CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2007:  Competed at a number of new venues, with a hint of success on both dirt and pavement surfaces. Scored an IRS heat race and feature event win, respectively, in the "sportsman" clubs first trips to the hollowed grounds of AngelL Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, WI. Led the opening laps of the series' $1,000 to win feature at the paved Grundy County Speedway. Ran near the top ten, on occasion, in BMARA and POWRi features. Finished 5th in the Ozark midget portion of the Inaugural Open Wheel Turkey Classic in Springfield, MO. Recorded top five results in National USAC, BMARA, POWRi, Ozark, & IRS preliminary events. Went back to Jacksonville, IL for the first time since my "full-night" of midget racing debut in 2002; and also practiced an American Short Tracker returning to the National Short Track Championships at Rockford Speedway.

 

2006:  Competed with the Badger midget club regularly enough to earn rewards from the championship point fund, ranking 27^th out of 44 drivers and 28th out of 52 car owners.   Recorded numerous top five place finishes in the preliminary races, including best ever midget “transfer” heat and B-main ranking in own car, of fourth-respectively.  Competed in more than half a dozen feature events-more than I had in entire "career"-between the Badger and IRS clubs, finishing just outside the top ten twice.  One of only two drivers to reach victory lane during the 2006 edition of the prestigious Fireman PEPSI Nationals, crossing the line first in the C-main, before the event was rained out.

 

2005:  RECORDED FIRST WIN IN THE MIDGET RANKS, CLAIMING A HEAT RACE IN BADGER COMPETITION AT ANGELL PARK.  QUALIFIED IN THE "15" SECOND BRACKET NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGH-OUT THE BADGER SEASON AT ANGELL PARK, INCLUDING A CAREER BEST 15.0 SECOND RUN THAT WAS 8TH QUICK-ONLY TWO AWAY FROM THE ELUSIVE TROPHY DASH.  MADE THE FEATURE EVENT A HANDFUL OF TIMES, INCLUDING A "FAST" HEAT FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT WILMOT FINISHING IN FRONT OF STANDOUT BRIAN GERSTER IN THE #5 RALPH WILKE CAR.  HIGHLIGHTS WERE AIDED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DRIVE THE CARS OF BUTCH DAHLKE AND SLOTTEN/BONG.  ALSO FINISHED SECOND IN A UMARA HEAT RACE AT MACOMB.  IN ADDITION TO MAKING MY DEBUTS AT THE MENTIONED WILMOT AND MACOMB TRACKS, ALSO MADE LAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT BEAVER DAM AND GRANITE CITY.    

 

2004:  COMPETED IN 10 BADGER MIDGET EVENTS ON DIRT AND FIVE UMARA MIDGET RACES ON PAVEMENT.  ALMOST MADE THE TOP 10 IN FEATURE RACES WITH BOTH CLUBS.  QUALIFIED AMONG THE BEST OF THE BADGER SERIES ON OCCASION.  FINISHED THIRD IN A BADGER HEAT RACE.  RAN A HANDFUL OF HORNET RACES AT ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY, HIGHLIGHTED BY A THIRD PLACE HEAT FINISH AND A SECOND PLACE FEATURE RUN, THAT WAS CUT-SHORT BY A FLAT TIRE.   

 

2003:  COMPETED IN SELECTED EVENTS WITH THE MIDGET AT ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAY AND GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY.  FINISHED THIRD IN HEAT RACE AT SUN PRAIRIE. 

 

2002:  FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN IN THE FINAL FORMULA MINI-INDY CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS.  RECORDED TOP FIVE FINISHES IN THE FORMULA MINI-INDY FEATURE RACES.  COMPETED IN MIDGET RACES AT SUN PRAIRIE, WI, JACKSONVILLE, IL, AND MORRIS, IL.

 

2001:  MADE DEBUT AT THE PRESTIGIOUS ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAY IN SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, COMPETING IN THE SEASON ENDING “PEPSI NATIONAL” MIDGET RACING EVENT.  ALSO Recorded TOP THREE FINISHES IN ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY’S HORNET FEATURE EVENTS AND SCORED A HEAT RACE VICTORY.

 

2000:  MADE DEBUT IN THE MIDGET AND FORMULA MINI-INDY RACING DIVISIONS.  through the midget, competed in a dirt track event for the first time, as well. Took part IN THE LITTLE CAR NATIONALS AT LAKE GENEVA RACEWAY AND THE LITTLE CAR NATIONAL SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY.

 

1999:  DROVE TO A SEVENTH PLACE, among 99 other drivers, CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDING FINISH IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF ROCKFORD’S HORNET DIVISION.  CAPTURED A HEAT RACE VICTORY AND SCORED OTHER TOP THREE RACE RUNS along the way.  also drove a slammer in selected events and recorded top three finishes.

 

1998:  finISHED fourth place IN THE FINAL SLAMMER CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS.  SCORED FOUR WINS DURING THE SEASON.  FINISHED IN THE TOP THREE MANY TIMES.  FINISHED SECOND OVERALL IN THE NATIONAL SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, ROCKFORD’S END OF THE SEASON EVENT.

 

1997:  FINISHED FOURTH IN THE EIGHT-CYLINDER STOCK CAR FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS.  FIFTY-SEVEN DRIVERS SCORED POINTS THAT YEAR IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF THE SLAMMER DIVISION AT ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY.  RECORDED MANY TOP FIVE RACE FINISHES ALONG THE WAY IN FIRST EVER SEASON OF AUTO RACING.

 

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