News

Motor Mile Speedway
November 7, 2004
David Pletcher drove his RaceFansDating.com Ford Taurus to a 8th place finish in Sunday's Dan Duncan Memorial Kroger 250 presented by ProMedia Inc at the Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA.

David qualified 23rd and with his 8th place finish he was once again winner of The Hard Charger Award. This was his 7th Hard Charger Award for the 2004 season. He also collected $500.00 and 5 bonus points for this acheivement."There was not alot of room to pass so I had to pick and choose when to make a move," said Pletcher who has won the most Hard Charger Awards this season.

David also picked up 5 bonus points for leading laps 134,135, and 136. With his strong finish at Radford he moves from 17th to 11th in the Championship Standings and sits only 11 points away from breaking into the Top 10.

We are now down to the final race scheduled for Nov. 27 at USA International Speedway in Lakeland FL, which is considered David's home track. We go there with one goal and that is to win the race.

Special thanks to Mr. Lloyd James and Juzbcuz.com Quality Jewelery for sponsoring the in-car camera that will be featured on the Speed Channel broadcast of the race.

Myrtle Beach Speedway
October 23, 2004
The stars did not line up for David L. Pletcher and his RaceFansDating.com Team and after a hectic day at the race track David was able to finish 14th in the Mark Brooks Memorial Bi-Lo 250 presented by Black's Tire Service.

The team's day consisted of replacing their motor, taking a provisional starting position of 38th, being penalized a green flag stop-and-go, which was later reversed due to a post race review by race officials, and topping off the race with a flat tire late in the race.

David still drove like a man on a mission and with his 14th finishing position he took away honors of winning the Hard Charger Award for advancing the most positions, this was his 6th Hard Charger Award for the 2004 season.

With 2 races remaining David and the MulbireMotorsports Team
sit in 17th position in the Championship Standings and are only 38 points out from cracking the top 10.

Thanks to Lee Murray of Murray's Marina-Key West Fl. for making the trip to the race and spending the day at the race track with the team.

And a Special Thanks to Mike Laughlin Sr.and Mike Laughlin Jr. for loaning us their backup motor so that we could make the race, we owe you one gentlemen!

Our next race is November 7 at the Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va which will be the 4th race of the 5 race Championship Series.

Special thanks to the working guys! Tim Weaver (facing camera) then counter-clock wise, Mike Laughlin Sr. (red shirt), Jeremy Bowser (red shoes), Mike Bennett (standing), Barry Sparks (kneeling), Brian Fischer (standing) and Tommy Brown (reaching into motor). Thanks for all the hard work!

Mansfield Motorsports Park
October 9, 2004
It was round two of the five-race Championship Series and David L. Pletcher and his RaceFansDating.com team were looking for another strong finish in the Alan Kulwicki Memorial In-N-Out Mart 250 presented by Mountain Dew at the Mansfield Motorsports Park.

Saturday's 2 hour practice session gave David an opportunity to make laps on a track that he had not been to and he quickly adapted to this 1/2 mile oval. "It reminds me of the Orlando Speedworld Track" said Pletcher as he began determining what wat best line to drive around this new track.

David and his Ford Taurus qualified 28th in the 37 car field and looked forward to improving his position in the race.

Once the green flag dropped it did not take long for David to find his groove and start moving up through the pack. By Lap 23 he had cracked the top twenty and by lap 65 was in 14th place anf was running same lap times as the leader. David and his #51 had made his way to the 10th position when there was a caution at Lap 110. David, along with the leaders, went to pit lane for tires and gas. As the team was pulling off another good pit stop the rear tire changer/Crew Chief, Jeremy Bowser, discovered that the axle tube cover had worked it way loose and the rear axle was coming out. Needless to say the time it took to make the repair caused David to go down several laps as the race went back to green flag racing.

David would finish the race 23rd which droped him to 16th place in the Championship Points race. The good news he is only 50 points out of 7th and looks forward to making his way to the top 10 as the Mulbire Motorsports Team heads to Myrtle Beach for round 3 on Saturday, October 23.

A special Thanks to the Management Team of Mansfield Motorsports Speedway for their hospitality as they hosted a Cook-Out for all the race teams Friday night before Saturday night race.

Jennerstown Speedway
September 25, 2004
David Pletcher and the Mulbire Motorsports/RaceFansDating.com started Saturday Mornings practice session of the Charlie Campbell Memorial BFGoodrich Tires 250 with a mechanical failure after only 3 laps of practice.

Without a back up car the team turned to Randy Humphey for some help. Humphrey pulled out his backup car and David and his crew prep the car and David was able to make the last half hour of the 2 hour pracetice session.

David was able to keep his nose clean and at the end of the race he brought home a 12th place finish and not even a scratch on the borrowed car.

