July 1, 2009 The results page gets updated every week.                                                                         See you at the races! May 14, 2009 We finally get to start doing what the Beth Steenhoek racing team really loves to do and that is race the regular season races. The regular season starts off with the help of the IRA which is a wonderful group of guys to race with. The Beth Steenhoek racing team timed in 7th quick out of 41 cars. The Beth Steenhoek racing team had to start in the 5th position in the heat race and from the drop of the green flag the team really charged forward. While leading the race with just a few laps to go a rear end lock up and destroyed everything in the drive line up to the motor. The crew tried to repair the car as fast as possible but couldn't make the repairs in time for the B-main. See you at the races! May 5, 2009 The Arizona Race Mart team started off the race season in fine fashion with a time of 15.125 which put the team in the 14th position in qualifying out of 47 cars. In the heat race the team had some struggles with the woo officiating and came home in the 6th position. That didn't stop the team as the Arizona Race Mart team rallied back to a 2nd place finish in the B-Main. Since the team was starting so far back in the A-main they decided to take the start money and save the car for another night.  See you at the races! April 27, 2009 We would like to thank Flame-Out Fire Protection for continuing to be a major partner of CLM. Flame-Out Fire Protection installs and maintains commercial fire sprinklers for small buildings to high rises in Arizona. For all your fire protection needs please use the best in the west. See you at the races! April 21, 2009 We want to let everybody know that Beth Steenhoek will be back as a partner again this year. She is best known as the fuel girl. Not only does Beth do a lot of hard work on the car at the track and the race shop. She also supplies every gallon of fuel that the red fast #70 burns all year long. Without her help and support we wouldn't still be racing today. Thanks again Beth!!!!! See you at the races! April 17, 2009 It's so neat to keep your sponsors coming back year after year. Ealy Home Improvements out of Knoxville continues to be a partner with CLM and this is just another partner that is so important in keeping this team running up front every week. For all your home improvements needs in the marion county area please contact Shawn at 641-218-6022. See you at the races! April 12, 2009 It's my pleasure to let the racing community know that for the 21st year in a row Arizona Race Mart will be a partner again with CLM. Together we have won nearly 50 features and 4 championships and we both plan on winning a whole lot more in the future. For all your racing supplies and gifts let the best in racing help you call 602-253-7001 or click on the Arizona Race Mart link. See you at the races! April 7, 2009 It's an honor to let the world know that another long time sponosr Steenhoek Realty Improvements will be helping us out again this year. For all your realty improvements please contact Jerry at Steenhoek Realty Improvements. See you at the races! April 2, 2009 I'm proud to let the racing world know that Sundance Realty has signed on for the fifth year in a row with CLM. Sundance Realty is locally owned to serve you better. For the best realty company in Iowa call Sundance Realty at 641-842-7214, or stop by their office just off the square in Knoxville. Their address is 112 E. Robinson Knoxville, Iowa 50138. Thanks for supporting my sponsors. See you at practice night in two weeks. Admission is free! March 30, 2009 Superior Bearing & Supply has been a long time sponsor of CLM and they have decided to continue sponsoring CLM again this year. Superior Bearing & Supply builds the best bearings and rod ends on the market today and it's wonderful to have them back again as a sponsor for another year. See you at the races in less than three weeks! March 27, 2009 We have another long time sponsor returning this season. Ultra Shield Race Products has been a strong supporter of CLM over the years. Ultra Shield Race Products and CLM have been partners for well over a decade now and we are very pleased to have them returning again this year. See you at the races soon! March 25, 2009 I'm thrilled to let the world know that Weld Wheels has decided to continue it's partnership with CLM again. CLM has been using Weld Wheels for nearly 20 years and is pleased to have them back again for another strong race season in 2009. It's great to have the strongest and lightest wheel on the market on my race car every time I hit the race track. See you at the races soon! March 24, 2009 I'm excited to announce that Hoosier racing tire has decided to remain as a partner of CLM again. Hoosier racing tire has been a long time sponsor of CLM and we are extremely excited to have them back again in 2009. Having Hoosier racing tires on our car helps keep the car hooked to the dirt and that helps us stay up front all night long. See you at the races soon! March 23, 2009 The biggest event in sprint car racing will be held August 12-15, 2009. This year will be the 