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(Editor's note: Some of the posts below were written weeks ago, I have not edited them to reflect current events, you get them as I originally wrote them so keep that in mind as you read them.)

August 12th
      Dwayne Dorr got it done Thursday night! And this was no runaway cruise to victory, he had plenty of company up front in the form of two of the division's hard chargers Randy Churchill and Scott Michalski. The veteran driver wasn't rattled though, and brought home his second win of the season. In victory lane he thanked his new car owner and...wait what!?! Lloyd Anderson no longer owns the car with the most wins last season? Well shiver me timbers! I'll tell you what, not being there I don't know the specifics, but that's big news. The new owner (Eric?) must be a pretty happy guy right now.
      Randy Churchill who finished second, had the crowd on their feet early in the race when he got sideways coming out of the turn four and dirt tracked onto the front straight in what was truly a great save! He was followed by the point leader Scott Michalski who was in the #46 of Leo Defevers who wins the Sportsmanship award for the night. Michalski broke his distributor in practice so Defevers gave up his ride so that Scott could protect his point lead. If Scott repeats as champ they can play Joe Cocker's "I get buy with a little help from my friends" when he goes up to claim the big trophy.
      Hats off to the 26 team for getting back to the track and finishing in fourth in their back up car. Unfortunately their primary car was wrecked after last weeks win. Closing out the top five was Lloyd Anderson Jr in the #23.
      Further back Mike Viens made a nice recovery finishing in 7th after he and Scott Michalski got together on the front stretch. Viens made his feelings known on pit road after the race by pushing Michalski for several car lengths down pit road.
      Another guy a little hot under the collar was Steve Michalski who was spun out but wasn't able to recover as well, finishing 15th. The hard luck award however goes to Chad Baxter who broke a crank early on relegating him to the 20th and final position. On the track it looked like oil to everyone behind him, but believe me in Chad's rear view mirror it looked like hundred dollar bills blowing out of his tail pipe! Hopefully he's got a plan B!
      Two guys I'd like to take the time mention are Jason Paquette and Rick Blanchard. Paquette, who is behind the wheel of the Jette Motorsports entry owned by Rob Jette, is sporting his old number (94) and his old paint scheme. Yep just like it's just like old times, except slower! Fourteenth? Is this the same guy that finished second to Mike Viens in one of the closest point races on record? Well I shouldn't be too hard on him (even though it's fun) I'm sure he'll be back up to speed soon enough. Now this Blanchard fellow's another story because he hasn't been gone for years from the sport like Paquette. Why he's finishing like he is a complete mystery to me. But I suppose this too shall pass.

August 19th
This Thursday's win was the second consecutive and third of the season for newcomer Dwayne Dorr. As mentioned before on this site Dorr learned how to cut a wheel at the Waterford Speedbowl eventually earning two track championships there before coming to Thompson this spring to compete in the Minis. Dorr said in victory lane that they had found something wrong with the car after last week's win and that the car was now much better. Much better? Boy that'll keep the competition up all night won't it!
In second place was the "little unicorn that couldn't." Man Mike G has had something like five second place finishes (if you count last season) and numerous heat wins but that first feature win remains elusive. For our part my wife, daughter and I were in the stands chanting, "Go unicorn boy go!!" But alas, once again it was not to be. Mighty Jeff Moffat took the third spot followed by Lloyd Jr for fourth, and Leo Defevers for fifth place.

That was the best now for the rest!

      Randy Churchill and Mike Veins came across the line in 2nd and 3rd respectively but got DQ'd following post race technical inspection.
      Joe Baxter was once again the top finishing rookie with his 8th place finish. Baxter currently sits in the 14th position 38 points ahead of fellow rookie Tim Armstrong.
      Remember last week how I was bustin' on Paquette about being slow? Well he was lookin' pretty racy this week and he even led his heat race for a while. He looked good in the feature too, that is until Steve Michalski's motor tossed it's cookies in turn two. That not only ended Michalski's day but Paquette's as well when he hit Steve's oil went hard into the wall. The impact junked his car and he's now in need of a fresh start so if anybody has a spare chassis around that they'd like to sell use the J&J Chassis contact info to the left side of this page to get ahold of him.
      In closing let me mention that there is obviously a big part if this week's race that I have not mentioned. Details are still coming in so I can't say more now, but stay tuned!

A dark day for the Mini Stocks

August 26th
Needless to say the Mini Stocks, Thompson Speedway, and NASCAR have all been rocked by an unthinkable event. An event so outrageous and unbelievable that it has stunned the entire racing community. In fact it seems like it's all anyone can talk about! And you know what? I'm sick of it! Big deal, Mike G won a race! Who cares! Oh wait, you thought I was talking about that other big thing right? Nah! That's been done to death on other sites. Nope only big news here at 14racing.net and my boy Mikey winning his first race, now that's big! I actually went on the Internet and there it was plain as day on the front page of Yahoo's website: "Hell has frozen over!!!" and of course "Logan airport shut down as air traffic controllers try to deal with massive influx of flying pigs!!!" (Lol, man I kill me.) Now I have heard rumors that all the drivers in the division as a group pretty much rode their breaks the whole way around the track out of sympathy, he is getting married Saturday after all! In fact I heard Dorr even had to downshift into 2nd gear for the last few laps! The poor guy blew his clutch and everything! But that's beside the point, the point is Mike finally got it done, and in a Volkswagon no less! Wow! That's like winning WWII in a jeep with a bayonet tied to the hood! (Or in this case a pink glitter covered Styrofoam horn.) Oh well, no matter how you slice it that's still pretty impressive. Congrats buddy, I'm happy for ya!

From shut out to free-for-all!

Suddenly anything is possible! And I'm not just saying that because Mike G won a race. With just four races left in the season the points race is now up for grabs. What seemed impossible a week ago is suddenly within reach. I suppose mathematically you could make a case for any driver in the top eight, but smart money doesn't look further than fifth. Who will be at the big table this January? Dwayne Door would have to gain 15 points a race on Uncle Buck to steal the big trophy, but at just 22 points back Jeff Moffat only needs to find 5.5 a race to be the champion. What Uncle Buck needs right now is a rainout that Thompson can't reschedule, that would give him a little breathing room. Unfortunately for him this week's forecast is calling for big heat with no rain in sight. The next four weeks are going to be intense I can't wait to see how it all plays out. Good luck to you all and I'll see you there this Thursday night!