The annual Oakshade Raceway Birthday Race brings in the best dirt late model racers all across the Midwest and beyond each year, all competing to win $10,000, the track's biggest payout of the year. It is also the last stop for the DIRTCar Summer Nationals Tour, a 32 day trek of racing just about every night. The event was expanded to two nights of racing last year (Friday and Saturday). It has been a pleasure to have been part of this event since 2000 and I am once again looking forward to another great weekend of racing.