Former Amateur Champion Vandoorn Wins at Toledo

Tuesday, July 22
Former Amateur Champion Vandoorn Wins at Toledo
Vandoorn Conquers Toledo; Stops Fair JR.'s Win Streak at 3

TOLEDO, OH (7-20-2007)--John VanDoorn, piloting Tim Steele’s #16, wheeled his way to victory in the Faygo 100 for the ARCA Royal Truck and Trailer/Allegiant Air Gold Cup Late Model feature Friday night at Toledo Speedway, putting a halt to Harold Fair Jr.’s 3 consecutive wins this season. Al Chittaro of Faygo presented John with the Gold Cup in the Glass Bowl Lanes Winner’s Circle.

A pair of quick yellow flags slowed the field in the first 50 laps as Dave Kuhlman jumped into the lead at the green flag. With an inversion of the top 11 cars, Kuhlman darted away as the pack battled with lapped traffic through much of the contest. At the half-way mark, Kevin Stahl had an engine let go in turn 3 and Brad Birr got caught up in the oil, sending him hard into the turn 3 wall. Both drivers were ok. While Dave sailed out front, Jay Sommers with battled with Steve Sauve, Van Doorn and a host of others for the second spot. The red flag came out on lap 63 when Kuhlman had the plug pop out of the rear end of his machine, coating the track. Sommers, behind Dave by about a ¼ of a lap, found the oil and slammed the turn 2 wall, stopping the action as the track was cleared and Jay’s car removed. Kuhlman ducked down pit road, as did Sauve. This found VanDoorn on the point at the re-start on lap 64, and the youngster sped away. Harold Fair Sr. tried to track down John and came home with a great second place run, Fair Jr. was third after dropping back just past lap 50 when he tagged the front straight wall. He was able to continue and followed his father at the finish, with Sauve fourth and fast qualifier Scott Hantz (15:287) fifth after a pit stop on a yellow flag. Kuhlman got back out and took sixth, with Jack Landis, Eric Lee, Justin Schroeder and Dr. Bob DuCharme completing the top ten. John Rowloff took 11th spot, netting him the Burge Wrecking Hard Charger Award.

Nate Bostrom Update

Tuesday, July 22

Former Winston Speedway Modified driver and present Sprint Car driver Nate Bostrom took quite a tumble Friday during Michigan Traditional Sprint Car Series show. Bostrom was looking to stay on pace at the start of the Topless Sprint Feature when he ducked to the inside line. During the move he caught a competitors tire causing his car to flip and twist over in a violent nature. The impact was so hard the Fuel Cell came loose from the car. The Chassis was totaled

Nate's injuries were not life threatening, but the hard impact caused fractures in three vertebrae in his back. He is home but is very sore.

The Bostrom family would like to thank the workers involved in getting Nate out of the car. They put themselves in harms way with leaking fuel all around Nate and his sprint car. The Bostroms are very grateful. They would also like to thank those who expressed their concerns Friday Night and continue to do so.

The Bostrom race team will let Nate heal and evaluate the rest of the 2007 season.