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9-12-09

Well this is our last show for the year at Plymouth. We ended up tossing our spare motor in the car to make the last night of the season at plymouth, which also happened to be Kids Night also.  In our heat we were able to cross the finish line in 3rd place. After waiting for quite a while after a wild wreck in the sprints which required flight for life to be called to the track. Finally, we were able to get on track with the A-Main.  It was probably one of our better runs of the season but we managed to finish in 5th place in the Feature. 

At seasons end we finished in 15th place in Plymouth Dirt Track Point Standings and 11th in WDLMA Point Standings after running in 59% of the 38 WDLMA Shows ran.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

9-4-09

We headed up to Manitowoc for their 2-Day Labor Day Special. In our heat we had a great run going but the car began to smoke quite a bit.  By the end of the heat we were smoking pretty bad, but did manage a 3rd place run.  That there is were the fun ended though, as we pulled her back in the pits to check everything over, we realized we had blew a head gasket and proceeded to fry the motor.  With our car being out of comission we hopped in Bob Cullen's Wild Chassis to start the A-Main, were we ended up finishing last in the feature.

In the end we finished in 14th place in Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Point Standings.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

8-22-09

We made a return trip to Plymouth after taking a week off. In our heat race we finished in 3rd place. We have been doing pretty good in our heat races but just need to start getting those wins. The A-Main came around and were able to finish in 8th place in the feature.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

8-14-09

We made our way up to Manitowoc this past week. In our heat we finished 3rd in our heat race which normally would of transfered us to the feature but tonight with the amount of late models that were there, it placed us into the B-Main. In the B-Main we suffered a DNF and finished in 14th place.

8-8-09

This past saturday we made the trip back to the Plymouth Dirt Track.  In our heat race we were able to finish in 2nd place which placed us in the A-Main.  Now in the A-Main, we had one of our better runs this season. We were able to finish in 4th place, had we had a couple more laps we could of perhap picked up the win.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

7-31-09

Man this is a long summer!  Well another night at the Manitowoc County Speedway. In Heat #3 we finished 2nd out of 6 drivers. In the A-main we ended up making contact with the wall ending our night early. We finished 17th out of 19.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

7-25-09

We made our way to the Plymouth Dirt Track yet again.  In our heat race we finished 5th out of 8 drivers.  As the A-Main rolled onto the track we found ourselves starting in 13th place.  As the checkered fell we were in 10th place out of 24 cars.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

7-17-09

Well tonight at Manitowoc it was the Hales Corner's Reunion Night. There was 30 late models here for the increased pay for every position. In heat #3 we finished 4th out of 7 cars in our heat which placed us in the B-Main.  In the B-Main we finished in 3rd place.  Now the A-Main was very interesting. There was a lot of beating and banging on the initial start.  As we made our way down the backstretch on lap 2 we were forced into the backstretch guardrail.  It tore our car up pretty good so we called it a weekend.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You! 

7-11-09

We made our return trip to the Plymouth Dirt Track this past weekend.  In heat #1 we finished in 5th place out of 7.  And in the A-Main we started in 13th place and made it all the way up to 5th place giving us the Hard Charger of the Race distinction.  Altogether great night for the team.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

7-3-09

Yet another trip up to the Manitowoc County Speedway this weekend.  In our heat we were able to finish 4th out of 7 late models. In the A-Main we started in 10th place and ended up finishing in 11th out of 25 late models.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

6-26-09

We made another trip up to Manitowoc this weekend.  In our heat we were able to finish 2nd out of 9 late models. In the A-Main we finished 13th after having some issues at the start of the A-Main.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

6-20-09

Friday night at Manitowoc was rained out.

So we made the trip to Plymouth on saturday night were there was 21 late models.  We finished 4th in our heat again tonight.  So on to the A-Main, we were able to make our way up to 6th place and that is were we ended our night.  Another good run, but we sure would like a win one of these times.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only #D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

6-13-09

Friday night at Manitowoc there was 22 late models. We finished 4th in our heat race.  As the feature wound down we found ourselves running in 3rd place in the feature. As the race ended we crossed the line in 3rd place with only Billy Rezutek and Paul Parker in front of us.  So we had an awesome night.

The next night at Plymouth there was 20 late models.  We started out great with a win in Heat #2.  Next was the feature we had a good starting spot but we missed on the set-up and ended up finishing 12th in the A-Main.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

6-5-09

Well tonight we headed to Manitowoc County Expo Speedway.  There was 24 late models here tonight.  We finished 4th in our heat which transfered us directly to the A-Main.  In the A-Main we were able to finish 5th in the feature.  All together great run for us tonight.

We were rained out on Saturday at Plymouth.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

5-31-09

Friday night we took the night off at Manitowoc. 

So saturday night at Plymouth was our only night of racing on the weekend.  In the heat race we finished 6th out of 10 cars in our heat.  Now in the A-Main we had one of our best runs of the year. We finished 6th out of 18 cars as 2 late models including our buddy Cody (hope your luck changes for the better) did not start the feature.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

5-25-09

Friday we made the trip to Manitowoc again.  In are Heat we finished 5th after starting 3rd, which sent us to the B-Main.  In the B-Main we finished 2nd which transfered us to the A-Main.  Now in the A-Main we started 12th and finished 10th.

Saturday we made the trip to Plymouth after missing the week before. In our heat we finished 7th after starting 8th.  The A-Main had similar results to friday,  we started 14th and ended the night finishing 10th. 

Now sunday we had contemplated making the trip up to Seymour for the WDLMA show, but we finally decided to go the the World of Outlaws event at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam. 

We qualified 29th out of 32 cars with a 16.084.  In our heat we finished 8th which sent us to the B-Main.  In the B-Main we finished 11th out of 16 late models.  Not to shabby against some great competition in the World of Outlaws but hopefully we can improve the next time we race with them. 

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

5-17-09

This past friday we made the trip up to the Manitowoc County Expo Raceway.  We were able to finish 4th in the heat after starting 1st.  In the feature we started on the front row and on lap 4 we were spun out and collected 3 other cars. We ended up finishing 15th in the feature. 

Because of the damage that we sustained at Manitowoc we decided not to race at Plymouth on Saturday night.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

5-10-09

Well on Friday night we made are way up to Manitowoc to race at the Manitowoc County Expo Raceway for night 2 of the 2009 EWSC Season.  Which also happens to be the 50th season at the track.  So to celebrate they had Twin 25 lap features with an increased purse.

Our results were 5th in the heat, 18th in the 1st A-Main because of a flat tire, and 11th in the second A-Main after passing 7 cars.  Are overall finish after combining the finishes of both A-Main's was 15th place.

We had planned to race at Plymouth Dirt Track on saturday but mother nature had other plans.  So this upcoming weekend we will be at Manitowoc and Plymouth again.

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

5-4-09

Opening weekend went alright.  The car suffered no damage was a little tight but managable.  Manitowoc results were 4th in the heat and 13th in the feature.  Plymouth results were 4th in the heat 15th in the feature.   The new chassis is taking a little getting used to but we will get it perfect soon. 

Turk Letizia would like to thank his sponsors Diamond Jim's Stoneridge Inn, Diamond Jim's Motorcars, Metropolitan SAAB, Scuttlebutt Sports Lounge, Simpson Race Products, and WI Dirt Late Models.com.  You guys are a big part of keeping D1 and Only D1 WILD Inc. dirt late model on the track.  Thank You!

4-13-09

The car is coming along great.  Rear end, driveshaft, engine, and tranny are all in.  Body is on! She's getting closer to being a roller chassis.