Berlin Raceway Storyline: July 4th

Justin Regnerus gets third victory of season
Nester, Ensing and Kleis also win

Marne, MI— Well over 5,000 fans decided to spend their Fourth of July at Berlin Raceway and they were treated to an action-packed show. Taking home the trophies were Justin Regnerus (Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks), Brian Nester (USA Modifieds), Gabe Ensing (Young Guns) and Ben Kleis (Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder).

The Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks took the grid first, #00 Dennis Mann started on the pole with #26 Brian Thome on his outside. After just one lap, caution was out for a wreck in turn three involving #61 Richard DeJong, #29 Jeremy Munniksma and #52 Mike Sherrington. After a few laps of racing, caution was out again for a two-car spin with Thome and #88 Tony Davis. On the restart, #36 Ken Smith, Jr. was looking three-wide for the lead and on lap 7, he took it. The car on the move was the #50 of Justin Regnerus. After getting fast time and starting 11th, he made his was up to second, stalking Smith for the lead. Regnerus was working the outside and made the pass for the lead on lap 16. Regnerus was pulling away, leaving Smith falling into the clutches of #76 Brian Tillema and #76 Ryan Gruppen. The race was slowed again on lap 23 when #X Matt VanHorssen went off of the backstretch. On the double-file restart, Tillema and Gruppen were side by side, but they quickly got single-file to work on Smith. Lap 28 saw the fourth caution of the night, a wreck involving #81 Marc Coleman, #00 Dennis Mann and #97.9 Ryan Schnabel; this also brought out the second red flag of the night. With 12 laps to go, the race resumed and from the drop of the flag, Regnerus was checking out. Caution came out again with five to go for the spinning vehicle of VanHorssen and that bunched the field back up. Regnerus was able to keep distance from Tillema and notched his third win of the season. The rest of the top ten were Gruppen, Smith, #20 Dave Hull, #7 Kevin DeGood, Davis, #40 Dave Cutler, #89 Kirk Meissner and Thome.

In the USA Modified feature, #11 Brian Nester and #89 Mike Brooks made up the front row and Nester was dominant from the start as he began lapping cars on lap 7. The first caution of the race happened on lap 15, #121 Kyle Jones spun. On the restart, Nester took off again, putting over three seconds on the field by lap 27. The battle to watch was for second between the cars of #81 Jake Meyerink, Jones and #78 Travis Eddy. The cars raced without incident until lap 45 for the slow car of #32 Dan Laughan. Trying to restart, the #9 of Steve Curry spun and when they tried to restart again, second place Meyerink hit the turn 2 wall. After a red flag, the race resumed with five laps to go and Nester continued his domination. Nester grabbed the win and the rest of the top ten were Jones, Brooks, #3 Ben Raber, #7 Scott Tomasik, #99 Steve Foster, Eddy, Curry and #43 Ken O’Conner.

The Young Guns feature rolled next with #32 Gabe Ensing and #16 Kelsey Steele leading the field to green. Three laps in, Steele was making a charge for the lead with #6 Brandon Hermiller was joining the battle. With three laps to go, the top three were nose-to-tail and Ensing grabbed his second win of the season with Steele coming in second and rest of the top five were Hermiller, #48 Seth Moody and #19 Dalton Haney.

The Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinders were the last class to take laps for the night; the #15 of Mel Parsons was on the pole and #28 Phil Speet on the outside. Just after lap 1 was completed, the caution was out for the #13 of Dan Reimersma. On the restart, #6 Ben Kleis was very racy, taking second from #9 Nick Curtis and then taking the lead on lap 3. Kleis started to check out, but #100 Jason Scheid reeled him in, but was unable to catch him. Kleis visited Victory Lane again and completing the top ten were Scheid, #10 Kyle Hamm, Reimersma, #7 Ryan Hamm, Curtis, #024 Cole Roelofs, #19 Dave Avink, Parsons and #51 Brad Hastings. Placing in the B feature were #29 John Norder, #80 Daryl Davis, #07 Clayton Brown, #1 Brett DeKraker and #7 Brian Kennedy.

