Winning the Florida Speedweeks championship has been the biggest thrill in my racing career so far.  It’s nothing short of a dream come true and what we accomplished at New Smyrna Speedway is still sinking in.

 At the end of the week, I might have been the one holding up the trophy, but without the help and support of several people, I know that I would have been at home in New Hampshire watching Daytona on TV instead.  I’d really like to thank those people.

 My family has been behind me all of the way and without their support, I wouldn’t be racing.  I appreciate their sacrifices and hard work.  The same goes for my car owner, Jerry Morello.  He’s been coming to New Smyrna for years and winning a championship down there means so much to me.

 I’ve got the hardest working crew out there and now they are officially champions.  Everything that we worked for almost went up in smoke on Friday night after a wreck, but my team didn’t give up and we came back to finish fifth.  They are amazing.

 I want to thank my sponsors – One Stop Toy Shop, Rockingham Boat, Howard Construction and Summit Signs for their support in just getting to Speedweeks.

 It takes horsepower to run well at New Smyrna.  Joey Caraccia and NuSkool engines built us a nice engine for this season and we ran it down in Florida.  I appreciate the job Joey did with it every time that I put my foot down.

 The lessons that I’ve learned in two seasons in the True Value Modified Racing Series sure came in handy in Florida.  It’s been a great place to race and I thank everyone associated with the series for that.  I was proud to represent the series in Florida and look forward to some great races in 2006.

 I also got to race against some great competitors in Florida.  Eric Beers, Ted Christopher, Donny Lia, Rob Summers and the Blewett Brothers are some of the best in the business and to learn from them was priceless.  I especially want to thank Chuck Hossfeld and his team though.  We raced hard and clean for the championship and he showed me what a class act that he is.  I look forward to racing him again many times in the future.

 Most of all, we couldn’t do this without the fans and I thank everyone who came out to the track, followed the races online or offered their congratulations when we came home.

 I’m looking forward to a fun and safe 2006 season and I’ll see everyone at Monadnock on April 15^th.

 Andy Seuss

Driver - #70 One Stop Toy Shop/Rockingham Boat Modified

Race Results from New Smyrna Speedway:

Night 8: ANDY IS THE CHAMPION! With 25 laps in the race we knew what needed to be done. Andy was calm, cool and collected and drove smooth the entire race putting the #70 in 5th place for the race and winning the 2006 Modified Championship! Andy and the entire Crew did an awesome job all week and we want to thank everyone for your support and good luck wishes. This is a great way to start off the 2006 racing season!!!

CONGRATULATIONS ANDY FOR WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP!

Thank you Howie and Mary Hodge for the great pictures!

Night 7: WOW! Andy did some unbelievable driving tonight and the team did an awesome job keeping the #70 in the race and on the lead lap. Andy was in an early caution causing the right rear to go down and some additional damage to the back end. The crew brought the car behind the wall and started working, when the green flag flew the pack came barreling into Turn 1 and half of the field was tangled together and the yellow flag is out again buying the #70 team some extra time to fix the car.

Andy was back on the track when the green flag flew and starts in the back of the field --- he begins moving forward and making a charge to the front. Andy feels a tire going down and hangs on to the car until the yellow is out again, the #70 comes down pit road for a fresh tire and is out and back to work. At the end of the race Andy brings the #70 home in 5th place and secures the points lead for the championship. Tomorrow is the final night of racing with a 25 lap feature. Stay tuned... 

Night 6: Another excellent night at the races! Andy went out for qualifying and put the #70 in the 9th starting position. With a 25 lap race there was no time to waste, Andy drove smart and once again avoided wrecks in early cautions. Andy moved into seventh position and continued to move through the field. With the laps clicking off fast Andy held his ground to move into the fourth place position. When the checkered flag flew the #70 finished in 4th.

With only two nights left of racing Andy has proven to be a strong and aggressive driver. He has been driving smart races and finishing consistently to put the #70 modified 5 points away from Beers and Hossfeld who are tied for first in the points standings. Stay tuned for tomorrow's update as the Richie Evans Memorial Classic 100 lap race is tonight.

