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In 2024, Minnesota's racing commission voted to allow betting on historical horse racing, an effort Running Aces strongly lobbied for. [3] Later that year, the racetrack filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against three of Minnesota's tribal casinos, arguing that the tribes were operating card games beyond regulatory agreements, in direct ...
He began racing quarter midgets at the age of 12 and eventually ran various hobby stock series races, winning many races. He had 22 starts in the American Speed Association with three top tens. He also competed in the ARCA RE/MAX Series , winning his first start in 2004 and scoring four more wins in his rookie year (2005) with Country Joe Racing.
The ARCA racing series held the Akona 200, their first ever race in Minnesota, at Elko Speedway on June 2, 2012. [4] The series returned in 2013 and 2014 for the Akona 250, adding 50 laps to the event. Elko is the shortest track ARCA currently races on.
The Grand Prix of Minnesota was an auto racing event held from 1996 until 1998 on an Alan Wilson-designed temporary street circuit in Minneapolis, Minnesota near the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It was known as the Children's Grand Prix of Minneapolis in 1996, changing its name to The Sprint PCS Grand Prix of Minneapolis for its final two years.
The team, then known as Country Joe Racing, was founded in 2007 by Kevin Cywinski and Nate Thiesse. Originally, the team ran in the American Speed Association, owned by Lakeville, Minnesota businessman Joe Miller, with Cywinski as their driver. Along the way, they would also enter the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2004.
With the Jesel Land Speed/Summit Racing Team, Jason Broke the A/Modified Production Speed Record of 191 mph with an impressive 225.246 mph at Bonneville Flats in 2012; Won 2006, 2011 & 2016 NHRA Pro Stock Championships. 2004 NHRA Rookie of The Year. Finished second to teammate Greg Anderson in the 2004 NHRA championship.
Greg Anderson (born March 14, 1961, in Duluth, Minnesota) is a current NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Pro Stock owner and driver for KB Racing, driving the Hendrick Automotive Group Chevrolet Camaro. He began his Pro Stock career in 1998.