| Police seize guns, drugs from Kingsport auto repair shop; owner ... - Kingsport Times-News Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:02 AM PST
Police seize guns, drugs from Kingsport auto repair shop; owner arrested ![]() A Kingsport man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly selling drugs out of an automotive repair shop. Police seized more than a pound of marijuana, nearly 600 prescription pills, 19 firearms and about a pint of liquor. According to Kingsport Police Chief Gale Osborne, the arrest was the result of a tip from a city resident. Detectives responded to 2812 North John B. Dennis Highway, Raw Automotive, and spoke with the business owner, Rocky Ramey Sr. Following a brief investigation, detectives located more than pound of marijuana, 120 methadone pills, 337 Lortab, 134 Xanax and a half-empty quart jar of liquor. Baggies for packaging the narcotics were also discovered. The marijuana's street value was estimated at $3,500, while the pills total worth was believed to be about $7,500. Police also found 15 rifles and four handguns. Under suspicion that the guns may have been used for the trade of drugs, or perhaps stolen, police seized the weapons. "People in the community are being eyes and ears and they're reporting illegal activity. This is another instance where we received a tip of this business on John B. Dennis with this illegal activity," Osborne said. "It's extremely important to us to maintain the safety of the community and our officers, so here's just another example in the city of Kingsport where you see the illicit drugs as well as the guns to go with it," he added. An ATV believed to have been purchased from the sale of illegal narcotics and $1,700 in cash were also seized. Ramey, 53, of 467 Gravely Road, Kingsport, was arrested. He is charged with possession of schedule II drugs for resale, possession of schedule III drugs for resale, possession of schedule IV drugs for resale, possession of marijuana for resale, possession of drug paraphernalia and untaxed liquor. He is also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and maintaining a dwelling where illegal narcotics are sold, stored or used. Ramey posted a $48,000 bail on Tuesday night and was arraigned Wednesday morning. Police say Ramey's arrest could result in charges against other individuals. The investigation is ongoing. Click the box below for a video report.
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| Pre-Running Starts Friday on Rugged 672.85-Mile Course for November ... - Who Won Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:22 AM PST Wednesday, November 4, 2009Pre-Running Starts Friday on Rugged 672.85-Mile Course for November's 42nd Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Desert Race
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by Dominic Clark
LOS ANGELES -- Adventurers and the world's best desert racers will begin practicing Friday as official pre-running starts for November's 42nd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race.
With over 325 entries expected to compete in 29 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, the granddaddy of all desert races will be held Nov. 19-22 in Ensenada, Mexico. Completing its 36th year as the World's foremost desert racing sanctioning body, the event is the finale of the five-race 2009 SCORE Desert Series. To date entries have come from 38 U.S. States and 13 countries.
It's the oldest and most well known of all desert races, and it remains as the single most appealing accomplishment to a driver. Since 1967, the Granddaddy of all desert races has been run over the mysterious Baja California peninsula. Because of the economics and logistics involved, some years it is a peninsula run while most years it is a loop race, starting and finishing in Ensenada.
This year's 672.85-mile race will start for the 35th time and finish for the 20th time in Ensenada. The motorcycle and ATV classes will start their journey at 6:30 a.m. (PST, Friday, Nov. 20) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 10:30 a.m., or three hours after the last ATV leaves the line. Vehicles will leave in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and while the fastest finishers are expected to complete the course in approximately 14 hours. All vehicles will have a 31-hour time limit to become official finishers in the legendary adventure.
The race will start and finish on Boulevard Costero adjacent to the picturesque Bahia de Todos Santos in front of the historical Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada.
Pre-running on the 672.85-mile loop course will officially begin on Saturday. Pre-running will be allowed from Ojos Negros and back, starting at race mile 43.3. One way pre-running from the start to Ojos Negros will be allowed only on Wednesday and Thursday of race week (Nov. 18 and 19). During the race, the first section of the course, approximately 40 miles, will be used leaving the city and returning to Ensenada.
While late entries are accepted up to race day, a total of 303 entries have officially been accepted for the race as of today which will put the starting field in the top 10 in the 42-year history of the storied event.
