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8-25-10 Big
Turnaround for Chris Scribner
Source Jeannie Broussal Roseville, CA
- It's amazing what can happen when you have
good chemistry between a driver, crew chief
and crew. Chris Scribner, driver of the No.
51 Heritage Hotel Group Late Model, has
struggled since he began his Late Model
career in 2009, but with the addition of
crew chief Tim Gillette a few weeks ago,
Scribner has kicked his racing into high
gear.
"I interviewed a lot of people for the job
of crew chief," Scribner said. "I picked the
one where the chemistry was right for me and
my family/crew. That's important to us."
In the last four races, Scribner has 2
third-place finishes, 1 fourth-place and 1
fifth-place finish. He was the number one
qualifier August 14 for the Twin 44 races.
Scribner says the next step for the team is
winning. "That's what I am accustomed to.
Our goal is to be the team to beat," he
said.
Born and raised in Sacramento, Scribner grew
up racing go-karts on area dirt tracks. He
ranked third in the nation in 2008, and he
has won multiple karting championships with
over 100 wins. He represented Team USA in
Spain at the IAME International Challenge
for two years.
Scribner has been around racing his whole
life. Scribner's dad, Rick Scribner, raced
Sprint Cars for many years and raced in
Winston West. Scribner Motorsports, the
family business, manufactures go-kart engine
containers, go-kart track barriers and
plastic bodies for go-karts.
Having accomplished everything he could in
go-karts, Scribner went looking for
something new. He bought an original Phil
Perry Late Model car. It's a 1989 car and
Scribner says it's been a long road to get
it in working order.
He said he's had chassis problems throughout
2009. He thought a good driver could
overcome that, but he now knows that is not
the case. "You cannot overcome a bad
handling chassis," Scribner said. "Now,
after spending time getting the chassis
worked out, I can drive the way I want to."
Scribner says he loves the racing
environment at All American Speedway.
"Roseville has a family atmosphere. We have
always raced as a family and that's the way
I like it," he said. "The Mansch's, the
Scotts, the Henrys, they all race as
families. Being pitted next to the Mansch's,
we help each other. It's almost like we are
teammates."
"The fans are the same way. They come as a
family and that's the fun part of racing,"
he said.
For more information go to:
www.scribnermotorsports.com. For more
information about All American Speedway go
to: www.allamericanspeedway.com
Additional information on Scribner
Motorsports 2010 season can be obtained from
the teams website
www.scribnermotorsports.com.
The Team will contest the 2010 All American
Speedway NASCAR Late Model 27 race series
with Team Partners Heritage Hotel Group, RMG
Race Media Group, Star Racing Supply, Zamp
Helmets, Scribner Plastics, Powertrain
Technology, Eibach Springs, Vicci Racing
Apparel, MSD Ignition, Flowmaster, AD3
Graphics, Allstar Performance, and KRC Power
Steering. |
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4-28-10 Top Five for Scribner Motorsports at
All American Speedway
Story & Photos By RaceMediaGroup.com
This past weekend Chris Scribner Driver of
the Scribner Motorsports/Heritage Hotel
Group Chevrolet car grabbed a top five
finish, the first for the team. Scribner is
in his second year of competition at All
American Speedway in the NASCAR Whelen Late
Model division and is looking for more top
finishes for 2010.
Scribner posted solid results in practices
leading up to the day, then put his machine
at the top of the charts in qualifying
holding fast time till late when Scribner
got bumped to third. In the trophy dash
Chris started outside front row. Hampered on
the outside lane on the start due to oil on
the track from the earlier division,
Scribner couldn’t hold the position and fell
to third in the 4 lap race.
Scribner would start in the ninth position
for the 44 lap Main Event for the night.
Chris picked off a few positions early
before settling in to run consistent laps.
Late in the race Scribner found himself in 5th
position and held on to the finish. “This is
a good finish for the team and all the hard
work they have done to help me get the car
competitive. We still have a lot of work to
do to get the car even better, but this
definitely helps the moral of the team and
our early point’s position,” Says Scribner.
