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Letter to the editor: Mismanagement kills speedway
As a driver and fan of the Red River Valley Speedway, it saddens me to see how the current fair board and management portrays racing as “not of interest anymore.”
Sunday, May, 12, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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As a driver and fan of the Red River Valley Speedway, it saddens me to see how the current fair board and management portrays racing as “not of interest anymore.”
Sunday, May, 12, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Schatz nonrenewal of RRV Speedway official today
WEST FARGO – The Valley Racing Group’s decision to discontinue operations at the Red River Valley Speedway will become official today.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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WEST FARGO – The Valley Racing Group’s decision to discontinue operations at the Red River Valley Speedway will become official today.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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Red River Valley Speedway finally runs out of tread
West Fargo - A slight fog calmly creeps over the track at the Red River Valley Speedway as it sits quietly in the rain. It was almost as if the exhaust from races past was unable to let go. Lights point toward an empty track, and speakers aim at empty grandstands.
Sunday, May, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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West Fargo - A slight fog calmly creeps over the track at the Red River Valley Speedway as it sits quietly in the rain. It was almost as if the exhaust from races past was unable to let go. Lights point toward an empty track, and speakers aim at empty grandstands.
Sunday, May, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Red River Valley Speedway's future uncertain as race organizers choose to not renew lease
WEST FARGO – The state of auto racing at Red River Valley Speedway is at a crossroads again.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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WEST FARGO – The state of auto racing at Red River Valley Speedway is at a crossroads again.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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Skalicky, Skytland win feature races at Red River Valley Speedway
WEST FARGO – A pair of Fargo drivers picked up feature victories during racing Saturday night at Red River Valley Speedway. Jesse Skalicky won the Pure Stocks feature, while Cody Skytland prevailed in A-Modifieds. Other feature winners were Kevin Robertson in Super Stocks, Bobby Eckerdt in B-Modifieds and Dustin Strand in Late Models.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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WEST FARGO – A pair of Fargo drivers picked up feature victories during racing Saturday night at Red River Valley Speedway. Jesse Skalicky won the Pure Stocks feature, while Cody Skytland prevailed in A-Modifieds. Other feature winners were Kevin Robertson in Super Stocks, Bobby Eckerdt in B-Modifieds and Dustin Strand in Late Models.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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Tony Stewart wins transfer race, finishes 7th in feature at RRV Speedway
WEST FARGO – Area racing fans can finally lay claim to seeing Tony Stewart picking up a checkered flag in person.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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WEST FARGO – Area racing fans can finally lay claim to seeing Tony Stewart picking up a checkered flag in person.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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Fair board accepts letter canceling racing
WEST FARGO – The Red River Valley Fair Association board of directors officials accepted a letter Thursday stating a contract for auto racing at the fair’s Red River Valley Speedway will not be renewed.
Friday, September, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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WEST FARGO – The Red River Valley Fair Association board of directors officials accepted a letter Thursday stating a contract for auto racing at the fair’s Red River Valley Speedway will not be renewed.
Friday, September, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Tony Stewart to race at dirt track in South Dakota
BRANDON, S.D. — Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is scheduled to race at Huset's Speedway near Brandon on July 3.
Thursday, June, 13, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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BRANDON, S.D. — Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is scheduled to race at Huset's Speedway near Brandon on July 3.
Thursday, June, 13, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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NASCAR Nationwide race postponed until Sunday
NEWTON, Iowa – The NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway has been postponed until 10 a.m. Sunday because of rain.
Sunday, June, 09, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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NEWTON, Iowa – The NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway has been postponed until 10 a.m. Sunday because of rain.
Sunday, June, 09, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Busch holds off Larson at Bristol’s finish line
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kyle Busch held off rookie Kyle Larson at the finish Saturday to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kyle Busch held off rookie Kyle Larson at the finish Saturday to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Letter: Not enough fans, no auto races
I want to address a recent letter to The Forum that concerned the Red River Valley Speedway but was in reality an unjustified personal attack on Bryan Schulz, manager of the Red River Valley Fair.
