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Kyle Busch Says "NO!" Cites Security Concerns

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I guess the spoiled rich boy doesn't want anybody else to come out and play with the toys. The article is from The Charlotte Observer.

NASCAR driver opposes fueling center near his shop
Kyle Busch Motorsports cites security concerns over proposed convenience store
By Joe Marusak

MOORESVILLE Citing security concerns, Kyle Busch Motorsports is fighting plans for a convenience store, restaurant and fueling center near its $11 million shop on Mazeppa Road in Mooresville.

Leon Bouwens Sr. of Mooresville-based Thunder Road Market LLC wants to build the project on 3.51 acres at the corner of Mazeppa Road, Overhead Bridge Road and Thunder Road, including separate areas for cars and trucks to refuel. Hes seeking a permit from the Mooresville Board of Commissioners, which is scheduled to vote on the request at its second meeting in June.

The project would cater to workers in the nearby South Iredell Industrial Park and users of the towns Mazeppa Park, according to Mooresville Planning Department documents. No other such business is nearby, according to the documents.

This is something I feel is needed in that area, and I dont know the applicant at all, and I support this, commissioner Eddie Dingler said.

But Rick Ren, general manager of Buschs 77,000-square-foot motorsports shop, spoke against the project during a May 7 public hearing on Thunder Road LLCs permit request.

The project would force Buschs shop to invest $25,000 to $30,000 in security system upgrades, to record license plates of all the cars the project would bring, Ren told the commissioners. Buschs shop would have to add fencing along its perimeter and more lighting, he said.

Joining him in those concerns was Steve Dickert, general manager of AeroDyn Wind Tunnel LLC on Godspeed Lane, off Mazeppa Road.

Commissioners agreed to delay a vote after learning Thunder Road Market LLC doesnt exist as a legal entity. Bouwens said he hasnt filed the required papers yet.

updated by @dave-fulton: 08/27/18 03:00:03AM

Looking for photos/nformation on Bruce Warren

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A Phil Warren Update:

Warren subbing behind wheel at Langley Speedway
Usually a crew chief, seven-time champ will drive Saturday
August 10, 2012

By Marty O'Brien

Newport News Daily Press

HAMPTON If Langley Speedway ever opens a Hall of Fame, Phil Warren will be a charter member. With seven Late Model championships, Warren is the most successful driver in the track's premier division.

So, in those rare times when Warren comes to Langley to compete rather than be a crew chief, it is an event. Warren will be behind the steering wheel again Saturday, when he subs for injured Mark Wertz in twin Late Model 50-lappers.

The car Warren will drive, owned by The Colonel (Raymond Robinson) and wife Phyllis, is a pretty good one. Wertz, a two-time Late Model champion, had it in the top five weekly, and was just a few points out of second place in the standings when he broke his ankle in a non-racing incident in early July.

But Warren doesn't expect to come back and show the young bucks how it's done at Langley. He hasn't competed in a Late Model on Langley's 4/10ths-of-a-mile oval since 2001, when he won his final track title.

"I'm not really looking to win," Warren said. "A fifth- or sixth-place finish would be a good day, and better than that would be great.

"I haven't raced around cars in awhile, and it will be different when they turn the lights on. But they ain't dug the track and moved it since the last time I raced here, so it shouldn't be too hard to adjust to."

Warren is the crew chief for Doug Godsey, who is second in the Late Model standings at Southern National in North Carolina.

Warren has logged a fair number of laps at Langley in recent years, testing the cars he works on for a living and for which he's a crew chief. He concedes that's different than racing.

"Anybody can drive around and be fast," he said. "Judging distance between yourself and other cars isn't as easy when you haven't been doing it for years."

Several of those years were spent working the cars of C.E. Falk, a youngster he mentored in the garage and at the track. Falk learned his lessons well, winning his first title with Warren as crew chief, then winning the next two with others.

"You absolutely can't take anything away from him," Warren said. "He's probably one of the best three or four Late Model drivers around.

"He needed a little refining then and he still might need a little. He's definitely aggressive."

That aggressiveness has led to a feud with rival Greg Edwards, which has resulted in two wrecks in battles for the lead that have prevented either driver from winning. One of those wrecks was in the season opener, and the other came two weeks ago in the Hampton Heat 200.

"I had some run-ins, but none that lasted as long as theirs," Warren said of the Falk-Edwards feud.

Warren does not expect any run-ins Saturday. As a substitute driver, one of his big goals is to give the car back to The Colonel in one piece, something The Colonel is confident of.

"I don't think there's a better driver out there," The Colonel said.

There certainly hasn't been a more successful one at Langley than Warren, who is a slam-dunk track Hall of Famer should Langley ever celebrate its better-than-60-year history in that fashion. Warren would prefer to be steady rather than immortal Saturday.

"To be competitive, I need to make the car a little better than I am," he said. "I need to rely a little more on the car than myself, because I don't race there every week.

"I'm going to try not to embarrass myself too bad."

Driver Phil Warren with his NASCAR late Model Stock Car in 2001 - photo by Bill Buxton Carr for Stock Car Racing Magazine 2002 article on Phil Warren

Looking for photos/nformation on Bruce Warren

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I just learned something again. Didn't know Phil Warren was Bruce Warren's son. Phil was a heckuva good driver of NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars.

