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WILLIE FORRESTWILLIE FORRESTAge: 16 Hometown: EstevanFamily: Dad “Frosty”; mom Bernice; sister JamieClass: Jr. DragsterMake & Model: 2004 Quick Kids, LPW Racing Products engineSponsors: Corporate spon-sors: Al’s Autobody, Brake & Drive Systems Ltd., T&T Repair, T Bird Oil Ltd., Border City Drilling Ltd., Snap On Tools (Blaine Millions), High-liner Holdings, Don’s Tire Shop Ltd., Quality Wireline Services, Estevan Model Engineering Show, Redhawk Well Servicing Inc., McComb Automotive Supply, Impact Oil eld Manage-ment Team Inc., A&S Oil eld Operating Ltd., Southern Bolt Supply & Tools Ltd., Diamond & Low Holdings Inc., Roy’s Transmission Ltd., Merit Ford Sales (2003) Ltd., Dean’s Pump Service Ltd., Popeye’s - ReginaIndividual Sponsors: Big Al Richardson, Lorne Kitson, Frank & Barb Schaefer, Big George Kingdon, Terry Ste uk, Aunt Sharon, Uncle Joe & Aunt Julie, Frito Bandito & Rita, Brent, Raelene Fieber & Family, Jerome & Gloria Threinen, Aunt Kathleen, Shorty & Claire, Steve & Chris Sayeau, Duke Dukart, The Bienfait BrawlerCrew Members: Mom & Dad & Keagan FieberHow Long Have You Been Dragging? 5 years Favorite Driver: Terrie Willard, Greg HoffartWhy? Terrie has a cool car; Greg has a fast rear engine dragsterGoals You Hope To Achieve This Year: 6th consecutive points championship in Minot; win another NHRA national event.Highlight of last Racing Season: Won twice at the NHRA national event in Medicine Hat; won a 5th consecutive points championship in Minot.Right or Left Lane: Doesn’t matter.One On One, Who Would You Like To Drag and Where: My teacher, Mr. Grant Marshall because I’m faster, anywhere, anytime.

DAVE KRAHNDAVE KRAHNAge: 46Hometown: Estevan, SKFamily: Iona & BraydonClass: MotorcycleMake & Model: 1982 Honda BC 1100FSponsors: Brake and Drive Systems, Cactus Autobody, Dun Rite Glass, New Age Motor Sports, WeyburnCrew Members: Iona & BraydonHow Long Have You Been Drag-ging? 6 years Goals You Hope To Achieve This Year: Start on a new drag track.Highlight of Last Racing Season: 3excellent races in Estevan.Right or Left lane? Does not matter.

By Brad Brownof The Mercury

The fate of the Estevan Drag Racing Association’s eighth season is no longer up in the air.

As Estevan Municipal Airport pursued certifi ca-tion over the winter from Transport Canada to al-low passenger planes, the EDRA’s seven-year tenure on the airport’s runways ap-peared to be in jeopardy.

But, after some brief negotiations, the racers learned late last month that they will be able to go ahead with their 2010 program as planned.

“[It was] nothing re-ally major, nothing that we couldn’t work around,” said EDRA public relations director Jim Forrest. “Just that we have to have all our plans in place, and we changed the way we run so there’s absolutely no dan-ger of interference with the air side of things.

Soft landing for Estevan drag racing group“We used to run the

opposite way and we actu-ally crossed the runway, so this is way better and it was actually a pleasure working with the city.”

Drag racing enthusi-asts will be able to get their fi x on June 6, July 25, and Aug. 15. Forrest expects to once again run an A event, a bike feature, a Quick 16 feature, and a junior drag-ster shootout at each show.

“It’s going to be racing as usual,” he said.

Meanwhile, the EDRA also confi rmed April 27 that it will be acquiring land north of Estevan Motor Speedway and Trackside MX park from Sherritt Coal with the goal of eventually building its own facility.

The oft-delayed proj-ect has been in the plan-ning stages for years but may now fi nally have a solid foundation on which to build.

Finalizing a facil-ity layout and fundraising

plans are the next steps for the group, which won’t commit to a target opening date just yet.

