Manitowoc Herald-Times from Manitowoc, Wisconsin • 14

Saturday Night Dirt Track Racing Sheboygan County Fair Park, Plymouth Gates open at 5pm QUALIFYING 5:45 Racing to follow Phone (920) 892-2927 Adults $3, 13-17 $6, 7-12 S3, Kids 6 4 under FREE B4 FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 HERALD TIMES REPORTER im iVii-iii-iii j-as-r feee Two-man class emphasizes teams Twin Ring Motegi ner-up finishes and a third with her father, Terry, in last year's two-man races. It may have been a situation of her own creation. "She just laughs if ft STARTFINISH and holds it to the floor and says said Terry, a 42-year-old mechanic for the Manitowoc County Highway Department. "It's a whole different feeling when you're sitting over there. We were laughing all the way around the track." As with any father-teen relationship, Crystal, a 17-year-old junior at Mishicot High who is running her first weekly program in this year's Hobby Stock division, controlled the gas, while Terry And a good time was had by both.

"In practice, he tried to get me (used) to the wall," Crystal said of when Terry would virtually scrape By JERRY RHODEN Herald Times Reporter FRANCIS CREEK Anyone who's thought he or she could drive a race car better than the person behind the wheel down on the track may want to look into a special program at 141 Speedway. The track will run its two-man cruisers during its Saturday night program, which turns driving duties into a team event by putting the accelerator on the passenger side while keeping the steering wheel on the driver's side. "We just had to mount the gas pedal on the other side and switch some lines," said Crystal Koenig, who raced to two run the stereo down, we can communicate," Terry said. The cars keep most of their original components in part to keep costs down, similar to the Enduro class that spawned the Koenigs' ride. "I had an Enduro car, but my dad thought we should take his because it was faster," Crystal said of the Volkswagen Rabbit that carried them last season.

The Koenigs aren't planning on taking part in Saturday's two-man race but are gearing up to tackle the Enduro series in which Crystal finished third last season. The track will run its Compact Car Enduro race over Memorial Day Weekend at 2 p.m., May 28, rain or shine. For more information, check out the 141 Speedway Web site at 141speedway.com Firestone Firehawk 500 Site: Motegi, Japan Track: Twin Ring Motegi (egg-shaped oval, 1 .549 miles) Race date: May 19 Number of laps: 201 2000 winner: Michael Andretti Track Qualifying Record: Gil de Ferran, 219 mph, April 9, 1999 Track Race Record: Adrian Fernandez, 176.195 mph, April 10, 1999 SOURCE: Compiled from AP wire report the frontstretch barrier with the car's right-side mirror. "I started hitting him screaming, 'Get communication is key when partnering to negotiate the quarter-mile oval. "When I can get her to turn Dreams sweeter than candy Winston Cup Driver standings Top 10 Points 1.

DaleJarrett 1,559 2. Jeff Gordon 1,545 3. Rusty Wallace 1,497 4. Johnny Benson 1,480 5. Sterling Martin 1,421 6.

Ricky Rudd 1,411 7. Tony Stewart 1,387 (tie) Steve Park 1.387 9. Bobby Hamilton 1,309 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,302 TIIIIITp 'c'L nJs 141 Speedway Point standings Hare are the kip 10 drivers in each division heading into Saturday'! program at 141 Speedway on Highway north of Francis Creek: Mid-American Sportsman Driver Car Pis Rk Lammene 00 443 Dennis Rabas 7 396 65 386 Kevin Shitlcc 383 Dan Nelson .26 360 Greg Herrmann 79 338 Gregg Haese ..30 319 RyanManthei 49 298 Kevin Zmoal 46 248 Brad Dahmer .45 244 Super Stocks Randy Rahn 96 407 Errol Berry 4 397 Dermy Crass JO 349 BitGast 346 Andy Casavant 25 336 Jesse Schneider 7 324 Randy Van Roy All 318 Tim Jandrin 0 309 Team TrurJetTNemer 3 285 Mini-Stocks Bob Schneider 437 Greg Koch 11 417 Tom Mekchar 62 365 Jason Novak 13 364 DaveSenkbeil 5 363 Mark Fadroski 1 345 4 343 Chris Nies 20 38 MatVanElzen 10 326 Jason Meulemans 66 319 Hobby Stocks Jolene 26 373 Marshall MuHerm 51 370 Andy Whack 5 366 JodiKneser 126 364 Nathan VJegner 50 363 Travis GroeHe 3 382 Jason Behnke 18 342 Team Rabasvogel 77 334 Team RabasRabas 7 331 Crystal Koerug ..17 307 Compact Car Endure Series James Brooks 258 38 John Shane 9 26 Jeff Meulemans 234 21 Josh Stevens 135 19 Eugene Gregonch 16 18 Dylan Stembach ....168 18 Gregg Haese 171 17 JohnVanderheiden 8 17 Roger Lange 69 16 Duane Hendricks 36 18 Busch Driver standings Top 10 Points 1.

