Lernerville Postpones

Lernerville Speedway is forced to postpone their season opener for the second straight week. They will open next Friday with big block modifieds running along with the rest of their weekly card which consists of 410 sprints, super late models, and street stocks.

Canandaigua Postpones

Canandaigua is the lastest track to postpone their season opener. They've already pulled the plug on their April 9th opener, which will now host a practice session on the 9th. Canandaigua Speedway will now host their season opener on April 16th.

Higbie Preview #2

Here's the car Jerry Higbie will run weekly at Orange County this year. It's a chassis that he created and built himself, which he refers to as a HFC Chassis. He's hoping that the car runs good and he can build and sell them to other drivers.

Black Rock Cancels; Weekend Preview

Black Rock Speedway was scheduled to open up with Saturday with a big/small block modified challenge this weekend. Due to the cold weather and wet conditions that the track has been dealt, the track has decided to cancel the event. The track will now open April 8th with the sportsman division as the headliner. The modifieds won't return to Black Rock until October 22nd.

Black Rock and Big Diamond both were scheduled to have races, Black Rock has cancelled and Big Diamond has postponed. Now, Lernerville Speedway will have their season opener this weekend after it was rained out last Friday. On Saturday night, Grandview Speedway will have their season opener.

Armstrong and Monroe Moving Up; Links; Sheldon

Two sportsman stand outs, Kyle Armstrong and Luke Monroe, will be making the move up to big block modifieds this season. BobbyChalmers.com reports that Kyle Armstrong will move up to the big block division to run weekly at Lebanon Valley Speedway in 2011, while Area Auto Racing News reported that Luke Monroe will move up to run big blocks weekly at Fonda Speedway.

In a minor change, Kyle Sheldon will take over the Alex Thomson Racing big block ride in 2011. His father, Guy Sheldon, had been running the car the last few seasons, but will only race part-time this season. This news came via BobbyChalmers.com as well.

Also, Jess Heotzler Jr's J17 won't be ready for opening night at Orange County Fair Speedway, so he'll run a back up Chris Shultz #24 big block modified.

Gary Tomkins has a new website and it's been added to the links page.

Fuller Parts with Wight Late Model Team, What's Next?

Per a recent World of Outlaw press release, Tim Fuller has parted way with John Wight's late model team. It was recently announced that Fuller wouldn't run the whole tour with Wight, which disappointed Fuller. Obviously, this is a modified blog and this isn't modified news. The rumors have been swirling for a few weeks that Tim Fuller was looking to start his own modified team. These rumors are still hard to believe with Fuller having the Smith Brothers 74 modified team at his disposal. Let's not forget that Fuller left modifieds for late models because he was disappointed with what modified racing has turned into, with the recent pay cuts for the Super Dirt Series champion, it seems very unlikely that he'll come back to modifieds full time. Check back, we'll see what happens.

2011 Win List

Here's the current win list for the 2011 big/small block modified season. I'm going to try to keep this updated perfectly, we'll see how I do.

2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds

Stewart Friesen- 2
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 1
Brett Hearn- 1
Danny Johnson- 1

Strunk is the only driver to claim wins at different tracks so far this season. He, of course, has notched wins at Selinsgrove Speedway and New Egypt Speedway.

Strunk Makes Statement at New Egypt

The RoC Dirt Tour rolled into New Egypt Speedway for the second (third overall) race on the tour schedule. Officially, 61 modifieds hit the track for the $10,000 to win (if the winner didn't pay the gamber's fee, the race would pay $5,000 to win) event. Rob Bellinger took the early lead and looked impressive until he caught a rut that damaged the car. Stewart Friesen took the lead from Bellinger early, but only lasted at the front of the field for a few laps before Danny Johnson took to the lead and looked set to pick up his second consecutive RoC Tour win. However, it was not meant to be as with 10 laps to go, Johnson had a left rear tire go down, giving the lead to Jeff Strunk who worked his way to the front from his 12th starting spot. Strunk would go on to pick up the victory, and the $10,000 check that went with it. Here's the top 5.

