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RaceChaser Notebook: Caution Free Features, a Boom in INEX Legends
In the last week, I’ve watched a handful of longer feature races, whether in-person or on video streams, that have gone caution free....
tombergie01
Jun 17, 20235 min read
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RaceChaser Editorial on the State of Racing in 2023
The United States president, and almost all state governors, annually have what is called a state of the union or state address. Most of...
tombergie01
May 7, 20235 min read
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Ready for Year 7 for RaceChaser Blog
Well it’s been a while since I’ve written a RaceChaser blog. Since Oct. 2022, in fact. That is the longest I’ve gone without some kind of...
tombergie01
Apr 20, 20233 min read
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One Last Racing Outing, Maybe...
The air was comfortable but crisp, and the trees to the east of the pit area and beyond were full of a beautiful array of colors. It was...
tombergie01
Oct 9, 20226 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Oct 2, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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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,...
tombergie01
Sep 25, 20224 min read
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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...
tombergie01
Sep 17, 20228 min read
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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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