Mini Sprint Racing 101: A Guide to Getting Started
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Mini Sprint racing is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of motorsport in the United States, Canada and even Australia and New Zealand. It provides all the close wheel-to-wheel racing action of midgets and sprint cars, for a fraction of the cost. This page is dedicated to promoting the sport of mini sprint racing.
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| * Guide to Mini Sprint Racing in the Midwest 2008 - If you're interested in what's going on with upright mini sprint racing in the midwest in 2008 | click here | | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8/23/08 | Open Wheel Night at Twin Cities - The AMSA will join the MSCS Sprints at Twin Cities Raceway Park this next Saturday evening August 23rd. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8/18/08 | Weekend Wrap-Up - Sorry didn't get to get results in for the weekend yet. Here is a quick run down. Horstman takes the win at Limaland for the opening night of Mini Sprint Mania. Todd Keen takes night two at Waynesfield. Lynn Ambrose takes night one of MMSA action at Moler Raceway Park. Adam Nigg wins Friday evening at Bakersfield Raceway Park. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8/18/08 | Mini Sprints Indoors to end 2008 - The upright mini sprints have been asked to join Twas the Midgets--two evenings of racing in mid-December in the Kemper Center in Kansas City. More details will soon follow. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8/10/08 | Weekend Wrap-up - |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8/4/08 | Weekend Wrap-up - |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/28/08 | 600cc Uprights at Moler Raceway Aug 1st - The 600 upright mini sprints will be at Moler Raceway Park this Friday evening running for $500 to win. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/27/08 | Weekend Wrap-Up - Still awaiting some results |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/20/08 | Union County Speedway, Liberty Indiana-- August 1st- Tom Wieck recently announced that Union County Speedway will be hosting the Outlaw Shoot-Out on Friday August 1st for upright mini sprints - 1200/1000/600. A strong turn-out on this evening could mean more opportunity in '09. The track is a 3/8 mile oval and the entire facility has recently be upgraded. The track is centrally located just 55 miles from Lawrenceburg Speedway. For more information |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mini Sprint Weekend Wrap-Up--Bakersfield Raceway Park, Gettlefinger Memorial, AMSA, MMSA and Waynesfield-|click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/10/08 | Round One Indiana Mini Sprint Week - Round one of Indiana Mini Sprint Week at Lawrenceburg went to Hud Horton. Horton was followed to the line by Dustin Hueston and Scott Fasse. We are awaiting complete results. Track was smooth and fast. Sixteen cars were in attendance. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/7/08 | Photos from Weekend Racing - T&S Racing Photos Captured the mini sprints at Lawrenceburg Speedway on 7/5/2008. Be sure to support T & S Racing and thank them for the photos. See all the photos at http://www.tandsracingphotos.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MMSA Mid Summer Special - The MMSA will be racing at Montpelier this weekend and offering a special show. |click here | | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bakersfield Raceway - Complete results for Bakersfield upright non wing mini sprint show |click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A.M.S.A. Announces Addition of Detro Trailers to Indiana Mini Sprint Week - The A.M.S.A. announced that Detro Trailers will be the title sponsor for this weeks Inidiana Mini Sprint Week events at Lawrenceburg and Gas City. |click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weekend Wrap-up - Including Waynesfield and AMSA. |complete results| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/4/08 | A.M.S.A. Announce Indiana Mini Sprint Week dates with USAC - The American Mini Sprint Association (A.M.S.A.) will join the USAC sprints for two events during their prestigious Indiana Sprint Week early in July. The first evening of racing will be at Lawrenceburg Speedway on Wednesday evening July 9th. A few short days later on Saturday, July 12th the A.M.S.A. will once again be back in action with USAC Indiana Sprint Week at Gas City. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MMSA cancels all shows over the 4th of July weekend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/23/08 | New Photos from T&S Racing Photos - T&S Racing Photos captured all of the excitement of the mini sprints first night of racing. See all the photos at http://www.tandsracingphotos.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother Nature Cancels 35 Raceway MMSA action - The second night of MMSA's weekend at 35 Raceway was canceled after hot laps due to rain. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/22/08 | Horton Doubles on Weekend - Hud Horton took his second victory of the weekend taking the checkers first in the Carol Tague/Bob Nichols memorial. Horton was followed to the line by Austin Archdale and Kevin Rice. |complete results| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/21/08 | Horton Victorious at Moler Raceway - Hud Horton claimed his third straight victory at Moler Raceway Park on Friday evening as the mini sprints visited the Ohio speed plant. We are awaiting complete results. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Victorious at Linton Indiana - Jamie Paul bested a field of 16 600cc upright mini sprints to claim victory Friday evening at Bakersfield Raceway in non-wing action. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/15/08 | American Mini Sprint Association Heads to Lawrenceburg - This weekends racing will be run in honor of Carol Tague and Bob Nichols |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/15/08 | MMSA Double Header - The MMSA heads to Moler Raceway Park and 35 Raceway this weekend. The MMSA will run before the modifieds in hopes of delivering a smoother racing surface. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/15/08 | Happy Father's Day - A Story Honoring My Father |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hueston and Pollock are Weekend Victors |click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/7/08 | Broughton takes MMSA Shootout |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News photos from T&S Racing Photo - Check out all the new photographs from T&S Racing Photo. Click on Twin Cities 5/31/08 and click on the mini sprints. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/5/08 | Dustin Hueston unveils new website - Current A.M.S.A. points leader Dustin Huestin recently launched a new website |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The MMSA is delighted to announce
that the "shootout" race at Waynesfield Motorsports Park on Sat. June
7th will receive national exposure via confirmation that "Sprint Car &
Midget" magazine reporter, Bill Holder and photographer Phil Kunz will be in attendance to cover the race for publication. This is great news for all upright mini sprint racers in the midwest,rarely,are they afforded the opportunity to receive this type of exposure, I encourage them to utilize this opportunity by participating and help make this a "Truly,Historical Event" |
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| FOZ Race Cars Congratulates Customers - FOZ Race Cars recently published a press release congratulating its customers on a strong start to 2008. |click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American Mini Sprint Association Weekend Notes - The A.M.S.A. recently published the following stories and weekend notes after the Grassroots Racing Revivial. |click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/1/08 | Dobie scores second 600 Mini Sprint win at Waynesfield - |complete story| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Complete results for the Grassroots Racing Revival. We believe the champions were Jason Soudrette for the AMSA and Scott Petry for the UMRA. We are still attempting to confirm UMRA champion. |click here| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5/31/08 | Hueston Takes Grassroots Racing Revival Round 1: Despite a disappointing showing of only 14 cars, racing on the flat 1/4 mile fairgrounds at Osgood, Indiana was close and competitive. Hueston's win came from the 3rd row. Promoter Terry Eaglin ran a tight show with three classes in attendance including the A.M.S.A., U.M.R.A. and mini stocks. The top five were Hueston, Soudrette, Jones, Douglas and Fasse. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5/25/08 | Horstman Claims Waynesfield Victory |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5/25/08 | AMSA and UMRA 2 Race Weekend, Grassroots Racing Revival. The AMSA and the UMRA are looking forward to their Grassroots Racing Revival Weekend this coming Friday and Saturday (May 30th and 31st) The two groups will visit Osgood, Indiana on Friday evening and Twin Cities Raceway Park on Saturday evening. A champion in both series will be crowned. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New Website Launched - The most comprehensive book on upright mini sprint racing now has its own website - www.minisprintbook.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Horton Claims 2nd MMSA Victory - Hud Horton ran-away from the competition on a very rough track on Friday evening besting 20 other competitors. |complete results| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| AMSA Unveils New Tech/Registration Trailer - The AMSA recently unveiled a new trailer and equipment that will be used for technical inspections. |complete story| | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5/21/08 | Attn 600s: Moler Raceway will be having their Spring Fling on Monday May 26th and has invited the 600cc mini sprints to run. For more information visit www.molerracewaypark.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5/18/2008 | MMSA at 35 Raceway - Top 3 were Barnhart, Broughton and Bradley. 16 cars in attendance. Hope to have complete results later. click here | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 Raceway - We understand that Kevin Roberts Jr. took the 600cc win at 35 Raceway on Saturday evening. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| AMSA at North Vernon - Top 3 were Hueston, Douglas and Fasse, 16 cars in attendance. Hope to have complete results later. click here | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4/27/08 | Weekend Wrap-Up MMSA |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4/27/08 |
Waynesfield After a first week
rainout at Waynesfield Motorsports Park, clear skies brought the
racers to this Ohio clay oval on Saturday April 26th. Track owners
Greg and Tammy Shobe were praised all night long for the excellent job