“What we want to do is make sure we dot all our i’s and cross all our t’s because when we’re done with it we want this to be a facility that racers and spectators want

to come to,” said Forrest.“There may be tracks

you go to because there’s a

track. And it may not be the best facility, there’s a track there. Whereas we certainly

want this where people re-ally want to come to Este-van to race.”

Two bikes get set to race off the line during an Estevan Drag Racing Association event in 2009.

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LARRY ELASHLARRY ELASHAge: 55Hometown: Estevan, SKFamily: Nicola, P.J.Car Name: 5th Street SnakeClass: Motorcycle #1313Make & Model: Harley Davidson Sport-ster, 117 cu. in.Sponsors: Power Dodge, Energy City Overhead Door, Home Hardware/Build-ing Centre, Tower Cafe, Mack’s Re ec-tions, Orpheum Theatre, Step-By-Step Construction, M&M Pipeline Services Ltd., 5th Street Autobody for the most wicked paint by MarkCrew Members: Jesse Juneau, Mark Gervais, Nicola, Bill HartridgeHow Long Have You Been Dragging? Waaay too long! Favorite Driver: Andrew HinesWhy? The man knows how to race, not to mention back to back NHRA Pro Stock Championships on his HarleyGoals You Hope To Achieve This Year: Win and hopefully cut “the perfect light”Highlight of 2009 Racing Season: Just going out & racing.Right or Left lane? No preference.One on one, who would you like to drag and where? Glenn “squirrel” Hunter, anywhere, any-time, but of course not on the street!

BEV “BRAT” RYANBEV “BRAT” RYANAge: Perfect age to enjoy racingHometown: Moose Jaw, SKFamily: Sons Scott, Mark and ToddMake & Model: 1978 MustangCar Name: Brat RacingSponsors: L.A. Custom, Warner Indus-tries, Rockport Carriers, Murray Signs, Calibur Contracting, Northern Air & AutoCrew Members: Greg KrahnHow Long Have You Been Dragging? 2 years Goals You Hope To Achieve This Year: Get to the 8 second range in 1/8th mileRight or Left Lane: No preference


Trackside MX park and the South Corner Rac-ing Circuit are performing a balancing act as they ap-proach their fi fth year in operation.

On one hand both enti-ties, headquartered in Este-van, are growing in popu-larity each year.

On the other, Trackside president Chris Istace says the track continues to aim for “grassroots” growth and keeping the series acces-sible to motocross riders of all ages and skill levels.

“The word’s getting out there and the e-mails keep coming in with people asking about it,” said Istace. “So it’s getting a little big-ger than a grassroots series but we’re trying to keep it the biggest little race se-ries.”

With riders coming in from Manitoba, North Da-kota, and across Saskatche-wan the SCRC now features 11 classes of racing, and the circuit will run seven dates in 2010 at tracks in Este-van, Weyburn, Carlyle, and Oxbow.

Trackside will host the season opener June 5 and the season fi nale Sept. 25.

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Responsible growth the key for Trackside MX

tevan, that experience will now include starting gates.

“We had two big spon-sors that came forth last year … donated toward our gates, and they’re be-ing made in New York right now,” said Istace. “That was a huge investment, a $7,000 investment to get our start gates and that puts us right up there in the best level of the gates that we’re getting.

“[They] were actually made by the same company that makes them for the Daytona Supercross … pro

DOLORES HOFFARTDOLORES HOFFARTHometown: Bienfait, SKFamily: Greg, Cate & Brett Hoffart, Kim, Garnet, Jesse & Rebekah HallMake & Model: 1968 R/S S/S Camaro - 4919 Mod ETSponsors: Murray GM - Este-van, Oxbow; Parkway Service, 5th Street Autobody, Ltd., Custom Truck, McComb Auto-motive, Sholter/Horsman, Roy’s Transmission, Al’s AutobodyCrew Members: Cate Hoffart, Greg HoffartHow Long Have You Been Dragging? 6 yearsFavorite Driver: Shirley MuldowneyWhy? Shirley paved the way and made it easier for other women to get into the sport.Right or Left lane? Doesn’t matter.One on one, who would you like to drag and where? My husband, Greg Hoffart, in the fi nal round at each of the EDRA 2010 race events.

series in the States.”Istace added that the

club is looking at hosting one race school for pros and one for beginners at some point during the year, and that he also hopes to see quad racing at Trackside in the near future.