New Egypt Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour $10,000 to win)
1st 357 Jeff Strunk
2nd 14 Jimmy Horton
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 1 Stewart Friesen
5th 14w Ryan Watt

Not a whole lot of tidbits, we got there a little late and most of the field was in action last week as well.

Eric Kormann was in the Hutchko Motorsports #62 modified for the night. He's ready to tackle Delaware International Speedway this season as he makes the full-time move to big blocks this season.

As reported earlier this week on here, Duane Howard and Todd Burley were not in their normal rides. Howard was in Mike McAleer's back up modified as the BPG Racing #4 car is still trying to finish getting their back up ready. Burley ran the Rick Clay Racing #88c that's usually driven by Billy Pauch Jr. Pauch Jr was running his 358 sprint at Lincoln Speedway.

Be sure to check out my girlfriend, Lisa Hake's photos from New Egypt on RaceProWeekly.com later this week.

Lernerville Opener Postponed, New Egypt A Go Tonight

Lernerville Speedway was forced to postpone their season opener last night due to a thunderstorm. The season opener at the famed Western PA track is now scheduled for Friday April 1st.

New Egypt Speedway is still a go for tonight's 60-lap RoC Dirt Tour event. I'll be getting there between 2 and 3, so if you see me be sure to say hello. Check back tomorrow night for a weekend wrap up, and hopefully I'll have more tidbits to share with you guys from the race as well.

Hartnett Paint Schemes

Here are the 2011 paint schemes for Kevin Hartnett (#88) and Jack Hartnett (#79). Kevin will run weekly with his modified at Penn Can Speedway while Jack Hartnett will run weekly at Bridgeport Speedway with his crate modified, and may do some end of the year traveling.

Brachmann 2011 Scheme

Three 2011 paint schemes in 2 days! Keep them coming guys! Here's the Chad Brachmann #3 modified that he'll use to run weekly at Ransomville and Merrittville, along with select RoC and Super Dirt Series races.

Howard News/Kislowski 2011 Car

Here's the 2011 paint scheme that Mark Kislowski will run in 2011 at Fonda and Utica Rome Speedway.

Originally Kenny Brightbill was scheduled to run the Mike McAleer back up #6 big block modified this weekend at New Egypt. Now, Duane Howard will handle driving duties of that car. Howard's BPG Racing team doesn't have any big blocks ready for competition, which is why the 4 team isn't going.

Hineline's 2011 Paint Scheme

Here's a shot of the 2011 paint scheme that Dan Hineline will use in 2011 for weekly competition on Friday nights at Big Diamond Raceway. Look for Hineline to travel a bit to Five Mile Point Speedway as well this season.

Racing This Weekend; Early Win List

Well, the racing season has finally kicked off here in the northeast. The modifieds will have two races this weekend. On Friday night the big blocks kick off their season as the popular Lernerville Speedway where Kevin Bolland hopes to defend his track championship. On Saturday night, the RoC Dirt Tour holds their second race of the season at New Egypt Speedway as the big blocks battle for 60 laps and a minimum of $5,000 to win. The teams will have the opportunity to put up a gambler's fee that would bump the winner's purse up to $10,000.

I'm going to try to keep this updated all season long, but it's easier said than done, I'll do my best though. Here's the current 2011 big/small block modified win list. I'm going to put the CT525 Fulton Speedway wins in their own category, since I don't really know what to call them. If a driver wins a race with a CT525 where they're allowed to run with the regular modifieds, I'll count it in the overall win list.

