Crystal Motor Speedway Winners Circle: Late Models May 30th

Late Model Feature
1st #14 Scott Haney
2nd #0 Kevin Nelson Jr
3rd #85 Mark Anderson
4th #77 Jay VanDyke
5th #09 Brock Cogswell


Complete Results:
http://www.crystalmotorspeedway.com/53009.htm

Thunderbird Raceway Winners: May 30th

Feature Winners:

Bombers: 1st #25 Steve Erickson, 2nd #2J David Norwick, 3rd #77 Joe Ferrier

Factory Stock: 1st #72 Bill May, 2nd #20 Mike Rowe, 3rd #67 Vanderlaan

Sportsman: 1st #20 Chad Weinrick, 2nd #96 Dean Barnhard, 3rd #77 Mike Guinon

Modifieds: 1st #27 John McCaul, 2nd #14 Stan Dodds, 3rd #88 Greg Smith

Mini Stock: 1st #6 Mark Farber, 2nd #28 CJ Rector, 3rd #33 Cody Moorman

Warriors: 1st #58 Jerry Vogel, 2nd #10 Paul Whipple

Complete Results:
http://www.thunderbirdraceway.net/Results/5_30_09.pdf

Winston Speedway Winners Circle: May 29th

Feature Winners:

Late Models: #10 Tom Dusen

Modifieds: #27 John McCaul

Sportsman: #2 Bean Falbe

Factory Stock: #22 Paul TenBrink

Bombers: #5 Bruce Norwick

Mini Stock: #28 CJ Rector

Warriors: #16 Doug Carrier

Complete Results:
http://www.winstonspeedway.net/Results/2009/5_29_09.pdf

Sad News From I-96 Speedway

We are very sorry to inform all of you that We have all lost a very important part of I-96 Speedway and many of you know him personally. Kevin Buskirk, the flagman at I-96 Speedway has passed away this evening. We want to ask all of you to keep Brandi, Shannah, and Austin along with rest of his family in your prayers. We will all miss him dearly and we will never forget his presence on the flag stand or around the pits.

Sincerely,Mike and Sarah Mouch and the family at I-96 Speedway

Johnny VanDoorn Climbs in Power Rankings

http://www.speed51.com/2009_Stories/Power/ST_POwer_5_29.html

Thank You Engine Pro

"Thanks again for all your help with the Engine pro deal. All good parts and cash at the drivers meeting. So far this year I recived $425 and I did not spend that much. So keep up the good work John at Northwestern Auto Machine & Engine Pro this is a great deal for area drivers. "

Bill May
Factory Stock #72

Note: Bill May Presently is the UMP National Points Leader for the Factory Stock Division

I am also very proud to have Northwestern Auto Machine as one of West Michingan Racing.com's 2009 Sponsors.

Late Model Poll Results

The Late Model Poll For "Who would you have drive your Late Model?"is in and it tells me we have a lot of loyal fans and a lot of good Dirt LAte Model drivers in West Michigan. It is hard to argue with Stout's career stats and VanWormer's latest success on the National Tours.

The results are as follows:

Other(20%)
Rick Stout(19%)
Jeep VanWormer(16%)
Frank Sedar(8%)
Rich Neiser(7%)
Tom Sprague Jr(6%)
Kevin Nelson Jr (6%)
Jeff Kohn (4%)
Kris Patterson(4%)
Rusty Seaver (3%)

Michigan Driver Rankings: May 27th

Steve Kaminski
Grand Rapids Press


http://blog.mlive.com/finish_line/2009/05/driver_rankings_senneker_wins.html

Berlin Raceway This Weekend

It's Engine Pro Super Stock Night at Berlin Raceway this Saturday night, May 30. The Super Stocks will have an extended feature race, going 50 laps instead of 30, and joining them will be the cars of the Coors Light Late Model and Kerkstra Services Pro Stock divisions. There will be an on-track autograph session before the races begin with the Super Stock Drivers and the School Buses will be back in action!