Next Saturday, July 11 is Coors Light Late Model Night. The Late Models will be racing for 75 laps and joining them will be the Engine Pro Super Stocks and Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks. Admission for adults will be $12 and, as always, kids 6-12 are $5 while children 5 and under are free. Pit passes for those 14 and older will be $25 and the first race starts at 7:00 p.m.

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Lisa Walker
Berlin Raceway
lwalker@berlinraceway.com
616-662-2051

Crystal Speedway Winners Circle: Late Models July 4th

1st #14 Scott Haney
2nd #18 Rusty Seaver
3rd #23 Ryan Vanderveen
4th #72 Kyle Borgman
5th #6 Carl Ries

Crystal Speedway Makeup Feature Results: June 27th

Rain make-up Features fom June 27th

Mike Kresnick- Pro Truck
Will Stanley- Street Stocks
Rusty Seaver- LM
Ken Zeigler - Flinn Stock
Roger Flinn III - IMCA Mods
Chaney Newland - Pro Stock

Thunderbird Raceway Winners: July 4th

Roger Wing claimed the $1,000 prize in Thunderbirds 1st Late Model event of the season.(27 were on hand) In the Modifieds Jeff Erickson picked up the win in the last lap as leader John McCaul had mechanical problems that saw him unofficially finish 3rd.

Unofficial Results:
Late Models 1st #55 Roger Wing, 2nd #34 John McCaul, 3rd #87 Rich Neiser
Factory Stock: 1st #57 Dan Wilson, 2nd #22 Dean Rake, 3rd #72 Bill May
Bombers: 1st #44 Justin Schuler, 2nd #412 Norwick, 3rd #25 Steve Erickson
Sportsman: 1st #96 Dean Barnhard, 2nd #42 Brian Williams, 3rd #88 Mick Latch
Modifieds: 1st #Jeff Erickson, 2nd ##87 John Hamerle , 3rd #27 John McCaul
Mini Stock: 1st #28 CJ Rector, 2nd #6 Mark Farber
Warriors: 1st Jim Perry, 2nd Randy Whitten, 3rd Buckner

Berlin adding Back Stretch Wall?

Steve Kaminiski
Grand Rapids Press

http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2009/07/berlin_owner_considers_adding.html

Winston Speedway Winners Circle: July 3rd

Rich Neiser used his points earned starting spot on the pole to run away from the field and pick up the Late Model Mid-season Chmpionship. Some of the best racing of the night turned out to be in the Warrior class where Late Model/Sportsman Driver Matt Sprague pulled off two feature wins on the night coming from the back of the field. Fireworks also treated another huge crowd with a Muskegon base. Free admittance was given to Muskegon City and Muskegon Township residents.


Late Model Mid-season Championship: #87 Rich Neiser
Ump Modifieds: #27 John McCaul
Sportsman: #37 Rob Sternberg
Factory Stock:#57 Dan Wilson
Bombers:#44 Justin Schuler
Mini Stock: 1st Feature #6 Mark Farber
2nd Feature #02 Luke Near
Warriors: 1st Feature #007 Matt Sprague
2nd Feature #007 Matt Sprague


http://www.winstonspeedway.net/Results/2009/7_3_09.pdf

Crystal Motor Speedway & Mid Michigan Raceway

Crystal Motor Speedway

Racin' On The Fourth!

CMS celebrates the Fourth of July this coming weekend in a grand way. After Mother Nature intervened last week, we will run last weeks features first and then start a brand new race night so you'll be getting six extra features PLUS fireworks! The night is sponsored by Anderson Contracting and Renovations. Adult grandstand admission is $12 and kids 5-11 are $4. Pit passes are $25. Further information can be obtained by call the track office at 989.235.5200


Mid-Michigan Raceway
This Friday Night!!

Mid-Michigan Raceway Park (Palo) continues their race program this Friday, July 3rd. Their first night was a success after drawing 49 cars with 26 of those being in the IMCA Modified division, with a good crowd on hand. They are running Pro Stocks, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Flinn Stocks. Terry Williams, the ICMA tech inspector from CMS, will be running the IMCA tech. The rules will be exactly the same as we use at CMS. We know money is tight but give 'em a shot and some support!

