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.