THE DIRT SHOW PHOTO GALLERY
Super Stock driver #0 Brandon Duellman
Super Stock driver #22 Dan Nissalke
Late Model driver #15 Ryan Mikkelson
Modified driver Dusty Bitzan
Modified driver Matt Halls
Hornet driver Justin Schelitzche
Late Model driver #10 Gary Crawford
Modified & Super Stock driver Jon Tollakson
Limited Late Model & Modified driver Doug Wasmund
Modified driver #83X Kadden Kath
Sprint Car driver #88 Bob Hopp
Sprint Car driver #44 Chris Martin IMCA Sport Mod driver #40 George Gilliland
Stock Car driver Kyren Porter
Sprint Car driver #7K Karlee Becker
Sprint Car crew chief Cindy Becker and family
USAC Sprint and Indycar driver Tom Bigelow
Modified and Late Model driver #3w Randy Winter
Modified driver from Duluth, MN #11 Jody Bellefeuille
Pulver Towing to the Resuce For BIG jobs and small jobs, you can count on Dirt Show sponsor Pulver Towing to get it done right. Here are some recent pics of Pulver's team in action on one of thier BIG jobs.
Late Model driver #49 Jonathan Davenport
Modified Driver #21x Travis Sauer
USRA B-Mod driver Casey Knutson
United States Racing Legend Al Unser
Team Schwebach Preparing for 2020 Season Street Stock & Hobby Stock driver Nick Schwebach's wife Brooke will be driving a car of her own for the upcoming 2020 season. And as you can see in the pictures below, the husband and wife team will be busy this winter getting the new car ready. The chassis has been given a brand new coat of purple armor, thanks to Dirt Show sponsor Extreme Powder Coating of Blooming Prairie! Check out the impressive before and after pics below. March Update: Brooke Schwebach's new #38B hobby stock is ready to go for the upcoming racing season. Thanks to all the sponsors who helped make it happen, including Fastshafts, Gillund Enterprises, Justice Brothers and Extreme Powder Coating.
Kenny Petersen's #76 Gremlin Late Model
Midget, Indycar, and Open-Wheel Legend Mel Kenyon
Baier's Engine Service Four photos of some of the incredible engines they are working on at Baier's Engine Service in Rochester. Top-left is a 1940 Dodge motor getting a stock rebuild. Top-right is a Ferrari V12 motor they are rebuilding. Bottom-left is an early 1950's Olds Rocket engine done and ready for delivery. And bottom-right is a 239 Flathead V8.
2019 Mastell Brothers Touring Series Champion Johnny Parsons III Congratulations to Owatonna's Johnny Parsons III on winning the Mastell Brothers Touring Series 2019 points championship! Parsons was a model of consistency this season, scoring nine Top 5 finishes in 11 starts.
Late Model driver Ryan Griffith
Modified driver Ben Moudry
Sprint Car driver Clayton Christensen
Modified driver Shane Howell
The Dirt Show visits Eldora Speedway for the Four Crown Nationals
Super Stock driver #29 Jeff Crouse
Hornet driver Bubba Brown
Minnesota Racing Legend Blackie Wangerin
Late Model driver #42s Don Shaw
Street Stock driver #15 Zach Elward
5th Annual Gus' Station Car Show & Fundraiser
Dirt Show Sponsored Quarter Midget Display at the Dakota County Fair
USRA Limited Late Model driver #30 DJ Tesch
Retired USAC Legend Merle Bettenhausen
Tribute to Jeff Dahle Friend & sponsor of the Dirt Show and big supporter of dirt racing in Southern Minnesota, Jeff Dahle of Morristown, MN, passed away on May 25th. He was 56 years-old. He will be missed by everyone that was lucky enough to know him. Jeff was a guy everyone could count on and had a huge heart! You can read Jeff's full obituary here. Jeff requested that his friends and family dig his grave site by hand. So they gladly honored that request. Unknown to them, Jeff had buried a bottle of Windsor for all of those digging that day to find. The note on the bottle read: “Have a drink on me. It’s been a pleasure to know each and every one of you!" He had a great sense of humor. On the side of his high school Demolition Derby car, he once wrote “Wanted: Girlfriend! Apply in person in the pits after the Demo.” Jeff was one-of-a-kind. Here's our final Dirt Show interview with Jeff Dahle from the summer of 2018. Modified Driver #25 Doug Cook
Stock Car driver Joe Schmidt
Modified driver Paul Fitzpatrick
Modified driver #37 Dean Larson
Honoring Those Who Served Thanks to longtime Dirt Show sponsors NASCO Equipment and International Steel Erectors, who donated their time and equipment to help erect the new Martin County Veterans Memorial in Fairmont, MN. Learn more about the project here.
