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Firecracker Weekend Late Model Special at Park Jefferson Speedway
This Friday Night Patrick M Pinney Contracting presents the Best of the Midwest 40 at Park Jefferson Speedway. This event is part of the three track Firecracker Weekend for the cars from the MLRA and NCRA late model series. Paying $4000.00 to win, and with a point fund established for the three race weekend, many of the best drivers from across the Midwest will be at Park Jefferson Speedway. Expect former track champions John Anderson and Joe Kosiski, plus Kyle Berck, Kelly Boen, and many more. In addition, after the races, Thunder Fireworks will light up the sky with an incredible fireworks display. For more information on Friday Nights events visit http://www.parkjeffersonspeedway.com.

Points of information
July 3, 2009
Gates open 6:00pm
Racing begins 7:30pm
Adult Ticket: $20, children 12 and under are free

For more information
Park Jefferson Speedway: http://www.parkjeffersonspeedway.com
MLRA: http://www.mlraracing.com
NCRA: http://www.ncraracing.org/latemodel.htm

World of Outlaws Preview: Huset’s Speedway
Brandon, SD-- June 29, 2009—After Mother Nature was victorious in the World of Outlaws first scheduled event of the season at Huset’s Speedway in South Dakota back in early May, the series returns to the high-banked bullring on Friday, July 3 to kick off the Holiday weekend with a full night of racing. The event will be the first of six consecutive races on tracks 3/8-mile or smaller as the schedule really picks up in the next week and a half.
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series At a Glance: Huset’s Speedway & Eagle Raceway

Concord, NC— June 29, 2009

WHAT
• The World of Outlaws head north to the upper Midwest to begin the Holidays weekend with a stop at Huset’s Speedway in South Dakota on Friday, July 3 for the series only stop at the high-banked bullring this season after Mother Nature was victorious at the track in early May. The series then makes a trip south to Eagle Raceway in Nebraska on the Fourth of July for their only race of 2009 in the Cornhusker state. Craig Dollansky won both events at Huset’s Speedway last season and also was victorious at Eagle Raceway. In the last eight events for the series at Huset’s there has been seven different drivers pick up wins and five different winners in the last five events at Eagle.
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Strong Field for Jackson Speedway Event at Kart Club
By Stephanie Isaacson

Twenty-three drivers competed at the Jackson Area Kart Club in a Saturday afternoon event sponsored by the Jackson Speedway. Taking home first place honors were Payton Anderson in the putt-putt division, Cole Bents in the rookie class, Jr. I driver Tylan Porath, Devin Greenside in the Jr. II, and Amber Svoboda in the adults.
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LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY CHECKERS WAVE FOR KROHN

WHEATLAND, Mo. (June 27) – After a two-year hiatus, the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour returned to the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., Saturday with a huge crowd of enthusiastic fans on hand to see the Best of the Best in Modified racing at the Best of the Best in dirt track facilities.

Early on in Saturday night's 35-lap Sunoco "A" Main, it became evident that the winner would likely be Jason. The question, however, was which one.
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Foss and Waits back on top at the Creek
by Bill Nelson

June 27, 2009 - Spring Valley MN - On the initial start of the Jim's AutoCare WISSOTA Street Stock feature Cory Crapser jumped to the high side and made a charge to the front but after losing bite in four came down the track bringing out the caution and a complete restart. On the restart Donny Ganz jumped out to the early lead with Danny Hanson in second and Troy Voth third. Scott Olson jumped through a pack of cars and pulled under Voth to take over third on lap two. With three completed Olson started to race with Hanson for the second spot as they sat on the leaders bumper. On the next lap Hanson got a good run on the high side and moved past Ganz for the lead. Voth and Crapser were now racing for the fourth spot as Crapser tried to work back up through the field.
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Steve Smith emerges as Ohio Speedweek Champion

Camargo, IL (6-27-09) – By Kelly Brown – Public Relations Director – Last night when the dust settled at Fremont Speedway after six races in eight days, it was Stevie Smith who emerged as Ohio Speedweek Champion to take his first title. It has been a grueling week of O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions competition, which saw several drivers lead the point standings, but at the end Smith clinched the title with a third place finish at Fremont Speedway.