2011 Win Count
Big/Small Block Modifieds

Stewart Friesen- 2
Matt Sheppard- 1
Brett Hearn- 1
Jeff Strunk- 1
Danny Johnson- 1

Storms Lands Ride

Randy Sherlock has confirmed that Michael Storms will drive for Randy Sherlock in 2011. Storms has ran the past few seasons for Vinnie Salerno, before parting ways with the team towards the end of the 2010 season. Storms and Sherlock are looking at running Accord Speedway, but the two parties are still working on a schedule for this season. Thanks to Moose4m for giving us the news, and thanks to Randy Sherlock for the quick response.

Schedule Update; Tremont News

The master schedule is updated completely, all modified tracks are posted except those that don't have schedules released yet. Big Diamond has pushed back their opener, so I've also also updated that on the schedule.

Per Dirt Track Digest, Kenny Tremont is changing his Friday night home. He's another one of the many drivers affected by tracks changing plans in 2011, as his Friday (Albany-Saratoga Speedway) and Sunday night (Devils Bowl Speedway) homes have dropped the modified division from their weekly schedule. Tremont will now call Glen Ridge Motorsports Park his new Friday night home. Tremont will continue to run weekly at Lebanon Valley Speedway on Saturday nights. No word on a Sunday night home for Tremont yet.

More Tidbits

Here are some more tidbits I've collected since getting home from the races this weekend.

As I mentioned in the Selinsgrove tidbits, Todd Burley will drive for Rick Clay Racing this weekend at New Egypt Speedway. He won't be the only driver there in a "one-off" ride, as 2010 Delaware International Speedway champion Kenny Brightbill will be running at New Egypt this Saturday in Mike McAleer's back up #6B big block modified. McAleer and Brightbill have teamed up in the past in some races at New Egypt.

Billy Dunn looks like he'll be going small block racing for the first time this season. It appears that Dunn will defend his track championship at Can Am Motorsports Park a new small block modified in his new #49 chassis. Dunn will run Cayuga County Fair Speedway for home track points, and plans on once again following the entire Super Dirt Series.

Former Lebanon Valley Speedway regular, Dan Humes, who hasn't done much racing in the past few seasons, has purchased a brand new 2011 Troyer chassis and a brand new hauler for the 2011 season as he plans to run an ambitious schedule in 2011. Humes plans on challenging for the Rookie of the Year honors on the Super Dirt Series in his #0 big block modified. He also plans on running Lebanon Valley Speedway regularly to collect home track points.

Another driver that will run for the Super Dirt Series Rookie of the Year award is Tim Currier. Currier is one of the main crew guys for the Mike Payne owned 27J of Danny Johnson, and has steadily improved since his jump to big block modifieds in 2009. Currier will run Canandaigua Speedway and Cayuga County Fair Speedway weekly. This will mark the first time in many years that more than 1 driver eligable for the Rookie of the Year award plans to follow the whole tour. Rob Bellinger, Dan Humes, and Tim Currier are all eligable for the award. DIRT also mentioned in a recent press released that Peter Britten plans to follow the Super Dirt Series this year, he would also be eligible for the award.

The 2010 Super Dirt Series Rookie of the Year, Lance Willix, was another driver that was affected by Can Am Motorsports Park switching from big blocks to small blocks as the headline division. Willix is awaiting an engine, but hopes to be ready in time to run the Dirt Series opener at Cayuga County Fair Speedway. He currently plans on running Glen Ridge Motorsports Park and Cayuga County Fair Speedway weekly.

Frank Cozze Jr was very impressive once again this weekend at Selinsgrove Speedway. Cozze Jr will once again run weekly at New Egypt Speedway, but plans on doing a lot more traveling with his modified now that he's the only one in the family with a modified. Cozze Jr will be in action this weekend at New Egypt Speedway's RoC Dirt Tour event.

Mike Bruno came painfully close of winning the Albany-Saratoga Speedway championship in 2010. With Albany announcing they were dropping the modified division in 2011, Bruno announced he'd be returning to do some asphalt late model racing this season. However, he's not finished with dirt modified racing yet. Bruno will only run part-time with the modified this season, but plans on supporting the bigger money shows at Airborne Speedway this season.

