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We knew that running 2 cars would
be a challenge for the Team. It certainly was busy. Many of the crew did
not get a chance to see either car on the track
until the A Main. The track ate
tires Thursday night, so we were busting tires. The track was good on
Saturday night. We also had not planned on 3 motor changes during the
trip. An experimental build on a motor did not pan out which
necessitated a change and a crack in the oil pan caused another. None of
these issues were related to parts failures. Rob was able to take the
motor with the oil pan issue to a welder and get it fixed.
Highlights of the trip:
- Both of the cars held the track
record at one time during the 4 nights
- A late yellow flag cost us a
chance for a sweep of the Dirt Games as Brady was leading and stretching
the lead when the yellow flew. The Mean Green MOPAR Lykins Oil Hoffman
machines finished 3&4. A disqualification cost the 69OT car 4th. The
scales were moved to the infield for the A Main from their position in the
pits. Darren went to the location in the pits, was pushed back out by a
USAC official , never went to our hauler, but we were disqualified. That
is a real shame for a young man who drove his heart out and for our team.
- Darren got his revenge by winning
#79 for us Saturday. He drove a smart aggressive race and did not yield
to pressure from Grant or Clauson.
WE OWE A LOT OF THANKS FOR A HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL START TO THE SEASON :
- To Brady
Bacon for setting up the new car and his great talent. It was a
pleasure to have you drive for us again. You are fun to be around and
great to work with. You drove your butt off for us. Hope we get to do it
again this year.
- To Darren
Hagen for a 110% effort and giving us our 79th win. You were
great. Who said a coil car doesn't work ? We look forward to many more
wins this year with you.
- To Tim
'Cowboy" Wolffrum for returning to the Team in our hour of need.
Thanks for all your Assistance and keeping us all laughing.
- To Jeremy for all your help on
tires and turning the cars around.
- To Buff
Fritz for all your help with locating fuel and arranging the
welding of the oil pan and transporting the motor.
- To Marion
Machine and Tool and Ivedent Lloyd Jr for welding the oil pan in
the 69OT car, this was the engine that won the race. Thank you to a great
Late Model racer and top notch welder.
Darren will be in the car
at our home track of Lawrenceburg on April 14. See you there
Tim Waechter
VP Marketing/Public Relations Hoffman Racing
twbigt69@gmail.com
513-284-1519 |
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What we all have known was proven to be
true again when looking at the results of the Hoffman driver suggestion
poll. Sprint Car fans are the most knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated
fans in all of racing. We have been blown away by the number of
suggestions made and number of fans participating in our driver suggestion
poll. We want to especially thank those thoughtful fans that took the time
to include data and reasons why their suggestion would work for Hoffman
Racing in 2012 .
Remember that the idea of the poll was to get your valued opinion on who
would give us the best chance of winning USAC National Sprint Car races
and a record setting 10th National Championship. Along with your
suggestions we need to consider driver availability( for example Kyle
Larson and Brady Bacon among others are not available to run the USAC
season), driver interest , who would give us the best chance to win on the
tracks where we compete and chemistry with the Team. The final decision as
we indicated when starting the poll, with input from the Team, is by the
person writing the checks, Richard Hoffman.
"I thought this poll would make my very difficult decision easier, instead
it is now more difficult. The suggestions you have made opened up
possibilities that we did not know were out there. Thank you for your
support of Hoffman Racing,our marketing partners, Mean Green cleaner and
degreaser, MOPAR, Hoosier tires and Lykins Oil. My Team will get together
and make our decision after we return from Florida. As previously
announced Brady Bacon will drive the car in Florida. Thank you for your
passion for the sport that we all love", said Richard Hoffman President of
Hoffman Racing.
