JIMMYJEEPS 2010 PHOTO GALLERY

DURING THE OCTOBER 9, 2010 USAC SILVER CROWN SHOW DAVE MERRITT SHOT THIS PHOTO OF BRYAN CLAUSON..(Dave Merritt photo)

DURING THE OCTOBER 9, 2010 USAC SILVER CROWN SHOW DAVE MERRITT SHOT THIS PHOTO OF LEVI JONES..(Dave Merritt photo)


FELLOW PUSH TRUCK DRIVER JOE GARVER FROM CLINTON, INDIANA WAS SLAMED BY A SILVER CROWN CAR AT THE TRACK EXIT DURING THE OCTOBER 9, 2010 USAC SILVER CROWN SHOW AT TERRE HAUTE..JOE TRIED TO SMILE FINISHED THE NIGHT BUT DAMAGE WAS OVER $1000 DOLLARS..(JimmyJeep photo)

LASALLE SPEEDWAY JULY 8, 2010--WORLD OF OUTLAWS KASEY KAHNE'S SHOWDOWN FOR THE BUD CROWN..(JimmyJeep photo)

THE LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY PUSH CREW MADE THE SEVEN HOUR TRIP WITH FOUR TRUCKS WHEN ERIC MALIES ASKED FOR HELP..

LAWRENCEBURG TRUCK #1--BOBBY & CONNOR GOMPH..(JimmyJeep photo)

LAWRENCEBURG TRUCK #2--CODY GAINES & JASON LYTTLE..(JimmyJeep photo)

LAWRENCEBURG TRUCK #3--DORINA KERNAN & SHAWN CAYTON..(JimmyJeep photo)

LAWRENCEBURG TRUCK #4--AUSTIN KERNAN & MIKE KERNAN..(JimmyJeep photo)

DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE TORNADO WE PASSED WEST OF DANNVILLE, IL..(JimmyJeep photo)

#9 JOEY SALDANA WON THE RACE..(JimmyJeep photo)

#91 PAUL MCMAHAN WAS SECOND..(JimmyJeep photo)

#11 STEVE KINSER WAS THIRD..(JimmyJeep photo)

#15 DONNY SCHATZ WAS FOURTH..(JimmyJeep photo)

#1 SAMMY SWINDELL FLIPPED ON THE BACK STRETCH..(JimmyJeep photo)

#R-19 JAC HAUDENSCHILD FLIPPED INTO THE THIRD TURN FENCE..(JimmyJeep photo)

FIREWORKS WERE GOING OFF ALL NIGHT AND ABOUT KNOCKED ERIC MALIES OFF THE WOODY..(JimmyJeep photo)

PREMIUM PUSH VEHICLE AT THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS..

JIMMYJEEP AND OUR CREW AT THE PADUCAH INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY WORLD OF OUTLAW SHOW..

FOR 25 YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SPRINT CARS PACK A TRACK UNTIL SATURDAY MAY 15, 2010 AT "THE ACTION TRACK" IN TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA..THE MSCS SPRINTS WAS THE ONLY CLASS RUNNING THAT NIGHT AND RAIN AND DRIZZLE WAS WORKING AGAINST US..OUR INDIANA POSSE WAS TRYING TO START THEM ON THE DRIEST GRASSY PIT AREA TO GET THEM OUT ON THE TRACK..THE CROWD WAS ASKED TO HELP PACK THE TRACK ALSO AND IT WAS ANSWERED WITH MANY 4WD TRUCKS..(G.LACER photo)

BUD WILLIS HAS A NEW PUSH TRUCK WHICH IS A DAIHATSU ROCKY..ITS A BIG CHANGE FROM HIS "BIG RED" CHEVY..BUD IS THE HEAD PUSH TRUCK FOR DAARA AND DOES THE SPRINT SHOWS AT VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK WHEN THEY'RE ON THE SCHEDULE..(Rockney photo)

BUD WAS ASKED TO HELP TEST AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY FOR TRAVIS MINIEA..(JR PLATT photos)

BUD WILLIS AND "BIG RED" AT THE VOLUSIA DAARA SHOW..(DAVE BURLINGAME photo)

DICK LAHAIE'S 1949 MERCURY WOODIE..DOES THE NAME RING A BELL FROM TOP FUEL DRAG RACING..?..(LEHAIE photos)

MARK GIMMLER DID A "BARFIELD CLEAN SWEEP" BY WINNING HIS HEAT AND THE FEATURE AT CCMP..THE BEST PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET IS JEFF BARFIELD ON THE LEFT AND LEE BARFIELD ON THE RIGHT..(GENE MARDERNESS photo)

PUSHER RANDY CRONK ON THE RIGHT AND REPORTER DUDLEY BALMER AT GAS CITY EARLIER THIS SEASON..