Modified Driver Tammy Soma Clark
Modified driver Abby Garin
Modified driver Andrea Keeney
Outlaw Hobby Stock driver #25A Andrea Kuechle
Dirt Track Photographer and Racing Historian Missy Lushinsky
Stock Car driver Kevin Opheim
Super Stock driver #33e Cody Emmens
Hornet driver Jay DeVries
Retired Driver Clyde Hinrichs
Hobby Stock driver Dustin Gulbrandson
Southern Minnesota Racing Featured on Small Town, Big Deal Modified driver and Wisconsin's fastest grandma, Bonnie Jablonske and her husband Ron, Deer Creek Speedway, the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, and the Southern Minnesota racing scene were recently featured in an episode of Small Town, Big Deal. Click below to watch!
Dirt Racing at the 2019 KOWZ & KRUE Home and Rec Show Local dirt track racing was well-represented at the KOWZ & KRUE Home and Receation Show that took place at the Four Seasons Center in Owatonna in March. Chateau Speedway, Toner's Lake Speedway, Jackson Motorplex, The Dirt Show, and several drivers were on hand. Thanks to race fan Brian Minter for stopping by to take some pictures of the festivities.
Driver and Track Announcer Guy Hamernik
Retired Modified driver Gary Shumski
Retired Sprint Car driver Chuck Schumacher
Modified driver #83 Billy Steinberg
Modified driver #51W JT Wasmund
Modified driver #15w Alex Williamson
Modified driver Eric Lamm
Modified driver Nick Meyer
Hoosier Speedway RC Track in Kellogg, MN Racing on Tuesday Nights
Sprint and Midget driver Alex Schriever
Modified driver #16T Tim Kanten
Retired Modified & Super Stock driver Bobby Steier
Stock Car driver #14 Chad Palmer
Retired Modified driver #30 Jay Ruby
Hobby Stock, Super Stock, and Late Model driver Kevin Hager
Retired Modified driver #16 Dain Schultz
Modified driver Todd Stinehart
Super Stock driver #78k Dexton Koch
Non-Winged Sprint Car driver #87 Mike Mueller
Modified driver #44 Karlie Wagner
Modified driver #110 Nikki Wrazidlo
Modified driver #53 Tianna Mithun
ARCA Late Model driver #25 Natalie Decker
Hobby Stock driver #17 Ashelyn Moriarty
Late Model driver #13 Ryan Konkel
Sprint Car driver #8 Casey Mack
Modified and Stock Car driver Kevin Stoa
Images courtesy of Don Masters Father & Son Sprint Car Drivers Vance and Dylan Peterson
Hornet driver #17 Dewey Samuelson
Mississippi Thunder Track Announcer and Dirt Bike Racer Dan Bailey
Racing Legend Bobby Unser
Bobby Steier Restoring Karl Fenske’s Famous #99
Hall of Fame Sprint Car Driver Shane Carson
Modified and Stock Car driver Pat Graham
Modified driver #3A Taylor Ausrud
Denis Czech, Modified and SuperStock driver
In Remembrance: Modified Driver Mike Hernke It is with great sadness we must report the passing of modified driver Mike Hernke. Mike was on the show with us in May 2017 (link) to talk about his #37 touring modified he used to promote cancer awareness. Indeed, many of you probably saw this awesome looking car parked at an area race track in the last year.
