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Illiana Motor Speedway
Schererville , Ind.
July 24, 2010

After more than a month off, Jack and the Kal Racing team got back to racing, competing at Illiana in the super late model division.  Jack started off the night by setting fourth fast time with a lap of 20.129 seconds on the first lap, although he admitted that he “blew” the second lap of qualifying.  The division’s 8-lap saw Jack grab a third place finish in his Grand Prix No. 99.  The 25-lap race saw Jack start in the number six spot, fall back to ninth, but finish a “solid” second place at the checkered flag.

Tony Baranek of the Southtown Star newspaper wrote, For Kalwasinski, it was a night of relief after his two previous appearances at Illiana in 2010 ended in crashes.
"This was my first complete race (this season). I have to give thanks to my team," said Kalwasinski, who inherited second place when Murphy spun out between Turns 1 and 2 and kept it the rest of the way.
"The car was a little loose," Kalwasinski said. "If it wasn't, I probably could have run with (Cannon). He's the guy to beat out here now. We've been working hard in the garage."

 Illiana Motor Speedway
Schererville , Indiana
June 19, 2010

A “dumb” move by one driver left three race cars torn up pretty bad with a lot of time and money having to be spent to get them running again. Unfortunately, Jack and his No. 99 Kal Racing entry was one of the cars involved in a “last chance race” wreck as the team was at Illiana Motor Speedway Saturday, competing in the ASA Midwest Tour-sanctioned 9th annual Elmer Musgrave Memorial presented by Texas Corral.

Struggling during practice, Jack could only muster a 31st fastest qualifying effort among 37 entries during time trials.  Jack circled the Illiana half-mile oval in 19.984 for an average speed of 90.072 miles per hour.  Starting 13th in the 25-lap “last chance” race, Jack passed several cars and was moving forward until lap three when he was “chopped” by another car going into turn three, sending Jack spinning. In the melee, one car hit the wall as he attempted to get around Jack and another “t-boned” Jack in the side.  In an instant, three cars wrecked!  Jack was credited with a 17th place finish among the 19 cars that started the race.

Again, Kal Racing will “roll up its sleeves” and get to work, repairing the No. 99 Grand Prix.  Right now, plans call for Jack and the “99” to compete again at Illiana on July 24, which will be “Kids Night” at the speedway.

Illiana Motor Speedway
Schererville , Indiana
May 15, 2010

Jack and his Kal Racing Grand Prix No. 99 finally made their first start of the season at the half-mile Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville , Ind. Saturday evening.  As usual, the night was full of some “highs”, but also of some “lows”.  Jack qualified ninth fastest among a field of 18 entries, posting a time of 19.989 seconds for an average speed of 90.050 miles per hour.  Making the 8-lap “fast car” heat race, Jack led a few of the early laps until a “loose all around” handling problem reared up with Jack settling for a seventh place finish in the 10-car field.  Starting on the outside of the front row of the 30-lap super late model main event, Jack led the opening 15 laps and was still running in heavy “top five” traffic when suddenly he spun in turn one and hit the wall.  “I don’t know what happened,” Jack said.  “Off of (turn) four, I kind of got ran up real high (by another car) and maybe collected some “junk” on my tires.  I went into (turn) one and the car just came around.”  Jack was credited with a 15th place finish.

A lot of work needs to be done before the Kal Racing No. 99 gets to the race track again.  Next Saturday (May 22) is very questionable, so check the site here to verify Kal Racing’s next race.

See you at the races!

March 1, 2010

      Jack Kalwasinski will race his Kal Racing Grand Prix No. 99 in 2010.  Jack and the crew have been working on the “99” car for several months now, getting it ready for a new season of super late model stock car action.

      2009 marked Jack’s final year with Nick Trgovich and Trgovich Racing.  Driving the black No. 11 pretty much “full time” since 2004, Jack accomplished a lot with the team scoring a total of 15 feature
victories, including a “very special” super late model victory at Illiana Motor Speedway (Schererville, Ind.) in 2008.  Jack and Trgovich Racing teamed up in 2006 to win Illiana’s Schepel Performance Limited Late Model stock car championship, winning seven feature races along the way.

      Sadly, Nick Trgovich passed away on January 12^th at the age of 85.  Some 50-plus years ago, Trgovich raced stock cars at Illiana, then known as the Schererville Speedway, Gary’s Savage Speedway and 87th Street Speedway in Chicago.  It was an era of 1939/40 Ford coupes with Trgovich
winning feature races, dating back to 1950.

      “Nick Trgovich gave me the chance to drive a late model-type car,” said Jack recently.  “We had a lot of success and fun together.  I want to thank his entire family for the opportunity of racing the No. 11.  I’ll
never forget Nick Trgovich.”

      The tentative schedule for Kal Racing in 2010 calls for about a dozen races, pretty well split up among events at Illiana, the Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. and several “out-of-town” races.

      “We’ll see what happens,” Jack commented.  “Hopefully, the 99 car, with some improvements we’ve made, will run pretty good.”