I hope that you had a great Independence Day weekend and that you are now looking ahead to the second half of the racing season. My wife loves fireworks so I made sure that we spent the last three nights finding the best displays in the area and we are definitely spoiled here in Mount Pleasant. The city had a great display at McMillan Park on Saturday night, then on Sunday evening the Country Club with the support of John and Kim Wright puts on a display that rivals any festival in a big city such as Chicago or Kansas City. With the focus on being at these fireworks displays, it does keep me away from the race tracks generally on the Fourth though which seems wierd because as I was growing up the tracks were the place to be for both racing and fireworks.
I'm ready now for a big week ahead with my focus on the annual Harris Clash at the Knoxville Raceway. Tuesday night will feature the IMCA Modifieds while on Wednesday night the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models will be in action along with the IMCA Sport Mods. Thursday night will serve as a rain date for the Tuesday show if needed and unfortunately it looks as though Mother Nature has parked a stationary front over the area for the week ahead. My best advice is to ignore the forecast and keep an eye on the radar instead. We had an 80% chance of heavy rain here on Sunday and it did nothing more than sprinkle for a few minutes during the middle of the day. Yes, there will be rain falling in Iowa this week, but if it is not on the racetrack you'll miss out on a great show if you stay home. (Note: Shortly after posting this blog entry I learned that there has been a change in the schedule for the Harris Clash due to the heavy rain and the forecast for more. The Modified portion has been moved to Thursday night and they are still trying to decide what to do with the Late Model and Sport Mod show) There are some other options as well this week including the rescheduled Summer Spectacular at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City on Tuesday night, the UMP SummerNationals are at Spoon River Speedway Wednesday night and the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders headline the Davis County Fair race at Bloomfield on Thursday night. And those are just the ones in my driving range, make sure that you check the Specials Calendar to see what is going on near you.
I stopped doing the All Iowa Points back in the middle of the 2000 season for two reasons. One was that I was so busy with the NKF Tour and two was that the results in Hawkeye Racing News became more sparse as tracks were not doing a good job feeding the paper any more with the new wave of the internet. After starting the Points up again in 2006 I now have this six year gap that needs to be filled so this past winter I made Barry Johnson dig into his archives to pull out all of the old papers from 2000 through 2005 thinking that I could get all six years done before the start of this season. I found that it would be a much more time consuming project than I thought and I actually gave up and took the papers back to him about six weeks later. Now I'm asking for them back and when the 2010 season starts winding down I'll get back to the project with a much more realistic schedule in mind. But for now, let's go back ten years in time and take a look at how the All Iowa Points stood in early June of 2000.
Late Model
1 Gary Webb Blue Grass 27
2 Jeff Aikey Cedar Falls 24
3 Gary Russell Biggsville IL 21
4 Kyle Berck Marquette NE 20
5 Steve Boley West Liberty 20
6 Mark Burgtorf Quincy IL 19
7 Chris Smyser Lancaster MO 18
8 Rob Toland Hillsdale IL 17
