FL – Cole Macedo held off a late charge by Mark Smith to score the opening night win in the King of the 360’s at East Bay Raceway Park on Thursday night.
Smith settled for the runner-up spot with New Jersey native Davie Franek finishing in third. Parker Price-Miller and Ryan Timms completed the top five.
Hafertepe Rallies From Last To First For Second Consecutive King Of The 360’s Win
FL – In a Sprint Car race that lasted 54 minutes which saw 11 caution flags and one red flag stoppage, 11th starting Sam Hafertepe Jr. rallied from the tail twice and was able to defend his Ronald Laney Memorial King of the 360s title from a year ago taking the $10,000 winner’s paycheck back
18, 2023. GIBSONTON, Fla. — Aaron Reutzel emerged from a racelong battle with Danny Martin Jr. to win Friday night’s King of the 360’s preliminary night feature at East Bay Raceway Park.
Reutzel started sixth and traded the lead with Martin on multiple occasions before taking the checkered flag on the third-mile dirt track.
ise and defending King of the 360’s Sam Hafertepe Jr. rounding out the top five.
Mathieu Desjardins Claims First Super DIRTcar Series Win
Michelina Friss (November 4, 2022)
Next season, Mathieu Desjardins is set to take over the #37 Big Block from his teammate Paul St. Sauveur to run on the Super DIRTcar Series tour. If Friday night was a foreshadowing of what is to come, Desjardins has much to look forward to.
ies at the World of Outlaws World Finals, Desjardins had only one previous Series Feature start in America – the night before at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. But the Yamaska, QC driver did not waste any time getting used to racing on foreign soil as he battled for 30 laps to bring home a prestigious World of Outlaws World Finals trophy.
Desjardins drew the Stock Car Steel Pole Award, putting him in the best seat for a potential $10,000 top prize in the 30-lap Feature. When the green flag dropped, Desjardin jumped out in front, holding the lead for the first 13 laps.
Defending Series champion Matt Sheppard, who is poised to win a ninth title on Saturday, crept to the inside of the Quebec native and put on the pressure. After several tight side-by-side battles around the turns with Desjardins riding high and Sheppard taking the inside line, the #9S was able to edge around the #37M and take the lead on Lap 13.
The Waterloo, NY driver commanded the field as he has done several times this season for the next several laps. But after surviving two restarts, his luck ran out after a third yellow flag dropped.
Before the green flag dropped again, Sheppard’s machine came to a rolling stop due to a mechanical issue. This cleared the way for Desjardins to move back into the lead. It also bumped Tim Fuller up to second, who had charged his way forward from 12th.
After Sheppard was assisted off the track, the remaining competitors were back to contending for the final 11 laps.
Desjardins and Fuller kept the battle enticing until the end, with Fuller staying within striking distance until they crossed the finish line. After a valiant attempt, it was not enough to overtake the #37M as he kept his lead to bring home a victory back north of the border.
BALLOU’S LATE-RACE VICTORY AT OVALS NIGHT TWO
Richie Murray – USAC Media.
Perris, California (November 4, 2022)………During a red flag period 10 laps into Friday night’s feature event at California’s Perris Auto Speedway, Robert Ballou was feeling confident.
Sitting third at the time, the Rocklin, Calif. native felt that he had a good enough car to, at least, run second.
another Oval Nationals prelim victory was within the realm of possibility on this night.
In that particular moment, Ballou felt that then-race leader Kevin Thomas Jr. was the class of the field after checking out to a considerable lead in the early stages.
However, that’s why they run the races, and the balance of the 30-lap distance from that point forward ultimately painted a completely different picture in Ballou’s favor.
In fact, it was pure artistry from one of the best to ever do it on the USAC AMSOIL Sprintcar National Championship tour and, despite the earlier estimation, Ballou wasn’t going to go down without a fight.
“(CJ) Leary got under me one lap (with 10 laps to go), but I was too tight to run down there then,” Ballou explained. “I tried to get my shocks a little bit better to where I could hold it down around the bottom and not get tight. It was really tough, but then Brady (Bacon) shot right by me, and I’m like, the 69 isn’t getting by me tonight and I sat up in the seat.”
Running as deep as fourth with just 10 laps remaining, Ballou found a sudden burst that put him right back into the thick of the hunt. It came just as he foretold during the earlier stoppage, that he would be a player for the win once the fuel load began to burn off.
Ballou charged under Brady Bacon for third on the back straight with nine to go. One lap later, Ballou glided his way into second with a turn one slide past Emerson Axsom to put him within a full two seconds of Thomas who seemingly held a commanding lead with the sands in the hourglass collecting piling up.
Finding his way into his front-running position by utilizing the bottom side of the racetrack, Thomas cut a swath of land for his own use by entering turns one and three on the bottom, then letting his car sweep to the top at the exit of turns two and four.
But with two laps until the bell tolled for thee, Thomas faced a bout of traffic. Charging into turn one hot on the heels of the 24th place car of Chris Gansen, Thomas was forced to alter his line on the bottom, skating his ride up the track a tad earlier in the corner than he had all race long.
The loss of momentum for Thomas was all Ballou needed to dig his talons in on the low line and drive his way past on the back straight to rise to the top of the leaderboard once and for all and for good.
Ballou negotiated turns three and four splendidly, scraping the infield berm with his left front wheel along the way as he dipped under Gansen who cleared a courteous path for the frontrunners by swinging wide on the front straightaway just as the white flag was being presented.
Ballou, Thomas and now Leary entered the final lap separated by a single car length between each driver. Ballou gained some much obliged separation from Thomas on the backside of the half-mile dirt oval, carrying onward to a 0.632 second victory in his Ballou Motorsports/Suburban Subaru – Dragonfly Aviation – Berks Western Telecom/Triple X/Ott Chevy.
GOLOBIC DOMINATES FOR THIRD NARC KCRP TRIUMPH
Alex Nieten (October 29, 2022)
Bakersfield, CA… If there’s a NARC Fujitsu General Sprint Car race at Kern County Raceway Park, Shane Golobic can be counted on the be at the front as much as you can count on the sun to rise in the east and set in the west.
the Fujistu Feature en route to his third series victory in five starts at the Bakersfield bullring. The other two attempts resulted in podiums, meaning Golobic owns an eye-popping 1.6 average finish in NARC competition at the facility. The Rocklin gasser’s trio of KCRP triumphs puts him atop the track’s NARC win list.
The victory also comes a week after Golobic claimed his third Trophy Cup championship. It’s been a good seven days for the driver of the Matt Wood Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17W.
“I love this place,” a jubilant Golobic said in victory lane. “I think the worst I’ve run is like second or third. I’ve got a few wins, so I always love coming down here. It makes the drive a little bit more worth it all the way from Rocklin. When you win, it definitely makes it a little bit easier.”
Golobic led the field to green courtesy of his win in the Sunnyvalley Bacon Dash with Corey Day alongside.
Danny Dietrich continues his championship reign on local 410 sprint circuit
Bryan Householder.
Danny Dietrich’s championship reign will continue.
Dietrich has retained his spot at the top of the Champion Racing Oil Central Pennsylvania Sprint Car Point Series presented by Hoseheads.com. For Dietrich, the overall season-long title is his third in the last four years.
This time around, Dietrich had to sweat it out in the pit area as
410 race of the local outdoor dirt-track season wound down on Saturday at BAPS Motor Speedway in northern York County. Dietrich had advanced to a spot that would have assured him of the title and was trying for more when he tangled with Lucas Wolfe on a restart near the midpoint of the race. Dietrich was done for the day.
Dietrich’s closest challenger for the season-long crown, Anthony Macri of Dillsburg, had to finish second to knock Dietrich from the series point lead after Dietrich exited the race. That is exactly where Macri ran for much of the race after losing the lead to Freddie Rahmer. Then, in the closing laps of the race, Macri slipped to fourth while fighting with lapped traffic.
The final margin of victory for Dietrich over Macri was seven points — 1,256-1,249.
Kyle Spence Claims Win and Ride in KKM Giveback Classic Championship
Kirk Elliott (October 21, 2022)
POWRi PR (Tulsa, OK) — Kyle Spence would flex his racing fortitude with the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro League on Saturday’s Eibach Championship Night of the Fourth Annual Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback Classic presented by MPI to notch his second and perhaps biggest career league feature win to date, declaring “I
t I’d have the opportunity to drive a midget again so I’m going to take the ride” in the victory lane celebrations.
Entering a stout field of one-hundred-seventeen merged-field Championship Night competitors in the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro League at Port City Raceway would find Daison Pursley clock overall quick-time on prelim night one with a 10.327-second lap with Steven Snyder Jr, Daison Pursley, Frank Flud, Cannon Mcintosh, Kyle Spence, TJ Smith, Kris Carroll, and Kale Drake automatically locked in from preliminary night finishes.
Golobic Makes History at 2022 Trophy Cup
Alex Nieten (October 23, 2022)
TULARE, Calif. — An eventful final night of the 28th edition of Trophy Cup was headlined by Shane Golobic claiming his third championship in the coveted event.
The Fremont, Calif., native is one of the best to ever hail from California and his title further cemented his place in history. The trio
qualed him with Tim Kaeding and Jac Haudenschild for second most all time, just one behind Brent Kaeding’s record of four.
All three of Golobic’s wins have come at Thunderbowl Raceway, a record he now solely owns as no other driver has claimed three in Tulare since the Trophy Cup moved there in 2005.
Golobic’s first two Trophy Cup wins came in 2016 and ’17, and those were with the Keith Day No. 22 team. This year he wheeled the Matt Wood Racing No. 17w to the victory, and with his brother, Dustin, on the wrenches, the celebration was all the more special.
“It’s just chemistry,” Shane said of why the two work so well together. “You can’t fake that. It’s brother-to-brother. Our dynamic has changed a little bit lately. He’s got a big boy job during the week, but he shows up and puts all this effort in. I can’t thank him enough.”
In the feature, Golobic went in as the high point man and pieced together a memorable drive from 20th to third to seal the deal.
Matt Sheppard wins third Super DIRT Week finale for a $50,000 payday at Oswego
Dick O’Brien (October 9, 2022)
For the second time in his illustrious DIRTcar big-block modified career, Matt Sheppard has swept Super DIRT Week 2022 clean.
After qualifying on the pole Thursday and winning his heat event Friday, the Savannah driver completed his unbeaten week by winning Sunday afternoon’s 50th annual Billy
ars 200 finale at the Oswego Speedway and the $50,000 check that goes with it.
Sheppard scored his initial clean sweep on the New York Fairgrounds Mile back in 2017 and he also won on the NYS Mile back in 2005.
“The key to the race was the pit stop on the 97th lap,” said the winner “I had a left front tire going down and that caution period allowed me to take on tires and fuel and when I came out, we really started to roll.”
When the event started, Sheppard led the first forty-eight circuits on Oswego’s ⅝th-mile clay oval before pitting for the first time. Max McLaughlin then took over the lead wheeling a retro-painted modified numbered Z8 honoring his father Mike McLaughlin.
Max led through the 124th lap when Marc Johnson took over first. Sheppard began closing in on the Guilderland racer, but Johnson held his ground. Finally, Sheppard returned to the lead on 173rd lap. Johnson then began to fade and Mat Williamson moved into second.
Williamson, who was looking for his third straight win in this event, narrowly avoided losing some laps in an on-track tangle earlier. The St. Catharines, Ontario driver then began pressuring the leader, but Sheppard’s Bicknell modified kept picking up speed in the closing laps and he rolled to the $50,000 triumph.
Williamson ended up second, with McLaughlin third. His HBR racing teammate, Jimmy Phelps, was fourth and Marc Johnson faded to fifth at the finish. Tyler Dipple, Ryan Godown, Stewart Friesen, Tim Fuller and Justin Haers completed the top ten finishers.
Forty big-blocks started the feature grind and seventeen cars finished on the lead lap.
Late-race pass gives Jonathan Davenport his first Knoxville Late Model Nationals win
Dan Beaver (September 19, 2022)
Superman goes where he’s needed and with his cap flying stiffly behind him in the 18th running of the Knoxville Late Model Nationals, Jonathan Davenport scored a $50k win over Iowa’s Tyler Bruening on the half-mile Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway.
It was the ninth Lucas Oil Late Model win of the season in
art – a statistic that includes a remarkable six consecutive wins from July 24th through August 26th. Davenport also has four World of Outlaws Late Model victories and a half-dozen wins in other major series this season for a total of 21 overall.
Even with all that success, this was a bucket list win for man called Superman. It is his first at Knoxville – a track famed for spring car racing that is becoming a staple of late models as well.
Davenport led the 50-lap affair early, but gave it up to Bobby Pierce on Lap 9 as the field returned to green after a caution. Two laps later, Bruening commanded the top spot and held it for the next 37 laps.
In the closing laps, Bruening stretched his advantage to two seconds until Davenport found the high side. With Lap 45 in the books, Davenport closed the gap and was on Bruening’s back bumper by Lap 47. Davenport dove to the bottom groove in Turn 1, pulled alongside and took the lead on the following circuit, denying Bruening the first Lucas Oil Late Model win of his career.
“I wish I could have said that I was planning for that,” Davenport said in a press release. “I was just too tight there. I didn’t have the best race car by far. I made a mistake first in lapped traffic I thought I might get rolled on the outside and let Bobby [Pierce] around me so I chose the bottom and let Tyler around me.
“I was trying to race Earl [Pearson Jr.] as clean as I could there, but I knew I had to get by him. I got a big run on Tyler there one time getting into one. I could have blasted on him, but I knew this could be his first crown jewel, so I didn’t want to take it away from him like that.”
For Bruening, the disappointment was bitter. In 40 combined starts this season with the Outlaws and Lucas Oil, he’s earned seven top-10s, but the closest he came to winning was a pair of fourth-place results at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. and Boone Speedway in his native Iowa.
“I needed two less laps I guess to hold him off,” Bruening said. “I don’t know. When you are out front for all those laps it’s pretty tough to move out of your line that’s worked the whole race.
“I didn’t know how close he was until it was too late there getting off of four. I didn’t know how high I could go if all the way up there would do it. It was fun to run up front. We just got beat by the best in the world right now.”
Brandon Sheppard scored his 25th top-five of the season and rounded out the podium.
Golobic Opens Gold Cup Weekend With Sprint Car Challenge Tour Victory
Calif. (September 6, 2022) — By Gary Thomas
Chico, CA…Fremont’s Shane Golobic has been as hot as any driver in California the last few weeks and added another victory on Wednesday night, by picking up the Sprint Car Challenge Tour sanctioned “Pacific Sprint Cup” at Silver Dollar Speedway.
Sharing victory lane with Golobic on Wednesday was San
rottle masher Shawn Jones, who earned his first Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Tour triumph of the season.
The 30-lap SCCT feature began with 15-year-old Chance Grasty jumping into the lead. The Suisun City youngster held a steady lead out front as the action was hot and heavy behind him. Elk Grove’s Kyle Larson had spun out on the original attempt and many eyes were turned his way, with the 2-time Gold Cup champ blasting his way through the field. Grasty led the first laps of his career with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour but when traffic came into play it gave Max Mittry and Golobic a chance to close.
On lap 13 Mittry carved his way past Grasty and brought Golobic along for second. The racing continued to keep fans on the edge of their seats with side-by-side action all through the field. Larson ended up cracking into the top-five on lap 20 as he found the high side to his liking. Golobic was also able to make his way by Mittry with 21 laps complete to snag the lead that he would never relinquish. The driver of the Matt Wood Racing/ NOS Energy Drink No. 17w accepted the checkered flag for his 11th career Sprint Car Challenge Tour win.
Larson continued his charge as the laps wound down and got past Mittry just before the finish to end up second. Mittry crossed the stripe in third to earn his first ever SCCT podium. Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick and Grasty rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 were Joel Myers Jr., Landon Brooks, Michael Faccinto, Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Tim Kaeding and Sean Becker.
Kyle Larson began the evening by earning the Bianchi Farms Fast Time Award by touring the bullring in 12.272 seconds. He went home with $800 total courtesy extra money from Joey and Joelle Carr.
Danny Dietrich sweeps Jack Gunn Memorial twin features at Williams Grove Speedway
Tyler Altmeyer
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (August 26, 2022) – A night to remember, indeed, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania’s Danny Dietrich performed the unthinkable Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and beat the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 not only once, but twice, clean sweeping the annual Jack Gunn Memorial Twin 20’s
Dietrich, now a four-time All Star winner in 2022 with his first two occurring during Ohio Sprint Speedweek, led all but four circuits of the combined 40-lap Tri-State Summer Swing presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts contest, kicking things off with a wire-to-wire effort in the first feature, followed by a quick charge from sixth in the second feature, taking command over Lance Dewease on lap five.
Brent Marks, who finished second in each of the Jack Gunn Memorial showstoppers, did his best to spoil Dietrich’s clean sweep with a final corner move in the second main event, but Dietrich prevailed, driving back underneath the “Myerstown Missile” after Marks attempted a slider entering turn one. Traffic played a pivotal role in Marks’ final lap pursuit, creating a two-wide roadblock in front of “Double-D” that commenced with a handful remaining.
An invert was utilized to set the grid for the second 20-lap feature; Dietrich pulled a six following the first 20-lapper.
“I have a great car and a great team supported by great partners…that makes something like this possible,” said Danny Dietrich, driver of Gary Kauffman’s Weikert’s Livestock, Sandoe’s Fruit Market, Pace Performance, Big Cove Whitetail Trophy Hunts, Drop Of Ink Tattoo, Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Self Made Racing, No. 48 sprint car. “Just a great effort by everyone involved. Things got a little dicey there in the closing laps of the second feature, and when I saw Brent get underneath me, I thought ‘oh crap.’ Luckily, I was able to get the car turned back underneath and drive off the corner. It feels good to be back at The Grove. We haven’t been here since we raced with the Outlaws. Hopefully we can turn things around and do it again tomorrow at Lincoln.”
Dynamic Performance & crew on top!
to the team for the win @numidiadragway and taking first place in the FWD Class ! We are back!
Hulbert – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 6, 2022) Leading it all Saturday night at the 32nd annual 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank, 2015 Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Champion, Aaron Reutzel took his potential earnings to the max with a $30,000 check going to the driver of the Ridge Development No. 8.
er 360 win at the Knoxville Raceway, the triumph is his second on the season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network and 21st all-time.
“It was early, it wasn’t at the end. We were struggling,” commented Aaron of the car’s speed as the race went on.
“I knew someone was probably coming, but that’s how I wanted the race to play out. I just wanted to go green-to-checkered, so I could run in lapped traffic and try to hide a little bit.”
Jumping to the point through the first and second turns, Aaron quickly put distance on the field. Non-stop as traffic loomed near the race’s mid-point, Aaron was unphased as the race through the top five focused on Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Taking the green seventh, the five-time Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour Champion worked to third on Lap 14. Throwing the slide on Clint Garner, the pair tapped tires but were able to save and keep rolling.
Moving his line around the Knoxville Raceway, Sam began entering low and driving across the turns to the cushion to reel in Lynton Jeffrey. To second on Lap 16, Sam trailed Reutzel by 2.824-seconds.
Keeping his line the same as Aaron Reutzel worked the top at all points, Hafertepe closed a second over the next six laps. Down to under a second with four laps to run, Aaron had company as the pair raced to the white flag. Giving it a shot through turns one and two, the momentum wasn’t enough to deny Aaron Reutzel his just rewards.
Thanking sponsors and crew, Aaron made a point to thank his car owners, “I have to put all the attention on Brian and Lisa Ridge. This is a huge, huge, win for them and they deserve it giving me the opportunity to stay home and race the schedule that I want to race. It’s been a fun year for sure.”
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. in second, was joined on the podium by Clint Garner, who captured the spot with three laps to run. Lynton Jeffrey ended up fourth with Terry McCarl in fifth.
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Triumphant In 360 Knoxville Nationals Opener!!
Hulbert – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 4, 2022) A slide for the lead, then working to the hub of the Knoxville Raceway, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. captured the opening night of the 32nd annual 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank.
The third time the driver of the Hills Racing Team No. 15h has stood in Victory
at the famed half-mile in 360cid competition, the win was Sam’s 60th with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
“Tonight, we had a really good racecar, and the guys just kept working all night long. We weren’t good in Time Trials, we weren’t good in the Heat Race, but we turned the wick up in the Feature and really got going,” stated Hafertepe.
“I have to thank Miles Hill. Without him, none of these guys could be out here working for us, and this equipment we have it’s unbelievable.
$1,002,022.00
became the “Million Dollar Man” Thursday night as Jonathan Davenport held off a late-race charge from Chris Madden and Tim McCreadie in a 101-lap feature at Eldora Speedway that paid $1,002,022 to win. Davenport now holds the distinction of winning the most lucrative late model race in history.
data-offset-key=”623ju-0-0″>Jonathan Beason Completes Midget Sweep At Gateway Dirt Nationals With $10,000
Beveridge Goes Back-to-Back!
Dennis Newlyn (February 13, 2023)
Dylan Beveridge proved to everyone at Perth Motorplex, Saturday, February 11 that last year’s national title win was not a fluke after he won his second Australian Formula 500 Championship in as many years.
Beveridge was strong all weekend. He entered night two second on points going into night two second on
n claimed the win in his final heat and started on the pole position in the twenty-five lap final alongside his nemesis for the weekend, local hope Steven Ellement.
Twenty five cars finished the race in what was an epic display of superb Formula 500s racing.
WOO at the Ozarks!!!
Schuchart won his second race of the 2020 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season in the same fashion he won his first – having never won at the track before, nor led a lap there.
On Friday night, that track was Lake Ozark Speedway. The Hanover, PA driver and his Shark Racing
dominated the night, leading all 30 laps en route to his 18th career Series win – tying Brad Doty for 28th on the all-time wins list. In February, he pulled off a similar feat to win at Volusia Speedway Park.<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/KULLYZagi1k” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe>
USAC and the Historical Port City Raceway!!!
style=”font-weight: 400;”>Tulsa, Oklahoma (May 22, 2020)………It’s been quite awhile since Tyler Courtney and the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship were last in competition – 76 nights to be exact.
A little rust here and a few cobwebs to knock out there, the quarantine period during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world has
But what has become routine over the last several years is a Courtney feature victory and the defending champ once again nestled into that routine Friday night for his first series victory of the year in the inaugural Werco Manufacturing T-Town Midget Showdown presented by B & H Contractors at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla.
While it wasn’t exactly a rough start to the season by any stretch for the Indianapolis, Ind. driver with a 4th, a 2nd and a 20th in his first three series starts, Courtney and the Clauson-Marshall Racing team dug deep during the time off to find that little bit of “extra” to propel them back to victory lane where they had resided eight times a year ago, including three of the first four, with the series.
“We made a few changes during quarantine and I think we found some stuff,” Courtney admitted after capturing the victory in his NOS Energy Drink Turbo – ZMax/Spike/Stanton SR-11x. “I was a little rusty on the cushion there at the end of the race, and I need to get a little better at that. I saw those guys coming on the bottom, but I was kind of committed to the top by that point.”
Courtney was referring to his late-race execution there, but first, he had to charge from the sixth starting position after establishing a track record earlier in the night during Fatheadz Eyewear/MSW Motorsports time trials, a lap of 9.444 seconds around the 1/8-mile dirt bullring, the first sub 10-second qualifying quick time lap in a USAC National Midget points race since John Andretti at the Toronto Skydome in 1993.
It was Courtney’s CMR teammate Cole Bodine who established the early lead from the pole after an early side-by-side scuttle with outside front starter Chris Windom. Windom remained up top and eventually drove by on lap five for the race lead.
Courtney moved into the top-five on lap 10, passing second quickest qualifier Thomas Meseraull for the position. Moments later, Meseraull’s bid for a frontrunning result came to an abrupt halt when he contacted Courtney’s rear bumper and slid to a stop. Meseraull restarted and finished 13th.
Nearing midway, Courtney had closed in on a three-car tussle for second, which also involved Tanner Thorson and Buddy Kofoid. On the 21st lap, Courtney emerged from the herd with the runner-up spot, although Windom still held a hefty lead of nearly two seconds ahead of him.
That advantage was erased on the following lap when 15th running Daison Pursley stopped at the top of turn four, thus bringing out the yellow flag and bunching up the field for the restart. Courtney gripped low while Windom ran the top, but on the 25th lap, Windom’s slight stumble on the turn one curb gave Courtney the crack in the door he needed to get through as he jolted to the race lead.
Windom remained in touch with his former CMR teammate Courtney just prior to a yellow for first-time USAC starter Emerson Axsom who spun between turns three and four.
Following a restart with 10 to go, Windom ultimately recharged the figurative batteries and made his bid to overtake Courtney, successfully sliding past in turn two with eight laps remaining. Courtney instantly ducked to the inside of Windom exiting turn two, and to Courtney’s left, both Logan Seavey and Thorson created two more lanes of space on the bottom to briefly make it four-wide for the lead.
Courtney escaped the jam and entered turn three on the bottom with the lead with Windom going topside back to second and Thorson and Seavey getting momentarily shuffled out. Windom took one more run at Courtney in turn three to no avail just as the red flag flew on lap 34 when Hank Davis and Clinton Boyles made contact in turn one, sending Boyles flipping near the outside wall. He was uninjured.
On the ensuing restart, Courtney utilized a quality start on the opening lap to carve out some distance between he and Windom. A hard-charging Seavey, who started all the way back in 19th, picked his way to second past Windom on the bottom with four to go and tried to hunt down Courtney, but time was short his hourglass was out of sand.
The checkered flag was Courtney’s for the 14th time in his USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget career, tying him with Chuck Arnold, Jack Turner and Leroy Warriner for 49th all-time.
“It feels really good, especially being the first time back,” Courtney said. “It’s cool to come to these races when your friends Xia Xianna and Brady (Bacon) are promoting it, and stepping up, especially in a hard time like this. Thanks to them and Mike and Megan Eubanks who’ve done a hell of a job with this place.”
Courtney competed in a micro sprint in his only previous Port City racing experiences, but this marked his first visit in a midget at the track, and after Friday’s triumph, he’s looking for even more on Saturday night.
“Tomorrow’s going to be a tough one,” Courtney continued when speaking of Saturday’s night two of the T-Town Midget Showdown. “All these guys are going to keep getting better, so you can’t slouch off. Hats off to my whole team who’ve worked their tails off with nothing really to do; they haven’t backed down.”
Sutter, California’s Seavey made his debut in the Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports Midget a memorable one, driving from 19th to 2nd to earn Hard Charger honors courtesy of KSE Racing Products and Jerry Medlin in his AME Electrical Contracting – ZMax/Spike/Stanton SR-11x.
“We just had a heck of a racecar there,” Seavey exclaimed. “I feel like we’ve struggled the past couple of days, but finally got the car gripped up to where I could drive through the slick and keep the car straight. That’s really what you need on a track like this.”
“I feel so good,” the 2018 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget champ stated. “I really wish we could’ve gotten by Sunshine (Courtney) there. He’s passed me a lot driving through the slick while I’m up there pounding the curb, and I was hoping we could reverse the roles tonight but didn’t quite get it done. I needed to make a few better moves once I got into the top-five; I just wasn’t quite pouncing on the opportunities like I needed to. That’s kind of what ended it for me once Sunshine got out to a little bit of a lead, I could close a little bit, but I knew there wasn’t enough to get all the way there.”
Windom (Canton, Ill.) led a race-high 20 laps, and after losing the lead with 16 laps remaining, came back with a strong second effort, although he fell to third at the conclusion after admitting to needing to “make a few less mistakes” in his Tucker-Boat Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – Pristine Auction – K & C Drywall/Spike/Speedway Toyota.
“We got the lead and I started hitting the curb a little bit and getting tight on entry and Tyler got by us,” Windom recalled. “We had a hell of a race back to the lead, but (Courtney) was just a little better at the end than I was. Obviously, we’ve got a really fast racecar and these guys are at the top of their game.”
Timms doubled down!!!
Timms doubled down last night at Creek County Speedway in A-Class and Nonwing with Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series. We look forward to this youngster bringing in alot of wins!
Thorson tops Shamrock!!
style=”font-weight: 400;”>Du Quoin, Ill. (March 7, 2020)………As Tanner Thorson recollected over his first three starts of the 2020 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget season, one of his first thoughts was, “we should be three for three.”
Instead, the 2016 series champ has had to settle for winning two out of three on the
following Saturday night’s Shamrock Classic victory at the Southern Illinois Center. And like a common refrain from a song you might’ve heard in the past, ‘two out of three ain’t bad.’
After capturing a season opening victory in Ocala during February, then dominating the second night at Ocala until an engine issue stifled a surefire victory, Thorson entered the Shamrock Classic with a plan to return to his winning ways, but that plan and the confidence went slightly askew early in the evening.
“After the qualifier, I thought I was about to load this thing up and get out of here,” Thorson admitted. “This place has never been really too good to me.”
Yet, Thorson and team remained tactful and honed in on the details that allowed him to drive from his 15th starting spot to victory lane, the furthest back in the field a winning driver has started with the series since himself, also from 15th at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. in June of 2019.
“We just kept at it all night,” Thorson said. “I was really fast the last time I was here and we kind of brought the same set up here, but it didn’t work. We just had to change some things and go through some stuff and it paid off.”
In doing so, Thorson kept the streak intact of consecutive different USAC Midget winners to emerge at the Southern Illinois Center to nine and the run of different Shamrock Classic victors to five years running.
Danny Dietrich Tops Lincoln Speedway’s Ice Breaker 30
class=”gnt_ar_b_p”>Danny Dietrich raced to his second career Ice Breaker 30 410 sprint victory in front of a standing-room-only crowd on Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Speedway.
Dietrich’s $4,000 win was his first of the season and the 47th Lincoln win of his career.
Second-starting Ryan Smith grabbed the early race lead from pole-sitter Glenndon Forsythe, of York. With Smith
arly lead, Dietrich worked on Forsythe for second from his third-starting spot. Once by Forsythe, Dietrich set chase for Smith and took over the top spot on the 12th lap. Three laps later, Smith spun into the first-turn wall, ending his day.
From that point on, Dietrich held the lead at the Pigeon Hill oval, although at times it was a slim one. Local World of Outlaws driver, Hanover’s Logan Schuchart, won a spirited battle with Freddie Rahmer for the second spot. Schuchart had started fourth, while Rahmer started eighth.
BACON DOUBLES UP WITH SECOND STRAIGHT OCALA SCORE
style=”font-weight: 400;”>BACON DOUBLES UP WITH SECOND STRAIGHT OCALA SCORE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Ocala, Florida (February 15, 2020)………Brady Bacon took no chances on his cool down lap following Saturday night’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Winter Dirt Games XI victory at Bubba Raceway Park.
w him drop from a surefire win to having to transfer through the semi in order to qualify for the feature, Bacon was once again the class of the field, driving from 9th to 1st to capture his second consecutive series main event win in as many nights at the 3/8-mile D-shaped dirt track in Ocala, Fla.
All the meanwhile, the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native was adamant to make sure a victory wasn’t going to slip through his fingers twice in one night.
“We made an extra lap in the feature. I wasn’t going to stop until we knew it was over,” Bacon exclaimed.
For you see, earlier Saturday evening during his heat race, Bacon was fully in charge, dominating the preliminary event until the final lap when his car began to slow dramatically. Was something amiss mechanically with his ride, many pondered.
However, as it turned out, Bacon thought he saw the flagman waving the white. As he came around the stripe the next time, he saw another flag waving and assumed it was the checkered. As it turned out, that flag was, in fact, the white. Bacon let off the gas on the actual last lap, assuming the race was over, and dropped from 1st to 8th as his competitors drove by him to knock him out from a potential second row starting spot.
As a result, Bacon was forced to transfer through the semi-feature, which he won, then rolled off from the 9th starting spot in the 30-lap feature – the same position he started from in his victory just 24 hours prior.
THORSON THRIVES IN OCALA USAC MIDGET OPENER
style=”font-weight: 400;”>THORSON THRIVES IN OCALA USAC MIDGET OPENER
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Ocala, Fla. (February 7, 2020)………A new year and a new beginning are just the things Tanner Thorson was seeking with the outset of the 2020 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget season.
ies champion with serious injuries. His eventual comeback was a mixed bag of highlight reel moments as well as an up-and-down closing to the campaign that left him without a full-time drive.
A Chili Bowl prelim victory in January was just a prelude to Friday night’s splendid drive by the Minden, Nev. native that witnessed him zip to the front in spectacular fashion just prior to and following a mid-race restart where he exchanged multiple sliders with series Rookie Buddy Kofoid to snare the lead and control the final 16 laps to score the win in the series season-opening Winter Dirt Games XI feature at Bubba Raceway Park.
Thorson’s 14th career USAC National Midget feature win in his Hayward Motorsports/OILFIRE – Factory Kahne – Walker Filtration – Smith Titanium/Spike/Stanton SR-11x moved him into the top-50 and in a four-way tie for 48th on the all-time series win list alongside Chuck Arnold, Jack Turner and Leroy Warriner.
Sunshine Grabs another USAC midget title!
banner year in USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget competition for Tyler Courtney and Clauson/Marshall Racing saw the combo claim their second USAC National title in as many years following a 2018 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car title. Their eight feature wins in 30 starts were the most victories by any team/driver combo in a
le USAC National Midget season since Jeff Gordon and Rollie Helmling in 1990. In addition, they led the series in all major categories with 175 laps led, 20 top-fives, 26 top-tens, 8 fast qualifying times and 9 heat race wins to win the title by 179 points.
Another USAC Sprint Car Championship on keizer wheels.
teaming up during last year’s offseason, C.J. Leary and Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports immediately found a winning groove during their USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season 2019 on their journey to a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car driver and owner title. They won their third race out of the box in Ocala, Fla. and took the lead
for good in May and held it for the remainder of the season. The team’s first finish outside the top-ten didn’t come until August, leading to an extreme knack for consistency that saw them finish in the top-ten 32 times in 34 starts. Along the way, they captured both the Eastern Storm and Indiana Sprint Week title and the Oval National in Perris, Calif. Their 11 fast qualifying times rank as the third most ever in a single USAC National Sprint Car season.
ASCS 4 time champ!!!!!!!!!!!!
into Texas Motor Speedway, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. was stalked by Blake Hahn for the 2019 championship with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, but a weekend high podium run on Thursday night locked up the Sunnyvale, Texas driver’s four consecutive title.
to have done it four times in a row is an even bigger accomplishment,” stated Hafertepe.
Looking at the stats of Sam’s four championships, two with Keith Dobbs and two with Hills Racing Team, the driver of the No. 15h landed 40 wins, 94 top-fives, and 114 top-tens in 139 A-Feature starts and is the fourth driver to have four or more titles with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, and is the third to do so consecutively with Terry Gray (1995-1998) and Gary Wright (2004-2007) on that list.
Speaking on the past four seasons, Sam explained, “The first two years, we really didn’t have anything in our way. We just dominated, and years three and four, luck started to catch up to us a little bit but thankfully we were still fast enough to overcome the bad luck and take advantage. For me, this is a pretty big accomplishment especially with the competition we’ve had.”
Bronson Bags $12,000 for Lucas & $10,000 in Showdown on the Suwannee & more
style=”color: #000000;”>October 6, 2019) Kyle Bronson, of Brandon, Florida, racked up his seventh overall win in 2019 on Friday night, October 4 in his first-ever visit to Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio! Kyle won his heat race in preliminary action and later led laps 1-9 of the 50-lap main event. He was then running second and
to take advantage of Jimmy Owens’ misfortune on lap 46 to regain the point. Kyle went on to lead the remaining five circuits of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series special en route to capturing the $12,000 top prize over Tim McCreadie, Josh Richards, Hudson O’Neal, and Jonathan Davenport!
(October 27, 2019) Kyle Bronson, of Brandon, Florida, secured his eighth feature win of the 2019 campaign over the October 25-26 weekend in the ‘Showdown on the Suwannee’ for Limited Late Models at All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Florida! On Friday night during preliminary action, Kyle clicked off the fastest lap in his group during qualifying before claiming a second place effort in his heat race. After rolling off from the outside of the third row in Saturday’s 75-lap headliner, Kyle drove to the front of the stellar field to bag the $10,000 top prize ahead of Mark Whitener, Michael Page, Bo Allen, and Chad Tuten!
December 15, 2019) Kyle Bronson reached the double digit win mark in 2019 on Saturday evening, December 14 at the nearby East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida! Kyle advanced from eighth to second in his Late Model heat race to earn the pole position for the ‘Dalton Myers Memorial’ finale. The Brandon, Florida star then led each and every circuit during the 54-lap affair to pocket the $5,400 payday for his tenth triumph of the season ahead of Jeff Mathews, Steve Mathis, Jr., Ashton Winger, and Travis Varnadore!
The Real Deal puts Clint Bowyer Racing on top! $20,000
PA (October 5, 2019) – Don O’Neal won his second Pittsburgher 100 in the last three years on Saturday Night at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. In taking home the $20,000 first place prize, he also earns his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of 2019 and became the 18th different Series winner this
Davenport led from the start of the race and appeared to be on the way to his first Pittsburgher 100 victory. Throughout the latter half of the event, he fought off O’Neal’s constant challenges, but was pulling away when a caution came out for a stalled car in turn four. Under the lap 93 caution, Davenport slowed to a stop in the middle of the backstretch, and was pushed back to the hot pit area to add fuel to his Longhorn Chassis.
Earl Pearson Jr. charged from the 23rd stating spot to finish second behind O’Neal. Tim McCreadie rallied from two pitstops to finish in third. Jimmy Owens fought his way back to finish fourth after tangling with another car just shy of half way and having to restart at the tail, and 2-time Pittsburgher 100 winner, Gregg Satterlee, rounded out the top five.
Tyler Courtney Wins Wild USAC Midget Portion of the 4-Crown Nationals
Ohio (September 28, 2019) — Tyler Courtney was victorious in one of the most memorable USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Car Series events event held at Eldora Speedway during the 38th running of the 4-Crown Nationals. Courtney, Tanner Carrick, and Logan Seavey exchanged slide jobs the last half of the main event before Courtney
ney was able to take the lead with two laps to go and drove to victory. The win was Courtney’s second in a row in the midget car portion of the 4-Crown National driving for Clauson-Marshall Racing.
“For a while I couldn’t gain any ground on those guys because we were all going the same speed,” said Courtney. “We got to lapped traffic and we started racing a bit. I just tried to time my moves right, but Tanner just kept coming back. He’s turning into one heck of a driver. To win all three you have to start with one. That one was a lot harder than I was hoping for but this is Eldora. That’s what this place is all about. Hopefully that’s a good way to start of the night for these fans.”
Tanner Carrick led the opening lap with his Keith Kunz Motorsports teammate Logan Seavey in second, shuffling front row starter Jerry Coons Jr. back to third position. Rico Abreu made his presence felt early dropping Coons back to third position on the second lap and set out after the leaders.
The red flag appeared on lap five when Jason McDougal flipped in turn four. McDougal exited the car under his own power.
Following the red flag Seavey took the lead from Carrick with a slide job in turns one and two only to have Carrick return the favor at the other end of the racetrack to maintain the top position. Behind them Courtney was moving up from his sixth starting position and drove by Abreu for the third spot.
With 11 laps complete Carrick Seavey, and Courtney pulled away from the rest of the field. On lap 16 the fireworks began when Seavey made a bit for the lead diving under Carrick to take the lead. Seavey and Carrick began to slide job each other on each end of the racetrack exchanging the lead on each end of the race track.
With five laps to go Courtney threw his hat into the ring putting a slide job on Seavey for second. Seavey crossed back as Carrick opened some distance between himself and the race for second. That cushion was short lived as Courtney gained the second position from Seavey and started exchanging slide jobs with Carrick. This continued until Courtney threw the final slide job on Carrick in turns one and two and pulled away to take the white flag.
Courtney completed the finale lap uncontested for the victory over Carrick, Seavey, Abreu, and Kevin Thomas Jr.
USAC Sprint Car 4 Crown win!
style=”font-weight: 400;”>Rossburg, Ohio………To get to double-digits in the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win column, you must win at Eldora Speedway.
Maybe it’s an omen, a harbinger or what have you, but history tells us as much.
Courtney reiterated that fact Saturday night during the 37th running of the “4-Crown Nationals” presented by NKT.TV,
the tenth occasion a driver has reached at least 10 series wins in a season and the 10th of those select drivers in that club to win at Eldora during their banner year.
Tom Bigelow (14 wins), J.J. Yeley & Robert Ballou (13), Larry Dickson & Pancho Carter (12), Bubby Jones (11), Dickson, Carter & Jay Drake (10) each got it done at Eldora on their magical seasons. Now you can add a little “Sunshine” to that list.
However, the ride to get there on this night was a tad turbulent early on as the team ran into mechanical issues that forced them to swap out the engine for another bullet following qualifying. It seemed to do the trick as Courtney walloped the competition in his heat race, then proceeded to decimate the field for much of the 30-lapper in his Clauson Marshall Newman Racing/Priority Aviation – Competition Suspension, Inc./Spike/Rider Chevy until having to hold off a late surge from hard-charging C.J. Leary left that fairytale ending hanging in the balance momentarily.
Courtney started from the pole position, but it was 2007 “4-Crown” USAC Sprint Car winner Robert Ballou who eked into the lead from his outside front row starting spot to lead the opening lap with Leary and Courtney in tow.
As Leary trailed Ballou, the reigning “4-Crown” Sprint Car winner was amidst a battle with Courtney for second. Courtney threaded the dot of the i around the outside of Leary in turn two. Leary then snagged the concrete and spun completely around down the back straightaway and somehow, someway, avoided catastrophe as the entire field missed him, allowing him to restart, although he would now have to come from the tail in 22nd.
Following the restart, Courtney made his surge, sliding past Ballou entering the third turn. Ballou countered with an uppercut to the chin and clung to his grip of the lead as the pair crossed the line. Courtney reloaded and fired his next shot, sliding to the lead past Ballou entering turn one. By lap 10, Courtney’s advantage was a full-straight ahead of Ballou.
Ballou’s bid to get back into the game hit a literal snag on the 14th lap when he clipped the turn two outside wall and spun around to a stop, ending his evening earlier than anticipated. That moved Justin Grant into second where he and the hard-charging Leary took a full head a steam at running down Courtney. Grant found the demise of his night in the same spot that took caught Leary and Ballou earlier in turn two. Grant’s car churned against the concrete along the back straight before grinding to a halt with four laps remaining.
Leary was in second behind Courtney for the lap 27 restart, but a challenge to Courtney’s throne was discarded almost immediately as Courtney blitzed to a good jump when action resumed. The only race for position was behind Courtney as Leary, Kevin Thomas, Jr. and Isaac Chapple roamed three-wide at times for the runner-up position.
It was all to Courtney’s advantage, however, as he drove away to his tenth series win of the year and joined Jack Hewitt, Kyle Larson, Jerry Coons, Jr. and Dave Darland as the fifth driver to win in a Midget, USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown car during his “4-Crown” career.
Leary finished second ahead of Chapple, who scored a career-best third-place result. Point leader Thomas was fourth ahead of Chris Windom.
WOO 4 Crown win at Edora!
Schuchart entered Friday’s race at Eldora Speedway with an attitude. He felt like the half-mile speedway owned him.
He finished second for the third time in-a-row during the May event at the track. During the four July races there he finished third, third, fourth and second at the Kings Royal.
rack – his first came in 2017. He was a shark that sensed blood in the water. No one was going to keep him from his target. He and his Shark Racing team made sure of it.
Aside from Hot Laps, which were ran twice due to a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay before Qualifying, Schuchart won everything he could involving a sprint car Friday night. He set Quick Time, won his Drydene Heat race, drew the pole for the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash, won the Dash and led all 30 laps in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Feature – earning his eighth victory of the season.
“This is definitely one, coming to Eldora, is one I always look forward to,” Schuchart said. “It’s been really good to us. We just haven’t been able to win one. So, to end our season at Eldora and win one is cool. Especially since I’ve had so many good runs and haven’t won one since 2017. It’s cool to win at this place any chance you get.”
UP and Down moment for WOO Winner.
Schuchart could see victory at the Stockton Dirt Track with three laps to go. He could see his opportunity to sweep the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series races at the track. And he could see collecting the $20,000 award for winning the NOS Energy Drink Showdown.
k Racing teammate Jacob Allen leading, searching for his first World of Outlaws win. He couldn’t catch him. A runner-up finish looked like his calling, and he was OK with that.
Cruising down the backstretch, he saw Allen’s Drydene No. 1a car power into turn three, heading for two laps to go. When Schuchart exited turn four, he no longer saw Allen in front of him. The white and blue No. 1a slowed and pulled into the infield.
The lead was Schuchart’s. And after two clean laps, so was the win.
“It’s a tough deal,” Schuchart said of Allen’s affliction. “I’m happy to get the win. It’s awesome to have these cars up front. Whatever happened, this team works really hard to keep these cars on the racetrack.”
The victory was Schuchart’s seventh of the year – further breaking his record of winning at most four wins in a season – and 15th career World of Outlaws win overall.
Golobic’s night with the WOO!!!!!
has filled Shane Golobic’s mind for the last six years.
His first and only World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win came in 2013. Since then he’s questioned if he would or could ever win one again.
There was a clear answer Wednesday night during the 49er Gold Rush Classic presented by Riebes NAPA
Golobic tested the limits of his vocal cords from yelling inside his NOS Energy Drink No. 17w car. He couldn’t get out of it fast enough and do something his calm mannered self would rarely do.
He climbed to the top wing of his car, yelling and cheering, with the checkered flag in hand, letting the blue and orange confetti bath him while he celebrated his second World of Outlaws wins.
“I feel like two gives you a little more credibility than one,” said Golobic, who runs a part-time schedule with the Series. “I got the first one at a little short track, Antioch (Speedway). It was a none stop Feature, it counts as an Outlaws win one hundred percent, but there’s always that little bit of doubt. I’m not so much worried about other people, what they think, but just in me. You know, it’s been a few years since we done it. You just wonder if it is ever going to happen again. Tonight, we had the race car to do it.”
Richards wins his first career Hillbilly Hundred on keizer Wheels!
W.V. (September 1, 2019) – West Virginia native Josh Richards won his first career Hillbilly Hundred Richards won his first career Hillbilly Hundred on Sunday night at the Tyler County Speedway. on Sunday night at the Tyler County Speedway.
The 31-year-old grew up coming to the track, and tonight, led all 100 laps to score the
the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory worth $30,000 in front of a capacity crowd.
Richards’ third Lucas Oil win of the season came over the defending Hillbilly Hundred winner Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, 20th starting Shanon Buckingham, and Jimmy Owens. Richards fought off the challenges of Owens for the first 80 laps of the race as they ran 1-2 for that entire distance until a caution flag with 20 laps to go changed the complexion in the race for second.
On the restart Richards maintained his lead and McCreadie moved into second. At one-point McCreadie, Overton, and Buckingham raced three-wide around the tight bullring for the second position. A caution with seven laps to go set-up a quick dash to the finish. Richards again pulled away just enough to pick up the win while Overton passed McCreadie for second with two laps remaining.
In front of a partisan West Virginia crowd, the homestate driver had accomplished one of his life-long dreams, by winning America’s oldest dirt late model crown jewel event. “I don’t know if I wanted to see that last caution. I wanted to get a couple of lap cars between myself and those other guys. You never know what you got. The right rear tire was getting a little warmer than I wanted. The car was phenomenal. The guys did a great job on the car.”
“I used to come here with my uncle Robbie Scott and watch everybody win this race, guys like Davey Johnson who drove for my dad won this race. I want to thank the crowd; they are great as always tonight and thanks to Carl Short for putting on this event.”
Keizer Drag line completes SFI 15.1 & 15.2 certifications.
is complete on the newly revamped dutch drag line. 12 different styles of Forged 1pc fronts, and 6 different styles of rear 3pc forged wheels are now ready for all drag events.
B Miller powered his way to a $20,000 payday after
holding off Frank Galusha to win the Annual John Hinck Championship Saturday night at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.
Riley Goodno finished third while Quinn Jones and Brian Carter rounded out the top-five.
Outlaw
John Hinck Championship A Main (40 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe Miller, [7]; 2. 12-Frank Galusha, [2]; 3.
all 30 laps in DOMINATING fashion and pulling off a clean sweep of the weekend, Brady bacon wins the inaugural Corn belt Nationals! The driver of the Hoffman Racing, Mean Green No. 69 collects $25,000 for his triumph on both nights!
Parker Price Miller would complete our dominating weekend. He would seal the top spot in
0 Knoxville program. Congrats Parker and thank you for putting the icing on the cake for keizer Wheels!!!
GNCC & Phillips!
Phillips earns top of the podium in the GNCC 4×4 division. congrats Jordan and keep on digging!
A few street outlaws are figuring out what is fast & affordable!
your eyes open in the episodes to come. your sure to get a shot of some sexy dutch drag wheels!!!!
Wolrd of oultaws and more for Dietrich,
won his fifth World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory Tuesday night in the Series’ debut at the 3/8-mile Bridgeport Speedway. To claim it, he fended off attacks by David Gravel, Carson Macedo and 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz – who even stole the lead from him late in the race.
retty nerve racking,” Dietrich said after the 35-lap Feature.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (June 24, 2019) – It was quite the nine-day campaign for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania’s Danny Dietrich, not only entering action on home dirt in Central Pennsylvania, but also making the trip to the Buckeye State to join the All Star Circuit of Champions during Ohio Sprint Speedweek.
With Mother Nature causing some issues along the way, Dietrich ended his nine-day campaign with six main event starts, two of which resulting in victories. ‘Double-D’ secured wins at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, June 15, as well as at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, June 21. The pair of wins bumped Dietrich’s season win total to ten, officially equalling his 2018 win total.
Bacon and Courntey Both capture USAC eastern storm wins!
and Courtney would both score victories at on the eastern storm trip.
Weekend Sweep! WOO & ACSC!!!!
before Logan Schuchart claimed his third World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win of the season, he could feel defeat breathing down his neck.
To it, he said, not today. Even with few options to stop it.
Life was close to leaving his right rear tire – a used tire from last year. It
nevitable. He claimed the lead with the assist of several drivers blowing a tire during the second night of the $15,000-to-win United Rentals Patriot Nationals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Saturday.
That caused Schuchart’s right foot to become wary of the throttle in the closing laps of the Feature.
“I was trying to be kind of conservative and not spin the tires, not run it into the corner very hard, try to not wear the tire very much,” Schuchart said.
A second too long on the throttle or off it handed defeat the win.
That was not an option, though. He had something to lose. The top four in points blew a tire with a handful of laps to go, giving Schuchart the opportunity for a healthy points gain.
Behind him, though, defeat had nothing to lose. Australian James McFadden, running just his second race in the No. 9 Kasey Kahne Racing car, is only driving the car until an injured Kahne is ready to return. Points are of no concern. He’s there to win at no cost.
Sam15.com takes Lake of the ozarks.
Dominating one week ago in Michigan, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. carried that momentum into Missouri for his third win in as many races with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network coming at Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday night.
“Hats off to my guys. They did a hell of a job tonight, just like they’ve been doing all year long. That’s three in a row and we’re going to keep on going. Lock-in cars or not, we’re going to try to get it done tomorrow night,” commented Hafertepe, who has taken command of the National Tour point standings by 14 markers.
Mean Green and USAC!!!
Indiana (April 12, 2019)………Following a sluggish start to the season in Ocala, Fla. in the first three races of the year, Brady Bacon made doubly sure he saw the checkered flag in Friday night’s “Larry Rice Classic” USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at Bloomington Speedway.
the Shark Racing Team rolled into the famed Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite Texas Friday night, there was a buzz of excitement surrounding the team. Logan had shown great speed in Arizona and Jake was finding his marks during qualifying, and the team knows that Devil’s bowl is a place they have been strong at
would be strong once again, as Logan Schuchart would lay down a lap of just 13.792 seconds placing him 3rd overall and Jacob Allen would be nipping at his heels with a lap time of 13.879 placing him 4th overall in single-car qualifications.
Those lap times placed each driver on the front row of their heat races. Jacob would take full advantage of an outside of the front row starting position and out duel Kraig Kinser for the Heat Race win. This race would deliver a generational flashback to veteran fans of the sport, and it was uniquely fun watching an Allen and Kinser battling for a win at the famed half-mile.
