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FAST QUALIFIER: Becca Anderson paced the
23 cars in time trials with an AMB i.t.-timed
lapped around the 1/2-mile semi-banked oval at
17.161 seconds at 104.889 mph. Because the harvest
Classic is a multi-day show with varying
championship point totals on each night, no
qualifying bonus points are awarded. Becca set fast
time in time trials, then went on finish 8th in her
heat. She had to run the B Main to get in the show
and finished 4th. After transferring out of the B,
Becca finished 18th in the A main.
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Bio
Want to know how a 27-year old single Delaware
native became a part of the Mean 15?
Becca has been around racing
her entire life, she attended her first race at the
tender age of six weeks! No matter what it may be
Becca has always been a competitor. Becca has
always competed against the boys so –
competing against “the boys” is nothing
new for her - she played Baseball with the boys
starting at age 9.
She competed in her first
race at 11 years old. Becca played Field Hockey,
Basketball, and Softball in Junior High and High
School. During High School Becca was the Captain of
both the Field Hockey and Softball teams. In
Becca’s senior year she helped lead her Field
Hockey team to a State Championship. When it came
time to attend college Becca was going to go away
to college on a sports scholarship, but when it
came time to commit, the college had a stipulation
– NO MORE RACING!
So… instead of going
away to college and giving up racing Becca decided
to continue racing and go to a local community
college. She obtained an Associates Degree in
Criminal Justice.
Along her racing career
she has raced micros, 358, 360, and 410 Sprints.
Becca has 8 URC wins along with winning the URC/ESS
Challenge at Rolling Wheels Speedway. She has had
many Fast Times during her career and still holds
the track record at the Syracuse Mile.
Becca was one of six women
to take part in the IPS test with Nunn Racing in
2004. She also has taken part in Lyn St James Women
in the Winners Circle as well as her Driver
Development Program. Becca is now 27-years old and
she has teamed up with Woodring racing for the 2006
World of Outlaws season and will be competing for
the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year honors.
Want to know what her
future plans are???
To have a long,
competitive career with the World of Outlaws Sprint
Car Series.
Anderson's
Goal
Mike Woodring will be looking to strike lightning
in 2006 for the second time as a car owner on the
World of Outlaws Sprint Series circuit.
Woodring, who launched the career of current
NASCAR racer Erin Crocker, will field the No. 19
JEI with Becca Anderson and Kenny Jacobs as drivers
on the 2006 Outlaws tour. Anderson will get the
bulk of the time behind the wheel as she competes
for the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Award
with veteran racer Jacobs, who had planned to
retire after the 2005 season, driving in about 20
events.
Anderson, who will turn 27 on the Feb. 9
season-opening night at Volusia Speedway Park, is a
native of Houston, Del., who has been racing since
1991. She has 13 wins, including the ESS/URC
Challenge at Rolling Wheels Raceway, and has
prepared extensively for this chance. Not only has
she tested Indy cars at Texas Motor Speedway with
Mo Nunn Motorsports, but she also participated in
NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity Combine and has
schooled in the Lyn St. James Driver Development
Program and the Andy Hillenburg Driving School
while rising through the ranks from Micros to 358-,
360- and 410-sprint cars.
By adding Jacobs to the team, Woodring will have
the talents of one of the most respected sprint car
drivers in history. Jacobs, of Holmesville, Ohio,
has 97 feature wins with the All Star Circuit of
Champions in addition to four series championships
from 1998-2001. He also raced full-time from
1992-94 on the Outlaws circuit, where has six
A-feature victories.
“It’s going to be unbelievable,”
said Anderson, who will have horsepower from
Kriner’s Racing Engines propelling her around
the track. “It’s kind of an opportunity
of a lifetime to get a chance to work with Mike. It
has been a dream of mine to get out on the road and
race with the Outlaws so it’s pretty
unbelievable.”
Woodring, who was respected as a driver and an
owner, is an eight-time ESS champion. His team has
accumulated more than 70 A-main victories and is a
four-time winner of the Canadian 360 Nationals. In
2002, he had the 360 Team of the Year and in 2003
fielded the car Crocker drove to the Knoxville
Nationals Rookie of the Year title. He also steered
Crocker to her first World of Outlaws victory in
the fall of 2004, marking the first time a woman
won an Outlaws A-main. Now with Anderson, Woodring
is hoping for a repeat.