"We have been able, with the dedication and cooperation of many of our friends in Baja California, to develop a race course for the 42nd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 that will challenge even the most experienced of our great SCORE desert racers," commented Sal Fish, SCORE President/CEO since soon after it was founded in 1973. "This great, great course presents the competitors with all of the variety of terrain and elevation changes you could possibly hope for along with the dramatic beauty of Baja. This spectacular race course features the best of the courses we have used in our last three SCORE Baja races."
With massive crowds reaching nearly 250,000 anticipated to again be spread out along the rugged course that travels from Ensenada, down Laguna Salada to San Felipe, down through the legendary Matomi Wash, around Mike's Sky Ranch, through both Rancho El Trachis and Rancho El Coyote, down the infamous Simpson's Hill and back to the Pacific Coast below San Vicente and up through Santo Tomas, Uruapan and back to Ojos Negros, covering much of the northern half of the majestic Baja California peninsula to and from Ensenada.
From the start in Ensenada the course will go east to Ojos Negros for almost 40 miles which will be raced in both directions during the race. From Ojos Negros, the course will travel in a clockwise direction. From Ojos Negros, the course turns South to El Alamo and then east up through the Summit and makes a South turn at Cohabuzo Junction and on to the the infamous Laguna Salada, paralleling Mexican Highway 5. Next is San Felipe loop where the course will cover some of the rugged Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 course including the magnificent Matomi Wash.
After the San Felipe loop, which travels in a counterclockwise direction from and back to Borrego, the course will head north and northwest, joining Highway 3 for a short distance to the Mike's Sky Ranch turnoff. Then the course heads behind Mike's and around Rancho Trachis and Rancho Coyote and down the challenging Simpson's hill. From this point the course is very similar to the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 heading north along the Pacific Ocean below San Vicente and past Erendira, back inland up through Santo Tomas then turning northeast just past Uruapan winding its way back to Ojos Negros for the final charge back to Ensenada. In the Erendira area, the course avoids the rocky section along the Pacific, taking instead a high plateau east of that area.
The course features six checkpoints, where vehicle numbers and passing times are recorded to help verify the information gathered on the electronic recording devices that are mounted on all vehicles in the race.
The locations of the six checkpoints are: Checkpoint 1 (race-mile 90.03, North of Santa Catarina), CP2 (rm213.27-southwest of Borrego), CP3 (rm309.80-South of San Felipe), CP4 (rm401.94-Southwest of Borrego), CP5 (rm 535.32-San Vicente Vineyards) and CP6 (rm631.25-Ojos Negros).
Pre-race festivities on Thursday, Nov. 19, for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including the vastly popular tech and contingency of all vehicles and the SCORE Manufacturer's Midway will be held from 19 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer and media registration will be held at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19.
While entries will be accepted up to race morning (Friday, Nov. 20), late entries will be assigned the next available number and starting position within each class.
The post-race Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Survivor's Celebration will be held poolside at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22.
The car and truck classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Trophy-Truck (34), Class 1 (23), Class 1-2/1600 (13) and Class 10 and SCORE Lite (10 each).
Among the motorcycle and ATV classes, the open motorcycle Class 22 has the most entries to date with 18 followed by Class 30, riders 30 years old and over, which has 13.
Leading the six Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which has 35 entries and Sportsman Motorcycle under 250cc which has 14 entries to date.
The defending overall champions are all in this year's field: Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Boulevard, Calif., in the No. 8 Norman Motorsports BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck, the No. 1x Class 22 open motorcycle team led by Robby Bell, Sun City, Calif., on a Kawasaki KX450 and the No. 1a Class 24 open ATV team led by Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, Calif., on a Honda TRX700XX.
Among the many other talented entries from all over the world is the venerable Rod Hall, Reno, Nev., who is only individual who has raced in all 41 previous Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 races.
The legendary Hall, 70, of Reno, Nev., has a race-record 19 career class wins in this event and is the only driver to have competed every year (all in a car or truck class). Hall will be looking for two class wins this year as he is entered as the second driver for his sons Josh and Chad Hall in Hummer H3 vehicles in both the Stock Mini and Stock Full classes.
