Saturday Morning Notebook April 30 2011

Looking through race stories and comments on the forums it appears that several Friday night tracks in the area had yellow fever last evening. I think we forget just how much a strong and persistent wind effects tracks conditions......410 Sprints are alive and well in west central Illinois. Twenty-five cars at Jacksonville's opener last night with the veteran Jim Moughan taking the win......Billy Moyer returned to his native state to earn ten grand at Farley last night and he will look to double that tonight in West Liberty. Seven-time All Iowa Points champ Ron Barker won the IMCA Modified main event.....New Mexico's Johnny Scott topped a field of 53 USMTS Modifieds at Outlaw Motor Speedway in Muskogee, Oklahoma.....Jill George used a provisional and finished 20th in the World of Outlaw Late Model show won by Darrell Lanigan in Hartford, Michigan. George is currently 17th in series points......short notebook today, several area tracks hosting their openers tonight and others holding their second, third, fourth or in the case of Boone, fifth race of the season. While I'm celebrating the 50th birthday of a friend tonight I hope that you are able to take in some action at the speedway of your choice. Enjoy!