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Jackson Swap Meet February 4
Phil Markman will be having his 9th Annual Jackson Swap
Meet Saturday, February 4, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the
Jackson National Guard Armory.
Here's your chance to buy, sell, trade.
Admission is $3.00/person with those 5 and under
admitted free.
To reserve a booth, contact Markman at 507-847-2515
(home), 507-841-1016 (cell) or email
markman77z@yahoo.com.
UMSS To Open Season At Elko
Spring Dirt Nationals
HEADLINE: ELKO SETS DATES AND TIMES FOR SPRING DIRT
NATIONALS
By Jim Burns, Elko Speedway
Elko, MN January 12, 2012--Officials
at Elko Speedway have announced the dates, times and
competing classes for the 2012 SPRING DIRT NATIONALS at
the 3/8ths mile speed plant! The opening action of the
2012 racing season will be held on Friday and Saturday
April 20th and 21st and includes GREAT RACING action in
the UMSS Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars along with the Elko
Modifieds, IMCA-style Stock Cars, Legends and Hornets
both nights! The racing schedule for each night is the
same with Pit Gates set to open at 2pm, Spectator Gates
opening at 5pm with a Drivers Meeting set for 5:30pm,
Hot Laps at 6pm and the Green Flag flying at 7pm.
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First race a success for The Kart Shoppe |
We want to thank everyone who made it to the races this past weekend in Caldwell Idaho. We were overwhelmed by the positive responses we got and the amount of interest shown in the new products from QRC. When we started on December 2nd with 5 new QRC Karts I thought o crap will we sell them? They are all sold!!
The new QRC "LTO" Open chassis is working well
in Idaho and California this winter. We
are
reordering
karts
this
week.
Hope to
have
a complete
roller
ready by
next
Caldwell
race for
everyone
to come
look at.
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Jackson Speedway officially up for sale
Bidding authorized at Tuesday’s
meeting
by RYAN BRINKS
Jackson County Pilot News Editor
The
Jackson Speedway was officially put up for sale on
Tuesday when the Jackson County Board of Commissioners
authorized notices to bidders.
A subcommittee of the board
and the Jackson County Fair Board had delineated
boundaries for what would be sold, and following a
potential tweaking of one boundary line, buyers will now
be sought through advertisement in the local newspaper
and in trade publications regionally and possibly
nationally.
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St. Croix Valley Raceway gears up for 2012
January 21, 2010, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
After
running a truncated schedule in 2011, officials at St.
Croix Valley Raceway are putting the finishing touches
on a full, summer-long 2012 campaign.
Returning for 2012, the weekly card will again feature
UMSS Traditional (non-winged) sprints, micros sprints,
Pure Stocks and Future IVs. Midwest Modifieds are
back as well, in 2012 running under the WISSOTA banner.
The expanded 2012 schedule offers
something for everyone in the family. Track
co-owner Ron Bernhagen stated, “our goal is not
only to be a premier race track, but also a first-class
entertainment venue for the whole family.”
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Murray County Swap Meet February 11
The Murray County Swap Meet will be Saturday, Feb. 11,
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory at
500 Timmerman Dr. in Marshall, Minnesota.
This swap meet is open to all venders: Dirt car racing,
Drag racing, Gokart racing, Hot Rods, Classic Cars,
Motorcycles atvs.
10' x 10' area is $20, 20' X 20' area is $40. Only room
for 60 venders
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Drivers plans for 2012
Once the final checkered flag
dropped at the end of the 2011 racing season, drivers,
owners and crews started looking ahead to 2012.
Here the plans of some of the local
drivers. Drivers are encouraged to email Pilot Raceway
News with their plans for the upcoming season.
CLICK
HERE TO PARTICIPATE.
Blaney Markman,
Jackson, Minnesota, #77z IMCA Sport Compact
After finishing 4th in
the IMCA Sport Compact division in her rookie season,
2012 will mark her 11th season of racing. The
soon to be 15 year old will again drive the Markman
Motorsports, Heser Auto, Sasker Auto Glass, Classic
Hair, C.A.U.G., Bretzman Farms, United Prairie Bank,
Embroidery Touch, Perkins Appliance/Hilltop Video, Karls
Carquest, Sonic Drive Inn of Austin, Texas, Dave’s Lawn
Care #77z and looks to race at Jackson, Redwood Falls
and maybe some at Slayton and Fairmont.
Chukuske Racing,
Sherburn,MN, #7C & #7N IMCA SportMods
Ben Chukuske will once again be in the #7C sportmod
after a rookie season in 2011 which seen him have some
success. Ben won the Rookie of the Year award at
Fairmont Raceway, finished top 10 in National Rookie of
the Year points, and also won a few heat races.