Night 5: It was another night of luck at the races! During qualifying Andy turned the 10th fastest time. At the start of the race getting in one complete lap was proving to be a challenge. At the restart Andy was on the inside line when the green flag flew the #12 was slow to go and Andy was pounded from behind sending him into the #12 and the front stretch grass, luckily Andy saved the car before hitting the wall. At another early restart Donny Lia climbed the wall coming out of turn four causing a caution and a handful of cars to go spinning in the front stretch. With barely 5 lap on the books, the modifieds were going single file restart. Andy started in the rear of the field but with patience and smart driving began picking off cars in front of him and was on the move towards the front. By the end of the night Andy finished in 6th place.

Night 4: Tonight was a night of survival! With Andy qualifying 10th yesterday after an excellent save on his second lap coming out of turn four, 10th spot turned out to be a blessing in disguise. At the start of the race the track was cold and the drivers were hot, without finishing the first lap the caution was out. The restart came again and with no time at all the yellow flag flew taking out the front of the pack. Andy spun in the dirt in turn 1 but had no damage to the car; with a quick stop down pit road to clean oil off the window Andy was ready to. Back to work, Andy drove smart and started picking off cars one by one. With 2 laps left the caution is out again and Andy is in fifth spot; during the caution the #45 runs out of fuel and Andy moves into 4th place. The green is in the air on a single file restart and the #70 finishes in 4th place. Another good night at the races puts Andy in third place overall in points.

Night 3: The World Series of Asphalt racing has officially been re-named the Wild Wild West. Andy turned an excellent 17.421 in qualifying the 5th fastest time. After the redraw Andy was lined up 3rd behind Donny Lia and Chuck Hossfeld for the feature event. With the drop of the green flag the excitement began. Andy held on to the #70 with the beating and banging going on all around. With a caution coming out for a spin in three and four the pack restarted taking the green three wide, yet again giving Andy a handful to hang on to. We survived the start and finished the race in 5th place. Another exciting night for the #70 modified.

Night 2: Rained out ......next race Monday night

Night 1: Andy Seuss qualifies 6th, with the top 8 redrawing Andy starts in 4th place behind Chuck Hossfeld and pulls out into second place. By the end of the race half the field was out due to a wreck in the back stretch. Andy brings the #70 home clean with a 7th place finish.

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 Neither Rain, Snow or Blown Engines

 Keep Andy Seuss Down

18-Year-Old and His Teams Work Hard for a Pair of Third-Place Finishes

HAMPSTEAD, NH ( November 1, 2005) – After one rain postponement, one snow postponement and a pair of blown engines, you wouldn’t blame Andy Seuss and his #70 One Stop Toy Shop / Rockingham Boat True Value Modified Racing Series team if they wanted to pack up and leave Octoberfest at Lee USA Speedway (NH) early. But that’s not what the team is about.  Their dedication was rewarded when Seuss started last (because of their last TVMRS win) in the final TVMRS race of 2005 and came through the field to finish a strong third on Sunday.  It was a fitting end to a long week and a half of setback after setback.  The race was first scheduled for last weekend, but got rained out.  On Saturday, it was pushed back another day because of a snowy mix of wintery weather.  That worked out good for the team because it gave them time to chase down their motor demons." We found some things wrong with our primary motor last week and put in our back-up motor,” said Seuss.  “Once we got to the track, we found that it was starting to knock so we shut it down and were done for the day.  We blew a lifter and couldn’t find all of the parts and we knew they were running around inside the engine.  We didn’t want to hurt it worse.  We got home and started tearing apart those engines and knew that we weren’t going to have those fixed for the weekend." The #70 team then turned to team owner Jerry Morello, who also owns Eddie MacDonald’s #77 NASCAR Busch North team, for some assistance." We borrowed one of Jerry’s [Busch North] motors.  It was the one that they ran at Dover and they thought it had a broken rocker.  It turned out that the cam came off timing and bent a lot of stuff.  Then we were out of motors.  We rented one from Jack Bateman and met him on Thursday to get it.  We put it in on Friday and it worked out good for us that Lee was rained out on Saturday.  We got an extra day to finish it.  We put it in and it was a good stout piece.  It all worked out good." Early in the 100-lap event, it looked like Seuss’ race would go just like his week leading up to it.  But as the laps clicked off, things started going better and better for him." At the beginning of the race, I was told that I was within a quarter of a turn of going down a lap.  I was trying to save my car, but then I turned it on and went.  I made up a half-track on the leader and started coming through the pack.  By the time that the first caution came out, I was in seventh.  We went from 26^th to seventh in 60 laps.  We kept picking away and found myself in third at the finish." It wasn’t Seuss’ only third place of the afternoon either.  The 18-year-old driver also finished on the podium in the 350 SuperModifieds feature after driving the #10 of Mike Ordway, Jr., who was tied up racing a NEMA Midget at Thompson Speedway (CT).“That was a tough race,” said Seuss.  “I got held up bad by some erratic traffic.  I couldn’t exactly take matters into my own hands and those cars are very aero sensitive.  They get real tight when you are up behind someone.  Once I was by myself, I was 2/10^ths quicker than anyone else.  I want to thank the Ordway family for giving me the chance to run their car." Seuss and his team planned on going to this coming weekend’s North vs. South Shootout at Concord Motorsports Park (NC), but that event is still a question mark until they figure out their current engine situation." We're looking at going to the Shootout if we have a motor to go down there with,” said Seuss. “We’re looking into that.  If we run the same motor, we’ll be all right.  We’ll do some weekly maintenance and load the car back up.  If not, we’ll do what we can.  If it takes a lot of work, it takes a lot of work.  That’s not anything that this team is afraid of." For more information on Andy Seuss, please contact Mike Twist at (207) 590-1786 and be sure to visit the all-new www.andyseuss.net.