“I enjoyed doing it for the first time with
Erin Crocker in 2004 and we had some success,”
Woodring said. “I couldn’t stay away so I
went back out and worked with Craig Dollansky last
season, but it wasn’t quite the same as doing
it with your own team. After I went back to run my
own stuff in September with Kenny Jacobs, I got the
urge to get things back together to come out on the
road for the 2006 season, especially with the
evolution of DIRT MotorSports. I’m really
excited to bring another talented woman to the
sport and let her and my team grow with the
company. This is not another development deal like
Erin where we were just going as quick as we could
to where she has landed. With Becca, we are going
to work to build for years down the road in winged
sprint car racing.
Woodring will wait to see an official schedule
before determining how many events Anderson and
Jacobs will run, but he believes Jacobs will
compete in roughly 20 races and that he most likely
will field two cars during the Knoxville Nationals
and the Williams Grove National Open.
“We’re going to mix them up,”
Woodring said. “Kenny will primarily be in his
area. He has been in the sport for 33 years. He has
certain racetracks that he enjoys and feels
competitive at. We will definitely run two cars at
the Knoxville Nationals and the Williams Grove
National Open. Once the schedule comes we’ll
pick out which dates each driver races. I
don’t see it being a problem. Both drivers
have similar styles. I worked with both of them
this fall, kind of testing to see how that was.
They get along very well. Kenny’s career is
coming to an end — he actually already retired
this year so he’s coming back kind of like
Mark Martin. We’re not building the future
with Kenny. He’s a professional. He comes in
and does his job and we’re going to work with
him and try to give him a nice finish to his
career. At the same time, we can use all his
experience to bring Becca up to speed as quickly as
possible.”
Jacobs found quick success last fall in
Woodring’s car with a victory in the Canadian
Sprint Car Nationals.
“It’s been good to race with Mike
because Mike Woodring is very intelligent,”
Jacobs said. “I think I’m only going to
run about 18 to 20 races. Barry Jackson is going to
be involved in that also so I’m looking
forward to working with a couple of really good
mechanics. I’m just looking forward to racing
with the World of Outlaws because I haven’t
done it for a long time.”
Jacobs is one of the most experienced racers out
there and will be more than happy to help Anderson
gain knowledge, but he believes the best person to
give advice to Anderson is Woodring.
“I think Mike Woodring being a driver
himself will be all the mentor she needs,”
Jacobs said. “Some of the comments he’s
made to me in the little bit I’ve run his car
are very intelligent and very helpful as far as the
driver goes. He finds lines on the racetrack and
picks them out in a hurry for you.”
As for Anderson, she’s just excited about
racing from coast-to-coast with the best collection
of sprint car racers in the world.
“I’m looking forward to getting out
there and running with some topnotch guys every
week and getting the experience,” she said.
“Mike was a great driver himself and what he
did with Erin gives me great confidence that he can
cut my learning curve. He’s seen a lot of the
tracks and I know if we can get out there and get a
good car we can get the job done.”
The biggest difference between Crocker and
Anderson is that Anderson sees herself competing
for several seasons with the Outlaws.
“I want to make a home with the Outlaws and
grow with this,” she said. “Hopefully
we’ll land a big-time sponsor and make a
living here.”
