9/26 Plymouth, WI Mike Kertscher stole the win from Tommy Sexton with a last corner pass to claim the 13th annual Frank Filskov Memorial Fall Classic at Sheboygan County Fair Park. The race sanctioned by the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series is tradionally the final event of the IRA point season. Kertscher put down an absolute perfect lap rim-riding his way around Sexton and winning the drag race to checkerd. Kertscher piloted the Jim Bell / Chris Hartnell Captain Jim's Yacht Sales Kistler/JEI to the $2700 win. It was Kertcher's second IRA wi of the season, and also his second Filskov Memorial victory. Bill Balog was crowned IRA series champion for the second consecutive season. Donny Goeden led the early going, however fifth starting Sexton powered his way to past Billy Hafemann, Kertscher, and Mike Reinke before taking command as the first 14 laps went green. Veteran Joe Symoens stopped the action with a high altitude back-chute tumble. Sexton would lead Goeden, Kertscher, Scotty Neitzel, Bill Balog, Hafemann, and Reinke on the restart.

This Saturday night, May 16th, it's Sternweis & Sons, Inc. night at Marshfield Motor Speedway. Super Late Models, Super Stocks, 4 Cylinders, Pure Stocks, and Junkyard Warriors will be the featured divisions. Kids bike races will excite the crowd at intermission. All kids will receive a participant ribbon with the winners receiving a trophy. One lucky winner from each class will receive a new bike! Also, the best male and female chicken dance dancers, will receive a free chicken dinner from Culver's of Marshfield!

Gates open at 5pm with Miller qualifying at 6pm, and racing gearing up at 7:30pm. Come out and try our new Brats and Burgers!

Yours in racing,

Wayne Brevik
GM/Promoter

Kevin Ramsell talks with Matt Kenseth at the 2008 All-Star Race at Madison International Speedway (Scott Lofquist Photo)By: Kevin Ramsell
I will be the first to admit, when NASCAR announced that the 2009 Daytona 500 was declared to be over and Matt Kenseth was the winner, I had tears in my eyes just like Matt and many others did as well. For many Wisconsin race fans, Kenseth winning the Daytona 500 has a more personal meaning than any other “Great American Race.”

I called Roy Kenseth to congratulate him and he said they were going to the Sports Page Bar in Cambridge to celebrate and I hopped in my car to join them. How often will anyone get the chance to celebrate it with the father and sister of the Daytona 500 champion?

On my way down, I got a call from Jim Tretow, Public Relations Director of the Milwaukee Mile and also the Public Address Announcer for Daytona International Speedway. Tretow, who also has been following Kenseth since the days he ran his late model around the Midwest tracks, had the honor of interviewing the new champion in victory lane.

By Bruce Nuttleman
An ROL Insider Original Article

The NASCAR Camping World Series (formerly Craftsman Truck Series) celebrated it's tenth anniversary a few years ago. Sadly, it's not inconceivable that the 2009 NCWS season may be the last. The headlines in the news scream financial disaster for the world, if not the entire universe. Who really knows if those in the Corporate offices of NASCAR factored a cyclical economic downturn (on steroids) in their plans over the past several seasons? As early as last year, it was painfully obvious that the NCWS was (at best) facing some serious issues in fielding a full field of trucks.

Recent rules changes in the NCWS include a limit of five men over the wall, limiting pit stop adjustments to gas OR tires (but not both) and a sealed engine program. These new rules are designed to lower the cost to compete and breathe economic life back into a series that is in dire straits.

First, I would like to pass along my condolences to Pete Pistone and his family on the recent loss of his father. I had the privilege of meeting him on a few occasions, and the relationship that Pete and his father had bonded with auto racing. Many would say that baseball is America's Pastime, but the Pistone family can make an argument that auto racing is equal if not not better. God Speed Mr. Pistone.

I was asked to write a press release on behalf of Five Star Race Car Bodies and when they gave me the information about what to write on, I literally got excited. Five Star is hosting a Tech Seminar and Promoters Roundtable on Saturday, March 14 at their Twin Lakes, WI facility.