Thiel, Crane and Neau Victorious in 141 Speedway Sprint Car Spectacular
From IRA FRANCIS CREEK, Wi. (July 2, 2017) — 31 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Winged 410 sprint cars signed in to do battle at the beautiful 141 Speedway for night 4 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying saw the “North Pole Nightmare” Bill Balog set quick time over Mike Reinke and Blake Nimee. Matt Vandervere was 4th quick in his Grandstand Video 10v and Scotty Neitzel was 5th. Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Ben Schmidt take the early lead, with 4 laps to go, contact sidelined Schmidt and gave Schultz the lead. Schultz would take the win over Balog and Vandervere. Russel Borland brought his Hopf Farms sponsored machine across in 4th and Josh Walter rounded out the top 5. In Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 Todd King utilized the high line on the start, and led the field all the way to the checkered. Neitzel moved into the 2nd position followed by Phillip Mock and Reinke. Jordan Goldesberry brought his blue and yellow 65 home in 5th. DMI Racing/R&H Enterprises Heat Race 3 was won by 4th starting Blake Nimee. Scotty Thiel in his Professional Plating Machine came home in 2nd followed by [...]

