Dirt Track Today  Jim Grant goes one on one with some of the most prominent people in dirt track today.
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Dirttrack Today catches up with Legend Photographer Dan Mahony |
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Written by Jim Grant
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Friday, 17 April 2009 |
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FT.com When was it you discovered you had the talent and skills to become a top notch racing photographer? 
DM Of course I'd fooled around with cameras all my life. My dad Walt sold his track roadster and bought cameras to earn a living so they could afford to raise me. He had a studio and did portraits for a while, but he soon discovered that taking pictures at the races was more fun and paid just about as well, so he dumped the studio and just shot local flat track and sprint car (track roadsters back then) racing. I've been around tracks literally since i was two weeks old. I helped with the concession stand, emptied the trash, sold programs, and a bunch of other things at Gardena Stadium on Western Avenue and 183rd. So I was always around it, and then I would help my dad "soup" and dry the pictures in the darkroom, and learned the ins-and outs of the darkroom from years of that. I shot my first flat track in 1966, even though I wasn't legally old enough to get into the pits, but when I turned 18 and was old enough to be legal, I began shooting more seriously, now officially being the "other end guy", who shot the action at the opposite end of the track from my dad. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 April 2009 )
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Written by Jim Grant
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
Flattrack.Com catches up with Shaun Russell and his 2006 plans As we all know the costs to be competitive throughout the season are high. I have been busy sorting out sponsors, and hopefully keeping all of the people involved in my '05 program, going for the '06 season. I have also been trying to find new sponsors. What a job that can be.
After the last race last year, I was able to stay busy racing. I raced a short track in Canada, Wisconsin, and Two in California. |
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Tuesday, 26 December 2006 |
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Flattrack.coms Jim Grant saddles up to seat maker Saddlemens CEO and founder Tom Seymour 
Hi Tom it was a pleasure to see you this past weekend at the Springfield Mile, it was definitely a tough weekend with the Saturday TT with the turn one fiasco then Sundays last lap main event crash that landed veteran pro racer Terry Poovey in the hospital in critical condition, outside of everything that happened this past weekend how has Tom been? |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 September 2007 )
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FLATTRACK.COM talks to New National Number 32 Shawn Baer |
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Written by Jim Grant
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Sunday, 26 November 2006 |
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FT.comCongratulations Shawn on achieving every racers dream, getting that National Number of your own. hard was that to get?  [Shawn] Thanks, it had it's hard times. I love challenges so it has been a lot of fun up to this point. With the support of all my sponsors, family, fans, and friends, who stood behind me, we made it this far. Now I want to keep the number for many years to come, and one day hope to earn the number one plate.
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Nicole Cheza fastest female of the Michigan Mafia |
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Written by Jim Grant
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 |
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 Nicole hails from Clio Michigan and is the fastest female of the Michigan Mafia Clan. It’s been proven that's where the fastest dirt trackers in the United States come from.
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Newsflash
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These priceless #1 plates will go to the first 10 people that donate $500.00 or more each to the Overall Championship Point Fund at Flattrack.com.
This is the first time in history that fans donating to a fan-based point fund have had the opportunity to recieve a copy of the famed #1 Plate. The first ten $500.00 donors will be determined by the timing of their Pay Pal donations, or the postmark on their letters if the donations are sent by mail.
Traditionally, the only plates produced for past championships go to the Champion, with a limited few extras produced for the Champion to give to his sponsors or others of his choosing. This tradition will be followed, of course, to honor the Champion and those he wishes to thank for supporting his race efforts.
Don't waste too much time if you want to recieve one of these 10 exact replica #1 Plates!
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