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Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Jeff Swindell Stock Car driver Josh Zieman Modified driver Tanner Bitzan
Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Lealand McSpadden Multiclass driver Rob Caho Dirt & Asphalt driver David Bathke Hobby Stock driver Greg Sidles Driver and Crew Chief Skip Pollack
Modified driver Kullen Kath Sprint Car driver Bruce Allen Street Stock and Enduro driver Stacy Krohnberg Race team crew member Tom Hoffman Late Model driver Gavin Tarras Late Model driver and Track Promoter Joe Kosiski (Thanks to Todd Kaltved for the pictures)Driver, Flag man, Track Promoter Randy Wurst Late Model driver Caylee Kjos Modified driver Taylor Kuehl Tribute to Modified driver #81 Caleb Korpi The Southern Minnesota racing community suffered a tremendous loss recently. Modified driver Caleb Korpi (Claremont, MN) lost his life during a medical emergency while racing at Deer Creek Speedway on May 27. The Dirt Show asks that all of our listeners keep Caleb's family in their thoughts. And perhaps include them in a prayer or two. From Caleb's obituary: "Caleb Kyle Korpi, 47, of Claremont, died unexpectedly of natural causes, Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley. He was born February 8, 1976, in Bemidji, Minnesota the son of Bill and Karen Korpi. He grew up in Owatonna and graduated from Owatonna High School, Class of 1995. He continued his education at Austin Vo-Tech graduating with an Auto Body degree. On July 12, 1997, he married Tami Ellis at Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna. The couple lived in Owatonna and Claremont for a short time before purchasing their home in Claremont Township outside of Claremont where they have lived for 16 years. Caleb worked at Viracon and Marcon in Owatonna, RC Bliss in Faribault, Stephan’s in Faribault, Superior Collision in Eagan and Koster’s Car Korner in Blooming Prairie for the past 23 years. He was a member of the Claremont Fire Department and First Responders, USRA Racing and Southern MN Promotions (enduro racing). He enjoyed hunting, ice fishing, working on his car, was on a bow hunting league and especially enjoyed his dogs. He was a practical joker, had a light-hearted nature which endeared him to children and he was the first person to offer to help people in need." Read the full obituary here. We were lucky enough to interview Caleb just last summer on the show, take a listen. The first picture in the collection below shows Caleb on the night he passed away, ready to roll at Deer Creek sporting his Dirt Show t-shirt. Rest in peace Caleb, we will miss you.
Sport Compact driver Stephanie Coopman
Sport Mod driver Drew Fett Sprint Car driver #6 Jake Kouba Car/Team Owner Linda Weld
Sport Compact driver Lucas Parsons Modified driver #97 Cole Anderson Mod 4 driver Robert Holtquist Modified driver Jeff Carter NASCAR Legend Geoff Bodine
Late Model driver Jason Hahne Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Jimmy Sills Super Stock and Modified driver Ryan Wiome Modified driver Dustin Kruse Modified driver David Swearingen Stock Car driver Roger Blomquist Sprint Car driver Brandon Halverson Flat Track Motorcycle Racer Ron Covell
Sprint Car driver Levi Jones Modified driver #8s Tony Schill Street Stock driver Andrew Eischens Hobby Stock driver Parker Larson Street Stock driver Ryan Satter Vintage class driver Paul Dolphy Sprint Car driver Jonathan Cornell Modified driver #18s Kennedy Swan Modified driver Cole Bents Late Model driver #9 Curt Hansen
Late Model driver #39 Tim McCreadie
Sprint Car driver #09 Matt Juhl
Sprint Car driver #22K Kaleb Johnson Late Model driver Jenna Johnson Racing fan, crew member and friend of The Dirt Show, Sharon West Modified driver Caleb Corpi Late Model driver Ross Bjerkeset Retired driver Marty Pringle IMCA Sport Mod driver Colby Fett Car Owner John Ricke's R&H Farms #40
Sprint Car & Midget driver Robert Bell Hobby Stock driver Leon Duda Modified Legend #74 Mark Noble SRX Race Series Director Ryan McKinney Remembering Racing Legend Ernest "Ernie" Tuff We're sad to report that legendary Minnesota driver Ernest "Ernie" O. Tuff of Rushford, has died. Ernie Tuff and his car number 99 won races all over the Upper Midwest in the 1960s. And then in 1964, Ernie took his car to Daytona, where he set a new speed record at the track. You can read his full obituary here. We had a great interview with Ernie Tuff on The Dirt Show back in 2015. Listen here: Dirtshow-2015-09-26.mp3 Race Team Owner, Author, and Motivational Speaker Jack Zimmerman "Five Minutes: 300 Seconds That Changed My Life" is the true story of Minnesotan Jack Zimmerman, who barely survived an IED attack in Afghanistan and went on to rebuild his life and to continue to serve his community, even after losing his legs and nearly losing it all. The principles and truths that allowed Jack to survive apply to everyone, not just those wounded in combat. For more on Jack's story & to order his book, please visit jackzimmermanmn.com Ice Racer Alan Darrah and his car #20
Snowmobile racers Jacob Dahle and Leah Bauer
2021 IMCA Sport Mod Track Champion at Fairmont Raceway Congratulations to Randy Winter, driver of the #3W Sport Mod in his 40th season of racing, who won the Fairmont Raceway IMCA Sport Mod track championship!
