LAMOT Late Models pictured from left to right: Al Fisher, TJ Johnson, Nick Crassi, courtesy of Howard Boundy.
LAMOT Late Models pictured from left to
right: Al Fisher, TJ Johnson, Nick Crassi, courtesy of Howard Boundy.
Welcome to LAMOTRACING.com the Official Homepage of the LAMOT Late Models new in 2008 at Holland Speedway. LAMOT wishes to thank Ron&Tim Bennett, the sponsors, and the fans for supporting the new division. We look forward to growing in the years to come.
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Another Ticco-Johnson battle provided another exciting finish in the 20 lap feature.
Double points were on the line for LAMOT in the mid-season
championship event. Late Model and Asphalt rookie Bryce Davis in the #94 Bradley
Supply Ford Fusion started on the pole for the twenty lap LAMOT feature and led
nearly the whole first half of the race while the pack shuffled positions behind
him. #65 Mike Ticco and last race's winner #99 T.J. Johnson were in hot pursuit
of Davis as #24 Al Fisher was battling with #07 "Racer" Nick Crassi for the
fourth spot. Al Fisher's Plum Crazy Chevrolet suffered serious damage a few
weeks ago in practice and was very busy leading up to race night putting a new
Late Model together to stay in championship contention.
Full
Recap
The #99 Trank Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by T.J. Johnson jumped out to an early lead from the outside on lap one. As the laps ran down the #65 of Mike Ticco started closing the gap while two time LAMOT winner #24 Al Fisher battled his way up to the third position. Meanwhile, veteran racer #07 Nick Crassi, and Late Model rookies #30 Jason Gwin and #94 Bryce Davis fought over the two remaining top five spots. A caution with five laps to go doubled up the field one more time but T.J. Johnson was able to get a good start and cruised to his first victory of 2008. After three races the points lead is now tied with five races remaining.
By Larry Ott / Buffalo News
There are some who said that joining the new Late Model of Tomorrow (LAMOT)
division at Holland NASCAR Motorsports Complex is just plum crazy. Alan Fisher
agrees but in a very different way. Fisher took his Plum Crazy Racing Team
Chevrolet Monte Carlo to an historic victory Saturday, winning the first ever
LAMOT event at the Holland track.
Fisher says he loves the new cost-cutting division which utilizes a crate engine, a rev chip limiter, harder, longer-lasting tires, cheaper shocks and street pump gas as cost-saving measures. While just five LAMOT cars were on hand for the first race, the racing was side-by-side competitive and the cars from the grandstand visibly appeared no different from the conventional Late Models run at Holland in previous seasons. LAMOT supporters again insist the class will grow in numbers. Full Story
Source:
Larry Ott / Buffalo News
Posted: May 26, 2008
LAMOT not Crassi’s first new model
By Larry Ott / Buffalo News
Driver
Nick Crassi has assisted in the formation of new divisions at Holland NASCAR
Motorsports Complex before.
He will once again hop behind the wheel of a car in a new division when the Late Model of Tomorrow (LAMOT) era begins during Holland’s season-opening card Saturday evening. Crassi hopes for the best. About eight cars are expected Saturday.
“I joined the NASCAR Pro Truck class at Holland when it started in 1996 and at first we got many trucks and I was able to win the 1998 championship,” Crassi said. “Then as it got more expensive, guys started dropping out and the class fizzled out at Holland a few years later. I am a believer in the LAMOT concept.”
The LAMOT cars are the brainchild of veteran car owner Gordon Trank, his driver T. J. Johnson, driver Mike Ticco, Crassi and retired driver Jerry Szalansky. The cars resemble the full-body, full-fender Late Models that raced at Holland for years. Full Story
Source:
Larry Ott / Buffalo News
Posted: May 22, 2008