49th running of the Knoxville Nationals and will pay out more than $912,000. for the four night event. There are two major changes this year. On Friday night, instead of running heat races, the competitors will be lined up in two B- Mains with the top 12 cars moving on to the A-Main. The remaining cars will line up in the D & E-Mains on Saturday night. The biggest change is something the fans have been asking for a long time. They will increase the race length by running 10 more laps for the A-Main on Saturday night to 40 laps. The winner will receive $150,000.00 again this year. See you at the races soon! March 22, 2009 Knoxville Raceway continues to make changes so that racing will be more exciting than ever on a weekly basis. First they increase the 410 purse and now they will let the teams know how the line ups will be done for each racing night at the sign in window. Some nights the teams will qualify getting 2 laps some will qualify with only 1 lap. While other nights will see group qualifying and there will also be line ups done by pill draw for the heat races. Another major improvement is in getting a more competitive point system for the 410 class in 2009. It will be the point system that the 360 class has used for years now. The A-Main point system will pay (1) 100 (2) 90 (3) 80 (4) 70 (5) 60 (6) 50 (7) 45 (8) 40 (9) 35 (10) 30 (11) 25 (12) 20 (13) 15 (14-16) 10 (17-24) 5 points. Heat race points will be (1) 20 (2) 18 (3) 16 (4) 14 (5) 12 (6) 10 and you will receive a 1.5 points for passing a car in the heat race on nights that the pill draw system is used for heat race line ups. B-Main points will be (1) 20 (2) 15 (3) 10 (4) 5 and all teams will receive 15 points a night for participation. This is great news for the fans. It should make the point chase a lot more exciting for the race fans all season long. See you at the race track in less than four weeks. February 8, 2009 Calvin Landis Motorsports officially parted ways with Wayne Simmons in December 2008 and will no longer be using F-5 chassis in the future. February 3, 2009 In a little more than ten weeks the Calvin Landis Motorsports team will be on the track for practice. We have been working hard this off season getting our team ready for another strong run at the Knoxville Raceway Championship. We have made some changes and some things have stayed the same. We will continue to put Arizona Race Mart parts all over our car and our driver will continue to use safety equipment from Arizona Race Mart as well.  We will be returning to Maxim Chassis after running an off brand chassis last year and will again have Wesmar Racing Engines taking care of our power plants in 2009. We would like to thank all of our sponsors that have helped us out in the past, present and future. See you at the races real soon! January 14, 2009 The richest weekly purse just got richer in 2009. Knoxville Raceway with the help of Lucas oil has increased its purse for the 410 class by more than $2300 a night. The regular weekly purse will payout 1. $3000 2. $2500 3. $2000 4. 1500 5. $1000. 6. $900 7. $850 8. $800. 9. $775 10. $750 11. $725 12. $700 13. $650 14. $645 15. $640 16. $625 17-20. $600. It's great to see the Sprint Car Capital of the world taking care of the entire field of cars. See you at the races in a few months December 24, 2008 We want to wish everyone A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! December 11, 2008 Sprint car racing at Knoxville raceway in 2009 is looking really good. The hard work in the office is paying off as Knoxville raceway has landed Lucas oil as a sponsor for there 410 weekly racing. With this sponsorship addition the entire 410 main event purse will increase and they are still trying to land more sponsors so they can increase it even more for 2009. It's great to see Knoxville raceway continue to raise the bar all the time. December 5, 2008 I want to thank everyone that works so hard to make Knoxville Raceway the greatest place on earth to race every week. Starting with the staff in the front office, officials, track crew, grounds man, fire & safety crew, junior fan club members, photographers, writers, Knoxville raceway charitable organization and all the other volunteers that it takes to make the show run so smoothly. We are very honored to have won the sportsmanship of the year award. That's two wonderful awards in two years. We were thrilled to have won a set of vortex wings for our year end prizes. We appreciate the track donating five free pit passes good for 2009 for all the teams that had perfect attendance this year. The safety stuff from KRCO is again out of this world. All of the drivers that participated in 75% or more of the races will receive a bell helmet, Simpson carbonx top and bottom fire proof underwear and gloves. We also received seat belts from impact racing. Happy Holidays. November 25, 2008 We want to wish everybody A Happy Thanksgiving. November 4, 2008 Calvin Landis Motorsports would like to thank everybody that has helped this team have a successful 2008 race season. We realize without our sponsors help and support we couldn't continue to do what we love to do and that is to race to win. This years sponsors are Flame-Out