Scribner got moved up an additional position
to fourth after a competitor was found
non-compliant in post race tech.
Additional information on Scribner
Motorsports 2010 season can be obtained from
the teams website
www.scribnermotorsports.com.
The Team will contest the 2010 All American
Speedway NASCAR Late Model 27 race series
with Team Partners Heritage Hotel Group, RMG
Race Media Group, Star Racing Supply, Zamp
Helmets, Scribner Plastics, Powertrain
Technology, Eibach Springs, Vicci Racing
Apparel, MSD Ignition, Flowmaster, AD3
Graphics, Allstar Performance, and KRC Power
Steering. |
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3-4-10 Scribner
Motorsports Partners with Heritage Hotel Group
Scribner
MotorSports partners with Heritage Hotel Group
Loomis, Ca: Scribner MotorSports announced this week the
partnership with heritage Hotel Group for the 2010 NASCAR
Whelan All American Series Racing Season. Heritage Hotel
Group is a Chain of Hotels offering both Luxury and
Economical Hotels in California. The
Heritage Chain expands from Southern California in San Diego
up North as far as Chico with several Hotels located in Yuba
City, Grass Valley, Roseville, and Bay Area surroundings and
incorporates an impressive 22 Hotels.
With the
Partnership of Scribner MotorSports, Heritage is looking to
become more involved with the California Racing Scene and
provide Hotel room accommodations for the Racers at a
reasonable rate. "The
Heritage Partnership with Scribner MotorSports is a special
one that lends itself to providing a necessity to the
MotorSports Industry. I feel we can promote Heritage Hotels
on a High level within the Northern California region
expanding their market and customer base throughout several
types of Racing,” stated Chris Scribner. Chris will be
competing in the Whelen All American Series this season in
the NASCAR Late Model Division and several one-off races in
other types of racing divisions.
To show their
support for the California Racing Scene, Heritage Hotel
Group is extending a discounted Hotel room rate to all
Racing Enthusiast of 25% off the standard Hotel Rate through
the 2010 Season. The discounted rate can be utilized simply
by contacting the desired Heritage Hotel and using the
Promotional discount code of “SM51”. For more
information on Heritage Hotel Group and Hotel locations
please visit
HeritageHotelGroup.com
All
American Speedway 2010 Racing Schedule:
April 3rd
April 10th
April 24th
May 1st
May 8th
May 22nd
June 5th
June 12th
June 19th
July 3rd
July 10th
July 17th
July 24th
July 31st
August
14th
August 28th
September 4th
September 11th
Additional information on Scribner
MotorSports and the 2010 season can be obtained from
scribnermotorsports.com. The Team will contest the 2010 All
American Speedway NASCAR Late Model 27 race series with Team
Partners Heritage Hotel Group, Zamp Helmets, Scribner
Plastics, Powertrain Technology, Impact Racing, MSD
Ignition, Flowmaster, AD3 Graphics, RMG Race Media Group and
KRC Power Steering.
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9-23-09 Scribner
shoots for the
next level
Loomis driver
looks to break
through in stock
car racing
Saturday
By Ray Hacke
Journal Sports
Writer- Auburn
Journal
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Courtesy Photo
Chris Scribner drove the No. 51 Scribner Motorsports Chevrolet for most of the summer at Roseville’s All-American Speedway. On Saturday, he’ll race in the main event in the No. 5 Chevrolet for Jack Sellers Racing.
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To draw an
analogy from
professional
baseball,
NASCAR’s Camping
World Series
West is
essentially a
Class AA league
for stock car
racers — a
league two steps
below the
big-time.
And just as
minor league
ballplayers
receive
late-season
promotions to
show what they
can do against a
higher level of
competition,
Chris Scribner
has gotten a
similar
opportunity on
the racetrack.
Scribner will
drive in his
first Camping
World Series
race this
Saturday when he
competes in the
Toyota/Copart
150 at
Roseville’s
All-American
Speedway. The
26-year-old
Loomis resident
will drive the
No. 5 Chevrolet
for Jack Sellers
Racing.
