MIS E-News Week of July 21, 2008
By John Wells

Here is the latest information from Madison International Speedway.

Looks like good weather for this Friday night as the ASA Late Model Series comes to MIS. This series will bring a talented group of drivers to MIS for the Mayor of Madison 100. Many of the drivers on Friday will be very familiar to you and in many ways it will have a distinctive MIS flavor.

A big thank you to all of the drivers and teams who have supported MIS in 2008 as well as in previous years. A special thank you to all of our fans who come out each week to see the best racing around. Remember to support those who support local racing at MIS.

When you are out and about remember to patronize our sponsors or the drivers' sponsors and be sure to let them know you appreciate their support of local racing. We all need to work together to keep promoting the sport, the teams, and the track.

Rules Update from Dave Oswald

Holley 650 CFM Crate Motor Carb Rule Clarification:
The use of any type epoxy on the Holley 650 CFM 4150 HP
carburetor, part number 80541-1 is prohibited.
This clarification will be effective on Friday, August 1st, 2008.
This will pertain to any crate motor car, running in any of our divisions.


This Week at MIS

Go to our website at madisoninternationalspeedway.com to print off a coupon good for $2.00 off admission on Friday night. Scroll down the right side of our main page to the link to the ASALMS event poster. Print the poster and clip out the coupon.

The ASA Late Model Series Northern Division comes to the speedway on Friday, July 25th for the running of the Mayor of Madison 100. (See complete schedule below)

Eddie Hoffman is the current point leader with New Glarus native Jesse Saunders just two points behind in second place. MIS fans should keep a close eye on ASALMS rookie and MIS Limited Late Model driver Brett Moffitt who is currently in third place. Moffitt has had good success at MIS in just his first season competing here. Several former competitors in the weekly Madison Late Model division will be strong challengers for the win including Jeremy Miller, Dave Gentile Jr., Troy Hintzsche, and Brent Brevak.

Keep your eyes on some of our regulars who may not run the ASALMS regularly such as Nathan Haseleu, Bobby Wilberg, and others. Or how about young drivers such as Michael Bilderback and former MIS Legends champion Blake Brown?

Point Standings with Drivers of Local Interest

1. 8 Eddie Hoffman (3) 707, 2. 87 Jesse Saunders 705, 3. 5 Brett Moffitt-R 646
8. 32 Jeremy Miller-R 531, 10. 6 Dave Gentile Jr. 524, 11. 88 Trent Snyder 520
12. 76 Troy Hintzsche 507, 17. 30 Michael Pickens-R 429 21. 31 Brent Brevak-R 309,
27. 2 Michael Bilderback-R 271, 34. 28 Bobby Wilberg 168 36. 9 Jason Tyler 143,
40. 46 Landon Cassill 136, 42. 92 Travis Dassow 131 43. 016 Nick Schumacher 127,
45. 187 Nathan Haseleu 117, 54. 10 Josh Wallace 47
55. 36 Dan Fredrickson-R 20, 56. 39 Andrew Morrissey-R 20, 57. 82 J. Herbst 20
58. 154 Jeremy Lepak-R 20, 59. 166 Steve Carlson 20
R=Rookie of the Year Contender


Border Wars Schedule of Events:

ASALMS Northern Division Track Record:
89 Travis Dassow 18.111 = 99.387 MPH (07/07/2007)
2008 Feature Winner: (07/25/2008)
2007 Feature Winner: 21 Robbie Pyle (07/07/2007)
ASALMS Challenge Division Track Record:
2 Chad Wood 18.009 = 99.950 MPH (05/27/2006)
2006 Feature Winner: 89 Kelly Bires (05/27/2006)
2005 Feature Winner: 187 Bryan Reffner (05/27/2005)
2004 Feature Winner 2: 36 Dan Lensing (09/11/2004)
2004 Feature Winner 1: 74 Matt Kenseth (05/08/2004)

