After a winter of hard work, the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS) is eager to begin its first season which will include 18 shows at three different tracks. The first weekend of the UMSS brand of sprint car racing gets underway April 24 at Kopellah Speedway in St. Croix Falls, WI and April 25 at the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway for the annual Billy Anderson Memorial Race

With the announcement of the UMSS last September and with a solid schedule for 2009, new cars have been built and cars and drivers who have sat idle for years are making a return to the excitement of sprint car racing. New cars have been built for:

Cody Hahn - South Dakota transplant
Blake Anderson - Winged Kart Chapion and 2008 IMCA National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year
Jack Zweber - IMCA Sprint Car competitor
Frank Larsen - Rookie. Joe Kouba's son-in-law
Mike Luks - New Richmond, WI, driving for Al Hargrave
Ronnie Ericson - Rookie, Former Jerry Richert Jr. pit man
Anna Kouba - Rookie, Joe's 17-year-old daughter

Returning to the sprint car wars will be Rick Sandberg, driving a car with the UMSS spec motor in it along with Gene Kelly and Spike Lempelius. Add long-time sprint car drivers such as: Jerry Richert Jr., Joseph Kouba, Jonny Parson III, Leigh Thomas, Dave Becker, Brad Barickman and John Nelson, among others. The UMSS should have strong car counts in 2009. For more information, call Ron Bernhagen @ 612-363-5302