This week we are going to feature Jason Yager as our driver of the
week. Yager has been racing since he was eight years old. He started
out in motorcycles and is now racing Modified at 81 Speedway. Yager has been in some type of racing for 29 years with maybe a couple of breaks in this time span. In
1999 Yager started out racing in the Street Stock Division. In 2001
Yager won the Street Stock Championship. Has been Rookie of the Year of
Super Stock and runner up in 2002 in the Sportsman Division. Yager enjoys the competition of racing. “I
would always go and watch on the off weekends when I was not racing
motorcycles and thought the modified were the top dog, so I knew that
is something I wanted to race. I also believe it is a more challenging
class,” said Yager. Yager is leading the Rookie of the Year points and has just moved up to the top ten in points. The
week of July 29th Yager got his first top ten finish and thought that
was pretty great. This last week Yager got his finish in the top five
and said that was even better. Yager ran his first Davis Moore top ten
dash and finished fourth in it. Yager is married to his wife Amanda and has two daughters Olivia and Madison. Yager
would like to say thank you to all his sponsors like Special T’s,
Hughes, Trailer Town, The Smoke Shop, TNT Automotive and Watkins Auto
Salvage. Good luck, Yager, in the rest of the season.
One of Haysville’s own has the spotlight of fame shining brightly on her in Branson, Missouri.
Kelly Black, former Haysville resident, has been nominated for two of the 2006 Branson Critic Awards. She has been nominated for Best Musician and is a member of Toni Roi’s Powerhouse Band, a Best Band nominee.
Kelly picked up a guitar and taught herself to play in high-school. After growing up in Haysville, Kelly spread her musical wings by moving to Branson ten years ago. She has been a member of various bands and toured over the years with musicians such as Johnny Lee.
The group she is currently playing with, the Powerhouse Band, is part of Toni Roi’s show, who is an Elvis Presley impersonator.
The Branson Critic Awards include six categories that are voted on by fans. If you would like to view the other nominees or vote for Kelly, visit www.bransoncritic.com and click on Branson Critic Awards. Voting ends October 1st.
Our congratulations and good luck wishes go out to Kelly!
Shawn Langhover, Jr. is our driver of the week. He has been racing for three years now. He got started because of his dad. At the beginning of the season, Langhover had a lot of problems with stuff breaking on the car almost every week. In
May, Langhover bought a 2001 Belleville Car. Since then, he has
steadily been improving with finishing in the top ten and being able to
move up in points. He also won his first B Feature this year after he bought the new car. This was the first win he has ever had. Right now, Langhover is sitting 11th in points. He would like to finish the season off in the top five in points. Langhover is a young driver and likes to help other drivers when they need the help. “I believe that I have been doing better because I’m not breaking every week and the car drives real easy,” said Langhover.
Calling all cars to the 2nd Annual Car Show for the Haysville Youth Wrestling! The car show will be held on August 5 at the Haysville Activity Center from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
All vehicles welcome; there will be trophies awarded for 12 different categories. There is a $10 entry fee for all the vehicles.
All the proceeds from the car show and t-shirt sales will go to help pay for tournaments and the other needs of Team Haysville Youth Wrestling.
There will be a bounce house for the kids. They will also have popcorn, sno-cones, and hamburgers and hotdogs. There will be door prizes awarded all day until the prizes run out.
If you need more information call Sarah Hartley at 522-0756 or hartley4@sbcglobal.net
So come out and support your youth wrestling.
