The Daily Southtown, Tinley Park, Ill., Tony Baranek column
That pretty much sums up the emotions that the Clubb racing family felt during and following the tornado that wreaked havoc Monday night in the
Brothers Cody, Brandon,
Their homes were spared. They also keep their race cars in town, in the same shop. The tornado missed it by a quarter-mile.
It was an even closer call for good friends Gary,
"They were very lucky,"
Clubb's grandparents,
But it could have been much, much worse. They and three others in the building were only able to huddle in a hallway before the impact.
"My grandmother had just gotten out of the hospital so they couldn't move fast enough,"
Thankfully, they all survived without injury. But serious damage was done.
"As soon as they jump through the insurance hoops, the house is going to be torn down,"
With all that going on,
"I didn't sleep very well," he said. "I didn't get to bed until everything settled down around
Tighten up
It can't get much closer in the late model class at
Schuler put back-to-back wins together, but Hoffman has had the hottest hand overall with four feature victories.
And if four points seems like a close fit, how about the Mid-Am class at
You've also got to love the competitiveness in the street stock class at
Meanwhile, 2013 champion
"Cyle has worked on the rules the last few years and has given us some room to make adjustments," Schmeissing said. "He has done this to help underpowered cars catch up to cars that may have more horsepower. And he keeps us on our toes. You never know what he will check week after week, and he keeps a log of our cars and double-checks throughout the year.
"The class has definitely moved in the right direction over the past three years. Usually we have the highest car count (18 on average) and also put on exciting racing."
Coming up
The Friday night show at
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