Regional Notes - July 2, 2008
John Vallo continued to close in on 300 career feature victories with win No. 298 June 20 at Kil-Kare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio…Tim Fedder earned the 100th victory of his career, racing in the late-model division at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa...On June 20, Caleb Yost became the seventh member of his family to win a feature at Miller (S.D.) Speedway. The three generations of Yosts have a combined 11 track championships and 105 victories at Miller…Dave Prunty dedicated his June 22 late-model victory in the Pepsi Challenge at Slinger (Wis.) Speedway to long-time track and car sponsor Bob Fish, who passed away earlier in the week…Modified driver Chris Schultz won for the first time at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., since July 9, 2005, capturing the track’s June 20 DIRTcar modified feature…Fifty-seven race teams ran in Corbin (Ky.) Speedway’s second-annual benefit event, which featured eight different divisions June 21. Competitors raced for trophies, while all proceeds from the event benefited the American Cancer Society. The final donation tally has yet to be reported…Kasson (Minn.) Speedway promoters are switching their weekly race night from Sunday to Thursday, beginning with NASCAR Night July 24. “The month of August will, hopefully, begin a new era in Kasson Speedway’s history,“ said promoter Scott Mondus. “We realize there is a long-stranding tradition of Sunday nights at Kasson. Unfortunately, it just does not work anymore and, in reality, it hasn’t for a long time.”…David Ayers and his son, Josh Ayers, claimed back-to-back victories June 21 at Harris Motor Speedway in Rutherfordton, N.C. David won the stock-8 race, while Josh was the pure-stock winner…On June 13, Brandon Ferguson won the hobby-stock feature at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., becoming the 600th driver to win a feature at the track, which opened in 1954.