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Fall Show # 1
Saturday, October 22,
2005 Stinebrink's Pick' n Save, Delavan WI. (outdoors in a
parking lot!) It was chilly.....it was wet.....but
we still had a good event.....seven cars, seven drivers..... and in spite of the
uncooperative weather several visitors including young children interested in
seeing the cars and potential owner/drivers as well as a few new fans..... a lot
of good P.R. for FIRA.
PICTURES
Report supplied by a Cold
& Wet, Doug Farrell
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We're Racin.......see ya Next Year
Race # 17
William
Long III
Was the Feature
winner
October 8 & 9, 2005 Rockford Speedway Report; N/A
FIRA report; N/A. The UFIRST Formula Indy Feature Winner at the Rockford Speedway Little Car Nationals was William Long III driving the Bob Benner prepared #45 from Holly Michigan.
Race # 16
Paul Bosier
Was the Feature
winner
September 30, 2005, Lake Geneva Speedway Report: By Dale R. Erdmann In the formula indy cars Michigan driver Paul Bosier made his trip worth the miles, by taking fast time, winning the heat and the 10 lap feature for a clean sweep of that class.
FIRA report; N/A. Formula Indy Feature Winner was Paul Bosier, Michigan.
Race # 15
Vern
Brown
Took the FIRA Feature
win Labor day afternoon at Rockford Speedway!
The first Heat
winner was all Deron DeBoer.
With John Zeilinga bringing home a Fast & Furious second Heat
Win.
September 5, 2005 Rockford
Speedway Report. link>
Excerpt
from article by Kevin Ramsell < link
Vern Brown celebrated his 62nd birthday by capturing
the FIRA Mini-Indy feature event. Brown started on the front row and battled
with Grant Greenfield for the lead. Brown would pull away from Greenfield to a
healthy lead. Greenfield would go on to battle Johnny Zielinga for second. Brown
would capture his fourth feature win at Rockford this year. Greenfield would go
on finish second over Zielinga by half a car length.
FIRA report; Twelve cars made the show at
Rockford Speedway for a fun race.
It was really great to have two more cars, The
#44 of Bart Stern & the #0 of Paul
Bosner come over from north of Flint Michigan
to join in the show and make it that much better.
Hay, I've got an idea! lets all get together & race more often. WR
webmaster / FIRA #8
(TWS-DWF)(F+N,N+F????)
In Heat one Deron DeBoer Jumped out to an early lead in heat one and held on for the win.
Heat two was a tight race from start to finish with John Zeilinga holding off the five other cars that were all looking for a chance to take the win away from him.
In the Feature Vern Brown jumped out to an early lead.
Second to seventh was a battle with Grant Greenfield taking second. Vern took
the feature while celebrating his 62nd birthday.
Congratulations to Deron and John on the heat wins and Vern on winning the
feature and Happy Birthday Vern!
Race
Report & Results supplied
by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||
| P= |
Heat 1 |
Heat 2 |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Deron DeBoer | John Zeilinga | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Bart Stern | Kai McNulty | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Paul Bosner | Vern Brown | 3 | John Zeilinga |
| 4 | Joline Slomka | Grant Greenfield | 4 | Jim Bass |
| 5 | Chris Hibbard | Anthony Wallace | 5 | Deron DeBoer |
| 6 | Harvey Foster | Jim Bass | 6 | Kai McNulty |
| 7 | 7 | Anthony Wallace | ||
| 8 | 8 | Bart Stern | ||
| 9 | 9 |
Chris Hibbard |
||
| 10 | 10 | -Harvey Fosterell | ||
| 11 | 11 | -Paul Bosner | ||
| 12 | 12 | -Joline Slomka (DNF) | ||
Race # 14
Deron
DeBoer
Was the FIRA Feature
winner Was the FIRA Feature winner and the Fast Qualifier
Saturday night at the Wisconsin Dells Motor Speedway!
The Heat win went to Kai McNulty.
And Vern Brown has
locked in his Third Championship!
Aug. 27, 2005 Wisconsin Dells
Motor Speedway Report:
link >
By
Mike Olson < link
Race fans had an extra bonus in the Formula Indy
Racing Association.
FIRA report;Nine FIRA cars made the tow to
Wisconsin Dells Speedway for a fun race on a great track.
Deron DeBoer showed that he would be a force to be reckoned with as he set Fast
Time at 13.825.
Kai McNulty started the Heat race on the pole with Jim Bass outside pole. The two raced the entire race side by side with Kai taking the win.
