Billy VanInwegen
16 Yr Old... Race Car Driving Champion from Sparrowbush, New York
WELCOME TO THE INTERNET HOME OF BILLY VANINWEGEN - TOBIAS SPEEDSTR MIDGET AND sPRINT CAR DRIVER
7th in Canadian Speedstr Race at St-Eustashe
Tobias Speedstr Midgets begin to line up on the front stretch at Autodrome St-Eushache in Quebec
July 12th...... Billy V traveled to Quebec, Canada with Rich Tobias and the Speedstr Midget team to compete in a National Tour Race on the pavement at the Autodrome St-Eustache. There was a large crowd on hand as the event was part of a Canadian Tire Nascar Event. The team had some trouble crossing the border and missed practice. Rain forced officials to postpone the event until sunday. Billy started sunday's feature from 11th spot and he finished the race in 7th place. The 20 lap race went non-stop, green to checker.
Next race ..... July 17th ...CRSA 305 Sprint car event at Cayuga Co Fairgrounds in Weedsport,NY.
Driveline fails at Devil's Bowl in Vermont
An early season photo of the Laner Family #229
July 4th ...... Billy V and Tom Laner Sr traveled to the Devil's Bowl Speedway in Vermont to compete in a CRSA 305 Sprint Car Race. Unfortunately, there was a problem with drive train on the #229 which showed up in hot laps. Tom and Billy were thankful to received some parts and help from Mike VanDusen, Jeremy Quick and Warren Alexson but they were unable to get the car fixed in time to make the race. Billy watched the feature from the grandstands. "That's racin" !
3rd place at Susky Speedstr Race
July 2nd ...... The Tobias Speedstr Midget team traveled to Newberrytown,Pa to compete in a Tour event at the Susquehanna Speedway. Billy started the feature from 4th position but quickly found himself in 8th place as he went high in the first turn of the race and got freight-trained. On lap 5, Billy was following the cars of Ryan Smith and Tyler Potts when they got together coming out of turn four. Billy was unable to avoid the #11 K&N car of his friend, Ryan Smith. His #23 suffered some pretty good damage to the front end, but he was able to continue. The damage did not seem to effect the handling too much as he was able to make some nice passes in route to fine 3rd place finish. The left front tire was flat by the end the race . Rich Tobias was the race winner and Steve Hicks drove his #USA1 car to a strong 2nd place finish. Top 3 at Susquehanna were Rich Tobias, Steve Hicks (R), and Billy VanInwegen (L). (Dave Lash Photo) Big Diamond Flip for Billy V Billy flies over the wall in turn 3 at Big Diamond Speedway June 4th ...... The Tobias Speedstr Midget team traveled to Minersville,Pa to compete in a Tobias Speedstr Midget Race at The Big Diamond Speedway. Billy started the night off with a great qualifying lap which was 2nd best to Rich Tobias. On the 3rd lap of the feature, disaster struck as Billy hopped the right rear wheel of the Tobias #17 and launched completely over the 3rd turn wall with a series of violent flips. The car suffered major damage but Billy was ok as the roll cage and Hans Device did a good job of keeping him safe. The Gary Silverman video clip of the incident can be viewed by clicking the "watch video" link. The team was busy all day on Friday taking the car apart and they hope to have it back together in time for the upcoming tour races in Canada. 
Billy's sister, Emily V..... has launched a new website :
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