I wanted to try something out of the norm and we've not used TBARA and the ARCA Trucks in a while so ....


Thur 6/26
USMTS Mods - Casino Speedway
http://www.usmts.com/points/greatplains.asp


Friday 6/27
NCRA LMs - Hutchinson Raceway Park
http://www.ncraracing.org/LateModelPoints.htm


Sat 6/28
TBARA Sprints - Citrus County Speedway
http://www.tbara.com/points/points.shtml

ARCA Trucks - Cayuga Motor Speedway
http://www.arcaracing.com/points_lincoln.cfm


USMTS:
NCRA:
TBARA:
ARCA:

USMTS: Kelly Shryock
NCRA: John Anderson
TBARA: Dave Steele
ARCA: Robbin Slaughter

USMTS: Justin Boney
NCRA: Kelly Boen
TBARA: Dude Teate
ARCA: Steve Christman

I waited as long as I could for others to pick before me, but today is the day of the first race and i'm going to be away today and needed to get my picks in just in case I don't make it back in time. 1 eye or whoever else, please feel free to still pick if you would like.

USMTS: Zack VanderBeek
NCRA: Kyle Berck
TBARA: Troy DeCaire
ARCA: Paul Hahn

Thanks Shogun, been a busy week.......I'm in Daytona next 2 weeks so hopefully I can find a 'puter while I'm there........maybe the library.



USMTS - Al Hejna

NCRA - Delbert Smith

TBARA - Mark Gimmler

ARCA - Nick Gullatta

Sounds like fun, are you going to the Coke Zero 400 while you are there?

No ticket at the moment, but I'll go top the track and hit the scalpers up at the last minute and hopefully get in for 20 bucks. It's pretty much been my method of operation for the last ten years. I'm also at the point where I'm liking the Bromo race as much if not more than the cup race. It's really cool to be able to see the whole road course from your seat. I wish the cup race was run on the road course. The IROC race they ran there (2 years ago now I think) was a wonderful race, just too short.

Well good luck and have fun while you are there

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Race 1/4 - USMTS
WATERTOWN, S.D. – People often refer to “home field” advantage when a driver gets to compete at his hometown track, but sometimes the pressure can be even greater than normal.

Such was the case for Jon Tesch Thursday night at the Casino Speedway in his hometown of Watertown, S.D.

Tesch, a three-time track champion (1998, 2000-01) at Casino Speedway, captured the O’Reilly USMTS National Tour main event two years ago at the 3/8-mile clay oval but spun out on the first lap of the Holley "A" Main last year and wound up last in front of family, friends and sponsors. Another Watertown racer, Scott Ward, won the race.

Tesch was in the spotlight again Thursday, but this time he shined brightly.

After starting ninth, Tesch chased down race-long leader Kelly Shryock on lap 33, then paced the final seven laps to send the standing-room-only Casino Speedway crowd into a frenzy with his late-race pass and narrow victory in the 4th Annual Team Electronics Summer Slam. The win was worth $2,000 to Tesch, who became a first-time father less than two months ago and turned 32 years old last week.

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (9)
2. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (3)......mccracefan1...9/9
3. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Westville, OK (2)
4. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (5).......1.eyed.jack...7/7
5. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (4)...Shogun...6/6
6. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (6)
7. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (12)
8. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (7)
9. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (11)
10. 57 - Chad Williamson -- Watertown, SD (20)
11. 20r - Bryan Rowland -- Woodward, OK (18) -1 Lap
12. 37 - Scott Ward -- Watertown, SD (8) -1 Lap
13. 9 - Kent Arment -- Aberdeen, SD (13) -1 Lap
14. M80 - Jim Mathieson -- Sioux City, IA (23)
15. 72 - Mike Lineberry -- Fremont, NE (24)
16. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (1) DNF
17. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (14) DNF
18. 3a - Arne Anderson -- Watertown, SD (21) DNF
19. 20 - Anthony Mann -- Luverne, MN (15) DNF
20. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (10) DNF
21. 7n - Jay Noteboom -- Hinton, IA (16) DNF
22. 13 - Ryan Engels -- Arlington, SD (22) DNF
23. 83 - Joe Waba -- Watertown, SD (19) DNF
24. 11c - Chris Prussman -- Brookings, SD (17) DNF

Justin Boney - PainterDude...0/0 (Not there)


http://www.usmts.com/news_article.asp?NewsID=5212

Dag nabbit!...I had Tesch in the cooler and I threw him back for Hejna.......oh well, at least I got 7 points.

LOL I almost took him too. I had forgotten he was from that area or I would have for sure used him.

And I am kicking myself in the *** for picking Boney instead of my other thought, Vanderbeek.

