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Pink Ribbon Riders to Invade Racin' & Rockin'

posted March 4, 2010

The Racin' & Rockin' show began in 2005 at Springport Motor Speedway. The idea behind this event was the brainstorm of Matt Schindewolf, also known as the Racing Hippie. Matt drives a Modified mostly at nearby Spartan Speedway on Friday nights and has also driven his Modified at Springport during the seasons when Modifieds were run there. Matt is also the lead singer and guitar player with a local band known as the Basement Dawgs. Matt's idea was to highlight the Modifieds at the Racin' & Rockin' show along with a few other divisions also racing that night. Then once the races were over with, everyone is invited to the pits for a hog roast, special awards, and live entertainment featuring none other than the Basement Dawgs. The 2005 event was a huge success.

Racin' & Rockin' was so well received, that it has been a regular feature at Springport Motor Speedway ever since and is back again for 2010. The July 17th event will be even more special as Springport Motor Speedway is teaming up with the Pink Ribbon Riders to help raise money for breast cancer awareness and for those in need. From the pinkribbonriders.com website, "The Pink Ribbon Riders mission is to promote awareness of breast cancer in the motor sports industry for both men and women while raising funds for those in need".

Tickets for the Racin' & Rockin' show will be available from Pink Ribbon Riders members as well as online on pinkribbonriders.com. 50 percent of each ticket sold through the Pink Ribbon Riders organization will go towards their fundraiser. If they are able to sell 2,000 tickets, they will raise $12,000 just from this one single event.

Be sure to visit the pinkribbonriders.com website for more info about the Pink Ribbon Riders and other events they are holding throughout the midwest. In the winter time, it's all about snowmobiles and in the summer time, they hit the road on their motorcycles.

Come on out on July 17th and enjoy a night of racing followed by an enjoyable get together in the pit area and music by the Basement Dawgs. And watch the spectacle earlier in the day as motorcycle after motorcycle arrives in pink trim.

A Brief History of the
Vintage Racing Organization of America (VROA)

posted March 3, 2010

In August, 1990, Brian Shultz posted flyers at Kalamazoo Speedway seeking people who were interested in starting a racing club similar to the Canadian Coupes and Coaches. The Canadians had been racing at Kalamazoo Speedway once or twice a year for the prior six years, and from the first time they arrived at Kalamazoo Speedway, Brian had fallen in love with their racecars and racing club. Since 1980 he had raced weekly at Kalamazoo Speedway in the Sportsman division. But his real love was open wheel racing, the kind he had grown up with through his father’s involvement in racing. Those cars were initially 1920’s – 1940’s Coupes and Coaches, that eventually evolved into the cut down Supermodifieds of the 1960’s. When Brian started racing in 1980, he had hoped to race these types of cars. But the stock car revolution had taken over and no open wheel racecars of the 1920 – 1940’s era were competing.
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Great Lakes Supercup Series
Announces Springport Motor Speedway Sponsor

General Materials
The Michigan-based Great Lakes Supercup Series has announced the sponsorship of General Materials, a Jackson based Building Materials Supplier, and D.A.W. Design Group, a Jackson based Construction Management Company, for their 2010 Springport Motor Speedway Championship.

Great Lakes Supercup coordinator, Tim Phillips, states that the addition of this sponsorship will allow the series to run a championship within a championship as a track champion will be crowned at Springport in addition to an overall series champion.

General Materials

As final details are pending, the sponsorship will offer up to $1,000 in additional payouts over the course of the season.

General Materials and D.A.W. Design Group in conjunction with Aspen One Hour, a Jackson based heating & cooling company, will also sponsor the #10 Supercup driven by David Wilson of Parma, Michigan, who will run a partial schedule for the 2010 season.

Championship night for the Great Lakes Supercup Series to determine the Springport Champion and the Season Champion will be on Saturday, September 11th during the Michigan Cup weekend.

The Great Lakes Supercup cars are 1/2 scale NASCAR Cup look-alikes, commonly referred to as Mini Cups. Due to their size and speed, racing at Springport Motor Speedway is similar to racing a full size race car on a superspeedway, and drafting becomes a factor. These races are always a crowd pleaser as the drivers race side by side and nose to tail without lifting off the throttle in the corners. Their first event at Springport is on opening night, April 17th. Check the 2010 schedule for further info.

Be sure to visit the General Materials website. If you live anywhere near the Jackson, Michigan area and are involved in anything from a small home repair to major construction project, stop in and see the folks at General Materials. They are located on the south east end of Jackson on M-50 near US-127, right on the way to Michigan International Speedway.
Venon T-Shirt
Soon to be the hottest selling t-shirt
in local short track racing!

