Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Baer Field Speedway to induct three into its Hall of Fame

FORT WAYNE — Jim Lambert, Hank Lower and Larry Zent will be inducted into the Baer Field Speedway Hall of Fame on Saturday night as a part of the regular racing program.
Lambert, who is nicknamed “the Beach Boy,” has 13 track championships (Baer Field – 1985, 86, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 98, 2000; Avilla – 1993-95; and Angola 1988). Before his retirement in 2009, Lambert spent 40 years as an industrial technology teacher at Wayne High School. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Fort Wayne.

Lower, a 72-year-old Angola resident, started racing in 1959. Lower continues to drive with the Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series (HOSS) and is currently seventh in HOSS points for 2010. He was a three-time Butler Motor Speedway track champion (1977-1979); four-time Sprints On Dirt (SOD) champion (1982, 1983, 1986, 1994); and the 1997 HOSS champion. Lower is the all-time combined Baer Field and Avilla Speedway sprint feature winner. He and his wife, Beverly, have two children.

Zent began his driving career in the mid-1970s and became Baer Field Speedway’s all-time winningest driver. Zent dominated the Outlaw Super Late Model stock car scene. He also ventured into the ARCA, ASA and CRA series. He and his wife, Teresa, live in Fort Wayne.
Saturday’s racing card will consist of the HOSS Bill Lipkey Memorial race, plus the regular late models, modifieds, street stocks and mini stocks. Spectator gates open at 4 p.m., with qualifying at 5:30, and racing at 7:30. Adult admission will be $18, children 7-12 $5, and no charge for those under six years old.

Norwell football camp slated

A Norwell football camp for boys who will be in grades 3-8 at Norwell Middle School, Ossian and Lancaster elementary schools and Bethlehem Lutheran School will be held July 27-28. Cost is $30 for grades 3-4 and $35 for grades 5-8. A camp T-shirt is included.

Grades 3-4 will meet from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Grades 5-8 will meet from 5:30-7 p.m. Fundamentals will be taught and helmets and pads will not be used.

Anyone having questions should call Norwell coach Jeff Miller at 260-543-2213, ext. 7010, or Director of Football Operations Tom Neuenschwander at 260-622-4169.
CC conditioning for BMS students.

Bluffton Middle School cross country conditioning will begin on Aug. 2 at the White Bridge and run from 8-9:30 a.m. It is open to students entering grades 6-8. A completed physical form must be on file in the school office in order to participate. Please bring a water bottle and beach towel. Any questions call Bev Balash at 565-3278 or 223-5529.