Eddie Hoffman wins Glassbreaker 125 for the 2nd time! Tim Shaffer wins at Fremont for the 2nd week in a row!

April 25th, 2009 - Speaking of doing things twice, I decided I should shoot 2 races in 1 day. Actually I shot 14 races, (3 features, 1 consi and 10 heat races). But I did shoot at 2 different tracks, with dirt and asphalt surfaces, late models, modifieds and sprints cars.

I started out my day by travelling to one of my favourite asphalt racetracks, the famed high banked half mile known as Toledo Speedway. I have been going to Toledo for probably 25+ years, although I just started to shoot there in 2006. There was 29 ASA Late Models on hand. 2008 Nationwide Rookie of the Year Landon Cassill was in a Port City Racing house car. Ross Kenseth, 15 year-old son of Matt Kenseth was also in the field, having moved up from Limited Late Models in 2008. The majority of the drivers in this division are from the Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin area which is well known for some serious asphalt late model racing. One of the more experienced racers in the field is the driver of the Lisa Thomas Salo, red #8 Monte Carlo Fast Eddie Hoffman of Wheaton, Illinois. I have seen this 2nd generation driver win numerous races. Whether it's at home at Illiana Speedway, down South in Nashville or at Toledo Speedway, Hoffman and the whole TK racing team are a threat to win in the CRA Super Series or the ASA Late Model Series. Griffin McGrath would lead the field to green and hold that spot until spinning into the turn three wall. Hoffman would pit on this caution for some changes to his car, this would prove to be a wise decision. Iowan Landon Cassill would make his way out front in the #61 Port City Racing hot rod with the #25 Bain's Farm and Fleet of Wisconsin driver Ross Kenseth not far behind. On lap 65, the #89 car of Matt Bryne would spin coming out of turn two taking out the 1st and 1nd place cars of Cassill and Kenseth. Cassill would be done for the day, finishing 18th with Kenseth making it back out, finishing 14th several laps down. This would hand the lead over to the #88 of Minnesota driver Trent Snyder who would be eventually tracked down by Hoffman and come home 3rd. The series will be back in action at Illiana Motor Speedway on May 9th.

Also on hand were the USA Modifieds series. This group of die hard modified racers, had 26 cars on hand. Veteran racer Steve Christman would win their 50 lap feature. I did have to leave before this race started, so I do not have much to report on this event.

After leaving Toledo, I took a short 30 minute drive East down the Ohio Turnpike to Fremont Speedway. Now if you have never been to Fremont, it has that PA Posse style of fan. The ones who could watch 4 divisions of sprint cars, 7 nights a week. The Fremont/Attica Sprint Title had started the previous night at Attica Raceway. This is a series that races all summer long on Fridays and Saturdays between the two tracks. 34 410's and 28 305's filled the fairgrounds pits.


The place has a lot of sprint car royalty in the pits. Hall of famer Tim Shaffer, WoO Manzanita winner and former All-Star Champion Chad Kemenah were both present.