By: Kevin Ramsell
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 (Loves Park, IL) – In 2006 Matt Merrell and his team called Rockford Speedway to make sure that the National Short Track Championships were still on even though the weather forecast was questionable. That was on Wednesday, when they got word the race was going to happen, Merrell and his team embarked on a twenty plus hour voyage to the northern Illinois facility that helped build names like Mark Martin, Dick Trickle, Rusty Wallace, Jamie McMurray and Clint Bowyer.

By: Kevin Ramsell
Saturday, September 08, 2007 (Loves Park, IL) – A great crowd was on hand for the Budweiser Night of Thrills presented by LaMonica Beverages. Along with the wild events, the Crap Scrapper Hornet division had their championship night and the Auto Soccer World Championships was decided on this great night.

Mangiaracina grabbed the lead on the second lap of the 15-lap feature event from Justin Pearson.

By: Kevin Ramsell
Monday, September 03, 2007 (Loves Park, IL) – Both Fred Nason and BJ Sparkman repeated a feat that each accomplished in 2005. Both would each collect their second championship, and at the same time take home a feature win. Vinny Mangiaracina, Alex Areleno, Vern Fagerberg, Bobby Yonke, Jeff Myers and Camden Murphy also took home feature wins on Yellowbook Monday Funday at the Rockford Speedway.

By: Kevin Ramsell
Saturday, September 01, 2007 (Loves Park, IL) – The battle for the Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model championship literally came down to the final lap with Ricky Bilderback capturing the win and his seventh straight championship over Jerry Gille. Also, Charlie Frisch took home the Coca-Cola Roadrunner championship while Tim Melvin narrowed BJ Sparkman’s lead in the Budweiser American Short Tracker division.

By: Kevin Ramsell
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Loves Park, IL) – The tradition is still there but it’s a week later. The 42nd Annual Chicago International Trucks National Short Track Championships will feature 12 divisions of racing over three days on its new weekend of September 28-30, 2007.