By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, IL. (Saturday, May 30, 2009) – Jake Gille celebrated his 21st birthday in style, albeit a week late, holding off Tim Noble and going wire-to-wire to bring home his first career Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model feature win. An emotional Scott Lawver held off a hard-charging Fred Nason a week after the passing of Lawver’s father, collecting his second Bargain Hunter Sportsman feature win of 2009 and earning a standing ovation from a supportive crowd. Larry Dickinson II brought home the Mtn Dew RoadRunners main event.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, IL (Saturday, May 23, 2009) – Jon Reynolds Jr. held off a late challenge from Ricky Bilderback to bring home his second Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model feature win of the season in front of an enthusiastic holiday weekend crowd on Military Night presented by Camping World at Rockford Speedway. Doug Bennett, Dana Czach Jr. and Dwight Dunlap also collected feature wins.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, IL (Saturday, May 16, 2009) – When Ricky “the Rocket” Bilderback was asked before the season how many feature wins he thought he would accumulate at Rockford Speedway in 2009, his answer was ten. After grabbing his second Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model feature win of the young season, Bilderback may well be on his way there. Bilderback cruised to an easy victory in front of a packed house as rookie Kyle Lapier and John Logan Jr. brought home the night’s other feature events.

By: Eric Huenefeld
Last season in the Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model division at the Rockford Speedway, eight of the top 10 drivers in the final point standings would score a feature win in the ultra-competitive premier division at the high-naked quarter mile. One of the two drivers left out of the victory circle last season was 3rd place points man Jon Reynolds Jr. After finishing second on opening week to seven-time Track Champion Ricky Bilderback, you figured it wouldn't be long before Reynolds found the checkers.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, IL (Saturday, May 2, 2009) – The 2009 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season got off to a rousing start tonight as a packed house witnessed Rockton native Ricky “the Rocket” Bilderback take home the Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model feature on opening night at the Rockford Speedway. BJ Sparkman won the Budweiser American Short Tracker feature while Larry Dickinson II brought home the win in the Mtn Dew RoadRunner main event.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, IL (Saturday, May 2, 2009) – Many people consider the number seven to be lucky but for Ricky Bilderback, the lucky number is eight, as in eight NASCAR Late Model championships at the historic Rockford Speedway. The 43-year-old Rockton native is sitting on seven championships entering the 2009 season and an eighth would give Bilderback the most titles in the history of the premiere division at the Rockford Speedway, a history that spans 62 years and counting.

All photos courtesy of Jim Ambruoso
http://www.myfinishlinephotos.com/

All photos courtesy of Jim Ambruoso
http://www.myfinishlinephotos.com/

PHOTOS- CHAMPION PHOTOS

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!

All photos courtesy of Jim Ambruoso
http://www.myfinishlinephotos.com/