Excerpt from Mike's obituary: "Mike was born on January 30, 1958 in Zumbrota, MN, the son of Owen and Gladys (Swelland) Hernke. He graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1976. He was a lifelong member of Urland Lutheran Church, where he was baptized, confirmed and married to Brenda D. Quittem on July 15, 1978. He was a praise and worship team member for over 10 years. Mike worked for 23 years at Hernke’s, Inc. and was also an owner/operator as a truck driver for 15 years. He loved music, especially singing and playing drums. He enjoyed family vacations, hunting, and pontoon rides. He was in to dirt track racing for many years, and car #37 was one to watch! His latest car was a cancer awareness race car that exhibited at local dirt tracks, where he also sang the national anthem and spoke about cancer awareness. He loved spending time with his family, and especially loved making big breakfasts, where the chocolate chip pancakes were a hit!" You can read Mike's full obituary here & listen to his May 2017 Dirt Show interview here
Pure Stock driver #83 Dan Guttormson
IMCA Sport Mod driver #90 George Nordman
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Sprint Car driver & Co-founder of the UMSS series Joseph Kouba
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Driver and car builder #0 Les Duellman
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IMCA Stock Car driver #14z Ned Kalis
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Retired Race Car Driver Elmer Duellman
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USRA A Mod driver #23 Darwyn Karau (Thanks to Brian Minter for the pictures!)
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Modified driver #4 Jeremy Nelson
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USRA Late Model driver #11 Lance Hofer
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Retired race car driver Lyle Hinrichs
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Race car builder Steve Wise
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Street Stock driver #84 Hunter Van Gilder (Rice Lake, WI)
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Modified Driver #13x McKenzie Gerdes
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Late Model and Modified driver Blonde Bomber Mitchell
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The Dirt Show is Proud to Help Sponsor Voth Racing in 2017
Pictured below are The Dirt Show sponsored Street Stocks driven by Parker and Troy Voth. Go get 'em this season guys! Check out Voth racing on Facebook for more pictures & videos.
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IMCA Hobby Stock driver #75c Cory Probst
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Modified driver #9 Roger Nielsen
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver #10 Jennifer Jo Cobb
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Late Model and Modified driver #10 Mike Balcaen from Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Street Stock driver #34jr Bobby Blowers from Waseca, MN

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Retired Indycar Driver Sarah Fisher with her Father & Uncle
Retired NASCAR& ASA driver Dave Marcis
(Thanks to author Bill Haglund for the pics!)
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IMCA Stock Car driver #50 Heath Tulp
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Late Model driver brothers #51 Nate Beyenhof and #1 Nick Beyenhof
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4th Annual Old-Timer's Racing Reunion at Steve Yaggy's Home Shop in Rochester, MN
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Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Arend
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Visiting Denny Garber
In January, the Dirt Show crew took a trip down to Denny Garber's house in Fairmont, MN. We had a great afternoon looking at old racing pictures and talking about racing. The Garbers were wonderful hosts. The yellow sprint car pictured below is Denny's, along with the old Nova race car pictured next, which had a 454 V8 in it and was raced by Denny back in the day.
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Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum (Fountain City, WI)

Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum in Fountain City, WI, is one of the largest museums of its kind in the country and a fantastic attraction every family member will enjoy! Elmer's has hundreds of muscle, antique, and classic cars and trucks as well as pedal cars and thousands of antique toys, tools, and dolls. Check them out on your next trip over to Mississippi Thunder Speedway.
Owatonna driver Glen Anderson at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum at Knoxville Speedway in Iowa recently featured an exhibit for Glen Anderson, legendary driver from Owatonna, Minnesota. Glen's famous #9 car is there, along with a bunch of cool pictures of some of his racing adventures.
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Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver #1A Bobby Allen and his Shark Racing Team cars
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USRA Limited Late Model driver #24 Justin Sass
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Modified driver #94jr John Doelle
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7th Annual Topless Nationals at Ogilvie Raceway
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$250,000 Rock N Roll Gold Cup at Badlands Motor Speedway
Your Dirt Show host made the trip out to the Sioux Falls, SD area for the Rock n Roll Gold Cup at Badlands Motor Speedway in August. This amazing event brings together the best winged and non-winged 410 sprint cars in the country for a gigantic $250,000 purse. If you make the trip yourself, be sure to check out Badlands Pawn, which is the biggest, coolest pawn shop in the Upper Midwest. Check out the pics below.
