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This site was created to fill the void left by
Lenny Calinoff's OPENWHEELRACING.com. and the subsquent OPENWHEELRACERS.COM with John Levan at the helm as most of you know, They have both since passed on.
It started out around 10 years ago with an informal forum almost every night on the internet hosted by Len, where several of us got together to tell old racing tales. Some of which were even true!
Sometimes the crowd was just on the verge of getting out of hand, and then sometimes the old racing stories that came out of that crowd were just great to say the least. The most bantered around story, especially by me was: Did Len ever get his midget off or on the trailer without a mishap?
Then the site was turned into a news site hosted by Len.
Then John Levan then turned it into openwheelracers.com after the death of Lenny. Then John died, Now since a subsquent site couldnt make it with the new editor and that site had no one willing to host it we aXe, Brad my son-in-law and my daughter Deanna, and we can’t forget the, CFO “Cash for Operation” of this group my wife, Linda Sylvia decided to give it a try.
So, we’re off with this new site to try to keep on bringing you the same kind of RACING material that you folks that enjoy auto racing like to come and read. I don’t think we can do justice to what Len and John had originaly on the net but we sure will certainly try!
Again,
WE WELCOME YOU TO OWR3 and,
We hope you will enjoy the Ride!
aXe, aka Dennis Sylvia, Publisher & Editor
Here we are 5 months into the new web site. With only a few bugs, that were worked out. It isn’t the site We had hoped for but it is up and running with as much Racing information as We can get along with some great stories, pictures and Vintage information.
For those of you hoping for a clone to the old Lenny Calinof and or John Levan sites our sincerest apologies. We started out in that vein but along the way found holes we couldn’t dig those sites out of for one reason or another.
The biggest one was, after being given permission to use the old Levan e-mail accounts for the press releases posted to it, we were locked out of them. That accounts address’s for press releases took Len and John years to build, without them our press release information will be slow to get up to date. But we will keep on trying for more press release information.
We will also keep on in the same format as it has been since being locked out of those press releases.
Len and John had more than 50 years experience between them doing this sort of news release thing. While we are relatively newcomers to this news and story business. So please bear with us as we get this thing into high gear!
We are still going to try to duplicate the original theme. But as they were mainly from the north east and had mainly north east write ups. We are from out west and will do more from out there.
We would still like to do stuff from the East but at this time we have very few connections to do that so those areas stories will be sparse until we get more participation from those folks out that way. Let them know we are open and need Eastern information for the site.
It is almost CHILI BOWL time which means to me racing season will be up to speed again for this year. With the whole season yet before us.
Visit your favorite track follow your favorite series enjoy it as much as you can.
Mainly because what you see today may be gone tomorrow. Series & tracks come and go as fast as the races they put on it seems.
From the editor aXe
Well it has been over a month since We took on this new site. I feel pretty good about it for now, As I completely wiped out only one page so far!! With the scope of My knowledge of doing this, I think that was a major accomplishment? That I didn’t do way more damage than good is a miracle.
What started out as a one page RACING & NEWS deal is now 20 pages and more in the works. We may be trying to cover more than We need to but like I said in the beginning it is a work in progress and who knows where it will end up.
We now may need more writers and photographers? We haven’t come up to a worry spot on most of the pages with to much on them yet so We will try to get more up. We are not sure just how much the site can carry yet?
So if you have an interest in posting your short story writings, race reports or photos lets us know at axe@openwheelracers3.com .
We do need more information and stories from the West coast, East coast and Mid West and also South East. I.e. Sprints, Midgets Super Modifieds & Modifieds and such. Also do you have any ideas of what should be on here or something taken off? Please Let us know. I could now say its been fun ? But it is a time consuming deal and with out any formal training I am in over My head here at times, Lucky for me there is Brad and Deanna to dig me back out! So what do you think, is it going in the right directions? Do we need more or less ? More depth to the subjects or less? Dare I say would You like to see some of that closed Fenders & Doors writings on here? Please feel free to compliment or criticize it, That will be the only way we know if it is pleasing to any one out there. Thanks again for reading and please stay tuned for the Greatest sport in the world brought to You on these pages. aXe, aka Dennis Sylvia Publisher, Editor