Selinsgrove Tidbits

I collected plenty of tidbits to share with you guys walking around the pits Friday and Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway. Here's what I collected...

Dale Planck will run, "only American Racer" events this season. Which means he won't be following the Super Dirt Series this season. Planck will run Fulton Speedway but the team hasn't decided what the rest of their weekends will look like, but they're looking at possibly running both Brewerton Speedway on Friday nights and Utica Rome Speedway on Sunday nights. Planck will also run as many late model races as possible with the Rez-X Racing late model the team has recently purchased. Planck doesn't plan on following the entire RoC Tour, but will support some of their races.

Ryan Phelps is another driver that ran the Super Dirt Series that might not follow the tour this season. He stated that John Wight will make the ultimate decision on whether or not he runs the tour, but he finds it unlikely. He'll run weekly at Brewerton and Fulton and will run select Dirt Series and RoC Tour events.

Larry Soloman, who returned to modified racing after being out of the car for a few years in September, and was very impressive both days at Selinsgrove with his #517 small block modified, is looking at running Delaware International Speedway or Grandview Speedway weekly on Saturday nights.

Rich Scagliotta will move over to Canandaigua Speedway for weekly competition with his former home tracks, Brewerton and Fulton switching to American Racers. Scagliotta also will once again follow the Super Dirt Series.

Danny Creeden used the brand new Teo that his uncle purchased for him at the Part's Peddler auction in big block competition at Selinsgrove Speedway. Creeden didn't have time to get the car lettered, so he used the paint scheme seen at the Part's Peddler, with one small change. Creeden added the letters "RC" in front of the #1 to pay tribute to his late father, Rusty Creeden. Creeden will run the car the first few weeks at Orange County, as the 11 team he runs for at Orange County won't have their motor ready in time for the opener. Creeden struggled with all kinds of issues with the motor and engine, and ended up running his #16x small block in the feature. Creeden will run the same schedule in 2011 as he did in 2010, Accord on Fridays, Orange County on Saturdays, and the entire RoC Dirt Tour.

Youngster Rob Bellinger, who has quickly turned into one of the top drivers in the northeast, plans on running for the Rookie of the Year title on the Super Dirt Series tour. Bellinger will plans on running the entire RoC Dirt Tour. Bellinger's Friday night home, Can Am Motorsports Park, switched from big blocks to small blocks, so he'll only run Canandaigua Speedway and Cayuga County Fair Speedway weekly this season.

Wade Hendrickson may do some URC sprint racing later this year.

Tommy Scheetz will run Grandview Speedway weekly with the announcement that Bridgeport won't have modifieds weekly this season. His father, Tom Scheetz Sr., ran Tommy's back up car Saturday at Selinsgrove.

Billy VanInwegen ran Jeremy Markle's #313 small block on Friday night, and his own family owned #23 big block on Saturday. "Billy V" will run weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway, but hopes to do more traveling this season. He said he hopes to do more traveling this season, and his team is already prepping for their first assault on the SEF 200 at Super Dirt Week.

Jason Rood will only run Sunday nights at Utica Rome Speedway, but the 18J team plans on putting another driver in the car for Friday nights at Brewerton Speedway.

Gary Tomkins, who recently landed the ride in the Ray Tuit 673 after Jerry Higbie left the team, will also run for Ken Brewer again this season. Brewer was looking to sell the team, but didn't find a buyer, so will run his stuff for 2011. Brewer and Tomkins have yet to decide what races they'll run.

Neil Huber, Mike Gular, and Kyle Weiss were all planning on racing Saturday night but didn't. Huber blew his motor Friday night, Gular destroyed the JSG Motorsports car, and Kyle Weiss was going to run Danny Creeden's 16x but felt the car was too beat up to run competitively after Friday's race.

