Daryn Pittman made the most of a rain out, as the World of Outlaw star changed his initial plans for the night and headed towards southeastern Iowa's 34 Raceway which was hosting the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. Thirty-five cars, including six World of Outlaw regulars tackled the well manicured venue in IRA's first ever sanctioned event on the banked three-eighths. Pittman made his decision payoff as he claimed the win in the ultra-exciting 30 lap headliner in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Pittman piloted his familiar Titan Garage #21 to a clean sweep over a very solid field. Press Release (05-13-08)

On a chilly Saturday night, the racing was hot as Charter Raceway Park opened its regular five division schedule.  Although rain shortened the night’s events, the fans were treated to some great racing.  The Street Stocks started the night’s A-Mains off with Jesse Kanas taking the top spot at the drop of the green.  Jon Schultz and Jerry Kope held down the second and third spots respectively as they worked the inside to try and get past Kanas.  They were unsuccessful until lap number eight when they were both able to get past Kanas dropping him to third.  That’s the way they would finish with Andrew Araco and Jerry Winkler rounding out the top five. Press Release (05-13-08)

Plymouth Dirt Track kicked off its 2008 racing season this past Saturday night at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds. The weather was cool, with rain threatening, but it held off to get the first full night of racing underway. There were  119 cars in total attendance. Sprint cars started off the night with 41 cars in five heats. Brian Kristan (Zion, IL) paced the field in the first heat to pick up the win. Jason Johnson (Allenton) took the lead on lap four of the second heat and kept at the point for the win. Heat three action saw Andy Klumb of Grafton, a sophomore driver in the series, pick up the checkers over Adam Miller of Plymouth. Dave Enders (Kiel), piloting the 51m car, the checkers in the fourth heat. In the fifth and final heat, 2007 PDT Sprint champion, Travis Luedke (Plymouth) and Danny Schlafer (Sussex) raced the final few laps wing to wing with Luedke taking the checkers. Press Release (05-11-08)

John Sternard and Aaron Holiday took home their first career feature wins in the street stock and IMCA northern sport mod divisions respectively on opening night at the Forest County Potawatomi Thunderhill Raceway. Frog Station’s Dan Ratajczak took command early in the IMCA modified feature event, and built up a sizable lead on the rest of a field. Billy LeMieux charged hard on the inside line with four laps to go to overtake the lead. LeMieux took home the win, followed by Ratajczak, Tim Van De Hei, Todd Dart and Jeremy Jacobs. Press Release (05-11-08)

Hometown driver Dave Zeitler of Luxemburg survived several caution periods and a late race charge by defending track champion Jared Siefert of Green Bay to capture the time shortened, 12 lap IMCA modified feature at Luxemburg Speedway Friday night. Zeitler also won his heat, netting a sweep of the division for the night. A weekly track record 163 cars were on hand, including 40 IMCA modifieds, 44 stock cars, 32 northern sportmods, 21 hobby stocks and 26 sport fours. Press Release (05-11-08)

After rainfall canceled the scheduled races the past two Saturday evenings at the Forest County Potawatomi Thunderhill Raceway, Mother Nature seems like it will cooperate this weekend. Racing will get underway this Saturday, May 10th at 6 p.m.  The weekly programs will consist of the IMCA modifieds, stock cars, hobby stocks, sport mods, street stocks and 4 cylinders. he night is sponsored by Maas Floral of Sturgeon Bay along with WDOR 93.9 and Wulf Brothers.  The first 300 mothers will receive a carnation courtesy of Maas Floral. Press Release (05-8-08)

Donny Goeden captured the season opener for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series by capturing Round 1 of Charter Raceway Park's Duel At The Dam. Goeden, last year's winningest IRA driver,  picked up where he left off last season with another trip to victory lane aboard the Bob Walldan owned #11 Maxim. Despite starting on the front row, the win by no means came easy. Action galore throughout the field gave the fans who braved an extremely cold evening a show well worth the trip. Press Release (05-5-08)

Opening night at Charter Raceway Park was chilly but the racing was red hot as the Badger Midget Series and the Interstate Racing Association sprint cars took to the 1/3 mile oval.  In the headline event for the IRA cars, the action got off to a rough start with Tommy Sexton flipping his 83D machine going into turn number one just after completing lap number 1.  Sexton was ok but was obviously done for the night. On the restart, King was able to get a great jump and worked past Goeden.  But following another yellow on lap 19, King coasted to the infield with a report of being out of gas giving the lead back to Goeden.  Following a red flag incident on lap 25, Goeden went on to the win followed by Steve Meyer and Scotty Neitzel. Press Release (05-5-08)

Heavy rainfall the past two days and the threat of more rain this afternoon has forced the Forest County Potawatomi Thunderhill Raceway to cancel the race program scheduled for tonight. Next week’s races will be sponsored by Maas Floral along with WDOR 93.9 and Wulf Brothers. The first 300 mothers will receive a carnation courtesy of Maas Floral. Press Release (05-3-08)

For the second straight week heavy rains Thursday night into Friday have forced promoters at Luxemburg Speedway to cancel the planned stock cars racesat the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds. Racing is scheduled to resume Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Webmaster Chewy will be the evening's sponsor and a Benji LaCrosse diecast car will be given away in a special drawing. Press Release (05-2-08)

