Month: January 2013

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Tim Shaffer: An All Star Gearing Up for 2013

Tim Shaffer brings his no.83 machine into the pits after a hotlap session at Eldora Speedway
Tim Shaffer brings his CH Motorsports no.83 machine into the pits after a hotlap session at Eldora Speedway

Nearly 30-years ago a fresh faced 16-year-old from Pennsylvania realized his childhood dream when he buckled into a sprint car at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio.   Those first laps Tim Shaffer took were a fun trip, something unlike what he had done before behind the wheel of the go-kart he raced at age 9, and certainly not like the motorcycles and 3-wheelers he had been in competition with for the prior 3-years.   What was a new and exciting challenge for the youngster who grew up watching sprinters turned out to be the start of a new era in Sprint Car racing. Continue reading “Tim Shaffer: An All Star Gearing Up for 2013”