BRENNAN DIDERO TAKES TO NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY

[CanadianRacingOnline]

BRENNAN DIDERO TAKES TO NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY
Daytona Beach, Florida
Dec. 12, 2007
 
Brennan Didero passed his Rookie testing at the famous New Smyrna Speedway today, and accomplished the 2 day test by running fast time against four other drivers. The test was run by Finish Line Racing School and Owner/Trainer Mike Loescher felt that Didero has the talent to get the job done in the Ontario Sportsman Series with no problem.
The Weather was perfect with an average temperature of 80 degrees, and sunny, which allowed the four drivers at the test plenty of track time and over 200 laps each.
 
Brennan Didero will be driving the #24 Mid America Motorsports entry for 2008 along side his teammate, Jesse Pontello who will be in the
#42 Quaker State / Jiffy Lube Chevrolet . Didero ended his test with a fast lap time of 21:55 and was followed by his Teamate Pontello with a fast time of 21:59, finishing in the top three was ARCA Rookie driver Scott Stenzel of Orlando Florida who came in with a lap time of 21:98.
 
Brennan had this to say about the test, 'The car was right on as far as setup which was prepared by the Loeshers, Mike, Mike Jr. and Crystal. It was by far the best education I could ever have received and they took allot of time with me bringing me up to speed and teaching me the right way around a race track. As for the Race Track, it was just flat out awesome with big banking and great grip on the newly resurfaced asphalt. After everything was said and done, I can say I learned alot in the 2 day test'.
 
Didero and Pontello will continue testing over the Winter months in Florida preparing themselves for a run at the Ontario Sportsman Series bragging rights for Rookie of the Year honors, and are setting their goals on taking both cars to every track with the commitment to finishing up in the top 10 by years end.
 
Team Owner/ Crew Chief David Didero said, ' I will have my hands full this year running two rookies that both have the same goals and if it comes down to both of them running for Rookie of the Year I would be happy if we had a tie, even though I know that's almost imposable, it sure would make my life allot easier. I am not complaining as I know I have two young guns that have the will to win and I will do whatever it takes to make that a reality. Brennan is my Son, and Jesse is my pretend Son so to speak, so our goal will be to give both of them the opportunity to race together, work together and hopefully celebrate together in 2008'.
 
Next on the schedule for Brennan Didero will be the Marketing Program, which will hopefully result in a full time sponsor for 2008 and beyond. Didero has been talking with several potentials but at this time they have not signed a Primary Sponsor which is very much needed in order to move on.
 
'My Dad may own the Team but he say's funding to race must come from the Drivers part of the deal, and he has made it quite clear that the sponsorship and proceeds are my responsibility. I told him no problem...I will go out and bust my butt to find the right sponsor but don't be surprised if my Christmas present to him is a little small seeing that all my money is going into race cars' said Brennan.
 
Mid America Motorsports is looking to run a minimum of 2 cars in the OSS in 2008, and rumors are already in the air of a possibility of a third car if Sponsorship can be found. As for the younger Didero, He cant wait for the OSS to get running in 08'.


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[AutoAssembler]

Brennan Didero passed his Rookie testing at the famous New Smyrna Speedway today,

That's good news! Were you down there with him Dave. That's an awesome track, especially now that it's been repaved.

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[MID]

I was there and I saw both boy's run and was very happy with the results. I spent a ton of time with them but I was in meetings with ARCA most of the time as we are looking at fielding an ARCA Team for 08 instead of running the NASCAR CTS Deal.
I can say both my boy's are quick and ready to move on by competing in the OSS and hopefully they both make the jump to the ARCA Program instead of waisting time and knowledge in the NASCAR CTS deal which does not get them into different cars then what the OSS has to offer.
I am not saying that the NASCAR CTS deal is not a good series, but I will say the OSS has a better format to move forward for Drivers then NASCAR could ever offer as far as expense and gainable knowledge. The OSS is all about racing...the NASCAR deal is all about spending, and at the end of the day the seat time, sponsor value, and fan related interest to the sport points directly to the OSS over the NASCAR Series in Canada.
I have two young guns that want to race and win and I am 100% behind both of them.

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[DWfan4ever]

I'm sorry to see you feel that way about the NASCAR Canadian Tire series Dave.  I saw 2 events on the OSS circuit last year, Mosport and Cayuga and unfortunately was only entertained by the format.  Both events saw a small field of cars put on only a decent show.  The Cayuga especially only proved to me that the series was in the beginning stages as there were only 3 cars that really put on a show for the fans.  I only stayed to watch because I'd already travelled through the concession stands already.  And to say that the OSS offers a better way to gain knowledge over the NCATS seems odd since there are some cars in the OSS which are over 5 years compared to the current newer models in the NCATS series.  And then you expect drivers to jump into an ARCA and use the knowledge of OSS compared to NCATS??  Based on the stats sheet in a the Inside Track it appears that the NCATS are much closer then an OSS car, so please explain your rationel??

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[SpencerLewis]

how many 9 car fields are you going to race against in ARCA?

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[hill3]

not to speak for mid but one in my mind would be COST.

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[username]

i thought the oss was going to be a feeder series to ncats and ncsts supported the oss and vice-versa.  if running the ncats is "wasting time" then why run oss as a feeder series?
it's probably in the best interest of the oss not to give negative personal opinions about other series and just speak about the positives of their own series it would seem more proffessional than personal.
i don't have any inside knowledge of the two series but it's just an observation from a racer/fan of racing who has been reading this site everyday for a little while. 
i respect the effort that the oss is making to try to grow the series, but it sounds to me like something went sour between oss and nascar, or will if nascar reads this discussion board....

