ARDC Heads to Susquehanna for Castrol Oil Camera and Autograph Night; Robinson Invites Kids "To the Hood"
By Mark Kielblock

Felton, DE - This Saturday night promises to be action packed at Susquehanna Speedway Park as the Wingless Warriors of ARDC join the Late Models, X-treme Stocks and Street Stocks for the final installment of the "Fab 4 Series." As an added treat for the fans it will be Castrol Oil Camera and Autograph Night, where all fans will be able to meet their favorite driver with their cars on the front stretch before the feature events begin.

Harrisburg, Pa's Greg Robinson II and his dad came up with a unique idea to add excitement to the autograph and photo session for Susky's younger fans. Greg wanted to make sure that gave proper credit for the original idea was given. "Actually, my dad thought of it. We had an old hood laying around the shop that came with the car when we bought it," Robinson explained. "We painted it and we're going to put it on the car so the kids can sign it during the autograph session."

Robinson looks to the Susky event with alot of optimism. "We're finally going in the right direction," Robinson enthused. The last time the Robinson 00 hit the track on Aug.1 at Big Diamond the driver came alive in the consolation event. "We went from 5th to second in that consi and the car felt great," Robinson said. "I don't know if we hit on something with the setup of the car, or something just clicked with me but we really got going good."

That breakthrough carried through to the main event that night as Robinson drove from twentieth starting spot and just missed the top-10, scoring an eleventh place finish.

Another piece of news has Robinson looking forward to the ARDC late-season stretch run. "We just picked up a new sponsor in Bryson Homes of Beckly West Va." Robinson informed. The company is headed up by John Hughes of Lewisberry, Pa. -- right in SSP's back yard. "He's going to be at the race Saturday and it will be his first-ever midget race, so we are really looking forward to it," Robinson said.

Robinson has a lot of motivation to keep running strong. "We want to get into the top-24 in points, so we can run the 5-25's invitational show at Grandview -- not just the make up race," Robinson explained. The make up race that Robinson referred to is the rained out feature from the Thunder on the Hill USAC/ARDC combo show from June 3.

Steve Buckwalter with two wins, Randy Monroe Jr and PJ Gargiulo should all go into the Susky round with a lot of confidence as they have all found victory lane at the Newberrytown oval during the 2008 season. Monroe and Gargiulo are also involved in the ARDC title fight as Monroe is the point leader and Gargiulo sits in third, nine point behind second place runner Frank Polimeda who trails Monroe by 22 markers.