Kyle Weiss, who was planning on only doing picking and choosing races this year, has recently decied he'll run weekly at Grandview Speedway Saturday nights. He still plans on doing traveling this year as well, and it most excited about running Lincoln Speedway in July. Weiss will run a small block modified all year, but plans on attempting Super Dirt Week with his dirt legal sportsman. He'd like to run a small block, but doesn't have a DIRT Legal 358 motor, and can't afford the extra tire money.

Friday night winner, Jeff Strunk, won a guaranteed starting spot to the Victoria 100 at Utica Rome Speedway with his win on Friday, which is also the third race on the RoC Dirt Tour schedule, and has confirmed he'll be at the Utica Rome race. Strunk currently plans on running the entire RoC Tour schedule.

Mike Gular had planned on following the RoC Tour with the JSG Motorsports #3G team, but with the hard crash on Friday, he's changed those plans. Gular will run Friday and Saturday nights with the new Eastern Rigging/Fastnacht Racing #53 team. He'll run Penn Can on Fridays and Grandview on Saturdays.

Todd Burley was a surprise entrant at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday night, and had a great run going until overheating problems sent him pit side. Burley will also run this Saturday's RoC Dirt Tour event at New Egypt Speedway in the Rick Clay Racing #88c big block modified normally driven by Billy Pauch Jr. Pauch Jr will be racing at Lincoln Speedway with his 358 sprint, which is why he'll miss the race at New Egypt. Burley is a former New Egypt regular back when he was driving for Todd Bashore.

Dale Planck was light by 24 pounds, and Pat Ward was light by 20 pounds on Saturday. Both drivers blamed all the caution laps for the weight issues due to burning fuel.

Randy Chrystler, Danny Tyler, Brett Hearn, and Rick Laubach all were DQed from qualifying spots Friday night due to weight or carb issues.

Strunks and Johnson Win Crazy Selinsgrove RoC Weekend

Modified racing in the northeast has finally been kicked off, with the annual Selinsgrove Speedway RoC Dirt Tour Ice Breaker Weekend.

On Friday night, it was the small block modifieds taking to the track for a 25 lap $2,200 to win show. Jeff Strunk looked strong all night and held of challenges from Stewart Friesen and also survived a late race restart with Jimmy Horton behind him and took home his first win in his first start (since 2008) with the Norm Hansell Motorsports team.

Selinsgrove Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour-Small Block Modifieds)
1st 357 Jeff Strunk
2nd 14 Jimmy Horton
3rd 4 Duane Howard
4th 1 Stewart Friesen
5th 66 Danny Johnson

On Saturday night, the big blocks were on hand for a 40 lap $4,000 to win race. Dale Planck passed pole-sitter Pat Ward early in the event and seemed to dominate the race and pick up what appeared to be his first career RoC Dirt Tour win, with Pat Ward in second.. However, an unusual amount of yellow flags led to a lot more fuel being burned off than the drivers expected, both Planck and Ward were light at the scales, and third place finisher Danny Johnson was awarded the win and the $4,000 prize.

Selinsgrove Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour-Big Block Modifieds)
1st 66 Danny Johnson
2nd 91 Billy Decker
3rd 20 Brett Hearn
4th 85 Dan Vauter
5th 14 Jimmy Horton

Off to Selinsgrove!

Just a few quick tidbits, Danny Johnson and Randy Sherlock won't run weekly together on Friday nights anymore. The crazy off-season continues! Johnson may run some shows for Sherlock still, but not on a weekly basis.

Also, you can add Ray Swinehart to the list of Selinsgrove entries, and according to moose4m (thank you!) David Van Horn to the entry list as well for the big blocks only. Moose also tells us that Ron Roberts will run both days, and I know that Ryan Watt plans on running both days as well.

I'll he heading out to Selinsgrove Speedway tonight, planning on leaving here at 2:00. Be sure to stop by, and if you've never met us, introduce yourself, I always enjoy meeting people who check out my blog. There aren't many of you out there, so I truly appreciate those of you that do. Tomorrow we should get to the track fairly early.

