SHOT OF THE WEEK by Dave Trautmiller

".......we finally got some decent weather Friday and Saturday. I was at Kopellah Friday night and it was a pretty good show. The Modified feature was outstanding. A real dogfight between Scott Splittstoesser and Buzzy Adams. Scott got the win on the last lap. Saturday we were back at our old haunts at Cedar Lake. It's the 50th year of racing there. T-shirt weather nearly all night. Both tracks I went to were pretty good considering it was the openers. I bought a new lens this year to try some outside the track shooting. This weeks shot is Dan Carlson(24) and Larry Boumiester(4) coming out of turn two. I shot it from accross the track at the excit of turn three. See ya at the races........."

Candid shot by Navy Davy

"Track Rat Vinser" aka Vince Peterson (left), Stan Meissner (right)

Dave writes:

"Hey Stan,
I bought a new very powerful lens a couple weeks ago. I'm just learning it now. This lens has a ton of potential. I got a few very nice shot tonite. The shot I'm sending was taken of a couple clowns who happened to get in the way LOL. Actually it was taken from my booth.
I'm at Kopellah Friday nights again. I'm the "official" track photographer now. Hope to see ya soon.
Dave"

Navy Davy Shot of the Week April 2, 2007

"....we opened the 2007 season at Brownstown Speedway in southern Indiana this past weekend. What a show!!! We were threatened by rain all weekend(it rained nearly all the way there). On raceday it stopped and the show went on. 72 Late Models showed up. It was pretty much a who's who of Late Model drivers. Brownstown is a third mile bullring and the racing there gets very competitive. It's wide enough that they run three and four wide all through the field. "Kid Rocket" Josh Richards led about half the 75 lap feature when Shannon Babb and Jimmy Owens tracked him down in traffic. Babb got by followed by Owens and Richards fell back to third. Steve Casebolt got by for third and Billy Moyer followed him through. It was a real dog fight the rest of the way. Moyer finally got by em all and led the rest of the way for the win. Casebolt was second followed by Jimmy Owens, Shannon Babb, and Josh Richards. It was a great way to open the season. This weeks shot is Billy Moyer at Brownstown. See ya at the races......."