wheels of thunder june 2014

Vol. 5 Issue 6JUNE 2014

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Special Features‘66 Barracuda “Formula S” ....................4‘More racing. More variety.’More than a slogan at BIR ....................24

Princeton Speedway .............................28

Crown Mud Bog...................................38

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits ......................44

Rally’s & ShowsOgilvie Raceway .................................16

Mystic Terracross 2013 Highlights..........22

Midwest Mopars ..................................34

BRRP....................................................42

Reviews & TechNorm’s Tire Sales ................................18

DepartmentsGarage Built.........................................10

Boiling Point .........................................14

ABATE of MN.......................................37

Game On! ...........................................48

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I first started to notice cars when I wasabout 12 years old. I started watchingTV commercials and noticed the ’64 and

’65 Barracuda’s were different looking. WhenI saw the front end of the ‘66’s, I wanted one.Since I was only 13, I knew it would be some-time until I could buy one, so I started savingmy money.


A year or two later, I found out about For-mula “S” and insurance. The cost of thecar, gas and insurance for a teenager wouldbe nuts. So, when I saved up a lot of money,I purchased a 1971 Duster with a Slant Six.It was cheap on gas and insurance, but I al-ways had the idea of a ’66 Formula “S” lin-gering in the back of my head.

I found the Barracuda while I was in theservice in Alamogordo, NM. It was atEfrid’s Auto Sales. $795.00 later, it went

home with me. I talked to the originalowner and found out that he bought it newoff the showroom floor. He told me it wasa hard starter and ran real rough. He wasa Jr. High teacher who lived 1 mile from theschool, 1 ½ miles from the grocery storeand 2 miles from his favorite watering hole.That was the cars life.

It never had time to warm up, so when mywife and I got it home we took it out onU.S. 54 and I beat the crap out of it. WhileI was doing this, my wife said she couldhear something in the exhaust. It was rustand carbon burning out. When we gothome, it was purring like a kitten. Afterdoing some research, I found out aboutonly 2,000 ’66 Formula “S” cars had an au-tomatic transmission.

After I got out of the Air Force and movedback home to Minnesota with both cars,the Barracuda was never driven in the win-ter or spring until the salt on the roads waswashed away. I knew I wanted to restore itsomeday, so I parked it after removing theinterior. The car got sanded down and aheavy coat of primer put on. I found astorage facility and parked it. In and on thecar, I put a layer of kitty litter. I also putabout 1 ½” to 2” of kitty litter on the floor.There was no rust and I wanted to preventit.

’66 BARRACUDAFORMULA “S”

Written by Steve Nitti

Photography by Julie Lee


When it was time for the restoration, I in-terviewed four shops. Three of themwanted to put in a big block or a Hemi andtub it. No Way! The fourth shop,SharaDon Performance in Hugo, MN askedwhat I wanted. I told them almost 100%stock and they agreed. It took about 14months.

Everything black in the engine compart-ment and under the car was black powdercoated. I hate rust. The paint color is 1994Plymouth Laser Electric Blue Metallic andI went with a black interior. SharaDon Per-formance was very patient and meticulous.The car got new wiring, gas tank, brakes,brake lines, aluminized exhaust with thecorrect resonator and rectangular tip. Allinterior pieces like the seat foam, seat cov-ers, carpeting and a lot more came fromLayson’s Restorations in Lakewood, WA.Everything on or in the car was removed,washed, blasted, rechromed or polished or

primered. The body was blasted and anyflaws removed. During reassembly, I lo-cated some new old stock options. I in-stalled 4-way flashers, an emergency brakelight and a rear window defogger.

The car was finished at SharaDon in Janu-ary 2008 and I drive it 3,000-5,000 milesevery summer. I do a lot of shows that I re-ally like. None of this could have beendone without the guys at SharaDon, DennyBaierl, Don Baierl, Jerry Williams, who arethe restoration experts, Dick Rohle, thebody guy and Bob Kelly, the best painter Ihave ever seen. If you are looking for any-thing done to your car and want it to beperfect, call SharaDon Performance. Thesame thing goes for Dave Layson atLayson’s Restorations.

But, most importantly, I want to thank mywife, son and daughter. I hope to see someof you at the shows.

Purple QueenPurple Queen


My name is Peter and I live inSweden. I am 49 years old, livesin a suburb of Stockholm called

Södertälje, I have always changed and re-built bicycles, mopeds, boats, cars andmotorcycles, has been difficult to havesomething that everyone else has, I haveto put my own style on it.

We have three Harley Davidson in the fam-ily now that I have built, the first one is aFXR Trike to my wife, she has a muscle dis-ease, so she can not run a standard motor-cycle. Then I built my Sportster chopperthat has been published by many maga-zines in the United States, England, Ger-many, Spain, France, Austria and Sweden.

Last year my wife's daughter wanted to ridewith us, so I built her a Sportster to thisseason, the only thing she wanted was pur-ple and that there would be a crown some-where. So that’s how the name "PurpleQueen" became .

Her name is Janine Nikula and she is 22years old. She is studying music, singing,drama and dance. She started to ride a bikelate last summer and she got her driving li-

cense this summer (2012). She is quite"girly" so when I started to build this bikefor her, her only wish was that it should bepurple and she wanted a crown somewhereon the bike.

She has always liked to ride with us andnow with her own license and bike, she hasbeen able to join us on the roads and bikeshows a lot. Janine appreciates her bike andthinks it is nice and smooth to drive. "It'sreally a nice sidekick from the daily life."

My ideas started when I saw Moons Sport-ster and thought the style was awesome, Ihad met Andrea Gallinaro on the internetfrom Italy, who engraves. I like the 70s styleengraving, flake paint and gold. So I madea mix from Sportster bobber and 70s chop-per.

I started with an original Sportster that Itore down completely. I cut away the rearbracket for the stock fenders and weldednew mounts for turn signals, raised themounting point for the gas tank, cut outand reinforced the frame in front to make acleaner look. The bracket for the ignitionswitch was moved and welded to the bat-tery box, bracket for the new rear fenderwas made. Brackets for the solo saddle waswelded and after that the frame was pow-der coated satin black.

