Sunday, July 1, 2018

BMR 16-Year-Olds Capture Spotlight At Roseburg

BMR 16-Year-Olds Capture Spotlight At Roseburg

Kraus, Deegan Finish 1-2 In K&N West Action #NASCAR #KNWest

Two 16-year-old NASCAR Next drivers from Bill McAnally Racing claimed the top two spots in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West action at Douglas County Speedway on Saturday night, with Derek Kraus holding off Hailie Deegan in a two-lap dash to the finish to win the Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA AUTO PARTS.

Kraus, Deegan Finish 1-2 In K&N West Action #NASCAR #KNWest


It marked the second win of the season and third career series victory for the Stratford, Wisconsin driver who pilots the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry.

Deegan – a rookie from Temecula, California – grabbed her career-best runner-up finish in just her seventh career start, driving the No. 19 Mobil 1 / NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota Camry.

The third BMR driver, Cole Rouse, ran with the lead pack through much of the race; but was relegated to a sixth-place finish after contact from another car late in the event.

After starting second on the grid, Kraus jumped into the lead on Lap 21 and paced the field to the finish. It appeared he was going to cruise to victory, with a lead of more than six seconds as the laps began to wind down – but that lead evaporated with a string of four cautions late in the race. Although he was challenged on each restart, Kraus maintained command as the racing went into overtime.



“Our NAPA Toyota was really good,” Kraus said. “We were able to get out front with a pretty big lead by the middle part of the race. Then we were really good on the restarts there at the end and that was the difference. We were able to avoid spinning our tires and pulled away.”

Deegan started fourth and maintained the spot through the first half of the race. She was up to third by the midway point, as the BMR drivers ran 1-2-3. She moved to second a few laps later and then found herself on offense and defense during the restarts late in the race. Deegan crossed the finish line .493 seconds behind her teammate to take second, equaling the best finish by a female driver in the series.

“Our Toyota was one of the fastest cars on the track,” said Deegan, who said she changed her approach for this race – choosing to get more aggressive earlier in the event.

“In this race, I came to the realization that I need to start working on people earlier in the race and not ride around,” she said.



Kraus remains third in the championship standings, just nine points out of first. He has two wins, five top-five, and six top-10 finishes in seven races this season.

Rouse is fourth in the standings, 24 points out of the lead. The 20-year-old from Fort Smith, Arkansas has three top-five, and six top-10 finishes this year.

Deegan continues to lead the rookie field and is fifth in the overall standings, 27 points out of first. She has three top-five and seven top-10 finishes.

The BMR team was involved in a variety of activities leading up to Saturday’s race in Roseburg. The drivers made a visit to the Clint Newell Auto Group dealership, as well as an appearance at the NAPA AUTO PARTS Store in nearby Winston. BMR’s 2-seater No. 16 NAPA Toyota provided some thrilling laps around the speedway to selected guests. A NAPA customer kickoff dinner was held Friday night, and NAPA guests were hosted at a VIP Hospitality at the track on Saturday.

The Clint Newell Toyota 150 Presented by NAPA AUTO PARTS is slated to be televised on NBCSN on July 6 at 10 a.m. PT.

The next event on the series schedule will be the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West combination race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa on July 27.


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Menard Rolls To The Pole At Chicagoland

Menard Rolls To The Pole At Chicagoland On a sweltering afternoon at Chicagoland Speedway, Paul Menard and his No. 21 Menards/Sylvania Ford Fusion turned up the heat in qualifying and won the pole with a lap at 180.102 miles per hour. 

Paul Menard Rolls To The Pole At Chicagoland #NASCAR


It was Menard’s second career Cup pole, the first coming in July, 2008, at Daytona International Speedway. It was the 119th for the Wood Brothers team and their first since last fall at Phoenix Raceway.

Menard and the Menards/Sylvania team posted mediocre speeds in the two practice sessions on Saturday, posting the 15th fastest speed of 176.102 mph in the first session and the 24th best speed in Happy Hour with a lap at 173.249 mph.

Then in qualifying, Menard sped to the top of the speed chart in the first of three qualifying rounds with a speed of 180.120 mph.

He was seventh fastest in the second round, then won the pole in Round Three.

“My guys did a hell of a job today,” said Menard, who rehydrated with pickle juice after running the Xfinity Series race prior to qualifying. “We weren’t very good in practice. We did a mock run that was so loose that we had to abort it and never really got a true mock run.

“We had speed and all through those rounds we got a little too loose in Round Two, and we adjusted for it.

“Round Three drove like rails. It was good.”

In recent qualifying sessions Menard and the No. 21 team have often been fast in the first round only to struggle in the second. At Chicagoland, they maintained their speed through all three rounds.

“I just hit my marks and [crew chief] Greg [Erwin] and the guys made good adjustments,” Menard said.

Menard went on to say that the pole at Chicagoland is another sign that he, Erwin and the No. 21 team are continuing to improve in their first season together.

“All the Fords have been fast all year,” he said. “We have been on the back side of that with the 21 and playing catch-up a little with a new group of guys that have never worked together before.

“We are all learning each other, and I am really proud of all of them. We had a good test in Indy earlier this week and learned some things. Not that this is applying much from Indy but we have a little momentum going.”

Among those congratulating Menard was the team’s previous driver, Ryan Blaney, who will start alongside Menard in his No. 12 Ford from Team Penske, which shares an alliance with Menard and the Wood Brothers.

“I hate to lose the pole, but if I have to lose it to anybody it is cool to lose to my former team,” Blaney said. “The Wood Brothers and Paul have been good all year. It is cool that they got themselves a pole this year now.”