Sunday, June, 09, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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I want to address a recent letter to The Forum that concerned the Red River Valley Speedway but was in reality an unjustified personal attack on Bryan Schulz, manager of the Red River Valley Fair.
Sunday, June, 09, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Haudenschild wins, Schatz drops out at RRVS
WEST FARGO – Jac Haudenschild picked up a first-place finish in the All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint feature on Wednesday at Red River Valley Speedway.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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WEST FARGO – Jac Haudenschild picked up a first-place finish in the All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint feature on Wednesday at Red River Valley Speedway.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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NASCAR driver dies during dirt car race
BRIDGEPORT, N.J. – NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway.
Thursday, June, 13, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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BRIDGEPORT, N.J. – NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway.
Thursday, June, 13, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Local driver says Tony Stewart was 'all over the race track'
WEST FARGO – One area driver defended himself Thursday, one night after he was flipped off by NASCAR star Tony Stewart during races at Red River Valley Speedway.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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WEST FARGO – One area driver defended himself Thursday, one night after he was flipped off by NASCAR star Tony Stewart during races at Red River Valley Speedway.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - INFORUM - Sports
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DOT alcohol education games scheduled today
WEST FARGO – The North Dakota Department of Transportation will hold an event called “Don’t Play Games with Alcohol” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Red River Valley Speedway.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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WEST FARGO – The North Dakota Department of Transportation will hold an event called “Don’t Play Games with Alcohol” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Red River Valley Speedway.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Buffalo River Race Park tries to keep focus on family
Glyndon, Minn. - The Buffalo River Race Park is 59 years old and still running strong. With West Fargo’s Red River Valley Speedway shut down this summer, and possibly the future, there’s no reason to see the track in Glyndon slowing down any time soon.
Sunday, May, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Glyndon, Minn. - The Buffalo River Race Park is 59 years old and still running strong. With West Fargo’s Red River Valley Speedway shut down this summer, and possibly the future, there’s no reason to see the track in Glyndon slowing down any time soon.
Sunday, May, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Fans injured when car sails into fence at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Saturday, February, 23, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Saturday, February, 23, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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Timothy R. Wilson
Timothy R. Wilson, 70, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Tim was born December 31, 1942, in Indianapolis, IN, to Bill and Lucille (Noonan) Wilson. He graduated from high school in Grand Island, NE, and continued his education at Milford Vocational School where he learned to be a diesel mechanic. Tim served in the Army National Guard and worked with Omaha Public Power District. On October 29, 1966, he married Lois Bennett in Paul, NE. Together they made their home in Omaha, NE. Tim started in sales in 1970 with Brand Hydraulics and in 1974, joined JN Fauver and moved to Minneapolis. He was a natural in sales which made him top salesman. In 1977, he started his own business, PortaCo Inc., which manufactures portable hydraulic power units and tools. He started this from his garage while still working with JN Fauver. In 1979, they moved to Moorhead. As PortaCo Inc. gained more clients, Tim made his passion and innovations his full time job in 1985. His blue prints, which evolved into several patents, often started on a napkin. He was proud to build his business and see it grow across the U.S. and even internationally. He always felt his employees were more like co-workers and a second family. At the age of 50, he started racing and enjoyed spending time with his sons at Buffalo River Speedway. He loved his “social club” at the Fry’n Pan where he enjoyed voicing his opinion. He also loved being outdoors, fishing, and restoring old vehicles, but most of all loved his family. He was a great husband, father and grandfather. He will be dearly missed.
Tim is survived by his wife, Lois; sons, Doug of Moorhead, MN, Tom (Mary) of Glyndon, MN; and grandchildren, Taylor, Jonathan, Lane, Daniel and Joe.
