ELKO 2022 Interviews

 By Jason D Searcy

We did not have a radio show in 2022 but Speed Talk on 1360 continued with interviews from Elko Speedway (MN) drivers.  Here is the list with photos and links.

Now 9 time ELKO Champion #72 Jacob Goede he is now tied with Donny Reuvers and just 1 behind Jeff Martin for the most Premier Divison Championships in track history.  Click Here for interview

Now 6 time ELKO Thunder Car Champion #3 Conrad Jorgenson, he has won a Championship in the 90's, 2000's, 2010's and now the 2020's.  This is a fun interview where he reveals his 2023 plans Conrad Jorgenson interview

Former Thunder Car Champion and crowd favorite #32 Jeremy Wolff got his first Late Model win in a long time, here is his interview Click here for Wolff interview

Legendary Late Model driver #52 Chad Walen finished 2nd in the points in 2022, Here is his interview where he talks racing and his other love, restoring classic cars.

Chad Walen interview link

We also started a new series called "6 questions" where we interview top drivers and ask them some racing questions and other questions that have nothing to do with racing.  The answers proved to be very interesting!

Two time Thunder Car Champion and Rookie Late Model driver #37 Bryce Blohm Click HERE for the Blohm interview 

7 time Elko Speedway Power Stock winner in 2022 #08 Mike Stoer did a very entertaining interview and Photo! 

 

Click Here for Stoer interview

Former ELKO Legends division Champion #13 Tim Brockhouse is an interesting Character and he was in a great mood when doing this 6 questions interview 

Brockhouse Interview link

Long time Power Stock driver #66 Joe Prusak announced his retirement after the 2022 season and after over 200 wins in his career.

Joe Prusak Interview link

Former Power Stock Champion, current Thunder Car driver and crowd favorite Taylor Goldman known as "Roller Girl" did a great 6 questions interview.

Taylor Goldman interview link

We also interviewed ELKO superfan Konnor Koski

Konnor interview link

Jacob Goede also did a very well recieved "6 questions" interview

Jacob Goede Interview

We also posted many Jason Searcy race calls from numerous races at Elko Speedway in 2022.  Click on this link to listen to some of the race calls.  Audio of 2022 ELKO Race Calls

Jimmie Jorgenson 1st win

Mike Stoer 5th win of 2022

Tristan Swanson win

Jesse Fischer 6th win

Mark Anderson Jr win

Jacob Goede 7th Behrens memorial race win

Jacob Goede interview after the Behrens memorial win

Mark Anderson Jr vs Danny Mann race call

Tom Doten 2nd win of 2022

Jeremy Wolff 1st ELKO LM win race call

Tyler Ledbetter 1st win race call

Matt Wiebusch win race call

Danny Mann 6th win of 2022

Jesse Fischer vs Nick Oxborough great race

Baiden Heskett 3rd win of 2022

Mark Anderson Jr Bando win

Danny Mann 5th win of 2022

Owin Giles 3rd win of 2022

Julie Jorgenson first win of 2022

Colin Stocker clean sweep

Hunter Paine 1st LM win

Dillon Sellner clean sweep

Danny Mann 4th win

Ayrton Brockhouse 1st Legends win

Leighton Rose 2nd Bando win

Tim Brockhouse win #241

Tom Doten Power Stock win

Brent Kane 2nd win of 2022

Matt Frye win

Jake Ryan win race call

Jon Lemke 2nd win of 2022

Dusty Mann 1st Late Model win

Here are some photos from an exciting 2022 season that included Sammy Smith #18 winning the ARCA event, 4 years earlier he won 4 races at ELKO in a Legends Car.  A first career Late Model win for #10 Dusty Mann, numerous wins from 12 year old Ayrton Brockhouse in the Legends division, #7 Jacob Tiegen winning a national title in the INEX division and #36 Ty Fredrickson racing at ELKO for the first time.  Elko hosted its first annual Monster Truck Mania event and 7K racing won the Jeremy Johnson memorial "Tire Guy" Sportsmanship award.

