The Central Auto Racing Boosters first Annual Ride for the Victory is now in the history books. The ride was very successful for a first time event with 148 participants in nine cars/trucks and 80 motorcycles.

Jack Twibell, Event Manager for Worth Harley-Davidson sent the following message to C.A.R.B., "I have seen many Rides/Events put on, by many different groups and this was BY FAR the BEST 1st Annual Ride in KC EVER put on!!!
I hope that everybody there will be able to say I was at the first one!

The morning events began with FOX 4 on site covering the event with their Sunday morning show. The Kansas City Star sent over a photographer, and KSHB TV 41 also arrived to cover the start of the event.

Mayor Joe Reardon kicked off the event with a short speech thanking all the riders. Victory Junction Midwest CEO Mike Lepore provided the riders a brief report on the Victory Junction Camp to be and the original established in North Carolina.

At 11:15, with a police escort the ride began with a beautiful white Silverado provided by McCarthy Chevrolet leading the way. At 11:30 the motorcylces, again with a police escort, started their portion of the ride following co-chairs Carrie Woodson and Skip Richardson.

The vehicles returned from their ride at approximately 1:30. The band "The Secrets" provided music starting at 2:00 and the motorcyles began returning shortly thereafter. Everyone then participated in a silent auction, drawing prizes were distributed (everyone was a winner), everyone who partipated in the scavenger hunt received a commerative Ride for the Victory koozie compliments of Worth Harley Davidson, and finally at 3:45 the winner was drawn for the Harley Davidson swing provided by Buz's Muffler.

Keeping with the theme of this event, "One Racing Family helping another", over $7,000 was collected from this event for the Midwest Victory Junction Camp. Thank you to everyone who joined in the ride, volunteered and assisted with registration, set up, clean up, cooking, etc. Plans are already in the works to make the 2010 "Ride for the Victory" even bigger and better.

Once again C.A.R.B. would like to thank:


American Family Insurance
American Truck Sales
Anonymous
Anonymous
Apple Market Stores
Bakers Tow
Beer Thirty
BHR Enterprise
Blue Chip Cookies
Blue Skyz Enterprises
Board of Public Utilities
Buz's Muffler
Cabela's
Centeral Missouri Speedway
Central States Beverage
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Culver's
CycleConnections.com - Online Motorcycle Magazine
David Mann Art
Deb's Disposal
Deffenbaugh Inc.
Don's Printing
Dub's Dread Golf Club
Fathead & Braindeads
Frankie D's
GM Assembly Plant
Gold Canyon Candle
Hoooters @ the Legends
I-35 Speedway
Image Photgraphy
Jazz, a Louisania Kitchen
Kansas Speedway
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts#195
Lakeside Speedway
Leah Clayton
Legends of KC, LP
Lockton Companies
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
McCarthy Auto Group
Midwest Distributors
Mission Bowl
MLRA Racing Series
MotorCycle Parts R Us
NAPA
Neighbors Who Care
North AMF Pro Bowl
North KC Beverage
Novak Chiropractic Clinic, P.A.
On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantena
Operation Lifesaver - Kansas
Paul Woodson
River City T's
RockAuto, LLC
Rodney & Kathy Hawkins
Seeburg Mufflers
Simpson Cycles
T-Bones Baseball Club, LLC
The Hair Fix
The Secrets
TLC Designs
Transport Truck Sales
Valley Speedway
Victory Junction
Worth Harley Davidson North

Posted by JDGreen on Monday, June 8 2009

RIDE FOR THE VICTORY ROUTE & INFORMATION

The Central Auto Racing Boosters would like to welcome and thank you for coming to our 1st Annual “Ride For The Victory.” The ride will help benefit the Victory Junction Camp. The camp is being built in Wyandotte County, Kansas and is projected to open in 2011.

