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Surprisingly my penmanship was so much better during the summer months, as I could not write worth a damn during the school year....This is what I wrote in my program:

Not sure who Forbrok drove for, I wrote something next to his name on the line, but drew a squiggle through it.

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1985 7th Jackson Nationals
Jackson VFW Speedway, Jackson Minnesota
Thursday, August 22nd, Preliminary Feature

Qualifications:
1. Max Dumesny, Trostle 20, 17.894 / 100.6 MPH (New Track Record) [25]; 2. Randy Smith, McCarl 7X, 18.415 [20]; 3. Bob Hop, Gillund 88, 18.432 [26]; 4. Tim Green, Merrill 5M, 18.454 [13]; 5. John Stevenson, Casci 31, 18.464 [33]; 6. John Eskuri, Hansen 63, 18.465 [29]; 7. Todd Mack, Howells 4H, 18.491 [18]; 8. Robby Unser, Luna 92, 18.506 [22]; 9. Gary DeWall, Frantsen 2X, 18.567 [16]; 10. Keith Frantsen, Frantsen 22X, 18.593 [5]; 11. Bobby Houseman, Houseman 18, 18.621 [23]; 12. Kenny Chapman, Krull 14, 18.621 [23]; 13. Shane Carson, Rogers 49, 18.635 [17]; 14. Jack McCorkell, Kohls 98A, 18.646 [4]; 15. Linus Mack, Mack 42, 18.696 [12]; 16. Marv DeWall, DeWall 16, 18.703 [19]; 17. Gary Lusk, Lusk 18L, 18.764 [9]; 18. Dave Ekern, Ekern 11, 18.775 [28]; 19. Jerry Richert Jr., Woodke 1W, 18.782 [3]; 20. Marlon Jones, Bauman 66, 18.820 [32]; 21. Denny Houseman, Strube 19, 18.851 [7]; 22. Brian Keck, Keck 51, 18.858 [21]; 23. Steve Carithers, Carithers 20, 18.964 [8]; 24. Gordy Vogelaar, Vogelaar 99, 19.062 [2]; 25. Harry Johnson, Johnson 50, 19.140 [6]; 26. Bill Smith, Smith 33, 19.204 [1]; 27. Scott Ritchhart, Slocum 4X, 19.269 [31]; 28. Guy Forbrook, 4F, 19.298 [27]; 29. John Sernett, Valentine 32, 19.432 [30]; 30. Lou Kennedy Jr., Kennedy 21K, 19.447 [10]; 31. Randy Droescher, Droescher 24, 19.474 [14]; 32. Jerry Richert Sr., Ready 62, 19.531 [15]; 33. Greg Cole, Cole 1, 19.708 [11] 34. Larry Weiland, Weiland 71, No Time; 35. Spike Lempelius, Lempelius 52, No Time.

First Heat Race
1. Shane Carson [6]; 2. Max Dumesny [9]; 3. John Stevenson [8]; 4. Denny Houseman [4]; 5. Kenny Chapman [7]; 6. Gary Lusk [5]; 7. Greg Cole [1]; 8. Harry Johnson [3]; 9. John Sernett [2].

Second Heat Race
1. John Eskuri [7]; 2. Randy Smith [8]; 3. Lou Kennedy Jr. [1]; 4. Jack McCorkell [5]; 5. Dave Ekern [4]; 6. Bill Smith [2]; 7. Gary DeWall [6]; 8. Brian Keck [3].

Third Heat Race
1. Jerry Richert Jr. [4]; 2. Todd Mack [7]; 3. Keith Frantsen [6]; 4. Scott Ritchhart [2]; 5. Bob Hop [8]…
Randy Droescher [1]; Steve Carithers [3]; Linus Mack [5]; Larry Weiland [9].

Fourth Heat Race
1. Tim Green [8]; 2. Marlon Jones [4]; 3. Guy Forbrook [2]; 4. Robby Unser [7]; 5. Jerry Richert Sr. [1]…
Gordy Vogelaar [3]; Marv DeWall [5]; Bobby Houseman [6]; Spike Lempelius [9].

