I'm Liking The Looks of This!

It has been a busy Holiday season as Christine and I were fortunate to have all three of our children home for a full week, but in between the festivities I have been able to begin compiling the 2013 Specials schedule that you will soon find on the Calendar page at Positively Racing. Our webmistress Sue will be posting it soon and make sure that you check back often for updates as more tracks and series release their schedules for the upcoming season.

I love it when tracks take a risk and schedule for races early in the season in hope that the winter weather will be gone and will allow for such events and you can usually count on the United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS) to be a part of some of those early specials here in the upper Midwest. That is definitely the case for 2013 as the USMTS will be at the Humboldt Speedway on Friday night March 8th and then will come even farther north to Valley Speedway just west of Kansas City on Saturday March 9th.

Race fans, including me will be seeing a lot of Mike Van Genderen this year as he will handle the promotional duties at Oskaloosa, Donnellson and Webster City on a weekly basis, plus he will promote a few special events at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri. And that first event at Memphis will be an early season twinbill on Friday and Saturday March 22nd and 23rd.

As much as I enjoy early season races, I also love it when we can race until the snow flies and Van Genderen has lined a up a schedule that will allow me to go racing every weekend in October without driving more than 75 miles from my home! The first weekend is the Fall Challenge at Oskaloosa, the second weekend in October is the Fall Extravaganza at Donnellson, the Memphis Fall Nationals will be held the third weekend of the month and the annual Shiverfest event will close out the month on October 26th at the Lee County Speedway.

As I look at the schedule for another track that is close to my home, I just have to say "wow" when it comes to what 34 Raceway near Burlington has to offer in 2013. How about this lineup just to start the season?

March 30th - Sprint Invaders
April 6th - Brent Slocum Memorial for the Deery Brothers Series paying $5,000-to-win
April 13th - MOWA 410 Sprint Cars
April 20th - Corn Belt Clash/UMP Late Models

Then later on in the schedule you get the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars, the UMP Summer Nationals, USAC Non-Wing Sprints, more Sprint Invaders and more MOWA 410 Sprints! This should be a stellar season at 34 Raceway!

Oskaloosa will once a gain provide a Wednesday night racing opportunity beginning early in the season as the track will host the IMCA Frostbuster on April 3rd and then on the following Wednesday night, the 10th, the Sprint Invaders will come to town.

Two new events to the schedule this year are the $10,000-to-win Modified shows that will apparently not include cars that are running the crate motors as the After Market Nationals will be at the Farley Speedway on July 3rd and 4th and the World Modified Nationals will be held at the Marshalltown Speedway on September 20th and 21st. Both events should generate plenty of discussion leading up to them and will likely draw huge fields of cars for the big money. Very interesting.....

Friday night racing in Independence? The track that is known for its solid Saturday night IMCA weekly program will hold two Friday night events in 2013 with the first being on April 19th as the Sprint Invaders will make their first appearance there and then again on September 20th as the Deery Brothers Summer Series will headline along with a $2,000-to-win Stock Car show.

While scanning through the Missouri tracks I noted that the West Plains Motor Speedway will open its season with a four-day show April 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th that will pay $10,000-to-win for the B-Mods and I also see that Phil and Judy Santie have announced their retirement and their Malden Speedway is for sale with a price tag of $375,000. Now if I can just win that lottery!

Summary of Champions; Plus Tennessee and South Carolina Late Model Points

With the full rundown for both Tennessee and South Carolina below I have completed my rundown of the Dirt Late Model Points for all of the states that I choose to track. As a summary here is a listing of all of the 2012 state champions, drivers that I would like to see in one big feature race somehwere to determine the best of the warriors who race the weekly shows and the specials.

Alabama: Jason Hiett
Arizona: R.C. Whitwell
Arkansas: Billy Moyer Jr.
California: Jeff Decker
Delaware: Ricky Elliott
Florida: Mark Whitener
Georgia: David McCoy
Illinois: Kevin Weaver
Indiana: Greg Johnson
Iowa: Ray Guss Jr.
Kansas: Gary Gorby
Kentucky: Brandon Fouts and Jamie Ferguson
Louisiana: Bubba Mullins
Maryland: Jamie Lathroum
Michigan: Brandon Thirlby
Minnesota: Zach Johnson
Mississippi: Doug Showah
Missouri: Jason Russell
Nebraska: Kyle Berck
New York: Dutch Davies
North Carolina: Shaun Harrell
North Dakota: Brad Seng
Ohio: George Lee
Oklahoma: Jesse Stovall
Pennsylvania: Jeff Rine
South Carolina: Billy Rushton
South Dakota: David McDonald
Tennessee: Terry English
Texas: Patrik Daniel
Virginia: Keith Jackson
West Virginia: Rick Williams
Wisconsin: Russ Scheffler