The wheels I tore down, hubs powdercoated satin black, then I built up the

1995/SPORTSTER 883Builder: Peter StrömOwner: Janine Nikula

(my wifes daughter)Stockholm / Sweden

Photographer:Peter Ström



wheels with twisted spokes and brass nip-ples. Finally, old style tires were mounted.

The fork I tore down and all the bracketswas cut away from the triple trees, then Isent all the parts from the fork and all en-gine covers to Andrea in Italy for engravingand polishing.

The engine is almost untouched! What hasbeen done, is engraving on all covers,cylinders powder coated, special bracket inpolished stainless steel with integratedspeedometer to the upper engine mountand all bolts have brass covers. Brass pointcover from Indian Larry.

The handlebar is Biltwells frisco and Iwelded risers for a cleaner look.

Internal throttle installed and electricity

was drawn to two mini switches, one in theside of the grip for high /low light and hornand the brass mount from Kustom TechItaly a mini switch for turn lights.

All electricity is newly drawn, mini turnsignals in front and Kellermann Micro1000 for the rear, Reg plate was moveddown to the left side with a new bracketfrom powder coated steel and Brass.

All parts were left to Daniel on Air brushstudio in Stockholm who painted miniflake paint and text, I have tried to find asmuch brass parts as possible, I think it hasbeen a good combination

The exhaust system was made by myfriend Kent, Ace Performance and I haverebuilt the mufflers with brass trumpets.

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL1995/Sportster 883

FABRICATIONPeter Ström / Kenta Falkered onhttp://www.aceperformance.se

ASSEMBLYPeter Ström

BUILD TIME6 Months

ENGINEHD 883, Brass screw covers on all bolts

CASESHD 883

RODSHD 883

PISTONSHD 883

CYLINDERSHD 883 powder coated satin black

HEADSHD 883

CAMHD 883

IGNITIONHD 883

CARBCV brass dome from Lowbrow Customs,choke knob 8 ball from Joker Machine

PIPESPeter Ström / Ace Performance with trumpetexhaust tips in brass from Lowbrow Customs

TRANSMISSIONHD 883

PRIMARYHD 883

POINT/DERBY COVERHD 883

CLUTCHHD 883

RAKEStock

STRETCHStock

FORKSStock 39 mm and modified stock triple trees

that’s been EngravedFork length (+ or -) Burly Lowering Kits -1 ¼”

Additional rake in trees: Stock

FRONT WHEELStock 19 “ with twisted spokes and brass

nipples by Peter Ström

REAR WHEELStock 16 “ with twisted spokes and brass

nipples by Peter Ström

FRONT TIREAvon Speed Master MK2 325/19”

REAR TIREAvon Speed Master MK2 500/16”

FRONT BRAKECrome Bolt-on

REAR BRAKECrome Bolt-on

FUEL TANKStock Sportster with brass gas cap from

Speed Dealer Customs

OIL TANKStock Sportster with brass oil cap from

Speed Dealer Customs

FENDER“Ribbed” Steel fenders

HANDLEBARSBiltwell “Frisco Bars” with welded risers and

powder coated black

HEADLIGHTBates Style 5 ¾”

TAIL LIGHTThe Stop

TURNSIGNALSKellermann Micro 1000 with Rubber MountTriangular tabs brass from Lowbrow Cus-

toms

HAND CONTROLSKustom Tech Delux polished/brass

GRIPSBiltwell “Kung Fu” grip

FOOT CONTROLSHD Mid controls

PEGSHippy killer Cast brass foot pegs and shifter

ELECTRICALKenta Falkered www.aceperformance.se/

PAINTERDaniel Fahlström www.airbrushstudio.se

COLORPurple, miniflakes

GRAPHICSPinstriping and text

SEATSoloseat

SPECIAL THANKS TOAndrea Gallinaro, Italy for the engravings onthe engine and fork, Kenta Falkered at AcePerformance for his bike building skills,Roffe Johansson at The Partsstop for get-

ting all the right parts


Purple Queen - 1995/Sportster 883


What is that orange like ball in the sky?What is the water like substance rollingdown my cheekbone? Is summer finallyhere? I don’t know about you, but the pastwinter was the longest, coldest and treach-erous I have ever experienced. My roadtravels took me from Minnesota throughthe entire Midwest and as far as Wyomingand Montana. I can tell you this first handthere wasn’t one state that I visited that didnot feel the brunt of the extremely harshwinter. But let’s put that behind us andfocus on the fun in the sun that we lookforward to every June. Another thing thatJune brings comes from the National SafetyCouncil (NRC) and that is establishingJune as National Safety Month. June is anice Segway to get your summer game onand be safe for all the summer activities wetry and squeeze in the short amount time.With the focus that Wheels of Thunderputs on the power sport industry it onlymakes sense that we put a high priority onyour wellbeing and personal safety.

Fill me up

Here are a few things that come to mindthat we all should be preparing for prior torolling our motorized equipment out forplay time. Have you done a check and bal-ance on some key maintenance items? Youknow the simple stuff, like fluids, fuel?There is nothing more frustrating than apiece of equipment sitting idle all winterlong only get it on the road, in the water ora long winding trail and stall or break-down. That could put a damper on a beau-tiful summer for the family and friends. Ihave heard it before “I thought youchecked or changed the fluids?” Not a dealbreaker if you are near one of our Wheelsof Thunder advertisers shops, but go breakdown on the Mississippi, Superior, on theway to Sturgis or the middle of the 74 mileBlue Ox Trail. That could be time consum-

ing, costly and dangerous. The sensiblething to do is to get the owner’s manualchecklist and make sure everything is cleanand topped off.

Ladies and Gentlemen start yourengines ...

Nice Job on the fluids, but does your prizedpossession or toy turnover? As an exampleis the battery charged? How old is the bat-tery? And did the long cold winter suck thelife out of it? Another cheap investment isa CTEK battery charger or a Jr. Tender ei-ther will sustain a charge and you shouldbe ready to crank the engine over. Anothertip that was passed along to me way backin the day, winterize it. With pre-winterand pre-summer attention your machinewill be purring along.

When the rubber meets the road

Another item to check is your tires, wearand tear, stems and tire pressure. Motorcy-cles, ATV’s, RV’s, Campers and trailers es-pecially when stored outside the tires could

be history. The rubber, especially in thetreads, simply tends to break down fromexposure. The brake pads can also quicklyfall apart once the vehicle is in motionagain. The last thing any of us need is a flattire or a worse situation a blowout.

Show me the Light

Ok almost done – have you already beenthinking about hitting the road, water ortrail? One area where we seldom checkuntil it’s too late is headlights, tail lights,brake lights or running lights. Usually theoperator finds out right as dusk starts to setin, that the lights that will show you theway to go are not functioning. Recentlywhen I was out boating with my buddy wefound out on our return to trip to the dockthat the navigation lights were burnt out.It wasn’t a big deal when we left at 800AM,well in the middle of a big lake it is a bigdeal and dangerous. Lucky for us it was aburnt out bulb which after a searchthrough his cluttered mess we found a re-placement. I guess we all take it for grant it

Written by Billy Boyle

SUN + SAND + SWIM + SPEED= SUMMER SAFETY


– it’s only a light bulb, but 2013 navigationlight issues resulted in 15 fatalities andover 400 serious accidents. Lights, blink-ers and fuses.

Off and running

Finally we are out of the driveway orgarage and we are off and on to the high-way, boat launch or remote trail. So whatcould be the next popular problem once weget to our destination? Wait for it, wait forit, here you go – ALCOHOL! Nobody eversaid you can’t kick back and enjoy yourselfwith a little beer, wine or fancy summerfruity cocktail. The problem is not the al-cohol the issue is can you drink in moder-ation, what kind of activity are you doingand what is the heat and humidity like? Al-cohol consumption during the summermonths tends to spike while trying to enjoythe sun, sand and water. Over drinking is amajor contributor in heat related deaths,drowning’s, boating accidents and of coursealcohol related highway and road fatalities.The urge to suck down drink after drink isan easy trap to fall into given the event, at-mosphere and the crowd you are runningwith. As the DUI commercial stresses,Drink Responsible – your life and the life ofothers depend on it.

Go jump in a lake

There is nothing more refreshing than tostrip down to your bathing suit, eye ballthe lake, river or pond and get a runningstart and plop yourself into the cool water.Some things you might want to put on thischecklist. If you are unfamiliar with area,how deep is the water? What is lying un-derneath the surface? If the waterway is ariver what is the current like? Most impor-tantly can you swim? Other importantsafety concerns to take notice are there lifeguards present. These are things to con-sider not just for yourself or your family,but what about others in the area? Are theyaware of the hazards that may exist? As anexample a large contingent of my boatingfriends and I ventured off to a popular sitein Hudson, Wisconsin called Beer Can Is-land. Yup, it does exist. While we were hav-ing one heck of a time we heard a group ashort distance away yelling and failing theirarms pointing outward from the shore. Thegroup that was frantically trying to com-municate did not speak English. Of courseby their actions we recognized someone

was in trouble in the water, but we didn’tknow who or how far out they were. Sev-eral of the boaters jumped in the water, div-ing below several times, searching from thetop side with divers mask and trying to geta location from the non-English speakinggroup. The minutes seemed like an eternityand I would love to end the story on ahappy note. By the time the local authori-ties arrived it became a search and recov-ery. Several hours later a young boy waspulled from the river.

The scenario can play out to anyone – thelack of communication was a factor, how-ever the lack of counting heads was theroute cause.

Recently a local Minneapolis news stationstaged two incidents in a crowded commu-nity pool where two young experiencedswimmers play acted that they weredrowning. The swimmers acted like theywere in trouble with the look of terror ontheir face, dropping below surface andfrantically splashing. The result of the 25minute experiment no one noticed, not aswimmer, a parent or a lifeguard. I em-phasize the swimming incidents because itcan happen to anyone, colder water willhave what experts call “a gasping forbreath.” What usually happens when oneenters the colder water the initial reactionis to gasp for a breath, the victim actuallyswallows a big gulp of water and starts tochoke the results are never positive. Learnto swim, learn first aid and CPR.

The heat is on

Package the whole summer months to-gether and no matter what you are doingthe temps have been consistently hittingtriple digits throughout the Midwest. Along bike ride could be like a trek throughthe desert if you don’t rest and hydratewell. Heat related illnesses are more com-mon than people think. If you posed thequestion “Can you describe heat stress”?The answer probably would be, collapsing,sweating and unconsciousness. A goodguess, but that is just one tidbit of a level ofheat stress. Heat related illnesses have fivelevels, heat rash, heat cramps, fainting,heat exhaustion and heat stroke (thekiller). Each year the heat related death tollrises, triple digit temperatures, strenuoussummer activities and working in un-shaded areas play a role in the numbersthat die. The weak, elderly and young areat risk, but is anyone that is exposed to theheat and humid conditions. Stay hydrated,stay cool, use good judgment on the timeof day you are riding or scheduling workand activities. Don’t be a statistic. Enjoy thesummer, your friends and your family.

Last word

Look for the Wheels of Thunder vendorsthroughout the magazine that performmany of maintenance checks on yourprized machines. Our vendors are a bigsupporter of Wheels of Thunder, the com-munities and seasonal sports that we allenjoy no matter what the weather mansays. Play safe, it is going to be one heck ofa summer.


There's something to be said abouta family business that endures;they must be doing something right!

Founded in 1953 by Norm Strohbeen,Norm's Tire Sales had been located inLittle Canada and now has recently movedto 2767 Long Lake Road in Roseville,Minnesota. Sixty-one years later the storeis now owned and operated by Joy Kokaisel,daughter of Norm Strohbeen, and NickStrohbeen, grandson of Norm Strohbeen.Norm began the business soon aftergetting out of the service when he startedto sell new and used tires from the backof his truck.


