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Wednesday, March 26
John Registered to Run in Sunoco Super Series!
Click on the banner or title to read about this great Mid Western asphalt racing series. Look for John to run June 14th at Berlin Raceway.
Sunday, May 11
John Grega Finishes 5th in Senneker Memorial
John Grega finished a very respectable 5th place in the Todd Seneker Memorial race at Berlin raceway Saturday night. Winston Cup driver Johnny Benson was the winner of the 75 lap Main event. Short track legend Dick Trickle was also part of the field. The Night before at Winston Motor Speedway John recovered from a blown Motor the week before to finish in the third spot of their main event.
Sunday, May 18
One Two Punch for May 16th & 17th
John Grega won his second Feature in three weeks as he held of a hard charging Tom Sprague and Kevin Nelson on Friday Night at Winston Motor Speedway. Saturday at Berlin John ran out of laps as he was all over the bumper of Randy Sweet to Finish second in the Main Event. John currently sets a the top o the Standings at Winston and is in the third position at Berlin.
Thursday, May 8
John Named "Local Hero" by the Detroit Free Press
Click on the Photo or Title to take a look.
Monday, June 2
John on a Roll at Winston
For the second week in a row John would lead every lap of the 25 lap feature at Winston Motor Speedway. He would pick up his 4th feature win of the season. At Berlin John had to come from his 20th starting position after a poor qualifying lap and finished in the 6th position.
John was awarded the "Hard Charger" of the race. John is currently leading in Points at Winston and is 4th at Berlin.
Tuesday, June 10
John Grega Inducted to the MMSHOF Class For 2003!
John will be inducted in November along with some of Michigan's Motorsports personalities. To take a look at the MMSHOF click on the Title or Photo of John Grega. Congratulations John and all the people who have helped his through racing career.
Friday, June 6
John and Son Win at Winston
John continues to Dominate at Winston. Coming from his seventh place starting position he took the lead by getting by Rich Neiser just past the half way point to take his fifth win of the season. John's son Matt also brought a lot of excitement to the night as he raced his way to a win in the Bomber Mid-Season Championship.
Sunday, July 6
John Grega Wins Mid-Season at Winston
John continues to lead the Point Standings at Winston Motor Speedway. John led from start to finish in the thirty lap Mid Season Championship race holding off a hard charging Rob Taylor by three feet at the finish line. At Berlin John continues to stay in the top five in points but is still searching for his first win.
Sunday, July 13
John Makes it a Weekend Sweep
John used a highside pass to get by Rob Taylor Friday night to Pick up his sixth Dirt Late Model Feature win of the season. He then turned around on Saturday Night and picked up his first Feature win on the Season at Berlin. (More Details to Follow)
Saturday, July 19
Emotional Win For John Grega
On a night where his father was officially turning over the ownership of Winston Motor Speedway, it was bitter sweet that John picked up his eighth Feature win of the season. John's father Bert Grega after eleven years turning Winston Motor Speedway in to one of the best dirt tracks in Michigan sold the speedway to Mike and Judy Goodwin. On Saturday John finished eighth at Berlin Raceway.
Friday, September 5
Grega Wins Eleventh Track Championship at Winston
John Grega had his closest Battle for a Points Championship for his career. On the final night of racing John and his cousin Rich Neiser were tied in points. The Tie Breaker was decided by who had the most Feature wins. John had eight. Rich had six. John would like to thank the sponsors who have been with him for many years including Nexus Reality, Numerdor Concrete Construction, Port City Racing, Deweys Quality Construction, Baker Engineering and Subcom.
Sunday, September 14
John Ends Up Tenth at Berlin
John completed an up and down season at Berlin Raceway with a 10th place finish in the Point Standings. John had one Feature win during the season along with numerous top tens. John would like to thank Pro/Cam and Baker Engineering for supporting his efforts for the entire season along with car owner John Sheffler of Hesperia Automotive.
Tuesday, November 4
John Finishes Third at Main Event
The 2003-Main Event Racing Series season came to a close at Columbus Speedway on October 19th. The 2003-Main Event Classic was presented by Carter Lumber. Due to a number seven pill draw, John Doering, Jr., the seventh fastest qualifier, had pole position alongside Donnie Hill. Surprisingly, when the green waved, the outside car of Hill took advantage and closed the door on Doering in turn one. Hill, definitely fast on short runs, was able to pull away from Doering in the early going.