Ken Smith, Jr. will look to get his third feature win of the season in the Pro Stock division and to cut into Brian Tillema's 31 point lead. New point leader, Chris Muyskens of the Super Stock division will try to increase his 8-point lead over Ray VanAllsburg and lurking in third is defending Champion Brian Wiersma just 19 points behind. After outlasting the competetion for 75 laps, Ross Meeuwsen has cut in to Tim DeVos' point lead after winning last weekend; also showing strength is Terry VanHaitmsa who will be going for his eighth fast time in a row this weekend.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12; 5 and under are free. Pit passes for those 14 and over are $25 and races start at 7 p.m. Gates open at noon for the pits and 1:00 p.m. for the grandstand.

Next Saturday, June 6 is Kerkstra Services Pro Stock Night. The Pro Stocks will be racing for 40 laps and will be joined by the Coors Light Late Models, Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinders and Young Guns; drivers from the Pro Stock and Young Gun divisions will also have a pre-race, on-track autograph session.

For more information on all upcoming events at Berlin Raceway, please log on to www.berlinraceway.com or call 616-677-5000 today!

Mid-Michigan Raceway Park Postpones Season

From Local Reports

Mid Michigan Raceway Park will be closed until August 9th for the Casey Eberspeker Memorial race. The Annual Cornharvest Event is still on the Schedule.

For any info regarding the track, please contact Gene 517-582-0155I

http://www.michigancircletrack.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=275:mmrp-postpones-season&catid=1083:race-news

Winston Speedway Action: May 29th & 31st

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For Complete details go to: www.winstonspeedway.net

World Of Outlaws Coming To I-96

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Michigan Traditional Sprints: Irwin wins at Crystal

Steve Irwin wins MTS main at Crystal Speedway

27 Non wing sprint cars from 3 states and 2 country's entered Sunday nights event at Crystal Motor Speedway.
Steve Irwin wrecked his primary car Friday night and looked for redemption as the 2007 MTS champion led all 25 laps from the pole position to take his first feature victory of the season.
Mark Broughman made many attempts to challenge Irwin but with pressure from third place finisher Landon Simon he was unable to take the top spot from Irwin.
Tim Lowe made a nice charge from eighth to fourth and Ohio's Brent Smith rounded out the top 5.


(Heat races top 5 to A main)

Lane Automotive Heat 1
1. Ryan Grubagh, 2.Brent Smith, 3.Landon Simon, 4.Mark Irwin, 5.Mike Astrauskas, 6.Nick Rogers, 7.Mike Burkin, 8.Jim Girard, 9.Jerry Evilsizer

Hoosier Racing tire Heat 2
1.Steve Irwin, 2.John Watson, 3.Tim Lowe, 4.Mike Galajda, 5.Jim Payne, 6.Gary Hayward, 7.Joe Irwin, 8.Roger Hunyady, 9.Nick Landon

Comp Cams Heat 3
1. Mark Broughman, 2.Tim Champlin, 3.Joe Bares, 4.Keith Love, 5.John Lowe, 6.Mark Strpko, 7.Tim Evilsizer, 8.Chris Pobanz, 9.Tom Miller

(Top 5 from B to A)
Lane Automotive B main
1. Nick Rogers, 2.Mike Berkin, 3.Tim Evilsizer, 4.Joe Irwin, 5.Chris Pobanz, 6. Gary Hayward, 7.Jim Girard, 8.Nick Landon, 9.Mark Strpko, 10.Tom Miller, 11.Jerry Evilsizer, 12.Roger Hunyady

Engine Pro / CompCams Amain
1.Steve Irwin, 2.Mark Broughman, 3.Landon Simon, 4.Tim Lowe, 5.Brent Smith, 6.Mike Berkin, 7.Mike Galajda, 8.Mike Astrauskas, 9.Keith Love, 10.John Lowe, 11.Ryan Grubaugh, 12.Joe Bares, 13.Nick Rogers, 14.Jim Payne, 15. Mark Irwin, 16.Joe Irwin, 17.Tim Evilsizer, 18.John Watson, 19.Chris Pobanz, 20.Tim Champlin

Photo of the Weekend

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This about as close as you can get to rolling over in a racecar and not do it. Factory Stock driver #22 Paul TenBrink was caught on film at Winston Speedway by Randy Ellen. For Photos of some great racing action around West Michigan Click on the Quick Links Photographers section to the right.

