Friday DLM Friday at Wilmot

[bullring]

Any of you northern 4m fans going to Wilmot Friday? $4000 to win American Ethanol Late Model Series/Dirt Kings co-sanctioned event during the county fair. It appears 10 bucks to get in fair and then another 5 to get in grandstands.

[dsrt45]

Yup that's the plan

[IL LM Fan]

It's tempting. Either Wilmot or LaSalle. Probably not both though.

[i-pod]

I won’t be able to make it to Wilmot on Friday but I am planning on LaSalle on Saturday! Should be about 10-12 AELMT teams making the row over from Michigan for the weekend!

[dsrt45]

Thought about LaSalle but cedar lake has a big race sat and Wilmot is co sanctioned with the Dirt kings series

[Krooser]

No $$$ available this week but I'll be going to the Jim Watson Memorial at Wilmot in September. Good time to honor an old friend...

[IL LM Fan]

Anyone near there? Radar looks like they already had rain today, and hourly forecast shows 51% chance of showers two more times before evening.

[Chadly329]

We are going to go. DLM Racing, Beer, and Fair food....You can't go wrong. Let's hope mother nature shuts the valve off on her water truck soon.

[bullring]

They just posted a picture of the track on Facebook. It's still a go.

[IL LM Fan]

Thanks for the update!

[HoosierDirtFan]

40 late models entered at Wilmot.
http://i68.tinypic.com/2ex1me1.jpg

[Krooser]

Won a late model heat there years ago in my sportsman car... ripped a few LF wheels of on the old 1/4 mile track, too.

[Mindwalker]

Won a late model heat there years ago in my sportsman car... ripped a few LF wheels of on the old 1/4 mile track, too.

Bet you ripped one out in your shorts too. Lol

[MI Dirt Fan]

Shirley spun while leading.

Erb Jr
Siefert
Berna
Dierks
Thirlby

[bullring]

Shirley spun while leading.

Erb Jr
Siefert
Berna
Dierks
Thirlby

With about a half a lap lead. I couldn't believe how hard Shirley was running with that big lead. The moves he was making in lap traffic were crazy.

[jr29]

With about a half a lap lead. I couldn't believe how hard Shirley was running with that big lead. The moves he was making in lap traffic were crazy.

He totally spun himself out. What was he thinking ?

As far as the Dirt Kings vs. Ethanol Series storyline.....it looks like the Wisconsin cars put it on the Michigan cars.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Helps when none of the guys running the ethanol series have never been there.

[Mindwalker]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmLYv4Bb9g

[IL LM Fan]

That was pretty amazing. Shirley was in another time zone. No one could touch him. First half? Wonder if it was tires? He wasn't the same after that. As fast as he was in the beginning, he should have still been a factor being put mid pack with with 20 laps left. Thanks for posting the video Blackie. As far ahead as he was, I was watching Erb and Siefert battle for second, and then the yellow came out for Shirley recovering from a spin. I see now he tried going under a lap car and lost it. Nice gift for Erb.

[Mindwalker]

Rare dumb move by Shirley. Congrats to Erb, rare for him to win anymore. Lol

[Krooser]

Bet you ripped one out in your shorts too. Lol

Laughed our butts off wondering how the heck that happened!

[IL LM Fan]

Pretty cool Fair. It's ALMOST tempting to go back tonight for the IRA Sprints. But LaSalle will probably win today.

[bullring]

Let's be honest. The 2 fastest guys there weren't from either series. Both from Illinois. But yeah the Ethanol guys had a rough night. 3 out of their top 5 in points didn't transfer through the heats and only one of those came out of the 2 b-mains.

As for Shirley slowing down, it could have been tires or maybe he knocked something out of whack during those incidents of contact after the spin.

[jr29]

Let's be honest. The 2 fastest guys there weren't from either series. Both from Illinois. But yeah the Ethanol guys had a rough night. 3 out of their top 5 in points didn't transfer through the heats and only one of those came out of the 2 b-mains.

As for Shirley slowing down, it could have been tires or maybe he knocked something out of whack during those incidents of contact after the spin.


Oh absolutely. If Marlar and Bloomquist had been there I'm sure Tennessee cars would have had a good night. I was just referring to the co-sanctioned aspect.

However the rules were setup for this race seemed to work well. I believe the Wisconsin cars that finished up front were all Wissota cars.

That racetrack looked really racy too. I've heard bad things about Wilmot but last night looked great.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Also I'm curious to know how many Ethanol cars were there compared to Wissota cars. I'm sure the results would be in favor of the ethanol guys had the event been ran in MI somewhere.

[IL LM Fan]

Haven't been to Wilmot in 5 years or so. I thought the Track was smooth last night. Multi grove all night as well. Used to feel the track was rough, especially early in the night for the Late Model shows. Don't know if they got lucky last night or they're doing better track prep now.

[jr29]

Also I'm curious to know how many Ethanol cars were there compared to Wissota cars. I'm sure the results would be in favor of the ethanol guys had the event been ran in MI somewhere.

I don't think the Milwaukee area cars...McGrath, Mueller, Letizia, Scheffler, Schmidt.....are Wissota cars. I think the 3 that finished in the top 5 are.


You could be right about the results being different if the race had been in Michigan. I believe Thirlby has run Wilmot before. I'm not sure about the other Michigan cars. It's not like anyone has a ton of laps at the place though. They only run 1-2 late model races per year.

[gjohnston]

Siefert (finished 2nd) has been running at Plymouth weekly most of the year. Berna (3rd) has run every week at Shawano. Anvelink will run at Shawano when he’s not at a higher paying regional show. Shawano doesn’t have a Wissota sanction and hasn’t for a few years. Their engine rule allows open motors with some restrictions. Kroooser would be more up on the specifics than I would. Anyway, Nick has been using his open motor quite a bit,over the past few weeks. I’m not sure if Berna is or not. He blew an open motor up early in the season. Not sure on Siefert but based on the shows he has been at I suspect he also has an open motor.

As for track familiarity...this series did have a show at Wilmot last year but that’s it. It’s not a case where they had this show at Plymouth or Shawano where these guys run weekly which would be a decided advantage. If memory serves me correctly, Anvelink has run at Wilmot maybe once and that was years ago. So yeah, my sense is that the “home state track advantage” is a bit overstated.

[petesbuyin]

Anvelink was not at the Dirt King show last fall at Wilmot. Not sure if he has run there before or not.

[jr29]

I had no idea that Shawano was no longer Wissota sanctioned.

[Zonks32x]

McGrath definitely has an "open" motor. He's running 2nd in points for RoY with Lucas mlra boys this summer. Believe Mueller has an "open" motor as well.

Anvelink, Swedeberg & Berna from Shawano all have "open" motors they can run. Did they? Idk...couldn't attend last night's show. In MO, visiting my son.

Idk about Siefert, but that guy can flat out wheel a racecar. He could've pulled through the pit gate with a lawnmower & I would've said he had a chance to make the feature.

Wilmot host 1, sometimes 2, DLM specials per season.
Shirley and Erb have previous laps there with Summernats events. Sounds like they were the class of the field.

Maybe "slight" edge to WI guys having an event on their home turf, but definitely more "open" shows ran each year in MI.
Dirt Kings normally doesn't run qualifying at their events, so advantage to the AELM drivers on that front.

Wilmot is always better when the track gets watered on Mother Nature's terms...but yes, the racing surface at the shows I've been to over the last 3 years has been better than previous years, so kudos to the track prep crew.

Hope the crowd was decent b/c that's definitely sprint country. They'll pack the house tonight for the IRA for sure. Standing room only at WoO sprint shows there.