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Straight Up Racing and Motor Sports, Inc.

Owner / Operator: Bill Payne

4108 West E Street
Bremerton, WA 98312

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December 2nd, 2009 - Straight Up Racing Ready For 2010!

2009 was a great year and we are now ready to announce our schedule for the first quarter of 2010!  We are very excited to be running full time with Checkered Flag Productions this year after finishing third in the CFP Championship only running a limited schedule this past year. Bill is ready to give '09 Champ Larry Swim and Bigfoot Bad Boy all he can handle, all year long in pursuit of the team's first season points title. In addition to the full CFP Tour, we'll also be running a couple events for John Darnell's MAP Motorsports tour for the first time and we're very excited about that. Check out the Schedule page for the full rundown of where we'll be in first quarter as we head out on the road, gunning for the 2010 Monster Truck Winter Nationals Championship!
 

November 30th, 2009 - Rock Star Picks Up Wins In Bilings, Monterrey!

The month of November has brought big wins and big news!  We have to start by thanking Teri Olson for all her efforts while with Straight Up Racing and wish her the best of luck as she moves on from the team. The hot new look for the second truck is complete after Bill rebuilt the chassis and put on the new body - a 1934 Ford Coupe!  The truck will run as the California Kid in 2010, with - more big news - Casey Ladelle behind the wheel as he returns to Straight Up Racing!  Bill and Casey were nearly unstoppable driving High Voltage and Hot Stuff back in the day and they will both be ready to run for the Checkered Flag Productions Monster Truck Winter Nationals title.

That chase began at the start of the month in Billings, Montana where Bill faced off against '09 CFP champ Larry Swim and Bigfoot Bad Boy. Bill drove the newly re-designed truck in addition to Rock Star to test it out. It was a wild night as Bill won the wheelie contest in Rock Star and then flipped both trucks in freestyle, taking the win with Rock Star. The most exciting thing is, Bill Payne and Rock Star is the points leader coming out of week #1.

From Billings, it was back to the shop for repairs and more work on the re-designed California Kid. Then it was time to pack up and head for Mexico for the final Monster Trucks Showdown event of the year in Monterrey. Before crossing the border, Bill stopped at the airport and picked up his second driver for the weekend - none other than good friend and driver of the Barbarian monster truck - Devin Jones!  Bill brought in an experienced, hard charging driver to help shake down the new truck, and of course, to shoot for the win in front of 25,000 people in Monterrey. Devin had a great show in California Kid, putting on an awesome freestyle that saw big wheelies, huge air over the bus stack and even some wild cyclones. But Bill was not to be denied by Bounty Hunter or anyone else this time as he rocked Monterrey with an insane freestyle, putting Rock Star on its lid twice to the delight of the Mexican fans. When it was all said and done, Bill won the cheeroff between Rock Star and Bounty Hunter to end the year on a huge note!

What a year it has been for Straight Up Racing and driver Bill Payne. Over the course of the last eleven months, Bill has ran 64 shows in Rock Star winning 7 racing competitions and an incredible 33 freestyles!  Bill's freestyle winning percentage was an incredible 52% this year, and his 40 wins overall ranks him 9th out of all drivers in 2009!  Be sure to check out the Videos section to see footage from all of our recent shows, there is some wild stuff definitely worth checking out!

October 30th, 2009 - September, October In The Books!

We've had a wild run the last couple months with some big shows and some major competition!  In our last update we told you about the always fun Thrill Sho event in Vancouver, Washington. Well after a week off, we were back with Thrill Sho as they did their first event at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. We had fun running with Time Flys and Fired Up and after the day was done, we had another overall win for the Rock Star.

After a few days in the shop to tune the trucks for three big shows in a row, we set out for Pomona, California for the big WGAS event there. Bill gave it a heckuva ride in Rock Star, but this one would go to Jimmy Creten's Bounty Hunter. After a quick load up, we were on our way south of the border for the big Monster Trucks Showdown in Tijuana, Mexico. Rock Star has gotten huge in Mexico but Bill would have to take on Creten once again. Bill gave it everything he had, but in the end it was still Bounty Hunter on top. If you're going to lose to anyone though, it's not as bad when its the former Freestyle World Champ.

The next week would be full of travel as we headed all the way up from Mexico on to Calgary, Alberta in Canada for the Edge Monster Madness World Finals at Stampede Park. There the team would once again be facing off against a stacked lineup featuring - you guessed it, Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter. While Creten dominated racing, Bill was not to be denied in the big show Saturday night as he took down Bounty Hunter and grabbed the big freestyle win. After tearing up equipment going head to head with Creten for three weeks, it was good to have a couple weeks back in the shop to work on the trucks. With the trucks ready to rock and roll again, we set out for Perris Lake, California for the big WGAS event featuring eight top trucks. Once again Bill would take the big Saturday night freestyle win continuing a great season.

During the past two weeks at the shop, Bill has cut apart the Miss Behavin truck and began rebuilding the chassis to fit a hot new body - a 1934 Ford Sedan!  Stay tuned for more news on that before we head to Billings, Montana to kick off the '09-'10 Checkered Flag Monster Truck Winter Nationals title chase!
 

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