May 16, 2024 – Arie Luyendyk Jr. confirmed today that he intends to compete in a handful of winged pavement sprint car events with the Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts beginning with this Saturday’s season opener at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan. Luyendyk Jr. also intends to compete in the 2nd annual Davey Hamilton Jr’s Open Wheel Showdown in Irwindale, California this November.
Luyendyk Jr. also announced that he has obtained a partial season sponsorship with Jiffy Lube. His familiar red #25 will now carry Jiffy Lube proudly on the side of the car as well as the top wing.
The second-generation driver is the son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk Sr. The younger Luyendyk has had a versatile career and has driven several different cars in his career including evets in the Indy Car Series, Stadium Super Trucks, IMSA, and Indy Lights cars among other things. He also qualified for the 2006 Indianapolis 500.
He gained additional fame by starring in the ABC television show ‘The Bachelor’ in 2018. Luyendyk Jr. has a huge social media following thanks in part to his appearance on ‘The Bachelor’.
Long-time friend and accomplished winged pavement sprint car driver Davey Hamilton Jr. invited Luyendyk Jr. to compete in the inaugural ‘Davey Hamilton Jr’s Open Wheel Showdown’ in Las Vegas, Nevada last December. After his initial appearance in a winged pavement sprint car, he enjoyed the outing so much he purchased a sprint car in the off-season. He plans to compete in several events with MSR in 2024.
“I’ve been involved with Jiffy Lube as a brand ambassador for the last few years doing adds for them on Instagram” explained Luyendyk Jr.”We talked about this year and what sort of promotions we were gonna do. I mentioned sprint car racing and it seemed like a great tie in. They decided to move forward with doing a select number of races. This weekend will be the first race that we debut the Jiffy Lube branding on the car.
“It’s really cool to bring such a recognizable brand to the series. For me it’s been a goal to win a sprint car race this year. This just helps me to compete in more races and achieve that goal. The goal for me is to do some MSR events and the Open Wheel Showdown. Jiffy Lube will be on board for those.
Luyendyk Jr. indicated it’s possible he might contend for Rookie of the Year honors if the schedule remains the same and weather cooperates. “I’ve been following the series (MSR). I think our goal is to run the first few. The schedule has changed a little bit. I think if it stays the same, it will be easier to plan it out, and add more races. “Jiffy Lube and I have been a brand ambassador for the last few years. They have been happy with the content I create. This is sorta different for them. They have done some partnerships in NASCAR in the past. They have done some sprint car racing on a franchise level, but never on a corporate level. This will be really cool. Hopefully I can get them as much brand awareness as possible. Good results will help. We’ll see where we go from here starting at Berlin this weekend” concluded Luyendyk Jr.
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The season opener was originally set for Sandusky Speedway, but twice was cancelled due to saturated grounds. As it stands now, this will be the third attempt to get the 2024 season championship kicked off.
The lineup of drivers already entered for this event is strong and may be one of the strongest field of cars seen at an MSR opener in many years. Defending MSR champion Jason Blonde and multi-time MSR 2024 feature winners Davey Hamilton Jr. and Jimmy McCune headline a stout field of cars.
The winner of the 30-lap feature will take home $4000 and has attracted drivers from several states. Former Little 500 winners Jeff Bloom and Bobby Santos III are among those already entered. This will be round I of the Fast Car Dash mini-series.
Other drivers of interest entered include Teddy Alberts, Tom Geren, Rick Holley, Bobby Komisarski, Ryan Litt, Kevin Mingus, Tommy Nichols, Charlie Schultz, Joe Speakman, and Dorman Snyder.
Joe Liguori is also entered. Liguori Is coming off his $10,000 victory in the March 2nd co-sanctioned MSR-Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series event.
Arie Luyendyk Jr. of the “Bachelor” 22 fame is also entered. The former Indy 500 starter will be making only his third start in a winged pavement sprint car since last December. Luyendyk Jr. has tentative plans to compete at most MSR events in 2024. For more info, please log onto www.mustseeracing.com or follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
May 5, 2024 – Holly, Michigan – With Sandusky Speedway grounds currently saturated and rain expected nearly every day next week, Sandusky Speedway and Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts mutually agreed to postpone the May 11 MSR event at the track. The area has received record amounts of rain for the month of April.
