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A-Main 01 -- 1. Matt Mangiaracina, Machesney Park; 2. Bryan Ellis, Roscoe; 3. Solomon Barker, South Beloit; 4. Mark Vicencio, Rockford; 5. Jason Dull, Machesney Park; 6. David Pautsch, Jr, Roscoe; 7. Mark Bielefeldt, Loves Park; 8. Randy Reynolds, Rockford; 9. Dennis Deckard, Pecatonica; 10. Andy Hill, South Beloit; 11. Alan Bekielewski, Roscoe; 12. Jake Vicencio, Rockford.

Rockford, IL- Forty Super Late Model competitors have officially filed their entries for the 43rd annual National Short Track Championships which will be contested September 26-28 at Rockford Speedway. These forty drivers will receive the Economic Stimulus Package which includes four Hoosier Tires, $125 Sunoco Racing Fuel credit as well as the Lefthander Chassis Racer’s Bonus Pack which is worth over $300.

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By: Eric Huenefeld
On Whelen's Night of Champions at Rockford Speedway Saturday night, the racing fans of the Forest City were treated to some of the best hard-nosed, door-to-door racing of the 2008 season on the historic quarter mile oval. It was a proper way to bring the curtain down on one of the most competitive seasons in the Speedway 's 61 year history, where each division would see anywhere from seven to ten different winners!

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By: Eric Huenefeld

The numbers are against Ricky Bilderback.

With only a week left in the regular season at Rockford Speedway, the seven-time and defending track champion in the Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Models is 73 points out of the points lead and all but locked out in his drive for his 8th straight championship. But that doesn't mean Bilderback still can't show the rest of the field how it's done from time to time. The Rockton driver blasted from his fifth starting spot to the lead in only 2 laps to take his division-leading fourth feature win on Saturday night at Rockford Speedway.

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By: Eric Huenefeld
Seventeen year-old Steve Erickson Jr. has been proving all year long he has the talent to compete in the veteran-laden Budweiser American Short Tracker division at the Rockford Speedway. For a rookie to step into a division immediately and compete with names like Sparkman, Melvin, McCoy and the like, one can already be impressed. But to also win against those names in your first year, now that is an accomplishment.

Rockford, IL- For the first time ever, Illinois Vintage Racing will compete on the 61 year old Rockford Speedway, Saturday night August 16. The historical value of the cars competing with this group in unmatched.

Perhaps the most interesting car to Rockford area fans will be the 1964 Chevelle being driven by former Sante Fe Speedway Champion Bill Knippenberg. This car was originally ran by the late Joe Shear, the six time Rockford Speedway toured the countryside claiming numerous checkered flags while behind the wheel of this machine.

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Rockford, IL- Charlie Frisch, Laura Siarkiewicz and Chris Gantz were crowned as Rockford Speedway Champions during the final Wild Wednesday event Wednesday evening. Chargin’ Charlie backed up his 2007 Coca-Cola RoadRunner triumph with the RoadRunner Super Summer Series title as he won the feature event over last year’s titlist Gene Marocco. In a hard fought Winged Women on Wheels Championship, it came down to whomever won the final event and that is what Laura Siarkiewicz accomplished to finish just three markers ahead of Robin Ulrey in the final standings. Meanwhile, Chris Gantz recorded the Figure 8 Championship after finishing fourth to Jonathan Stoltz who is on leave from military duty in the final Figure 8 feature of the season.

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By: Eric Huenefeld
After a less than stellar beginning to the 2008 Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model season, driver Tim Sargent seems to be putting it together as the season moves to a close. With blown engines and wrinkled sheet metal in his past, the look of victory lane is a far more comforting look for the South Beloit driver than the look of a repair shop.

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Rockford , IL- As the leaders spun to the infield grass, the window of opportunity opened for Tom Flippo, Jr Wednesday night at Rockford Speedway as he motored past the spinning duo of Billy Robinson and Gene Marocco to record his first feature victory in over two years, this coming in the RoadRunner Super Summer Series feature event. In Crap Scrapper Hornet action Randy Reynolds finally recorded his first feature win of 2008 in front of an enthusiastic Wild Wednesday audience. John Beinlich, Kyle Vergata, Cullen Comastra, Robin Ulrey and Tom Schneider also recorded feature victories. The fan favorite Fastor Pastor event which places area pastors against one another in the Drevdahl Auto Body Track Cars was won by First Free’s Jake Aldrick.

Rockford, IL- Rockford Speedway officials announced an Economic Stimulus Package like no other for Super Late Model teams participating in the 43rd National Short Track Championships at Rockford Speedway September 26-28. The first forty teams to file the fifty dollar entry for this historic event will receive four Hoosier tires, a one hundred twenty five dollar Sunoco Racing Fuel credit plus a reserved pit stall for the weekend once they arrive at the event.