“We want people to come out and experience motocross racing at a higher level, but without the intim-idation or extreme competi-tiveness of it,” said Istace. “We want them to have a good experience and enjoy the sport and stick with it.”

Trackside MX will mark its fi fth offi cial season of operation with the installation of brand new starting gates, and the return of the South Corner Racing Circuit, which is entering its fourth season.


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SEAN BROWNSEAN BROWNAge: 16 Hometown: Oxbow SKBike#: 281 Race Class: A class and YouthBike Make and Model: Super Awesome Fast CRF450Sponsors: XSIV, Mom and DadHow long have you been racing? 4 YearsWhat did you place overall last season?Didn’t nish the season, Broken FemurWho is your favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Justin Barcia, Not only is he fast, But he is the rider everyone is always watching because the dudes got gnarly style. Goals you hope to achieve this year: Try to win some races and stay in shape. Also don’t crash.Highlight of last racing season: Had some good racing battles and had fun.What is your favorite race track and why? Bismark, North Dakota cause the jumps are huge.Who is your biggest rival? Anyone else who is on the gate lined up beside me

The 2009 racing sea-son marked the 10th in operation for Estevan Mo-tor Speedway and was one of the most memorable to date. Here are a few of the highlights:

NOTABLEHobby stocks returned

to the Speedway for the season opener May 2 after a one-year absence.

***Devin Raynard took

the checkered fl ag in the $5,000-to-win IMCA modi-fi ed special on May 30 after suffering a fl at tire during qualifying.

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***Estevan landed Nights

2 and 3 of the 20th annual Dakota Classic Modifi ed Tour in July. Jay Noteboom (Hinton, Iowa) won at Este-van for the second straight year on Night 2, following a spectacular rollover in-volving Underwood, N.D.’s Ben Seidler.

***Night 3 was notable for

an appearance by NASCAR veteran Kenny Wallace, who signed autographs dur-ing the day and fi nished 20th in the evening’s fea-ture.

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Williston, N.D. native Mike Hagen dedicated his Aug. 8 win to his mother, Mavis, after she fell out of her wheelchair, suffering a broken nose and hip the week before the race while recovering from having both her legs amputated.

***Three fi rst-time track

champions were crowned at season’s end: Devin Ray-nard (IMCA modifi eds), Ryan Harris (IMCA street stocks), and Cory Evans (IMCA hobby stocks).

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TORY FRANKETORY FRANKEAge: 16 Hometown: Estevan, SKBike#: 343 Race Class: Women’s OpenBike Make and Model: Honda CRF 250Sponsors: ParentsHow long have you been racing? 6 yearsWhat did you place overall last season? 3rdWho is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Tanner Reidman because he is from Bismark, ND and he races with my dad. He also made it to the main event in the Anaheim Supercross race that we went toGoals you hope to achieve this year: To finish top 10 in NDMAHighlight of last racing season: At the end of last season, my dad got me a new 2007 CRF 250What is your favorite race track and why? Mandan, ND – because it has jumps that everyone can do.Who is your biggest rival? Kate Lees & Judy Istace

The 2009 racing season, the 10th at Estevan Motor Speedway, was one of the most memorable in the track’s history.

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“It’s nice to race in your home town … to race on a Saturday night and have your friends and fam-ily come out and watch.” — Lee Schaff of Lampman on the return of the hobby

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BRANDON ISTACEBRANDON ISTACEAge: 11 Hometown: EstevanBike#: 541 Race Class: 65 cc and SuperMiniBike Make and Model: KTM 65sxSponsors: XS-iV & Wheat City CycleHow long have you been racing? This will be my 4th yearWhat did you place overall last season?2nd in SCRC and 4th in NDMAWho is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Ryan Dungey – becausehe is fast and I got to meet him in Vegas, and he was the rst rookie to win World super-cross in 17 years!Goals you hope to achieve this year: to land the double after our nish line.Highlight of last racing season: My grandma got to watch me win my rst race.What is your favorite race track and why? Weyburn – because I like riding in the sand.Who is your biggest rival? Keenan Weckend