When MSR president Jim Hanks and Sandusky Speedway owner Kevin Jaycox sat down to find a suitable replacement date, things took an interesting turn of events.
“I woke up this morning and was thinking about everything I still want to do, and ideas I want to try” explained Jaycox. “One thing I always wanted to do is race every day from Saturday to Saturday the week of the annual Hy-Miler. I got close last year only being off Tuesday. This morning at about 8 am Jim Hanks from Must see racing called me and we were discussing my thoughts on 2024. I was telling Jim of my crazy idea and Jim was all into it. So, we started laying out the groundwork and after 30 minutes on the phone we had a solid idea. I left the call to get Chris Mize, Cale Krebs, Doug Dock and our promoter Kevin Jaycox Jr.’s thoughts. Within 5 mins we had everyone’s approval. So, we are making a schedule change”.
As it stands now, the Must See Racing Sprint Series presented by Perfit-Parts along with the MSR Midwest Lights Series will now race on July 24, the Wednesday of Hy-Miler Nationals week, in conjunction with Friday and Saturday’s ISMA-MSS Supermodified events. In addition, there will be other racing events still to be announced that will now make the Hy- Miler week a true festival of speed. Fans will have the chance to see two of the “World’s Fastest Short Track Cars” competing in the same week at the same speedway.
Tentative plans include the Sprint Car and Supermodified events being streamed by Racing America. Details of streaming and a full schedule of racing for the week will be announced in the coming days.
This will be the second confirmed female driver who plans to compete with MSR’s 410 series in 2024. Earlier Kaylee Bryson announced she will be competing in select MSR events this season driving for AP Development and car owner Aaron Pierce.
The 19-year-old Williams has made a name for herself in the karting circles and is looking to move into open wheel racing to further her career.
“This will be my fourteenth year of racing” explains Williams. “I’ve been racing since I was six. I’ve been racing Go Karts ever since. I wanna start moving up in the ranks and get my feet wet with some sprint car stuff”.
“I met Aaron Pierce through a mutual friend and have done one race with him so far. I ran a Kenyon Midget at Anderson last fall. It was a lot of fun. I’m just looking to get into some more oval open wheel stuff.”
“I have not yet tested in a winged pavement sprint car as of yet, but we will prior to the race. I’m excited for sure to see what it’s going to be like. I’ve been studying videos online and I got to watch Aaron Pierce race the Davey Hamilton Jr’s Open Wheel Showdown in Las Vegas last December. That was a blast and looked so fun. I told myself, I wanna do that myself”.
Although Williams doesn’t have a lot of laps in oval competition, she has a very impressive resume thus far in her young career. She has 8 regional karting championships and 3 national karting championships to her credit. She has also been to the World’s Finals one time. She currently lives in Gilbert, Arizona and is a Driving Instructor at the Arizona based Radford Driving School.
“I met Tommy Nichols at Anderson when I ran the midget. He was running a non-wing sprint car there that day. I met him through Aaron Pierce. We all went out to dinner after the race. He’s a super cool dude. He asked me to drive for him at Sandusky and I said, why not”.
Nichols confirmed he will enter Wiliams in a handful of MSR events and possibly some Florida events this season.
When asked what her expectations were for her first sprint car race she answered modestly.
“I definitely wanna do the best I can for sure. I never rule winning out as a possibility, but I wanna get up to speed as fast as possible. That’s my main goal. If we finish in the top ten, that would be ideal.” concluded Williams.
Attached Photo Credit: Macy Williams Provided Photo
April 16, 2024 – Holly, Michigan – Kaylee Bryson confirmed today that she will be competing in Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts season opener at Sandusky Speedway April 26-27. Bryson will be piloting the AP Driver Development #26 for Aaron Pierce. The event will also include the MSR Midwest Lights Series.
Although this will be her first-ever MSR start, it won’t be her first winged pavement sprint car start. She previously made a start at Inverness, Florida on November 5, 2022, with the Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series. She looked impressive in her winged pavement sprint car start coming home in fifth position. She hopes to use that limited experience to produce a top finish at Sandusky Speedway next weekend.
