http://www.hdnews.net/ Rubbin's Racing. A blog dedicated to racing. en-us http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/column070314 2014-07-03T21:58:55 The summer heat is ready to set in. Drivers are starting to look at point standings -- or they're lying about not looking at point standings. And, there've been enou ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/column070314 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/higdon051314 2014-05-13T15:07:07 When you've struggled at the back of the pack for a few years and had a hard time getting things to go your way, you can understand why the senior at Hays High School wants to get to the front ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/higdon051314 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog042914 2014-04-29T16:26:19 It was for good reason, too.
The hobby stock driver from Hays had notched his first feature win of the season Sunday night at WaKeeney Speedway as ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog042914 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog100313 2013-10-03T16:04:13 And don't forget: Fall Nationals VII at RPM Speedway in Hays is set for Oct. 1 ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog100313 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090613-side1 2013-09-06T15:55:49 "If you know anybody back home that has any good luck charms, tell them to send them to me," the stock car driver from Selden said.
Rogers is in need of more luck, and he's ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090613-side1 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090513-side1 2013-09-05T15:11:53 Such is life in Boone, though. And Blochlinger, Concordia, knows that all too well.
A year ago, Blochlinger had a magical first day by winni ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090513-side1 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090413-side1 2013-09-04T15:18:28 But Travis Coop wasn't fazed in the least. In fact, the hobby stock driver from the small town of Portis has been mixing it up with som ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090413-side1 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090313-side2 2013-09-03T16:21:30 After a rough weekend, perhaps that's the only thing keeping Matthew Crowell going.
The Northern sport mod driver from Clearwater nearly had his trip to the 31st annual IMCA Super Nationals in Boone ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Boone090313-side2 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/damon082813 2013-08-28T14:07:57 The Northern sport mod driver from Great Bend had a fast car this year, but either mechanical failure or wrecks kept him from his first trip to victory lane.
It seemed that might ha ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/damon082813 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog080713 2013-08-07T14:14:49 Don't get me wrong: Seeing someone get injured or killed in a racing accident isn't a pleasant experience.
Whenever death or injury is involved, things g ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog080713 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/nichols071713 2013-07-17T13:40:16 He's won national titles in the IMCA stock car class in the past.
He's won race after race after race in his career.
It's no different when he comes to RPM Speedway in Hays.
Nichols, from Harlan, Iowa, won his third ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/nichols071713 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/column070413 2013-07-05T15:41:45 There's no time to second-guess or play out the scenarios of how things are going to pan out.
There's no rewind button. No do-overs.
Cody Graham knows that. He's lived with that feelin ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/column070413 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/heim061213 2013-06-11T20:48:15 Sure, some people could mistake Colin for his older brother, Chris, a sport mod driver.
But on the first day I witnessed the younger Heim driver, I was flat-o ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/heim061213 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/bloch041013 2013-04-10T14:12:33 But when it comes down to it, these first few months of the racing season could be looked at as one big, long test-and-tune for Brandon Blochlinger.
Blochlinger, manager of Belleville Motorsports, wi ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/bloch041013 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog100412 2012-10-04T14:09:55 And it was another memorable year, to say the least.
Dry conditions and high temperatures took their toll on racing surfaces t ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog100412 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog092612 2012-09-26T14:14:03 On Sunday night, it proved as wild as it possibly could be.
The quarter-mile Rush County Speedway in La Crosse proved to be the most demanding it has been in several years for the 305 sprint ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog092612 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/booneblog090712 2012-09-07T15:28:00 There was nothing that could have ruined the moment for the modified driver from Great Bend.
He was, in fact, a ROC star.
...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/booneblog090712 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Blog090612 2012-09-06T22:26:29 So when I asked him if it was OK to put an in-car camera along for his modified heat race Wednesday night at the 30th annual IMCA Super Nationals in Boone, Iowa, Petersilie sort of s ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Blog090612 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Blog090512 2012-09-05T16:20:51 Not Dallas Dunn -- at least not Tuesday.
Dunn was one of the few sport compact drivers from Kansas to compete in the 30th annual IMCA Super Nationals, fulfilling a dream he's had since ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Blog090512 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Blog090412 2012-09-04T16:08:37 One thing you quickly realize, though, is the event is different than anything else Kansas has to offer.
In Iowa, there are hundreds of cars, thousands of fan ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/Blog090412 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog090212 2012-09-01T20:52:27 That's what Nick Tubbs wants? Really?
The stock car driver has proven himself in the division nationally this year. He's third in national points. He's third in regional points. He leads the state points by a massive margin ahead ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog090212 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog082912 2012-08-29T14:17:37 Thanks to the sponsorship of WW Drilling, the newspaper now has a video component to go along with weekly print and online coverage of racing in the sta ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog082912 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog082212 2012-08-22T16:12:39 But my hunger for the fire-breathing cars was satisfied following Thursday night's racing at Salina Speedway.
I was hoping more c ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog082212 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog081512 2012-08-15T14:18:34 Perhaps that was the plan from the rest of the field.
What it led to, though, was one of the most thrilling races I've seen at WaKeeney Speedway.
On Sunday night, the modified feat ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog081512 Hays Daily News http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog080812 2012-08-08T14:32:12 That's what Luke Cranston was calling his streak at the Belleville High Banks entering the weekend.
The sprint car driver had won three ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/racing/blog/blog080812 Hays Daily News