The Feature was a battle between Grant Greenfield and
Deron DeBoer with Grant jumping out to an early lead. On lap nine Deron DeBoer
moved into the lead. Mean while Anthony Wallace, Jim Bass and Vern Brown were
battling for third. At the finish it was Deron DeBoer taking the win, Grant
second, Vern third, Anthony forth and Jim fifth.
Race
Report & Results supplied
by Jim Bass
Congratulations to Vern Brown on the winning of his third Championship!
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | |||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Deron DeBoer | 13.825 | Kai McNulty | 1 | Deron DeBoer |
| 2 | Vern Brown | 14.024 | Jim Bass | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Grant Greenfield | 14.125 | Grant Greenfield | 3 | Vern Brown |
| 4 | Anthony Wallace | 14.199 | Deron DeBoer | 4 | Anthony Wallace |
| 5 | John Zeilinga | 14.483 | Vern Brown | 5 | Jim Bass |
| 6 | Eric Ritchey | 14.610 | Eric Ritchey | 6 | Kai McNulty |
| 7 | Jim Bass |
14.644 |
Anthony Wallace | 7 | John Zeilinga |
| 8 | Kai McNulty | 14.658 | John Zeilinga | 8 | Eric Ritchey |
| 9 | Doug Farrell |
DNQ |
Doug Farrell |
9 |
Doug Farrell (DNS) |
Race # 13
Vern
Brown
Took top honors
Saturday night at Lake Geneva Speedway winning both the Heat and Feature
races. That brings Vern to four Feature wins for 05. It was a full moon Night!
August 19, 2005, Lake Geneva Speedway Report:
link >
By
Dale R. Erdmann < link
Veteran driver Vern Brown of Waunakee could
have taken a clean sweep, if problems hadn’t taken him out of qualifying. But
winning the heat and winning the 20 lap feature for the Formula Indy
cars, for a back of the pack start in each event.
FIRA report; It was another
exciting/strange, Friday night at Lake Geneva Speedway as FIRA went up to qualify.
First out was Vern Brown, he's on the gas, the green, and then,
? slows to a stop? After the # 1 cars exit
it was on with the show with #37 Grant Greenfield setting fast time for the
evening.
Next was the 4 lap Fast cars Dash, inverted. 14 & 11 followed by
the 58 & 37.
Green, into turn one and #11 Deron DeBoer into first. Four laps latter, at the checkered
it was all Deron DeBoer.
The Heat begins as a full moon is rising, with ten cars for ten
laps.
Green flag to Joline Slomka in the #8 on pole with #99 Jim Bass on the outside
and into turn one and a blur of color as nine cars try to better their positions
all at the same time, out of two, it's Jim Bass first followed by Kai McNulty's 14.
Kai eventually takes the leed from Jim, then along about lap four the moons
effects start to show just as Vern Brown takes the 1 car into the leed,
behind him at a distance, the Dash winner Deron DeBoer takes his 11 car, hard, into the tire
stack at the end of turn four, yellow.
Deron is ok! the same cannot be said for his car it's done for the evening.
On the restart Vern takes off leaving the fight for second and third to Kai,
John Zeilinga 58 , Anthony Wallace 9 and Grant Greenfield.
On lap eight Grant gets around Anthony for fourth and goes after John who is
trying to find a way around Kai, confused yet? wait.
As the white flag waves on lap nine out the first turn Grant gets a run outside of
John, John's car, down low and coming off turn two the rear end brakes loose and
John does a pirouette,
backwards into the back straight with Anthony following Grant high outside of John, who never lifted, then finishes his perfect
360 amidst his tire smoke and the grandstands applause!
Another checkered flag for Vern with Kai second, Grant third, Anthony
fourth, John (alias Spinner) fifth and Jim sixth, Joline (leave me out of that mess) Slomka,
Chris Hibbard, Doug Farrell. and so ends the Heat?
The Feature same front row, Green Flag and Jim's into first,
Joline in second Kai third.
Lap three, Vern into first, Kai second and Jim third with Grant stalking.
A few laps later it's Vern, Grant, Kai, Anthony, John (Spinner) followed by Jim
then Chris Hibbard's 33, Joline
(I vaunt to be alone) and the #88 of Doug (I just got it back together
& I want it to stay that way) Farrell.
As the checkered waves it is Vern-Grant-Kai-Anthony-John-Jim and wait it ain't
over yet, Joline out of turn
four gets inside Chris for seventh with Chris, eighth and Doug Farrell (it's ok,
it ain't broke).
