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Stock Car driver Josh Zieman



Modified driver Tanner Bitzan



Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Lealand McSpadden



Multiclass driver Rob Caho



Dirt & Asphalt driver David Bathke



Hobby Stock driver Greg Sidles



Driver and Crew Chief Skip Pollack



Modified driver Kullen Kath



Sprint Car driver Bruce Allen



Street Stock and Enduro driver Stacy Krohnberg



Race team crew member Tom Hoffman



Late Model driver Gavin Tarras



Late Model driver and Track Promoter Joe Kosiski

(Thanks to Todd Kaltved for the pictures)


Driver, Flag man, Track Promoter Randy Wurst



Late Model driver Caylee Kjos



Modified driver Taylor Kuehl



Tribute to Modified driver #81 Caleb Korpi

The Southern Minnesota racing community suffered a tremendous loss recently. Modified driver Caleb Korpi (Claremont, MN) lost his life during a medical emergency while racing at Deer Creek Speedway on May 27. The Dirt Show asks that all of our listeners keep Caleb's family in their thoughts. And perhaps include them in a prayer or two.

From Caleb's obituary:

"Caleb Kyle Korpi, 47, of Claremont, died unexpectedly of natural causes, Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley.

He was born February 8, 1976, in Bemidji, Minnesota the son of Bill and Karen Korpi. He grew up in Owatonna and graduated from Owatonna High School, Class of 1995. He continued his education at Austin Vo-Tech graduating with an Auto Body degree.

On July 12, 1997, he married Tami Ellis at Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna. The couple lived in Owatonna and Claremont for a short time before purchasing their home in Claremont Township outside of Claremont where they have lived for 16 years.

Caleb worked at Viracon and Marcon in Owatonna, RC Bliss in Faribault, Stephan’s in Faribault, Superior Collision in Eagan and Koster’s Car Korner in Blooming Prairie for the past 23 years.

He was a member of the Claremont Fire Department and First Responders, USRA Racing and Southern MN Promotions (enduro racing). He enjoyed hunting, ice fishing, working on his car, was on a bow hunting league and especially enjoyed his dogs. He was a practical joker, had a light-hearted nature which endeared him to children and he was the first person to offer to help people in need."

Read the full obituary here.

We were lucky enough to interview Caleb just last summer on the show, take a listen. The first picture in the collection below shows Caleb on the night he passed away, ready to roll at Deer Creek sporting his Dirt Show t-shirt. Rest in peace Caleb, we will miss you.

Air Date: 05/28/2022
Guest: Caleb Korpi, Modified driver

Sponsors: NAPA Auto Parts, Cookies Sauces and Seasonings, and Sorenson's Appliance Service

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Sport Compact driver Stephanie Coopman



