Barberville, FL — February 15, 2005 — By WoO Late Model PR
To make a living in motorsports, racers know they’re going to spend
significant parts of a year on the road. It’s part of the deal. But
while drivers shine in the spotlight, there are crews of people who
toil in the shadows to make them successful.
The same goes for the various series, and the World of Outlaws Stacker
2® Late Model Series has one of the top crews in the business. This
group is at events—including season-opening races Feb. 17 and Feb. 19
at Volusia Speedway Park’s 34th Annual Speed Weeks—long before the
green flag drops. They make certain everything from drivers to fans to
sponsors to souvenir dealers are set for a night of thrilling racing.
The Late Model crew that travels from event to event, helping to make
drivers and tracks shine in front of the fans, is led by one of the
most respected men in the business, Dean Miracle.
A former racer, Miracle is not only the competition director for the
Stacker 2® Late Model Series, but he also is serving as Race Director
for Volusia’s Speed Weeks.
The crew includes corporate liason Bret Emrick, pit stewards Andy
Herbert, Dannie Meckes, Bince DuBois and Matt Hershey; chief technical
inspector Walter Burson, announcer and statistician Rick Eshelmann; AMB
scorer Sandy Holt; and Jane Miracle, who handles apparel sales.
“It’s a kind of demanding on everybody,” Dean Miracle said. “It can get
nerve-wracking when you’re out on the road so many times, but we get
used to it. We enjoy it or we wouldn’t do it.”
That enthusiasm keeps everybody on the crew upbeat while racing from
February through October, traveling from town to town to show fans the
best mix of dirt late model racing anywhere in the country.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for the drivers, every one of them out
there,” Miracle said. “They’re out there putting their lives on the
line for the people in the grandstand and the sport that they love.
They know when they get in the car and put on their helmets that it can
be pretty dangerous, but they love doing it.”
While the drivers get the satisfaction of competing under the lights in
front of packed grandstands, Miracle runs the series because he’s still
a racer at heart.
“I don’t do this for money, I do it because I love the sport and every
driver out there,” Miracle said. “I would do anything I could to help
any one of those guys at any one time. I would do the same for the
fans.
“Sometimes I get a little grumpy with the drivers, but they know that
whatever I say to them is going to be the same thing I say to the next
guy. They might not like what I say, but they respect it because it’s
the same thing I say I tell the next guy and that’s the only way I’m
going to work it.”
And that’s why the World of Outlaws Stacker 2® Late Model Series can
put on crowd-thrilling events night after night.
To make a living in motorsports, racers know they’re going to spend
significant parts of a year on the road. It’s part of the deal. But
while drivers shine in the spotlight, there are crews of people who
toil in the shadows to make them successful.
The same goes for the various series, and the World of Outlaws Stacker
2® Late Model Series has one of the top crews in the business. This
group is at events—including season-opening races Feb. 17 and Feb. 19
at Volusia Speedway Park’s 34th Annual Speed Weeks—long before the
green flag drops. They make certain everything from drivers to fans to
sponsors to souvenir dealers are set for a night of thrilling racing.
The Late Model crew that travels from event to event, helping to make
drivers and tracks shine in front of the fans, is led by one of the
most respected men in the business, Dean Miracle.
A former racer, Miracle is not only the competition director for the
Stacker 2® Late Model Series, but he also is serving as Race Director
for Volusia’s Speed Weeks.
The crew includes corporate liason Bret Emrick, pit stewards Andy
Herbert, Dannie Meckes, Bince DuBois and Matt Hershey; chief technical
inspector Walter Burson, announcer and statistician Rick Eshelmann; AMB
scorer Sandy Holt; and Jane Miracle, who handles apparel sales.
“It’s a kind of demanding on everybody,” Dean Miracle said. “It can get
nerve-wracking when you’re out on the road so many times, but we get
used to it. We enjoy it or we wouldn’t do it.”
That enthusiasm keeps everybody on the crew upbeat while racing from
February through October, traveling from town to town to show fans the
best mix of dirt late model racing anywhere in the country.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for the drivers, every one of them out
there,” Miracle said. “They’re out there putting their lives on the
line for the people in the grandstand and the sport that they love.
They know when they get in the car and put on their helmets that it can
be pretty dangerous, but they love doing it.”
While the drivers get the satisfaction of competing under the lights in
front of packed grandstands, Miracle runs the series because he’s still
a racer at heart.
“I don’t do this for money, I do it because I love the sport and every
driver out there,” Miracle said. “I would do anything I could to help
any one of those guys at any one time. I would do the same for the
fans.
“Sometimes I get a little grumpy with the drivers, but they know that
whatever I say to them is going to be the same thing I say to the next
guy. They might not like what I say, but they respect it because it’s
the same thing I say I tell the next guy and that’s the only way I’m
going to work it.”
And that’s why the World of Outlaws Stacker 2® Late Model Series can
put on crowd-thrilling events night after night.