One of the many reasons the store has sur-vived is that they haven't limited them-selves to tire sales only. "We service allautomotive repairs in Roseville as well asthe surrounding communities of Min-neapolis and St. Paul," reports Joy. Despite

the classic lineage dating back to the daysof finned Chevys and Fords, the store hasfully embraced the internet age as wellwith a very informative and handy website(normstire.com). If you are unsure of whatkind of tire you want or need, the interac-tive Tire Size Finder feature on the websitewill take the mystery out of all those num-bers and styles. The consumer tire guidehelps customers learn more about tire type,tire width, aspect ratio, construction,wheel diameter, load index and speed rat-ing. Find out how these basic tire traits canhelp you choose the right tire for your ve-hicle.

At the store and on the website customerscan browse through tires from some of theindustry’s leading manufacturers likeMICHELIN®, BFGoodrich®, andUniroyal® as well as a full selection ofwheels. The highly trained, ASE-certifiedtechnicians can also perform tire servicesthat will keep your tires in superior per-formance conditions well throughout theentire tread life of the tire offering. Servicesat the shop include computer spin balanceservices, flat repairs, tire rotations, and ni-trogen inflation services.

Written by Steve Casper NORM'S TIRE SALES;A Family Tradition


All automotive repair and mechanic serv-ices at Norm's Tire Sales are performed byhighly qualified mechanics. Whether youdrive a passenger car, medium sized truck,mini-van, or SUV, the Norm's mechanicscan get the job done right at this one-stopshop.

Norm's also gets in to the fun part of mo-toring as they have been involved in manycar shows and automotive gatherings over

the years. Nick has been known to occa-sionally burn up the drag strip at Brainerdnow and then. The website also features aphoto gallery of some of the more interest-ing customer vehicles to have rolledthrough the garage.

Norm's is located at 2767 Long Lake Rd.,Roseville, MN 55113. Call them at (651)483-4591, e-mail at [email protected] orcheck out the website at http://www.norm-stire.com

CAR MAINTENANCE AND CARE

• Change your fluids on time,every time.

• Change your oil every 3,000miles for regular, 5,000 milesfor synthetic oil

• Change antifreeze fluid every30,000 miles.

• Change brake fluid every30,000 miles.

• Change transmission fluidevery 30,000 miles.

• Schedule a maintenancecheck every 15, 30, 60, and90,000 miles.

• Replace your air filter every12 months or 12,000 miles(whichever comes first).

• Replace your fuel filter every2 years or 24,000 miles(whichever comes first).

TIRE MAINTENANCE AND CARE

• Rotate your tires every 5,000miles or every 6 months.

• Check your tire pressures ap-proximately once a week.Low tire pressures can affectfuel economy, handling andcomfort. To accurately meas-ure your tire pressure, checktires when they are cold. Waitat least three hours after driv-ing.

• Always make sure that yourwheels are properly aligned.Badly aligned wheels willagain lead to dragging of thecar on the road.

• Check your spare tire eachmonth and keep it properlyinflated so it¹s ready to gowhen you need it most.

• Use the penny trick to deter-mine if the tread on your tiresis worn to low. Take a pennyand put Abraham Lincoln'shead into one of the groovesof the tread. If part of hishead is covered by the tread,you're ok. If you can see all ofhis head, it's time to replacethe tire. When the tread isworn down to 1/16 of an inch,tires must be replaced.

GAS MILEAGE TIPS

• Check and/or change your airfilter every 6 months to im-prove fuel economy and keepyour engine runningsmoothly.

• Don't top off. Don't bothertopping off when filling yourcar's gas tank. Any additionalgas is just going to sloparound or seep out.

• Tighten up that gas cap. Gaswill evaporate from your car'sgas tank if it has an escape.Loose, missing or damagedgas caps cause 147 milliongallons of gas to evaporateeach year.

• Go for the shade. The hotsummer sun that makes theinside of your car feel like asauna also evaporates fuelfrom your gas tank.

• Use the right oil. You can im-prove your car's gas mileageby 1 percent to 2 percent byusing the manufacturer's rec-ommended grade of motoroil.

And most important of all……

Always check for potential prob-lems before they happen.

Norm's Tips For Keeping Your Ridein Tip-Top Shape


F or pure variety, it’s tough to beat

Brainerd International Raceway’s

June racing schedule.

Here’s what you get: snowmobile racing on open water,Superbikes, drag racing, a three-day music festival andthe first of two turbo weekends for imports and sportcompacts. There should be something for everyone thismonth at BIR!

Visitwww.BrainerdRaceway.com for more details


Modern Automotive PerformanceProving Grounds

The most diverse single event in June is theModern Automotive Performance (MAP)Proving Grounds for imports and sportcompacts. More than 200 cars and bikesare expected for the June 20-22 event,which is open to all drivers as long as theircar or bike meets specific requirements.Drivers compete in drag racing, drifting,autocross or open lapping. Or, they cancompete in the Triple Time Showdown bycombining their scores from drag racing,autocross and open lapping.

A burnout contests, car show, best soundsystem competition and on-site camping

rounds out the weekend for the MAP Prov-ing Grounds, showing why it’s one of thefastest-growing events at BIR.

Wet & Wild Weekend

June 13-15 at BIR is reserved for fast bikesand snowmobiles that seem to defy gravityby racing on open water. The CentralRoadracing Association is on BIR’s 2.5-mileCompetition Road Course with its insanebrand of Superbike racing. Each day fea-tures practice sessions and racing.

While the Superbikes are tearing up theroad course, snowmobiles will be makingwaves on Lake BIR. The International Wa-tercross Association will be at BIR for thefirst of two weekends that will feature dragracing and oval racing. For drag racing,snowmobiles start on shore and race acrossthe lake to the opposite shore. For oval rac-ing, the sleds start on shore, make a fewlaps around markers in the middle of thelake, and return to the same shore. It’s en-tertainment like you’ll never see anywhereelse.

