GOODWIN CONVICTED FOR THOMPSON MURDERS
After a trial lasting six weeks Michael Goodwin, 61, was convicted on Jan. 4 of two counts of murder for the 1988 killings of Mickey and Trudy Thompson. Goodwin, a former business partner of the racer, promoter and tire manufacturer, was accused of planning the murders and hiring two hitmen who gunned down the couple on the driveway of their Bradbury, CA, home. The gunmen have never been identified or arrested. The prosecution did not seek the death penalty. (photo courtesy courttvnews.com) [1-4-2007]
CAPPS TO APPEAR AT ‘MOTORSPORTS 2007’
Ron Capps will be among the race car drivers meeting fans and signing autographs at the Motorsports 2007 Presented by VP Racing Fuel Race Car Show at Atlantic City’s convention Center on Jan. 12. The event will offer more than 250 motorsports vehicles on display, 600 exhibit spaces, free seminars and appearances by many top drivers. NASCAR Nextel Cup racers Denny Hamlin, Dave Blaney and Matt Kenseth will make appearances, along with spring car driver Stevie Smith and his father Steve Smith.
Three-Quarter Midget and 600cc Micro Sprint events will be held on Jan. 12 and 13. No word on whether Capps will be driving, but you know how much he likes those things. . . . [1-4-2007]
ORSCA NAMES OPERATIONS MANAGER
Outlaw Racing Street Car Association (ORSCA) president Johnny Fenn announced Jan. 3, that effective immediately, Jason Mote has assumed most of the Atlanta-based organization's operational duties, leaving Fenn to "take a lead role in the sponsorship and inner company solutions through Year One and the ORSCA."
Mote, most recently the crew chief behind Robbie Erwin's 2006 ORSCA EZ Street championship, was named operations manager, making him responsible for "every function of the ORSCA," Fenn said, including day-to-day decisions, raceday coordination and conflict resolution. "This is a move we all felt needed to be made to move ORSCA now to even a higher level," he added. "I am in no way leaving ORSCA--quite the opposite--I am now going to have even more time to work on things that will insure ORSCA's future." [1-4-2007]
DRAW SCHEDULES GOLF TOURNAMENT
This year the D.R.A.W. tournament will be appropriately named Racer Appreciation Golf Tournament. The 4-scramble style golf tournament will take place on Wednesday, March 14, at Ironwood Golf Course located close to Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida.
The tee time for the tournament is 1:00 p.m. EST. Lunch will be served prior to the tournament at noon. For an entry form or details on the tournament log onto www.drawonline.org. For details on the track location call 352-334-3120 or visit online at www.ironwoodgolf.net.
[1-4-2007]
