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The
American Auto Street Stocks took to the for their 20 lap feature
with the wind & cold nipping at their toes. While the
diehard fans in the stands drank a record number of Hot
Chocolates. The race ran Green to Checker and when the
dust settled it was Scott Solomon #33s making the trip to
Victory Lane and taking home some iron! Gary Neau #07 held on
for second holding off David Hoerning #19 who came home third. When
the Miller Light Grand National took to the track It was Tim
Doehling that found the clay with bite and her ran off with the
race once he was out front. Tim Moore finished 2nd just ahead of
Terry Van Roy in the #09 Jeanne's Bar car. It
was getting quite late by the time the Budweiser Modifieds hit
the track. The race had to be Red Flagged after a chain
reaction type crash happened in turn 3 leaving Brian Drexler and
his #8 modified flipping and landing in a pile of twisted &
bent metal. Brian was reported to have been alright.
When the action got under way again it was Mike Wedelstadt that
took home the win... With Benjamin Brinkman holding on to
2nd followed by Jay Schaufnagel and Oshkosh's Dennis Schultz
came home in forth after a strong showing in his heat race. If
I were to have to give and opinion on the opening night... I
would have to say the new promoters did one heck of a job
putting the season together with the amount of time they had to
do it. They seem to be fan & racer friendly and are
trying to make everyone happy, yet still keep8ing the operation
solvent. I seen many good signs that to me show that they
are in this for the long haul and that they take pride in
Winnebago County & the Racing facility they have been
in-trusted to operate. Sure some things didn't go off like clock
work... But it is refreshing to see them paying attention to
every little detail, right down to having Flowers once again
planted in the flower beds. I think the fans and racers
are in for a great season... I hope you all will continue to
give your support to Impact Motorsports as they continue to
improve and fine tune your racing experience at the Oshkosh
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Opening night at the Speedzone
started off with the normal rush and first night bugs. The grand opening
ceremonies kicked off the night with 100 plus cars taking to the track
for our national anthem in a 5 wide formation as bombs busted in
air. This brought back a lot of memories for this writer, web
designer! As the night went on some of the opening night bugs
tried hard to spoil the show. As an evil cruel east wind blew in,
temperatures dropped. This dry wind played havoc with fans, and
the track too. I've never seen the wind suck the moisture out of a
track like it did...
The Coors Light Dirt Devils ran their feature first, it was red flagged
when # 54k put his Coors Light Dirt Devil on it's roof. When the
race resumed it was Ron Paulick Jr. #20 of Oshkosh who went on to win
the Coors Light Dirt Devil feature as the yellow / checkers were thrown
from the flagman for another caution & time limit. The New Total
Power Sales Hobby Stock Division was next in the feature line
up... the new division ran a clean race and was won by Marshall
Nullenix #51m with Gregg and Paul Steffens finishing second and third.