The Overton’s 400 is scheduled to start just after 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time with TV coverage on NBCSN.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 

  • Next Race: Overton’s 400 
  • The Place: Chicagoland Speedway 
  • The Date: Sunday, July 1 
  • The Time: 2:30 p.m. 
  • TV: NBCSN, 2:00 p.m. ET 
  • Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio 
  • Distance: 400 miles (267 Laps)
    • Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80)
    • Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 160)
    • Final Stage (Ends on Lap 267)


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‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ Devoted to Reducing Suicide

‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ Devoted to Reducing Suicide

Santiago Cirilo and Garrett Smithley
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“I just want everyone to understand that twenty to twenty-two veterans die every day of suicide. We are trying to let the world know that it doesn’t slow down, not even on your patriotic days. You do not have to support ‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ but please just look into how to slow this down. . . . how to destroy this number and bring it to zero - Santiago Cirilo”


‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ Devoted to Reducing Suicide
On the 4th of July, Independence Day, Santiago Cirilo will re-emphasis 'his Go-Fund Me' campaign in an effort to reduce the number of Military Veterans’ suicide deaths to zero. So how does this actor, who is also Army Infantry Veteran, Martial Artist, Writer, and Host proposing to accomplish this daunting feat – Santiago wants to make a movie.

After a military brother and best friend took his life, the Puerto Rican born Cirilo wrote a story about how hard it is to come home after military service. He is hopeful that with backing from his fellow veterans, Fort Knox Kentucky, Fort Campbell Kentucky, and the amazing people of Harrodsburg Kentucky, his dream will become a reality.

“I served in the military for eight years, Santiago detailed. My homecoming was rough. I did not know where to go really. However, I got a job at Gibson Guitars in Nashville. But it was still hard, going from being a leader to a company in civilian life. . . I kept my head down and could not look people in the eye. In the military you do your mission with little rest. I had to learn to slow down and not do things like I was still in the military. It took a while to shake it off and be myself.”

The movie entitled ‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ will feature Santiago Cirilo, who portrayed 'Julio' in season 4 of the hit series, ‘The Walking Dead’ and Garrett Smithley best known as a NASCAR Xfinity Series driver.

Santiago Cirilo portrayed 'Julio' in season 4 of the hit series, ‘The Walking Dead.’


As a huge ‘TWD’ fan, NASCAR Race Mom was thrilled by the opportunity to speak with Santiago. I was not disappointed. Santiago Cirilo presented as an honest and dedicated warrior for positive change.
Santiago caught the ‘acting bug’ while working for Gibson Guitars. It started out as a part-time distraction to help keep him happy. He did some local commercials before acquiring an agent. He praised God and quantified that he was just lucky that his name was out there when ‘The Walking Dead’ started filming in Georgia.

“I was working on something for Fox, when TWD hired me . . . I did not even have to audition. I worked on the Dead for about a month and a half; yet really did not know how big the show was. I was just doing my day job as a paralegal and fitting in my acting gigs, Santiago chuckled. At the time I was sleeping in my car at the Wal-Mart parking lot and eating Ramen Noodles and then overnight, I was signing autographs and being flown everywhere.”

Santiago got involved with NASCAR as a fan, during his second year in the military. It was his service buddy’s passion, which Santigo inherited upon his friend’s death. Recently, Cirilo met Georgia native Garrett Smithley through networking. Smithley told him about his #0 racecar and nickname ‘Nuthin’ (Smithley’s car # is zero.... so he always says he's making somethin' out of nuthin'. #MakeNuthinSumthin

“I was like OMG, this is what I am trying to do . . . bring the suicide rate down to zero - nothing. . . that was my big theme. Though a Radio NASCAR interview, I found out that Garrett is also an actor. It just could not get any better than that. This guy will play the young bad guy!”

‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ Devoted to Reducing Suicide

Garrett Smithley comes from a military family. Both of his grandfathers were in the military and his father is a pilot who flew a lot of civilian military jobs for his employer. He is not new to acting. His mother has a theatrical background and young Garrett did his first show, ‘Music Man’ when he was just seven.

Auspiciously, Garrett, who sits nineteenth in the point standings, races the NASCAR Xfinity Series No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports. Therefore, it seemed like Divine Intervention that Cirilo was able to recruit him to participate in the project whose goal is to reach ‘Zero’ military veteran suicides. The plan includes putting the film’s poster on Smithley’s Xfinity Race Car in 2017.

Cirilo’s main goal is to give back and save lives through entertainment. ‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ is phase one - part one of what he is doing with the Cirilo 7 Entertainment Network. The ‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ project will utilize Go Fund Me  to obtain the $70,000 startup capital needed to press forward.


“I am not asking everyone to donate money, Santiago explained. If they could simply share this story with their friends . . . that would help tremendously.”

This project is dedicated to hiring Veterans first and forty percent of film and merchandise earnings will go to help Homeless Veterans and Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Santiago Cirilo promises to include documentary style testimonials from actual veterans, regarding their real-life experiences, at the end of the movie as an extra special scene reminiscent of the Marvel movies. After all, ‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ is all about Veterans and improving their lives when they return home.


‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ Story

‘A Veteran’s Homecoming’ Devoted to Reducing Suicide
After two years overseas, Daniel Santiago is leaving the army to marry the wrong girl and to start a new life in the wrong town. But fate steps in. His fiancée dies and riddled with guilt Daniel disappears.

Now after seven years Daniel comes home. He must finally deal with his guilt and the traumatic stress serving his country created.

Daniel's faith guides him as he copes with family issues and financial problems. He develops close ties with other veterans and falls in love with his fiancée's twin sister.

‘A Veteran's Homecoming: The Story of Daniel’ is a man's journey facing the challenges of life while keeping Faith with his Beliefs.

Santiago Cirilo stars as Daniel. Garrett Smithley will be cast as the “bad guy.”


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