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Mid Americans At 141 Speedway
The Mid American Stock Car Series returns to the 141 Speedway this Saturday
Night, July 15th for the 5th Annual Dick Grall Memorial 60. The race was
originally scheduled for June 24th, but rain showers followed time trials and
washed out the nights racing. 16 of the 28 cars in attendance that night
have already earned spots in the starting field, but an additional 4 will be
added from a 15 lap last chance race that proceeds the main event.
Fortunately for the scoring staff, the 141 Speedway uses a computerized
electronic transponder scoring system similar to Nascar’s as the Mid
American Stock cars round the quarter mile oval in 12 seconds.
With 20 cars starting the feature, the leaders should expect lapped
traffic by lap 10, and a full night of 2 and 3 wide racing.
The 141 Speedway is said to be the toughest stop on the tour, and based on
qualifying it’s easy to see why. Local drivers have been playing
spoiler to the series cars. Quick Time was set by Menchallville’s
Monte Strouf , and 10 other local drivers have qualified for the feature.
Interestingly enough, 4 of the top 5 point contenders from the series
struggled in qualifying and are not in by time. The point leader, George
Schuultz of Bristol Wisconsin needed a provisional starting spot. Second place
contender James Swan, is the pole car in the Last Chance race. The race
is also significant for the local 141 Speedway Point Chase, currently lead by
Whitelaw’s Daryl Gerke. With the series cars in the mix, points positions
are expected to shuffle considerably.
Meet all the stars with their cars when the night begins with an on
track autograph session at 6 PM. The First race is at 7 PM. For more
information check the track website www.141speedway.com
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