done by the track prep crew. The racing surface was smooth, tacky, and
super fast. Throughout the night the races were run in a very timely fashion. After the three classes of cars completed their heat race portion of the night, a 20 minute intermission was taken so that the track crew could put the finishing touch on the racing surface before the start of the feature events. The 600cc mini-sprints were the first of the three classes of cars to take to the track for their Amain feature. As the racing began it looked to be a battle for the win between newcomer #23 Devon Dobie and veteran #26 Rod Henning. These two cars quickly set a fast pace to lead the race. Henning was finally able to gain the lead away from Dobie and pulled out to a three car length advantage. With only a few laps left in this feature, Hennings motor erupted with a giant cloud of smoke. The veteran mini-sprint driver did an excellent job of quickly getting his smoking car to the inside of the track and out of the way of the rest of the cars. The restart left #18 Todd Keen with only a couple of laps left to try to get by leader Devon Dobie. In the end, the 15 year old Dobie proved too strong to handle and went on to win his 1st ever mini-sprint feature at Waynesfield Motorsports Park. -Mini-sprints...1)Devon Dobie, 2)Todd Keen, 3)Justin Havens, 4)Jamie Paul, 5)Tyler Hesson, 6)Shawn Lewis, 7)Justin Myers, 8)Herschel Wills, 9)Lee Underwood, 10)Rod Henning |
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| 4/20/08 | Horton takes round 1 of MMSA |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4/8/08 | The newly formed Midwest Mini Sprint Association (MMSA) will stage the first race of their 23 race schedule, covering 10 different tracks in 3 states(OH. IN & Ky) on Fri. April 18th at the smooth 1/4 mi. Moler Raceway Park in Williamsburg, OH, Paying $1,000 to win, $100 to start, $100 to the first time winner(same at every race), $50 to the hard charger,plus bonus money to the top three 600cc cars in the feature and $25 to start the "B" main, This payout will also apply to the races on April 25th at Thunder Valley in Salem, IN and April 26th at Twin Cities in No. Vernon, IN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3/17/08 | UMRA & AMSA Announce Mini Series |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/27/08 | A.M.S.A. Adds Two Date - The A.M.S.A. recently reported that they have added two shows to their calendar - Friday, May 13th and Friday June 13th. These events will be held at Thunder Valley Speedway in Salem, Indiana. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/24/08 | 2008 Mini Sprint Nationals gets format change - For 2008 the two days of the Mini Sprint Nationals will be held at two different tracks, Lawrenceburg Speedway and Ripley County Fairgrounds |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/13/2008 | A.M.S.A. Adds Osgood to Schedule - The A.M.S.A. recently reported that they will be joining the UMRA TQ Midgets on Friday May 9th at the famous Osgood Fairgrounds. Stay tuned for more news on this exciting event. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/9/08 | Horton Takes Night Two of Florida Nationals |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/8/08 | Cambell Takes Night One of Florida Nationals |click here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/3/08 | AMSA Adds Osgood - The American Mini Sprint Association recently announced that Friday evening, May 9th has been added to their schedule. The addition marks the third race in May that will be run in conjunction with the United Midget Racing Association (UMRA) TQ midgets. The AMSA ran with the UMRA at Osgood for the first time in 2007 at Osgood. Osgood is a storied track that has the feel of years gone by with a covered grandstand located at the fairgrounds. The track is a driver's favorite with it flat, fast racing surface. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/1/08 | Check it out - The A.M.S.A.'s own Logan Hupp gets interviewed on www.talk2drivers.com. Logan will be in a sprint car this season, but will also be making a few starts in a mini sprint. Best wishes to Logan on his rookie season in the sprints. Logan is really one of the great young men competing in our sport. |Click Here| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/28/08 | AMSA Salutes Soudrette |Read complete story| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/28/08 | MMSA Thanks Swap Meet Visitors |Read the note| | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/26/08 | Guide to Mini Sprint Racing in the Midwest 2008 - If you're interested in what's going on with upright mini sprint racing in the midwest in 2008, |click here| to download a .pdf document that outlines who is running where and when. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/23/08 | Be sure to visit the American Mini Sprint Association, The Midwest Mini Sprint Association and Speed Partz at the Racer's Swap Meet in Indianapolis this weekend. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/17/08 |
Headed to Florida - Please Read -
One of the racers headed to the Mini Sprint races in Florida in
February informed us that if your truck and hauler(trailer) exceed
65 feet in length that a permit is required in the State of
Florida. It apparently takes a little while to get this because it
needs to be mailed to you. There is a website to check for an
application www.fdotmaint.com
. He said be sure to get a Blanket Application and
indicate "hauling race cars" not just hauling cars.
