Friday, August 5 Winners at Mt. Pleasant Speedway

Chuck's Discount Foods UMP Modifieds:
Feature: No. 15 Rich Robinson Jr.
Heat 1: No. 44 Robb Stanick
Heat 2: No. 75 Roy Harvey
Heat 3: No. 13 Andy Galgoci

Sunoco American Late Model Series:
Feature: No. M14 Brandon Thirlby
Heat 1: No. 28 Sam Epling
Heat 2: No. 6M Dona Marcoullier

Smokers Club UMP Stock Cars:
Lyle "Chunky" St. John Memorial $700: No. 10 Gary Vandermark Jr.
Heat 1: No. 77B Rob Brillhart
Heat 2: No. 11jr Josh Loomis
Heat 3: No. 10ss Justin Gilland

NAPA UMP Modified Minis:
Feature: No. 16 Joey Burch
Heat 1: No. 16 Joey Burch

Mt. Pleasant & Clare Automotive Stock Minis:
Little Jays Daycare Feature Special: No. 62 Steve Keeler Jr.
Heat 1: No. 7 Fred Parisian

Extra: 7 UMP Late Models broke the previous Mt. Pleasant Speedway Late Model track record set in 2010 by Rusty Schlenk of 14.04 seconds. Those breaking record included No. 0X Zack Olger, No. 85 Mark Andersen, No. 23V Ryan VanderVeen, No. M14 Brandon Thirlby, No. 28 Sam Epling, No. 6M Dona Marcoullier and new track record holder No. 13H JR Hotovy at 13.66 seconds!

Friday, July 29 Mt. Pleasant Speedway Winners:

Wilson Steel Fab & Burnrite Stoves UMP Late Models:
Feature: No. 28 Sam Epling
Heat 1: No. 52H Brad Harden
Heat 2: No. 85 Mark Andersen

Chuck's Discount Foods UMP Modifieds:
Dennis Boyce Memorial $500: No. 39 Chad Spencer
Heat 1: No. 21 Steven Hilliker
Heat 2: No. 19 Chad Bauer

Smokers Club UMP Stock Cars:
Carl McCrumb Memorial $300: No. 87 Landon Hidy
Heat 1: No. 51 Mike Fecko
Heat 2: No. 10 Gary Vandermark

NAPA UMP Modified Mini Stocks:
Feature: No. 16 Joey Burch
Heat 1: No. 68 Trever Fedewa

Mt. Pleasant and Clare Automotive Stock Minis:
Feature: No. 62 Steve Keeler Jr.
Heat 1: No. 62 Steve Keeler Jr.
Heat 2: No. 63 Steve Keeler Sr.

Mt. Pleasant Speedway winners from Friday, July 22:

Wilson Steel Fab & Burnrite Stoves UMP Late Models:
Feature: # 85 Mark Andersen
Australian Pursuit: # 28 Sam Epling
Heat: # 0X Zack Olger

Smokers Club UMP Stock Cars:
Feature: # 77B Rob Brillhart
Heat 1: # 11 Sr Jeff Loomis
Heat 2: # 87 Landon Hidy

NAPA UMP Modified Mini Stocks:
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Feature Special: # 68 Trever Fedewa
Heat: # 91 Nathan Carlon

Mt. Pleasant and Clare Automotive Stock Minis
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Feature Special: # 62 Steve Keeler Jr.
Heat 1: # 62 Steve Keeler Jr.
Heat 2: # D7 Tasha Decker (1st career win for Coleman 13-year-old female driver)

MORA Mini Mods Special:
Feature: # 79 Nate Jones
Heat: # 11 Doug Roush

Mt. Pleasant Speedway will be changing it up a bit tonight, Friday, July 8 as the dirt track brings in the Renegade Racing Fuels Pro Sprint Series Sprints on Dirt spectacular featuring Portland, Mich. native and series legend No. 2M Dustin Daggett and St. Johns native and defending champion Ryan Grubaugh.

Daggett has 3 main event wins so far this season in 6 races.

For those who have never seen these winged sprint cars -- they are a sight to be seen. The cars use a 360 cubic inch engine and generate blazing speeds.

So get on out to the Mt. Pleasant Speedway, 4658 E. River Road, Mt. Pleasant and see these winged warriors, plus the usual UMP Modifieds, UMP Stock Cars, UMP Mod Minis, plus Stock 4 Cylinder classes.

Gates open 5 and races start at 7:45 p.m!

Saturday night I was watching the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at historic Daytona International Speedway for the annual Fourth of July weekend's Coca-Cola 400 and found myself rooting strongly at the end for someone I never thought I would.

No, it wasn't Jimmie Johnson, but instead was David Ragan. In his fifth full-time season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Ragan finally was able to score a victory.

