A cold morning rain followed with cold temperatures and wind forced the cancellation of the races at Chateau Raceway on Friday.

The Chateau Raceway opened its 56th season Friday with a large crowd and a packed pit area on a nice, albeit cool, spring evening. Ninety-nine cars were set to do battle to see who would be the first winners of the season.

The 2012 racing season at the Chateau Raceway will start on Thursday, April 5, with a practice from 6-9:30 p.m. The very next night on Friday, April 6, the racing action will kick off.

Officials from the United States Racing Association have released the 2012 schedule for the popular USRA Iron Man Challenge featuring USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars and USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods.

The 2011 racing season at the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn., was celebrated at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Austin on Friday. Close to 200 people attended the event that honored the top five in point standings.

Starting in 2012, all classes besides the Hornets will be using the RACEceiver.

Jason Cummins won the USRA RHS Modified points title for the second year in a row. So, when he drew the number 1 pill for the feature everyone pretty much knew it was going to be a tough task to defeat him.

Friday night started the final weekend of racing for the 2011 season at Chateau Raceway as Action Engineering of Rochester presented the first of two days for the Fall Nationals.

Jason Cummins dominated for his fifth win of the year and also claimed his second straight track championship in the USRA RHS Modifieds.

Todd Scharkey had the field covered for his first win of 2011 Friday night at the Chateau Raceway.

The defending track and USRA national champion Jason Cummins streaked away from the pack and won his third in a row by a half-lap Friday night at the Chateau Raceway.

Jacob Dahle led the first two laps of the USRA RHS Modified feature Friday night at the Chateau Raceway. That was until Jason Cummins took over when he made the pass for the lead on lap 3.