Bear Built Engines
Builders of Extreme 600 Micro Sprint Engines
2008 season
9/27/08 CCMMRA
R-Class Once Again Derek Schuett dominated his heat his heat race from the 4th starting position and put half a lap lead on second place. In his feature he brought home a respectable 4th place finish. Congratulations Derek on a great rookie season. We look foward to many more wins with you in 2009.
M-Class Ryan Frantz won his heat race with Jeff Billingsley coming in a close second. Feature time saw Ryan Frantz come from 4th positionto pass pole sitter Jeff Billingsley with 7 laps to go to win the A-Main, Jeff held on for 4th position with Jimmy Miller coming in 8th Doug Abbot 9th and Billy Hough finishing out the top 10!
9/20/08 CCMMRA
R-Class Derek Schuett started the night off right winning the A-Main, He took the lead and never looked back.
M-Class Jimmy Miller Started his night off good with a heat race win, next up Jeff Billingsley won his heat,Billy Hough was runner up in his heat and Alex Harris dominated his heat with Doug Abbot comming in second place!! Now thats Domination. Feature time saw Jeff Billingsley take the lead on lap one and never looking back, Ryan Frantz came in a close 2nd and Alex Harris got 4th.
8/23/08 CCMMRA
R-Class Derek Schuett got 2nd in his heat and 5th in the A-Main.
M-Class Jimmy Miller won his heat race. Ryan Frantz won his heat race. Alex Harris won his 
Heat. Billy Hough Won his Heat.Thats a lot of winning!!! Ryan Frantz got 2nd in the dash. Alex Harris got 4th in the Dash as well.
Feature Time-After being sent to the back Ryan battled back from 20th plack all the way to 4th in 15 laps. Billy Hough finished 5th. Alex harris got 8th. Paul Shelton 10th. Jimmy Miller couldent finish after being bottle up in a wreck.
8/16/08 CCMMRA
R-Class Derek Schuett got 2nd in his heat race and dominated the dash. Feature Time!! saw Derek take the lead on the opening lap and never looking back and getting his first Feature win in a Micro Sprint.
M-Class Jeff Billingsley won his heat race.Ryan Frantz also won his heat race and by taking the lead on lap 8 from last and never looked back. Jeff Billingsley finished 4th Billy Hough5th Doug Abbot 7th. Jimmy Miller 8th Paul Shelton 9th thats 6 out of the top 10 running BBE.
8/9/08 CCMMRA 
R-class Derek Schuett finished 3rd in his heat 2nd in his dash and 2nd in the A-Main.
Non-Wing Ryan Frantz won his heat. Paul Shelton won his heat and Ryan Frantz won the A-main event.
M-Class Billy Hough won his heat race. Jimmy Miller won his heat race. Billy Hough finished 2nd in the Dash. Feature time saw Billy finish 2nd, Ryan Frantz finished 3rd Jeff Billingsley finished 4th. Thats 3 out of the top 5 running Bear Built Engines.
8/2/08 CCMMRA 
R-Class- Rookie Derek Schuett started 5th in both heats and finished 2nd in both heats with 10 laps each and pulled out a 2nd in the dash and ended the night with a top 5 in the feature.
Multi Class- Jeff Billingsley took home 3rd place in his heat race with Ryan Frantz winning his heat and Jimmy Miller running away with his heat race for the win. Alex Harris also won his heat race. Ryan Frantz won his heat race with 2 out of 4 cars running Bear Built Engines in the dash which was won by Ryan Frantz. Feature Time saw Ryan Frantz 2nd place Alex Harris 3rd and Paul Shelton Coming from 12th to 5th Jimmy Miller finishing 6th Jeff Billingsley 7th and Billy Hough 9th Thats 6 out of the top 10 running Bear Built Engines.
7/26/08 CCMMRA
R-Class Hot Shoe Derek Schuett finished 2nd in his heat race 3rd in the dash and moved up to 5th in A-Main.
In Multi Class action Jimmy Miller started off the night with a win in the heat race with Bill Hough 2nd and Alex Harris finishing in the 3rd position Ryan Frantz also won his heat race and followed it up with by winning the Dash. Ryan also finished 5th in the feature with Jimmy Miller a close 6th place finish. Billy Hough also finished 8th in the A-Main.
7/19/08 CCMMRA
Multi Class- Ryan Frantz Billy Hough Alex Harris and Jeff Billingssley took top 10 honors in the feature event at CCMMRA this past Saturday night. Early on in the night Bear Built Engines was on fire with Jimmy Miller winning his heat and Ryan Frantz winning the dash and Jimmy Miller a close second.
Restrictor Class- Derek Schuett took second in his heat, but his night ended early when he was involved in a wreck in the early laps of the A-Main.
Side Note- Bear Built Engiens has 16 heat race wins for the season and have spots 1,2,and 3 in points with Ryan Frantz leading Jimmy Miller second and Billy Hough 3rd.
July 21,2008 CCMMRA
Multi Class- Some Multi Class highlights include Jimmy Miller winning the heat race for the second week in a row. and Alex Harris starting 12th and battling his way up to 6th in the A-Main.
Restrictor Class- Derek Schuett had a great night getting 4th in his first heat then pulling off the win in his second heat,followed up by a 4th in the Feature, Great Job Derek!!!
June 28 2008 CCMMRA
The Bear Built Crew had a great Night of racing at CCMMRA, With Jimmy Miller winning his heat, and Bill Hough finishing 2nd, and Ryan Frantz Winning his heat and getting 2nd in the other heat race. 2 out of 4 cars in the Dash For Cash were BBE Drivers, with Billy Hough, Ryan Frantz, finishing 3rd and 4th. Feature Time had a lot of wrecks ,but Ryan Frantz and Billy Hough managed to make it in the top 5 with Jimmy Miller and Ryne Welch finishing 10th and 11th.
