Cole's Electric And Olympic Fire Protection Will Bring Big Time Racing To Fair In 2009
June 5, 2008
By SCFF Barker
Bob Cole of Cole's Electric
and Steve Just of Olympic Fire Protection will bring big time
racing to the fair on Thursday, August 14th. Many popular local
and Mid America race drivers are expected. Races will start at
8:00 PM and feature USMTS Modified, Wissota Midwest Mods, and
a class to be announced.
Thursday,
August 14:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
Monday, September 1:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
Memorial Day Shootout laurels
to Donlinger
May 26, 2008
Tim Donlinger of Rochester,
Minn., scored his first O’Reilly USMTS National Tour victory
of the season with a wire-to-wire win in the 5th Annual Memorial
Day Shootout at the Steele County Speedway in Owatonna, Minn.
Donlinger led all 30 laps
of the Holley “A” Main and pocketed $2,000 for his
efforts. Driving the Ron's Automotive #3D Skyrocket Chassis, Donlinger
jumped ahead of polesitter Steve Wetzstein of West Concord, Minn.,
at the drop of the green flag, then survived three cautions and
the challenges of Westville, Okla.'s Jason Hughes to take the
win.
Hughes, who was looking for
his third straight victory in the Casey's General Stores #12 Hughes
Chassis, had to settle for the runner-up spot, while Wetzstein
finished third. Brandon Kenny of Woodward, Okla., extended his
advantage in the Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the
Year rankings with a fourth-place finish, and Dean Mahlstedt of
Clear Lake, Iowa, took home a fifth-place paycheck.
Al Hejna, Richie Gustin Jr.,
Bob Timm, Tommy Myer and Mark Noble rounded out the top-10 finishers.
Hughes moved into the points lead of the Yeager Machine Upper
Midwest Region after points leader Kelly Shryock was forced to
scratch from the main event when he blew a motor following his
win in the first Real Racing Wheels “B” Main.
Shryock and four other Skyrocket Chassis drivers were testing
at the Kasson (Minn.) Speedway earlier in the day Monday when
Bryan Rowland crashed his Modified. Rowland used Shryock's green
#3 machine at Owatonna while Shryock drove his black #3. With
Rowland already qualified for Monday's main event in Shryock's
other Modified, the eight-time O’Reilly USMTS National Champ
was unable to use his other car as a back-up and failed to start
an O’Reilly USMTS National Tour main event for the first
time in nearly a decade.
Although Hughes tops the Yeager
Machine Upper Midwest Region points chase, his lead is anything
but safe as Donlinger trails by just a single point (458 to 457)
on the strength of five top-10 finishes in five starts. Hejna
also has five top-10 showings and sits third with 421 points.
Zack VanderBeek if fourth with 417, followed by Shryock (415),
Myer (394), Wetzstein (372), Kenny (360), defending O’Reilly
USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn (344) and Noble (341).
Noble became a “Top
Dog” after earning the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger
Award for racing from 18th to 10th in Monday's finale. The Top
Dog Bonus guarantees that the top-10 in points will earn a minimum
of $400 against winnings at each event where that driver is among
the top-10 in points for that region.
Thursday,
August 14:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
Monday, September 1:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
Steele County Speedway Stock Car
Racing Starts Memeorial Day
May 1, 2008
By SCFF Barker
The auto racing season starts on Memorial
Day at the Steele County Speedway.
Bill Hartle and Bruce Busho,
directors on the fairboard will coordinate the racing this year.
Tickets for the Memorial Day
Race are adults $15.00, kids 6 - 12 years $5.00 and 5 years and
under are free. Discount coupons worth $2.00 are available race
day at Casey's General Store locations in Owatonna.
The race is part of the US
Modified Touring Series. Gates open at 2 pm, hot laps are at 4
pm and racing starts at 5 pm. More information available at www.usmts.com.
Monday,
May 26:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
Thursday, August 14:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
Monday, September 1:
USMTS Modifieds, Midwest Mods
NTPA Returning To Fair In '08
May 1, 2008
By SCFF Barker
Bruce Busho and Bill Hartle,
directors of infield attractions for the fair have announced that
the National Tractor and Pullers Association will provide the
SCFF Tractor/Truck pull on Wednesday of the fair.
Entries expected are two and
four wheel trucks and pro-farm tractors and super farm tractors.
The big show will start at 8 pm.
I.M.P. Motorsports Promotions
To Produce 42nd Edition Of The Demolition Derby
May 1, 2008
By SCFF Barker
The 42nd Annual Southern Minnesota
Championship Demolition Derby will be Sunday of the fair starting
at 4 pm.
The Demo will be produced
by Steve Heitman and Jay Anderson of Impact Motorsports Promotions.
They produce about 15 derbys
in the summer. The demo has been the number one grandstand attraction
the last five years.
Sponsors of the 2008 demo
include Hyvee and Superior Heating and Air Conditioning.
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