The car everyone was keeping their eyes on was that of Columbus ace, Robbie Dean. Usually, at the year end Columbus specials, Dean struggles to qualify well enough to start towards the front, but always puts on a whale of a show to move through the field, as he did in 2001 when he started deep in the field and finished fourth. However, this past weekend, Dean qualified in the second spot, which put him sixth on the starting grid. As the early laps progressed, Dean raced the outside lane, his usual, and moved around the top drivers, one car at a time. Finally, several laps after starting his charge, Dean bulleted to the outside of Hill and took over the race lead.
Meanwhile, weekend’s top qualifier, Tim Ice, was struggling to move by some of his fellow racers. Ice was able to get by Don Whetnall in an early pass which resulted in some contact and Whetnall spinning. Later, he and John Grega battled it out in a top five race, but Grega never opened the door for Ice to get by. Ice’s car was still fast, but didn’t seem to have the setup it needed to make passes in the outside lane as Dean’s could.
As the race wore on, Dean showed no signs of losing control of the top spot. In the final stages, a yellow came out after Doering had caught him in lapped traffic, but when the green again dropped Dean pulled away with the hard earned victory. Following the Scott’s Wrecking/Dallas Services #77 of Darbydale, Ohio’s Robbie Dean were John Doering, Jr., John Grega, Tim Ice, and Donnie Hill. Brian Campbell, Tim Felver, Tim Yonker, Mike Stacy, and Jeremie Wiggins completed the top ten.
The 2003-Main Event Racing Series season is now complete. Rich Rohrer won the championship for the third time, while Ryan Tedesco, Tim Ice, Dino Long, and Gary Whipkey completed the top five in the series’ points. For offseason updates and news, go to maineventracingseries.com.
RESULTS
MAIN EVENT RACING SERIES
Sunoco-CSL Fast Time – Tim Ice 13.226
Heat #1 – Tim Yonker, John Vallo
Heat #2 – Mike Luberda, Jr., Ryan Tedesco
Heat #3 – Norm Taylor, Brian Campbell
Last Chance – Rich Rohrer, Jamie Hunt, Mike Stacy
Main Event Classic – Robbie Dean, John Doering, Jr., John Grega, Tim Ice, Donnie Hill, Brian Campbell, Tim Felver, Tim Yonker, Mike Stacy, Jeremie Wiggins, Cord Ehrhart, Joel McKnight, Rick Groetsch, Donnie Renner, Mike Luberda, Jr., Mike Holland, Don Whetnall, Rob Patrick, Jamie Hunt, Gary Whipkey, Norm Taylor, Fred Campbell, Rich Rohrer
Lap Leaders – Donnie Hill, Robbie Dean
Sunday, June 13
John Returns to the Dirt in Style
John Grega has spent most of the racing season concentrating on the pursuit of a Late Model Asphalt championship at Berlin Raceway. With the American Speed Association running at Berlin Saturday night John decided to dust of his Dirt Late Model at Thunderbird Raceway. John showed that he had not forgot how to turn right to go left on the clay at Thunderbird as he came from mid pack during the Feature event putting on a clinic to win in dominating fashion.
John will be racing Wednesday Night June 16th at Berlin Raceway against NASCAR Drivers Johnny Benson and Michael Waltrip.
Saturday, June 19
Make it Two for Two on the Dirt
With the Sunoco Series making their way to Berlin and the Late Models having the night off John had the opportunity to take out his Dirt Late Model for the second week in a row. Starting on the outside pole at Thunderbird Raceway John was able to hold off Bill Bray to lead every lap and pick up his second feature win in two attempts. John will return to his Asphalt Late Model next Saturday night where he sits 5th in the point standing after a strong seventh place finish Wednesday in a race that featured Johnny Benson and Michael Waltrip.
Sunday, July 4
Doctors Orders John to Take Time Off
For the first time since breaking a leg racing motorcycles years ago John has had to take time off from racing. John picked up an infection in his foot that caused it to swell three times its normal size. Under Doctors orders John was told to wait for the healing process to take place or there was a possibility of him losing his foot. John is taking it day by day and is looking forward to getting behind the wheel as soon as his doctor will give him the permission to do so.
Get Well Soon John!
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