Age: 8 Hometown: Estevan Bike#: 714 Race Class: 50 cc Bike Make and Model: KTM 50 seniorSponsors: Xs-iVHow long have you been racing? 1 yearWhat did you place overall last season? 8thWho is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why?Ryan Dungey, because he is a fast. Goals you hope to achieve this year: get fasterHighlight of last racing season: when I almost got third but then I crashedWhat is your favorite racetrack and why? Mandan, ND because they have an awesome 50 cc track.Who is your biggest rival? Devon and Kinley Thomas-Perry

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ERIN BROWNERIN BROWNAge: 36 Hometown: OxbowBike#: 29 Race Class: A, VetBike Make and Model: KTM 450Sponsors: Mrs. BrownHow long have you been racing? 7 yearsWhat did you place overall last season? 11thWho is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Davi MillsapsGoals you hope to achieve this year: Make sure the boy doesn’t pass me…..getting harder every year!Highlight of last racing season: Hosting our rst two rounds of racing in Oxbow!What is your favorite race track and why? Oxbow…isn’t it everyone’s favorite!Who is your biggest rival? Alex Mouthpiece Matte

ROARK FRANKEROARK FRANKEAge: 12 Hometown: Estevan Bike#: 757 Race Class: 85 cc Bike Make and Model: Honda CRF 150RSponsors: My DadHow long have you been racing? 5 yearsWhat did you place overall last season?1st in Small Wheel BeginnerWho is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Josh Hill – because he is awesome.Goals you hope to achieve this year: not to get lastHighlight of last racing season: Bismarck BanquetWhat is your favorite racetrack and why? Mandan, ND Who is your biggest rival? Brandon Istace

stock class.***

“I just pulled in, unload-ed, and went out.” — Chris Ruble, who was over 1,700 kilometres from his Meade, Colo. home when he was held up at the international border prior to Night 2 of

the Dakota Classic Modi-fi ed Tour. He missed his qualifying heat but arrived minutes before the start of the B-main qualifi er and worked his way from 17th to 12th before blowing his left rear tire.

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“I’m hoping next year to do all [six] nights. Unfor-tunately this was the only race I could make it to this year because of my sched-ule.” — NASCAR veteran Kenny Wallace on why he

chose to only race at Este-van on the Dakota Classic Modifi ed Tour.

***“Instead of the young

guns, it’s the old guns, baby. It’s the revival of the

old guns. Look out for us.” — Wallace again, talking about the resurgence of so-called “old” drivers on the NASCAR circuit.

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Who is your favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Ron Lachine – Unbelievable, natural talentGoals you hope to achieve this year: Stay in one piece & keep up with the kids!Highlight of last racing season: Watching my kids have fun racingWhat is your favorite race track and why? Bismarck, ND – it has the best soilWho is your biggest rival? Dean Evans – We’ve raced each other for 25 years!

CHRIS ISTACECHRIS ISTACEAge: 36 Hometown: EstevanBike#: 412 Race Class: Open A, VetBike Make and Model: 2009 KTM 450 SXFSponsors: XS-iV, Wheat City CycleHow long have you been racing? 4 yearsWhat did you place overall last season?Vet – 3rd (SCRC & NDMA)Who is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Trey Canard – Geico Honda: He always has a positive attitude, has fun with his sport and is a good ambassador.Goals you hope to achieve this year: Not break any bones!Highlight of last racing season: Watching my son win his 1st overall race.What is your favorite race track and why? Bismarck, ND – Best soil, best ruts.Who is your biggest rival? Cheyenne Sernick

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IMCA modifi eds1. Devin Raynard — 2482. Les McLenehan — 2393. Tyler Wagner — 2374. Davin Emmel — 2275. Aaron Turnbull — 216

IMCA street stocks1. Ryan Harris — 2872. Kelly Henderson — 2843. Geoff Mann — 2784. Gregg Mann — 2775. Rocky Alexander — 272

IMCA hobby stocks1. Cory Evans — 3662. Randy Stepp — 3313. Austin Daae — 3304. Carl Hanson — 3255. Alyssa Harris — 311

“Now she doesn’t know us. Travis, my boy, and I were up there in the middle of the week and I’d never seen her so well. She had her legs all healed up and she was ready to go to the races. And to see her now is heartbreaking.” — Mike Hagen on the condition of his 80-year-old mother Mavis.

