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5/13/212 - FINALLY SOME UPDATES!
All of our updates are now
being done by FaceBook but to bring you up to speed both Ryan and Ashin have been on the track with both getting
5th as their highest place finshes to date. All of our races so far have been at at ArkLaTex Speedway with
the excepetion of one night at Many Motor Speedway. Monroe has only had one race to day and Ronnie did not compete in
that one as Ryan and Ashlin ran the same night on dirt. Ronnie will be in action on the pavement in a few weeks!! Contact Ronnie
Humphrey to join us on Facebook! Thanks for checking in.
2/24/2012 - BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL
With the news that MMS would
be openning back up for the 2012 racing season - Car owner Ronnie Humphrey has decided to get back behind the wheel after
a layoff since 2008!! Why let Ryan and Ashlin have all the fun???
1/16/2012 - CLASS WINNER AT THE CAR SHOW!!!
Well lots of hard work paid
off with a Best of Show Trophy last night at the 2012 World of Wheels Car Show!! Thanks to all the fans that came
by and said HI - Special thanks to Ashlin Humphrey who held the fort down while Daddy went to Tulsa for the Chili Bowl.
1/5/2012- NEW YEAR AND WE
ARE READY
The Chevyland Modified roared to life tonight for the first time in 2010 and the only thing left to do is
to install the drive shaft and we will be ready to go! Our first "non racing" outting for the car will be the
2012 World of Wheels car show being held in the Shreveport Civic Center from 1/13-1/15. Then we plan on having the car
on display at Chevyland some before our first race at Texas Motor Speedway the first week of March.
12/28/2011 - WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING
Its
been several weeks since we have updated the site, but it does not mean that we have not been hard at it. The
Shaw modified has been torn down to the bare frame for inspection and now sports a brand new body! The 377
is currently at the machine shop being fitted with a new set of aluminum heads and a new roller for better low end.
Ashlin's street stock now has the official Humphrey 15x on it so we can see we have been very busy!! Join Ronnie Humphrey
on facebook for additional team updates.
11/26/2011 - SPONSOR LINEUP FOR 2012
We are very happy to announce the return of Chevyland,
Autozone, Pepsi, Bells Towing and Omni back to the team for 2012! We could not race without the support of our sponsors.
Thank you!!
11/11/11 - FINAL RACE NIGHT FOR 2011
We will close out the 2011 racing season
this Saturday night at Boothilll Speedway in Shreveport with Ashlin running her Street Stock. Also the modified
will be on display at Chevyland Saturday from 9-4 for the 100th year celebration of Chevrolet - come by and say hi and check
out a ton of street rods that will be on display.
10/8/2011 MOVING IN!!!
We finally got our power
turned on to the new shop and have started the back breaking process of relocating 12 years of collecting racing
"stuff" from the old shop to the new location. It is such a blessing to have this new location to work out
of - now if we can just sell our house and move over there with the new shop all will be well!!
9/6/2011 - WHERE HAVE WE
BEEN???
First
of all I would like to appologize for not placing any updates recently here on the web page as we are doing more
and more live updates directly from the track on Face Book. The lack of rain in some areas of the Ark-La-Tex has greatly
impacted the racing season the past few weeks causing some tracks to close becasue of lack of water to prep the track. Then
on the flip side, the Labor day races at Champion Park Speedway last weekend were cancelled due to rain?? Even with limited
racing action - we are very busy on the new shop and hope to move in within a couple of weeks provided we get the power
turned on. We had to install a new rearend in the Factory Stock and hope to have it completed this week - while the modified
is 99% ready to go. Keep checking back in or join us on Face Book under Ronnie Humphrey!
7/31/2011 - LACK OF RAIN ALTERS RACE SCHEDULE
A lack of rain in recent
weeks at ARK-LA-TEX Speedway in Vivan Louisiana forced the cancellation of this weekends track events because of no water
for track preparation. The team decided to take the opportunity to show the new modified at Chevland in Shreveport!! It was
a hot day, but still a huge turn out of customers were on hand to look at the large inventory of the number 12 Chevy dealer
in the country!!
We will be back on track next weekend at ALT!!!! See you there!!!