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[jcrashm2]

If you read his comments he says that the OSS is what is right for "his boys" in challenging their skills and their pocket books. I dont see anything wrong with that myself.

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[racerman]

Its great that the boys have gotten some seat time,I hope they realize that it takes time to run up front and they have to finish before they can contend for wins.As far as I am concerned the cts is the top series in canada ,also the oss is a feeder series for the cts.The cars and  equipment can be used in our series.The oss is not competing against the cts series,The oss has a long way to go and is growing ,should be good this year with more cars and sponsors in the series.I plan on running the oss and would also like to run the cts as we are working on deals to run both.We had a great 07 with 2 wins and second in points,Look forward to improving on last year but I really would like to run in the best series in canada which is the cts deal.Comparing the oss and cts is just not fair as they are 2 different series with different formats.I would also think that some drivers in the oss would have no problem running up front in the cts .There are some drivers that are in the cts that really should not be there as far as skill is concerned.Thats just my take,Mike Hryniuk #80 the green turtle

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[CanadianRacingOnline]

to run up front in CTS you need to have a big dollar sponsor that can pay the bills. The others have to watch their stuff and can't run the cars as hard as others do as a blown engine for some teams would mean maybe the end of the season???



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[Doherty]

But is that truely not the definition of any series, i mean, heck, it happens in every series generally who has the most money and talent does the best, i mean Steve Roblee 7/12 50 lap races and all race winners finished in the top ten in points, and NCATS had 4 repeat winners winning 2 each over 12 races and all race winners finished in the top ten.

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[DWfan4ever]

Actually jcrashm2 if you read Dave's comments he does mention that the time spent in OSS for his boys will be a major economic bonus, however he mentions that they will gain a stronger knowledge in the OSS instead of NCATS so they can jump right from OSS to ARCA.  That is why I made my comments about the close resemblance of NCATS cars to ARCA cars compared to OSS cars to ARCA cars.  I definitely agree that the OSS offers a much more economic series but if they plan on running ARCA they need to run races longer then 50 laps at a time since there are no ARCA events that run that short.  Personally I hope they do well to make the move as its time we started seeing more Canadians racing in the bigger US series to show their well developed skills.  Just looking for clarification on how running OSS will be better then running NCATS for those wishing to make the move to ARCA.

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[MID]

I am sorry my comments got so misunderstood, so I will clean it up for you.
The OSS is the feeder series to NASCAR for Teams that want to make that move.
It's my intent to at least try to make the move from the OSS to ARCA, possably running some CTS shows in between but keeping our focus on the ARCA program, which I believe is going to become one of the biggest series in the USA.

WHY ARCA ?- Cost SAVING'S.
Right now NASCAR has made it possable for your average Late Model team to make the jump to ARCA because of the introduction of the COT cars starting in 2008. You can buy a top notch Nextel Cup car- with a fresh engine- plenty of spare parts for under $50,000.00.... again that is race ready !!
With ARCA you can run Short Tracks, Intermediate Tracks, Superspeedway's and even Dirt !!
On a limited schedule, you can run up to 8 different tracks all within 500 miles of here.
ARCA has a great TV package with Speed, and the opportunity's to gain Sponsorship is by far easier due to the International exposure and the past proven success of ARCA's history.

I spoke with 10 teams- some front runner teams and some middle of the pack teams, and they all said the same thing.
The average cost to run any event is around $15, to $20,000.00- including travel.

There is nothing wrong with running the NASCAR CTS program as it's a great series, and although it's still very much in the growing stage, it looks like it should last. My cost to run a CTS car is around $20,000 to $35,000 depending on which side of Canada were racing at. CTS cars will run you around $30,000.00 for a complete roller and good motors will run around $35,000.00. CTS has a good TV package with Joel doing the footage and TSN doing the broadcasting, but even with the good TV package it is still almost imposable to get the Sponsorship needed to run up front.

I would say there is about 8 Teams that are getting the proper amount of funding, say $350,000.00, the rest of the teams are racing on $125,000.00 or less. This is not uncommon in Racing, but it sure makes it hard for racers like Kent Nuhn, who deserves a huge pat on the back, who runs on a limited budget, to ever get the chance to run up in the top 10 consistently.
Regardless of what series you run, ARCA or NASCAR CTS, you are going to find the Haves and the Have Not's.

The other big thing that knowone realizes is the ARCA Cars will get even cheaper when NASCAR does away with the current Busch Car's. The only big difference betwee a Busch car and a Cup car is the wheelbase, and ARCA is working on a program right now to try and equal them out on the track.

I would love to run the NASCAR CTS deal but we cannot find the funding here in Canada, so it's my choice to look at ARCA where we already have 2 Sponsor's interested in the deal. If we get the right amount of budget we will run a bunch of races this year, and my first call will be to Petey Shepherd if he is available.

If you want to here about making a big jump, I met a young Driver who raced last year in Street Stockers in Florida.
Last year was his first time ever in a Stock Car.
He is at DAYTONA with a $50,000.00 race car right now testing and last I checked he was 21st quick.
Coming from a 1/4 mile Oval to a 2 1/2 mile Super Speedway is one heck of a jump but as he told me- I am having the time of my life !!!       

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[MID]

Just an update on the Street Stock racer- gone ARCA..
He is now 13th quickest and still learning the Track and Line. As well he is yet to bolt on a set of Stickers !!!
Not bad for $50,000.00 Race Car.... and not bad for a guy who has never even sat in anything bigger then a Street Stock on a 1/4 mile oval. Good luck Scott. 

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[Mobil1fan]

I don't know about you, but I'd be a tad leery about running door to door with anyone making the jump from a Street Stock to a full-sized stock car at Daytona...Maybe they'll do better and act smarter than some of the series vets, but on paper it makes me shudder...

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