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    Guess what? It rained last weekend. It rained pretty much all weekend. It was not suppose to but it did. Only a few tracks got to run. I am getting tired of writing about rain. Perhaps, hopefully, this weekend will be better. At least the forecast for this weekend looked better at the time this column was being written.
For NASCAR fans Dover International Speedway has three days of racing. On Friday, the day many of you first receive this publication, (May 30th), the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks are in action at 4 p.m. That is also the day the Winston Cup cars qualify.
On Saturday the MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 Busch Series race will be run. And on Sunday there will be a 400 miler on the Monster Mile. Also sponsored by MBNA the event will have Jimmie Johnson, fresh from a win in The Winston (worth $1 million), trying for this third win in a Winston Cup event at Dover. Good news for fans and racers the section of Route 1 that has been under construction has been completed. That should make travel to the track and home from the track a lot easier. And we are told there are good tickets still available for all three days of racing.
    FOR THE THIRTEENTH TIME THIS SEASON Williams Grove Speedway lost an event to bad weather this past Friday.
They will try again this Friday, 8 p.m., with Super Sportsman and 410 Sprints in action. It will be York County Racing Club Night.
And then coming up on Thursday and Friday evenings, June 5-6, a two-day sprint car program will be presented highlighted by an appearance by defending NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart. Stewart will compete in a 15-lap big block modified dash for the CARQUEST Champions Challenge Cup on Thursday night.
Joining Stewart on the CARQUEST team will be Winston Cup regular and former O'Reilly World of Outlaws champion Dave Blaney along with modified stars Jack Johnson and Frank Cozze.
The Williams Grove team will feature the track's all-time sprint car winner and defending champion Lance Dewease along with former champion Fred Rahmer and modified legend Billy Pauch. A fourth driver will be named via fan balloting.
Stewart, Blaney, Stewart crew chief Greg Zipadelli and TV personality Matt Yocum will participate in an autograph session that is limited to 800 people having autograph tickets.
If you buy six tickets in advance you do get an autograph ticket.
For information telephone 717.697.5000.
Sprint car racing will be the attraction on Friday, June 6th. The first four finishers in the Thursday night show will start at the rear of the field in the Friday show and if one of them wins the feature s/he will pick up $10,000. 358 sprints will also be part of the show on June 6th.
    AT BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY on Friday night, May 30, the always exciting United Racing Club sprint cars will be in action along with the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Modifieds and Roadrunners.
Kevin Welsh, the current point leader in URC competition, will lead a star studded group of racers. And all of them will be anxious to go racing having been rained out on Saturday night at Fonda, NY Speedway. They did get their show in at Penn Can Speedway on Friday night with Danny Massey getting the victory, his first of the season before rain washed out the stock car segment of the show.
United Disabilities Services New Life Assistance Dogs Program will be featured and ARCA racer Bobby Gerhart will be on hand to sign autographs for fans. In addition he will have his #5 Bodycoat ARCA Pontiac on display. Racing starts at 8 p.m.
    THREE OF THE FIVE DIVISIONS COMPLETED THEIR FEATURE EVENTS at Clinton County Speedway on Friday night before the rains came. Jake Shady won in the Super Stocks, Donnie Mellinger was tops in Pro Stocks and Jason McCauley won in the 4-Cylinder Enduro. The sprints had finished 10 of 25 laps with Joe Diehl leading the feature. That race will be finished this Friday, May 30th. And the Daredevil race will be run as part of the June 6th show.
The Friday, May 30th show will start with the continuation of the sprint car feature from last Friday plus a complete five division program of Sprints, Super Stocks, Pro Stocks, Daredevils and 4-Cylinder Enduros.
Mark this one down. If you go to the races on June 6th at Clinton County Speedway you will be admitted absolutely FREE of charge. It will be a fan appreciation night.

    GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY in Bechtelsville, PA was a victim of the weather and will now run Rossi Welding of Reading sponsored racing action featuring the NASCAR Modifieds and Late Models, at least 13 events of racing, on Saturday, May 31st at 7:30 p.m.