Ben's younger brother, Nathan, will be in the #7N
sportmod for the first time after spending his first
season (2011) racing a hornet and winning Fairmont
Raceway's Jr. Hornet Track Championship. Ben and
Nathan plan to race Fairmont
and Jackson weekly, with the
possibility of traveling to a couple other tracks
throughout the season. They would like to thank
their sponsors, Curtis Urban Trucking, Stockmen's
Supply, Bill Chukuske Insurance, Shari Marie
Photography, and David Maday Farms for their support and
making everything possible.
Justin Nehring, Storm Lake,
Iowa,
#20N IMCA Hobby Stock
After winning our very FIRST IMCA
Track Championship at the Jackson Speedway in Jackson
MN, we plan on returing there to defend our title, and
run Alta full time. We will also make some specials here
and there at Denison, and Spencer, and
maybe some other area tracks.. We would like to thank
all our sponsors and fans, as if it wasnt for them we
couldnt do any of this. We look forward to seeing all of
you at the local track in 2012
Greg
Sidles,
Emmetsburg,Ia, # 1 I.M.C.A. Sport Mod
After
winning the point championships at the Fairmont
Raceway,the Clay County Fairgrounds Speedway,finishing
tenth in I.M.C.A. national points and also making both
the A feature and the race of champions at the Supernationals
in Boone in 2011, Sidles Racing plans on running various
tracks in 2012. We aren't really going to do any points
racing, we want to travel and race different tracks in
the area. Sidles Racing does plan on running many
specials in the area including the Britt Sport Mod
Nationals, the Harris Clash in
Knoxville, and the Supernationals at Boone
in September. The area tracks we plan on running include
Fairmont, Redwood, Slayton, Algona, Britt, Arlington, Alta, Spencer and Webster City.
Sidles Racing wants to thank all of our sponsors and
loyal supporters in the area. We hope to see you at the
track soon.
Jeff Luhmann,
Jackson, Minnesota, #GF2, IMCA Stock Car
Luhmann will strap himself into an
IMCA stock car this season after being out of racing
since the 2006 season. This will be his first year in a
stock car after racing hobby stocks and 305
winged sprints for eight years. He will be driving a
terminator car he purchased from Trent Schroeder.
Luhmann will call Jackson Speedway his home track.
Roger Verdoorn,
Sibley, Iowa, #04, USRA/IMCA Stock Car
We will be returning to Rapid
Speedway in 2012 to defend our 2011 USRA Stock Car track
championship. We will also be at special events at Sioux
Center, Spencer, Jackson, and other area tracks. Check
out our website at
www.verdoornracing.com and
like us on FaceBook. Verdoorn will be driving a 2011
Medieval car and will call Rapid Speedway in Rock
Rapids, Iowa, his home track. We’d like to thank our
sponsors for their support: Jackrabbit Junction and
Cenex of Sibley, Woelber Construction, Bousema Farms,
Hull Pharmacy, Sioux County Index-Reporter, Lyon County
Reporter, Dyke’s Auto Salvage, Arnold Motor Supply of
Worthington, 3D Installers and MJ’s Concrete.
Casey Heser,
Jackson, Minnesota, #75c, 360 Winged Sprint
The 2010 Jackson Speedway track
champion and runner-up in 2011 will enter his 7th
season of racing sprint cars. Driving his Schnee
sprinter, he will call Jackson Speedway his home but
also plans on running the JSTS schedule, the Jackson
Speedway specials, the Knoxville 360 Nationals and wants
to get to the Devils Bowl in Dallas, Texas, in March.
Check out his website at
www.caseyheser.com.
Valley Speedway
to fly USRA banner in 2012
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (Jan. 6) – Officials at the Valley Speedway in Grain
Valley, Mo., have announced that their Modified division will be
sanctioned by the United States Racing Association beginning with the
2012 racing season as part of the track’s weekly Saturday night racing
program.
“After careful consideration and looking at other options, Valley
Speedway has decided to sanction our A Mod class with the USRA for the
2012 racing season,” said the track’s promoter Dennis Shrout. “We have
looked at what the drivers have asked and told us … this is what will be
best for the track and teams.”
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MCRA Swap
Meet in
Marshall
February 11, 2012
The MCRA Swap Meet will be held at the National Guard Armory in Marshall, MN,
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. It is open to all venders of
dirt car racing, drag racing, go kart racing, hot rods, classic cars,
motorcycles and ATVs.
To reserve vendor space, contact Josh at 507-530-5032.
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DETAILS.
Murray
County
sets eight IMCA Modified race dates
SLAYTON,
Minn. (Dec.
19) – Eight Friday dates for IMCA Modifieds have been
announced for next season at Murray County Speedway.
Point
races for the sanctioned division at Slayton in 2012
will be opening night May 25, June 15, June 29, July 13,
July 27, Aug. 3, Aug. 17 and Aug. 24. The date of a
$1,000 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot
qualifying event is to be determined.
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