MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Merry Christmas from Humphrey Racing!!! Even though we spent Christmas Eve in the shop taking advantage of
the warm weather with cotinued work on the new body for the pavement modified - we still know that Christmas
is not just about gifts, food and visits - it's about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!! Merry
Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
12/20/08
WORK
CONTINUES!!
Work continues on the body for the pavement modified. We hope
to have the decking finished early next week then we can finish mounting the roof. The Lord blessed us with a warm day
today so we were able to accomplish a bunch of work - but we still have some additional repairs that have to be made
to the frame that were discovered when we removed the body. However we are about to head to Saline for Christmas
at the Grandparents house and some good home cooking!!!
12/12/08
WELCOME BACK PEPSI FOR 2009!!
Wow..what a great
week for Humphrey racing as the team is now complete with the return of Pepsi for 2009. Pepsi joined Humphrey Racing for
the first time in 2008 and was quick with the decision to return for another year. There's nothing better than
a COOL Pepsi after a HOT night of racing!!!
12/09/08
AIRAID FILTER RETURNS FOR 2009!!
Yes-it's
official, AIRAID Intake & Filter Company out of Phoenix AZ will return to Humphrey Racing in 2009 as a title sponsor.
The high quality AIRAID filters have done a super job keeping the dust and dirt out of the Humphrey Racing power
plants. We are proud to be associated with people who care about quality and understand the needs of the high performance
world. Please visit their web site at www.airaid.com for more information. 12/04/08
Russ Stricks Again!!!
Russell Bennett of Fast Designs and Graphics in Atlanta, Ga has completed the design of the Ellis
Pavement modified we will be racing in 2009. Russell does the graphics for several NASCAR and ASA teams. This is the 5th car
Russell has done for Humphrey Racing. You can see the preview at the top of this page!!!
12/03/08
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS RETURNS FOR 09 SEASON!!
Yes....it's
true Advance Auto Parts will be part of Humphrey Racing for the third stright year!!! We are very excited
about this and look forward to working with Cass and the other fine folks at Advance!!!
11/16/08
PIZZA HUT RESIGNS FOR 2009 SEASON!!
YES...District
Manger Perry Wolf informed the team Friday of Pizza Huts intentions to continue with Humphrey Racing through
the 2009 racing season. Pizza Hut and Humphrey Racing enjoyed a great relationship in 2008 feeding pizza to many
race fans! We are very excitied about this opportunity and look forward to another year with the fine
folks at Pizza Hut!!
RACE RESULTS PAGE ADDED
We finally got the results page up and running. Click on
the heading above to see the week to week results for this year!
11/08/08
READY FOR 2009!!!!
What a great feeling
to go into the off season knowing you've got a bullet ready for 2009!!! The
new Hoffman chassis performed great tonight - even in a field of 27 modifieds and Ryan having to start on the rear (7th) of
his heat, he was up to second place in less than 5 laps only to have a caution flag come out costing him a position
ending up third at the checkers. Being pushed back one position was not the end of the world as Ryan qualifying for
the feature was the most imprtant thing. The Feature race started out with 20 super fast modifieds and the new Hoffman performed just as well as in the
heat race running just outside the top ten the first half of the race before having to drop out due to a cut right rear tire resulting in
the second DNF of the year. All in all it was a great night
and we look forward to the time off over the next 3 months. We hope to
have the season results completed in a week or so!! Again we thank God
and our Sponsors for a great year!!!!
11/07/08
ONE
MORE TIME FOR 2008
Well
we thought we were finished for 2008, but we decided to go out one more time and try out the H2 Hoffman chassis we picked
up from Florida. This will be more of a test session, but who knows.
We've worked all week putting the car together and should have it finished in time
to pull out around lunch time on Saturday headed to Fast Trax Speedway in Chatam Louisiana.
Thanks to Advance Auto
Parts, Pepsi, AIRAID and Pizza Hut for your continued support on Humphrey Racing!!
11/2/08
TRENT HUMPHREY SCORES TOP 10
Trent Humphrey had a great showing last night
at Fast Trax Speedway in Chatam Louisiana by finishing 10th in the A-Feature out of a 30 car IMCA Modified field.
Trent had to start in
the rear of his heat and a 6th place finish forced him to run the last chance qualifier race which only took the top 5 to
move onto the feature event.
Trent was running 6th in the LCQ when a late race caution bunched the field and on the re-start
Trent was able to make a great move on the outside which helped to a final finish position of 2nd.
Again starting from the
rear of the 20 car field feature event, Trent was able to run hard, avoid the crashes and end up with a final 10th finish.
We thank God for another
safe night of racing.
10/28/08
SISTER ASHLIN HUMPHREY GETS FIRST WIN!!!
