September 2008 Archives

San Bernardino motorcyclist extraordinaire Charlie Venegas led wire-to-wire in the final heat at Industry Speedway tonight to win the state championship, his second straight.

OK, so Cooley, the tight end for the Washington Redskins, didn't intentionally post a nude photo of himself on his blog yesterday. Really, it was an accident. Just read this post from yesterday:

All apologies from the website. We are very sorry that we showed a penis on our website all day yesterday. That was by no means our intention and we did not want to offend anyone. The picture wouldn't have been up for so long, but we were in the middle of winning a big game. Once again, this was a complete accident and we regret not reviewing the post more closely. Thanks.

Supposedly, he had posted a shot of himself reviewing game notes (in the nude). The latter detail apparently didn't catch his eye quick enough.

Insert "tight end" joke here.

Four Northern California drivers, plus the usual stable of standouts from Industry Speedway, will try to wrest the $9,000 AMA Speedway California State Championship title from San Bernardino's Charlie Venegas on Wednesday.

It's the 33rd edition of the race and the purse is the largest in recent history.

1. Greg Biffle should seriously think about asking Steve Carrell to fill in at all his sponsor appearances.

2. A happy Carl Edwards was asked how he felt after finishing third and taking over first place in the Cup standings. With a bottle of Vitamin Water in his hand, he said: "Even Vitamin Water tastes good."

Was that a huge slap in the face or what?

Today I read this report that Sidney Crosby is living with Mario Lemieux. A couple weeks ago in Fontana, Nationwide driver Brad Keselowski told me that he lives with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kings phenom Jack Johnson lived with veteran Rob Blake last season, before Blake got traded to San Jose, bought Craig Rivet's old house and now lives down the block from my cousin.

Say it ain't so: The former Orange Show Speedway standout admits taking testosterone - before it was banned.

Not quite the final main event we were expecting, sans Charlie Venegas. Perhaps the field caught up to him, especially Ricky Wells, the 17-year-old from Yorba Linda who won his sixth event of the season. Venegas, of San Bernardino, finished the season with a series-high 10 victories.

Bring your hog, or covet thy neighbor's hog, tomorrow night at Industry Speedway. There will be a Harley Davidson parade plus some games, plus the final night of racing. From Jim Short at industryspeedway.com:

Shawn McConnell will try for his second win in a row, Ricky Wells will be looking for main event victory No. 6 and San Bernardino resident Charlie Venegas will be out to tie his single-season win mark when Industry Speedway drops the curtain on its regular season at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Charlie Venegas will not win 11 main events at Industry Speedway this season; Shawn McConnell made sure of that by winning his first main event in more than three years on Wednesday night. Venegas, a San Bernardino resident, can still tie his record of 10 main-event victories in a season by winning each of the next two weeks. Venegas finished fifth.

Speedway motorcycle rider Charlie Venegas, a San Bernardino resident, can set an Industry Speedway record with wins tonight and each of the next two Wednesday nights in the City of Industry.

If you're not familiar with the discipline, click here. If you haven't checked out the Industry track, it's worth a look, sitting smack-dab on top of the L.A. basin. Makes for good nighttime scenery (on a clear night).

Interested in playing professional hockey?

Now that the Inland Empire has its own minor-league team, it will host tryouts for anyone interested in filling one of the Ontario Reign's final 12 roster spots. Not that all 12 will be taken - "winners" of the tryout will only receive an invitation to training camp - and you can expect experienced players from around the country to attend. But don't let that keep you from at least circling your calendars: September 27 and 28 at Center Ice Arena in Ontario.

Click here for full details.