With this finish David sits currently 13th in the Championship standings and is only 109 points out of first place. Our next race will be October 9th at the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway.

David Pletcher and his RaceFansDating.com Ford Taurus looked to countinue his string of top 5 finishes and took advantage of the 2 hour practice session with finding the best set up for a good qualifing effort and having the same set up carry over for the race.

Qualifing for the Food City 150 kicked off at 1:30 with David going out early in the session and turned a lap of 16:516 which would put him in the 36 car field with a 22nd starting position.

Once the race got underway David began making his way to the leaders and had broken into the top 10 when on lap 33 a lapped car ended David's night by crashing both of them coming out of turn 4. David drove his car back to the infield but the damage sustained was unrepairable and the highly anticipated race came to an end.

Even though he finished in 30th place it did not impact his current 9th place position in the points and the Mulbire Motorsports Team will head to Jennerstown, PA for the next race on September 25th.

A special thanks to Ollie Volpe of the Mr. Gasket Company for their sponsorship of the Accell In-Car Camera for David and the #51 Team which was be part of Sept 2. Speed TV Bristol race broadcast.

Peach State Speedway
August 7, 2004
Another great week for David and the RaceFansDating.com team! David started out in the 24th position but ran a fantasitc race to finish 2nd and capture the Hard Charger award again. David moves up to 9th place in points overall, and is only 40 points away from the top 5. Be sure to catch the race on the Speed Channel (Thursday, August 12th, 8:00 PM EST and Friday, August 13th at noon EST).


Southern National Speedway
July 24, 2004
Starting 18th David sliced his way through the field to finish 5th at Southern National Speedway in Kenly, NC and also won the Hard Charger award. Congratulations to David and the team on 4 top 5 finishes in the past 5 races! David moves up to 9th in the overall points standings.


Myrtle Beach Speedway
June 26, 2004
David starts in 26th place and finishes 3rd, winning the Hard Charger award and moving to 8th place overall in the points race. With two consecutive top 5 finishes David and the team are in the running for the championship!


USA International Speedway
June 5th, 2004
David starts in 16th place and finishes 3rd, winning the Hard Charger award and moving up in the overall points race.


Concord Motorsports Park
April 24th, 2004
David starts in 23rd place and finishes 5thrd, winning the Hard Charger award and moving up in the overall points race.


New Smyrna Speedway
March 20th, 2004
Congrats to David and the team for another top 10 finish!

Hunsville, NC
January, 2004
Mulbire Motorsports welcomes two new sponsors for the 2004 USAR Hooters Procup Series; RaceFansDating.com and JuzBCus Wholesale Jewelry. Thanks for your support!


Peach State Speedway
November 2nd, 2003
After qualifing 21st for the Dan Ducan Memorial Naturally Fresh Foods 250 in Jefferson, GA, David finished 9th in the second to last championship race for the 2003 season. Congrats to David and the team on an excellent race. You can catch the race on the Speed Channel Wednesday, November 5at 10:00 PM, and again on Friday, November 7 at noon.


Myrtle Beach Speedway
October 18th, 2003
David qualified 20th for the Mark Brooks Memorial Bi-Lo 250 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. David ran an excellent race, avoiding a couple of close calls towards the end. Thanks to David's driving and the team turning a couple of quick pit stops the Mulbire Motorsports #51 finished 11th. You can catch the race on the Speed Channel Wednesday, October 22 at 10:00 PM, and again on Friday, October 24 at noon.

Join David and the team as they visit Peach State Speedway in Jefferson, GA on November 2 for the Dan Duncan Memorial Naturally Fresh Foods 250.

Winchester Speedway
September 20th, 2003
The team made their first ever trip to Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana for the Alan Kulwicki Memorial Naturally Fresh Foods 250. David qualified 23rd and was off and running when the lead cars crashed leaving David nowhere to go. In the pits the team worked on the car, removing the hood, repairing an oil line and trying to regain some semblence of aerodymanics. David got back on the track and ended up finishing 21st, only 17 laps down.

Special thanks to Nude Furniture of Dallas for their outstanding support for this race.

Championship Time
September 3rd, 2003
David and the team are preparing for the final races of the season...the championship races at Winchester, Jennerstown, Myrtle Beach, Peach State and wrapping up at USA International.

David takes 6th at Hickory
July 26th, 2003
With 20 laps to go David was running 4th when he got caught up in a crash. As a result David was forced to do a "stop and go". Starting from the back of the pack of cars on the lead lap David managed to get back up to 6th before the checkered flag. Congrats to David and the team on another top 10 finish.

Support for the Team!
July 26th, 2003
David and the team would like to thank all the employees from Mantissa Corporation who came out to Hickory Motor Speedway to show their support.


Top 10 Finish in Nashville
July 12th, 2003
David and the team finished 9th at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville.