We had a great weekend of racing at Kilkare and all the points are posted for Future Stars. We want to thank all the race teams that traveled to race with us this weekend. We had a great Future Star and Open Class showing. After all the racing was complete there was good food and a live band for everyone to enjoy.

We only have two point races left for this season. Jim the Plumber's Money race is this Friday 22 August at Kilkare. This is Bus race night and there will be a lot of fans in the stands. Our final race is scheduled for 12 September and will be a Money race as well. So far we have $250.00 sponsored by Wenrick Racing.

Please keep in mind we only get one drop based on race 1 being a rainout.

We have made a few changes to our schedule. We lost our Sunday Double Feature on 17 August. It looks like we have sponsors for our remaining races in 2008. We only need a half sponsor for one race which costs $250.00. Points will count for all remaining races so please plan on only one drop for the year as we already have 3 rainouts. So 9 races count and everyone drops 1 for a total of 8 races for the points championship.

Thanks to Mike Lorance for the American Tool Works sponsorship Friday night at Kilkare. It was a great race for the fans and lots of folks came behind the grand stands after the race to talk with the drivers. We are gaining momentum and getting a lot people interested in IKO. Having sponsorships and clean racing makes a big difference. They had all the drivers’ line up on the front stretch after the race handed out trophies and interviewed every driver. They all did a great job! Remember to thank your SPONSORS!

Kilkare has a write up on the evening events so visit www.kilkare.com to read the race recap!

Please note that Kilkare decided after our weekend event on 20 July that we are no longer be allowed to race with radios. No other class at Kilkare uses them so we are expected to race there and follow their rules. IKO had no input on this decision but it appears to be a good decision. Our last race had no radios and it was a great race.  

Our next event is on 15 August Friday night at Kilkare. It is the New Carlisle Chrysler Jeep Dodge Collision Center Money Race. Payout will be; 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50, 4-10th $25 with trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. 

We had a great double feature event Sunday and IKO wants to thank all the race teams that traveled to Kilkare. We had a great Future Star and FWD car count , but unfortunately we only had two Baby Grand  teams and no Open teams show up. Based on this we will drop the Baby Grands and Open class from our schedule. We needed to have a good showing in order to get the track to support us and we fell way short.

We have a Future Star money race this Friday July 25th. It is the American Tool Works Money Race paying 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50, 4-10th $25.

These are really our second and third point races due to all our rainouts, but regardless we will be racing this Sunday 20 July at Kilkare Speedway. Gates will open at 10:00 AM with Hot laps starting at 11:00 till 12:00. Drivers meeting will start at 12:15 and our first race will start at approximately 12:30.  All cars must be through pre-tech prior to the race. We will run both future star and open class for MiniCups and Jr Pro and Pro Baby Grands and FWD. We will run two 25 lap features for each class. There will be  1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place trophies for each class. The FWD will also have  $100.00 to win prize money.  Kids 12 and under (not racers) are free in the pit area. All others will pay the standard pit fee. There is also a $20 entry fee per race.

Any questions please call Steve at 1-513-563-4000

Kilkare has rescheduled our Jim the Plumber race for 22 August, 2008. This is the same night the Bus race was rescheduled on as well. This is great news since we have lost three races to rain already this year. So please mark your calendars and plan accordingly. This race will not count toward MMRA as the date doesn't meet the two week cutoff prior to the National event.

Please remember that all new MiniCup drivers have to start their first three races on the tail. This is feature races so keep in mind heat races don't count. It doesn't matter what you have raced before it is a safety issue and we have all had to do it. You also need to have a yellow Rookie strip on the rear bumper for the entire year just not the first three races.

All drivers must have and use a race receiver during heat and feature races. These are mandatory by Kilkare so we will be checking at all races from this point forward.

Inversion--IKO will handle the inversion on race day as follows. If there are ten cars we will put a 2, 4, 6, and 8 pill in the a hat and the fast qualifier will pull the pill. If we have an odd number we will round down so if we have nine cars we go down to eight and would have a 2, 4, and 6 pill in the hat for the inversion. If there are fourteen cars up to twelve can be inverted. If we don't qualify then the driver that pulls the pole position will pull the pill from the hat.