Bracket Drag Racing Series

BIR has six weekends on the schedule forthe Bracket Drag Racing Series, two ofwhich are June 6-8 and June 28-29. Morethan 250 dragsters, cars, trucks, bikes,snowmobiles and Junior Dragsters run forprize money and series points en route to aseries championship at the end of the sea-son.

Written by Geoff Gorvin

Photograph provided by SDE Photography


Lakes Jam

Lakes Jam is a three-day music and camp-ing festival, and the only one of its kind inthe Brainerd Lakes Area. Bret Michaels isheadlining Saturday’s lineup while ClayWalker is Friday’s headliner. This year’s

dates are June 26-28.

June is like all other months at BIR when itcomes to opportunities for getting behindthe wheel and giving racing a try. Driverscan try their hand at drag racing duringWednesday Night Street Drags, and the BIR

Performance Driving School teaches driv-ers the finer points for high performanceracing on a road course, with the chance toput their new-found knowledge to the teston the race track. All the racing eventslisted above have classes for those whowant to race. Only at BIR.


It was a brisk night, but heartyfans took the stands and driv-ers filled the pits as the Prince-

ton Speedway Season Openerkicked off. More than 70 driverssigned into the pits for openingnight and even with the new claysurface being unstable, some greatWISSOTA Amsoil Dirt Track Rac-ing Series action took place.


The WISSOTA Street Stocks were the firstfeature of the season with Kurt Becken andAmanda Milbrandt leading the way.Becken took the lead and Allen Gessell, Jr.made his way into second. Gessell, Jr.passed Becken for the lead while JustinPogones drove to Becken’s side for second.Pogones was persistent and took secondwith few laps to go. Gessell, Jr. had a com-fortable lead and took the win.

Shane Sabraski and Travis Schulte broughtthe WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds to thegreen and Schulte grabbed the lead. A se-ries of cautions took place and the finalrestart was green, white, checkered withSabraski in first. Bud Martini quickly drove

to Sabraski’s door and they were panel topanel in turn three. Sabraski and Martinishot out of four side by side and crossedthe finish line. The crowd went crazy asthe announcer said Sabraski took the winby a margin of .011 seconds.

Keith Thell took the lead as the WISSOTAMod Four feature got underway but KyleThell began to challenge his youngerbrother for the lead. Keith remained firstthrough the restarts, but as the white flew,Kyle drove to Keith’s inside and Keith wentwide off turn two. Kyle shot into the leadand led the final curve to take the win.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks ran a cautionfree race as Chris Wark and Matthew Dibbtook the green. Wark took first but Dibbmoved in, and the Rookie took the lead.Soon enough the feature was half over andShane Sabraski and James Trantina andslowly closed in on Dibb. Dibb howeverdidn’t pay attention to them as he took thecheckers and swept opening night.

Justin Jones and Eric Martini brought theWISSOTA Modifieds to the green and Mar-tini took the lead. Jones snagged secondwhile Shane Sabraski took third andmoved to Jones’ side. Jones held on, butSabraski moved back to Jones’ door. Jonesagain pulled away from Sabraski and racedafter Martini as the checkers waved andMartini took the win.

The Hornets were the final race of openingnight with Lexy Kastner in the lead. Dan-

Written by Tami Jo Kuehn

Photography byJacy Norgaard,Bailey Sens and

Laura Hess-Ulman


nie Burkholder moved into top points as Drew Johnson’s car gotloose in turn two. Johnson bounced off of Burkholder, caught thetracks edge and rolled. Kastner and Burkholder ran side by side forfirst as Terry Romick barrel rolled in turns one and two. With min-imal laps remaining, and two rollovers, the race was called as acomplete event and Burkholder was awarded the win.

One week later, WISSOTA Amsoil Dirt Track Racing Series actionwas back in full effect at the Princeton Speedway. It was the 2ndAnnual Don Roseen Memorial night with many members of theRoseen/Lofdahl family on hand. The Roseen/Lofdahl family sharedmany stories and memories of Don and had giveaways during thenight, also James Trantina did a candy and shirts toss.

Don Roseen was a pioneer for the sport of racing and the WIS-SOTA Racing Association. Roseen was one of the first board mem-bers and helped make the sport what it is today. Roseen passedaway last year and will always be in the hearts of the whole racingfamily. Don’s wife, Joyce Roseen, said it best Friday night whenshe said “… the racing community is not just a bunch of people,but a great big family. It’s because of my racing family, I have madeit through this past year.” The night was full of happiness, tearsand support, but above all, great race action to remember a won-derful man.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks honored Roseen with parade laps ledby Roseen’s grandson Donnie Lofdahl. Lofdahl drove outside rowone in his #1L Modified, leaving the pole position open forRoseen. The drivers then got back in line with Dan Gullikson andDexton Koch in front. Gullikson grabbed the lead and Koch tooksecond but soon the yellow flew. Gullikson was first on the restartwith Koch and Mike Loomis behind him. Koch moved to Gullik-son’s side but Gullikson kept him back. Koch then found Sabraskinext to him and Sabraski took second. Gullikson drove away andbegan to lap slower cars as he took the checkers putting his FrenchLake Auto Parts #00x into victory lane.

Another great race on the memorial night was the WISSOTAStreet Stocks. Justin Pogones and Kurt Becken brought the driv-ers out and Pogones grabbed the lead. Becken and Allen Gessell,Jr. ran behind Pogones as Jim Gullikson made the pass on Ges-sell, Jr. Gessell, Jr. retook the point and worked Becken for sec-ond. The yellow then flew as contact was made between Beckenand Gessell, Jr. Becken was charged with the caution, Gessell, Jr.was unable to race and exited the track while Pogones retook thelead. Gullikson took second and ran close to Pogones as theypulled away from the others. Gullikson kept the pressure onPogones, but Pogones held his line and took the win in his PogoChicken Powered #01.