Late Models Return to Thunderbird

July 4th - UMP Late Models - $1000/Win - $150/Start GUARANTEED
Thanks to Puhrman Excavating (Hartford, MI) Thunderbird will be celebrating our nations Independance Day with 800+HP UMP Late Models! This is a very rare treat for the fans and drivers alike so don't miss out on this $1000 to WIN $150 to START Super Late Model event!

-Full Payout coming soon. No entry fee.
-Tires: Any Hoosier or American Racer Late Model tire.
-This race will award UMP Regional and National points.
-General Admission: $10 - Pits: $25

Payout: 1. $1000 2. $600 3. $400 4. $300 5. $275 6. $225 7. $200 8. $190 9. $180
10. $170 11. $160 12. $150 on out.

Late Model Teams: If you have a stacker hauler or a long trailer, please contact us so we can make arrangements for parking.

Modifieds: Will be $120 to START again this July 4th weekend.

Plus full program of Sportsman, Factory Stocks, Bombers, 4Cylinders, and Warriors!

Hot Laps start at 5PM with no guarantee on length of hot lap session.

Busy Weekend at Winston Speedway

Jeep VanWormer Dominates at Highland

Contact: Kellen Burns
DIRTcar Public Relations
704-707-0218 / kburns@dirtcar.com

UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Race 16: Van Wormer Dominates Highland

Highland, IL - July 1, 2009 - A night after playing runner up, Jeep Van Wormer said no more as he cruised to the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals win at Highland (Ill.) Speedway Wednesday night.

The Pinconning, Mich., driver used his pole position starting spot for the 40-lap race to jump to an early lead over local competitors Mark Faust and Mark Voigt.

"We had a good car even in our heat race," explained Van Wormer who swept all three parts of the evening's program in which he was involved. "It was a tough call on tires tonight so we were jumping back and forth; we finally found the right combination."

The win was Van Wormer's third on the 2009 "Hell Tour", all three of which have come on tracks a quarter-mile in size. "The car was perfect, honestly it was just amazing," Van Wormer said. "It's really good just to go out there and concentrate on winning races."

Track regular Mark Faust held off a multiple attempts by the likes of Rodney Melvin and Mark Voigt to capture second place during his only UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals appearance to date.

"We were happy with starting in front because it would have been really tough if we would have had to come from any further back," Faust said. "There aren't any slouches in a UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals field that's for sure."

Mark Voigt claimed the third spot, his best "Hell Tour" finish of 2009. "Once things started going we were alright because the car was really good, it just took it awhile to get going," said Voigt. "We'll take it, I'm not complaining."

Rodney Melvin of Logan, Ill., was fourth and defending "Hell Tour" champion Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., finished fifth.

A-Main Finish - 40 Laps
1. 55-Jeep Van Wormer
2. 51-Mark Faust
3. 30-Mark Voigt
4. 27-Rodney Melvin
5. 28-Dennis Erb
6. 00-Randy Korte
7. 18-Shannon Babb
8. 24-Ryan Unzicker
9. B12-Kevin Weaver
10. 91-Rusty Schlenk
11. 78-Chad Zobrist
12. 25-Jason Feger
13. 1c-Duane Chamberlain
14. 99jr-Frank Heckenast Jr.
15. B5-Brandon Sheppard
16. 81-Paul Bailey
17. 1w-Donny Walden
18. 10s-Rick Standridge
19. 6K-Michael Kloos
20. 33-Tim Manville
21. 49-Steve Leach


HELL TOUR NOTES
39 UMP DIRTcar Late Models rolled into the Highland Speedway pits to take their shot at the $6,000 winner's prize. Four groups of qualifying time trials blazed the quarter-mile facility with Shannon Babb collecting fast time in group three and fast time overall with a lap of 13.487 seconds around the Madison County Ill., oval. Other fast time honors were collected by Mark Voigt in group one, Randy Korte in group two, and Jeep Van Wormer in group four.

