2004 RACE RECAPS

2004 RaceStatistics
Wins:9feature wins
Top 5´s: 10(with 8 of those being 2nd place finishes)
Fast time set: 9 times
WinRecaps:

5 wins at Tri-City Motor Speedway includingthe 1st annualPatBourdow Memorial 100
2 wins at Dixie MotorSpeedway (Dixie CupSeries race and a Main Event Race, The Big One II)
1 win at Auto CitySpeedwayinthe Super 8 Series
1win at Toledo Speedway, The BudweiserGlass City 200and doing it for the 3rd straight year(madehistory byaccomplishing this)

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Event:Budweiser Glass City 200
Location: Toledo Speedway
Date: September 26th, 2004
# of Laps: 200
Qualified/Started: qualified 14th at a15.46 outof 52 cars, started in 14th position
Fast Qualifier: #20 DonSt. Denis at a 15.05
Finish: 1st
Winner: #97 Steve Sauve
Recap:

52 carswereon hand for ToledoSpeedway’s BudweiserGlass City200. Steve beingthe 2002 & 2003 winnerof the event was trying to make history as the only person to win it3 yearsin a row. The only person to win 3 timesis the legendary BobSenneker butnoonehaswonit 3consecutive years. Steve wastryingto make history.

In practice on Saturdaythe car wasn’t that fast. Not as fast as it needed tobe as theteam knew there wereguys on the track 3 to4 tenths quicker andthe big thinganymore atanytrackseems tobe makingthe inversion.Stevewent out in the2nd qualifying heat and ran a 15.46. It would end up putting Steve 14th out of 52 carsattempting to make the 31 car show. Fast time would go to the #20 ofDon St. Denis at a blistering 15.05.Weknewwe had ourwork cut outforus trying to beable to compete with the times the guys were posting. We had a good handling car and in 200 laps anything can happen.Weended upmissing the inversion, as the inversion with St. Denis’sroll of the dicewith 6 addedtoit would endupat 10.Steve would start 14thbehind some ofthe best super late model drivers in thecountry. Steve and the team knew at thatpoint the taskat hand to win a 3rdGlassCity200 wouldbe ahard one to do but with racing anything can happen.

The #24 of Dave Kuhlmanwould leadthestellar31 car field to the green flag andthe 16th annual Budweiser Glass City 200 was off and running. Davewould lead until lap 8 until electrical problems forced him to pit. The lead was then takenover bythe#0machine of Johnny Belott Jr. Johnnywouldlead until lap32 when he and the #86 of Scott Stovall, a lap car, got together. Neither would agree to whowas atfault forit so underToledorules both go to the back of the field. Johnny was not happy with the calland decided to go tothe pits and retire from the event. The lead was now the #71of Harold Fair Jr.’s who would lead until the 100-lap break. While all this wasgoing onSteve was picking off cars one by one and at thebreak was in4th place from his14th startingspot.

After the100lapbreak where the teams were allowed to change tires, fuel the car, and make any chassis adjustments FairJr. would leadthe next29laps of the final segment with the #47 ofFreddy Campbell in 2ndand Stevein 3rd. Steve wouldthenmake hismove to thefronton lap 129. A move that will have peopletalking aboutit for a long time. Steve would passCampbell in2nd and Fair Jr. in1st by going tothe outsidein turns #1 and#2and motoring by both to takethe lead. From thereStevebasically checked out. At some points his lead was as much as 20 car lengths over 2nd place.Steve would thenjust conserve his tiresandcommunicate with his team on the radio on how things were goingaround him.Steve would never be challenged forthelead as he wouldgoon to make history. The first driver ever to win 3 consecutive BudweiserGlassCity 200’s, 2002,2003, & 2004. The team would liketo thank everyone at ToledoSpeedway and taking Outlaw Super LateModel toits highest level. Wewould alsolike to thankour sponsors for being with us thisseasonand sharing our success in 2004, we couldn’t have done it without you.

Top5
#1- #97 Steve Sauve
#2- #10 Jack Landis
#3- #90 TimFelver
#4-#5 JohnDoering Jr.
#5- #90 Dennis Strickland

For moreinformation about the race, check outthe race recap that Toledo Speedway has on its Arca Racingwebsite, go totheheading for Toledo Speedway tofollow the story www.arcaracing.com

Event: The"Mudslinger" Round #8Super 8Series
Location: Auto City Speedway
Date: September 11th, 2004
# of Laps: 100
Qualified/Started: 1st at 14.93 and startedthe feature 10th
Fast Qualifier: #97 Steve Sauve at a14.92
Finish: 2nd
Winner: #5 John Doering Jr.
Recap: 22 cars were in thepits for the27th annual Mudslinger.Steve and theteam wouldset fast time of the night with a 14.92. With the inversion, Steve would start the 100 lap racein the 10th position. When thegreen flag dropped Steve wasted little time charging through thepack as in 1 lap hewasabletopass 3 cars. As he was working hisway to the front, the #5of John Doering got the lead on lap 35 and Steve knewhe had to chargeto thefrontfast and not let Johnget a big lead. In one ofthe bestraces sofar at AutoCitythisyearforthe Supers,Stevetriedthe high side in turn #3 to try and getby raceleader Doeringa number of times. The most exciting movecame when Steve dropped a tire offthe back stretch and what appearto be a very scary moment thatcould have leadtoa very seriousproblem, but Stevewas able to save it andcontinue onstill in 2nd place. Withthe laps running out, Steve hadtosettle fora hard fought 2nd place finish.