“We are excited, this championship was important for our team,” said Smith with a big smile. “We have won the Florida Speedweek title before and The Keystone Cup at Pennsylvania Speedweek, so to add this to the list is amazing. I feel like we are fortunate to be where we are. We had some good luck fall our way this week.”
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Kouba Memorial Around the Corner for UMSS

The 17th Annual Earl Kouba Memorial will be presented at North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minnesota on Saturday night, July 4th. This very special night of racing honors Earl and Ethel Kouba, two people who dedicated their whole lives to open wheel racing.

The Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS) is honored and humbled to be a part of this traditional night of racing. "I would really like to thank the whole Kouba family as well as Cliff and Tim at North Central Speedway for having the UMSS as part of this special night of racing," stated Ron Bernhagen of the UMSS.
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Mother Nature Wins at Jackson Speedway
By: Tom Svoboda/Jackson Speedway

Jackson Minnesota (June 27, 2009) – With mostly clear skies to start the nights racing action, a good field of cars pulled in for Forbes Meats and Ziegler Cat race night. As the evening wore on dark clouds rolled in and as the last heat race of the night was getting the white flag, heavy rain showers moved into the speedway.

Push trucks and cars came out on the speedway and tried to roll it in for nearly an hour, but the track would not roll in, and the rest of the nights races were then cancelled.
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USMTS Event At Fort Dodge Postponed
To Aug. 3

FORT DODGE, Iowa (June 23) – Heavy rains earlier in the day have forced officials to postpone Tuesday night's USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour event at the Mineral City Speedway in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

The $2,000-to-win Fort Dodge Modified Nationals will now take place on Monday, Aug. 3, and will remain a Central States Region race.

Up next is the long-awaited debut of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour at Joe Ringsdorf's I-35 Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, this Wednesday, June 24.

The inaugural event presented by C & W Used Cars and Ray’s Body Shop will see gates opening at 5:00, with hot laps at 7:00 and racing at 7:30. Also on the racing card will be Midwest 305 Sprint Cars.

The I-35 Speedway is a 1/2-mile semi-banked clay oval located off of I-35 at Exit 194, then 5.1 miles east on SR 122 (at the North Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call the track hotline at 641-424-6515 or visit www.i-35speedway.com online.

30th Annual NAPA Gopher 50 July 8th

The 30^th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 is set for Wednesday, July 8^th at the Deer Creek Speedway near Spring Valley, Minnesota. Race time will be 6:30 pm. The charity event again be promoted by the Blooming Prairie Lions with net proceeds going to support Lion projects.

The race will be sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. Top drivers from all over the country will be in attendance competing against favorite local drivers. The super late models will be racing for their share of over $50,000 in prize money. The winner will receive $10,000. Also racing that night will be the USRA Modifieds. The race will also be nationally televised on the SPEED channel at a later date to be announced.

To celebrate the 30^th year of the Gopher 50, past winners have been invited and will be racing for an added $10,000 if they can repeat as this year’s winner. Retired past winners will have the option of picking another driver to race for the added money.

A lucky fan can also share in a past champions success. Fans can register at a participating NAPA Auto Parts Store, and if their name is drawn they could be matched with a past winner in attendance. If that match ends up as the winner that lucky fan will receive $2000. See your local NAPA store for details.

To purchase tickets or any questions contact Deer Creek Speedway at 507-754-6107

Winters Continues IRA Cedar Lake Masters Domination Friday Night
Last year, Scott Winters swept the Friday and Saturday night doubleheader during the IRA portion of the Masters Weekend at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin, and he kept his streak going again in 2009 with a wire-to-wire victory over a 32-car field on Friday night.
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O’Reilly All Stars look to make history during 27^th annual Ohio Speedweek
Camargo, IL (6-11-09) – By Kelly Brown – All Star Public Relations Director – One of the most sought after titles in O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions competition is that of Ohio Speedweek Champion. It is a grueling event that features eight nights of exhilarating racing action in just nine days.
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Crawford County Speedway to host enduro race

The Crawford County Speedway at Denison, Iowa, will be holding a 150-lap enduro race on their ½ mile dirt track Saturday, June 27. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing slated to start at 7 p.m.

