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Thursday, May. 03, 2007
Hill climb is coming to Wolf Ridge
Sports car enthusiasts, race fans and anybody who likes to see cars doing something it looks like they ought not be doing should mark May 18-20 on their calendars.
That's when part of the road leading up to Wolf Ridge Ski Lodge near Mars Hill will become a 1.4-mile hill climb course that will feature 41 turns and an elevation change of more than 800 feet. One veteran described the course for the Wolf Ridge Hill Climb as the "love child" of courses used for climbs done previously at Chimney Rock and Beech Mountain.
Cars will be on display at the lodge on May 18. Admission to the races the next two days is free. The site is about 21/2 hours from Charlotte. Take Interstate 77 north to I-40 west. Take I-240 west around Asheville, exiting onto U.S. 19, 23 north via Exit 4A. Stay on this highway until the exit for Wolf Laurel Road and follow the signs for Wolf Laurel from there.
Details: www.wolfridgehillclimb.com.
Briefly
• Ryan Pemberton, crew chief on the No. 01 Chevrolet shared by Mark Martin and Regan Smith, has a newborn daughter. Pemberton's wife, Andrea, gave birth Tuesday to Britton Ladera, who weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces. She is the Pembertons' second daughter.• The TV show "Extra" named driver Carl Edwards as one of the nation's top 20 bachelors on its Wednesday episode.
• Tracy Hines, who has made 17 Busch and 52 Truck series starts and who now drives for U.S. Auto Club teams owned by Tony Stewart, crashed on an off-road motorcycle on his property in Indiana on Monday. He had surgery to repair a broken pelvis and left femur and a dislocated right knee at an Indianapolis hospital.
Short Tracks
• Chase Pistone led the final 66 laps Saturday to win the Naturally Fresh 250 at Concord Motorsports Park and earn his first career Hooters Pro Cup Series victory in his 26th star. Carl Long picked up a second-place finish.
• Ronnie White of Charlotte edged Brandon White of Stanley to win Saturday's feature at East Lincoln Speedway. Jamie Kuntz of Mooresville won the open-wheel modified feature. East Lincoln will run a full schedule Saturday beginning at 7 p.m.
• How strong has Andy Loden been in late model stock competition at Hickory Motor Speedway? Strong enough to lead all 200 laps in the past three features, including all 50 in last week's victory. "This thing is awesome," Loden said. "I've never driven anything like it." Five more races are on Saturday's schedule.
• Defending Tri-County Motor Speedway track champion Ricky Bryant got his first victory of the season in Friday's late model feature at the track in Hudson. A 75-lap feature for late models tops this week's schedule at the track.
• Anne Jackson of Effingham, S.C., won the top eliminator class and Dannie Haigler of Midland won in the modified eliminator class at Pageland (S.C.) Dragway.