Had a chance to interview Nathan Haseleu a few minutes after his fast qualifying run at the Elmer Musgrave Memorial 100 at Illiana Speedway on June 20, 2009. He finished fifth behind winner Jacob Goede.

I recently picked up the new iPhone 3GS. One of the new items on it is video. Here is a quick video I did of the ASAMT Last Chance Race at Illiana on 6/20/09. I will add more interview videos and such in the future. Let me know what you think.

A buddy of mine and I joke a lot when we talk about different shows on television, especially the ones where you see home videos of people doing foolish things. We always question if that person has any talent. Sometimes we even joke when someone hits the wall during a race and we joke that they had talent, but lost their talent right there.

One definition of talent is “a special natural ability or aptitude.” And sometimes I wonder if talent is really on display or is money in short track racing. I tend to think that money cannot hide talent, but it could boost that talent above it.

Let’s be honest, this is a money driven sport and that is on all levels. Short tracks do what they can to make different divisions affordable so they can get more participants competing each week. They basically put divisions that could cater to any income level.

A few weeks ago, I talked about my concerns about how some of the young drivers are being brought up in this sport. Last weekend, while I was working the ASA Midwest Tour event at Dells Raceway Park in Wisconsin Dells, WI, I had a chance to talk to the track’s current point leader and defending champion Jeff Kendall.

Kendall is a short track veteran and also has a few ARCA starts under his belt. This year he is not only focused on his super late model efforts at DRP, he is also keeping a watchful eye on his 14-year-old son Robert who is competing in the limited late model division.

We started talking about what it likes to be a parent of a child who is racing and on top of it, trying to defend his championship. Kendall was not afraid to open up his thoughts about it, especially from the approach he took with it, an educational approach.

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Scott Lofquist, my webmaster, had some fun with a recent photo that Doug Hornickel shot at Elko Speedway this past weekend. Like the new official shirts?