The season is in full effect and there are many fun events comingup in June. June 6th the UMSS Sprint cars will visit the track, the13th will be a Kid’s Night with a bike giveaway, and on the 20ththe Advantage RV Modified Tour Series will swing through. All ofthese nights will produce some great racing, you’re not going towant to miss one night.

Keep updated on all the events happening at the Princeton Speed-way but going online at www.princetonspeedway.com or on face-book by searching Princeton Speedway. We’ll See you at theBullring!


Along with many other A.B.A.T.E. of Min-nesota members I attended this seven stateregional motorcycle conference. Each yearthis event is hosted by a different state. The2014 STEAM was hosted by A.B.A.T.E. ofWisconsin and held in Wisconsin Rapids.

An incredible amount of networkingamong freedom fighters takes place alongwith some very impressive seminars andworkshops. The president of the Motorcy-cle Riders Foundation, Kirk “Hardtail”Willard provided an update on nationaland international motorcycling issues Sat-urday morning and he is always a wealthof knowledge. I am sure glad he works forour side!

The afternoon workshops provided a widearray of rights and safety topics. I sat in on“The Seasoned Rider” given by Jim Dahlingand Jill Kielblock. This was very interest-ing and I recommend it to all.

The other class I was able to attend was“Surveilled on the Road” offered by GaryBiller. Gary is an A.B.A.T.E. of Minnesotamember and a good friend. His presenta-tion covered all manner of electronic track-ing and harassment including license platereaders, cell phone GPS, red light cameras

and how “helpful gadgets” like Onstarknow your location whether you ask themto or not. If you ever get the chance to hearhim speak, do not miss it.

The evening banquet was awesome andwas followed by a silent auction that raisedan incredible amount of money. Bikers aregenerous to everyone and especially totheir own cause. All profits from STEAMgo to the Motorcycle Riders Foundation tofight for our rights and freedoms.

The 2015 Heartland STEAM will be in Bis-marck, North Dakota in mid May. Startmaking plans now to attend. It will begreat.

WHAT A WEEKEND ATA.B.A.T.E. UNIVERSITY

The Holiday Inn Alexandria once againrolled out the red carpet for A.B.A.T.E. ofMinnesota for the 2014 A.B.A.T.E. Univer-sity conference the last weekend of April.Marilyn and Keith Colsch did a great jobcoordinating the activities (not a smalltask!) and our members turned out in fullforce for a weekend of two-wheeled rightsand safety information and genuine bikercamaraderie.

This year, A.B.A.T.E. of Minnesota part-nered with Motorcycle Dial A Ride to pro-vide an awesome lunch speaker program.Rudy’s Red Eye Grill provided a buffet in-cluding fried chicken and melt in yourmouth pot roast.

Our first speaker was Sunshine Gillettefrom the Idaho STAR Motorcycle TrainingProgram to speak about their latest courseoffering, the Performance Braking and Cor-nering class. It was timely information.In

Minnesota about 40% of motorcycle fatali-ties are single vehicle crashes, meaning cor-nering and braking skills are usually atfault. Through the Minnesota MotorcycleSafety Task Force Minnesota is looking intooffering a similar course.

She was followed by Wayne Wierson, atireless volunteer for motorcyclists. Wayneis currently a Board member for MotorcycleRiders Foundation Awareness and Educa-tion. He gave a powerful presentation onriding responsibly and what you can do toput the odds in your favor while on theroad. He is no “safety-crat”, but in an openand honest way is asking all motorcycliststo think about the decisions they make be-fore and during their ride, including thepreparation of the motorcycle itself.

The Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Centerhad the Smart Trainer there. It is a motor-cycle simulator that is fun and challengingat the same time.

The silent auction raised funds to offset thecost of A.B.A.T.E. University along with thegenerous donations from many of ourchapters.

After the day was over, everyone danced tothe great music of Bad Jack and socialized.The next A.B.A.T.E. University will be thethird weekend of April, 2015. Mark it onyour calendar now – Don’t miss it!

HEARTLAND STEAM A HUGE SUCCESS


The Memorial Weekend Bog is just eastof Zimmerman on a hundred acresowned by Steve Bausworth. The camp-

ground opened up Friday afternoon for the Mudtrucks only. The Pit opened to the trucks at 9:30Saturday and Sunday morning. Once the trucksstarted they run continuously both days untilabout 8 o’clock at night. Approximately sixtytrucks and twelve to fourteen hundred peoplecame to this years Memorial Day weekendevent at Crown.

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Crown, MN • Hosted by Shaun Erickson


Shaun Erickson of Isanti has been host-ing this Memorial Day Weekend “Big BoyParty” for thirteen years now. Besides theMud trucks a water skipping event is heldSaturday on pond at the entrance.

“Great Mud in Crown”, says Joe Zellman,’90 Ford Ranger. Joe owns ‘AnytimeAuto’ in Silver Lake. He and his wife Lisa,along with there boys and about a dozenfriends have been coming to crown foryears.

Lonnie Perkins, Buffalo, ’96Dodge(Bucket of Bolts) has been comingto Crown for seven or eight years now be-cause it’s “good fun, good friends, goodtimes”.

This wasn’t Paul and Stacey Paris withParis Companies of Nowthens first year,but it was the first time for Pauls ‘53Royal Blue International. Paul spent hisweekend behind the wheel of his Inter-national and pulling trucks out with his1941 Personal Carrier. There wasn’t any-thing that tank didn’t get through untillate Sunday afternoon when it took fourtrucks to tow his out.

Paul had a lot of help pulling trucks outthrough out the weekend. Saturday after-

noon, Shane Supko, Cedar, M931 STONAmry Truck, made pulling trucks outlook effortless.

This is not just a guy’s sport, Crystal Pas-torious, Hugo, 69’ GMC (NotorIus) wasexcited to drive this year. She had to earnshe said, and put her own radiator in andrepairs.

First year for eighteen year old, Alexan-der Koch, Zimmerman, 90’ Chevy 1 Tonwho sported a large American Flag allweekend when his truck wasn’t in the pitin honor of the Memorial Weekend.