Fire Protection, Searsboro Telephone Company, Arizona Race Mart, F-5 Twister Chassis, Beth Steenhoek, In Memory of "Judge Landis" Ted Henry, Steenhoek Realty Improvements, Sundance Realty, Ealy Home Improvements, Hoosier Tires, Weld Wheels, Pro Shocks, Ultra Shield Race Products, Schoenfeld Headers & Superior Bearing & Supply. CLM would also like to thank are wonderful and hard working crew which consisted of Daryl Steenhoek, Cal Landis, Beth Steenhoek, Emily Landis and John Conrad. Everybody worked so hard and dedicated so much time to this race team this year. Thanks again everyone for everything. See you at the races in 2009. October 3, 2008 The Flame-Out Fire Protection racing team has posted a tentative race schedule for 2009. See you at the races! September 19, 2008 The "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry racing team continued to heavily focus on qualifying. Since we have been paying extra attention to our qualifying we have continued to improve and on August 30th we put up a time of 15.266 which put us in the 13th qualifying position. In the heat race the "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry team started second and came home in 1st place. In the feature event while running in the seventh position we started over heating so we had to slow down to keep from hurting the motor and at the end of the feature we finished a disappointing 11th place. This season has not been what we had hoped for but I'm so proud of how our team worked hard and stuck together. The "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry racing team finished the year in 9th spot in the Knoxville Raceway point standings. See you at the races in  2009! September 5, 2008 The Sundance Realty racing team started off the 23rd of August with a goal in mind of trying to improve on its qualifying time. They did that with a time of 15.331 but unfortunately so did the other race teams and it put the Sundance team in the 20th position. The Sundance team moved forward from its seventh starting position to finish sixth and get the final transfer spot to the feature event. In the feature event the Sundance Realty racing team moved forward several spots to finish in the 13th position. The Sundance Realty racing team remained in 9th spot in the point standings. See you at the races! August 24, 2008 The Ealy Home Improvement racing team was really excited heading into Saturday night the 2nd of August because they had a fresh motor under the hood. Which its only the second fresh motor of the year. The Ealy home Improvement team didn't time in like expected with a time of 15.742 which was 23rd quick for the night. After starting on the pole in the heat race the Ealy team came home in the second position. The team continued to change things all night trying to get the motor to run where it should. In the feature event the Ealy Home Improvement team finished a disappointing 22nd place. Later on it was determined that the culprit was a bad coil. The Ealy Home Improvement racing team fell to 9th spot in the point standings. Hopefully with only two races remaining the Ealy Home Improvement racing team can move up in the point standings. See you at the races! August 10, 2008 The Searsboro Telephone Company racing team started off the 26th of July with a good time of 15.362 which again put the team in the 10th qualifying spot. In the heat race we came home with a strong 3rd place finish. In the feature event the Searsboro Telephone Company team finished 5th and came home with another strong performance this year. The Searsboro Telephone Company racing team is still in the 7th spot in the point standings. See you at the races! July 25, 2008 On July 19th the Flame-Out Fire Protection racing team started out the night with a time of 15.350 which was 10th quick time for the night. In the heat race we finished in the 3rd position. The Flame-Out Fire Protection racing team moved forward to finish in the 9th position in the feature event. The Flame-Out Fire Protection racing team fell to 7th spot in the point standings. See you at the races! July 15, 2008 The "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry racing team continues to start the nights off like a rocket. Even having to go out late since we were the nineteenth car on the track the team put up the 2nd fastest time of the night with a 15.178 lap. In the heat race the team started in the sixth position and quickly moved into the fourth position and looking for more when something ripped the spark plug wire out of the boot of the number two cylinder. We finished 2nd in the B-main with only three corners of suspension on the car. In the main event the "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry team struggled and came home in the sixteenth position. We our hoping that our luck will change real soon. The "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry racing team remains in the 6th spot in the point standings. See you at the races! July 8, 2008 The Beth Steenhoek racing team came roaring out of the gate as we put up the fastest time of the night. In the heat race the team charged forward three spots to finish in the third spot. The Beth Steenhoek racing team was hoping for another spectacular twin features night. In the first feature we came home with a respectable 6th place finish and in the second feature we struggled to a 17th place finish. The most important thing for the Beth Steenhoek racing team is moving up into the 6th spot in the point standings. See you at the races! July 1, 2008 The Ealy Home Improvement team started off the night with 3rd quick time. In the heat race the Ealy Home Improvement team moved forward two spots to finish in the 4th position. In the feature event the Ealy Home Improvement team came in the the 5th spot. Top fives our exactly what this team needs to move up in the points standings. The Ealy Home Improvements team is in 7th place in the point standings. See you at the races! June 19, 2008 The Steenhoek Realty Improvements team started the night off really strong with 2nd fast time in qualifying. The Steenhoek Realty Improvements team also moved forward two spots in the heat race to finish in the 4th position. The inversion was a twelve and having the fast time car that transferred out of the heat race, it meant we had to start outside the sixth row in the main event. The Steenhoek Realty team raced really hard and moved forward to finish in the 7th position in the main event. The Steenhoek Realty team is in 7th place in the point standings. As you can see on our results page this is one spot better than we were in the points at this time last year and we came home 3rd in the point standings. Let's hope we can finish strong again this year. See you at the races! June 2, 2008 The Sundance Realty team was hoping for another strong run on Saturday night, May 31st. We started out with a qualifying time of 15.232 that put us 13th quick time. In the heat race the team had a very strong 2nd place finish. Having an average qualifying time made our starting position in the middle of the pack for the main event. The Sundance Realty team moved forward to finish in the 9th spot in the main event. Having another racing weekend behind us, the Sundance Realty team is in 9th place in the point standings. See you at the races! May 27, 2008 This morning we got about a half inch of rain. The track crew did an excellent job getting the track ready. The Searsboro Telephone Company car timed in 10th quick. We started fourth in our heat race and finished in 3rd place. In the main event we started on the pole, but didn't get the jump at the start. During the first half of the race we were putting constant pressure on the leader and nearly took the lead four times. While doing this our tired motor, which hasn't been rebuilt since 2006, began to smoke. In the second half of the feature the motor began to lose power. We fell back to a fourth place finish. In the end we were just happy to finish. The Searsboro Telephone Company team has moved up to 7th place in the Knoxville Raceway point standings. See you at the races! May 21, 2008 Our first official regular race of the year is in the books. The Arizona Race Mart team qualified in 19th quick time. We won our heat race by an entire straightaway over second place. While in a heated battle for 12th place during the A Main, with one lap to go in a rubber down affair, the caution came out. Under the caution our right rear tire went flat. We didn't want to start the season off with a DNF but that's the way it goes. We are currently 16th in points at Knoxville Raceway.  See you at the races! May 7, 2008 Finally the rain has stopped and we get to have our first race at Knoxville Raceway this year. We started off the night with 36th quick time which wasn't what we were hoping for. We started ninth in our heat race and ran eighth. Then we started sixteenth in the B-Main and moved forward to eleventh place. We used a provisional to start the A-Main 26th but we had a nozzle get knocked lose and had to pull in in the middle of the race. After the races were over we realized why we had been struggling so much all night. We had two bad torsion bars in our F-5 chassis, so we hope our next race will be better. See you at the races! May 2, 2008 Last night we got two practice sessions in at Knoxville Raceway. For a new car out of the box this F-5 Chassis felt the best I have ever had at Knoxville Raceway for a new car out of the box. I'm really excited about the direction my race team is going. I think this is our best shot ever to win even more races, have a bunch of top five finishes and win a championship at Knoxville Raceway in 08. See you at the races! April 16, 2008 On April 12th, we received the first of two F-5 Twister chassis for this year. We have started getting it ready and will race it as soon as we possibly can. Wayne and company have built a beauty. See you at the races! April 8, 2008 The red hot looking 1/64 die cast cars of #70 are now in stock. We will add them to the merchandise page as soon as we can. See you at the races! March 17, 2008 On Saturday March 8th, Manzanita Speedway had a tribute to Jimmy Blanton. This was a night that was so special to me and my family. Jimmy has done so much to help so many racers across the United States and its great that somebody has recognized everything that Jimmy & Pam have done for racing. The Jimmy Blanton night was wonderful. There were so many past and current drivers there to share part in Jimmy's night. I personally want to thank Jimmy and Pam for everything they have done to help me out over the last 20 years of racing.   See you at the races! March 5, 2008 The CLM team heads to Arizona to knock off some rust and see family and friends. We would like to thank Hammerheads Ocean Grill for making this trip possible. We started off the night a little rough. While warming up the motor, we sheared the pin on the gear drive of the Mag. That caused us to miss hot laps so our first lap in six months was qualifying where we timed in 20th quick. In the heat we maintained our position, and we came home in the 19th position in the A-Main with the World of Outlaws. It's not the start we were looking, for but it could always be worse. I want to thank all my west coast fans for coming out and supporting our team. See you at the races! February 15, 2008 Hoosier Racing Tires will be back on the CLM car again in 2008. We are pleased to have Hoosier as a partner again. Hoosier has been along time partner of CLM and we hope that continues for a long time to come. Having the best racing tires on our car again this year will help us in a run for the Knoxville Raceway Cup Series Championship. See you at the races! February 5, 2008 Beth Steenhoek has made it official that she will once again be back with the CLM team this year. Beth has been a long time sponsor of CLM. Her logo has been a fixture on the car for several years now but before that she was a silent sponsor behind the scenes. We are so lucky to have Beth continue to be a part of CLM team as we work our way up the ladder to a  Championship February 1, 2008 On January 24th at 2:29pm my wife Emily and I became proud parents of a baby girl. Her name is Cally Beth Landis and she weighed in at 9Ibs 7.5 oz, 20 1/4 inches long with lots of black hair. January 31, 2008 Flame-Out Fire Protection has been a very strong supporter of CLM over the last 20 years. Flame-Out Fire Protection is a leader in installing and maintaining  automatic fire sprinkler systems in commercial buildings in the Southwest. Flame-Out Fire Protection has helped CLM climb the ladder from the Southwest to the Midwest. Cal & Karen, thanks for all of your hard work and dedication to CLM.  January 29, 2008 Ever since Steenhoek Realty Improvements has been a partner of CLM, the team has shown great improvement. For the three years that Steenhoek Realty Improvements has been a partner, the team has moved up at least three spots in the point standings each year. Last years performance was a wonderful 3rd place in the point standings. Having Steenhoek Realty Improvements on our side, I see a very bright future for CLM. Thanks for all your help and support Jerry & Chris. January 27, 2008 After being a silent sponsor for CLM for the last couple of years Searsboro Telephone Company has decided to put its logo back on our sprint car full time in 2008. Searsboro Telephone Company has been a part of CLM since 2001. From 2001-2004 Searsboro Telephone Company was the primary sponsor of CLM. We are honored to fly the Searsboro Telephone Company banner again this year as we make a run for the Knoxville Raceway Championship. January 25, 2008 We are happy to announce that we will have Pro Shocks on our team again. It's always exciting to be running the best shocks on our sprint car. That's of course while they are coated in gold. Pro Shocks has been the world leader in shock technology since 1983. January 23, 2008 I'm thrilled to announce for the second year in a row we will be sponsored by the Henry Family. It will again be "In Memory of Judge Landis" Ted Henry. Thanks so much for all your help and support Ted & Priscilla. January 21, 2008 We are honored to have resigned Weld Wheels for another race season with CLM. Weld Wheels is the leading supplier for all kinds of racing. Weld wheels has been an excellent partner of CLM for several years now. Weld Wheels are the only choice of  wheels CLM likes to run. CLM has won all of its sprint car championships and races running on weld wheels. For all your wheel needs from street cars to race cars weld wheels makes them all. January 19, 2008 I'm so excited to announce the one and only sponsor to be a part of CLM for its entire existence will be back again for our 20th year. Arizona Race Mart has been a leading race car parts supplier since it opened its doors in 1986. Customers can walk in  and buy stuff from over the counter, order by phone and of course order through the internet. For all your racing needs Arizona Race Mart is the best. January 17, 2008 We are proud to announce that 2008 starts the 20th year for Calvin Landis Motorsports. The first three years were in Micro Midgets. The fourth year we won the ASCA 360 non wing championship. The rest of the years have been running wing 410 cars. In seventeen years of running sprint cars, the Calvin Landis Motorsports team has won 3 Championships and 44 feature event wins. We hope that 2008 takes us to our 4th sprint car championship and adds many more feature wins to our total. Hope to see you at the races a lot this year.