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With a little over 3 months to go before the 2012 racing season starts, everyone seems to be getting the itch. We appreciate all the feedback and help during the offseason. The season opener slot car challenge is being planned as well as the finalization of the 2012 Miniakota touring schedule. Below is a sneak peek at the tentative plans pending a few tracks sanctioning agreements and construction work. We are sure the schudaual will change. We will be dropping, adding and changing it before its official. The official schedule will be released Mid April. We thank you for your patients. Due to us being a traveling schedule we cannot complete or venues until they tacks complete there's and book us. We are also working diligently on our tech procedures and implementing our new tech tools and scopes. We look forward to more updates to come over the next few months highlighting what is to come in the 2012 season.

2012 Miniakota Microsprints Tentative series
2012 Miniakota Microsprints Schedule.
April 16 Friday Test N Tune Prinston speedway Prinston MN.
April 27th Friday Test N Tune Rapid Speedway Rock rapids Iowa
May ?th Saturday Test N Tune Casino Speedway Watertown. SD
May 5th Saturday Test N Tune Murray county speedway Slayton Mn
May 12th Saturday Test N Tune Murray county speedway Slayton Mn
Other test Test N Tune dates to follow.
April 29th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN.
May 6th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN.
May 13th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN.
May 18th Friday Points Rapid speedway Rock rapids Ia w/410's sprint special.
May 20th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN.
Jun 1st Friday Points Murray county speedway Slayton MN
June 3rd Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
June 8th Friday night NonPoints Clay county speedway W/WOO
June 10th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
June 17th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
.Jun 22nd Friday Points Rapid speedway Rock rapids Ia W/410's special
June 24th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
July 1st Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
July 3rd Tuesday Points Husets Speedway Brandon SD W/WOO
July 6th Friday Points Rapid speedway Rock rapids Iowa W/ACSC sprint special.
July 8th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
July 15th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
July 20th Friday Points Murray county speedway Slayton Mn
July 26th Thursday Points Redwood speedway Redwood MN Worthington MN
July 27th Friday Points Prinston speedway Prinston MN.
July 29th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN.
Aug 5 Sunday Points Husets Speedway Brandon SD
Aug 10th Friday NonPoints Murray county speedway Slayton Mn
Aug 11th Friday NonPoints Murray county speedway Slayton Mn
Aug 12th Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
Aug 18 Saturday Points University plains speedway Brookings SD.
Aug 19th Sunday Points Casino Speedway Watertown. SD
Aug 26 Sunday Points Nobles County Speedway Worthington MN
Aug 31st Friday Points Murray county speedway Slayton Mn
Sept 8th Saturday Points Clay county speedway W/WOO
Sept9th Sunday Points Husets Speedway Brandon SD
Sept15 Sat NonPoints Deer creek speedway W/WOO special Co sanction Badger
Sept 21 Fri Nonpoints St. Croix Valley Raceway St. Croix Falls Mn UMSS nationals
Sept 22 Sat Nonpoints St. Croix Valley Raceway St. Croix Falls Mn UMSS nationals

34 dates, 6 nonpoints events. on a 28 show season- best 23 shows scored.

If a Rain date cannot be rescheduled it will be dropped as is the association with it being winged or nonwinged. Weather will not play a part in deciding if we take the tops off or not, the schedule will not be changed to even the number of winged or nonwinged races out. Is what it is due to weather.

Points Eligibility. To be eligible for point $ a racer must make 70% of the completed shows.

We already have sponsors commuted to $500-$1000Purse increases for some season show specials.TBD

Tiered payout standard show= 1.$300, 2nd$150, 3-5th=$125 6th-10th=$100 11th-20th=$65 21sth-24th=$50. *Based on 24 car field...

Per night for a full field of cars $450 gets banked for points fund. Potential Points purse based on 30shows=$13,500 to be divided to the top 70% attendees.

2012 will also have some additional contingency sponsors on board.

$50= 2012 membership needed to run a Miniakota show. No membership, no pay on Sanctioned shows. This money is used to go towards out Tech personnel and web services for the year. The left over will be used for Nightly purse increase and or season points.

Brandon Buyse sports his much deserved purple Hoosier jacket and hard earned Iron for his seasons efforts.

