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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND REVS UP WITH HAWKEYE DOWNS RACING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Last
Friday night featured door handle to door handle racing in all divisions
treating race fans to a great night of racing.
This
Friday night will see the Budweiser Sportsmen, Miller Time Modifieds, Barron
Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars, Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks, Sunline
Hornets, IMCA Sportmods and Go Karts all doing battle.
The
Budweiser Sportsmen has co-leaders with Andy Duggan and Martin Ballard each
with 116 points. David McCalla is just four points behind in third.
In
the Miller Time Modifieds, defending champion Tim Plummer continues to lead the
points holding a six marker edge over Rodney Rocarek. Shawn Stinger is in
third, just seven points behind Plummer.
Doug
Otto continues his strong start, holding a four point margin over Bob Ahrendsen
and
In
Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks, Gary Pfantz has a narrow two-point lead
over Tim Dains. Kandi Floyd and Dennis
Klinsky are tied for third, sitting six points behind Pfantz.
Things
are equally tight in the Sunline Hornets and Shawn Myers leads by just one
point over Brad Chandler and Brian Beaty. The Bighouse Motorsports entry is
next on the points chart, five points behind the leader. (Points in the Hornet Division are awarded to
the car regardless of who the driver is on a given night.)
The
IMCA Sportmods continue to impress as Arnie Reif holds a scant one point lead
over Ryan Luedtke and Tony Olson who are tied for second.
The
action kicks off at 6pm Friday night when Grandstand gates open and practice
gets underway. The first green flag waves shortly after 7pm.
Admission
prices remain the same as they have been the past few years. Children (0-11) are $1.00; Students (12-17)
are $7.00; Adults (18-61) are $10.00; and Senior Citizens (62+) are admitted
for $7.00.