troys news

2/08/12

Please go to www.troydecaire.com for all new info about Troy.

1/14/12

Saturday chili bowl results for Troy 5th in the heat race, then C main #2 finished 3rd, moved to B main and finished 10th. That will put him 12th in the F main today and must finish in the top 4 to move up to the next main. The A main will race later tonight. Troy's car owner Jody Rosenboom will start 1st in D main #2. Troy finished a disappointing 9th in the F main #2 and will not advance any further tonight.

1/14/12

Check out the video on how Donnie Ray Crawford saved a fellow driver Harli White from a very bad race car fire. Harli was burnt over 40 percent of her body, without Donnie's heroic help she probably would have not survied. Click here to go to our tribute page and view the video more>

1/14/12

Our thought s and prayers go out to Chili Bowl racer Donnie Ray Crawford III and his family who lost his life today. more>

1/11/12

Troy's heat/qualifing race will be on friday at the Chili Bowl. Listen live on racinboys radio.

1/09/12

By Richard Golardi

“TEAM FLORIDA” CONFIRMED FOR MUST SEE RACING AND TBARA IN 2012

“Team Florida”, which is a sprint car team with owner Lenny Puglio, driver Troy DeCaire, and car # 91 and #14, was confirmed to me on Saturday by Lenny Puglio. This team is a reboot of the team that competed in TBARA in 2011, with Dave Steele at the wheel, and had a 2011 TBARA feature win in July. The team will compete in the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series (MSRXSS), and also TBARA during 2012. Since Dave Steele will no longer drive the #91 sprint car, I asked him if this meant that he was retired. Dave Steele confirmed to me that he was semi-retired, but not completely retired from his driving duties. He would still possibly compete in some MSRXSS events in 2012, but for another unnamed car owner. His desire was to spend more time building his business, Steele Performance Parts, in Tampa, Florida". More >

1/08/12

Troy will be at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, OK this week racing the #14r Jody Rosenboom midget. There is well over 250 entries for this race . Go to thewww.chilibowl.com for more info.

12/29/11

Troy will be racing the WKA Dirt National race at Daytona in the Sr. Champ class on thursday night. Results - Troy started 2nd and finished 2nd after leading a portion of the race.

12/28/11

On the sprint car scene Troy will be racing the Lenny Puglio sprint car in 2012 at all TBARA races and the Little 500 at Anderson Speedway in Indiana. They are looking for sponsors to run the car in the Must See Extreme Sprint Car Series in 2012.

11/25/11

Troy finished 22nd at Irwindale Speedway . Troy had this to say after the races "I wish I could say I had a bad night but it was far worse than that.. I really apperciate the effort by so many to help me race this weekend sorry I was not able to give you a better result."1/25/11

Oct. 18, 2011 – Press Release Contact: Jim Hanks, 248-762.1732

Closing the season with a memorable performance at Bristol Motor Speedway, Troy DeCaire will spend the winter celebrating his second consecutive Xtreme Sprint Series championship. This year’s title is especially meaningful for the 25-year-old native of Tampa, Florida, as he overcame great obstacles along the way.

Just four days from the season opener in April, DeCaire was on the outside looking in. Unable to land a ride, he contemplated missing the Salem event until an 11th-hour deal was struck with South Bend, Indiana car owner Ron Koehler. DeCaire raced several events with the team before moving in August to the machine of Tipton, Indiana’s Jerry Powell. DeCaire then subbed for injured driver Mike Larrison with the TruFuel Davey Hamilton Motorsports team for the Bristol Motor Speedway series finale on Oct. 1.

DeCaire’s TruFuel sprint car suffered an engine failure early in the day at Bristol, sending the team scrambling. Using a borrowed Suellen Wilshe/Jason Blonde powerplant, De Caire made a dramatic run from the tail of the field to finish second, winning the BioBased.US MustSeeRacing Xtreme Sprint Series championship by a scant four points.

“To win two straight championships is obviously very special, but this year it was more gratifying,” he admitted. “It seemed like every race something came up and we really had to work for it. Nothing was easy, that’s for sure. I really felt like I had accomplished something”.

“After working this hard all year, and having so many struggles, I honestly think that if I hadn’t won the championship I would have felt like quitting. But I believe in the old adage that hard work pays off.”

Two years ago DeCaire relocated from Tampa to Indianapolis to pursue his dream of a career in open wheel racing. He made his series debut in early 2010, quickly becoming one of the cornerstone personalities among a talented core of drivers who comprise the Xtreme Sprint Series roster.

“The competition was stout last year, but this year it just kept getting stronger,” he insists. “We had some new faces come in this year, and it looks like we’ll have some new faces coming next year. It’s a good collective group of guys, some have money and some don’t but everybody works hard to make their car perform. It’s a good mix of young guys and veterans, and it’s fun and challenging to race with them. The competition is very strong.

“From my first race with the series in 2010, I could tell it was a big deal from the beginning. Anytime you add TV to a racing series, it makes it that much bigger. And I have to say, winning the championship last year was a bigger deal than I realized…I was amazed at the number of people who saw us race on TV, were aware of the series, and knew that I had won the championship.

“This year (series founder) Jim Hanks took a gamble with the American Racer tires and ruffled some feathers, and that was significant. I was one of the first people against it, because I was afraid he was going to mess up a good thing. But they never quit working, never gave up, and they gave us a tire to run the series right and saved the racers a lot of money. Not only is the series growing, but they’re willing to take chances and they’re looking out for the racers and you have to tip your hat to that.

“And then Bristol…that was one of the most exciting races people had ever seen, and going into the event nobody was really sure how everything would work out. But I see Jim Hanks and MustSeeRacing as risk-takers, not afraid to step out of the box and try different things.”

Following the season finale DeCaire was able to return to Tampa for several weeks, spending time with family and basking in the satisfaction of another championship. But it will be a busy off-season as he works to put deals together that will enable him to defend his title in 2012.

“I’m going to spend my winter trying to find a solid home for next year, with a team that is prepared to race for wins and the championship,” he says. “I’m looking forward to next season, because I think the series is going to be ever stronger, even better. I want to build on this past season, and grow with the series. I’m excited to be the champion.”

2011 XTREME SPRINT SERIES FINAL STANDINGS

1. Troy DeCaire (Tampa, Fla.) 815 2. Ryan Litt (London, Ont., Canada) 811 3. JoJo Helberg (Rohnert Park, Calif.) 807 4. Jason Cox (Park City, Ill.) 766 5. Jeff Bloom (Bangor, Mich.) 751 6. Aaron Pierce (Daleville, Ind.) 746 7. Jason Blonde (Litchfield, Mich.) 719 8. Hank Lower (Angola, Ind.) 706 9. Jimmy McCune (Toledo, Ohio) 703 10. Kyle Flint (Litchfield, Mich.) 680 11. Mike Larrison (Brownsburg, Ind.) 605 12. Jacob Wilson (Crawfordsville, Ind.) 602 13. Jerry Caryer (Ney, Ohio) 597 14. Dave Baumgartner (Ottawa Lake, Mich.) 556 15. Travis Miniea (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 552