Snowmobile Drag Racer Donna Davidson
Remembering Hall of Famer Daryl Arend The Dirt show is sad to learn 2006 Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Arend has passed away in Algona, Iowa. We were lucky enough to have Daryl on the show back in 2017, check out that interview here ---> LISTEN (MP3) His obituary can be found at the Lentz Funeral Home website and a great article about Daryl and his brother Bob can be found at the Kossuth County Racing Museum website here. Sprint Car driver Jody Rosenboom 3-time IMCA Champion Bill Utz
Sport Mod driver Eric Larson Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Ralph Parkinson Jr
Street Stock driver #32 Jason Newkirk Street Stock driver Dustin Doughty Super Stock driver Brayden Hedtke Hornet driver Don Martens
Modified driver Dalton Magers Outlaw Mini Mod Series driver and series owner Logan Brown Hobby Stock driver Steve Holthaus
Hobby Stock driver #91 Chris Krug
Sprint Car and Midget driver Chuck McGillivray
Late Model drvier Dustin Johanneck
Late Model & Modified driver #1A Dwaine Hanson
Modified driver Lance Vagt, Jr.
Stock Car driver #7L Jeff Larson
Sport Mod driver Tony Rialson Modified driver Ashley Mehrwerth Stock Car driver Troy Swearingen
Sprint Car driver Natalie Klemko Tribute to Sprint Car legend Thad Dosher We are saddened to learn that Dirt Show guest Thad Dosher, winner of both the Knoxville Nationals and IMCA Championship, has died. Thad was a legend in open wheel race cars and we feel blessed to have been able to interview him. You can read more about Thad Dosher's life and racing career here. And in case you missed our interview with Thad back in May, you can listen to it right here: Thad Dosher interview Images courtesy of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Randy Winter: 40 Years in Racing
Pure Stock driver Kyndra Guttormson Sprint Car and Midget driver Mares Stellfox
Modified driver #10 Jeremy Mills
Modified driver Brian Haben Stock Car driver Trevor Holm Hobby Stock driver Corey Gronewold Super Stock driver Jason Cook Actor, Singer, and Race Car Driver John Schneider
Tribute to Racing Legend Bobby Unser Three-time Indy 500 winner and racing legend Bobby Unser passed away at age 87, on May 2, 2021. Read the full story here in the Albuquerque Journal. We were lucky enough to interview Bobby back in 2018 and you can listen to that full interview right here: Bobby Unser Dirt Show interview
Track Announcer and Author, Pat Sullivan
Racing Mechanic and Pit Crew Legend Raymond McNish Darwyn Karau in the Mike Guttormson tribute car at Chateau Speedway Thanks to Brian Minter for the pic!
Modified driver #10 Dennis Hovinga
Late Model drvier Verlin Eaker
Karl Fenske #99
Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Ray Lee Goodwin Thanks to Bob Baker & the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame for the use of theese images!