“That was my first time in a winged sprint car on pavement” Bryson explains. We got fifth in our debut. The cars are honestly fun to drive and I’m looking forward to doing a little bit more of it. Getting in as many different types of cars is only gonna help improve me as a driver. I’m looking forward to the Sandusky race.
Obviously, every different type of car you get into is totally different. But at the same time there are so many little things you learn that can help you in other cars. One thing I’ve noticed about winged cars is you drive them a lot harder than any other car. Thats really helped me in qualifying in other aspects of racing”.
The 23-year-old Bryson should find getting up to speed relatively quickly. Her car owner Aaron Pierce is no stranger to winged pavement sprint car racing. He has multiple winged sprint car victories with MSR and is the all-time sprint car track record holder at Sandusky and it is one of the tracks he has won at in winged sprint car competition.
Sandusky will conclude an interesting three weekend stretch for Bryson. She competed with the Trans Am Series in the SGT class at NOLA Motorsports Park and won this past weekend. She will be competing in a USAC Silver Crown event at Toledo, Ohio this weekend and will complete the three-week stretch in a winged sprint car at Sandusky. She is chasing the USAC Silver Crown championship and Trans Am Series championships this season. When asked what she hoped to accomplish at Sandusky she shared her thoughts. “Obviously every time I get into a car the goal is to win. But with this being only my second start in a winged pavement sprint car, a top five would be really good. Qualifying will give us a good idea how our weekends gonna go. We just gotta get through practice. I’m looking forward to getting to Sandusky” concluded Bryson.
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April 14, 2024 – Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts confirmed today that no less than four drivers who were either born in Florida, or reside in Florida, are expected to compete in the opener April 27.
The 2024 MSR season will kick off April 27 with a twin-bill of winged sprint car racing at the famed ½ mile Sandusky Speedway in northern Ohio. In addition to the MSR National Series, the MSR Midwest Lights Series will be in action.
Joe Ligouri, Davey Hamilton Jr., Troy DeCaire, and Tommy Nichols will be the Florida representatives expected to compete.
Interestingly, all but DeCaire have found victory lane in the state of Florida already in 2024. Joe Liguori won the co-sanctioned MSR event with the Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series event at Inverness, FL in early March. Ligouri’s win was worth $10,000.
Hamilton Jr. has won twice already in 2024 and was a three-time MSR feature winner in 2023. Nichols has a lone winged sprint car event victory at Showtime Speedway on March 9. He bested the event that also included Hamilton Jr. Decaire is a former two-time MSR champion and is no stranger to MSR victory lane. All four drivers are more than capable of staking claim to the MSR opener.
The MSR opener is expected to draw a strong contingent of cars and the complete list of entrants will be released as they are confirmed over the next week.
Defending MSR champion Jason Blonde is expected to defend his title in 2024 and is expected to participate in the opener. Blonde claimed his first series championship last season after have winning multiple championships with other series in the past. He claimed the 2023 MSR season opener at Berlin Raceway and never looked back.
An open practice is scheduled for Friday night April 26 at Sandusky which will allow most teams to shake their cars down for the first time in 2024.
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Sandusky is no stranger to Must See Racing, but it will be the first time the 410 series has competed since August 25, 2019. Five-time series champion Jimmy McCune won that last event nearly five years agon. The MSR Lights Series last competed at Sandusky Speedway in October 2022.
Sandusky Speedway has long been known as the home of the Supermodifieds. But winged sprint cars have played an important part in the track’s history. In 1989 Jeff Gordon claimed an All Star Circuit of Champions 410 victory at the track before he found NASCAR fame. There have been multiple 305- and 602-winged sprint car events over the past three decades.
Sandusky Speedway started life as a ¼ mile dirt oval between 1950-1954. The track was extended to a ½ and paved in1955 to its present configuration. The track played host to weekly Supermodifed racing for decades. Nearly every top Supermodified driver has competed at the track one time or another during its storied history. Sandusky Speedway is unfortunately the site of Nolan Johncock’s fatal Supermodified crash on October 3, 1971.
This will be the season opener for both the 410 National Series and the Midwest Lights Series. A huge turnout of fans and cars is expected due to the lengthy absence of winged 410 sprint cars at the track.
The entry process hasn’t opened yet, so no entries were released by the series at the time of this release. But, in addition to the MSR regulars, a huge contingent of Florida drivers is expected for this event. Entries will be released closer to the event once they have been received.