***“I was waiting for something to break, like every other night, but we were lucky I

guess.” — 2008 mod champion Davin Emmel, who won his fi rst race of 2009 on champi-onship night after car troubles kept him out of contention for much of the season.

EVENT WINNERSEVENT WINNERSMay 2 — Hank Berry (modifi eds), Gregg Mann (street stocks), Dallas Rice (hobby stocks)May 16 — Allen Kent (mods), Rocky Alexander (streets), Lee Schaff (hobbies)May 30 ($5,000-to-win special) — Devin Raynard (mods), Kelly Henderson (streets), Lee Schaff (hobbies)June 13 — Ed Turnbull (mods), Kelly Henderson (streets), Alvin Dube (hobbies)June 20 — Les McLenehan (mods), Robbie Rosselli (streets), Austin Daae (hobbies)July 13 (Dakota Classic Modifi ed Tour) — Jay Noteboom (mods), Nathan Burke (streets), Brock Beeter (hobbies)July 14 (Dakota Classic Modifi ed Tour) — Will Brack (mods), Aaron Haggarty (streets), Brock Beeter (hobbies)July 25 — Allen Kent (mods), Kelly Henderson (streets), Austin Daae (hobbies)Aug. 8 — Mike Hagen (mods), Geoff Mann (streets), Jim Mann (hobbies)Aug. 22 (championship night) — Davin Emmel (mods), Jared Bourassa (streets), Austin Daae (hobbies)Sept. 19 — Aaron Turnbull (mods), Kelly Henderson (streets), Travis Hagen (hobbies)Sept. 20 — Aaron Turnbull (mods), Kelly Henderson (streets), Travis Hagen (hobbies)

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Age: 14 Hometown: Estevan, SK Bike#: 743 Race Class: Women’s Open Bike Make and Model: Yamaha YZ250FSponsors: My DadHow long have you been racing? 4 yearsWhat did you place overall last season? 5th Who is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? Travis Pastrana – because when I was little I got an action fi gure and have like him ever since.Goals you hope to achieve this year: To get top 5 in at least 2 races. Highlight of last racing season: The Bismarck BanquetWhat is your favorite racetrack and why? Milestone in California, because it was fun and I could go really fast in the corners.Who is your biggest rival? My sister Tory Franke & Kate Lees

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Age: 13 Hometown: Bienfait, SKBike#: 106 Race Class: 85 and superminiBike Make and Model: Yamaha YZ 85 Sponsors: Fusion Industries, Dawgs PerformanceHow long have you been racing? 6 yearsWhat did you place overall last season?1st in Supermini 2nd in 85 ClassWho is you favorite Pro Motocross Racer and Why? James Stewart-Fastest Man AliveGoals you hope to achieve this year: Win both ClassesHighlight of last racing season: Getting 1st Overall for SeasonWhat is your favorite race track and why? Weyburn , they have Sweet Jumps.Who is your biggest rival? Braeden Bechard

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You can take the Speedway out of the family, but you can’t take the family out of the Speedway.

From Day 1 at Estevan Motor Speedway, families have been part of the glue that has held the track together.

In turn, racing has returned the favour for many of those who have supported the Speedway over the years.

“I had somebody say ‘You work on your race cars way too much and you don’t spend any time with your family,” Estevan’s Jim Harris said with a laugh, having just returned from a racing trip to Iowa with his son Ryan.

“It was kind of like our holiday,” said Jim, a long-time IMCA modifi ed driver at EMS.

Jim’s daughter Alyssa also competes at the Speed-way, racing in the hobby stock division, while Ryan won the 2009 IMCA street stock title.

“We spend a lot of time together,” said Jim. “My daughter’s 16 years old and she’s underneath the car pulling trannies, pulling motors, or like the other night pulling gears out. How many other 16-year-old girls are doing that?