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| 1/15/08 | Florida Winter Nationals - Jeff Barnhart recently sent in the following regarding the Wintern Nationals he has put together in Florida. Thanks to Riten Industries, Economy Racing Componets,Speed Partz and Foz Race Cars and Kiezer Wheels , we have increased the purse and are paying $800 to Win Feb 7,8 and $1000 to win feb 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/11/07 | Recent Rumblings | ||||||||||||||||||||
| This Saturday the new FOZ
Chassis will be given away at an open house at Speed Partz. Top
ten in the Bullring Series points are available - Everyone is invited
at 12:00 Noon. Reported at PRI that Waynesfield will be back in 2008 with the 600cc upright mini sprints. Recently reported that AMSA will return to Twin Cities Raceway Park in 2008 for 5-7 races. Word on the street is that Midwest Mini Sprints will appear at 35 Raceway and Brush Creek during the 2008 season. More to come. Upright mini sprints will return to action in March at the DuQuoin Magic Mile Indoor. All uprights are invited. Stay tuned for details. |
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| 11/26/2007 | King of Bullring Gives Away FOZ Chassis | ||||||||||||||||||||
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King of the Bullring series promoter, Tom
Wieck recently announced that a drawing for a new FOZ Race Cars
chassis will be held at 12:00 on Saturday, December 15th at
Speed Partz in Cincinnati, Ohio. As advertised at the beginning of
the season, a drawing will be held including the names of the top ten
drivers in the 2007 season points. The selected name will be the
winner of the new chassis.
“I would like to thank all of the competitors that ran with us this season. We saw several different competitors in victory lane and put on a good show for the fans. While I apologize that we were not able to have a formal banquet, I would like to invite all competitors out to Speed Partz on the 15th to enjoy Pizza and some bench racing”, commented Wieck. In its first season the King of the
Bullring Series was a great success. 43 different competitors
registered points during the 2007 season with Waverly’s Jim Lewis
taking top honors. Plans for 2008 are currently under discussion.
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Looking for an interesting read during the winter months. Track the progress of the FOZ mini sprint we are putting together in our race shop. The series of articles begins now.
One of the neatest things about mini-sprints, is that you never know who you are going to find in the driver's seat. It could be the next up and coming star, a star from open wheel's past or even a weekend warrior. The purpose of this portion of the page is to tell a little bit about some of the guys and gals that race mini sprints. Stay tuned we hope to begin posting driver stories in the next few weeks. If you're an upright mini sprint driver that would like to be featured in the HOT SEAT, e-mail us at sfasse-at-fozmarketing.com.
| Date | Driver's Name |
| 8/28/08 | Nathan Mensendiek |
| 8/8/07 | Adam Nigg |
| 6/14/07 | Dillon Sullivan |
| 5/7/07 | Chris Smalley |
| 4/22/07 | Logan Hupp |
| 4/2/07 | Jeff Barnhart |
| 3/24/07 | Steve Allen |
| 3/12/07 | Nick Bilbee |
| 3/9/07 | Ryan Broughton |
| 3/7/07 | Jim Gardner |
| 2/20/07 | Stormy Steinhauer |
| 1/25/07 | Jason Soudrette |
| 1/31/07 | Gina Lowe |
| 2/5/07 | Justin Meyers |
A special thanks to the tracks that support mini sprint racing in our area:
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