TRL Replay – Episode 2

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Since we’ve been on the topic of Wee Town Outlaw Speedway this week, we thought we’d post this TRL replay from our first season. It was only our 2nd episode and it featured the Greseth family and track announcer, Ron Krog. Ron has a long history with Wee Town and briefly talks about his involvement with the track when it was first built.

On the show: The racing family of Todd Greseth, #17 WISSOTA Modified driver Mike Greseth, Track Official Matt Greseth, AJ Greseth, Kayla Greseth, Sheila Greseth. And also on the show: Legendary Track Announcer Ron Krog. Plus Kids Corner with Hunter Fischer & #E85 WISSOTA Modified driver Jason Strand, Question Of The Week and Fan Pictures Of The Week!

The Track That Nature Owns

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The Racing Life spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon traveling to the old abandoned Wee Town Outlaw Speedway near Fergus Falls, MN. The 1/2 high-banked track held it’s last race back in 1993 not knowing it wouldn’t return in 1994. Water completely took over the track making it impossible to operate anymore. To view a picture gallery of our trip to Wee Town, click on our Facebook link HERE.

The Racing Life is turning this into a video project and is looking for any old video footage, pictures or memorabilia from the track. If you have anything please e-mail Scott Sailer at scott@theracinglife.com.

Wee Town – Revisited

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Take a lap back in time to the old Wee Town Outlaw Speedway near Fergus Falls, MN this Sunday at 2:00pm. Join The Racing Life as we visit the overgrown ghost track and take a look back at the past with former drivers and fans of the speedway. Bring your video and picture memories of the track and The Racing Life will digitize them to preserve racing history. We

The Future Of Racing

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If you haven’t been to Buffalo River Race Park in Glyndon, MN this season… you’re missing out! The improvement they’ve made to the facilities is awesome! And the car count was huge for a Sunday night race. We were there tonight supporting the Red River Kart Club and our daughter Gwen. (She’s in the pink kart) The Kart Club was invited to run an exhibition race at intermission and the crowd and the kids had a blast! The Racing Life is proud to support the future of racing and we’re thankful to BRRP for allowing us to come out.

The Rain Couldn’t Stop Tony Stewart Night

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A brief but heavy rainstorm at 4:30pm had Tony Stewart Night in doubt at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND. But the Schatz family went all out to make sure the track was as dry and smooth as it could be. Despite missing the final transfer spot in his heat, NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart went on to win the B-main giving him a 16th place starting position in the A-main. He worked his way around traffic and some developing holes in the track to come home in a solid 7th place finish in his Rocket Chassis Late Model prepared by #50 Late Model driver Jeff Wildung. This was Stewart’s 3rd Late Model race at the Speedway. In his first appearance in 2010 he finished 3rd and in 2011 he crashed shortly after starting the race.

Tony Stewart Night – Red River Valley Speedway – 05/21/12 from The Racing Life on Vimeo.

On the last lap of his heat race, NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart gets passed for the last transfer spot by #12 Brad Seng going into turn 4.

Tony Stewart prepares to go out for hotlaps in his Jeff Wildung prepared Rocket Chassis Late Model.
NASCAR Champ Tony Stewart lines up for his Late Model heat race at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND.
A late afternoon rain storm made the track a challenge to keep smooth all night so the heavy equipment was brought out to smooth over some holes before feature time.