Source: www.dirtmotorsports.com/sprint/drivers_details.php?DriverID=1046
Results
Date Event Main Finish
2/9/2006 Volusia Speedway
Park - Barberville, FL B 5th
2/10/2006 Volusia Speedway Park - Barberville, FL B
8th
3/3/2006 Manzanita Speedway - Phoenix, AZ A
21st
3/4/2006 USA Race Park - Tucson, AZ B 5th
3/9/2006 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Las Vegas, NV B 13th
3/10/2006 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway - Las Vegas, NV A 23rd
3/19/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA A 16th
3/31/2006 Batesville Speedway - Batesville, AR B
7th
4/1/2006 I-55 Raceway - Pevely, MO C 4th
4/7/2006 Eldora Speedway - New Weston, OH B
19th
4/8/2006 Eldora Speedway - New Weston, OH B
16th
4/15/2006 Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, IN A
9th
4/29/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA Rain
Out
4/30/2006 Husets Speedway - Brandon, SD Rain
Out
5/5/2006 US 36 Raceway - Osborn, MO A 15th
5/6/2006 81 Speedway - Wichita, KS Rain Out
5/7/2006 Husets Speedway - Brandon, SD
(rescheduled) B 9th
5/12/2006 Attica Raceway Park - Attica, OH Rain
Out
5/13/2006 K-C Raceway - Chillicothe , OH Rain
Out
5/17/2006 Grandview Speedway - Bechtelsville, PA A
21st
5/19/2006 Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, PA Rain
Out
5/20/2006 Sharon Speedway - Hartford, OH A 15th
5/24/2006 The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway -
Concord, NC A 14th
5/26/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA B 14th
5/27/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA C 6th
5/29/2006 Orange County Fair Speedway - Middletown,
NY A 16th
5/30/2006 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park - Elbridge,
NY A 21st
5/31/2006 Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, PA B
12th
6/1/2006 Wayne County - Orrville, OH Rain Out
6/3/2006 Eldora Speedway - New Weston, OH B
16th
6/4/2006 Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, IN
A 20th
6/9/2006 Eagle Raceway - Eagle, NE A 22nd
6/10/2006 Eagle Raceway - Eagle, NE B 7th
6/14/2006 The Raceway at Powercom Park - Beaver
Dam, WI A 15th
6/16/2006 Red River Valley Speedway - West Fargo,
ND A 13th
6/17/2006 Red River Valley Speedway - West Fargo,
ND A 17th
6/23/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA B
11th
6/24/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA Rain
Out
6/30/2006 81 Speedway - Wichita, KS A 18th
7/1/2006 Dodge City Raceway Park - Dodge City, KS A
10th
7/3/2006 Husets Speedway - Brandon, SD A 18th
7/7/2006 Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, IN B
8th
7/8/2006 I-55 Raceway - Pevely, MO B 15th
7/12/2006 Limaland Motorsports Park - Lima, OH B
7th
7/14/2006 Eldora Speedway - New Weston, OH B
9th
7/15/2006 Eldora Speedway - New Weston, OH Kings
Royal C 5th
7/18/2006 Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, PA Don
Martin Memorial B 9th
7/20/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA A 21st
7/21/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA B 12th
7/22/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA B 7th
7/23/2006 Lebanon Valley Speedway - West Lebanon,
NY A 17th
7/25/2006 Fulton Speedway - Fulton, NY A 16th
7/28/2006 Princeton Speedway - Princeton, MN A
20th
7/29/2006 Princeton Speedway - Princeton, MN B
13th
8/2/2006 Butler Motor Speedway at Butler
Battlegrounds - Quincy, MI A 9th
8/4/2006 Eldora Speedway - New Weston, OH A
10th
8/5/2006 K-C Raceway - Chillicothe , OH B 12th
8/9/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA - Becca
scores C Main WIN B 19th
8/10/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA DNQ
DNQ
8/11/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA B
9th
8/12/2006 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA D
17th
8/17/2006 Black Hills Speedway - Rapid City, SD A
14th
8/19/2006 Nodak Speedway - Minot, ND - Becca scores
B Main WIN A 13th
8/25/2006 Skagit Speedway - Burlington, WA - Becca
finishes 2nd in Dash to start 1st in A Main A
9th
8/26/2006 Skagit Speedway - Burlington, WA C
8th
8/30/2006 Southern Oregon Speedway - Medford, OR A
14th
9/2/2006 Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga, CA Harvest
Classic - Becca scores B Main WIN A 13th
9/3/2006 Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga, CA Harvest
Classic A 18th
9/7/2006 Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA Gold
Cup
9/8/2006 Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA Gold
Cup
9/9/2006 Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA Gold
Cup
9/15/2006 Eagle Raceway - Eagle, NE
9/16/2006 Jackson Speedway - Jackson, MN
9/23/2006 Wilmot Speedway - Wilmot, WI
9/24/2006 Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN
9/29/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA National Open
9/30/2006 Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg,
PA National Open
10/20/2006 Manzanita Speedway - Phoenix, AZ
10/21/2006 USA Race Park - Tucson, AZ
10/27/2006 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway Las Vegas, NV
10/28/2006 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway Las Vegas, NV
10/29/2006 WoO Banquet Las Vegas
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