Little sister Ashlin Humphrey (14) showed she has what it takes to get the job done
by winning the Go-Cart races in Texas while on her High School Band Trip this past weekend. Reports are she took the lead
on the first lap and drove away from the competition!!!
Ashlin has always loved riding motorcycles and go-carts around the shop since she could walk plus
I guess she has been paying attention to Dad and Brother Ryan while they are on the track! Great Job Ashlin!!!
We must
also mention the fact that Alyson Humphrey (17) did pretty good herself in a recent competition by TAKING FIRST
CHAIR IN THE STATE BAND COMPETITION - She will perform in Baton Rouge during Thanksgiving week. Way to go Alyson!!!
10/12/08
LAST
RIDE FOR 2008 - A GREAT ONE!!
With Ryan having band duties tonight at NSU - Ronnie took the opportunity to slip
behind the seat of the new Ellis Chassis modified. Being the frist night out in the new car - we
elected to start scratch on the field (9th) in the heat race, but was able to move up to 5th by the time the checkers fell.
The black Advance Auto Parts / Pizza Hut / Pepsi / AIRAID Modified was sheduled to start 9th
for the A-Feature and after twenty laps of very hard racing - we had moved all the way to fourth but was able
to pass the 2008 Points Champion on the final corner for a final position of 3rd. And to make things better - we found out that we are the hard charger award winner for
the feature by being the car that improved the most positions! We thank God for a Safe night of Racing!!!
09/23/08
HUMPHREY RACING GOES BACK TO SCHOOL?? We were proud to be part of the celebration for the 2008
summer reading program at University Elementary School in Shreveport - Ronnie Humphrey spoke to more than 150 kids who completed
the program which was centered around racing!! Is was great to share with the kids and see their excitment - especially
when they heard the 15x roar to life in front of them!!! Thanks to teacher Mary Canfield for the invitation to speak to the
kids - It was a great day!!!
09/19/08
As Ryan does his duties at NSU (LOOK
AT THE NEW BAND PICTURE ON THE RIGHT & CHECK OUT THE BANDS LED ZEPPELIN SHOW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXFHQVpAWvo - the nights left in the 2008 racing season are limited. We've
enjoyed a great season in 2008 and want to thanks our sponsors for
helping make it all possible!!! 09/08/08
The
Streak Ends at 10
After
have a season long perfect string of wins, top 10 and top 5 finishes for the team every week - Ryan ended
up with a 11th place finish in the feature Saturday night thanks to some problems with the sway bar on the car whiched caused
the car to get too free in the corners. We were glad to make it home after a night that included cousin
Trent impacting the wall with his modified and family friend Greg Heron having motor problems with his modified.
Since Ryan is back in college for good - not sure if 'Dad' will come out anymore or not before
the end of 2008. Stay tuned!
9/01/08
3rd Place Finish As Dad Fills In At
Monroe!!
With Ryan being committed to his duties with the Northwestern State University Band
this weekend - Dad (Ronnie) had to dust off his helmet and enter the ring after being out of a car for
over 3 months. It was a great night as Ronnie set the third fastest time of the evening with a 15.50 second lap around
the 3/8 mile Monroe oval. Getting the green from the pole position in the Dash For Cash was waisted thanks to a
broken shock mount which put Ronnie back to third in the 4 car field. However, repairs were made and Ronnie was able to bounce
back with a 2nd in the heat and 3rd in the feature. We need to mention that it was great to have Cass Weldon with
Advance Auto Parts at the races along with his wife - it was good for them to get to see the Advance Auto Parts Modified
running up front. We thank God for another safe night!
08/24/08
DOSE
OF REALITY
After a full season of
finishes in the top 10 every week, last night at Monroe Motor Speedway was one of those nights you would like to forget. Due
to a high chance of rain, the track lined all of the races up by points and since Ryan only had one night there so far - that
meant he would have to start in the back of his heat race and the back of the A-Feature. Ryan was only able to hold
he own and not advance towards the front very much in either race. Ryan ended up 10th in the feature - and did not
tear anything up which is always good!
08/09/08
First
Night on pavement - A GREAT ONE!
After working all day Saturday changing 3 springs,
A-frame and ball joint, relocating the battery/wiring, mounting 4 new tires, etc. the hard work payed off as Ryan made his
first ever appearance on pavement at Monroe Motor Speedway. With no practice and green tires on the new modified,
Ryan qulaified 11th fastest out of 13 cars and it looked like it could be a long night, but a call to friend Jimmy Noland
(who was racing in Baton Rouge) resulted in some major chassis adjustments. Ryan started on the outside of the front
row of the first heat race and lead 7 of 8 laps before falling to third on the last lap. Additional chassis adjusments bofore the
feature worked great as Ryan was able to improve his staring position of 6th to final fininsh of 4th in
the A-Feature.