This year's Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race will be televised on a delayed basis as a one-hour NBC Sports special, in association with SCORE and Aura360, for the sixth consecutive year. It is scheduled to air on NBC at 2 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, Dec. 19 on the NBC Television Network. It will also air on a delayed basis outside of the U.S. on ESPN International.
In addition to season point class point championships, drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also racing to earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all drivers who complete every required mile of the five-race season. Being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 24th consecutive year, a total of 16 drivers remain eligible after Round 4 of the 2009 SCORE Desert Series.
This race also features the prestigious Sal Fish SCORE IronRider awards presented to each motorcycle or ATV rider who completes the course within the time limit while riding solo. To date, 24 individuals have officially declared that they will be attempting to complete the course riding solo.
Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Volkswagen of America-official vehicle, Sunoco Race Fuels -official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, Slime-official tire sealant and Red Bull--official energy drink. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Enthusiast Advertising, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie's Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
Additional associate sponsors for the 2009 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 are Proturismo de Ensenada and the State Tourism Department of Baja California.
For more information regarding the series, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2009 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.
2009 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Final round of five race 2009 SCORE Desert Series
Nov. 19-22 -- Ensenada, Mexico
TOTAL ENTRIES: 303 (38 States, 13 Countries)(as of 11/3/09)
PRO CARS & TRUCKS
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (34)
2 Pete Sohren
71 Rick D. Johnson
96 Bobby Baldwin
7 Scott Steinberger
12 Brian Collins
84 Nick Vanderwey
1 B.J. Baldwin
77 Robby Gordon
19 Tim Herbst
8 Roger Norman
24 Adam Householder
3 Mark Post
9 Mark Weyhrich
16 Cameron Steele
23 Mark McMillin
4 Gus Vildosola Jr.
59 Craig Potts
28 Alan Pflueger
31 Andy McMillin
74 Rob Bruce
76 Jesse Jones
78 Jesse Ashcraft
51 Kory Scheeler
13 Ed Stout
22 Damen Jefferies
47 James Bult
30 Robbie Pierce
20 Rob MacCachren
58 Ronnie Wilson
35 Jason Voss
39 Ron Whitton
10 Greg Nunley
79 Mike Mastro
75 Jerry Zaiden
CLASS 1 (23)
101 Armin Schwarz
102 Harley Letner
103 Jerry Penhall
104 Armin Kremer
105 Brian Parkhouse
106 Randy Wilson
107 Robert LeMaster
108 Todd Welling
109 Rudy Cortez
110 Troy Herbst
111 Dale Lenk
112 George Thieriot
113 Josh Daniel
114 Eric Chase
115 Brad Fouvre
116 Richard Boyle
117 Brendan Fikes
118 Brad Etter
119 Charles Rudolph
120 Jesse Hooker
121 Josh Rigsby
147 Chuck Dempsey
148 Chuck Sacks
CLASS 1-2/1600 (13)
1601 Cody Robinson
1602 Jose Fernandez
1603 Arturo Velazco
1604 Wes McKenzie
1605 Daniel McMillin
1606 Gerardo Iribe
1643 Alejandro Lozano
1644 Eliseo Garcia
1645 Eric Duran
1646 Corbin Harris
1647 Brian Wilson
1648 Justin Smith
1649 Arnoldo Ramirez
CLASS 3 (4)
300 Donald Moss
301 Scott Barnes
302 Daniel Wright
349 Darren Skilton
CLASS 5 (7)
500 Kevin Carr
501 Drew Belk
502 Chris Willis
503 Shaun Dunbar
517 Carlos Albanez
518 Vince Wavra
519 Che Corlett
CLASS 5/1600 (9)
551 Jonathon Knight
552 Alonso Angulo
553 Oscar Venegas
554 Mark Low
555 Erich Reisen
556 Ernesto Arambula
577 Armando Garcia
578 Pedro Athie
550 Marcos Nunez
CLASS 6 (8)
601 Richard Blunk
602 Marc Burnett
603 Robert Pickering
604 Jose Acuna Jr
616 Steve Kovach
617 Heidi Steele
618 John Townsend
619 Gregg Hempel
CLASS 7 (6)
701 Scott Ulrich
700 Dan Chamlee
703 Bill Kunz
704 Brandon Walsh
705 Jose Gonzalez
706 Igor Galvan
CLASS 7SX (3)
741 Norman Turley
742 Brandt Anderson
759 John Holmes
CLASS 8 (4)