Street Stock driver Jesse Stahl Mod 4 driver Tommy Pogones Hobby Stock driver Steve Dwyer Cookies Sauces and Seasonings Featured on Iowa Public Television Dirt Show sponsor Cookies Sauces and Seasonings and it's founder “Speed the Sauceman” Herrig were recently featured on Iowa Public Television during a segment called Iowa Entrepreneur. Produced by Around the Corner productions, the 12-minute video segment can be seen online here: http://iptv.org/video/story/26915/iowa-entrepreneur-cookies-bbq Super Stock driver #0 Brandon Duellman
Super Stock driver #22 Dan Nissalke Late Model driver #15 Ryan Mikkelson Modified driver Dusty Bitzan Modified driver Matt Halls Hornet driver Justin Schelitzche Late Model driver #10 Gary Crawford
Modified & Super Stock driver Jon Tollakson
Limited Late Model & Modified driver Doug Wasmund Modified driver #83X Kadden Kath Sprint Car driver #88 Bob Hopp
Sprint Car driver #44 Chris Martin IMCA Sport Mod driver #40 George Gilliland
Stock Car driver Kyren Porter Sprint Car driver #7K Karlee Becker Sprint Car crew chief Cindy Becker and family Former NASCAR and ARCA driver Shawna Robinson USAC Sprint and Indycar driver Tom Bigelow
Modified driver from Duluth, MN #11 Jody Bellefeuille
Pulver Towing to the Resuce For BIG jobs and small jobs, you can count on Dirt Show sponsor Pulver Towing to get it done right. Here are some recent pics of Pulver's team in action on one of thier BIG jobs. Late Model driver #49 Jonathan Davenport
Modified Driver #21x Travis Sauer USRA B-Mod driver Casey Knutson United States Racing Legend Al Unser Team Schwebach Preparing for 2020 Season Street Stock & Hobby Stock driver Nick Schwebach's wife Brooke will be driving a car of her own for the upcoming 2020 season. And as you can see in the pictures below, the husband and wife team will be busy this winter getting the new car ready. The chassis has been given a brand new coat of purple armor, thanks to Dirt Show sponsor Extreme Powder Coating of Blooming Prairie! Check out the impressive before and after pics below. March Update: Brooke Schwebach's new #38B hobby stock is ready to go for the upcoming racing season. Thanks to all the sponsors who helped make it happen, including Fastshafts, Gillund Enterprises, Justice Brothers and Extreme Powder Coating.
Kenny Petersen's #76 Gremlin Late Model
Midget, Indycar, and Open-Wheel Legend Mel Kenyon
Baier's Engine Service Four photos of some of the incredible engines they are working on at Baier's Engine Service in Rochester. Top-left is a 1940 Dodge motor getting a stock rebuild. Top-right is a Ferrari V12 motor they are rebuilding. Bottom-left is an early 1950's Olds Rocket engine done and ready for delivery. And bottom-right is a 239 Flathead V8. 2019 Mastell Brothers Touring Series Champion Johnny Parsons III Congratulations to Owatonna's Johnny Parsons III on winning the Mastell Brothers Touring Series 2019 points championship! Parsons was a model of consistency this season, scoring nine Top 5 finishes in 11 starts. Late Model driver Ryan Griffith
Modified driver Ben Moudry Sprint Car driver Clayton Christensen Modified driver Shane Howell
The Dirt Show visits Eldora Speedway for the Four Crown Nationals
Super Stock driver #29 Jeff Crouse
Hornet driver Bubba Brown Minnesota Racing Legend Blackie Wangerin
Late Model driver #42s Don Shaw Street Stock driver #15 Zach Elward
Dirt Show Sponsored Quarter Midget Display at the Dakota County Fair USRA Limited Late Model driver #30 DJ Tesch
Retired USAC Legend Merle Bettenhausen
Tribute to Jeff Dahle Friend & sponsor of the Dirt Show and big supporter of dirt racing in Southern Minnesota, Jeff Dahle of Morristown, MN, passed away on May 25th. He was 56 years-old. He will be missed by everyone that was lucky enough to know him. Jeff was a guy everyone could count on and had a huge heart! You can read Jeff's full obituary here. Jeff requested that his friends and family dig his grave site by hand. So they gladly honored that request. Unknown to them, Jeff had buried a bottle of Windsor for all of those digging that day to find. The note on the bottle read: “Have a drink on me. It’s been a pleasure to know each and every one of you!" He had a great sense of humor. On the side of his high school Demolition Derby car, he once wrote “Wanted: Girlfriend! Apply in person in the pits after the Demo.” Jeff was one-of-a-kind. Here's our final Dirt Show interview with Jeff Dahle from the summer of 2018. Modified Driver #25 Doug Cook
Stock Car driver Joe Schmidt Modified driver Paul Fitzpatrick Modified driver #37 Dean Larson Honoring Those Who Served Thanks to longtime Dirt Show sponsors NASCO Equipment and International Steel Erectors, who donated their time and equipment to help erect the new Martin County Veterans Memorial in Fairmont, MN. Learn more about the project here.
