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 MICHAEL
SWEET
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| Hometown: |
North Merrick, NY |
| Birthdate: |
July 10, 1954 |
| Marital Status: |
Married |
| Children: |
2 |
| Years Raced: |
1972-1981 |
| Tracks Raced: |
Freeport, Islip, Riverhead |
| Bio: |
"Michael Sweet began racing at
the age of 18 in 1972 at the Riverhead raceway with
a 1937 Chevy coupe Modified originally built and
raced by the famous ARDC midget driver Johnny Coy.
After a few shows at Riverhead, Mike brought the car
to Freeport Speedway where it was very fast, but
short lived as Mike flipped the car end over end
down the backstrech coming to a stop in turn 3. This
was a 5th of a mile track with a football field in
the middle and a baseball field past the wall in
turn 3. It was the last car to flip at the old
Freeport track.
Mike ran a late model stock car at Freeport in
1976, a former Jim Zacharias car (Of Tioga fame) and
then ran the Super Stocks at Freeport and Riverhead
Raceway till 1981 where Mike won the 50 lap
championship race and the last feature run for that
division at Riverhead in 1981." |
| Where is he now? |
"Mike is currently the owner
of Precision Powerglides Racing Transmissions,
building circle track powerglide transmissions for
IMCA modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Pure
Stocks and Drag racers. He also is the general sales
manager of a GMC truck dealership." |
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Modified Career
Stats (2000-Present)
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Updated: 02/25/2003
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