There are not too many tracks around the Upper Midwest where Terry McCarl had not visited victory lane but Superior Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin, was one of them. That all changed when McCarl raced by Erin Crocker to take the win at the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints Budweiser Northern Nationals. The win was the fourth IRA win of the season for McCarl.

Crocker took the lead from the outside of the front row and held off polesitter Davey Heskin through a few early yellow flags and a red flag for Billy Hafemann's flip in turn two. On the restart, McCarl snuck by Crocker and opened up a large lead. Late in the race, IRA point leader Bill Balog closed in on Crocker to take second but was never able to pass McCarl, despite a late yellow flag. Balog, who started 10th, was second followed by Crocker, Mike Reinke and Scott Neitzel. Johnny Herrera suffered a broken nose wing and slipped to sixth from third at the finish ahead of Davey Heskin, who spun while running second but charged back to seventh at the finish.

More than $100,000 in prize money and valuable series points are on the line June 17-20

The Midwest-based WORLD Dirt Racing League, a touring Late model series now in its eighth season, is preparing to take the series' stars and cars to Minnesota and Wisconsin, a truly breathtaking part of the United States, for four exciting nights of racing.

Butch and Linda Erickson spent the first week of February in Daytona Beach getting a first-hand look at what NASCAR has to offer its track promoters. The Ericksons, promoters of Superior (Wisc.) Speedway, took part in the activities and meetings during DIRECTV Speedweeks that NASCAR hosts. Beginning with its 2009 season, the .375-mile red clay oval located in the northwestern corner of Wisconsin near Lake Superior, will be part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. “The name ‘NASCAR’ brings a lot of excitement, but the NASCAR points fund and structure lead a long list of pluses,” said Butch Erickson.

By Jerry O'Brien
The 20th annual Budweiser Northern Nationals scheduled for Friday and Saturday September 5th & 6th stood on a precarious precipice as Mother Nature threatened to shut down the event on Friday night.