Rice Lake Speedway Sets Awards Banquet

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI - Adams-Hansen, Inc., owners of Rice Lake Speedway, invite all racer drivers, crews, fans, friends and speedway employees to the 2011 awards banquet for the speedway on Saturday, February 25.

The banquet will be held at the Rice Lake Elks Club, 36 East Eau Claire Street in the heart of downtown Rice Lake.

Set to be honored for a successful 2011 racing season are the top ten drivers in points in all five divisions that race at the speedway along with the top rookies in each class.

Tickets for the affair are priced at $20 per person. Checks, made out to the Rice Lake Speedway, can be sent to Box 303, Cameron WI 54822 and the cut off date for reservations is February 18. Click here to download invitation.

The social hour begins with free beer at 6 p.m. to be followed by the meal and awards ceremony from 7-9 p.m. The meal will consist of chicken and roast beef and all the fixin’s. The night will conclude with DJ music and more free beer until closing.

The top 10 drivers in each class will be eligible for cash drawings and all ticket purchasers will be eligible for one of the many door prizes to be presented.

Anyone with questions should call Dave Adams at (715) 205-2861 or Mitch Hansen at (715) 205-1122.

Rice Lake Speedway will be celebrating its 60th consecutive year of dirt track racing in 2012.

Attention Pure Stock Racers: Updated 2012 rules have been released. View details here.

Adams Tops Rice Lake Labor Day Triple Opener

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (September 2) – Rice Lake Speedway attempted the first triple header weekend in track history over the Labor Day weekend, and night one on Friday was highlighted by Kevin Adams’ 29th feature win of the season in the Modified class. Other winners on Friday included Ben Hillman, Shane Halopka, Cody Kummer and Jason Havel.

Adams benefited from a favorable redraw as he started on the pole for the twenty four car Modified main event, and he quickly moved into the lead over Mike Anderson. Anderson attempted to hang with Adams but he fell several car lengths behind and was soon challenged for second by Mark Gerth. Mark Hessler moved into position behind the top three where he battled with Dave Baxter and Aric Lindberg.

Adams continued to stretch his lead, to the point where he eventually had nearly a straightaway on the field. Gerth continued to pressure Anderson for second while Baxter drove up into the fourth spot as Hessler and Lindberg continued to trade positions.

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Three Close Finishes Highlight Saturday Rice Lake Speedway Show

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (September 3) – Round two of Rice Lake Speedway's tripleheader was held Saturday night, and despite a little batch of rain that came through near start time, and caused the show to be delayed about an hour, racing went on as scheduled. The car count increased as 135 drivers signed in Saturday, with the highlight of the racing being three feature races that were decided by a car length or less. Winning very tight battles were Jimmy Randall, Ryan Viltz and Cory Tammen while George Richards and Paul Brust also found victory lane.

The Street Stock feature was a smooth contest that saw only one yellow flag slow the action, and a tight pack battled for most of the contest. Adam Soltis outdueled Sam Fankhauser in the early going with Randall, Cody Kummer and Jay Kesan moving into position to challenge. Randall was working the high groove and he swept past Soltis to take over the lead. Jimmy opened up a few car lengths on the field, but Kummer continued his recent hard charges as he drove into second and moved in to challenge Randall for the lead.

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Halopka and Adams Top Rice Lake Speedway Finale

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (September 4) – Despite two rain delays during the course of the afternoon and evening, Rice Lake Speedway was able to complete the final show of their first ever triple header in the 59 year history of the speedway Sunday night. Shane Halopka and Kevin Adams also became the first multiple winners of the weekend as both drivers won their second feature race of the three day series conducted over the holiday weekend. Other winners as the track completed the final show on their schedule for 2011 were Andy Grymala, Adam Soltis and Jay Folz.

Halopka made the drive of the night in the Midwest Modified feature as he came from the fifth position in the final half of the event to win a race that was stopped only once by a yellow flag. Travis Anderson was the early leader of the event with challenges first from A.J. Roschen and then Nick Koehler. Clark Swartz then started to move into a challenging position on Anderson along with Dan Wheeler who was moving up after a fifth row starting spot and Zach Manley. Halopka started in the seventh position and was positioned in the fifth spot in the running order at the midpoint of the race.

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