This years Yearend Banquet is scheduled for July 18th @ the Gilland Race Facility in Lakeville, Mn. If you haven't recieved a Flyer in the mail yet that means I didn't have your Current mailing address. Everyone is Invited to attend. This is always a great time and the Gilland are Fabulious hosts. There is onsite camping and local hotels close by. An error in the mailer forgot to mention that there is no charge for Kids under 7. The mailer can be Viewed and Printed from the Message Board Under the Banquet headline. Hope to see everyone there.
Tracy Kruger Memorial Vintage World Finals Weekend Feb. 14th-15th
Great weather greeted racers last weekend as lots of familiar faces gathered for the races. The action on the race track was just as good. There was a lot of close racing during the day. Many of the classes the players were the same only the order of finish changed.
Thank you to Kelly Anderson from Drag Illustrated as he came out for the weekend and took some very good photo's. His photo's can be viewed here.
MSDRS would like to also thank Tony Kruger for all his hard work in the weeks prior to the race. Without it the event would not be possible. A Thanks You also needs to go out to Dell from the Boat House who has been the host for this event for the past 3 years. KMVWF results can be viewed here.
Celebration of the Lakes MSDRS traveled to the Small town of Center City, MN for the first time last weekend as part of the Celebration of the Lakes Festival. Wow was a common theme for the day! The day was absolutely perfect for racing. Nearly 2500 spectators lined both sides of the race track well past the finish line all during the day. Sometimes 3 and 4 people deep. They were treated to some very competitive racing for the better part of the afternoon. Results posted HERE.
NEW Weather Policy
After the last few years with last minute race cancellations, we have implemented a weather policy to aid in travel costs and unneeded hotel stays. At 6pm the evening prior to each event the race will be deemed a go or no go based on the forecast for the following day. Each day will be treated seperately this way. We will cancel for these criteria. If the Air temp is not above Zero or the wind chill factor is -15 or greater a 12 Noon the day of the race.We will use the Accuweather website as the official forecast tool. It can be received just about everywhere there is Internet or Cell phone service. It will appear here on the homepage and change as locations change. If you click on the Hourly info link and then the correct day,follow the Noon column and all the information is right there. RealFeel is the windchill. Hopefully this will help in easing the dilema of driving up the night before without knowing if we are racing or not.
Well the first race weekend came and went, but not without the weather playing it's part in the event. Saturday mgreeted racers with a weeks worth of light snowfalls being blown sideways across the race track behind a 25 mph wind. The start of the race was delayed and eventually canceled as the winds would not subside.Sundays plan was for a double event. When we got to the race track in the morning everything looked great, the sun was out and the temps were up, then the wind came again and the clouds followed with light snow squalls. Again racing was delayed because the finish line wasn't visible from the starting line at times. Finally late in the afternoon as te wind started to let up some the decision was made to run the first few classes and make a final call from there. Thankfully the winds continued to lay down and 1 day of racing is in the books. Results are HERE. A makeup event will be held March 7th and 8th with a Speed run on the 8th. Look for the schedule updates soon. Schedule The schedule is set. January 17th & 18th Brainerd, MN Jauuary 31st Center City, MN February 14th Waseca, MN February 15th *Tracy Kruger Vintage World Finals, Waseca, MN *This is a departure from tradition to accommodate a schedule conflict February 21st & 22nd Brainerd,MN March 7th Brainerd, MN Make-up Event March 8th Ernie's on Gull Time Trials *Speed Run
The 2008 Schedule has been posted on the events calendar.
Latest news
2009-02-07: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!!
Pro Mod IV Class change. After reviewing the first 2 events and in the interest of fairness Pro Mod IV will be restructured to no longer include Imp 6
2008-12-02: Pre-Season Party
We will have our annual pre-season party to service the equiptment and make sure that the light are in order Saturaday Dec. 13th at the Gilland Race F
2008-11-23: 2009 Schedule Update
The schedule is almost set. We are waiting the last few confirmations. But it looks to be set like thisJanuary 17th & 18th Brain
