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1st Annual Midwest Mini Mod Nationals  posted August 4th, 2008

Congratulations to all those that participated in the first annual Midwest Mini Mod Summer Nationals held at the Tri-Oval Speedway on 7/25. Over 28 Mini Mod/ Slingshots checked in to compete for the huge trophies and $4000.00 purse. Charlie Mcnally Jr continued his dominance in the Sr division 30 lap main event and pocketed $500.00 for his efforts. In the Jr division race fans were treated to a awesome side by side battle for the lead between Lucas Schott and Parker Hale. Eventually Lucas was able to wrestle the lead away from Parker and go on to pocket the $300 1st place prize money. In the PeeWee division, Dylan Buckland showed why he is the current point leader with and strong performance pocketing the $150.00 first place prize money.

We apologize for the rougher than normal track conditions. While the timing may have not been the best to make changes to the track, we hope that the changes to the track will promote more side by side racing in the future. Thanks to Jeff Duellman and crew for their continued commitment to improve the racing in the Mini Mod class.

Thanks to both the racers and especially the sponsors that made this event possible. Check our website regularly as we will be looking to schedule another special for the Mini Mods in the next few weeks. We will be posting a bunch of action photos from the summer nationals in the next few days.

Results:

Mini Mod Winners for
SR DIVISION
1st - Charlie Mcnally Jr, 2nd - Jordan Yaggy, 3rd - Lucas Schott, 4th - Cody Gardner, 5th - Brandon Ruetzel

JR DIVISION
1st - Lucas Schott, 2nd - Parker Hale, 3rd - Brandon Ruetzel, 4th - Nia Gardner, 5th - Mike Stevens

PEWEE'S
1st - Dylan Buckland, 2nd - Alexis Schott, 3rd - Matt Schliesman, 4th - Garret Coster, 5th - Alex Stevens

The 1st Annual Midwest Mini Mod Nationals  posted July 10th, 2008

Oakridge Fabrication Inc in conjunction with Tri-Oval Speedway are excited to announce the 1st annual Midwest Mini Mod Nationals. This event will be held on July 25th during the USMTS show at the Tri-Oval Speedway. The Race will include Pee Wee's, Jr's, and Sr's all racing for awesome trophies and a significantly increased purse. Event Sponsors and purse for this event will be posted within the next couple of days. Both Mini Mod's and Slingshots will be considered legal for this event.

Winners List  posted July 10th, 2008

Mini Mod Winners for July 2nd
Sr 1st - Charlie Mcnally Jr, Sr 2nd - Don Werner, Sr 3rd - Jake Timm
Jr 1st - Mike Stevens, Jr 2nd - Alex Williamson, Jr 3rd - Lucas Schott
Peewee 1st - Dylan Buckland, Peewee 2nd - Alex Stevens, Peewee 3rd - Matt Schliesman

Mini Mod Winners for July 4th
Sr 1st - Alex Williamson, Sr 2nd - Don Werner, Sr 3rd - Cody Gardner
Jr 1st - Jake Timm, Jr 2nd - Nia Gardner, Jr 3rd - Alex Williamson
Peewee 1st Dylan Buckland, Peewee 2nd - Tanner Brown, Peewee 3rd - Matt Schiesman

Mini Mod special scheduled to run with Tri-Star Late model special   posted July 1st, 2008

Mini Mod special scheduled to run with Tri-Star Late model special on Wed. July 2nd. Draw cut-off is 6:00pm with racing starting at 6:30pm. The race will sponsored by Oak Ridge Fabrication, River City Mfg & Machine, Joe Gardner Cabinetry, Steven Transmission, and Windy Ridge Motorsports.

Sr class will pay $300 1st, $200 2nd, $100 3rd, $60 3rd,and go down $5 per spot after 4th.

The Jr's will pay $100 1st, $75 2nd, $50 3rd, plus free pit passes and trophies for top 3 places.

Pee Wee's will be $50.00 1st, $40 2nd, $20 3rd, $15 4th plus free Pit passes and trophies for the top three places.

Note: Jr's over the age of 10 that have competed in at least three Midwest Mini Mod/Slingshot events will be allowed to compete in both the Jr. and Sr. divisions if they want. They will need to by a pit pass for each event entered.

In the event the weather would force the cancellation of this race it will be held on this Friday July 4th.

Oak Ridge Fabrication Inc. has elected to dis-continue Slingshots  posted April 4th, 2008

Oak Ridge Fabrication Inc. has elected to dis-continue our dealership arrangement with Speedway Entertainment.

Oak Ridge Fabrication Inc is currently developing it's own small spec race car with hopes of having the first car race ready by late April early May. Rules for this new car and class should be worked out in the next week or so and will be published on our website. The new class will be called Midwest Mini Mods and we will be working to establish a sanctioning body and competition committee, to ensure the rules are written in a way that is fair for all competitors. "Slingshots", abiding by the official Slingshot rules as per Speedway Entertainment will be legal for competition in the Midwest Mini Mod class.

Oak Ridge Fabrication Inc apologizes for any inconvience this unfortunate change in events will cause for our customers. Our goal for 2008 was to purchase and sell a sufficient number of new cars to support the addition of another weekly race track, reducing travel time and expense for many of our customers.

While this may slow the growth of a small, affordable, spec car class in our area, we feel the change in direction was necessary for long term sustained growth in the Midwest.