Speed Talk on 1360 Podcasts

We just wrapped up our 2019 season, our 11th on KRWC radio.  Here are the links to our Podcasts from Speed Talk on 1360 --

9/28/19 Dan Plan Segment Thunderstruck93 wrap-up

9/28/19 Book/Movie review of Rapid Response Rapid Response

9/21/19 Nick Oxborough ELKO Powerstock winner Oxborough

9/21/19 Brody Willett #Thunderstruck93 preview interview Brody Willett

9/21/19 Bryan Syer-Keske first WISSOTA Modified winner at ELKO Bryan Syer-Keski

9/14/19 Full Show- Jordan Bianchi talks INDY and Vegas, Jacob Goede interview before Championship night and Dan Plan from the Legendary at Cedar Lake 9/14/19

9/7/19 Nick Panitzke interview Panitzke

9/7/19 Jacob Goede interview Goede

9/7/19 Goede win Race Call Goede win Race Call

9/7/19 Michael Haggar interview Haggar Interview

8/31/19 Nick Pantizke win Race Call Panitzke win Race Call

8/31/19 Haggar win Race Call Haggar win Race Call

8/24/19 Jon Lewerer Interview Lightning Lewerer interview

8/17/19 Knoxville Nationals Recap  Knoxville Recap

Cole Klein vs Tristan Swanson Race Call at ELKO Klein Win Race Call

Conrad Jorgenson interview Conrad Jorgenson Interview

Paul Hamilton win Race Call Paul Hamilton Win Race Call at ELKO

Tom Quade Interview Tom Quade Interview

Robby Carter Interview Robby Carter Interview at ELKO

8-10-2019 Full Show  8/10/19 Full Show

8-3-19 7K racing interviews Kottschade Boys interview on KRWC

7-27-19 Carson Gramm WISSOTA interview Gramm on KRWC

Baiden Heskett win Race Call Heskett win at ELKO

Chad Walen win Race Call Walen win at ELKO

Michael Stoer win Race Call Stoer win at ELKO

Cole Klein win Race Call Klein win at ELKO

Dean race call of Conrad Jorgenson win Jorgenson win at ELKO

Cole Klein interview at ELKO Klein interview after win

Racin Ryan Varner interview Varner interview at ELKO

7-2-19 Full show ARCA Recap with interviews at ELKO and Kari Miller ARCA Recap

Austin Jahr interview  Austin Jahr at ELKO

Chad Walen Interview Walen win at ELKO

Race Call of Anderson win Anderson ELKO race Call

Steve Anderson interview at ELKO Anderson Interview at ELKO

Josiah Kottschade interview 6/1/19 Kottschade interview at ELKO

Paul Hamilton Interview Hamilton at ELKO

Jacob Goede win Race Call 5/25/19 Goede win at ELKO

Joe Graf Jr interview at IOWA Joe Graf Jr interview

Natalie Decker interview from Iowa Speedway Natalie Decker interview

Joe Graf Jr interview previewing ELKO ARCA race Joe Graf Jr

Tribute to Tony "the Tiger" Hallerman Tony the Tiger tribute

Craig Dollansky interview on KRWC Craig Dollansky

World of Outlaws at Granite City recap WoO recap

Dan Bailey interview Bailey interview on KRWC

Spencer Pigot INDYCAR interview Spencer Pigot

Reed Allex WoO interview Reed Allex interview on KRWC

Ron Krog 5/18/19 Ron Krog interview

Dean Cornelius Cornelius Interview on KRWC

Carson Gramm 4/27/19 Gramm interview

Ron Bernhagen 5/4/19

Brad Sweet at Granite City Speedway
David Gravel at Granite City Speedway
Jesse Little from IOWA
Chandler Smith from IOWA
Justin Algier from IOWA
Cole Custer from IOWA
Chandler Smith from ELKO
Michael Smith from ELKO
Ty Gibbs from ELKO



Jordan Bianchi from the Athletic NASCAR segments:
9/28/19
9/21/19
9/7/19
8/31/19
8/24/19
8/17/19
8/3/19
7/27/19
Summer Daytona Segment
6/29/19
6/15/19
6/8/19
6/1/19
5/29/15
5/18/19
5/11/19
5/4/19

Other misc interviews Dean Reller Soundcloud
Jason Searcy Soundcloud

Listen every Saturday morning 10-11am on KRWC1360.com 1360am or on Tunein.com Search KRWC APRIL - SEPT

Speed Talk on 1360 Returns for a 10th year

Speed Talk on 1360 will return for a 10th year on KRWC radio in Buffalo MN.  The LIVE racing themed radio show will again be heard every Saturday morning from 10-11am beginning April 21st - September 29th 2018..  Race Fans can listen on 1360am radio, go to KRWC1360.com or search KRWC on the free Tunein app for your mobile device.  Segments are also podcasted on Soundcloud  Jasons SoundCloud  Deans SoundCloud

The two long-time hosts of the show will return as well:  Dean Reller, who is an announcer at Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids (MN), and Jason Searcy who is an announcer at Elko Speedway in Elko (MN).

