Idaho Racing News

Seven local racers will be crowned champions after this weekends races at the f-bar arena in kuna.

Well the holidays are behind us and the ksrts are ready to tear up the indoor track in Caldwell again as they get ready for the home stretch in the 2008-09 indoor season. As is tradition with the caldwell series, the racers took a break after the first three races to enjoy the holiday season and now are ready for five big race dates in the next wo months to battle for a championship.

In June of 2001, Idaho native, Davey Hamilton was continuing his climb to the top of the Indy Racing League history books as the only driver to start every IRL race since its inception. He already had seven podium finishes in the league and finished second in points twice, including an exciting six point differential to eventual champion and current Nextel Cup Driver, Tony Stewart in 1997.

There you have it, the Showdown in Downtown, Tater Cup 100, accidents waiting to happen, whatever your thoughts of last weekends big Winged Sprint car show at Meridian Speedway was--it truly ended up as the biggest Sprint Car race we have seen here in a long long time--Think about how you could set up this story line any better than it played out itself--The stars of the show--the legend, possibly

Can it be true that we are already to the final month of the 2008 season at local race tracks.

ok, here it goes, what a week it has been around the valley, the heat is definetly getting to a few of us it seems.

The last month has also found me back on the air with another try at the radio thing--the first four shows were live from Mr.

wow, hard to believe it has been a month since i have had a chance to post some feelings. Since i last posted we have had a ton of exciting races around the treasure valley. Matt Elliott kicked off the big two day fourth excitement by claiming the firecracker fifrty for the winged sprint cars on the 4th of july.

I have had a coouple weekends away from racing and look forward to getting back on the track. In my absence a few things in the motorsports world came about. For the last couple seasons we have had the privelelge f watching Butch Gilliland run laps at Meridian Speedway. Butch has an extensive professional racing carreer and has settled in the treasure valley.

Oh right, oh right, i know what you are thinking, mister race track, always talking up the sport, drivers,tracks, can just up and leave the state right after he writes about the best night yet--well..........yeh.