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Midwest Modified driver #35jr Garitt Wytaske
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Modified, Late Model and Sprint Car driver #95 Keith Foss
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Modified driver #14W Clayton Wagamon
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Sprint Car driver #91 John Sernett
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IMCA Stock Car driver #5 Luke Sathoff
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Street Stock driver #12 Cody Kummer
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Midwest Modified driver #16 Jason Vandekamp
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IMCA Old Timers at the 2016 Dakota County Fair
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Retired Modified, Sprint Car and Midget driver Jim Edgington
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Tribute to four-time USAC champion, Indycar, and NASCAR driver Bryan Clauson
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UMSS Sprints at Chateau Raceway in Lansing, MN
Thanks to Brian Minter who took most of these great pictures of the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series event at Chateau Raceway. It was a great night all around, and surely one of the largest crowds on-hand at Chateau in a long time. A special Dirt Show thank you to Mike & Kathy Madsen and Mark Daniels for sponsoring this event and helping to put it together.
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Pure Stock driver #23 Ross Spitzer
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Retired Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Lynn Paxton
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Late Model and Modified driver #75 Cody Skytland
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WISSOTA Street Stock driver #01 Justin Pogones
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World of Outlaw Late Models at Ogilvie Raceway
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Super Stock and Modified driver out of Sartell, MN #19x James Trantina
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Super Stock and Street Stock driver #3R Danny Richards
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IMCA Modified Driver #30 Josh Ruby out of Lakota, Iowa
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Dirt Sprint Car & asphalt Late Model driver out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Amber Balcaen
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IMCA Sport Compact driver #8K Kaytee Devries
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Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify & race in both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500
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Harli White (Lindsay, OK) and her #17w Sprint Car
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Jonathan Olmscheid and his ethanol powered dirt Modified and asphalt Late Model
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Midwest Modified driver #23 Mitch Wiese
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Retired Late Model driver #33 Richy Olson
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Four-time WISSOTA Late Model national champion Ricky Weiss
Brandon Nielsen and his #8T IMCA Hobby Stock
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Retired Super Mod driver Les Wildin (Algona, IA)
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Sprint, Midget and Indycar driver Bryan Clauson
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Greg Lammers' #99 Pure Stock sporting the Dirt Show logo
2nd Annual Old Timers Racing Reunion
We had a great time at the Old Timers Racing Reunion in Rochester in late February. Truly amazing to see so many of our childhood heroes all in one spot on a winter day in Minnesota. These racing reunion events are always incredible, and we at The Dirt Show strongly encourage you to get out there and check one out sometime. Pic #1-Racers sitting in a group at the event. Pic #2-Gerhard Wollenburg (#96) in the tan hat. Pic #3-Lance Mathees talking to Bill Haglund about winning the Yankee Dirt Classic at Hawkeye Downs in Iowa. Pic #4-Mert Williams' late model station wagon from the early 1980's.
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Midwest Mod drivers Bonnie Jablonske #17B and Ron Jablonske
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Racing legend Red Mullican passed away on March 21, 2016. Click here to read his obit.
Huber Welding Supply's Support for Dirt Racing Goes Way Back
Here's a picture of a 1948 sprint car dropped off by a customer at Huber Supply in Owatonna. Thanks to the guys at Huber who digitized the pic and shared it with us.
Hall of Fame Late Model and Modified driver #10 Dennis Hovinga
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Ernie Tuff's '61 Ford Starliner, powered by Chrysler 426 Hemi
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World of Outlaw Late Model driver #77 Jordan Yaggy
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Tony Shaner's #23 Pure Stock at Dodge County Speedway (10/04/15)
Nate Coopman and his #9 IMCA Sport Compact car
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Modified driver #74c Clint Hatlestad
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Daniel Eckblad's #10E Stock Car
Mod Four driver Keith Thell and his #00t car
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Sprint Car driver #1s Logan Schucart
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Late Model and Modified driver #50 Jeff Wildung
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IMCA Stock Car driver #1M Jeff McCollum (Thanks to Sarah Moriarty)
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Street Stock, Super Stock, and Modified driver Tim Johnson
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Street Stock driver #11 Sam Fankhauser
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10th Annual Racing Reunion in Otho, IA
We attended Marty Pringle's Racing Reunion in Otho, Iowa, again this year and had an awesome time, as we always do. This event just keeps getting better and better every summer. Here are a few pictures of the event. If you ever have the chance, be sure to go and check it out, you'll be amazed at the number of old race cars and amount of history there.