JIMMYJEEP AT THE 2010 DAARA FEBRUARY ANTIQUE RACING SHOW AT ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA--(Dave Burlingame photo)

MY GOOD FRIEND BRIAN LOUGHHEAD AND JOHN FORCE AT THE 2010 GATOR NATIONALS..

THE GANG AT THE 2010 BULLS GAP WOO SHOW FROM THE LEFT IS ROGER ISAAC, KAREN MANSFIELD, ERIC MALIES, BRENT SEELMAN, JENNIFER STAMES & MARVIN BERTHOFF, AND ALICA SZEREDY..(Bertroff photo)

MARVIN BERTHOFF PUSHING #63 CHAD KEMENAH..(Seelman photo)

ROGER ISAAC PUSHING #91 PAUL MCMAHAN..(Bertroff photo)

BRENT SEELMAN PUSHING LUCAS WOLFE #5W..(Seelman photo)

ALICA SZEREDY PUSHING #22 BRIAN ELLENBERGER..(Seelman photo)

KAREN MANSFIELD PUSHING #R-19 JAC HAUDENSCHILD..(Seelman photo)

JENNA & JENNIFER STAMES & MARVIN BERTHOFF AND HIS 1991 GMC S-15 JIMMY..(Bertroff photo)

ROGER ISAAC WAS DRIVING BRENT SEELMAN'S BLAZER..(Bertroff photo)

BRENT & CHRISTINE SEELMAN..(Bertroff photo)

ALICA SZEREDY..(Bertroff photo)

ERIC MALIES AND "WOODY"..(Bertroff photo)

JENNA WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE THE "WOODY"..(Bertroff photo)

MARVIN BERTHOFF'S 1998 GMC SUBURBAN TOW VEHICLE..(Bertroff photo)

JAC HAUDENSCHILD'S R-19 SEMI TRAILER..(Bertroff photo)

STEVE KINSER IS STAGING..(Bertroff photo)

MIKE BUDKA'S NEW MINI STOCK..

Gene Steele from Pemberville, Ohio bought this ex-racecar as a roller..It consists of a GM metric stub meshed into a full tube 8 point cage..All that tubing is cover by an aluminum and fiberglass 1934 Ford Coach body..Power comes from one of my old Sprint car engines, there is a Hyd cam from Elgin in it, a freshened up a set of stocker heads, and it fired right up..Other than running a little hot, I believe because of the excessive compression ratio, it hums right along..The car is a little light and there is about 200 lbs of lead to help with traction..It has been to numerous tracks in Ohio pushing everything from I.S.M.A Super Modifieds to U.S.A.C. Midgets..Since these types of body styles have long since disappeared from the area race tracks people really enjoy seeing it..(G.Steele photo)

PUSH TRUCK DRIVER KAREN MANSFIELD CENTER WITH HER SISTER LINDA MANSFIELD ON THE RIGHT AND FRIEND BRYCE CONFOR ON THE LEFT AT THE 2009 WORLD FINALS--(G.Lacer photo)

KAREN MANSFIELD'S 2004 F250 4x4 IN STAGING AT THE 2009 WORLD FINALS AT THE DIRT TRACK IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA--(G.Lacer photo)

FELLOW PUSHER KAREN MANSFIELD FROM STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIS WRITES: I've been going to the races all my life, and when I was a little girl, around 5 or 6 years old, I remember telling my dad that I wanted to have one oif those trucks that start the cars. We always went to Williams Grove, Lincoln, Port Royal and Hagerstown. He always said "you'll need to get your own truck".

