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Return to Hockett's ATM!
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Return to Hockett’s ATM! (Bill W) July 22, 2020, Monroe, IA – Last Friday the ASCS visited US36 Raceway near Osborn, Missouri. Personally, the stars aligned to make my first visit there with lovely wife Ellen for the first time in several years for the former and the more »
Le Mans, Daytona, Indianapolis, Knoxville?
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
(Bill W) July 15, 2020, Monroe, IA – Who has run at Le Mans, Daytona, Indianapolis and Knoxville? USAC stock car fans may come up with co-racer of the 20th century, AJ Foyt. The four-time Indy 500 champion, 1972 Daytona 500 winner, and 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans winner with more »
Corny!
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
(Bill W) June 30, 2020, Monroe, IA – Over fifty entries have come in already for this weekend’s 2nd Annual Corn Belt Nationals. There are many first timers at Knoxville again, which is always interesting. Some take to the track right away, and well…some don’t. Brady Bacon’s more »
Strange Times!
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
(Bill W) June 30, 2020, Monroe, IA – As if the year wasn’t surreal enough, race fans received the one-two punch of the King’s Royal at Eldora and the Knoxville Nationals being canceled in consecutive days. July and August will just not be the same. We’ll have to find our racing more »
My Carona!
Thursday, June 18, 2020
(Bill W) June 18 - It certainly has been a strange year to say the least on a number of counts. For those who started in Florida or PA, the wait was not quite as long for racing, but for the rest of us it was close to torture. I’ve never more »
Lance's Night in Knoxville
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
(Bill W) May 22, 2019, Monroe, IA – Recently, it was fun to know the rivalry between central Pennsylvania and the World of Outlaws still exist. I remember my first trip to central PA and watching the local fans boo and even throw things at the WoO rigs pulling in. Times more »
The Z-Man!
Thursday, May 16, 2019
(Bill W) May 16, 2019, Monroe, IA – There was shock last weekend in Knoxville’s pit area of the news that Chuck Zitterich had passed. Chuck was only 61 years old. I met Chuck many moons ago. A member of the Zitterich racing family in Sioux Falls, he more »
Mother Nature 867 - Jacksonville 0!
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
(Bill W) May 1, 2019, Monroe, IA – It’s hard to think of a track more snake-bitten than Jacksonville Speedway has been with the World of Outlaws and Mother Nature the past couple of years (0-4). Now that I think about it, over the decades, I have made many trips to more »
Odds and Ends!
Friday, April 26, 2019
(Bill W) April 26, 2019, Monroe, IA – I’ve promised myself to write more columns here on OpenWheel101.com this year. We’ll see how it goes! The winter went quickly at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, and the “Salute to Champion AJ Foyt” exhibit is set to launch more »
Spotlight On: Harli White
Saturday, August 4, 2018
by Jenna Prather Harli White from Lindsay, Oklahoma is a 23 year old 360 race car driver of the 17w. Harli has been a racer for eleven years this season. "I've always been interested in racing," She says. "My grandpa raced, my dad raced; it was kinda in the more »
Spotlight On: Sheldon Haudenschild
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
by Jenna Prather Sheldon Haudenschild, son of Jac and Patty Hauenschild, from Wooster, Ohio, is a 24 (25 in August) year old professional sprint car driver for Ricky Stenhouse and Richard Marshall's 17 car. "I've got a little bit of a different ownership deal than most because I have more »
Steve King Foundation Cornhole Tournament Returns to the Knoxville Nationals with all Proceeds Going to Bobbi and Jaxx Johnson!
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
For Immediate Release- Knoxville, IA- July 17, 2018- The Steve King Foundation Cornhole Tournament returns to the Knoxville Nationals with all proceeds going to Bobbi and Jaxx Johnson. This is the 3rd Annual Steve King Foundation event to be held at the Knoxville Nationals, and the second year of the event more »
Spotlight On: Ryan Leavitt
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
If you've been around the racing community for a while, chances are that you know of the name Leavitt and the story that revolves around it. For three generations now, the Leavitts have been racing and, currently, Ryan Leavitt, age 21, is continuing the journey. "Ever since I was born," more »
Brooke Tatnell on Top of Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars Presented by Open Wheel 101 Points!
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Associate Sponsors: Hoseheads.com, Jim Harris, TheCushion.com (Bill W) May 16, 2018, Monroe, IA – Brooke Tatnell has taken the lead in the Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars presented by Open Wheel 101 point standings heading into a busy weekend (if Mother Nature allows). Events await at Jackson Motorplex in more »
Spotlight On: Eric Bridger
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
by Jenna Prather Eric Bridger is a 21-year-old, who originated in Winterset, Iowa and now lives in Waukee. During the day he works at People’s Trust and Savings Bank in Clive and is a graduate of Upper Iowa University in Des Moines in financial management. He likes to spend spare more »
Spotlight On: Matt Moro
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Matt Moro, 40, is the third installment of a four-generation racing family. “Something we’ve always known to do. We didn’t play baseball, we didn’t play football, basketball, we raced. That’s all we’ve ever known how to do and that’s all we’ve wanted to do.” Matt has been racing for 25 more »
Scotty Thiel/Austin McCarl First Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars Presented by Open Wheel 101 Winners in 2018!
Monday, April 23, 2018
(Bill W) April 23, 2018, Monroe, IA – Mother Nature finally gave in and we got some 410 sprint car racing underway in the Midwest. The Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars presented by Open Wheel 101 schedule kicked off with Sheboygan, Wisconsin’s Scotty Thiel visiting Victory Lane with the MOWA series at more »
Jenna Prather: Spotlight On Ian Madsen
Monday, April 2, 2018
(by Jenna Prather) Ian Madsen, 2017 410 points champion, 33, from Sydney Australia has been racing since 2004 and has been doing it professionally for the past 5-6 years after getting a ride with KCP Racing and his career has taken off from there. Both Ian’s brother, Kerry Madsen, and more »
Lex Mills - Trust the Process
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
I often times find myself starting blogs when I am already laying down ready for bed. Some nights I fall asleep right when my head hits the pillow, and some nights I lie awake for hours because my brain will not shut off. Normally, I write whatever comes to my mind more »
Retiring from the Weekly Releases!
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
(Bill W) March 13, 2018, Monroe, IA – Of all things, I happened to be sitting with Terry McCarl at a basketball game in Ames, Iowa...it was eleven years ago. His son Austin was an eighth grader playing in an AAU tourney, and had just fouled a guy who hit the more »

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