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35 Raceway is running their Fall Fest racing event tonight. It will be the Fall Nationals Open for 1000cc Mini Sprints there tonight sanctioned by the Midwest Mini Sprints. I recently spoke with Bill May who told me that it is something that he wanted to do to say thank you to all the guys from Ohio that made the effort to come over to Indiana and race this year. Bill also told me that he is already hard at work on next year's schedule. Sounds as if he already has a great schedule put together with several additional possibilities in the works. Hoping to get all of the notes I took during our discussion into a story in the next few weeks.
Speed Partz
I recently recieved the third printing of my Mini Sprint Racing 101 Book. This has been a fun venture for me. It is kind of gratifying when you get e-mails or talk with new drivers at the track that tell you the book helped them get started. Prior to the last printing I had to go in and update much of the information to keep it fresh. New cars, new series,etc. Check out the book at www.minisprintbook.com
Last Saturday I tried a different kind of racing - a go kart enduro at a new track in Cincinnati, Ohio. The format was pretty neat. A short qualifying race and then an hour long enduro race for a team of three drivers. Each driver was required to turn at least eight laps. At the end of the event we ended up in second place. We Should have won, but unfortunately our driver changes took too long. I guess we'll have to start working on our driver changes in the shop. Hoping we get to do several more of these during the winter as I think it will be a great way to keep my driving skills dusted off. If you haven't had the chance to visit Full Throttle Karting - you need to. It is a first class facility with a very well thought out track and all new karts. Be sure to check it out at www.cincykarting.com. The enduro race we competed in was for the BMW Club. I was thinking it would be fun to put one together for the local open wheel community. Stay tuned, I will see what I can find out.
Upright mini sprint racing continues to grow across the country. One of the new groups that has been very active is the Illinois Lightning Sprint Association. This coming weekend they are putting on the Al Archdale Memorial at Peoria Speedway which will pay 1500 to win and 100 to start. I know that several of our local drivers are making the trip. Best of luck to everyone. For more information visit Illinois Lightning Sprint Series Home Page
Its getting to be that time of year and some nice used cars are starting to come back into the shop. If you are thinking about getting into a mini sprint for the 2012 season be sure to visit Speed Partz
That's all for now!
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