BIO
Driver/owner: Rick Vander Weide
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Occupation: Air Ambulance Pilot
Family: Wife - Aimee Children - Jesse, Ally, Paige and Levi
Car Class: Late Model Stock Car
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
First year racing was in 1993.....Has raced in the Sportsman stock car class, IMCA Stock Car class and the Late Model Street Stock class.
Second place in track points at Rapid Speedway in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
Second place in NMRA National point standings in 2001 and 2002
National Cheaters Day Champion 1998 (Sioux Empire Fairgrounds)
Nordstrom's Dash for Cash Pit Stop Race Champion 2000 (Lake County Speedway)
Rapid Speedway Sportsman Track Champion 2001
Rapid Speedway Race Team of the Year Award 2001
I-90 Speedway Cheaters Day Champion 2001
National Cheaters Day Champion 2002 (Husets Speedway)
All time leading feature winner in the NMRA Sportsman division
All time leading feature winner in the Sportsman division at Huset's Speedway
All time leading feature winner in the Sportsman division at Rapid Speedway
2003 NMRA National Champion Sportsman Division
2003 Rapid Speedway Sportsman Track Champion
2003 I-90 Speedway Cheaters Day Champion
2005 I-90 Speedway Cheaters Day Champion
2005 Husets Speedway - LMSS Sportsmanship Award
CAREER "A" FEATURE WINS: 39
Rapid Speedway: 17
Lake County Speedway: 8
I-90 (Hartford) Speedway: 5
Huset's Speedway: 8
Sioux Empire Fairgrounds (R.I.P.): 1