![]() His car was also voted as the Best Appearing car in 1987. He also won the Firecracker special in 1992 and the Hi-Riser award in '90 and '92. He also won season championships in the Modifieds in '90 and '92 as well as as mid-season championships in '90, '91 and '92. He earned point titles in 19 in the Modifieds and in 1999 in the Super Stocks. With twelve wins in the Modified class driving car #20 and eleven wins in the Super Stocks driving cars numbered #20, #E20 and 20E, Rick was accomplished behind the wheel of cars in both classes. Eventually he moved up to the Modifieds and then finished off his career racing Super Stocks. Rick started racing in 1979 at the age of fifteen in the Street Stock class in a car that his father bought from Al Hajdasz. With twenty three Rice Lake Speedway feature wins to his credit, Rick is in the upper echelon of all time winners at the track. While Bud was one of the path finders that helped the speedway get started, Rick's accomplishments both on and off the race track more than quality him for Rice Lake Speedway Hall of Fame status. Tonight, with the induction of Rick into the Rice Lake Speedway Hall of Fame, the Ellis family sets another standard as they become the first family in Rice Lake Speedway history to have two generations of family members elected into the Hall of Fame. The Ellis family name and involvement with the Rice Lake Speedway have been linked together for over sixty years now, ever since father Bud raced at the Rice Lake Speedway in its opening days back in 1961. ![]() ![]() ![]() August 13, 2016.įrom left Troy Newman (Promoter), Rick Ellis (Driver), Don Cimfl (Driver), Dave Erickson (Driver), Ramona Cook (accepting for her husband George Cook) (Promoter), and Ralph Sirek (Promoter) 2016 Rice Lake Speedway Hall of Fame Induction. ![]()
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