Defending MSR champion Jason Blonde is expected to be on hand to defend his MSR championship aboard the potent Tony Nosal owned #42 Diablo Chassis. The veteran Blonde captured his first career MSR championship last season. For more info on Must See Racing please like and follow us on Facebook or visit Web Page Under Construction
Jason Blonde (center) and car owner Tony Nosal (right) were honored for their 2023 Must See Racing national sprint car championship Saturday night. (Kelly Poole photo)
BIRCH RUN, Mich. (March 23, 2024) – Must See Racing recognized its top drivers and teams from the 2023 season during the sanctioning body’s rescheduled Night of Champions celebration Saturday at Birch Run Speedway and Event Center.
The banquet, originally planned for January, was rescheduled to March due to a winter storm that swept across the state of Michigan during the initial event weekend. Despite that, there was still snow on the ground Saturday evening during the festivities.
Chief among the banquet’s honored guests were first-time Must See Racing National Sprint Car Series champion Jason Blonde and back-to-back Must See Racing Midwest Lights titlist Cody Gallogly.
Blonde never trailed during the season-long points battle, winning last year’s opener at Michigan’s Berlin Raceway and holding court atop the standings throughout the 12-race calendar.
“If I have to come up and talk, so does my car owner,” joked Blonde, referencing longtime car owner Tony Nosal. “We’ve been together for a lot of years, and he keeps wanting me back, for some reason.
“This year was rewarding, challenging at times, but special because of the group that I get to race with. We’ve wanted a Must See title for a long time; it just seemed like things never quite worked for us to be able to chase it, but this past year everything finally fell into place,” Blonde added.
“The drivers here are some of the best in the country, and it’s an honor to be part of that history.”
Gallogly dominated the Midwest Lights season for a second consecutive year, leading the crate sprint car tour in nearly every statistical category over the course of the year.
“Yes, my wife did help me with my speech again,” tipped Gallogly to laughter from the crowd.
“In all seriousness, I can’t thank you my family enough for supporting me and allowing me to run up the electric bill in the race shop every month,” he added. “I also can’t say enough about my three kids for their love and support, though I’m not sure I’ll ever quite be able to replace (title rival) J.J. Henes as their favorite driver. This year was challenging, not having my dad around, but my mom has always believed in me and helped to keep this race team going.
“We earned another championship as a team, and now the goal is to go for the three-peat this year.”
Cody Gallogly (left) received the laurels for his second consecutive Must See Racing Midwest Lights crate sprint car title Saturday night. (Kelly Poole photo)
Among the other Must See Racing national honorees Saturday was Gene Fogle, crew chief for Bobby Komisarski, who received Crew Chief of the Year honors. Blonde was named Driver of the Year for the first time, while Nosal secured Car Owner of the Year laurels for Blonde’s championship run.
Additional Midwest Lights award recipients included Matt Double (Rookie of the Year) and Terry Bogusz (Crew Chief of the Year), while an emotional moment for all involved saw the late Steve Sexton recognized posthumously as the Midwest Lights’ Car Owner of the Year.
“I was really nervous about coming here, but I was really happy once I did,” said Sexton’s widow, Dana, in accepting the award. “This was Steve’s element, and I can’t say enough how much he cared and loved everyone in this series. He was the ultimate car guy and a great person, husband, and friend.
“I’m glad that Josh (Steve’s son) is going to continue driving in his dad’s honor, and we know Steve will be looking down with pride on everything that Must See Racing continues to do going forward.”
The night’s highest honor, the Jerry Caryer Ironman Award for commitment to Must See Racing, was presented to Ryan Litt as the driver who both exemplified loyalty to pavement sprint car racing as a whole and for his comeback from a vicious supermodified crash last summer to continue racing.
Litt joined Tom Jewell (2021) and Charlie Schultz (2022) as the third recipient of the perpetual honor, which is housed at Must See Racing’s series headquarters in Holly, Mich.