Sport Mod driver Drew Fett



Sprint Car driver #6 Jake Kouba



Car/Team Owner Linda Weld



Sport Compact driver Lucas Parsons



Modified driver #97 Cole Anderson



Mod 4 driver Robert Holtquist





Modified driver Jeff Carter



NASCAR Legend Geoff Bodine



Late Model driver Jason Hahne



Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Jimmy Sills



Super Stock and Modified driver Ryan Wiome



Modified driver Dustin Kruse



Modified driver David Swearingen



Stock Car driver Roger Blomquist



Sprint Car driver Brandon Halverson



Flat Track Motorcycle Racer Ron Covell



Sprint Car driver Levi Jones



Modified driver #8s Tony Schill



Street Stock driver Andrew Eischens



Hobby Stock driver Parker Larson



Street Stock driver Ryan Satter



Vintage class driver Paul Dolphy



Sprint Car driver Jonathan Cornell



Modified driver #18s Kennedy Swan



Modified driver Cole Bents



Late Model driver #9 Curt Hansen



Late Model driver #39 Tim McCreadie



Sprint Car driver #09 Matt Juhl



Sprint Car driver #22K Kaleb Johnson



Late Model driver Jenna Johnson



Racing fan, crew member and friend of The Dirt Show, Sharon West



Modified driver Caleb Corpi



Late Model driver Ross Bjerkeset



Retired driver Marty Pringle



IMCA Sport Mod driver Colby Fett



Car Owner John Ricke's R&H Farms #40



Sprint Car & Midget driver Robert Bell



Hobby Stock driver Leon Duda



Modified Legend #74 Mark Noble



SRX Race Series Director Ryan McKinney



Remembering Racing Legend Ernest "Ernie" Tuff

We're sad to report that legendary Minnesota driver Ernest "Ernie" O. Tuff of Rushford, has died. Ernie Tuff and his car number 99 won races all over the Upper Midwest in the 1960s. And then in 1964, Ernie took his car to Daytona, where he set a new speed record at the track. You can read his full obituary here. We had a great interview with Ernie Tuff on The Dirt Show back in 2015. Listen here: Dirtshow-2015-09-26.mp3



Race Team Owner, Author, and Motivational Speaker Jack Zimmerman

"Five Minutes: 300 Seconds That Changed My Life" is the true story of Minnesotan Jack Zimmerman, who barely survived an IED attack in Afghanistan and went on to rebuild his life and to continue to serve his community, even after losing his legs and nearly losing it all. The principles and truths that allowed Jack to survive apply to everyone, not just those wounded in combat. For more on Jack's story & to order his book, please visit jackzimmermanmn.com



Ice Racer Alan Darrah and his car #20



Snowmobile racers Jacob Dahle and Leah Bauer



2021 IMCA Sport Mod Track Champion at Fairmont Raceway

Congratulations to Randy Winter, driver of the #3W Sport Mod in his 40th season of racing, who won the Fairmont Raceway IMCA Sport Mod track championship!



Snowmobile Drag Racer Donna Davidson



Remembering Hall of Famer Daryl Arend

The Dirt show is sad to learn 2006 Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Arend has passed away in Algona, Iowa. We were lucky enough to have Daryl on the show back in 2017, check out that interview here ---> LISTEN (MP3) His obituary can be found at the Lentz Funeral Home website and a great article about Daryl and his brother Bob can be found at the Kossuth County Racing Museum website here.



Sprint Car driver Jody Rosenboom



3-time IMCA Champion Bill Utz



Sport Mod driver Eric Larson



Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Ralph Parkinson Jr



Street Stock driver #32 Jason Newkirk



Street Stock driver Dustin Doughty



Super Stock driver Brayden Hedtke



Hornet driver Don Martens



Modified driver Dalton Magers



Outlaw Mini Mod Series driver and series owner Logan Brown



Hobby Stock driver Steve Holthaus



Hobby Stock driver #91 Chris Krug



Sprint Car and Midget driver Chuck McGillivray



Late Model drvier Dustin Johanneck



Late Model & Modified driver #1A Dwaine Hanson



Modified driver Lance Vagt, Jr.



Stock Car driver #7L Jeff Larson



Sport Mod driver Tony Rialson



Modified driver Ashley Mehrwerth



Stock Car driver Troy Swearingen



Sprint Car driver Natalie Klemko



Tribute to Sprint Car legend Thad Dosher

We are saddened to learn that Dirt Show guest Thad Dosher, winner of both the Knoxville Nationals and IMCA Championship, has died. Thad was a legend in open wheel race cars and we feel blessed to have been able to interview him. You can read more about Thad Dosher's life and racing career here. And in case you missed our interview with Thad back in May, you can listen to it right here: Thad Dosher interview

Images courtesy of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum



Randy Winter: 40 Years in Racing



Pure Stock driver Kyndra Guttormson



Sprint Car and Midget driver Mares Stellfox



Modified driver #10 Jeremy Mills



Modified driver Brian Haben



Stock Car driver Trevor Holm



Hobby Stock driver Corey Gronewold



Super Stock driver Jason Cook




Actor, Singer, and Race Car Driver John Schneider



Tribute to Racing Legend Bobby Unser

Three-time Indy 500 winner and racing legend Bobby Unser passed away at age 87, on May 2, 2021. Read the full story here in the Albuquerque Journal.

We were lucky enough to interview Bobby back in 2018 and you can listen to that full interview right here: Bobby Unser Dirt Show interview



Track Announcer and Author, Pat Sullivan



Racing Mechanic and Pit Crew Legend Raymond McNish



Darwyn Karau in the Mike Guttormson tribute car at Chateau Speedway

Thanks to Brian Minter for the pic!