“And the whole time she’s here I’m here too. It’s good family time for us and it’s always been.”

For Weyburn’s Labatte family too.Dale Labatte has scaled back his racing commit-

ment in recent years but has two children — Lindsay and Sterling — he expects to see regularly in the street stock class at Estevan this year.

His oldest son, Brendon, will move from the mod-ifi ed division to compete in the street stocks as well, but his availability will be limited as he will again be manning the offensive line for the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers and he’ll be expected to report for training camp June 6.

“We’ve been involved in other sports and it’s defi -nitely a family thing,” said Dale. “That’s the way it is. It’s the drivers, the pit crews, and everything. Every-body helps everybody.

“And you learn so much about vehicles in general

Blood sport: Racing in Estevan a family affair for many

… you learn how to travel.”Families at the Speedway have come and gone over

the years. But more often than not the families come and they stay.

Turnbull, Hanson, Mann, Massett, Hagen, Harris,

and Labatte are just a few of the names that will likely show up multiple times in your race program this year.

“It’s an addiction,” said Dale Labatte. “It’s fun and it’s educational and it’s just all around a good team thing.”

The Harris family (from top: Alyssa, Jim, Ryan) is one of many that has become a regular fi xture at Estevan Motor Speedway over the years.

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The road from Minot, N.D. to Boone, Iowa doesn’t run through Estevan, but the 400-kilometre detour will be a lot more appealing in 2010.

Just ask Joren Boyce.“It’s just a phenomenal

step up for Estevan to be able to put themselves in that kind of payoff, and to be a candidate for the Fast Shafts, that’s awesome,” said the Minot-based IMCA modi-fi ed driver.

A regular at Estevan Motor Speedway since it opened in 2000, Boyce was one of 10 drivers from across North America voted into the 2006 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational race, a race he ended up winning.

But to even qualify for the ballot he had to fi rst win a feature race at a track pay-ing $1,000 or more to win. That excluded Estevan and its $600 payout.

Until this year.Track organizers decid-

ed over the winter to bump the winner’s pay in the IMCA modifi ed division to $1,000, meaning each feature win-ner will now be eligible for voting into the event, held annually in Boone as part of the IMCA Super Nationals week.

“It’s one of my high-lights for sure,” said Boyce, winner of 11 races (nine modifi ed and two street stock) at Estevan.

“Because it’s Super Nationals, there’s so many people there, there’s so many cars there and, really, your chances of bringing home a trophy from there almost don’t exist. They give out three trophies all weekend … and to get one of them, it’s awesome.

“It’s actually displayed right here in the living room.”

Of course, the added incentive at EMS, combined with a late start to Minot’s racing season while renova-

‘Phenomenal step up’ for Speedway: Boyce2006 Fast Shafts champ weighs in on changes at EMS

tions are completed at No-dak Speedway, will likely amount to stiffer competition for the coveted ballot spots.

the year when I’ve qualifi ed to be an All-Star and people can start voting for that,” he said with a laugh.

Boone is a city of ap-proximately 13,000 locat-ed about 1,400 kilometres southeast of Estevan, near the geographic centre of the state of Iowa and home to Boone Speedway.

In other terms, that translates to about 400 km south of Minneapolis, 600 km west of Chicago, 350 km north of Kansas City, and 1,100 km east of Den-ver.

Rough driving direc-tions are courtesy of the fi ne folks at Google Maps:

1. Take Highway 39 across the United States border at North Portal (38 kilometres)

2. This will turn into U.S. Highway 52, which you will follow through Minot to Jamestown, N.D. (428 km)

3. Here you will merge with Interstate 94 East, tak-ing you through Fargo and into the Minneapolis sub-urb of Maple Grove (500 km)

4. Merge onto I-494 South, which will loop around to the south edge of the Twin Cities area, and merge again onto I-35W

Where the heck is Boone, Iowa, anyway?

South to Ames, IA (363 km)

5. Merge right onto

U.S. Highway 30 West to Boone and turn right at Story Street (27 km)

But Boyce won’t be de-terred.

“I just hope we can do an interview a little later in

Joren Boyce, left, comes out of Turn 4 at Estevan Motor Speedway in this fi le picture.