After rain canceled opening night last weekend, the Forest County Potawatomi Thunderhill Raceway will try again this Saturday, May 3 at 6 p.m.  The night of racing is sponsored by Wulf
Brothers and WDOR 93.9 featuring the IMCA modifieds, stock cars, hobby stocks, sport mods, street stocks and 4 cylinders. The IMCA modifieds will feature fierce challengers including defending track champion Benji LaCrosse.  Past champions Todd Dart and Jeremy Jacobs along with last year’s runner-up Shawn Kilgore are among the top challengers for the 2008 crown. Press Release (05-2-08)

Hearing Dave Feiler and the #96 team will skip this weekend's ASA Midwest Tour race at Jefferson Speedway. The team failed to make the season opening race at Elko Speedway and had to run the last chance race at Madison to make the feature. No word on what the teams plans will be for the rest of the season. (05-14-08) UPDATE: Jordan Thiel's father purchased Frank Kreyer's hauler which will haul 2 cars, Feilers and Thiels. Matt Maynard will be the crew chief for Jordan Thiels' ride. Sounds as though Madison weekly or both cars will compete at Golden Sands Speedway weekly. (05-16-08)

No matter if you are traveling east or west on Hwy 18 between Jefferson and Cambridge, you will see it. And if you travel on that road on a Saturday night during the summer, the darkness is illuminated by the lights and a full parking lot. It’s Jefferson Speedway, a quiet success in American short track racing. This Saturday night, the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment will make their second visit to the 56 year old facility with the running of the Kwik Trip Stores 100. For many fans and competitors, including this writer, it’s a return to the track where our love of racing started. Press Release (05-16-08)

The spirit of competition that is shown at every ASAMT event, is nothing close when comparing the competition shown by the athletes competing in Special Olympic events. The ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment along with its title sponsor, Kwik Trip Stores, continues to show their support with this great organization in 2008. Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) is a statewide organization providing persons with cognitive disabilities year-round sports training and competition. Individuals who are at least eight years old and are identified as having cognitive disability are eligible for participation. Press Release (05-16-08)

The ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment is proud to introduce a new feature that is now available on its website. Starting today, ASAMT fans, teams, and sponsors can now watch a short video highlighting the most recent ASAMT event online thanks to Bill Holland. Holland’s first highlight video featuring the May 4th ECHO Chainsaw 100 at Madison International Speedway, can now be viewed with the help of YouTube at youtube.asamidwesttour.com Press Release (05-13-08)

Jefferson Speedway, well known as Wisconsin’s Action Track, will host the third event of the 2008 season for the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment. The Kwik Trip Stores 100 will highlight the evening’s race activities. Last year, Nathan Haseleu, the defending ASAMT champion, picked up his only win so far in the series 13 events. Haseleu, who started his racing career at Jefferson, is looking forward to returning and defending his win. “I always enjoyed racing there; it’s a small track for super late models to race on,” Haseleu stated. “It’s a little bullring and I think it was repaved a few years ago, so it has good traction. I love going there, it brings back a lot of memories and I look forward to it.” Press Release (05-13-08)

Four rookies took on the challenge of Wisconsin’s Fastest Half-Mile oval this past Sunday with the running of the ECHO Chainsaw 100. It was an up and down day, but overall a great learning experience as the drivers continue towards the Lane Automotive ASAMT Rookie of the Year presented by Red Line Synthetic Oil and Hyperco. Press Release (05-9-08)

The ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment would not be successful without the help of our marketing partners and sponsors. Last Sunday’s ECHO Chainsaw 100 had 48 competitors on hand with a majority, again, taking home contingency bonus(s). In order to receive the awards, the driver must be a full ASA member and their teams must satisfy all manufacturers’ requirements (decals, patches and post race interview criteria.) The awards listed for each driver is on top of the event purse payout they received. Press Release (05-8-08)

Back in January, Dan Fredrickson made this statement, “Going into this season, if we get a good start and have a good time at what we are doing, we will make a run for the points.” After two events, its safe to say that he is on track as he holds a 62-point lead over Josh Vadnais after two events. Fredrickson picked up his fourth ASAMT win this past Sunday in the ECHO Chainsaw 100 at Madison International Speedway. This was a great follow-up to his second place finish at the opening event at Elko Speedway back in April. Press Release (05-7-08)

Big 8 Series Point Standings as of 5/5/2008 (05-5-08)

Dan Fredrickson will admit that he never had a good run at Madison International Speedway. After tonight, Madison is one of his favorite tracks as he captured the ASAMT ECHO Chainsaw 100 in front of a large crowd. “I haven’t won here and never been real good here, but had a pretty sweet car here tonight,” a happy Fredrickson stated in victory lane. “I hope we can keep going with this, it was cool to beat Carlson and Busch. And now Madison is one of my favorite tracks.” Press Release (05-5-08)

Jeremy Miller and Michael Bilderback got the large crowd on hand at Madison International Speedway on their feet as the two put on a classic short track battle in the Big 8 Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet feature event.  At the checkers, it was the defending champion holding off the young pilot. Bilderback led most of the 38-lap event, while Miller made a hard charge at the end.  "I kinda used Mikey up there.  He was pinching me on the bottom and I got a better run than him and he was slowing up, so I gave him a little nudge just to move him back where he belonged.  It was a racing thing," Miller described his last lap move as the two came out of turn two. Press Release (05-5-08)