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| NASCAR comes to Iowa. The NASCAR Nationwide Series ran its first race at Iowa Speedway to the biggest crowd for racing ever in Iowa. |
| Chad Simpson sizzled during the fall schedule, winning the Yankee Dirt Track Classic and the Liberty 100. |
| Jeff Aikey dominated the Deery Series event at Oskaloosa and then dedicated the win to his mother. |
| Matt Kenseth recorded his fifth Miller Lite feature win at Slinger speedway |
| Mason City Promoter Joe Ringsdorf was arrested for violating the city’s curfew after starting a race after the time limit had expired. |
| Brian Birkhofer won $70,000 in first place money in a two-week period. The Muscatine, Iowa, won $40,000 and $30,000 at the Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway. |
| Steve Carlson had an easy drive to win the ASA Midwest Series feature at Hawkeye downs Speedway. |
| Kelly Shryock’s longest winless streak finally ended with the Fertile, Iowa, then winning his ninth USMTS National crown. |
| Sammy Swindell dominated the Tulsa Chili Bowl in a midget equipped with a radically-styled tail tank. |
| Late model racer Mark Burgtorf began with a hot streak in the spring with several feature victories. |
| Knoxville Raceway added 10 laps to its Saturday night A-man in the Sprint car Nationals. Rain hampered running of the 49th annual sprint classic with the show being completed with a Sunday night victory by Donny Schatz. The USAC Non-winged Sprint Nationa |
| Rain again hammered Knoxville as the Late Model Nationals were rain delayed on three straight nights before finally being ran in one day -- on Sunday. Scott Bloomquist won. |
| The Boone Super Nationals drew a near-record number of competitors and large crowds during its traditional six-day schedule. |
| Herschel Roberts returned to the cockpit of his late model in October for possibly has final run in a race. Roberts, who has been battling terminal cancer for four years, finished second. He won his final feature earlier in the year before turning the sea |
| Kevin Hetrick won the Brian Hetrick Memorial feature at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, in April. Hetrick passed Bobby Mincer, who the 2009 Sprint Invaders championship, late in the race to win the event honoring his brother. Brian Hetrick won the 3 |
| A late race crash during the Midget Nationals at Knoxville Raceway in late May killed Chad Daniels of 5t Concordia, Kan. |
| Jimmy Owens from Newport, Tenn., claimed the $100,000 first place money in The Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway. |
| Trent Davison won the Hobby Stock feature at Adams County Speedway and then proposed marriage to Alisasha Swanson while in Victory Lane. She said yes. |
| Jimmy Mars put together a mid-summer hot streak winning, among other races, The Masters at Cedar Lake and the Dirt Track World Championship at Lawrenceburg Speedway. |
| Johnny Saathoff won the Spring Nationals at Beatrice Speedway. It was his sixth victory in the event, having won previously in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2008. |
| Kelly Boen won his fourth straight feature with the O’Reilly NCRA for late models. |
| Jay Noteboom was one of the strongest runners in the IMCA Modiieds throughout the year, running strong in the Big Dog Dakota Classic Tour and winning the Race of Champions at Boone Speedway during the Super Nationals. |
| Justin Boney was a man on a mission much of the summer, running strong in the modified class in his home state of Kansas and beyond. |
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