With heavy rain once again Saturday night, racing was questionable for Sunday at Seymour Speedway but with partly sunny skies and a nice breeze most of the day, the races were on.

The IMCA Stock Cars would have 3 heat races with 10 cars each and only the top 5 would transfer into the feature event for the evening. Bill Kelsey would be in heat race 1 and have a 4th place starting position with the Stock Cars being the 4th class for the night. At the drop of the green flag into turn 1, the #0K made it 3 wide and by the time turn 2 was there, the Kelsey Racing IMCA Stock Car was in the lead and pulling away!

Bill would start pulling away from the stacked field for the next 7 laps of the 10 lap event until the #79 machine would spin in turn # 2 on his own and bring out the caution. While getting the cars lined back up for the remaining 3 laps, the skies opened up for about 10 minutes and soaked the race track. After about a 30 minute delay working the track back in, the #0K machine would start from the pole looking to bring home the first heat race win of the 2010 season.

From the drop of the green on lap 7, Bill was getting heavy preasure from the #36 machine of J.R. Karcz but was able to hold him off and take the checkered flag.

This was the first heat race win for Bill Kelsey in the IMCA Stock Cars for the 2010 season and the new Wolfe chassis.

The heat race win would give the Kelsey Racing Team a 7th place starting spot for the A-Main. At the drop of the Green for the feature, Bill looked strong and ready to move forward towards the lead but on lap 1, in turn 3 that all changed quickly off the bumper of the 21X car behind Bill and the #0K machine spun around and would not re-fire. The yellow would fly but sadly Bill did not receive his 7th place starting position back as would normally happen when you are spun out by somebody else. Oddly enough, the 21X headed to pit lane with a flat right front tire.

This dropped Bill all the way back to about the 18th starting spot but since the spin happened on lap 1, there was time to improve the finishing position for the night.

Bill was on a mission after being spun and was picking off about a car a lap from deep in the field most of the time and would work his way up to 9th position by the time the checkered flag would fly for the #55 machine.

A very strong night of racing for the Kelsey Racing Team and Bill did an outstanding job driving the car to a heat race win and recovering from an early spin that was not his fault in the feature to bring home a top 10 finish. To see all the results for the IMCA Stock Car class for the week, you can see the race results here.

The #0K and driver Bill Kelsey currently sit in the 16th position in points, 126 points out of the lead and only 26 points from the 9th position. Currently, 52 cars have points at Seymour Speedway in the IMCA Stock Car class.

Racing action returns next week on Sunday the 4th Of July at Seymour Speedway. Racing starts at 6PM and the Late Models will also be on the card for their second appearance of the season at Seymour Speedway. Be sure to stop down after the races and say hi to the team. Thank you very much again to all the great sponsors of the #0k Kelsey Racing Team!

After a week off due to a rain out, the Kelsey Racing Team was back in action at the dirt oval of Seymour Speedway in Seymour Wisconsin. The IMCA Stock Cars would be the 3rd class to run for the night with Bill Kelsey in the 3rd of 4 heats starting on the inside row of # 2.

A slow start by the #39 machine that started on the pole pushed the #0K IMCA Stock Car back to around 6th place right from the start and made the challenge of finishing in the top 4 an uphill battle to qualify for the feature event. With a mix of tack and dry slick track, it was a challenge for drivers and crews to find a good set up for the car and the driver to find a line that worked with the set up.

Although Bill picked up a spot after the slow start, the #0K machine would cross the line in the 5th position and not qualify for the feature. This would put Bill in one of two consy races for the night to qualify for the IMCA Stock Car A-Main feature event.

Consy race #1 and Bill Kelsey would start P2 (outside pole).

It didn’t take Bill long to put the Kelsey Racing machine in P1 and keep it there for all 10 laps and pick up the first checkered flag for the new 2010 car.

Some more quick pit work by the crew got the car ready for the 20 car IMCA Stock Car feature event.

