Hagerstown, Race Pro Weekly, Spring Break

Once again, not much to report. Hagerstown Speedway's race for this weekend is still on as of now (Wednesday.) This week's edition of Race Pro Weekly is posted, a couple of small articles on there, nothing major. Also, with spring break fast approaching for us Kutztown University students, I'll be heading to California with my girlfriend, which means, I won't be able to update the blog. I'll be leaving Friday, and I won't have this thing updated until the following Friday. I hope everyone gets to see some racing at Hagerstown while I'm gone!

More Mall Show Pictures

Another mall show is going on, as the Southern Tier Mall Show is going on this week. Doug Elkins has a ton of pictures from the show on his site, there are lots of cars there, including the Mitch Gibbs new #2G, Mike Colsten's ride, Bob Hamm Motorsports car, Jamie Batzel, and many, many, more. Here's the link to check it out.

http://www.dougsdirtdiary.com/gallery/show/thumbs/1334/1/Southern%20Tier%20Speedworld%202-27-10/

Hagerstown Cancelled

The February 27th race at Hagerstown Speedway has been cancelled. The big block modified Octoberfest qualifying spot will now be up for grabs March 6th, when big block modifieds and super late models are scheduled to be on the card.

Minor Updates

Nothing major to report. Race Pro Weekly, which is a weekly, free online magazine, has posted this week's edition on the site, www.raceproweekly.com

Also, the Super Dirt Series race in early April at Fulton Speedway, which was originally announced as a $10,000 to win feature race, will now only pay $6,000 to win. The race will be taken off the 2010 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League.

Mall Show Is In Session!

The Reading Mall Show is running this entire week, pictures are posting on Cow Patty Nation and South Jersey Dirt Racing. There are tons of modifieds there, and that means mall-show season is here, which means the racing season is just around the corner.

Hagerstown Speedway is scheduled to run Saturday afternoon, and it looks like they may actually get the show in. The race will feature the big block modifieds running for a $2,000 feature win, and a guaranteed starting spot in the prestigious Octoberfest 100 race for the big blocks in late October.

Not much news to report, I wrote a article for RaceProWeekly.com, nothing special what-so-ever, but for over to RPW and check out the new site. It looks awesome!

Some Thursday Tidbits

First off, I actually updated the Driver Chart for the first time in about 3 weeks, just a couple of additions.

Mitch Gibbs will take over driving duties in the Brewer Racing #77x modified for 2010. The car was piloted most notable by Stewart Friesen, who drove it to a couple of wins at Five Mile Point Speedway.

Billy VanInwegen will indeed run in the big block modifieds past Volusia. He'll run weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway, but plans on doing of plenty of traveling as well. He also has a 305 sprint car ride for a few races.

Troy Wink may be sitting out 2010 after all. Shoulder injuries and family commitments will sway his decision. Look for Ryan Watt to return to the seat of the HP Motorsports #6 small block modified for Big Diamond Raceway weekly.

Randy Kane reports that Scott Flammer will return to the seat of a big block modified at the Selinsgrove RoC Dirt Tour race for former driver Benny Rizzo in the #X machine.

Beau Wilkins will return to modified racing action after taking a few years off. He'll run weekly at Delaware International Speedway. Wilkins last drove weekly 4 years ago driving for Jake Marine Racing and was a championship contender. He'll run a family owned big block.

Fantasy League Update

Well, with not a whole lot of racing news going on right now, I figured I'd take the time to give you a Crown Jewel Fantasy League updates. It looks like we're going to have a couple more prizes for the winners of the 2010 fantasy league, nothing major, just some shirts and other stuff like that. Check back for more info on that.

We already have over 20 entries for the 2010 league, thanks to everyone that joined! For everyone still waiting, remember, you have until before the green flag drops at Fulton Speedway for their series show in early April. The Fulton race was announced last season at Super Dirt Week as a $10,000 to win race, but now, reports have circulated that the race may not pay $10,000. Since I can't find out for sure one way or another, we're going to leave it on the fantasy league schedule.

Sheppard Claims the Finale and Title

Matt Sheppard passed Billy Pauch with just over 10 laps to go to move on and collect the $5,000 at Volusia Speedway on Saturday night. Sheppard's win also gave him his first career Florida Dirt Tour championship. Finishing second in the feature from Saturday was Dale Planck, rounding out the top 5 were Rick Laubach, Billy Pauch, and Billy Decker.

The top 10 in the final points standings were...

1st 9s Matt Sheppard

2nd 77x Dale Planck

3rd 1 Stewart Friesen

4th 10 Bobby Varin

5th 98H Jimmy Phelps

6th 30 Jamie Mills

7th 66w Alan Johnson

8th 1 Billy Pauch

9th 49er Danny Johnson

10th 91 Billy Decker

We now have to wait 2 more weeks until the big blocks have their next race, as they have the Octoberfest qualifier at Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday the 27th.

Friday at Volusia Rained Out

Night #3 at Volusia Speedway for the big block modifieds has been rained out. The finale will be run tomorrow night (Saturday, February 13) and will pay $5,000 to win.

Sheppard Cruises To Win in Volusia; Takes Over Points Lead

Matt Sheppard used a late race pass on Jamie Mills to pick up his first career Volusia Speedway win. With the win, Sheppard also took over the Florida Dirt Tour points lead by just 6 points over Jimmy Phelps. Mills hung on to finish second, and rounding out the top 5 last night were Brett Hearn, Jimmy Phelps, and Danny Johnson.

Every car except Alan Johnson's #14J returned for night #2 last night, including Tim Kerr, Brett Hearn, and Dan Vauter who were the most heavily involved in the heavy pile-up from Wednesday night. Jeff Brownell returned to the seat of his #29 big block modified after being sick on Wednesday and turning over driving duties to Vic Coffey. Alan Johnson was behind the wheel of Wallace Stacey's #66w again, and finished in the top 10 for the second straight night. Chris Higgins was added to the field after Ray Swinehart scratched from the feature line-up.

The current top 10 in points down there are...
1st 9s Matt Sheppard- 106
2nd 98H Jimmy Phelps- 100
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen- 98
4th 10 Bobby Varin- 98
5th 77x Dale Planck- 92
6th 66w Alan Johnson- 82
7th 30 Jamie Mills- 81
8th 22c Mario Clair- 78
9th 20 Brett Hearn- 76
10th 1x Willy Decker- 72