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tombergie01
- Oct 2
- 4 min
Putting a Wrap on the Local Racing Season
I am done with race reports for 2022 so I visited the Buffalo River Speedway near Glyndon on Saturday as a paid spectator. It turned out...
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tombergie01
- Sep 26
- 3 min
Sanctioning Body Debate and Split Wearing on Me as a Fan
We are at the time of year when race tracks start evaluating where they are at, and start making plans of what classes they want to run...
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tombergie01
- Sep 25
- 4 min
Granite City Becomes Track #53, Despite Weather
Man the weather messes with racing plans sometimes. My original plan: go to Deer Creek Speedway on Friday for the USMTS Fall Jamboree,...
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tombergie01
- Sep 17
- 8 min
Previewing the Final Night of the Wissota 100
The top 24 spots in five divisions are set for tonight’s Wissota 100 finale in five divisions, along with the 22 Wissota Mod 4s. For the...
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tombergie01
- Sep 15
- 5 min
Night 2 Wissota 100 Wins to Vogel, Rodin, Mars, Koch and Eischens
Night 2 of the Wissota 100 qualifying is in the books. Even though the forecast was terrible — my app said a 90 percent chance of rain as...
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tombergie01
- Sep 14
- 5 min
Dykhoff, Saurer, Becker, Lund and Peterson Win Wissota 100 Night 1 Qualifiers
Night 1 of the Wissota 100 at I-94 Sure Step Speedway qualifying is in the books. Because of work, I attended the finale at Red River...
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tombergie01
- Sep 13
- 7 min
RaceChaser Blog Wissota 100 Picks for 2022
The Wissota 100 kicked off Tuesday with the Pure Stock and Hornet events, along with practice for the remaining classes. The Wissota Late...
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tombergie01
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Seitz Memorial Weekend Kicks Off with Seng Winning Prelude to the Johnny
There are few weekends racers in this area look forward to more than the Seitz Memorial at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks. Thursday...
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tombergie01
- Sep 4
- 4 min
RaceChaser Notes: Respect Lacking at Times, Several Drivers Pick Up Big Wins on Saturday
I’ve watched several races over the last month, whether in person and online streams. I realize we are getting to the end of the racing...
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tombergie01
- Aug 15
- 3 min
RaceChaser Editorial: The Fan Experience, B Mod Remarks, A Wish List
I haven’t written a lot of editorials this year but I want to clean the desk so to speak. So here are some thoughts. I wrote a Facebook...
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tombergie01
- Jul 24
- 6 min
Some Opinions on Racing; Updates on Rebel Midwest Mod Tour and Steffes Street Stock Tour
I have largely refrained from opinion pieces this summer, trying to steer clear of the politics and negativity. Lately, though, I’ve been...
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tombergie01
- Jun 6
- 5 min
RaceChaser Notes: Rebel Midwest Mod Tour, NLRA and Steffes Tour Off to Good Starts
Three of the primary tour/series that involve local tracks are off to good starts. The Rebel Midwest Modified Tour kicked off with two...
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tombergie01
- May 30
- 5 min
RaceChaser Notes: Viking Speedway and Steffes Tour Off to Solid Starts, Wilke and Peterson Rolling
We finally have some racing shows in the books in 2022, so I compiled some notes about the first few nights of racing. Viking Speedway in...
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tombergie01
- May 16
- 4 min
Remember Racing is Fun, and Fallen Linemen Races Set for I-94 and Viking
As I’ve mentioned previously there have been a lot of challenges to get the racing season rolling this spring – weather being the...
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tombergie01
- May 8
- 4 min
Some Things to Consider
A few follow up thoughts to the I-94 Sure Step Speedway opener. There are three major factors affecting racing this spring. One has been...
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tombergie01
- Apr 24
- 4 min
Things I Like About Racing, and Things I Don't
I would like to be writing about actual racing – local weather isn’t providing much help on that. So I thought of the things I like about...
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tombergie01
- Apr 18
- 3 min
Taking a 2nd Peek at 2022
The first Peek at the 2022 racing season went off so well, I figured we need to do another one. A big thanks to Cody Papke for some of...
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tombergie01
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Taking a Peek at 2022
The weather has sucked in April. Cold, rain, and this week some potential snow coming into our area. Not exactly getting us race fans on...
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tombergie01
- Apr 9
- 3 min
The Goal is to Get to 200
In 2017, I started RaceChaser blog. I honestly had very little direction of where it was going – I figured some race reports and feature...
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