Kenny Sweet Jr. is not a new driver, he has been racing for nine years. His father raced for 36 years. Sweet started out in a stock car for one year. Then he went to modified and won Rookie of the Year first year out in 1998. He has been in modified for eight years. “I love the thrill of driving and the fun family atmosphere you get at the track,” said Sweet. Because of the gas prices Sweet has raced more at 81 Speedway this year than years past. He has made every race and is points racing this year and it shows. He is leading in points as of now and is in second in points in the Davis Moore Top 10 Dash. This year Sweet has won three features. “Things have fallen together for me, I have a good car, engine and a lot of great support from family and friends,” said Sweet. Bobby Bills of Bills Built Race Cars is the car builder. Donny Foster owns the engine and Sweet gives him a share of the winnings. Sponsors of the #87 car are Mill-Tel, Advance Com Communications, Race Wash, Don’s
Retail Liquor, Pro Motor Sports, Mid West Trucking & Equipment, and Don Hattan Chevrolet. “I would like to say a special thanks to my wife Jacquline and two year old daughter Eliza,” said Sweet. So if you want to catch Kenny Sweet Jr. you can at 81 Speedway. Good Luck this year Kenny.
A little update on Ryan McAninch; he was in first place on
racinforaliving.com. But he fell back down to second on last Saturday.
There are only maybe two weeks left to vote. So let’s help McAninch get
to Charlotte and vote every chance we can for him. On Saturday night, he raced at 81 Speedway in his Modified and won the feature after he started in the second row. He will be racing again at 81 Speedway this Saturday, July 28th in his late model. Don’t
forget McAninch is representing Kansas in the racinforalivin so let’s
get out there and support him at least by going to racinforalivin.com
then to wildcard and vote for Ryan McAninch.
On Sunday afternoon at the 400 block of West 79th Street South, a body was found. The body turned out to be that of 27-year-old male John Brown, a Haysville resident.
Brown attended a party on Wednesday evening with some friends at the pond. When Brown’s friends left after the party, they all thought that Brown went home with someone else.
Brown never showed up, and on Thursday, his family reported him missing. The search for the body started on Friday, and it was not found until Sunday afternoon.
Cecil Dymond started racing when he was 12 years of age. “I thought it
was great because I was racing before I could even drive on the
streets,” said Dymond. Dymond started in the youth hornet division and is now racing in the Junior Hornet class. Dymond raced in the youth hornet division for three years and won two championships. What Dymond really enjoys about racing is the competition and the adrenaline rush that he gets from it. “I don’t go out to win, I go out to have fun. Winning is a plus,” said Dymond. Last year, Dymond won seven features. So far this year, he has won nine. He is leading in points. Dymond
has been around racing all his life. His dad has been racing for about
25 years. He also has an older brother that races in the street stock
division. Dymond would like to move up to the Street Stock division next year. Dymond has a lot of potential because he really works hard and practices at it. We would like to wish Dymond the best of luck this season and race seasons to come.
Rick Mueller is not new to the racing scene. He has been racing for 34 years, started in simulates in 1972. “Racing is something I always wanted to do, so when I got out of High school, I built a simulate,” said Mueller. Mueller has driven in almost every division there is. On
Friday nights, he races his own modified in Hutchinson, and on Saturday
nights, he races Duane and Linda Zwickl’s street stock for them. Mueller enjoys racing because of the adrenaline rush you get and also the competition. “Racing
is a real expensive hobby, which I don’t have a lot of money for, so I
don’t have the big motors like some of the other guys do. I race
because I enjoy it,” said Mueller. With Mueller driving the Zwickl’s
car, they take care of all the maintenance and financing of it. Any
winnings Mueller gets, he gives to the Zwickl’s. Mueller has never won a championship in his years of racing. He is currently ninth in points. We would like to wish Mueller the best of luck this season.
The Haysville Hometown Market is the name of a new approved program for Haysville. It is a community development program that allows for a broader market than that of just the farmer’s market according to Community Development Office Director Larry Powell.
The market will be set up in the Historic District by the amphitheater and will be held every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The market will take place from July 22nd through October 7th with a flea market style done of the first Saturday of every month. Vendors or individuals can rent a 15ft by 15ft booth for a $10 non-refundable fee.
With the new market, vendors and individuals can bring in anything from produce to handcrafted items they want to sell. Powell says, “We are really wanting to encourage local artists, sculptors, wood carvers and anyone that makes things that they wish to sell.”
Registration forms can be picked up at the Haysville Activity Center.
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