2006 ASCS Northern Plains TENTATIVE Schedule
Diecast Sprint
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Race Track Links
Winnipeg, Canada
Grand Forks, ND
Greenbush, MN
Ada, MN
3X Lightning Sprint Ready To Go... Fast
Winnipeg's Bob Charney has his #3X Lightning Sprint Car ready for action.
Monster Jam Crowd Response Confirms NLSA Has Bright Future
The Northern Lightning Sprint Association
made motorsports history this weekend at the MTS Centre as they became the
first Sprint Car organization ever to race indoors on dirt in Manitoba.
In partnership with the 2009 Partsource Monster Jam Series, NLSA drivers
Eric Guyot, Jeff Laurin, Bob Charney, Bob Saindon, and Roland Bernard
provided over 20,000 Winnipeg motorsports fans with a preview of what they
will see at Red River Coop Speedway in April of 2009. Although the racing
surface was very tight, tacky, and rough, the NLSA drivers did an excellent
job steering their high-powered, lightweight Lightning Sprints around the
dirt oval.
The action was as hot on the concourse of the MTS Centre as it was on the
race track. Thousands of fans carefully looked over a Northern Lightning
Sprints display car, which was set up on riser blocks for easier viewing.
Representatives from the NLSA were on hand with the display car to answer
questions from interested onlookers.
With a solid rule book that ensures long-term affordability of the Lightning
Sprint class and a solid team of drivers dedicated to making the sport of
auto racing better, the Northern Lightning Sprint Association is sure to
meet with great success in the future.
The Northern Lightning Sprint Association would like to thank everyone at
Monster Jam for their assistance in making this a truly successful event.
For more information on the Northern Lightning Sprint Association, visit
www.nlsprints.com
About Monster Jam:
Monster Jam is owned by Feld Entertainment Incorporated. Feld Entertainment,
Inc., is the world's leading producer of live family entertainment and the
parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®, Disney On Ice, Disney
Live!, Doodlebops Live!, and Feld Entertainment Motorsports. The company's
spectaculars have toured in 55 countries and on six continents, and are seen
by millions of people.
Bob's New Ride
09 Bailey Lightning Sprint, 750cc GSXR motor, 730 lbs, should be fun, running on Feb. 7th and 8th at MTS center for monster jam.
NEW UPDATE - October 11, 2008
"After 2 years watchin , I can't stand it no more, went to grand forks and didn't like it, first time sitting in the stands, terrible experience, thinking about getting one of Darren Pallen's Lightning Sprints, they look like fun, faster than a Late Model on Winnipeg track, since don't have any sponsors it's something I could afford, I think if they officially run them and have them on the schedule I'll run one, and my crew will probably run there's to, hope it works out, if not for spares I got two brand new ASCS 360 gathering the dust in the garage, lol, looking forward to next year."
- Rich Rogers
Season over after only 9 laps
Due to others lack of care and control of there race car we are probably done for the season the night started out good, the new motor was great, needed some tuning but was strong for hot laps
Started tail end of the heat and got by a couple of cars, finished 5th.
Started 14th in the feature and the car was closer, got up to 10th in 5 laps and had a caution, started 10th and was making progress on the bottom when the #1 car lost control of his car and decided not to lift and came straight down the track and took out the 21k and ourselves, end of night and probably the season.
Broken parts list: chassis, top wing and stands, front wing and stands, right front rim and tire, left side rims ,front axle, radius rods, caliper and rotor ,hood and nosepiece, crash bars, air box, injection (cracked top front stacks off), valve cover (bent valves, rockers and pushrods, as long as nothing went through the motor it should be good) right side header, torque tube (diff appears to be ok), front and rear arms, drag link and 2 shocks, that seems to be it for now, we will strip the car later in the week after I go buy a new fishing rod.
Check out the video and pics.
Anyone interested in donating a car or fistfuls of cash feel free to do so, later rich and crew
VIDEO FROM RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY
Click Here to Watch Grand Forks B Feature Win August 25, 2006
New Era Begins For Prairie Dirt
Prairie Dirt (2005) website is about to kick off it's 7th season on the
internet and with it came the promise of the beginning of a new era.
Webmaster and open wheel enthusiast Greg Cybulski says that the new era
begins now.
"I know it's an old cliché about taking things to a new level, but for
myself, it is true. I couldn't be more thrilled."
Like a wild grass fire, news of the inaugural "Prairie Dirt Classic" is
spreading quickly across the Canadian prairies.
The Alberta Sprint Tour race event in the neighboring province of
Saskatchewan is promising to be one of the most talked about race weekends
of the summer. The first race will be held on Saturday, July 7 at Speedy
Creek Raceway in Swift Current, as well the AST is also currently working
with Flatlanders Speedway in Kindersley for an event slated for the Sunday
of that same weekend.
Well
its time to get ready for racing again, the winters seem to get shorter
every year. We are well under way already. For the third year in a row we
have been invited by Red River Co-op Speedway to be the featured sprint car
at the WORLD OF WHEELS car show in Winnipeg, on April 30th to may 1st. We
will be starting the season off with the 03 Eagle Chassis that we ran last
year with the exception of the new ASCS 360 motor which has considerably
more power than the one we ran last year. We have no set schedule, we will
run some ASCS , NOSA, and Outlaw shows, we plan on traveling again this year
and running different racetracks. As we get more info on the upcoming season
and schedules become available I will update.
Thank you, Richard and Crew
Richard Rogers #RX and Wade Nygaard #9 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND. (Photo by Traci Palya)
See video of this crash (short version)... Click Here!!!
See video of this crash (long version)... Click Here!!!
Race Sanctioning
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We made it!!!
Left Winnipeg and got here at 3:30, hot laps at 4:30, very tired.
Hot laps ok, we fixed her up for qualifying but got 24th, then finished 4th
in the heat and got our time back and transferred to A Main. Started 20th
got to 12th and had fuel problems, heated the motor a bit but still good to
go. Must sleep, updates tomorrow. Pay for tonight $1300.00
Second Night
Uphill battle all night but it worked in our favor.
hot laps: sucked
time trials: sucked, motor wouldn't run, 1 second off, qualified 28th,
2nd time trial (for a $100 you can re-qualify) waste of a GOOD $100, 2
seconds off now.
heat: motor still a bag of crap, started 8th and got up to 4th, last lap it
stalled and we coasted to the infield without taking the checkered, ended up
7th,forced to run b main
B MAIN: started 8th motor still sucked but track slicked off so it was like
having traction control, worked like hell and got third, a main here we come
A main : started 20th got up to 17 by lap 15, track was a one lane follow
the leader race, went yellow, picked up a couple of spots by the next
yellow, 10 to go, got by a couple more and finished 14th, lot of work and
effort by the crew this evening, it all paid off in the end, once we figure
what is wrong with the motor were going to be unstoppable.
Rich and crew, later