If you're not going to the races, I'll be doing live updates on RaceProWeekly.com along with Mike Petrucci. The updates will start as soon as I get there (5ish), and I'll try to get some tidbits and post it on the site over there. I believe it'll be a Cover it Live type of update, which means if you have any questions you can ask them in there, and they get sent to me. However, if you'd like to personally have me find out any questions for you, feel free to shoot me a text at 610-349-5413. Tomorrow I'll be in the pits early and I'll try to post every car that shows up so everyone knows who's there.

I'm not sure, but I'd assume South Jersey Dirt Racing will have updates tonight as well. Hope to see everyone there!

Selinsgrove Update...

Here's the updated list of guys I know are running. This is no where near official, and a lot of guys not on this list will be there!

Saturday Night
0 Richie Pratt
00 Doug Manmiller
1 Stewart Friesen
1 Billy Pauch
1a Brian Weaver
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
6 John Stangle
7 Rick Laubach
8R Rob Bellinger
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Bobby Varin
10 Randy Sherlock
10v Danny Varin
11 Danny Hieber
14 Jimmy Horton
18J Jason Rood
20 Brett Hearn
22 Danny Tyler
23 Billy VanInwegen
26 Ryan Godown
29 Sammy Piazza
41 Glenn Strunk
42B Kevin Bates
42p Pat Ward
51 Mike Colsten
66 Danny Johnson
71 Mike Mammana
78 Grant Hilfiger
79 Jeremy Markle
L85 Ted Lamb
88c Billy Pauch Jr
91 Billy Decker
98H Jimmy Phelps
99 Wade Hendrickson
99 Ryan Phelps
117 Kevin Hirthler
267 Mike Barone
280 Justin Holland
357 Jeff Strunk
673 Gary Tomkins
711 Mike Iles

Friday Night
0 Richie Pratt
1 Stewart Friesen
1c Craig Von Dohren
R1 Ryan Godown
2 Addison Meitzler
2 Billy Van Pelt
3 Chad Brachmann
3A Kevin Albert
3G Mike Gular
4 Duane Howard
6 John Stangle
7 Colt Harris
7 Rick Laubach
10 Bobby Varin
14 Jimmy Horton
16x Danny Creeden
16xx (or 21K is motor is done) Kyle Weiss
18 Michael Weinert
19 Brent Boyer
19 Tom Umbenhauer
20 Brett Hearn
21 Mike Mahaney
22 Danny Tyler
29 Sammy Piazza
41 Glenn Strunk
42 Kyle Follweiler
42p Pat Ward
44 Frank Cozze Jr.
46 Doug Manmiller
66 Danny Johnson
78 Grant Hilfiger
L85 Ted Lamb
91 Billy Decker
99 Wade Hendrickson
117 Kevin Hirthler
280 Justin Holland
313 Billy VanInwegen
357 Jeff Strunk

2011 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League is Open!!

Welp, I've been getting a lot of e-mails, texts, and Facebook messages to open the Fantasy League. Welp, I decided to finally open it up. If any events are announced that are more than $8,000 to win, unfortunately they won't be part of the Fantasy League this year. Here's the link to the rules and how to sign up,

http://jw4.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=298

Remember everyone, the league is free to play, and the winner will receive a grand prize of a free season pass to the track of the winners choice for the 2012 racing season. This is my way of saying thank you to you guys for supporting me, and doing something that hopefully you guys enjoy playing! My goal is to top last year's total of 64 entries. Every year so far we've topped the previous year (only 15 people signed up when we did it in 2007) in entries, so I hope to do it again this year. Thanks for all the support guys, and good luck!

Also, you'll notice I got rid of the 2011 Driver Chart. I failed at that, sorry guys, I thought I could do it by myself, but this semester has really kicked my ass, so I've fallen way behind on that. I apologize.

