Garrett Hood and Rik Forbes head West to ArizonaMidwest
Midget drivers Garrett Hood from Concordia, Kansas and Rik Forbes from
Omaha, Nebraska are heading West to compete in the USAC Western
States/AMRA Midget event at the USA Race Park in Tucson, Arizona on
Saturday November 18th. This will be the first appearance at the USA
Race Park for both drivers.
Garrett Hood has had this race on his
calendar for sometime. Hood has been out of action since the USAC
National midget race on June 9th at the Lake of the Ozark Speedway
where he was involved in a racing incident which destroyed his car.
Since than the Two Hood’s Racing Team has purchased a new wide body
Stealth. Garrett Hood has been preparing hard to get this new car ready
for this last dirt race of the season. The Two Hood’s Racing Team would
like to thank all their sponsors for their continued support in this
season and looking forward to having them aboard for the 2007 season
also. Their Sponsors include: Voice and Data Connection Inc. (Sedgwick,
KS), Central Mechanical Construction an EMCOR Company (Manhattan, KS),
F-Wad Racing Fabrications (Concordia, KS), Hood Construction Company
(Concordia, KS), Wicked by Design (Fall City, NE) and K & N Filters.
Rik
Forbes has been busy this season racing with the SMRS, POWRi, BMARA and
USAC midget series. Forbes has 33 races on the season picking up two
victories along the way. His first win this season came on Memorial day
weekend with the POWRi National Midgets at the Junction Motor Speedway
in McCool Junction, Nebraska followed by another victory 3 weeks later
with the SMRS Midgets in Salina, Kansas.
Rik Forbes would like to
thank all his sponsors for their continued support this season which
include: Girard Racing Products (Sioux City, IA), Peterbuilt (Sioux
City, IA) and Fimco Industries (North Sioux City SD).
The Two Hood’s
Racing Team and the Forbes Racing Team have a long haul out to Arizona,
but both drivers are looking forward to the challenge ahead of them
facing some of the best USAC and AMRA drivers this coming weekend on
one of Arizona’s best 3/8 clay oval tracks.
#11h-Garrett Hood from Concordia, Kansas and #95-Rik Forbes from Omaha, Nebraska