Modified Driver Tammy Soma Clark Modified driver Abby Garin Modified driver Andrea Keeney
Outlaw Hobby Stock driver #25A Andrea Kuechle Dirt Track Photographer and Racing Historian Missy Lushinsky
Stock Car driver Kevin Opheim Super Stock driver #33e Cody Emmens Hornet driver Jay DeVries Retired Driver Clyde Hinrichs
Hobby Stock driver Dustin Gulbrandson
Southern Minnesota Racing Featured on Small Town, Big Deal Modified driver and Wisconsin's fastest grandma, Bonnie Jablonske and her husband Ron, Deer Creek Speedway, the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, and the Southern Minnesota racing scene were recently featured in an episode of Small Town, Big Deal. Click below to watch!
Dirt Racing at the 2019 KOWZ & KRUE Home and Rec Show Local dirt track racing was well-represented at the KOWZ & KRUE Home and Receation Show that took place at the Four Seasons Center in Owatonna in March. Chateau Speedway, Toner's Lake Speedway, Jackson Motorplex, The Dirt Show, and several drivers were on hand. Thanks to race fan Brian Minter for stopping by to take some pictures of the festivities. Driver and Track Announcer Guy Hamernik Retired Modified driver Gary Shumski Retired Sprint Car driver Chuck Schumacher Modified driver #83 Billy Steinberg Modified driver #51W JT Wasmund
Modified driver #15w Alex Williamson
Modified driver Eric Lamm
Modified driver Nick Meyer Hoosier Speedway RC Track in Kellogg, MN Racing on Tuesday Nights Sprint and Midget driver Alex Schriever Modified driver #16T Tim Kanten Retired Modified & Super Stock driver Bobby Steier Stock Car driver #14 Chad Palmer Retired Modified driver #30 Jay Ruby Hobby Stock, Super Stock, and Late Model driver Kevin Hager Retired Modified driver #16 Dain Schultz Modified driver Todd Stinehart Super Stock driver #78k Dexton Koch Non-Winged Sprint Car driver #87 Mike Mueller Modified driver #44 Karlie Wagner Modified driver #110 Nikki Wrazidlo Modified driver #53 Tianna Mithun ARCA Late Model driver #25 Natalie Decker Hobby Stock driver #17 Ashelyn Moriarty
Late Model driver #13 Ryan Konkel
Sprint Car driver #8 Casey Mack Modified and Stock Car driver Kevin Stoa Images courtesy of Don Masters Father & Son Sprint Car Drivers Vance and Dylan Peterson Hornet driver #17 Dewey Samuelson Mississippi Thunder Track Announcer and Dirt Bike Racer Dan Bailey
Bobby Steier Restoring Karl Fenske’s Famous #99
Hall of Fame Sprint Car Driver Shane Carson
Modified and Stock Car driver Pat Graham
Modified driver #3A Taylor Ausrud
Denis Czech, Modified and SuperStock driver
In Remembrance: Modified Driver Mike Hernke It is with great sadness we must report the passing of modified driver Mike Hernke. Mike was on the show with us in May 2017 (link) to talk about his #37 touring modified he used to promote cancer awareness. Indeed, many of you probably saw this awesome looking car parked at an area race track in the last year. Excerpt from Mike's obituary: "Mike was born on January 30, 1958 in Zumbrota, MN, the son of Owen and Gladys (Swelland) Hernke. He graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1976. He was a lifelong member of Urland Lutheran Church, where he was baptized, confirmed and married to Brenda D. Quittem on July 15, 1978. He was a praise and worship team member for over 10 years. Mike worked for 23 years at Hernke’s, Inc. and was also an owner/operator as a truck driver for 15 years. He loved music, especially singing and playing drums. He enjoyed family vacations, hunting, and pontoon rides. He was in to dirt track racing for many years, and car #37 was one to watch! His latest car was a cancer awareness race car that exhibited at local dirt tracks, where he also sang the national anthem and spoke about cancer awareness. He loved spending time with his family, and especially loved making big breakfasts, where the chocolate chip pancakes were a hit!" You can read Mike's full obituary here & listen to his May 2017 Dirt Show interview here
