FYE Motorsports Online Store Grand Opening!
Custom Racing Merchandise Just In Time For The Holidays…

With the Holiday Season just around the corner, FYE Motorsports Promotions has come up with some incredible gift ideas for the race car driver, sponsor, car owner, pit crew, family or fans in your life. These custom-designed items are sure to catch the eye of any racer at heart.

Please check out http://fyemotorsports.com/store.htm and scroll down the page to check out images of several sample pieces that we have done so get the feel of what your custom designed piece may look like. Custom designed pieces make great additions to you hauler, RV, shop, office or home to remember seasons gone by, to offer as a thank you to a sponsor or a car owner or to commemorate milestones in your racing career.

Ordering is easy – Click the Add To Cart button and fill out the ordering information on the next screen. Once you submit your order, a confirmation email will be sent to FYE Motorsports. At that time, we will contact you to see exactly what your vision is for your custom merchandise and then will begin the creation of your order. Once the order is completed, you will be e-mailed a proof and once you approve the proof, we will finalize the order and ship it off to you.

These items will make GREAT Christmas, Birthday and other Holiday gifts for your loved ones, but hurry because we expect many orders to come in and we want to make sure we can get them done for you before Christmas if you are ordering them for a gift!

 
The new Hampton Inn & Suites has recently signed on as the official host hotel for both the 5^th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals and the 7^th annual Viking Fall Classic events promoted by FYE Motorsports at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN in 2009. The new Hampton Inn & Suites is located at 2705 South Broadway Street in Alexandria, MN and offers a complimentary hot breakfast, indoor pool, whirlpool, state of the art fitness center, wired/wireless high speed internet, a microwave and refrigerator in all guest rooms. The hotel is also conveniently located next to Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill, Garden Center Lanes, the Viking Plaza Mall and Cinema 9 Theatre.  

The special discounted rate that has been set aside for both events is a whopping 25% off of a regular standard rate at only $104.95/night. The management of the Hampton Inn feels confident that the racers/fans will enjoy their experience at the new Hampton Inn & Suites. 

Racers and fans alike can make reservations for the 5^th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals, which will be held on July 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th 2009 and/or the 7^th annual Viking Fall Classic, which will be held on October 8^th, 9^th & 10^th 2009 by calling the hotel directly at (320) 763-3360 and mentioning the room block for the Mod Nationals and/or Fall Classic. FYE Motorsports would like to welcome the Hampton Inn & Suites as the new host hotel for the Mod Nationals and Fall Classic!

FYE Motorsports Motorsports Marketing/Sponsorship Portfolios Available

                Drivers/Team Owners: Are you content with the amount of sponsorship involvement with your race team or could you use more help funding your team for the upcoming season? Maybe what you’re missing is a professional way to market your team to those potential sponsors out there. If so, a Motorsports Marketing Portfolio is just the thing for you!

                Track Owners/Promoters: Are you looking for additional nightly, billboard and/or season-long sponsors? FYE Motorsports will tailor a professional marketing portfolio to suit your needs as well as to assist you in obtaining additional sponsorship in order to help keep your season financially stable.

Obtaining sponsorship is one of the most difficult and stressful aspects of owning a motorsports team, and/or being a track owner/promoter, and FYE Motorsports fully understands this, so we are here to give a helping hand to those struggling to find a professional way to search out potential sponsors.

                FYE Motorsports understands the incredible importance of sponsorship and the fact that most motorsports teams and race tracks in could not survive without the support of their loyal sponsors. We have come up with a professional sponsorship portfolio for you to use to send to potential sponsors, that showcases your team/track specifically and gives any potential sponsor some insight as to what supporting your team/track can and will do for both you and for their business.

                These sponsorship portfolios will be custom made to suit your team’s/track’s needs, including your very own colors, graphics and logos, so that any potential sponsor can get a first hand glimpse into what your team/track is all about. We will gather up your personal information and photos and custom design a 6-page spiral bound portfolio for your sponsorship hunting assistance. These marketing portfolios will also come with custom designed envelopes, sheets of custom letterhead and custom business cards for you to include your own personalized cover letter or use as follow up correspondence so that the potential sponsor is assured that their company’s advertising dollars will be well spent.