The weekend was filled with kids of allages enjoying themselves, making a greatfamily event. While many of the samepeople have been coming back for years,others are just learning about the CrownMud Bog. Shaun says he couldn’t put onthis Mud Bog every year without thelandowner Steve Bausworth, his wifeLynae Erickson, his mom Kathy Erickson,and many other friends and family thathelp him make this event such a greatsuccess.

For more information and upcomingevents this summer you can find CrownMud Bog on Facebook

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND“BIG BOY PARTY”


2014 RACING SCHEDULEBRRP Series includes: IMCA Modifieds & Northern Sportsmods, Legends,

Pure Stocks, Hornets, Wissota Mod 4Sunday May 11th Season Opener - Regular ClassesSunday May 18th Regular ClassesSunday May 25th NOSA Sprint Cars & Regular classes (no Mod class)Sunday June 1st Regular ClassesSunday June 8th Regular ClassesSaturday June 14th Tuff Trucks, Train Races, Roll Over ContestSunday June 15th NLRA Late Models & Regular classes (no Mod class)Saturday June 21st Regular Classes - Fan Appreciation NightSunday June 22nd Regular ClassesSunday June 29th Regular ClassesSunday July 6th Regular ClassesSunday July 13th Regular ClassesSunday July 20th Regular ClassesSaturday July 26th NOSA Sprint & Regular classes (no Mods or Mod-4 class)Sunday July 27th Regular ClassesSunday Aug. 3rd Regular Classes but no Mod-4'sSunday Aug. 10th Regular ClassesSaturday Aug 16th Tuff Trucks, Train Races, Roll Over ContestSunday Aug. 17th Regular ClassesThursday Aug. 21st Rally AmericaSunday Aug. 24th Regular ClassesSunday Aug. 31st Season Championship - Regular ClassesSaturday Sept. 6th Corn Cob NationalSunday Sept. 7th Corn Cob NationalSaturday Sept. 13th IMCA SpecialSunday Sept. 14th IMCA SpecialFriday Dec. 12th ISOC National SnocrossSaturday Dec. 13th ISOC National SnocrossSunday Dec 14th ISOC Regional Snocross

Regular Classes include: Modifieds, Northern Sport Mods, Mod-4's, Legends, Pure Stocks, Hornets


When I look back at my earliest days of at-tending drag races, it still amazes me tosee the names of the drivers and cars

that established my decade’s long interest in the sport.On the top of the list is “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. Foreveryone that has followed drag racing for more than aweek it wasn’t a surprise to see him selected as thenumber one drag racer of all-time by a panel of writersin 2001 during the National Hot Rod Association’s 50thanniversary season. My wife Cathy and I attended theN.H.R.A. Finals; the last race of that Golden Anniver-sary year. It gave us the opportunity to have Don and

the other Top 10 drivers autograph the hand-out thatwas given to the fans at the race and features thosemotor sports legends. After he signed my card, 5 timeTop Fuel champion Joe Amato asked me about the au-tograph line. I said “Joe, I’m pretty sure it goes close tomy house”. When he asked “Really; where do you live”I just couldn’t resist and replied “San Diego”. With lighttraffic, that’s about a 2 hour drive from Pomona. Foreveryone in line, it was worth the wait. Seeing Donseated next to John Force at the autograph tables, I’llguess the topic was drag racing, is something you don’thave the opportunity to do every day.


Having gone to races for years, Cathy and Ihave experienced a lot of memorable mo-ments. The Top Fuel final, Don Garlits andJoe Amato at the 1987 Winternationalsstands out. Don turned on the win lightwith a 5.29 second 270.27 MPH run. Every-one that was there witnessed history. It wasthe last national event win for the Hall ofFamer. Cathy and I drove back to San Diegobut for both of us, it felt like we were float-ing. Obviously we didn’t know it would beDon’s last win but we did know we had justseen our favorite racer win the seasonopener. We watched the TV coverage of therace when we got home and Cathy made aninteresting point. The lights were on at thetrack but they really weren’t necessary.

Don’s grin was more than bright enough tolight the place up. For me, that win meantI had seen Big earn coast to coast wins; fromConnecticut Dragway to The Fairplex inPomona. As a photographer I enjoy seeingthe shots I took in Connecticut of the frontengine car and the Pomona photos of hislater cars. The Swamp Rat 30 SuperShops/Kendall Motor Oil streamline drag-ster that carried Garlits to that Winterna-tionals win is the first drag racing carselected for inclusion into the SmithsonianMuseum of Transportation. It features anenclosed driver canopy; uncommon in the1980’s but becoming increasingly popularwith 21st century Top Fuel drivers. As wasso frequently the case, Big Daddy was yearsahead of his contemporaries when it cameto cutting edge engineering and design.

Those ideas began in the 1950’s withSwamp Rat 1, his first dragster. During a re-cent interview I saw with him, Don ex-plained he had a full body wrapped aroundthe frame so the other drivers couldn’t seethe fuel lines he had installed. They weresignificantly larger than the other cars wereusing. In 1957 Big had the first dragster torun more than 170 MPH and his career wasoff and running. On December 14, 1958 ata match race in Brooksville, Florida he be-came the first drag racer with a 180 MPHpass. The following year he upped his speedrecord to an unheard of 195.63 MPH dur-ing a race in Dunkirk, New York.

In June of 1960 drag racing received na-tional coverage in the print media whenSwamp Rat 1 appeared in Life magazine.That same year parachutes began to be used

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on the higher horsepower cars to help bringthem to a safe stop. In 1962 after about ayear and a half away from driving a race car,Don was back and he earned a Runner-Upfinish in Top Gas at the U.S. Nationals. –(Check nhra.com for ’62 usn results) Hisnickname was established at that race. Itwas a busy year with the construction of 25chassis and campaigning a Dodge MaxWedge super stock car for Dodge. Alwayson the cutting edge of engineering and de-sign innovation, 1963 saw Don utilize airspoilers to increase down force and tractionand continued to campaign a super stockDodge. 1963 saw the Christmas Tree re-placed flagmen at the starting line.