Kevin Harvlck 1,786 2. Jeff Green 1,730 3. Jason Keller 1,647 4. GregBiffle 1,641 5. Mike McLaughlin 1,558 6.

Jeff Purvis 1,458 7. Jimmie Johnson 1,441 8. Tony Raines 1,430 9. Kenny Wallace 1,388 10. Scott Wlmmer 1,346 AP Indy Racing League Driver standings Top 10 Points 1.

SamHornish 52 2. Ellseo Salazar 40 3. Buddy Lazier 35 4. Scott Sharp 32 5. Billy Boat 30 6.

Felipe Giaffone 28 7. Jeff Ward 26 8. Robby McGehee 24 9. Buzz Calkins 22 10. AlrtonDare 20 Tim SwobodaHTR Anthony, Jackson and Aaron Huycke peer Inside driver Ken Schrader's Winston Cup Pontiac Grand Prix stock car.

The car, along with three other race cars, were on display this week at the Pietroske automotive dealership. Racing loses friend in Grail Trickle warms up at Road America by 6:30, they'll line up according to points. Also, at the start of the first feature, the remaining time will divided evenly among the rest of the features. 141 ON THE RADIO: Rowe, 141 Speedway owner, is continuing his weekly pre-race radio show, beginning at 5 p.m. on WCUB 980AM.

ROWE RETURNS TO TRACK: Rowe will return to the track after a four-year layoff in his No. 141 1999 Monte Carlo that will run with the late models on the half-mile oval at Wisconsin International Raceway on Thursday nights. "Should there be a conflict, the race track will come first," he said. presents Mcleod USA lil id-American Stock Cars By JERRY RHODEN Herald Times Reporter FRANCIS CREEK -Short-track racing always had a friend in Dick Grail, and now fans will always have the memory of the man who opened the third paved track in the state. Grail, 81, passed away Tuesday from complication following a March car accident.

He brought paved racing to northeast Wisconsin when 141 Speedway opened to an overflow Sunday-afternoon crowd 17, 1960. Grail ran the track from 1960 to '75, leasing it periodically until a legal dispute closed the track in 1990. After leasing the facility to Douglas Buhmeyer of Beloit, Buhmeyer reneged on the final two years of his agreement A judge awarded Grail $28,413, according to an April 27, 1992, Herald Times Reporter report, but the damage was done. Grail said at the time he didn't want to deal with the headaches of leasing the track but that he was willing to sell if a reasonable offer was made. Matt Rowe made such an offer in 1997 and assumed ownership in November of that year.

"He never missed a race," said Rowe, who will hold a moment of silence prior to Saturday's 7 p.m. program. "Everybody wants me to get the track going again," Grail said in the 1992 report. "I just want to sit on my butt and enjoy myself the rest of the years I have left." CURFEW LEADS TO CHANGES: When a 10:30 p.m. curfew forced an early, mishap-marred end to Saturday night's program at 141, owner Rowe made some changes.

"It resulted in a lot of upset fans," he said. One alteration came in the point standings. Since less than half of the first feature was completed, points were distributed evenly among drivers. One racer's motor dropped its oil filter and coated the track, and a wreck by Mat Van Elzen also held up the program. Beginning Saturday, the third caution flag of any race will result in single-file restart as opposed to the traditional side-by-side.

On the front end of the program, time trials will begin at 5:25 p.m. each week. If the Hobby Stocks aren't qualified Race Fan UIM COME EARLY! By DAVE LUBACH For thv HTR ELKJIART LAKE Dick Trickle is one of the most pop- ular and successful drivers in Wisconsin history. Road America, located in western Sheboygan County, is one of the best racing venues in the nation. Amazingly, the well-known driver and the famous track 7 had never crossed paths before Thursday.

Trickle, a native of Wiscon-'' sin Rapids, practiced at the four-mile, 14-turn road course track in preparation for the Road America 500 weekend July 5-8. "I had to ask for directions how to get here," Trickle said. 1st 1000 adutts will receive a FREE 141 speedway Seat Cushion on Midwest short-track ovals and by competing in NASCAR's Busch and Winston Cup circuits, maybe it's not surprising that Trickle never found his way to Road America before. But to have never seen the place? Even Trickle finds it difficult to believe. "It's so close to my hometown and the fact that I've never been here does seem a little bit odd to me," he said.

"I've been everywhere. If something would have been going on at the track, you think I'd come here on some other program." Trickle's July trip to Road America will be a busy one. Not only will he serve as a grand marshal for the weekend, he will also compete in the NASCAR ReMax Challenge Series and USA Mid-Am Trucks events. 3 1 AT LATE! Pig Roast in the Pits after tneraces 100 Application Accepted NO CREDIT BAD CREDIT We can Call Troy In finance GENERAL ADMISSION Wwararnpanled by a parent I Directions Take W3 north to Francis 37F57f7777) CHEVROLET cCJ Creek. 141 Speedway Is located 4 miles north of Francis Creek on County R.

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