Top 5
#1-#5JohnDoeringJr.
#2-#97 Steve Sauve
#3- #40JerryArtuso
#4- #71 HaroldFair Jr.
#5-#25 Dick Barker

For moreinformation about the race,checkout the race recapon the Auto City Speedwayweb site www.autocityspeedway.com

Event: " The BigOneII/MainEvent 100
Location: Dixie Motor Speedway
Date: September 10th 2004
#of Laps: 100
Qualified: 7th
Fast Qualifier: #47 Freddy Campbell at a 14.69
Finish:1st
Winner: #97SteveSauve
Recap: 23 carswould fill Dixie´s pits for the 2nd annual BigOne II which wasSupersandSprint cars on thesame night. Steve would qualify7th at a 14.82andwith the luckof theinversion would startthe 100laprace onthe pole.Stevewould lead all 100 laps with the#72of ScottHantz applying pressure allnight long inthe2nd place position.This would be Steve´s 2ndwinof theseason at Dixie andhis 2ndMain Event Series race ofthe year.

Top 5
#1- #97 Steve Sauve
#2- #72 Scott Hantz
#3- #71Harold Fair Jr.
#4-#40 JerryArtuso
#5- #24Dave Kulhman

For more information check out the recapDixie puts together on their websiteon the frontpage(note: scroll downto see the story): www.dixiemotorspeedway.com

Event: Round#7 Super 8 Series
Location: Auto CitySpeedway
Date:August 28th,2004
# of Laps: 60
Qualified/Started: 9that 14.99 and startedthefeature 9th
Fast Qualifier: #5 JohnDoering Jr. ata 14.73
Finish: 9th
Winner:#20Don St. Denis
Recap: 29 cars were inthe pitsand when it wasall over in the 60lap feature event, the bounty hunt is officially over,as the Canadian driver DonSt.Denis lead all 60 laps to winthe$2000.00 bounty placedon the #5 machine driven by JohnDoeringJr.whohasbeen themanto beatat Auto City this year. Our team managed to win the1st roundbutJohn has been unstoppable since then. 10 morelaps wereadded to the feature but onthis nightJohnneeded 10 more to tryandget to the front.It´shard to beataguywho starts inthepole position but John tried his best to getto thefrontandkeep the bounty alive. As for Steve, we missedthe inversion.Who would have thought a 14.99 would not havemadeit asthe track wasfast for qualifying butracing it was a differentstory as it appeared only1 groove wasworking. Stevewasinvolved in an altercation with the #15 of Tom Simkoand #09of Jimmy Thiel and had togo tothe back. Hemanaged toget up to 9th spot but could dono better. Maybebetterluck will come at the Mudslinger. One things for sure, theteam willhave to work on the chassisto get those tires to work and make us a threat towinit on September 11th.

Top 3
#1- #20Don St.Denis
#2-#0 Johnny BelottJr.
#3- #5JohnDoeringJr.

For more informationabout the race, checkout the race recapontheAuto City Speedway web site www.autocityspeedway.com

Event: DixieCup Series
Location: Dixie Motor Speedway
Date: August 27th 2004
# of Laps: 75
Qualified: 3rdat a 14.86
FastQualifier: #72Scott Hantzat a 14.70
Finish: 3rd
Winner:#72 Scott Hantz
Recap: Qualified3rdout of24 cars. With theinversionof 9Steve started the race in 7th position. He wasableto work his way up to a 3rd place finish inwhat hasbeen one of the better races of the year towatch out at Dixie.Would have only beenbetter ifwewould have wonbut there´s always next timeas on this night, Scott Hantz had his car working great.

Top 3
#1- #72 ScottHantz
#2-#20 Don St. Denis
#3-#97 SteveSauve

For moreinformationcheck out the recap Dixie puttogether ontheir web site on the front page (note: scroll down to see the story): www.dixiemotorspeedway.com

Event: "MainEvent Series/PatBourdow Memorial100"
Location: Tri-CityMotor Speedway
Date: August 15th 2004
#ofLaps: 100
Qualified: 1st
Fast Qualifier: #97 Steve Sauve ata17.44
Finish: 1st
Winner: #97 Steve Sauve
Recap: The sun was shiningon whatwastobe a beautifuldayand thepits were filledwith18cars for the1st annual Pat BourdowMemorial100/MainEvent Series race. Patraced out at Tri-City in theSuper LateModel division as well as making itup to the ASA ranks, but we lostPatto cancer, sothis race was atribute to agreat competitor ofours and friend. Thepits werefilled with the Main Event regulars (Ice, Rohrer, Whipkey) versus the Tri-Citylocals (Sauve, Meylan,Bond) and a fewnewcomers for 2004 at Tri-City with the #51of BillHiggins and the#11of JayReinboldcoming out to compete. Steve would startthe day out great by setting fasttime by turning alapof 17.44 justbeating the#72 greenmachineofRay Meylan whoalso set a fast lap of 17.49.

