Kevin Cywinski to drive the ECHO Bear Cat Super Late Model in the Event

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Thursday, July 03, 2008) – ECHO Bear Cat has signed on as the title sponsor for this Saturday’s July Spectacular 100 at I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre, MN. The ECHO Bear Cat July Spectacular 100 will be the sixth event of the 2008 ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment.

“ECHO Bear Cat is excited to be a part of the ASA Midwest Tour, and we are proud to be the title sponsor of I-94 Raceway’s ASA July Spectacular race,” Jerry Kobza, Marketing Manager for Golden Eagle Distributing stated. “ECHO Bear Cat is excited to have a championship winning driver with the caliber of Kevin Cywinski behind the wheel of the Bear Cat race car this weekend.”

ECHO Bear Cat offers the Broadest Offering of Outdoor Power Equipment for: homeowners, commercial landscapers, arborists, hobby farms, municipalities, golf courses, and rental stores.

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By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Wednesday, July 02, 2008) – The recent flooding in the Midwest has had a great impact on many. The ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment even felt the effects as it had to postpone the 36th Annual Keith Fleck Miller 100, originally scheduled for Friday, June 13th, to a new date of Friday, July 18th creating a “Western Swing” as the Tour will also be competing at Iowa Speedway that same weekend.

Dudley Fleck, Promoter of the Keith Fleck Miller 100 has announced that $3 of every ticket sold for the Friday, July 18th event at Hawkeye Downs will be donated to flood relief and Mike McGrath will be donating a car to raffle with those proceeds to go to flood relief as well.

Starting this Saturday with the July Spectacular 100 at I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre, MN, 2007 ASAMT Rookie of the Year Jonathan Eilen will be partnering with his sponsor Outdoor Connection in an effort to raise money for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

For every 250 tickets sold, one name will be drawn to win a hunting or fishing trip courtesy of the Outdoor Connection.

Reuvers Chases Down Fredrickson in ASAMT Point Standings

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Monday, June 30, 2008) – Three-time American Speed Association and one-time ARTGO Champion Kevin Cywinski has entered the July Spectacular 100 this Saturday at I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre, MN. He will be competing in the sixth event of the 2008 ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment season.

Cywinski, the 1995 ARTGO and 1997, 2003, and 2004 ASA Champion, will be competing in his second ASAMT event. He competed in the inaugural event last season at Elko Speedway where he came home with a 12th place finish.

In his ASA career, Cywinski collected 15 wins and over 100 top-ten finishes in 142 starts. He was also the Rookie of the Year in 1996.

He will be one of the many Midwest Touring Stars competing this Saturday night at I-94 Raceway, an ASA Member Track.

BURLINGTON, WI (Friday, June 27, 2008) - Since the ravaged flooding had previously cancelled the Hawkeye Downs event in Cedar Rapids, the official rescheduling date is Friday, July 18th. That date has beefed up an already exciting weekend as the biggest event of the year for the ASAMT Stars heads to Newton, Iowa for the Rasmussen Group Twin 75's.

The rescheduling of the Keith Fleck Memorial 100 at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, IA will bring back the title once used by the ARTGO Challenge Series titled "The Western Swing"

“We decided that the Friday before Newton was as good as any or if not the best date to have a successful event for our fans and the racers in attendance. It has been a rough past few weeks for everyone effected in Cedar Rapids but we feel we can turn this event into something very special by raising money for flood victims,” stated Dudley Fleck.

September date will have a special meaning for the event promoter

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Thursday, June 26, 2008) – For Steve Parsons, going to the racetrack was a bonding experience for himself and his daughter Kim. Sadly, that ended earlier this year as she lost her life to a tragic accident.

“We were best friends, we were a father and daughter who enjoyed doing something together,” Parsons, the track announcer at Marshfield Super Speedway in Marshfield, WI recently stated. “She was a mom and loved her girls.”

In honor of his daughter, Parsons along with the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment have announced a 14th race date schedule for Sunday, September 7th at Marshfield Super Speedway. The 100-lap event will be called, “The Kim Parsons Memorial.”

GRUNDY WRAP-UP NOTES

By: Kevin Ramsell
MORRIS, IL (Monday, June 23, 2008) – The question used to be when would Donny Reuvers win an ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment event. But now, the question is who can beat the Dundas, MN driver after he won his second race in a row on Sunday as he captured the ECHO Power Blower 100 presented by ProSource Motorsports and Hype Energy Drink.

REUVERS JOINS AN ELITE CLUB

Reuvers second win makes him only the third driver 16 ASAMT events to have more than one win as he joins Dan Fredrickson and Jonathan Eilen on the list of multiple winners in the second year series.

He, along with Fredrickson, is the only two drivers to win back-to-back ASAMT wins. Last year, Fredrickson won back-to-back events at Raceway Park in Shakopee, MN and Oktoberfest at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, WI.

GOPHER MANIA IN THE ASAMT

The streak is now at seven in a row. That streak is the numbers of events that a Minnesota driver has won an ASAMT event going back to Fredrickson win at Raceway Park last August.

Full Results

By: Kevin Ramsell
MORRIS, IL (Sunday, June 22, 2008) – Donny Reuvers ended a long drought in the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment with his win at Dells Raceway Park. Tonight, he showed that he is the real deal as he won his second ASAMT event in a row by capturing the ECHO Power Blower 100 presented by ProSource Motorsports and Hype Energy Drink at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, IL.

Reuvers started sixth in the main event that had 11 drivers qualify under the track record set by Dan Fredrickson last year.

It was Jeff Storm pacing the field in the early going of the 100 lap event with Russ Blakeley having a strong run behind him.

This Race Day Update is sponsored by Kwikade, the official isotonic drink of the ASA Midwest Tour. Available exclusively at Kwik Trip Stores.

7PM - Heat/Dash/Last Chance Results
We are racing at Grundy. Andrew Morrissey,Matt Kocourek and Frank Kreyer have earned their starting spots for tonight’s ECHO Power Blower 100 by finishing first and second in the first qualifying heat. Stevie Campbell, Kyle Calmes and Mark Krause earned their starting spots in the second.

Steve Carlson won the odd fast heat while Nathan Haseleu held off a late charge by Tim Schendel to win the even heat.

Kris Kelly and Brandon Hill finished first and second in the last chance race. Brian Roach will get the ASAMT provisional while Tom Knippenburg got the Grundy provisional.

The ECHO Power Blower 100 presented by ProSource Motorsports and Hype Energy Drink is coming up.

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Friday, June 20, 2008) – It took less than five weeks of preparation, but Art Frigo along with Bob Roper and John McKarns held the first ARTGO event on September 7, 1975 at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, IL. Today, the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment will bring back the tradition that was started that night as five states will be represented at this Sunday’s ECHO Power Blower 100 presented by ProSource Motorsports and Hype Energy Drink.

“The most significant thing was that it was put together in less than five weeks and we had 49 cars at that event,” John McKarns recalled from his home in Florida. “It was exciting for the Chicagoland fans because it was one of the first times they got to see Wisconsin drivers take on the Chicago area competitors.”

It was Rudolph, WI competitor Tom Reffner taking home the win on that night. But, it was the official start of one of the most storied racing series in the United States.

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Thursday, June 19, 2008) – 2008 ASAMT Lane Automotive Rookie of the Year contender Nick Murgic will have a new look on his #12 Super Late Model this Sunday at Grundy County Speedway. That is because he, along with his Murgic Racing team, is proud to welcome PowerTrack as a new primary sponsor for the remainder of this season.