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Winston Motor Speedway Fan Site Shutting Down
I was notified by Email by Tom Sprague on December 30th that my website services were no longer needed by Winston Speedway. It is something I was not expecting but I look at it as a blessing in disguise. Many of you know I lead a very busy life. Besides Teaching for Muskegon Public Schools and Coaching Football at Oakridge High School I have two children who are involved in numerous actitivites. This will give me an opportunity to spend more time with them.
History about the Winston Motor Speedway Web site:
After racing at Winston for four years I hung up my race suit in 1998. I was hired by the Grega family in 1999 to serve as the announcer. At that time I also noticed the rising popularity of track websites. I decided to start the Winston Motor Speedway website in 1999 in an effort to raise interest and give exposure to the great drivers that compete at Winston. I designed the site to what I thought I would want as a former driver and fan. What I found out was the combination of announcing and doing the website was too much. When the Goodwin's asked me to stay on I agreed to do the website only. The same held true for the transition to the Sprague's ownership.
I never imagined the site ten years later would be closing in on a half million hits. I think I accomplished what I set out to do. I did my best to keep fans and drivers informed with accurate and up to date race results. I hope I never offended anyone while writing my articles or serving as the announcer. I did my best to be accurate while many times protecting the character of the not so innocent.
I am proud to say that I worked for the Grega's, Goodwin's and the Sprague's. I enjoyed working for all of them. I believe I am the only employee that was kept on through all three ownerships.
I would like to thank the many drivers and sponsors who have helped me over the years. Special thanks to John Bostrom of Northwest Auto Machine and Len Gauthier of Affordable Graphix for your continued support year after year.
It has been a great ten years. I made some great friends as a driver and employee of Winston. I will still see many of you at area tracks.
I would also like to thank the many Winston fans for the emails congratulating me and the Oakridge Eagles football team for our 2008 State Championship.
God Bless you all
Mark Jalovec
westmichiganracing@comcast.net
Thursday, January 1
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