By Gary Jacob
Great Falls, MT -- Rebounding from a hard crash last Friday night at Gallatin Speedway that kept him away from the Saturday night date in Billings, Jim Zaremski was the $600 feature winner as the Montana Outlaw Late Model Tour visited Electric City Speedway for the second time in 2005. Series point leader Rock Degele from Glasgow made a late charge at Zaremski but settled for second in his Moody Chassis. Second ranked Dave Freeman, a hometown racer, ran third for a $350 check and third ranked Warren Drazich was a $300 fourth. The rain plagued series again saw rain showers just prior to the heat action, but the track was repacked and the racing completed.
Ten dirt late models checked in and Billings racer Kelly Hample won heat 1 over Drazich and Zaremski. Freeman outraced Ron Fuller and John Dowson in heat 2. The feature action went to Zaremski ahead of Degele, Freeman, Drazich, Hample, Gallatin winner Rory Minster, Fuller, Dowson, young Rich Herman and Bob Scott.
On July 22-23, the NAPA/MDA teams from South Dakota and Wyoming make their annual trek north to run the co-sanctioned events at Gallatin and Billings. Many of the Montana teams are also expected to support a Sunday night NAPA/MDA event just across the border in Sheridan WY on July 24.
Summary Heat 1-Kelly Hample, Warren Drazich, Jim Zaremski, Rock Degele, Rich Herman. Heat 2-Dave Freeman, Ron Fuller, John Dowson, Rory Minster, Bob Scott. Main-Zaremski, Degele, Freeman, Drazich, Hample, Minster, Fuller, Dowson, Herman, Scott.