL TIME FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THINGS THAT EFFECT MEMPHIS RACING IN THE CHAT ROOM "MEMPHISRACING" IN THE PRIVATE CHAT AREA ON AOL. ALSO DO NOT MISS OUT ON CHATTING WITH SPRINTCAR FANS FROM AROUND THE NATION IN "SPRINT CARS" PRIVATE CHAT ROOM ON AOL EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS 7PM CENTRAL TIME. SEE YOU THERE. KEEP THE SHINNY SIDE UP. RICK JOHNSON MEMPHIS RACING 98

RAIN RAIN RAIN anyone have an ark. come on out saturday may 10th to help Riveside open it's 51st season with limited sprints, late models, street stocks, imca modifieds and hobby stocks(div. 1 and 2). and look for all results here at MEMPHIS RACING

May 9th 1997 SPRINTS:Heat1,mike ward; Heat2,a.g.raines; Heat3,jason sides; Feature, eddie gallagher, mike ward, terry gray, jason sides, a.g.raines: MODIFIEDS: Heat1, jeff waller; Heat2, terry kerbough; Feature, terry kerbough, tommy ray, jeff waller, ashley newman, andy tennison; SUPER STOCKS: Heat, eddie ray alexander; Feature ,eddie ray alexander, bubba wilburn, david mc carver, barry burch, jim couch; HOBBY STOCK: Heat1, brian pritchett; Heat2, rickey vandergriff; Feature, brian pritchett, wimp gatlin, brandon maxwell, don brown, rickey vandergriff; MINI STOCKS: Heat1, bud ward; heat2, mark brandon; Feature, bud ward, bubba webb, mark brandon, jim gayhardt, shawn lambert; DRAWF CARS: Heat1 mike mednikow; Heat2, roman swatzyna; Feature, eric norman, roman swatzyna, jeremy mahon, james roberson, nick woosley