Saturday, April, 06, 2013 - INFORUM - Obits
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Timothy R. Wilson, 70, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Tim was born December 31, 1942, in Indianapolis, IN, to Bill and Lucille (Noonan) Wilson. He graduated from high school in Grand Island, NE, and continued his education at Milford Vocational School where he learned to be a diesel mechanic. Tim served in the Army National Guard and worked with Omaha Public Power District. On October 29, 1966, he married Lois Bennett in Paul, NE. Together they made their home in Omaha, NE. Tim started in sales in 1970 with Brand Hydraulics and in 1974, joined JN Fauver and moved to Minneapolis. He was a natural in sales which made him top salesman. In 1977, he started his own business, PortaCo Inc., which manufactures portable hydraulic power units and tools. He started this from his garage while still working with JN Fauver. In 1979, they moved to Moorhead. As PortaCo Inc. gained more clients, Tim made his passion and innovations his full time job in 1985. His blue prints, which evolved into several patents, often started on a napkin. He was proud to build his business and see it grow across the U.S. and even internationally. He always felt his employees were more like co-workers and a second family. At the age of 50, he started racing and enjoyed spending time with his sons at Buffalo River Speedway. He loved his “social club” at the Fry’n Pan where he enjoyed voicing his opinion. He also loved being outdoors, fishing, and restoring old vehicles, but most of all loved his family. He was a great husband, father and grandfather. He will be dearly missed.
Tim is survived by his wife, Lois; sons, Doug of Moorhead, MN, Tom (Mary) of Glyndon, MN; and grandchildren, Taylor, Jonathan, Lane, Daniel and Joe.
Saturday, April, 06, 2013 - INFORUM - Obits
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Tony Kanaan wins Indianapolis 500
By Jenna Fryer AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Kanaan had one more anticlimactic lap under the yellow caution flag, to end 12 years of frustration in the Indianapolis 500. He flipped up his visor to wipe away tears as the crowd roared its approval, and then in Victory Lane gave his bride of two months a long kiss and poured the celebratory winner’s milk over his head. Kanaan is Indy’s hard-luck loser no more. He is its champion at last, fittingly with a dose of good luck for a change. “I have to say, the last lap was the longest lap of my life,” Kanaan said. It was one of Indy’s most popular victories. The losers were pleased with the outcome, evidenced by a scene similar to rivals lining up to congratulate Dale Earnhardt when he finally won the Daytona 500 on his 20th try. Dario Franchitti, whose crash brought out the race-ending caution, stood grinning by his crumpled car, two thumbs up as Kanaan passed under yellow. “When I saw who was leading, it cheered me up a little bit,” said Franchitti, last year’s winner. “He’s a very, very deserving winner.” The fans thought so, too, standing on their feet, screaming “TK! TK! TK!” as he and team owner Jimmy Vasser went by during the traditional victory lap. It felt magical to Kanaan, like he had given the crowd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a gift. “It means a lot to me because so many people, I could feel that they wanted me to win, and it’s such a selfish thing to do because what are they getting from it?” Kanaan said. “I’m the one who gets the trophy. I believed that this win was more for people out there than for me. “I wanted it all my life, but over the years I was kind of OK with the fact that I may never have the chance to win.” His chance came at the end of a history-making race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Kanaan knew he had to pounce at the green flag for the final restart with three laps to go. He did, zipping inside leader Ryan Hunter-Reay to roar to the lead – where he wanted to be in case another caution came out. “I knew I had to get the lead on the restart because it could be a yellow, which happened to me plenty of times here, and it did,” Kanaan said. “How funny is life? The yellow was my best friend.” Kanaan had his fair share of chances to win at Indy, but came up short time and time again. He was leading when the rain came in 2007, only to lose to Franchitti when the race resumed. In all, Kanaan went into Sunday’s race with 221 laps led at Indy – more than any non-winner except Michael Andretti and Rex Mays – but his second-place finish to Buddy Rice in 2004 was the closest he had come to victory. He had a pair of third-place finishes, including last year, again to Franchitti. “It’s wonderful for him,” said Mario Andretti, himself a victim of bad luck at Indy. “He’s raced here long enough that he deserves it, no question.” The win for Kanaan and car owner Vasser was celebrated throughout the paddock. Alex Zanardi, who came from Italy to watch the race and gave Kanaan one of his 2012 London Paralympics medals as good luck, wept behind the pit wall as Kanaan took the checkered flag. “I tell you I’m starting to think (the medal) really works,” said Zanardi, who lost his legs in a 2001 crash in Germany. “It’s a dream come true to see Tony win, to see Jimmy Vasser win, my dear friend. I’m so happy, I’m so happy.” It was Vasser who brought Zanardi’s medal to Kanaan before the race, telling his driver that Zanardi wanted him to rub it for good luck. “I actually cuddled with the thing,” Kanaan admitted.
