"Round 1 of The Battle of the Hawkeye State" 

July 18th, 2002 - Bear Lake, Pa. 

 For the second time this year Chub and The first time ever for The Renegade DirtCar Racing Series will venture across the Mississippi River to the state of Iowa. Chub with the assistance from Rick (Boom) & Steve Briggs took the 1* team and left Wednesday night for the 12 hour trip to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, IA, owner Johnny Johnson and promoter Ron Jackson presented the $10,000 to win "Burlington Bash 50" 50 lap feature event at their high-banked 3/8ths mile speedway offering a purse nearing $37,000 Thursday. Visit the 34 Raceway website located at www.34raceway.com

 39 drivers signed in for tonights round one of two of The Renegade DirtCar Racing Series "Battle of the Hawkeye State" with the second scheduled for Saturday night at Farley Speedway in Farley, IA.with Chub racing tomorrow night with The Northern All Stars at Farley.  Tonight Chub qualified the Corry Rubber, Corry Laser, Nystrom’s Auto Sales, Draime Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis, Pierotti Motorsports, Farr MotorSports, Chevrolet Monte Carlo 22nd and started 6th in the second heat race, Chub raced to a 5th place finish in his heat race and they take 4 to the main event so now Chub starts 2nd in the 1st b-main and finished 2nd which transferred him into tonight’s A-main starting in the 19th position for the 50 lap "Burlington Bash 50". Chub worked his way up to 13th place in the 50-lap event and finished in that position. The official finishing order for the "Burlington Bash 50" was 1. Brian Birkhofer 2. Billy Moyer 3. Mike Balzano 4. Billy Drake 5. Curt Martin 6. Rick Aukland 7. Johnny Johnson 8. Bob Pierce 9. Darren Miller 10. Rob Toland 11. John Gill 12. Steve Shaver 13. Chub Frank. Balzano regained the point lead tonight by 20 points over Chub, now its on to Farley Speedway for the Northern All Stars then The Renegade DirtCar Racing Series on Saturday.


2002 Renegade DirtCar Racing Series Point Standings (after 7-18-02)

1. Mike Balzano 4,360
2. Chub Frank 4,340
3. Davey Johnson 3,710
4. Steve Shaver 3,640
5. Rob Blair 3,310


Next up for Chub will be next Friday and Saturday at Farley Speedway in Farley, IA For  The Northern All Stars & The Renegade DirtCar Series.