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SAMS GREEN FLAG TO CHECKER

SAMS GREEN FLAG TO CHECKER

5/25/2019
Crystal, MI - Traveling from Northport, FL last year to run with the Great Lakes Super Sprints all season, Danny "D3" Sams III sniffed at victory during the season and took home a 4th place in overall points in 2018. Last night Sams tasted victory lane in his first ever feature win in a full size sprint car. No one expected us to race last night! Crystal Motor Speedway was packed in tight for the expected heavy rains that were forecast for Saturday. The track...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on May 26, 2019
  • Article Date: 5/25/2019
Tags: Danny Sams, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling
GLSS BEATS MOTHER NATURE in a Memo

GLSS BEATS MOTHER NATURE in a Memo...

5/28/2019
Merrill, MI – Great Lakes Super Sprints goes 3 for 3 Memorial Weekend, racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Tri-City Motor Speedway, Crystal Motor Speedway and I-96 Speedway respectfully. I wouldn’t have bet anyone a dollar that we’d get all 3 races in, given the weather forecast a week ago! But we were blessed with great weather, great fans and great cars! Friday morning we woke up to a change in the forecast, rain moving in early in the afternoon and thunderstorms...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on May 29, 2019
  • Article Date: 5/28/2019
Tags: GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling, 360 Sprints - Winged
RUHL WINS FIRST GLSS FEATURE

RUHL WINS FIRST GLSS FEATURE

6/7/2019
Hartford, MI - Ryan Ruhl (Coldwater, MI), a member and supporter of Great Lakes Super Sprints the past 4 years, parked it in the winners circle tonight at Hartford Motor Speedway for his first GLSS Feature Win and his 29th overall. It was finally a beautiful, sunny June day in Hartford and for the first time this season, there was no worries about rain! The Great Lakes Super Sprints rolled in for our first of 2 races this season with 27 cars from Canada, Florida,...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Jun 08, 2019
  • Article Date: 6/7/2019
Tags: GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling, 360 Sprints - Winged
GRESSMAN WINS AT PLYMOUTH

GRESSMAN WINS AT PLYMOUTH

6/8/2019
Plymouth, IN - Drawing a 6 and starting in the 3rd row, Phil Gressman (Helena, OH) would not be denied winning his second feature of the season, last night at Plymouth Speedway! 29 cars pill drew and got ready to take the track for qualifying. Going out in the 2nd group, Hud Horton (German Town, OH) laid down quick time, with a 12.643 second lap. Chase Ridenour (Perry, MI) set 2nd quick time after rolling out in the 6th group. Devon Dobie (Wapakoneta, OH), Kobe...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Jun 09, 2019
  • Article Date: 6/8/2019
Tags: Plymouth Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling
THE OHIO GASMAN WINS AGAIN

THE OHIO GASMAN WINS AGAIN

6/15/2019
Lake Odessa, MI - Phil "the Ohio Gasman" Gressman (Helena, OH) was late arriving in the pits, but made up for it by being the first across the finish line tonight at I-96 Speedway for his 3rd feature win in 4 outings. Scaring a few people away tonight with the rains moving across Northern Michigan, I-96 Speedway was dry and we were able to get our 9th straight race in tonight in front a pretty vocal crowd. Rolling out for qualifying, Brad Lamberson (Parma, MI) posted...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Jun 15, 2019
  • Article Date: 6/15/2019
Tags: GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling, 360 Sprints - Winged
HORSTMAN WINS 2nd FEATURE OF SEASO

HORSTMAN WINS 2nd FEATURE OF SEASO...

6/22/2019
Crystal, MI - On night 2 of the of this weekends action, Jared Horstman (Cloverdale, OH) topped the 30 car field at Crystal Motor Speedway on our last visit of the 2019 Season. On another picture perfect day in Central Michigan, Great Lakes Super Sprints rolled into Crystal Motor Speedway for our 2nd and last visit of the 2019 Race Season. We had 30 teams from 4 states and Canada. Crystal owner, Ron Flinn, had put a little extra attention into the track and we were...more
administrator
  • administrator on Jun 23, 2019
  • Article Date: 6/22/2019
Tags: Crystal Motor Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling
SPRINTS FOR VETERANS @ MT PLEASANT

SPRINTS FOR VETERANS @ MT PLEASANT...

6/27/2019
Mt Pleasant, MI - In 2016, in our inaugural season, Great Lakes Super Sprints held our first ever sanctioned race at Mount Pleasant Speedway. Scheduled as the 9th race of the season, we raced at Limaland and Eldora in Ohio with the NRA Sprint Invaders and we raced at Hartford Speedway in a co-sanctioned event with The Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. However, the first 5 solo GLSS races were rained out that inaugural season, making the June 16th visit to Mount Pleasant...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Jun 28, 2019
  • Article Date: 6/27/2019
Tags: Mount Pleasant Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling
THE HURRICANE WINS ON EVE OF TROPI

THE HURRICANE WINS ON EVE OF TROPI...