7/18/2011 - COMP CAMS SUMMER NAIONALS REPORT
After taking last wekend
off to do some promotional work for ChevyLand, it was back to the track for the 2011 Comp Cams Summer Naionals. This
was the first time we tried to run both cars and the decision was made to use Cousin Modified driver Trent Humphrey
to assist Ashlin for the night since this would be only her second night of racing. A large field of "cream of the
crop" modifieds were on hand as well as a large group of Factory Stocks. The night started off slow with a
large rain shower slowing the start for the night by more than an hour and the track was never the same afterwards
meaning it was going to be a tacky horsepower track when we prefer dry slick. By the end of the night, Ryan DNQ'd by
a couple positions and the car got knocked around some, but nothing that can't be fixed. Ashlin had a great
night driving her car to a 2nd place finish in her Factory Stock Beginners Class Heat race and and 6th
in her Feature race. Trent drove Ashlins car to a 7th place in his Heat race and a 3rd place in his Feature.
It was a fun night and we thank God for keeping everyone safe. Next race is 7/30 at ALT Speedway!!!
7/4/2011 - NEW FACE ON THE
TRACK
After
working for several weeks on the Pro Mod, Ronnie Humphrey made the decision that new driver Ashlin Humphrey
would be better off in a Factory Stock. After making a deal on a car from Arkansas, Ashlin was finally able to hit the
track for the first time last night at Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian. Everyone was so happy as Ashlin actually made a
pass on a car in her Heat Race, but that was nothing compared to her moves in the Feature race for the beginners where
she drove from 12th all the way up to 5th before a final finishing position of 7th!!!
7/2/2011 - MOTOR ISSUES FOR
THE TEAM
We
have been very excited about getting the new motor in the car for several weeks now, but the thrill went away quickly
after firing the motor up for the first time in the shop and having an exhaust valve stick in the head of number 4 cylinder.
This is after running the motor no more than 2 minutes. The machine shop stood behind their work and re-worked
both heads just in time to have the motor ready for Champion Park Speedways July 4th weekend race. The car
looked fast in the hot laps but when Ryan came off the track the motor was skipping again only to find another stuck
valve again so our night was done before we even started.
6/20/2011 - 7th PLACE FINISH AT SABINE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
It was a good night at Sabine
Motor Speedway this past Saturday night once the team finally got a handle on the chassis. This was the first visit
to Many this year and the shop setup proved to be off since the track was not normal for the Sabine Parish track. Bar placement,
shocks and tire changes after the heat put the car in good position to look very competitive in the A Feature after starting
10th. This weekend we plan on heading back to Vivian Motor Speedway. We thank God for a safe night of racing!
6-4-2011- VIVIAN RACE RESULTS
IN CRASH
The
race at Vivian did not go too good as Ryan got involved in a accident on the first lap of the heat race causing damage to
the LF wheel, tire, shock, brake caliper, brake line, etc. We were not able to get the car back to 100% for the B Feature
so our night ended up early. On a brighter note we have been working real hard on the Pro Mod project for Ashlin and are very
close to have it ready to go in a couple of weeks. We still have to correct a bunch of stuff on the rear suspension and install
a transmission but the body is just about complete.
5/25/2011
- BACK ON TRACK THIS WEEKEND!!!
It's back to the track this weekend for the Memorial Day race at Ark-La-Tex Speedway this
Sunday night - hope to see you there!!
5/20/2011 - FUN NIGHT AT ARK-LA-TEX SPEEDAY
We had a clean night at Vivian ending up with a 9th place finish in the A Main
after running 7th but that's how it goes. We are off this weekend for the big wedding but hope to be back on track next
Sunday at Vivian for their big Memorial Day race.
5/12/2011 - PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND
After being off a couple
of weeks, we are glad to be heading back to the track this weekend. Friday night will included a little go-cart action at
Champion Park Speedway and then ArkLaTex Speedway on Saturday night. The Chevyland modified is ready to go so we plan on spending
Saturday getting the second modified a little closer to action - we still have to complete the brake lines, electrical
wiring ans power steering lines. See you at the track!
4/20/2011 - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - VINTAGE PHOTOS!!!
We have had several comments about the photos from
the old days so we have added the "Vintage Photo" section back on the home page again - we will try to put
up a new picture every couple of days - to show just how old we are getting LOL. Enjoy.
4/17/2011 - HEY WE FINISHED!!!!!
After
getting involved in incidents two of the first three races of the year - we finally made the whole night without touching
another car!!! We decided to make the trip up to Ark-La-Tex Speedway where they were paying $700 to win plus it was Fan Appreciation
night. Ryan ended up fininshing 4th in his heat and 7th in the A Feature, but the highlight of the night had to
be Ryan racing the 27 of Mike Washburn and the 19 of Jamie Burford for about the last five laps of the Feature.