ALMS at Eldora Speedway

Johnny Appleseed Classic -
May 24, 2009Sunoco American Late Model Series -
45 carsFast Qualifier: Ben Adkins - 16.165

Heat 1:1. Wayne Chinn 2. Shawn Negangard 3. Ben Adkins 4. Chad Ruhlman 5. Brian Ruhlman 6. Cruz Pedregon 7. Tommy Kerr 8. Kerry Mathew 9. Scott Baker 10. Rob Starkey 11. CJ Heskett 12. Jon Henry

Heat 2:1. Aaron Scott 2. Richard Neiser 3. Tom Sprague 4. Rusty Seaver 5. Chris Ross 6. Kevin Reeve 7. Dean Anderson 8. Adam Thrush 9. Jason Keltner 10. Ky Harper 11. Rick DeLong

Heat 3:1. Rusty Schlenk 2. Greg Johnson 3. John Mason 4. Scott Orr 5. Brad Eitniear 6. Ryan VanderVeen 7. Casey Noonan 8. Steve Kester 9. Bill Lewis 10. Brandon Perkins 11. Dusty Moore
Heat 4:1. Duane Chamberlain 2. Donnie Moran 3. Jerry Bowersock 4. Curtis Roberts 5. Shawn Toczek 6. Andrew Reaume 7. Tyler Boggs 8. Joey Tackett 9. Justin McNeill 10. Steve Dimmick 11. Chuck Roelle

B Main 1:1. Brian Ruhlman 2. Chris Ross 3. Tommy Kerr 4. Jason Keltner 5. Kevin Reeve 6. Cruz Pedregon 7. Dean Anderson 8. Kerry Mathew 9. Rob Starkey 10. Adam Thrush 11. CJ Heskett 12. Scott Baker 13. Ky Harper 14. Rick DeLong

B Main 2:1. Shawn Toczek 2. Casey Noonan 3. Brad Eitniear 4. Andrew Reaume 5. Tyler Boggs 6. Ryan VanderVeen 7. Steve Dimmick 8. Justin McNeill 9. Joey Tackett 10. Steve Kester 11. Bill Lewis 12. Brandon Perkins 13. Dusty Moore 14. Chuck Roelle

A Main :1. Duane Chamberlain 2. Donnie Moran 3. Greg Johnson 4. Wayne Chinn 5. Aaron Scott 6. Shawn Negangard 7. Chad Ruhlman 8. Rusty Schlenk 9. Jerry Bowersock 10. Ben Adkins 11. Brian Ruhlman 12. John Mason 13. Casey Noonan 14. Chris Ross 15. Jon Henry 16. Rusty Seaver 17. Curtis Roberts 18. Tom Sprague 19. Ky Harper 20. Richard Neiser 21. Scott Orr 22. Shawn Toczek

Storyline
http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/pr/news653.html

Tough Day for VanDoorn at Toledo

Hantz Conquers Big Red Creme Soda 100 at Toledo

TOLEDO, OH (5-22-09)-- Pleasant Lake, IN driver Scott Hantz zipped into the lead on lap 44 and sailed to victory in the Big Red Crème Soda 100 for the ARCA Hantz Group/Allegiant Air Glass City Gold Cup Late Model Series Friday evening at Toledo Speedway. Gladys Cothern and Steve Harsh, representing Big Red, presented the Gold Cup to Scott in the Glass Bowl Lanes Winner’s Circle.
A solid field of 27 Late Models made the trip to Toledo for the first race of the 5 race series, and the first of 3 events at the Glass City oval. Hantz started the night off by ripping off a lap of 15:097 to set quick time. Dennis Strickland jumped into the lead at the start and ran strong out front, with Brent Jack, Harold Fair Jr. and Hantz played cat and mouse for second spot. John VanDoorn brought out the first yellow when his machine went up in a cloud of smoke on lap 14, bringing out the first of 6 yellow flags. The race restarted and by lap 26, both Fair Jr. and Hantz slipped by Jack, who slowed on lap 32 when a power steering belt broke, sending him to pit road. At lap 42, Scott got by Fair Jr. for second and reeled in Strickland, taking the lead on lap 44. A couple of long stretches of green helped the leaders build up a sizable lead.