Qualifying can be done three ways; Single car green white checker, group qualifying, or by pulling a pill at sign in. During group qualifying Kilkare will count only your fastest lap, not an average, so it is in your best interest to keep a good distance between all the cars.

Kilkare Speedway this Friday, July 4th. The pit gate will open at 5:00 PM. This is our second points race out of ten (10) for 2008. Remember we will count your best eight (8) races to determine the IKO Future Stars Points Championship. Jim the Plumber / IKO MiniCup Series will award trophies to the top three plus payout $100.00 for 1st, $75.00 for 2nd, $50.00 for 3rd, and 4th through 10th each getting $25.00. We will have two (2) hot lap sessions and feature race only. There will be no heat races due to the Bus Races. This is how all the classes will run this week. We aren't sure about qualifying at this time but will find out later this week and let you know if it will be a 2 lap single car, group or simply a draw.

We look forward to another great night of racing and we also want to thank Jim the Plumber for his sponsorship of this event. 

Steve has our make up date rescheduled with Kilkare. It will take place on Sunday July 20th. This will be a double feature for Future Stars, Open, Jr and Pro Baby Grands, and FWD Hornets classes. Gates open at 10:00 AM and practice starts shortly after. Racing will begin at 12:00. Each Class will run two (2) 25 lap features. These races will count for both IKO and MMRA points. We will follow MMRA rules for MiniCups and BabyGrands. For the FWD we will use Kilkare and Mt Lawn rules as the only difference is tires so either tire street or Falken are allowed.

We have seperated the Future Star and Open schedule as well to try and make it a little easier to follow. We hope this helps everyone as I have had several complaints.

As stated last month based on all the rainouts we have changed our points race for Future Stars and will offer 10 point races and count 8. The final race in September will be a non point race.

All other classes will need to make a minimum of 4 Kilkare races and provide 4 other race results to make their 8 race total. Of course as you get better results continue to forward that information to Steve or Greg so it can be updated.

Please welcome the New Carlisle Chrysler Jeep Dodge Collision Center as our latest Friday night sponsor. We want to thank Kevin Kline for the outstanding support. If you have a need for collision repair please give him a call.
580 North Main Street
New Carlisle, OH 45344
Service : (937) 845-1700

The Ray Hannah Memorial is in the books and the payout was increased for 4th -10th based on only having 7 cars. We got plenty of track time and Kilkare did a great job getting the Minicups in front of the fans. We had two hot lap sessions and did individual qualifying. Qualifying had Joey Greening setting fast time with a 14.771, followed by Cole Williams and Brandon Oakley. The track pulled a 10 for invert and IKO inverted the entire field. This put Matthew Lorance on the pole with Cole Williams on the outside. Cole Williams had to overcome rear break issues but got it done before the race. We had a rough start to the first race and had a few spins causing a few restarts. Once everyone got the bugs worked out the race went caution free the rest of the way. There were a lot of great battles for position. After starting on the tail Joey Greening finally made it through the pack and ran down Cole WIlliams with 4 laps to go. There was some great side by side racing but Joey couldn't get around Cole who made his Minicup look as wide as a semi to keep the lead. Courtney Hannah came in a strong 3^rd in a race that honored her father. When the race was over Kilkare had the entire field pull to the front stretch and they interviewed 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place finishers. After the interviews all the cars went behind the grand stands so family and fans could come down and see the cars and drivers. We want tell our two rookies they did a great job for their first event. Unfortunately, Zach Grody who was running good lap times during hot laps and qualifying had to pull to the middle after the first yellow with a broken right tie rod. Noah Wenrick had a great race and jumped out of the car with a big grin. We hope to see all of you on the 4th of July!!!l&l 

Kilkare mandates race receivers and manages the race using them so this is not an option. Please set your receiver to channel 1102 frequency 463.7625. We will go over this at tech race night. If you only have one race receiver then you will not be using radios. If you need a race receiver the best place to purchase one is at http://www.babygrandracing.com/partsmc.htm.

The track will also be issuing transponders for us to use. We have submittted a list of known drivers. If you arrive and aren't on the list please let them know you are a minicup and get one (they take your drivers license to ensure they get it back). We will show everyone where to mount the transponder.

Attention all drivers who planned to attend our June 8th Double Feature Race at Kilkare.

Kilkare has canceled our race due to a scheduleing conflict on their end. Please contact any drivers you can to let them know not to travel. We are working to find a new date and will keep everyone updated.

We rained out yet again making our first three races all zeros! This has caused us to review our IKO Future Stars points system. We will now count 10 races and drop two leaving the point system counting your best 8 races. The final race of the year will be a fun race at this time, but if we continue to rain out we may need to add it back into the count.

Sunday June 8th at Kilkare we will run Future Stars, Open class, Jr Pro and Pro Baby Grands and a FWD-Hornet class. Gates open at 10:00 AM and practice starts shortly after. Racing will begin at 12:00. Each Class will run TWO (2) 25 lap features. These races will count for both IKO and MMRA points.

If you plan to attend please contact Steve Smith (513-563-4000) or Greg Greening (937-572-9248) so we can get a car count. We are going to offer half of each classes entry fee as payout to help offset fuel cost! The remaining dollars will by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Trophies. We look forward to seeing you all there. Keep in mind our goal is to be finished racing by 6:00 PM soeveryone can get home Sunday night.

Please note that we have updated our schedule layout and added the Central Indiana Open class to our minicup schedule and broke out the Baby Grands and FWD-Hornets. We had to drop our July 26th race and move it to June 8th. It will still be a 50 lap double feature.

Lets all thank Jim for stepping up and sponsoring our third race. He has chose the 4th of July race to support the IKO Future Stars. Please take time to thank Jim at the race and show our support. Visit Jim's web site at http://www.jimtheplumber.com/ 

Steve has recently emailed a paper that explains our race sponsor program. We are still looking for 5 more Friday night sponsors. Please help out and print a few copies and visit some of your local businesses so we can  make 2008 a great year for our young drivers. Basically the cost is $500.00 per race event with $100.00 going for top 3 trophies and the remaining $ 400.00 being paid to the racers. 

Let's all thank American Tool Works for the support. ATW has signed up to sponsor the July 25th Race at Kilkare. Thanks to American Tool Work we now have our second money race for 2008. First place $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50, and 4th-10th is $25.

We are still looking for more Friday night Sponsors!

With our first race just around the corner we need everyone to get their memberships in right away. Our first race will be hectic and we won't have time for a lot of paperwork. You can download and mail it to Steve.

We need everyone to consider joining MMRA. In order for our series drivers points to count nationally they must be an MMRA member. To get the full 40 points for a win we need a car count of ten MMRA cars. So if you've been thinking about joining please do it soon.

IKO had the top three drivers in the nation last year and we would like to keep that record!

Race Receivers are mandatory for all drivers and are mandatory for all spotters that will be using two way radios to communicate with their driver. Kilkare mandates race receivers and manages the race using them so this is not an option. If you only have one then you will not be using radios. If you need a race receiver the best place to purchase one is at http://www.babygrandracing.com/partsmc.htm.

Rain out rules

We do not have rain dates so every rain out will be scored as a zero for that race date. We will maintain our three race drop for this year so at the end of the year this would be one of your drops.

Tech procedures--Doug will try to support most of our races but we will implement new procedures this year. Each night a race team will be chosen to support tech. An adult and driver will be in tech and support Doug when when he is there. We will draw for tech items. We will be looking at carbs, gas, shocks, springs, wheel base and other items per MMRA rules. Some evenings we may pull one or three you never know. Based on projected car count we are hopeful each race team will only have to pull tech once.

KilKare hasn’t stated if radios will be allowed or if race receivers will be used. If radios are allowed we will be monitoring our drivers and radio communication this year. If it is decided that radios are driving a car that race team will lose their right to use radios. We will confirm both radio and race receiver requirements from KilKare and post an update.

All drivers planning to race with IKO this year please send Steve and Greg and email. We need to get an idea of how many cars will be showing up this year. Alos, get your membership forms complete ASAP to keep your number from last year. the new forms are under the membership link. They are PDF files so please print and fill out. We would like for you to mail them to Steve Smith IKO President. His address is; 11323 Lebonon Road # 18, Cincinnati Ohio, 45241.

Test and Tune Rescheduled for March 29,
with gates opening at noon!

For more flood pictures Click Here!