Voigt of Marine, Ill., used the pole in heat one to get a jump on the field and led the entire way to claim the win. Heat race two saw current UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals point leader Randy Korte not be able to make the call due to engine woes after time trials allowing Mark Faust to start on the pole. Faust battled with Rusty Schlenk of for most of the race as Faust nipped Schlenk at the line to claim the win.

Heat three saw Babb claim the win ahead of a myriad of others all battling for second place including Ryan Unzicker, Kevin Weaver, Frank Heckenast Jr., and Jason Feger. Jeep Van Wormer checked out from the drop of the green flag to take the win in the fourth heat race that produced some on-track drama when Steve Sheppard Jr. and Dennis Erb Jr. came together out of turn four, with Sheppard not being allowed to return to the racing surface for the remainder of the night.

Duane Chamberlain captured the evenings B-Main with Jason Feger in tow. The two earned transfer positions in the night's 40-lap main event. Provisionals were given to Randy Korte, Michael Kloos (via Steve Sheppard Jr.'s disqualification), and Paul Bailey.

For more information on the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Tour fans can visit http://www.thehelltour.com

Fans can now receive news, updates and other behind-the-scenes information about the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals by following the tour's official feed on Twitter, the internet's fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website.

Fans can view the latest text posts and subscribe as "followers" of the Summer Nationals at http://twitter.com/SummerNationals .

2009 UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule
Date/Track/Location/Purse/Winner/Cars
06/11/09 Brownstown Speedway - Brownstown, IN - $6,000 (Jeep VanWormer - 43)
06/12/09 Kankakee Motor Speedway - Kankakee,IL - $10,000 (Billy Moyer - 51)
06/13/09 Kamp Motor Speedway - Boswell, IN - $10,000 (Eric Smith - 44)
06/14/09 Quad City Raceway - East Moline, IL - $6,000 (Dennis Erb - 31)
06/16/09 Highland Speedway - Highland, IL - $6,000 (RAIN)
06/17/09 Belle-Clair Speedway - Belleville, IL - $6,000 (Dennis Erb - 47)
06/18/09 Charleston Speedway - Charleston, IL - $6,000 (RAIN)
06/19/09 Farmer City Raceway - Farmer City, IL - $10,000 (RAIN)
06/20/09 Clarksville Speedway - Clarksville, TN - $10,000 (Billy Moyer - 44)
06/21/09 Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, IN - $6,000 (Jeep Van Wormer - 43)
06/23/09 Charleston Speedway - Charleston, IL $6,000 (Rodney Melvin - 26)
06/24/09 Tri-City Speedway - Pontoon Beach, IL $6,000 (Jason Feger - 34)
06/25/09 Clay Hill Motorsports Park - Atwood, TN - $6,000 (Billy Moyer - 38)
06/26/09 Paducah International Raceway - Paducah, KY - $10,000 (Billy Moyer - 41)
06/27/09 Fairbury Speedway - Fairbury, IL - $10,000 (Billy Moyer - 34)
06/28/09 Lincoln Speedway - Lincoln, IL - $6,000 (Randy Korte - 35)
06/29/09 Farmer City Raceway - Farmer City,IL $6,000 (Dennis Erb Jr. - 34)
06/30/09 Peoria Speedway - Peoria, IL - $6,000 (Jason Feger - 39)
07/01/09 Highland Speedway - Highland, IL - $6,000 (Jeep Van Wormer - 39)
07/02/09 Macon Speedway - Macon, IL - $6,000
07/03/09 Quincy Raceway - Quincy, IL - $10,000
07/04/09 I-55 Raceway - Pevely, MO - $10,000
07/05/09 Vermillion County Speedway - Danville, IL - $6,000
07/07/09 Shepp Speedway - Alexandria, IL - $6,000
07/08/09 Spoon River Speedway - Canton,IL $6,000
07/09/09 La Salle Speedway - La Salle, IL - $6,000
07/10/09 Waynesfield Motorsports Park - Waynesfield, OH - $10,000
07/11/09 Oakshade Raceway - Wauseon, OH - 10,000

The UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals is brought to race fans by many important sponsors and partners, including: VP Racing Fuels, CJ Rayburn Race Cars, Hoosier Racing Tire, Quarter Master, Just Plugs, Special Olympics, Wrisco Aluminum, Eibach Springs, and Integra Racing Shocks.

