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Mellenberndt Travels to Eldora, Race is Cancelled

Sioux Falls, South Dakota native Bret Mellenberndt was all geared up to race the USAC National Sprint Car event that was to be held this past Friday and Saturday at the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, but once he and the team arrived, the track was not ready to be raced on.

He was able to have one hot lap session, but the track was just not ready for action; it was dry slick to a point in which you couldn’t see. The officials attempted to work the track in after the first session of hot laps, but after another hot lap session it just wasn’t going to work.

Despite extensive and lengthy track preparation effort’s the Friday’s “Coca-Cola Spring Classic” USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car race was cancelled.
Saturday’s scheduled event was also cancelled due to weather.

“We love this racetrack,” explains Mellenberndt, “But it just wasn’t safe to race on and I am very glad the officials made the decision they did to cancel the Friday night show. We drove a long ways to race with the USAC cars, but I guess we’ll have to hit them up in a couple weeks in Gas City!”

If Bret makes the 13 hour travel to Indiana in 2 weeks you will see the Sioux City Truck & Trailer Keizer Wheels #97 at Gas City on the 16th followed by a Lawrenceburg event on Saturday finishing with Kokomo on Sunday.

Keep in tune with Bret this year through his website, www.bretmellenberndtracing.com for that latest news and schedule updates will be updated regularly.

Special thanks to: Bill Mellenberndt, Sioux City Truck and Trailer, Petersen Motors, Hoosier Racing Tire, Keizer Wheels, Bell Racing, DMI, ATL Fuel Cells, Ultra-Shield, WolfWeld Chassis, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Howe Racing and Driver Websites.

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