NAME: John Dale Winge

Date of Birth: November 19, 1980

Hometown: Watertown, SD

Current Residence: Sioux Falls, SD and LaFayette, GA

Shop Locations: Sioux Falls, SD and Ringgold, GA

Marital Status: Married Oct 1 2010 to Jennifer Winge (Hansen)

Age Started Racing: 17

Crew: Miura, Mya, (my dogs)   Along with Howard and Jen when can.

About me: I moved to Chattanooga, TN from Sioux Falls, SD in November of
2006. I have since moved across town and state lines to Ringgold GA at the
beginning of 2008. Im July of 2010 I moved back to Sioux Falls, SD as i am always working in the area. I also bought a WISSOTA motor (spec motor to meet rules in area). I currently am racing the 17j Pro Dent, Race Engine Design,  Rocket Chassis. Pro Dent is my main sponsor which i own. This motor are  producing roughly 800-830 HP fueled by a Stealth Carburator. I also have a WISSOTA spec motor (362 steel block w aluminum heads) producing 600 hp.

I Started racing Street Stocks at the age of 17. i have been self funded racing out of my own pocked my whole career, so i was on a limited budget during the street stock days. my first year i raced Waterown, SD about 7-8 times. the second year i raced the same car about 15 times staying in easter South Dakota. the following year i had a lot of transmission troubles shortening my season to approximately 8-10 races. then for budget reasons i had to quit for a couple years before buyin a modified. this car wasnt that great and i had a lot of dnf's out of my 8 shows i had. then i took another season off before getting a late model. my first year i only raced  the last part of season 8 times. Then the second season i raced only 12 times due to work.  in 2006 i was fortunate to race 39 nights. In 2007 i raced the first 20 shows under WISSOTA and the last 4 nights were open motor shows winning 2 heat races in WI and SD..

I travel all over the country following hail storms removing hail
dents from automobiles through the process of  paintless dent removal.
This traveling allows me to see many parts of the country and meet many great people. i have been fixing hail damaged cars since 2000.  It mostly onlyhails in the summer making me very busy between racing and work. In the winter i mostly go out, have fun and work on my car. if you have any minor dings, dents or hail damage please contact me and i hope to be able to help you.

I enjoy getting out in fresh air anything outdoors. i also enjoy any good dance type clubs. im pretty much up for anything as long as it
is fun. i have a myspace account under my e mail address.

I currently have raced at 28 different tracks in 11 States and 2 Countries (USA and CANADA).
     They include:
South Dakota: Huron, Watertown, Aberdeen, Hartford, Madison,
Iowa: Rock Rapids, 
Wyoming: Gillette,
North Dakota: Jamestown, Grand Forks, Williston,
Minnesota: Montevideo, Madison, Princeton, Grove Creek, Spring Valley, Canby, Willmar, Slayton 
Wisconsin: New Richmond (Cedar Lake), Superior,
Georgia: Chatsworth,  Woodstock (Dixie Speedway), Ringgold,
Alabama: Talladega (short track); Fort Payne,
Tennessee: Cleveland, Marryville
North Carolina: Charlotte, (Lowes Motor Speedway short track);
Florida: Tampa, FL (East Bay Raceway Park);
CANADA: Estevan Canada.

Well thanks for reading this and hope to see you at the track. thanks. john

Some of my favorite web sites i like to visit are

www.4m.net                       
www.delphiforums.com                                                          www.northgeorgiaspeedway.com
www.kevinbliese.com                                                             www.clevelandspeedway.com
www.11cracing.com                                                               www.talladegashorttrack.com
www.myspace.com/john17jracing                                           www.dixiespeedway.com
www.facebook.com                                                                www.racevrs.com
www.racingjunk.com                                                              www.wissota.org
www.rocketchassis.com                                                          www.dalemcdowell.com
www.worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels                                       www.shaneclanton.com
www.southernallstars.com                                                      www.southernregionalracingseries.com

Some Random Questions

1. Whats your favorite restaurant? Depends where i am. In South Dakota i like Perkins, Taco Johns, Muggsys (Yankton),  In south i like O'Charleys, Buds (Chattanooga) and Steak and Shake. Nationally i like Texas Roadhouse.

2. Whats your Favorite Drink? Pepsi

3. What do you do for fun? Anything fun :) go karting, golf, clubbing,

4. Whats your favorite tv show? 2 and a half men

5. Whats your dream car? Id love to own a lamborghini

6. Were you in sports in High School? yes, i ran cross country from 8th grade to 11th. My senior year i  worked so i could afford to race.

7. How did you get started racing? im not sure. my parents went when i was little and always went. it looked like fun so i guess here i am. lol.

8. Favorite race track? i really like Lowes. its fun, fast and real nice place.

9. Whats your worst wreck youve had? I rolled a car in 2005? i barely climbed the wall in Watertown, SD and flipped it all the way over in slow motion. i raced later that night. Chassis was junk.

10. Whats your dream race to win? Any of them.