Stevewouldstart the racein 7thposition with the inversion and that would put the#1r of NormDavis driving Todd Rosebrugh´s car on the pole. Norm would leadthe field of 18to thedropof thegreen flag and theywere off. Everyone wanted to lead lap 4as that was one of the bonuslaps that offered $500 to the guy leading it. The #4 ofBill Bond would get thathonoras Bond buildup agood lead at this pointin therace with the#72Meylancoming fast inhis 2nd place spotbut that would be short livedas trouble occuredfor Meylan asengine trouble wouldend his day early. Bond would suffersimiliar fate as he was leadingthe race onlyto be involved in acrash on lap 24 that hecould notavoid as the#17 of SteveTabor spun in turn1. Jay Reinbold wasalsoinvolved in it but would not substain anydamageand hewas able to continue on. Bond headedto the pits torepair hiscar and was able toreturn but 2 laps down to thefield. Atthis point, Stevewhowasslowly and quietly workinghis wayto the frontinherited the lead (due to Bond´s misfortune) onlap 25and from there checkedout on the fieldand was abletogo at thisown pace and was nevered pressured for the top spot. Stevewas able toalsoleadonlap 44which also included a $500 bonusas that was Pat´s car number when he competed so it was nice to leadthat lap in honor of Pat.It looked tobesmooth sailing forthe#97 orangemachinebut onlap 95, Stevestarted smoking whichbrought outtheyellowflagfor a "safety caution" and the Main Event crew checked out therace leader and determined Steve was notleakinganything on the track soheableto continue and keephisspot. It turnedout to be apower steering hosehad ruptureddumpingout all thefluid on the chassis andexhaustbut it being a low volumesystem, the fluidwas emptied and gone within 2 laps. Stevewas ableto continue onbut without the enjoymentof havingpower steering. On therestart,Steve wouldleadthe remaining 5laps and wasable to capturethe 1st annual Pat BourdowMemorial 100.

Top 3
#1- #97 Steve Sauve
#2- #59 Gary Whipkey
#3- #51 Bill Higgins

For moreinformation checkout therecapTri-Cityputs together on theirwebsite onthe front page (note:scroll down to see thestory): www.tricitymotorspeedway.com

Event:DixieCup Series
Location: Dixie Motor Speedway
Date: August 6th 2004
# ofLaps: 75
Qualified: 6th at a 14.92
Fast Qualifier: #5 John DoeringJr.ata 14.79(tie withthe#47of FreddyCampbell)
Finish:1st
Winner: #97 Steve Sauve
Recap: With (2)2nd placefinishes this yearit was only amatter of time forSteve tofinally move up1 position and that happenedlastFriday.Steve finally foundvictory lane at Dixieand the icing on thecake was it being"HelmElectric Night" whohappen to be oneof oursponsors. Hard enoughtowin races but when it´s your sponsor´s nightatthetrack, the pressureisevengreater butSteveand theteamwereable topull offthe win in dominating fashion!

Steve qualified6thand with the inversion beinga 10, Steve wouldstartinthe 3rd row inside. Right away therewere problems atthestart, as thefrontrow of the #72ofScott Hantzand the#1 of MikeLuberda Jr.wouldgettogether withMikespinningand the field scatteringto avoidthe #1 of Mike sitting sideways inturns 3&4. The #17 machine of Steve Tabor and the #11 of JayReinbold wouldnot be ableto continue asthey had extensive damagein theincident.WithTaborout, Steveadvanced up a positionand with the drop of thegreen flag ona complete restart, Steve was offagain moving to the front. From the very beginning youcould tell the car was a rocketand whereverSteve pointed it,itseemed to be able tomake the movesneeded. Steve was able toget by Hantz for 2nd and set his sights on Mike Luberda theleader. On lap 10,Steve took thetop spot and never looked back and was never reallychallenged forthespot.Atsomepointsin the race, hislead was afullstraight away.Fast qualifier of therace,the#5 car prepared by Dean Hudson and crew and driven by JohnDoering was working hiswayto the front but with 4 laps left whilein 2ndJohnblewouta right fronttiregoing into turn3 and hitting thewallhard.John waso.k. butthecarwas severely damaged endinghisnight. Theremaining 4 laps Steve was able to once again pullaway for the popularwin asthe sponsor of the night,Helm Electric was able tojoinus in victorylane.It was a great night for the team and having agreat car anddriver made it look easy.

Top 5
#1- #97 Steve Sauve
#2- #40 JerryArtuso
#3- #24 Dave Kulhman
#4- #1 Mike Luberda Jr.
#5-#116Jack VarneyJr.

For more information check out the recap Dixie put together on theirwebsite onthe frontpage(note: scroll downto seethe story): www.dixiemotorspeedway.com

Event: Round#6Super 8 Series
Location: Auto City Speedway
Date: July 31st, 2004
# of Laps: 50
Qualified/Started: 3rd ata 15.11andstarted thefeature 7th
Fast Qualifier: #5John Doering Jr. at a 15.05
Finish:7th
Winner:#5JohnDoeringJr.
Recap: The bountywillstill stand as no one seemsto be ableto beat the#5 ofJohn Doering Jr.Hard to believe one car canbe so dominatewhiletheother 18 cars could do nothingbut race single file on atracknot allowing much, if anypassing. We struggled withthe set-up we had in it for the first practice session butmade somespringchangesandchassis adjustmentsand the car wasgetting bettertodrive and faster so we were going in the right direction. Out of19cars,wewere ableto qualify3rdand withtheinversion wouldstart the feature in 7thposition. Fromthe dropof thegreen,Stevetriedto make the car work but with track conditions, hejustcouldn´t getthe side bite the carneededto make anattemptto advance any positions. Itseemed likenobody was goinganywhereexceptthe #5carastheothers in front ofusbasically finishedwhere they started. The good thing is thecar came home in one piece andwe willwork on figuring outhow toget it to work better on thattrack. As ofnow,we don´t have much toofferforthat#5carandwewillstart doing ourhomework even moreand try to figureouthowto make our carjust as fast as the #5.

