The holidays are over and the team is looking forward to the 2010 season. We only made a few events last season and are hoping this season finds us at a few more events. Check back for updates, new photos and 2010 schedule.

Photos added and 2010 schedule updated

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2009 news

Bethel 9/26/09

 Great race recap can be seen here   http://www.longislandjam.com/news/2009/newsmain/news092709a.htm

Nice in car camera view of feature taken from Justin Strumpf's car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLe8xOhfveQ

2009 Riverhead season ends

The last race for the Riverhead legends was to be held on Sept. 12. This was going to be a special event for the division with time trials and an increased purse. Unfortunately the event was rained out. Congratulations to Tony Naglieri and the eveready motorsports race team on winning the championship!

Video added on photo page of our crash at Bethel

Bethel 7/25/09

We took a trip up to Bethel this weekend for our first visit to the track this season. We had some great side by side racing all night long. For our heat race we started on the pole and had a side by side battle for the lead with several competitors right up to the last lap when we got a good run off of turn four and just crossed the finish line first by a few feet. It was a great race.

For the feature we started on the outside pole and it was a repeat of the heat race with some intense side by side racing for the lead. We swapped places with the leader several times. We finally got a good run off the corner again and took the lead when Mike blaskey made a nice inside pass on us. We were right on Blaskeys bumper trying to get the lead spot back when Blaskey spun in turn 2. We were unable to avoid the spinning car and hopped his rear wheel sending us on our roof and ending our night. We hated coming home with a broken car but we were treated to some good clean racing while we were there. 

A great race recap can be found here on longislandjam.com

http://www.longislandjam.com/news/2009/newsmain/news072609b.htm

We are hoping to have the car fixed and return for the Legendstock event on August 15th

5/16/09

We made it to the track! 26 cars were on hand to try and qaulify for the 24 car 20 lap feature. Since we missed the first race of the season we were handycapped to start in the rear of the field. We started 11th in our heat race and finished 7th, that was good enough to get us into the feature. In the feature we started 16th in the 24 car field. This turned out to be a great race for us. We had a real tough battle going on with Paul Dodorico and Greg Decanio. For most of the race the three of us were battling side by side always two wide and none of us letting up as we passed each other several times. As hard and as close as we were driving the three of us never touched, always showing each other respect on every lap. We finally got a good run off the corner on the outside of Paul to complete the pass and ended up 7th overall when the race was over.

Congratulations to Kevin Nowak on his feature win and congratulations to the whole division for putting on a great show.

The Shakedown

We made it to the track this past weekend to practice at Riverhead. We had the car set up and geared for Bethel just in case we could make the show. Unfortunately our pit crew was a little cranky. So plan "B" was to shoot to Riverhead and get the car inspected and turn a few laps to make sure everything is in working order. The car ran great and even with out the proper gears we turned some competetive laps. We left the track early as to not torture the team babysitter for too long. We are hoping we can make opening day for the Legends on May 3rd. It should be a great race!

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 2008 news

Malone Racing 2008 season review.

The Team had a rough season this year but had alot of fun, made some new friends and gained some experience.

 In 2008 Riverhead Raceway included the legend cars in its schedule giving the division 8 races for the season. Malone racing was eager to return to the track and purchased a great used car for the upcoming season. The plan for the team was to run the full season at Riverhead raceway and travel to a few other tracks in between races. The new car ran great at the pre-season practice turning some respectable lap times. The team was confident heading into the first race of the season. The first race started out great, we won our heat race and started up front for the feature. We took the lead and held it for the first half of the race until someone dropped some oil on the track. This sent us sliding head on into the turn 1 wall. The car suffered some repairable damage but caused the team to miss races 2, 3 and 4 at Riverhead. With the help of Ray Scigowski, Malone racing returned to the track for Race number 5 with a second place finish. Malone racing returned for race 6 finishing 5th. The team had to skip race 7 due to family obligations. In August the team entered Legendstock at Bethel Motor Speedway. This event drew some of the top drivers in the northeast to race for a $3,000 purse. 34 cars were on hand to try and make the 25 car 40 lap feature event.The Malone racing #47 qaulified for the A main and was running 11th with 3 laps to go when they got caught up in an incident and spun off the track. The team finished 17th but was proud to be able to compete with some of the best teams around. Malone racing returned to Riverhead for race number 8 and finished 5th for the final race of Riverhead's 2008 legend season. Malone racing ended their season with a final trip to Bethel Motor speedway winning the heat race and finishing second in the feature.

 DATE                TRACK                                FINISH

5/4/08    Riverhead Raceway                      15th

6/15/08  Riverhead Raceway                       2nd

6/28/08  Riverhead Raceway                       5th

8/16/08  Bethel Motor speedway                 17th

8/31/08  Riverhead Raceway                       5th

11/1/08  Bethel Motor Speedway                 2nd

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Malone racing would like to thank all their friends and family for the help and support they recieved throughout the season to keep them on the track!!. 

  We are preparing for the 2010 racing season. The team is in the process of updating the cars to meet the new Inex and track rules for next season.

Malone racing is currently seeking sponsorship for a succesful 2010 season.

Have some fun and get great advertising on and off the track with this fan friendly, well known race team.  Contact Mike to see what we can do for you and come enjoy the 2010 season with us!

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