Plans for
this week are to make a motor change for some more power and to decal the car to include our sponsors and the famous
15x!!!! Pictures from the MMS action are on the right of this page. Thanks to all of our frinds and sponsors and
especially God for a safe night of racing!!
07/19/08
Ryan Matches Career Best Finish
What a great night for Humphrey Racing as
Ryan drove the Advance Auto Parts / Pepsi / AIRAID / Pizza Hut Modified to a 3rd place finish at the Sabine Motor Speedway.
Ryan started 6th in his heat race and was able to move up to 4th which put him on the second row outside in the feature. The
track conditions were good and the lap times were fast as the pack raced green to checkered in the feature without a single
caution flag. The highlight of the night was for Ryan getting to race with 2007 Champion Park Speedway Modified Track Champion
and long time family friend Jim Bryant. Ryan and Jim raced hard for a couple of laps before Ryan was able to pull ahead. Cousin
Trent Humphrey also had a great night as his brought the 115 car home in 4th. We thank God for another safe night! Thanks
for stopping by!!!
07/13/08
BACK HOME FOR A VISIT
We took this weekend off in order to go to our hometown for
a reunion with friends and family at the Saline Watermelon Festival. It was a very hot day, but we got to show off the Advance
Auto Parts / Pizza Hut / AIRIAD modified to everyone in the parade. Thanks to Janice, Alyson and Ashlin Humphrey for their
hard work and to uncle Gene Humphrey for the use of his Kawasaki Mule to pull the car with! Looks like we will be headed back
to Sabine Motor Speedway this Friday night. Hope to see you there. Pictures of the parade are on the right side of this page.
07/05/08
TOP 10 (7th) AT SABINE MOTOR SPEEDWAY!!
After taking a couple
of weeks off - we loaded up and headed south to Sabine Motor Speedway Friday night for their Firecracker Shootout.
It
was another good night for Humphrey Racing as Ryan started 8th in his heat race and was able to work up to 6th when the checkers
fell. His finish in the heat put him on the fifth row outside for the start of the feature and ended up bringing the Advance
Auto Parts / Pizza Hut / Airaid / Pepsi modified home in 7th position. It was a wild night which ended up with a little
bumper and body damage to the car, but that's racing!! We thank God for another safe night.
06/15/08
WINS # 3 & 4 FOR HUMPHREY RACING in 2008!!
The action was back
at Monroe Motor Speedway last night and what a night as the ASA Late Model led every lap of the heat race and feature to make
a sweep of the 2 events. Guest driver Gurrett Durrett did a great job adjusting from the feel of dirt to pavement action.
We are very thankful to God for a safe night both on and off the track.
06/08/08
5th Place At 67 Speedway!!
Rayn was able to survive a early race spin and rough track conditions for a 5th place
finish last night at 67 Speedway. It was neat for Ryan to get to race first cousin Trent Humphrey who was making his first
modified start of 2008. The two drivers spent the whole feature fighting for the 4th position. We are very thankful to God
for a safe night of racing and travel!
06/01/08
WOW....ANOTHER GREAT
WEEK....2 Wins....1 Night!!!!
It was another great week for Humphrey Racing with Ronnie (dad) getting the job done
this time. The ASA Late Model was fast - setting the second fastest lap time, winning the Dash For Cash (top 4 qualifiers)
and the heat race. A second place fininsh in the Feature was the finishing touches of a GREAT night. Some pictures are on
the right of this page. We thank God for a safe and great trip / night!!
The
Monroe picture page has been updated with new pictures!!!
5/24/08
BEST FINISH SO FAR!!!
What a GREAT NIGHT for Humphrey Racing tonight at 67 Speedway as Ryan drove the ADVANCE
AUTO PARTS / PIZZA HUT / AIRIAD / PEPSI Modified to a personal best 3rd place finish!! We have work many hours on the setup
in the shop and it all paid off tonight as the car was really hooked up. Again we give all the credit to God for a safe night
of racing. We will head off to Monroe Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon (after Church) for the final practice before the opening
next Weekend.
5/17/08
TOP TEN FIRST NIGHT OUT!!!
After starting 17th and moving up to 9th - all you can say is that it was a Great
night. The susppension work on the car this passed week was a major step in the right direction. More Later!
Thanks
for your support (sponsors) and your prayers!!
03/25/08
ESPN
RADIO INTERVIEW
Ronnie and Ryan Humphrey were guest today on the weekly 97.7 ESPN Radio racing program. We were
able to share the plans for 2008 as well as thoughts on the new Monroe Speedway. A notice will be sent out next time in advance
so you can listen in person or on line!!