Top 3
#1- #5 JohnDoering, Jr.
#2-#43 Ken O´Conner
#3- #1RTodd Rosebrugh

For more informationabouttherace, check out the race recapon theAuto City Speedwayweb site www.autocityspeedway.com

Event:"Tri-CityHarleyDavidsonNight"
Location:Tri-CityMotor Speedway
Date: July 29th2004
# of Laps:25
Qualified: 1st at a 17.69
Fast Qualifier: #97Steve Sauve
Finish:2nd
Winner:#4Bill Bond
Recap: Where are the Supersat? That isthe questionagainforthe3rdweek ina rowas only 7 cars would showup this week and again the weatherwas extremely nice forracing. The team would set fast time of the night andwin the heatrace.Thingswere looking goodfor the team. In thefeature we would start 6th as the #72 RayMeylan,winner ofthe last feature wouldhave to start last aspartofthe tracks rules. Atthe drop of flagman KenFairchild´s green flag,thecarswere all jockeyingfor positionand inascrambleto gettothe front. Steve and Ray would starttheir chargeto the frontandin theshuffle ofthe1st lapBill Bondinthe #4 machine was able to pull away asSteve and Rayhad tobattleslowercars andtry tocatchBond out infront. Steve ableto get upto2nd and atthat point Bill had a good lead going.Steve wastryingto reel himinandwith 5 laps to go in the25lap feature acaution came outwhen the #28 of Eric Headleyspun as he and Bill made contact in 3 & 4 as Billwastrying to pass him. Thisallowed Steve to close thegapandon therestart,all hell broke loose goingdown thebackstretch. WithBond in the lead, Steve tried passing on the backstretch only to have Billtouch him and inthe processthefrontrighttire wascut. This shotSteveup thetrackbut also into thepathofRay who had noplaceto go and was trying to pass onthe outsideandRay ended up inthe backstretch wall, hard. Steve was able to limp into the pitswhere the crew changed the flat tire. Stevethen hadto go tothe back of thepack andwith 4 laps lefthewasableto charge back to 2ndas Bill just hadtoo good ofa car to catch this night.It was an inforunateincidentandit a bad deal for Ray as he was justin one ofthose placesat the wrongtime. Theteam wantsto send out congratulationstoBill Bond,carowner Virgil Morel, andcrew, on theirbigwinas Bill is one ofthe nicestguys to everrace against and he appeared tohave the fan´s support invictorylane.Goodjob guys!!

Top 3
#1- #4 Bill Bond
#2- #97 Steve Sauve
#3- #32Cliff Pulley

For moreinformation checkout therecaps Tri-City puts togetheron their web site: www.tricitymotorspeedway.com

Event: DixieCup Series/Main Event "UAW All-American150"
Location: Dixie Motor Speedway
Date: July23rd 2004
# of Laps:150
Qualified: 6th ata 14.83
FastQualifier:#0 Johnny Belott Jr. ata14.72
Finish: 2nd
Winner: #0 Johnny BelottJr.
Recap: The pits were filled with 28 ofthe top Super Late Model drivers in the area,with the likesof JuniorHanley,John Doering Jr, TimFelver,Tim Ice, Dave Kuhlman,Richie Rorher,JohnnyBelott, Scott Hantz, MikeLuberda Jr. and a field of othergoodhot shoes so it was an earlyindicationthat the 150 lap event wasgoing to beanexciting raceto watch andit wasgoing to be importanttoqualify good toget a goodstarting spot.Steve would qualify 6thwhich put himin the 10 lap 6car dash that wouldpay$500tothe winner.Stevebeing the onlyHowe car in the 6car dashfilled withPortCity & Finishline Fabricatingcarswould endup2nd asJunior Hanleywould win it, givinghimthe 7thstarting spot inthefeaturewith Steve starting in8th position.

Inthe first75 lapsegment, the carwas workingpretty good asSteve would getup to 5th placewhen the checkeredfelland the15 minutebreakfor teamsto fuelthecarand make anychassis adjustments as neededplusthe opportunityto change only 1 tire per therulesof therace. Theteam adjusted the carabitand sent Steve off for the final 75 segment.Steve wasted little time moving tothe frontas hegotpassed the #59 of Gary Whipkey for4th and the #66 of Junior Hanley for 3rd. He wasnowtryingto reel in the#0of Belott for 2nd. Acautioncame out andfrom there the race leader #7Rich Rorher had something break in the drivetrainonthe restart anddiddamage to his Miller Lite sponsoredride ending his nightand giving the #0,fast qualifer of the night, JohnnyBelottthelead. Steve, having a decent handling car, triedall he coulddoto try and catch Johnny but Johnny´s carwasworking betterasJohnnywouldgo on to win the race. In the pitsafter therace,it was discoveredthatthe leftfront tire onlyhad8pounds ofairin it which could haveeffectedthe car´shandling.The teamsends out congratulations to the Belottteamontheirbigwin.