B Feature
1. Gary DeWall [1]; 2. Gary Lusk [3]; 3. Linus Mack [4]; 4. Marv DeWall [5]; 5. Gordy Vogelaar [6]; 6. Steve Carithers [7]; 7. Harry Johnson [10]; 8. Bill Smith [9]; 9. Greg Cole [12]; 10. Brian Keck [8]…
Bobby Houseman [2]; Randy Droescher [11]; John Sernett [13]; Larry Weiland [14]; Spike Lempelius [15];

Preliminary Feature (20 Laps)
1. Todd Mack [6] $1,000; 2. Randy Smith [2]; 3. John Eskuri [4]; 4. Shane Carson [9]; 5. Bob Hop [7]; 6. Kenny Chapman [11]; 7. Jack McCorkell [12]; 8. Keith Frantsen [10]; 9. Gary Lusk [22]; 10. Robby Unser [8]; 11. Dave Ekern [15]; 12. Marlon Jones [14]; 13. Denny Houseman [16]; 14. Scott Ritchhart [18]; 15. Jerry Richert Sr. [20]; 16. Gary DeWall [21]; Lou Kennedy Jr. [19]; Jerry Richert Jr. [13]; DNF-Max Dumesny [1]; DNF-John Stevenson [5]; DNF-Tim Green [3]; DNF-Guy Forbrook [17].
Lap leaders: Max Dumesny 1-12, Todd Mack 13-20.

Dumesny into the lead at the drop of the green. Lap-3: Red is out after Forbrook smacks the turn 4 wall and rolls. He was Ok. Lap-5: Green takes Mack for the 4th spot only to inherit the spot when Green suffers a drive line issue which sent him pit side. Mack inherits the 2nd spot when Stevenson suffers a broken torsion tube a few laps later. ap-12: Race-long leading Dumesny suffers from a blown engine. Mack benefits one more time and receives the lead over Smith on the restart. Mack controls the remaining laps over Knoxville Season Champ, Smith as Eskuri held Carson in a good battle for the 3rd spot. The last lap saw Chapman take Hop for the 5th spot out of turn 2, Hop retakes it on the backstretch to secure the final guaranteed spot in the Saturday Nationals Championship.

Bob Trostle brought one engine with them for the Nationals and borrows another to re-qualify on Friday.

Here is the Friday stuff I took. When Jack was out after the Heat wreck, I made a trip to the bathrooms out of turn 4 and most certainly added to the graffiti on them wooden doors.

1985 7th Jackson Nationals
Jackson VFW Speedway, Jackson Minnesota
Friday, August 23rd, Preliminary Feature

Qualifications:
1. Doug Wolfgang, Weikert 29W, 17.809 (New Track Record) [37]; 2. John Stevenson, Casci 31, 18.005 [29]; 3. Jeff Tuttle, Tuttle 10, 18.035 [22]; 4. Jerry Richert Jr., Woodke 1W, 18.451 [18]; 5. Max Dumesny, Trostle 20S, 18.482 [19]; 6. Daryl Daugherty, Daugherty 14, 18.510 [4]; 7. Rich Brahmer, Brahmer 26, 18.511 [35]; 8. Spike Lempelius, Lempelius 52, [36]; 9. Rocky Hodges, Suiter 3, 18.517 [24]; 10. Robby Unser, Luna 92, 18.555 [17]; 11. Tim Green, Merrill 5M, 18.622 [38]; 12. Linus Mack, Mack 42, 18.667 [10]; 13. Bobby Houseman, Houseman 18, 18.724 [1]; 14. Jack McCorkell, Kohls 98A, 18.792 [32]; 15. Marlon Jones, Bauman 66, 18.830 [14]; 16. Steve Carithers, Carithers 20S, 18.859 [26]; 17. Tom Winters, Hecht 5, 18.900 [5]; 18. Marv DeWall, DeWall 16, 18.941 [23]; 19. Tim Baker, 73, 18.951 [20]; 20. Terry McCarl, Arends 1A, 18.985 [11]; 21. Brian Keck, Keck 51, 18.989 [15]; 22. Dean Lindsey, Lindsey 43, 19.042 [34]; 23. Harry Johnson, Johnson 50, 19.074 [8]; 24. Gordy Vogelaar, Vogelaar 99, 19.121 [27]; 25. Glen Hughes Jr., Hughes 42, 19.191 [28]; 26. Scott Ritchhart, Slocum 4X, 19.197 [16]; 27. Mike Selberg, Selberg 60, 19.217 [3]; 28. Gary Zitterich, Zitterich 29, 19.244 [7]; 29. Lou Kennedy Jr., Kennedy 21K, 19.275 [21]; 30. John Sernett, Valentine 32, 19.340 [2]; 31. Cliff Woodward, Johnson 81, 19.380 [33]; 32. Tommy Kamrath, Kamrath 99K, 19.596 [39]; 33. Jerry Johnston, Johnston 1D, 19.819 [30]; 34. Mike Thomas, Thomas 37, 20.159 [30]; 35. Randy Droescher, Droescher 24, 20.186 [6]; 36. Harlow Thompson, Thompson 17, 20.761 [31]; 37. Jim Kouba, Kouba 55, 21.534 [13]; 38. Bob Marshall, Marshall 64, 22.044 [12]; 39. Dick DeRock, DeRock 34, 23.859 [9]; 40. Danny Mansfield, Mansfield 8, No Time; 41. Kenny McCarl, McCarl 8X, No Time; 42. Doug Martens, Martens 511, No Time.

