July 9, 2004

Jeremey and Kim are proud to announce the birth of their second daughter Emily Fay.  She joins her older sister Jasmine. She was born on July 9 weighing in at 7 lbs 7.5 ozs.   Congrats go out from the Electrictaz Racing family.

 

July 9, 2004 Chateau Raceway Classic Dwarf Report by Matthew Grage

 

Another good field of 90 plus cars filled the pits Friday Night for the tenth night of racing action this summer at Chateau Raceway in Lansing.  A night filled with twenty races moved quickly finishing in just about three hours.  Just five cautions dotted the first half of the show during the heats and just eight more flew during the consy and features for the night.

 

The Classic Dwarf class got off to a rough start as first lap scramble out of turn two gathered up about five cars bringing out an early caution.  A couple of cars took some hard hits with Jeff Jech of Austin and Jamey Ulven of Rose Creek both having there feature race ended quickly.  The race when it restarted turned into one of the most entertaining of the night with several drivers taking turns up front.  Roni Van Riper of Glenville had the early lead but surrendering it to Danny Torgerson of Phoenix Arizona on lap three.  Five laps later Brian Kiehne of Harmony came to the front where he stayed the rest of the way as he captured his fourth feature win of the year.  Kiehne actually started outside front row but had a rough start and had to work his way back to the front after falling back to fifth on the first lap.  Torgerson put on some good runs to try to recapture the top spot but came up short and in fact had a bad restart on lap eleven and lost several spots before recovering to finish fourth.  Ricky Utley of Byron took second ahead of Van Riper.  In the classes heats Kiehne also posted a win for a sweep on the night.  The other heat went to Torgerson who took the checkered for the first time this season.  In all four drivers picked up there first wins of the year on the night.

 

Heat 1

Heat 2

Feature

1. Brian Kiehne

2. Roni Van Riper

3. Todd Kiehne

4. Jeff Jech

5. Mike, Gaines

6. Joel Kath

7. Larry Dahle

8. Eric Wiste

9. Matt Aarsvold

1. Danny Torgerson

2. Drew Jech

3. Rick Utley

4. Tate Bestor

5. Jamey Ulven

6. Jeff O'Connor

7. Dave Anderson

8. Jim Dahle

1. Brain Kiehne

2. Rick Utley

3. Roni Van Riper

4. Danny Torgerson

5. Mike Gaines

6. Eric Wiste

7. Drew Jech

8. Todd Kiehne

9. Jim Dahle

10. Joel Kath

11. Larry Dahle

12. Dave Anderson

13. Tate Bestor

14. Jeff O'Connor

15. Jeff Jech

16. Jamey Ulven

17. Matt Aarsvold (dns)

 

 

July 10, 2004 Deer Creek Speedway Classic Dwarf Report by Todd Narveson

 

Finally, weather was not an issue for the weekly program at the Deer Creek Speedway. The sun shone brightly and a good size crowd was on hand to watch the action.  One-hundred twenty-seven race cars were on hand tonight. This week’s racing action was sponsored by Images of Kasson. Kim Crawford of K.C. Lawn Care added $25 gift certificates to D&C Racing Products for each feature winner and fifteenth place finisher tonight.

 

The Classic Dwarf Cars were up next for their 15-lap feature. This race saw a hard crash in turn one as Nick Norton’s steering broke and he hit the turn one wall very hard.  Norton was feeling some back pain and was taken by ambulance to the hospital for observation. No further update on his condition was available at the time this story was written.  Matt Aarsvold led with Drew Jech and Jeff Jech racing for second. Aarsvold led until lap eleven when he drifted high in turn four and Drew Jech shot to the low side and the lead.   Aarsvold and Jeff Jech touched and Jech bounced off the wall and Aarsvold dove low. Jech took second and now it was a family affair up front.  On the final lap Drew led his Dad Jeff but Jeff zoomed to the outside of his son coming out of turn four for the checkered flag. The sixteen year old Drew edged his Dad by inches for his first ever feature win.

 

Bill Nelson attended the Nextel NASCAR event in Chicago so full race results are not available this week.

 

Heat 1

Heat 2

Feature

02y-Danny Torgerson
28-Brian Kiehne
11m-Dave Marso
22-Jeff Jech
11w-Corey Whalen

66-Drew Jech
01-
Tate Bestor
20-Todd Kiehne
02-Matt Aarsvold
61-David
Anderson

66-D. Jech
22-J. Jech
02-Aarsvold
02y-Torgerson
28-B. Kiehne
u7-Rick Utley
01-Bestor
11m-Marso
20-T.Kiehne
47-Jim Dahle