Memorial Day weekend has always been significant to me in terms of racing because it marks the official start of the racing season. Yes, racing for Dirt Late Models did start in late January and into early February, and even for those of us in the upper Midwest, weekly racing has been going on a month or so.

With the excitement of early race season, it just doesn’t feel like it has really started because fans, like the racers, are knocking off the early season rust. I mean, early in the season MORE

At last month's Illini 100 in Farmer City, Ill., I got a chance to catch up with Jimmy and Chris Mars. For those of us in Wisconsin and Minnesota, we watched the Mars brothers move up the ranks with Jimmy turning the steering wheel and Chris turning the wrenches. These days they're at the top of the sport, building their own MB Customs Chassis along with Brian Birkhofer, and running a successful racing parts, chassis deal and shock services business. While talking with Chris and Jimmy, I MORE