The Miniakota Banquet seems to have been as successful as the race season Itself. Brandon Buysse and Family would celebrate a great victory in the Miniakota ranks after a hard fought season came to a end. Brandon along with team member Shane Fick would take first and second places respectively after they battled each other all season long. $4500 in points fund was also handed out to the top drivers making 75% of the shows along with the following awards. A 2012 open rules discussion had also taken place during the annual gathering. final 2012 rules will be posted soon. Thank you to the 45 people that attended our banquet and entered in to our discussions.
Awards:
2012 Points Champion/Brandon Buysse
2nd in Points/Shane Fick
3rd in Points/Ryan Schuur
Most Improved Driver/Derek Steen
Black Cloud Award/ Dan Doyscher
Senior Rookie of the Year/Curt Schuur
Youth Rookie of the Year/Kaleb Johnson
Mile Award/Ed Wagoner
Mechanic of the Year/Jim Fick
High Altitude Award/ Tim Ottenbacher

2011 Miniakota Micros Awards banquet
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Miniakota Season banquet is soon to come as we will crown our 2011 Points champion Brandon Buysse on his amazing break out season. Please invite friends, family and racing fans for a fun night of Miniakota entertainment. We have plenty of room. Info on the meal, discusion and awards are below. Please RSVP asap.

Miniakota Microsprints Banquet October 15th.
Location:
Worthington Country Club
851 West Oxford Street P.O. Box 306
Worthington, Minnesota 56187
Phone: (507) 376-5142
RSVP by Oct 9: Email = nanchuisman@yahoo.com Text/call 712-230-0349
Meal: Sliced Beef Brisket Sandwich, BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich, BBQ Chicken Sandwich, Potato Wedges, Baked Beans, Potato Salad, or Coleslaw. Also Coffee and Soda included for $11.95+gratuity added to bill.

Time: Social Hour 4:30-6pm, 2012
2012 Season discussion 6pm
A. Motor rules. 636 Open, 600 open, 600 Stock.
B. Rules infractions and protest, Tech personnel.
C. Travel schedule. Number of shows. Distance & Holidays, Points system.
D. Tracks Pay, Staying united.
F. Swap meet.
G. Volunteers, Sponsors & points.\
H. Any other related Miniakota microsprints propaganda.
Banquet presentation and awards to follow Miniakota Perpetual state award.
Miniakota Miles Award, Miniakota Altitude award, Miniakota Mechanic of the year, Miniakota Series Points Champion, Miniakota Top 3. Miniakota Rookie of the year, Miniakota Black Cloud award, Miniakota Most improved driver.

Ben Woods would show how patients is everything on the technical Nonwing track this past Saturday night. Woods would start a 2nd row and find himself in a 3 wide battle for the opening circuits of the race with 6 other cars. The track was wide for the racers and everyone seemed to be trying different groves. As the race would go on the racing surface would narrow up and Woods would setting in behind Ottenbacher who would be reeled in only after a late race caution. As the 32t of Ottenbacher machine would start to fade Woods 11b would wait for a mistake. On the last lap he would get his chance as Ottenbacher would miss his entry and give the spot away. Woods would collect $300 for his efforts and pocket $500 for his weekend total visiting the Miniakota Group. One driver that didn't win still found a way to be top dog. Brandon Buysse found himself another solid finish sealing away his impressive 2011 Miniakota season.

1Ben Wood#11b
2Tim Ottenbacher#32t
3Ryan Schuur#21
4Derek Steen#22s
5Brandon Buysse#1
6Kris Wilke#89k
7Shane Fick#4
8Bryce Rabenhorst#18
9Kalab Johnson- R#22
10Jason Wagner#51w
11Chris Breen#51w
12Zach Drahota#39
13Curt Schuur#22s
14Trey Thesenvitz#53
15Tyler Martin#16
16Lucas Frahm#29
17Wade Huisman#21w
18Devon Huff#4u

Kaleb Johnson picked up his second feature win of the season and one of the biggest of his career. Coming off a great win at the Matco tools Nationonals in Watertown SD Kaleb used his momentum this past weekend. World of Oultaws support shows bring a great amount of excitement to the air. With all that can come much stress but from the start of the race Johnson would keep his 22 machine in perfect form. He would extend to a straight away lead before the #6 of Dan Doyscher would make heavy contact with the wall and bring out the Red. A long wait would make the crowd worried as Dan would finally climb from his car. With the number 6 machine taking heavy damage Dan would retire for the evening. At the restart of the race Ryan Schuur would find himself chasing Johnson for the lead until several laps later Schuur would lose a right rear collecting Shane Fick and Jordan Nordstrom in the process. Schuur would head to the infield and Fick and Nordstrom would head to the rear. Ben woods would inherit the second position and a chance at leader Kaleb Johnson as the green fell for the final rounds. To keep in perfect form Kaleb Johnson checked out once again and sealed the deal for another big win in thez#22 machine.

