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Meet Vinny Raucci Sr. |
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Raucci
Racing is a family owned and operated Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring Charger &
Bandolero race team, owned by Vinny & Donna Raucci. Originally from
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In 2004 is when I got started in racing and haven’t been able to stop since. I was on the pit crew for Jerry Jones #40 Charger. That year Jerry finished the season with a 3rd place finish. |
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In 2005 I started in the Bomber division. By the close of the 2005 season we finished 2nd in points and only 21 points out of the championship. |
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Still in Bombers for 2006 we ended the season in 5th place. After a very rough year with a lot of motor problems that was a great finish for us. At one point in 2006 Raucci Racing had 3 cars running in the Bomber division. On 8/12/06 Raucci Racing was featured in the Las Vegas Review Journal in the living section. We also let Corey Livitan run one of our cars for the race. |
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As
we moved into the 2007 season, I moved up and drove in the Charger division. We had two of
the best in the business building us a car from the ground up. Chris and Fabian Bray
worked weeks to get us a great car. We welcomed a new team member to our staff –
Wendy Gregory as our Assistant Crew Chief. After losing our current crew chief Brett,
Wendy stepped up as crew chief and without her we would have been lost. She is an asset to
our team
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With
Wendy Gregory
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as our crew chief |
The
2008 season has ended and we at Raucci Racing feel we had a great season. We finished 3rd
in the points standings for the year. We added a new member to our crew – Darin |
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F.Y.I. Everyone always asks why purple and pink and why #69. Well, so everyone knows purple and pink was my wife’s idea and since it costs so much money to race I figured I better give her this one so I don’t feel so bad when I need more money for the cars. As for the #69 it’s my wife’s birthday and the year I was born. |
I’d
like to take a moment and say thank you to each of our sponsors. We are very fortunate to
have many generous sponsors throughout our race career. Sponsors are amazing people –
who demonstrate their commitment to helping us.
Brett
Ahlin – thanks for all your hard work through the years. It is greatly
appreciated. Due to work commitments Brett can no longer be down at the track on a weekly
basis, however, he is just a phone call away. We do miss you in the pits. You kept
organization and helped keep me calm. We all keep our fingers crossed that you will be
able to find time to come back to the track again. Maybe not on a weekly basis but once in
a while. You are sadly missed.
We
need to thank Chris & Fabian Bray for building us one hell of a car in the #69
Charger. When we started I didn’t know too much about chargers but Chris &
Fabian’s unbelievable talents gave me a phenomenal race car.
Chad
Mattos thank you for all your help throughout the years.
To
a saint of a crew chief – Wendy Gregory thank you for all you do for the team.
Your patients and understanding are appreciated. Your knowledge is greatly needed. Please
know we couldn’t do this every week without you.
To
John Gregory - thank you for allowing Wendy (your wife) to spend almost all of her
free time either down and the track or over my house working on the cars.
Thank you to Darin our new addition to the
team. Its great to have you out there each race weekend. To Angie his wife, thank you for
allowing him to be at the track helping us. Welcome to the Raucci Racing Family!
And
last but not least to my wife and daughter, thank you for being so understanding
when I am not at the soccer field because we are at the race track. I really do love to
watch you play Bridgette. Kick some butt this season – I know you will. Thank you for
feeding us and everyone who wonders into our pit and a big thank you for not killing us or
divorcing me when I wake you up in the middle of the night to tell you I need more money
for the race cars.
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