HEY!
Well, it's that time of the year again. Racing season begins THIS FRIDAY, May 9th, at Norway Speedway. This past Saturday (May 3rd) we had our first practice of the season. We debuted the new addition to our team, the 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass. I was very excited to race again. But my hopes were soon let down as only 4 laps into the practice I was black flagged for smoke. The team and myself went to work under the hood and found out it was an oil leak. We tried to fix it, but later realized it was worse than had originally anticipated, and figured we would have to pull the motor once we got home to fix it. But now we are almost ready for the first race. I hope it goes well.

 

I am very excited to announce that the Widdis Racing Team is proud to welcome aboard our new sponsor, NORTHLAND RACING COLLECTABLES of Escanaba, MI. The owner/operators of this merchandise store are Wendy and Terry Hatala. We got in contact with them and wanted to help them out because not too many people knew of their store, so we asked if they would like to help us out a little bit too, they gladly jumped on board. It is a great store ran by great people.

 

Also debuting on Saturday was my championship car from last year with proud new owners Jeff and Dan Dehanke. I enjoyed very much helping them through their first racing experience. The excitement in their voices and joy on their faces made me proud to help open the doors of the wonderful world of racing to new faces. They also let me have the honor to take the car out for a few hot laps. That car is still a wonderful car. It is very fast and still handles well. It was my first time racing that car at Norway and I had a blast. I would like to thank Jeff and Dan for letting me have that experience and I hope they have even MORE fun as the season progresses.

 

I very much look forward to the racing debut of my new car this Friday. I hope everyone can come out and enjoy the wild world of Friday night short track racing. For more information please visit www.widdisracing.com  or www.norwayspeedway.com

 

I would once again like to thank and welcome aboard Wendy and Terry Hatala and their business NORTHLAND RACING COLLECTABLES of Escanaba, MI. Hope to see you all on Friday!