National Championship Racing Association

Former Late Model Champ to Run Limited NCRA Slate
 
PARK CITY, Kan. (May 9, 2007) – A former series champion plans to run a partial schedule this season in the O’Reilly NCRA Late Model Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol.
 
“I’m going to hit the majority of them but I don’t know if I’ll be able to make them all or not,” said 2000 series champ Tony Gregg. “I probably won’t be able to run for the championship due to other commitments.”
 
He hopes to make 10 or 11 of the series’ 16 races and might run more if he does well.
 
Since taking the title in 2000, Gregg has mostly raced close to his Hastings, Neb., home. He drove a modified for a while, but was in a limited late model last season.
 
Tony stepped back into a late model at the July 22 NCRA show at Doniphan, Neb., and finished 21st in the feature. That was his first time with the series since winning the title.
 
He is returning to the NCRA mostly to help Ince Race Cars. His cousins, Doug and Dale Warner, own the Minden, Neb., company.
 
“I’ve been helping them get their chassis going,” Tony said. “My dream has always been to do that type of work, and it’s been fun trying to help them out.”
 
He also found out that driving a limited late model wasn’t much fun.
 
“It just wasn’t for me,” he said. “After you’ve run the big cars with all the speed you could want, it’s hard to go back to a limited class and have any fun.”
 
Gregg began racing after he graduated from high school in 1980. When he’s not behind the wheel of a racecar, he’s behind the wheel of a big rig. He’s a truck driver for Gregg Brothers Trucking, a cattle-hauling business owned by his dad and his uncle.
 
Tony will run a Ford-powered Ince chassis this season and looks forward to again dicing with 2002 series champion Kyle Berck, who will run the full schedule.
 
“We raced together at Doniphan each week and chased IMCA points in the late model series,” he said. “There is a little bit of rivalry there, but I have a lot of respect for him.”
 
For more information about the O’Reilly NCRA Late Model Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol, either visit their Web site at www.ncraracing.org or call the NCRA office at (316) 755-1781.