Driver Biography

MIKE LAUTERBORN

After a very successful 2 years of drag racing in New York, Mike started racing moto-cross in 1970. Turned professional in 1974, than raced AMA pro moto-cross until 1976. During this time over 100 wins were recorded in the Western New York area. In 1975 he earned National #96 with the AMA.

1976 BULTACO AT THE ENFIELD TRACK NEAR ITHACA NY.

ENFIELD TRACK CHAMPION 360 OPEN

 

Mike turned to Speedway racing in 1977 becoming Rookie of the Year that year. Over the next two years Mike recorded over 20 wins at Batavia Raceway, Batavia, NY and Champion Speedway in Owego, NY.

1979 .....1990 Mike turned to AMA Enduro Racing, Trials, and Hare scrambles winning many events in Sr. A Class. In 1985 he was ranked 3rd in the USA, (AMA hare scrambles). The last full season Mike'd raced motorcycles, 1989, he won the Sr. A Enduro class in AMA district 4, western N.Y.

The next step started in 1991 when the first full size sprint car was purchased from John King. The first feature win was recorded with the Empire Super Sprints (ESS) Club at Edelweiss Speedway in Quebec, Canada in 1992.

Mike has found Sprint Car racing the most challenging and difficult of all the Motorsports that he has attempted. His #41 Sprint Car are usually found in the top 10 in any meet, but he is still striving for that championship year.

In the 1997 season Mike and crew brought the #41 Woodpecker to its best season standing of 4th place with the ESS club. We also earned "Most Improved Driver of the Year", and our crew chief Rob Dietrick, earned "Mechanic of the Year".

As a follow up in the 1998 season Mike and crew brought the Woodpecker to a 6th place finish overall with 4 dash for cash wins, 8 heat wins, yet again proving the consistency of the driver and crew.

   

1999 Was another good year for the 41 team. even though we traveled to most of the races with only 1 crew person, BILL ALHART, we ended up in 5th place overall with the ESS club.
1999 was our last full season with the ESS club. Hopefully the experience we have gained in the past 9 years with sprint cars will lead to bigger and better things.

FREEDOM SPEEDWAY WIN

2000 Brought a major change to our racing program...we went USAC SILVER BULLET racing and competed in 410 non-wing shows for the first time.
    Experience was gained in 5 types of race cars in 2000...SILVER BULLET asphalt and dirt, 410 wing, 410 non-wing & 360 wing.....what a year!!.
    Mike won the first 410 non-wing heat race he was ever in (LINCOLN PARK, IN.).... than won (2) 360 wing feature races in New York.
    Mike also crewed on the #19 INDY CAR of LOGAN RACING at TEXAS SPEEDWAY with STEVIE REEVES as the driver.

IN 2001 we had hoped to concentrate on the 410 non-wing USAC sprinters, but the lack of a crew that could travel, hampered our effort, we only did 4 non-wing shows.
    Mike raced mainly in the western NY area driving a big block modified for Chuck Hebing, 360 wing sprinters for Bud Burlew and ELS president Rick Dumigan. He also raced Speedway motorcycles at Champion Speedway (won 1 race)

RACING NON WING WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCRA GROUP.

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2002 brought another exciting change to the Lauterborn Electric racing team....We teamed up with the Rochester NY based ESS #13 SPRINTER EXPRESS TEAM of Dwight Roth and driver Billy "The Kid" Coffey for some selected 410 & 360 wing and non- wing shows in the spring and summer.
Mike raced 2  USAC SILVER CROWN dirt races, one at Eldora and Syracuse Fairground, 4 SCRA non-wing races, 3 ESS 360 wing shows, 1 NSA race at Fonda speedway, and a few SOS 360 wing races.

    MIKE  raced in AUSTRALIA  January and February of 2002 in the CLIFFORD EXCAVATIONS #3 Sprint car. A big thanks to  GEOFF CLIFFORD from Terang, Victoria. Our best out of 10 races was a 4th at ADELAIDE SPEEDWAY.  
 SPRINTER EXPRESS & LAUTERBORN ELECTRIC were the USA sponsors for the trip down under.

