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Knoxville, IA
English Creek Speedway would like to thank all of the drivers and race teams that attended the 2008 awards banquet. The banquet was held on November 15 at the National Sprint Car Hall Of Fame in Knoxville Iowa.
English Creek Speedway 2008 trophy winners
Special thanks to QRC and Robert Carrel for donating a BRAND NEW ROLLER to be given away to one of the English Creek Speedway Drivers!
And the winner is: COLTEN ROORDA- the smaller of the two!
Driver of the Year
Katelyn Smith
Rookies of the Year
L-R Clinton VanHelten-R-Box Stock, Brooke Mitrisin-Box Stock, Nate Mills-125, Alan Ambers-Micro and Devin Kline-Open
Hard Luck Winner
Jake Sharp
Most Improved
Christian Bowman
Most Inspirational
Scotty Johnson
OUTLAW DIRT KART CHAMPIONS FOR 2008
Cody Ambers Open, Brooke Mitrisin Box Stock, Tanner Sharp Box Stock, Nate Mills 125cc and Katelyn Smith R-Box Stock
Thanks to Burris Tire for the Outlaw Dirt Kart champion jackets.
MICRO CHAMPS FOR 2008
Bryan Wanner Micro and Chase Wanner R-Micro
Thanks to American Racer for the champion jackets.
Winner of the Nationals Tickets
Anita
Caldwell, ID
The 2008 winter series came to a close with two big two day shows in February. The local karters welcomed some out of town competition for the Northwest Winter Nationals on February ninth and tenth.
With a full field of karts and the regular OMC (Owyhee Motorcycle CLub) crowd, the pits were packed as Mother Nature took a break from the snow of the week before. When the dust settled, Brandon Johnson emerged the big winner of the weekend. One week later was the Championship weekend for the IOKA. Again a full field of karts packed the pits for two days of wild racing action. On Saturday the karts ran all their races before the OMC show started. It was an early day as they tried to get the show in by 2pm. The main events were action packed as always. In the bandits main, which is for the true beginner, the drivers started from their traditional standing start and the day belonged to Eagle’s Delaney Blume, who drove to victory in front of Drew Miller and Daytona Wurtz.
Tyler Henderson continued his strong runs in the box stock division with a main event win on Saturday. Brenna Lee and Jesse Fuller came in second and third. The Hot Rod class heated up the track all night long and when all was said and done it was Zach Blume bringing home the hardware in front of Nick Isaacson and Dylan Stacy.
The 125’s proved to be a class with more experience and speed as Meridian’s Chance Connell proved to be hard to beat with his main event win. Dana Evans and Shon Gooden battled it out for second and third. The feature event of the day had the open 500’s rippin around the track and after making the long trip two weeks in a row from Missoula, Montana, Tommy Brown grabbed the win followed closely by Boise’s Kyle Hossfeld and Stevensville, Montana’s Randy Phillips.
And with that the stage was set for Championship Sunday! Delaeny Blume took the sweep for the bandit main events, with Drew Miller and Zach Sokoli right behind. Near the end of the main event, Daytona Wurtz, who was running a high line all day got into the loose dirt on the back stretch and turned her kart on its side. As track personnel rushed to the 01 car and got it back on its wheels, she was ready to go and sped off around the track giving the crowd a wave as she went by. Brenna Lee outran Tyler Henderson in the box stock A Main while Kaleb Johnson showed his skill coming in third.
Nitro Nick Isaacson would not be denied a championship day trip to victory lane in the Hot Rods as he held off a charge from Chase Gilbertson and Dylan Stacy to bring home the win. In the 125 division Chance Connell dominated his way to a weekend sweep in front of Hailey Hossfeld and Dana Evans. The visitors from Montana were looking to go home with more IOKA hardware in the open 500 main event, and they did. Gary Brown led Tommy Brown to the checkered to take the top two positions back to Missoula, Montana. Austin Hager and Ben Hinkle rounded out the top four positions.
The outlaw karts have a short breather before they get back behind the wheel for the summer series in mid April at Sandhollow Raceway Park and Rock Creek Raceway in Twin falls. Dean Taylor and Brian Lev did an outstanding job running the indoor series and should be congratulated on a job well done. All the promoting and work is volunteer for the IOKA during the indoor season. All who helped should be commended. The awards banquet is set for March 7 at Idaho Pizza in Meridian. Points Champions will be crowned at that time.
My brother Bob and I discovered ice racing karts in the winter of 1992, at the urging of a good friend. This was a rather crude affair, by some standards. These were yard karts, with studded tires. Many of the karts had no brakes, only a lever with some spikes used to assist the cornering. The flags were basically sticks with rags tied to the ends. There were very few rules, and a point system. They raced for bragging rights and the top three got their names put on a plaque in the bar. But mostly, you raced for fun. The races were held on Mill Pond, in front of the Fox Den, in Balsam Lake, WI.
After watching for about two minutes, the decision was made. We had to do it. So, the following year we got some karts and started “competing”. In 2001, the folks at the Fox Den sort of got out of it. Not wanting to end it all, my new wife Kathy, the good friend and I went on a small road trip in hopes of finding a new place to race. A place was found, some phone calls were made, and racing started on Lake Wopogasset, in front of Leverty’s Landing, a bar that has since burned down. Over the next couple of years it grew to the point where Kathy and I had to take ‘ownership’ of it, due to possible legal situations, and the Wisconsin Ice Kart Series was born. Our goal was to provide a racing series for karts in the winter that is family friendly, safe, competitive, simple, and cheap as possible. Most of all we strive to have fun.
Following a couple of years of racing on Lake Wopogasset, we moved to Bone Lake, 11 miles north of Hwy 8 in front of Wilkins Bar and Resort near Luck, WI. We watched slow, but steady growth of the series, by combining some of the past rules with some of the present needs, adding and subtracting classes as necessary. We even ran open Winged Outlaw Karts for one season. The series started this year with four classes of karts, and we currently run three classes, a blue ohv engine kid’s class called Stock Lites, a Modified class for the adults, and Jr Winged Outlaws.
There have been some special races, including a few 50 lappers, some twin 25’s show for mid season, and we usually try to get at least one night race in per year. The track gets lit up with halogen lights powered by generators, and has that real Saturday night at the track atmosphere to it. The races have never been canceled due to cold weather. We took our show on the road one time, racing in Hayward, WI. The temp that day was –20! Track maintenance consists of believe it or not, water. When the track gets rough, we flood it with a pump, let it freeze and it’s like new the following week. Ideally, the track would receive this treatment every other week, but much like farming, there is a gamble with the weather. If it gets warm, the water won’t freeze. If it snows too much before the water freezes, it turns to slush and doesn’t freeze nice. Mother Nature has won her fair share of races.
Currently, WIKS is at a crossroads. Due to other racing interests and personal reasons, Kathy and I will no longer be running WIKS at the conclusion of the current racing season. I have taken the series as far as I can. It is time for new leadership and fresh ideas, so I will be handing the reigns over to someone else. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone that has raced with, supported and helped us over the past few years. None of this would have been possible without the drivers and volunteer help, and I thank them all.
-Roger McVitty
