Fortmann Racing 32

06/16/2026

Race Recap!

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Well, on Sunday at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway, we pulled the rabbit out of the hat, the stars aligned, and probably used up all our luck for the year. We drew the number 1 chip at the gate, had a rough heat from starting on the pole, made some human errors with setup, but made a redraw and drew the 1 chip again! We started on the pole for the feature and never looked back, racing out to a commanding lead. We were patient with lap traffic for the last 10 laps, allowing second place to close the gap to about half a straightaway.

We couldn't do this without the support of all our marketing partners or the family who did what they could to get the car ready for the track throughout the night. Big thanks to Steve Miller, Chris Greene, Hunter Fortmann, Karma Fortmann, and Adam Slade.

Thanks to MercedeSweet Photography for capturing these photos throughout the night! Go give her page a like and follow.

05/27/2026

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Hunter ran his third night in the sport mod; his progress has been great. As a driver, he is getting more and more comfortable. His car got pretty banged up, but he learned a lot and brought it home mostly in one piece.

We also went to practice last night to turn some laps and worked on some driving techniques. Dad hopped in the car and found some issues with the chassis causing some inconsistency in feel.

We are currently looking at purchasing a newer chassis for Hunter; we have our eye on one right now and are in negotiations. With that said, we are hoping this will give him a better chance to compete.

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05/13/2026

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Well, Sunday night at Dubuque, Hunter had a complete 180 from the track on opening night. They had it juiced up, fast, and very racey. The more laps he gets, the more comfortable he is becoming in the car; Dad has to work on the setup a bit more, but progress is being made.

Many people think racing is just turning left and driving in a circle, and if you break it all the way down and ignore all the details besides two, you'd be correct. Watching Hunter struggle to drive the car into the corner and get the chassis and suspension to work consistently as they should is hard. It's hard to teach someone how to drive a race car; we can explain it to them and what to do in given situations. It takes a lot of confidence and experience to drive a car into the corner on throttle and manipulate the brake or steering input to get the right weight transfer without sacrificing momentum. I have no doubt in my mind that Hunter will be successful; now I just need to do my part and have the car stable for him.

We had the week off with the Late Model, with our engine package we are competitive in IMCA. The Premier Late Model Series came to Dubuque Sunday, and with the changes they made to their rules this past offseason, it will put an even bigger gap in performance on us. So, we decided to save our equipment and stay within our budget-friendly series. I do have to give credit where it's due, though; they put on a hell of a show!

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05/02/2026

04/29/2026

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Sport Mod:
Hunter Fortmann had his hands full Sunday night; the track was slick, and his tires were old, but he kept great composure as he ticked off laps and worked on building his experience. He was down on himself for not having the speed to compete, but we couldn’t be more proud of him for maintaining car control, holding his line when he got the layover flag, and bringing the car home in one piece.

Late Model:
What a night! We won the feature! We started 4th, drew to the 2 chip in the heat, didn’t get the best restart, and fell in line behind the 77 for the first half of the race before making a move to his outside and getting by him. We then set sail; our Mars Race Cars on CMD Race Shocks took off, pulling out a big lead as we took the checkered flag.

We definitely couldn’t do any of this without our great marketing partners, including Terry Fortmann with Turpin Bodyshop for the $100 win bonus, and our amazing crew. Big thanks to Steve Miller, Chris Greene, Hunter Fortmann, my beautiful wife Karma Fortmann, and Adam Slade. Big thanks to Dan Wand for pulling the Sport Mod to the track for us.

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04/23/2026

Getting some new shoes on our haulers tomorrow after two blown tires in the last three trips, big thanks to Terry Fortmann with Turpin Body Shop for the help mounting the new rubber, these shoes will definitely be heavier duty and more reliable to get us down the road!

04/22/2026

Last night, we shook down both cars at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway. Hunter got some valuable laps in and really started building his confidence. I appreciate the patience of the other drivers on track with him being a rookie and taking his first real laps in the car - there's definitely a learning curve. The late model felt great; I have to say CMD Race Shocks knocked this package out of the park. Definitely excited to get some new rubber on the car and see what we have for the competition this year. Overall, it was a satisfying night at the track. Thanks to Steve, Chris, Will, Adam, and Dan for the help with the cars and hauling the second car to the track.

04/13/2026

Super excited to start our season here at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway! Come out and enjoy a great night of racing! Free entry for the grand stands so bring as many friends as you can to come check out and keep our sport alive! Thank you Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway for offing this to start the year and bring on some great racing!