Pure Stock driver #83 Dan Guttormson IMCA Sport Mod driver #90 George Nordman |
Sprint Car driver & Co-founder of the UMSS series Joseph Kouba
Driver and car builder #0 Les Duellman
IMCA Stock Car driver #14z Ned Kalis
Retired Race Car Driver Elmer Duellman
USRA A Mod driver #23 Darwyn Karau (Thanks to Brian Minter for the pictures!)
Modified driver #4 Jeremy Nelson
USRA Late Model driver #11 Lance Hofer
Retired race car driver Lyle Hinrichs
Race car builder Steve Wise
Street Stock driver #84 Hunter Van Gilder (Rice Lake, WI)
Modified Driver #13x McKenzie Gerdes
Late Model and Modified driver Blonde Bomber Mitchell
The Dirt Show is Proud to Help Sponsor Voth Racing in 2017
Pictured below are The Dirt Show sponsored Street Stocks driven by Parker and Troy Voth. Go get 'em this season guys! Check out Voth racing on Facebook for more pictures & videos.
IMCA Hobby Stock driver #75c Cory Probst
Modified driver #9 Roger Nielsen
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver #10 Jennifer Jo Cobb
Late Model and Modified driver #10 Mike Balcaen from Winnipeg, Manitoba
Street Stock driver #34jr Bobby Blowers from Waseca, MN
Retired Indycar Driver Sarah Fisher with her Father & Uncle
Retired NASCAR& ASA driver Dave Marcis
(Thanks to author Bill Haglund for the pics!)
IMCA Stock Car driver #50 Heath Tulp
Late Model driver brothers #51 Nate Beyenhof and #1 Nick Beyenhof
4th Annual Old-Timer's Racing Reunion at Steve Yaggy's Home Shop in Rochester, MN
Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Arend
Visiting Denny Garber
In January, the Dirt Show crew took a trip down to Denny Garber's house in Fairmont, MN. We had a great afternoon looking at old racing pictures and talking about racing. The Garbers were wonderful hosts. The yellow sprint car pictured below is Denny's, along with the old Nova race car pictured next, which had a 454 V8 in it and was raced by Denny back in the day.
Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum (Fountain City, WI)
Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum in Fountain City, WI, is one of the largest museums of its kind in the country and a fantastic attraction every family member will enjoy! Elmer's has hundreds of muscle, antique, and classic cars and trucks as well as pedal cars and thousands of antique toys, tools, and dolls. Check them out on your next trip over to Mississippi Thunder Speedway.
Owatonna driver Glen Anderson at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum at Knoxville Speedway in Iowa recently featured an exhibit for Glen Anderson, legendary driver from Owatonna, Minnesota. Glen's famous #9 car is there, along with a bunch of cool pictures of some of his racing adventures.
Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver #1A Bobby Allen and his Shark Racing Team cars
USRA Limited Late Model driver #24 Justin Sass
Modified driver #94jr John Doelle
7th Annual Topless Nationals at Ogilvie Raceway
$250,000 Rock N Roll Gold Cup at Badlands Motor Speedway
Your Dirt Show host made the trip out to the Sioux Falls, SD area for the Rock n Roll Gold Cup at Badlands Motor Speedway in August. This amazing event brings together the best winged and non-winged 410 sprint cars in the country for a gigantic $250,000 purse. If you make the trip yourself, be sure to check out Badlands Pawn, which is the biggest, coolest pawn shop in the Upper Midwest. Check out the pics below.