“Jack Sellers is
a longtime
friend of the
family,” said
Scribner, who
normally
competes for his
family’s racing
team, Scribner
Motorsports. “He
had an opening
for a car (in
Saturday’s
race), and he
gave me an
opportunity I
couldn’t
refuse.”
The opportunity
comes at the end
of what has been
a challenging
season on the
track for
Scribner. The
former national
champion go-kart
racer recently
completed his
first season of
racing Late
Models at
All-American
Speedway. His
highest finish
was sixth place.
“It’s a big
change going
from go-karts to
running (Late
Models),”
Scribner said.
“With Late
Models you
struggle with
knowledge of the
chassis (the
body of the car)
and how to make
it work.”
The challenges
Scribner speaks
of include
dealing with
Late Model cars’
suspension —
something
go-karts don’t
have, he said —
and the weight
transfer of cars
set up to
exclusively turn
left.
Although
Scribner has yet
to win a Late
Model race, he
isn’t
discouraged. In
fact, new
challenges are
the reason he
opted to drive a
new class of
vehicle.
“I had nothing
else to win (in
karting),” he
said. “I’ve
driven in Spain
the last two
years for Team
USA. I’ve won
the biggest
national series
in North
America. I’d
gone all the way
forward, as far
as it can go.
“I needed to
take the next
big step, and
big cars are
it.”
Scribner will
take an even
bigger step on
Saturday,
driving in a
race that will
be nationally
televised on the
Speed Channel.
While
All-American
Speedway is his
home track,
Scribner doesn’t
expect that to
be much of an
advantage in
Saturday’s race.
“I get more laps
there than 70
percent of the
field,” he said.
“At the same
time, with the
amount of talent
in the field,
it’s hardly an
advantage at
all, given all
the great racers
I’ll be going up
against.”
Scribner dreams
of driving one
day in NASCAR’s
elite Sprint Cup
Series. That
series is two
steps above the
Camping World
Series West,
with the
Nationwide
Series in
between.
Making it up the
ladder to
NASCAR’s top
series will
require Scribner
to find sponsors
whose names and
influence extend
well beyond the
Sierra Foothills
region and which
have an interest
in advertising
through
motorsports.
Such
sponsorships are
necessary for
drivers to
obtain full-time
rides and
compete
successfully in
NASCAR’s feeder
circuits.
Saturday night
could thus mark
the first step
Scribner takes
toward making
his dreams
happen.
“This is a big
deal for me and
my career as far
as getting
noticed,”
Scribner said.
“I have a long
way to climb,
but this is a
great
opportunity for
me.”
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Scribner Motorsports Returns to Racing Action for
Race #5 at All-American Speedway
Scribner
Motorsports and the #51 Late Model driver, Chris Scribner,
will return to racing action this weekend, May 16th,
at All-American Speedway in Roseville, Ca. for Round 5 of
the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. The previous race on
May 2nd was rained out allowing a much needed break for the
team.
Scribner, new on
the circuit this year in his rookie season stated, "We have
been behind from day one after getting a late start late in
the offseason, acquiring our car and equipment just one
month before the season began. Many parts were borrowed from
fellow competitors to get our season started. The rain-out
provided an extra week which gave us time to catch our
program up to a competitive level". Chris finished in sixth
position his previous race for his best finish thus far.
This
weekend Chris is looking for his first top five finish.
Scribner brings
an impressive resume from the Karting ranks in which he was
ranked third in the Nation in 2008 and also represented Kart
Team USA in an International Event held in the Alcaniez
region of southern Spain last November. Chris is making the
jump to the NASCAR Late Model ranks with the help of father,
Rick Scribner, (Team Manager) who also raced in the NASCAR
ranks on the West Coast. The Scribner Motorsports team is on
a quick learning curve as they set the bar high in route to
their first top five.