9 Terry Gallaher New London MO 17
10 Rick Wages Moline IL 16
11 Jason Friesen Sutton NE 15
12 Terry Schlipman Mendon IL 15
13 Darrell DeFrance Marshalltown 14
14 Kurt Stewart Ainsworth 14
15 Denny Eckrich Coralville 13
16 Joe Kosiski Omaha NE 13
17 Curt Martin Independence 12
18 Greg Kastli Waterloo 12
19 Denny Woodworth Mendon IL 11
20 Gary Wilson Frankford MO 11
21 Mike Smith Jewell 11
22 Boone McLaughlin Mediapolis 10
23 Denny Osborn Cedar Falls 10
24 Steve Kosiski Omaha NE 10
25 Thad Trump Kahoka MO 10
26 Darin Burco Independence 9
27 Todd Bennett Peoria IL 9
28 Brent Slocum Burlington 8
29 Ed Kosiski Omaha NE 8
30 Kurt Kile West Liberty 8
31 Mark Wyman Griswold 8
32 Randy Wages Moline IL 8
33 Rick Wendling Hazelton 8
34 Tom Svoboda David City NE 8
35 John Anderson Omaha NE 7
36 Todd Cooney Des Moines 7
37 Bob Moore Sioux City 6
38 Chris Spieker Massena 6
39 Terry Golder Hooper NE 6
40 Thad Wilson Moline IL 6
41 Tommy Elston Keokuk 6
42 Ace Ihm Kieler WI 5
43 Bill Martin Council Bluffs 5
44 Bob Dominacki Bettendorf 5
45 Brian Birkhofer Muscatine 5
46 Darren Miller Chadwick IL 5
47 Jamie Wilson Quincy IL 5
48 Kevin Scheff Port Byron IL 5
49 Randy Faux Earlham 5
50 Ron Gustaf Moline IL 5
51 Terry Neal Ely 5
Modified
1 Kevin Pittman Waterloo 43
2 Danny Wallace Des Moines 34
3 John Logue Boone 33
4 Jeff Gorman Ogden 30
5 Ron Barker Dubuque 24
6 Mark Noble Blooming Prairie MN 23
7 Mark Wyman Griswold 23
8 Rod Scheuremann Scranton 22
9 Jim Lynch Bloomfield 21
10 Kevin Stoa Kasson MN 20
11 Rich Lewerke Garner 20
12 Ricky Stephan South Sioux City NE 20
13 Adam Larson Ames 19
14 Rick Gustin Marshalltown 19
15 Corey Dripps Cedar Falls 18
16 Jeff Schroyer Marshalltown 18
17 Darin Duffy Hazelton 17
18 Mike Hejna Clear Lake 17
19 Scott Boles New London 17
20 Troy Cordes Raymond 16
21 John Bull Rock Island IL 15
22 Ken Bryant Ottumwa 15
23 Mark Burgtorf Quincy IL 15
24 Robbie Schmuecker Vinton 15
25 Vance Wilson Bowling Green MO 15
26 Joe College Earlham 14
27 Chad Waples Sioux City 13
28 Dave Farren Des Moines 13
29 Kelly Meyer Big Rock 13
30 Robbie Verbeck Annawan IL 13
31 Scott Megonigle Cedar Rapids 13
32 Terry Pruitt Redfield 13
33 Todd Holman Ottumwa 13
34 Bruce Hanford Davenport 12
35 Jeff Morris McCausland 12
36 Mark Widmar Ottumwa 12
37 Terry Walker Riverside 12
38 Darin Thye Burlington 11
39 Greg Peck Sioux City 11
40 Jeff Walker Davenport 11
41 Larry Herring Lone Tree 11
42 Mike Garland Sterling IL 11
43 Pat Graham Ames 11
44 Bryan Behning Davenport 10
45 Dan Bohr Decorah 10
46 Doug Lenth Colona IL 10
47 Jason Schueller Dubuque 10
48 Jay Noteboom Hinton 10
49 Jim Vest Wellman 10
50 Kendall Sather Ankeny 10
51 Mike Jensen Sioux City 10
52 Roy Pestka Wilton 10
53 Tim Anderson Long Grove 10
54 Troy Folkerts Albia 10
Stock Cars
1 Jeff Anderson Atlantic 38
2 Brian Tank New Hampton 26
3 Mark Elliott Webster City 26
4 Scott Bauer Riceville 26
5 Scott Bloemke Belmond 24
6 Ron Konkel New Albin 23
7 Jeff Wollam Marshalltown 22
8 Steve Jackson Des Moines 22
9 Brant Fuhs Eldon 21
10 Brian Blessington Breda 21
11 Skeeter Paris Boone 18
12 Milo Veloz Jr. Colona IL 17
13 Rob Henry Colona IL 17
14 Todd Inman Des Moines 17
15 Jeff Ellsworth Boone 16
16 Todd Foster Webster City 16
17 Craig Gray 15
18 Dana Wells Moscow 15
19 Dave Clark Maquoketa 15
20 Tony Trower New Hampton 14
21 Keith Conroy Jefferson 13
22 Mike Robinson Moravia 13
23 Bill Johnson Sioux City 12
24 C.J. Ormsby Moscow 12
25 Dan Trimble Fairbank 12
26 Dan Welp East Dubuque IL 12
27 Dan Woods Colona IL 12
28 Ed Anderson Marshalltown 12
29 Jake Grathwohl East Chain MN 12
30 Jeff Dolphin 12
31 Pete Hutzell State Center 12
32 Scott Carlson Council Bluffs 12
33 Andy Eckrich Cosgrove 11