Logan Schuchart would roll from pole position in heat race number 3, but the top side prevailed at the drop of the green flag, and Carson Macedo would go on to take the top spot and Logan would roll under the checkered flag in the second position, placing both Shark Racing Machines in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash!
The drivers draw for starting positions for the dash and Logan would draw the two spot while Jacob drew the three-spot. While this is exciting for the team, you can also imagine some butterflies come when your cars are racing that close together, that deep into the night, and this was shaping up to be both fun and a nerve-racking night for the Drydene Shark Racing Team.
When the green flag dropped on the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash Kraig Kinser would jump out to the advantage, and Jacob Allen would also flex his muscle working his way past teammate Logan Schuchart for the runner up position. Jacob would bring it home in second place, and Logan would follow in third, putting both Shark Racing machines on the front row of the four wide!
As the crew began to finish up final preparations for the A-Main event the World of Outlaws officials would sound the horn for stagging, and it was now time for the 25 lap shootout around the famed half mile. And for the second time this season while Johnny Gibson delivered the greatest call in all of motorsport, it would be a pair of sharks under the fireworks leading the way in the four-wide salute to the fans!
When the formation breaks lose the level of excitement ratchets up as the A-Main is set to go green. And at the drop of the green flag, Jacob Allen got a little bit wide and momentarily fell back to fourth place, but the Newmans Engine powerplant would show its worth and Jacob sailed around the top side of one and two regaining the second position. Logan would fall into a battle with Daryn Pittman who showed he would be a force to reckon with before the night was over.
During the next three laps, you could have cued up the Jaws theme song as Allen was running down Kinser and it was just a matter of time until Allen made his move for the lead around the top side of the Devil’s Bowl Speedway. At the halfway point Jacob had a comfortable lead but was entering lap traffic, and Logan Schuchart and Daryn Pittman both were closing in on the race leader. On lap thirteen in a bittersweet moment, Logan Schuchart turned under Jacob Allen in turns three and four and took over the top spot.
And just as quick as that happened Daryn Pittman found the rubber at the bottom of the racetrack and flew by both Jacob and Logan to take the top spot. Logan, however, remained calm got down into the rubber and when Daryn made one mistake, Logan was there to capitalize on it. On lap 17 Pittman evaded the rubber to make a move on a lap car, and that was the opening Logan needed. Schuchart executed the pass perfectly and would go on to prevail and grab his second win of the very young 2019 season! Jacob Allen would hold on to his very first podium finish of the season and deliver Team Dryden with their best team result to date.
WOO Win! Logan rolling!
– There was a moment when sprint car driver Logan Schuchart thought he was going to flip right off the track at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.
Not only did he manage to keep his tires down, the World of Outlaws driver won Saturday’s 30-lap FVP Platinum Battery Shootout in front of a host of the
“We were pretty fast (here) last year so I was looking forward to coming back,” Schuchart told more than 7,000 fans from Victory Lane at the Stockton Dirt Track. “I’m very happy we were able to get the win this early in the season.”
Behind Schuchart was Placerville’s Brad Sweet, Tim Kaeding, Aaron Reutzal and D.J. Netto. Rounding out the top 10 were Rico Abreau, Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz, Cory Eliason and Sheldon Haudenschild.
Ice Breaker 30!!!
class=”speakable-p-2 p-text”>Lincoln Speedway tried five times, and failed five times, to hold its Icebreaker 30 sprint-car opener.
Sunday afternoon, March 10, the Pigeon Hills oval near Abbottstown finally got the first area race of 2019 into the record books.
Lucas Wolfe raced to the victory. Wolfe’s first Icebreaker victory was worth $4,000.
Kyle Bronson Makes History With World Championship Race 3-Peat
Bronson of Brandon, FL drove the Brandon Ford Rocket into history at Bubba Raceway Park on Saturday night with his unprecedented third straight Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race win for the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series. Bronson had to drive hard early and often to collect the $10,000 top prize.
h starting spot to battle with the likes of Tyler Clem of Reddick, FL, Nick Hoffman of Mooresville, MC, and the defending Durrence Layne Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Ashton Winger of Hampton, GA in a race that saw seven lead changes. Bronson camped out on the bottom groove of the track and used it as his path to victory.
The Dunes are Calling!
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LEARY LOGS FIRST WIN FOR NEW TEAM IN WINTER DIRT GAMES X FINALE F
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Ocala, Florida (February 16, 2019)………The first weekend with a new race team is normally a period when driver and team get accustomed to one another and learn on-the-fly how to win races together.
torsports throughout “Winter Dirt Games X,” which culminated Saturday night with the combo’s first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory together at Bubba Raceway Park.
Leary was highly successful on the USAC trail in his own family car over the past several seasons. This past offseason, Leary made the move to the Arizona-based team, bringing with him a familiar face to a new setting to make the transition as smooth as silk.
“The cool thing was Andy (Reinbold) brought me and (crew chief) Davey (Jones) on as a team since we had already been working together and we get along so well on and off the track,” Leary pointed out. “I’m just learning this new racecar and this new engine package is quite a bit different than what I was running the past couple of years on our family car. We did a lot of unique things to the racecar and it paid off for us down here in Florida.”
SUNSHINE DOUBLE-DIPS IN OCALA WITH 2ND STRAIGHT MIDGET VICTORY
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Ocala, Florida (February 9, 2019)………If Friday’s victory at Bubba Raceway Park was one small step toward a successful USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget season for Tyler Courtney, then Saturday night’s win was a giant leap toward what could be a banner year in the
Courtney slid by Tucker Klaasmeyer with nine laps remaining in Saturday’s 30-lap “Winter Dirt Games X” feature, blasting to victory for the second time in as many nights on the 3/8-mile, D-shaped dirt track to become just the eighth driver to win the opening two USAC National Midget races of the season, joining Lee Kunzman (1972), Gary Bettenhausen (1975), Rich Vogler (1984-85), Dave Steele (2002), Brad Sweet (2010), Bryan Clauson (2011) and Rico Abreu (2014).
“It’s definitely a weight lifted off my shoulders to get the season started off on the right foot,” Courtney said. “We’ve got a great team here and the whole series is tough right now. It’s a lot of fun and it’s obviously the best way you can start. We’ve got awesome momentum going for our midget season right now as well as going into the start of the Sprint Car season next week.”
USAC SPRINT TITLE DEFENSE BEGINS FOR COURTNEY
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USAC SPRINT TITLE DEFENSE BEGINS FOR COURTNEY By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Ocala, Florida (February 13, 2019)………It’s already been a dream beginning to 2019 for Tyler Courtney as he’s continued the roll of success following his 2018 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car crown and into the start of the new season.
end, his fast start included back-to-back victories in the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget openers at Bubba Raceway Park. Now the Indianapolis, Ind. driver embarks on a mission in his Clauson/Marshall/Newman Racing No. 7BC to duplicate the feat that only some of the very best in this sport can lay claim to as a repeat series champion beginning with February 14-15-16th’s “Winter Dirt Games X.” Parnelli Jones was the first to do the deed in 1961-62, followed by Sheldon Kinser (1981-82), Rick Hood (1984-85), Steve Butler (1986-88), Robbie Stanley (1991-93), Brian Tyler (1996-97), Levi Jones (2009-10-11) and Bryan Clauson (2012-13). Last year, Courtney had one of the top seasons in the history of the series with 11 victories, only the tenth driver to reach double-figures in USAC Sprint Car wins during a single year. If anything has been proven, it’s not to discount anything Courtney can accomplish with the streak of success he’s enjoying at the moment. It’s difficult to win one championship, let alone back-to-backers and put up the same numbers as the year before. However, it’s been duplicated before and will be again. While most of the consecutive championship-winning drivers saw their numbers go up on the backend of the back-to-back, Parnelli dropped from nine wins to four between 1961-62, yet still had enough mustard to relish the championship honors once again at season’s end. Twenty years later, meanwhile, Sheldon Kinser had a slight dip between his two in 1981-82, from seven to five. From thereon, the numbers, in most instances, picked up the following year with Rick Hood increasing from six to nine wins from 1984-85. Steve Butler was the first three-peat titlist in 1986-87-88, bouncing up from two to three to three victories again, respectively, in those years. Robbie Stanley became the next three-peater, staying relatively stagnant from two to one wins between 1991-92, but 1993 would prove to be his career-best year, winning five times en route to a series title. Brian Tyler had nowhere to go but up following a rare winless championship campaign in 1996, but in 1997, the talented driver would find victory lane on four occasions on his way to another championship. Levi Jones saw all ends of the championship-winning spectrum during his three-straight run from 2009-11, beginning with four in 2009, doubling it to eight in 2010, then back down to three in 2011. Even-keeled Bryan Clauson notched his second-straight in 2013 with seven scores, following a seven win season the prior year in 2012. But the main lesson here with those numbers is that championships are created in a myriad of manners. Winning is only one part of the recipe, along with qualifying up front, transferring through the heat, taking care of the equipment and finishing in the top-five, top-ten every chance you get. After all, the title race could come down to one single point somewhere along the line. Call it a case in example when Courtney and Kevin Thomas, Jr. racked up the same number of points throughout 40 races a season ago, only being decided on a tiebreaker in terms of number of feature wins. The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car portion of “Winter Dirt Games X” begins this week. Pits open at 3pm Eastern each day at Ocala. Grandstands open at 5pm on Thursday/Friday and 4pm on Saturday. Cars hit the track for engine heat at 6:30pm Eastern on Thursday/Friday and at 5:30pm on Saturday. An open practice session will take place a day before the action starts from 7-10pm. All nights of racing from Ocala will be live on https://www.FloRacing.com/.
Justin Grant takes Prelim Chili bowl
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Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 18, 2019) Wheeling his NOS Energy Drink No. 4a to the pole of Friday’s Vacuworx Qualifying Night, Justin Grant set a feverish pace for 25 non-stop laps to garner his third career preliminary night win in as many years at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by
“This one was a lot of work. You know I’ve been really fortunate to win some decent races and most of them have been showing up and walking in at three o’clock in the afternoon with my helmet bag and jumping in the car and just doing that and going home. This one’s been … it started with a truck, trailer, and a credit card. And a lot of 12-, 14-hour days leading up to this, a ton of work. It just very validating that we could pull off a win. Those guys believed in me probably more than I did myself. But it’s like a bit of a weight lifted off … I can do that part of it too. Hopefully, we can keep it up,” commented Grant of his victory for RAMS Racing
Dutch Drag line upgrades!
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Back to Back To Back!!!!! 4×4 Champions!!!
a run! Kevin Cunningham took his Can am 4×4 to the podium 8 times this season to clinch the third straight GNCC national 4×4 Championship on his Keizer Aluminum Wheels. We thank Keven for taking us along for the ride!!!!
Peter lack scores early down under!!!
2018. Archerfield Speedway Austrian Toowoomba racer Peter Lack proved too good in round two of the East Coast Logistics Sprintcar Track Championship at Ausdeck Patios Archerfield Speedway on Saturday night (October 27), leading every circulation in the 30-lap feature race to defeat Allan Woods and Brent Kratzmann.
ng finished third in the opening round after leading early, a repeat of such a scenario never looked likely on this occasion as Lack rebuffed every overture from those who dared to venture forth in search of the lead. Opening round winner Lachlan McHugh was the early threat until he found himself losing touch with Lack, enabling Woods to take up the chase. There were a few occasions where Woods looked as though he might surge to the front, but Lack saw off every challenge to take the race and emerge as the only driver to finish on the podium in both completed rounds. McHugh found himself fourth at the chequer, with Luke Oldfield rounding out the first five.
Sunshine take “Western world” 410!!!
style=”font-weight: 400;”>San Tan Valley, Arizona………Twenty-four hours prior to taking the green flag for Saturday night’s 51st “Western World Championships” finale at Arizona Speedway, Tyler Courtney was lamenting how he threw away a victory in lapped traffic.
It was a mistake the Indianapolis, Indiana driver expressed he couldn’t repeat when racing against competition that is at
Twenty-four hours later, Courtney was standing in victory lane, reversing the spell that cast him in the throes of lapped traffic. This time, it was he who capitalized in lapped traffic as he ran down Dave Darland with 13 laps remaining to win his 11th USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature of the season.
“I screwed myself with lapped cars last night and I was determined that I wasn’t going to do that again,” an adamant Courtney said.
Courtney started fifth on the field while, up front, fellow USAC National Sprint Car championship contender Chris Windom rocketed from his outside front row starting position to the lead past pole sitter Damion Gardner and quickly carved out a two-plus second advantage.
BACON GRABS “WESTERN WORLD” 360 event!!!!
Tan Valley, AZ………Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. led the final 22 laps to win Saturday night’s “51st Western World Championships” Sands Chevrolet USAC Southwest Sprint race at Arizona Speedway. He passed Ryan Bernal on lap nine and led the rest of the way for the win over Bernal, R.J. Johnson, Kevin Thomas Jr. and
3 Time ASCS Champion rolls on Keizer wheels once again!!!
Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (October 28, 2018) Adding a cherry to the top of his third consecutive championship, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. rode out of the John Christner Trucking Fall Fling with an extra $4,000 and his seventh victory over a stout field of 61 drivers at Creek County Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint
Trailing Sean McClelland the first 33 laps, Hafertepe made the top of turns one and two work after several laps of only being able to close on the back bumper of the D&E Supply No. 22. Fighting back for the top spot, McClelland was not able to regain the position.
“There is nothing like racing your best friend for 40 laps. That was probably one of the funnest races I’ve driven in my entire life. Me and Sean have been friends for a long time and for us to race like that and have our friendship last like it has, it means a lot, then to win this deal and show everybody who deserves this championship. That’s what we set out to do tonight,” commented an emotional Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
Beating Sean on the initial start, the caution flew for Matt Covington who spun to a stop in the first turn.
With the No. 22 holding the lead on the restart, Hafertepe’s next attempt at the point came while working Lap 2, only to have his slide job negated by another caution. Pressuring McClelland on the restart, the Townline Variety No. 15h was not able to get the run as Sean slowly pulled away with traffic coming into play as the field worked past the tenth lap. Allowing Hafertepe to pull back in on McClelland, the No. 22 did not falter on the low line; using slower cars as picks to protect any run to the outside.
Taking their high-speed chess game into the mid-point of the A-Feature, Hafertepe pulled the trigger on Lap 23 to take the lead but had his advance quickly answered with Sean driving back around the No. 15h. Battling hard into slower traffic, the caution lights came on with 25 laps complete as Blake Hahn spun to a stop.
Getting away from Sam on the restart, Sean continued to roll the bottom as Hafertepe searched the middle and high line at both ends of Creek County Speedway. Building momentum as the leaders worked to Lap 30, Hafertepe took three runs at Sean McClelland with his run on Lap 34 off the turn-two cushion being the one that secured the lead. Quickly through traffic with the lead in hand, Sam opened his advantage to 3.582 seconds at the finish.
Holding off Seth Bergman on the final lap, Sean McClelland crossed second for his ninth career podium finish with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com. Bergman third was followed by Jason Martin with Kyle Bellm making up the top five. Charging out of the first B-Feature, El Paso’s John Carney II raced through the field to sixth after starting 20th. Wayne Johnson in seventh had Blake Hahn recover from his caution to finish eight. Skylar Gee advanced six spots to ninth with roger Crockett tenth.
TMAC takes world 100 and $51,000!!!!
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ROSSBURG, Ohio – Earlier in the day Tim McCreadie didn’t think his car was good enough to win the World 100 at Eldora Speedway.
McCreadie and his team made the right adjustments and bounced back to win the 48th edition of the biggest race in dirt late model racing. McCreadie took the lead from Eldora Late
el point leader Devin Gilpin on lap 45 and drove away from the field following a restart with 16 laps to go for the $51,000 payday.
After having to watch several World 100’s from the grandstands after not making the race, McCreadie seemed to be in disbelief to be sitting in victory lane.
“I’ve sat up there up there with you guys for a bunch of these features, so to be down here is pretty amazing,” McCreadie told the large crowd in victory lane. “There are a lot of people that complain about funding, but we just shut our months and keep digging along with what we’ve got.”
Gilpin led a majority of the first half of the main event with pressure from Shane Clanton in second spot. As the race went on Clanton dropped back and found himself in a race with McCreadie for second. On lap 29 McCreadie used his momentum off turn four to take away the runner up spot and pull away down the backstretch.
After taking the runner up spot, McCreadie quickly closed on Gilpin for the lead as the caution flag appeared on lap 36 when Mike Marlar slowed in turn one. Gilpin pulled away during the restart as McCreadie and Jimmy Owens ran side by side for the second spot. McCreadie retained the position and started to chip away at Gilpin’s lead.
After moving around the race track to build up momentum, McCreadie got a run off turn four on lap 45 to drive by Gilpin for the lead. McCreadie pulled away from the rest of the field while Scott Bloomquist drove by Owens for third and started to put pressure on Gilpin for second. Bloomquist and Gilpin raced side by side several times, with Gilpin holding on to the runner-up spot through the mid stages of the event.
Owens was able to take advantage of Bloomquist’s inability to pass Gilpin and took back the third spot on lap 67. Owens then passed Gilpiin for second and started his pursuit of McCreadie for the lead. McCreadie built up a lead of more than five seconds while racing through traffic with 20 laps to go.
Tim McCreadie (39) races under Scott Bloomquist at Eldora Speedway. (Jim DenHamer photo)
With 16 laps to go the final caution flag of the event appeared when Bobby Pierce slowed on the frontstretch. McCreadie chose the inside line for the double file restart and showed he was unfazed by the late race yellow flag by driving away from the field after the restart.
Owens and Dennis Erb Jr. swapped the second spot a couple of times in the late stages of the feature, but McCreadie would not be seriously challenged the remainder of the event to win his first career World 100 victory. Owens, Erb, Blomquist and Brandon Overton rounded out the top five.
In victory lane McCreadie was ready to celebrate with the masses back at his small pickup truck and trailer in the pit area and was quick to praise the work his team has put in.
“It’s amazing the effort my team puts in while I get to go home and be with my wife and two kids, it’s pretty cool. I really don’t know what to say, I’m normally not lost for words. To see all people here and see how excited they are. We’ll be down here for a while, so make sure you stop by.”
The finish:
Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Tyler Erb, Scott Bloomquist, Brandon Overton, Devin Gilpin, Josh Richards, Dale McDowell, Earl Pearson Jr., Kent Robinson, Chase Junghans, Shane Clanton, Kyle Bronson, Bobby Pierce, Ricky Thornton Jr., Devin Moran, Michael Chilton, Don O’Neal, Shanon Buckingham, Billy Moyer, Brandon Sheppard, Rod Conley, Jimmy Mars, Jonathan Davenport, Brian Birkhofer, Zack Dohm, Mike Marlar, Mason Zeigler, Brian Shirley, Chris Simpson.
Wolfe closed out his 2018 season with a feature win and a Williams Grove 2018 Championship on keizer racing wheels. Thank you lucas for taking us along for the ride. And congradulations!!! Starting the season off with a win he would do what he needed to complete the run!
Larry Wight banks $50,000 on Keizer Wheels!!!!!
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OSWEGO, N.Y. – Long known for his wild charges around the outside that either ended in a win or a spectacular crash, Larry Wight turned the wick down a bit Sunday and was rewarded with a $50,000 victory in the Billy Whittaker Cars 200.
Wight’s Kevlar-powered brand new Bicknell led Stewart Friesen, Saturday small block winner Peter Britten, Billy Decker
ckers during the Super DIRT Week finale at Oswego Speedway in a race filled with three wide passes, multiple pit stops and wide variations in race strategy.
“This is huge,” said the elated winner. “The only thing close was qualifying for the Chili Bowl my first time there. This is the biggest modified race anywhere and makes your career.
“At the end, I had to keep telling myself, ‘Don’t be too conservative. That’s when Stewart Friesen passes everyone to steal his wins.’ Eric Kingsley was my spotter and he told me to go hard on the outside while it was there to get track position. Once we got to the top five, we just rode.
“Actually, I was surprised others pitted so early. These tires seal over very quickly here and guys who pit later just drive right by you. Our timing turned out to be perfect.”
As happy as Wight was, fast timer and race-long leader Jimmy Phelps was at the other end of the spectrum. He planned on running the race non-stop and led to lap 67, when Wight muscled his way by on a restart.
He got the lead back when Wight pitted and held off all comers until Wight again ran him down on lap 180. Then, with just three laps remaining, Phelps ran out of fuel and had to pit, dropping him to 22nd in the rundown.
Keith Flach, Gary Lindberg and Friesen ran behind Phelps early on as it soon became apparent that yellows would be the order of the day. All told, the caution flag waved some 16 times, allowing teams to pit for fuel and tires almost at will.
The first mass pitting came on a lap 57 caution, with contenders Erick Rudolph and Matt Sheppard going in, then leading the cars that hit pit road back through the field as others made later stops. Classic winning strategy on the Syracuse mile, the plan would come up short on the Oswego five-eighths-mile oval.
At the halfway point, the order was Phelps, Wight, Billy Dunn, Justin Haers, Chris Hile and Kenny Tremont Jr., none of whom had pitted, with a horde of refueled cars with new tires behind them. Wight dove for the pits on lap 123, when Danny Varin stopped to draw a yellow, with Friesen and a number of others following.
Phelps stayed out with Britten, who would pit a number of times before the end, behind him. Sheppard and Rudolph also made another stop on lap 136 along with Britten and by lap 150 the order had changed completely again. Phelps led Ryan Godown, Billy Decker and Tim Fuller, but Wight stood eighth and Friesen ninth, ready for a final charge.
The crowd held its collective breath as Britten charged around the outside three wide after another stop and Wight worked his way forward at a calmer pace, with a 10-car melee, the only major incident of the race, then coming on lap 170, precipitating a red flag.
Justin Haers, who had hit the turn two wall, got to turn three and went around with a flat, collecting a gaggle of cars in the process. Most amazingly continued once order was restored, though the mid-pack order was shuffled.
When the green reappeared on lap 170, Godown began trying Phelps on the bottom while Wight went to his beloved outside groove once again and flew from sixth to third before the next yellow. That let him shoot down Godown on the restart and as the lap counter hit 179 he stood second with what Phelps the only driver ahead of him. The next time around he dove under Phelps in turn one and the 200 was his.
“I had better tires and plenty of fuel, so I knew I’d get him,” summed up the elated winner.
Godown also got by Phelps, only to have another yellow negate the pass while also giving Britten, now back to eighth, a shot at the lead pack cars. With action everywhere, Friesen took second from Godown as Britten shot around the outside only to have a car slow to draw another yellow with three to go.
Phelps then went pitside, putting Friesen second. Godown began smoking under yellow and dropped out as soon as the green reappeared and Britten, fifth on the restart, shot to third to set the final order.
“We got there but couldn’t do anything with Larry in four laps,” tipped Friesen. “These tires are weird. They go like mad, then cool down under yellow and stop.
“It went through my mind early in the race to try and go non-stop like Jimmy but I’m not that patient.”
As for Britten, many thought he made one too many stops, giving up too much track position, but he disputed that, saying, “You never know the ideal strategy. We didn’t do one too many sets of tires, we just needed that last set a little earlier before the track took rubber.
“I needed another yellow to keep the field closed up, but the track also dusts up under yellow and gets slick for a lap or two. We just didn’t know how the track would change. Larry pitted at the exact right time so congrats to him.”
Former winner Billy Dunn led the second five, trailed by Rudolph, Mat Williamson, Max McLaughlin and Fuller.
last long-distance race Australian Peter Britten ran at Super DIRT Week last year was a heartbreaker as he lost the lead on the backstretch at Oswego Speedway on the final lap, finishing second to race-winner Matt Sheppard in the Billy Whittaker Cars 200. On Saturday he switched roles, passing leader Stewart Friesen with seven laps
go to win the Camping World 150 and notch his biggest win to date.
WOO & Shark Racing!!!
NY – October 6, 2018 – Logan Schuchart dominated all 30 laps to win Saturday Night at Fulton Speedway as the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series invaded Super DIRT Week in New York. Sheldon Haudenschild charged late to second with Donny Schatz completing the podium.
fought off Meseraull, Darland, Clouser and a swarm of lap traffic to win a thrilling Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League feature tonight at Jacksonville speedwy! It his 2nd WAR Wildcard win on keizer racing wheels of 2018 and extends his points lead!
Blackhurst takes us to season IRA champion status!
Years ago we got our got us our first IRA 410 sprint victory. 16 years later Jake Backhurst and Scotty Thiel put us #1 & #2 on the season score sheet in crazy battle for the series championship. Thanks for taking Keizer Aluminum Wheels along for the ride!
Shane Golobic in the Wood 17W machine!
Golobic Parked it last night on the opening night of Fall Nationala The Matt Wood machine sporting the Elk Grove Ford, Priority Aviation Keizer Aluminum Wheels colors to victory lane at Silver dollar Speedway.
Shane Golobic bested the field of 54 Winged Sprint Car entries to score the $3,000 victory in the 30 Lap Main Event.
he drop of the green flag Golobic grabbed the early lead from his Pole Position starting spot. On Lap 2 however, Tanner Thorson would make the move around the outside to take over the race lead. He would pull away and lead until about Lap 19 when Shane Golobic found a fast line on the bottom in Turns 1 & 2. He was able to get by Sean Becker and Tanner Thorson to go from third to first in two laps. Just when it looked as though Golobic had the race wrapped up, a yellow flag would wave on the final lap of the race. That would bunch the field up once again and give Tanner Thorson one last run at Golobic. On the restart with two to go Golobic went to protect the bottom of the racetrack. As he took the White Flag, Thorson was mounting one last charge. The two motored through the first set of corners and down the back stretch. Golobic dove to the bottom, Thorson let it all hang out on the top. At the line it was a drag race and Shane Golobic got the victory by just .151 seconds over Tanner Thorson. The win was the first for Shane Golobic since climbing behind the wheel of the Matt Wood owned, Elk Grove Ford #17W sprint car. Despite leading the most laps, Tanner Thorson would settle for second in the Tri-C Machine #3C. Dominic Scelzi made his return from a broken leg to round out the podium in the Third Position in the Scelzi Enterprises #41S. Sean Becker charged from 15th to finish in the 4th position. He was at one point up to the second spot and battling for the lead before a caution would fly. Brad Furr would round out the Top Five in fifth. It was good to see the red #2 back at the Silver Dollar Speedway.
