by JD Green | Jul 25, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
Ninety One (91) racecars were in the pits for the Kaster Family Appreciation Night. This night was established by the Johnson family in honor of Larry Kaster and what he meant to the track in seasons past. We had drivers from Iowa and drivers from central Kansas, who...
by JD Green | Jul 18, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
War Sprints and USMTS A Modifieds made for an Outstanding Race Program, add the USRA B Mods and the E Mods and outstanding became a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Race Program. These four classes attracted 93 racecar drivers to compete at I-35 Speedway. The...
by JD Green | Jul 11, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
One hundred and eleven (111) racecars were in attendance to compete this past Saturday night at I-35 Speedway. If you were in attendance you saw 20 heat races, 1 B feature, and 9 A main feature races, or put another way 124 laps of green flag heat races and 128 laps...
by JD Green | Jun 27, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
Ninety-Five (95) racecars were in the pits for competition this past Saturday night. Twenty A Mods as drivers were coming to test the track in preparation for the USMTS/WAR Race scheduled for July 16, 2016. We even had a new guest class that was not on the schedule, a...
by JD Green | Jun 20, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
“Racin for Rian” what an event this has become, thank you Bud and Amanda Wilson. There is always a silver lining in every event that happens in our life, sometimes it is hard to see, sometimes it is hard to find, sometimes we don’t understand and we want to blame...
by JD Green | Jun 13, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
Wow, what a Saturday Night of Racing at I-35 Speedway! Excitement was in the air for the Super Late Model Racing Association (SLMR) Late Models, the group started by racing legend and numerous Hall of Fame former driver Joe Kosiski. The Kosiski family has been...
by JD Green | May 30, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
Originally I was asked to write a racing recap, but starting this week, just going to retitled what I have been writing to Behind the Scenes. Most of what is written in this column is things most race fans might not know or have observed. Announcer Rick Staley does a...
by JD Green | May 23, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
This past week was another busy successful week for I-35 Speedway. Mother Nature dictated when the track was worked and when the grass was mowed but she gave us a great day and evening to race when it came race day on Saturday. Thank you Mother Nature. We also met...
by JD Green | May 16, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
Six weeks into the 2016 Racing Season I-35 Speedway has continued to have huge success with car count. Week six saw the pits loaded with 9 Show Me Vintage Cars, 14 Wingless Auto Racing Sprint Cars, 22 E Mods, 13 Pure Stocks (a rapidly growing class), 5 Chargers, 18 B...
by JD Green | Apr 26, 2016 | Behind The Scenes
Super-duper night at the races is how I would describe the races of April 23, 2016 at I-35 Speedway. A super fantastic crowd came to watch the WAR Sprint Cars, the Midwest Vintage, the USRA A Mods, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B Mods, the Chargers, the Pure Stock, and a full...