Congratulations to the 90% that made it through the night & Deron on winning
the Dash (and a sorry from turn 4)
Race Report by a confused, Wally (on the side lines) Reitz
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | |||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Grant Greenfield | 16.688 | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | John Zeilinga | 16.737 | Kai McNulty | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Deron DeBoer | 17.044 | Grant Greenfield | 3 | Kai McNulty |
| 4 | Kai McNulty | 17.049 | Anthony Wallace | 4 | Anthony Wallace |
| 5 | Anthony Wallace | 17.319 | John Zeilinga | 5 | John Zeilinga |
| 6 | Jim Bass | 17.713 | Jim Bass | 6 | Jim Bass |
| 7 | Joline Slomka |
18.046 |
Joline Slomka | 7 | Joline Slomka |
| 8 | Vern Brown (DNQ) | - | Chris Hibbard | 8 | Chris Hibbard |
| 9 | Chris Hibbard (DNS) |
- |
Doug Farrell |
9 |
Doug Farrell |
| 10 |
Doug Farrell (DNS) |
- |
Deron DeBoer (DNF) |
10 | -ell |
Race # 12
Grant
Greenfield
Scored his fourth
Feature win This year at Columbus 151 Speedway Friday Night! The Heat
winner was Vern Brown.
August 12, 2005, Columbus 151 Speedway Report: N/A
FIRA report, Eight
FIRA cars put on a great show for the Columbus 151 fans last night.
Vern Brown demonstrated the speed of a FIRA car to the fans by setting a new
track record of 12.893
The Heat one was a vicious dog fight for the first three laps with cars
going three wide through the corners before the field settled down into single
file racing. By lap 6 Vern and Grant moved from the back of the field to the
front with Vern winning the heat.
The Feature was a fast 20 caution free laps. Grant started the feature on
the pole and never looked back. Vern lost a chain on the start of the race. Kai
and Deron kept the pressure on Grant the full 20 laps, but Grant was not to be
denied the win.
Congratulations to Vern on setting quick time, a new track record and winning
the heat race and to Grant on winning feature.
Race
Report & Results supplied
by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | |||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 12.893 | Vern Brown | 1 | Grant Greenfield |
| 2 | Deron DeBoer | 13.110 | Grant Greenfield | 2 | Kai McNulty |
| 3 | Grant Greenfield | 13.320 | Kai McNulty | 3 | Deron DeBoer |
| 4 | Jim Bass | 13.409 | Jim Bass | 4 | Jim Bass |
| 5 | John Zeilinga | 13.440 | Anthony Wallace | 5 | Anthony Wallace |
| 6 | Kai McNulty | 13.495 | John Zeilinga | 6 | John Zeilinga |
| 7 | Anthony Wallace |
13.648 |
Deron DeBoer | 7 | Harvey Foster |
| 8 | Harvey Foster |
14.425 |
Harvey Foster | 8 | Vern Brown |
Drivers meeting notes:
Year end banquet was discussed. General feeling is we
need to downsize banquet to match size of club. Membership has requested a
central location. Jim Bass will be checking locations in the Rockford area.
Recap on Dec. 4, 2004 rules meeting.
Trophies for first through third place
Plaques for fourth through tenth place
Framed certificate to the rest of finishing places
Race # 11
Vern
Brown
Took
the Feature win at Rockford Speedway Saturday Night
bringing his total to 3 Feature's this season!
The first Heat, Deron DeBoer took command & won.
The second Heat was Jim Bass taking the checkered for the win.
August 6, 2005 Rockford
Speedway Report. link > Excerpt
from article by Kevin Ramsell < link
(Vern) Brown
was your feature winner in the FIRA Formula Indy division.
John Zeilinga grabbed the early lead in the 15-lap feature event. Brown started
fifth and quickly worked his way to the front. By lap 2, he was up third and
then took over second by the next lap. Brown then chased down Zeilinga with four
laps to go. He got on the inside of Zeilinga and the two battled for the top
spot until Brown took over the top spot with two laps to go. Brown went on to
the win with Deron DeBoer coming home second.
FIRA report, The
FIRA Feature played to a sold out grandstand due mainly to the "Figure 8
Trailer Race of destruction" which was being video taped for later airing
on Speed Vision's cable channels.
The first Heat was a strange one. The green was waved with the
pace car slowly pulling off the track, right in front of the race
cars, but even so Deron Deboer was able to take a commanding leed all the way to
the checkered followed by Kai McNulty, Harvey Foster and Joline Deheve Slomka,
driving for the still recuperating Wally Reitz in the old 8 ball. Joline is a
former FIRA driver who has been racing UMARA midgets with her Father Dave and
this was her first time back in a FIRA car.