Among his many incredible career accom-plishments, in 1964 Don becoming the firstdrag racer to officially make a 200 mph runis certainly notable. That season also fea-tured a Top Eliminator win at the U.S. Na-tionals. The following season he introducedthe use of a port injection system. In 1966Don went Funny Car racing and his flop-per, no surprise here, was the first with a200 mph pass. The NHRA determined thecar was not within the required set of spec-ifications and it was parked. In a break fromhis standard black paint, the 1966 Wynn’sCharger Top Fuel dragster Don drove at theU.S. Nationals was red. The car debutedearlier that year at Carlsbad Raceway insouthern California; a track my wife Cathyand I went to occasionally. That color lasteda year before the car was painted the morefamiliar black.

1967 is the year I saw Big Daddy withSwamp Rat 11 at Connecticut Dragway andin September he won Top Eliminator at theU.S. Nationals. You may see a pattern de-veloping here. Throughout his career, Donand Indy were a great fit. Those that havefollowed the sport for years know that winwas “a close shave”. Don had vowed not toshave until he had a 6 second elapsed timeslip. Break out a razor! That car is on dis-play at the Don Garlits Museum of DragRacing in Ocala, Florida. Being selected asthe Car Craft magazine Top Fuel Driver ofthe Year and Chassis Builder of the Yearmade 1968 a memorable season. Anotherspeed barrier was broken when Don be-

came the first racer to top 240 mph at a Julyrace in Alton, Illinois. That year he won(say it with me) Top Eliminator at the U.S.Nationals. He must have enjoyed being cho-sen the Top Fuel Driver of the Year by CarCraft; he did it again in 1969.

The 1970 season saw Don try somethingnew; he was a color commentator for theABC Wide World of Sports coverage of theWinternationals. During an AHRA race atLions Dragstrip that year, a massive startingline explosion cost Don half his right foot.He spent months in the hospital and usedthe time to design, what would prove to be,the first successful rear-engine dragster. Hewon the 1971 Winternationals and withina short time, front-engine dragsters were athing of the past. That season saw an AHRATop Fuel championship, an NHRA DivisionII Top Fuel championship and he was thefirst driver with a 6.2 second elapsed time.In December he went to Vietnam as part ofa group that was there to support thetroops. The May 1971 issue of Hot Roadmagazine has a photo of Don and the firstrear-engine car on the cover. To show howfar auto racing has advanced in the ensuingdecades, one of the articles is: “Breedlove’s300-MPH drag car…warm-up for LSR(Land Speed Record) attempt”. You don’thave to go to the Bonneville Salt Flats withmiles of wide open space to run 300 mphanymore; now that happens just aboutevery time a nitro Funny Car or Top Fueldragster makes a run on a drag strip.

Like the previous decade, the 1970’s provedto be successful for Big Daddy. He was the


1972 AHRA World Champion; ’73 saw himbecome the 4th member of the Crager 5second club and reset the NHRA speedmark with a 243.24 run at the Gatorna-tionals. The following season featured newAHRA records for elapsed time, 5.78 andspeed, 247.25 and the NHRA Division 2Top Fuel championship. 1975 got off to afast start with wins at the IHRA, AHRA andNHRA Winternationals. In October Big es-

tablished new standards for elapsed time,5.637 and speed, 250.69, numbers thatwere the high-water mark for 7 years. AsAmerica was celebrating its bicentennial,Don celebrated it with the IHRA WorldChampionship and established the Mu-seum of Drag Racing. He opened the 1977season driving Swamp Rat 23 to a runnerup finish to Jerry Ruth at the Winterna-tionals and had the low elapsed time, 5.80seconds at the U.S. Nationals. With thenumber of records he held, it was appro-priate that in 1978 he was on the cover ofthe Guinness Book of World Records. Donclosed out the decade with the AHRA TopFuel World Championships.

In 1980, Don was in San Diego for a photoshoot for the second Navy related poster.This time, he was warming up the SwampRat 25 slicks on the flight deck of the U.S.S.Ranger. In March of 1982 at the NHRAGatornationals Big had a runner up finishto Shirley Muldowney, the First Lady ofDrag Racing. In July he made the first 260mph run. The 1984 U.S. Nationals saw Donpilot Swamp Rat 26 to a win over fellowracing legend Connie “The Bounty Hunter”Kalitta. A 5.46 second/263.62 mph run atthe NHRA Finals earned him a win overGary Beck. The 1985 season couldn’t haveended better with another NHRA Top Fuelchampionship. A win at the U.S. Nationalsand the NHRA Top Fuel championshiphighlighted his 1986 season. The followingyear saw his last win at a national event; hedrove one of my favorite cars, Swamp Rat30 to a Winternationals win over JoeAmato. That was a door handle to doorhandle race from the green light to the fin-ish line and for Cathy and me, it is a great

drag racing memory. Big was doing colorcommentary in the later 1980’s and, givenhe has forgotten more about drag racingthan a lot of us will know on our best day,it was a great fit.

The 1990’s showed had not lost his desirefor pushing the design envelope. SwampRat 32 had a mono-wing structure Doncalled a rudder that was unlike anything inTop Fuel racing. At the 1992 NHRA South-ern Nationals it earned the Best Engineeredaward. At 82 years young, Big showed inApril of 2014 he still enjoys setting records.He drove Swamp Rat 37 to record settingmarks of 7.25 seconds at 184.01 mph. Ifthat sounds just a touch slower than hismore standard runs, there is a reason; thecar is powered by a bank of lithium poly-

mer batteries. They develop approximately2,000 horsepower. He broke the 200 mphbarrier in 1964 on nitro and wants to do itagain with this Brad Hadman and MikeGerry built dragster. Like everyone that hasfollowed his unparalleled career, I’m confi-dent he will be the first with a 200 mphelectrical powered run. Cathy and I will beattending a couple of races this year andwould like to see a Swamp Rat 37 pass. 200mph and quiet; that would be different.

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