Bill McAnally Racing’s No 16 Hasa Pool Products Toyota team and veteran NASCAR Camping World Series West driver Moses Smith are ready for the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. BMR is very proud to have Hasa Pool Products returning as the primary sponsor and race partner on the No. 16 Toyota Camry for the fourth season.
“I am looking forward to racing in this very prestigious race event,” said Moses Smith. “Hopefully this year’s showdown will yield us some great results.” Smith finished the race in 12th last season in the showdown’s main event. “I’m looking forward to working with my crew chief Mario Isola. Our team really came together last season with Mario taking lead. This race will give us the momentum we need to be a contender in the chase for the 2010 championship title in the West Series.”
With years of experience in the swimming pool and water treatment field and superior production capability, HASA, Inc. remains dedicated to helping its customers enjoy clean, clear, and safe water for many years to come. Hasa has been a green company for over 45 years. HASA has taken the lead with thousands of Hasa customers attending West Series race events over the past three seasons. BMR is proud to have them return to sponsor the No. 16 Hasa Pool Products Toyota Camry with driver Moses Smith.
The NCWS race, the “NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown” will be on January 29-30 at the Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, California. The seventh running of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, which brings together the top racers from across North America, will be highlighted by the 225-lap Camping World Series all-star race. Each race winner during the 2009 Camping World Series season is eligible for a protected starting spot, as are the 2009 champions from each of NASCAR’s six regional touring series and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion.
In addition to eligible 2009 race winners and series champions, the starting lineup will be determined through time trials, limited provisionals for Camping World Series regulars, and the last-chance "Open" race that provides drivers one final chance to make the grid.
The 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown schedule also includes 100-lap Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model and 75-lap Late Model races. Both nights of racing will air live on SPEED.
For more information on Bill McAnally Racing and our race partners, please visit our website at www.billmcanallyracing.com. BMR is also home to the BMR NAPA AutoCare where customers can have their vehicle serviced by a championship winning team. Check our website for our latest discount coupons and to make an appointment for service.
BMR would like to thank the continued support of our race partners. For more information on Moses Smith, please visit www.mosessmith.com. You can visit our sponsors’ websites at www.hasapool.com, www.whiteflyer.com, and www.tcitransportation.com .
Friday, January 15, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
HOLMES HUNGRY FOR WIN AT NASCAR TOYOTA ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — A date marked above all others on the racing calendar for Eric Holmes is the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) on Jan. 29-30.
"Definitely this year I want to get back in Victory Lane and get a West Coast victory for us." — Eric Holmes
The postseason event is often referred to as the ‘Daytona 500 of short-track racing.’
“It’s the biggest and best race of the year,” said Holmes, a two-time champion in the NASCAR Camping World Series West. “I look forward to it every year.”
Holmes knows what it’s like to taste victory at the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. He won the Elite Division portion of the event in 2004, while competing in the former NASCAR Southwest Tour.
“That was the biggest win of my racing career,” said the 35-year-old driver from Escalon, Calif. “Getting your name on that trophy and all the stuff that goes with it made it a pretty special night for me and my team and everybody involved in that. Every year I look forward to going back to regain that feeling that we had that night.”
Although he has come close, Holmes has come up short in his attempts to win the Camping World race in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.
“In 2006, I came within about half a turn of winning it,” Holmes recalled of a fierce three-way challenge he was involved in. “Sean Caisse, Matt Kobyluck and I were battling right to the end.”
Holmes ended up turned around on the final turn of the final lap, however, while Kobyluck beat Caisse to the finish line to score his first of two wins in the prestigious event.
Holmes thought he might also have a shot at the win a year ago, but a broken part took him out of contention.
“I think last year I had a good shot at winning it, too,” he said. “We had worked really hard. We kind of struggled the last two seasons at Irwindale and we really hit on something last year and had a really fast car, with the limited amount of practice that we had.
“I felt that Brian Ickler and I, along with Trevor Bayne, had the cars to beat,” Holmes said. “We were just kind of riding. We made some really good changes at the break. When we came back out, we broke a sway bar arm. It was really disappointing.”
Meanwhile, there is some added incentive to go for the win this year, according to Holmes.
“Those East guys have been beating us up there,” he said of the all-star event. “Definitely this year I want to get back in Victory Lane and get a West Coast victory for us.”
The No. 20 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota that Holmes and his Bill McAnally Racing team plan to take to Irwindale is the same car they raced in last year’s event.
