IMCA Northern SportMods, Hobby Stocks will take green in golden season at 141 Speedway

FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (March 5) – Two IMCA divisions familiar to Green  Bay area dirt track race fans join Saturday programs at 141 Speedway  this season.

141 Speedway at Francis Creek adds the Karl Chevrolet Northern  SportMod and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock classes. Opening night for the  50th anniversary season at the ¼-mile paved oval is May 16.

Ten point races for the SportMods are scheduled through Aug. 8, with  rain dates on the calendar Aug. 15 and 22. Final night for Hobby  Stock points is Sept. 5.

“We’re looking forward to good car counts and good shows in each of  the IMCA classes,” owner Bruce Conard said. “The Hobby Stocks raced  here once last year and there are already a lot of SportMod drivers  who live within an hour of here. I think it’s going to be a good  deal. We’re excited to have both classes here.”

Top three drivers in Northern SportMod point standings competing with  crate motors will receive shares of a bonus fund from Gandrud Chevrolet of Green Bay. Hobby Stock points earned at 141 will figure  toward Jet Racing Northern Region standings.

An informational meeting for drivers in the two divisions starts at 2  p.m. Sunday, March 22 at the 141 Bar.

Constructed as a ¼-mile dirt oval in 1959, 141 was paved the  following season. IMCA Modifieds ran there in 1986.

Conard is part of a partnership that purchased the facility two years  ago and made improvements. Plans for 2010 include converting the  existing racing surface to a 1/3-mile high banked oval.

The only other paved track running the IMCA Northern SportMods and  the Hobbies is Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.