Madison International Speedway - Friday, July 25, 2008
12:00 PM ASALMS Officials Report to Track
12:15 PM ASALMS Officials Meeting
12:30 PM ASALMS Rig Parking
1:00 PM ASALMS Registration / Pit Gates Open
2:00 PM ASALMS Practice / Safety Tech Opens
2:00 PM Grand National Vintage Cars (GNVC) Hauler Parking Begins
3:00 PM ASALMS Drivers / Crew Chiefs / Spotters Meetings (Tech Building)
3:30 PM ASALMS Practice (90 Minutes)
5:00 PM GNVC Practice 1 (15 Minutes)
5:05 PM ASALMS Tire Impound Opens
5:15 PM ASALMS Qualifying Tech Opens
5:30 PM GNVC Vintage Practice 2 (15 Minutes)
6:30 PM ASALMS ARP Bodies / Aluminum Racing Products Qualifying (2 Laps)
7:25 PM Invocation / National Anthem
7:30 PM GNVC Dash (6 Laps)
7:45 PM ASALMS GM Performance Parts Shootout (25 Laps) (Top 2 Transfer)
8:05 PM GNVC Heat Races (8 Laps Each)
8:30 PM ASALMS Pre-Race / Driver Introductions
8:45 PM ASALMS Mayor of Madison 100
10:00 PM GNVC Feature (12 Laps)


Friday Night Review

Congratulations to feature winners Scott Broughton, Tory Bagley, Chester Ace, Max McNamara, and Kyle Stark.

LLM: Two for two in weekly shows for Scott Broughton who became the first two-time winner in 2008 by winning the 50 lap feature. The feature was split into two, 25 lap segments with an invert after the first segment. Ryan Carlson, the leader after 25 laps, rolled a two meaning it would just be a two car invert. Several caution flags marred the event with the worst coming late in the race when several cars piled up behind the leaders on the restart. Mark Miller suffered the worst of the damage. Mark has been a loyal supporter of MIS over the years and we hope he can get everything back together.

Area Sportsman: More carnage in this event as the race was cut back to fifteen laps after only five cars were still running. For the second week in a row, a driver making his first visit of the season to MIS, won the race with Tory Bagley taking the checkered flag.

Legends: It�s been a two car race for the points lead this season with Alex Arelano and Max McNamara trading off feature wins. Unfortunately for Arelano, he would be unable to answer the call for the feature after having problems in the heat race. Blake Brown and McNamara put on a good battle before a fire ball came out of Brown�s car ending his night and the race was called after seventeen laps.

Bandits: Two in a row for Chester Ace who added to his point lead with the win. Ace now has three wins for the season. Another solid run by Kyle Padfield who is closing in on his first feature win at MIS.

Hobby Stocks: Eight hobby stock drivers made the trip to MIS with Kyle Stark winning their twenty lap feature. Look for the Hobby Stocks to be back at MIS very soon.

Upcoming Events

Friday, August 1st: Laborer�s Union Local 464 Night featuring a 100 lap feature for the Weaver Auto Parts Super Late Models plus Bryden Motors Area Sportsman, Pellitteri Waste Systems Legends, and Roto Rooter Bandits. An open practice session is scheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. (Special event pricing)

Friday, August 8th: JP Cullen and Sons Night featuring Weaver Auto Parts Super Late Models, Rockweiler Insulation Limited Late Models, Bryden Motors Area Sportsman, Roto Rooter Bandits, and USST Super Trucks. Highlighting the night will be the Kevin Fillner Memorial for the trucks.

Friday, August 15th: Swiss Colony Night featuring all five weekly divisions plus the Wayne�s Custom DIECAST Dash.

Friday, August 22nd: Werner Electric Night featuring all five weekly divisions plus a Kids� Coin Drop.

Friday, August 29th: Pepsi Season Championships for all five weekly divisions plus Wayne�s Custom DIECAST Dash and Wayne�s Custom DIECAST 40 for the LLM.

Friday, September 5th: Tribute to America Night featuring a Limited Late Model Special, Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, Internationals / AST and Bandoleros. (Special event pricing). Don�t forget the fireworks too!

