With record car count and near perfect day with temperatures in the low 60ʼs, the second annual Grim Reaper Enduro went off with out a hitch, fans saw some awesome racing.

What started out as your typical 4 Cylinder Enduro, cars were bunched up 4, 5 and 6 wide going through the day. Jared Seifert soon showed everyone that we was going to be the man to beat.

On lap three our first casualty went into the books when Dan Sanchez, a local demo driver favorite, decided to take a ride on his roof. Dan came into turn three and went low to be surprised by a tire on the track and went for a roll. Dan landed on his tires and when the track was stopped he said he was ok and wanted to continue. Dan lasted only one more lap when his car decided that it had a mind of its own and died and needed to be pushed off the track by the Grim Reaper.

The first 150 laps were side by side racing and took its toll on many cars. During the 15 minute break, the track crew came out to do a little watering on the high side of the track. The cars came back onto the track and were given a parade lap to show them were the water was put down. On lap 153 Matt Rowe was greeted by the Grim Reaper. Matt decided to take a ride on the high side and met the front stretch wall. Matt ended his day after running in the top three positions; he was thought to be one of the favorites to win the race.

Eddie Munster, last years Grim Reaper Champion, was on the pursuit to give Siefert a challenge for the lead when his car broke with mechanical problems. Tim Sheppard, 2008 Dirt Devil Champion, was hot after Siefert. Tim started 4 laps down after being penalized for smaller tires and ended in 5th place with 291 laps in the book. On lap 170 Josh Westenberger saw first hand what it was like to be in the hot seat, when his car went up in flames. Josh was ok and ended up in 27th place.

The top 10 cars were Jared Siefert, Carl Van Luven, Jessi Ness, Jerry Leary, Tim Sheppard, Jeff Behm, Steve Seehawer, Tony Everhard, Aaron Bilek, and Mike Loberger.

Tyler Lind took the best decorated theme car with his scary looking 97 with Tony Everhard coming in a close second.

The Speedzone staff would like to thank everyone who came out to the final day of racing. They saw some awesome racing and also were greeted by the Grim Reaper. The 2009 Race season is slated to begin Friday May 8th.
See ya at the Zone

Grim Reaper final standings!
Jared Seifert - 300
Carl Van Luven - 296
Jessi Ness - 292
Jerry Leary - 292
Tim Sheppard - 291
Jeff Behm - 290
Steve Seehawer - 282
Tony Everhard - 279
Aaron Bilek - 274
Mike Loberger - 272
Angie Muenster - 267
Ryan Wolf – 266
Tim Simon – 263
Daryl Zarling – 231
Eddie Munster – 222
Jason Fish – 222
Tyler Lind – 175
Randy Goss – 173
Erik Fonder – 158
Matt Rowe – 153
Lon Allen – 141
Dan Fisarek – 118
Scott Leisner – 97
Ben Daoust – 95
Frank Calabrese – 88
Tim Krause – 88
Josh Westenberger – 78
Tim Thrun – 66
Beau Schroder – 65
Brian Vinney Jr. – 64
Cory Wegner – 53
Keith Graper – 51
Alex Wendt – 44
Chris Lowenhagen – 41
Mark Van Allen – 38
Jason Cornelius – 28
Andy Kleczka – 25
Mark Krause – 14
Kyle Shade – 11
Dan Sanchez – 4
Tom Plach – 1