The second Heat saw Anthony Wallace score the first go round with
Jim Bass along side of him, then, it was Jim out front and checking out on the
rest of the field on his way to take the checkered flag and the win.
Followed at a respectable distance by John Zeilinga, Vern brown & Grant
Greenfield.
The Feature was a barn burning 15 laps. The green was waved
with Anthony Wallace out front into turn one, three wide, then it was John
Zeilinga out of two, in front, and running wide open. John looked invincible
until Vern brown completed his run from the fifth starting position to take over
the lead with two to go and John looked like he was losing power. Vern got the
win and the trophy which he graciously gave away to a deserving boy in the
grandstands. Vern was followed by Deron DeBoer, Grant Greenfield and John
Zeilinga.
The Feature I believe was recorded by the Speed Vision crew and MAY
appear in their airing of the races?
A DV video was recorded by Barb Reitz and is on on this web.
Race
Report by Wally Reitz
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||
| P= |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Deron DeBoer | Jim Bass | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Kai McNulty | John Zeilinga | 2 | Deron DeBoer |
| 3 | Harvey Foster | Vern Brown | 3 | Grant Greenfield |
| 4 | Joline Slomka | Grant Greenfield | 4 | John Zeilinga |
| 5 | Anthony Wallace | 5 | Kai McNulty | |
| 6 | 6 | Anthony Wallace | ||
| 7 | 7 | Joline Slomka | ||
| 8 | 8 | Harvey Foster | ||
| 9 | 9 | Jim Bass | ||
Race # 10
Neal
Gillentine
Swept Lake
Geneva Speedway Friday night,
setting Fast time, winning the Heat and the Feature!
July 29, 2005 Lake Geneva Speedway
Report:link >
By
Dale R. Erdmann, Breanna Blink, Kim Straube and Corina Skinner < link
It took Neal Gillentine until the final lap
nipping Grant Greenfield at the line by just a few inches to the delight of the
crowd. DeRon DeBoer was third, with Vern Brown at his side for fourth and
Kai McNulty in the middle for another great feature finish in the Formula Indy
cars.
FIRA report, The
FIRA cars put on a great show for the Lake Geneva fans last night.
Fast time Neal Gillentine at 16.461.
The Heat was Neal Gillentine with Vern Brown taking second, Deron
Debore third.
The Feature Neal Gillentine scored a clean sweep by capturing the
feature.
Congratulations to Neal on winning all the FIRA events at LGR.
Race
Report & Results supplied
by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | |||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Neal Gillentine | 16.461 | Neal Gillentine | 1 | Neal Gillentine |
| 2 | Vern Brown | 17.070 | Vern Brown | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Anthony Wallace | 17.156 | Deron DeBoer | 3 | Deron DeBoer |
| 4 | John Zeilinga | 17.276 | Kai McNulty | 4 | Vern Brown |
| 5 | Deron DeBoer | 17.285 | John Zeilinga | 5 | Kai McNulty |
| 6 | Grant Greenfield | 17.579 | Grant Greenfield | 6 | John Zeilinga |
| 7 | Kai McNulty |
17.641 |
Anthony Wallace | 7 | Anthony Wallace |
| 8 | Jim Bass |
17.647 |
Jim Bass | 8 | Jim Bass |
| 9 |
Doug Farrell |
19.607 |
Doug Farrell |
9 | Doug Farrell |
| 10 |
Dick Heath |
19.644 |
Dick Heath |
10 | Dick Heath |
Race # 9
Deron DeBoer
Scored his first Feature win at
the Dells Motor Speedway Saturday,
Deron becomes the fifth Feature winner in nine races.
Vern Brown was the fast qualifier.
Kai McNulty took the first Heat & Vern won the second.
July 23, 2005 Wisconsin Dell Motor speedway
Report: N/A
FIRA report, What a day everyone drove through rainstorms to be at the Dells. At about 2:30
pm a bad storm passed through, black as night and poured rain, strong winds.
Lasted about ½ hour and the rest of the afternoon and evening was beautiful.
The pits dried fast due to grade and the track dried fast due to the banking.
All in all the afternoon rain was no problem.
Fast time was set by Vern Brown at 13.802.
Heat one was won by Kai McNulty
Heat two was won by Vern Brown.