Friday, September 12th and Saturday, September 13th: Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Championships

Friday, September 19th Second Annual MIS Miller Lite Fall Classic presented by Fire Rescue Supply

Saturday, September 20th Second Annual Miller Lite Fall Classic

MIS 2008 Stats at a Glance

Super Late Models
Fast Time: Riddle, Wilberg-2, Haseleu-2
Heat Wins: Kinder-2, Ollerman-2, Kreyer, Wilberg
Feature Wins: Rubeck-3, A. Morrissey, Haseleu

Limited Late Models
Fast Time: Wilberg-2, Stevens, Baumeister, Goldade
Wayne�s Dash: Baumeister, Wilberg, Kulka, Hicks
Heat Wins: Liddle-2, Kenseth, Hicks-2, Hobson-2, Knuese-2, Beyer, Scheel, Thompson
Qualifying Race: Liddle
Semi Feature: Beyer, Schuette
Feature Wins: Stevens, Goldade, Liddle, Broughton-2, Wilberg

Area Sportsman:
Fast Times: Heelein=4 Dickson, Schmidt-2
Heat Wins: Bennett, Garman-2, Heelein, Goldade, Kalbus, Dickson, Bagley
Features: Kalbus-3, Lawver, Garman, Schmidt, Bagley

Bandits
Fast Times Ace-4, C. Skolaski, Schmidt, Scheel
Heat Wins: C. Skolaski-2, Padfield-3, Schmidt-2, Lee, B. Skolaski, Padfield
Feature Wins: Ace-3, Schmidt-2, Selsing Jr., Scheel

Legends
Fast Times: McNamara-3, Arelano-4
Heat Wins: Arelano-2, McNamara-3, Greinig, Brown
Feature Wins: Arelano-3, McNamara-3

Bandoleros
Fast Times: C. Daul, Duncanson
Heat Wins: B. Daul, Duncanson
Feature Wins: Bernhagen, Duncanson

MIS Point System�Here�s How it Works

Feature:
1st- 75 points, 2nd- 70 points, 3rd- 65 points, 4th-60 points, 5th- 55 points, 6th- 51 points, 7th- 47 points, 8th- 43 points, 9th- 40 points, 10th- 37 points, 11th- 34 points, 12th- 31 points, 13th- 29 points, 14th- 27 points, 15th- 25 points, 16th- 24 points, 17th- 23 points, 18th- 22 points, 19th- 21 points, 20th thru 24th- 20 points

Heat Races:
1st- 10 points, 2nd- 9 points, 3rd- 8 points, 4th- 7 points, 5th- 6 points, 6th- 5 points, 7th- 4 points, 8th- 3 points, 9th- 2 points, 10th and beyond- 1 point

Qualifying:
1st- 12 points, 2nd- 10 points, 3rd- 8 points, 4th- 6 points, 5th- 5 points, 6th- 4 points, 7th- 3 points, 8th thru 10th- 2 points, 11th and beyond- 1 point

The Chaplain�s Corner
By Todd Christopherson

We just continue to have great racing at MIS.

I was thinking about the paint schemes on the cars. We have a lot of super sponsors of cars and the track and we are thankful of them. None of the race can happen without them. On Saturday I read this great section of Scripture 2 Cor 1:21-22 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. (from NIV). The owners and sponsor have their �seals� on the cars. We must have Jesus� seal on our live to get to heaven. Just as a sponsor is going to direct where to race and we have to race/live in God�s terms. We have to come to Him on His terms to know we are going to get to victory lane � heaven. So have you done that? Have you said to the LORD, �I come to You on Your terms, I admit to sin, I repent (turn from) sin, set aside sin for You?� Have you called out and agree with the Father that Jesus is LORD? We can stand firm in Christ and in life if we have accepted the gift of salvation on His terms.

I pray you have.

If I can answer a question from this or you want to contact me, feel free to. Otherwise see you at the track and have a great day racin� in the SONshine
Todd

PS ~ I also want to say thank you to Doug, Julie, John and Andy for Saturday at WIR. The Mid Am are a good group to hang out with and their racing is good. It was cool to see a Shear winning at WIR again.

That�s all for this week. See you at MIS on Friday night, July 25th.