Andy was invited to speak at the candle light vigil held at Macgregor park, Derry NH for the Community Alliance for Teen Safety (C.A.T.S.). The theme of the evening was Before Your Time...A Celebration of the Lives of Youth Who Have Died Before Their Time. Andy spoke about safety in his race car and how it applies to everyday driving. We hope he has inspired everyone to buckle up!

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      Jerry Nadeau Charity Poker Challenge and Cruise

Everyone who boarded the M/S Mount Washington for the Jerry Nadeau Charity Poker Tournament and Cruise last week had the chance to relax or plenty to keep them busy if that is what they preferred.  The evening offered a little bit of everything from a buffet dinner to a moonlit cruise on the lake to a magic show to a poker tournament to a chance to meet former NASCAR Cup driver Jerry Nadeau and a number of regional racing fans.

The cruise left port from Weirs Beach, New Hampshire and set sail on Lake Winnipesaukee with fans of all ages on board.  Also along for the ride were Nadeau, True Value Modified Racing Series drivers Kirk Alexander and Andy Seuss, NASCAR Busch North Series drivers Dave Dion and Mike Olsen and ISMA Supermodified pilot Mike Ordway.

A good time was had by all, but the real meaning of the evening was to raise money for the charities of Racing Against Cancer and David’s House.  It was a night of fun for a good cause.

“The cruise was awesome,” said Bobbi Seuss, who helped to organize the event.  “It was the biggest money-making Casino night that Racing Against Cancer has had.  We made $4,600 when everything was said and done.  Everyone had an excellent time.  It was really a lot of fun.”

Andy Seuss Finishes Second to A Worthy Opponent at Monadnock

18-Year-Old Battles With Kirk Alexander for Victory and Doesn’t Give Up

HAMPSTEAD, NH ( July 6, 2005) – Since Kirk Alexander has won six out of the eight True Value Modified Racing Series events so far in 2005, you would think that finishing second to him would be like a victory.  Andy Seuss and his One Stop Toy Shop/Rockingham Boat team finished second to Alexander this past weekend at Monadnock Speedway and although they are happy with their finish, they are far from throwing their hands up and saying that is the best that they can do.

 “I don’t think that Kirk Alexander is unreachable,” said Seuss.  “Right now he’s untouchable, but we just need to get our act together.  It’s still just a Modified and they have their act together.  I think that we have a decent shot by the end of the season to get up there and race with him.  Obviously, he’s dominant right now but we’re not going to say that second place is a win at this point.”

 18-year-old Seuss has struck up a friendship with Alexander and enjoys going wheel to wheel with the defending TVMRS champion.

 “Kirk and I have some good side-by-side battles,” said Seuss.  “I joke around with him that he doesn’t want to play with me very long because he always comes out on top, but we had a good side-by-side battle this time.  I think that my crew guys wore out their buttons by telling me to make him earn the win.  He did.  He earned it on the outside and we ran good side-by-side for six, seven or eight laps before he got by.”

