History
Raceway 7 was built by the Blystone family and opened for racing in 1970. It has operated for racing every year since then, except for 1991 when the track was closed. Under the current ownership of Ron Nielson, since 1997 he has made Raceway 7 one of the finest racing facilities not just in the area, but in the nation.
Raceway 7 Official Track Records Through 2008
It should be noted that with the AMB-it computerized scoring system that was installed at the start of the 2003 season, all laps by all drivers in competition (except for the Mini Stocks) are timed. Therefore, Track Record laps will be tracked for all of the divisions that have competed. The Late Model Qualifying Record, that dates back through track history, is also kept.
Late Model Qualifying Record – 17.103 – set by Donnie Moran on May 23, 2008.
Late Model Track Record – 17.103 – set by Donnie Moran in qualifying on May 23, 2008.
E-Mod Qualifying Record – 19.334 – set by Doug Glessner on September 9, 2005.
E-Mod Track Record – 18.990 set by Joel Watson 0n lap 4 of heat 1 on July 24, 2008
Semi-Late Track Record – 18.289 – set by Chris Hackett on lap 7 of Heat 2 on August 13, 2004
Steel Block LM Track Record – 18.006 – set by Dave Tackett on lap 5 of Heat 2 on July 27, 2007.
Street Stock Qualifying Record - 21.497 – set by Matt Thomas on August 6, 2004.
Street Stock Track Record – 20.298 – set by Rusty Wheeler on lap 6 of Heat 2 on June 22, 2007.
Open Stock Track Record – 20.277 – set by Rusty Wheeler on lap 5 of Heat 3 on September 9, 2005.
Sprint Car Qualifying Record - 15.482 – set by Frankie Kerr on August 24, 1994.
Sprint Car Track Record – 15.468 – set by Troy Preston on lap 9 of Heat 2 on September 5, 2003.
Modified Track Record – 17.757 – set by Chuck Hebing on lap 2 of Heat 2 on September 12, 2003.
Raceway 7 All-Time FASTRAK Late Model Win Totals – Current totals as of May 11, 2007.
Leader – 1 Win – Dick Barton
Raceway 7 All-Time Late Model Win Totals – Current totals as of May 4, 2007.
Leader – 35 Wins – Dick Barton
2nd (tie) – 33 wins – Chub Frank
2nd(tie) – 33 wins – Rob Blair
4th – 29 wins – Bruce Hordusky
5th – 28 wins – Dan Armbruster
6th – 21 Wins – Todd Andrews
7th – 20 wins – Skip Evans, Dave Hess, Sr.
9th – 18 wins – Bob Wearing, Sr.
10th – 15 wins – Tom Jarrett, Dick Litz
12th – 14 wins – Dave Yobe
13th – 12 wins – Jim Gillespie, Brian Muehlman
15th – 11 wins – Glenn Gault
16th – 10 wins – Matt Urban
17th – 9 wins – Bob Close, Dave Hoffman
20th – 8 wins – Dave Benner, Ron Davies
22nd – 7 wins – Dave Turner
23rd – 6 wins – Mike Boraweic, Alan “Jim Dandy, Jr.” Dellinger, Dan Westcott
26th – 5 wins – Frank Buccella, Dutch Davies, Rich Gardner, John Whitehead
29th – 4 wins – Mark Banal, Bob Craig, Paul Davis, Chris Hackett, Gary Hoover, Rich Miller, Brian Ruhlman, Earl Teeters
37th – 3 wins – Skip Furlow, Rich Gardner, Jim Irvine, Jr., Donnie Moran, Brent Rhebergen, David Scott, Jay Watson
46th – 2 wins – Mike Balzano, Ron Blackmer, Kenny Brightbill, Bill Cunningham, Tom Dill, Rick Eckert, Lynn Geisler, Ray Godsey, Scott Gurdak,Ron Hegedus, Rick Isadore, Dave Lyon, Ryan Markham, Marty Rater, John Venable, Jeff Watson
62nd – 1 win – Marty Belik, Bob Blaney, Bob Burriss, Jim Cufr, Dave Eades, Mike Eckert, Ed Faulkner, Sr., Paul Fess, John Flinner, Steve Francis, Lou Gentile, Don Gross, John Hedman, Dave Hess Jr, Wally Heminger, Brian Huffman, Lars Huling, Clate Husted, Jim Irvine, Sr., Troy Johnson, Tom Johnson, Fred Knapp, Rod Maloy, Butch McGill, Bill Miller, Kris Patterson, A.J. Pears, Tom Peck, Jim Pollaro, Bill Schnars, Bob Schnars, Deek Scott, Herb Scott, Jim Scott, Merle Terry, Nook Walters, Jim Watson, Mike Westfall, Chris Wilson, Keith Zimmerman
Photos From The Past
Noted area photographer Jim Balentine shares these pages of photos from Raceway 7′s past:
Page 1 (1970 – 1972)