With qualifying into the main event with the consy, the feature starting spot is always in the back of the field and tonight was no different with a 17th starting spot. As the cars roared to the green flag, Bill would start roaring forward picking up a position here and there each and every lap moving forward.

An amazing 3 car battle for the lead for the remaining laps had people on their feet. The #77, #55 and #50 cars were 3 wide for the at least 4-6 laps, changing leaders almost every corner. The #77 held the lead for the majority of the race and what looked like a photo finish, the #55 Shawn Wagner nipped the #77 right at the line to pick up the win, the 5th feature win for the #55 at Seymour this year.

Bill Kelsey in the #0K machine would cross the line in the 11th position just missing out on a top10, picking up 6 spots from the drop of the green to the checkered but passing many more than 6. A good strong night for Kelsey Racing. The driver was in 3 races for the night getting some more needed seat time in the new car and at the end of racing the car was loaded on the trailer with no damage.

First Consy Win In IMCA Stock Car for 2010! Bill Kelsey Driver of the #0K

To view more photos from the night or to purchase some photos, checkout DanLewisPhoto.net . You can see photos for the nights racing at Seymour Speedway for 6/20/2010 here.

The next race is Sunday June 27, 2010 at Seymour Speedway weather permitting, with a start time of 6 PM.

The first rain out of the 2010 season took place this Sunday June 13th at Seymour Speedway. Since I live about 15 minutes from the track, we did not receive any rain Saturday or Sunday but the ground was well soaked from Friday’s heavy downpours and with over 3" of rain half way through the month, it is some what understanding why the races were not run.

Sadly, Seymour Speedway does an extremely poor job when it comes to notifying race fans and race teams of a canceled event. The speedways Facebook page stated around 2 PM that the races were still on but was later edited to say they were off. A posting on a forum stated at 3:12 PM that the races were off by Joe V, the official PR person.

Joe later stated the track phone was updated 2:10 PM with the rain out information.

Even as of late today (Monday) Seymour’s website never made mention of the rain out (where I checked on Sunday), even though the "official press release" states to checkout the site for information on the forum. Many of the drivers are aware of the "forum" but the vast majority of fans are not.

The home page and or  "News" tab on the tracks site states nothing of the event being canceled. This should be one of the first places updated with the news IMO but it appears the track phone is the best place to check. As for what time to call it, I would suggest just before you were to leave for the track to be sure. The track phone is 920 833 7726

Weather permitting, the Kelsey Racing Team will be back in action at the Seymour Speedway on Sunday June 20th with racing starting at 6 PM and I hope the provided information will help you in finding out if the races are on or not.

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer ~ Jamie Zoch.

With a light rain failing for about an hour before race time the races didn’t look as they were to happen this Sunday, May 6th 2010 at the Seymour Speedway dirt track but the track held up well during the rain and the races started almost as if it never rain at all.

IMCA Stock Cars would run 4th in the line-up with the # 0K of Bill Kelsey in heat #1 starting on the outside pole. A good and strong run would see the 0K machine cross the finish line with a second place finish and secure a strong starting spot in the A-Main for the night.

The always exciting IMCA Stock Car feature event started with the # 0K on the outside pole for the second time for the night and Bill would waste little time to jump into the lead coming off of turn # 2 after the green flag. The 0K machine would hold the lead for several laps with heavy preasure from the #57 and #10 cars.

Bill would drop back a couple spots as the fight for the lead was between 3 cars.

A lone caution that involved several cars, including rookie #51 Jeremy Wittila stacked up the field with Kelsey Racing lined up in the 4th spot for the restart.

The 0K Kelsey Racing Team earned a hard fought battle to stay in the top 5 all night with a very strong race car and the driver doing a great job fighting for the lead during the 20 lap event. Bill would cross the double checked flags in the 5th position, earning the highest placement of the 2010 season in the new car that the team and driver appear to be figuring out a little bit each and every week.

Bill Kelsey (#0K) leading the IMCA Stock Car A-Main on Sunday May 6, 2010 at Seymour Speedway