Jordan Jackowiak didn’t expect to finish in third place in the points standings in the Late Model series at Sycamore Speedway last season.

He was just 20, had only raced for a year and didn’t have the experience of many of the other drivers. The Somonauk High graduate played hockey until he was 16 and raced a spectator car for half a season three years later. His memories of Sycamore Speedway are a two-year stretch when was 7, watching from the stands as his dad, Paul, raced two seasons.

“I raced spectator for a half a season and then my dad ended up building the [late model] car and I just ended up racing it,” Jordan said. “Now it’s in my system, can’t get it out.”