2009 ASA Midwest Tour Champion to compete in ASA Transcontinental Series FreeState 500 in South Africa.

American Speed Association PR
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Release Date) - He recently collected his tenth series championship, first with the American Speed Association. He also has been a national champion and got to fly with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds flight team. But now, Steve Carlson will take his first overseas flight to compete in the American Speed Association Transcontinental Series FreeState 500 on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Phakisa Freeway Circuit oval in Welkom, Free State South Africa.

Champions were honored for their 2009 success this past Saturday night as Dells Raceway Park, an ASA Member Track, celebrated its season at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Five division champions and many weekly competitors were congratulated on their fine seasons.

The evening started with a prime rib and chicken dinner followed by an Awards program emceed by Mike Olson, one of the track’s announcers.

Joe Graziano, co-owner of Dells Raceway Park, spoke on behalf of himself and fellow co-owner Lance Fielitz where he thanked all of the sponsors and each track employee for their help this past season. He also joked that the weather on the day of the banquet was sunny and 68 degrees and said it was the best Saturday weather all year.

Graziano presented a special award to Andy Schultz for leading a great safety crew that he assembled for the track. In fact, Schultz along with Jerry Blystone, Norm Bartnick and Kevin Smith who all work at DRP were also working at Talladega two weeks ago and were the first responders to Ryan Newman after his bad wreck in turn three.

By American Speed Association PR
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Friday, November 6, 2009) - Four American Speed Associations Member Tracks will be honoring their 2009 champions this weekend. Congratulations to the champions at Wilmot Raceway, Dells Raceway Park, Illiana Motor Speedway, and Meridian Speedway.

WILMOT RACEWAY - will host their post season party on Friday, November 6th at the McHenry (IL) VFW Post #4600. ASA Division Champions; Todd Daun - 410 Sprint, Scott Kuxhouse - Modified, Tom Brown - 1200 Mini Sprint, Andy Gross - Street Stock, and Ryan Andrews - Fearless 4 will be honored. Wilmot Raceway (formerly known as Wilmot Speedway) located on the Kenosha (WI) County Fairgrounds completed its first year of operation under the promotion of the Kenosha County Fair. The Wilmot Raceway is a third-mile clay oval located just north of the WI/IL border between Milwaukee and Chicago, www.wilmotraceway.com

By John Wells
Greetings MIS Fans...here is the latest from Madison International Speedway.

Breaking News
The MIS Banquet will be January 23, 2010 at The Heights in Verona, Wisconsin. Please check our website or future E-News editions for more details.
If you have any questions during the off season please contact Dave Grueneberg at 608.513.2278.

Fall Classic Falls to the Elements

For the fans, the race teams, and MIS management it certainly wasn't the way anyone wanted to see the 2009 racing season end at Madison International Speedway. But after nearly a month without any significant rain, Mother Nature decided to return to southern Wisconsin this week and force the cancellation of the third annual Fall Classic.

The precipitation began on Tuesday when the speedway received over three inches of rain. "We have places at the track where it doesn't seem to dry very quickly," said MIS General Manager Dave Grueneberg. "I had the pump out again in turn three taking care of the ponding on the low side of the track, but the outer pits were a problem." An on-going issue in turn one once again created a challenge for Grueneberg. "Water gets under the track when it has rained hard. It seeps up through the track and makes racing conditions dangerous."

By John Wells

It's time for the third annual MIS Fall Classic this Friday and Saturday at Madison International Speedway.

Seven Divisions on Track for Friday Night

The pit gates will open at Noon on Friday with practice starting at 2:00 PM. We will be rotating divisions all afternoon long before starting qualifying at 5:00 PM.

Late Models, Area Sportsman, Hobby / Pure Stocks, Bandits, Legends, International Four Cylinders, and Short Trackers will all be in action. We are going to try to group divisions together in the pits if possible. I would recommend arriving early since the pits will be crowded.

Qualifying and qualifying races will take on a new look in 2009. All cars will compete in a dash or qualifying race this year.

In all divisions except the Late Models the fastest eight cars will compete in an eight lap "Dash" with the finishing positions used for determining the starting lineup in the feature.

Odd and even qualifiers will be held for the remaining cars with their finishing positions also playing an important part in determining the feature lineup.

New Motorsport Concept Pits South Africa Against America: “Two Continents – One Winner”
“CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONTINENTS FOR ASA TRANSCONTINENTAL SERIES”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Monday 21, September 2009) – The American Speed Association (ASA) is taking another innovative step by creating an international motorsport contest for stock cars with the “Championship Between the Continents – South Africa versus USA Motorsports.”

This new event, tagged with the “Two Continents – One Winner” moniker, created with the help of the Free State Provincial Government of South Africa, will feature a 207-lap, 500-Kilometer event at the Phakisa Freeway Circuit in Welkom. The race will take place on January 29 – 31, 2010.

By John Wells
Here is the latest from Madison International Speedway where we are very excited about the upcoming MIS Fall Classic.

By John Wells
Here is the latest from Madison International Speedway.

By John Wells
Oregon, WI (Friday, September 4, 2009)- Jeremy Miller finished the year in style by winning one of the Twin 30s for the Rockweiler Insulation Late Models enroute to his 2009 track championship at Madison International Speedway. For the second year in a row, Chester Ace (Roto Rooter Bandits) and Max McNamara (Pellitteri Waste Systems Legends) took home titles.

Miller won the first late model feature while Ryan Goldade picked up the second event. McNamara made it a clean sweep by winning the rescheduled points event and the non-points race while Jody Schmidt took home the checkered flag in the Roto Rooter Bandits feature and 2009 track champion Jay Kalbus won in the Brown Heating and Air Conditioning Area Sportsman non-points race.

Miller and Goldade Share Feature Wins

Jeremy Miller wanted to make sure there was no doubt going into the second feature as to who was going to win the 2009 track championship. He made that very clear after taking home the win in the first 30 lap feature for the Rockweiler Insulation Late Models.