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Wissota Super Stock driver #7R Tommy Richards
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IMCA Sport Compact driver Megan Sandvig and her #33 car
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Caley Weese and her #77 Late Model
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Troy and Jacob Dahle at Chateau Raceway in Lansing, MN
Driver McKenna Haase and her #55M Sprint Car
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Late Model driver #32 Chris Simpson from Oxford, IA
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The #07 Late Model driven by Don Swearingen
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2nd Annual Josh Burton Memorial @ Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, IN)
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MSCS Non-Winged Sprints at Lincoln Park Speedway (Putnamville, IN)
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Jim Gullikson's #21 Wissota Street Stock
Adam Godeke's #3G Pure StockAdam Godeke carries the Stars and Stripes in the Dushek Racing/Dirt Show #3G Pure Stock during the national anthem May 15th at Chateau Raceway in Lansing, MN.
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Pure Stock driver Greg Lammers' #99 car sporting the Dirt Show logo in 2015
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Knoxville Raceway Hall of Famer #61 Stacey Redmond
Dirt Show guest Derek Green's #32 IMCA Stock Car and his new IMCA Modified
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Ted Smallwood's American Flag Sprint Car
Larry Portis and his #59 IMCA Stock Car
Remembering Glen Anderson
It is with great sadness The Dirt Show notes the passing of a Minnesota racing legend, Mr. Glen Anderson. He will be missed greatly by his friends and family. Glen was born April 15, 1930 in Owatonna and died Sunday, March 29, 2015 in his hometown. What an extraordinary life he led both on and off the track. We will miss you Glen.
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“Tribute to Trostle” and Open Wheel Swap Meet in Knoxville
On a snowy Saturday in late January, we made the trip down to Knoxville Speedway for the annual Open Wheel Swap Meet, which, on this occassion, included a benefit to celebrate the career of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Bob Trostle. Pictured below: Dirt Show host Klane Dushek and Hall of Famer Shane Carson, Bob Trostle checking out some the cars he built and owned, and Shane Carson's red #20 sprint car.
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Dirt Show guest Brady Gerdes and his #2x Modified
Sprint Car 101 at the Kossuth County Agriculture & Motorsports Museum
Pictures: 1) 100+ fans in attendence, 2) Jim Edgington (left) and Norm Wiemers (right), 3) Norm Wiemers next to his car, 4) Terry McCarl (left) with the car he won Rookie of the Year at Knoxville with and Daryl Arend (right) who owned and worked on the car for McCarl’s first three wins.
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Jesse Glenz in the #7x Modified
Brad Doty's #75 sprint car
Doug Wolfgang, the Sweetest Man in Racing?
Why did we take a pic of this candy bar wrapper? Because it has an incredible story behind it. Late this past fall, your host dropped in to visit Doug Wolfgang at his shop called Wolfweld in South Dakota. We decided to go get some lunch, and when Doug reached into his pocket to get his keys, this wrapper fell out. He handed it to over and said, "Babe Ruth has a candy bar, this one's mine!" Back when Doug was winning everything in sight in the mid 1980's, he was working on his sprint car at the shop one day when the phone rang. The caller said, "Is this the famous sprint car driver from Sioux Falls, South Dakota?" And Doug replied, "Yes sir! It sure is!" What Doug soon found out was that the mystery caller on the phone was none other than the owner of the D. L. Wolfgang candy company. The man complained to Doug that he was receiving ten to fifteen calls a day to speak to the sprint car driver Doug Wolfgang and he was just plain sick of it! He and Doug have stayed in touch ever since, and in fact, this past October, when Doug's son Robby was married, the family passed out Wolfgang candy bars to all the wedding guests.
USMTS Modified driver Kelly Shyrock at the Kossuth Co. Museum
Nine-time USMTS Champion Kelly Shyrock being interviewed by Chad Meyer at the Kossuth County Museum on Sunday, January 18th, at the Dirt Modified 101 event.
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Vintage Racing Images From a Few of Our Sponsors
Many of the businesses and people who sponsor The Dirt Show used to race themselves, and here are two examples for you. In the top two pictures you'll see Minnesota racing legend Barry Ketterings old car from 1974. The car was sold to Bill Collin of Interstate Truck Driving School, who drove it about a dozen times at Princeton and Northstar Raceway in 1975. The bottom two pictures are of Gary Wolff and his 1965 Chevelle Street Stock. Notice the intact windshield and wipers, they used them in the back then!
