Despite the threat of rain, a good field of cars was on hand Friday night at the Chateau Raceway powered by Miner's Outdoor Power & Rec. There was plenty of excitement to go around.

Doug Hillson took advantage of a front row starting spot to pick up his second feature win of the season Friday night and pad his points lead.

Jason Cummins of New Richland was sitting in prime position to take home the big money. Cummins won one feature last weekend and took fourth in the other to lead the points and was restarting as the leader of the finale and looking at a possible $2,000 run.

Light rain sprinkles which had greeted fans and drivers alike as they were showing up for the races let up in time to get the show started. Unfortunately, six laps into the USRA Modified feature it started up again and the race was red-flagged. The event will be completed next Friday night, July 10.

With as many rain-outs as there has been this season at the Chateau Raceway powered by Miner's Outdoor & Rec, it's hard to complain about the weather when you do race. But for the second weekend in a row, temperatures were up around the 90-degree mark.

It was a hot steamy Friday night for racng action at Chateau Raceway powered by Miner's Outdoor Power & Rec. The racing was just as hot and at times appeared the drivers were getting a little hot as well.

Chateau Raceway powered by Miners Outdoor Power & Rec lost another week of racing action this weekend thanks to Mother Nature.

The Freedom Series will take place July 3-5 at the Chateau Raceway, Deer Creek Speedway and Dodge County Speedway with $1,000 up for grabs each night to the USRA Modified feature winner.

Despite a few sprinkles at the end of the evening its was a perfect Friday night for dirt track racing action at the Chateau Raceway by Miners Outdoor & Rec as the track rolled out the red carpet for the 12th Annual Mike Guttormson Memorial.

Mother Nature was the big winner for the second week in a row as Chateau Raceway powered by Miners Outdoor & Rec was forced to cancel the races because of rain Friday night. It’s the third show the track has lost to weather this year.

Friday night's racing action at the Chateau Raceway powered by Miner's Outdoor Power & Recreation was a victim of Mother Nature.

Tommy Myer blitzed the field in the USRA Modified feature Friday night at the Chateau Raceway, but was lucky the race wasn't one lap longer.