Top3
#1- #0JohnnyBelott Jr.
#2- #97Steve Sauve
#3- #72 ScottHantz

For moreinformation check out therecapDixie put together ontheirweb siteon the front page (note: scroll down to see thestory): www.dixiemotorspeedway.com

Event: Dixie CupSeries
Location:Dixie Motor Speedway
Date: July18th 2004 (re-scheduled from July16th rain out)
# of Laps: 75
Qualified: 3rdata 14.89
FastQualifier: #5 JohnDoering Jr. ata 14.86
Finish: 2nd
Winner: #5John Doering Jr.
Recap:OnFriday, the day therace was supposetoberun,the team brought out the orange car this time to compete atDixie.When we first went outfor practicewethought maybeweshould havebrought the white carinstead, due to breaking a ball joint onthe 1st warm up lap. Abigthanks goesout toMickey Maier and his #72 team (our rivalsat Tri-City)as hehadanew ball jointtoloan us. Thanks guysforhelping usout andifyou everneed anything, pleasedonot hesitateto see us. Afterpracticeand before the rain hit, Stevewas able toqualify 3rdout of 16cars. The team was still trying to findtheproblemwith thecar´s fuelsystemas it was still notrunning rightattop speed, the sameproblem we hadthenight beforeat Tri-City. While workingon it,the rain started to fall andtherace was re-scheduled forSunday, July18th. When it wasall said anddone onSunday,Stevewas ableto finish2nd,theteam´s bestfinish sofarthisyearatDixie.

Top3
#1-#5JohnDoering Jr.
#2-#97SteveSauve
#3- #0 Johnny Belott Jr.

For more information check out the recapDixie put together on their websiteonthe frontpage (note: scrolldown tosee thestory): www.dixiemotorspeedway.com

Event:"Regular Night"
Location:Tri-City MotorSpeedway
Date: July15th2004
# ofLaps:25
Qualified: 3rd at a18.10
Fast Qualifier: #72 Ray Meylan at a 17.86
Finish: 2nd
Winner: #72 RayMeylan
Recap: Where are the Supersat?Thatis the question as only7 carswould showup thisweek and the weather was extremely nice for racing. Not sure where the cars are at as our team is doingitspart to helpthe trackout, whether its the new pay outstructure ornot being able tohandle thetricktrack, the team would like tosee more carsoutthere to compete with.On thisnight, the team struggledduringpractice as the car was missing at topendspeed andweended up spendingmore time ontrying to get the cartorunright,thenbeingabletoworkonthechassis.At firstwe thoughtit was afuelproblem so wechecked thefuel filerand the replaced carburetor and thatdidn´t do it.Next was thefuel pump,that didn´thelp iteither. Our next attemptto get rid of themiss wasto checkout theelectrical system. We lookedatthespark plugs and wires. We didfind one bad wireand replaced it but even in our heat racewhichwe wereableto winthecar still hadamiss in theengine. Atthispoint we decidedto change theMSDignitionbox andcoil hopingthiswouldcure theproblem and help us win our 5thfeature. Upon doingthe repairs, wequestioned the battery strength andwebelieve that was theculprit. Abatterygoing dead and analternator not chargingcorrectly.With nospare battery inthehaulerallwe could do was chargeit asmuchas we could beforethe featureand hope thecarhad enough voltage to handle 25lapsonthe tricktrack.

We would start the25 lap feature inthe 6th position andfromthedrop of flagmanKen Fairchild´s greenflag Steve was off. Itturnedintoanother Meylan andSauve battle as thetwowould charge to the front earlyon in the 7 car field.Onthisnight andwith 10 less lapsthan normal Steve would have to settlefor 2nd placeina car thatwas loose. Aftercomingin from the feature Steve´s windshield and frontend were covered inoiland mayhavebeen the reason he couldn´t get the car towork well and set Ray up for apass.In the end it wasa hard earned 2nd place with allthe teamchanged andhopefully with anew battery, the car will bereadyforTri-City againonJuly 29th andbeable tofind victorylaneagain.

Top3
#1- #72 Ray Meylan
#2-#97SteveSauve
#3- #4 Bill Bond

FormoreinformationcheckouttherecapsTri-Cityputs togetherontheir website: www.tricitymotorspeedway.com

Event:"Michigan Auto RacingFanClub (MARFC) Night"
Location:Tri-City Motor Speedway
Date: July 8th 2004
#of Laps: 25
Qualified: 1st at a 17.87
Fast Qualifier: #97 Steve Sauve
Finish: 1st
Winner: #97 Steve Sauve
Recap:7 Super Late Models wouldstartthe 25 lap feature event onthisrather cool July night. That´s right, only 7 asthe big question is, "where are the carsat?"Steve would set the night out withfasttime andwin his heatrace whichwouldlater turnintoasweepof the night´s races. Stevestarted the 25lapfeaturein 7thplace.From the drop of thegreenit was a charge tothefrontas Steve and RayMeylanwouldonceagainmaketheirchargestothefront. The #32 ofCliff Pulleywouldlead the beginninglapsof therace but the#28 machine ofEric Headley wouldtakeover in what would turn outto beEric´s best run oftheyear. Stevewould pass Ray down thebackstretch whichwas amirror image ofwhat Steve did lastweekto make thepass onRay. Now in his2nd place position,Steve would reel inEricwho at thatpoint hada decent lead going. On lap15, Steve would grab the lead andbe unchallenged the remaining10laps forhis3rdstraightfeature winand4thwin of the seasonatTri-City.Theteamisoffthisweekend but nextweek on July 15tharebackatTri-Cityandwill try to go forour4thfeature winina row.