Steve is still looking for help at the Cincinatti Car Show this weekend. This is a 3 day show 14-15-16 March at Cinci Convention Center. Setup is tomorrow night Wednesday 12 March. Even a couple hours help as the 14 plus hour days are long. Please call Steve if you can help!!!!

Kilkare has their first test and tune scheduled for this Sunday March 16th. CGates are scheduled to open at Noon. However, we highly recommend you check the website or call the track before you make the trip. We had a lot of snow here last weekend and it is starting to melt quickly, but the track could have water.

We will have two membership forms this year. There will be a Future Star and a Jr. Pro form. This form will have both driver and associate membership required for each drive based on drivers being minors. The cost of each membership is $40.00 per Driver and $25.00 per associate.

The second membership form will be for Open and Pro drivers. If the driver is eighteen or older they will not be required to complete the associate form section. If the driver is a minor then please complete the associate section of the form. The driver and associate cost are the same as above.

Please keep in mind that at this time Kilkare has given us Future Star slots on Friday nights. We do have a few weekend races where Open and Baby Grands will race with the IKO Series. Steve is continuing to work with Mt Lawn to get a couple more race dates for Open and Baby Grands but nothing has been confirmed. We are still planning to allow both Open and Baby Grand drivers (only) count a total of 10 races toward their IKO points. So if you are an open car and run national races or go to Mount Lawn on Saturday's you can submit those races for your IKO points.

The forms will be up for printing by Thursday if everything goes right and we will have copies at the meeting Saturday.

The IKO series did an outstanding job at the MMRA National event in Florida.

Alec Webb Future Star driver took fast time and feature win all three days. I tink he has set the course for a fantastic year.

Kyle Baugh and Taylor Webb both had great finishes in the Jr Pro races. Kyle set fast time all three days and won the first day. Taylor then won on day 2 and 3.

Joey Greening, Brett Robinson and Joe McCloud all raced as well and had mixed results through out the week. The two Joe's had lots of people running them over and making their cars go slow. We had some late nights working on the cars but everyone pulled together and helped get them back for the next day.

Please check the MMRA website for full race results and details.

I hope to get the membership forms updated/complete this week. I have been busy getting cars ready to race and not working on the website. I'm sure you've noticed!

We will offer Future Stars, Open, Jr Pro and Pro membership for 2008 We will require each minor driver have an associate parent/guardian regardless of class. They can fill out the one form and not use the associate form. 

Membership cost has always been based on what tracks offered to pay us. Based on losing SportsDrome this year we will need to increase our membership fee. A drive membership will be $40.00 and a Associate parent/guardian will be $25.00. If you plan to race in more then one class you can fill out both membership forms but only pay $65 for driver and $35.00 for Associate parent/guardian.  

Steve is looking for people to support the car shows. Please let him know if you can help on any of the dates. Even a couple hours is a big help.

The 2008 Schedule (to date) is posted. As most of you know SportsDrome didn't want IKO back at their track this year. So Steve has been working hard to get a schedule together that supports all our racers.

Kilkare offered Friday night Future Star only race dates. Steve requested two weekends so we can add Open and Baby Grands to our schedule. We are also working with Mt Lawn and their Minicup group that runs 10 Open races. They said they welcome our open racers at all their race events.They run a Saturday night Schedule. Steve is also asking for a couple of their race dates to include IKO Future Stars and possibly Baby Grands. Again, this is not a done deal, but Steve is trying to get it worked out. The Kilkare dates are set and we are listed on their website. The two races we are trying to get will be on a Saturday following a Friday night Kilkare.

This schedule is subject to change based on track decisions. Steve has tried to leave open weekends for teams to travel to other tracks and attend the MMRA National events.

Our goal is to have a 13 race schedule and count your 10 best. We will discuss how we can support the Open and Baby Grands at our membership meeting. We are thinking about allowing racers to count race results from other tracks so they can have ten races for points as well.

We are still in the process of creating the 2008 schedule and hope to have it complete shortly. Steve has been working with the tracks trying to get everything completed.

Membership forms need to be updated for 2008 before you submit them. Please give us a week to get them updated. We will notify everyone when they can download and complete the forms.

We will be archiving most of the website and get a fresh start for 2008. The Driver profile never really worked out last year so we will be looking at a new way to get this done for 2008. This may be emailing in a data sheet we can cut and past with a picture of the driver and car.