Driving his No. 6 UPS Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, Ragan, still only 25-years-old, but his frustrating Daytona 500 race, where he seemingly had the race won, and got the win when on the last green-white-checkered finish he got a strong push from teammate Matt Kenseth and beat Kenseth, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch to the finish.

In this season where guys like Regan Smith and Trevor Bayne have already got their first career Cup "W," it was great seeing Ragan add his name to that list.

Mt. Pleasant Speedway - 1
Mother Nature - 1

Mother Nature evened the score on Friday, May 7 when daylong rain forced the cancelation of May 7 races at the Mt. Pleasant Speedway.

On the regular schedule for Friday, May 14 is a full show plus a Taco Boy sponsored $500 special in the Smokers Club UMP Stock Car/Street Stock class.

On the NASCAR side, for Michigan International Speedway fans who think they can race against NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch, they now have that opportunity.



From: www.mispeedway.com:
On Tuesday, May 11, Busch will participate in a Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Go-Kart Challenge with fans at Craig’s Cruisers – 5730 Clyde Park SW in Wyoming, Mich. The Go-Kart Challenge is open to the public. Busch is visiting Michigan to support the June 11-13 Heluva Good! Sour Creams Dips 400 race weekend at MIS.

Fans will have to earn a spot in the finals through qualifying sessions from 9-11 a.m. on May 11. The top-12 times advance to the finals against Busch at 2 p.m. Qualifying sessions will cost $5 each, Craig’s Cruisers’ regular fee.

A fan question and answer session with Busch will take place following the day’s activities. The winner of the final heat will be presented a trophy and have a photo op with Busch.

“What a great chance for our fans to have the opportunity to race against Kyle Busch!” MIS President Roger Curtis said. “Kyle is one of NASCAR’s top-tier drivers and we appreciate him giving us his time to participate in this event and provide 12 lucky fans that qualify the fastest the once-in-a-lifetime experience to race against him. It will be a fun day.”

MIS is giving away one guaranteed spot in the final race against Busch to a fan who can correctly guess the number of M&M’s in a vase in the ticket office at the track’s administration building. Fans may guess Monday through Friday during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.) how many M&M’s are in the 20-inch vase. The fan that guesses the closest number of M&M’s will automatically race against the defending NASCAR nationwide Series Champion. The winner will be selected and contacted at 5 p.m. on May 10.

“We thought this was a fun contest to give a fan a chance to take a guess at how many M&M’s are in the vase and give someone the chance to automatically race against Kyle,” Curtis said. “So come on in and visit the ticket office and take a guess!”

Busch will also race against the media and some of the track’s partners that day.

Nestled in the lush Irish Hills of Southeastern Michigan, Michigan International Speedway is the Great Escape, a venerable NASCAR national park where fans can get away and enjoy the very best in racing and camaraderie. It’s the love of racing and the thrill of a great time for race fans and drivers alike.

MIS tickets are on sale. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tickets for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 on June 13 and CARFAX 400 on August 15 are as low as $25. Visit MISpeedway.com or call the MIS ticket hotline at 800-354-1010 today to take advantage of great pricing for 2010 events at MIS.

You can also visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MISpeedway or Tweet with us @MISpeedway.

The first week of the 2010 racing season at the MP Speedway could not have gone any better as there were warm temps, bright sunny skies, a standing room only crowd and lots of great racing action.

Fans were filing into the track shortly after the gates opened at 5 p.m. Friday night, April 30. From there the fans kept piling in.

After a long winter and spring months, track owner Betty Crook and her staff had the track in top shape and the facilities looking awesome!

For the Miller Lite UMP Late Models the big winner was Lake City's No. 27 Eric Spangler as he took home both heat and feature wins.

Over in the Chuck's Discount Foods UMP Modified class, Mt. Pleasant's No. 81 Lawrence Sprague Jr. grabbed the feature win.

In the Smokers Club Stock Cars, the feature win went to No. 69 Nate Murphy.

The NAPA Modified Mini Stocks saw No. 68 Trever Fedewa dominate as he swept the class, getting heat and feature wins.

The MP and Clare Automotive Stock Mini feature saw No. 711 "Taco" Bob Baltierrez get his first career feature win.

So after 7 months of anticipation, the wait was well worth it for drivers, fans and staff alike and now the wait gets shorter - this time it's only 7 days until we do it all over again.

One final note, group of MP Speedway workers are putting on a benefit for injured Late Model driver No. 21 David Hilliker, who broke his femur on Easter and is off work and racing for several months.

Held rain or shine, the benefit is at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Mt. Pleasant Speedway and will include silent donation items from restaurant gift certificates to racing tires and more. Meat and pop provided, as patrons should bring dish to pass, lawnchairs and alcoholic beverages. Live music provided by Paul Pego and tons of fun!! Come out and support a great racing family and person.