USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series results for Friday, May 16, from the Bloomfield Speedway in Bloomfield, Iowa.

It was a perfect spring day in Southern Minnesota on Friday and it turned into a great night for racing as Chateau Raceway Powered by Miners Outdoor & Recreation presented week 2 of the 2008 racing season.

It's Wednesday, May 14, and the sun is shining brightly on the quiet town of Oskaloosa, Iowa. And while the weather forecast calls for pleasantly warm temperatures throughout the day and evening, the "quiet" part is not expected to continue as another exciting season of Wild, Wild Wednesdays at the Southern Iowa Speedway kicks off tonight with the season opener for the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series.

USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series results for Sunday, May 11, from Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn.

Defending champion Mark Dobmeier raced out to a half-lap lead then held off Justin Henderson and Danny Lasoski in a six-lap shootout to record his first USRA Outlaw Sprint win of 2008. Brock Dump emerged victorious after a torrid battle with Jody Rosenboom in USRA Championship Sprint action while Tyler Johnson scored the USRA B-Mod win and Craig Hanisch took the trophy in the USRA Hobby Stocks.

Another great week leading up to another rainout. With great weather all week the crews have been busy putting the final touches on many needed projects only to have Mother Nature wash away all of the hard work.

After three straight weeks of cancelations the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway opened with six exciting classes sponsored by IA-MO Grain and Community First Bank and the return of the Junior Fan Club for the young racers sponsored by Sue Guiter in honor of Reggie Guiter.

Chateau Raceway powered by Miners Outdoor & Recreation opened its 2008 season with a nice field of cars scattered over six classes of action Friday night. After five weeks of rain, snow and generally cold miserable weather wiped out the first month of racing, it was great to see the cars take to the one-third-mile oval and its fresh new layer of clay that was laid down last fall.

Despite early pressure from brother Whitey, Jess Folk Jr. took the USRA Modified feature Friday, May 9, at Humboldt Speedway with little drama. The dramatic performance of the event was turned in by Jessy Willard, who started fourth row inside and finished second.

The season opener at the Cresco Speedway has been delayed one more week due to the extremely wet conditions at the Speedway. Soggy grounds has not allowed for proper time to work on the track and we do not want to start the season out with a rough racetrack.

The sun shone brightly at the Kasson Speedway for the first time in 2008 and the races were hotly contested in all six regular divisions at the Southern Minnesota speedplant. Eighty cars were on hand for the regular season opener, which saw some greatly contested battles in all six divisions.

USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series results for Sunday, May 4, from Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn.