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DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Tuesday, March 9, 2010) - It was a re-building year in 2009 for Steve Sinclair as he took over the operations of Wilmot Raceway, an ASA Affiliated Track in Wilmot, WI. After a successful first year, he is ready to step it up for the 2010 season.

"We are definitely increasing the schedule, so there is a lot more race dates for everybody concerned," Sinclair said. "We have five base classes there with the winged 410 Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Street Stocks, 1200cc Mini Sprints, and Fearless 4's which is like a hornet class. Plus we have a bunch of specials, the ASA IRA Bumper-to-Bumper Outlaw Sprint Series is coming there five times, a UMP Summer Nationals Late Model date, the Badger Midgets twice, the Illini Midgets once, an AMA motorcycle race, so we have a pretty busy schedule."

This schedule will begin with a two day opening weekend on May 15-16 with an Open Wheel Extravaganza featuring 410 Sprints, Mini Sprints, Modifieds, Badger Midgets, Street Stock, and Fearless 4's.

Looking back at 2009, Sinclair was happy with how the season went. Part of that success was how he came up with the schedule, "On a limited schedule we had a great year. We are upping the dates but its not going to be an every Saturday night deal," Sinclair explained. "I am looking at what is around us and trying to schedule properly. It worked last year, in some cases where there is a big special on a Saturday we will run our guys on Friday, trying to take advantage of the fact that maybe we can draw some cars those tracks to come down by us and it has worked."

Drivers will welcome a 100 percent, guaranteed payout during NEW DIRT’s first ever Spring Thaw on Saturday, April 10 at Seymour Speedway. The first green flag is scheduled to fly at high noon.

The show boasts seven classes and will be the first track in northeast Wisconsin to open it’s doors for the 2010 season. “The biggest reason we wanted to do this was it’s so hard to schedule a big special in September,” said NEW DIRT President Dave “Cosmo” Rihm. “We’re rolling the dice but we’re taking a chance. We want to start this show and run a bulk of it in the afternoon when it’s warmer. We’d like to get done early so the fans can meet the drivers on a Saturday night.”

All drivers are guaranteed to make back their entry fee. “If a late model driver, for example, doesn’t make the show, he’ll go home with $175, their entry fee for two days,” said Rihm. On Friday April 9 an inspection and a “test and tune” will take place from noon to 7 p.m. That practice session is free of charge to the public. Crew members will be charged $15.00 on Friday night and $25.00 on Saturday. For more information and a copy of the flyer for this show, including a driver’s payout for each class, please check out the track’s website seymoursuperspeedway.com.

With the recent warm spell Mother Nature has doled out, Rihm is confident the high-banked, third-mile, clay oval will be in race ready shape for the earliest opener ever in the club’s 27 year history. “We covered the frontstretch with plastic and straw last Fall because with grandstand being on the south end it’s always last to thaw out,” said Rihm. “I can tell you there is no frost on the fronstretch right now. With the warm weather we’ve been having, we’re pretty confident we can get out there soon and begin working on the track.”

For many drivers, picking up the first win of a new season is one of the toughest feats to accomplish in racing. After being victorious 21 times overall last season with the World of Outlaws, Joey Saldana certainly knew the way to the winners circle heading into 2010. He came close to winning each of the first four races this season, finishing in the runner-up spot in three of those.

Saldana broke though in a big way on Saturday night at Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California before a huge crowd to score his first A-Feature win of the season to earn $10,000 in the 35-lap contest aboard the Budweiser Maxim. It was the 60th A-Feature triumph of his career with the World of Outlaws.

"It was a great effort by my team," said Saldana. "We blew up in the dash and they worked hard to get the motor changed, so we really didn't get to work on our car too much. My car was pretty good for 35 laps and the motor held in there. It was a total team effort by everyone involved."

For Saldana, the win was his third at Thunderbowl Raceway with the World of Outlaws, which is the most of any driver dating back to the series debut at the track in 2003. The second generation driver scored his first victory at the track in 2007 and followed that up with a triumph last season at the high-banked 1/3-mile. He used a couple of strong starts to jump to the lead over pole sitter Tim Kaeding.

"It's very hard to win out here," shared Saldana. "Last year we won the second race of the season and it just rolled. Once you win one, it seems like it comes easier and easier. It seems like you are not thinking about winning as much and worrying about racing. Now, we can focus on racing and hopefully win some more."

After a year hiatus from Prestige Yacht Coatings Thunderhill Raceway, Dan Lewis Photography will return weekly in 2010.

With the track status in limbo before the 2009 season, Dan & Mary Lewis made the decision to shoot at 141 Speedway. With 141’s move to a dirt surface, along with a night change to Wednesdays in 2010, it opened up a return to Thunderhill.

Dan Lewis Photography provides drivers and fans weekly action shots & victory lane photos, along with HOTSHOTS racing cards, checkered flags and much more.

For more information on Dan Lewis Photography, visit their website at www.danlewisphoto.net.

The 2010 racing season at Prestige Yacht Coatings Thunderhill Raceway will kick off on Saturday, May 1 at 6pm with IMCA modifieds, stock cars, hobby stocks, northern sport mods, NEW super stocks & 4 cylinders in action.

A car show & practice session is scheduled for Saturday, April 24 starting at 6pm. All divisions are welcome to participate. For more information, call (920) 743-7052 or visit www.racethunderhill.com.

141 Speedway track officials have announced that they will not be using raceceivers for any of their weekly racing divisions in 2010.

Originally, at their drivers meeting in January, promoter Bruce Conard had announced that raceceivers would be used for all classes in 2010. “At first, we had another promoter of a nearby track who had originally expressed serious interest in running (raceceivers) like us,” said Conard. “Unfortunately this promoter has changed his mind and has decided not to run them. As a result, we don’t want to chase cars away so it is with regret we’ve decided that 141 Speedway will forego using raceceivers .”

Costs to the drivers would have been less than $100 per unit. “It’s a shame, because the feedback we’ve gotten was pretty favorable from the race teams with regards to using them,” said Conard. “But with this being our first year as a dirt track we didn’t want to be on an island. We won’t let that happen. The raceceivers are great because if it saves a driver from getting caught up in even one wreck, the raceceiver pays for itself.”

The ¼ mile, paved oval has been ripped up and a high banked, third mile clay oval was installed before the snow flew this winter. The speedway will host Wednesday night racing, with the season opener May 5 at 7 p.m. A pair of open practice sessions will be held on Wednesdays April 21 and April 28 from 5 p.m. til dusk. The practice sessions will be free to the public while a nominal fee will be charged for those entering the pit area. For more information check 141speedway.com. You can also follow 141 Speedway on both Twitter and Facebook.

141 Speedway is located 20 minutes south of Green Bay and 20 minutes north of Manitowoc off county R in Francis Creek. For more information call (920) 905 1112 or (920) 905 5111,