Double down on the Eldora 4 Crown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ohio — Tyler Courtney became only the 10thdriver in history to win 10 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series features in a single season when he topped the sprint car portion of Saturday’s 37thannual 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway.
However, the ride to get there on this night was a tad turbulent early on as the
team ran into mechanical issues that forced them to swap out the engine for another bullet following qualifying.
It did the trick as Courtney walloped the competition in his heat race, then proceeded to decimate the field for much of the 30-lapper in his Clauson Marshall Newman Racing/Priority Aviation – Competition Suspension, Inc./Spike/Rider Chevy until having to hold off a late surge from C.J. Leary.
Courtney started from the pole, but it was 2007 4-Crown USAC sprint car winner Robert Ballou who eked into the lead from his outside front row starting spot to lead the opening lap with Leary and Courtney in tow.
Double Down on the Eldora 4 crown!!!!!!!!!!
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Tyler Courtney picked up right where he left the “4-Crown Nationals” stage one year ago, following up a walk-off homer in the Silver Crown race last year with a dominating performance in the USAC P1 Insurance National Midget event Saturday night at Eldora Speedway.
The Indianapolis, Ind. native set the tone early, recording quick
heat and then leading the final 16 laps to capture the victory worth $5000 in his Clauson-Marshall Racing/Driven 2 Save Lives – Indiana Donor Network/Spike/Stanton SR-11.
Courtney launched his assault from the outside of the third row and quickly cracked the whip as he moved up through the field to second behind teammate Justin Grant by the fifth lap and brought along a challenger with him in Spencer Bayston.
Courtney and Bayston exchanged sliders as they tussled for the runner-up spot, while Bayston, the reigning series champ and race winner, showed no rust and no hesitation in his return from a leg injury suffered in an August sprint car crash.
However, Bayston’s bid for a repeat win came to a crashing halt on the tenth lap as he was tucked in behind Courtney in turn one. On entry, Bayston tagged his right rear rubber against the outside wall and partook in a horrifying incident that mangled his Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian ride. Bayston emerged from the mangled wreckage, but was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
On the ensuing restart, Courtney wasted no time, delivering a slider immediately into turn one past Grant. Grant retaliated and made a run back at Courtney as they battled side-by-side for the remainder of lap 10 before he tried his hand at returning the favor in turn one. Instead, Grant slid up the hill in turn two as he attempted to slide up in front of Courtney, but it wasn’t quite enough to slow down Courtney, who plucked out a straightaway lead down the stretch.
Nothing would interrupt Courtney in the waning laps as he powered away for a 4.8 second victory, the fifth of his career and second of the year in the series, over Grant, KSE Racing Products/Larry Rice High Performance Hard Charger Logan Seavey (from 13th), Kevin Thomas, Jr. and Tanner Carrick.
Courtney’s victory allowed the Clauson Marshall Racing bunch to break the stranglehold that the Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian team had possessed coming into the event, winning six of the last seven and the last three-in-a-row.
“Tim (Clauson) and everybody at Clauson Marshall Racing gave me one heck of a car,” Courtney exclaimed in victory lane. “Anytime you get to win at Eldora, it’s special. To do it during 4-Crown is even cooler.”
Rico Abreu, the 2016 winner of the midget portion of the ‘4-Crown,’ was involved in an accident during hot laps that also included Chris Baue. The 2014 USAC National Midget champ from St. Helena, Calif. was evaluated at the Premier Health Infield Care Center at Eldora and transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Recaps are courtesy USAC PR (Richie Murray) and ASCOC PR (Tyler Altmeyer)
Win #10 in the 2018 season!
Irwin picked up our 10th win in 2018 at the MTS season finale on Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway!
Hafertepe puts $10G’s in his pocket for Hockett Memorial!
Hulbert – WHEATLAND, Mo. (September 22, 2018) Winning for the second year in a row, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. dominated the 30-lap, $10,000 to win finale to the 8th annual Hockett/McMillin Memorial with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com.
HOWARD EARNS MORE THAN $25K!!!!
No. 357, has had his share of problems throughout the 2018 season on Saturday nights at Grandview Speedway, but the team never gave up. They continued to try different venues to put the Carroll Hine powered mount in Grandview’s Saturday night victory lane – a place he had not stood in during the regular season
The table finally turned for the five-time point champion during the running of the 48th Annual Freedom 76-lap T.P. Trailers Modified feature – a race Howard previously won four times.
Starting fifth through the luck of the draw, in a field of 34 cars Howard battled with Ryan Godown, runner-up and leader for 16 laps prior to the 31st lap restart when Howard took the lead.
Dealing with heavy lap traffic numerous times, Howard changed lanes to weave through the cars and this allowed Godown to reel him in, but Godown couldn’t make the move to the front and ran second the rest of the way while having to deal with third-place finisher Craig Von Dohren in the later stages.
When things were all set and done Howard picked up his biggest win of the season for a payday of $25,000 plus lap money, $250 from TP Trailers, products from VP Fuel providing he met the necessary requirements plus the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie. A winner of the event in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2011 plus now this year, Howard is now tied with Craig Von Dohren at five wins in the prestigious event.
Mark hagopian Memorial finds us out front!
to Jake Andreotti to everyone that took us racing for the mark Hagopian memorial. Cant say how much it says that we are so dominant out west. We appreciate everyone that took us racing! congrats to all!!!
Friday Night:
Ben Worth – Non-Wing
Dylan Bloomfield – Restricted
Frank Flud – Super 600
Michael Faccinto – Pole Shuffle
Saturday Night Champions:
Austin Wood –
Madden Rules Selinsgrove National Open
Pa. — The track was fast and the time was right for Chris “Smokey” Madden on Saturday night at the Selinsgrove Speedway for the 20th running of the Late Model National Open, as he picked up his eighth win of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series season.
Starting outside the front row, Madden took control
ol of the feature on lap one and never looked back, leading all 50 laps on his way to another $10,000 payday.
“It’s huge where we start [from] at these big places like that,” Madden said. “But we definitely had a good racecar, no doubt.”
Race track conditions were perfect, as there was no threat of rain (as there was the night before at Outlaw Speedway, which ended in a postponement). Three solid grooves of racing presented the fans in attendance with a great show that Madden himself approved of.
“I felt like the race track was wide enough to race, kind of top-middle-bottom,” Madden said. “Our car was good enough to where we could maneuver around in all three lanes; very, very pleased with our racecar tonight.”
Devin Moran posted yet another podium finish in his post-rookie campaign with a strong second place. A big battle with Marlar ensued on a restart in the closing laps of the race, as a yellow came out with two laps remaining for fourth-place running Tyler Erb when he shredded a tire.
“I knew as long as I carried speed, it would be pretty tough for him to pass me,” Moran said. “The top was pretty good, so I just made sure I didn’t miss the top and it worked out for us.”
New Selinsgrove Speedway track record holder Mike Marlar crossed the line in third after the battle with Moran in the closing laps.
“Devin was leaving me a little bit of room under him getting in the corner,” Marlar said. “He just had that little bit of forward momentum off the corner… so he was actually pulling back ahead on the straightaway. It was fun to race with him.”
IL – Zeb Wise of Angola, Indiana picked up his first career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway. Wise used a unique line on the high-banked 3/8 mile Spoon River Speedway to etch his name in the history books as the winner of the 32nd annual Tom Knowles Memorial.
Ontario (September 15, 2018) – Parker Price-Miller claimed $10,000 USD and the second Canadian Sprint Car Nationals victory of his career on Saturday night at Ohsweken Speedway, while Lucas Smith was the victor in the Crate Showdown. A total of 95 drivers competed in the 14th Annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals supercharged by
by Nitro 54 Variety, including 65 360 Sprint Cars and 30 Crate Sprint Cars.
Jac Haudenschild finds victory lane at Fremont Speedway!
Ohio – It’s been a very long time since “The Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild visited victory lane at Fremont Speedway. The 60-year-old hall-of-famer did just that Friday, Sept. 14 to open the 11th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Night.
Bacon Keeps Rolling With Hurtubise Classic Victory
align=”justify”>TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – It’s certainly been a whirlwind week-plus of highs for Brady Bacon.
Last Thursday, he picked up a victory worth $15,000 in the BC39 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On Monday, he became a father for the third time with the birth of daughter, Linley. Friday
span>, he hit the jackpot once again, winning his second career Jim Hurtubise Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track.
“They say when it rains, it pours, and we needed some rain on our crops at home,” Bacon said. “This has been a good little stretch. For some reason, new kids bring a lot of wins it seems like. We’ve won two championships the year the last two kids were born, and now we got this one. We can win a lot of money from here to the end of the year with a lot of big paying races, so this is a good time to get momentum.”
Bacon rolled off fifth in his own Brady Bacon Racing/Fatheadz Eyewear – Tel-Star Technologies/Triple X/Rider Chevy. Pole sitter Shane Cottle set the pace into turn one on the opening lap, but it was outside front row starter C.J. Leary who won the race to turn three to grab the lead, where he’d remain for the first five circuits.
HAFERTEPE TOPS OSHWEKEN FIELD.
Huppunen and Sam Hafertepe Jr. led the field to the green flag for the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car A-Feature. The opening lap caused some chaos as Mack DeMan nearly spun in turn one while Shawn Sliter and Scott Burk did get turned around to bring out the first yellow.
an early advantage over Huppunen while fourth-starting Dylan Westbrook quickly raced into second. Haferetepe of Rockwall, Texas, quickly caught traffic which slowed his pace and prevented him from growing his lead over Westbrook.
Still, Hafertepe found a way around each lapped car to keep his lead at 1.9 seconds at the halfway mark. With four laps to go, that gap narrowed to just over one second before the final caution with four laps remaining when Shawn Sliter stopped in turn three. The restart provided Hafertepe a clear track and saw him drive away to his fourth career Ohsweken win over Westbrook, Mikey Kruchka, Mack DeMan and Scott Kreutter.
Champs at Oshweken!!!
Evans claimed both the Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Car 2018 Championship and the inaugural Action Sprint Tour powered by RaceRivalz.com championship!
WISE WINS PURSUIT!!!!! BRIGHT HIGH POINT MAN IN BC39 OPENER
style=”font-weight: 400;”>By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana………Wednesday’s opening night of the Driven2SaveLives “BC39” presented by NOS Energy Drink began a new era of racing at the Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, set inside turn three of the surrounding world-famous 2.5-mile paved oval.
t, a 20-lap elimination race in which you would be eliminated if you were passed. Coming to the white flag, the Angola, Ind. native went on the offense, sliding by Alex Bright in turn four on the penultimate lap to win the $1500 payday, plus $100 for each of the 17 cars he passed from his 18th starting position. In doing so, he put the 39BC in victory lane at the BC39, a fitting tribute to the late, great USAC champ in which the event is named for.
$10,000 & a Jackson Nationals for Jack!!!
Minn. (Sept. 2, 2018) – Jack Dover is $10,000 richer after winning a hard-fought and ultra-competitive Midwest Power Equipment 360 Nationals presented by DeKalb/Asgrow main event on Sunday night at Jackson Motorplex.
Dover accumulated the most preliminary points the previous two nights and he won the dash on Sunday to garner the pole position for the
0-lap feature that wrapped up the event finale that was presented by Billion Buick GMC.
Dover led early with Terry McCarl in tow before the duo mixed it up for the top spot throughout the middle portion of the main event. A pair of late red flags bunched the field up with the final one coming a lap after Thomas Kennedy passed both McCarl and Lee Grosz to move into the runner-up position with only seven laps remaining.
While Dover maintained the top spot, Kennedy stayed within striking distance as the top two drivers were separated by less than two tenths of a second when the white flag was waved. Dover held off the late challenge to garner his second win of the weekend during the marquee DeKalb/Asgrow presents the Midwest Power Series by GRP Motorsports, Midwest Sprint Touring Series and Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series sanctioned show.
Ryan Leavitt closes Knoxville with another win.
Leavitt had another great season. To close it out with a win was great for the team. take a look at the interview.
Riley Kreisel & the War Sprints.
point man after the heat, Riley Kreisel, took to the lead on lap 15 and never looked back! His move in lap traffic paid dividends as he ran away with his third victory of the 2018 season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League! Proud of this young man and the racer is he
align=”left”>Darrell Lanigan’s second victory of the 2018 racing season came on Friday night, August 24 in one of the ‘Dirt Million’ duels at Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio! Darrell qualified well in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series time trials and later picked up a victory in heat race action. After drawing the pole
ry event, Darrell paced the field for each and every lap to pocket the $10,000 winner’s share over Josh Richards, Mike Marlar, Mason Zeigler, and Tyler Erb!
On Saturday evening, August 25, a huge crowd was on hand to witness history, as the inaugural ‘Dirt Million’ paid over $202,000 to the winner. Darrell wound up eighth in the dash, which featured the top four finishers in both of Friday’s duels, and later started the 100-lap ‘Dirt Million’ from the outside of the fourth row. The Union, Kentucky star then fought valiantly for a top ten finish in the caution-plagued race and eventually netted a strong ninth place performance in the largest paying race in 2018. Full results from the weekend at Mansfield can be located online at www.lucasdirt.com. (Heath Lawson Photo)
Colin Smith Grabs Jackson win & Jefferson Championship!
to Colin Smith for an excellent 305 season. Closing it out with a win at Jackson Speedway and a Park Jefferson speedway championship is a good close. Love that wing logo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes it Three in 2018 with Fourth Annual Camfield Memorial Win
Macon, IL – In a race that kept fans on the edge of their seat, Kevin Thomas, Jr. claimed his third win of 2018 with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, the Fourth Annual Rich Camfield Memorial. Thomas Jr.’s other two wins include his
POWRi’s Inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge in Florida.
Starting outside row three, Thomas, Jr. had his work cut out for him when the green flag flew as pole sitter Tanner Carrick set a blistering pace with Tyler Thomas and Zach Daum in tow. Enduring a series of cautions, Carrick maintained a health lead for a majority of the race all the way until heavy lap traffic with a handful of laps to go.
As battles through the field were thick, Thomas, Jr. caught Carrick and narrowly edged him for the lead after picking the better line, taking control with three to go. Winning by a couple car lengths, Thomas, Jr.’s Petry Motorsports Toyota-powered Spike edged Tanner Carrick with fellow Petry Motorsports teammate Jerry Coons, Jr. rounding out the podium. Tyler Thomas took fourth with Petry Motorsports’ Jason McDougal in fifth.
“That was awesome,” commented Kevin Thomas, Jr. “I’ve never actually got to run a feature here at Macon. They did a little bit of track work there and kind of dried it off and it made for a hell of a race. I’ve got to thank Bob Sargent for that, having the balls to come out there and do that and take a chance on the racetrack. It’s fun to be back out here in the Petry car. I think we’ve won three out of four races that we’ve been together. It’s really fun working with everybody and thanks to Scott Petry for letting me run this weekend. The state of Illinois has treated me well today.”
Ball bounces back at ASCS national venue.
Hulbert – WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (August 18, 2018) After a horrid Southern Iowa Sprint Week, Jamie Ball came to Hamilton County Speedway with something to prove. Working 25 perfect laps ahead of Johnny Herrera, the Check Magnet Motorsports No. 5j rolled into Victory Lane for the first time in 2018 with the Lucas Oil American
“This whole year has been so hard. With torn up equipment and some bad luck, and too, I put myself in some bad spots but after the Knoxville Nationals we had, to come back and rebound like this. We needed it and this just proves my guys are the best. They gave me a great car and not only that, we got another win for Chick Magnet Motorsports,” commented Jamie who is the 17th National Tour winner of the 2018 season.
Ball’s second career win with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com, his Saturday night triumph is his first in full point paying National Tour competition. Previous too, Jamie won the August 4, 2016 show-up point preliminary A-Feature during the Knoxville 360 Nationals
Youngest ever!!!!
the name folks. this kid isnt going anywhere but in the news in the months to come! Zeb Wise just became the youngest winner in USAC midget competition history! The 15 year hold found himself $3500 happier during PA speedweek. Great job Zeb!
McCreadie nabs $10,000 at Lucas North/south event
Lucas Oil Late Model Series (Union, KY) — Tim McCreadie broke through on Thursday night at Florence Speedway to win his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of the season. McCreadie led all 50 laps, holding off Bobby Pierce in the final circuits to take the win in the Sunoco Race Fuels North/South
McCreadie, the reigning Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 Champion flashed across the line just 0.759 seconds ahead of Pierce. Nick Hoffman, Josh Richards and Scott Bloomquist rounded out the top five.
Pierce moved into second with nine laps to go, overtaking Hoffman who had held the position since the opening circuit. Pierce then tracked down McCreadie, but despite a last lap ditch effort to take the win, fell just short of victory. Hoffman, an open wheel modified standout, claimed his first-career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series podium finish.
McCreadie, who became the fourteenth different winner on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2018, saluted the fans in victory lane. “Its amazing how things can turnaround. We have kind of meandered around all year. I just haven’t driven it good enough this year. These guys have put together a great piece all year. We went back to the chassis and motor combination we ran last year, and it’s really paid off the last two nights. I took two weeks off and I was with my family, but the crew have been working their tails off in the downtime we had.”
Night #3 at the Knoxville Nationals!
Iowa (August 10, 2018) – Logan Schuchart took a big step towards redeeming himself with his first career win at the Knoxville Raceway in Friday’s FVP “Hard Knox” Night at the 58th Annual 5-hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals. After being disqualified Wednesday for not visiting the scales in a transfer spot, the Hanover, Pennsylvania native won a
on a spirited duel with Brian Brown to claim the win and a guaranteed spot in Saturday night’s $150,000 to win championship event. Schuchart grabbed the early lead in the 25-lap main event, ahead of Brown, McMahan and Sheldon Haudenschild. When Haudenschild got sideways on the second lap, Juhl shot into fourth. On lap five, Brown rode the cushion by Schuchart for the first of four lead changes. The leaders entered lapped traffic on lap eight, and Juhl got by McMahan for third.
Kinnison Takes 305 Osky Challenge win!
the 305 feature, Brady Forbrook took the early advantage over Mike Johnston and Christian Kinnison. Kinnison would take second from Johnston on lap five. Forbrook entered lapped traffic on lap nine and Kinnison reeled him in. A lap later, he would make the winning pass.
Kinnison’s win was worth $1,000 from Badger Contracting. In addition, he
ned a $100 certificate from All-Star Performance. Mike Moore received the $250 BMRS “Back it Up” Award. Forbrook held onto second, ahead of Johnston, Mike Houseman Jr. and Jake Martens. Kaleb Johnson, Moore, Dusty Ballenger, Cody Ledger and Jacob Hughes completed the top ten. Forbrook, Martens and Moore won heats.
“It was definitely a sweet win,” said Kinnison, a Denton, Texas native. “It’s great to put it on the front straightaway and we can’t wait for next year.”
TeamcPetry & Jerry Coons top strong powri field at I55!
MO – Jerry Coons, Jr. claimed victory over Holly Shelton and Tucker Klaasmeyer in the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League sanctioned show at the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. Starting outside the second row, Coons immediately took to the bottom of the high-banked 3/8 mile lurched into the lead over Tyler
r Thomas and Holly Shelton. As Coons rolled the bottom, Thomas took to the rim while the field battled on back.
#8 on the season for the ASCS points leader. Fred Brownfield classic!
Credit: Lisa Dynes)
Bryan Hulbert – ELMA, Wash. (July 3, 2018) Picking up his eighth overall win of the season, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. parked the Hills Racing/Vortex Wings No. 15h at Grays Harbor Raceway on Saturday night to cap off a successful weekend at the Fred Brownfield Classic that included a podium finish in preliminary competition.
Friday night, Sam fought his way through the field for a third-place finish. In doing so, Saturday was a much easier task as the team was already locked into the A-Feature with the draw yielding the front row.
“Friday night we were good, but we weren’t as good as we could have been, so we made some changes for Saturday night to get the car a little more balance, and it proved to be the right call. I could tell in our Hot Lap session we had the car to beat,” commented Sam.
Blackhurst Grabs 2nd IRA win. makes bid for IRA champ!
City Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst backed up his win at the Dodge County Fairgrounds, picking up his 2nd career IRA win at the Langlade County Fairgrounds in dominate fashion over Schmidt and Thiel.
23 cars signed in for action Friday night at the big half mile Langlade County Fairgrounds in Antigo, Wisconsin. Bill Balog set quick time
Jake Blackhurst, the most recent winner on a half mile track in IRA competition. Todd King would time in 3rd ahead of Scotty Neitzel and Jeremy Schultz.
Courtney doubles down during indiana sprint week!
Courtney got his second win of the Indiana Sprint Week. The Clauson/Marchall team continues to close the gap on the points lead in the #7bc machine
Justin Sanders nails down Placerville Victory!
of California’s top drivers Justin Sanders enjoys victory lane after a fantastic run in his first SSCT win of his career at Placerville Speedway.
MIDWEST MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP UNFOLDS IN GRANT FASHION
Nebraska………Justin Grant busted his way into the win column Saturday night in the Inaugural Riverside Chevrolet “Midwest Midget Championship” presented by Westin Packaged Meats and Schmidt’s Sanitation at Jefferson County Speedway to become the eighth different winner in the first nine races of the USAC P1 Insurance National Midget season.
Hulbert – BELGRADE, Mont. (July 6, 2018) Picking up his second win of the season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com, Matt Covington became the third Oklahoman in as many years to stand with Adam the Grizzly Bear at Gallatin Speedway; winning Night 1 of the NAPA Grizzly Nationals.
ttle nervous. You don’t think about it when you’re out there racing, but now that they’ve talked to me and the fence is going up, it’s a little different,” stated Matt as the Grizzly Bear began working towards Victory Lane.
COURTNEY CAPITALIZES IN LINCOLN PARK’S “BILL GARDNER SPRINTACULAR”
style=”font-weight: 400;”>The roots of Tyler Courtney’s association with Lincoln Park Speedway run deep. In fact, his grandparents, Mike and Verla Farrar, owned and operated the joint for nearly two decades between 1981 and 1996.
Courtney didn’t get to experience much of his family’s era at the helm of the 5/16-mile dirt oval since he
yke at the time. But on Friday night, he was able to experience what it was like to own victory lane at Lincoln Park, leading the final eight laps, and taking advantage of late-race misfortune that befell race leader Kevin Thomas. Jr., to win the 4th annual “Bill Gardner Sprintacular.”
Tanner Thorson notches Placerville!
CA -July 4, 2018…The Placerville Speedway hosted its annual Independence Day spectacular on Wednesday and saw a pair of first time winners during the evening with Minden, Nevada’s Tanner Thorson scooping up his first career Thompson’s Auto Winged 360 Sprint Car triumph and Clay Daly earning his first Ltd. Late Model victory. The always tough
tough Dan Jinkerson captured the win in an exciting Pure Stock feature.
California Speed Week Captures 2 wins for Forsberg
style=”font-weight: 400;”>On Friday June 29th was the start of 6 nights of racing in 9 days with Andy pulling double duty one night. On Friday June 29th Andy and the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 360 points show, Andy was 5th quick out of 18 cars, ran 3rd in his heat race
on the pole of the A main event. Andy jumped to an early lead and for the first 15 laps left the pack but heavy lapped traffic would cause Andy some trouble and he would lose the lead. With laps winding down and the white flag flying Andy would try one last attempt coming off turn 4 on the high scary side to take the lead and the win, Andy passed the checkered timing loop in the lead with a 3 wide photo finish but with severe damage to the rear end and a flat left rear tire to get win #7 of the year.
On Saturday June 30th Andy was in Placerville CA driving the F&F X1 for a SCCT race and the A&A Stepping Stone #92 410 for a King of the West show. Andy was 8th quick out of 23 cars in the A&A Stepping Stone #92 410. Andy finished 3rd in his heat race and started 9th in the feature event. On lap 5 Andy jumped the cushion and bounced to a stop and would have to tag the rear of the field and was able to only get back up to a 15th place finish as the last 25 laps went non-stop. With the SCCT portion of the night Andy was in the F&F X1, he set quick time in his group, won his heat race, won the dash to put him on the pole of the A main event, unfortunately the pole was not the place to be and by the end of lap 1 Andy was already back in 3rd place, he made some good charges for 2nd throughout the race but would end up with a 3rd place podium finish with the SCCT Series.
on O’Neal’s 2nd straight $12,000 Lucas Oil Late Model win
O’Neal overtook Mason Zeigler on lap 14 and for the most dominated the remainder of the caution-free “Steel Valley 50” for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. It was O’Neal’s second straight $12,000 victory in LOLMDS action after winning Sunday night at Mansfield, and first ever at Sharon.
s (Clint Boyer) and hopefully we’ll get several more,” expressed the soon-to-be 54-year-old Martinsville, Indiana driver. “Hats off to this Peak car- man it’s been pretty good the last couple nights. This whole team has worked their butts off. I get the glory, but it’s all because of them. It was three-wide there for awhile and that was pretty cool- I’m just glad to come out on top. Hopefully we can go get one at Muskingum tomorrow night for three-in-a-row. Last year there wasn’t much they could do here with all the rain, but it was smooth as glass tonight. I’m glad everyone came out and now can go home early on a Monday night.”
Wolf Takes 2 nights of speedweek!
Pa. – It was a war on wheels Sunday night at Selinsgrove Speedway to decide the 29th Annual PA Speedweek title for 410 sprint cars.
Danny Dietrich of Gettysburg needed to win the 30-lap Opperman/Bogar Memorial in order to clinch the title but with two laps to race Lucas Wolfe of Mechanicsburg ripped the win and
nd championship away after a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle most of the race.
The $5,000 win was Wolfe’s fourth career at Selinsgrove and second of the 10-race PA Speedweek series.
Outside front row starter Danny Dietrich pulled ahead of polesitter Freddie Rahmer exiting turn two at the start of the 410 sprint car main event. By lap six, Dietrich began to encounter slower traffic, allowing Rahmer and fourth-place starter Lucas Wolfe to close in.
On the 14th circuit, Wolfe passed Rahmer for the runner up position and set his sites on Dietrich. The race’s only caution flag unfurled on lap 15, at the halfway point, when Trey Stark’s lost the handle in turns three and four. Starks was able to rejoin the race.