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Must See Racing National Awards
Perseverance Award: Tommy Nichols Sportsmanship Award: Dave Koyan/Joe Speakman Rising Star Award: Rick Holley Most Improved Driver: Bobby Komisarski Best Appearing Car: Davey Hamilton Jr. Fast Qualifier of the Year: Charlie Schultz Hard Charger of the Year: Bobby Komisarski (+33) Crew Chief of the Year: Gene Fogle Car Owner of the Year: Tony Nosal Driver of the Year: Jason Blonde Jerry Caryer Ironman: Ryan Litt
Must See Racing Midwest Lights Awards
Perseverance Award: Steve Sexton/S&S Racing Rising Star Award: Sawyer Stout Sportsmanship Award: Steve Sexton/S&S Racing Most Improved Driver: Charlie Baur Best Appearing Car: Joshua Sexton/S&S Racing Fast Qualifier of the Year: Cody Gallogly Hard Charger of the Year: Cody Gallogly Rookie of the Year: Matt Double Crew Chief of the Year: Terry Bogusz Car Owner of the Year: Steve Sexton/S&S Racing Driver of the Year: J.J. Henes
COLTON BETTIS TO TEAM WITH SAM PIERCE RACING FOR SUMMER SWING
Indianapolis USA Sam Pierce Racing is pleased to announce that 14-year-old sprint car phenom Colton Bettis will race select Must See Racing Series pavement sprint car events throughout the Midwest this summer under team principal Aaron Pierce’s AP Driver Development program.
Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts recently made a rule addendum that will allow drivers as young as 14-years-of-age the opportunity to race in the 410 series based on the applicants previous racing experience and subject to the MSR Owners Council approval. The series earlier in the year had approved drivers as young as 14 the opportunity to compete in the MSR Midwest Lights Series.
The Lutz, Florida-based teenager has enjoyed a remarkable 2024 season so far, winning the Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series opener at Auburndale (FL), finishing second in the first of two feature events at Showtime Speedway and winning the second 35 lapper on the same day. He finished second a week later during the Dave Steele 125 and was crowned the 2024 Dave Steele Sprint Car champion.
Last week he finished second to Joe Ligouri during the Children’s Dream Fund 50 at Citrus County Speedway outrunning a stout field containing many seasoned veteran Sprint Car racers including Bobby Santos, Davey Hamilton Jr., and Brian Gerster to name a few. Colton’s average finishing position after the first five races? A stunning 1.33.
Indiana race fans will likely remember Bettis’ Midwest racing debut last year when he rolled into Anderson Speedway for the first time and won the USSA Kenyon MidgetCar race by a straightaway, having never driven a MidgetCar prior.
Colton won the 2021 Showtime Speedway non-wing Sprint Car championship at the age of 12 to become the World’s youngest pavement sprint car champion.
“Colton is wise and mature well beyond his years. He has an extremely bright future in motorsports. We’re happy to have him on board and hope to have him with us for quite some time. I’d run him in the Little 500 this year if they would let him [due to his age].” said Aaron Pierce. “I appreciate Must See Racing’s careful consideration of Colton’s unique skillset and situation and approving his competition license. I ran a ton of races with that group in the past and look forward to racing with them once again.”
Bettis will join rising star and current USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year Kaylee Bryson as an AP Driver Development teammate for 2024 as she chases both the USAC Silver Crown championship and a Trans Am Series championship.
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Joe Liguori poses in victory lane with Children’s Dream Fund 50 promoter J.J. Dutton and Dutton’s daughter, Sadie, after winning Saturday night at Citrus County Speedway. (Jacob Seelman photo)
INVERNESS, Fla. (March 2, 2024) – Joe Liguori may have dominated the Children’s Dream Fund 50 Saturday night at Citrus County Speedway, but the box score didn’t show how hard he had to work for it.
Holding off challenge after challenge from 14-year-old Colton Bettis in the closing stages, Liguori led the final 39 laps around the quarter-mile oval en route to a $10,000 victory.
Though Bettis got a nose underneath Liguori twice in the final five laps – including once in turn four after delivering a hefty bump to Liguori’s rear nerf bar – the third-generation veteran never faltered.
Liguori kept his car straight and true in the waning moments, ultimately earning an emotional triumph for car owner George Rudolph. It marked Liguori’s fourth career win under Must See Racing sanction.
“This is a big confidence booster,” said Liguori, who broke a drought with the series dating back to July of 2022 at Rockford (Ill.) Speedway. “Sometimes as a driver, I do get down on myself, and we had an awful year up north last year with engine issues … it just seemed like anything that could go wrong did.