The Feature was a fast 18 caution free laps. Jim Bass brought the
field to the green flag and maintained the lead for one lap. On lap two John
Zeilinga moved past on the outside to lead until lap six, then Vern Brown took
the lead, but a new "shark" was swimming through the field and on lap
14 Deron Boer got inside Vern and powered by to take the lead and never looked
back on the way to his first feature win.
Congratulations to Kai and Vern for winning the heat race and Deron for winning
his first feature.
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 13.802 | Kai McNulty | Vern Brown | 1 | Deron DeBoer |
| 2 | Deron DeBoer | 14.009 | Harvey Foster | Grant Greenfield | 2 | Vern Brown |
| 3 | John Zeilinga | 14.311 | Anthony Wallace | Deron DeBoer | 3 | Grant Greenfield |
| 4 | Jim Bass | 14.313 | Doug Farrell | Jim Bass | 4 | John Zeilinga |
| 5 | Grant Greenfield | 14.851 | John Zeilinga | 5 | Jim Bass | |
| 6 | Kai McNulty | 15.459 | 6 | Kai McNulty | ||
| 7 | Harvey Foster |
15.922 |
7 | Anthony Wallace | ||
| 8 | Anthony Wallace |
16.039 |
8 | Doug Farrell | ||
| 9 |
Doug Farrell |
16.047 |
9 | Harvey Foster | ||
Race # 8
Grant
Greenfield
Took the
Feature win at Columbus 151 Speedway Friday night.
Grant's total of 3 feature wins moves him to within striking distance of the
leader and defending champion, Vern Brown who set a new track
record at 13.058 & Won the Heat race. And what about John
Zeilinga he isn't about to give up second or his chance for the championship.
There are seven scoring races yet to run & there are more cars who could
upset the apple cart.
This is getting interesting!
July 15, 2005, Columbus 151
Speedway Report: N/A
FIRA report, A new Columbus track record was set
by Vern Brown at 13.058, Can he lower it into the twelve’s next time, we'll
see.
The Heat was won by Vern Brown.
The Feature was a fast 20 laps, caution free. Grant Greenfield brought the field
to the green flag with Vern Brown starting at the rear of the field by virtue of
his last weeks win and he drove to the
front to battle with Grant for the lead. Three laps from the checkered flag they
touched, with Vern getting the worst of it. Grant never slowed, but Vern
suffered a bent and jammed steering box. He made a very graceful arc
into the infield where he stopped the car. Grant was never again challenged for the
lead and took the checkered flag first. Further back in the pack Deron DeBoer and
Jim Bass waged a heated battle with Deron finally getting past Jim to eventually
score a third.
Congratulations to Vern for winning the heat race and Grant for winning the
feature.
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
* New
Track Record
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | |||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | *13.058 | Vern Brown | 1 | Grant Greenfield |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 13.51 | Grant Greenfield | 2 | John Zeilinga |
| 3 | John Zeilinga | 13.54 | John Zeilinga | 3 | Deron DeBoer |
| 4 | Jim Bass | 13.71 | Kai McNulty | 4 | Kai McNulty |
| 5 | Kai McNulty | 13.92 | Deron DeBoer | 5 | Jim Bass |
| 6 | Deron DeBoer | 14.05 | Jim Bass | 6 | Keith Howard |
| 7 | Keith Howard |
14.80 |
Keith Howard | 7 | Harvey Foster |
| 8 | Harvey Foster |
DNQ |
Harvey Foster | 8 | Vern Brown |
| 9 |
Doug Farrell |
DNQ |
Doug Farrell DNS | 9 | Doug Farrell DNS |
Race # 7
Vern
Brown
Won the Heat & Feature at
Rockford Speedway Monday night.
Vern becomes the third driver to score two Feature wins for the 2005 season.
Deron DeBoer took the FIRA first heat.
July 4, 2005, Rockford Speedway. link > Excerpt
from article by Kevin Ramsell < link
Vern Brown and Anthony
Wallace battled all the way to the checkered flag in the FIRA division.
Kyle McNulty grabbed the early lead in the 15-lap event. Wallace got on
the outside of McNulty to take the lead on lap 3. Wallace held on the lead
until the final lap when Brown got on the inside of Wallace to take the lead.
The two ran side-by-side all the way to the finish line Brown taking it by
inches.
FIRA report, Once
again FIRA members were faced with the decision of will it rain or not, do I tow
to Rockford and get rained out or not? At about 5pm the light rain stopped and
the rest of the evening was rain free. Twelve racers braved the poor weather and
made the tow to Rockford.