Speed Talk on 1360 radio will have full race coverage with interviews from our local tracks, also one-on-one interviews will drivers racing ARCA, Indy Car, Camping World Trucks and the Xfinity series.  Over the years we have interviewed many of the biggest names in racing including: Rusty Wallace, Harry Gant, Erik Jones, Bobby Labonte, Trevor Bayne, Ty Dillon, Ryan Blaney, Michael Waltrip, Kenny Wallace, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Joseph Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves and many others.

Minnesota native NASCAR writer Jordan Bianchi joins us weekly to keep up on all the NASCAR happenings and we also have contributors like Dan Plan and Shane Carlson to share their wealth of racing knowledge.

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Join us for Speed Talk on 1360 April 21st through September 29th.  Saturdays 10-11am (Central) on 1360am KRWC1360.com or search KRWC on the free Tunein app for your phone.

Elko Speedway Preview

By Jason D Searcy

Elko Speedway begins its 51st season with an Eve of Destruction on the Saturday night of Memorial weekend, a couple weeks later than usual.

Some new but familiar faces will be taking over race control at Elko. 

Midwest tour founder Tim Olson (above) was hired to oversee race day operations and two time former Super Late Model champion Jason Schneider has taken over the race director role.  Both men are well respected in the racing community and have been open to suggestions coming into the 2016 season.

One thing that will be highlighted at Elko will be the "gentlemen's tap out" rule.  This has been used at some Wisconsin tracks for years.  If a driver feels they are solely at fault for an accident they may pull to the bottom of the start/finish line and tap their roof, at that time only that driver will be sent to the tail of the single file line with all others deemed involved awarded their prior position.  This rule will surely provide some additional drama to every caution period, so I would advise people to plan their bathroom breaks accordingly.

Some slight format changes on race night will occur as well.  In previous years in addition to the normal show double features were run in three divisions on Eve of Destruction nights making for a very compact race schedule when you consider all of the extra entertainment that happens on those very long race nights. 

This year, in addition to the normal show, double features in four divisions will be run on the NASCAR nights, giving the die-hard traditional race fan exactly what they want, more racing.  Eve of Destruction nights will have single features in all the division except for one (either the Big 8 or Super Late Models), reducing the chance of an extra long race night, that dear sir is a win-win scenario.  

The Super Late Model and Big 8 divisions will each have four nights off this year, they rotate doing the Eve of Destruction nights, all other nights they will run double features.  Giving those drivers an opportunity to travel with the car if they wish or simply just spend more time with the family.  Having a shorter season with some off nights has been more of a priority for families in this modern age of racing.

Some season schedule notes:  The popular MN Corn Growers FREE Admission night will return on Saturday June 4th.  Elko Speedway will have fireworks on Saturday July 2nd and on the final race night Eve of Destruction October 1st.  The 8th annual Thunderstruck93 event will be a one day event on Saturday September 24th. 

Some story lines to follow coming into the 2016 season include:

**How will Chris Marek do in his first year racing with the Super Late Models? 

Marek has done things the right way, he has climbed the ladder one rung at a time.  Winning a Hornets Championship in 2005, then a Power Stock title in 2006, he then won the ASA Sportsman Championship in 2010 & 2011 before moving up to the Big 8 division and winning the Championship 3 years in a row 2013-2015.  In 2015 he won an incredible 12 features at Elko Speedway.  Next is his biggest Challenge but, if history means anything, expect Marek to challenge the Goede brothers for the Super Late Model title in the next couple of years at Elko Speedway.

**Can Grant Brown continue his rise? 

Fifteen year old Grant Brown won the NASCAR division 4 National title in the Power Stock division at Elko Speedway in 2015.  Now he moves up to the highly competitive Big 8 division and if that is not enough of a challenge, he is also recovering from a pretty serious injury.  Brown hurt in his lower leg while skiing this winter.  On a warm day Brown caught a rut and his foot jerked backwards and off to the side, when that happened his ankle folded over and smashed his leg against the side of the ski boot causing a spiral fracture that wrapped all the way around the bone.  He spent the off season rehabbing, just got the boot off his left leg and plans on being ready for the season opener at Elko Speedway.  Grant said he feels like he has "a lot to prove" this year and is motivated to do well.

