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PRESS RELEASE
Cut Tire Ends Alex Kennedy’s Night
Race Talk Radio Press Release
Aztec, NM (October 9, 2007)- The 2007 ASA Late Model Series Northern
Division season for Alex Kennedy was full of so many firsts for this
talented fifteen year old from Aztec, New Mexico. Racing is a game of
inches and sometimes bad luck strikes at a moment’s notice.
Saturday night
at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway those inches were not in Alex
Kennedy’s favor as Trent Snyder got into the side of his car and a cut
tire ended Alex’s night early with a hard crash in turn one. “I lost a
tire and tried to keep the car off the wall,” said Alex after the crash.
“It hit pretty hard but my 5K team builds safe cars as well as fast ones!”
In a crazy Oktoberfest race weekend Alex made the field on time as he
watched Challenge Division Champion Travis Dassow along with Challenge
Division winners Charlie Menard and Peter Cozzolino fail to qualify! Alex
was moving into the top ten from his eighteenth starting position when
trouble hit not once but twice!
On a restart Alex could not avoid a car
that abruptly slowed causing minor damage to the front of his Chevy Monte
Carlo. Alex’s bad luck would continue a few laps later when Snyder’s car
backed up through the field and wobbled into the Alex’s path cutting his
tire. Alex will conclude his ASA Late Model Series season on November 3rd
in the All American 400 weekend at Nashville’s famous Fairgrounds
racetrack.
Meet Alex Kennedy
Aztec, New Mexico’s Alex Kennedy had an adventurous 2006 season. Starting
the year in Legends cars at the Las Vegas Road Course in January, he would
have never guessed that he would end the season making his debut in the
ASA Late Model Series in Nashville. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” show would
even feature Alex during a special about young drivers!
Nicknamed the “New
Mexico Rising Star” at his home track of Sandia Motorsports Park, Alex
lived up to that moniker with more firsts last season. Alex was named a
National Ambassador for Dream Factory Inc in the off-season and will be
racing in the ASA Late Model Series Northern division for 5K Motorsports
in 2007.
Alex qualified 15th out of 46 cars at O’Reilly Raceway Park in
the season opener. This week Alex posted the fast time in final practice,
qualified 8th, and was running in the top five when his power steering
failed. Alex finished eighth in his last ASALMS race at Madison
International Speedway.
About Dream Factory INC
The Dream Factory, Inc. (a 501(c)(3) organization) was founded in 1980 in
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, by Charles Henault, a South Central Bell employee,
who wanted to create a volunteer organization dedicated to granting the
dreams of children with critical or chronic illnesses. Currently, there
are more than 30 chapters across the United States with over 5,000
volunteers who work to produce and deliver dreams, visit children and
their families in the hospital and their homes, arrange special
celebrations and conduct fundraising events for individual children.
This
volunteer support ensures that the maximum percentage of donations are
used for the procurement and distribution of dreams. “I feel so proud to
represent Dream Factory Inc and bring racing to these kids that don’t get
to do the fun stuff I get to do,” said Alex Kennedy.
Alex Kennedy hosted youngsters from the Central Missouri Chapter of Dream
Factory INC while at I-70 Speedway. Josh Baysinger, Joey Lindsey and
Cameron McGeorge and their families gave Alex his own personal cheering
section! “We put the kids to work this weekend,” joked Alex. “Josh, Joey,
and Cameron were fun to hang out with and we also put Sally to work waving
the green flag.
It was cool seeing her up there on the last lap before we
went green.” Josh is the boy that was presented the trophy by NASCAR
driver Carl Edwards, another Dream Factory INC racing ambassador, after
Carl’s win in the Craftsman Truck series at Daytona a few years ago. Josh
was put to work helping to push Alex’s car to the starting grid and also
gave the command for the drivers to start their engines.
For more information on Dream Factory Inc please check out their official
website at www.dreamfactoryinc.com
License to Read 2006
When he is not busy testing or racing his Late Model stock car you can
find Alex giving back to his community. The 2006 License to Read Summer
Reading Program was a huge success! Alex enjoyed being on the receiving
end for this event, getting the kid’s autographs and pictures of the kids
in the driver’s seat of his racecar.
Alex also encouraged the kids to use
the library as a tool in life just as his crew uses tools to make his car
go faster! This story would even make the pages of Dick Berggren’s
Speedway Illustrated last year.
ESPN’s Behind the Lines
Last summer ESPN’s Mike Massaro interviewed Alex and his parents for a
special “Outside the Lines” special about young drivers. “I can’t drive to
Sonic to get a cheeseburger but I can drive a racecar,” said Alex. Copies
of the “Outside the Lines” show are available on request and can be viewed
on Alex Kennedy’s website at http://www.alexkennedyracing.com.
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