Look for off season video #6 this week on hoffmanracing.com, face book-Hoffmanracing
and you tube this week, follow us on twitter @hoffmanracing
Results of the poll:
1,500 suggestions made on 110 different drivers, 4,300 hits on
hoffmanracing.com during the poll
TOP 25 DRIVER SUGGESTIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
Brady Bacon
Steve Ball Jr
Ryan Bernal
Mark Bittner
Chad Boespflug
Darren Clayton
Hud Cone
Shane Cottle
Kyle Cummins
Dave Darland
Bobby East
Blake Fitzpatrick
Justin Grant
Kyle Larson
Brent Marks
Thomas Meseraull
Kyle Moody
Steven Shebester
Brady Short
Casey Shuman
Jon Stanbrough
Tanner Swanson
Teddy Thomas Jr
Matt Westfall
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Loveland, OH (Oct 24 ,2011) -- Hoffman
Racing is announcing today that Mean Green cleaner and degreaser will
return as our primary sponsor for the 2012 racing season. “ We are
thrilled that Mean Green cleaner and degreaser has decided to return as
our primary sponsor for 2012. I believe that Mean Green and HAR did a
great job marketing the cleaner and degreaser in 2011.Our race fans have
become loyal users of the brand and we want to thank them for helping HAR
retain our primary sponsor” said Richard Hoffman President of HAR. “ We
had a solid year of learning how to market the Mean Green brand. Working
with CR Brands we will improve on a great start in 2011 concentrating on
improvements in social media” said Tim Waechter VP Marketing/Public
Relations HAR.
Mean Green Super Strength is an economical, powerful, multi-purposed
cleaner and degreaser used to eliminate grease and grime. Mean Green is a
unique blend of biodegradable detergents, used to clean surfaces from the
kitchen counter top to greasy engines parts in the garage. Find Mean Green
at Wal-Mart, K-mart, Food Lion and Dollar Stores in your area.
Visit www.MeanGreenDegreaser.com for more information.
Mean Green is manufactured by CR Brands, Inc., with offices in West
Chester, OH, and Spartanburg, SC, who manufactures and markets branded and
private label laundry & household cleaning products. CR Brands' nationally
branded products include Mean Green, Biz, Pine Power, Oxydol, and Magnum
Power. CR Brands is a majority-owned portfolio company of Juggernaut
Capital Partners, LP.
Highlights of the team’s history include: -1929-1960 Gus campaigned Sprint
Cars and Midgets, his drivers included Eddie Sachs, and Don Branson - 1964
Gus’s son Richard became co-owner of the Team - 1973-1984 HAR fielded Indy
Cars, including 7 Indy 500 starts - 1989 HAR won the first of 9 USAC
National Sprint Car Championships with Rob Hoffman as the crew
chief(’92,’93,’96,’97,’99,’02,’04,’08)
With 78 National Sprint Car wins and 9 National Championships, HAR has won
more National races and championships than any other team in USAC sprint
car history. HAR also has 7 Silver Crown wins for a total of 85 USAC
National wins. In 2003 HAR was recognized for excellence by the Ohio State
Senate and House of Representatives. HAR has finished in the top 3 in USAC
National Sprint Car owners points 17 times since 1989.
Drivers from the past 82 years reads like a who’s who of racing: Jeff
Gordon, Tony Stewart, Tracy Hines, JJ Yeley, Kasey Kahne, Kenny Irwin Jr,
Rich Vogler, Dave Darland, Johnny Parsons Jr., Tim Richmond, Jay Drake,
Brian Tyler, Robbie Stanley, Eric Gordon, Steve Butler , Jerry Coons Jr.
Ryan Newman, Dave Steele, George Snider, Tom Bigelow Shorty Templemen, Don
Branson, Eddie Sachs, Bill Puterbaugh, Elmer George, Pancho Carter, Roger
Ward, Andy Michener, Kyle Larson . In all approximately 127 drivers have
competed in the Hoffman cars.
Of those there are four father/son combinations , Dick and Dickie Gaines,
Jim and Tracy Hines Kerry and Dave Norris, Clark and Shorty Templemen. Two
brother combinations, Larry and Steve Cannon, Pancho Carter and Johnny
Parsons Jr. HAR also had a stepgrandfather and stepgrandson combination of
Elmer George and Ed Carpenter.
Tim Waechter
VP Marketing/Public Relations Hoffman Auto Racing
twbigt69@gmail.com
513-284-1519 |
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