Here's your latest story lines, racing tidbits, and fun information from this last weekend of racing at Norman County Raceway, Red River Valley Speedway, River Cities Speedway, Buffalo River Race Park, and beyond. It's the July 26th Edition of Racing on the Radio: News and Notes.
Bonus Night
As an unintentional ode to the last regime of Red River Valley Speedway, there will be make up night this Wednesday at the West Fargo track. There isn't a specific night they are making up, but since the first month saw only a few races and that there is already a limited schedule the operations group felt it would be ideal to add a night of racing to RRVS. So why Wednesday and not Friday? There's a big auction at the Fairgrounds this weekend and set up begins on Thursday, which is why this Friday was not on the schedule in the first place. Same classes this week. Same start time, but on a Wednesday. Take note.
KingPin Klash take 2
Norman County Raceway will be making up their King Pin Klash Wissota Street Stock Special that was originally scheduled for July 14th. This is the 4th or 5th year of that special. Shawn Tuenis was last year's winner. The Bowler of Fargo proudly sponsors that event.
The Ultimate Street Stock Special
Speaking of Street Stock specials, the annual Street Stock Little Dream is just about a week away. This is probably one of the coolest specials in all of dirt track racing, in my opinion anyways, The event takes place on Tuesday, July 2nd at Rice Lake Speedway in Wisconsin. What makes it neat is that the fans are some of the biggest contributors to the purse. And they start throwing out money like crazy. Last year's winner (Jim Randall) took home more than $14,000! Plus money gets thrown around in all sorts of places too. For more information on the event, click here.
The Numbers Are In....
The fans showed up big this year for racing at the Red River Valley Fair. Roughly 4,800 fans hit the grandstands for a Sunday Night Special that featured NOSA Sprints, NLRA Late Models, and Pure Stocks. For comparison sake, Chris Janson and Tigerlily pulled only 1,800, Hairball brought in 3,000, and Scotty McCreery and Blind Joe had about 5,000. 3 Days Grace saw about 8,000 and Big N Rich packed in 12,000. Weather definitely was to blame for some of the poor numbers, but it was good to see racing had a big draw, especially on a Sunday night.
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| The NOSA Sprints race in front of a packed grand stand at Red River Valley Speedway on July 17th |
Sprints Show Speed
Last Thursday night at Norman County Raceway, the NOSA 410 Sprints got to flex their muscles and show what they're capable of on a very fast and tacky race track. Average lap times were over 100mph, so it would be fair to say they were probably reach speeds of about 120 on the straights. Austin Pierce picked up his first win at NCR, but the real hero was Corey Mack with his outrageous slide job attempts he pulled in both his heat and feature race.
Johnson Wins (X 6)
(UPDATED: I made some corrections. Previous post had a number of errors. Sorry for the confusion)
According to fellow reporter Jacob Pommerer, Tim Johnson pulled a clean sweep in all three classes last Friday night at I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls, with heat and feature wins in a Street Stock, Superstock, and Modified. From what I understand, he has at least 3 Trifecta's (winning in all three features in one night) this year at I94 and another at KRA in Wilmar.
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| Tim Johnson, #1jr, wins a lot. |
Coming Up:
Wednesday, July 27th @ Red River Valley Speedway. Regular Weekly Series presented by Corwin, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and Charleys Philly Steaks. IMCA Mods, Sport Mods, INEX Legends, and Pure/Hobby Stocks. Racing begins at 7pm. Click here to listen to live racing coverage from RRVS.
Thursday, July 28th @ Norman County Raceway. King Pin Klash Street Stock Special. Racing presented by the Bowler and Titan Machinery. IMCA Mods, Sport Mods, Wissota Midwest Mods, Street Stock, and Trophy Cars. Racing begins at 7pm. Click here to listen to live racing coverage from NCR.
