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Rain halts Oswego Smoke & Sirens’ stock car run at Grundy County Speedway · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Rain halts Oswego Smoke and Sirens stock car run at
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  Speaker 1: Grundy County Speedway Written by Renee Tomelshaw, Local News Network correspondent.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. The Oswego Police Department and Aswego
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  Speaker 1: Fire Protection District had planned to have a stock car
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  Speaker 1: running at the Grundy County Speedway on Saturday in Morris
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  Speaker 1: to raise funds for Special Olympics Illinois, but heavy rains
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  Speaker 1: that day washed out the event. Hey racing fans, Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: the race for Saturday has been rescheduled due to the
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  Speaker 1: inclement whether aka the rain has ruined the race. The
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  Speaker 1: police department posted on its Facebook page on Saturday. However,
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  Speaker 1: the good news is we have two more weeks to
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  Speaker 1: raise money for Special Olympics Illinois because the new date
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  Speaker 1: is Saturday, August fifteenth. The post said to make a
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  Speaker 1: donation to the Smoke and Sirens team, go to support
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  Speaker 1: dot soil dot org. Slash team Slash eight two nine
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  Speaker 1: seven sixty six dot T dash shirts can be ordered
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  Speaker 1: until August ninth at Smokesirens two six, dot it in
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  Speaker 1: order dot com. When the car gets on the track.
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  Speaker 1: The person behind the wheel will be Fire Lieutenant Chet Hartley.
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  Speaker 1: He will drive the two thousand and five Ford five
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  Speaker 1: hundred donated by Grant Towing and Collision Connection Autobody. It
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  Speaker 1: was he and Oswego Police Community Service Officer Steve arp,
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  Speaker 1: a member of the pit crew, who converted the six
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  Speaker 1: cylinder vehicle. Police Chief Jason Baston calls Special Olympics Illinois
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  Speaker 1: and outstanding organization. They really have found a way to
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  Speaker 1: unleash the human spirit through sports, Bastin said, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: very happy to say that the state of Illinois, at
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  Speaker 1: least last year, is the number one fundraiser out of
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  Speaker 1: the entire world for the Special Olympics. Charis Spears, an
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  Speaker 1: officer who's a community engagement specialist for the police department,
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  Speaker 1: is team manager for Oswego's five O racing. It's the
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  Speaker 1: latest event she's organized for Special Olympics, drawing support from
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  Speaker 1: the business community and the artistic talents of three Oswego
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  Speaker 1: High School students who customized the stock car's look, including
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  Speaker 1: flames for the entry, Spears coin smoke and sirens. The
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  Speaker 1: student artists came up with the original hand painted designs
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  Speaker 1: and applied the sponsor decals in a project that took
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  Speaker 1: about five days. Morgan Bradley said the Oswego team's financial
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  Speaker 1: sponsors are Hell's Barbecue, Premier Tent Pros, Dent Tech, NSG Construction,
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  Speaker 1: and All Temp. In kind donation sponsors include Bell Tire,
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  Speaker 1: Blaine's Farm and Fleet of Montgomery, Brian's Auto Service, O'Reilly
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  Speaker 1: Auto Parts, Sherwin Williams, the exhaust Works, and the home depot.