They worked the high side while Ryan worked the low groove - it was a great night and we thank God for a safe trip.
4/10/2011 - NIGHT CUT SHORT
AT CHAMPION PARK SPEEDWAY
The first night back at Champion Park Speedway in the 2011 season had a little mixture of good and
bad. The good was Ryan starting in the back of his heat race and being able to move up to the 4th position at the checkers,
however the A Feature was cut short when an upper bar on the right rear 4 link broke knocking the rearend out from under the
car. Ryan was credited with a 8th place finish but was actually as high as 4th at one point before the rearend started causing
trouble. It was still a fun night and as always we thank God for a safe night of racing!!
4/7/2011 - CHAMPION PARK SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND!!!!!
After taking off last weekend
for Ryan and Amy's pre-wedding party we hit Champion Park Speedway wide open this weekend with the
ChevyLand modified. Also we finished up the body on the second modified tonight and it is ready for decals!! You can see some
pictures on the right!!!
3/27/2011 - TOUGH AFTERNOON AT THE QWIK CAR NATIONALS
The action this weekend took place at the Qwik Car
Nationals at Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian but it was a short afernoon as Ryan got tagged in the LF after he checked up to
avoid a car in front of him in his Heat Race. The contact resulted in a bent LR wheel, cut LR tire and major body damage.
We were able to fix the car for the B Main and Ryan had a great run going moving from 15th all the way up to 7th before running
out of laps. Since they only took the top 4 out of the B Main our day was done - we thank God for a safe day and trip!!!
3/17/2011 - ON THE GROUND!!!
Got the second modified on
the ground today as an official "roller". We had to re-work the fuel cell mount tonight to make room for the
quick change plus build a rear bumper. We went ahead and stuck the decking on the car to get a feel of how it will
look. We will try to set the motor / transmission in on Saturday and start the plumbing on the car plus build a battery mount
etc.
3/12/2011
- LOTS OF WORK IN THE SHOP!!!
It was a all day work-a-thon in the shop today with Ashlin Humphrey helping Dad install the rear
spoiler and roof on the black modified while Johnny and Ryan bolted up the quick change under the car. Ashlin then had to
turn her attention to helping build a fan shroud on Brian Bells Factory Stock. Ashlin knows she must turn some wrenches in
order to get seat time this year and she did indeed earned some today!!! We considered running at ALT Sunday afternoon
but decided not to do so tonight. Thanks for checking in!!
3/7/2011 - BACK HOME AFTER A FUN WEEKEND!!!
Man
how fast the time went by....but it's back to reality now. We had a great time at Texas and look forward to going back some
time. After getting the car dialed in on Friday and having a great run in the preliminary feature Firday night, the cool temperatures kept
the track moist for the B feature on Saturday meaning that the BIG Motors would shine again and that they did. Having
to start in the rear of the B Main and with only the top three transfering, we saw no need to burn precious fuel and tires
so Ryan made a few laps before pulling off to end the weekend. One thing for sure when you go out there you need
to take your big bullett - our neighbor just north of our pit area had his brand new 430 Mullins putting out 740HP!!!! Hard
to stay up with that on a tacky 1/2 mile LOL!!!! If the fuel prices allow - we hope to be able to go back in the fall
as it is just plain ole fun!!!!
3/4/2011 - FROM 20th TO 6TH!!
After
finishing 7th in our 10 car heat race last night that included Jesse Stoval, World of Outlaws driver Terry Phillips, IMCA
Champion Trevor Egberg, Troy Taylor, Kenny Gaddis, William Gould and Patrick Daniels - we elected to start in the back of
the C feature in order to not to get caught up in any accidents. Ryan drove the race of his life last night moving all the
way from his 20th starting spot to 5th before finally ending up in the 6th position at the checkers. The highlight of the
race was Ryan catching and passing the 4R of Derrick Rameriz who is a featured driver on the Dirt Knights TV show for 5th!!!!
We are not sure of our starting spot for the semi feature on Satruday night yet. We have tons of pictures and videos on the
Ronnie Humphrey FaceBook page if you want to see. Thanks for checking in.
3/3/2011 - TMS PRACTICE SESSION
GOES GOOD!!
The trip to TMS this year has already started off much better than last year. The track provides each racer
with transponders and we ended up the night in the top third of the field- but its a big field (LOL). We are a little down
on horsepower as compared to some of the huge mountain motors here, but Ryan was able to hold his on.