801 Rodrigo Ampudia Jr.
802 Juan C. Lopez
803 Dave Crinklaw
839 Clyde Stacy
CLASS 9 (3)
901 Zack Burkett
902 Chuck Krumm
949 Ulises Morquecho
CLASS 10 (10)
1001 Jesus Gonzalez
1000 Mike Lawrence
1003 Javier Robles
1004 Justin Davis
1005 Lars Ferry
1006 Scott Gailey
1007 Sergio Salgado
1008 Steve Restivo
1048 David Greenhill
1049 Jose Lynch
SCORE LITE (10)
1201 Luis Barragan
1202 Brent Parkhouse
1203 Morgan Langley
1204 John Langley
1205 Rob Smith
1206 John Padgett
1207 Mark Fusting
1200 Rick St. John
1248 Greg Gustin
1249 Roberto Encinas
CLASS 11 (5)
1101 Eric Solorzano
1102 Michael Brown
1103 Dolores Casarez
1104 Jim Graham
1149 Gustavo Garayzar
STOCK FULL (3)
860 Chad Hall
878 Joe Bacal
879 Justin Matney
STOCK MINI (3)
761 Josh Hall
778 Robert Ditner
779 Gavin Skilton
PROTRUCK (4)
250 Gary Magness
234 Rob Reinertson
260 Nils Castillo
240 Rob Kittleson
CLASS 17 (3)
1701 Eric Filar
1702 Mike Shaffer
1749 Cliff Cook
BAJA CHALLENGE (4)
BC1 Christian Hammarskjold
BC2 Jay Culbertson
BC3 Brian Valentine
BC4 Mike Cassling
CLASS 2 (1)
209 William Erickson
PRO MOTORCYCLES
CLASS 22 (18)
2x Adam Thissen
3x Jason Lulis
4x Cameron Corfman
5x James Hall-S
1x Robby Bell
7x A.J. Stewart
8x John Kaisersatt
9x Dunn Voyer-S
10x Mark Bradford
11x Ivan Ramirez
12x Kendall Norman
13x Chuck Neugebauer
14x Chad Black
16x Brad Williscroft
17x Aaron Lindsey-S
18x Colton Udall
19x Adam Neuwirth
20x Matt Eddy
CLASS 21 (5)
101x Dan Troy-S
102x Ronnie Wilson
103x Bill Boyer
104x Chris Parker
105x Jeremy Purvines
CLASS 20 (6)
151x Manuel Reyes
150x Anna Cody
153x Jesus Rios
154x Tony Gurule
155x Marco Bernaldez
169x Hector Castillo
CLASS 30 (13)
301x Mike Johnson
302x Sean Bradley
303x Jean-Paul Cyr
304x Alejandro Ventosa
305x Eric Alfaro
306x James Dickinson
307x Robert Boyle
308x Sol Saltzman
309x Ron Wilson-S
310x Miguel Jimenez
311x Sergio Villalpando
312x Talya Dodson-S
349x Mike Kay
CLASS 40 (6)
401x Brian Campbell
402x Brad Turnidge
403x Tom Vogt
400x Scott Myers
405x Mike Prunty
449x Julio Abril
CLASS 50 (5)
501x Hugh Graffunder
502x Gary Barr-S
503x Craig Wear
504x Charles Wallace
500x Jim O'Neal
CLASS 60 (2)
601x Richard Jackson
600x Donald E. Lewis
PRO ATVS
CLASS 25 (5)
2a Patrick Christensen
1a Wayne Matlock
4a Greg Row
5a Felipe Velez
6a Nick Nelson
CLASS 24 (8)
101a Brian Harris
100a Craig Christy
103a Cesar Chanate
104a Tom Wright
105a Roberto Ruiz
106a Christian Vera
108a Luis Berumen
109a Benjamin Lopez Jr.