When the green flag waved again, a war on wheels unfolded the entire second half of the race between Dietrich and Wolfe. Wolfe tried repeatedly using the inside line to get by Dietrich as the duo race side by side and had the fans on their feet.
With eight laps remaining, third-place starter Blane Heimbach showed a lot of speed and reeled in the leaders to make it a three-car battle at the front of the pack. On lap 28, Wolfe made the winning pass using the inside lane off turn two. Dietrich continued to race in his shadow and made a last-ditch effort to take the lead back.
At the checkered flag, Wolfe was victorious by a mere .86 of a second over Dietrich. Heimbach finished a a close third, followed by Rahmer and 13th-place starter Jason Shultz.
Danny Dietrich Scores 3 wins in Sprint week!
without the benefit of winning even one of the races, Greg Hodnett captured his fifth PA Speedweek title, by two points ahead of Danny Dietrich.
Dietrich , the 2016 champ, rolled his keizers to a win at Lincoln Speedway both June 30 and July 2, along with July 7 at Port Royal Speedway. He also finished
hed second twice, at Port on July 4, and in Sunday’s finale at Selinsgrove, falling just short in his quest for a second title.
Three-time Speedweek champ Lucas Wolfe (2007, 2014, 2017) won a pair of races during Speedweek, taking the checkered flag at Port Royal and Selinsgrove on Keizer wheels.
Dylan Bloomfield gets a pile of Bears!
Bloomfield wins the California Speedweek Points Championship after capturing two bears and 2 second place finishes out of the 4 races against 42 cars!
It is an amazing feat for such a young star. Congrats Dylan and the entire team!
CA SPEEDWEK CHAMPIONS DECIDED AT LEMOORE RACEWAY
CALIFORNIA (July 1, 2018) – The fourth annual California Speedweek decided its 2018 champions on Saturday night at Lemoore Raceway, with Jake Hagopian, Tyler Smith, and Dylan Bloomfield claiming the lucrative honors. Each driver won a large wooden bear trophy and a piece of the $18,000 points fund for the $54,000 week.
ore intense than that of Hagopian in the Super 600 division. Hagopian won both Dixon and Visalia rounds while 2015 Speedweek champion Michael Faccinto had won Delta Speedway in Stockton. The two veterans of Micro Sprint racing traded turns throughout the final night, with Hagopian winning Bakersfield Karting Experience qualifying while both drivers won their respective heat races. Hagopian was the highest point earner so far for the day but drew a fourth starting position just ahead of sixth starting Faccinto.
They entered the 30 lap featured separated by just one point, making the main event truly a head-to-head race with winner take all.
Joey Ancona nosed underneath pole sitter Heath Duinkerken for the lead in turn three to take the top spot on lap one. Faccinto looked inside Hagopian early on but Hagopian dove inside to block in turn one on lap three.
Ben Worth slid in between them to nullify the battle for a moment but then he jumped the cushion in turn one on lap five. Lapped traffic tightened the race for the lead as Ancona tried to maintain his significant lead.
Hagopian rolled the cushion through lapped traffic. He charged past Ancona on the outside to take the lead on lap 23.
Hagopian drove to his third $1000 California Speedweek victory and the $2000 championship. Ancona was second ahead of championship runner-up Faccinto in third. Worth and Raio Salmon rounded out the top-five. KJ Snow drove from 17th to eighth to win the Hoosier Tire Hard Charger.
Cole Bodine takes $5000 @ the Dance!
Bodine would run an absolutely flawless race. he had to buy his time and take his lumps as faster cars would take him a few times on the top side. Cole stuck with his game and ended up with a nice payday of $5000 for his efforts.
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Dominates 47th Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup Opener
Hulbert – ALGER, Wash. (June 21, 2018) No driver has ever won the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt three years in a row, but Sam Hafertepe, Jr. is on the right path to do so as the Hills Racing No. 15h led start to finish to open the 47th Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by
“We were actually off tonight. Not far, but we’ve had better cars here over the past few years but to come out tonight and do what we did, and to get through lapped traffic, it was tough tonight,” explained Hafertepe of his fourth career Skagit Speedway victory with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com. “With the track laying rubber on the bottom, it was tough for me to move off the top because we were so good up there but hats off to my guys. They’ve really worked hard this week.”
MESERAULL MAGNIFICENT AT WEEDSPORT!
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Weedsport, New York………Thomas Meseraull returned to victory lane for the king of “Eastern Storm” for the second consecutive year Tuesday night in the debut at Weedsport Speedway for the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars.
Bacon top opener of USAC Eastern Storm!
style=”font-weight: 400;”>Brady Bacon seems to have a flair for the dramatics every time he arrives at Grandview Speedway.
For the second-straight year, the two-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champ ran down the race leader on lap 38 of 40. Last year, C.J. Leary was the victim. This time, the target was Kevin Thomas,
e hottest sprint car drivers in America at the moment. No small task to tackle by any means.
Akin to a buzzer beater at the end of a stick and ball sport, Bacon saved his most memorable shot for the end, staying loyal to his guns on the bottom of the one-third mile dirt oval to win Thursday night’s “Eastern Storm” opener for the second consecutive year.
Late-race heroics are always a joy to witness from the grandstand. And it’s certainly a joy to the one witnessing it through his own helmet visor as the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native did – and he wouldn’t prefer it any other way.
“Sunshine” at Knoxville as Tyler Courtney Takes USAC Cash!
at Knoxville as Tyler Courtney Takes USAC Cash!
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 9, 2018) – Tyler “Sunshine” Courtney swept the night as the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series invaded the Knoxville Raceway here Saturday on Hy-Vee Night! The Indianapolis, Indiana native took home $5,000 for his win aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC. It was also announced
d during the day that the Corn Belt Nationals will take place July 5 and 6, 2019, and pay $20,000 to the USAC winner, and $1,000 to start!
Hudson Oneal grabs first Lucas win!
MS (June 16th, 2018) – Hudson O’Neal took the lead from defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Josh Richards with seven laps to go and held off a hard-charging Bobby Pierce to score the $20,000 victory in the Country Pleasin’ “Clash at the Mag” at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
battled amongst the top five for most of the race before beginning his charge to the front. O’Neal moved around Tim McCreadie to take second and then tracked down race-leader Josh Richards, who had been in control for much of the race. O’Neal dove to the inside of Richards coming off of turn with seven circuits remaining to take the top spot. He then had to contend with Pierce, who had pitted earlier in the race and charged all the way through the field to give O’Neal a challenge in the closing laps.
Pierce finished in second with Josh Richards, Scott Bloomquist and Tim McCreadie completing the top ten.
HOW fitting! Got Smokey at Smokey!
“Smokey” Madden wins tonight at Smoky Mountain Speedway. This is Madden’s first #WoOCraftLMS win of the 2018 season. With this victory the No.44 tops the point standings.
Tye Mihocko Takes USAC Southwest Victory!
nearly winning at Casa Grande, “The Bull” Tye Mihocko (Peoria, Arizona) earned his first Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car victory last Saturday at Arizona Speedway. Taking the lead from “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. with two laps to go, Mihocko finished ahead of Davis, hard charger “The Magic Man” Mike Martin, Josh Pelkey, and Andy
“The Edge,” Brian Montieth returned to Williams Grove Speedway victory lane on Friday night for the first time since August of 2016, scoring a popular win in the 410 sprint car main.
The 25-lap 410 sprint main went non-stop from start to finish, turning in a time of 7:45.367 and the entire event proved to
At the end, Montieth took the 24th win of his career at the track by 3.755 seconds over Rahmer with Buckwalter, Freddie Rahmer and TJ Stutts completing the top five.
Riley Kreisel gets footing on his break out season!!!
Kreisel picked up his first POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League win Saturday night, April 28 at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Missouri in a dominating performance over Mario Clouser and JD Black.
Kreisel led all 25 laps banging the cushion around the top of the racetrack. The battle for the remaining top five was close
exciting, but Kreisel would run away with the race lead to take home $1,500 in winnings plus a $100 bonus for winning the dash. Quinton Benson who won the B-Main and successfully transferred into the A-Main would be the Indy Race Parts Hard Charger award winner after starting 17th and finishing 4th. Slater Helt, Mitch Wissmiller, and Mario Clouser were heat race winners.
BACKING IT UP!!!!!!!! Storming from 10th to the race lead in just eight laps, Riley Kreisel checked out from the field to win his second-straight feature with the series! Kreisel has knocked out both of his first two WAR career wins in the past week with victories at Lake Ozark and Valley tonight!
Wolfe tops URC event!
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PORT ROYAL, PENNSYLVANIA (April 21st, 2018)-
The Capitol Renegade United Racing Club 360 Sprint Cars had their official points opener on Saturday, April 21st at the Port Royal Speedway as part of their “Open Wheel Madness” show.
There were 29 URC 360 sprints signed in for the event. The club ran three heat races, with Brock
Starks, and Mark Smith taking home heat race wins.
The URC feature was the last event of the night, leaving the class with a smooth, fast surface with two fast grooves. Lucas Wolfe, who started on the pole, shot ahead early, catching the tail of the field quickly.
As he maneuvered through lapped traffic, Trey Starks and Mark Smith were able to catch up and give Wolfe a run for his money. The last two laps kept the crowd on the edge of their seats as Smith caught up to Wolfe and gave him everything he had. It was a photo finish at the line for Wolfe and Smith, but it was Wolfe who took home the checkered flag with a 0.004 second lead at the transponder loop.
The United Racing Club will move north for their next stop at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, New York.
5 for 5 in 2018 @gncc_racing what a year!!!!!!!
Pro class, Kevin Cunningham would claim win number five as he best Landon Wolfe in what was one of the most intense battles of the day. Dwight Pollard would also find success here at round five with his third place finish in 4×4 Pro.
Michael Houghton tops Season Openers!
EDT Pro Michael Houghton was the Round 1 Main Event winner in the Pro-am 330/450 Class of the Hoosier Racing NEEDT Short Track National at Busco Beach ATV Park in North Carolina. Houghton completed the clean sweep in both top Proam classes to kick off the 2018 season
Keizer goes 1 & 2 in Albany-Saratoga Opener!
NY – ‘T-Mac’ Tim McCreadie is now two for two in his last two appearances at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway, winning last year’s ‘Big Show’ 9 in June and returning tonight to win the 44-lap “Bring It” Season Opener worth $7,500.
Despite starting on the outside pole, McCreadie had to hold off a stout field, including invader
t Sheppard, who he actually lost the lead to mid-race.
Several cautions kept putting the No. 39 right to the back bumper of No. 9s. Using restarts to his advantage, McCreadie bypassed ‘Super Matt’ in the closing stages to go on to take his second Malta victory in as many appearances, beating the defending Super DIRTcar Series champion by a mere tenth of a second.
SAM HAFERTEPE, JR., wins ELDORA OPENER
Jr., who has been the top 360 c.i. sprint car driver in the nation of late and a former regular on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series had never been to Eldora victory lane. Behind the wheel of the Miles Hill-backed entry, Hafertepe served notice early by setting a qualifying Track Record time of
e of 13.440 seconds eclipsing the previous mark set in 2002. Hafertepe handily won his Heat Race giving him the pole position for the 25-lap K&L Ready Mix National Racing Alliance (NRA) Sprint Invaders A-Feature.
Danny Dietrich earns third victory of season
Danny Dietrich in Lincoln Speedway victory lane – Rick Hunt Photo Credit)
Danny Dietrich earns third victory of season; Mansfield’s World Championship next
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (April 23, 2018) – Danny Dietrich’s last minute decision to travel to the Pigeon Hills on Saturday night worked out to be worth $3,500, not only conquering heat race
mpetition from the last row, but moving on to lead all 25 laps during the evening’s main event to secure his second Lincoln Speedway victory of the 2018 season.
Joe B. Miller. Miller snabs 31st career win.
IL – When fans think of POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League racing at Belle-Clair Speedway, one of the first names that comes to mind is Joe B. Miller. Miller tallied his 31st career win with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League tonight and added the 27th Annual Arnie Knepper Memorial to
BARNEY AND SHEPPARD GRAB WINS IN SPRING NATIONALS AT OUTLAW SPEEDWAY-ESS
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by Paul Szmal & Kenny Shupp
DUNDEE, NY…..With sunny skies overhead and over 170 cars in the pit area, spring finally came at Outlaw Speedway as the Nut Up and Out Ball Em 3rd Annual Spring Nationals took place.
e caution-free Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint feature event. The race took just a little over 9 minutes to complete on a slick track in daytime conditions.
The Wild Child wins an All Star thriller at Attica Raceway Park
Ohio (April 20, 2018) – The “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild certainly lived up to his nickname on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park, and at 60 years of age, the Wooster, Ohio, native is still padding a racing resume that now includes 31 Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victories.
Courtney’s USAC/Kokomo GP victory!
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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Kokomo, Indiana………Waiting for redemption is a challenge. That’s just what Tyler Courtney faced Friday at Kokomo Speedway on night one of the “Kokomo Grand Prix,” featuring the USAC P1 Insurance Midget National Championship.
he season-opener at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Ill., Courtney was champing at the bit to return to what everyone has become accustomed to at Kokomo since August of last year by getting back to victory lane.
Courtney overcame an appetizing see-saw battle for the lead with the driver who became the star of Du Quoin last month, Logan Seavey. With one final slider to close the door, an avoidance of lapped traffic mayhem and a late-race restart, Courtney overcame all those obstacles to come through with his fourth-career series win and first of the season. It’s a long way, figuratively and literally, from the lonely sideline he stood on in the most recent race.
“It was frustrating having to wait a month,” Courtney begins. “You just have to take those nights. Unfortunately, you’re going to have those and just hope that everyone else has a night like that at some point, but you have to come back and rebound as best you can. There hasn’t been any racing lately, so we couldn’t do anything. Our motto is ‘you’re only as good as your last race,’ so you don’t want to end on missing the show. “We tried to maximize points tonight, but just came up short in qualifying there. We were really good in the feature and Tim (Clauson) gave me a really good racecar. I think we definitely rebounded and showed that we’re still in contention for this thing for the rest of the year.”
McCarthy Aces POWRi West Midget Meldtown at Red Dirt Raceway
Wheatley, MEEKER, Okla. (April 13, 2018) – According to the lap sheets, Ace McCarthy led all 25 laps of Friday night’s Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature event atop the ¼-mile Red Dirt Raceway clay oval.
However, it wasn’t without a genuine Friday the 13th scare for the Tahlequah, OK, racer
the “Midget Meltdown 2k18” event as he withstood a wicked Blake Hahn slider on the final lap to secure his second career series victory aboard the Two-Eight Drilling No. 28m.
Tyler Esh bags his first 410 victory against the heavy hitters!
Esh of New Providence led all 25 laps from his pole position and held off 2-time 2018 winner Brian Montieth to pick up his first career 410 Sprint win at the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway Saturday afternoon. Freddie Rahmer settled for third, Alan Krimes fourth, and Cory Haas fifth.
Pa. (April 9, 2018) – Three events in three days resulted in three consecutive top-ten finishes for “Double-D” Danny Dietrich, all capped off with a victory at BAPS Motor Speedway near York Haven, Pa., on Sunday, April 8.
Ware has what he fought for all year. The Queensand speedcar title is his with a Victory at Melbourn speedway. Congrats Troy!!! thanks for taking us on the ride!
Jamie Ball Sizzles In Series Opener!
Ball from Knoxville, Iowa was on the ball tonight as his car was dialed in from start to finish. He lead every lap of the A feature after starting on the pole.
“We had a great car from start to finish. We got out into hot laps and it just seemed too easy. The 3 races
ve ran with the Lucas Oil ASCS Series, is the reason we won tonight. We struggled with intensity a little bit and to go to the top here at I-80, but the national tour guys have shown me that you have to go as hard as you can from start to finish and it’s just nice to get the win. At Knoxville, I’ve typically been the guy that likes running the bottom a little bit but the cushion has been the way to go for me. I’ve been more consistent and faster up there and tonight I was just good from start to finish and I’m just glad to get the win.”
The “Gas Man” Gregg Foster wins tonight’s 358 Feature Event!
“Gas Man” Gregg Foster wins tonight’s 358 Feature Event! Great Weekend at Baps!
Jake Blackhurst & Sprint Invaders.
Blackhurst Started 2018 like he ended 2017 with the Two Five in victory lane! Great night his favorite racetrack 34 Raceway.
Cory Haas & Williams Grove!
Haas drove the Trone’s Special No. 39 sprint car to victory Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway after starting from the front row.
$5000 payday for Monteith!
Championship was the game and Montieth was on it! For his second straight Lincoln Speedway Victory Brian would park it for a very nice payday. Montieth and his #21 Premier Auto machine have found familiar speed early in the 2018 season.
Dayne Kingshott at Perth Motorplex & more!
Kingshott had an incredible season. Perth Motorplex, Collier Speedway in the 30th Running of the Laurie Matthews Memorial, and Got the win in the WA Speedcar Championship. Congratulations to the entire team.
Tim Crawley finds checkers.
CITY, Kan. — Tim Crawley outran polesitter Sammy Swindell to turn one on the opening lap and held on the rest of the way to claim the opening night of the eighth annual “Park City Cup/Air Capital Shootout” at 81 Speedway Friday night.
Justin Sanders & our Civil War Series!
MEDIA- Marysville, CA, )- Saturday night in Marysville, CA fans who braved threatening skies and unseasonably cool temperatures were treated to a feature event full of excitement that culminated with Justin Sanders executing a final lap, final turn pass over race long leader Tanner Thorson to win the 2018 Civil War Series pres. by Flowmaster
“Wow,” Justin Sanders said. “I saw the flag man get the white flag out, and I could see myself catch Tanner (Thorson) so I went for it. We have been awesome to start the season, and I hope we keep getting better. I can’t thank Mike Phulps and this entire team for this opportunity and giving me such a bad fast race car so far.”
Bronson Tops off Fl/Ga trip with 10G pay day!
‘Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race’ took center stage tonight at Bubba Raceway Park and a $10,000 top prize was up for grabs in the final evening of the annual ‘Bubba Army Winter Nationals’ at the Ocala, Florida facility. Kyle Bronson knocked down the fastest lap in his group during the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
before taking the victory in his heat race. After starting the 100-lap grand finale from the inside of the second row, Kyle led laps 6-9 of the feature before grabbing the point for good on lap 24. The Brandon, Florida star then led the remainder of the distance to claim his second straight ‘Chevrolet Performance World Championship’ triumph and the $10,000 windfall ahead of Tyler Bare, Hudson O’Neal, Michael Page, and Walker Arthur!
COURTNEY CHECKS OUT FOR 2ND STRAIGHT WINTER DIRT GAMES WIN IN OCALA!
was a near-perfect start to the 2018 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car season for Tyler Courtney and the Clauson-Marshall-Newman Racing Priority Aviation No. 7bc Sprint Car team.
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Madden Scores 3big in early season action!
ran the table at the 10th annual Ed Gibbons Memorial for the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series. He was the quickest of 26 qualifiers at 16.173 seconds, won his heat race, and led all 50 laps to collect $10,000.
It was his second five-figure payday of the month for team owner Barry Wright. Madden pocketed
,000 for a Southern All Star Series triumph at their home track, Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, South Carolina, on March 4.
These two wins back up the early success Madden had in florida as he found himself a Volusia sized gator during the season opening Dirtcar competition!
Sheppard Returns to His Winning Ways at Volusia
FL – “Super Matt” Sheppard started the third Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified DIRTcar Nationals Feature in third but wasted no time positioning himself in pole-sitter Danny Johnson’s tire tracks. Johnson lead the field for the first 17 laps until he caught up to lapped traffic. Johnson attempted to make a pass on the high-side.
-side. Unfortunately for the No. 27j, he slid up and Sheppard made the best of the opportunity and set sail en route to his first victory of 2018 season.
Tim McCreadie Captures His Second Gator of the 2018 DIRTcar Nationals!
FL – February 15, 2018 – Tim McCreadie now has two Gator trophies to take home to New York State. Wednesday night McCreadie found himself in Victory Lane for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series 50-lap Feature and Thursday he strapped into the Sweetners Plus Big-Block Modified and held off Stewart Friesen and hard-charger Danny
Back to Back Powri Midget Opener! Sweeps the Sunshine Challenge!
FL – After snagging the opening night of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League’s inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge at Bubba Raceway Park, Kevin Thomas, Jr. picked up where he left off, leading all 30 laps of the main event. This was Thomas, Jr.’s third victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League
On the opening lap, Thomas, Jr. immediately took command. With one lap complete, the red was displayed for Sam Johnson who made contact with the wall exiting turn four and got upside down. Johnson was alright, but done for the night. Returning to racing, Thomas, Jr. checked out as Tanner Thorson worked to keep up.
On lap 20 the action slowed as Presley Truedson came to a stop. With plenty of lap traffic between himself and the rest of the field, Thomas, Jr. had a moment of breathing room before the caution came back out on lap 21 for Michelle Decker with front-end damage in turn two. With nine laps to go, Thomas, Jr. checked out and never gave Thorson a chance to challenge him. Zach Daum rounded out the podium, while Chad Boat took fourth, followed by Ryan Robinson.
“For us to be able to do what we did is pretty remarkable for our team,” commented Kevin Thomas, Jr. “This is basically the first two races I’ve ran for them. I ran Turkey Night last year, but different package all together. Like I said yesterday, for these midget motors to hold up as fast as were going around here, hat’s off to Toyota and Speedway Engines Development. This is pretty cool. I haven’t won that many midget races, but it looks like we’re turning into a pretty good team.”
Another Lucas Oil score!!! Kyle Bronson took us home!
FL (February 10, 2018) – Kyle Bronson raced to the biggest victory of his career on Saturday night during the finale of the Wrisco Industries Winternationals – presented by E3 Spark Plugs. Bronson lives only a short distance from the race track and managed to defend his home turf valiantly. He took the lead on lap
and then held off Jonathan Davenport for the win, in front of a capacity grandstand.
Bronson marked his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win, after charging from the tenth starting spot. The $12,000 payday was the richest in the 27-year-old’s career-to-date. Bronson was the sixth different leader of the highly entertaining race.
The first three spots were swept by Longhorn Chassis drivers as Bronson, Davenport, and Brandon Overton drove to podium finishes. Josh Richards and Earl Pearson Jr completed the top five in the action-packed finale.
Brandon Overton rolls on Keizer to Lucas dirt score!
FL (February 7, 2018) – Brandon Overton took the lead on lap 26 from Josh Richards and led the remaining 14 laps to capture his first career East Bay Raceway Park win on Wednesday night. The 42nd Annual Wrisco Industries Winternationals – presented by E3 Spark Plugs produced another spectacular feature race, as the 40-lapper saw
ee different leaders, and lots of action throughout the field.
Overton’s third career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory came over Josh Richards, Gregg Satterlee, Jonathan Davenport, and Bobby Pierce.
Overton pilots the Chip Stone and Randy Weaver-owned Longhorn Chassis and started on the outside of the front row. He fell back to as far as fourth in the opening laps of the race, as a torrid battle between Jimmy Owens and Richards took place in front of him. Owens led the first three laps, before relinquishing the top spot to Richards. Overton worked his way back into the top three as he passed Satterlee and then set his sights on Richards.
Overton chased down Richards passing him for the lead. Richards and Satterlee tried to run down Overton late in the race, but Overton crossed the line in first to give Longhorn Chassis back-to-back wins for the week.
Sweep on the AC Indors & the Championship for Keizer wheels!
NY (Sat.) – Andy Jankowiak of Tonawanda, N.Y., passed Tim Buckwalter six laps into Saturday’s40-lap feature to win the Indoor Auto Racing Series feature at Times UnionCenter in downtown Albany, N.Y.
“This is the one I wanted to win,” Jankowiak said. “I’ve won ‘em before but this is the first I won in my own car.
was perfect. I couldn’t be happier. I did everything but win last night and to get it tonight is all I could ever ask for.”
At the other end of the spectrum, Justin Bonsignore nursed a car with an engine that he described as ‘blown up’, to win the Indoor Auto Racing Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels 2018 championship.
“I don’t know how this car finished,” Bonsignore said. “The motor was coming apart ten laps into this thing. The championship means a lot to me and to this team.”
Teenager Anthony Payne, From 24th in AC!!!
NY (Fri.) – Second generation driver Anthony Payne started 24thin Friday night’s Indoor Auto Racing Series Presented By VP Racing Fuels 40-lap feature and with his father Joey Payne, Sr. looking on, won his first career TQ Midget feature in a thrilling conclusion to a wild event.
e feature after Andy Jankowiak and Erick Rudolph tangled on a restart while running side by side heading into the first turn. Payne, who had been third, managed to miss the crashing pair by inches even as half a dozen drivers behind him piled into the wreckage.
“This is amazing, I can’t even put it into words,” Payne said, his voice choked with emotion. My mother and father, I thank them for making it all possible. Unbelievable.”
Chad Kemenah takes Keizer to Florida Opener & Ascot Florida crown!
Racing Team Has A Tremendous Weekend At The Bubba Raceway Park
By: Joe Burrage
Ocala, FL (February 4, 2018) – Chad Kemenah and the Hunter Racing 2018 has officially started. Kemenah started the feature on Thursday night in the 17th starting position and on Lap-22 the defending Artic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Champion took lead
“Starting in the 17th position was definitely not planned and before we pushed off Brian (Kemenah) and I talked about just staying out of trouble and not getting involved in any accidents, said Kemenah.” “The car felt good early and I was just trying to move up and pass as many cars as I could and then we had that last red flag and my brother told me to try the cushion in turn two and I actually tried it but missed it but I felt the car hook up just a bit and then I tried it again on the next lap and the car took off immediately and that really allowed us to eventually take the lead.”
Chad Kemenah picked up his 34th career All Star victory but the defending series champion was very quick to thank his car owner, sponsors and everyone that helps with the team.
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Justin Grant goes back-to-Back with Friday night preliminary victories and parks the @NosEnergyDrink, @Driven2Save No. 39BC in victory lane!
atop the Michael Pjatikin owned No. 21 Chris Bell claims his first-career Golden Driller from the Tulsa Shootout in one of the most thrilling manners! Congrats to the Michael Pjatikin team on winning the biggest race in Micro’s and thank you for taking us along for the ride!
PRI is open for business!
find us at the same spot we always are 2801!!!