Additional
information on Scribner Motorsports 2009 season can be
obtained from scribnermotorsports.com. The Team will contest
the 2009 All American Speedway NASCAR Late Model 27 race
series in conjunction with the WESTCAR series with Team
Partners Zamp Helmets, Scribner Plastics, Powertrain
Technology, Impact Racing, MSD Ignition, Flowmaster, AD3
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Del Oro High
grad chases his
racing dream
while mentoring
a 15-year-old
Placer High
freshman girl in
the art of
go-kart racing.
By Andrew
DiLuccia,
Journal Motoring
Editor
While Loomis is
a region
renowned for
growing
delicious fruit
and vegetables,
the area may
soon be known
for cultivating
racecar drivers,
too.
ScribnerMotorSports,
based in Loomis,
has some high
expectations for
a pair of racers
in 2009 as each
looks to fulfill
their motor
sports dreams.
Chris Scribner,
a 2001 Del Oro
High School
graduate and the
son of Rick
Scribner, a
former NASCAR
Winston Cup
driver, has
taken his first
full-season step
into the NASCAR
Whelen
All-American
Series in
Roseville.
Chris Scribner,
26, has gotten
to this next
level in his
racing career by
first excelling
on the go-kart
track, where
he’s been a
seven-time
national
kart-racing
champion,
competing
throughout the
country and
world.
Joining him in
the sport of
road racing is a
young, but
talented
15-year-old by
the name of
Rachel Jean
Brigg, a
freshman at
Placer High
School sponsored
by
ScribnerMotorSports.
In just her
second year of
racing in the
International
Karting
Federation
regionals, the
Formula One
racing fan has
had a second-,
third- and
fifth-place
finish, and
she’s headed to
nationals in
July of this
year.
Rachel is a part
of an effort by
ScribnerMotorSports
to grow a youth
racing program
that will
produce more
high-quality
drivers — Rachel
is the first to
be chosen for
the program, and
right away,
Chris Scribner
knew he had a
racer and an
ambassador for
the sport.
“She got in the
go-kart and
controlled it
right out of the
box,” he said.
“That sense of
aggressiveness
and the ability
to speak (well)
… that’s what I
wanted to work
with. I look for
that in all the
kids I want to
develop.”
While Scribner
got his racing
bug very early —
his mother was
pitting for his
father while
pregnant with
him — Rachel
came to the
sport a little a
later in life.
In fact, it was
just a few years
ago. After
watching Formula
One racing with
her father,
Andrew, they
decided to go
out to a go-kart
track one day
near Folsom.
After watching
the races and
enjoying them,
Rachel then got
behind the
wheel, and it
was love at
first drive.
“As soon I got
in the car, I
knew this is
what I wanted to
do,” she said.
For Chris
Scribner, it was
growing up
around auto
racing that
helped spur his
desire for the
sport, which has
also seen him
drive in the
Grand Am and
Rolex series.
Along with
working on his
racecar career,
Scribner
promotes auto
sports Web sites
and works in the
world of go-kart
racing, offering
lessons and
working with
drivers. His
family’s
company,
Scribner
Plastics, based
in Rancho
Cordova, also is
involved in the
racing world,
providing
plastics for the
sport.
Even as Chris
Scribner focuses
on his move up
the racing
ladder, he
spends much of
his free time
working with
Rachel — who is
also sponsored
by Leading Edge
and Intrepid —
as he helps her
become a better
kart driver. One
of the key parts
of his tutelage
has been
teaching Rachel
how to feel out
the vehicle and
understand it.
“(We’re)
basically going
over setup, how
she needs to set
up to react and
hitting the
right lines,” he
said. “You have
to be able to
feel what you’re
doing. Her sense
of what the
racecar is doing
is important.
That’s mainly
what we like to
work on.”
And since she’s
been able to do
that, Rachel has
seen her lap
time and skills
improve.
“Chris is like
my best friend,
he’s like an
older brother to
me,” Rachel
said. “When I
first started
with him, from
then until now,
I’ve improved my
lap time by like
three seconds.
We’re a good
team and we work
well together.”
Rachel hopes
this duo will
stick together
as each
progresses in
their racing
careers and
helps put
ScribnerMotorSports
and Loomis on
the auto sports
map.
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