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T1. Aaron Turnbull — 16T1. Mike Hagen — 163. Wayne Johnson — 144. Ed Turnbull — 125. Joren Boyce — 96. Allen Kent — 8T7. Devin Raynard — 4T7. Steven Pfeiffer — 4T7. Hank Berry — 410. Jim Harris — 3

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The stakes are going up at Estevan Motor Speedway in 2010.

In a bid to attract more cars to EMS, the Speedway has bumped pay from $600 to $1,000 for a win in the IMCA modified division.

The move means more than just some extra scratch for mod drivers in the area when the track’s 11th season kicks off May 15. It also makes the Speedway’s winners eligible for the voting that determines the two regional representatives at the IMCA’s 10-car Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational, held each September in

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Gustafson says the extra cost will be covered through a slight increase in registration fees for drivers, another move that has been received well.

“We’re not downloading that onto the fans,” he said. “That’s something the drivers don’t mind paying for the chance to win a little bit more money.”

The new schedule was also designed with an eye toward higher car counts, particularly in the first half of the season.

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“There should definitely be some more interest from them,” Gustafson said of the Nodak regulars. “They do want to race so we’re hoping that they’ll decide to come here until their track is ready.”

Other highlights of the season schedule include the annual stop on the Dakota Classic Modified Tour (July 12), a special appearance by the NLRA late models (Aug. 16), and the season-ending enduro race (Sept. 19).

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It’s a typical race night at Estevan Motor Speed-way: Lots of fans, lots of horsepower, and lots of questions about the blue No. 21 IMCA modifi ed car driven by Davin Emmel.

“Who’s the guy in the M&Ms car?” they ask. “That’s sweet!”

Good luck getting Emmel to admit it but his car has become one of the most popular attractions at EMS, particularly among younger fans and fi rst-time visitors to the track.

Emmel says credit for the original concept (plan A was to go with Tide laundry detergent colours) goes to his friend Blaine Fichter, who had painted Emmel’s car when he fi rst started racing in the hobby stock division.

But advances in tech-nology have now left the fi nal design on Emmel’s car — along with over two dozen others — in the hands of Aaron Turnbull at Future Signs.

Painted race cars have gone the way of the dino-saurs and it is Turnbull’s vehicle wraps that are now in high demand.

He did the designs on four cars in 2003, his fi rst year on the job. This year he estimates he will create or install between 25 and 30 wraps.

Creativity is key.“There’s lots of wrap

companies in the States and they all look the same to me,” said Turnbull. “There’s a few that are original and they do a nice job, but you can go to a track and just about every car, they’re just about the same idea with the scallops and the bright colours.

“It looks good but it’s not very original.”

Turnbull’s wraps are built on a computer then printed, laminated, and glued onto the car in piec-es — doors, quarter pan-els, hood, sails, nose, and spoiler.

He says the average turnaround time per car ranges from one to two weeks. It all depends on the customer: How detailed do they want the car? How much input do they want? Did they have a design in mind to start with?

“It’s probably about half and half really,” said Turnbull. “Some of them say this is exactly what I want. They’ll bring me a picture and I’ll kind of take the ideas from it and make it my own so I’m not rip-ping off someone else’s design.

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At $875 (installation included) to cover a mod head to toe, the wraps don’t come cheap. But let the driver who goes with-out do so at his or her own risk.

If recent history has told us anything about Es-tevan Motor Speedway it’s that a good crew, a good car, and a good driver might not be enough to win anymore.

No, it’s going to take some pretty exceptional looks too.

“Aaron’s car always

looks good,” said Emmel. “[Devin] Raynard’s … al-ways got a sharp looking car. Joren Boyce with that green too, I like that. You can never mistake that.”

In saying so, Emmel named Estevan’s IMCA modifi ed champions for 2009 (Raynard) and 2007 (Turnbull), as well as the winner of the IMCA’s prestigious Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational in 2006 (Boyce).

Emmel himself won the mod division in 2008 and his car also found suc-cess in 2007 when he lent it to Steve Arpin, who went on to win all fi ve races on

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Davin Emmel’s M&Ms themed No. 21 car is one of the more distinct designs currently running at Estevan Motor Speedway.

