What a way to start the 2008 racing season in the ASA Late Model Series Northern Division Presented by GM Performance Parts as the season opener for one of the most competitive divisions in the country has completed their first race of the year.    The GunBroker.com 100 Presented by ASI Limited was at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The ASALMS would like to congratulate Wheaton, Illinois veteran, Eddie Hoffman on picking up his 10th career ASALMS Feature Win, tops all-time in ASALMS History!                                                                                                      more...

   ...The 10th annual George Appleton Memorial 125 and Illini 50 will highlight the Memorial Day Weekend!

The ASA Late Model Series Northern Division Presented by GM Performance Parts is widely considered one of the most competitive divisions in all of short track racing throughout the United States.    They proved that with the wildly exciting 2008 season opener at O’Reilly (IN) Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The same for the USPRO Cup Series Presented by Drive Train Specialists, if the ASI Limited 50 was any indication, the USPRO Cup Series is going to be very exciting to watch all season long and you won’t want to miss a single lap!    Spend the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend with the ASALMS Northern Division and USPRO Cup Series as both will take on the historic 1/3 Mile Semi-Banked Paved Oval of the Grundy County Speedway, located West of Chicago and Joliet in Morris, Illinois.    The 10th annual George Appleton Memorial 125 is held in high regard in the Prairie State and the ASALMS Northern Division is happy to be a part of it once again on a special Sunday night affair on May 25, 2008.    In addition, the USPRO Cup Series will also be a part of the Appleton Memorial and will run the Illini 50. Joining the ASALMS Northern Division and USPRO Cup Series will be the Central States Super Cup Series, Illinois Vintage Racing Series, and Illini Racing Series Midgets for an action packed 5-in-1 show to celebrate the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend.                                                                                                      more...

    4/29...‘Steady’ Eddie Hoffman Runs To Big ASALMS North Division Win By Jim Blacroch

Series Veteran Out Races Youngsters    Eddie Hoffman is just 48-years of age. He races in a series that is populated by 14-to-19 year olds and the 20-something set, looking for their place in the motorsports world. Hoffman of Wheaton, Ill., knows his full well. He’s been the ‘wheel-man’ for Tom Kmak and his Lisa Thomas Salon machines in Midwest Late Model racing for the past 15-or-so years.    Hoffman, Kmak and company have been running the ASALMS North Division and Challenge Series races over the past couple of seasons and in Friday nights GunBroker.com 100 presented by ASA Limited for the North Division, ASA Late Model Series at O’Reilly Raceway Park (IRP) Hoffman went out and taught the younger-set a lesson.    Hoffman worked his way around defending North Division champion, Trent Snyder of Ironton, Minn., on lap 61, showed great patience in working his way to the top spot from the 7th place starting position.    “I really didn’t know if I was going to have something for Trent or not,” offered Hoffman following the event. “I was trying to save some tires, keep the momentum going, not use the car up and he was good, but the longer the run went, the better we got.”                                                                                                                                      more...

    4/27...GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY RESCHEDULES OPENER FOR MAY 2nd

   ...ILLIANA SPEEDWAY OPENER RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 3rd

   ...WEEKEND RUNDOWN FROM O'REILLY RACEWAY PARK...

SATURDAY
'ASI LIMITED 200'...EDDIE FINISHED FOURTH ON THE LEAD LAP.
QUALIFYING...EDDIE QUALIFIED 12th FASTEST TURNING IN A 22.201. (POLE WINNING TIME: 21.626 @ 114.196)
CHALLENGE DIVISION PRACTICE 2...EDDIE'S 13th FASTEST AGAIN WITH A 22.516 LAP. (21.950 @ 112.510 WAS FASTEST)
CHALLENGE DIVISION PRACTICE 1...EDDIE'S 13th FASTEST WITH A 22.555 LAP. (QUICKEST TIME: 21.889 @ 112.824)
FRIDAY
'GunBroker.com 100'...EDDIE STARTED SEVENTH. TOOK THE LEAD ON LAP 61.
ASALMS NORTH QUALIFYING...EDDIE TURNED IN 22.313 LAP FOR FOURTH FASTEST. (QUICK TIME: 22.272 @ 110.884)
CHALLENGE DIVISION PRACTICE 2...EDDIE'S 13th FASTEST AFTER TURNING A LAP OF 22.973. (TIME TO BEAT: 22.309 @ 110.700)
CHALLENGE DIVISION PRACTICE 1...A 23.265 LAP HAS EDDIE 16th FASTEST. (22.268 @ 110.904 WAS FASTEST TIME)
ASALMS NORTH PRACTICE 2...EDDIE'S 22.832 LAP WAS NINTH QUICKEST. (FASTEST LAP: 22.428 @ 110.112)
ASALMS NORTH PRACTICE 1...EDDIE WAS SIXTH FASTEST WITH A 22.797 LAP. (QUICK TIME WAS 22.558 @ 109.478)

4/26...Eddie Hoffman takes the win at ORP!    Wheaton, Illinois veteran, Eddie Hoffman passed 2007 ASA Late Model Series Northern Division Champion, Trent Snyder on Lap 61 and held off the defending series Champion to win his first feature of the 2008 season and his 10th career ASALMS triumph!    Hoffman won the GunBroker.com 100 Presented by ASI Limited at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis on Friday, April 25, 2008. The 2008 ASALMS Northern Division Season Opener also served as Day I of the ASI Limited Circle City Spring Nationals.    Snyder finished second while 2007 ASALMS North Rookie of the Year, Jesse Saunders, was third while 2006 North Rookie of the Year, Derek Neville finished a solid fourth over 18-year-old Alec Carll, who finished a career high fifth!                                                                                                                                      more...

    4/24...THE BIGGEST WEEKEND IN ASA LATE MODEL SERIES HISTORY IS HERE!

...Eddie Hoffman STILL just wants to race! The ASI Limited Circle City Spring Nationals to give him a chance to pull some double-duty!    Mother Nature and Eddie Hoffman just haven’t gotten along so far during the 2008 racing season! Since the Crate Late Model Challenge 100 back in January in Lakeland, Florida Hoffman and the T.K. Racing Team have been rained out the last four times in a row they’ve traveled to go race.    Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, North Carolina in Mid-March for what was to be the 2008 ASALMS Challenge Division Season Opener. Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tennessee for a CRA Super Series event, and most recently what was supposed to be the 2008 ASALMS Northern Division Opener at Toledo Speedway in Toledo, Ohio. Plus a weekly a show at Illiana Motor Speedway was also washed out!                                                                                                       more...

   EXCERPT...“You know what they say; the third time is the charm! That is, if it doesn’t rain AGAIN!”     EDDIE

   ...ASA Late Model Series Teams with Racing Round Up.

4/19...Toledo Rainout Provides a Closer Peak into       ASA Late Model Series    Under the cold blanket of a steel covered sky that dripped down and ground racing to a halt for the Glassbreaker 125 weekend for the ASA Late Model Series, North Division at Toledo Speedway in Ohio, there were some positives to be witnessed. On Friday teams were able to partake in a practice session for the three divisions on hand (ASA North Late Models, USPRO Cup Series Late Models and the USA Modifieds) that lasted nearly five and a half hours.                                                             more from Speed51.com...

   EXCERPT...“It is a good program,” stated Tom Kmak, owner of the Lisa Thomas Salons machines that Eddie Hoffman drives.
“Back in the days with the NASCAR Midwest Tour I spent four times the amount of money on the engine program. I do like the
bias-ply program better then the radial program, but those are the rules of the series and I understand the development aspect
for the young drivers.”

   ...Grundy County Speedway Opens Thirty-Eighth Season.    (from RaceStarPublications.com)

   4/14...GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY PRACTICE THIS SATURDAY APRIL 19th

   ...ILLIANA SEASON OPENER THIS SATURDAY

   4/13...All American 150 Rescheduled for July 20th in Nashville.    (from WhoWon.com)

   4/12...FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON, THE TK Racing TEAM HAS BEEN RAINED OUT.
AS OF NOW, NO MAKE UP DATE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 'GLASS BREAKER 125'.

   ...“ASALMS Live” from Toledo Speedway. (Saturday Edition)

EDDIE WAS THIRD FASTEST IN FIRST SATURDAY PRACTICE.

4/9...Eddie Hoffman just wants to race! The Glass Breaker 125 to provide that opportunity for the Prairie State veteran!    Wheaton, Illinois veteran, Eddie Hoffman is widely considered one of the favorites to win the 2008 ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division Championship! His first crack at the Challenge Division came to a halt when Mother Nature intervened at the Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, North Carolina back on March 15, 2008.                                                                                                                    more...

   4/8...EDDIE & THE TK Racing TEAM WILL BE HEADING TO TOLEDO SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND FOR THE ASA LATE MODEL SERIES NORTHERN DIVISION 'GLASS BREAKER 125'

   4/5...2008 ASA Late Model Series Northern Division Season Preview.

   3/30...RAIN CANCELS 'ALL AMERICAN 150' IN NASHVILLE.

   ...UPDATES FROM NASHVILLE...

PERSISTENT RAINS HAVE MOVED THE 'ALL AMERICAN 150' FROM SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
CRA QUALIFYING WILL START AT 11:30.

QUALIFYING...EDDIE'S SCHEDULED TO ROLL OFF SIXTH.
SATURDAY SECOND PRACTICE...18.632 LAP HAS EDDIE THIRD FASTEST! (18.610 WAS BEST).
SATURDAY FIRST PRACTICE...EDDIE RAN A 18.710 LAP FOR SIXTH FASTEST. (FASTEST LAP WAS 18.521).