 

 

2003:  WHAT A GOOD YEAR.........
DATE GROUP TRACK HEAT B-MAIN OR DASH FINISH
MAY 3RD PSG  STATELINE, PA. 7 (9)   11TH    (15)
MAY 18TH SOS GASPORT, ONT 1 (5) 1- DASH 3RD    (6)
JUNE 22ND PSG  GASPORT, ONT. 1 (3)   6TH    (12)
JUNE 27TH. SOS OHSWEKEN, ONT 4 (5)   1st     (12)
JUNE 28TH SOS  MERRITTVILLE, ONT. 1 (6)   4TH    (8)
JUNE 29TH PSG  WEEDSPORT, NY. 3 (5)   3RD    (5)
JULY 2ND PSG  ROLLING WHEELS 7 (5) 1-B MAIN 2ND   (19)
JULY 4TH PSG  FREEDOM SPEEDWAY 2 (3) 1- DASH 5TH     (7)
JULY 5TH PSG CANANDAIGUA, NY 5 (10)   (MOTOR) 20TH (15)
JULY 6TH SOS GASPORT, ONT. 1 (6) 2- DASH 2ND  (8)
JULY 11TH PSG  RANSOMVILLE  1 (2)   5TH (5)
JULY 25TH PSG  THE NEW AFTON SPEEDWAY 2 (3) 2-DASH SPUN 17TH (3)
JULY 26TH PSG  FULTON, NY. 8 (8) 4-B MAIN 6TH    (22)
AUG 8TH SOS  OHSWEKEN, ONT. 1 (6)   1st    (10)
AUG 16TH PSG CAN AM 2 (5) 4-DASH (CRASH) 23RD (6)
AUG 22ND SOS  OHSWEKEN, ONT. 3 (6)   4 (9)
AUG 23RD PSG CANANDAIGUA SPEEDWAY 1 (2)   4TH (7)
AUG 30TH PSG  5 MILE POINT.....(MOTOR BROKE) 7 (4) IN #90 SPRINTER 12TH  (23)
SEPT 5TH. OPEN BULLYHILL,  SWEET 16, FEATURE 2     9TH (10)
SEPT 6TH. OPEN .BULLYHILL  BLACKROCK SPEEDWAY   10TH  B-MAIN  NC
SEPT 12TH SOS  OHSWEKEN ONT. 3 (6)   5TH  (12)
SEPT. 27TH .SOS OHSWEKEN, ONT....CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 1 (4)   4TH   (3)

OVER-ALL

SOS & PSG

        4TH IN PATRIOT POINTS 

PSG MOST IMPROVED DRIVER

13TH IN SOS POINTS

SOS MEDIA AWARD

 8 HEAT WINS

1- B-MAIN WINS

 2- DASH WINS

2 FEATURE WINS

2004: AFTER A HAND FULL OF RACES AT THE START OF THE SEASON, MIKE HAS STARTED THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW RACE SHOP IN THE VILLAGE OF SPENCERPORT NY......RACING IS PUT ON HOLD TILL THE NEW RACE SHOP IS COMPLETE.

 

 

2005.....STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING THE NEW HOUSE AND RACE SHOP......DROVE A FEW RACES FOR DAN DEMING AND BUD BURLEW...DID NOT RACE THE 41 CAR THIS SEASON.

 

 

2006......THE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK NATIVE HEADED ACROSS THE BORDER TO CANADA THIS SEASON TO RACE WITH THE SOS GANG....A FEW PSG RACES WERE ALSO PLANNED ....BUT, AFTER 13 LOUSY RACES, MIKE DECIDED TO PARK THE CAR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

 

 

2007/2008/2009.....BROUGHT ANOTHER BIG CAREER CHANGE. MIKE IS THE NEW PROMOTER OF GENESEE SPEEDWAY IN BATAVIA NY. HIS FULL TIME RACING WILL BE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER TILL 2009.

 

WWW.GENESEESPEEDWAY.COM

 

2009.....GENESEE SPEEDWAY SPRINT TRACK CHAMPION, 3 SPRINT FEATURE WINS.

THIS WAS ALSO THE LAST SEASON AS PROMOTER OF GENESEE SPEEDWAY IN BATAVIA NEW YORK.

 

LAUTERBORN ELECTRIC SPRINT CHAMP 2009

 

 

2010.....RACE TRACK OWNER. MIKE IS NOW THE OWNER OF THE OLD FREEDOM SPEEDWAY IN DELEVAN/ARCADE NY.

THE NEW NAME OF THE TRACK WILL BE SOUTH ARCADE SPEEDWAY .   "Hopefully what I have learned in the past 3 years at Genesee Speedway in Batavia NY can be put to use at South Arcade Speedway". THERE IS ALSO A FIRST CLASS MOTOCROSS TRACK ON THE FACILITY.  SOUTH ARCADE MOTOCROSS....... WNYMA MOTOCROSS.

 

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