Saturday, June 28, 2008
--"In
the most competitive Sportsman race ever seen at the Kalamazoo Speedway
Jeff Ganus made a late race pass on veteran Lou Stremme to collect the
victory...
...Ganus was also quick time of the twenty-six Sportsman cars on hand."
From
www.kalamazoospeedway.com
Sunday, June 29, 2008 - With a $1,000 prize up for grabs in the
sportsman class Saturday night, some drivers got a little impatient at the
start of the 50-lap race.
There were two caution flags before the first lap was in the books in
the Napa 50, and there were five yellows in the first 10 laps.
When things finally settled down, Jeff Ganus, of Constantine,
pulled ahead of Lou Stremme, who led for the majority of the race, to take
home the trophy.
"A lot of guys thought they could win on the first lap," Ganus said
after the race. "There were a lot of cautions and you just have to be
patient."
Ganus, who is also a driver in the late model and modified
classes, said the win is his third or fourth big win.
After the flurry of early cautions,
Ganus
said the last yellow flag, on Lap 42, provided a chance to close the gap
with Stremme and make a move on the restart.
"(The last caution) let the tires cool back down," he said. "I saw Lou
(Stremme) push a little bit and I just drove underneath him."
With all the eagerness early on, Ganus said he appreciated the
way Stremme handled himself.
"I want to thank Lou for driving clean," Ganus said into the
microphone for what was left of the crowd after an early rain delay.
from the
Kalamazoo Gazette (click for the entire article.)
2008 Season
Car Show
Cavalcade of Wheels @ University of Notre Dame's Joyce Centre
March 29 & 30, 2008 - Modified
Kalamazoo Speedway
April 19, 2008 - (raced Modified Car Only) OPENING
NIGHT
Fastest Qualifier/Finished 14th in Feature
April 26, 2008 - Qualified 6th fastest, Won heat race,
7th place in the feature
May 10, 2008 - Qualified 11th, 2nd place in heat, 2nd
place in feature!
May 17, 2008 - Took modified to Angola (Steve Brown
drove) Qualified 5th and finished 7th in the feature.
M40 Speedway
May 9, 2008 - Opening Day
Late Model -Qualified 9th, 2nd in heat, 14th in Feature; was hit in
the rear by Dan McEndarfer so was unable to finish.
Pro Stock - Fastest Qualifier, 4th in heat, WON FEATURE!
May 16th - Drove all 3 cars
Broke Pro Stock and Modified track Records!
Pro Stock - Qualified #1, 4th in heat, 5th in feature
Late Model - Qualified 2nd, 4th in heat, 2nd in feature. Passed
Zachary for the lead. Northrup spun out, then was put back behind
Zachary (they went back 2 laps instead on 1) so wasn't able to pass him
again.
Modified - Qualified 1st, WON FEATURE!
July 4th - Late Model
Jones 100 lap race paying $10,000 to win. He started out 15th. Worked
up to 4th or 5th and the rearend started messing up so ended up finishing
7th. He had a good shot of winning until then!! I know he would of been in
the top 3. Oh well, can't win them all!!
Angola
May 31st he won the feature in the Modified