Package Prices:

Package 1: (10 portfolios w/ 10 envelopes, 10 letterhead and 50 business cards)
$253.40 

Package 2: (20 portfolios w/ 20 envelopes, 20 letterhead and 50 business cards)
$329.80 

Package 3: (50 portfolios w/ 50 envelopes, 50 letterhead and 50 business cards)
$557.00 

**Materials, artwork charge, design fee, printing costs & tax included to each price quote
**Shipping not included
 
We can certainly produce any number of portfolios you wish, so if you want more than 10 but less than 20, we can get you a quote for a specific number if you wish.

If you run out and need to place a re-order, the price includes only the cost of materials, because your design and artwork fees have already been applied to your original order. Please plan on 2-3 weeks for order to be completed, so hurry and order now so you can get started on your 2009 sponsorship hunt.

To place an order or gain more information regarding these sponsorship portfolios, please e-mail Chris at chris@fyemotorsports.com and we will be happy to work with you to assist your team in reaching your sponsorship goals for 2009 and beyond.

Johnson, Doar, Shaw, Mikkelson and Rosen Victorious at "Classic"
Zach Johnson	Pat Doar	Don Shaw
Cory Rosen	Lucas Oil	Ryan Mikkelson

Cryderman, Marshall, Peterson & Barth are Badger State Nationals Champions
09/27/08
By Greg Parent

The final night of the FYE Motorsports promoted Badger State Nationals closed out the racing season at the Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday September 27. Joel Cryderman earned the title in the late model division by leading all 50 laps enroute to the victory while fellow Thunder Bay, Ontario native Jeff Marshall took top honors in the Midwest modifieds. Chris Peterson claimed the $1,000 top prize for his street stock feature win, and Eric Barth came back from a wreck the previous night to win the Legends main event on a cool autumn evening.

With full programs in the street stock and Legends divisions, heat races were necessary. The Midwest modifieds and late models ran B Mains, Last Chance Races, and their Championship Features. The Legend cars opened the third straight night of racing at the Badger State Nationals with three heat races for the 25 cars on hand. Spencer Wilson defeated early leader Kevin Brill in the first heat. Tom Wagner and Eric Barth swapped the lead several times in the second heat with Barth making a last lap pass for the win. Cam Schaefer led all the way to win the third heat in front of last night's feature winner Joel Wyttenbach. For the street stocks, three heat races were also necessary for their 23 car field. Chris Peterson dominated the first heat to win by a good margin over Shawn Kammerud. Kevin Schmidt held off a determined bid by Friday night feature winner Chanda Fjorden-Nord to garner the top spot in the second heat. Cory Rosen led all the way for the win in the third heat, but Jeff Heintz applied the pressure throughout the nonstop 10 lap race.

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Cryderman, Smith, Fjorden-Nord & Wyttenbach Show the Way on Night #2 of the Badger State Nationals
09/26/08
By Greg Parent

With summerlike weather conditions, the second night of the first Badger State Nationals took place on Friday September 26 at the Cedar Lake Speedway. The FYE Motorsports promoted program featured some truly outstanding main event racing action for the field of 123 cars on hand at the 3/8 mile high-banked Wisconsin speedplant. When the last lap of racing had been completed, race fans had witnessed some of the very best feature racing seen at CLS in quite some time in the street stock and Midwest modified mains. Earning hard-fought victories tonight in the street stock division was popular female driver Chanda Fjorden-Nord while veteran racer Bob Smith topped an incredible battle in the Midwest modified main. Joel Cryderman turned in a solid performance passing Don Shaw on lap 8 of the late model feature race enroute to victory while Joel Wyttenbach came out ahead of a great two car battle for the win in the Legends feature.

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Gullikson, Leer & Matthees Are Victorious on Opening Night of Badger State Nationals
09/25/08
By Greg Parent

1^st Annual Badger State Nationals Begins Tonight!
September 18^th 2008 – St. Cloud, Minnesota (Prepared by FYE Motorsports Promotions)

After last weekend’s depressing rain out of Cedar Lake Speedway’s typically year-ending ‘Legendary 100 weekend’ drivers and fans alike are incredibly geared up to wrap up the ’08 season in grand style at the Western Wisconsin speed plant with the running of the FYE Motorsports Badger State Nationals, which is set to take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 25^th, 26^th and 27^th 2008 with an inclement weather date of Sunday, September 28^th if necessary.