Tomkins Confirms Season with Tuit; Hilfiger

Well, I can't take any credit here. As you guys can see in the chat box, Pete pointed out to me that on Dirt Track Digest, Gary Tomkins posted that he'll run the Ray Tuit Racing 673 modified all season long in Super Dirt Series and other big block shows. He'll also run for Ken Brewer Motorsports, who was looking at selling all his equipment.

Per BaracudaBob and RaceNY.com, Grant Hilfiger will have his #78 small block modified at Selinsgrove both days.

Thanks a bunch guys!

Also, per South Jersey Dirt Racing, Billy VanInwegen will run Jeremy Markle's #313 small block modified Friday night at Selinsgrove. Also, Sammy Piazza and John Stangle will be there both nights per SJDR.

Per CowPattyNation.com, Duane Howard's big block isn't ready, and he'll only be there Friday night unless another offer comes along.

Selinsgrove Drivers

Here's a few of the drivers that should be there this weekend, this is not nearly all of them. Selinsgrove Speedway's RoC Dirt Tour events offer arguably the best field anywhere all season, and this year will be no different. Good luck to all teams running this weekend at Selinsgrove.

Saturday Night
0 Richie Pratt
00 Doug Manmiller
1 Stewart Friesen
1 Billy Pauch
1c Craig Von Dohren
3 Chad Brachmann
4 Duane Howard
7 Rick Laubach
9s Matt Sheppard
10 Bobby Varin
10 Randy Sherlock
10v Danny Varin
11 Danny Hieber
14 Jimmy Horton
18J Jason Rood
20 Brett Hearn
22 Danny Tyler
23 Billy VanInwegen
26 Ryan Godown
42B Kevin Bates
42p Pat Ward
51 Mike Colsten
66 Danny Johnson
71 Mike Mammana
L85 Ted Lamb
88c Billy Pauch Jr
91 Billy Decker
98H Jimmy Phelps
99 Wade Hendrickson
99 Ryan Phelps
117 Kevin Hirthler
267 Mike Barone
280 Justin Holland
357 Jeff Strunk
673 Gary Tomkins
711 Mike Iles

Friday Night
0 Richie Pratt
1 Stewart Friesen
1c Craig Von Dohren
R1 Ryan Godown
2 Addison Meitzler
2 Billy Van Pelt
3 Chad Brachmann
3G Mike Gular
4 Duane Howard
7 Colt Harris
10 Bobby Varin
14 Jimmy Horton
16x Danny Creeden
16xx (or 21K is motor is done) Kyle Weiss
18 Michael Weinert
19 Brent Boyer
19 Tom Umbenhauer
20 Brett Hearn
21 Mike Mahaney
22 Danny Tyler
42 Kyle Follweiler
42p Pat Ward
44 Frank Cozze Jr.
46 Doug Manmiller
66 Danny Johnson
L85 Ted Lamb
91 Billy Decker
99 Wade Hendrickson
117 Kevin Hirthler
280 Justin Holland
357 Jeff Strunk

Ray Tuit News; Fantasy League Update

The Tuit Motorsports 673 big block modified has announced on their Facebook page that Gary Tomkins will kick off the season for them at Selinsgrove this Saturday. We've received many tips that Tomkins will run the car all year in specials, but we've also been hearing that the team still wants to run weekly at Orange County. We'll see what happens.

The Fantasy League is all ready to go and will be opened up for entries in the next day or so. Remember, it's free to enter, and the winner will win a free season ticket to the track of the winner's choice in 2012.

Wago Fantasy League Update: other Tidbits

Fonda Speedway has released their schedule, and now it's up on the master schedule (located to the left side of this post). With Fonda now releasing their schedule, the Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League is almost ready. The 358 Dirt Series and Fulton Speedway should both have their schedules released by this weekend at the Syracuse Motorsports Show, and as soon as I get those in my hand, the Fantasy League will be released.