We have many pictures and videos posted on Ronnie Humphrey's face book page - if you are interested in watching them.
3/2/2011 - TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
- HERE WE COME
We are headed out early Thursday morning for Ft Worth Texas and the World Dirt Track
Championships being held at Texas Motor Speedway. We understand that they are over 300 cars already entered. We have also
learned that the Winter Thaw USMTS race being held in Nebraska has been cancelled so odds are that some of the professional USMTS
cats will be there. We hope to see some of the dudes off the Dirt Knights TV show!! Stay tuned as we will be posting updates
here and on Face Book!!
2/27/2011 - WELCOME NEW SPONSOR; COBRA OIL FIELD SERVICES!!!!!
We
are very excited to welcome a new sponsor to the team for 2011 - Cobra Oil Field Services out of Bossier City, La. Cobra is
a local leader in all types of oil filed service work from internal tank cleaning to site prep and cleanup. We love the Cobra
moto which is "we strike first" - cool - we look forward to racing together during the 2011 season!!!!
2/15/2011
- AND THE WINNER IS......
Amy Mathew and Ryan Humphrey win the KTBS 3 Tie The Knot Contest last night - what an exciting
week it has been - thanks to all our friends who helped by voting for them!!! I think there is a
wedding date set for 5/21/2011?? Ryan has already talked to sports guy Tim Fletcher about more racing coverage.
2/13/2011 - FIRST TIME OUT
FOR 2011
After
getting out of our church services Sunday morning - we loaded up and headed up to Vivian - to try the new quick change
out and some changes made to the rear suspension. Johnny and Ryan tried several different combinations including shocks, springs,
J Bar and weight!! Great day for some fun in the sun.
2/7/2011 - AND IN OTHER NEWS....
Alyson (Humphrey) competed in the NSU padgent Saturday
night in Natchitoches where she finished 1st Runner up receiving $1500 in scholarship money!!! Great job Alyson
- Not to bad for a Freshman LOL!!!
1/29/2011-NICE DAY TO WORK!!!
With
temperaures around 70 degrees today, we got a lot of work done with Johnny and Ryan setiting the final ride heights
and making pre scale adjustments on the main car while Ronnie worked mounting the fuel cell, gas pedal, gauges and brake
lines on the second car. If the weather holds out - we hope to run the fuel lines, battery box and then start
on the decking this week!! Thanks for checking in.
1/23/2011 - WE'LL TAKE IT!!!
It was first place last time we entered a car in the
World of Wheels Car Show and this time is was "Second Overall" in the Track Competition Class which is excellent
considering our modified was raced the whole 2010 season!!! It was great hanging out and visiting with everyone - thanks
to all those who came by over the weekend. Now it's time to get serious with the first practice session just around the
corner in a couple of weeks!!!!
1/20/2011 - SET UP FOR THE CAR SHOW!!!!!
Ronnie and Ryan spent Thursday night moving the Chevyland
/ Pepsi / Pizza Hut / Omni / AutoZone / Bells Towing / Airaid Modified into the Shreveport Convention Center for the
2011 World of Wheels Car Show which runs from Friday night through Sunday afternoon. There are a total of 6
dirt cars this year so be sure and come out and say HI!!!
1/17/2011 - BACK HOME FROM THE CHILI BOWL!!!
Wow...there are no words to describe the amount of racing it takes over 5 nights to trim down a 267 car field to
a final A-Feature with 20 cars in it by Saturday night. The action was great and a week of racing came down to a
victory margin for Kevin Swindell of about 6 inches over his dad Sammy Swindell. This was the first repeat winner
for the Chili Bowl after 25 straight years of competition (Kevin also won in 2010). It was good seeing some old
friends and we made some new ones as well. The trade show was great as usual and while hanging out with the folks from
Speedway Motors we got a chance to say hello to Bobby Unser which was pretty cool!!! Several modified chassis builders
were on hand including Hoffman and Bills Built. I've put a few pictures up on the right side for you to see. I also have
a couple of short videos that we will try to down load as well.
1/7/2011 - WORK CONTINUES!!!
We
were able to fininsh up the fuel cell mount last night and the cockpit sheet metal is 90% complete. We will not be able to
work this weekend due to the racers auction but we hope to hit it hard next week!! See ya at the Bossier Civic Center!
1/1/2011 - SHE SAID YES!!
Congratulation
to Ryan Humphrey & Amy Matthew who became officially engaged at 12:01am last night. We are very excited for both
of them - It takes a special "woman" to be able to deal with he world of racing!
12/31/2010 - PARTS CAR FOUND!!!!
After looking far and wide
- a perfect parts car was located in Arlington, Texas. Ronnie and Janice made the trip out to Texas and picked up
the 2007 Track Master chassis and by 12pm Friday - all the necessary pieces were pulled off for our bare Shaw
frame!!!!
12/24/2010 - MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Merry Christmas from the whole Humphrey Family. Join us as we celebrate the birth of
our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST - the REAL REASON for the season.
12/24/2010 - PROJECT CAR FOR THE WINTER
We were able to pick up a nice bare Shaw Chassis,
but at this point we are not sure exactly what to do with it. We may try to piece it together with some spare parts and see if the
old man (Ronnie) can fit in it LOL.
12/18/2010 - TRIED OUT THE VOLVO FOR
THE FIRST TIME!!
After several weeks of work building bird cages and other mounts, we finally got the quick
change rear end fully installed and the car back on the ground today. This also allowed us to load the car for the first
time in the Volvo and it looks like there will be plenty of space in the rear of the truck!!
12/14/2010 - QUICKCHANGE IS INSTALLED!!!
Well as of 8pm
tonight the quickchange is installed!!! We also picked up the newly painted roof today from the body shop and Ryan got
it put on as well. We hope to have the car on the ground this weekend.
12/4/2010 - NICE DAY TO WORK
We were blessed
with some very warm December weather today and Johnny and Ryan took full advantage by mounting the bird cages on
the quick change while Ronnie worked on the hauler and mounted some tires. We hope to have the roof back
from the paint shop this week so it can be mounted next week. Thanks for checking in.
11/27/2010 - WORK CONTINUES
After
taking a couple of weeks off with cousin Trent Humphrey's (515 Car) wedding and some other smaller projects, work picked back
up on the car this weekend by getting our new Winters quick change ready for installation. Johnny and Ryan worked
on getting the bird cages in position so the hubs could be installed while dad started the task of swapping items
out of the trailer to the new hauler. Plans are to have the car ready for the World of Wheels car show in January!!
11/24/2010 - TRAILER FOR SALE!!
Pace 40' enclosed racecar trailer. Trailer was originally used to
haul a dirt late model and is equiped with ramp overs but can haul 2 dirt modifieds. Trailer has a finished / insulalted
interior, roof A/C and is equiped with a full size also air compressor. Trailer is plumed and wired for air and elecricity at
the rear door and had Pit Pal storage bins all over. Trailer has a large external awning and is equiped with exterior
quartz lights. I also have a generator available if needed. All six tires have 90-95% tread left!! Call Ronnie
for more information at 318-294-7316
11/10/2010 - UPDATE - GATHERING PARTS & SPONSORS!!
We have been very busy gathering parts preparing for the 2011 racing
season. The largest list of parts was associated with the decision to go with a Winters quick change which meant, hubs, rotors, brackets,
shocks, gears, etc. We are also trying to stock up on some other items like wheels and tires so we wont have
to purchase that stuff at the last minute. In addition to gathering parts we are happy to announce that all of our sponsors
have given verbal commitments for next year - plus there could be an new addition for 2011!!! Thanks for checking in
- we will have updates more often so keep checking back!!
10/24/2010 FIRST SHOWING UNDER THE YEAR!!!
After working for the past several weeks installing a fresh body and
new graphics, the Chevyland Shaw modified made its first public showing today at the Broadmoor Methodist Fall Festival in
Shrevport. The weather was perfect and hundreds of people were on hand to enjoy food, music, games and candy!!! Thanks to
all those who came by to say hello.
10/19/2010 - JUST IN TIME
We finished up the graphics Saturday and installed the new spoiler
Monday night so we will make our show this Sunday afternoon at the Broadmoor Methodist Church in Shreveport.
Hope to see you there!!!
10/13/2010 - READY FOR SOME GRAPHICS!!!
The new body is 90% complete and the
graphics will be installed this weekend!!! We pushed the car out of the shop this afternoon and took a
couple of pictures to give you a little idea what the new body shape for 2011 looks like.
10/4/2010 - WORK ALREADY STARTED FOR
2011
Even though the season has just ended, work has already started on the modifed for 2011. Friday and Saturday
was spent making new rear bumpers and cleaning / preparing the chassis for a fresh body. Some modifications were also done
to the trailer to make a little more room!! We have a sponsor commitment on the last weekend of this month so there's no time
to waste!!! Keep checking back to watch the transformation!