7/12/2019
Lafayette, LA - With the whole Gulf Coast bracing for heavy rains and flooding from Tropical Storm Barry tonight, Hurricane Horstman (Cloverdale, OH) makes landfall and takes the checkered flag at Tri-City Motor Speedway for his 3rd GLSS victory of the season. With 22 cars signed in and registered on a beautiful mid-summer evening, track owner Steve Puvalowski gave our cars a wide tacky track to race on. As the cars finished up qualifying, Phil "the Ohio Gas Man"...more
administrator
  • administrator on Jul 13, 2019
  • Article Date: 7/12/2019
Tags: Tri-City Motor Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling
DAGGETT HOLDS OFF HORSTMAN & HARD

DAGGETT HOLDS OFF HORSTMAN & HARD...

7/14/2019
Lafayette, LA - After fighting car demons since the first race of the season, Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI) wins his first feature of the 2019 season over a stout field of cars in an early Sunday evening race at I-96 Speedway. Missing my second race this weekend, it was a real nail biter for me tonight, making posts and following on Race Monitor from over a thousand miles away from the track! The night started off good with 21 cars making the trip for our last Sunday...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Jul 15, 2019
  • Article Date: 7/14/2019
Tags: Dustin Daggett, Jared Horstman, Phil Gressman
DALMAN OUT MUSCLES SCHEID FOR WIN

DALMAN OUT MUSCLES SCHEID FOR WIN

8/10/2019
Muskegon, MI - Starting 4th in the feature, Gregg Dalman (Bellevue, MI) knew he had a good shot of winning his 3rd feature at Thunderbird Raceway, "I love these smaller tracks!" he said after the pill draw, just before the feature. Dalman methodically worked his way up to second and took over the lead with 3 laps to go. Andrew Scheid (Sparta, MI) stayed with Dalman the whole race and was in striking distance of his first feature win, when Dalman shut the door on...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Aug 11, 2019
  • Article Date: 8/10/2019
Tags: Gregg Dalman, Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints
GRESSMAN WINS #6 UNDER FULL MOON

GRESSMAN WINS #6 UNDER FULL MOON

8/16/2019
Great Lakes Super Sprints I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, MI Friday August 16, 2019 Qualifying: 19-Brett Mann, 14.320 27X-Jared Lamberson, 14.347 7C-Phil Gressman, 14.376 49T-Gregg Dalman, 14.432 85-Dustin Daggett, 14.452 17M-Max Stambaugh, 14.497 27-Brad Lamberson, 14.520 17-Jared Horstman, 14.539 28M-Conner Morrell, 14.561 11R-Chase Ridenour, 14.602 18-Josh Shantz, 14.626 71H – Ryan Ruhl, 15.246 84-Kyle Poortenga, 14.657 77-Andrew Scheid, 14.662 16W-Garrett Saunders,...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Aug 17, 2019
  • Article Date: 8/16/2019
Tags: Phil Gressman, I-96 Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints
DAGGETT WINS FEATURE, GRESSMAN WIN

DAGGETT WINS FEATURE, GRESSMAN WIN...

8/30/2019
Auburn, MI - Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI), the reigning GLSS Champion came into the night 168 points behind the current leader, Phil Gressman (Helena, OH). Daggett had his work cut out to knock off Gressman...in fact he would need to be perfect, and hope that Gressman stubbles a little. Daggett was 2nd quick, took 2nd in his heat and won the feature! A solid performance, but not enough to keep Gressman from being crowned the new 2019 GLSS Champion! Kyle Poortenga...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Aug 31, 2019
  • Article Date: 8/30/2019
Tags: Dustin Daggett, Tri-City Motor Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints
RUHL WINS AT MERRITT

RUHL WINS AT MERRITT

8/15/2020
Lake City, MI - Ryan Ruhl (Coldwater, MI) survives a couple late cautions and holds on to take the checkered flag in a thriller at Merritt Speedway. Saturday started out with questions about the weather and whether we would be able to race with rain in the forecast. But as the day gave way to the afternoon the forecasted rain turned into nothing more then light showers at the track and it turned out to be a beautiful northern Michigan evening. 22 cars made the trip...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Aug 16, 2020
  • Article Date: 8/15/2020
Tags: Ryan Ruhl, Merritt Speedway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints
PETERSON TOPS STACKED FIELD

PETERSON TOPS STACKED FIELD

8/21/2020
Lake Odessa, MI - On the final night of points racing for Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro and ARP, Ricky Peterson (Rawson, OH), over took Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI) on the bottom of turn 4 and was able to hold him off for his first GLSS Feature win! Ending our short season where we began in mid-June, at I-96 Speedway, we had 36 cars registered. A great way to end our regular season, having our GLSS veterans and Champions in attendance as well as 6...more
Barry Marlow
  • Barry Marlow on Aug 22, 2020
  • Article Date: 8/21/2020
Tags: Ricky Peterson, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Addvanced Heating & Cooling
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