“We’ll take the same car, it’s pretty much our workhorse car we’ve driven the last year and a half,” Holmes said. “They’ve totally re-freshened it and are getting it all ready to go. I think we’ll have a real good shot at winning it.”
Beyond the bragging rights and large winner’s purse, Holmes is also considering the idea of having his name on a second NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown trophy.
“It would be a special night,” he said. “And another special trophy on my mantle would be really cool.”
Holmes, who won NASCAR Camping World Series West championships in 2006 and 2008, is coming off a season in which he finished second in the point standings. He has nine career wins and 12 career poles in 49 series starts.
The seventh running of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, which brings together the top racers from across North America, will be highlighted by the 225-lap Camping World Series all-star race. Each race winner during the 2009 Camping World Series season is eligible for a protected starting spot, as are the 2009 champions from each of NASCAR’s six regional touring series and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion.
In addition to eligible 2009 race winners and series champions, the starting lineup will be determined through time trials, limited provisionals for Camping World Series regulars, and the last-chance "Open" race that provides drivers one final chance to make the grid.
The 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown schedule also includes 100-lap Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model and 75-lap Late Model races. Both nights of racing will air live on SPEED.
"Definitely this year I want to get back in Victory Lane and get a West Coast victory for us." — Eric Holmes
The postseason event is often referred to as the ‘Daytona 500 of short-track racing.’
“It’s the biggest and best race of the year,” said Holmes, a two-time champion in the NASCAR Camping World Series West. “I look forward to it every year.”
Holmes knows what it’s like to taste victory at the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. He won the Elite Division portion of the event in 2004, while competing in the former NASCAR Southwest Tour.
“That was the biggest win of my racing career,” said the 35-year-old driver from Escalon, Calif. “Getting your name on that trophy and all the stuff that goes with it made it a pretty special night for me and my team and everybody involved in that. Every year I look forward to going back to regain that feeling that we had that night.”
Although he has come close, Holmes has come up short in his attempts to win the Camping World race in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.
“In 2006, I came within about half a turn of winning it,” Holmes recalled of a fierce three-way challenge he was involved in. “Sean Caisse, Matt Kobyluck and I were battling right to the end.”
Holmes ended up turned around on the final turn of the final lap, however, while Kobyluck beat Caisse to the finish line to score his first of two wins in the prestigious event.
Holmes thought he might also have a shot at the win a year ago, but a broken part took him out of contention.
“I think last year I had a good shot at winning it, too,” he said. “We had worked really hard. We kind of struggled the last two seasons at Irwindale and we really hit on something last year and had a really fast car, with the limited amount of practice that we had.
“I felt that Brian Ickler and I, along with Trevor Bayne, had the cars to beat,” Holmes said. “We were just kind of riding. We made some really good changes at the break. When we came back out, we broke a sway bar arm. It was really disappointing.”
Meanwhile, there is some added incentive to go for the win this year, according to Holmes.
“Those East guys have been beating us up there,” he said of the all-star event. “Definitely this year I want to get back in Victory Lane and get a West Coast victory for us.”
The No. 20 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota that Holmes and his Bill McAnally Racing team plan to take to Irwindale is the same car they raced in last year’s event.
“We’ll take the same car, it’s pretty much our workhorse car we’ve driven the last year and a half,” Holmes said. “They’ve totally re-freshened it and are getting it all ready to go. I think we’ll have a real good shot at winning it.”
Beyond the bragging rights and large winner’s purse, Holmes is also considering the idea of having his name on a second NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown trophy.
“It would be a special night,” he said. “And another special trophy on my mantle would be really cool.”
Holmes, who won NASCAR Camping World Series West championships in 2006 and 2008, is coming off a season in which he finished second in the point standings. He has nine career wins and 12 career poles in 49 series starts.
The seventh running of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, which brings together the top racers from across North America, will be highlighted by the 225-lap Camping World Series all-star race. Each race winner during the 2009 Camping World Series season is eligible for a protected starting spot, as are the 2009 champions from each of NASCAR’s six regional touring series and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion.
In addition to eligible 2009 race winners and series champions, the starting lineup will be determined through time trials, limited provisionals for Camping World Series regulars, and the last-chance "Open" race that provides drivers one final chance to make the grid.
The 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown schedule also includes 100-lap Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model and 75-lap Late Model races. Both nights of racing will air live on SPEED.
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