This is an all vehicle ride and we want it to be accident free. There will be NO STUNT RIDING of any kind tolerated while you are on this ride. If you need assistance for your motorcycle we have a volunteer that is pulling a trailer set-up for motorcycles and it can only hold ONE at a time. Please call Paul Woodson at (816) 200-9805 and he will pick you up and bring you back. The route is marked with signs along the way, so look for them.
The route is as follows:


Leave the parking lot and head west. Go straight west on Sunshine Rd.
Left at K-5 Highway (McCormack Rd.).
Follow K-5 to I-635 south and take I-635 south to Kansas Ave. exit.
Right at exit and follow Kansas Ave west to K-32 west exit.
Left on K-32 west and proceed west to Bonner Springs Ks.
Right on K-7 north. Proceed north through Bonner Springs Ks.
Left on Fairmount Rd. (CR-8), just past Austin Trailers.
Stay on CR-8 for awhile and watch for signs.
Right on K-16 west to McLouth, Ks. Highway becomes K-16/92.
Straight ahead about 2 miles. Look for signs warning of left turn coming up.
Left on Wellman Rd. CAUTION when turning.
Left on 24/59 Highway to Lawrence, Kansas. Stay on 59 south to 2nd St. and turn left into
Riverfront Harley Davidson’s parking lot. Make u-turn in the lot.
Right on K-40/59 out of parking lot and go north to K-24/40 intersection.
Right on K-24/40 east and go east to K-24/40/32 intersection.
Right on K-32 east and proceed to CR-1 highway south.
Right on CR-1 south to Eudora, Kansas.
Left on CR 1061/442 to K-10 east.
Left on K-10 east and proceed to the Desoto, Ks. Lexington Rd. exit and exit right.
Left on Lexington Rd. and go to Penner Rd. exit.
Left on Penner Rd. (83rd St.) and go east to Wyandotte St.
Left turn on Wyandotte St. and go north to Golden Rd.
Right turn on Golden Rd. (CR-2). Follow it to Loring Rd.
Right turn on Loring Rd. and follow to Loring Drive.
Left turn on Loring Drive. Loring Drive turns into Front St and then becomes K-32.
Stay on K-32 east through Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Muncie Ks..
Keep to right and follow Kaw Drive east past 57th St. along the cliffs to I-70/K-24/40 east exit.
Right turn on I-70/K-24/40 east exit and take I-70 east. Stay on I-70 past I-670.
Follow I-70 to exit 423B (3rd St/ James St.)
Exit right at exit 423B and follow road keeping right to Fairfax Dr.
Right turn on Fairfax trafficway and follow it north to the GM plant.
Right turn into the plant and turn right into the south parking lot. Park and HAVE FUN!

Posted by JDGreen on Friday, June 5 2009

The Central Auto Racing Boosters would like to thank all those donors who have provided a donation to make the first "Ride for the Victory" a huge success. The first ride will be held this Sunday, June 7, 2009 starting and ending at the GM Fairfax plant. Cost to participate in this all vehicle ride is $25 per rider. All proceeds will go to Victory Junction to assist with the building of a Midwest Camp in Kansas City, Kansas. This is one racing family helping another.

Listed below is a list of donors one week prior to the event:

American Family Insurance
American Truck Sales
Anonymous
Anonymous
Apple Market Stores
Bakers Tow
Beer Thirty
BHR Enterprise
Blue Chip Cookies
Blue Skyz Enterprises
Board of Public Utilities
Buz's Muffler
Cabela's
Centeral Missouri Speedway
Central States Beverage
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Culver's
CycleConnections.com - Online Motorcycle Magazine
David Mann Art
Deb's Disposal
Deffenbaugh Inc.
Don's Printing
Dub's Dread Golf Club
Fathead & Braindeads
Frankie D's
GM Assembly Plant
Gold Canyon Candle
Hoooters @ the Legends
I-35 Speedway
Image Photgraphy
Jazz, a Louisania Kitchen
Kansas Speedway
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts#195
Lakeside Speedway
Leah Clayton
Legends of KC, LP
Lockton Companies
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
McCarthy Auto Group
Midwest Distributors
Mission Bowl
MLRA Racing Series
MotorCycle Parts R Us
NAPA
Neighbors Who Care
North AMF Pro Bowl
North KC Beverage
Novak Chiropractic Clinic, P.A.
On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantena
Operation Lifesaver - Kansas
Paul Woodson
River City T's
RockAuto, LLC
Rodney & Kathy Hawkins
Seeburg Mufflers
Simpson Cycles
T-Bones Baseball Club, LLC
The Hair Fix
The Secrets
TLC Designs
Transport Truck Sales
Valley Speedway
Victory Junction
Worth Harley Davidson North

Posted by JDGreen on Sunday, May 31 2009

The Central Auto Racing Boosters (C.A.R.B.) would like to announce their first annual “Ride for the Victory”. The ride will be an all vehicle ride to benefit the new Victory Junction Camp. The ride will be held on Sunday June 7th, 2009 and will start and end at the General Motors Assembly Plant at 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, Kansas City, Kansas 66115.

