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2^nd Annual Open Wheel Nationals Grabs Spotlight
By: Greg Parent, UMSS Media Director (5-1-13)


With the first edition of the Open Wheel Nationals
last year at the St. Croix Valley Raceway a huge success, the event returns in
2013 for two nights of fast-paced racing action at the ¼ mile dirt oval located
near St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin on June 28-29.
Expanded purses and an XSAN.tv internet video broadcast will make the
second edition another must-see event, as a record crowd filed into the track
last year to be part of the inaugural Open Wheel Nationals.

The four
classes of cars that provided some great racing at the first annual event will
return again in 2013 with the popular open wheel modifieds taking center stage
on Friday night. The UMSS winged
sprints, the UMSS Traditional sprints, and the Midwest Modifieds will race on
Friday and Saturday with complete programs each night. The Friday night show for Midwest mods will
be WISSOTA sanctioned while the Saturday show will be unsanctioned, allowing for
other B-mods to participate. The UMSS
winged sprints will be gunning for their largest purse ever, as the Saturday
night feature will pay the winner $5,000 while the Friday night preliminary
program will pay $1,000 to win. If 40 or
more cars are on hand for this event, the UMSS winged sprints will run two
features on Friday night each paying $1,000 to win. The modifieds will race for $1,500 to win on
Friday night while the Midwest mods will pay $500 to win Friday and $750 to win
on Saturday. The UMSS non-winged
Traditional sprints will race for $500 to win each night thanks to some
sponsorship help from GRP Motorsports.

The UMSS winged sprint portion of
the 2^nd Annual Open Wheel Nationals immediately places this event
amongst the elite events on the UMSS schedule and should certainly grab the
attention of upper Midwest sprint car drivers and fans with a strong purse
paying $5,000 to win and $500 to start the Saturday championship feature. The race format, based on the number of cars
on hand, has been established and will be discussed in a separate press
release. "This event will put St. Croix
Valley Raceway along with the UMSS on the map," stated track co-owner Ron
Bernhagen. With one of the premier video internet broadcasting
companies, XSAN.tv, bringing the event to the country via the internet, exposure
of this race will be widespread.

Defending champions of the Open Wheel
Nationals include Lou Kennedy, Jr. in the UMSS winged sprints (also Kouba
Memorial last year), Dave Cain in the modifieds, Jason Vandekamp in the WISSOTA
Midwest mods and Johnny Parsons III in the UMSS Traditional sprints. With full racing programs on tap each night,
the 2013 edition will continue to be a fan favorite with plenty of exciting
racing at the little bullring nestled in the countryside of western
Wisconsin.

Further information on the Open Wheel Nationals can be
obtained by calling Ron Bernhagen at 612-363-5302 or by email at [email protected]. Be sure and check out the St. Croix Valley
Raceway website at www.scvraceway.com or their Facebook page for news and info regarding
this event and many others throughout the course of the 2013 racing season.

The feature race purses for the
2^nd Annual Open Wheel
Nationals are listed below.

UMSS Winged Sprints:
Friday Qualifying Feature – 1^st $1,000; 2^nd $625; 3^rd $500;
4^th $400; 5^th $325; 6^th $285; 7^th
$250; 8^th $215; 9^th $200; 10^th $150;
11^th-20^th $125.

Saturday Championship Feature –
1^st $5,000; 2^nd $3,000; 3^rd $1,500;
4^th $1,250; 5^th $1,000; 6^th $900;
7^th $850; 8^th $800; 9^th $775; 10^th
$750; 11^th $725; 12^th $700; 13^th $600;
14^th-20^th $500.

UMSS Traditional Sprints:
Friday
Feature – 1^st $500; 2^nd $300; 3^rd $250;
4^th $200; 5^th $175; 6^th $150; 7^th
$125; 8^th $100; 9^th $100; 10^th $80;
11^th-20^th $75.

Saturday Feature – 1^st
$500; 2^nd $375; 3^rd $275; 4^th $225;
5^th $175; 6^th $165; 7^th $150; 8^th
135; 9^th $125; 10^th $115; 11^th-20^th
$100.

WISSOTA Midwest Modified Friday Feature – 1^st $500;
2^nd $350; 3^rd $250; 4^th $200; 5^th
$190; 6^th $180; 7^th $170; 8^th $160;
9^th $150; 10^th $125; 11^th $100; 12^th
$90; 13^th $80; 14^th $75; 15^th $70;
16^th $65; 17^th $60; 18^th $60;
19^th-24^th $50.

Unsanctioned Midwest Mod Saturday
Feature - $750: 2^nd $500; 3^rd $400; 4^th $300;
5^th $200; 6^th $190; 7^th $180; 8^th
$170; 9^th $160; 10^th $155; 11^th $150;
12^th $145; 13^th $140; 14^th $130;
15^th $120; 16^th $110; 17^th $100;
18^th $90; 19^th-24^th $75.

Modified Friday
Feature – 1^st $1,500; 2^nd $1,200; 3^rd $1,000;
4^th $800; 5^th $700; 6^th $600; 7^th
$500; 8^th $400; 9^th $300; 10^th $275;
11^th $250; 12^th $225; 13^th $200;
14^th $175; 15^th $150; 16^th $125;
17^th-24^th $100.

Winged Sprints will have an event entry fee of $125

This should be a good week for 360 racing for drivers and fans with Jackson Speedway moving there $7500 to win Jackson Spring Sprint Car Nationals to Wednesday June 26th and then 2nd annual open wheel nationals at St. Croix Valley Raceway $1,000 to win qualifiers on Friday June 28th and then a $5,000 to win main event on Saturday June 29th then 30 miles south of St. Croix Cedar Lake will have the World of Outlaws racing on Sunday June 30th.

Should be a fun week of Sprint car racing in June

Stephen Mastell

had a lot of fun watching last year, will be back again this year and if your track is as good as it was last Friday we will be spoiled again to another awesome show

yes there will be a practice day on Thursday June 27th

Stephen Mastell

I thought I'd make a post about how fun it is to watch racing at SCVR but instead of going into a bunch of detail I'll illustrate the point. When the previous owner had the place it acquired the nickname "The Secret" because it was tucked away just north of Highway 8 a few miles east of Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and a lot of folks in those days didn't pay much attention. The past couple of years have seen new owners, a bunch of improvements and even better racing than we had seen in the past. This photo was taken at the Tabor Memorial on May 24. There were 27 winged Sprints on hand that night and as you can see, the action is tight and exciting.

Stan Meissner

If the track stays like it has been the last few weeks its going to be some awesome racing come June 28th and 29th