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Levant Looking for Lucky 7's in Las Vegas

Cowtown Motorsports driver Brian Levant will be racing for the $7,777.77 in the 21st annual Las Vegas Open Comp super late model event at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday November 7th.

The popular Calgary driver who finished second in points for the second consecutive year in the Mac's Super Late Model Series and scored a win in the last I Love Regina 150 at Kings Park Speedway in Regina, SK will be driving a team car for the 2009 Orange Show Speedway (San Bernardino, CA) super late model champion Mark Shackleford.

The Las Vegas speedway web site is reporting that the event has entries from Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta.

The Super Late Model feature is 200 laps with a pit break scheduled at lap 100. The event winner will receive $7,777.77 and the race will pay $300 to start.

Qualifying starts at 5:30pm on Friday and the Las Vegas Open Comp 200 goes on Saturday at 5:30pm.

Come on Sevens!

Madco Fastener Featured in Circle Track

The current issue of Circle Track magazine, a US publication that focuses on racing technology, is showcasing the efforts of Mac's Super Late Model Series driver Grant Brown. But it is not his on-track exploits that are getting the attention of the editors.

Madco Fastener Featured in Circle Track magazine

The article in the magazine's monthly Quick Tech section is checking out the technology under the hood of the #36 Madco Motorsports Buffalo Aerial Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Brown and his Red Deer, AB based company, Madco Machine have developed a new stud and fastener system that is now available to racers across the country.

The Madco Fasteners line of products are based on a patent-pending design that features fasteners that snap onto the end of a standard ratchet wrench without the need for a socket.

The Ratchet Fit Fastener is a combination of the socket and the nut in a single piece of hardware that can be quickly attached or safely removed with just a ratchet drive or extension.

The replacement nuts for valve covers, carburetors and gear covers are made at the Madco Machine manufacturing facility in Red Deer, AB.

Look for Madco Ratchet Fit Fasteners in Orlando, FL on December 10-12 at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, the world’s largest Racing Trade show.

Closer to home, the Madco Fasteners are available in Calgary at Evolution Racing Products, online at www.MadcoFasteners.com and other major performance parts distributors and retailers.

The January 2010 issue of Circle Track magazine, that gives a nod to the Mac's Late Model Tour in the article, is now available at news stands and will be available on a delayed publication schedule on the magazine's website at www.CircleTrack.com .

Canadians Chase Championships in California

Anderson, CA (October 16, 2009) - Veteran driver Troy Vandenbilche (Golden, BC) and standout sophomore driver Cameron Hayley (Calgary, AB) are looking to claim Baby Grand stock car division championships at the Grand National Championship weekend that runs this weekend at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, California.

2009 Canadian Baby Grand stock car champion Cameron Hayley

The #80 Vandenbilt Auto Body Chevrolet Monte Carlo driver Vandenbilche, a former Late Model champion at Race City in Calgary and a four time Canadian Baby Grand stock car champ, can clinch his first National Championship for the western Pro Division of the MMRA sanctioned Baby Grand stock car series.

A former Race City Karting champion, Hayley can add the western Junior Pro Division championship to his 2009 Canadian Baby Grand stock car championship title that comes in just his second year of oval racing. Coming off a remarkable 2009 campaign in the #24 Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet Monte Carlo that saw the young driver take feature wins at each of the tracks on the tour, Hayley turned 13 years old in July.

Three other Canadian drivers will also be racing in the Grand National event. Lethbridge, AB driver Sarah-Jo Paquette and her #63 Relay Trucking Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Kyle Vriesinga (Vernon, BC) in the #7 Home Building Centre Vernon Dodge Charger will join Hayley teammate and #10 Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet Monte Carlo driver, Dale Edwards (Cochrane, AB) in California for their last points race of the year.

The 2/3 scale Baby Grand stock cars derive their name from the former NASCAR Grand National stock car series. The Grand National event that features drivers from the western United States and Canada is the last stop on a grueling 14 date race season that opened at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on May 1st and included dates at Polson and Kalispell in Montana and Wetaskiwin and Medicine Hat in Alberta.

NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Carl Edwards was the Baby Grand National champion in 2002 before moving to the NASCAR Truck Series the in 2003.

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