The event will start at 9:00 a.m. and registrations will be held until 11:00 a.m. The ride will start at 11:00 a.m. with automobiles leaving first. Motorcycles will leave at 11:30 a.m. All vehicles must be back for the festivities by 3:30 p.m. The route will be 118 miles in length with a turn around in Lawrence, Kansas. Entertainment will be by the band “The Secrets” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Raffle for a Harley Davidson swing, silent auction and scavenger hunt events will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Pre-registration events will be at the following sites and dates:

Fatheads and Braindeads – 514 Main St. Grandview, Missouri 64030 - Saturday, May 30th from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Frankie D’s Mexican Restaurant – 6411 Kansas Ave. Kansas City, Kansas 66111 - Wednesday, June 3rd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Worth Harley Davidson North – 6609 N. Oak Trfway. Gladstone, Missouri - Saturday, June 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Registration forms are now available on our website at www.kccarb.com Print a copy and bring it in with you to one of the pre-registration sites or the day of the event.

Hope to se e everyone there! Come out to this event and show Kyle and Pattie Petty what the Central Auto Racing Boosters and the local racing community are all about. One family working to help another family!

For further information about this event please contact Ride for the Victory Chairwoman Carrie Woodson at (816) 876-9593 or carrielou64@yahoo.com or J.D. Green, President Central Auto Racing Boosters (816) 280-3713.

The Central Auto Racing Boosters would like to thank the following people, and businesses for their contributions to date:

· Worth Harley Davidson North
· Seeburg Mufflers
· Gold Canyon Candles
· Lakeside Speedway
· Board Of Public Utilities
· Buz’s Muffler Shop
· General Motors Assembly Plant
· Marriott Hotels
· I-35 Speedway
· Fatheads and Braindeads
· McCarthy Auto Group
· “The Secrets”
· Frankie D’s Mexican Restaurant
· Lockton Companies
· C.E.R.T.
· NAPA Auto Parts
· TLC Designs
· Kansas Speedway
· Image Photography
· David Mann Art
· BHR Enterprises
· Novak Chiropractic Clinic
· American Truck Sales
· Blue Skyz Enterprises
· McCarthy Chevrolet
· Morse Chevrolet
· Van Chevrolet
· NKC AMF Pro Bowl
· Valley Speedway
· Westfall GMC
· Central Missouri Speedway
· Truck Pro
· Rodney Hawkins Enterprises
· Midwest LateModel Racing Association
· Deffenbaugh
* Union Pacific Railroad
* Don's Printing

Posted by JDGreen on Tuesday, May 26 2009

The 2009 racing season has finally begun! That means it is time for all C.A.R.B. Members to plan their outings. Remember on C.A.R.B. Nights, race fans that are current C.A.R.B. members holding 2009 membership card enter the grandstands FREE.

Yes, you just read correctly – FREE Admittance to the Grandstands. Wow, so just when do we get in FREE?
May 15 – CARB Night @ Lake-side Speedway
June 13 – CARB Night@ I-35 Speedway LLC
July 11 – CARB Night @ Valley Speedway
August 8 -CARB Night @Central Missouri Speedway

For the C.A.R.B. member race car drivers the following C.A.R.B. Night benefits apply: Drivers making the A feature and finishing in the Top 25 will receive $15.00. Before the fea-tures begin there will be an opportunity for drivers to become C.A.R.B. members by signing up that night. A C.A.R.B. membership is only $10 and they are guaranteed $15 for making the feature. Now where most of us come from that is $5 profit. If you race two or more C.A.R.B. tracks that means you could profit even more.

Additionally, the Larry Kaster Driver Appreciation Awards will be presented at intermission to some lucky racer out of the heat races in each class.

So if you are new to racing in this area make sure you get your membership and enjoy these FREE nights and if you are a driver, we know everyone can use an extra $5. By the way find the owners of the track and tell them THANK YOU be-cause they allow all this to take place!

Posted by JDGreen on Tuesday, May 26 2009