CLASS 26 (4)
201a Chuck Neugebauer
202a Reid Rutherford
218a Mike Penland
219a Rob Ransford
SPORTSMAN
SPT CAR (6)
1401 George Jackson
1400 Peter Lang
1403 Raymond Calore
1404 Gary Hewett
1448 Rory Ward
1449 Peter Ramseier
SPT TRUCK (4)
1501 Nick Tonelli
1502 Ken Fraizer
1503 Tim Smith
1549 Randy Swink
SPT UTV (4)
1801 Dave Roberts
1802 Thomas Graves
1803 Reid Nordin
1819 John Crowley
SPT M/C 250
201x Charles Shortt
202x Matt Ladendorf
204x Joel Blockson
205x Miguel Montenegro
206x Seppo Saarinen
208x Fred Sobke
209x Doron Kollan-S
210x Zachy Moritz-S
211x Tibi Imbuzan-S
212x Greg Willitts
213x Humberto Valle
214x Francisco Teran
248x Louie Montano-S
249x Nathan Barlow-S
SPT M/C 250> (35)
251x Craig Anstine
252x Salvador Sainz
253x Jeff Leonard
254x Cliff Cook
255x Craig Campbell
256x Oscar Fazz
257x Eric Anderson-S
258x Jeb Boynton
259x Dave Bervin
260x Michael Powell
261x Mike Kaplan-S
262x Andrew Siegmund
263x Ricardo De La Pena
264x Gary Gonzales
265x Doug McCrady-S
266x Shohei Himeno
267x Bob Gumser
268x Ray Grupp
270x Mike Mensinger
271x Trent Burgiss
272x Hideaki Sasski-S
273x Ebara Shuji
274x Brian Garrahan
275x Tatsushi Asaga-S
276x Yvan Perroud-S
277x Christian Chapman
278x Duncan Ragsdale
279x Don Wadsworth
280x Dan Dooling-S
281x Davy Patterson
282x Blake Ribbe-Tanner
283x Octavio Valle-S
297x Ken Kosiorek-S
298x Yoram Lavee-S
299x John Lowe
SPT ATV (11)
51a Dennis Lemare-S
52a Howie Orona
53a Adrian Valdez
54a Edgard Saldivar
55a Daniel Wehr-S
56a Yuval Sharon
57a Daniel Montano
58a Brad McLean
59a Manuel Jimenez
60a Alberto Maya
99a Gustavo Ameca
S-Indicates Solo Rider
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| Auto Racing Star Jeremy Mayfield & Wife Shana to Sell Real Estate ... - Carolina Newswire Posted: 03 Nov 2009 11:18 PM PST |
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| 2010 Kawasaki Mule 610 4X4 XC - UTV Guide Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:01 PM PST
Newest Mule Offers Expanded Off-Road Capabilities
After more than 20 years of service, the Mule name has come to
define a whole category of hardworking utility vehicles. For 2010,
here's an entirely new take on everyone's favorite beast of burden:
The Kawasaki Mule™ 610 4x4 XC appears to have been
crossbred with Kawasaki's Teryx™ RUV. Aggressive 26 inch Maxxis
Bighorn 2.0 radial tires mounted on 12-inch wheels give it newfound
off-road ability—and a slew of upgrades designed to complement its
suddenly more aggressive nature, infuse the new Mule XC with
something it's never really been known for: This Mule is cool.
![Kawasaki Mule 610 4x4 XC]() The
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takes that a giant step further. Not only do those burly 26 inch
Maxxis tires provide a bunch more traction, their greater width
increases the Mule's track by 1.3 inches and their greater height
gives the new Mule a full 8.1 inches of ground clearance. To
accommodate that new capability, new 1.1 inch longer front and 1.5
inch longer rear suspension help the Mule climb over larger
obstacles than ever, while standard skid plates protect vital
systems.
To make room for those new tires, the new Mule's front bumper's
been kicked forward about 1.2 inches, and while they were at it the
Mule team added sporty new graphics—also a new, more comfortable
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In spite of its new capabilities and the fact the XC looks like an
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bump absorption with light handling, and the Mule's mid-engine
layout and swingarm rear suspension provide great traction at the
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Popular accessories include an enclosed cab, snow plow, winch, and
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