Geo Center Speedway Trophy Presentation

The down and dirty…. 3 heat wins, 2 feature wins & 1 feature rain out

Can’t believe we won every race we were in this weekend… wow.  The weekend started on Friday 6-4-10 with a trip up to the Geographical Center Speedway.  Scott started 4th in the 2nd heat.  Scott grab the early lead and won the heat.  The 20 lap feature was pretty tacky.  Scott started in the 5th position of the 20 lap feature.  Scott got the lead on about lap 4 and kept it the rest of the race.  There were a number of cautions and #97 Jim Morlock, who started 13th was hot on his trail but had to settle for 2nd as Scott drove the Dakota Engine Builders powered Millenium Nightmare Chassis into victory lane. 

On Saturday 6-5-10, we headed to our home track, the Jamestown Speedway.  Scott started 8th in the heat and powered his way up to the front for a heat win.  He did get a little help with one of the early leaders spinning out.  All the heat races were ran and then mother nature gave us a good rain storm.  The make up feature will be 6-19-10 as well as the previous makeup feature.

The weekend ended with a trip to the Sheyenne River Speedwayon Sunday 6-6-10.    Scott drew 99 and had to start and the back of the pack in the last heat.  After a hard fought battle with 24x Steve Ost, Scott grabbed the lead with about 3 laps to go and won the heat.  After the redraw, Scott was lined up in the 5th starting spot of the feature.  Scott slowly worked his way up and raced side by side #71 Nate Reinke for several laps until he got the lead on lap 7 working the low groove.  There was 1 caution with 10 laps to go.  On the re-start, #15 Flyin Ryan Mikkelson got the lead in corner 1 and 2, but Scott got in back in corner 3 and 4 and kepted it the last 9 laps and captured his first Wissota Midwest Modified win at the Sheyenne River Speedway making it the Scott Bintz Racing team’s 4th feature win of the 2010 season.

This weekend post is sponsored by Millenium Nightmare Chassis built by Strand Racing.  A proven winner and no stranger to Victory Lane.  

Check out some of the weekends racing photo’s below.  More racing news at All The Dirt.  www.allthedirtonline.com

9/6/09 Close to 40 Wissota Midwest Modified race cars showed up for the 2nd night of the Jamestown Speedways Double Header Labor Day Weekend Races.  Scott was in the 3rd heat and it was somewhat of a rough caution filled heat.  Scott made it to 4th from 7th to qualify for the feature in the 14th starting spot.  The feature was dry but racey.  Scott was moving up pretty good and got to about 5th when he hit the inside wall on corner 2 and spun.  Got sent tail end and Scott made it back to 11th.  Ryan Mikkelson won the feature followed by Josh Eberhardt and Landon Becker.

9/7/09 We headed on down for the Labor Day races at the Sheyenne River Speedway.  It was tacky and fast in the heat.  Scott made it up a few spots in the heat for the 12th starting position in the feature.  Scott moved up pretty well in the feature and then slid into Rich Pavlicek on about lap 5.  Scott got sent tail end and made it back to 8th.  Dustin Strand won followed by Rich Pavlicek and Ryan Mikkelson.

9/13/09 We headed to the Tri-County Speedway in Wishek for their last race of the season.  Scott got the early lead in the heat and held it for the heat win.  The heat was super dry.   For the feature, Scott drew the 4th starting spot.  The feature was real dry as well and kind of a one lane track on the bottom.  Scott made it up to 2nd and with a few laps to go tried to make the pass for the lead on the high side, but ended up finishing 3rd.  Jim Morlock won the feature followed by a green # 14.  (missed getting the racers name – will update later).  For complete details and up to date results and stats, see the Detailed Racing Results page.

On 09/15/09 We are heading to the legendary Wissota 100 at the Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron, SD.  We have great hopes of making it into the main feature event for the Wissota Midwest Modified class.  We have heard rumors that as many as 130 to 140 Midwest Modifieds will show up to race the event.    With only 30 cars racing the main feature on Saturday we hope for a good draw for the heat race.  The heat races will be composed of 10-12 cars with only the top 2 advancing to the feature.   The Wissota 100 will be held from Sept 16th to 19th, 2009 with practice test and tune on Tuesday Sept 15th.  All of the Wissota classes will be racing including Street Stocks, Midwest Modfieds, Mod 4′s, Modifieds, Super Stocks and Late Models.