Dick Heath suffered drive train problems in the practice session and dropped
from the show for the evening.
On a positive note we gained a new member. Harvey Foster car number 18 from
MaChesney Park, IL. Welcome to our group!
Heat one was won by Deron Deboer after a spirited battle with Kai McNulty.
Heat two featured a terrific five way battle for the lead. Grant Greenfield took
the early lead with Jim Bass, Vern Brown, Anthony Wallace, and John Zeilinga
nipping at his heels. By lap three Vern was in the low line trying to overtake
Grant when he bobbled and Jim shot in to take second place back. Vern recovered
and passed Grant to take the win by several car lengths with Jim finishing
second, Grant third, Anthony fourth.
The Feature was a fast 15 laps with Kai McNulty bringing the field to the green
flag. Anthony Wallace and Vern Brown put on a great show battling for the win.
The finish was a photo finish with Vern Brown taking the win. Further back in
the pack Grant Greenfield and John Zeilinga waged a vigorous battle with Grant
holding John off lap after lap.
Congratulations to Deron for his heat win and Vern for capturing both his heat
and the feature and to all who took the chance, great show.
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||
| P= |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Deron DeBoer | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Kai McNulty | Jim Bass | 2 | Anthony Wallace |
| 3 | Doug Farrell | Grant Greenfield | 3 | Deron DeBoer |
| 4 | Harvey Foster | Anthony Wallace | 4 | Kai McNulty |
| 5 | Chris Hibbard | Keith Howard | 5 | Grant Greenfield |
| 6 | John Zeilinga | 6 | Jim Bass | |
| 7 | 7 | John Zeilinga | ||
| 8 | 8 | Doug Farrell | ||
| 9 | 9 | Harvey Foster | ||
| 10 | 10 | Keith Howard | ||
| 11 | 11 | AChris Hibbarde | ||
Race # 6
John
Zeilinga
Captured the
Heat & Feature at the Wisconsin Dells Speedway Saturday night. John has
scored two Heat & two Feature wins for the 2005 season.
Vern Brown set FIRA's fast time for the event.
June 25, 2005 Wisconsin Dell Motor speedway
Report: N/A
FIRA report, What
a great race track (paved pits and roads) and perfect weather, OK, maybe a
little warm. Nine cars came to race. Hats off to Keith Howard who brought two
cars, Thanks Keith. Deron DeBoer joined us again after having motor problems this
spring, great to have you back Deron. Deron’s brother, Doug hot lapped Keith
second car and was planning to run it until Anthony Wallace suffered motor
problems in the practice session and needed a car to race. Maybe we can find a
race car for Doug and gain another driver? How about it Doug?
Formula Indy was the first to qualify and Vern Brown taking the pole with a
quick lap of 14.796
The Heat race featured John Zeilinga jumping out front at the start and holding
the field at bay the entire race.
The Feature was 18 laps with Anthony Wallace bringing the field to the green
flag. Jim Bass starting on the outside pole took the lead coming out of turn two
and John Zeilinga moving past Jim going into turn three. The final few laps
featured a three way battle between Deron DeBoer , Jim Bass and Vern Brown. Deron
and Jim battled for three laps before Deron got by Jim and coming out of turn
four on the last lap Deron managed to nip Vern at the finish line by inches to
take second. But no one could mount a serious challenge to John who led all 18
laps.
Congratulations to Vern on setting quick time and John for winning both the heat
and feature races.
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | |||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 14.796 | John Zeilinga | 1 | John Zeilinga |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 14.869 | Vern Brown | 2 | Deron DeBoer |
| 3 | John Zeilinga | 14.968 | Jim Bass | 3 | Vern Brown |
| 4 | Deron DeBoer | 15.079 | Grant Greenfield | 4 | Jim Bass |
| 5 | Jim Bass | 15.371 | Deron DeBoer | 5 | Grant Greenfield |
| 6 | Anthony Wallace | 16.023 | Doug Farrell | 6 | Doug Farrell |
| 7 | Doug Farrell | 16.375 | Keith Howard | 7 | Keith Howard |
| 8 | Keith Howard | 16.871 | Anthony Wallace | 8 | Anthony Wallace |
Race # 5
Grant
Greenfield
Becomes
the first repeat winner for 2005 with his feature victory at Columbus 151
Speedway.
Vern Brown
set a new FIRA track record qualifying at 13.111.
Heats were topped by Kai
McNulty & Vern Brown.
