April 26th was a very chilly night for this late in the month of April, chilly for my tulips, chilly for the mushrooms that don’t seem to be popping up, chilly for racing and very chilly for the Kamp Motor Speedway fans. They did however brave the chilly temperatures to come out and watch the great night of racing our drivers put on. Maybe we should have called it “The Chilly Bowl of the Midwest.” We did, pardon the pun have plenty of Chili and hot beverages available to help warm the insides even if the outsides were frozen.
As I mentioned the drivers put on a great show on Saturday night even with the chilly weather and I would like to take this time to congratulate all of our feature winners.
In the Late Models for the $2000 to win NALMS race it was our very own Kamp Motor Speedway reigning Late Model champion #25 Jason Feger who took the checkered flag. Jason took the win just ahead of #28 Dennis Erb Jr. and the #5s of Steve Sheppard Jr. The Late Model race was very exciting to watch and Jason’s exciting style of racing is why they call him the High Side Hustler. Congratulations Jason on your feature win.
In the Modifieds for a repeat win it was the #7R of Kent Robinson who was again giving the interview in the Allstar Victory Lane. As I said last week Kent as well as the whole Robinson family are a joy to have here at Kamp Motor Speedway on and off of the track. I do believe (Note* I am laughing as I am typing this, in case you don’t know my sense of humor) the #J16 of Jason Lakey would like to see Kent stay home as he has been the driver right behind the winner when the checkers dropped the past two weeks. Congratulations Kent on your feature win.
In the Sportsman it was the #66B of Jim Bailey who crossed the checkers first to take the Sportman feature win. Jim was starting to be on the top of his game at the close of last years season, it looks like he stayed on top as he wielded his way to the Allstar Victory Lane. Congratulations Jim on your feature win.
In the Street Stocks for his first feature win at Kamp Motor Speedway it was the #21 of Ben Maxson who was holding the feature win trophy in the Allstar Victory Lane. Ben put on a great show to entertain the crowd and his consistent driving paid off with this weeks Street Stock win. Congratulations Ben on your feature win.
The 50/50 drawing worth $265 was won by Scott Murphy of Rensselaer, IN. Scott was holding ticket #246137. Congratulations Scott on your win.
The winner of the kids trophy drawing this week was Stacie Loveless of Lafayette, IN, Stacie is 4 years old. Congratulations Stacie on your win. Stacie was also joined in the Allstar Victory Lane by her twin sister.
There was no winner in the “Kamp Lucky 5″ drawing this week, that purse will be worth $300 on May 3rd.
This Saturday May 3rd will be the return of the U.S. Modified Lites and the first of two Street Stock Powderpuff races. We will watch as the girls take to the track to show off their driving skills. No!! yours truly will stay off of the track and stay in the pit office paying out drivers. I will just stick to speeding on the interstate. One Powderpuff race for me was enough to last a lifetime. We will of course also have our full program of Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman and Street Stocks putting on the great sport of racing as they do every week.
There is yet another rumor floating around concerning us, Kamp Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart and pit lights. I will stress once again Tony Stewart “DOES NOT” own any part of Kamp Motor Speedway. He did not add the lights in the pits, Bob and I did. He has however purchased an advertising back stretch sign this season. The sign simply says “SMOKE” with his logo . So when you hear the rumor please tell the person repeating it that you know for fact that only Bob and Gayle Kamp own Kamp Motor Speedway not Tony Stewart. You can tell them you got that information directly from the horses mouth.
We are working on a kids area at the track. We are in the process of turning the fenced in area by the restrooms into a play area for the little ones. We have added a sandbox which was built and donated by Jim and Cyrena Westfall of Westfall Auto Repair in West Lafayette, IN. JIm and Cyrena do a lot of things for the track to help out and make things better. If you Late Models drivers take a look at your banquet trophies you will notice they say sponsored by Westfall Auto Repair. Thanks Jim for building the sandbox and providing the sand to go in it(I did help paint it). We have also purchased a couple of picnic tables to put in there along with coloring books and crayons and of course sandbox toys. Brittany Buyno will be in charge of chaperoning the play area. We will be adding and doing more games and activities as we go.
In closing I would again ask you to keep our armed forces in your thoughts and prayers as they serve at home and abroad to ensure our freedom. This year Indiana has a voice in the electoral vote for the presidential nominees. Don’t forget to exercise your Indiana right to place your vote on May 6th. With all that said until next time be happy and be safe.
Gayle
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