1Kalab Johnson- R#22
2Ben Wood#11b
3Derek Steen#22s
4Tim Ottenbacher#32t
5Mike Nichols#67
6Trey Thesenvitz#53
7Ryan Hargon#4x
8Eric Bridger#81
9Jordan Nordstrom#11j
10Kris Wilke#11k
11Shane Fick#4
12Chris Breen#97b
13Devon Huff#4u
14Lucas Frahm#29
15Ryan Schuur#21
16Curt Schuur#21
17Dan Doyscher#6
18Zach Drahota#39
19Bryce Rabenhorst#18

Double down Miniakota finals!!! 410 outlaws, JSTS 360's & Miniakota Microsprints!!! Sept 16th&17th!!!

The Microsprints final weekend of racing will exemplify how our season has progressed. Friday the 16th will see us on a big 3/8 mile track running support show to the Greatest show on Dirt. The World of outlaws will be visiting the Clay county fair on Friday night bringing the best in the business and a sold out venue 4 years in a row! $2500 will be up for grabs as Miniakota drivers and visitors run with the wings under a nonpoint "open" show as all visitors are welcome to come. Saturday the 17th will see the $2000 up for grabs as the Turkey Day Madness makes its way into Worthington on the shorter track! Miniakota Microsprints close out there points season with one final night of racing chasing a turkey leg! The Miniakota Microsprints will be joined by the JSTS sprints as the 360 sprint group will battle it out on the short track with the Miniakota going topless!
Night 1 Clay county Fair WOO special Winged-nonpoint.

Scoring will be on a passing points plus finishing points system.
$40 Gates Pits open 2pm Enter @ Gate H.
Hotlaps 6:30.
1st=$300
2nd=$200
3rd=$175
4th=$150
5th-7th= $125
8th-15th= $100
16th-21st=$75
22nd-$24=$50

Night 2 Turkey Day Madness, JSTS 360 support! Miniakota Nonwing points.
$30pit pass $15 admission, Kids under 12 are free!!!
Pit gates open @ 3 Pit meeting 4:45
Hotlaps 5:30
multiple Bikes will be given away for kids!!!
Bike sponsors: Rushmore Plumbing, Jackson Chiropractic, Keizer Aluminum Wheels Inc.,

Scoring will be on a passing points plus finishing points system.

1st=$300
2nd=$200
3rd=$150
4th-7th=$125
8th-11th=$100
12th-15th=$75
16th-2rth=$50

Shane fick takes the $360 bucks on King of meat night!!!
Monogram Meat Snacks and the Miniakota Microsprints get together for a night of racing and snacks. A quality company for over60 years. Monogram meat snakes has come from a humble beginning as a community grocery store in 1938, Trail's Best Snacks has evolved into one of the largest meat snack manufacturers in the United States. Trail's Best Snacks makes over 50 delicious meat snacks at their manufacturing plant in Chandler, Minnesota. Our Sales and Marketing main office is located in Memphis, TN.
This weekend's events will see the first of our last two Nonwing shows to end the points season. Sunday night will be $365 to represent the Trails Best Snacks for the tracks best driver. This winner take all purse will be one to battle for. Will Ryan Schuur make it 5 out of 6 Nonwing events for the season? Will Brandon Buysse Dial it in and put the nail in the coffin for the rest of the points chasers. Stay tuned to find out what happens in the next episode of Miniakota Micro Madness!!!

Heading into 2nd to last points race of the year our race is close. These are 99% correct but a few numbers are off and we need time to figure out the small differences. Please note some drivers qualified to have 1 or 2 of their worst finishes tossed. After our last show the current points board will be changed to reflect these adjusted numbers. At this time there are 12 drivers that have qualified for the points fund reaching 75% of the events. We have many other categories of prizes and awards that have been established. We are working to get a turkey Day event planned at this time. We hope to have more info shortly on this event. **Go to the main page to enlarge veiw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fick & Huisman stumble, Buysse stays consistent.

Going into the Casino Speedway Matco Tools Nationals 5points seperated the top 3 Miniakota Championchip points race, The #21w of Wade Huisman has been fighting to get back into contention with front runners Brandon Buysse and Shane Fick all summer. The Teamates Fick and Buysse have been going back and forth for months with their #1 & #4 Hyper Chassis.

