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wwwwww.ther.theracingconnection.comacingconnection.com May 2018 Vol. 22, No. 1 Inside... FrostbusterFrostbuster andand IcebreakerIcebreaker ActionAction Going in Circles Racing Nuggets Midwest Memories ChallengeChallenge SeriesSeries ReturningReturning toto CedarCedar LakeLake May 2018 Page 2 Page 3 May 2018 Two sides to every story The Midwest Publisher's Note RACING groove could have lifted. But sometimes neither driver Connection Racing According to Plan gives an inch and we end up with wreck. That’s why May 2018 they are race car drivers and why we enjoy going to Vol. 22, No. 1 watch them P.O. Box 22111 The item that brought this topic to my mind was the St. Paul MN, 55122 651-451-4036 Super Late Model race at Nashville Fairgrounds [email protected] Speedway on the first weekend in April. I wasn’t www.theracingconnection.com there, but social media and Race Monitor kept me abreast of what was going on. Early in the race, there Publisher was an incident on the track between Steve Wallace Dan Plan and Mason Mingus. Everyone had their own opinion of what happened, and most focused on placing the Contributing Writers blame on Wallace and the post-race altercation Dale P. Danielski between the two. I’m not convinced Steve was totally Jacklyn Daniels-Nuttleman at fault. As they say, it takes two to tango. Dean Reller Jason Searcy Charlie Spry From the video clips I saw, there’s no doubt Mingus and Wallace got into each other multiple times. I heard Photographers reports of Wallace “right-reared” Mingus to cause the Guy Adams (815-980-0354) Dan Plan wreck. The video sure looked to me like he was on the Jeff Blaser (715-498-7544) bumper of Mingus and not his right-rear. Could the Martin DeFries (651-346-1199) For our first issue of the 2018 racing season, I wreck have been avoided? Why sure it could have, but TJ Harron (608-301-5258) anticipated having about 6 race nights under my belt then I wouldn’t have had anything to write about. Doug Hornickel (920-563-0993) by the middle of April. As I’m writing this column, I Stan Kalwasinski (219-923-1475) have a grand total of one short track event in my Miscellaneous news & notes: Tom Loos (715-370-7895) Mark Melchiori (414-463-0131) personal tally for the month of April. With that in mind, This season marks the 22nd consecutive year of Bruce Nuttleman (612-860-6622) I had to scramble for a topic, and came up with this printing this publication. The first ten years under Vince Peterson (612-419-6372) one. publisher emeritus Rob Hahn, and now 12 years on our own. Things have changed a lot in the 22 years of The Midwest Racing Connection is published six times I’m often amazed at how two people can watch the publication, but we’re still here. during the summer racing season by same situation, and interpret the situation two separate The Plan Company, Inc. ways. This holds especially true when it comes to A new addition to the contributors of the paper this All material is copyrighted 2018 and may not be reprinted without permission. Subscriptions are $20 short track racing. I’ve even sat next to a husband and year will be Stan Kalwasinski. I’ve been aware of for six issues. Call 651-451-4036. wife at a short track where a wreck occurred, and Stan’s work since purchasing my first ARTGO both thought the other driver was at fault. One spouse program as a kid back in the 1970’s. Our first issue of Cover photos by: Guy Adams, Jeff Blaser, Stan would say the driver on the outside “right-reared” the the 2018 season has a couple of classic ARTGO Kalwasinski, Vince Peterson, and Dan Plan driver to cause the wreck. The other spouse would pictures from Capital Super Speedway (now known as claim the driver on the inside didn’t leave enough Madison International Speedway). I’m pretty giddy to room. Who’s right? They probably both are right to see what Stan has in store for the rest of the season. some degree. The driver on the bottom could have left more room to avoid an incident. The driver in the top CEDAR VIEW ELECTRIC, INC. 952-469-2100 New Construction - Remodel - Service Work Pools/Hot Tubs - Basements - Additions Residential & Commercial Lakeville, MN www.cedarviewelectric.com May 2018 Page 4 Dean & Jason 20182018 RacingRacing PreviewPreview Talkin' Racin' Bruce Nuttleman photo Iowa Speedway will once again host several national touring events in 2018 Jason D. Searcy be Late Models, Thunder Cars and Power Stocks with Grant Enfinger in 2014 and Austin Theriault in 2017. INEX sanctioned