After a rain soaked night and an “iffy” morning and afternoon Kamp Motor Speedway cars took to the track for some long awaited racing excitement. There were 54 Modifieds, 12 Late Models, 24 Sportsman, 24 Street Stocks and 10 Modified Lites in the house to make the racing awesome. I would like to take this time to congratulate the winners of those classes.

In the Late Models it was the #25 of Dan Walden who reached the checkers first to take the first trophy and win of the 2008 season. Dan did a great job out there and a win for him was long over due. What a great way to start the season congratulations Dan on your feature win.

The Modified race which was a Wolfpack Special was won by the #7R of Kent Robinson. It is always a pleasure to have Kent and his family in the house and Saturday was no different. Congratulations Kent on your feature win.

Wow!!!! did you see all of the Sportsman drivers? We had more than a full field Saturday and leading the way to the checker flags was the #46 of Scott Buchanan. Scott is the “tall quiet one” out there racing and he is always a pleasure to have at Kamp Motor Speedway. Congratulations Scott on your feature win.

The Street Stock feature was won by the #85 of Nate Alexander. Nate lead the 100 lap feature last year until problems arose with his car. I know that was a disappointment to him, but he made up for that loss on Saturday. Congratulations Nate on your feature win.

In the Modified Lites it was the #22 of Brian Menefee who was giving the victory interview and accepting the trophy. The Modlites are always a pleasure to have racing with us and we want to congratulate Brian on his feature win.

Modified driver Chuck Haga broke or should I say shattered the Modified record that was held by Chad Kinder. Chuck turned a qualifying lap time of 14.344. Congratulations Chuck on your record lap.

Racing wasn’t so great for Late Model driver V77 Gut Volk who hit the wall at the track exit. Luckily Guy walked away sore but unscathed, the new car wasn’t so lucky. We are glad your ok Guy and hopefully the car isn’t as bad as it looked.

We had other winners at the track on Saturday night and they were 50/50 winner RT Trinkle from Lafayette, IN. RT won $298.50 with ticket # 245202. The winner of the kids drawing for the trophy in the winners circle was Haylee Adams of Lafayette. Haylee is 4 years old . Congratulations to both RT and Haylee on their wins. No one hit the Kamp Lucky 5 drawing and the pot will rollover to $200 for this Saturdays drawing.

Not everything went as smooth as silk Saturday and we have a few incidents that need to be corrected. We did have a small confrontation between Street Stock drivers. The incident was resolved but we won’t tolerate this kind of behavior from our drivers. The matter will be turned over to UMP. We also had an oil dump in the pits, this also will not be tolerated. We keep a container for used oil in the pits, anyone caught dumping oil or leaving tires will be fined. Another thing is the announcer and scoring booth, only track personnel is allowed in the booth. If you have a gripe you need to find Bob or myself you are not to go to the announcers booth. The driver will be the one to get the penalty from crews and family complaints in the announcers booth. There was also a problem of drivers not making their heat. Bob calls the heats to the lanes once, then gives a last call. Because of it being the first night the flagman also allowed two extra parade laps to give them time to get out there. They did not arrive in time. It is our obligation to get the line-up board posted, it is not our duty to make sure you get to where you need to be when you need to be there. You need to be on your toes and know what heat is running. When one heat is on the track the next should be lined up and ready to go. This is how it has always been and these were not new drivers to KMS.

Back to more pleasant words, I was very pleased with our new announcer Rob Goodman. Rob did an awesome job Saturday and we are pleased to have him aboard.

We want to thank Lane Automotive and Holley for having the Lane/Holley Challenge Night. Lane representative John Berglund was on hand all evening with certificates for the winners and tossing out hats in the grandstands. Thanks John for being here and helping out the drivers with certificates. We also want to thank Bob Applget from Dirt Late Model and Dirt Modified Magazine. Bob is putting together an article for Dirt Modified on Kamp Motor Speedway.

We would like to send our condolences out to Heather Thomas whose grandmother passed away this week. We are saddened by your loss.

In closing I would again ask you to keep our armed forces serving at home and abroad to keep this country free of terrorism. They keep a watch so we can enjoy life as we all know it. With all that said until next time be happy and be safe.

Gayle

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April has arrived and the weather has been up and down like a Duncan Yo-Yo, sunny and warm one day and rainy and chilly the next day. How exactly do you predict what’s coming next? Saturday April 5th was a good prediction with sunny skies and warm wind because of this we were able to get our scheduled practice in. We had 50 plus cars show up for practice and we had a little of everything, Late Models, Street Stocks, Sportsman, Modifieds, Modlites, Crate Late Models and a 4-cylinder. The practice went great and the cars and their new bodies and graphic designs also looked great. We had several Sportsman there so maybe that means the Sportsman class will be bigger this year, let’s hope anyway.

We were able to meet Rob Goodman our new announcer on practice day. I took Rob on a tour of the speedway and then he mingled out in the pits for quite a while. Rob is verrrry knowledgeable on racing and the drivers (he is also the new promoter at Hartford Speedway in Michigan) and we are very excited to have him aboard. I do promise that the flies have been removed from the announcers booth Rob.

Although this past Saturday was beautiful it doesn’t mean this Saturday will be. In fact the weatherman is predicting rain this week and colder temperatures for this weekend. It’s already colder today than yesterday was. Hopefully we will be able to start the season out on the scheduled date. I guess we need to start our non-rain dances and warm weather chants now (not that I believe in that stuff I am more into psychics and mediums).

As I was writing this I got a phone call from Sportsman driver Jaret Lueck on the birth of their new son. Cale Graham Lueck was born at 11:10 a.m. (EDT) today Tuesday April 8th. Cale weighed in at 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 20 and 1/4 inches long. Both Cale and mother (Dani) are doing fine. Cale has a 5 year old brother Zeke at home. Congratulations to the whole Leuck family on their new family addition.

If your a driver don’t forget to pick up your membership papers on Saturday. Kamp Motor Speedway has a mandatory membership and requires all members to have the K-Motion Valve Springs decal on both sides of the car. K-Motion sponsors the point fund at Kamp Motor Speedway. We also require each driver to be a member of UMP. We require this not only because we are a UMP track but also because the membership carries a great insurance policy for the drivers. Those forms as well as the K-Motion and UMP Dirt Car decals can be obtained at the pit office. If you fill your UMP forms out and turn in the fee to Kamp Motor Speedway we will send it in for you. That will save you a stamp anyway.

In closing I would again like to congratulate Jaret and Dani Leuck on the birth of their son. I would also like to ask all of you to keep our armed forces in your thoughts and prayers as they wage the war against terrorism. They do their job so you can freely do yours. With all that said until next time be happy and be safe.

Gayle

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