Checkered Flag Productions

5 fierce Monster Trucks are ready to do battle on July 25th and 26th at the Monster Truck Summer Slam that's happening at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba! Excaliber, T-Maxx, Dream Catcher, Ballistic and Michigan's own SHELL-CAMINO driven by Shelley Kujat are ready to race side by side in racing AND even jump over a SCHOOL BUS! in the monster truck freestyle competition. Head on over to any Mr.Tire Location or charge by phone by calling 940.683.5685 for your advance discount tickets!!

Also Head over to our schedule page as we are getting our info sheets up for the shows in the Month of August!

With a heavy heart we are putting the news up about the death of one of our TEAM members and that is J.B. Norris. J.B. was also one of my buddies and we both had the love of AMA Flat Track motorcycle racing in our blood and we had each other's respect for what we do.

J.B. was a BIG guy standing over 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighing up over that 300 pound mark and with those figures and then add smoking you can almost guess he died of a massive heart attack. J.B. was in the pit area doing what he did best and that was getting close to the racer and finding out what their plan of attack was on that tricky race track in Lima, Ohio. The EMT's worked on him as soon as he fainted but the 'BIG GUY' needed J.B. to announce upstairs and so now we mourn our buddy, friend, TEAM member, and one of the best announcers in the business.

Some of you became friends with him as he traveled around the past few years with our events. J.B. announced for our Monster Trucks and Arena Cross races in such places like Salisbury, Salem, Casper, Billings, Loveland, Sioux Falls, Belton, Cape G, Dayton, Florence, and AMA Dirt Track races in Hutchinson, Sturgis, and Rapid City.

With the Winter Nationals ending with one of the BIGGEST SHOWS on the PLANET inside the IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY HOLT ARENA we are now focusing on the outdoor schedule for CFP.

The Race Track
For the 2008-2009-2010 Racing Season we have signed contract with the City of Dodge City and Ford County, Kansas to run their Dodge City Raceway Park. That facility was built with taxpayer money from sales tax option they call “Y NOT DODGE?” and was designed to help provide and appropriate funds to draw people to town and help the tourism business. Dodge City was for years a tourist stop when GUNSMOKE television show was on the air in prime time. Since that show is not part of the new culture Dodge City needs new reasons for tourism and the Race Track can be it if properly promoted – that’s where we come in.

Back in the 1980’s we promoted the old facility down in the Dodge City Park and we were very successful. That venue was built in the 1930’s this new facility was built only 8 years ago and it is state of the art. Musco lighting and asphalt parking in the pit are with water and electricity at each pit spot with some of the best clay ever found make the facility known as the Premiere Dirt Track in the Nation. Check it out at www.dodgecityraceway.com we are excited about the possibilities which seem to be endless.

Our race schedule for the DCRP will feature plenty of racing for the local enthusiast with all different types of race cars featured on Saturday nights including Stock Cars and Modifieds sanctioned by the IMCA and the Sprint Cars which are sanctioned by the NCRA and URSS. We also have two other entry level divisions we call Hornets and Thunder Cars. Both of these race cars can be built for fewer than 2,000 dollars!

Special events are sometimes added on Friday nights as well as Sunday’s. One of the Special events is 2 nights of World of Outlaw Sprint Cars on June 20th- 21st. This event has over 50,000 dollar purse and will draw spectators from as far away as the West Coast; in fact tickets are on sale now online go to this link - www.dodgecityraceway.com/tickets.

Sprint Cars, Stock Cars, and even School Bus races with the CFP CREW flair is gonna be big fun this summer!

Monster Truck Races
After such an exciting points race Sean Duhon driving the T Maxx Monster Truck for the Sudden Impact Racing Team took the Championship! This summer you will see them at most of our events and his own Brandon Legarde says next year his team is going one-two for the Championship. This year it was T Maxx, and then Rob French with Twisted Dragon, and third place was Rick Long with Bigfoot.