Along with enduro cars, IMCA hobby stocks, front wheel drive cars and figure 8 cars will be allowed to race, provided they have a secure roll cage.

Call Justin at 712-677-9912 with questions.

North Central Speedway and UMSS Team Up
By Ron Bernhagen

St. Paul, MN - In a joint announcement, the North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minnesota, and the Twin Cities-based Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS), have announced that all four UMSS sanctioned sprint car shows scheduled at the 1/3 mile clay oval in 2009 will have enhanced purses and an incentive to every car that competes in all four nights of racing.
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Photo by Ryan Brinks

A spacious workbench and enough room for a transport trailer and motorcoach are among the highlights of the arrival of World of Outlaws racer Terry McCarl’s new team race shop in Windom, owned by Big Game Treestands.

With a World of Outlaws team shop in the area and a high-powered autograph session slated for Friday for the Jackson Speedway’s Spring Sprint Nationals, the adrenaline of a new racing season is hitting high gear.

Local area attracts stars of speed
New World of Outlaws race shop in Windom, Spring Sprint Nationals in Jackson

By RYAN BRINKS
News Editor

World of Outlaws driver Terry McCarl has a new launching pad in southwest Minnesota for his sprint car exploits and the early season action at the Jackson Speedway.

After 13 years of sponsoring McCarl, Windom-based Big Game Treestands’ small sponsorship stake has grown to become a major supporter and recently assumed ownership of the No. 24 team — a level rarely seen for sponsors in today’s toughening race industry.

“It’s a tough economy out there. I think corporate sponsorship (in racing) is a little tight but we’re continuing to do it because it’s a great cross market and we’ve seen the payback, said Tod Quiring, president of Big Game Treestands. “… A lot of times that same fan that’s a race fan is also a hunter.”
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Dirt Track'n with the Speed Sisters Returns with Season 3
Two sisters passionate about racing from the grandstand point of view return to the airways giving listeners driver interviews, race highlights, results and more. Covering tracks such as Nobles County Speedway, Rapid Speedway, Jackson Speedway, Murray County Speedway, Husets, Knoxville Raceway and more. Extensive coverage of the World of Outlaws and USMTS. Tune in to 105.3 FM on Monday evenings at 6:05 pm or join their facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=95806958464

National Sprint Car Annual Now Available
The latest edition of the National Sprint Car Annual is now available. The 84 page annual features color photos of sprint car and supermodified action from all corners of United States. A special section was devoted to some of the major races in 2008 such as the Little 500, the Dirt Cup, the Knoxville Nationals, the Williams Grove Open, the Short Track Nationals and more. Once again Jim Harris compiled a comprehensive list of over 4300 drivers from 2008 which is listed in the back. The price is $9.00 (includes shipping). Order can be sent to : NSCA P.O. Box 88851 Sioux Falls, SD. 57109.
Click here to see the cover

Jackson Area Kart Club ’09 schedule released
Promoters Sue Lusk and Barb Wieskus have recently released the 2009 racing schedule for the Jackson Area Kart Club in Jackson, MN. The nine week season will kick off Sunday, May 31. The Sunday, July 19, races will be part of the Jackson Race Days city celebration, while the Saturday, August 1, will be part of the Jackson County Fair.

For complete schedule and contact information, click here.

Doubleheader at North Central Speedway Bolsters USMTS National Tour Slate

BRAINERD, Minn. (Feb. 4) – Two dates that were listed as "TBA" (to be announced) on the 2009 USMTS National Tour schedule are now officially "GBT" (gotta be there) events.

Officials announced on Wednesday that the North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., will host the mudslinging monsters of the United States Modified Touring Series for the first time ever on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19.

"There has not been an open Modified race in this part of the state in a very long time," said North Central Speedway promoter Tim Boeder. "We are really looking forward to hosting many of the countries top touring Modified drivers in Brainerd."
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