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Dirt Show trip to Granite City Speedway
The Dirt Show crew took in some late season races at Granite City Speedway in St. Cloud recently. You might remember this track by its former name, Golden Spike Speedway. It was our first trip up there and we had a great time. It's a wonderful facility and they put on some great Wissota racing.
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Retired Late Model driver and 2014 Dirt Show guest Em Fretheim
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Dirt Show guest retired driver Norm Weimers
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USRA Modified driver #20 Mark Motl
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The Tragic Death of Robert W. Frame
This head stone located in Forest Hill Cemetery here in Owatonna is the final resting place of race car drive Bob Frame. Bob was the son of 1932 Indianapolis 500 winner Fred Frame. Bob came to Owatonna in 1947 with his sprint car never to leave again. He was killed in a race at the Steele County fairgrounds. The story goes, he showed up with a broken left wrist from a tow rope accident at his last race. The official told him he could not race with a cast on because it was too dangerous. Bob assured the official he would be just fine and persuaded him to let him race. Sometime during that day's race, disaster struck when two cars collided in front of him. He instinctively grabbed for the hand brake lever located on the left hand side of the car, but with his hand in a cast he was unable to stop in time. His car launched into the air and the resulting crash ended his life. We discuss this story on the October 25th, 2014 episode of The Dirt Show during the Owatonna Granite and Monument segment, be sure to listen!
Late summer trip to the Sprint Car Capital of the World
Knoxville Speedway and the Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum are a couple of our favorite places on earth and we always try to make the trip down at least a couple times every year. Here are some pictures we took on our latest trip: a view of the track from the 4th floor suit at the Knoxville Sprint Car Hall of Fame, Erin Crocker Evernham's WoO feature winning car, your host and his brother's brick at the Hall of Fame, and Klane with #24 Terry McCarl.
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9th Annual Racers' Reunion in Otho, Iowa
We had the honor of attending the Racers' Reunion in Otho, Iowa, just outside of Fort Dodge, in late June and snapped a couple of pictures while we were there. Special thanks to the event's organizer Marty Pringle for a wonderful day and for keeping it going for nine straight years!
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USMTS Modified driver #33z Zack Vanderbeek
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Super Stock driver #21R Dave Read
Robbie Franklin's #1 Midwest Modified
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Pure Stock driver Krysta Swearingen
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UMSS Sprint Car driver #5 Anna Kouba
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Bud Martini in his #42 Midwest Modified
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Doug Wojcik's #3D Street Stock
Adam Godeke's Pure Stock at the 2014 Château Raceway season opener
Dirt Show guest Late Model driver Zack Johnson
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Dirt Show guest Modified driver Josh Bazey
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Dirt Show guest Steve Sorenson
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Dirt Show guest Modified driver #40 Kevin Adams
Dirt Show guest Sprint Car driver #11A Bruce Anderson
Sprint Car 101 at the Kossuth County Museum in Algona, IA
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum recently held a free "Sprint Car 101" educational program at the Kossuth County Agriculture & Motorsports Museum in Algona, Iowa, and the Dirt Show crew was lucky enough to be there. The Kossuth County museum honors and remembers the history and heritage of agriculture and motorsports in northern Iowa, be sure to check it out sometime.The Sprint Car 101 program highlighted Iowa racing veterans Jim Edgington, Dick Forbrook and Stacy Redmond, who were in attendence. It was a fun and educational afternoon for all who attended, and we were sure glad to get the chance to go!
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Vintage Racing Images
Louise Smith, NASCAR pioneer, with her wrecked car. Johnny Parsons, in his first USAC champ car at Riverside, CA. Dick Trimble, founder of Trimbles Honda in Austin, in 1955 on his Triumph 250 Cub. Monk Sorenson in his IMCA Big Car. And a driver lettering his car the old fashioned way, with a brush & paint can!
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Sprint Car through the barn roof at Jackson Speedway
Nick Schwebach's Street Stock at Deer Creek Speedway in 2014
Dirt Show guest Justin Oestreich and his #46 Wissota Midwest Modified
Marcel Hoaglan's Super Stock & son Marcel III at Cedar Lake
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Street-legal Modified replica from New York
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The Dirt Show crew visits Knoxville Raceway
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Greg Hilbert's tribute to his father, Don "Shiney" Hilbert, and his 1957 Chevy
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Winged and Non-Winged sprint car driver Johnny Parsons III
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