Chad Varner has two winning MiniCups for sale. They are posted on Minicup.com but I have all the information below. Please pass the word so we can try to keep the cars in our area.

2 MMRA legal minicups for sale. Both very fast with many wins in IKO region. One has six lug hubs and includes extra wheels and tires. Other has 4 lug hubs, but have front brakes and ready to race. Both have open carbs but i have one future stars carb that can be put on the car instead. $4200 each. For more info or pics contact Chad Varner at
 rushdelivery2000@aol.com  or 502-396-4223 Located in southern indiana

The Webb's have two winning MiniCups for sale. They are posted on Racing Junk.Com. We have included the links so you can get directly to them. Please pass the word as we need to keep some cars in our area.

http://www.racingjunk.com/post/1015622/MINICUP.html SOLD

http://www.racingjunk.com/post/1020364/MINICUP.html

The IKO 2007 banquet was held at Kentucky Speedway and our champions were recognized. Alec Webb is the Future Stars Champion and Chad Varner is the Open Class Champion. The evening was a great celebration and a chance to recognize the achievements of our racers.

The evening was a huge success because of the outstanding support we receive from our sponsors. Steve put together another great show. There are pictures in the image gallery of the trophies and the evenings activities. With the banquet being complete the 2007 racing season has came to a close. 

We are working on the 2008 schedule and hope to have something together by the first of the year. There are a lot of thing that need to occur with all the tracks and the MMRA schedule before we will have a firm 2008 schedule. We will let you know once it is together.

The first race of the year for 2008 will be the MMRA sponsored Speed Week at Bronson Speedway February 13th to the 17th. Check out the MMRA site for more details.

IKO's money race will be at the SportsDrome this Saturday. MMRA rules apply and we will be racing both Future Stars and Open Class. Entry fee is $25.00 per car per class. Prize money will be split into three equal amounts and the winner will get 1/3 and draw two numbers for the remaining 2/3s. All cars will go to tech and cross the scales. If anyone is DQ'd they will not be awarded and prize money and a new number will be drawn. Okay, now to make it interesting and fun for the drivers we will accept any cash donations for the prize money. We are also looking for door prizes. Please contact Steve Smith IKO Pres if you plan to donate cash or prizes at 513-563-4000.

The IKO banquet tickets are on sale now. The banquet will be held at the Kentucky Speedway again this year. Mark you calendars for 20 October. The gates will open at 6:30 and the banquet will start at 7:00 PM with dinner being served at 7:30 PM. All drivers that attend the banquet will receive awards plus points money. The awards presentation will take place after dinner.

Tickets for the banquet are $25.00 each per driver and for each guest. Kids 10 and under are free. The last day to buy tickets are October 5^th  so we recommend you purchase tickets this weekend at the money race. For more information or to order your tickets please call Steve Smith IKO Prez, 513-563-4000.

We have been invited to race in the season ending race with the Central Indiana MiniCup Series this weekend. This is an Open Class race and you must be 13 years Old and have two way radios. Pit gates open at 3:00 PM (Pit Passes are $26.00) with racing starting at 7:00 PM.

We are hopeful to get a few of our drivers to show up so we can determine if we want to add this track to our schedule next year.

Mt Lawn is by New Castle IN. (about 20 miles east of Indy) where the Go Kart track is located. Go to www.mtlawnspeedway.com to get additional information and directions. You won't see this race on the schedule as it was moved from the Labor Day weekend.

Last Points race for IKO this Saturday at Kilkare!

We will run our normal schedule of Future Stars, Open Class, and FWD/Compacts. For the first time we will run Baby Grands both Pro and Jr Pro. We will have a first place trophy and plaques for Baby Grands and for Baby Grands only there will be no entry fee. Gates will open at 11:00 AM (follow the IKO signs don't go into the drag strip area). Hotlaps starting at 12:00-2:00. Drivers meeting at 2:30 and racing starting at 3:00 PM. We expect to have the days event over between 6:00-7:00 PM. Pit passes are $20.00 for drivers and $10.00 for everyone else.

If you have any questions please call Steve Smith at 513-563-4000.

