“Inaugural Champ Uses AMSOIL”
Late Model driver Pat Doar wins first DTRA Championship
New Richmond, Wis. ~ With the Cedar Lake Speedway championship already wrapped up, Team AMSOIL late model driver Pat Doar focused his sights on winning the inaugural Dirt Track Racing Association championship.
Doar, who won the 2005 AMSOIL Late Model Series, took home the $15,000 series paycheck after winning “The 100” at Cedar Lake Speedway last weekend. Doar edged out fellow driver Steve Laursen by 13 points for the circuit’s first championship.
Another AMSOIL driver made a chase for the title in the DTRA Modified class. Entering The 100 weekend, Darrell Nelson held a five-point lead for the championship. However, technical problems forced him out of the final early, but still with enough points to stay in second place in the points race. Nelson also finished eighth in the late model class.
Other AMSOIL drivers who finished strong in the DTRA standings include Team AMSOIL driver Craig Thatcher, who finished eighth in the modified class. Jody Bellefuille just missed the top ten with his 11th place finish. AMSOIL Direct Jobber Bob Czeczok sponsors Bellefuille.
“Smith Rallies For Fine Finish”
Late Model racer makes move on field in central Iowa
 Farley, Iowa ~ Team AMSOIL late model driver Brady Smith was looking to get back on track after missing the A-Main at the Eldora 100 two weeks ago. The Solon Springs, Wis. driver headed south to the Farley Speedway in Farley, Iowa last weekend for the annual running of the “Yankee Dirt Classic.”
The driver known across the dirt late model community as the “Deuce”, timed in sixth quickest in qualifying. However, a flat tire in his heat race and an on-track incident during the B-Main caused Brady to have to fall back on his qualifying time. He took advantage of a provisional and rolled off 24th for the 100-lap feature event on Saturday night. The driver of the AMSOIL/Monte Carlo pointed his car toward the front at the drop of the green flag and started picking off cars, one by one. As the checkered flag fell on the $10,000 to win event, Smith was credited for a solid sixth place performance.
Smith will invade the Cornhusker State of Nebraska this coming weekend for the two-day “Cornhusker Classic.” The World Dirt Racing League Series will sanction the doubleheader racing weekend at the I-80 Speedway near Greenwood, Nebraska. A $2,500 to win show is scheduled for this Friday night, September 22 at the 4/10-mile oval, while a $5,000 weekend finale is slated for Saturday.
Co-op Sponsorships
If you are a T-1 certified AMSOIL Dealer looking to sponsor a local racer through the AMSOIL Co-op Race Program, please fill out the G-2074 and send it the AMSOIL Racing Department. Teams who were sponsored last year will need to fill out the form once again. Also, please remember to send in your race results, as they will be included in the Checkered Flag.
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Medlin Motorsports driver Brad Jennings transformed his third place finish in his heat race to a third place starting spot in the street stock feature on August 26 at Cherokee Speedway (South Carolina). The Easley, S.C. resident struggled with a loose car during the main, but Jennings held steady for a fifth place finish
Also driving for Medlin Motorsports, super stock driver Rob Meldin finished fourth in his heat race. Medlin also struggled with the car throughout the feature, but was able to capture a podium spot with a third place finish.
Medlin Motorsports returned to Cherokee Speedway on September 3. Jennings would transfer to the feature with a sixth in his heat race. Despite getting caught up in a wreck on the first lap, Jennings took home a fifth place.
Medlin was able to grab to the pole for his heat race. He was battling in second when another car slammed into him, causing both cars to spin out. He was able to finish sixth and transfer to the main event, where he finished fifth.
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The final event of the 2006 season for modified driver Randy Hall of Randy Hall Racing out of Olean, NY, took place at Raceway 7. Off the drop of the green flag, Hall took the lead in the first modified feature of the night. Hall gave up the lead briefly on lap 15, but was able to recapture it one lap later. A five-car battle ensued after that, with Hall slipping to fifth when the checkered flag came out. AMSOIL Dealer Larry Rosenthal sponsors Randy Hall Racing.
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Alex Amen Racing out of Fort Morgan, Colo. saw late model driver Alex Amen earn a second and a fourth in the main events on the asphalt track at Big Country Speedway in Cheyenne, Wyo. two weeks ago. Amen also picked up a first and second in qualifying quick times. That brought Amen to five straight qualifying quick time wins and six out of eight quick time wins for the season.
At the I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, Amen had his best finish of the year with a fifth place after starting 15th. AMSOIL Dealer Michael Brown sponsors Alex Amen Racing.
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 Asphalt Late Model driver Bob Weber won the 2006 track championship at Lancaster Raceway Park in Buffalo, N.Y. Coming off a sidelining injury prior to the 2005 racing season, Weber started the 2006 season with a win. Weber won three more times in a rain-shortened season that only saw nine late model features. Weber is third on the track’s late model wins list with 36.
Weber also was the featured car at the Transit Drive-In, Lockport, NY, for the opening of the movie “Cars.” He competes again September 22-23 at the Lancaster Raceway Park US Open, which he won in 1995, 1998 and 2002. Dealers Martin and Lori Gilmore sponsor Bob Weber Racing.
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DeBoer Brothers Racing finished the season strong at Fairmont Speedway in Fairmont, Minn. on Sept. 17. In the 360 modifieds, Travis DeBoer finished tenth, with Justin Schuder right behind him in 11th and Justin DeBoer in 12th. AMSOIL Dealer Sam Anderson sponsors DeBoer Brothers Racing.
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AMSOIL-sponsored stock car driver Shawn Martin (Team 94 Racing) ended the season at Oxford Plains Speedway (Oxford, Maine) on a high note. Martin drove the 94 car to his third career win in the Little Guy 100. Team 94 heads to Vermont at the end of the month for the 43rd Annual Dodge Dealers ACT Milk Bow at ThunderRoad International Speedbowl. AMSOIL Dealer Greg Peace sponsors Team 94 Racing.
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Shelton Racing super late models driver Chris Shelton (Paducah, Ky.) won his first heat race on September 16. He started on the outside pole, took the lead in the first lap and led all eight laps for the win. In heat race number two, he ended in tenth. Shelton started and finished in sixth in the A-Main. AMSOIL Dealer Jerry Southard sponsors Shelton Racing.
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 Motocross racer Patrick Fountain earned the championship at Saturday Night Under the Lights at Delta Motorsport Park. The last race of the season next week is a two-day,
three-moto format. AMSOIL Dealer Dennis Riley sponsors Patrick Fountain Racing.
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