A race-long battle continued behind the leaders as Justin Schroeder, Steve Cronenwett Jr., Mike Root and first-time visitor Dakota Carlson ran together in a pack for the last 30 laps. Meanwhile, on lap 58 Fair Jr. slipped by Strickland and the defending Gold Cup champ pedaled hard to catch the fleet Hantz. Fair Jr. got to Scott’s bumper by lap 71 but didn’t have quite enough for Hantz, who sailed to the big win and a $2500 payday. Schroeder’s great run ended 3 laps shy as he dove down pit road while running fourth. Hantz was followed by Fair Jr., Strickland, Mike Root and Steve Cronenwett, the top 5 cars and all on the lead lap. Root made a quick move when Schroeder’s problem developed, allowing him to get to fourth spot. Carlson ran a great race to finish sixth and Harold Fair Sr. was seventh, also on the lead lap. Bill Litogot, Joe Hawes and Schroeder completed the top ten.

Crystal Motor Speedway Winners Circle: Late Models May 24th

1)#72 Kyle Borgman
2)#55 Matt Pickard
3)#44 Rob Taylor
4)#10 Tom Dusen
5)#25 Jeff Kohn

Complete Program Results:
http://www.shorttrackthunder.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7995

McCaul Takes Two of Three at Mod Mania

Thunderbird Raceway saw 99 laps of Modified action. Three Thirty-three lap Features were the main events. John McCaul proved why many consider him the best Modified driver in the State of Michigan. McCaul was able to win the first and third features while Cherry Speedway hot shoe Mark Karuth won feature number two.

Mod Feature #1: 1st #27 John McCaul
Mod Feature #2: 1st #00 Mark Karuth, 2nd #13 Derek Poland, 3rd #18 Todd Feutz, 4th #35 Dan Dykman, 5th #14 Stan Dodds
Mod Feature #3: 1st #27 John McCaul, 2nd #8 Troy Marciniak, 3rd #16 Griffin, 4th #00 Mark Karuth, 5th #1 Curt Spalding

Sportsman Feature #1: 1st #18Jeremy Holman
Sportsman Feaature#2: 1st #96 Dean Barnhard

Complete Results:
http://www.thunderbirdraceway.net/Results/5_24_09.pdf

Oakshade ALMS Event May 23rd

Check out how the West Michigan Drivers did, Click on the link below:

http://www.speednetdirect.com/results.php?cls=LATE%20MODELS&tid=6020&tname=Oakshade%20Raceway&dt=2009-05-23&types=ALMS%20A

Meeuwsen Wins At Berlin

Steve Kaminski
Grand Rapids Press


http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2009/05/ross_meeuwsen_wins_late_model.html

Merritt Speedway Results: May 23rd

http://www.merritt-speedway.com/results.php

Spring Championship Night at Berlin: May 23rd

Meeuwsen wins on Spring Championship Night
Muyskens, Kleis and Ensing also victorious

Marne, MI-- It was a perfect night for racing at Berlin Raceway and the fans on hand were treated to a thrilling night of racing. Taking home the trophies were Gabe Ensing (Young Guns), Ben Kleis (Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder), Chris Muyskens (Engine Pro Super Stock) and Ross Meeuwsen (Coors Light Late Model)

Back for the first time since Opening Night, the Young Guns were the first class to take the track with #19 Dalton Haney and #32 Gabe Ensing on the front row. As soon as the green flag dropped, Ensing took off and established a comfortable lead. On lap 7, #16 Kelsey Steele caught Haney, passed him for the second and tried to reel in Ensing. #6 Brandon Hermiller took third from Haney on lap 11 and that’s when the first caution of the night came out; there was debris in turn 4. The caution erased Ensing’s lead and put Steele right on his bumper. Ensing was able to hold Steele off for the remaining four laps and get his first win. Haney took second, Hermiller third and Steele came in fourth after spinning while coming to the checkered flag.

The Engine Pro Super Stocks rolled next with #55 Dave Lake and #44 Brian VanZalen leading the field to green. The cars didn’t make it past the start finish line before caution came out. It appeared that VanZalen got out of shape while taking the green flag and he spun in front of the field. By the time the cars got to turn 1, half of the field was involved in the wreck including VanZalen, #18 Denny Anderson, #13 James Haney, #10 Bob Spencer, #77 Andrew Nylaan, #1 Brian Wiersma, #76 Warren Speet, #F1 Randy Veldman, #12 Josh Slade and #51 Justin Ryan. After a red flag, the race resumed and #8 Billy Eppink grabbed the lead. By lap 7, #26 Chris Muyskens was cutting into his lead and three laps later, he was there. While there was exciting racing throughout the field, the battle to watch was for the lead as Eppink and Muyskens raced five laps side-by-side before Muyskens cleared Eppink. The second caution of the night came out just after the lead change; Eppink was off the pace and went off of the backstretch. Muyskens maintained his lead over the hard charging Anderson and Nylaan to score his first victory of the season. Anderson, Nylaan, #98 Bob Bliss, #15 Mat McClarren, #5 Ray VanAllsburg, Wiersma, Lake, #5 Cal Castle and Slade completed the top ten.

