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Plenty of Tours Hitting RaceChaser-Area Tracks in 2021
There are a lot of special events at RaceChaser-area tracks in 2021. This includes several regional tours such as the Steffes Street...
tombergie01
Apr 13, 20213 min read


Yes, I Do Have a Plan....
Some people ask me what kind of planning goes into my RaceChaser summer. The answer is I try to plan ahead as much as possible, knowing...
tombergie01
Apr 8, 20213 min read


Catching Up With: Myron Tschakert, 2001 Wissota Street National Champ
Myron Tschakert’s racing career reached a pinnacle in 2001. That year, he won nearly half of the feature races he entered and won a...
tombergie01
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Catching Up With: Lisbon Veteran Driver Duffy Froemke
There aren’t racing divisions Duffy Froemke of Lisbon didn't tried at least once in his career. That includes years in street stocks and...
tombergie01
Mar 31, 20212 min read


Rebel Midwest Modified Tour A Big Boost for Region's Drivers
A year ago, the Steffes Street Stock Tour provided a big boost for Wissota Street Stock racing in the region with an even bigger and...
tombergie01
Mar 30, 20212 min read


Catching Up With Former NOSA Sprint Champion Kevin Jopp
More than two decades after his driving career ended, Kevin Jopp still has the urge to race. “I would crawl in one today fit I could,” he...
tombergie01
Mar 24, 20212 min read


Catching Up With former Buffalo River Champion Steve Pavlicek
Steve Pavlicek says he was born to race. “It was just in me,” said Pavlicek, who now lives in Casselton, N.D. “The day I was born, I...
tombergie01
Mar 17, 20212 min read


Steffes Street Stock Tour Set for Bigger and Better 2021
The Steffes Street Stock tour announced its schedule this week. It’s a terrific schedule, and one that builds on the successes the tour...
tombergie01
Mar 13, 20212 min read


Racing Returning to Buffalo River Speedway in 2021
Racing is going to return to Buffalo River Speedway in 2021. The 1/4-mile track east of Glyndon is a long-time fan and driver favorite in...
tombergie01
Mar 11, 20212 min read


Catching Up With: Viking Speedway Hall of Famer Dave Storck
If you followed modified racing in western Minnesota in the late 1980s and for many years afterwards, you often saw the familiar No. 57...
tombergie01
Mar 10, 20213 min read


Viking Speedway to Focus on 4 Core Classes, Other Notes
Viking Speedway in Alexandria will run four weekly classes in 2021 — Wissota Modifieds, Wissota Super Stocks, Wissota Midwest Modifieds...
tombergie01
Mar 3, 20213 min read


New Faces In Late Model Class for 2021
There is some good news for area late model fans in 2021 in this area — some new faces will be moving into the class. Let’s start with...
tombergie01
Feb 16, 20213 min read


Thoughts on Sanctioning Bodies, and River Cities and I-94 Schedules
A frequent topic of discussion at local race tracks that I have with a lot of drivers is about sanctioning bodies. Around here it is...
tombergie01
Jan 30, 20214 min read


RaceChaser Thankful for Support, Looks Ahead to 2021
In 2017 I started this RaceChaser blog with pretty modest expectations. I figured it would be an outlet for me to write about the hobby I...
tombergie01
Jan 21, 20213 min read


RaceChaser Wish List for 2021
I decided to put together a New Year’s Wish List for the 2021 Racing Season. Strictly my opinion, of course, but at least some food for...
tombergie01
Jan 10, 20213 min read


RaceChaser Top 10 Stories of 2020
A lot happened in the 2020 racing season in RaceChaser's coverage area. I narrowed it down to the top 10 newsworthy stories of the year...
tombergie01
Dec 31, 20205 min read


Hurting the People Who Deserve it the Least
This is a RaceChaser editorial and 100 percent my own opinion… I wonder how many stock-car racers in the RaceChaser coverage area are...
tombergie01
Dec 21, 20203 min read


More About the RaceChaser Blog...and the Blogger
I get asked questions about RaceChaser blog from time to time. Some about the blog itself, and some about me. I thought it'd be nice. So...
tombergie01
Dec 17, 20203 min read


RaceChaser is Thankful for...
The third annual RaceChaser Thanksgiving blog is coming out. Even amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and a nasty, divided election, we race...
tombergie01
Nov 25, 20203 min read


Running a Race Track Takes a Team
I often here this from people, “well, if I ran the racetrack…” I admit I play armchair quarterback at tracks at times, saying I’d do this...
tombergie01
Nov 19, 20204 min read
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