Modified driver #10 Dennis Hovinga



Late Model drvier Verlin Eaker



Karl Fenske #99



Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Ray Lee Goodwin

Thanks to Bob Baker & the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame for the use of theese images!



Street Stock driver Jesse Stahl



Mod 4 driver Tommy Pogones



Hobby Stock driver Steve Dwyer



Cookies Sauces and Seasonings Featured on Iowa Public Television

Dirt Show sponsor Cookies Sauces and Seasonings and it's founder “Speed the Sauceman” Herrig were recently featured on Iowa Public Television during a segment called Iowa Entrepreneur. Produced by Around the Corner productions, the 12-minute video segment can be seen online here: http://iptv.org/video/story/26915/iowa-entrepreneur-cookies-bbq




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


Former NASCAR and ARCA driver Shawna Robinson



USAC Sprint and Indycar driver Tom Bigelow



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



Hobby Stock driver Eric Stanton



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

Kenny Petersen 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



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

The Dirt Show Photo Gallery

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



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



Modified driver #95x Shaun Walski (Images courtesy of Brian Minter)



Sprint Car driver & Co-founder of the UMSS series Joseph Kouba



Driver and car builder #0 Les Duellman



IMCA Stock Car driver #14z Ned Kalis



Retired Race Car Driver Elmer Duellman



USRA A Mod driver #23 Darwyn Karau (Thanks to Brian Minter for the pictures!)



Modified driver #4 Jeremy Nelson



USRA Late Model driver #11 Lance Hofer



Retired race car driver Lyle Hinrichs



Race car builder Steve Wise



Street Stock driver #84 Hunter Van Gilder (Rice Lake, WI)



Modified Driver #13x McKenzie Gerdes



Late Model and Modified driver Blonde Bomber Mitchell



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.



IMCA Hobby Stock driver #75c Cory Probst



Modified driver #9 Roger Nielsen



NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver #10 Jennifer Jo Cobb



Late Model and Modified driver #10 Mike Balcaen from Winnipeg, Manitoba



Street Stock driver #34jr Bobby Blowers from Waseca, MN



Retired Indycar Driver Sarah Fisher with her Father & Uncle




Retired NASCAR& ASA driver Dave Marcis
(Thanks to author Bill Haglund for the pics!)



IMCA Stock Car driver #50 Heath Tulp



Late Model driver brothers #51 Nate Beyenhof and #1 Nick Beyenhof



4th Annual Old-Timer's Racing Reunion at Steve Yaggy's Home Shop in Rochester, MN



Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Arend



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.



Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum (Fountain City, WI)

Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum

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.



Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver #1A Bobby Allen and his Shark Racing Team cars



USRA Limited Late Model driver #24 Justin Sass



Modified driver #94jr John Doelle



7th Annual Topless Nationals at Ogilvie Raceway



$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.



Midwest Modified driver #35jr Garitt Wytaske



Modified, Late Model and Sprint Car driver #95 Keith Foss



Modified driver #14W Clayton Wagamon



Sprint Car driver #91 John Sernett



IMCA Stock Car driver #5 Luke Sathoff



Street Stock driver #12 Cody Kummer



Midwest Modified driver #16 Jason Vandekamp



IMCA Old Timers at the 2016 Dakota County Fair



Retired Modified, Sprint Car and Midget driver Jim Edgington



Tribute to four-time USAC champion, Indycar, and NASCAR driver Bryan Clauson



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.



Pure Stock driver #23 Ross Spitzer



Retired Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Lynn Paxton



Late Model and Modified driver #75 Cody Skytland



WISSOTA Street Stock driver #01 Justin Pogones



World of Outlaw Late Models at Ogilvie Raceway



Super Stock and Modified driver out of Sartell, MN #19x James Trantina



Super Stock and Street Stock driver #3R Danny Richards



IMCA Modified Driver #30 Josh Ruby out of Lakota, Iowa



Dirt Sprint Car & asphalt Late Model driver out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Amber Balcaen



IMCA Sport Compact driver #8K Kaytee Devries

Bonnie Jablonske Bonnie Jablonske



Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify & race in both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500



Harli White (Lindsay, OK) and her #17w Sprint Car



Jonathan Olmscheid and his ethanol powered dirt Modified and asphalt Late Model

Bonnie Jablonske Bonnie Jablonske



Midwest Modified driver #23 Mitch Wiese



Retired Late Model driver #33 Richy Olson

Bonnie Jablonske Bonnie Jablonske



Four-time WISSOTA Late Model national champion Ricky Weiss




Brandon Nielsen and his #8T IMCA Hobby Stock



Retired Super Mod driver Les Wildin (Algona, IA)



Sprint, Midget and Indycar driver Bryan Clauson



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.