Coming up on June 7th is Zuber Realty Night featuring the United Racing Club sprint cars and NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series modifieds. Sprint cars at Grandview are always an exciting show.
THE 23RD ANNUAL HOUSING PRODUCTS INC. JACK GUNN MEMORIAL for sprint cars was postponed by rain on Saturday night. The new date for this Classic will be announced this week. This Saturday night, 7 p.m., the second annual Ink Spot Printing Pro Stock 20 will be presented. And there will be racing for the Sprint Cars, Late Models and Roadrunners.
    PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY had their Saturday night sprint car show washed out by rain. This Saturday night will be Checkered Flag Fan Club Night at Port Royal Speedway and all members get a $2.00 discount on their admission tickets. The May 31 show will feature the AB Auto Glass/Ramsey's Car Wash Late Models in a 25-lap Late Model Championship Race which pays $2,000 to win. In addition there will be racing for the sprint cars and pro stocks.
    CRIS EASH GOT HIS THIRD SPRINT CAR WIN OF THE SEASON at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night. The track was one of two or three tracks in the area that got to run. Bobby Rudisill won the Thundercar feature for the second time this season. On Saturday night, May 31st, it will be the Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown Night with members being admitted at a discount ticket price. The 410 sprints, 358 sprints and Thundercars will perform starting at 7:30 p.m.
The United Racing Club sprint cars make a special appearance at Lincoln along with the 410 sprints and Thundercars on June 14.
    BRIDGEPORT, NJ SPEEDWAY was rained out on Saturday and will return with Modifieds (Big Blocks), Sportsman, Jasper Sprints and Outlaw stocks on Saturday, May 31st at 6 p.m. We are told there will some crew members from Winston Cup teams on hand to race in Bridgeport Speedway racing equipment. And on Wednesday, June 4, Billy Pauch will be a busy driver. The local racing star will be running in the URC sprint feature, the ARDC wingless midget feature and the Modified feature. In addition there will be racing for the 600 Micro Sprints and Sportsman stock cars. Racing starts at 7 p.m.
This is the third annual Big Show. Only the modifieds will run time trials with a special qualifying event for those who are not in the top 16 in qualifying. All classes will run 25 lap features.
    THIS MIGHT BE WORTH THE TRIP. On Saturday night, May 31, NASCAR Winston Cup Dodge Team owner Ray Evernham will be at Wall Township, NJ Speedway, a place where he was a champion some years back. He will be there to participate in an exhibition modified race with rising NASCAR star Martin Truex Jr.
There will also be racing for the Busch Beer Modifieds, Pro Stocks, Street Stocks, Trucks, Legend cars, and TQ Midgets. Racing starts at 6 p.m. And on Sunday, June 1, 1 p.m. the Sunoco Race of Champions Modified Tour will be there along with the NEETS Enduro Series. There will also be racing for the Trucks, Legend cars and TQ midgets.
    GARY STUHLER WON BOTH ENDS OF THE 23rd Annual Shorty Bowers/Bull Durham Twin-20s for Late Models at Hagerstown, MD Speedway. And it was Richard Walls getting his second win of the year in the Hoosier Tires Mid-Atlantic late model sportsman feature while Steve Long got the win in the 15-lap pure stock main event. No information received on what is running this Saturday night.
    THE LONG AWAITED OPENER for sprint cars at Susquehanna Speedway was rained out this past Sunday. The rained out Coors York County Nationals sprint car event will have to be rescheduled for later in the season.
This Sunday, June 1, there will be racing for the 410 sprints, 358 Modifieds and Enduro competition. It will be Rock-It Pizza Night.
Fans attending on Sunday, 6:30 p.m., will receive a $2.00 off coupon for the next event, June 8th, plus special pizza discount coupons.
    KEEP IN MIND that the Winston Cup cars are at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 8th. Weekend of action starts with ARCA qualifying on Thursday leads up to the Giant 200 (Giant Stores sponsoring) being run on Saturday June 7th. And on Friday June 6th there is Winston Cup qualifying leading up to the Pocono 500 on Sunday. Good seats still available for this weekend of exciting action.
Ernie Saxton can be reached at Esaxton144@aol.com