 Mother
Nature takes Speedzone Promoters to the Prom! Leading up
to the "Fastest Show on Dirt" everyone was excited for
this great night of racing. But, with every weatherman in the
state calling for rain days before the show... They managed to
scare away many of the most diehard fans. The house was full
with some of the best Sprint Car racers in the world in
attendance... We had Brook Tatnell from Australia, Wayne
Johnson from Oklahoma, Ricky Logan from Little Rock, these
professional racers were ready for a shootout at the zone!
With a Regional National Qualifying Fastrak Late Models show as
the support division it could have been one of the best shows of
the year. When the Speedzone Promoters were told that the
IRA Sprints & Vintage Mods would not be able to make the
Rain Date on Sunday, and the rain was baring down on the
zone. Promoters made a great decision! They
announced they would be giving a full refund to fans in the
grandstands! Even knowing they were still under contract to put
on the Late model show on Sunday... They Stood up and did the
right thing for the fans. A class act in this writers
opinion. When Sunday rolled around, the fans that came out
after the packer game seen some great racing!
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There was only 2 heats
and a 50 lap feature... The track was quite heavy. After the
heats the drivers needed time to get the cars ready for the 50
lap feature so we gave them all the time they needed.
While officials and the fans waited for the big event.
The fans that were there had a chance to see the "World
Famous Wheelie Bus!" When the Green flag flew Jeff
Curtin in the #11 jumped out into the lead... One lap 2 we had
the first and only caution. On the restart Curtin again
took off like a shot. He was running clean smooth laps and was
pulling away. But, back in the pack Justin Hurt in the
#27 was working his way to the front. One by One he picked off
cars as he moved to the front. Curtin held on for as long as
he could. When Justin finely went by Curtin coming out
of turn Two... Justin walked away from the field. It
wasn't long and he was darting through lapped traffic, this
was still not enough for the rest to catch Justin. When
the Checkers waved Justin took the win and he was followed by
Speedzone Track Champion, Tom Naeyaert in the #9, the rest
finished the race as follows:
3. Jeff Curtin, 4. Troy Springborn, 5. Scott Lewis, 6. Dennis
Schultz, 7. Dan Wanta, 8. Jeff Bodendorfer, 9. Michael Stangl,
10. Todd Jensema, 11. Joseph Teuter, 12. Cody Grosskoft, 13.
Jay Crichton, 14. Bob Schmidt, 15. Craig Bartz, 16. Joel
Bennett, 17. Jim Zdroik, 18. Dave Fieber.
The Speedzone would like to say Thank You! to all that have
e-mailed us to thank us for our efforts in turning a bad
situation into a good night of racing.
By: Denny Payne
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