		Tennessee
		Late Model	Final
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Terry English	Benton KY	79
2	.	Billy Ogle Jr.	Knoxville	77
3	.	Carnell Parker III	Clarksville	69
4	.	Daniel Miller	Shelbyville	60
5	.	Caleb Ashby	Cunningham	56
6	.	David Brannon	Elora	44
7	.	Tanner English	Benton KY	40
8	.	Ray Cook	Brasstown NC	38
9	.	Corey Posey	Petersburg	36
10	.	Vic Hill	Mosheim	36
11	.	Charles Zimmerman	Cunningham	32
12	.	Eric Hickerson	Linden	31
13	.	David Jackson		30
14	.	Shannon Davis	Estill Springs	30
15	.	Josh Putnam	Killen AL	28
16	.	Dustin Butler		26
17	.	Ben Kittrell		25
18	.	Jeff Walston	Paducah KY	25
19	.	Corey Holmes		23
20	.	Riley Hickman	Ooltewah	22
21	.	Dillan White	Crofton KY	21
22	.	Tim Busha	Boaz AL	21
23	.	Dale McDowell	Rossville GA	20
24	.	Mark Fields	Lawrenceburg	20
25	.	Scott Cook	Shelbyville	20
26	.	Chris Madden	Gray Court SC	19
27	.	David Gentry	Lewisburg	19
28	.	Jay Scott		19
29	.	Seth McCormick		18
30	.	Chris Shelton		17
31	.	Tommy Kerr	Maryville	17
32	.	Brad Skinner		16
33	.	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg	16
34	.	Jay Brinkley	Raus	15
35	.	Ray McElhiney	Pulaski	15
36	.	Alan Holmes		14
37	.	Steve Smith	Knoxville	14
38	.	Jason Riggs		13
39	.	Todd Morrow	Oldfort	13
40	.	Larry Greer		12
41	.	Mark Gant		12
42	.	Randy Weaver	Crossville	12
43	.	Chad Ogle	Sevierville	11
44	.	Chad Winkles	Falkville	11
45	.	Jerry Owens		11
46	.	Mike Marlar	Winfield	11
47	.	Skip Arp	Georgetown	11
48	.	David Crabtree	Maryville	10
49	.	Jeff Weaver		10
50	.	Jimmy Owens	Newport	10
51	.	Chuck Proctor	Charlotte	9
52	.	Jerry Ashley		9
53	.	Josh Johnson		9
54	.	Mitchell Lingauer		9
55	.	Steven Ashby	Cunningham	9
56	.	Brett Miller	Greeneville	8
57	.	Bryan Singleton		8
58	.	Cale Finley		8
59	.	Jesse Stovall	Galena MO	8
60	.	Pierce McCarter		8
61	.	Ronny Lee Hollingsworth	Newport AL	8
62	.	Casey Roberts	Toccoa GA	7
63	.	Clayton Miller		7
64	.	Dennis Erb Jr.	Carpentersville IL	7
65	.	Don O'Neal	Martinsville IN	7
66	.	Jason McBride	Carbondale IL	7
67	.	Jason Trammell		7
68	.	Jason Welshan	Greenback	7
69	.	Jeff Walker	McMinnville	7
70	.	Mark Haddon	Estill Springs	7
71	.	Ronnie Johnson	Chattanooga	7
72	.	Rusty Ballenger		7
73	.	Brad Lowe		6
74	.	Brian Shirley	Chatham IL	6
75	.	David Turner	Creighton MO	6
76	.	Dewayne Kiefer	St. Genevieve MO	6
77	.	Lamar Scoggins	Cleveland	6
78	.	Mark Vineyard	Powell	6
79	.	Michael Greer		6
80	.	Michael Zimmerman		6
81	.	Walker Arthur	Forest VA	6
82	.	Brad Glass		5
83	.	Brad Hall		5
84	.	Brad Neat	Dunville KY	5
85	.	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin IL	5
86	.	Brandon Williams		5
87	.	Bub McCool	Vicksburg MS	5
88	.	Chase King		5
89	.	Chris Wilson		5
90	.	Dustin Linville	Bryantsville KY	5
91	.	Eric Cooley		5
92	.	John Minon Jr,		5
93	.	Josh Collins		5
94	.	Keith Lovvorn		5
95	.	Mike Weeks	Friendsville	5
96	.	Phillip Nichols		5
97	.	Ryan King		5
98	.	Scott Gardner		5
99	.	Shannon Babb	Mowequa	5
100	.	Tony Jackson Jr.	Lebanon MO	5
101	.	Travis Fultz		5
102	.	Adam Beeler		4
103	.	Greg Johnson	Bedford IN	4
104	.	Jim Moon	Mount Auburn IL	4
105	.	Josh Henry	Newport	4
106	.	Klint Byars	Carrollton MS	4
107	.	Robby Reagan		4
108	.	Robert Stutts		4
109	.	Ruben Mayfield		4
110	.	Shannon Bearden		4
111	.	Tony Chaney		4
112	.	Tony Morris	Murfeesboro	4
113	.	Bobby Mayse		3
114	.	Brandon King		3
115	.	Clint Nichols		3
116	.	Darrell Lanigan	Union KY	3
117	.	David Siebers		3
118	.	Derek Ellis	Chatsworth GA	3
119	.	Donald Johns		3
120	.	Gavin Schmidt		3
121	.	Ivedent Lloyd Jr.	Ocala FL	3
122	.	Jacob Grizzle	Blairsville GA	3
123	.	Kennie Compton Jr.	Bland VA	3
124	.	Kevin Lovvorn		3
125	.	Matt Potter		3
126	.	Patrick Duggan		3
127	.	Randy Gifford		3
128	.	Skylar Marlar	Winfield	3
129	.	Wendell Wallace	Greenbriar AR	3
130	.	William Burns		3
131	.	William Thomas	Phenix City AL	3
132	.	Chris Riggs		2
133	.	Clint Smith	Senoia GA	2
134	.	Cody Martin		2
135	.	Dillon Wood	New Smyrna Beach FL	2
136	.	Dingus Griffin	Alexandria AL	2
137	.	Don Young		2
138	.	Jake Knowles	Tyrone GA	2
139	.	Jake Roach		2
140	.	Jamie Lathroum	Mechanicsville MD	2
141	.	Jason Feger	Bloomington IL	2
142	.	Jerry Coffman		2
143	.	Jesse Lowe		2
144	.	Jody Horton		2
145	.	John Blankenship	Williamson WV	2
146	.	John Flowers		2
147	.	Johnny Chastain	Murphy NC	2
148	.	Keith Chapman		2
149	.	Perry Delaney		2
150	.	Randy Judge		2
151	.	Tomcat McClung		2
152	.	Aaron Ridley	Chatsworth GA	1
153	.	Clint Carter		1
154	.	D.J. Myers	Greencastle PA	1
155	.	Earl Pearson Jr.	Jacksonville FL	1
156	.	Eddie Pace		1
157	.	Jason Clayton		1
158	.	Jeff Maupin	Greeneville	1
159	.	John Owenby		1
160	.	Jon Miller		1
161	.	Joseph Lingauer		1
162	.	Justin Taylor		1
163	.	Kent Robinson	Bloomington IN	1
164	.	Mark Douglas	Knoxville	1
165	.	Matt Henderson		1
166	.	Michael Neighbors		1
167	.	R.C. Whitwell	Tucson AZ	1
168	.	Randy Welch		1
169	.	Ross Camponovo	Clarksdale MS	1
170	.	Ross White	Knoxville	1
171	.	Rudder Harper		1
172	.	Ryan Gifford	Winchester	1
173	.	Scott Mueller		1
174	.	Mark Green		1
175	.	Jackson Hill		1
176	.	B.J. Sanders		1