Top 3
#1- #97 Steve Sauve
#2- #28 EricHeadley
#3- #72 Ray Meylan

Formoreinformation checkoutthe recapsTri-City putstogether ontheir website: www.tricitymotorspeedway.com

Event:Round#5Super 8 Series
Location: Auto City Speedway
Date:July 3rd,2004
# of Laps: 50
Qualified/Started:8th at a 15.32andstarted the feature 8th
Fast Qualifier: #5 John DoeringJr. at a 14.90
Finish:6th
Winner:#5JohnDoering Jr.
Recap:The bounty still stands at$1000 ifanyone can beatJohnDoering Jr. asno onecould beat himonSaturday nightfor his 4thwin in arow in the Super 8 Series.We tried andcouldn´t butnotforlack ofeffort. The team took the newHowecarto Auto Citytrying to win the"bountymoney"but fromthevery firstpractice session, theteam struggled. The teamtried alot of different things trying togetthe chassis to handle but just couldn´t hit onthe set-up to make the car capable of winning Round#5 oftheSuper8 Series. Starting in the 8thpositionand missing the inversionby1,made handlingallthat moreimportant to take the car tothefront, and passingthe night´s7 fastestcars.Stevestruggledwith handling problemsfrom thedropof the greenflag andthrough out the featureandwas only able to get a6thplace finishbut considering how bad thecar´s handling was,the finish wasn´t allthat bad.Theteam will re-groupand determinewhat thecar needs to make it capable ofwinningandtaking the bountyasAuto Cityowner Joe Dewitteis leaving the bounty standunitlsomeone can beatJohn Doering Jr.The teams hopes to do that and willbe ready againforRound #6 on July31st.

Top 3
#1-#5 John Doering, Jr.
#2- #1 Mike Luberda Jr.
#3- #22Dr.BobDucharme

Formoreinformation aboutthe race, checkoutthe racerecapontheAutoCitySpeedway web site www.autocityspeedway.com

Event:"Mid-SeasonChampionship"
Location:Tri-CityMotorSpeedway
Date: July 1st 2004
#of Laps: 45
Qualified: 1stat a17.81
Fast Qualifier: #97 SteveSauve
Finish: 1st
Winner: #97SteveSauve
Recap:12 SuperLate Models were in the pits on this firstday of July. With thewarmtemperaturesandthesun shining, Steve wouldsetfast time ofthe nightand withtheinversion, he would start7th inthe 45 lapfeatureevent. Itdidn´t take longforthemuchanticipatedSauve/Meylanbattleto beginas Steve andRay would once againgettothe front early onin the race andfromthere thetwo woulddice through lap trafficandbattle all aroundthe trick track.Stevewas finally able to makethepass forthe leadjustpass the half-waymark as Steve made his move ontheinside of Raycomingout ofturn1 and the twobattling side byside down the backstretchand continuing toracesideby side throughturns3&4 untilStevemovedinto the leadcoming outofturn 5.Itwasapassthat even left the team speechless. From that pointStevewould build up a nice lead.Stevewould holdon forthewin fortheteams 3rd win of the year at Tri-City Motor Speedway.

Top3
#1- #97Steve Sauve
#2- #72RayMeylan
#3-#4 Bill Bond

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Event:Round #4 Super8Series
Location:AutoCitySpeedway
Date:June 19th, 2004
# of Laps:50
Qualified/Started:7th at a 15.26 andstartedthe feature3rd
FastQualifier: #5 John DoeringJr.at a14.76
Finish: 2nd
Winner: #5 JohnDoeringJr.
Recap: 16cars werein the pitsfor Round #4 ofthe Super 8 Seriesat AutoCitySpeedway. Fromtheverybeginningofpractice the "new" carwas going to beahandful.The teammadeseveralchanges toit prior to qualifying andcould only muster a 7th place qualifying effort.With theinversion, Stevewould startthefeature in3rd position.Earlyon intherace,Stevegotthe lead but the car wasn´thandlingallthat great and he eventually lost itto the#5 of JohnDoeringJr.who wascharging tothe frontfromhis 10th place startingposition. John heldon for the win, his 3rd straight and asa result. AutoCity´s Joe Dewitte hasput a "bounty"onhishead,anyone thatcan beatJohn at Auto City will get another $1000.00fordoing so.Theonly stipulation isJohnmust be running at the endof therace to collect onthebounty.

Top3
#1- #5JohnDoering,Jr.
#2- #97Steve Sauve
#3-#99Aaron Tull

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Event: The MainEvent Series
Location: DixieMotor Speedway
Date:June 11th2004
# ofLaps: 100
Qualified: 9th at a14.86
Fast Qualifier:#90Tim Felverat a 14.65 (newtrack record)
Finish:10th
Winner:#5 John Doering Jr.
Recap: 25cars filledDixie´s pits forThe MainEvent Series,Champange andMarx sponsored39th Annual"Dixie Classic"100lapfeature event. Lotsofgoodcarsin the pits andone thingwas certainitwasgoing to take afast lap tomake the inversion forqualifying.The#90ofTim Fevlerin theFinishlineFabricating machinewould set fasttime withablistering14.65,a newtrack record. Stevedrivingthenew Howecarwould putdownatimeof14.86 that wouldput usin9thposition just out ofthe inversion.Asfor thestartofthefeature,it wouldtakeseveral restartsuntilthe guys got itrightandsettled intoposition to begintheir battlestothe front. Fromthe earlystageswecouldtellthe carwasgoing to beahandfulfor Steve. From our9th starting positionthecar justwouldn´tworkonthe bottom. Thecarwastight andnevergotany betterin thefeature so Steve and the teamhad to settleand hang on for a 10thplacefinish.
Top3
#1-#5 John Doering,Jr.
#2-#7RichRorher
#3- #20 DonSt. Denis