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TYSON TURNBULLTYSON TURNBULLAge: 21Hometown: Estevan, SKFamily: Ed, Heather, Aaron & TauniaCar Number: 10Class: IMCA Modi edChassis: Taylor/GRTSponsors: Power Dodge, Portal Service Company, L&C Trucking, The Beef, Aldor Acres, Future SignsCrew Members: Dion & Pricey What is your favorite race track? East Bay, Tampa, Florida Why? Because it is unique.What is the #1 thing you enjoy about racing: The “Race Tracker” in the Estevan Mer-cury!Goals You Hope To Achieve This Year: Win races.


ECS DRAGSTERECS DRAGSTERName: Estevan Comprehensive School (Instructor: Grant Marshall)Age: 40Home Town: Estevan Family: Anyone who attended the high schoolCar Name, Number Make & Model: 1991 Ford Mustang with 460 big blockCrew Members: Current & past mechanics studentsHow Long Have You Been Dragging: This will be the fi rst year Favorite Driver: No one in-particularWhy: Spend my free time wrenching, not watchingGoals You Hope To Achieve This Year: Have the car hold together for this fi rst yearLeft of Right Lane: Which ever the winning lane would be?Who Would You Like To Drag And Where: Willie in his junior dragster. I think we would have a chance winning in that race.

CHRIS HORTNESSCHRIS HORTNESSAge: 37 Hometown: Estevan, SKFamily: Wife Marcia; daughters Jeanae, Madison & HannahCar Number: 17HClass: Modi edChassis: ShawSponsors: Arizona Racing and Perfor-mance Parts, Do-All Metal Fabricating, A&E Electric, Senchuk Ford, G.T. and H. Holdings, Torkelson Commodities, Maurer Construction Ltd.Crew Members: Kevin Deyell, Troy Horrocks, Arnie HortnessGoals You Hope To Achieve This Year: To nish every race.

the Dakota Classic Modi-fied Tour.

With an updated ver-sion of last year’s design in hand, Emmel will be-gin his quest for another mod title Saturday when EMS is scheduled, for the

second time, to begin its 2010 season. (The first at-tempt, May 1, was rained out.)

“It’s kind of a shame actually because you work so hard on it all winter and get it all nice and straight,

and then you go out there and it’s kind of like what are we doing here, tearing stuff up,” he said with a laugh. “But it’s like any-thing. If you take pride in it you want it to look good I guess.”

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LES MLES MccLENEHANLENEHANAge: 48 Address: Estevan, SKFamily: Wife-Tanya, Daughters-Chelsea & JordanCar Number: 29Class: IMCA Modi edChassis: StealthSponsors: Praire Petro Chem, Independent Pump Co, Steam-Est Industries, Charlies Diet & Wellness Centre, Outlaw Oil eld HaulingCrew Members: Darren Gedak & Lance MackHighlight of Last Racing Season: I was running a little better at the end of the year.What is your favourite race track? I like all the tracks I have raced at so far. I prefer the 3/8 mile over the 1/4 mile tracks.What is the #1 Thing You Enjoy About Racing? WinningGoals you hope to achieve this year: Run more competitively each night, and not make so many mistakes on setups.

DAVIN EMMELDAVIN EMMELAge: 28 Address: Estevan, SaskFamily: Dad - Doug, Mom - Diane, Brother - Trent/Trisha Emmel, Sister - Alana (Emmel)/Bryce Burns, Nephews - Riley, Dillon, Austin, Jace, Parker, Riley, Nieces - Jayda, Jenna Car Number: 21Class: Modi edChassis: ShawSponsors: Trent’s Tire, Dart Services, Borets Weatherford, Marshalltown Speedway, Kruse MotorsportsCrew Members: Riley, Dillon, Austin, Doug, JasonHighlight of Last Racing Season: Winning heat, trophy dash and feature all in the same night Estevan Motor SpeedwayWhat is your favourite race track? Marshalltown Speedway IowaWhy? The atmosphere is something you gotta experience - what Friday nights are made for!!!!Who would your consider your biggest rival? Everyone out thereGoals you hope to achieve this year: Win some races and have fun do more travelling

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