Potts Back At Bloomfield for 2010

You can tell that we are getting closer to the racing season as it seems that there is some kind of interesting news that comes out daily now. Yesterday it was the announcement that Ron & Jerry Potts would be back to promote racing at the Bloomfield Speedway for 2010. This came as somewhat of a surprise to me as it appeared that the facility might only host a couple of specials and a Fair race this year after the fairboard and Chris Eggers could not reach an agreement last Fall.

I caught a great night of racing on my one trip to Bloomfield last year and it is good to know that the Ottumwa area will still have some weekend dirt track action nearby this season as Eldon continues to sit idle. The same five classes (A-Mods, B-Mods, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Four Cylinders) with the same rules as last year will return with the season opener set for April 23rd.

As I was scanning the United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS) website this morning to see who won in Houston last night I noted that the event scheduled for March 5th & 6th in McCool Junction Nebraska has been postponed until March 26th & 27th due to the snow cover that still lingers there and in most of the upper Midwest. We'll have to get that updated on our Specials schedule as it still sits up there right now as the first date. It needs to get McWarm here soon or we won't be racing until mid-May in this part of the country.

By the way it was Kelly Shryock taking the win over Terry Phillips last night as sixty-one Modifieds kicked off the 2010 USMTS season. Several drivers from our area including Mike Hansen, Michael Long, Zach VanderBeek and more were in the field and you can catch the full results by clicking on the USMTS logo to the left.

We would like to welcome the Buena Vista Raceway on board as a supporter of PositivelyRacing.com for the 2010 season. The northwest Iowa facility now known as "The Beaver" runs a quality show each and every Wednesday night and we appreciate the support from promoter Jeff Herrig. With the new artwork on their ad I am guessing that they are going to sell a bunch of t-shirts this year, especially for their season-ending special event. To find out more about BVR click on their ad on the home page at http://www.positivelyracing.com/.

That's all for now, enjoy your weekend!