Here is our
Midwest Modified for 2008.
We are proud to say that we placed 1st in the Dakota State Fair Speedway Car
Show for Midwest Modified's.
Additional Photo's coming soon.
My 1st Race Car
My first year racing was 1996 in Huron at Dakota State Fair Speedway. I started in the Dakota Bombers class, which is now the Wissota Street Stock Class. I currently am racing a Wissota Midwest Modified at Miller Speedway on Friday nights and at Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron on Saturday nights.
My first race car was a '76 Pontiac Ventura. I bought it turn-key for $750.00 and ran it in 1996 and 1997. About all the expenses we had were gas, tires and oil. My how things have changed.
My Dad and I started building my own race cars, and I started running them in 1998. For the 2003 season, I was fortunate enough to win an "Arrow Chassis" Street Stock frame from Dirt Track Supply and Dakota Promotions. I continued racing Street Stocks through 2006. That year I split my time racing the Street Stock at Huron and an Arrow Chassis Midwest Modified. In 2007, I traded the mod for an old Super Stock. I raced 35 nights that year, chasing National Rookie points. I finished 2nd at Miller (with 2 Heat race wins), and 9th at Huron (and Rookie of the Year); 42nd Nationally, and 5th in the National Rookie standings. Over the Winter, I sold the Super Stock and bought another Midwest Modified. I still have a Street Stock for sale if anyone is interested.
Throughout my racing career I won rookie of the year in 1996, Sportsman of the year in Street Stocks for 4 years, along with numerous top 5 points finishes. In 2007, I was the Wissota Super Stock Rookie of the Year at Huron.
This year's car is a 1999 CRC Chassis. It is based on a Mid 80's Monte Carlo Frame and has a 3-link Rear Suspension. The engine is by B.H.M (Bruce Hartley) of Huron, SD.
We had a tough start to the 2008 season already. As a catastrophic drive shaft failure during test-n-tune, left us with many broken parts. The driveshaft broke in two, put a hole in the battery, cracked the transmission, bent the flexplate and possibly damaged the engine. After a long week of fixing we were ready to race, only to receive a foot of heavy wet snow and the racing was canceled.
David Brooker
38840 186th Street, Tulare, SD 57476
605-266-2745 or e-mail:
brooker@venturecomm.net