Zaremski Gets Second 2005 Win

By Gary Jacob

Great Falls, MT -- When Friday night's Montana Dirt Late Model Tour race was rained out at Gallatin Speedway near Belgrade, several of the teams made hasty arrangements with Electric City Speedway to be added to their Saturday night show. Six teams showed to race and get some lap time before the tour race at the track on the following weekend. After a second place run in the heat action, Jim Zaremski drove to his second win of 2005 ahead of Warren Drazich and Dave Freeman.

The lone heat race was won by Freeman ahead of Zaremski and Drazich. Belgrade's Bob Scott broke in the heat action and was a feature scratch. Zaremski raced to the feature win ahead of Drazich, Freeman and Montana Tour point leader Rock Degele with John Dowson in fifth. Degele was also a second place finisher in the WISSOTA Modified feature and Freeman ran 7th.

Summary Heat-Dave Freeman, Jim Zaremski, Warren Drazich, Rock Degele, John Dowson. Main-Zaremski, Drazich, Freeman, Degele, Dowson.

Zaremski Rebounds With Great Falls Feature Win

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.