Dirt, Dust and Speed

Cold and Damp vs. Dirt and Dust

Dirt and dust has been hard to come by for the start of the racing season at our local tracks. Two of the first three nights of racing at 34 Raceway West Burlington, IA have been rain-shortened nights. The 4h Annual Slocum 50 held on April 7th., was the only complete night of racing this year. Mike Murphy Jr. was the winner of the 50 Lap event, lapping up to 6th place on what was a cold and damp night as well. 

Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA has cancelled their first two nights of racing due to cold and/or damp conditions. Our first visit to the Peoria Speedway in Peoria, IL on Sunday 4/15 for the 4th Annual Don Bohlander Memorial Latemodel race was also rained out just as the Latemodel  heats were wrapping up.

This past Saturday 4/21 at 34 Raceway was supposed to be a night of double features to makeup for the features rained out on 4/14. All of the racing action was close to being completed with just a few laps left in the Modified feature and the Stock cars, the last feature of the night, waiting in staging.  A light sprinkle began to fall than a heavier steady sprinkle and the racing surface turned greasy. The Modified feature was called with #8 Rich Smith leading and was given the checkered flag under the yellow.

Other Feature Winners were:

Hobby Stock Feature #1 
#4 Jake Wenig

Modified Feature #1 
#14 Tyler Cale

Stock Car Feature #1
#29 Matt Greiner

305 Sprint Cars
#40B Daniel Berquist

4-Cylinders
#14 Nick Wilkerson

Hobby Stock Feature #2
#1F Dan Wenig

A short highlight video of Saturday's 4/21/12 racing action appears on this site along with many other videos. We have several videos that will soon be available for purchase in our on-line store. Until then, you can email tony@dirtdustandspeed.com your requests and/or questions.

For more information about the local tracks we have mentioned, Please visit these sites
www.34raceway.com
www.leecountyspeedway.com
www.peoriaspeedway.com

See you at the track!
 
      

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