We all made it back and everyone had a fantastic time at the Shenandoah Speedway. What a beautiful facility. We had five teams from IKO make the trip. There were four Future Stars and one Open class. Kyle, Bret, Joey, and Matthew were there for the FS and Joe McCloud for the Open.

In FS qualifying Joey set fast time with a lap of 19.546 seconds. The FS race was exciting for the fans and IKO as the finishing order was Kyle, Joey, Bret and Matthew came in 9th. The great news is that DBV Motorsports put up the $50 per driver if they could race caution free. Good news is all the kids got $50.00.

Joe McCloud had a carburetor failure in qualifying so he had his work cut out for him on race day. As it turns out he was having the race of his life working through the crowd. He was moving up to about 3rd when a late caution flag came out. The car in front of Joe had a terrible restart and Joe got stuck allowing several cars to get around him.  In spite of that tough break Joe put the pedal down and fought his way back to 4th place.

Great Job to all the drivers!  

Please go to the MMRA website for more information and the complete finishing order.

Well we managed to get a good show at Anderson. There were 17 Future Stars and 20 Open Cars at the track. Every driver seemed to enjoy the track and couldn't get enough time racing on it.

The IKO cars finished up front in qualifing, heat races, and the feature, but we did have a little controversy in the tech area. We left with some lessons learned that IKO will consider for the next year. Regardless, all the people at the track were great and they run a top notch program at Anderson. I believe all the drivers would agree if IKO can get a couple of races on the schedule next year that would be a good thing.

Keep your eye on the points!!! The Future Stars have a tie for first place going into the final race so our next event at Kilkare should be exciting.

IKO will have at least four drivers heading to Shenandoah tomorrow to compete in the East Grand National. IKO has four Future Star drivers in the top six with three fighting for the championship of MMRA. Brett, Kyle and Alec are 1-3 with Joey in 6th. We also have Joe McCLoud in the Open Division who is currently 5th in points.

Please wish them all good luck and safe travel. Practice and qualifing are on Friday with the race Saturday night at 6:00 PM. We'll try to update the web site each night if we can get phone connectivity up in God's Country.

Jeff Meyers from CRS has provided the following information. All of our races will be completed fairly early in the evening.  They are planning on running a street stock race in between our heats and features but the evenings races will be fast.  In an effort to attempt to pre tech race vehicles and also in an effort to keep our program running fluently we ask that drivers and crew stay very close to their pit areas until after our races our complete.  We will perform as much pre tech as possible with time permitting.There will most likely not be enough time in between heats and features for post heat race tech.  After our races with the Night of Destruction taking place we will have more then sufficient time to tech race cars. When the features are complete top three from all heats and top ten from both features are to report to the scales and stay with their cars until the race vehicle has been teched. Any driver performing an engine or carb change after qualifying or heats will start at the rear of their racing events.We are not sure of the total car count but are planning for around 20 to 25 jr's and around the same for the open division total for the evening.  We also expect all Super Cups to pit in close proximity of each other for both safety and logistical reasons.

One note to the IKO is that our jr. division drivers are not allowed to roam the pits with out a parent. Please make sure your drivers are aware of our procedures.  Gates will open at 3:00PM Pit passes are $25 and entry fee is $20 per car paid to CSR.  The open class is 700# and 54% left side. Future stars is 640# with 55% left side. The carbs in Future stars will be checked prior to racing with a .635 nogo guage and inspected for any porting, polishing, and grinding. There will be a few carbs available to purchase if anyone has a problem.

We are asking that each family bring a dessert to pass for the cookout this Saturday night.

Also, the Front Wheel Drive will be running both days so bring your FWD if you have one.

Our next race is August 18th & 19th at Kilkare. Gates will open Saturday and SUnday at 11:00 AM. Hot laps / practice from 12:00-2:00PM. Drivers meeting will be at 2:30 PM followed by racing at 3:00PM. Saturday evening afer the races end around 6:00PM we will prepare for a dinner-grillout from 7:00-9:00PM. We will also have a live band so don't miss this weekend of racing and fun. 

Cost for the weekend is as follows;

Saturday pit passes are $20.00 per person

IKO entry fee for member $15.00 non-member $25.00 per car per class.

Sunday pit passes are $20.00 for drivers all others $10.00.

