A couple of pretty interesting happenings in our coverage area during this final full week before the Holiday season sets in. First came the announcement that Joe Ringsdorf will be the new promoter at the Hancock County Speedway in Britt for 2010. And, since Joe is pretty busy promoting Fairmont on Friday, Algona on Saturday and Mason City on Sunday, the new race night for the north central Iowa facility will be on Thursday. Throw in Alta (not promoted at this time by Ringsdorf) on Wednesday night and drivers in that area will now have the opportunity, if they choose, to race weekly five nights a week! You would never find this outside of the upper Midwest as in some regions of the country you are lucky to even find a special event on a night other than Saturday. I am guessing that the All Iowa Points championships in five divisions will run through Britt next year.
Joe always seemed to take a lot of heat on the internet forums, but fortunately that has calmed down some the last year or two. I have always been impressed with his shows when I have been able to attend them and he and his wife Marian, who sadly passed away not too long ago, were fantastic to work with when I had the NKF Tour. Here's wishing him the best of luck in Britt. The full press release can be found at http://www.imca.com/newsroom.php?newsid=2299
Down in Missouri the big news is that the State Fair Speedway in Sedalia will return to weekly racing action on Friday nights in 2010 under the guidance of a pair of Late Model drivers turned first-time-promoters in Jason Bodenhammer and Reid Millard. The big half-mile that sits in front of the spacious grandstands will see Late Models, 360 Sprints and A-Modifieds do battle each week with the season opener slated for April 16th. With three premier divisions on the card race fans will pay $12 admission and hopefully they will see that big grandstand fill in nicely as Sedalia has always been one of my favorite racing destinations. I also noted that Millard and Bodenhammer have secured the services of former Adrian Speedway promoter Glenn Portzen to handle track preparations. Portzen has a reputation for going that extra mile to provide a fantastic racing surface and I witnessed that first-hand during our NKF Tour event at Adrian in 2001. With Portzen on the job I would bet that you will never see a one-lane dusty slickathon at Sedalia!
The return of weekly racing at Sedalia cannot be good news for the folks at LA Raceway in La Monte. Only fifteen miles from Sedalia, LA sprung up when weekly racing disappeared from the state fairgrounds a few years back and the tidy little track filled the Friday night void nicely in the area. They themselves just announced this week that A-Modifieds would return to their weekly roster of divisions after taking this past year off, but it looks as though they will need to carve out a niche with their other classes (305 Sprints, B-Mods, Street Stocks and Hobby Stocks) to set them apart from Sedalia on Friday night. As always, we hope for success for both facilities!
Take a look at the Calendar page at www.PositivelyRacing.com and you will see that our 2010 Specials Calendar is already starting to take shape. One race still to go for 2009 though and that is the annual Turkey Classic at the Springfield Raceway on the Saturday afternoon after Thanksgiving. I am hoping that I can talk my wife into stopping there, but even if I cannot convince her, you will be able to check in with Kevin Trittien and TapFan's Tours to get a post-race report.
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
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