Ethanol Tour

This past week Shane and Dale Mathison headed out for the Corn Grower's Ethanol Series for Midwest Mods.  Tuesday was the start of the tour, at Viking Speedway in Alexandria, where Shane started 13th and finished 2nd.  Wednesday was racing at Madison Speedway in Madison, MN (which he usually only gets to once a year) and started 12th in the feature and finished 2nd.  The reason he was starting so far back in the feature is because of his 'poor' draw & heat race finish.  Thursday was the final show of the tour, which was held at KRA in Willmar.  Going into the evening, Brian Haben was 5 points ahead of Shane and Justin Jones (who were tied for 2nd).  So it came down to how they finished that night's feature.  Haben drew the pole with Shane starting right behind him.... Shane had a bit of an advantage being that he runs there weekly, and he ended up winning the feature, putting him in the lead of the Ethanol Tour Points! 

The special "Charlie Nelson" trophy!
And yes, Mason wears his Dale Mathison shirt backwards, so that HE can see the car!

Aside from the Ethanol Tour, they also raced A-mods at Willmar, where Shane won the feature with that car.  Friday we had planned on not racing at all, and taking Mason to the Monster trucks at the Benton County Fairgrounds...Well, somehow Shane got a bug up his butt to go to Ada, MN's (Norman County Raceway).  He finished 1st with the MWM, and 5th with the A-mod.  Mason & I still went to the Monster trucks with Sonja & Skyeler, and had a fun (but hectic) time!  We also raced Saturday in Brainerd, where Shane finished 6th with the MWM and 7th? in the A-mod.

Saturday, Shane came in the house, and told me to come look at my son.... This is what I found when I went out to the garage! :) He's gonna be a good help in a few years!