IKO entry fee for member $15.00 non-member $25.00 per car per class.

We look forward to seeing everyone and for a great weekend of racing and fun.

August 4th race results are posted. Thanks to the Mingus' Isenberg's and Mitchell's for traveling to race with us. We appreciate your coming and helping put on a good show for the fans. 

Don't forget the next race is a double header at Kilkare August 18-19. We are allowed to camp at the track. If you don't plan on camping we suggest you start looking for a Hotel soon. There is a Big Drag racing event and a quarter midget event taking place at the same time.

We will have a catered cookout and Live music Saturday night so please join us for food and fun at the pavilion. We will post the full race day schedule for both days and cost for everything later this week so please check back. 

We are ready for our 7th points rae of the year. Gates open at 4:00 PM so plan accordingly. We hope to see everyone at the track ready to race.

Race results are posted and points updated for race 6. Please review and let us know if you see any errors. Congratulations to Bret Robinson Future Stars winner and Lee Riddle Open Class winner.

Our next race is August 4th at the SportsDrome. We will let everyone know what time the gates will open once we get a little closer.

Next Years Schedule--TO follow-up with our discussion at the drivers meeting please provide feedback on what you believe will provide an opportunity to expand our schedule and attract new race teams to join IKO. We will need to start talking with other groups and tracks soon if we hope to get any dates next Spring. All inputs are appreciated!

IKO had another great race at the Sportsdrome this weekend.  Congratulations to Alec Webb the Future Stars winner and Chad Varner  the Open Class winner.  Complete race results and updated points are now posted.

Because of vacations we are a little behind on our postings on the National Events from last week.

What a great event for the IKO Minicup Series. We had a total of eight cars ready to race. Six Future Stars and 2 Open Class. This is great considering the Future Star car count was 16 and the Open was 5 cars.

Bowling Green was a Rainout so everyone packed up and headed south to Nashville. Nashville went to the Webb Family! We want to congratulate the Webb's for a fantastic show at the MMRA national races last weekend. Taylor won the Open Class and Alec won the Future Star event.

The IKO series had a great showing at this event with Taylor Webb in 1st and Joe McLoud 3rd in the open. The Future Stars had Alec Webb 1st, Taylor Webb 2nd, and Brett Robinson 3rd. Courtney Hannah was 8th, Joey Greening 10th and Kyle Baugh 11th. Kyle led most of the race, but hit the wall after missing a lap car spin. 

To all IKO members planning or considering coming to watch the race this Saturday (May 26^th) at the Kentucky Speedway here are some details on the race. The race starts at 8:00 PM. As of May 22 there are 120 cars entered to race. This should make for an exciting evening of racing to say the least. For up to the minute numbers or other information please go to www.frankkimmel.com or the Kentucky Speedway website.

General admission is $20.00 and you must buy your tickets at the Kentucky Speedway front gate. IKO members we are planning to sit in Grandstand 4 row 22. Our goal is to get everyone from IKO in the same area. For a point of reference this is at the start finish line toward the top.

We look forward to seeing you it should be a great event!

Race three results are posted along with current points standings.

This Saturday May 19th the IKO Minicup Series will have their 3rd points race for 2007. Gates open at 1100 AM with Hot Laps at Noon. We will follow the same practice schedule used at Kilkare during our first race. The Front Wheel Drive will join us again and race at 1:00 PM. Minicup Drivers meeting at 2:30PM and races starting at 3:00 PM. We will finish by 6:00 PM or close to it so everyone can head home early.

We look forward to another great event!

IKO PREZ  STEVE SMITH

We have posted the final results of Race 2 on the website. There was a one change to the Future Stars finishing order. As most of you are aware the track scoring had cars missing and caused several issues in the Future Stars feature. When all the dust cleared and we were able to review all the data the results are now final. It resulted in two drivers switching position. We are sorry it took place, but in the future we will require more volunteers to support scoring based on the results of this weekend.

As you will see we are missing a few first names and one complete driver in the Open Class. Please email Greg at ggreening@woh.rr.com so he can update the sheets. All of the paperwork isn't available with Steve in the hospital so we apologize for the lack of information. It will be corrected once made available or you respond to Greg.

We want to thank everyone for stepping up and helping this weekend! See you on the 19th of May at Kil-Kare.