June 17, 2005
Columbus 151 Speedway
Report: N/A
FIRA report, Great
night, great show. The speedway featured
the first of a two night series between Columbus 151 Speedway and Jefferson
Speedway called the Summer Rumble. As this was an event between two area tracks
the pits were packed full of racers and race cars and a large crowd in the
grandstands.
FIRA was the first to qualify and #1 Vern Brown put the crowd on notice of the
power of the Formula Indy race cars by setting a new track record of 13.111
Heat one featured a duel between Kai McNulty and Jim Bass for the win, with Kai
prevailing for the win.
Heat two was Vern Brown holding off Grant Greenfield for the win.
The Feature was a fast 20 laps with Jim Bass bring the field to the green flag.
Anthony Wallace starting on the outside pole used his awesome 2-stroke power to
pull to an early lead for two laps, but Grant Greenfield was dialed in and
passed Anthony for the lead on lap three. Vern Brown started at the back of the
field and had worked his way up to second place by lap twelve. Grant never
wavered through the remaining eight laps and was able to hold Vern off to take
the feature win.
Congratulations Kai, Vern and Grant!
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
* New
Track Record (FIRA)
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | *13.111 | Kai McNulty | Vern Brown | 1 | Grant Greenfield |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 13.238 | Jim Bass | Grant Greenfield | 2 | Vern Brown |
| 3 | John Zeilinga | 13.344 | Doug Farrell | Anthony Wallace | 3 | Kai McNulty |
| 4 | Anthony Wallace | 13.404 | Gary Cooper | John Zeilinga | 4 | Jim Bass |
| 5 | Jim Bass | 13.559 | Keith Howard DNS | 5 | John Zeilinga | |
| 6 | Kai McNulty | 14.105 | 6 | Keith Howard | ||
| 7 | Keith Howard |
14.429 |
7 | Doug Farrell | ||
| 8 | Doug Farrell |
14.781 |
8 | Gary Cooper | ||
| 9 |
Gary Cooper |
15.343 |
9 | Anthony Wallace | ||
Race # 4
Vern
Brown
The defending champion captured his first feature win
for 05 at Rockford Speedway and moved into this seasons point lead. The heats were won by
Kai McNulty
& Anthony
Wallace.
June 11, 2005
Rockford Speedway, link > Excerpt
from article by Kevin Ramsell < link
Vern Brown captured the 15-lap FIRA Formula Indy feature event.
The best battle in the event was for fourth between Kai McNulty and Jim Bass.
The two swaped the position back and fourth
throughout the race with McNulty taking the position. Anthony
Wallace came home second and Grant Greenfield was third.
FIRA report, June
11th at Rockford was a great night of racing for
the Formula Indy Racing Assoc. It
was a warm beautiful night.
Heat one featured a duel between Grant Greenfield and Kai
McNulty for the lead, with Kai scoring the win.
Heat two treated the crowd to a great side by side battle for second place
between Vern Brown and Jim Bass with Jim holding Vern off for second at the
finish line, all the while Anthony Wallace was out front leading flag to flag.
The feature was a little different with Vern Brown jumping out to an early lead and
being chased by Anthony Wallace but Vern lead all 15 laps to take the win.
Congratulations
to Kai, Anthony and Vern!
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||
| P= |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Kai McNulty | Anthony Wallace | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | Jim Bass | 2 | Anthony Wallace |
| 3 | Keith Howard | Vern Brown | 3 | Grant Greenfield |
| 4 | Doug Farrell | John Zeilinga | 4 | Kai McNulty |
| 5 | 5 | Jim Bass | ||
| 6 | 6 | John Zeilinga | ||
| 7 | 7 | Keith Howard | ||
| 8 | 8 | Doug Farrell | ||
Race # 3
John
Zeilinga
Scored his first
Feature win in FIRA at Rockford Speedway Monday.
John started on the outside of the front row and led the whole way.
Heat wins went to Grant Greenfield
& Anthony Wallace.
May 30, 2005
Rockford Speedway, link > Excerpt
from article by Kevin Ramsell < link
John Zeilinga took home his
first feature win in the FIRA Formula Indy 15-lap feature. Zeilinga started on
the outside of the front row and led the whole way.
FIRA Feature:
John Zeilinga took the lead on the start and never looked back.. Three cars
suffered mechanical problems, Vern Brown broke on the start and watched
the race from the infield. Anthony Wallace suffered from overheating problems
and Grant Greenfield had a fuel system failure.
The rest of the field chased John, but no one could mount a serious challenge
for the lead.