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Event:MSTRCAutograph/PictureNight
Location: Tri-City Motor Speedway
Date: June 10th 2004
# of Laps: 35
Qualified: 1st ata17.36
Fast Qualifier: #97 SteveSauve
Finish: DNS(DidNot Start)
Winner: #72 Ray Meylan
Recap:10cars filled the pits on thiscool, windyJune night. In theheatrace,somethingin the enginewent wrongasStevewas forcedto shut it down.Theproblemwas notfixable atthe trackso the team had toload up and callita night.The teamwillbebacknext week,June 17th, for the next race atTri-City.Results are posted belowofthetop 3 fromthefeature.
Top3
#1- #72 RayMeylan
#2-#4BillBond
#3-#75 Rod Laney

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Event: Kids Night
Location: Tri-City MotorSpeedway
Date: June 4th2004
#of Laps:35
Qualified/Started:1st at a17.66andstarted the feature7th
Fast Qualifier:#97 SteveSauve
Finish:1st
Winner: #97 Steve Sauve
Recap:10 carstookto the track for the 35lapfeature.Steve wouldstart in the 7thspot andfromthedropof thegreenflag Steve was on achargeto thefront. In1 lapSteve gained 3positions andwassittingin 4th. He was ableto getaroundthe#72of Ray Meylan for3rdspotand set hissights on the #28 ofEric Headley and the#75ofRod Laney who wasstartedtobuildalead. Stevereeledin Headleythen sethissights onthe#75machine of Laney. By lap 11 Stevewasin thetopspotandfrom there Steve would leadthe remaining 25 laps to capture his 2nd featureina rowat Tri-City.
Top3
#1- #97Steve Sauve
#2- #4BillBond
#3-#28Eric Headley

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Event: Round #3Super 8 Series
Location: Auto CitySpeedway
Date: May 29th,2004
# of Laps: 50
Qualified/Started:1stat a14.99 and startedthe feature8th
FastQualifier:#97 SteveSauve ata14.99
Finish:16th (handlingproblems)
Winner: #5 John DoeringJr.
Recap: 25 carswerein the pits for Round #3 of theSuper 8Seriesat AutoCitySpeedway. The most cars to showup so farthisyear for the SuperLate Modelclass. Comingoffa 4thplace finish in Round #2theteam was hopingtoimprove onit. Thenightstarted offontheright track as Steve set fast time at a14.99 out of 24 carsthatattemptedtoqualify.Withthe inversion, Steve wouldstart8thin the 50 lapfeature along sidethe#5of John DoeringJr. winnerof Round#2.At the drop of thegreenflag, the carwasworking good asStevewas able toget by the #1 and the#43cars and was workinghisway up to thefront. Stevewas able togetaroundthe #47 of Ron Shamel Jr.forthird spot andwas tryinghard to get aroundthe #21 of DonBergaufor2nd. The car wasextremelytightandwas not allowingSteve to make the passas he tried hardinturns 3& 4 toget aroundDonon theoutside. Then atlap 44the cargotreallylooseforcingSteve to slowdown,this allowed for Shamel to slip backinto 3rdspot.At this point Stevewas trying just tohold onfor 4thplace with5laps remaining but onlap 45 when hecameoutof turn 4 thecarbrokelooseandSteve wasunableto keep it from spinning ashelooped inon the front stretch. Stevewasforcedto go to therear of the fieldand fromthereheldonto finishin 16th place.
Top 5:
1st - #5 John Doering Jr.
2nd -#21Don Bergau
3rd- #47RonShamelJr.
4th -#1Mike Luberda Jr.
5th-#43KenO’Conner

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Event: Tri-CityMotor Speedway"Sundayafternoon race"
Location:Tri-City MotorSpeedway
Date: May 16th2004
# ofLaps: 35
Qualified/Started: 1st ata17.52 andstartedthefeature 5th
FastQualifier:#97Steve Sauve
Finish:1st
Winner:#97Steve Sauve
Thisracewasrescheduledfor Sundaydue to mother naturecanceling Thursday’s show. With blue skies andthe sunshiningit was abeautiful afternoon for races.Theteam was determined thatthis would bethe weekto finallywin one atTri-Cityandstopthe #72 ofRay Meylan’sstreakat 2wins.
Thingswereoffto a great start asStevesetfast timewith ablistering 17.52,just 3 tenths offhis owntrack record.Stevewould start the racefromthe 5th starting position.Withthedrop ofthegreenflagStevewas offashe wastedlittletimein gettingtothe front.Stevewasable to avoida fewwreckswith the most severe being the#72of Ray Meylantouching the wall in turn#2. Meylan was forced to retire for thenight due todamage. Steve got the leadonlap14andfrom thereheld on tothe top spotto win hisfirstfeatureof the2004 season at Tri-CityMotorSpeedway.
Top 3:
1st- #97-SteveSauve
2nd- #24- Norm Davis
3rd -#28-EricHeadley