It’s been 30 years since Laguna Beach, California-based midget team owner and entrepreneur Steve Lewis launched a fledgling expo for buyers and sellers of hardcore motorsports goods in, of all places, Louisville, Kentucky. Some 169 exhibiting companies turned up for that first-ever PRI Trade Show—a
t precursor of what would become, in the decades to follow, the three biggest business days in racing.
Bacon In Bakersfield!!!
to Brady Bacon Racing and FMR racing on the Midget win tonight at Bakersfield, thanks to Frank, Brad, Bob and the guys for their hard work, great to have momentum going into Turkey Night going for 50K!
a year for us in the Dirtcar ranks!!!!! Top 3 spots were covered by drivers taking keizer Wheels along of the ride. We would like to thank these and every other team that took as along. We look forward to another strong run in 2018!!!!!
O’NEAL & LANIGAN TOP FRIDAY NIGHT WORLD 100 FIELD
OH – Clint Bowyer Racing teammates Don O’Neal and Darrell Lanigan swept the twin 25-lap, $10,000 to-win World 100 preliminary feature events at Eldora Speedway on Friday night that were delayed nearly two hours by a rain shower that hit the speedway just before the heat races.
The win was O’Neal’s second career preliminary World 100
win, while Lanigan’s triumph was his second in as many nights and the third of his career. Both drivers are looking for their first career win in the World 100, which is Dirt Late Model racing’s most prestigious event.
Back to Back Trophy Cup!!!!!!!!!!!!
cool ending to Trophy cup this season. Got to go along for a back to back championship. Pretty fun to watch these two friends share the podium. We got a two for one deal! Hats off guys. thank you Shane Golobic and Ryan Bernal for taking us along!
Back to Back ASCS National Champ!!!!!!!!!!!!
year! Another $60,000 check! Back to Back National champs!!! contrats to Sam Hafertepe Jr and his entire crew!!! Lets make it 3 in a row!
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Pockets $10,000 At The Jackson Motorplex!
Minn. (September 2, 2017) Parking his Hwy. 79 Collision No. 15h in Victory Lane for the 13th time in 2017 with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. came out on top of a torrid battle with Tim Kaeding for Saturday’s $10,000 Fall Classic
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Matt Sheppard Scores Ransomville Summer Nationals Win!
NY – August 8, 2017 – Matt Sheppard was the third and final leader after he took the point position from Billy Decker on lap 49 and led the remaining 52 laps to win his third straight Super DIRTcar Series race in the 33rd Summer Nationals at Ransomville Speedway on Tuesday night. The victory was
ry was also Sheppard’s first career win at Ransomville and prevented rival Stewart Friesen from winning the event for the third straight year at his childhood track
Golobic takes First Sprint Car Challenge tour win!
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es this season and came during the only visit this season to the state of Nevada. The victory came aboard the familiar Keith Day Trucking/ Elk Grove Ford No. 22 machine.
“It feels great to finally get a Sprint Car Challenge Tour win this season,” Golobic commented on the front stretch. “The track definitely came in better than we had thought early in the night. I want to thank all my guys for their support and hard work and all our partners. This win is dedicated to our buddy Jeff who does so much for us. He’s going through some stuff right now so I’m glad we could get a win for him.”
$5000 for Andrews!!!
Chris Andrews takes the Justin Blevins owned Sawyer Chassis No. 8 to the Terry Sprague Memorial preliminary triumph!
Schuett Takes Career-First POWRi National Victory!
MO – Kyle Schuett of Philo, Illinois led all 30 laps of the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League feature event to claim the Prelude to the Ironman at the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.
keizer wheels sitting front row Silver Dollar Nationals qualifying.
Francis and Don Oneal put keizer wheels on the front lines of one of the biggest Late Model races of the year!!!!!!
Wheatland, Missouri (July 21, 2017) – A total of 51 entrants were on hand for Friday night’s qualifying program for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Lucas Oil MLRA co-sanctioned, 7th Annual Silver Dollar nationals at
way. Two rounds of passing point heat races highlighted the racing action; with ten different drivers taking the checkered flag.
In the first heat of round one, Chad Simpson took the lead at the start of the race. Simpson led the entire distance for the victory in the Brinkman Motorsports, Liebe Trucking, Black Diamond entry. The current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader, Josh Richards – in only his second-ever appearance at I-80 Speedway – finished a close second. Earl Pearson Jr. was the big mover in this heat, as he came from ninth to finish in third.
In heat number two, the inaugural Silver Dollar Nationals winner, Don O’Neal took the lead at the start of the 12-lap race and went on unchallenged for the win in the Peak Antifreeze and Coolant, Club 29 entry for Clint Bowyer Dirt Motorsports. Shannon Babb came from the sixth starting spot to take second behind O’Neal. Brian Shirley roared from ninth to finish third.
The third heat of round one would go to veteran driver, Steve Francis, who started in third. Francis’ Rhino Ag, Josh Roberts Trucking, Capital Race Cars entry became the first driver from outside of the front row to win a heat race. Terry Phillips finished in second with 16-year-old, Hudson O’Neal coming home in third after starting in fifth.
Darrell Lanigan shot from his fifth starting spot to take the early lead in heat number four. Lanigan’s Clint Bowyer Dirt Motorsports, I-Racing.com, Club 29 Race Car pulled away from the field for a convincing win. Tony Jackson Jr. finished in second with seventh starting Jason Krohn gaining the third spot on the final lap.
The fifth and final heat race of round one saw Dennis Erb Jr. lead all 12 laps for the win. Erb’s Vomac Truck Sales, McBride Mack, Black Diamond Chassis won over Chase Junghans and ninth-place starter, Scott Bloomquist.
Brian Shirley claimed the victory in heat number one of round two in his Bob Cullen, Thomason Express, Rocket Chassis. Steve Francis came from eighth to conclude a solid night, with Jason Krohn finishing in third.
The second heat of round two belonged to Tim McCreadie as he stormed on for an impressive win in the Sweeteners Plus, Pro Power Racing Engines, Longhorn Chassis. Kyle Berck, the winner on Thursday Night at I-80 Speedway in the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series, narrowly held off Timothy Culp for second. Culp in his first-ever appearance at I-80 Speedway came from seventh to finish in third.
Scott Bloomquist took the lead at the start of heat number three and ran away with the win in the Crop Production Services, Reece Monument Company, Sweet-Bloomquist Race Car. Bloomquist, the only 2-time winner of the Silver Dollar Nationals, won his heat over Earl Pearson Jr. and Billy Moyer.
Rodney Sanders, who is leading the Lucas Oil MLRA Rookie of the Year chase, led all the way to capture heat four in the Swan Energy, MB Customs entry. Don O’Neal charged from the tenth starting spot to finish in second. Tad Pospisil was third.
The fifth and final heat of the night went to Brandon Sheppard in the Seubert Calf Ranches, Valvoline, Rocket House Car after overcoming problems in round one. Kyle Bronson in his first-ever I-80 Speedway appearance was second with Corey Zeitner taking third.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday, July 21st, 2017
Silver Dollar Nationals
I-80 Speedway – Greenwood, NE
Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 – ROUND ONE Finish: Chad Simpson, Josh Richards, Earl Pearson, Jr., Mike Marlar, Chris Simpson, Randy Timms, Timothy Culp, Boom Briggs, Bob King, Allan Hopp, Kyle Berck
FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 – ROUND ONE Finish: Don O’Neal, Shannon Babb, Brian Shirley, Mason Zeigler, Justin Duty, Joey Moriarty, Brantlee Gotschall, Mike Stadel, JC Wyman, Brandon Sheppard
Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 – ROUND ONE Finish: Steve Francis, Terry Phillips, Hudson O’Neal, Billy Moyer, Clay Daly, Ben Schaller, Jimmy Mars, Tad Pospisil, Matt Buller, Al Humphrey
QA1 Heat Race #4 – ROUND ONE Finish: Darrell Lanigan, Tony Jackson, Jr., Jason Krohn, Jesse Stovall, Rodney Sanders, Kyle Bronson, Austin Siebert, Dave Eckrich, John Duty, Bill Leighton, Jr.
ASi Racewear Heat #5 – ROUND ONE Finish: Dennis Erb, Jr., Chase Junghans, Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Owens, Gregg Satterlee, Tim McCreadie, Corey Zeitner, Jake O’Neil, Jeremy Grady, Brian Kosiski
Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 – ROUND TWO Finish: Brian Shirley, Steve Francis, Jason Krohn, Chase Junghans, Jimmy Mars, Mike Marlar, Joey Moriarty, Jeremy Grady, Randy Timms, Austin Siebert, Boom Briggs
FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 – ROUND TWO Finish: Tim McCreadie, Kyle Berck, Timothy Culp, Jake O’Neil, Clay Daly, Tony Jackson, Jr., Terry Phillips, JC Wyman, John Duty, Brantlee Gotschall
Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 – ROUND TWO Finish: Scott Bloomquist, Earl Pearson, Jr., Billy Moyer, Darrell Lanigan, Mason Zeigler, Al Humphrey, Dave Eckrich, Allan Hopp, Jimmy Owens, Justin Duty
QA1 Heat Race #4 – ROUND TWO Finish: Rodney Sanders, Don O’Neal, Tad Pospisil, Hudson O’Neal, Gregg Satterlee, Chris Simpson, Josh Richards, Brian Kosiski, Mike Stadel, Bill Leighton, Jr.
ASi Racewear Heat #5 – ROUND TWO Finish: Brandon Sheppard, Kyle Bronson, Corey Zeitner, Shannon Babb, Chad Simpson, Dennis Erb, Jr., Ben Schaller, Bob King, Matt Buller, Jesse Stovall
Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Line Up (Top 3 Transfer):
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Josh Richards
1R
c8
Timothy Culp
Gregg Satterlee
22
26jr
Corey Zeitner
Tad Pospisil
04
2T
Jake O’Neil
Ben Schaller
98
51M
Joey Moriarty
Jesse Stovall
75s
58
Dave Eckrich
Justin Duty
15x
43
Jeremy Grady
Bob King
45
4w
JC Wyman
Matt Buller
1b
52x
Brian Kosiski
Bill Leighton Jr.
24x
Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Line Up (Top 3 Transfer):
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Terry Phillips
75p
157
Mike Marlar
Clay Daly
32b
32c
Chris Simpson
Brandon Sheppard
1s
28m
Jimmy Mars
Jimmy Owens
20
14b
Kyle Berck
Randy Timms
5t
6H
Al Humphrey
Brantlee Gotschall
4G
16A
Austin Siebert
Mike Stadel
81s
99b
Boom Briggs
Allan Hopp
80
5d
John Duty
Feature Line Up (80 Laps):
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Steve Francis
15
5
Don O’Neal
Brian Shirley
3s
0
Scott Bloomquist
Earl Pearson Jr.
1
14
Darrell Lanigan
Chad Simpson
25
18J
Chase Junghans
Shannon Babb
18
7K
Jason Krohn
Rodney Sanders
20x
28e
Dennis Erb Jr.
Billy Moyer
21
71
Hudson O’Neal
Tim McCreadie
39
56
Tony Jackson Jr.
Kyle Bronson
40B
25z
Mason Zeigler
B-Main 1 – 1st Place
19th
20th
B-Main 2 – 1st Place
B-Main 1 – 2nd Place
21st
22nd
B-Main 2 – 2nd Place
B-Main 1 – 3rd Place
23rd
24th
B-Main 2 – 3rd Place
LOLMDS Provisional
25th
26th
LOLMDS Provisional
MLRA Provisional
27th
28th
MLRA Provisional
I-80 Provisional – 1
29th
30th
I-80 Provisional – 2
Belt Bash – 1st Place
31st
32nd
Belt Bash – 2nd Place
Belt Bash – 3rd Place
33rd
For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com.
by just 23 points entering Sunday night’s Indiana Sprint Week presented by Camping World feature at Lincoln Park Speedway, Kevin Thomas, Jr. and Robert Ballou each knew what was on the line. Win the race and the points will take care of themselves is the motto you’ll often hear, but as the race wore on,
on, the two ISW title contenders would find themselves on two separate paths: Ballou with a stranglehold up front and Thomas attempting to overcome a tumultuous beginning that, at one point, had him teetering on the edge of squandering the title.
Ballou maintained his presence at the front for all but the first lap to score his second USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of the season
Zeb Wise Scores First Career Midget Victory with Clauson-Marshall Racing at Montpelier!
IN | July 18, 2017 – Parking the Driven 2 Save Lives No. 39BC in victory lane on Saturday night at Montpelier Motor Speedway, Clauson-Marshall Racing’s Development Driver, Zeb Wise, earned his first career midget victory in only his 14th event. The Angola, Indiana 14-year old, who picked up an incredible $5,000 micro sprint win
t win nearly a month ago at US-24 Speedway, continues to impress and shine as he rises through the ranks with the Clauson-Marshall team. On Saturday night, Wise turned everything full circle, as he charged from seventh-to-first and claimed his first career midget triumph over a solid 27-car field at Montpelier.
align=”left”>DARRELL LANIGAN SCORES $10,000 DLM DREAM PRELIM WIN! (June 11, 2017) Clint Bowyer Racing (CBR) traveled to the Buckeye State of Ohio from June 8-10 for the 23rd edition of the ‘Dirt Late Model Dream.’ A stellar field of 79 Super Late Model competitors signed in at the hallowed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,
n the whopping $100,000 winner’s share. Things kicked off at the “Big E” on Thursday and Friday with a pair of preliminary programs, which paid $5,000 and $10,000 to win respectively in Twin 25 lap sprints.
Darrell Lanigan won his heat race on Thursday evening prior to advancing up to second in the 25-lap feature to trail only victor Brandon Overton at the checkers. On Friday night, Darrell finished second in heat race action and later led laps 4-25 of the headliner to score the $10,000 payday over Chris Madden, Scott Bloomquist, Zack Dohm, and Shane Clanton! The Union, Kentucky standout then placed second in Saturday’s heat race, but overheating woes during the course of the 100-lapper dropped Darrell to twenty-second in the final finishing order of the ‘Dirt Late Model Dream.’ Comprehensive coverage from the crown jewel extravaganza over the weekend at Eldora can be viewed by pointing your web browser to www.eldoraspeedway.com.(Heath Lawson Photography)
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. Grabs Win No. 10 With Rushmore Rumble Triumph
CITY, S.D. (July 14, 2017) Sam Hafertepe, Jr. is the first to double digit wins with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network in 2017 with his 10th National Tour victory of the year coming at the half-mile Black Hills Speedway to open up the 2nd annual Rushmore Rumble.
you, we didn’t really prepare for what the track went to. I missed it a little bit, and the rubber actually saved us. If there would have been a bigger cushion like there was in the Heats, we were more prepared for that but even then, there’s no excuses. We got the win. Just had to get that wing back a little bit to straighten her out,” said Hafertepe who picked up his 25th career Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour victory, and first at Black Hills Speedway.
Taking off from the pole of Friday’s feature event, the Heidbreder Foundation No. 15h was not alone as Blake Hahn stalked the National Tour point’s leader. Finding traffic within the first five laps, Hafertepe was able to build a comfortable advantage, but it would quickly vanish as traffic worked wheel to wheel. Allowing Hahn to build momentum, the Griffith Truck and Equipment No. 52 shot to the lead twice though the first and second turns, but would not be able to hold point over Hafertepe.
keizer Wheels stay Perfect With Super Dirtcar series at eldora.
Kid’s Alright: Billy Whittaker Wins All-Star Showdown at Eldora
ROSSBURG, OH – July 19, 2017 – Billy Whittaker started on the pole and drove the cushion to perfection on his way to victory in the Super DIRTcar Series All-Star Showdown at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday night. While it was a non-points race, it was Whittaker’s first
Feature win of any kind with the Series. The Central Square, NY drive was ecstatic in Victory Lane following the race.
“Tony Stewart’s done a heckuva job with this place,” Whittaker said. “I’ve never been here, so for me to roll off with this car and this team, you know I do this part-time, so this is as cool as it gets. Look at this place. All the way around, there’s fans everywhere.”
Billy Decker dominates Super DIRTcar at Eldora
of the highlights of the of the Super DIRTcar Series tour is its stop at Tony Stewart’s Eldora (Ohio) Speedway. Tuesday night, Billy Decker put on a dominating driving performance on the half-mile, high-banked oval, as he led the 75-lap, caution-filled main event from start to finish.
The impressive victory also vaulted the Unadilla driver into the first position
Series point standings. The victor shared the front row of the 30-car, big-block modified starting field with Pat Ward and the Genoa pilot ran strong all night to take the second position. Matt Sheppard made it up to third after starting fifth and Brett Hearn repaired some early mechanical problems to wind up fourth.
Colby Thornhill backs it up!!!
Restricted division as Colby Thornhill repeated his 2016 Clay Cup Championship by taking home the 2017 edition, the first driver to repeat in the division’s five year history at Clay Cup. Thornhill was absolutely dominant, leading every lap of the main with little challenge. Colin Mackey scored a solid second place run, holding off a
a hard charging Caeden Steele over the final ten laps to grab the runner up spot and relegating Steele to third.
Dude, You got some Clay in that Cup!!!
Ryan, Thornhill and Whitney are 2017 Clay Cup Champions
7/15/17
Everson, WA – A large and rowdy crowd was on hand to witness the 33rd Annual Clay Cup Nationals at Deming Speedway on Saturday night. As the dust settled, it was Fresno, CA driver Jake Hagopian claiming the top prize as Clay Cup Champion of the 600
n the biggest win of his storied career. Liam Ryan won his seventh Clay Cup title in the 1200 class, with Colby Thornhill repeating in the 600 Restricted division and Jaden Whitney winning his first Deming Speedway main in the Junior Sprints.
The Speedmart Hoosier 600 Open division was the night’s Main Event with 40 lap and $7,500 on the line for the winner. Jake Hagopian was the man all race long, leading all 40 laps to score the victory, Hagopian led the initial start that was called back, as pole position car Liam Ryan encountered trouble on the front straightaway. Start number two also didn’t fly, as three cars came together resulting in another caution. The third start was good, seeing Hagopian cruise out to the early advantage. Jared Peterson passed Chance Crum to take over second and gave chase to Hagopian as the three started reeling in the back of the field. Kaden Holm came to a stop on lap eight, bunching up the front three again for a restart. Jake was once again on point, streaking away from Peterson as they came back to green, with Peterson changing lines frequently to try and find a combination to both catch and pass Jake. The race went uninterrupted the rest of the way, and as Hagopian entered slower traffic late race, Peterson and Crum closed right up to Jake’s rear bumper but could advance no further as Hagopian took the victory and top prize. Peterson was second for the second straight year followed by Crum. Chase Schmidt raced forward 10 spots to pick up hard charger honors.
The Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 Main Event went to Liam Ryan, who went wire to wire for the victory. Ryan was pressured all race long, at first by Jake Helsel before Jake lost a chain on lap 12 that ended his evening. Chance Crum was the next contender to try his hand, chasing Liam amongst heavy traffic as the pair bobbed and weaved amongst the lapped cars. Derek Holmwood lost his engine on lap 36, giving Ryan clean air and Crum a chance to start right behind him. On the restart, Crum also lost an engine, setting up another restart with Steven Hendrickson and Jared Gundersen right in behind him. Ryan was perfect on the final restart, driving away from the pair to score his fifth 1200 Clay Cup win and seventh overall. Gundersen passed Hendrickson over the final few laps to take second and moving Hendrickson to third. Nate Vaughn was the hard charger, moving forward 11 spots.
600 Restricted division as Colby Thornhill repeated his 2016 Clay Cup Championship by taking home the 2017 edition, the first driver to repeat in the division’s five year history at Clay Cup. Thornhill was absolutely dominant, leading every lap of the main with little challenge. Colin Mackey scored a solid second place run, holding off a hard charging Caeden Steele over the final ten laps to grab the runner up spot and relegating Steele to third. Blaine Granberg earned hard charger after winning the B Main, starting 17th in the A and finishing 5th.
Jaden Whitney made his first Deming Speedway count in a big way, winning the Clay Cup Nationals in the Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints. The initial start was led by Mitchell Helsel, but the start was negated by a caution. On the second try, Levi Hillier got the jump on Helsel and took the lead. Cautions on lap seven and nine slowed Hillier’s march toward a race win, but it was mechanical failure that brought Levi to a halt on lap 13, handing the lead to Helsel who had been in hot pursuit. Helsel would only lead two laps, as he and Jesson Jacobson tangled in a battle for the lead on lap 15 causing a caution. This handed the lead to Jaden Whitney, who had Jade Avedisian all over him trying to take the top spot. Avedisian had made a move to pass Whitney and take the lead on lap 23 but a yellow flag negated the pass and gave the lead back to Jaden. The young man would capitalize on his good fortune, driving away from Avedisian on the restart to take the win. Avedisian captured hard charger in her second place run, coming from second to take the runner up spot. Isabel Barnes rounded out the podium with a third place effort.
Frank G! like as in big G’s!!!!
Galusha has had a season that most dream about in 2017! In just the last few weeks Frank has nailed down some historic wins and took us along for the ride. Just a few to note this season are the $10,000 Highbanks Hustle, $7,000 Sweet Springs Hick race, & a California Speedweek win
that netted him a coveted Bear! The summer is not over!!! Keep her rolling Frank!
A little Sunshine to start the week!
Indiana………Tyler Courtney entered Indiana Midget Week with a pocket full of sunshine. After two victories in the first four rounds of the six-race series, the driver known as “Sunshine” left Bloomington Speedway Friday night with a pocket full of cash.
Springfield, Illinois……Throughout the 2017 USAC Midget National Championship season, Tyler Courtney has proven himself as the streak-stopper.
ng each of the previous three races at Kokomo, Ind., Macon, Ill. and Lincoln, Ill. for a total of 32 laps, Courtney had put together a string of three-straight third-place finishes. Though some would accept that as a solid night, the driver known as “Sunshine” felt that was a letdown and immediately sought to end that run of events with a performance he wouldn’t regret.
Lucas Wolf is on the hunt!
of the hottest drivers in PA right now is Lucas Wolf. Racking up back to backs, speedweek championships, and some nice paydays over the last month has been fun to watch. We hope this team keeps it rolling!
Covington Breaks Through For First Win of 2017 at Grays Harbor
would start off Friday night with a heat win after rolling out 4th. The win would gain Covington the outside front row starting spot for the feature. After two failed start attempts, Covington would take advantage of the third one to get the jump and pace the field through the first part of the race.
ending off several mid-race charges from Aaron Reutzel and Sam Hafertepe Jr, Covington would hold strong and close it out for his first win of 2017, leading all 25 laps.
Tim McCreadie Steals the Spotlight at the Big Show for $10,000 Payday
NY – June 27, 2017 – Larry Wight took the lead from Stewart Friesen on a lap 74 restart, but Tim McCreadie pounded the cushion to go from fourth to the lead on lap 77. McCreadie then led the final 23 laps of Brett Hearn’s Big Show 9 to claim the $10,000 winner’s share at
Albany-Saratoga on Tuesday night. It was McCreadie’s first win since he won at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in November 2011.
Nothing like your first WOO Victory!
IN, – May 15, 2017 – All the stars aligned at Tri-State Speedway for Parker Price-Miller. Inheriting the lead on Lap 18 after Sheldon Haundenschild ran into a slower car in lap traffic, causing him to do a complete 360, Price-Miller had to endure challenges from last year’s Tri-State Speedway winner, David Gravel. Meticulously working
gh lap traffic, Price-Miller picked the best lanes and would go on to win his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series race.
The Mad Man is back baby!!!!
Ballou had the chance to give his first victory lane interview in nearly a year after winning Saturday’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at Eldora Speedway – his first victory since enduring serious injuries in a September 2016 racing crash.
Sheldon Haudenschild continues to climb the ranks in impressive runs!
rain washed out the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series races in Arkansas and Missouri, Sheldon Haudenschild headed home to Ohio on Saturday and beat the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) regulars in a 30-lap feature at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville.
The current rookie of the year leader in the World of
ws started the A-Main sixth. Haudenschild tracked down the leader by lap 12 and took the lead in turn two. Making that pass for the top spot even more special was the fact that the driver he slid past was his father, Jac.
A former regular in the series, this was the younger Haudenschild’s 16th win of his ASCoC career and the fifth at Wayne County.
DARRELL LANIGAN GETS FIRST WIN OF ’17 IN BUSY WEEKEND!
Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, Darrell took a provisional to gain access into the $10,000 to win feature and was an early retiree in the rugged 50-lap race, which relegated him to a twentieth place showing. Following a rain-out at the legendary Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Maryland on Saturday, the quadruple header with the Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series wrapped up on Sunday, April 23 at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania. Darrell finished third in his heat race before running tenth in the $10,000 to win headliner
Brady Bacon takes Kokomo Grand Prix!
Bacon entered Saturday night’s USAC Midget National Championship feature as the only driver in the field to have previously won a race in the series at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.
After 30 laps were complete, the story remained the same as Bacon outdueled Spencer Bayston in the waning laps to take his fourth career series win and
nd at Kokomo, the site of his very first USAC National win in 2006.
O’Neal Charges Ahead for Duck River Victory
The former Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Don O’Neal outdueled defending National Champion, Scott Bloomquist on Sunday night at Duck River Raceway. O’Neal took the lead from Bloomquist for the final time on lap 38 to claim his first LOLMDS win of the season.
Logan Schuchart Eldora WOO victory!!!
Racing’s Logan Schuchart started the 35-lap Kings Outlaw Showdown from the 19th position at Keller Auto Speedway — the KSE Hard Charger award winner picked his way to the front of the 26-car field. Late in the race, Schuchart found the bottom groove of the 3/8th-mile oval to work his way past eventual runner-up, Ian
Madsen on the final lap to score his first victory of the 2017 season.
180MPH! Record setting pass!!!!!! FSWD!!!!!
fswd to hit 180mph. 8.24. Congrats to Rolando and the guys at Dp race parts
Cunningham untouchable while defending his GNCC title!
style=”padding-left: 30px;”>Kevin Cunningham has put himself on the center podium of the GNCC 4×4 offroad series 5 out of 6 races! He is having a incredible season. Good luck kevin! Keep slammin!!!!