There are great events this summer on our CFP Spring Nationals and also our Summer Slam Series check out our schedule page by clicking to this link www.dodgecityraceway.com/schedule . We have some new venues and returning of course to some of our favorite places. The main thing is our ‘A’ team is going on the road to make sure each event is better than ever before. Zane Rettew and Mike Fonder are one heck of a team. Zane’s energy and Mike’s experience and the “Want To” attitude of our truck line-up of owner and drivers raise the bar each event. As owner of the company I sit back and say GO GET EM!

BAD BOYS OF ARENACROSS
This year several of the events will feature our Bad Boys of Arenacross Races. We are so proud of our Arenacross series we are even doing it at selected Summer Events. We have a new website www.badboysofarenacross.com that our in house artist and web guy has just put online. Gary Kidd is more in this office as a graphic artist, for sure but his ability is widespread and when you meet this guy you can tell his compassion for the Arenacross Series is what we needed all along. We want to experience the sellouts for the series and with sponsorship opportunities corporate America is noticing our record crowds and they are excited about the Arenacross events we have done and those we are working on now.

We are excited to say the least about our upcoming events and these new projects and we hope you can sit down, buckle up, and come with us the ride of your life as the CFP CREW is on a rocket to the Stars!

Quick Qualifier wound up being Kevin King in Sudden Impact, followed by Sean Duhon in T-Maxx. As it turns out, those two (they're teammates, too...remember!?) met in the Racing Finals where Duhon was able to get it done and take the Racing win.

In Freestyle it was no holds barred! Kevin King drew first blood and would be the test pilot for the night. Kevin started by walking up a four step pyramid, which just ignited the crowd. After that it was AIRTIME for Kevin! Kevin took Sudden Impact over one of the two bus jumps and wound up coming down so hard on the concrete that the right rear tire and wheel snapped off just after touching down.

A couple of runs later Rob French came up vowing to catch some big air, and delivered on the promise he had made. On his final hit, Rob got some BIG air off the one bus jump but wasn't 100% straight, nosing into the side of the other bus stack, throwing the truck up on two wheels. Rob stabbed the gas pedal and turned into it, but even with the motor pegging the rev limiter the concrete didn't let Rob get it saved. It was close to coming back to all fours, but the Twisted Dragon Monster Corvette wound up laying over on its side and slid to a halt.

Sean Duhon came out a little later and just made people's jaws DROP! Sean definitely had one of the biggest jumps of the night and was able to place 3rd in Freestyle with a 26, only behind Kevin King and Sudden Impact's 28, and Rob French's winning perfect 30 in Twisted Dragon!

After all was said and done, points tallied and calculated, it was Sean Duhon's spectacular night in both the Racing AND Freestyle divisions of the event that let Sean hold onto the lead to become the 2008 CFP Monster Truck Winter Nationals Points Champion!

CONGRATS SEAN DUHON AND SUDDEN IMPACT RACING, FROM THE ENTIRE CREW AT CHECKERED FLAG!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

by Ed Beckley

photo by Brian Stellabotte – www.MonsterTruckCentral.com

CFP SELLS OUT…NOT THE COMPANY, OUR EVENTS!

A HUGE Thank You to YOU, our fans, for making this year a huge success so far! With only just over a month and a half down we still have a LOT to go. So here’s to the rest of 2008, and here’s to you guys…our fans! THANKS!

SELLOUTS CONTINUE IN 2008!

•FORT WAYNE, IN

•GRAND ISLAND, NE (Both nights!)

•BELTON, TX

•SIOUX FALLS, SD

•SALISBURY, MD

•LOVELAND, CO (Both nights, “standing room only”!)

•CASPER, WY

•POCATELLO, ID

THANK YOU GUYS!

The CFP Crew will see ya on the road!

Checkered Flag Productions recognizes and thanks all the men and women who have served and are currently serving in the armed forces of the United States of America - GOD BLESS