Midwest Modified driver #35jr Garitt Wytaske
Modified, Late Model and Sprint Car driver #95 Keith Foss
Modified driver #14W Clayton Wagamon
Sprint Car driver #91 John Sernett
IMCA Stock Car driver #5 Luke Sathoff
Street Stock driver #12 Cody Kummer
Midwest Modified driver #16 Jason Vandekamp
IMCA Old Timers at the 2016 Dakota County Fair
Retired Modified, Sprint Car and Midget driver Jim Edgington
Tribute to four-time USAC champion, Indycar, and NASCAR driver Bryan Clauson
UMSS Sprints at Chateau Raceway in Lansing, MN
Thanks to Brian Minter who took most of these great pictures of the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series event at Chateau Raceway. It was a great night all around, and surely one of the largest crowds on-hand at Chateau in a long time. A special Dirt Show thank you to Mike & Kathy Madsen and Mark Daniels for sponsoring this event and helping to put it together.
Pure Stock driver #23 Ross Spitzer
Retired Hall of Fame Sprint Car driver Lynn Paxton
Late Model and Modified driver #75 Cody Skytland
WISSOTA Street Stock driver #01 Justin Pogones
World of Outlaw Late Models at Ogilvie Raceway
Super Stock and Modified driver out of Sartell, MN #19x James Trantina
Super Stock and Street Stock driver #3R Danny Richards
IMCA Modified Driver #30 Josh Ruby out of Lakota, Iowa
Dirt Sprint Car & asphalt Late Model driver out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Amber Balcaen
IMCA Sport Compact driver #8K Kaytee Devries
Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify & race in both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500
Harli White (Lindsay, OK) and her #17w Sprint Car
Jonathan Olmscheid and his ethanol powered dirt Modified and asphalt Late Model
Midwest Modified driver #23 Mitch Wiese
Retired Late Model driver #33 Richy Olson
Four-time WISSOTA Late Model national champion Ricky Weiss
Brandon Nielsen and his #8T IMCA Hobby Stock
Retired Super Mod driver Les Wildin (Algona, IA)
Sprint, Midget and Indycar driver Bryan Clauson
Greg Lammers' #99 Pure Stock sporting the Dirt Show logo
2nd Annual Old Timers Racing Reunion
We had a great time at the Old Timers Racing Reunion in Rochester in late February. Truly amazing to see so many of our childhood heroes all in one spot on a winter day in Minnesota. These racing reunion events are always incredible, and we at The Dirt Show strongly encourage you to get out there and check one out sometime. Pic #1-Racers sitting in a group at the event. Pic #2-Gerhard Wollenburg (#96) in the tan hat. Pic #3-Lance Mathees talking to Bill Haglund about winning the Yankee Dirt Classic at Hawkeye Downs in Iowa. Pic #4-Mert Williams' late model station wagon from the early 1980's.