Per AARN, former Five Mile Point Speedway champion Jim Crawn is coming out of retirement to run weekly at Five Mile Point. Crawn will take over for Brent Wilcox in the Chris Clark Racing car, Wilcox will start the season driving for Scott Brady until Brady comes back from injury.

In other Five Mile Point news, Mike Nagel Jr, Jamie Batzel, and Byron Worthing are all moving up to the modified division in 2011.

I'm Back...

Nothing major here, just got back. Obviously the big news isn't driver related, but it's Brewerton and Fulton going to American Racers and leaving DIRT. Despite what everyone seems to think, I'm willing to bet anyone any amount of money that they do not get RoC dates for 2011. A few tracks were turned down because RoC doesn't want to have too many dates. However, look for the RoC Tour to get bigger in 2011, and return to having a North and South tour in 2012, with a few combo races that will determine the overall champion, much like they did in 2006-2007.

You can add Mike Colsten to the Selinsgrove big block list. Danny Hieber's small block won't be ready, so he'll only be there Saturday night with his big block.

Also, I added Can Am Motorsports Park, Humberstone Speedway (only 3 mod shows), and Five Mile Point Speedway's schedules to the 2011 big/small block schedule.

Out Until Wednesday

Hey guys, it's finally spring break at Kutztown University, so I'm heading down to Altantic City for a few days with the girlfriend. I'll be back Wednesday night, so the blog won't be updated until then. Sorry guys, have a great few days!

Minor Updates

I-88 Speedway has released their 2011 schedule. I've posted it onto the the 2011 Big/Small Block Master Schedule, the link is located to the left.

Also, a few people have asked me about dirt modified fantasy leagues for money. DickDragonMotorsports.com is doing just that this year. A good friend of the Club Wago, John Baumes, is running the site, it costs $25 for one person to enter (there are discounts if you get multiple people to enter at the same time) and the first place prize is a cool $500. The fantasy league covers basically all mid-week and special shows for the big and small block modifieds in 2011, and its simple to play. I've already turned in my entry for this year.

As for the 2011 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League, I'll have it released and open for entries as soon as Fonda and Fulton release their 2011 schedules. I'm also waiting to hear if there will be a second edition of the Hard Clay Challenge at Orange County Fair Speedway, I know Michael Sanchelli is working hard to have another high paying small block race at Orange County this year. The Wago league will be FREE to enter as always, and will once again award the winner of the fantasy league a 2012 season pass to the track of the winner's choice.

Jeff Heotzler Jr. Returns

Former modified star Jeff Heotzler Jr, who outside of some sportsman racing at Accord hasn't done much racing over the past few seasons, will return to the seat of a big block modified in 2011. Heotzler Jr. will run the J17 car that his father ran a bit over the past few seasons. Heotzler Jr. stepped out of the car after his father, Jeff Heotzler, lost his ride with Mike Petruska Racing a few seasons ago so his father had a car to race. Heotzler Jr. will focus on weekly racing at Orange County Fair Speedway.

Mahaney to Selinsgrove

Add another driver to the lists of drivers running at Selinsgrove for their RoC Ice Breaker weekend. DTD reported, and then Mike Mahaney confirmed via e-mail that he'll be racing Friday night aboard the #21 small block modified, and may run the same car on Saturday depending on how Friday goes.

Danny Johnson/Randy Sherlock/Pauch Updates

Danny Johnson will pilot the Sherlock Motorsports #10 weekly at Accord Speedway on Friday nights. Johnson has driven part time for the Sherlock team over the past two seasons, but will now begin the season running weekly. As for Randy Sherlock, after a scary off-season that included 2-heart attacks, Randy will kick his season off at Selinsgrove Speedway, and will run the following week at New Egypt Speedway. He'll access how he feels after those races to determine how much racing he does this season. Expect him to make a few starts at Orange County at least. Randy's one of the real good guys in racing, we hope that he goes out there, feels great, and has a great seasons!

Along with Randy Sherlock (just Saturday), Billy Pauch has confirmed he'll run Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway.