He's a six-time track champion, and he's back with a vengeance after five years out of the seat as a full-time racer. Pat Kelly returned to the Grundy County Speedway this spring in the Late Model Division, where he has regularly been at or near the top of the standings.

"We've had a very consistent season. We've had a lot of great luck, knock on wood," the 43-year old driver said. "There haven't been a lot of wrecks or other problems to this point. We have fallen off in the past couple of weeks, but we think we've got it back to where we were three weeks ago now."

Even with a "down" spell in the season, Kelly and crew finished fourth last Saturday — and had an 87-point lead going into action.