		South Carolina
		Late Model	Final
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Billy Rushton	Hodges	55
2	.	Larry Timms	Hodges	49
3	.	Mike Measamer	Clinton	28
4	.	Frank Coates	Hodges	27
5	.	Casey Roberts	Toccoa GA	22
6	.	Johnny Pursley	Clover	22
7	.	David McCoy	Franklin NC	16
8	.	Deano Long		16
9	.	Chris Lyons	Laurens	14
10	.	Jared Landers	Batesville AR	14
11	.	Chris Madden	Gray Court	13
12	.	Dennis Franklin	Gaffney	12
13	.	Ross Bailes	Clover	10
14	.	Luke Roffers	Concord NC	9
15	.	Parker Herring	Hartwell GA	9
16	.	Steve Francis	Ashland KY	9
17	.	Steve Shaver	Vienna WV	9
18	.	Kenny Collins	Colbert GA	8
19	.	Ricky Weeks	Rutherfordton NC	8
20	.	Ethan Hunter	Tiger GA	7
21	.	Mike Marlar	Winfield KY	7
22	.	Terry Bullard	Saluda	7
23	.	Dale McDowell	Rossville GA	6
24	.	Jeff Smith	Dallas NC	6
25	.	Stephan Segers	Colbert GA	6
26	.	Jay Sessoms	Stanley NC	5
27	.	Mike Gault	Gaffney	5
28	.	Billy Thompson		4
29	.	Donald Bradsher	Burlington NC	4
30	.	Dustin Mitchell	Pine Level NC	4
31	.	John Pursley	Clover	3
32	.	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville GA	3
33	.	Kenny Rominger Jr.		3
34	.	Brandon Overton	Appling GA	2
35	.	Clayton Turner		2
36	.	Gary Mabe	Danbury NC	2
37	.	Jason Womack		2
38	.	Riley Hickman	Ooltewah TN	2
39	.	Tony Quarles	Greenwood	2
40	.	Hot Rod Lamance		1
41	.	Ivedent Lloyd	Ocala FL	1
42	.	Kevin Wilson		1
43	.	Lance Moss		1
44	.	Randy Dillard		1
45	.	Scott Autry	Fayetteville NC	1
46	.	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg TN	1
47	.	Thomas Hedgpath	Columbia	1
48	.	Travis Yow	Fayetteville NC	1