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2008 SEASON UNDERWAY
Mach 2 Racing & Crew would like to thank all of our sponsors, fans, friends, and families as the 2008 racing season gets underway. Tom "T" Ball is back in the saddle of the #16 Sprinter and we look forward to a great season. 2006 NMMRA Rookie of the Year Ronnie Smith will drive the Mach 2 Entry on occasion.

We will compete with the New Mexico Motor Racing Association (NMMRA) Sprint Cars, the Hollywood Hills Speedway, NM Sprint Cars, and some select shows in the Southwest. Our team is looking for additional sponsors to help challenge for victories.

Ask any guy in America about his dream job, his most macho of fantasies, and at the top of the list will likely be: fly a jet fighter and drive a race car. Well, meet Tom Ball, liver of dreams: Twelve hundred mph F-16 pilot for the New Mexico Air National Guard and driver of a beastly 800-horsepower, 140 mph non-winged Sprint Car. On the side, he flies a Boeing 737 for Southwest Airlines.

Tom’s dreams have become his realities through hard work, determination and the prerequisite of all achievers — a passionate focus on their goals fueled by burning desire.

Tom Ball is the third generation of Sprint Car drivers in the racing Ball family. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city renown for racing and home to racing teams legends of Unser and Galles, the last name Ball is synonymous with local racing.

His grandfather, George “Pappy” Ball, raced on the New Mexico Motor Racing Association (NMMRA) short tracks beginning in the 50’s, as did his father Steve “Speed” Ball. Tom was the Rookie of the Year in 1987, as well as de facto series Champion in 1991, NMMRA Champion in 2002 and in 2006.

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Tom Ball At Manzanita Speedway - 1997