Champ Trail -
January 3, 2016 |
Happy New Year and Good Health to all! With the holidays behind us it’s now
time to look foreword to Speedweeks in Florida. As of this coming Friday,
January 6, six weeks remain before the green flag drops for the World Series
at New Smyrna, the 50 lap tour type Modified event at the Bronson (Fla)
Speedway and action at the Daytona International Speedway. It will be here
before you know it.
It will be interesting to see how the upcoming racing season in southern
New England shakes out. Weekly mid week NASCAR racing at Thompson has been
all but eliminated. Only two Wednesdays, June 14 and Aug 9, both NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour dates remain. Thompson had some of the best SK Modified
and Limited Sportsman competition to be seen. Stafford’s Friday night fields
of cars and spectators will see a tremendous spike as will the New
London-Waterford Speedbowl and the Seekonk Speedway which host affordable
entertainment to the paying fan. There will be tons of Modified Specials run
during the week to pick up the slack but it just wont be the same with
Thompson not running.
On the speedway stock market scene this week, all three speedway stocks
ended the week on the negative. The International Speedway Corporation
dropped 1.05 to 36.80 while Speedway Motorsports dropped 0.23 to 21.64 and
Dover Entertainment dropped 0.25 to 2.05. NASCAR cup sponsor Monster
Beverage dropped 1.23 to 44.34 while NASCAR tire supplier Goodyear dropped
0.77 to 30.87 and NASCAR fuel supplier Sunoco (Energy Transfer) dropped 0.47
to 35.82. The car manufacturers were also down for the week. Toyota dropped
3.79 to 117.11, General Motors dropped 0.85 to 34.84 and Ford dropped 0.33
to 12.13. In the home improvement sector, Lowes dropped 1.18 to 71.12 and
Home Depot dropped 1.00 to 134.08. With the exception of Coca-Cola, which
went up 1.29 to 178.85, the big team sponsor’s stocks were down. McDonalds
dropped 1.42 to 121.72, Target dropped 1.27 to 72.23, Aarons Rentals dropped
0.73 and Fedex dropped 5.66 to 186.20.
On the tube this week:
Thursday, January 5
8:30 AM, NASCAR Race Hub - Best of the Year, FOX Sports 1
5:00 PM, NASCAR Scan All Special, NBC Sports Net
5:30 PM, NASCAR Scan All Special, NBCSN
6:00 PM, Stories of NASCAR - Champions of 2016, NBCSN
Friday, January 6
8:30 AM, NASCAR Race Hub - Best of the Year, FS1
5:00 PM, Stories of NASCAR - Behind the Wheel, NBCSN
5:30 PM, Stories of NASCAR - Legend: Tony Stewart, NBCSN
Sunday, January 8
7:00 AM, How It's Made - NASCAR Car Bodies; Hurley Sticks; Tube Power
Amplifiers; Thermal Coffee Pot, SCI-FI
Monday, January 9
5:00 PM, Stories of NASCAR - Memorable Wins of 2016, NBCSN
5:30 PM, NASCAR Top Moments, NBCSN
That’s about it for this week from 11 Gardner Drive, Westerly, and
R.I.02891. Ring my chimes at 401-596-5467.
E-mail:
smithpe_97_97@yahoo.com.
Phil Smith has been a columnist for
Speedway Scene and various
other publications for over 3 decades.
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Source: Phil
Smith / Champ Trail
Posted: January
3,
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