The 75-lap Coors Light Late Model race was next with #55 Chris Anthony and #222 Caleb Bisacky on the front row. The field swiftly went to single-file racing and settled into a groove. Lap 17 saw #28 Scott Thomas passing Bisacky second while Anthony held on to the lead; there was also an exciting pass battle for sixth between #27 Billy Shotko, #32 Ross Meeuwsen and #12 Tim DeVos. By lap 22, Anthony had caught traffic and on lap 30, Bisacky took the lead. The first caution of the night came out for the #19 of Nick Shotko on lap 31. After the restart, Bisacky took off with a huge lead, but it was promptly erased when the caution came out on lap 20. #71 Kyle Ballard and #24 Lee VanDyk made contact on the frontstretch. On the restart, DeVos was pressuring Anthony for second while Bisacky was in the league of his own, stretching his lead to over three seconds. DeVos made it past Anthony for second and even though he cleared the pack, Bisacky’s lead continued to grow. Meeuwsen had made his was to second, passing DeVos on lap 66, and started to chop down Bisacky’s lead. Just as Meeuwsen caught Bisacky, Bisacky was off the pace and that brought out the caution. Meeuwsen inherited the lead and after a series of cautions, the race was restarted. While it looked as if DeVos was going to make a move on Meeuwsen, Meeuwsen held on for the win. The rest of the top ten were DeVos, #101 Joe Bush, Thomas, #71 John Grega, #9 Mike Root, #21 Terry VanHaitsma, #19 Nick Shotko and #1 Barry Hartwell.

The Burnips Equipment 4-Cyliners were next with the A Feature, #81 Mike Reavis and #77 Gerry Shepard brought the field to the green flag. While the cars were jockeying for position, the #6 of Ben Kleis made his way to the point and was putting distance between himself and second place #7 Ryan Hamm. Caution came out on lap 7 when the #14 of Jason DeVos hit the wall coming out of turn 4, thus bringing out the red flag for clean-up. Once the race was restarted, Hamm was pressuring Kleis for the lead, but caution came out just three laps later for a three-car incident involving #01 Rob Shoemaker, #26 Chad Wittingen and #51 Brad Hastings. The last five laps went off without a hitch and Kleis went on to get the win. Hamm, #100 Jason Scheid, #9 Nick Curtis, #76 Mike Speet, #354 Chris McKinley, #19 Dave Avink, Shepard, #20 Dan Reimersma and #T11 Jim Rhodes rounded out the top ten. #10 Dave Duyst and #927 Christian Wynbelt started the B feature, but the car to watch was the #42 of Joe Norder. After starting 12th, he took the lead on lap 3. Caution came out on lap 9 for the #64 of Mike Church who went off of the backstretch. There was no catching Norder, he got the win and the rest of the top 5 were #07 Clayton Brown, #13 Craig Snoeyink, #20 Jackson Walker and #20 Tyler Nawrocki.

Up next at Berlin Raceway is the Engine Pro Super Stock Night. The Coors Light Late Models and Super Stocks will both be going 50 laps and the Kerksta Services Pro Stocks will also take the track. It’s Reading Club and Cadet Night and that means that the School Buses races will be back in action! The drivers from the Super Stock division will also have a pre-race autograph session. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12; 5 and under are free. Pit passes for those 14 and over are $25 and races start at 7 p.m.

Crystal Speedway Results: May 23rd

Kevin Nelson Jr. Makes it Two in a Row in the Late Models!

Results from Crystals 1st night of racing on Memorial Day Weekend.

http://www.mstrc.com/index.php?showtopic=28065

I-96 Speedway Results: May 23nd

Results from I-96 :
Click below

http://www.i96speedway.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=385