Five Dollar Fourth of July at Berlin Raceway

That's right...This Saturday July 4

Tickets just $5.00 for all ages 6 and up! Kids 5-under free
It doesn't get any more affordable than that...

This Saturday, July 4, at Berlin Raceway is Stars and Stripes Night. The USA Modifieds will return along with the Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks, Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinders and Young Guns. There will also be Trash Can Bowling, a post-race fireworks show and $1 beer and $1 hot dogs. Admission for ages 6 and up will be $5 and kids five and under are free. Pit passes for those 14 and over is $25 and the first race starts at 7 p.m.

MTS 2009 Points standings review: July 1st

Leading the MTS Sprint Series points for the 2009 season is the 2007 Champion Steve Irwin. Steve’s two wins this year has set the bar high for the rest of the competitors this year. Second and third place is occupied by two youngsters from Ohio, Landon Simon sits second in points with Mike Berkin a close third. Keith Love, recently out of retirement is having a great year and is fourth in points. The MTS 2008 and defending champion Mike Galadja is fifth. Another Ohio kid, Brent Smith is running strong and sits sixth. Veteran driver Mark Irwin has a slim margin of our Canadian friend Jon Watson from Ontario. The Rookie points battle is real close with Nick Rogers holding a 15 point lead over Roger Hunyady. Jim Payne is tied with hunyady for 10th place in points.

The MTS sprints next points race will be at the Merritt Speedway July 25th. Also on July 18th the sprints will run a non point exhibition at the Owosso speedway.
www.mtsprints.com

MTS 2009 top 10 points
(R) = rookie
1. Steve Irwin 555
2. Landon Simon 505
3. Mike Berkin 500
4. Keith Love 496
5. Mike Galajda 493
6. Brent Smith 401
7. Mark Irwin 375
8. John Watson 330
9. Nick Rogers (R) 328
10. Jim Payne 313
11. Roger Hunyady (R)313

Michigan Driver Rankings: July 1st

Steve Kaminiski
Grand Rapids Press

http://blog.mlive.com/finish_line/2009/07/driver_rankings_bozell_wins_tw.html

Todd Cowan Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Grand Rapids, MI. 6-30-09

On Saturday June 27th Todd Cowan and the #16 Action Mold and Machining UMP modified returned to the Thunderbird Raceway in Muskegon Mi. Near perfect track conditions as well as comfortable weather welcomed Todd back to the track. In heat race action Todd started 5th but by the half way point of the race Todd had motored his way to 2nd which would be where he would finish. Feature race action found Todd starting towards the back of the pack with a 10th place starting position which was determined by random draw in the 16 car field. Early feature action had Todd moving up through the pack, however with only two laps to go in the feature the #16 car suffered engine problems which relegated Todd to a 9th place finish.

The engine problem that the #16 Action Mold and Machining car suffered will sideline the Greg McClure owned car for a number of weeks. The team has vendor and part issues, and the #16 team wants to work through them to be able to finish the year strong. With that being said; Cowan Motorsports was happy to announce that Todd will be in competition at the Thunderbird Raceway this Saturday July 4th in the #34 Atomic Chassis “house car” of Walt Wisniewski. “This is a great opportunity for me to keep racing even though the car I usually drive will be out for a few weeks” Said Todd. “At this point the ride in the 34 car is for one week but you can bet I intend to make the most of this chance that Walt has given me. I hope to make the best of this ride for the Atomic team; I can’t thank Walt and Jon enough”. Racing action starts at 7pm at Thunderbird Raceway on Saturday July 4th. For all your Todd Cowan racing news check www.todd.racesontheweb.com