“I’ve got some of the best behind me, with George Rudolph in my corner, and on a night like this I’m just the lucky guy that gets to turn the steering wheel. … I’m not sure we can get this trophy home; it’s taller than me!”
With looming weather threatening throughout the afternoon, a format change agreed upon by series officials saw qualifying times set the feature lineup, with an eight-inversion applied after a dice roll.
That meant that Canadian Aaron Willison, who set fast time with a near track-record lap of 11.680 seconds, started outside of the fourth row while 21-year-old Steven Hollinger led the field to green in longtime owner Mike Blake’s iconic No. 81.
Hollinger was the rabbit on the initial start, jumping out to a lead of nearly two seconds and leading the first 11 circuits, deftly maneuvering through traffic after reaching the back of the field on lap nine.
However, a turn-four spin by Bobby Komisarski working lap 12 led to the first of four caution flags on the night and set up a double-file restart that led to Liguori’s winning move.
Joe Liguori in action Saturday at Citrus County Speedway. (Jacob Seelman photo)
When the green flag was displayed again, Hollinger spun his tires while getting up to speed off the exit of turn four, allowing Liguori and Bobby Santos III to power past on the high lane into first and second.
“This little motor really didn’t want to spin the tires much, so I was kind of hoping [Hollinger] would [spin the tires] so that I could drive it balls deep into turn one and hope for the best,” explained Liguori after the race. “The first lap, it didn’t really work, but we got that restart, and it gave us a bit of a mulligan.
“Clean air prevailed, for sure,” Liguori added. “The restarts were everything and I know I didn’t make a lot of friends on the restarts tonight, but they’ll get over it, because that’s part of racing. It was a little bit of mind games with some of the takeoffs, but this little 360 [engine] got going as quick as possible.”
After a quick yellow on lap 12 for a spinning Gene Lasker, the middle of the race broke into a long green-flag run, with Liguori nearly getting pinned by the lap car of John Rosploch just as Bettis made a nifty move to take second from Santos a lap prior to halfway.
From there, it was a lap-31 caution for a vicious-looking crash between Brian Gingras and Sport Allen on the backstretch that allowed Bettis his first shot at Liguori on the front row.
Bettis chose the outside, while Liguori restarted downstairs, and the pair battled side-by-side for a half-lap after the restart before a deep dive into turn three by Liguori allowed him to escape with the lead.
The night’s final slowdown came three laps later after Bruce Brantley spun in turn two from 13th, setting up a 16-lap dash to the finish with Liguori and Bettis again restarting from the front row.
It was advantage Liguori when the green flag waved for the final time, but Bettis stayed right in his tire tracks, even delivering a nudge to Liguori in turn three inside of five to go that loosened up the No. 68.
Bettis, however, allowed Liguori to save his racecar and ultimately finished second by a scant .155 of a second in the end. He tipped afterward that he “wasn’t going to wreck anyone” for a $10,000 payday.
“I didn’t want to junk a race car for 10 grand,” Bettis said. “It’s only 10 grand and the race car is $100,000. There will be other races; I’m just so proud of this team for giving us the car to be able to contend all night long.”
Willison, who was coming off a $50,000 asphalt sprint car win in the Open Wheel Showdown at the Bullring at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway in December, completed the podium ahead of Santos and defending Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series champion Daniel Miller.
Davey Hamilton Jr., Dylan Reynolds, Brian Gerster, Scotty Adema, and Dalton Armstrong closed the top 10.
Three-time Little 500 winner Jim Childers, making his return to sprint car racing for the first time since 2002, earned a lead-lap finish in 12th. Hollinger retired after 23 laps with mechanical woes and was credited with 20th in the 25-car starting field.
Event promoter J.J. Dutton, Dude Teate, and Tommy Nichols were involved in a three-car crash during warm-up laps for the feature that caused terminal damage to the trio of cars. They were unable to start.
Saturday night’s Children’s Dream Fund 50 was a non-points special event for the Must See Racing Sprint Car Series. The points opener will be at Sandusky (Ohio) Speedway on April 27.
Michigan veteran Jason Blonde comes into the season as the defending Must See Racing champion.