First Heat Race
1. Doug Wolfgang [10]; 2. Max Dumesny [9]; 3. Scott Ritchhart [4]; 4. Robby Unser [8]; 5. Dean Lindsey [5]; 6. Jerry Johnston [2]… Jim Kouba [1]; Spike Lempelius [3]; Marv DeWall [6]; DNF-Jack McCorkell [7].

McCorkell flips during the Heat and was done for the night. So I don't care who wins now.

Second Heat Race
1. Tim Green [8]; 2. Jeff Tuttle [10]; 3. Mike Selberg [4]; 4. Tim Baker [6]; 5. Harry Johnson [5]; 6. Bob Marshall [1]… Mike Thomas [2]; John Sernett [3]; Marlon Jones [7]; Daryl Daughtery [9];

Third Heat Race
1. Terry McCarl [6]; 2. John Stevenson [10]; 3. Rich Brahmer [9]; 4. Linus Mack [8]; 5. Gary Zitterich [4]; 6. Cliff Woodward [3]; 7. Gordy Vogelaar [5]; 8. Steve Carithers [7]; 9. Randy Droescher [2]…Doug Martens [1].

Fourth Heat Race
1. Lou Kennedy Jr. [4]; 2. Rocky Hodges [9]; 3. Tom Winters [7]; 4. Jerry Richert Jr. [10]; 5. Tommy Kamrath [3]; 6. Glenn Hughes Jr. [5]; 7. Bobby Houseman [8]; 8. Brian Keck [6]… Dick DeRock [1]; Danny Mansfield [11];
DNS-Harlow Thompson [2].

B Feature
1. Marlon Jones [4]; 2. Bobby Houseman [2]; 3. Steve Carithers [3]; 4. Glenn Hughes Jr. [7]; 5. Gordy Vogelaar [8]; 6. Cliff Woodward [12]; 7. John Sernett [9]; 8. Spike Lempelius [10]; 9. Brian Keck [5]; 10. Randy Droescher [14]…Daryl Daugherty [1]; Marv DeWall [6]; Jerry Johnston [11]; Harlow Thompson [13]; Bob Marshall [15]; Jim Kouba [16]; Dick DeRock [17]; Doug Martens [18]; Danny Mansfield [19].

Preliminary Feature (20 Laps)
1. Doug Wolfgang [1] $1,000; 2. Tim Green [8]; 3. Jerry Richert Jr. [5]; 4. Rocky Hodges [6]; 5. Rich Brahmer [7]; 6. Jeff Tuttle [2]; 7. Linus Mack [10]; 8. Max Dumesny [4]; 9. Terry McCarl [12]; 10. Marlon Jones [21]; 11. Scott Ritchhart [16]; 12. Dean Lindsey [14]; 13. Bobby Houseman [22]; 14. Gary Zitterich [19]; 15. Harry Johnson [15]; 16. Mike Selberg [18]; 17. Lou Kennedy Jr. [17]…Robby Unser [9]; Tom Winters [11]; Tim Baker [13]; Tommy Kamrath [20]. DNF-John Stevenson [3];
Lap leader: Doug Wolfgang 1-20.

Was there any doubt? Wolfgang is having one of the most amazing seasons having won 35 Features to-date. Just in the past month-won the Knoxville Nationals, The Eldora Nationals, The King's Royal. So who is here to stop him...He takes the lead over Tuttle at the drop of the green and was not challenged. Lap-5: Stevenson was running in the 3rd spot and like last night is forced pit side with a blown engine. Lap-8: Dumesny was running in the 3rd spot when he spins. He restarts at the tail and moved back through the field. Lap-15: Tuttle drops out of the racing groove to run the bottom line only to initially lose the spot to Green. Richert and Hodges follow suit next time around sending Tuttle to the 5th spot. Lap-20: Brahmer takes the final guaranteed spot to start 10th in tomorrows Nationals Championship from Tuttle.

thats awesome thanks guys in 85 i was -1 so it would be hard to remember that stuff