It took until Memorial Day weekend but we finally had a night we didn’t need our winter gloves, scarves and coats to go to the races. Yours truly here needed scuba gear but that’s another story. While the weather was great the racing was even better especially with the Street Stock Special going in full circle (get it full circle! circle track! I know I have finally lost my mind, if you find it let me know). Ok before I get to far into my insanity I would like to take the time to congratulate last weeks winners.

In the Late Models for the third time this year it was the #25 of Jason “The High Side Hustler” Feger who was wielding his way into the Allstar Victory Lane. Jason was on the mat and taking no prisoners as he raced his way to a victory. What a great display of Late Model racing. Congratulations Jason on your feature win.

In the Modifieds for the 4th time this year it was the #7R of Kent Robinson who was giving the victory interview and accepting the trophy. Kent was also having his 21st birthday on Sunday, You couldn’t have ask for a greater way to celebrate than with a victory at Kamp Motor Speedway. Congratulations Kent on your feature win and Happy Birthday.

In the Sportsman class it was the #00 of Jaret “The Big Freak Nasty” Lueck who was the first one across the checkered flags. This is Jaret’s second time in the Allstar Victory Lane this season and I would think it wouldn’t be his last the way he is handling his car. Congratulations Jaret on your feature win.

In the Street Stock class for the Memorial Day Special and a $1000 payday it was the #99 of Jerrad Krick who was giving the victory interview. Jerrad didn’t win though without some wicked competition from Mike Roundtree and some great racing by Andy Hall and Brent Gregory. Although the competition was there it was Jerrad who came across the checkers first to take the $1000 win. Jerrad is also our points leader in the Street Stock class. Congratulations Jerrad on your feature win.

This weeks 50/50 drawing worth $209 was won by Dan Lade of Kentland, Indiana. Dan was holding winning ticket #791751. Congratulations Dan on your win.

The “Kids Trophy” was won by Keegan Forbes 11 of West Lafayette, Indiana. Keegan received a trophy in the Victory Lane along side Street Stock winner #99 Jerrad Krick. Congratulations Keegan on your win.

There was no winner in the “Kamp Lucky 5″ drawing. Next weeks pot will be worth $200.

This week is the American Late Model Sunoco series race for $2000 to the Late Model winner. I have several drivers ask about a Sunoco membership fee. I have checked with Sam Driggers of UMP and he says there is not a membership fee for ALMS. You do need to be a UMP member but you need to be member to race at Kamp Motor Speedway anyway. The rest of our great classes will also be there.

June 7th is our Twin City Dodge-Chrysler Double Down night and all of our feature winners will receive a double payout courtesy of Nate Barrett of Twin City Dodge-Chrysler of Lafayette, Indiana. We will have cars from each class of racing at Twin City Dodge-Chrysler on Friday June 6th for a radio remote. Stop out see the cars, win pair of tickets to the races or shop for a new car. I love my Chrysler 300 Hemi I purchased from Twin City Dodge-Chrysler. The drivers coming for the remote are Late Model driver Rob Starkey, Late Model driver Michael Kettnich, Modified driver JR Coyner, Sportsman driver Dave Huff, Street Stock driver Jesse Peters and a Modlite car will be there.

As I mentioned in the beginning I needed scuba gear. That was because of my adventures with the kids on Saturday night. As a special treat I took a group of kids down to the grassy area by the creek for a hotdog cookout, marshmallow roasting and games. I did say stay away from the creek but not everyone listened and a sneaker went flying across the creek to the other side to land on a log. As I hiked my jeans up to my knees to wade in the rather cold water to retrieve the shoe, it fell off the log and floated into some what deeper water (deeper than my knees anyway). I did finally get the shoe but not before the hiked up part of my jeans were wet. I spent the rest of the night in wet jeans. Oh well what are we going to do for entertainment this week for the kids? Please nothing close to water.

I would also like to report that Gerry Gobel who works the pit lanes at Kamp Motor Speedway is back in the hospital. Gerry had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago. We thought he was doing well but it seems he will need surgery for some valve repair. We want to send all of our thoughts and prayers out to Gerry for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. We miss you at Kamp Motor Speedway.

In closing I would again ask you to keep our armed forces in your thoughts and prayers as they serve at home and abroad working to keep our great country safe from terrorism. 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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We are preparing for a major overhaul of the Kamp Motor Speedway Web site and this is the first upgrade. The Gayle’s Desk feature will now be presented in a blog format. This feature will allow you to register and enter your own comments to each entry, so things will now be interactive.

The entire Web site will soon be adopting a new look over the course of the next few weeks. We’re still looking at some options with respect to color and content lay-outs and there are a lot of choices to be narrowed down to what we will ultimately decide to use.

We’ll still be looking at ways of presenting the news and information from around the race track in a pleasant and attractive format, no matter the choice we make. We appreciate our racers and fans at Kamp Motor Speedway and we want the Kamp Motor Speedway Web site to show that appreciation

Keep an eye on this page, as there will be many changes coming in the near future.

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