I'm kind of surprised that neither of the Boneys were not there. It looks like the person doing the website for Justin is using the page for past race Results instead of his '08 Schedule as it is titled.
http://www.boneymotorsports.net/schedule.html

At least the person doing Dustin's is right because it shows were he is planning to race.
http://www.dustinboneyracing.com/schedule.html

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Losing 5 of 6 race to Mother Nature sucks!

Race 2/4
O'Reilly NCRA Late Model Show at Hutchinson Raceway Park Rained Out
PARK CITY, Kan. (June 27, 2008) - Friday nights O'Reilly NCRA Late Model Series presented by ICM/Ethanol event at Hutchinson Raceway Park has been rained out. The race will be made up on August 29.
Rain has washout five of the six late model shows this season. Even last weeks two-day event at Lucas Oil Speedway was shortened to a one-day event due to rain on the opening night.

http://www.ncraracing.org/index.htm

I try to pick high in the point standings as the top five or ten teams usually show up to the events.

I've been checking the TBARA site all day, it looks like they are a tad slow at posting race results and news.

Race 3/4
ARCA Trucks
FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 7 31 Nick Gullatta/Cleveland OH Thomson Automotive-Mr. Heater-Enerco Chevrolet 50 Running....1.eyed.jack... 12/19
2 3 23 Mike Young/Toledo OH Dave White Chevrolet 50 Running
3 6 7 Paul Hahn/Canton MI Hahn's Powder Coating-Fox Auto Parts-Howe Racing Chevy 50 Running..........Shogun...8/14
4 1 15 Duane Bischoff/St. Leon IN Valvoline Oil-Hoosier Foreign Auto Service Ford 50 Running
5 4 19 Steve Christman/Fort Wayne IN Bagman Racing Chassis-R&B;Fabrication Chevrolet 50 Running...PainterDude...6/6
6 14 16 Ash Hawkins/Canfield OH A&K;Racing Chevrolet 50 Running
7 9 57 Bill Withers/Columbus OH Mannings-Tubular Techniques-Hall Electronics-Wachholz Ford 50 Running
8 13 22 Tim Schafer/Canfield OH Sprinkler Fitters Union 669-Baird Brothers Sawmill Chevrolet 50 Running
9 10 10 Tully Esterline/Pettisville OH University of Toledo-Rupp Seeds Chevrolet 50 Running
10 11 30 Brad Yunker/Maumee OH Owens Community College-Champion Credit Union Chevrolet 50 Running
11 5 21 Norm Weaver/Clarksburg WV Dan Cava Toyota-Safety Clean-Lifeguard Medical Tacoma 49 Running
12 12 00 Mark Otting/Plainwell MI Tri County Fuels-Mycogen Seeds Chevrolet 49 Running
13 8 1 Robbin Slaughter/Grove City OH Ed & Company Racing Supplies Chevrolet 44 Running.......mccracefan1...0/9
14 15 0 Paul Vanderhoff/Morenci MI Archbold Elevators Chevrolet 41 Running
15 2 52 Kenny Kirsch, Sr./West Harrison IN Kirsch's Automotive Chevrolet 3 Accident

http://www.arcaracing.com/schedule_lincoln.cfm?contentid=1243

Nice week 1 Eye, I just barely nipped you at the line. Try to find a .net connection on your trip so you can pick with us this next week.

Race 4/4
TBARA Feature (30 laps)
1. Joey Aguilar,
2. Shane Butler,
3. Troy DeCaire,.........Shogun...8/22
4. Bo Hartley,
5. Dude Teate,.....PainterDude...6/12
6. Larry Brazil,
7. Dakotah Stephens,
8. Todd Schmidt,
9. Mickey Kempgens,
10. Mark Gimmler,...1.eyed.jack...1/20
11. Wendy Mathis,
12. Sonny Hartley,
13. David Retzlaff,
14. Steve Hiesler,
15. D.J. Hoelzle,
16. Michael Smith,
17. Brad Davis,
18. Tommy Nichols,
19. Bobby Rose,
20. Curtis Sutton,
21. Brian Maddox.

Dave Steele - mccracefan1 ...0/9 (Not there)

http://www.tbara.com/news/121479283542453.shtml

Point Standings - Week 19:
Shogun 198/22/220
PainterDude 157/12/169....+1
mcracefan1 158.5/9/167.5
AlMac 88/np/88
1.eyed.jack 47/20/67....+1
born4racing 66/np/66
the _fos 35/np/35
TommySalami 21/8/29
Dirt Demon 27/np/27

dang, threw back Larry Brazil as well......no more second guessing my first intuitions.....

Woooohoooooo.....picked my first winner

trust me, if I can find a way to post, I'll be here.