From 1983-1995, I was active as a sponsor at Selinsgrove Speedway, and used to threaten the track crew that one Saturday I wanted to come in the morning and drive the water truck..I think that was 1989..I did, and I spent a very long and boring day doing that, and I don't have to do that again..Then I told one of the track security guys about my dream of having a push truck..He had a masonry business, and gave me a 1970 F250 in 1990..It had 257000 miles on it, and was a three speed on the column, and couldn't pass inspection..I ran that truck for 5 years at Selinsgrove, either keeping it at the track or towing it..There are a lot of stories of me and that truck, and at the end of 5 years, it had more race car parts on it keep ing it together, and lots of sponsors..My neighbors raced late models, and helped me take care of it, and me..I had a few accidents with it - once when running in the track I slid and hit the fence pretty bad, and once getting it ready to tow, it started drifting in my yard, and I thought I was superwoman, and it ended up hitting me and dragging me under it about 30' in my yard..I was beaten to a pulp, broken ribs, and got a helicopter ride to the hospital..Listening to my racing neighbors tell that story, it's actually pretty funny, but having first hand experience on "being hit by a truck" isn't really very funny..Like I said before, There are a lot of stories of me and that truck and some of the adventures I had with it at Selinsgrove..The little phrase "bump and roll" on the bug guard of my current truck is all about my adventures with my first truck and it running me over, since that's what it did to me..

In 1995, my job changed and I moved to State College, and that was the end of my push trucking..To get to Selinsgrove and tow it was just too much with my new work schedule..I still wanted to push though, and finally in 2007 after noticing Bedford Speedway didn't have many trucks for an All-Star show, I talked to those promoters, who are friends, and asked if I put a bumper on my 2004 F250 4x4 could I push at their special shows? I also told them that since I had a "nice" truck, I didn't want to have to run in the track, and they should not expect me to abuse my truck cause I still had to drive it home.

Of course they said yes..So the following spring, I put the plan in place and had my bumper built..I wanted something that I could put on and off easily, so I put a receiver hitch on the front of my truck (which I mainly use for hauling a canoe, and towing a boat and camper around) and had my bumper built..I built it so I could push every kind of car in Central PA - mini-stocks, street stocks, late models, and sprint cars, as well as protect the front of my truck..Since Central PA has plenty of sprint car tracks and lots of push trucks at most of the tracks, I sort of stick to helping out tracks that don't normally run sprints..I am also a sponsor of the URC series, so when they race at tracks I can get to, I try to go.. My first debut with "big blue" as we call it, was at Central PA speedway in June of 2008 for an All-Star race, and I think I've pushed every show they've had since, with 410 and 305 sprints. I've also pushed a few shows at Bedford, and Clinton County..I also push semi-regularly at Port Royal, since it's the closest and easiest track to get to for me, and I'm a sponsor there too for some of their shows and know a lot of people there.

I've also pushed with URC and the WoO at Rolling Wheels Speedway up in New York in October..when it's always freezing cold, and I'm camping there.

My sister got the idea to try to push at the 2008 World of Outlaw finals, so she contacted Shane Carson with the Outlaws, and that's how we got to do that shows, and we've done the May race there as well when I go to Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600 with the camper..It's sort of fun to be a PA truck taking care of all the PA teams down at Charlotte.

I went to 57 races in 2009 and pushed at 37 of them..not too bad for a part time pusher...

I'm not sure if I'll get to as many this year - always depends on the weather, but it's great to be part of the show and meet so many great people.

2009 WAS THE FIRST PUSHING SEASON FOR TOW TRUCK DRIVER JEFF SINIFF FROM CHILICOTHE, OHIO AND HE CONDUCTED IT AT K-C SPEEDWAY AND HE HAD A BALL.. HIS TRUCK IS A 1993 FULL SIZE CHEVY 4X4 WITH A V6 MOTOR..WHEN JEFF STARTED PUSHING HE HAD A SHOCK BY HOW MUCH MUD HE GOT ON HIS TRUCK AND HOW MUCH DROPS OFF IN HIS APPARTMENT PARKING LOT..

MARVIN BERTHOFF WRITES:My front bumper goes all the way across the front from side to side..It is 11 1/2 inches from the ground to the bottom and 25 inches from the ground to the top..The arm in the back works on a 12 volt motor like a lift gate..In the lower position it goes from the ground to about six feet..In the upper position it goes up to about nine feet..Great for pulling engines at the track if someone needs to..When stowed away you can't tell its in there..But when you get to the track it works very well.

YES ITS LICENSED FOR THE ROAD AND HOW DO YOU LIKE HIS NEW TAG..

FELLOW PUSHER BUD WILLIS WAS AWARDED THE DAARA TROPHY FOR DOING SO MANY UNASKED THINGS FOR THE CLUB ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS PUSHING..(G.Lacer photo)

I THINK THE DAARA LADIES LIKE HIM..(G.Lacer photo)

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