divisions for the Legends Cars and Other notable drivers include: Ken Schrader, Erik Spring has been delayed but, believe it or not, racing is Bandolero’s. ELKO as per usual will race on Jones, Steve Arpin, Ryan Reed, Chris Buescher and quickly approaching for us in the Great White North. Saturday nights through September, they have been a current Cup driver of the #88 Alex Bowman. NASCAR sanctioned track for thirty years now and The Elko Speedway 53rd season opener will be on fans will see double features every race night. The much anticipated Tribute night will be on August May 19th. The NASCAR weekly racing divisions will 18th, the Late Models will be competing for the Dwain The 2018 schedule will feature Behrens memorial clock and the Thunder Cars will be Austin Theriault captured the 2017 ARCA event at Elko nine different Eve of vying for the Scott Kingery distinctive memorial Destruction nights with a great trophy. variety of racing, entertainment and music. Here is a list of The Bandit Big Rig Series will make its debut at some other notable event nights ELKO on Aug 25th, they are also racing at Hawkeye to mark on your racing Downs (IA) on June 9th and La Crosse (WI) on July calendar. 28th. With three races in this general area I believe we will see some local drivers considering racing this The ARCA series will return series. Dirt Modified legend Mark Noble has already for the fifth time on July 14th committed to racing full time in the #74. These are with a 250-lap race televised full blown Single Axle Semi-Tractors racing on stock LIVE on MAVTV, the later tires, transmissions and engines making it an date should bolster the crowd, affordable series and with support from a local plus the other ELKO divisions company Minimizer it seems to be a series on the rise will race that night as well. not just an exhibition event. The previous ELKO ARCA winners were Brennan Poole in Scott Swenson photo 2012, Frank Kimmel in 2013, Talkin' Racin' continued on page 5 AIRPORT SERVICE - CALL 24 HOURS *Time Calls - Appointments DISCOUNT TAXI FOR TRANSPORTATION Toll Free 1-888-240-8294 612-723-5500 www.discounttaxiracing.com Page 5 May 2018 Talkin' Racin' continued from page 4 The Tenth annual Thunderstruck93 event to help fight Lou Gehrig’s disease in memory of Dan Ryan will be on September 22nd this year at Elko Speedway with the main event being a 93-lap race for the Big 8 Late Models. Iowa Speedway in Newton (IA) will have three big weekends of racing this year starting off with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Saturday evening at 5:30pm and Xfinity series Sunday afternoon at 3:30pm on June 16th and 17th. The ARCA series will be on Saturday night July 7th at 7:30pm and Indy Cars at 1pm on Sunday July 8th at Iowa Speedway. The NASCAR K&N series will race Friday night July 27th at 7pm and the Xfinity series returns on Saturday at 4pm on July 28th. Iowa Speedway is fan friendly and in my opinion, it provides the best racing on the NASCAR circuit. The Trans Am series will not be returning to Brainerd International Raceway (MN) this year but you can see them at Road America in Elkhart Lake (WI) August 23rd-25th. I know the weather has been brutal this Spring but we can be comforted by looking forward to the enjoyment of a great racing schedule this summer. The Big 8 Late Models will be the featured division at Thunderstruck 93 in 2018. Get your copy of MRC delivered to your home. Chris"Cruiser" Marek looks to defend the Yearly subscriptons just $20. title on his home turf Yearly subscriptons just $20. Mail this form with check or money order to; The Midwest Racing Connection P.O. Box 22111 St. Paul, MN 55122 Name: Address: City: State/Zip: Martin DeFries photo Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube www.facebook.com/themidwestracingconnection @MidwestRace www.youtube.com/theracingconnection May 2018 Page 6 number (81). “Maybe the change is good,” Said D.J. Hope this team can get back out at some point this “The car seems pretty good and is working well.’ He season. Going in Circles noted this before the racing started, then backed that up with a heat race win and a good run in the feature Jake Gille has new white colors and channel 13 until he got involved in a skirmish which set him back. WREX sponsorship. In the past, local Rockford He and his crew put a lot of time and effort in the television stations had always sponsored cars here, racing stuff and he is going to win some features this then kind of got away from it, now many are returning season.