***Will the Kane vs Wolff rivalry continue to grow?  

The best rivalry at Elko Speedway might be in the Thunder Car division.  Brent Kane and Jeremy Wolff had a great point battle in 2015 and they seemed to always be racing near each other.  The rivalry is also fueled by intensity, a mutual respect and a passionate fan base supporting each driver.  I'm curious if it will be the Kane-iacs vs the Wolf pack again in 2016.

***How will the KDDP help Michael Ostdiek?  

Michael Ostdiek was chosen from hundreds of applicants to be part of the Kulwicki Driver Development Program in 2016.  His race team is granted a prize of $7,777 with a chance to win $54,439 at the end of the year if he is the chosen winner of the Kulwicki Cup.  Ostdiek is a former Great North Legends Champion in 2013 and he had three Big 8 division wins in 2015 at Elko Speedway.  He plans on racing in both the Super Late Model and Big 8 divisions this year on a semi-regular basis at Elko Speedway while traveling as well.

Tons of stories to follow this year, don't miss out, I hope to see you all at Elko Speedway on Saturday nights this summer.

Get more information at www.ElkoSpeedway.com or download their FREE app by searching Elko Racing

Super Late Model title up for Grabs at Elko Speedway

Even with some of the familiar names at Elko Speedway not racing for points this year.  The Super Late Models at Elko Speedway have been very entertaining the first month of the 2014 Season.

Nine time Elko Speedway Champion Donny Reuvers is racing the full ARCA Midwest Tour series this year and defending Elko Champion Adam Royle is not racing at all yet, and that opens the door for a new Champion at Elko Speedway or possibly one we have not heard from in a while.

62 yr old Mark Lamoreaux (#26 above) was a surprise winner of the main event on May 17th.   He hadn't won a feature at Elko since the Mid 1980's "I think I am more than a veteran" said Lamoreaux.  He was the 1976 Champion at Elko and 1991 Champion at La Crosse but he usually prefers not to race for the title "I try not to race for points, I've been in too many of those and you go crazy," said Lamoreaux.

#80 Paul Paine had a terrible wreck to start the season last year, it took him a good part of the year just to get back to the track.  2014 is a different story as he has clocked a fast time in qualifying and has had two runner up finishes and leads in the Elko Speedway point standings coming into June.  "We weren't planning on running for points," said Paine "now maybe we better look at it."

On the other end of the spectrum was 20 yr old Derek Lemke (#5 above) who won on May 24th, he is only in his third year of racing in the Super Late Model division.  They have a new car this year and really got it dialed in to start the season.  "Right now I'm not thinking about points but, any racer will look at the points at some point and time, we will play it out and see how Mid-Season is," said Lemke.

Jacob Goede is joining his brother Matt racing full time at Elko this summer, this is the first time that they have raced each other at the same track for a point title. Jacob has raced full time in the ARCA Midwest Tour for quite some time, he won the Rookie of the year in 2009 and finished second in points in 2011.  He had two victories on the tour; one at I-94 in Sauk Centre and one at Illiana.  Remember he also won three big ASA Late Model races; one at Iowa Speedway, in Bristol, and also in Mansfield (OH). 

#28 Matt Goede has done quite well at Elko over the years, he finished fourth in points last year and scored four wins, he was runner up in points in 2012.  Both drivers are capable of winning numerous races and fighting for the Title this year, maybe racing each other for it.

Lets not forget about Jason Schneider who has two Elko titles under his belt, he won the Championship in both 1998 and 1999, he is always near the front and has been ultra consistent.  Chad Walen has never won a Championship at Elko but he won two feature events in 2013.   He has won a bunch of MN state NASCAR titles in his career and two Championships at Raceway Park, he found a great set up at Oktoberfest last fall and it has carried over to a good start this season at Elko Speedway.

#81 Bryan Syer-Keske is also a guy to keep an eye on this summer.  This two time Great North Legends Champion won two races last year and has the talent to get the job done.  Don't be surprised if you see Joey Garofalo, Steve Anderson or Bryan Roach in victory lane this summer either. 

More than a handful of the former Elko Speedway regulars are racing the TUNDRA or ARCA Midwest touring series and that is a good thing. The Super Late Model car count is still healthy at between 16-20 every week at Elko Speedway and the racing is great.  Minnesota drivers are proving their worth in Regional Touring series and that opens the doors for a new, or maybe revisited Champion at Elko Speedway this summer.

*For more information go to  www.elkospeedway.com