We planned to race the Tri-County Speedway in Wishek on Friday, then Jamestown on Saturday and a trip up to Bottineau on Sunday.  However, the weather changed our plans a bit.  On Friday afternoon right about the time Scott finished changing gears for Tri-County, we got the word it was cancelled due to rain.  We decided to head to Fargo to be fans for the night and watch the races there.  It was a fast track with alot of action.  On Saturday, Jamestown got rained out so we went to the Movie GI Joe with the kids.

Scott Bintz wins at Thunder Moutain Speedway

On Sunday August 9th we head up to Bottineau to race.  14 Wissota Midwest Modifeds showed up for the season championship at the Thunder Mountain Speedway in Bottineau, ND. It was Scott first time this year at the track.  The track staff, fans and racers were very friendly and provided a great night of racing. Scott started outside pole of the first heat. He got the lead on the first lap and won by about a 1/2 track after a 10 lap heat. For the trophy dash, Scott started 6th and finished 3rd.  Brent Perleberg won the trophy dash. For the feature, Scott started on pole and got the early lead and held it for all 20 laps. The track was turning into dry slick as the race went on. There were a number of cautions and Scott was able to hang onto the lead his 4th feature win of the Season.  Brent Perleberg finished 2nd followed by Jeff Hooker.  Jim Morlock won the Season Championship for the track.

We stayed over night at Lake Metigoshe located in the Turtle Mountains about 5 miles from Bottineau.  What a beautiful place to camp.

For complete details and up to date results and stats, see the Detailed Racing Results page.

1s Scott Bintz Racing

The weekend of June 4th, 2009 started with a trip up to the Geographical Center Speedway in Rugby, ND.  Scott started the heat in 4th and took the lead in about 2 laps and won the heat.  The track was a little sloppy with some tack.  In the feature, Scott started 10th.  Within a few laps Scott made it to 3rd.  A few more laps later and he got the lead.  With about 2 laps to go, there was a caution by a tail end car.  On the restart Scott kept the lead on the first lap, with one lap to go, coming out of corner two, the car push a bit and Scott lost the lead.  Jim Morlock won the Race and Scott Bintz finished second.  If you have been counting, that’s the 3rd time we have lost the lead in Rugby on a caution, with 2 laps to go.  We skipped Saturday and made it a movie night since the Jamestown Speedway was rained out.   On Sunday, at BRRP (Buffalo River Race Park) in Glyndon, MN, we drew 174 out of 200.  Wasnt looking the best for a good starting position.  Scott was in the 3rd Midwest Modified heat of the night in the 5th spot for the heat.  After a few laps, he moved in the 3rd and finished the race there.  It was a tracky track and pretty much follow the leader.  For the feature, Scott started 4th.    The track was a little tacky but turned to dry slick pretty fast.  There were a few caution the first couple of laps.  After the race got going, Scott took the lead on about lap 7.  With 3 laps to go, there was a caution.  On the restart, Scott kept the lead.  Yes, can you guess it? with 1 lap to go, Scott was running the high side most of the race, got passed by Travis Saurer on a semi clean slide job from the bottom of the track and Scott finished the race 2nd.  However, two 2nd place feature finishes in a weekend of pretty good for 1s Scott Bintz Racing Team.   The last time we did got two 2nd place finishes this season, we won the next race.  Stay tuned.  View the Complete Scott Bintz Racing 2009 Results.

Shannon Bintz Tuning Tires

The weather was sunny but a little cool at the Geographical Center Speedway in Rugby, ND.  Shannon was the crew chief on this run.   Scott Bintz started 4th in the heat and blew the car off the track on the first lap.   Got back in the groove and won the heat.  Started on pole for the feature and lead most of the race.  On the last restarted, pushed up almost of the track and dropped back to 5th.  With 2 laps to go made it back to 3rd.  Great run all and all.   Ryan Mikkelson, won the feature followed by Jim Morlock.