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BILLY FELTS JR. RACING

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Daloisio (909) 226-7768 or [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BILLY FELTS JR. SET FOR A FULL SEASON OF SPRINT CAR RACING!

(JANUARY 11, 2010, RIVERSIDE, CA) After ten years away from the sport he loves, driver Billy Felts Jr. will make a return to Sprint Car Racing in the USAC/CRA Series and at the Victorville Auto Raceway in 2010. The second-generation drivers first race will be at the annual Copper on Dirt at USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona on February 19^th and 20^th.

Felts, the son of longtime West Coast Sprint Car and Midget star Billy Felts Sr., had brief fling in Sprint Car racing in the 1990s. In addition to the promise the now 35-year old father of two showed in a Sprint Car, he also excelled in Midgets and won a USAC Western Midget event at the Bakersfield Speedway. In this season of, "returning to my racing roots," the Riverside resident will be driving a car owned by the legendary Southern California Gardner Motorsports team.

While Felts has been away from Sprint Car racing for the past decade, he has been heavily involved in racing. From 1997 through 2003, he was the factory tuner and engine builder at Kawasaki for Motocross legend and now NASCAR driver Ricky Carmichael. He also spent time as a factory tuner for American Suzuki and guided riders to Supercross and Motocross titles.

Felts career began as a confident five-year old in BMX. He stayed in BMX, where he was a J.M.C. Factory rider with his own model frame and forks, until age nine. He was the youngest ever rider to triple (win all three classes) at the BMX Grand National and won numerous national and state championships.

Felts got into Junior Speedway Motorcycle racing when he was nine and was quickly named the Most Up and Coming Rider. He also was the youngest rider ever to finish on the podium at the Junior National Speedway Championship and was a Junior Speedway Best Pairs Champion.

As a young teen, Felts took on Motocross racing and over the years raked in wins and championships including 80cc and 125cc GNC National championships, two Trans Cal 80cc titles and Mammoth Mountain 500cc champion. In the mid 1990s, he raced Mini Sprints for two years and won a Rookie of the Year award and the 1993 SCCMA championship.

Felts did get a handful of 410 Sprint Car races in during 2009 with a season best fifth place finish at the year ending race at Victorville Auto Raceway.

Billy Felts Jr. is till seeking sponsors for the 2010 season. Interested parties can contact him for a copy of his extensive racing portfolio at the number or E-mail that accompanies this release.

For more information on Billy Felts Jr. Racing: contact or text Scott Daloisio at: (909) 226-7768. You can also E-mail: [email protected].

Glad to see this happen to a guy my age....lol I very well remember Billy Jr. riding Jr.Speedway and his Dad Billy Sr. drove our family midget in the 70's. I was too young to remember those days but my Grandma still has lot's of photos to prove it. Good luck BFJ and the whole Gardner Motorsports Team this year

Well if u don't know who Belly Felts Jr. how mush do u really know? Its probably a good thing you not a car owner!! Don't get me wrong I love Ricky.

Gaunt has a ride this year in Dave Millers 66 and Billy will do just fine once he knocks the rust off. I could tell back when I worked with him he has the talent to run up front just wait and see.

Gaunt and Miller should be a great combination. Ricky drove the $%#& out of the car on the Fourth of July!

"Ralphie, Senor, muchas gracias por una mas cerveza"  -
Scott Daloisio @ the PAS

Hey are you bashing BFJ and if you are do you know him or are you talking out of your A$$ don't judge people based on what you hear Everyone deserves a second chance at life I got one So let this be a warning to people who are stupid or quick to judge or slow to forgive If you bash Billy on this board and don't have the grapes to say what ever it is negative to his face then come and say it to me and most of you know who I am I don't know Billy but from my own life lessons I understand where he is coming from

First of all i wasn't bashing Billy This guy was and after I wrote that he deleted his post! And yes i know Billy and the Gardner's and i think it Great that they are giving him a ride. I dont know any thing about your "life lessons" But maybe next time u should know all the facts before you go tell me they are stupid or quick to judge!

Trust me, anyone with half a brain, and that be me, was scratching their heads over that one. I had no idea why he was coming at ya.

Kenny

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. 

Maybe he (the poster) should check his own grapes?

"Ralphie, Senor, muchas gracias por una mas cerveza"  -
Scott Daloisio @ the PAS