POSTED JUNE 8 , 2003

JASON SCHAEFER won his 2^nd Mini Stock feature of the season on a rainy Sunday night at the Mottville Speedway as he handled the wet track well and won the 15 lapper over season points leader Eric Root, leading rookie Glenna Sargent and Todd Behlke. In the heat it was Schaefer over Root and Behlke. Sargent moved to 2^nd in the season point standings.

Charley Krontz won his 2^nd street stock feature in a row as he took the 15 lapper over season points leader Robert Sutton. Sutton won the heat on a extremely wet track! Krontz moved to 4^th in the season point standings.

Pro Stock season points leader Paul Scott won his 12^th feature of the season in a 15 lap victory over Jeff Brunt and Leonard Roberts. Results were the same in the heat.

Two time Mini Thunder Car  defending champion and current season points leader Fred Garrett just beat Derk Sargent across the finish line for his 20^th feature win of the season! Richard Allbee was 3^rd and 12 year old Andrew Behlke 4^th.

Andrew Behlke also drove a kart for the first time this season and won the 10 lap feature over TJ Behlke. In the heat it was TJ over Andrew. Andrew is a previous kart season points champion.

This Saturday night the Short Track Truck Challenge Series will come to Mottville for the first time ever! Gates will open at 5:30 and racing action begins at 7. Sunday all father’s will receive a free hot dog and soft drink with racing starting at 6 pm.

After raining in the early morning the rains went away until about 5:15 pm. After that it was small periods of light rain and then sun. By the time of the last feature the track was starting to dry in spots! When we get this kind of weather we just do the best we can. We run and pay as well as we can and go on as we feel it beats not running at all!

Considering the weather we had a decent car count! One MS and 2 karts came but stayed in the parking lot and then left due to the weather but those drivers who stayed and raced seemed to enjoy it. As is usually the case when the track is wet no car was crashed at all! But we did have 4 wide racing in the MTC division at times!

3 big news items from Sunday! First Dave Roberts, owner of the PS 36, has decided to convert the car to a ss by this Saturday! He wants to race both Saturday and Sunday! This will involve changing to a 2 bbl carb, changing to a cast iron intake, getting rid of the headers and adding 330 lbs of weight! This is terrific news as it will add to our ss car count which seems to be taking a long, long time to build up despite new rules for 2003 which make the class very economical and we have been paying the class very well, especially for the low car count!

Secondly, Fred Garrett is seriously considering switching to MS from MTC! I think he is concerned about the coming $500 claimer rule for MTC and also wants to run in a division where he can make more money. MTC are considered a “fun” division and those seeking more money should move up.

Thirdly, the wind blew out the plexiglass that had already been patch in our pit tower on the southwest corner and Monday I am bringing Richard Allbee a new window to put in there which will really look nice! Plus Richard is installing a new railing for the steps to the tower as soon as I bring him the treated lumber Monday!

So despite the economy and weather we just keep rolling along at Mottville and roll with the punches and move on! We do the best we can with what we have!

Andrew Behlke moved to 7^th in the MTC season point standings and should move to 6^th next week-end! Todd Behlke moved to 16^th in the MS season point standings and could move to as high as 8^th next week-end! I also think Andrew and TJ Behlke could both make a serious challenge for the kart season championship yet this season! Plenty of season left!

Speaking of season championships the Bomber division is wide open just waiting for someone to come along and win it! 6 cylinder, front wheel drive and very similar to MTC! Lots of those types of cars available and with a $500 claimer rule this will be a “fun” and “economical” class! Josh Krontz was talking to me about the Bomber class.

Big, big week-end coming up! The trucks should really be exciting and then Father’s Day Sunday! Meanwhile the first Friday night special of the season is getting closer with MS going 50 laps for $250 to win on June 27! Right now it looks like we will have a nice field of cars for this one!

About 60 nights to go in this 2003 season and warm even hot weather has to be just around the corner!