RFR News & Updates:
Next Events at Rock Falls Raceway:
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Saturday, May 17 -- $69 Test Day, Jr. Dragsters & Saturday Nite Special
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Gates Open at 7:30 a.m.
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Test Day -- 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Jr. Dragsters -- Testing Starting at 12 p.m. (noon); Qualifying at 2:45 p.m.; Eliminations 4 p.m. -- $30 for Car/Driver to Test; $30 for Car/Driver to Race -- Crew: $10 if Testing and Racing or $5 if Racing Only
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Saturday Nite Special -- 3:30 p.m.
Just $30 to Race if you've been testing OR $49 if you have not. Box and No Box vehicles are separated until total field reaches 16 or less at which time they are combined on a computer generated ladder for the final rounds of competition. $500/Win; $200/RU; $100/Semis.
Sunday, May 18 -- Bracket Drag Race #3
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Bracket Races are Open to ALL Racers -- Race Cars, Muscle Cars, Sport Compacts, Street Cars, Diesel Pickup Trucks, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles.
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Gates Open at 7 a.m.
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Time Trials at 8:30 a.m.
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Eliminations at 12:30 p.m.
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Race for Trophies in Street Eliminator (13.00 and slower) or King of the Hill (12.99 and quicker). Win 2 Rounds, Win a Trophy!!
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Last Chance Eliminator for anyone who loses 1st or 2nd round of Street or King -- $10 to Enter -- $50/Win; $25/RU.
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Race in the Money Classes -- Super Pro or Pro ET -- $1000 to Win!!! Payout begins 3rd round loser.
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Gambler Races and Guts Gambler Consolation Race for Money Cars!!
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Run for the Money in ALL Races Categories!!
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$10 to Watch any day!!!
Congratulations to our 2007 Rock Falls Raceway Class Champions who are:
Super Pro -- Don Kritzky
Pro ET -- Steve Roehrs
King of the Hill -- Jason Weiler
Street Eliminator -- Pat Kelly
Jr. Dragster -- Trisha Hoover
IMPORTANT TECH UPDATE: Effective 1/1/07 Snell 95 Helmets will no longer be valid for use in drag racing. Please check your helmet and if you have a Snell 95 you will need to replace it prior to competing in any competition at any NHRA sanctioned racetrack. The Snell 95 helmets are expired and no exceptions will be made for use of this model of helmet if you are running 13.99 and quicker in the 1/4 mile or 8.59 in the 1/8th mile. Acceptable helmets are the Snell K-98, Snell 2000 and Snell 2005. Please also remind your fellow racers to check their helmets as well!! Thanks.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Congratulations to Team Rock Falls Raceway for placing 3rd at the 2007 Division 5 E.T. Finals Team Championship in Topeka, KS this past weekend, Sept. 14-16!! Also congratulations to Alex Barmettler, our new 2007 ET Bike Champion, Andy Schmall, our new 2007 Pro ET Champion and Steve Stockton, our new 2007 Sportsman Race of Champions Winner. Way to go guys!!!
I would like to extend a personal thank you to all of the following racers and their families who traveled to and participated in the Division 5 ET Finals at Heartland Park in Topeka, KS this past weekend. We had a great time and put up a heck of a fight to earn our 3rd place finish and bring home 2 Division Champions. Thank you so much for racing for Rock Falls Raceway and again congratulations!! We should all be very proud!!
Super Pro: Eric Anderson, Doug Kutina, Rich Sprick, Ed Zielinski, Greg Simonson, Mike Kritzky, Derek Martin, Dave Hagberg, Don Kritzky, Mark Hovorka, John Bastyr, Matt Sommers, Shawn Anderson, .
Pro ET: Eric Anderson, Mel Knott, Joe Marx, Dave Hamilton, Joe Howell, Andy Schmall, Gary Caspers, Ken Drevnick, John Bastyr, John Culliton, Art Farnsworth, Robert Unger, David Kittel, Shawn Anderson, Mark Norton and James McComas.
Motorcycles: Alex Barmettler, Mike Voss, Ron Langowski, Jason Clampitt and Jim Remington.
Sportsman: Joe Marx and Steve Stockton.
Congratulations also goes out to the following racers for Special Awards Received at the ET Finals:
Best Engineered Super Pro Car: Matt Sommers -- Rock Falls Raceway.
Finally, a thank you to Mel & Deb Knott for preparing the food for the RFR Racer dinner on Friday nite and to Joe Marx for assisting with the meal as well. It was absolutely the best - thank you very much!!
For further information check out the different pages of our website or contact Jennifer at (715) 858-0170 or by email at jennifer@rockfallsraceway.com!
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