12th to 1ST at Dodge County, Clinches 2nd IRA title for Balog & B Squared Motorsports

2008 IRA champ, Bill Balog was looking to wrap up his 2^ndconsecutive IRA Championship this past weekend with events at the Oshkosh Speedzone & the Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway. Not only did he clinch the championship, he showed why he is a 2 time champ with a drive from 12^th to 1^st in the “Dick Witt Checkered Classic” at Dodge County on Saturday. The weekend started at Oshkosh on Friday, Bill was last out to qualify of the 31 cars present and turned the 2^nd fastest time of the night with a lap of 12.328 seconds. For the heat, he started 6^th and crossed the finish line at the end of the 10 laps in 4^th. The 5 pill was pulled for the feature inversion, which meant the B Squared Motorsports 17B would start 10^th. At the start of the 30 lapper, Bill would quickly found his rhythm and began his forward progression. After enduring a few late race yellows, he was able to bring home a solid 6^th place finish. The next night the team was in action in Beaver Dam at the Dodge County Fairgrounds for the “Dick Witt Checkered Classic”. With another high pill drawn for qualifying, Bill went out and made the most of it with a lap time of 17.348 seconds which was good enough for 9^th out of the 31 cars present. He started 4^th in heat race #3 and brought home a 3^rd place finish in the rather single file event. After all the heats were complete, the 9^th place in time wasn’t good enough to make the top 10 invert, which meant Bill and crew had their work cut out for them if they wanted to visit victory lane. They would end up starting 12^th in the 25 lapper and wouldn’t stay their for long. Once the race went green, Bill was on the move to the front and by lap 10 he was chasing down the race leader. Lap 12 is when he took the lead & quickly began to open up a sizable lead on the rest of the field. Once again a few late race cautions would tighten the field back up, but the B Squared Motorsports 17B was to strong for the competition and would go on to capture their 4^th feature win of the year and clinch their 2^nd consecutive championship. This week the final IRA race of the year takes place at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, WI on Saturday. There is a rain date of Sunday if needed. Sponsorship on Balog’s 17B comes from these following companies, Buesser Concrete, Hoeft Builders, Hepfner Racing Products, HRP Wings, Race Gear X, BLZ, K&N Filters, Rod End Supply, Olson Construction, Buzz Signs & Graphix, Gaerte Engines, Plank Enterprises, Parts Associates Inc., Behling Racing Equipment, Super Shox, Simpson, Allstar Performance, & Outerwears Inc.