Danny Dietrich earns Lincoln Speedway Icebreaker victory!!!
dir=”ltr”>GETTYSBURG, PA (February 26, 2017) – “Double-D” Danny Dietrich not only outlasted the competition during Lincoln Speedway’s season opener, but he also outlasted Mother Nature; capturing the $4,000-to-win, Icebreaker 30 main event on Saturday, February 25, despite a major weather interruption.
The win, the 32nd of Dietrich’s career at the “Fabulous” Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown,
took shape nearly five hours after his qualifying heat race. The 2:00pm program, halted at 2:20pm, was delayed due to severe-level wind, rain and hail that all started at the beginning of heat race three. Eventually, the severe weather would pass and the show would continue.
“I want to thank Lincoln Speedway for holding out and getting that program in, but I want to especially thank the fans for staying strong and sticking things out,” Danny Dietrich explained. “The fans are the most important part of our sport. We have an amazing fanbase out here in Central Pennsylvania. After what we went through on Saturday, I’m pretty sure they would sit and wait through anything.”
Don O’neal and his Clint Bowyer owned team takes WOO victory!
O’Neal, of Martinsville, Indiana, reached World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory lane for the first time in his career tonight in the ‘DIRTcar Nationals’ finale at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida! Don timed in fifteenth quickest in Group A during the qualifying session, but later vaulted up to fourth in his heat
al transfer spot into the 40-lap main event. The popular driver known as “The Real Deal” then blasted from his thirteenth starting spot to grab the lead following a lap fourteen restart. Don then held the point throughout the remainder of the distance to lay claim to the $10,000 windfall over Tim McCreadie, Billy Moyer, Jr., Kyle Bronson, and Chris Madden! (Heath Lawson Photography)
Sam Hafertepe Jr. wins the 2017 Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Championship!
been a long road for Sam Hafertepe jr getting to this point. The hard work has paid off! We hope Sam and his team continued success!
Travis Berryhill Comes Up Aces In Hard Rock Casino Qualifying Night
Okla. (January 11, 2017) Adding to the list of first time winners at the Tulsa Expo Raceway, California’s Travis Berryhill solidified his spot in Saturday’s championship feature event with a win in Wednesday’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa Qualifying Night at the 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire.
ferent preliminary night winner in Chili Bowl history, Berryhill was chased to the line by fellow Californians, Jake Swanson and Colby Copeland with all three punching their ticket into Saturday’s A-Main for the first time.
“Man it takes a lot of pressure off,” chuckled the driver of the Manic Racing No. 31 when asked about being locked in.
“I’ve been in a B-Main here but I’ve never been in a Saturday night A-Main, so I’m pretty proud of that. I’ve been to in the ‘B’ and been close, and down to the Q main event, or whatever they are down to these days, and everywhere in between. So when you are down there in those things it’s a struggle and it’s stressful because you never know what you are going to get; especially the further you get down. I’ve been all the way through them. Last year we had a pretty poor qualifying night. We were fast but we just couldn’t put it all together. Then Saturday night we really bared down and threw some stuff at it that worked and we went through three or four main events last year. I carried a little bit of that confidence over to this year as well.”
Taking off from fifth, Berryhill wasted no time advancing to the point in the Ray Seach wrenched No. 31. Battling with Missouri’s Andrew Felker on the third round, the Fontana powered No. 31 rolled to the top spot on Lap 4 with a move off the second turn with Oklahoma’s Kevin Bayer in tow.
Caution on Lap 6, the chase for the lead was berm to wall on the Tulsa Expo Raceway with Berryhill glued to the hub, while Bayer railed the cushion. Evenly matched at every end of the Raceway, the margin for the lead was by inches at times as Bayer built momentum for a pass on Lap 10.
Staying true of the bottom of the track, Berryhill took advantage of a bobble by the driver of the Boss Chassis No. 91k to retake the lead on Lap 13. Able to gain some breathing room over Bayer, the back of the field was quickly approaching. Finding the tail of the pack on Lap 15, the question of where to run became real a lap later. On the back bumper of lapped traffic, the caution flew to bring the field to a single file restart.
Attempting the restart, fourth running Andrew Felker lost power to force another caution, advancing Jake Swanson into fourth. Once the race resumed, Berryhill was able to slip away to a 1.824 second advantage at the line, while the race for second was on between Jake Swanson and Colby Copeland.
Advancing out of a B-Main to start 18th, Swanson would win out the battle for the runner-up spot. On having to race through the ‘B’ to get to the A-Feature, Swanson had to fight a sour engine under the bonnet of the No. 68W.
Putting him behind the eight ball, Jake commented on the situation by saying, “It was a little hectic to say the least. There’s no quit in our deal. Straight out the get go that thing was really good. They had that thing on a rail. We won the heat race, and I knew we had to win that to make it count. From there we went to the qualifier and figure we could get a good jump, but as soon as the thing fired off it wasn’t running right. I tried resetting the box and I tried leaning it down, whatever I could do. It just wasn’t happen then with one to go, the thing was running on all four again. It took off and I though we just got a Chili Bowl miracle, but as soon as the yellow came out that wasn’t the case and it dropped back to two (cylinders). After that, it just shut off.”
Barely holding onto third, Copeland edged out Washington’s Gary Taylor by only 0.068 seconds. With a sense of relief, Copeland talked about being locked into Saturday night.
“It feels pretty good to be in the Saturday feature. It’s good to hang out now and get the car ready to see what we can do on Friday with the pole shuffle, then get ready for 55 laps on Saturday. We’re actually staying at the Hard Rock Casino so it worked out good that we were qualifying tonight, so we can celebrate and get focused and be ready to go for Friday and Saturday.”
While just missing the transfer, Gary Taylor ran to the fourth spot from seventh with Tyler Thomas coming from ninth to complete the top-five.
Ryan Robinson crossed sixth with Sammy Swindell hard charging from 24th to seventh after advancing from the C-Features. In pursuit of Chili Bowl Rookie of the Year, Donnie Schatz moved from 15th to eighth. Casey Shuman from 16th earned the ninth spot with Brent Beauchamp crossing tenth.
Presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa; Wednesday’s qualifying slate saw 88 drivers making the call to bring the event total to 178. The Fastenal Flip Count has reached 18 over the first two nights of the Chili Bowl with all drivers able to walk away. The 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire continues on Thursday, January 12, 2017 and is presented by John Christner Trucking.
Justin Grant Unstoppable On 2017 Chili Bowl Vacuworx Qualifying Night
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TULSA, Okla. (January 13, 2017) The final day of qualifying for the 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire was one filled with emotion as California’s Justin Grant found Victory Lane for the first time in Preliminary Night competition; and did it in a Clauson-Marshall mount one year after Bryan Clauson
heckered flag atop the clay of the Tulsa Expo Raceway.
“No, I can’t even try,” said Grant of putting the win into words. “But I’m not going to say I’m carrying on (Bryan Clauson’s) legacy at all. That would be not even a chance. He was incredible. He was such a big deal. I guess we didn’t really appreciate how big of a deal he was until we lost him. It’s incredible to see how many people are behind him and behind that. It is a lot pressure.”
Making three first time winners in four nights of racing, Grant was the class of the field with all 25 laps of the Vacuworx Night feature credited to his torrid pace.
Caution following the first lap that saw Ace McCarthy spinning and collecting Holly Shelton, Grant was stalked by fellow Californian, Ronnie Gardner. Keeping pace with the No. 39BC, the pair broke away from the running order.
With the cushion coming in just after the race’s mid-point, some of the fastest lap times being turned were by Daryn Pittman. Coming from eighth, the No. 21 wheeled hard on the high line. Having lost pace with the leader in traffic, Gardner worked the low line while Pittman stuck true to the wall to take over the runner-up spot on Lap 18.
Remaining under green flag conditions, Pittman was able to close the gap, but it wouldn’t be enough to run down Justin Grant. With a silver lined Friday night, Pittman will make the call in his seventh Chili Bowl A-Feature since 1999.
The only other Oklahoman locked into the Feature so far, Pittman commented on what it would mean to match the feat of Andy Hillenburg, “I was here and I watched it. It was one of the best Chili Bowls I’ve ever seen so it’d mean a lot. Andy (Hillenburg) was a big hero of mine I got to watch growing up and it was a blast as a young kid watching him win this race so I’d love to be the one to do it.”
Ronnie Gardner would hold on to third to earn his first A-Feature start on Saturday night. The second Six-Eight Motorsports entry to lock into the big dance, Gardner, commented about the team’s success in the 2017 edition Chili Bowl.
“It’s cool man. I think the budget of our team is like a fifth of a lot of the guys out here so that’s pretty cool just for this midget man. I don’t think I will be able to wipe the smile off the face all the home.”
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. came up to fourth from seventh with California’s Michael Faccinto completing the top-five after starting ninth. Damion Gardner from 12th was sixth with D.J. Netto seventh. The two California drivers were followed by Indiana royalty as 15th starting Dave Darland grabbed eighth. Fighting through the field, Tim McCreadie show from 18th to ninth with Oklahoma’s Wayne Johnson finishing tenth.
Followed by the #BCForever Pole Shuffle powered by Pizza Express to set to the Top 12 in Saturday’s A-Main, Justin Grant pulled off his second victory of the night by defeating Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell. The 11 rounds began with Zach Daum winning over Colby Copeland. Leary trumped Daum in the next round to face Ronnie Gardner who went on to race Daryn Pittman. Winning the three lap dash, Pittman retired with mechanical issues, leaving Danny Stratton to face Jake Swanson. Downing Stratton, Swanson was defeated in the next round by Tyler Cortney who but away Travis Berryhill before spinning while racing Justin Grant for the runner-up spot.
Through four nights of races, a record setting 365 drivers have checked in for the 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire. The record far exceeds the one set in 2016 with 335.
At the close of Friday’s Vacuworx Qualifying Night, the Fastenal Flip Count has reached 33.
Tyler Courtney Shines In 2017 Chili Bowl Opener
Okla. (January 10, 2017) Indiana’s Tyler Courtney spent his morning unveiling the new #Driven2SaveLives program in honor of Bryan Clauson, and spent his evening driving like him as the pilot of the Clauson-Marshall Racing No. 7BC raced to his first preliminary A-Feature win in Chili Bowl competition, and in doing so, locks into his first
While the win was a very emotional one for the entire Clauson-Marshall racing team, Tyler explained the win simply when asked to put it into words, “Two words. Parked It.”
“Honestly, I think I’m still in shock. I don’t think it’s really hit me yet. This is really cool with a new team, on the so called dream team that Bryan wanted to put together,” said Courtney. “Bryan [Clauson] was the guy that gave me the opportunity seven years ago. He’s a big part of my career and plus, I got to win my first USAC National sprint Car race over him this summer during Sprint Week. That’s something that I’ll always have with me.”
Chili Bowl Preliminary Night Winner No. 41, Courtney, who earned the pole in Tuesday’s Warren CAT Qualifying Night A-Feature, battled the opening laps with Oklahoma’s Matt Sherrell before having to also contend with the Keith Kunz Motorsports No. 71K of Kyle Larson.
Locked in a tight three way battle for the first six rotations around the Tulsa Expo Raceway, Courtney began putting distance of now second running, Larson. Keeping the No. 71K at length as the back of the field came into view, that distance was starting to dwindle as Larson worked the cushion at both ends of the Raceway.
Bumper-to-bumper with 13 to go thanks to a caution for Tony Bruce, Jr., Larson set up for the slide job. Denied the point, the Parker Stores entry quickly regained momentum. Low in one and two, high in three and four with 12 to go, the lead was Larson’s but the caution would again blink on before the lap could be completed.
Slowed again with 10 laps to run, the restart took two attempts as drivers leveled the cone, sending two drivers to the tail.
Returning with a barrage of Slide Jobs, Larson and Courtney used up every inch of the track. Working to the final eight laps, it was Larson off the fourth turn. Running hard to the cushion, the door was open for Courtney to retake the point off the second turn. Following the No. 7BC in on the turn three cushion, Larson skipped four tires into the fluff. Trying to correct the mistake, Larson mashed the throttle, only to jettison the No. 71K skyward. A hard landing and a hit to follow as Matt Westfall had nowhere to run. Despite the crash, both drivers returned to competition.
From there, Tyler Courtney would run away to a 2.775 second advantage over New York’s Larry Wight, who advanced from seventh to the silver podium step.
“It’s pretty amazing for us to be able to come down here,” explained the native New Yorker. “Shawn Michael, Mike Heffner, just the whole crew did an awesome job. We brought a brand new Chili Bowl car and it definitely paid off for us.”
Charging hard the final eight laps, Illinois’ Zach Daum advanced from 10th to the final transfer to secure his sixth Chili Bowl A-Feature.
Asked about the pressure of the Chili Bowl, Daum replied, “I put more pressure on myself than anybody. I try to stay relaxed as much as I can. We spend a lot of money to come to this one race every year and you want to run good. That’s the main goal here. To make the show for one, and put yourself in position to go after a Driller. This is our Daytona. It’s our Indianapolis; this is the Mecca of a Midget races so there’s always a little bit of pressure, but you kind of try to rise to the pressure.”
A preliminary night winner one year ago, Pennsylvania’s Alex Bright came up just shy of the transfer with a run from 12th to fourth. Jonathan Beason rounded out the top-five after starting ninth.
Chase Briscoe crossed sixth with England’s Tom Harris advancing from 22nd to second in the Beast No. 4h. Steven Shebester, Matt Sherrell, and Joey Saldana from 17th made up the top-ten.
For the ninth running of the Vacuworx Invitational Race of Champions, Kyle Larson led non-stop to pick up the night’s $6,363.63 check. Normally a $2,500 to win event, Kim and Greg Stewart along with Doug and Mary Harris brought the amount up to honor the late Bryan Clauson. Already a VIROC winner, this win was especially emotional for Larson as he and Clauson were close friends. Following the interview, it was announced by Kim Stewart that the race is going to pay $6,363.63 to win from now on.
Tuesday’s opening of the 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals saw 90 drivers drawing in for competition. Of those 90, six made the Fastenal Flip Count. All drivers were able to walk away.
The 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire continues on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 and is presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa
Joe B Miller puts stamp on Historic weekend for Keizer wheels!
there was ever a way to start the year, the finale of the 32nd Tulsa Shootout just set the bar as Missouri’s Joe B. Miller laid waste to the field of the 55 lap Outlaw feature event with a run from the final starting spot to win the coveted Golden Driller in the night’s championship
law event. The shootout has always been kind to keizer wheels as the winner circle feels like home. This year was no different. Thank you to Joe B in Open, Frank Flud in Nonwing, Grady Mercer in Restricted, Thomas Meseraull in the 12oo Mini sprints, & Caeden Steele in the jrs. What a trully unbelievable year!
Tyler Courtney takes Junior Knepper 55 win at DuQuoin!
im Siner, 13. Justin Peck, 14. Nick Drake, 15. Riley Kreisel, 16. Bricen James, 17. Chase Briscoe, 18. Mark Chisholm, 19. Wesley Smith, 20. Daniel Adler. NT
Sam Hafertepe Jr. – 2016 ASCS National Champion!
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We would like to congratulate Sam on his 2016 run. Same has stuck with Keizer wheels since his first run many years ago with the ASCS. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Sam for
(Bill W) November 14, 2016 – Sam Hafertepe Jr. and the Keith Dobbs #15H team wrapped up a championship season with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series last weekend at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. The Sunnyvale, Texas driver finished fourth in the prelim and second in Saturday’s finale to clinch his first title with the series.
In Friday’s preliminary, Sam went from seventh to third in his heat, and sixth to third in his Qualifier to give him a starting spot outside row one for the feature. “The first night, we didn’t get our car where it needed to be,” he says. “I say that, but we still ran fourth. We just never had a dominating racecar. We were good in the heat and the Qualifier there, but we were kind of off. We were still good enough to finish fourth in the feature though.”
One issue may have been the stagger. “We had a left rear bleeder go bad,” says Sam. “That was our biggest issue, and that hurt us. The left rear went up to nine pounds in the feature. Even with that, we were able to almost get back to the lead at the midway point of the race. We still gave ourselves an opportunity to win. We just fell short.”
Finishing fourth locked Sam into Saturday’s finale. “I tried quite a few different things in the practice session on Saturday,” he says. “I wanted to see how the car would respond. We got a pretty good handle on going in the right direction, but the lack of laps going into Saturday night hampered us a little bit. We’ve never been really good at Yuma, and this was the first time we’ve went there in which I felt we had an idea of where we needed to be.”
This time, he would draw the pole for the finale, and he ran second to Aaron Reutzel at the checkers. “We were really close,” says Sam. “If we had just one more time on the track Saturday, I think we could have nailed it. Between Reutzel and us, we were quite a ways out on everyone else. The third-place car was about six seconds behind us when we had a yellow with nine laps to go. He finished on top. We were just a little short.”
Sam wanted to go out with a win. “I was a little dejected getting out of the car Saturday, just because I really wanted to go down there and win the final race of the year,” he says. “I wasn’t mad, I just set the goal of winning and we didn’t do it. We made the win total this year that we were looking for at the beginning, but I was just hoping to go out with an exclamation point. We fell one spot short.”
He feels confident moving forward, knowing that he has succeeded at many venues that he has struggled with in the past. That includes Yuma. “I feel good leaving Yuma, and a lot of the other tracks we ran at this year,” says Sam. “That was one of the tracks that I haven’t felt good at in the past, but going back, we have a handle on it. It’s the same at a lot of others. We’ve learned so much about what the car needs, and I’ve been able to relay that from the driver’s seat. Next year, I think we’ll be even better in those places that we’ve had struggles.”
If you’d like to be added to Sam’s e-mail list for weekly releases, e-mail sprntcar@hotmail.com with “Sam” in the Subject Line.
Sam would like to thank Highway 79 Collision Center, the Sparks Family, Kiebler & Sons Lawn and Landscaping, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Champion Oil, NAPA Auto Parts of Franklin and Sherwin Williams.
Photo: The 2016 Lucas Oil ASCS National Series champs
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Back to Back WOO Victories in PA!
style=”text-align: left;” align=”center”>It was a great weekend out east with Keizer Sprint wheels as we had back to back WOO victory lane shots!
“It means a lot to win here,Port Royal is where we started so to win here at home, we’re proud. We’re still from P.A. no matter what anybody says.”Logan Schuchart winning Port Royal
align=”center”>“This is incredible, That might have been one of the toughest races I’ve run. They were setting one heck of a pace. I kept working the bottom off of four and I thought if we got to traffic, I’d be alright and sure enough we got to it. These are the toughest guys to race against and to be able to win against these guys and race that hard- it was no easy win.” Danny Dietrich winning the Williams Grove Speedway National Open.
PPM keeps building on great season!
Hill’s Racing Team and Parker Price Miller capture their first Canadian Sprint Car Nationals win! Then taking part in the Sprint Car portion of the Gold Crown at Tri-City Speedway, Parker Price-Miller would use a win and a third place finish to extend his MOWA point lead and would seal the deal and become the
“I can’t say enough about this team,” Parker Price-Miller said. “We have been really fast all year, but the last couple of months we have really been strong and running well up front.”
Cunningham & Keizer GNCC National 4×4 champs!!!
a year it has been! Congratulations Kevin Cunningham on your 2016 4×4 Pro GNCC National Championship!
Klaasmeyer continues to make name!
Klaasmeyer found a line in his midget picking up a nice victory in his Boss chassis. Great Job Tuck & thanks for taking us along for the ride!
Hafertepe a few races away from ASCS National title!!!
id=”js_6z” class=”_5pbw _5vra” data-ft=”{"tn":"C"}”>Sam Hafertepe Jr. continues to lead the ASCS sprint car series points championship bid. Few more races and he has it!!! Nice hat Sam!
Nothing like the first USAC win!
style=”text-align: left;”>Josh Hodges wins the $10,000 USAC fall nationals at Lawrenceburg,IN. Thanks for racing with us Josh!
Madsen scores huge NLS victory!
still falling for us in 2016 Sprint world. Here are just a small few of our highlights from the past few weeks. Ian Madsen lived a dream of his as he raced his way to his first career victory at the Eldora Speedway during the Four Crown Nationals.
Cab Construction and its had work pays off!
Kertscher lead the IRA teams to a feature win!
MATT SHEPPARD SCORES ANOTHER UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY WIN
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VERNON, NY- SUNY Canton and Wilbur Duck Chevrolet sponsored an intense night of racing action at Utica-Rome Speedway on Sunday, June 12th. The day was full of events that were rescheduled from earlier dates that had been postponed
ure, including the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints and King of Dirt series for both 602 Sportsman and Pro Stocks. Matt Sheppard found his way to victory lane again in the Gates-Cole Insurance Modified feature, making it three on the year. Joining him in victory lane was Rocky Warner for the King of Dirt 602 Sportsman, Luke Horning for the King of Dirt Pro Stocks, and Steve Way for the Broedel Energy Open Sportsman. For the Empire Super Sprints, Jason Barney won the A-Main after a wild finish. For more details, see the Empire Super Sprints official release. Tim Mayne and Mike Mahaney were the pair on the front row that took the green to begin the Gates-Cole Insurance Modified feature event. Using the top side, Mahaney was able to dig his right rear into the racing surface and take the lead. Behind him, Vic Coffey was starting to climb through the top five. The fifth circuit saw him catch Mahaney and use the bottom to slip on by and take the top spot. He didn’t have a chance to pull away, however, as defending track champion Matt Sheppard had already navigated the field and worked his way into the top five after starting 13th. On lap 10, Sheppard found some space underneath the leading Coffey and drove by for the lead.
Take a ride with Monteith and 5 Grand!
Montieth wins a thrilling $5,000-to-win Hilly Rife Memorial non-stop 30 lap feature event at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
SIMON SCORES IN LINCOLN USAC SPRINT “SPECIAL EVENT”
the first time since November 5, 2011 during the “Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, a track hosted multiple USAC National Sprint Car features in one night.
In Wednesday night’s second feature at Lincoln that awarded no points toward the series championship, the lineup was determined by who finished on the lead lap during the
feature and then completely inverted. Nineteenth place finisher Carmen Perigo, the last driver on the lead lap in the first feature, would start from the pole alongside Landon Simon while first feature winner Clauson lined up 19th.
Perigo led the first two laps from the pole, but Simon would run him down to take the number one spot on lap three.
With five laps to go, it became a three-car race between Simon, Brady Bacon and Aaron Farney. The trio were separated by an estimated three-car-lengths as they each hugged the inside guardrail around each turn.
Bacon continuously closed on Simon until he was right on Simon’s tail tank as the two headed for turn three. Bacon threw a Hail Mary to the treacherous high side in order to find a single ounce of moisture that would propel him past Simon. But it was not to be as Simon took his first career USAC-sanctioned victory and, in fact, Farney was able to make up the ground to beat Bacon to the checkered flag for the second spot.
With the win, Simon joined Troy Rutherford (Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill. 2003) as the only driver to be victorious in a non-points-paying USAC National Sprint Car event without having a single full-points series win to his credit.
Kline Wins and Ball Finishes Second at Knoxville Raceway
class=”newsHead”>Inside Line Promotions – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 7, 2016) – White Lightning Motorsports captured its first win of the season last Saturday at Knoxville Raceway, where Devin Kline won his eighth career 305ci main event.
The win ties him with Larry Ball Jr., who is his car owner, for most triumphs in the class
Saturday began with Kline qualifying sixth quickest before he advanced from fourth to second place in a heat race. Kline then started the main event on the pole with a six-car inversion for the 15-lap main event.
“The first two laps me and Christian (Bowman) were side by side,” he said. “Then he worked away from me. I was catching him on the bottom in turns one and two and losing him on the bottom in turns three and four. I moved up and followed him on the top in turns three and four and stayed on the bottom in turns one and two. When I finally moved by him I started working the bottom again.”
Kline took the lead on Lap 7 and pulled away for the victory.
Teammate Jamie Ball also had a standout performance in his return from a weekend off following a violent crash. Ball timed in fifth quickest in the 360ci class and he ended sixth in a heat race to advance into the feature inversion, which lined him up on the outside of the front row for the 18-lap main event.
“It went about as good as it could go for the most part,” he said. “Our weekend started off like normal where we put ourselves in a good spot. We qualified fifth and made it through the heat race. I was able to start on the front row of the feature. I led a couple of laps before getting beat by a little better car.”
Ball took the lead on Lap 8 and held onto the top spot until Ian Madsen passed him on Lap 14. Ball held on for the runner-up position, which marked his seventh top five of the season.
“I was fast on both the top and the bottom,” he said. “I was able to get by Matt Covington on Lap 8 and I led a few laps. I think we had five restarts and eventually it bit me. A couple of laps after a restart Ian Madsen got by me. We’re being consistent and it’s nothing to hang our heads about, but we’re hungry for a win.”
Ball will return to competition this Friday and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway. Kline is off this weekend.
Sheldon Haudenschild out front again.
Haudenschild in victory lane with family and crew after winning the Saturday leg of the All Star Circuit of Champions Ohio Sprint Speedweek at Waynesfield Raceway Park. Bill Weir Photo
MEDIA- Competing with both the NSL 360’s and NSL 410’s over the Memorial Day Weekend, Ian Madsen would pick up two more feature event wins a couple of Top-10’s over a successful weekend for his KCP Racing team.
“It was a pretty good weekend for us all around,” Madsen said. “We picked up some wins, and
s, and ran really well at all three tracks I thought.”
Friday night at the Jackson Motorplex, Madsen stole the show with the NSL 360’s during double feature night. Lining up on the pole of the first feature event, Madsen was strong aboard his Logan Contractors Supply Inc./Aspen Aire/Team Kline Electric No. 18 machine.
Golobic takes the Woods machine to Shamrock Classic 50!
Golobic wins his very first career USAC National Midget Feature during the Shamrock Classic 50 at Du Quion in Illinois Saturday Night. Dennis Krieger Imagery/USAC Dennis Krieger Imagery
Conningham 2 for 2 on the GNCC 4×4 podium!
Cunningham has started the season off right scoring two consecutive podium finishes on his keizer wheels at the GNCC tour!
Keizer Wheels set standards in China Formula comp!
Aluminum Wheels has become the #1 wheel in China yet again! We have partnered with some key importers that make our US produced wheel parts available to every team. & they utilize us indefinitely! We thank all the teams from every continent for taking us along for the ride!