Chris Stepan and St. Cloud, Minnesota based FYE Motorsports Promotions have leased the Cedar Lake Speedway and will present the 1^st annual Badger State Nationals which will wrap up the 2008 racing season at Cedar Lake with a bang by offering an incredible $12,000 to win Late Model event, in conjunction with a whopping $3,000 to win Midwest Modified event, plus $500 to win Street Stocks on Thursday and $500 to win again on Friday with $1,000 going to the winner in the Street Stocks on Saturday night plus two complete high paying shows for the National Touring Legends Division on Friday and Saturday nights.

The Late Models and Midwest Modifieds will run a complete program with heat races, b-features and a preliminary main event in each division on Thursday night, with the top 5 finishers in each preliminary feature locking themselves into the Saturday night Badger State Nationals main event in their respective division. These drivers will fill in the inside first five rows in Saturday’s main event. The Street Stocks will be on the schedule Thursday night as well with a complete program, paying the winner $500. Time permitting, the Legends will come in and compete in several open practice sessions as well on Thursday night.

Inaugural Badger State Nationals Rapidly Approaching
Tickets, Camping and Pre-Entry Information

With the first annual FYE Motorsports promoted Badger State Nationals set to kick off in just over 60-days at the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin, fans can now purchase advanced tickets and camp sites online by going to http://www.clstickets.com/tickets.asp and then selecting Badger State Ntls (Sep 25-27) from the drop down menu. Once you have selected the event, follow the online instructions and you can purchase tickets, campsites or both.

There are also several Ramp Parking Spots still available for those fans that like the up-close feel and amazing views of the track from the tiered ramp in turns three and four. Ramp parking spot are $75.00 for the entire weekend and can be purchased by emailing clsracer@hotmail.com or calling (715) 497-8916. There are a total of 53 spots on the ramp and a lot of them have been spoken for already, so please contact me sooner than later if you are interested in one for the weekend.

The Badger State Nationals will feature a never-seen-before $12,000 to win event for the Late Models, along with a first of its kind $3,000 to win event for the Midwest Modifieds over the course of the three-day weekend show. Late Models and Midwest Modifieds will run a complete program (heats, b-features and features) each night (Thursday and Friday) before competing in the championship features on Saturday night. Street Stocks will run a complete program on Thursday night, paying $500 to win and then the National Touring Legend Cars will compete in complete programs on both Friday and Saturday nights.

Late Model and Midwest Modified drivers should also note that there are pre-entry forms available at http://www.fyemotorsports.com/badgernats_news.htm for this event. Drivers will save $50 if you pre-enter before September 11^th. Please print out, fill out and mail in the entry form with payment prior to the deadline to save.

Legend drivers can pre-register and save $20 by downloading this form: http://cedarlakespeedway.com/files/cedarlakespeedway/files/2008%20Badger%20State%20Legend%20Nationals%20Registration%20Form.pdf and sending it in to the address on the form with payment. Street Stocks do not have a pre-entry option.

Holiday Inn Back On Board As Host Hotel For Fall Classic.....

Holiday Inn of Alexandria Named Host Hotel For 6th Viking Fall Classic

The Holiday Inn of Alexandria has once again come on board for the fourth consecutive season to be the official host hotel of the 6th Annual Viking Fall Classic. The staff and accommodations at the Holiday Inn are second to none and will provide a great home away from home for those planning on attending this year’s Fall Classic on October 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

The Holiday Inn will be offering discounted rates for all guests that mention the Fall Classic upon registration and will be offering free drink vouchers for Rudy’s Redeye Grill, the lounge/restaurant attached to the hotel. The Holiday Inn has recently been renovated and each room offers new furnishings, wireless internet and large work desks. The holidome recreation center in the center of the complex features a swimming pool, whirlpool, wading pool, an indoor volleyball court and a basketball court. You can check the hotel out at www.hialexandria.com. Room rates will be reserved at a discounted price per night for the weekend, providing an affordable stay while in town for some awesome racing action!

To make reservations, please call (320) 763-6577 and be sure to mention that you are staying with them because they are the host hotel of the Fall Classic in order to get your discounted room rate. The Holiday Inn is conveniently located just off of Interstate 94 as you come into Alex. At the top of the ramp, turn left onto Highway 29 South and the Holiday Inn is your first building on the left, just across the bridge. The address is 5637 Hwy 29 South, Alexandria, MN 56308.

