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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...
tombergie01
Sep 15, 20225 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Sep 14, 20225 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Sep 13, 20227 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Sep 9, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Sep 4, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Aug 15, 20223 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Jul 24, 20226 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Jun 6, 20225 min read
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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...
tombergie01
May 30, 20225 min read
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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...
tombergie01
May 16, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
May 8, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Apr 24, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Apr 18, 20223 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Apr 11, 20223 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Apr 9, 20223 min read
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2022 RaceChaser Tracks: More Late Model Shows, and Rebel and Steffes Tours Will Be Prominent
Now that I’ve actually had some time to examine the schedules at the RaceChaser area tracks, several interesting things are worth...
tombergie01
Mar 29, 20224 min read
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You Meet a Lot of People in Racing
I’m an introvert by nature. It’s ironic because my dad was an extrovert and could talk to about anyone. Maybe it was his years of serving...
tombergie01
Mar 27, 20225 min read
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The Future of Racing
There is always talk about the future of racing in the pit areas. Some veteran drivers who’ve been around a while aren’t real optimistic...
tombergie01
Feb 15, 20224 min read
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RaceChaser Notes: Sanctioning Bodies, Sheyenne Adding Late Models, Women in Racing
Wissota is in search of a new executive director with Carson Gramm’s resignation. His resignation is effective on Monday, Feb. 7...
tombergie01
Feb 3, 20224 min read
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Big Summers Ahead for Steffes Street Stock Tour and Rebel Midwest Mod Tour
Two tours that impact the local racing scene – the Steffes Street Stock Tour and the Rebel Midwest Modified Tour – announced their...
tombergie01
Jan 31, 20223 min read
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