Derron Oakley rocks new YXZ to IXCR victory!
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2016 Opening Round IXCR in Attica, Indiana turned out to be great stop. Our first YXZ 1000 and favorite winter build project, picked up a huge win topping the podium. Derron Oakley proved quickly his team and this machine will be a contender this season. We look forward to watching this team
FL – February 19, 2016 – Thursday night’s 30-lap Modified DIRTcar Nationals main-event at Volusia Speedway Park came down to a battle between two of the best Super DIRTcar Series drivers in the Northeast. Matt Sheppard and Larry Wight duked it out for the final 10 laps of the feature race with Sheppard coming out
a record setting 1,249 entries among 615 drivers in 2016 we couldnt be more happier for this young man. Miles Paulus has had some big wins over the last 12 months. This one probably tops it. We want to thank all the teams and drivers for coast to coast for taking us
ith them again this season. We look forward to more drillers than awe can count any longer!
STENHOUSE STEALS “JUNIOR KNEPPER 55” GLORY FROM CAR OWNER CLAUSON
Quoin, Illinois.……Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. conjured memories of his breakout 2007 USAC season, as the Olive Branch, Mississippi driver returned to midget racing on Saturday night and passed Bryan Clauson with three laps to go for the win in the inaugural “Junior Knepper 55” USAC Midget special event at the Southern Illinois Center. Stenhouse was caught
in a lap-one logjam but recovered after restarting the event in the 20th and last position before making his way forward to the $3,000 payday.
Schuett sweeps the inaugural Indy Invitational
IL (December 13, 2015) On a uncharacteristically warm December Indy day, 40 of the top dirt drivers from around the country assembled at the Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis. After receiving a late invitation to the first ever Indy Invitational, Kyle Schuett quickly showed why he was one of those 40. As if earning
15 POWRi Rookie of the Year honors, finishing fourth in POWRi points, and winning the National Midget Driver of the Year Rookie of the Year award wasn’t enough, last night wrapped up what has truly been an unforgettable 2015 race season for Kyle and his Schuett Racing team.
Our 2015 USAC National Champion!
MadMan Robert Ballou would grab his 13th win of the year tying J.J. Yeley for 2nd most AMSOIL National Sprint Car wins in a single season. It would also lock his 2015 USAC National Champion bid in the books! Robert is not traditionally a points racer but
en your on a winning streek like he had its hard to not go close the deal out. We would like to congratulate robert on a huge season and thank him for taking Keizer Wheels along for the ride!
Flud Adds $10,000 to top season off!
Flud has had another incredible year that is ending with allot of changes and a lot of wins. Frank just pocketed $10,000 for his Outlaw Nationals victory at Port City Raceway. A week later he opened his own Shop DrivenMidwest. Here flud plans to continue his winning ways.
Flud is up to 55 wins for the 2015 season with his most recent coming out of Lemoore California. The Tulsa Native has been doing some traveling before settling in for this year’s shootout.
Danny Dietrich Wins the $10,000 at Susquehanna Speedway
win was Dietrich’s 16th of the year, a big number a sport draped in parity. This one was worth a nice $10,000 payday.
“It gives us a lot of momentum going into the offseason,” Dietrich said. “Not just with the crew, but also the car owner and all of our sponsors.
“We are just fortunate that everyone
supplies us with products and crew. You put it all together, and we were able to combine to have that many wins. There was also a lot of luck involved.”
Not on a blustery afternoon and evening at Susquehanna Speedway Park. This victory came down to skill.
Frank Galusha banks $5200 Grand!
where do I start. So far this weekend me have managed to win two mains at English Creek totaling $5200 in winnings. This is the biggest pay day I have ever earned in a racecar and I am overwhelmed with the experience. Thank you to everyone who has reached out to show me some love
nd support, it means the world to have so many people congratulate me. Also, huge thank you to Mike Long for all the help this weekend and keeping my head in the game. Tonight we will try for a third at Stuart Speedway in Suart, IA.”
Jacks & Keizer take top spot at Heartland Challenge!
Jack’s Excavating /Keizer Wheels/Can-Am /Racertech team of brothers Marcus and Mouse Pratt came away with the UTV 1000 (Pro) class overall and victory at the annual off-road race. The four-hour UTV portion of the weekend event was held on Friday night and offered three classes for traditional SxS vehicles and another for single-seat vehicles. More
entries competed in Iowa. The Pratt brothers completed 20 laps in just more than 4 hours to secure the class overall and UTV overall at the Heartland Challenge. Their time was more than seven minutes ahead of second place overall (UTV 900 class winner) and more than 10 minutes over the runner-up in the UTV 1000 class. “Our keizer wheels just keep us going. We run a combo style offset swap from front to rear. The innovations we have helped Keizer bring to the UTV world have help make this possible. We love working together and winning together.” said Marcus Pratt. “We wouldn’t have won had it not been for our team, sponsors and, more specifically, our fabricator and mechanic Tim Muilenburg.”
Aaron Farney took us along for a milestone win!
Haute, Indiana…….Aaron Farney completed a dominant, wire-to-wire first career win in Wednesday night’s “Don Smith Classic” at the Terre Haute Action Track. The 19-year-old from Brookston, Indiana ran the extreme high side of the vaunted half-mile and continually pulled away from the field, slicing through lapped traffic and capping it off with a spiritied fist
pump at the finish line after a 5.193-second victory in the DCT Motorsports – Brettnacher Farms #15F Maxim/Ott.
Dover turns slow start into pile of trophies!
Line Promotions – GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 21, 2015) – The trophies continue to pile up for Jack Dover, who picked up his ninth win during the past dozen races last Thursday at I-80 Speedway.
Dover’s win was his seventh in the last eight Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprints features, which moves him within 11 points of the
mpionship standings lead despite missing a race. It was also his 10th triumph of the season, marking his fifth time in the last six seasons registering double-digit victories.
16 YEAR OLD PHENOM BECOMES EIGHTH IRA WINNER THIS SEASON!
19, 2015; Sun Prairie, WI – The past two weeks the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints has showcased some of the hottest drivers in the country. Last week Rico Abreu topped the action at the Dodge County Fairgrounds, and tonight 16-year-old sprint sensation Parker Price Miller captured top honors in the 2nd Annual Norm
elson classic at Angell Park Speedway. Parker has been a long time partner of Keizer Aluminum Wheels Inc.
Ballou Puts Keizer wheels up top!
City, Kansas…….It was “take no prisoners” for Robert Ballou on Sunday night at Lakeside Speedway as the Rocklin, California driver decimated the field to win the 30-lap “Weld Racing Spring Classic.” After a caution with 12 laps to go, Ballou tore away from the field to an eventual 7.519-second victory in the Blakesley Auto –
MPHG Promotions #12 Maxim/Ott on the first visit to the track by the AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship since 2001.
Joe Krcelich wins XC2!!!!
the SxS XC2 Pro Sport class, Keizer Wheel on top with Joe Krcelich beating the mud to take home the win. Krcelich grabbed the holeshot and took an early lead, and he drove smart, which allowed him to stay out front and win the race. Not only did Krcelich win, he was also the only
er in XC2 Pro Sport class to complete four laps. “I got the holeshot and caught up to the class ahead of me. I just tried to drive smart and finish the race. There were cars everywhere on the side of the track, so I didn’t go out there and go as fast as I could because it was more of a survival race than anything. There was a lot of carnage out there, but our Racer Tech parts held up great,” said Krcelich.
Randy Weaver Wins Career-High $20,000!!!
style=”color: #de393b; font-size: large;”>Streaking driver Randy Weaver continued his 2015 dominance on Saturday evening, April 11, as he reached victory lane in his first-ever visit to the state-of-the-art Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Virginia! Despite suffering power steering woes during qualifying, Randy topped the star-studded 46 car
d during Ultimate Super Late Model Series qualifying to earn Fast Time honors. Following a heat race triumph, Randy led all 60 circuits in the ‘Aaron’s King of the Commonwealth’ from the pole position. The Crossville, Tennessee superstar beat Jonathan Davenport, Scott Bloomquist, Gregg Satterlee, and Chris Madden to the checkered flag to score a career-high $20,000 windfall! Complete results from last night’s win at VMS can be viewed online at www.ultimatesupers.com.
Parker Price-Miller’s Scores First 410 Win!
MEDIA- The first win is one you will remember forever, and Parker Price-Miller is sure to remember Saturday night at the Fremont Speedway in Fremont, OH, as the Kokomo, IN product picked up his first career 410ci winged sprint car win.
Jarrett wins his first ever USAC feature at Lawrenceburg,IN. Sat. 4-4-15. Mark Miefert
Hodges Wins Copper on Dirt!
Hodges gets his First Win of 2015 and Copper on Dirt!
Brian Montieth at Lincoln
Brian Montieth wins at Lincoln Speedway Sunday
Ryan Bernal Stays HOT!
CA – MARCH 29, 2015… Slipping past Danny Faria Jr., Hollister’s Ryan Bernal led the final laps to earn his fourth USAC West Coast Sprint Car win of the season. The $1,500 triumph capped off a successful opening night for Hanford’s Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds. Faria, Jace Vander Weerd, D.J. Johnson, and Jake
Robert Ballou continued his hot streak by picking up the $7500 payday at Brownstown Speedway’s annual “No Way Out 40” event. Originally scheduled for Saturday the event was pushed back to Sunday due to weather conditions, this gave Ballou the rare opportunity to race on his birthday.
ze, group qualifying resulted in Ballou starting in 3rd in his heat and finishing 2nd to Brady Short. The program moved along quickly with Ballou slated to start 6th in the 40 lap feature. Kevin Thomas Jr picked up the early lead in the race with Ballou hard charging to second by lap 12. Ballou continued to gain momentum and after 3-4 slide job filled laps was able to secure the lead over Thomas and then never looked back. Celebrating his birthday in victory lane, Ballou picked up his third win of the non wing season.
“Initially our plan was to come and check this motor out that we had gotten back and make sure everything felt good, I can’t say enough good things about these Don Ott motors and what they have done for our program as well as a few things Derrick Bye and I have been trying. Brownstown went out on a limb for this race when a lot of other promoters would have canceled, the track was in great condition for the feature and it gave us the chance to put on a show for these hard core fans that came out in the chilly weather.” Ballou commented.
Ballou continued on to thank all involved sponsors: Don Ott Racing Engines, MAXIM Chassis, Indy Race Parts, Hoosier Tire, MPHG Promotions, Lucas Oil Racing Products, Hinchman Racewear, Butler Built Seats, Hooker Harness, Keizer Wheels, Infinity Shocks, Manvel Motorsports, Deaton’s Waterfront Services, Alloy Wheel Repair and Blakesley Auto.
Next scheduled race for the team is April 4, 2015 with the USAC National Sprint Cars at Lawrenceburg, IN.
Dustin Gates and Day motorsports!
off to Dustin Gates of Haughton Louisiana, former world micro champ in his second season in a sprint car. He parked it on his opening night!
Dietrich wins – Williams Grove Opener
Dietrich in the Kauffman Racing 48 wins opening night at Williams Grove Speedway PA Kris Keath – Williams Grove Speedway Opener by Dirt Station Check out what all Dirtstation’s Classic Dirt has to offer http://www.dirtstation.com/index.php?
California Shoe Michael Faccinto!
Faccinto en-route to victory in the Kasiner Farms Inc 21G during the Super 600 March 28th show, 2014 at Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park. — with Justine Kasiner and Michael Faccinto at Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park.
night at the Marysville Raceway, 2014 Series Champion, Shane Golobic, opened the 25th Anniversary Civil War Series Presented By Flowmaster season up in exciting fashion, as he raced his way to a thrilling win. Tim Aylwin Photo Click image for larger view
CA – MARCH 16, 2015… After problems sidelined his machine the previous night, Ryan Bernal of Hollister returned to victory circle at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway. Taking the lead from Richard Vander Weerd on lap fourteen, Bernal claimed last Saturday’s $1,500 USAC West Coast Sprint Car main event. Colby Copeland, “Hollywood” Danny Faria Jr., Bud Kaeding,
STEVIE SUSSEX HITS LAS VEGAS JACKPOT AT “SIN CITY SHOWDOWN”
VEGAS, NV – MARCH 8, 2015… Taking the lead from Hunter Schuerenberg on lap twenty-two, Tempe, Arizona’s Stevie Sussex held off all challengers to score the feature win at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With the $2,500 FVP “4th Annual Sin City Showdown” triumph, Sussex holds a slim lead in the USAC
oast and SouthWest Sprint Car point chase, as well as the five-race “Grudge Series.” Ryan Bernal, Matt Mitchell, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr., and Schuerenberg followed the young driver to the checkered flags.
Driving Mike Burkhart’s #21AZ Stratis Construction / KSE Custom Drywall RSS, Stevie Sussex earned his first career USAC West Coast Series win and his second SouthWest triumph. Using the pill pick / passing point format, Sussex ran second to R.J. Johnson in his heat race from eighth and ranked second in the event points. Starting fifth in the main event, Stevie steadily made his way forward and took over the top spot with a daring move. Once out front, Sussex had his hands full with Bernal and even benefitted from a timely caution flag to regain the lead. Now faced with a clear track, Stevie was not to be denied on this night and stormed to 30-lap victory. The USAC SouthWest regular will return to action on March 28th’s “Hank Arnold Memorial” at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona.
Mad Man Gets another win!
3 East Bay Raceway Park USAC Sprints Friday 2-27-15 3rd Kevin Thomas Jr, winner Robert Ballou, 2nd Dave Darland
Tyler Walton back at it!
Native Tyler Walton won last night micro sprint feature at Bubba’s raceway Park! “Dem”
BALLOU OPENS 2015 “WINTER DIRT GAMES VI” WIN
Florida…….Robert Ballou opened the 2015 AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship much the way he ended last season, as he fended off 2014 series champion Brady Bacon and drove away for the opening night win in “Winter Dirt Games VI.” The Rocklin, California hit double-digits in career wins as he took the Ballou Motorsports – Blakesley
“I felt like this place owed me one after losing one with a flat tire a couple years back. We kept our deal together, and Derrick Bye kept working hard to keep this momentum rolling. We’re working with the same car that won Oval Nationals to end last year. I knew we were in a tough spot as we hit traffic, and Bacon can get off the bottom so well here. But we battled back and got by him, and that’s a great feeling,” Ballou said.
Ballou began from the pole and led early over Justin Grant & Jon Stanbrough, as Bacon battled from row three after setting the ProSource “Fast Time Award” to open the night. Bacon tracked down Ballou as he encountered slower cars on lap ten, and Bacon snuck past him to the lead on lap 12.
Ballou countered, though, and swept back past Bacon down the backstretch, holding him off as they came to complete lap 14. A lap later, Kyle Cummins stopped to bring the race’s only caution.
Ballou was unmatched after the restart, as Chase Stockon, who had just entered the top-five after falling back early in the race, began to march up on the high side. He caught Bacon and slid past into turn-one to take the second spot. In the final laps, Ballou again caught traffic but Stockon could only bite a small chunk out of his margin.
Stockon came home a strong second in the Superior Tank & Trailer – Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher.
“We have changed a lot of things since this time last year, and it felt good to get rolling on the top and go by some really good guys. Our program doesn’t get much credit when the track goes slick, so it’s satisfying to get rolling so well when the track got black. We have seen a lot of different conditions now on this track, and seem to do pretty well with all of them,” Stockon said.
Defending champion Bacon came home third in the Hoffman Auto Racing – Mean Green #69 Triple X/Williams Mopar.
“This is exactly the type of track we’ve struggled with the most, so tonight was good to get ourselves closer and be in contention for the win. I was better than Robert early in the race and got to him, but he was way better than us at the end. I finally moved up high after Chase got by me, and I was better up there, but it was too late to get anything going. We’re happy with the progress we’ve made,” Bacon said.
Jon Stanbrough opened up his venture of starting his own team with a strong fourth-place finish aboard the MP Environmental Services – AED Motorsports Products #81 Spike/J&D, while Grant rounded out the top-five in the Mark Hery Motorsports – Dick’s Paint & Body #40 DRC/Claxton.
Bryan Clauson overcame obstacles in the heat to transfer from the Semi-Feature in the SST Motorsports #41 back-up car before going from 21st to 9th in the feature, earning the ProSource “Hard Charger Award.”
AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 20, 2014 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games VI”
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RYAN BERNAL GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE
BERNAL GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE IN $4,000 CANYON VICTORY
By Lance Jennings
PEORIA, AZ – JANUARY 26, 2015… Leading all 30-laps, Ryan Bernal of Hollister, California backed up Saturday’s dramatic victory to claim his second straight win of the “E&K Winter Challenge.” For Bernal, the $4,000 triumph at Kevin Montgomery’s Canyon Speedway Park was his fourth career USAC SouthWest
ture win. “The People’s Champion” Dave Darland, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr., Brady Bacon, and R.J. Johnson followed Ryan to the checkered flags.
Piloting the Mike Phulps owned #56 Tri-L Mandarin Racing / Core Power ART, Ryan Bernal started his evening by taking third in his heat race. Ranking fifth in passing points, the 2-time USAC Western Classic Champion grabbed the lead from his outside front-row starting spot and was not to be denied. Ryan has climbed to fifth in the Winter Challenge standings as the mini-series resumes Friday at Tucson’s USA Raceway.
For the second race in a row, Lincoln, Indiana’s “The People’s Champion” Dave Darland has scored a second place finish. Racing Mike Martin’s #16BUltimate Offroad / Sherwin-Williams Maxim, Darland earned his first heat race victory of the Winter Challenge and was the night’s high point driver. Starting sixth in the feature, Dave took advantage of a late race bobble by Davis to take the runner-up spot. By virtue of his strong performances, the veteran driver sits atop the Winter Challenge points heading to Tucson.
“Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. of Buckeye looked to have second well in hand until slipping to third in the closing laps. Driving the Massey Motorsports’ #50 RSS Industries / MP Environmental RSS, Davis placed third in his heat race and ranked sixth in the nightly passing points. The five-time Arizona Champion is currently fourth in the mini-series point chase and will be looking to move up the standings with a win at USA Raceway.
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon stormed to fourth at Canyon Speedway Park after starting eighth. Piloting Keith Ford’s #73 Berry Pack / King Racing Products Spike, Bacon ran fourth in his heat race and seated the USAC National Champion eighth in passing points. When the Winter Challenge resumes in Tucson, the opening night winner is second in the standings and ten points behind Darland.
R.J. Johnson of Phoenix claimed fifth in the 30-lap main event. Racing Bobby Martin’s #51 Weiler Farms / Pecon Builders Maxim, Johnson was second to Dalten Gabbard in his heat race, ranking the 2-time USAC SouthWest Champion fourth in passing points. The second generation driver sits third in the Winter Challenge points and will be looking to sweep the Friday and Saturday features at Tucson.
After battling engine problems and arriving late to Canyon Speedway Park, Tempe’s Stevie Sussex earned his second Winter Challenge “Hard Charger / Best Passing Job” honors. Charging to an eighth place finish after starting thirteenth, the pilot of Mike Burkhart’s #21AZ Stratis Construction / Westin Diversified RSS ranks eighth in the mini-series. The young driver hopes to have solved all of his mechanical woes and battle for the checkered flags at USA Raceway.
Dalten Gabbard of Glendale raced to victory in the program’s second 8-lap heat race. Driving the family owned #77 BG Chemicals / AZ Heat Trucking Maxim, Gabbard placed second in the nightly passing points and claimed sixth in the main event. Dalten will have his sights on adding the winning trophy from Tucson to his collection.
After an open practice session on Thursday, the USAC Southwest and West Coast Sprint Cars will return to action on Friday, January 30th, at Tucson’s USA Raceway. Round #4 of the “E&K Winter Challenge” will also feature IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, X-Mods, and Dwarf Cars. Located at 4300 E. Los Reales Road in Tucson, Arizona, advanced tickets are on sale now and more event information can be found atwww.raceusaraceway.com or calling (602) 258-7223 (RACE).
The USAC SouthWest Sprint Car Series would like to thank Sunoco Race Fuels, Hoosier Tire, Hose Advantage Store, and the Racers Advantage Store for their support. For more information on the series, visitwww.southwestsprintcars.com, www.usacracing.com, or follow the series on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SouthwestSprintCars).
For more information on the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series, visitwww.westcoastsprintcars.com, www.usacracing.com, follow the series on Facebook (www.facebook.com/…), or Twitter (www.twitter.com/#!/USACwc360).
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USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST SPECIAL EVENT SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
January 25, 2015 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “2015 E&K Winter Challenge”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Dave Darland (#16B Martin), 2. Dustin Cormany (#20 Deskins), 3. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 4. Matt Lundy (#98 Lundy), 5. David Dykes (#55NMDykes), 6. Mark Morin (#28 Morin). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 2. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Brady Bacon (#73 Ford), 5. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 6. Rick Ziehl (#74 Williams). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Ryan Bernal (2nd), 2. Dave Darland (6th), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (1st), 4. Brady Bacon (8th), 5. R.J. Johnson (3rd), 6. Dalten Gabbard (5th), 7. Mike Martin (9th), 8. Stevie Sussex (13th, #21AZ Burkhart), 9. Matt Lundy (7th), 10. Rick Ziehl (12th), 11. Dustin Cormany (4th), 12. David Dykes (10th), 13. Mark Morin (11th). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bernal
HARD CHARGER: Stevie Sussex (13th to 8th)
WINTER CHALLENGE POINT STANDINGSS:
1. Dave Darland-197; 2. Brady Bacon-187; 3. R.J. Johnson-186; 4. Charles Davis Jr.-176; 5. Ryan Bernal-174; 6. Dalten Gabbard-152; 7. Mike Martin-149; 8. Stevie Sussex-139; 9. Rick Ziehl-121; 10. David Dykes-106; 11. Matt Lundy-79; 12. Dennis Gile-62; 13. Shon Deskins-57; 14. Dustin Cormany-42; 15. Andy Reinbold-41; 16. Josh Pelkey-40; 17. Jonas Reynolds-37; 18. Mark Morin-30.
2015 E&K WINTER CHALLENGE SCHEDULE:
DATE – TRACK – LOCATION
January 29: USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ (Open Practice, 6-9pm)
January 30: USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ ($2,000-to-Win)
January 31: USA Raceway – Tucson, AZ ($4,000-to-Win)
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This schedule is subject to change.
ATTACHED PHOTOS/IMAGES:
#56 Ryan Bernal wins at Canyon Speedway Park. File photo by Patrick Shaw / Backed-In Photography.
A look back at CBR 2014
Bowyer Racing has did everything right in 2014. He had the right drivers. The right crew. The right equipment. Congratulations & we look forward to the 2015 campaign!
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Bryan Hulbert – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 4, 2022) A slide for the lead, then working to the hub of the Knoxville Raceway, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. captured the opening night of the 32nd annual 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank. The third time the driver of the Hills Racing Team No. 15h has stood in Victory Lane at the famed half-mile in 360cid competition, the win was Sam’s 60th with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network. “Tonight, we had a really good racecar, and the guys just kept working all night long. We weren’t good in Time Trials, we weren’t good in the Heat Race, but we turned the wick up in the Feature and really got going,” stated Hafertepe. “I have to thank Miles Hill. Without him, none of these guys could be out here working for us, and this equipment we have it’s unbelievable.
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Brian Montieth wins a thrilling $5,000-to-win Hilly Rife Memorial non-stop 30 lap feature event at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
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The MadMan Robert Ballou would grab his 13th win of the year tying J.J. Yeley for 2nd most AMSOIL National Sprint Car wins in a single season. It would also lock his 2015 USAC National Champion bid in the books! Robert is not traditionally a points racer but when your on a winning streak like he had its hard to not go close the deal out. We would like to congratulate robert on a huge season and thank him for taking Keizer Wheels along for the ride!
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Frank Flud has had another incredible year that is ending with allot of changes and a lot of wins. Frank just pocketed $10,000 for his Outlaw Nationals victory at Port City Raceway. A week later he opened his own Shop DrivenMidwest. Here flud plans to continue his winning ways. Flud is up to 55 wins for the 2015 season with his most recent coming out of Lemoore California. The Tulsa Native has been doing some traveling before settling in for this year's shootout.
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The win was Dietrich's 16th of the year, a big number a sport draped in parity. This one was worth a nice $10,000 payday.
"It gives us a lot of momentum going into the offseason," Dietrich said. "Not just with the crew, but also the car owner and all of our sponsors.
"We are just fortunate that everyone is clicking ... the program, everyone that supplies us with products and crew. You put it all together, and we were able to combine to have that many wins. There was also a lot of luck involved."
Not on a blustery afternoon and evening at Susquehanna Speedway Park. This victory came down to skill.
Danny Dietrich Wins the $10,000 at Susquehanna Speedway
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The Jack's Excavating /Keizer Wheels/Can-Am /Racertech team of brothers Marcus and Mouse Pratt came away with the UTV 1000 (Pro) class overall and victory at the annual off-road race. The four-hour UTV portion of the weekend event was held on Friday night and offered three classes for traditional SxS vehicles and another for single-seat vehicles. More than 60 entries competed in Iowa. The Pratt brothers completed 20 laps in just more than 4 hours to secure the class overall and UTV overall at the Heartland Challenge. Their time was more than seven minutes ahead of second place overall (UTV 900 class winner) and more than 10 minutes over the runner-up in the UTV 1000 class. "Our keizer wheels just keep us going. We run a combo style offset swap from front to rear. The innovations we have helped Keizer bring to the UTV world have help make this possible. We love working together and winning together." said Marcus Pratt. “We wouldn't have won had it not been for our team, sponsors and, more specifically, our fabricator and mechanic Tim Muilenburg."
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“It means the world to me. I can’t believe it. The whole race, I just thought someone would be there every time I screwed up. I hit the wall too many times, and luckily it always bounced just right. To say that I won at Terre Haute is amazing, and to do it on the fence. I can’t even explain it. I can’t thank Robert Ballou enough. He sets up my car and tries to teach me how to do this right. He told me it would be up there, and I have had to learn how to run a cushion. I knew had to get through traffic quickly, so I tried to be as aggressive as possible. It’s not easy in USAC, and I never would have though it would come this fast, or especially at this track,” Farney said.
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Dover showing his moves for a win late last month!
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Parker Price Miller is quickly becoming a name in the ranks of sprint car racing....