Night one would see Brandon Buysse hold off Tim Ottenbacher for the Victory. The track was very slick and not allot of passing room on the tight paper clip. Ottenbacher would make several attempts around the outside Buysse but he would be unsuccessful. Ottenbacher would settle for second with Kris Wilke, Shane Fick and Ryan Schuur rounding out the top five. 2nd place points getter Huisman would have heartbreak as a earlier incident in the night would sideline his machine as he would lose valuable ground on points bid. Hard Charger award would go to Dereck Steen's 22s machine.

Night two action saw a better race track with some incredible lap times. Huisman would set the stage early in the heats tossing down the fastest times of the night. After the draw he would find himself outside pole with Kaleb Johnson who was also recovering from a incident with the wall the prior night. It would appear the two's luck would be changing as they set the pace for the final night of racing. Johnson would beat Huisman to the corner on two starts that were called back with cars getting tangled back in the pack. Shane Fick would his own dose of heartbreak as his car would receive damage from a tangle with the 97b of Chris Breen causing him to retire his machine to the infield hurting his bid for the points. On the third start Huisman would have his machine dialed in and get a edge on Johnson going into the first corner. A long green flag would see the #21 of Huisman pull from the rest of the pack. A yellow would bunch the Miniakota drivers back up and bring the charging Schuur within distance. On the green flag restart Schuur would find himself gaining on the first place spot as huisman's car made a mistake in turns 3&4. A half of lap later Schuur would try his hand on the bottom of Huisman for the lead. The two would tangle to a stop. Officials would award Huisman his spot back and send Schuur to the rear. With a banged up car Huisman would try and salvage his run. 5 laps would remain as the flag dropped and Huisman would lead to the last corner when he encountered a slowing car. Huisman guessed incorrectly as Johnsons 22 machine would take full advantage of the 21w misstep. Johnson would close the door and the game was over. "I was happy to see Kaleb get the win. After a long weekend of getting banged around the next best thing to winning is watching a youngster get his first win." Kaleb's crew has struggled with Motor troubles for most of the season and it seems the bad luck went away. Noted was a another consistent 3rd place finish by Brandon Buysse. With it came a 25point lead on the rest of the field going into the final weeks of racing. Hard charger award went to Ed Wagner of Newcastle Wy,

Finish/ Start/ Car/ Driver Hometown Pay
1. 1. 1 Brandon Buysse Randall , Mn 200
2. 2. 32T Tim Ottenbacher Hospers , Ia 150
3. 3. 89K Kris Wilke Porter , Mn 125
4. 4. 4 Shane Fick Brandon , Sd 125
5. 9. 21 Ryan Schuur Chandler , Mn 125
6. 10. 51W Ed Wagoner Newcastle , Wy 100
7. 12. 22S Derek Steen Lakefield , Mn 100
8. 11. 39 Zach Drahota Jackson , Mn 100
9. 13. 51 Jason Wagoner Sioux Falls, Sd 100
10. 14. 29 Lucas Frahm Magnolia , Mn 100
11. 16. 6 Dan Doyscher Ramona , Sd 75
12. 6. 67 Mike Nichols Watertown , Sd 75
13. 8. 22 Kaleb Johnson Sioux Falls, Sd 75
14. 7. 22X Greg Gunderson Chandler, MN 75
15. 15. 2 Curt Schuur Chandler , Mn 75
16. 17. 97B Chris Breen Sioux Falls, Sd 75
17. 5. 21W Wade Huisman Orange City, Ia 75
18. 18. 4X Ryan Hargin - 75

Finish Start Car Driver. Hometown Pay
1. 1. 22 Kaleb Johnson Sioux Falls, Sd 500
2. 2. 21W Wade Huisman Orange City, Ia 350
3. 6. 1 Brandon Buysse Randall , Mn 250
4. 5. 32T Tim Ottenbacher Hospers , Ia 250
5. 8. 67 Mike Nichols Watertown , Sd 250
6. 10. 22S Derek Steen Lakefield , Mn 200
7. 3. 89K Kris Wilke Porter , Mn 200
8. 4. 21 Ryan Schuur Chandler , Mn 200
9. 14. 51W Ed Wagoner Newcastle , Wy 200
10. 11. 39 Zach Drahota Jackson , Mn 200
11. 16. 51 Jason Wagoner Sioux Falls, Sd 150
12. 13. 2 Curt Schuur Chandler , Mn 150
13. 15. 29 Lucas Frahm Magnolia , Mn 150
14. 12. 22X Greg Gunderson Sioux Falls SD 150
15. 7. 4 Shane Fick Brandon , Sd 150
16. 9 97B Chris Breen Sioux Falls, Sd 150
17. 17. 53 Trey Thesenvitz Jasper , Mn 150