Sunday, May, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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By Jenna Fryer AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Kanaan had one more anticlimactic lap under the yellow caution flag, to end 12 years of frustration in the Indianapolis 500. He flipped up his visor to wipe away tears as the crowd roared its approval, and then in Victory Lane gave his bride of two months a long kiss and poured the celebratory winner’s milk over his head. Kanaan is Indy’s hard-luck loser no more. He is its champion at last, fittingly with a dose of good luck for a change. “I have to say, the last lap was the longest lap of my life,” Kanaan said. It was one of Indy’s most popular victories. The losers were pleased with the outcome, evidenced by a scene similar to rivals lining up to congratulate Dale Earnhardt when he finally won the Daytona 500 on his 20th try. Dario Franchitti, whose crash brought out the race-ending caution, stood grinning by his crumpled car, two thumbs up as Kanaan passed under yellow. “When I saw who was leading, it cheered me up a little bit,” said Franchitti, last year’s winner. “He’s a very, very deserving winner.” The fans thought so, too, standing on their feet, screaming “TK! TK! TK!” as he and team owner Jimmy Vasser went by during the traditional victory lap. It felt magical to Kanaan, like he had given the crowd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a gift. “It means a lot to me because so many people, I could feel that they wanted me to win, and it’s such a selfish thing to do because what are they getting from it?” Kanaan said. “I’m the one who gets the trophy. I believed that this win was more for people out there than for me. “I wanted it all my life, but over the years I was kind of OK with the fact that I may never have the chance to win.” His chance came at the end of a history-making race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Kanaan knew he had to pounce at the green flag for the final restart with three laps to go. He did, zipping inside leader Ryan Hunter-Reay to roar to the lead – where he wanted to be in case another caution came out. “I knew I had to get the lead on the restart because it could be a yellow, which happened to me plenty of times here, and it did,” Kanaan said. “How funny is life? The yellow was my best friend.” Kanaan had his fair share of chances to win at Indy, but came up short time and time again. He was leading when the rain came in 2007, only to lose to Franchitti when the race resumed. In all, Kanaan went into Sunday’s race with 221 laps led at Indy – more than any non-winner except Michael Andretti and Rex Mays – but his second-place finish to Buddy Rice in 2004 was the closest he had come to victory. He had a pair of third-place finishes, including last year, again to Franchitti. “It’s wonderful for him,” said Mario Andretti, himself a victim of bad luck at Indy. “He’s raced here long enough that he deserves it, no question.” The win for Kanaan and car owner Vasser was celebrated throughout the paddock. Alex Zanardi, who came from Italy to watch the race and gave Kanaan one of his 2012 London Paralympics medals as good luck, wept behind the pit wall as Kanaan took the checkered flag. “I tell you I’m starting to think (the medal) really works,” said Zanardi, who lost his legs in a 2001 crash in Germany. “It’s a dream come true to see Tony win, to see Jimmy Vasser win, my dear friend. I’m so happy, I’m so happy.” It was Vasser who brought Zanardi’s medal to Kanaan before the race, telling his driver that Zanardi wanted him to rub it for good luck. “I actually cuddled with the thing,” Kanaan admitted.
Sunday, May, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - Sports
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ND agencies promise stepped-up DUI enforcement
BISMARCK — North Dakota law enforcement agencies are promising stepped-up efforts to stop drunken driving in the next month.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK — North Dakota law enforcement agencies are promising stepped-up efforts to stop drunken driving in the next month.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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