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lots of miles traveled and many dollars spent on diesel fuel, Mick Sansom ended the 2008 season with a 5th place finish in
the final points standings for the NARA O'Reilly Auto Parts Battle of the the Bluegrass (BoB) DirtCar Series Modified
Division. In only Mick's second full year of racing, he raced at 10 different tracks and raced at 4 tracks
where he had never raced before and was able to move from a 12th place finish in the 2007 BoB Series to a top 5 finish in
2008. Racing at so many different tracks in the first 2 years of racing full time has proven to be a challenge, yet
it has also provided a great learning experience for both Mick and the entire Sansom Racing team. As if the racing has
not been enough of a challenge for Mick, during the past two years he has stood by his wife Jamie as she continues her
battle with breast cancer. Jamie has battled this cancer since August 2006 and, like Mick, is a fighter and is ready
for the challenge. As some of you might have noticed, Mick always has a pink ribbon on the side of his car.
This ribbon is in honor of his wife Jamie and we hope that each time you see this ribbon, you will think of Jamie and say
a prayer for her continued progress in the battle of breast cancer. So, as 2008 comes to a close and the 2009 racing
season approaches, Mick and the team are busy tearing down and re-building for the upcoming '09 version of the Battle
of the Bluegrass Series. Until then, Mick and the Sansom Racing team wishes everyone a happy holiday season. We would like to thank our sponsors Richwood Mining Components (Huntington, WV), Richwood
Investment Castings, Inc. (Huntington, WV), Belo Mine Supply (Chattaroy, WV), Salt Rock Chevron Food Mart (Salt
Rock, WV) and Danny Turley's Transmission Service (Salt Rock, WV) for making it possible for us to race this year.
We hope that you will support these sponsors and mention you saw their name on our car or our website.
You will notice on our Links page two separate links for different health related organizations. The first listed is for www.cancer.org. The second listed is for www.organdonor.gov. These are two issues close to our hearts and we hope that you will visit each. Both causes are causes we strongly support and have benefitted from and hope you too will find useful information. |
In memory of our good friend "Big Jim Parker",
driver and owner of the number 03.
