Two Down, Two to Go For The Big Eight Series! By Kevin Ramsell

(Lake Geneva, Wis.,  September 29, 2006) -   The competitors of the Big 8 Series continue their four week stretch of race events this weekend at the Lake Geneva Raceway. The Series will be competing in a 58-lap feature event on Sunday, October 1st as part of the Victor Ford Final Fall Classic.

The four week stretch started two weeks ago when Ricky Bilderback took the overall title at the Pepsi Wisconsin State Championships at the Jefferson Speedway. Last weekend, Bilderback’s second and third place finish at the 41st Annual Chicago International Trucks National Short Track Championships at the Rockford Speedway, gave him his second overall win for the season. He currently sits 54 points behind Jeremy Miller, who won the Big 8 Series event earlier this year at Lake Geneva.

The Big 8 Series two previous events were twin feature races. At Jefferson, Luke Westenberg and Bob Kahler each took home one of the Twin 50-lap feature wins. Last Sunday at Rockford, it was Mike Beyer and Ryan Carlson collecting a Twin 75-lap feature event victory. In the last two events, 68 different drivers competed with an average of 41 per event.

Both Miller and Bilderback are two to watch this weekend. Last year, Bilderback and Rick Corso put on a great battle at this event that had the fans on their feet. Corso was able to show his home track advantage and beat Bilderback at the line.

The Big 8 Series will be qualifying at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 30 with qualifying races starting at 6 p.m. The racing action gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 1st.

For more information on the Final Fall Classic, please visit the track’s website at www.lakegenevaraceway.com. For more information on the Big 8 Series, please visit their website at www.big8series.com.