First we want to thank everyone who showed up Saturday! Although the car count was a little low we still had a great day of racing and both feature races were exciting. Congratulations to Alec Webb (Future Stars) and Chad Varner (Open Class) feature winners.

We want to send out a quick message to Dalton and say "we hope your feeling good after your crash" Saturday afternoon. 

The Demo race was a great success Friday and attracted several fans to come out and watch us race Saturday. We have a few folks looking at joining our series based on this weekends events.

We have posted the results under the Point Standings link. We aren't sure that the current look and feel is going to work so we may make a few adjustments later this week.  

Don't forget we are at the Sports Drome this Saturday for Race 2! 

If you plan on coming to the demonstration race this Friday be sure to tell the folks at the gate you are a minicup team. So far we know four cars are coming. We really need a few more! Please let us know if you are coming.

We have adjusted the schedule to reduce confusion. Race 1 is now this Saturday 21 April at Kilkare and Race 2 is now April 28th at the SportsDrome.

We have also fixed the Driver Profile section every registered user can now create their profile. Sorry for the long delay.

Race 1 is now scheduled for 28 April at the SportsDrome. We will let you know if they still plan to open the gates early so we can get all required paperwork complete and get a few practice laps before the racing starts. 

Future Stars please let us know who will be at Kilkare on 20 April for the Friday night exhibition race. This is not a points race. It will be a 20 lap shootout in front of the full grandstands. Should be a good chance to get setup for Saturdays race.

Steve just got the word SportsDrome rained out today.

Next event will be an exhibition race (Future Stars only) 20 April Friday night. We will run a 20 lap feature race. Kilkare is giving us a chance to get infront of the fans to try and attract new drivers. Please let us know who can attend.

21 April KilKare--We will have Future Stars, Open Class and Front Wheel Drive on Saturday. Gates open at 11 AM with setup and pretech until 12PM. Hot laps from 12-2PM. Drivers meeting at 2:30 and racing starts at 3:00PM. We are introducing the Front Wheel Drives at our KilKare races. If you have a front wheel drive car bring it out and join the fun.

Although they haven't made an official call it doesn't look good. Steve is waiting for the word and will email everyone. The Greenings and Webbs attempted Bowling Green last night. It was great until we started to unload. It started raining and we were rained out. We stayed at the RV park and it hasn't stopped raining since 5:30 last night. Please keep an eye on your email but call the track before you consider heading out.

Steve was notified this morning that the Sportsdrome has postponed / canceled the April 7th race until next Saturday 14 April. The pit gates will open at 2:00 PM. We will be given three practice sessions. Practice will take place between 2-5 PM. We will only have one feature race due to the Sportsdrome running a double schedule.

We suggest you refer to the Sportsdrome website for any updates for next weekends activities.

Here are the memberships we have received to date. If your counting we have 12 Future Stars and 9 Open Class drivers so far. We know we have more drivers so please help us and send in your membership form. 

Future Stars #1 Webb # 2 Lorance #5 Webb #14 Beyl #17 Greening #27 Wilson #31 Tomlin #34 Hannah #46 Williams # 48 Oakley #53 Reliford #66 Baugh #71 Greening

Open Class #00 Whitson #01 Ayers #1 Webb #4 McCloud #5 Webb #7 Banet #8 Banet #28 Varner #52 Varner #57 Smith

We would like to hear from our Open Class Teams. We were asked the following question and will need to you to email Steve your thoughts. This will be voted on April 7^th during our drivers meeting. Can two drivers share a car for year end points?

We just got confirmation from KilKare on our race schedule and unfortunately we had to make a schedule change. We were scheduled for a two day race weekend at KilKare July 28 and 29th. That will not happen and both races are gone. We will pick up one race September 15th at KilKare. 

We have a chance to run a Demonstration race Friday April 20th. This would be a 15-20 lap race. We would pull a number line up and race at 5:00 PM.  We can run a Future Stars only or run Future Stars and Open start on the tail. We need to know if anyone is interested so we can confirm this date. Please keep in mind we run the following day (Saturday) at KilKare. Friday night is the Dayton Area Race night so the stands will be full.

Points race for 2007. Based on an eleven race season we will score the best ten out of eleven. This will give everyone a chance to drop one race.