Zach Vader  ▪  Pocahontas

Cruisers

How many years have you been racing: 10 Years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My dad

What is your most memorable racing moment: Placing first in the last two Salute to Veterans races

What is your favorite food at Kossuth County Speedway: Steak sandwiches

What driver in Algona do you like to watch: I would probably have to say Mike Smith

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—I hope that at least once in the last four years, each of you had the opportunity to watch Bishop Garrigan’s post player Audi Crooks play  basketball.

If not, you missed a chance to see a once in a lifetime player, the best post player to ever play the five-on-five game in the history of the Iowa High School girls’ basketball history.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Ben Kern says the feeling never gets old. On Sunday, Aug. 13 at the Algona Country Club, the Algona native won the “Algona Am” for the sixth time as he rallied from a five-stroke deficit after the first 18 holes.

Bishop Garrigan senior catcher Garrett Heying participated in the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Series. Heying was a member of the Small Schools West team that went a perfect 3-0 and was coached by Jason Beck of ADM with games being played at Merchants Park in Carroll on July 27-29.

Algona senior Lamorn Ulfers played in the annual Shrine Bowl football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Saturday, July 22. Ulfers started at outside linebacker on the North squad that won the contest by the score of 29-15.

Todd Stinehart  ▪  Waseca, Minn.

Modifieds

How many years have you been racing: 28 years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My dad, my parents got a divorce when I was a little kid and my dad started racing a lot then

What is your most memorable racing moment: Winning the 2023 “Salute to Veterans” race

Cody Knecht  ▪  Whittemore

Modifieds

How many years have you been racing: 14 years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: I used to sit in the stands watching the races and wanted to try it myself

What is your most memorable racing moment: Winning the championship at the Clay County Speedway in 2018

What is your favorite food at Kossuth County Speedway: Nachos with meat

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Jordan Grabouski has raced at a lot of race tracks during his great dirt track racing career but on Thursday, Aug. 10 it was first time the Beatrice, Neb. driver had ever raced at the Kossuth County Speedway.

Titonka Conversation Club

Justin Raymond  ▪  Burt  ▪  Sport Mods

How many years have you been racing: This is my sixth year

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My cousin Tad Reutzel

What is your most memorable racing moment: Winning a heat race in 2022 at the Boone Super Nationals

What is your favorite food at Kossuth County Speedway: It was the cheeseburgers but the taco in a bag has been hitting the spot lately

Dan Hanselman  ▪  Algona  ▪  Hobby Stocks

How many years have you been racing: 31 Years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My dad when he worked on Jim Utt’s sprint car

What is your most memorable racing moment: Probably winning the Super Nationals in 1999 in the hobby stock class

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—On a night when the feature winners all earn six-foot trophies, a solid car count of 69 competed in front of nice crowd in the grandstand on Thursday, Aug. 3 in the Kossuth County Fair race.

Charles Prime  ▪  Britt

Sport Compacts

How many years have you been racing: Three Years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My dad, he raced for as long as I can remember

What is your most memorable racing moment: Has to be running in these the Salute to Veterans’ races

What is your favorite food at Kossuth County Speedway: Got to be the pulled pork sandwiches

Brett Doege  ▪  Buffalo Center Hobby Stocks

How many years have you been racing: Four Years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My dad, he used to race here in a stock car

What is your most memorable racing moment: Probably the Salute to Veterans’ races, it is such a cool event

What is your favorite food at Kossuth County Speedway: Walking tacos

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Hall of Famer Jeff Aikey won the closest race of the 2023 SLMR series of the summer to highlight a special Saturday night edition of dirt track racing during the Harken-Hovinga Memorial race at the Kossuth County Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 5.