Recent News From the Desk of Promoter Jon McCorkell - jmccorkell@brinkman-reed.com and this is the only e-mail that I have. Please update your records.
5/13/2013 - A Big thank you to all that helped at the track this weekend. things are starting to come together. We will be working on the Messing in Turns 3 & 4 tonight if anyone wants to help!
5-8-2013
The World of Outlaws will be at Elko Speedway this Friday Night! go to www.slspromotions.com for ticket information. Hope to see all of our Sprint Car Fans there!!
REMINDER to our IMCA teams - The Redline Racing Northstar Touring Series races start this weekend.
Fairmont Friday Night, Arlington Saturday Night. Remember there is a $6,500 point fund!! Go to www.fairmontraceway.com and www.arlingtonraceway.com for start times etc.
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I thought a few old photos might Cheer Everyone up on this cold day!! Here are a few of the Photos that Bob Svoboda Sent Me, I have a bunch more.
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2013 SCHEDULE CHANGES:
We sure have not had very good weather this spring!! Mother Nature just won't cut us any breaks and with the nearly 1 inch of rain last night, the Snow Today, and with the forecast for the next week, we are likely not going to be getting much if any work done on the Jackson Speedway for the next week.
We have several projects that we are currently working on and need to finish up. Probably the biggest thing is to get the new dirt on the big track worked in, and we do not want to race on track that is not ready. We have yet to be able to get a Sheepsfoot on the big track.
PLUS, the City of Jackson has some maintenance issues with the Water Tower and need to drain in. They can't even drain it yet because of too much ice in it. But in any event, we are going to be without Water at the track for the next couple weeks.
So with all this in mind we are moving our 1st TWO races back into the season.
The May 11th - Northstar Series Touring Series Event
This race will be moved to Saturday June 1st, and will be combined with the 4th Annual Dominck Bruns Memorial. We are also working with IMCA on a 5 Race Schedule for A Mods, where we will be able to Crown an IMCA Track Champion. The Final two of these 5 A Mod Races will pay $1,000 to win.
The May 18th Folkens Brothers Spring Sprint Car Nationals
For the 3rd year in a row the Spring Sprint Car Nationals is getting postponed for the 3rd Time! Doesn't the saying go "3rd Times the Charm??" Anyway, despite terrible luck with weather for this event, it has still flourished with great car counts and great crowds.
Rescheduling races into heart of the racing season is pretty tough, as many times its hard to stay off of other Tracks and Series Dates. A lot of times this splits up the field of cars and fans.
With this in mind we are going to try something completely different this year and are going to have the Spring Nationals Mid Week, on Wednesday June 26th.
We fell this date is going to provide a Stellar Field of Cars as there are not any Sprint Car Races Scheduled for this Night in the Area.
2012 Spring Nationals Winner Brian Brown
State Bank of Fairmont Signs As Title Sponsor 35th Jackson Nationals
Labor Day
Event Adds Woodke Challenge
The 2013 season is just about
to kick off around the Upper Midwest but A to Z
Promotions is already focused on Labor Day weekend
and the 35th running of the Jackson Nationals. The
Jackson Nationals event has gained a title sponsor
in State Bank of Fairmont. The State Bank, located
at the intersections of Hwy. 15 and Blue Earth
Avenue in Fairmont, Minnesota, has been a long-time
supporter of racing and race cars around the region,
including a long relationship with 2006-2007 Jackson
Nationals champion Gregg Bakker.
"Bill and Lance Blomster have been such great
supporters of Sprint Car racing and were very
helpful in our first promotion last year at Fairmont
Raceway. I knew as soon as we signed the deal to
promote the 35th Jackson Nationals on August 30-31
that my first call would be to the State Bank of
Fairmont to see if they wanted to be involved again.
They are not just great partners but great
supporters of racing at all levels and their support
will help make this the biggest Jackson Nationals in
years," said Adam Adamson of A to Z Promotions.
"Fairmont is just 30 miles down the road from
Jackson and since the Blomsters have always been
such big Sprint Car fans, Jackson Speedway and the
Nationals have always been important to them."
In addition to the announcement of State Bank of
Fairmont as the title sponsor, Adamson also firmed
up plans for the Woodke Challenge. This year, the
Friday night of the Jackson Nationals will be the
annual Woodke Memorial and A to Z Promotions has
added the Woodke Challenge to feature some of the
top racers in the Upper Midwest. Similar to the
Brodix Tournament of Champions held at Knoxville
Raceway in past seasons, the Woodke Challenge will
feature the top two in 2013 point standings from the
Jackson Speedway, Knoxville Raceway, ASCS Lucas Oil
Dirt Series and ASCS Speedway Motors Midwest Region
for a special race to honor the late Loren Woodke.
For many years, Woodke built engines and owned race
cars that were a key part of racing in the North
Star State and the Upper Midwest. More details,
including purse, will be announced in the future.
For more information or to get involved, e-mail
atoz_promoters@yahoo.com or call Adam at
651-503-2672. You can also follow A to Z Promotions
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AtoZpromoters and
Twitter at www.twitter.com/AtoZPromoters to get
timely updates over the coming months or log on to
www.jacksonspeedway.com for further developments.
April 18th 2013 Update:
2013 Sprint Car Purses (Click here for More Info):
Apparently there was some confusion on the Weekly Sprint Car Purses. We had talked about doing a tiered purse based on Car count at last years banquet. I had posted how that would work on the web-site, But most teams wanted to keep it the same, so that is what we are doing.