Looking for photos/nformation on Bruce Warren

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Thank you, Jack. Lotta old familiar names.

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Mike, I do not know the answer. I saw Bruce race, but have no recollection of his car scheme or number.

He is shown driving #41 in the 1964 NASCAR Modified Ray Platte Memorial Race at Langley as recapped on the Ultimate Racing History web site. And WOW... what a field of cars and drivers that was on the then Langley dirt track!!

Ray Platte Memorial

NASCAR Modified race
Langley Field Speedway, Hampton, VA
October 25, 1964
200 laps on 0.4 mile dirt oval; 80 miles

Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led
1 8 Ted Hairfield 4 200 1,000 running
2 15 Earl Moss 300
3 24 Bobby McGinnis 98
4 10 Dennis Zimmerman 69
5 3 Gene Lovelace 85
6 18 Frankie Burnham 33
7 Bud Moore 55
8 19 Eddie Crouse 31
9 5 Al Grinnan 39
10 Jimmy Torie
11 4 Bill Lorah 59
12 25 Bob Coward 2
13 23 Jack Mulligan 25
14 Bud Elliott
15 21 Shelton McNair 3
16 11 Lennie Pond 58
17 Harry Theobald
18 2 Doug Yates 1va
19 6 Earl Pangle 107
20 27 Jim Williamson 30
21 30 Runt Harris 301
22 16 Ray Hendrick 11
23 17 Guy Wallace 88
24 1 Sonny Hutchins 90
25 20 Ralph Rose Z-1
26 9 Bill Champion 43
27 22 Dickie Layne 157
28 Mack Hanbury
29 29 Bruce Warren 41
30 14 Bill Dennis 54
31 12 Butch Torrie 57
32 Al Tyndall
33 Bill Babb
34 7 Jackie Falk 400
35 Bill Hoff
36 28 Jim Bray 139
37 13 Red Foote 8
38 Eddie Williams 21
39 26 Skinny Bartlett 00
40 Ed Hendrick

Pole Speed: 20.83 seconds
Attendance: 5,000

Looking for photos/nformation on Bruce Warren

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From the web site www.Racecarsofyesterday.com :

# 41

1936 Chevy Coupe out of Norfolk, Virginia, powered by a 270 GMC 6 cylinder engine. This car won 6 NASCAR Championships with Bruce Warren behind the wheel.

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Here's a list of Late Model Champions from Langley. So far haven't found a Modified-Sportsman lsit from back in the day.

Langley Speedway Late Model Champions
Year Driver Car # Points Wins Top 5s Top 10s
2011 C.E. Falk III 40 790 12 16 16
2010 C.E. Falk III 40 982 9 17 21
2009 C.E. Falk III 40 886 11 17 18
2008 Danny Edwards Jr. 26
2007 Danny Edwards Jr. 26 9
2006 Greg Edwards 27
2005 Tommy Cherry 21
2004 Mark Wertz 40
2003 Mark Wertz 40 880 13 17 18
2002 Jammie Goode
2001 Phil Warren 16 9
2000 Phil Warren 16 6
1999 Danny Edwards Jr. 26
1998 Greg Edwards
1997 Phil Warren 47 4
1996 Mike Buffkin 84 9
1995 Phil Warren 47 19
1994 Phil Warren 47 5
1993 Eddie Johnson
1992 Danny Edwards Jr.
1991 Roger Sawyer
1990 Chip Hudson
1989 Danny Edwards Jr.
1988 Phil Warren 47
1987 Roger Sawyer 20
1986 Phil Warren 47 600 8 21 22
1985 Elton Sawyer 42 696 9 22 24
1984 Elton Sawyer 42 602 12 19 19
1983 Elton Sawyer 42 680 12 23 24
1982 Bubba Adams 9 8 18 20
1981 Charlie Doyle
1977 Billy Smith
1976 Joe Falk
1975 Tommy Ellis
1974 Bob Smith
1973 Sonny Hutchins
1971 Al Grinnan/Lennie Pond
1970 Al Grinnan
1969 Ray Hendrick/Sonny Hutchins
1967 Bruce Warren
1966 Bruce Warren
1965 Lennie Pond
1964 Bruce Warren
1963 Bruce Warren

Looking for photos/nformation on Bruce Warren

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Mike, I have no photos, but remember watching Bruce at Langley Field and Southside.

Very possible that our Member Ray Lamm might have photos shot at one of those two venues.

Also, the late Butch Torrie drove at Langley Field for our RR member Jack Carter's father. Very possible Jack might have photos or a lead.

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Junior emphasized over and over in very strong words that in his opinion the car builder was responsible for Fireball Roberts' death because of the non-substantial gas tank used to save weight. He credited Fireballs' death in the lightweight Ford with causing NASCAR to implement and enforce stricter weight standards of cars.

He also detailed how he got custody of LeeRoy Yarbrough from Florida authorities and placed him in three different treatment centers in North Carolina with no improvement before returning him to Florida. Junior said he continued to call LeeRoy every day until his death because LeeRoy had done so much for him to make his operation a winner.

Programming Note: UNC-TV Junior Johnson Series Begins This Thurs., May 17 @ 10:00 pm

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