   3/29...UPDATES FROM NASHVILLE...

FRIDAY SECOND PRACTICE...TURNING IN A 19.409 LAP, EDDIE WAS 31st. (QUICKEST WAS 18.705).
FRIDAY FIRST PRACTICE...EDDIE WAS 17th FASTEST POSTING A 19.248/111.471 LAP. (18.455 WAS FASTEST).

   ...ASA Late Model Series Announces $100,000 Triple Crown Chance.     (from WhoWon.com)

"It really gets the wheels turning when you hear about that much money,
it gets the juices flowing and you think about how you can go after it." - EDDIE

   3/19...Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 Photo Galleries by Chuck Gonzalez.

   ...The Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 Post Race Recap.

   3/16...The Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 at the Tri-County Motor Speedway has been postponed. A make-up date is To Be Determined.

SATURDAY SECOND PRACTICE...EDDIE RAN A 16.619 LAP IN THE RAINED SHORTENED SESSION. (QUICKEST WAS 16.311).
SATURDAY FIRST PRACTICE...EDDIE BROKE INTO THE TOP-TEN QUICKEST WITH A 16.444 LAP. (16.222 WAS FASTEST).

FRIDAY THIRD PRACTICE...A 16.397 LAP MOVED EDDIE UP TO 11th FASTEST. (QUICKEST WAS 16.117).
FRIDAY SECOND PRACTICE...EDDIE TURNED A 16.665 FOR 16th QUICKEST. (15.903 WAS QUICK TIME).
FRIDAY FIRST PRACTICE...EDDIE POSTED NO TIME. (FAST TIME WAS 15.990).

   ...The ASA Late Model Series will end the 2008 racing season at the Memphis Motorsports Park.

   ...The ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division will join the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Gateway International Raceway in 2008.

   3/12...

Only one point position left for Eddie Hoffman and the T.K. Racing Team as they prepare for the 2008 ASALMS Challenge Division Season.    Eddie Hoffman finished Third in the ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division Presented by GM Performance Parts points standings in 2006, his first year of running full-time in the Lexington, Michigan-based series.    During the 2007 season, Hoffman advanced one position and was the runner-up to 2007 ASALMS Challenge Division Champion, Travis Dassow. It seems to make the most sense that the 48-year-old Wheaton, Illinois veteran has one position left to get too in 2008 and that’s exactly what Hoffman and the T.K. Racing Team are going after!     more...

“After a very long Midwest Winter, I’m definitely looking forward to beginning the 2008 season and
competing in the Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 at Tri-County Motor Speedway this weekend.”

3/8...2008 ASALMS Challenge Division Season Preview.    The 2008 ASA Late Model Series Presented by GM Performance Parts Challenge Division opener is just a week away!    The cars and stars of "America's Premiere Short Track Series" are in the midst of final preparations before making the long journey to Hudson, North Carolina as the 2008 ASALMS Challenge Division Season gets underway on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, 2008.     more...

excerpt...Eddie Hoffman: The all-time leader in just about every statistical category in ASALMS history!
The Wheaton, Illinois veteran finished Third in 2006 and Second in 2007 in the final ASALMS Challenge
Division Points Standings. That means there’s only one position left for the 48-year-old veteran and the
T.K. Racing Team is expecting nothing less than that!

    3/6...The Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge To Begin With The All American 150.

   ...Illiana schedules open practice for April 5 & 12.

   ...The Grundy County Speedway is back on the ASALMS Northern Division Schedule and so is the George Appleton Memorial!

   ...The Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 to bring in the 2008 racing season for America's Premiere Short Track Series.

    3/2...

51's Pre-Season Short Track Power Ratings by Mike Twist    "How can you not pick a guy who wins in everything he drives? Eddie Hoffman will be hard to beat this year."    "Eddie Hoffman is a veteran who looks a little out of sorts at ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division drivers meetings…I mean, after all, he shaves, has his drivers license and been on a date before. He is from suburban Chicago and away from the track plays recreational hockey. In another words, he's tough. And he brings that tough-guy mentality with him to the racetrack. A threat to win wherever he and his Lisa Thomas Salon team pull to. But they always seem to have a race or two where something weird happens, snake bitten if you will, costing them a good finish. My prediction: A few wins and a solid fourth place point placing."     more...

    3/1...

The Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 will kick off the 2008 racing season for America’s Premiere Short Track Series.    The ASA Late Model Series Presented by GM Performance Parts 2008 racing season is drawing closer and closer! The crown jewel of the ASALMS, the Challenge Division is ready to kick off the Sixth season of top notch short track racing in the United States.    The 2008 ASALMS Challenge Division Season Opener will be the Rumble in the Hills / North Carolina 200 on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, 2008 at the 0.410 Mile Semi-Banked Paved Oval of the Tri-County (NC) Motor Speedway, located just 15 miles Northwest of Hickory and Northeast of Asheville in Hudson, North Carolina.   more...