Side Note- 3 out of top 5 in points at CCMMRA are running Bear Built Engines.
Keep up the good work guys!!!!!!!!
Restrictor Class action saw Derek Schuett with another great night winning his heat race and dash and backing it up with a 6th place finish in the feature.
May 31,2008- Macon Speedway
Bear Built Engines was represented at the POWRi Show at Macon Speedway by Alex Harris, Alex had a good showing was running 3rd in the A-Main when he got tangled up with another car and was not able to finish.
Coles County Speedway
Bear Built Engines had another great weekend. Jimmy Miller won his heat race with fellow Bear Built Engines driver Billy Hough finishing 2nd. In other heat race action Ryan Frantz came from the 4th spot to take home the heat race win and finishing 2nd in the other heat he was in, thats 2 for 3 in heats wins and a second place for Bear Built Engines. The Dash for Cash was won by Jimmy Miller with Billy Hough and Ryan Frantz finishing 2nd and 3rd. In the Feature Event Ryan Frantz finished 3rd Billy Hough finished 4th, Jimmy Miller finished 5th Doug Abbot finished 9th and Paul Shelton finished 10th Thats 5 out of the top 10 drivers running Bear Built Engines. In the Restrictor Class we had the number 14H of Cordy Horn finishing 8th and Derek Schuett finishing from Philo finishing in the 9th spot. This is the first year in the restrictor class for both drivers. Just a side note but, Bear Built Engines is in control of 4 out of the top 7 spots in track points at CCMMRA. Keep that in mind next time you are looking for your next engine.Thanks for all the hard work guys and keep it up!!
May 24,2008- CCMMRA $1,000 to win Multi Main
Bear Built Engines was well represented this week at CCMMRA with Ryan Frantz winning his heat race and fellow Bear Built driver finishing Alex Harris finishing 7th in Heat Race 1. In the B-Main we had Alex Harris missing the transfer spot to the A by only a few positions.Also in the B-main we had Jimmy Miller finishing 13th and Paul Shelton 15th after both cars got bottled in traffic.Then we moved on and started the A-Main with Ryan Frantz and Billy Hough starting the main show. The track was awsome with two grooves of racing on the top and bottom. That allowed Ryan Frantz to battle back from the 10th spot to finishing 4th in the A-Main and Billy Hough finishing 10th.
In Restrictor action we had Derek Schuett heading up the restrictor class. In only his 3rd race in his Bear Built powered Run-a-Way Chassis Derek managed to pull off a top 10 in the A-main. Next week Derek will be battling for $300 in the Restrictor Money Race at CCMMRA.
May 17, 2008-CCMMRA
First Show
In the first feature of the night Ryan Frantz dominated the 21 car field except for being challanged on the opening laps by fellow Bear Built Engines driver Jimmy Miller who finished in the 3rd position. Other Bear Built Drivers were Ryne Welch who started 11th and finished 5th, Billy Hough finishing 9th and Paul Shelton rounding out the top 10, that's Bear Built Engines taking home 5 of the top 10 spots in the A-main. In A-Class action we had Doug Abbot finishing 3rd in his feature. We also had Derek Schuett heading up the restrictor class and bringing home the 9th spot.
Second Show
In Multi Class Action, Ryan Frantz and Jimmy Miller dominated their heat race finishing 1st and 2nd by a half a lap on the field. Then comes the A-main, making a hard charge from the back Ryan Frantz came from the 7th spot to take home runner up position ,only lousing to Michael Severs by half a car length at the line. Jimmy Miller also got bottled up in traffic finishing 10th. Also in the A-Class division we saw Doug Abbot getting 3rd in the $250.00 to win A-Class Feature.
This Saturday was the first race of the season for CCMMRA. Bear Built Engines had a pretty good showing this weekend with Alex Harris, Paul Shelton, Billy Hough Jimmy Miller and Ryan Frantz Making up Team Bear Built this weekend. The A main saw Alex Harris finishing 2nd,Jimmy Miller finishing 4th, Billy Hough finishing 6th and Paul Shelton Finishing 8th, Ryan Frantz had started out great winning the trophy dash beating 3 other Eagles with in his 08 Stallard and finishing 10th in the A-Main. That’s Bear Built Engines taking 5 of the top 10 spots in A-Main for the opening weekend at CCMMRA.
Friday night we were at Morgan County Speedway for the POWRi season 
got rained out that night so we were on to Macon Speedway on Saturday. Well Ryan Frantz, Ryne Welch and Paul Shelton were there representing Bear Built Engines. Ryan had a good pill draw drawing the pole for his heat race. He finished 2nd, after leading for the first half of the race. That put in directly in to the A-Main for the night. He started off good but, got bottled up in traffic and dropped back to 10th spot for a few laps. Then he battled back to take home the 7th spot. Well all in all it was a good weekend. Well now it’s on to the 600 Micro Sprint
Well we just got home from Duquoin, both Ryan and Jimmy Miller took the Bear Built Engine powered Stallards to the Dean King Memorial race at The Southern IL Center. There were a total of 81 cars. Ryan won the heat race and finished 8th in the A-Main and Jimmy finished 6th in his heat and 4th in the C-Main. Both cars worked pretty good but on the small track passing was a feat on its own. We both think that this is a sign of things. With the season about 1 month away we have high hopes for this season. Stay tuned for more up dates as Ryan will be at Morgan County Speedway for the POWRI season opener on April 25th