 The second place finish at Monadnock also turns around a streak of bad luck for Seuss and his team.

”The last few weeks have been hard DNFs from rocker arms in the engine breaking to grade 8 bolts shearing to contact.  It’s been odd, but this race was pretty sweet.  We put the car up where it belonged with a top-three finish.”

 Next up for Seuss is Family Fun Night at Lee USA Speedway (NH) on Friday.  The event is right in his family’s backyard and it’s one that the young driver is looking forward to.

 “Lee’s my home track and it’s nice being home with all the fans and family up there.  We always run good there, but it seems that something happens and we get bit by the end of the race.  We’re going to take this one easy and try to finish it and work our way back up in the points.  We fell from sixth to 16^th and now with this second place finish, we’ll start to work our way back up again.”

 “We’ve run in top five in everything that I’ve run there.  We won a segment in the Milk Bowl-type race that they had for the Late Models.  We’ve done it all there except to get a feature win.  We’re looking forward to go back there and try to change that.”

 For more information on Andy Seuss, please contact Mike Twist at (207) 590-1786 and be sure to watch for the launch of www.andyseuss.com coming soon.

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 Make A Wish Night A Great Success

  We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the True Value Modified
Racing Series drivers, Lee USA Speedway drivers and their team members
for their generosity this past Friday night! The Make Wish Families had a fantastic time.

To recap, the night started out with John Spence Announcing the excitement of having the Make A Wish families at the track. John Spence was a great help promoting the event each week at the tracks visited by the TVMRS.  Journalist, Mike Twist of Speed51.com made sure everyone that visited their site was well aware of the upcoming night with Make A Wish. 

The activities for the children started with a bus ride in the pits and around the track, supplied by The Provider Bus Co. of Freemont NH. The children proudly waved their flags out the windows as they rode around the track.  When the families stepped off the bus they were smiling from ear to ear. When it came time to start the heat races the children became honorary starters by waving the green flag.  The excitement these kids showed was overpowering and truly worth all the work put into organizing the event.

The highlight of the night was when all the drivers took time from their race cars and teams to visit with the kids.  Drivers signed autographs and helped collect donations from fans in the stands as well.  The children did not only go home with memories of the night but each one received a goodie bag to take home with them.   As part of the  bags, True Value Hardware Stores donated along with their time coozies, hats and flashlights.
Coastal 181, reading for racers from Newburyport Mass, made up incredible bags filled with Dick Berggren's Speedway Illustrated, T-shirts, and pit passes which the children displayed proudly. Many race teams donated t-shirts, glow bracelets, magnets, book markers and stuffed animals to hug. It seemed as though there was a new surprise every minute!!!! Dom, from Domino's Pizza was such a great host donating t-shirts and serving the families pizza all night long! I think everyone fell in love with the new Cheese Burger Pizza!!!! Special thanks go to Jason Boucher of J.Song Ballooning and Dennis Ferreira Jr. of the Patriot Balloon Co. and also The One Stop Toy Shop for sponsoring the Hot Air Balloons. The balloons did not get to fly due to windy conditions on Friday night, but they did say they would try to come back at another date.

Together working as a team, we collected over $2000.00 for the Make a Wish Foundation.  Everyone should be very proud of themselves for the teamwork and effort all put into making this a successful night.

Rookie of the Year was presented to Andy Seuss in the number 10 Rockingham boat, One Stop Toy Shop sponsored modified race car. 2004 was Seuss's rookie year in a modified but definitely not the first year this seventeen year old from Hampstead, NH has been behind the wheel of a race car. Seuss was the 2003 Rookie of the Year in the 350 Super Modified Division at Star Speedway in Epping, NH. In 2002 he won over 18 feature events, three championships and was voted driver of the year at Sugarhill Speedway in Weare N.H. Andy anxiously awaits the start of the 2005 season where he will again compete in the True Value Modified Series. While 2004 was more of a laid back, learning type of season, Andy feels the seat time has made him a better, more confident driver who has earned respect from his fellow veteran drivers. In the off season Andy and his team will be busy preparing cars for the 2005 season. Plans are in the works for another trip to speed weeks at New Smyrna Speedway in February. For Andy spring can't get here fast enough.