Midwest Mod drivers Bonnie Jablonske #17B and Ron Jablonske

Bonnie Jablonske Ron Jablonske


Racing legend Red Mullican



Huber Welding Supply's Support for Dirt Racing Goes Way Back




Hall of Fame Late Model and Modified driver #10 Dennis Hovinga



Ernie Tuff's '61 Ford Starliner, powered by Chrysler 426 Hemi



World of Outlaw Late Model driver #77 Jordan Yaggy



Tony Shaner's #23 Pure Stock at Dodge County Speedway



Nate Coopman and his #9 IMCA Sport Compact car



Modified driver #74c Clint Hatlestad



Daniel Eckblad's #10E Stock Car



Mod Four driver Keith Thell and his #00t car



Sprint Car driver #1s Logan Schucart



Late Model and Modified driver #50 Jeff Wildung



IMCA Stock Car driver #1M Jeff McCollum (Thanks to Sarah Moriarty)



Street Stock, Super Stock, and Modified driver Tim Johnson



Street Stock driver #11 Sam Fankhauser



10th Annual Racing Reunion in Otho, IA



Wissota Super Stock driver #7R Tommy Richards



IMCA Sport Compact driver Megan Sandvig and her #33 car



Caley Weese and her #77 Late Model



Troy and Jacob Dahle at Chateau Speedway in Lansing, MN




Driver McKenna Haase and her #55M Sprint Car



Late Model driver #32 Chris Simpson from Oxford, IA



The #07 Late Model driven by Don Swearingen



Jim Gullikson's #21 Wissota Street Stock




Adam Godeke's #3G Pure Stock



Pure Stock driver Greg Lammers



Knoxville Raceway Hall of Famer #61 Stacey Redmond




Derek Green's #32 IMCA Stock Car IMCA Modified



Ted Smallwood's American Flag Sprint Car




Larry Portis and his #59 IMCA Stock CarBrad Doty



Minnesota Racing Legend Glen Anderson



“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.



Brady Gerdes and his #2x ModifiedBrad Doty


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.



Jesse Glenz in the #7x ModifiedBrad Doty


Brad Doty's #75 Sprint Car

Brad Doty


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!



Retired Late Model driver Em Fretheim



Dirt Show guest retired driver Norm Weimers



USRA Modified driver #20 Mark Motl



9th Annual Racers' Reunion in Otho, Iowa



USMTS Modified driver #33z Zack Vanderbeek



Super Stock driver #21R Dave Read




Robbie Franklin's #1 Midwest Modified



Pure Stock driver Krysta Swearingen



UMSS Sprint Car driver #5 Anna Kouba



Bud Martini in his #42 Midwest Modified



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



Dirt Show guest Modified driver Josh Bazey



Dirt Show guest Steve Sorenson



Dirt Show guest Modified driver #40 Kevin Adams




Dirt Show guest Sprint Car driver #11A Bruce Anderson




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!



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

Mitch Hovden


Marcel Hoaglan's Super Stock & son Marcel III at Cedar Lake



Street-legal Modified replica from New York



Greg Hilbert's tribute to his father, Don "Shiney" Hilbert, and his 1957 Chevy



Winged and Non-Winged sprint car driver Johnny Parsons III




Dirt Show Coverage Map

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KRUE 92.1 FM

KFOW News Talk 1170

KFOW News Talk 1170

KNXR 97.5 FM

KKOJ 1190 AM

KKOJ Jackson

KWLM 1340 AM

KWLM 96.3 FM

KLFD 1410 AM

KLFD 95.9 FM

KSUM 1370 AM

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KLQP 92.1 FM

KCIZ 103.5 FM

KNSG 107.5 FM

KRRW 105.9 FM



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