Midwest Mod drivers Bonnie Jablonske #17B and Ron Jablonske
Racing legend Red Mullican
Huber Welding Supply's Support for Dirt Racing Goes Way Back
Hall of Fame Late Model and Modified driver #10 Dennis Hovinga
Ernie Tuff's '61 Ford Starliner, powered by Chrysler 426 Hemi
World of Outlaw Late Model driver #77 Jordan Yaggy
Tony Shaner's #23 Pure Stock at Dodge County Speedway
Nate Coopman and his #9 IMCA Sport Compact car
Modified driver #74c Clint Hatlestad
Daniel Eckblad's #10E Stock Car
Mod Four driver Keith Thell and his #00t car
Sprint Car driver #1s Logan Schucart
Late Model and Modified driver #50 Jeff Wildung
IMCA Stock Car driver #1M Jeff McCollum (Thanks to Sarah Moriarty)
Street Stock, Super Stock, and Modified driver Tim Johnson
Street Stock driver #11 Sam Fankhauser
10th Annual Racing Reunion in Otho, IA
Wissota Super Stock driver #7R Tommy Richards
IMCA Sport Compact driver Megan Sandvig and her #33 car
Caley Weese and her #77 Late Model
Troy and Jacob Dahle at Chateau Speedway in Lansing, MN
Driver McKenna Haase and her #55M Sprint Car
Late Model driver #32 Chris Simpson from Oxford, IA
The #07 Late Model driven by Don Swearingen
Jim Gullikson's #21 Wissota Street Stock
Adam Godeke's #3G Pure Stock
Pure Stock driver Greg Lammers
Knoxville Raceway Hall of Famer #61 Stacey Redmond
Derek Green's #32 IMCA Stock Car IMCA Modified
Ted Smallwood's American Flag Sprint Car
Larry Portis and his #59 IMCA Stock Car
Minnesota Racing Legend Glen Anderson
“Tribute to Trostle” and Open Wheel Swap Meet in Knoxville
On a snowy Saturday in late January, we made the trip down to Knoxville Speedway for the annual Open Wheel Swap Meet, which, on this occassion, included a benefit to celebrate the career of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Bob Trostle. Pictured below: Dirt Show host Klane Dushek and Hall of Famer Shane Carson, Bob Trostle checking out some the cars he built and owned, and Shane Carson's red #20 sprint car.
Brady Gerdes and his #2x Modified
Sprint Car 101 at the Kossuth County Agriculture & Motorsports Museum
Pictures: 1) 100+ fans in attendence, 2) Jim Edgington (left) and Norm Wiemers (right), 3) Norm Wiemers next to his car, 4) Terry McCarl (left) with the car he won Rookie of the Year at Knoxville with and Daryl Arend (right) who owned and worked on the car for McCarl’s first three wins.
Jesse Glenz in the #7x Modified
Brad Doty's #75 Sprint Car
Vintage Racing Images From a Few of Our Sponsors
Many of the businesses and people who sponsor The Dirt Show used to race themselves, and here are two examples for you. In the top two pictures you'll see Minnesota racing legend Barry Ketterings old car from 1974. The car was sold to Bill Collin of Interstate Truck Driving School, who drove it about a dozen times at Princeton and Northstar Raceway in 1975. The bottom two pictures are of Gary Wolff and his 1965 Chevelle Street Stock. Notice the intact windshield and wipers, they used them in the back then!
Retired Late Model driver Em Fretheim
Dirt Show guest retired driver Norm Weimers
USRA Modified driver #20 Mark Motl
9th Annual Racers' Reunion in Otho, Iowa
USMTS Modified driver #33z Zack Vanderbeek
Super Stock driver #21R Dave Read
Robbie Franklin's #1 Midwest Modified
Pure Stock driver Krysta Swearingen
UMSS Sprint Car driver #5 Anna Kouba
Bud Martini in his #42 Midwest Modified
Doug Wojcik's #3D Street Stock
Adam Godeke's Pure Stock at the 2014 Château Raceway season opener
Dirt Show guest Late Model driver Zack Johnson
Dirt Show guest Modified driver Josh Bazey
Dirt Show guest Steve Sorenson
Dirt Show guest Modified driver #40 Kevin Adams
Dirt Show guest Sprint Car driver #11A Bruce Anderson
Vintage Racing Images
Louise Smith, NASCAR pioneer, with her wrecked car. Johnny Parsons, in his first USAC champ car at Riverside, CA. Dick Trimble, founder of Trimbles Honda in Austin, in 1955 on his Triumph 250 Cub. Monk Sorenson in his IMCA Big Car. And a driver lettering his car the old fashioned way, with a brush & paint can!
Sprint Car through the barn roof at Jackson Speedway
Nick Schwebach's Street Stock at Deer Creek Speedway in 2014
Dirt Show guest Justin Oestreich and his #46 Wissota Midwest Modified
Marcel Hoaglan's Super Stock & son Marcel III at Cedar Lake
Street-legal Modified replica from New York
Greg Hilbert's tribute to his father, Don "Shiney" Hilbert, and his 1957 Chevy
Winged and Non-Winged sprint car driver Johnny Parsons III