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ITS
OFFICIAL! Ryan debuts at Port Royal on Friday September 5th
in Lelands.com 410 Sprint Car!
Ryan is
sponsored by:
S&S
Speedways - Indoor Go-Karts, Shawn Burke Trucking,
& Tresch Motorsports - JHM
Tree Service! Supporting sponsors include Tireman, VRP
Shocks, Jim Young Race Photos, and 21st Century Restorations.
Ryan
is looking for corporate sponsors! If
you are interested - please call Ryan at
570-807-6306. He is a fantastic marketing tool!
Ryan Smith
Racing - Quick Recap:
In
2008 - Ryan competes in several divisions including USAC
Silver Crown Series on pavement for S&S Speedways, ARDC dirt
midget for Burke Trucking, 600cc Micro Sprint for JHM Tree
Service, and 270cc micro sprint for Steve Shelly Motorsports.
Ryan has accrued many championship titles with over 100 feature
wins. Titles earned in the following divisions: Slingshots,
270cc micros, USAC Ford Focus Midgets on both dirt & asphalt,
and ARDC Midgets - 2007 Rookie Of The Year!
CURRENT
NEWS - Press Releases:
8/1/08
- ARDC Midget Win at Big Diamond Raceway!
600cc
Micro Sprint News: July 16,
2008!
+
July 30,
2008!
270cc
Micro Sprint News: May 28,
2008!
USAC
Silver Crown News:
Richmond
International Speedway: June
28, 2008!
2007
Season Recap:
December
28/29, 2007: "Rumble in Fort Wayne",
Slingshot/600cc micro: Ryan captured the "Rumble
Double" by winning both slingshot features and finished a strong 10th with the
Tresch Motorsports 600cc micro against the best indoor winged-modifieds!
Click here
for press release!
November
24, 2007 - Ryan was crowned the "ARDC Rookie of the
Year"! Click
here Area Auto
Racing News - Rookie of the Year Article!
Click here to view Ryan's Movie
Click
here for "Mr. Versatility - 2007 Venues"
Sept
22 - Eldora "4-Crown Nationals" National Midgets:
Ryan
was the only ARDC midget to qualify for the 25 lapper. Started
21st and was running a solid 15th
most of the race until the engine overheated and laid down.
I pulled off with 4 to go and finished 20th.
The trip was great experience and I learned a lot about racing with the best!!
Sept
15 - Susquehanna Speedway - ARDC Midget:
After significant chassis adjustments - The Burke Trucking #54
came from the 12th starting spot to finish 2nd!
Sept
8 - O’Reilly Raceway Park, IN - PRA Champ Car:
Qualified
5th fastest and raced 100 laps with Levi Jones, Dave
Darland and Eric Gordon. Finished 6th - 3rd time
in ca..
Sept
1 - Winchester Speedway, ARDC Midget:
Started 8th and raced to a podium 3rd place finish!
8/1/07:
270cc Micro Sprint, Kutztown, PA: From
the outside pole - Ryan jumped into the lead to never look
back until the checkered flag! This was Ryan's first 270 victory
at Kutztown!
7/3/07
- ARDC Midget, Susquehanna Speedway: Starting
10th in the feature - Ryan worked his way up to the top 5.
Dicing for the top spots - the grip went away in the car but Ryan
was able to hold on for a 6th place finish.
6/30/07
- ARDC Midget, Winchester, VI: With
the engine problem resolved - the Burke Trucking #54 midget was
strong. From the 12th starting spot - Ryan methodically
worked his way up to 8th for a strong finish. This finish
put Ryan back in the top 5 in points and the top Rookie contender
thus far in the season.
6/17/07
- 270cc Micro Sprint Nationals, Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport,
NJ: Bridgeport
Press Release: It was a banner day in the 270cc
Micro Sprint division for Ryan Smith. Smith claimed the RTS
Chassis Fast Time Award with a lap of 13.922 seconds at 64.646mph.
Starting in the front row alongside the #70 of Eddie Wagner;
Smith, a young veteran, dominated the event leading all of the 25
laps. This marked Smith's first victory at the Bridgeport
Speedway 1/4 mile! Note: This was Ryan's first
visit to Bridgeport with a micro! He clocked the field with
fast time and ran away with the feature and a cool $1000!
6/16/07 - 270cc Micro-Twin 25s, Hamlin Speedway, PA:
Driving
the #2 Tresch Motorsports micro in Twin-25 feature #1 - Ryan raced
on the outside of the pole car only to spin in front of another
car's path. His swift recovery brought him from 20th to 7th
at the checkers! In the second Twin-25- Ryan dominated from the
drop of the green flag to checkered taking the #2
micro to victory circle!.
6/13/07 - PRA Big Car
Series, Berlin Speedway, MI: In
only his second outing with the 750 HP champ car - Ryan fought
poor handling car early in the 150 lap feature that forced
a pit stop. Following a track bar adjustment - Ryan was up
on the wheel and the fastest car on the track! He was racing
with the best of the division gaining extreme asphalt
experience for the final 100 laps! Ryan was hoping for the
Lucky Dog, as in Nascar, but it does not exist in this division! Ryan
brought home a very strong 11th place!
5/18/07 - ARDC dirt midget,
Big Diamond Speedway: Ryan brought home a very strong 3rd
and became a player in the ARDC division! Ryan led the
feature until 2 laps to go! Read the ARDC
Press Release!
4/27/07 - ARDC dirt Midget, Big
Diamond Speedway in Minersville, PA: In
only
in his second start in ARDC midget - started 9th and
brought home a solid 6th place finish!
4/21/07 - 270cc Micro Sprint,
Hamlin Speedway - First time in 270cc micro in 2 years - Ryan
brings home feature win!
4/7/07 -PRA Big Car Series, South Georgia Motorsports
Park, Georgia: PRA Debut: After testing at Shenandoah Speedway on
April 6 - we drove through the night to South Georgia Motorsports
Park. Ryan experienced a severe driveline vibration in practice so the team decided to start scratch in the feature and try and diagnose the problem. Missing qualifying forced Ryan to start 16th. We never did find the problem, but it seemed to have fixed itself for the first 100 laps. The final 50 laps the vibration returned, so Ryan held on to an 8th place finish! Ryan and the team
are excited about the next event at O'Reilly Raceway Park on May 16th.
Thank you to those that contributed to our team because without
you - this wouldn't have been possible!
Atlantic City - Gambler's
Classic Jan 2007: Defending his 2006
title - Ryan won his heat and came from the 6th starting position
to bring home the checkered! Check
out the article from Area Auto Racing News!
Miscellaneous
briefs on Ryan's 2006 season:
2006
USAC Ford Focus Dual
Series Champion!
At Adirondack Speedway,
7/28/06- the
S&S Speedways #55 Focus Midget set fast time! Ryan drew
an Invert-4 and drove the wheels off the car! On lap 18,
after racing inside, outside, and side-by-side with Sean Carman-Ryan captured the lead with a pass on the outside!
Ryan
never looked back and pulled 10 car lengths by lap 25 and the
checkered flag! Lap times at the end of the race
produced an avg speed of 106.5 MPH!
Click
here>Adirondack Press release!
Click
here for Adirondack Speedway Video! (Windows Media Player
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