For more information about the Fall Classic, please check out www.fyemotorsports.com or call Chris at (715) 497-8916.

Mitch Johnson Seeks Defense of Seitz Memorial
Prepared By Chris Stepan ~ FYE Motorsports Promotions
(July 28^th 2008 – St. Cloud, MN)

The second annual $9,200 to win John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational is set to take place once again at John’s home track, the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday and Friday, September 4^th & 5^th 2008.

The inaugural event drew a stellar field of 57 Late Models and Hickson, North Dakota Late Model veteran Mitch Johnson took home the honors of being the first Seitz Memorial Champion. Mitch will be back to defend his title, along with an expected field of over 50 of the best Late Model pilots in the Midwest to be on hand for competition. Johnson will be locked into the event as the inaugural champion and will be guaranteed a provisional. If Johnson qualifies on his own for the 50-lap feature, the highest finishing driver from last year’s event will be locked into the a-main as the provisional starter.

This event became an instant classic after Bemidji, Minnesota Late Model pilot John Seitz suddenly and tragically passed away in February of 2007 while on a snowmobile trip in Idaho, and the event basically took the place of the already successful Harvest Bowl Nationals and be held at the River Cities Speedway. The second annual event will continue to pay the winner a whopping $9,200 to commemorate Seitz’s #92 car number.

The Seitz family, Seitz Crew Chief Josh Hills, River Cities Speedway Promoter Darren Evavold, Seitz best friend and sponsor Don Shaw and FYE Motorsports Owner Chris Stepan worked hard last year to get this event put together and it turned out to be an amazing success for all involved. This year, the event will stick closely to the same format at the 1^st annual event, but will see a few small changes to make the event even bigger and better.

In 2007, when asked about his role in getting this event put together, Hills said “We need to make this event a big deal because that's what John would want us to do to make the sport of racing grow in the Upper Midwest. Large races like this bring race fans and race teams together to have fun and that's why we race is to have fun and make friends.” The event certainly was an instant ‘big deal’ and will be again in 2008 as more and more fans and drivers are expected to converge on River Cities for the second annual event.

In 2007, the event was sanctioned by the DTRA, but in ’08 this event will be a headlining WISSOTA Late Model event. The Late Models will run all of their heat races and pole dash on Thursday night, while the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and DTRA/MDRA Street Stocks will also compete in a complete show on Thursday night. Friday night will then feature another complete show for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, DTRA/MDRA Street Stocks, and a complete program of NOSA Sprint Cars will also thrill the fans on Friday night plus the b-features and 50-lap, $9,200 to win WISSOTA Late Model main event.

There has also been a point fund put together to be paid out to the drivers that have the four highest combined point totals over the 2-day show in both the Midwest Modified and Street Stock division as well.

When Shaw was asked what he thought about this event he commented “To put it in John’s words….’Do it for the fans, do it for the sport and do it because you love it!’ John’s motto was always ‘Go Hard Or Go Home’, so this race should be an incredible event to remember and honor someone who was like a brother to me.” The 2008 event’s pole dash has been changed a bit from the ’07 event and will be dubbed as the “Go Hard Or Go Home Pole Dash” and will feature the to 16 drivers in overall passing points after the heat races. The drivers will redraw in groups for their starting position in the dash and how the dash finishes is how the Friday night feature will start. This year, the dash will pay the top five finishers as well.

Stepan commented “John was a great driver on the track, a driver that I sponsored and was proud to help in any way I could and most importantly a great friend of mine, so it is an honor to be a part of this event.” Chris also stated “I hope this event turns into one of the biggest events in all of the country because John deserves his legacy to be remembered and he would love to have this event be huge. Last year’s event was awesome and this year’s should be just as great.”

When Evavold was asked about the significance of this event, he said “River Cities was John’s home track. He ran with us for most of his racing career on Friday nights and he will be sorely missed. He was a class act on and off the track and we are proud to be able to host this event in his memory.”

Valley Oral and Facial Surgery will be on board as the title sponsor for this event with associate sponsorship from Shaw Trucking Inc., Northern Plumbing Supply, S & S Transport, Wes’ Plumbing, North Dakota Eye Clinic and 71 Bar & Steak House.

After the tremendous success of the first annual event, everyone is looking forward to the second running of the John Seitz Memorial. For more information on this event, feel free to check out www.johnseitz92.com or email Josh at bob@johnseitz92.com.