Stormy SummerSota Shocker
It's not a major surprise to the world that Stormy Scott dominated the Summersota Nationals this past weekend at I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, but it's how he won the $15,000 main event that has everyone talking. Stormy won every aspect of the 3 night special in a car with probably 200 or more less horsepower than anyone else on the track. Scott, who's a regular on the USMTS series, ran Austin Arneson's Crate Powered GRT with a Wissota licence. Actually I believe it's the same IMCA car Austin's been dominating with lately, but converted to Wissota Specs. Under the rules of the event, Wissota car were allowed to run with USMTS under their own rules, which meant they could run their tires. That, I imagine, was the key behind his dominant performace because the Wissota Hoosier has more traction than the USMTS American Racing Tire. Scott is from New Mexico, to my knowledge, has never ran the Wissota series. As you can imagine, this caused an uproar among many of the USMTS drivers. Austin Arneson responded to the criticism on behalf of the U-Motors team:
"Everyone knows that when the USMTS comes up north that a legal wissota car is legal to run with them unless told otherwise. All we did was read the rule book and did what we were allowed. Simply out foxed them with a legal wissota option"
Touche' Mr. Arneson. We'll see if USMTS changes their rules or if the rest of the drivers adapt after this weekend's upset.
By the way, Stormy's brother Johnny Scott, placed 2nd.
NLRA Highlights
During their recent four night swing through on three different tracks, the NLRA Late Model series saw four different winners. The races took place at Norman County Raceway (back to back nights). Red River Valley Speedway, and River Cities Speedway. Brad Seng took night #1 at NCR and Jeff Wildung won night #2 at NCR. Stop #3 at RRVS saw Cole Schill pick up his 2nd NLRA win of the year in front of his hometown crowd, and the final night went to Don Shaw. Brad Seng and Don Shaw were both fantastic the entire series. Seng never finished outside the top 3 during the 4 nights on the road.
Bonus Race
Although it's technically not a Bonus Race, Red River Valley Speedway has added an extra night to it's calendar to make up for a few of the early season rain outs during its already limited 2016 schedule. The added date is, get this, WEDNESDAY, July 27th. That's right...back to Wednesday night racing at Red River Valley Speedway! They do not race that following Friday, or the next for that matter actually.
Summer Vacation
Small summer vacation ahead for Norman County Raceway and Red River Valley Speedway. After Thursday night's race (June 30th), NCR takes a break until July 14th. They return with the King Pin Klash Street Stock special presented by the Bowler. Red River Valley Speedway is off until July 17th. They return in big fashion with NOSA Sprints, NLRA Late Models, and Pure Stocks,
Border Battle
FYE Promotions and Amsoil Speedway in Superior, WI are hosting the first ever Great Lakes Border Battle this Independence Day weekend. It's a $10,000 to win/$750 to start Wissota Modifed Special with Midwest Mods supporting. Racing will take place Friday and Saturday with testing on Thursday. It should pair some of the top Mod drivers from not just MN & WI, but the United States & Canada against each other for a friendly rivalry weekend. Some familiar pre-entries include Ward Imrie, Cody Skytland, Joey Jenson, Mike Stearns, Dan Ebert, Al Uotinen, Kevin Adams, and about 40-50 others.
Racing on the Radio Broadcast Schedule
Thursday, June 30th @ Norman County Raceway: Presented by West Central Ag Services. Featuring IMCA Mods, IMCA Sport Mods, Wissota Midwest Mods, Wissota Street Stocks, and INEX Legends. PreRace Show begins at 6:45pm. Green Flag at 7pm. Live Racing Coverage 106.5 KRJB and rjbroadcasting.com. Click here for the Streaming Link
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