Christoffersen will be defending winner of Planet Pages Super Truck Series opener at Hawkeye Downs Friday

 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -- Art Christoffersen of Toddville, IA will be the  defending champion for the opening race of the Planet Pages Mid-Am Super Truck Series at Hawkeye Downs Friday night.  Qualifying starts at 6:30p.m.and racing at 7:30 p.m. on the half-mile paved oval.

Christoffersen, who drives the Deery Brothers Ford, will also compete in the late model class on the same evening.    He may end up running three feature races.   The top seven finishers from the 30-lap Planet Pages Mid-Am

Stock Car and Super trucks feature will advance to a special "Royal Rumble" match race, pitting the top cars against the top trucks at the end of the night.

Christoffersen won two feature races in the super truck series last year.His second win came in September at Lake Geneva, WI.

Other Iowans expected to compete in the super truck division are Dave Coghlan of Marion and Mike Depping of Dike. Former series champions Gordon Swanson of Apple Valley, MN and Jerry Seibel of Campbellsport, WI are among other top entries.  Swanson, the1999 series champion, is slated to drive the Discount Taxi Ford while Seibel, the

2001 champion, will wheel the Lasik Vision Chevrolet.

The race can be heard live nationwide over the internet at kcrg.com with listeners tuning into the radio website (not TV).    For more information about the series call 920-754-4492.