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Event:Round#2 Super8Series
Location:AutoCitySpeedway
Date: May 15th 2004
#of Laps:50
Qualified/Started:7th at a 15.13 andstarted thefeature 5th
Fast Qualifier:#5John DoeringJr.ata14.75
Finish:4th
Winner:#5 JohnDoering Jr.
Recap:14 cars took tothetrack forRound #2 ofthe Super 8 Series at Auto City Speedway. This weekthe newcarthat wonRound#1 was"ugly" as the team struggled inpractice trying tomakeitwork. The teamwas determined to make itbetter and madechanges to it prior tothe feature hoping tocureitshandling problems.However, atthe drop of thegreenflag it lookedlike Stevewas goingto havehishandsfull anduse hissuperiordriving skills to make thecarhandle.Onlap #5Stevehad his hands full and the carbroke loosein turns 3 & 4 with the#23of Scott Lampon the insidethe2 touched slightly withSteve spinningand havingto gototherear. From thereStevehad a challengeon hishands,13 carsahead ofhimwith45 laps left. Stevestarted making his charge backup to thefrontbut thecar still was struggling with itshandling.We were able topass somegood carsalong theway likethe#0of JohnnyBelottwhoappearedto beinthesame boatasus,handlingissues. Wethenwere abletopassafew morecars(#2 Arby’scar,#68AdamRowe, #2Carl Edmonds) andthen gain spots from othershaving mishaps like the #7ofDarrell McManus driving overthe front of the #43ofKenO’Conner’s hood inturns#3&4. Steveat thispointwasin the 5th positionbut with5 laps leftSteve madeaninsidepass onthe #47ofRonShamel togain the 4th spot.ThatisalltheSteve could do withabadhandlingcar. A great effortmadewith a car thatwasfar fromwhat itwas abletodo inRound #1.
Congratulations goesout to the #5car preparedbyDeanHudsonandcrew withJohnDoering Jr.at the controls who inRound #1broke on the firstlapandwereableto rebound and come back for Round#2 towin. Good jobguys!!
Top5:
1st-#5John DoeringJr.
2nd-#1MikeLuberdaJr.
3rd - #11ChuckSilva
4th - #97SteveSauve
5th - #47 RonShamel Jr.

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Event: Valvoline National Cup Series Night
Location: Tri-CityMotor Speedway
Date:May 6th2004
# of Laps: 25
Qualified/Started: Didnotqualify, got totracklate
Fast Qualifier:#72Ray Meylanat a 17.80
Finish: 2nd
Winner:#72RayMeylan
Recap: 9carstook tothetrack forthe 25 lap feature. Therace wasinitially set for35lapsbut at the drivers meetingthe lapswerecut downto25alongwiththe pay. Not sure ifthis was dueto the small crowd butnone the lesswe hada job todo,try and winthe raceregardlessofthe lastminute changes.
Stevestartedthe raceat theback of pack due to notqualifyingasa result of getting tothetrack late. In thefeature the car waslooking good until lap6 whenSteve and the #28 ofEricHeadley touched downthebackstretchcausing bothcars tospin. Steve came in tothepitsforthecrew to accessthedamage. The team pulled outtherightfront fenderandcleaned the dirt off the grillandductworkand sent Steve back out todo battle once again. Stevewas again atthebackofthepack. Itdidn’ttakelongfor Steve to charge backup to thefront,passingthe #12ofRangel, the #32 of Pulley, the#24ofDavis, and the #4ofBond. Itwasreflections ofaweek ago asSteve thenreeledin the #72of Ray Meylan who establisheda lead.Steve tried several times to trytogetaround the#72 machine ofMeylanbut each time Meylanhelduptothechallenge.The top groove just wasn’t working forSteveasthe track wastoo dirtyup high andthe carjust wouldn’tstick andwith 10less laps to makethepassSteve had tosettlefor another hardfought2ndplace finish.
Top 3:
#1- #72-Ray Meylan
#2- #97-Steve Sauve
#3-#4-BillBond

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Event:Opening Night Tri-CityMotor Speedway
Location:Tri-CityMotorSpeedway
Date:April 29th 2004
# of Laps: 35
Qualified/Started: 1stata17.79and startedthefeature7th
Fast Qualifier: #97SteveSauveat a17.79(2nd qualifywas ata18.24)
Finish:2nd
Winner:#72 RayMeylan
Recap: 10carstook to the trackforTri-City’sOpeningnight in itsfirstfullseason under theownershipoftheKamlay Family. Theteambroughtout theorange carthis night to compete. Witha good test sessionon Wednesday theteamwas excitedabouttherace and the teams first time atTri-Cityracingonthe new American Raceras thetrackstire of choice.
Withthedropofthegreen flagSteve workedhisway tothefront. Gettingby thebrand new #24 Howe machineof Norm Davis, the#32 of CliffPulley, the#12 ofGeorge Rangel, and the #28of Eric Headley,Stevethen hadto run downtheraceleadersthe #4 ofBill Bondand #72 Ray Meylanwhopulled away from thepack. Whiledoing this,Meylan andBond touched inturns3& 4 withBond scrappingup againstthewall and getting a little airborne on therightside but ableto continueon.Stevewas able to getaroundBillfor2ndand chargedupto Ray’s bumper.From there the duo putona driving show as Stevetriedhis besttoget aroundthe#72machineofMeylanbut eachattempt heeitherran out of track surfaceorcouldn´tmakethechassis sticktomakethepass. Meylanwas ableto hold on forthe win but notwithoutvaliantefforts from Steve togetthe top spot. Theteam settled fora very hardfought2ndinacar that was uglyto drivefromSteve’s stand point. Theteam will work on the car fornext Thursdayandhopefully chargeto thefront forthe win!
Top 3:
#1- #72-Ray Meylan
#2-#97-Steve Sauve
#3- #24-NormDavis