Available only in the gift shop at
Springport Motor Speedway

 

 

  * All 5 Venom Energy colors will be available, Black Mamba Red on Black, Killer Taipan Yellow on Black, Death Adder Orange on Black, Venom Bite Blue on Blue. Purple will only be available as Mojave Rattler Purple on Purple

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The Making of Michigan Ideal Speedway

A new never before released DVD will be available in the gift shop at Springport Motor Speedway, titled, "The Making of Michigan Ideal Speedway". Narrated by Ken Friend, this video was originally on VHS tape. Russ and Pat Densmore had just one copy of it and it has now been transferred over and preserved on DVD. The original video was slightly over 20 minutes in run time, just right for a 30 minute TV show if commercial breaks were to be added. Everyone will enjoy watching this as the property transforms from a 70 acre farm into a full-fledged 3/8ths mile racing facility.

Also included on the DVD will be numerous bonus tracks containing highlights of never before seen footage that did not make it into the video. Here again, invaluable original tapes have been copied and preserved.

Some of the proceeds from the sale of the DVD will go into the driver's point fund as well as a charity of Russ and Pat Densmore's choosing.

Check out the sneak previews.

ABC Succumbs To Venom

posted February 26, 2010

After debuting at the 2007 Michigan Cup, the ABC Stock Car Series was scheduled to be relaunched on April 17, 2010, and it still will, but with a new identity. It has taken on the name of its new title sponsor and will be known as the Venom Stock Car Series, named after the Venom Energy Drink which is produced and distributed by the Dr. Pepper 7UP Bottling Company.

This series was already shaping up to be one of the hottest weekly short track racing divisions in Michigan and with its new identity and association with Venom Energy, it will step up to the next level as more and more excitement is added. If the 2007 Michigan Cup was any indication, the feature races every Saturday night at Springport in 2010 will produce some of the most competitive and action packed racing of the season, anywhere.

The Venom Stock Car Series targets the most common race cars in the state. The format and rules it uses allows almost any Sportsman, Street Stock, and Pure Stock, as well as other similar V8 powered rear wheel drive race cars to come and race. Similar to bracket racing at the drag strips, the drivers and their cars are placed in classes and features based on their qualifying times. The fastest will be in the A-Main, the slowest in the C-Main, and everything in between will race in the B-Main. However, with more cars than can be run in 3 features, there could also be a D-Main and even more. The more cars there are, the closer the competition will be in each feature. At the end of the season, there will be an A-Main Champion, a B-Main Champion, and a C-Main Champion.

In addition to sponsoring the Venom Stock Car Series, the Dr. Pepper/7Up Bottling Company will be the official soft drink provider of Springport Motor Speedway. Dr. Pepper has been producing its unique soft drink for over 125 years, since 1885. The company has become one of the largest soft drink providers in North America and markets over 50 brands of beverages. Some of these that you will find at the concession stand at the speedway include Dr. Pepper and 7Up, of course, along with RC Cola, Diet Rite, A&W Root Beer, Vernors, Squirt, Country Time Lemonade, Arizona Iced Tea, Deja Blue water, All Sport Body Quencher, HYDRIVE Energy, and of course, Venom Energy.

Venom Energy can be found at your local Meijer store as well as many other grocery stores, party stores, and convenience stores, and of course at the concession stand at Springport Motor Speedway. To learn more please visit, venomenergy.com.

To learn more about the cars racing in the Venom Stock Car Series, you can read Section 12 of the 2010 Rulebook. One week prior to opening night, on April 10th, many drivers racing in the Venom Stock Car Series will be making their way to the speedway for pre-registration and practice. Check the 2010 Schedule for more information.

Springport Is Just Like Home for the MCR Dwarfs

posted February 24, 2010

The Midwest Classic Racers (MCR) is entering its 17th year of racing Dwarf cars at tracks all around Michigan. The organization has its roots at Springport Motor Speedway and actually got started in 1993, the year before MCR was formed. The track was then known as Michigan Ideal Speedway and two Dwarf cars competed in a race held there in 1993. One was driven by Craig Meyers and the other by Steve Martin.

Shortly afterwards, Jack VanDyke from Jaxports in Lansing, Michigan began to get involved. Jaxports built cars and sold parts and became a major sponsor of MCR. From there, the series blossomed and grew to where it is today and for the 2010 season, the MCR Dwarf Series will be competing at 10 different race tracks in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois.

The MCR Dwarfs have always been big supporters of the Michigan Ideal Speedway (Springport), and through the help of Jaxports, the tech building was constructed at the speedway. The second stall in the building actually has four holes cut in the floor for scales that perfectly match the wheelbase of the Dwarf cars along with a pit in the center so the tech inspector can examine the underside of each race car.

How fitting is it that one of the drivers of those first two cars from back in 1993, Steve Martin, has leased the speedway for the 2010 season and in the near future, will exercise his option to purchase the facility?

Be sure to check the complete 2010 MCR Dwarfs schedule and catch the action as they travel not only to the site of their first event, but to many other tracks in the Michigan area.

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