Race
Report & Results supplied by Jim Bass
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||
| P= |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Grant Greenfield | Anthony Wallace | 1 | John Zeilinga |
| 2 | Doug Farrell | Vern Brown | 2 | Jim Bass |
| 3 | Dick Heath | Jim Bass | 3 | Keith Howard |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | John Zeilinga | 4 | Doug Farrell |
| 5 | Keith Howard | 5 | Gary Cooper | |
| 6 | 6 | Dick Heath | ||
| 7 | 7 | Grant Greenfield | ||
| 8 | 8 | Anthony Wallace | ||
| 9 | 9 | Vern Brown | ||
Race # 2
Neal
Gillentine
Took
his heat & the feature win at Grundy County Speedway Friday night.
The other heat winner was Anthony
Wallace.
May 28, 2005
Grundy County Speedway, Morris IL.
Anthony Wallace scored the first win of the
night. Anthony took the lead early on and proceeded to check out on the rest of
the field, half way through the ten lap race he was lapping slower cars
and just waiting for the checkered.
In the second Heat
Vern Brown's #1 jumped into the lead at the green and held on until half way
through the second lap when Neal Gillentine's 10 car moved down and under
Vern in turn three and took over. From there on Neal never looked back, taking
the win with Vern Brown in second and the #58 of John Zeilinga
pulling up a strong
third.
The twenty five lap
feature saw the 99 of Jim Bass setting the pace for the start.
At the
green almost everyone was crowded into the first turn, then the back stretch
and it was Neal out front again, followed closely by Vern Brown and Kai McNulty's
14 car. By lap twelve Anthony Wallace moved from his eighth place starting position
into third behind Vern and started looking for away around Vern's car. On lap 23
Anthony spun in turn two but recovered without bringing out a yellow, but he lost his bid for
a top five finish.
Neal took home the trophy with a repeat of Vern Brown and
John
Zeilinga running second and third respectively
The combined show at Grundy County Speedway with UMARA Sportsman
midgets, 360 Sprints, Classic modified and the FIRA Formula Indy cars was
one great night of open wheel racing at it's best.
Race
Report & Results by Wally Reitz
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||
| P= |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Anthony Wallace | Neal Gillentine | 1 | Neal Gillentine |
| 2 | Chris Hibbard | Vern Brown | 2 | Vern Brown |
| 3 | Keith Howard | John Zeilinga | 3 | John Zeilinga |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | Jim Bass | 4 | Kai McNulty |
| 5 | Doug Farrell | Kai McNulty | 5 | Jim Bass |
| 6 | 6 | Anthony Wallace | ||
| 7 | 7 | Keith Howard | ||
| 8 | 8 | Gary Cooper | ||
| 9 | 9 | Doug Farrell | ||
| 10 | 10 | Chris Hibbard | ||
Race # 1
Grant Greenfield
Took top honors
in the FIRA opener by winning the feature at Rockford.
The heat winners
were John
Zeilinga & Vern Brown.
May 21,2005
Rockford Speedway, link > Excerpt
from article by Kevin Ramsell < link
Grant Greenfield took home the top honors in the FIRA Formula Indy
15-lap feature event.
Vernon Brown had the lead with five laps to go when Neal Gillentine got into the
back of Brown causing him to spin. Both were sent to the rear, allowing
Greenfield to take the lead and take home the win.
| Reports and box scores are NOT official until recorded by the Treasurer or Secretary. | ||||||
| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
First Heat |
Second Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 |
NA |
NA | John Zeilinga | Vern Brown | 1 | Grant Greenfield |
| 2 | Kai McNulty | Neal Gillentine | 2 | Kai McNulty | ||
| 3 | Keith Howard | Grant Greenfield | 3 | Jim Bass | ||
| 4 | Dick Heath | Jim Bass | 4 | Neal Gillentine | ||
| 5 | Gary Cooper | Doug Farrell | 5 | John Zeilinga | ||
| 6 | Anthony Wallace | 6 | Vern Brown | |||
| 7 | 7 | Keith Howard | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Gary Cooper | ||||
| 9 | 9 | Dick Heath | ||||
| 10 | 10 | Doug Farrell | ||||
| 11 | 11 | Anthony Wallace | ||||
Open Practice
May 7,2005 Rockford,
(Practice).
FIRA's open practice at Rockford
has all been good. 12 cars, approximately 25 people, good
weather and the anticipation of racing, what more can you ask for! Only three
cars had problems and they all have enough time before the first race.
There was a meeting to discuss some issues that have come up, an e-mail will be sent out to the membership shortly.
Report supplied by Jim Bass