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So where can you go from a record temperature of 89 degrees on one day to a high of 50 the next? Wisconsin of course, and sadly this weather appeared in the wrong order to get the ASA Midwest Tour 2009 kick off race in at the Dells Raceway Park of Wisconsin Dells, WI.

The event was shaping up to be a great one as one of the best fields of Super Late Model drivers were entered for the show. A field of forty-five was looking forward to doing battle and they included Cameron Dodson, who is considered a rookie in this series, and coming off life threatening injuries, Tim Schendel, Dan Fredrickson, defending Series champ Donny Reuvers, Steve Carlson, Jonathan Eilen, Nathan Haseleu, Steve Holzhausen, and Mark Eswein just to name some of the field. Add in Bryan Reffner who has seen success at the top levels of the sport and plans to race this series all year and you have the makings of one dynamite event. But unfortunately Mother Nature had the final say on the day and consequently the event has been postponed to June 6^th.

With one event’s demise however comes another’s benefit as La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway of West Salem, WI. had high hopes of getting in their opening event of the 2009 campaign. Featuring three divisions of racing including NASCAR Late Models folks who were planning to attend the Tour race now had the chance to trek 80 miles Northwest to catch a show at the Fairgrounds. Also potentially benefiting was Steve Carlson who was scheduled for the Tour event but could possibly at least salvage the weekend by being able to compete at La Crosse.

But they were wrong again, as Ma Nature wasn’t done yet, washing away the program in the middle of hot laps. An excellent field of 24 Late Models was on hand, but it was all for naught. The track’s opener will now hopefully go in the books May 2^nd.

Here and there … Mississippi Thunder Speedway of Fountain City, WI. got their opening event in the books here recently despite lightening flashing in every direction around the track. The track, having been reconfigured from a Tri-Oval to a true oval, drew a good field of cars and nice crowd under threatening conditions. The big winner of the night was Kyle Jumbeck in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified Division. Jumbeck who went on a 12 race winning streak last year appears once again to be the driver to beat in that division … A recent visit to the Chateau Raceway of Lansing, MN. found us witnessing a winning performance in the USRA Modified Division feature by Mike Sorenson. Sorenson is off to a good start at the 3/8 mile clay oval as he is currently leading the early season points at that track … Short and sweet this time around but hopefully as the weather straightens out we will be able to enlighten you with a number of anecdotes in our travels to racing events throughout the land. We leave you with a couple photos you will enjoy…Kevin Nuttleman No. 4 battles J. Herbst No. 82 in preparation for racing this year at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Tom Reffner poses with the AMC Javelin he raced to 67 feature event wins in 1975. Reffner purchased a number of parts from Ed Howe contributing to his record setting season. Dale P. Danielski photos.

Comments welcome to Dale P. Danielski, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 967 10^th Ave N Ste A, Onalaska, WI 54650. 608-783-5827.

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