Miller Speedway Watermelon Winner 7-24-09

The weekend started with a trip down to Miller Speedway on Friday July 24th.  On the drive, Cameron was hoping Dad would win the watermelon again and Dad was hoping for the trophy.  The heat race was full throttle for 8 laps.  Scott Bintz started 4th and while passing for 2nd blew it off the track coming out of corner 2 and ultimately finished 4th.  In the feature, Scott started 4th row outside.  He was able to pass a car or so every few laps.  With about 5 laps to go, Scott was in second with Lorin Johnson leading.  Scott made a few pass attempts for the lead and came close a few times.  Lorin Johnson won, followed by Scott Bintz and Kevin Bliese.  As is customary in Miller, SD, Scott received a watermelon for 2nd.  Looks like Cameron got his way this time.

On July 25th we were back in Jamestown, ND at the Jamestown Speedway.  With 36 Wissota Midwest Modifieds ready to race.  Scott started outside pole in the 2nd heat with Dustin Strand on pole.  Scott got the lead briefly with a good battle with Stand for a few laps.  Strand moved pasted Scott and won the heat with Scott close behind.  During the feature Scott started 4th row inside next to Strand again.  When the green flag dropped, Scott got a good start and was able to move into 5th pretty quickly.  After several laps Scott was in 4th and a few more he made it to 3rd.  There was a caution with a few laps to go.  On the restart, Scott was able to get beside and attempt to pass Strand for 2nd, but was unable to hold his ground as the race car had a push.   Jason Grimes won followed by Dustin Strand and Scott Bintz.  After the race, we all enjoyed the watermelon from Miller Speedway.

2009 Scott Bintz Racing Midwest Modified Summary
Heat Wins: 10 | Feature Wins: 2 | Top 5’s: 19 | Top 10’s: 7

For complete details and up to date results and stats, visit the Detailed Racing Results page.

July 10th started with a trip to the Dacotah Speedway in Mandan, ND for the Midwest Modified special.  Scott Bintz got the lead of the first lap of the heat and kept it.  After a caution, with a few laps to go, there was some side by side racing action and but at the end Scott won the heat.  For the feature, Scott started 7th.  The feature went 25 laps straight with no cautions.  Scott ran both the low side and high sides for the track to move up finished 3rd.  Randy Klein won the special followed by Jason Grimes and Scott Bintz.

On Saturday, the Midwest Modified special continued at the Jamestown Speedway.  39 Cars showed up to race in the MW Mod class.  There were 5 heats and Scott started 3rd row outside in the 2nd heat.  Scott made an early charge in the first lap moving into 4th.  Then making a pass for 3rd the car started smoking and bogging down bad.  Scott managed to finish 4th.  Turns out the car blew a head gasket, plus there we a few rocker arms that were broke.  Good news, is the engine didnt go kaboom real bad.  However, it’s something that needs to be taken to the engine shop to fix, so we were done racing for the night.  Jerry Theis went on to win the feature followed by Dustin Strand and Ryan Mikkelson.

7-13-09 Update on the engine… not good… blew a valve that punched a hole in a piston, cracked the block and damaged the cam.

For up to date results and stats, visit the Detailed Racing Results page.

2009 Scott Bintz Racing Midwest Modified Summary
Heat Wins: 8 | Feature Wins: 2 | Top 5’s: 15 | Top 10’s: 5