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2010 Entry Editions

Edition #55: 07/22/10 - A Busy Race Weekend In July

Edition #54: 07/08/10 - Happy With 13th at Madison? You Bet!

Edition #53: 06/25/10 - Mid-America Meets Road America

Edition #52: 04/21/10 - Rockford Spring Opener

Edition #51: 01/20/10 - Good Job Mid Am & Daytona 2010 Predictions

2009 Entry Editions

Edition #50: 10/16/09 - LaCrosse Results / End of the Year Thank You

Edition #49: 10/07/09 - Kenseth K.O.'s Rockford

Edition #48: 09/23/09 - Jefferson Weekend - Twin 50's

Edition #47: 09/08/09 - Swan Shakes Slinger

Edition #46: 08/20/09 - Mad at Madison

Edition #45: 07/28/09 - Duel in the Dells 2009

Edition #44: 07/08/09 - We Must Wait for Madison & Kenseth Comes Close

Edition #43: 06/09/09 - Saturday Rain Good for a Duck, Not Good for a Swan

Edition #42: 05/20/09 - Charlotte Spring Race

Edition #41: 04/30/09 - The Curse of Talladega Speedway

Edition #40: 02/20/09 - Jeff Burton Shares His Race Knowledge in Personal Interview (And other notes from Daytona 2009)

Edition #39: 02/02/09 - Jeff Gordon Wins 09 Daytona 500 (And Other Predictions)

Edition #38: 01/24/09 - Season Ending Banquet / A New Beginning

Edition #37: 01/05/09 - Berge Racing Season Recap 2008

2008 Entry Editions

Edition #36: 12/19/08 - A Christmas Carol (race version)

Edition #35: 11/20/08 - The Good, Not Good, and the Ugly

Edition #34: 10/31/08 - Another Boring Conclusion to the Sprint Cup?

Edition #33: 10/15/08 - Just a Business Relationship

Edition #32: 10/08/08 - We are the Champions

Edition #31: 10/01/08 - Title Time in LaCrosse (Again)

Edition #30: 09/24/08 - Scary Fast at Madison Speedway

Edition #29: 09/10/08 - R.I.P. "Sparky" and "Booty / Bono Blume"

Edition #28: 09/02/08 - The Magnificent Milwaukee Mile

Edition #27: 08/18/08 - We are not "Blue" after Kaukauna

Edition #26: 07/29/08 - Home Cookin' Doesn't Help

Edition #25: 07/16/08 - Hot in Slinger

Edition #24: 07/08/08 - Missing in Marshfield

Edition #23: 06/23/08 - Carl Refuses to flip out at Milwaukee

Edition #22: 05/31/08 - "Duel at the Dells" - How True

Edition #21: 05/26/08 - Anybody But Kyle

Edition #20: 05/05/08 - New Setup's On The Worlds Fastest 1/4 mile

Edition #19: 04/15/08 - We'll take the third and leave town

Edition #18: 04/04/08 - A strange start to the 2008 Race Season

Edition #17: 02/01/08 - The 50th Daytona 500 - Start of 08' Season

2007 Entry Editions

Edition #16: 12/03/07 - Twelve Wishes for Christmas

Edition #15: 11/02/07 - …“I’m Not Bad Luck After All” By Ryan Farrell

Edition #14: 10/09/07 - Hot LaCrosse Nights

Edition #13: 10/01/07 - A good day at Rockford Speedway

Edition #12: 09/24/07 - Marshfield may be our new favorite track!

Edition #10: 08/29/07 - Berge Racing Takes on the Milwaukee Mile

Edition #9: 08/10/07 - Car of Tomorrow, Let's Stop Kicking Robbie Gordon

Edition #8: 07/21/07 - The White Race in Kaukauna

Edition #7: 06/26/07 - Racing in Shanghai

Edition #6: 05/23/07 - Hankscraft Announces Possible Driver Swap*

Edition #5: 05/09/07 - A Week at Berge Racing, By Ryan Farrell (Guest Editor)

Edition #4: 05/01/07 - Fast Lap Time at The Golden Sands Speedway

Edition #3: 04/24/07 - An Interview with #97 Driver, James Swan

Edition #2: 04/16/07 - The release of our New Paint Scheme at Rockford

Edition #1: 03/29/07 - Proud sponsor of Berge Racing