34 Cliff Gray Waterloo 11
35 Cody Miller 11
36 Jim Redman Lockridge 11
37 Joe Stewart Blair NE 11
38 Mark Smyser Lancaster MO 11
39 Ryan Vicker Creston 11
40 Todd Hansen Exira 11
41 Travis Thornton Rhodes 11
42 Brad Holtkamp Mt. Pleasant 10
43 Brian Bushong Colona IL 10
44 Craig Berhow Belmond 10
45 Davey Elliott Muscatine 10
46 Don Killen Des Moines 10
47 Dwaine Hasson Rock Island IL 10
48 Jason Wagoner Iowa Falls 10
49 Jim Lynch Bloomfield 10
50 Kerry Kierscht Denison 10
51 Matt Gilchrist Grandview 10
52 Tim Baker Winterset 10
Pro Stock
1 Norman Bean Muscatine 15
2 Bobby Sexton West Branch 14
3 John Anderson Omaha NE 13
4 John Maher West Branch 13
5 Chris Morris Glenwood 12
6 Tom Hanson Vinton 11
7 Leon Zeitner Omaha NE 10
8 Dan Higdon Vinton 9
9 Jeremiah Hurst Dubuque 9
10 John Irwin Lost Nation 9
11 Roger Ciesielski Waterloo 9
Limited Mods
1 Larry Cook Fort Dodge 21
2 Gary Dreyer Fowler IL 18
3 Lance Gardner 15
4 Alex Webner Garner 14
5 Brian Wendel Clarence 14
6 Joe Hooper Camp Point IL 13
7 Arvin Sidles Emmetsburg 12
8 Brad Willier 11
9 Mike Meyer 11
10 Steve Inman 11
Hobby Stocks
1 Dan Hanselman Algona 32
2 Jeff Zehr Manson 31
3 Kris Walker Oskaloosa 28
4 Damon Murty Chelsea 26
5 Randy Embrey Granger 24
6 Richie Gustin Marshalltown 24
7 Dan Jones Waukon 23
8 John Oliver Burlington 23
9 Kent Husted Sioux City 23
10 Terry Shaffer State Center 23
11 Ryan Griffith Webster City 22
12 Scott Anderson Mason City 19
13 John Davis Altoona 17
14 Brad Tursic Ottumwa 15
15 Jason Schlangen Cresco 14
16 Jeff Griffiths Ottumwa 14
17 Orville Gilbert Tama 14
18 Jamie Ayers Dumont 13
19 Keith Williamson Bondurant 13
20 Larry Embrey Granger 13
21 Rob Hughes Humboldt 13
22 Steve Curtis Des Moines 13
23 Allen Dixon Webster City 12
24 David Smith Lake City 12
25 Lynn Panos Protivin 12
26 Matt Krieger Burlington 12
27 Donavon Smith Lake City 11
28 Harley Hill Kahoka MO 11
29 Jason Daniels 11
30 Jim Lampe Carroll 11
31 Mike Albertson Audubon 11
32 Terry Dulin Vinton 11
33 Tim Murty Tama 11
34 Andy Bryant Clemons 10
35 Devin Guyer Clermont 10
36 Don Pataska Green Island 10
37 Doug McCollough Webster City 10
38 Junior Boyer St. Lucas 10
39 Rick Ringenberg Kelley 10
40 Terry Cornelison Boone 10
41 Dan Ross Reading MN 9
42 Earl Webner Garner 9
43 Jason Mallicoat Boone 9
44 Jason Minnehan Churdan 9
45 Jerry Bliesener Burlington 9
46 Johnny Smith Winfield 9
47 Justin Temeyer Independence 9
48 Mark Neal Sioux City 9
49 Matt Horner Aredale 9
50 Blaire Benzing Waterville 8
51 Chad Hallahan Dubuque 8
52 Chris Webb Biggsville IL 8
53 Dewey Willuweit 8
54 Jeff Roete Oelwein 8
55 Jeff Vsetecka Cresco 8
56 Jeremy Dooley Promise City 8
57 Steve Mehlman Crescent 8
58 Stoney Leonard Ladora 8
59 Tully Beeghly Conrad 8
410 Sprints
1 Danny Lasoski Dover MO 18
2 Sammy Swindell Bartlett TN 13
3 Steve Kinser Bloomington IN 13
4 Terry McCarl Altoona 10
5 Joey Saldana Brownsburg IN 8
6 Mark Kinser Bloomington IN 8
7 Matt Moro Des Moines 7
8 Jeff Mitrisin Oskaloosa 5
9 Johnny Herrera Albuquerque NM 5
10 Manny Rockhold Pekin IL 4
360 Sprints
1 Tim St. Arnold Des Moines 13
2 Jake Peters Sioux Falls SD 12
3 Ryan Jamison Mediapolis 11
4 Don Droud Jr. Lincoln NE 9
5 Doran Doty Des Moines 8
6 Randy Plath Stonghurst IL 7
7 Tyson Hart Monmouth IL 7
8 Bruce Divis Lincoln NE 5
9 David Hesmer Marshalltown 5
10 Jeff Nehring New London 5
11 John Kearney Valley Falls KS 5
12 Randy Droescher Larchwood 5
13 Todd Taeger Burlington 5
14 Tony Norem 5
15 Wade Nygaard Fargo ND 5
Keep checking in this Fall and in the offseason as this project unfolds.
Hope to see you at the track, Be Positive and Support The Sport!
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