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Oswego County Today.Com Presents Racing Saturday, July 16 At Fulton Speedway

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Oswego County Today.Com Presents Racing Saturday, July 16 At Fulton Speedway Story By Dave Medler/Fulton Speedway Media - Images Courtesy: Dave Dalesandro/RacersGuide.com Oswego County Today.Com Presents Family, Fun Racing Saturday, July 16 At The Fulton Speedway FULTON, NY - July 13, 2016 – Racing on the Fulton Speedway “Highbanks” and point battles are as hot as the weather. This Saturday, July 16th Oswego County Today.Com will present a great night of high speed, family affordable, fun racing. On the race card will be the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Big Block Modifeds, SUNY Canton Sportsman, Billy Whittaker Cars &…

Brewerton Returns to Action This Friday Night

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Brewerton Returns to Action This Friday Night Story By Dave Medler/Brewerton Speedway Media - Images Courtesy: Jeff Clemons/RacersGuide.com BREWERTON, NY – July 13, 2016 – After a Friday night off last week due to Mother Nature the Brewerton Speedway is ready to unleash the racing horsepower this Friday, July 15 on Syracuse Haulers Night. On the fast, affordable, family fun race card will be the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Big Block Modifeds, SUNY Canton Sportsman, Firehouse Subs Mod Lites and JB Logging & Firewood Four Cylinders. Adult grandstand admission is $12 with everyone 18 years old and younger…

Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Returns in 2016 to Historic Single Race Format

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Returns in 2016 to Historic Single Race Format Lernerville Speedway adds World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Commonwealth Clash to 2016 schedule Story By: Aaron Fiedler/WoO Media - Images Courtesy: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com SARVER, Pa. - July 12, 2016 - The Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2016 with a return to its historic single-feature format. The Silver Cup, one of the marquee events on the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series schedule, takes on the high-banked, 4/10 mile oval in Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July…

Super DIRTcar Series Rolls Off at FMP Speedway Tonight

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66TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL AT FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY PART OF A LONG HISTORY OF BIG EVENTS AT THE QUARTER MILE OVAL. Story By:ANDREW HARPELL / FMP SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM BINGHAMTON, NY - July 12, 2016-When the DIRTcar Super Dirt Series comes to Five Mile Point Speedway later this evening it will be another major event in a rich history of big races that have taken place at the quarter mile oval. Last year Stewart Friesen edged out Pat Ward with a last lap pass to record the victory in the closest finish of the 2015 series. A…

At a Glance: Halfway Done and the ‘Month of Money’ Rolls

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The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series takes on the Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park on Tuesday and the Kings Royal Thursday through Saturday Story By:AARON FIEDLER / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By:RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CONCORD, N.C. - July 12, 2016 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series has passed the midpoint of the 2016 season as the series stares down the 'Month of Money' and one of the biggest weeks of the season with the Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park on tap for this Tuesday, July 12 and the newly-expanded and richer-than-ever Kings…

Super DIRTcar Series Set for Big Stage at Eldora Speedway

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DIRTcar Series Takes on the "Big E" After a Decade Absence Story By: MANDEE PAUCH / DIRTcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - July 12, 2016 - For the first time in a decade the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds will be making their way out west to "The Big E," also known as Eldora Speedway. The series takes on the historic half-mile track in Rossburg, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 19, and Wednesday, July 20. The Big-Block Modifieds will run a full series points event on Tuesday and an invitational event on Wednesday when it joins…

PATRICK EMERLING THUNDERS TO VICTORY ON THE HIGH BANKS OF HOLLAND INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

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SCORES FOURTH VICTORY OF 2016 FERRIS MOWERS RACE OF CHAMPIONS FUELED BY SUNOCO SEASON Story By:ROC ASPHALT SERIES MEDIA Photos By:ALEX & HELEN BRUCE / RACERSGUIDE.COM Holland NY.- July 12, 2016- Under threatening skies the Ferris Mowers Race of Champions Asphalt Modified Series fueled by Sunoco made their own thunder on the legendary high banks of Holland International Speedway this past Saturday night and when the checkered flag flew a familiar face drove his machine to victory lane. Patrick Emerling, who resides near the track where his racing career started, scored his fourth victory in the eight races during the 2016…

BRENT MARKS RACES TO VICTORY AT TRAIL-WAY SPEEDWAY

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Track Hosts First 410 Sprint Car Show in a Decade Story By:JUSTIN SNYDER / RACERSGUIDE.COM Photos By:TRENT GOWER / RACERSGUIDE.COM Hanover, PA| July 11, 2016- After a decade away from 410 Sprint car racing, Trail-Way Speedway returned Sunday night with one of the most exciting shows of the 2016 season. The Hanover, PA bull ring stood as the second stop of the 410 Sprint Car Shootout Series and hosted 23 contenders for the Armin Hostetter Memorial, which paid out $3500 to the winner, Brent Marks. The Myerstown, PA native started ninth and held off a surging Brian Montieth to…

Wight Rumbles to Utica-Rome Victory

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Rocky Warner Takes Checkers In 602 Sportsman Action Story By: JOHN TIFF / UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY Photos By:OTTO GRAHAM / RACERSGUIDE.COM VERNON, NY - July 11, 2016-Pathfinder Village and Gates-Cole Insurance presented an action-packed show on Sunday, July 10th, which saw Larry Wight get his 10th career victory at the speedway after a strong performance in the Modified feature. He shared victory lane with Rocky Warner after he won the SUNY Canton 602 Sportsman, Claude Hutchings Jr. in the Broedel Energy Open Sportsman, and Mike Welch in the G&I Homes of Vernon Pro Stocks. The Gates-Cole Insurance Modifieds came to…

Danny Holtgraver Wins $10,000 in All Star Sprints at Sharon Speedway

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Jim Rasey ends 5-year Winless Drought in Big-Block Mods & Becomes 1st repeat “Lou Blaney Memorial” winner after 8 years Story By: MIKE LEONE / SHARON SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM Hartford, OH.- July 11, 2016- Sharon Speedway hosted the eighth annual “Lou Blaney Memorial” presented by Ollie’s Bargain Outlet on Saturday night as Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars made their second and final appearance of the season and were joined by The Mod Tour for the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Big-Block Modifieds. A huge crowd turned out as activities took…

Bohn Misses $9,000 but Wins Race at Bowman Gray

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Bohn Misses $9,000 but Wins Race at Bowman Gray Story By: Loren Pinillis/BGS Media - Images Courtesy: Eric Hylton/BGS (Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC) Danny Bohn rolled up at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday aiming to leave with the $9,000 Fans’ Challenge prize money. That didn’t pan out for the former champ – so he grabbed the checkered instead. Two years ago, Bohn was the 2014 champion in the Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series. Due to changing work obligations, he hasn’t had the opportunity to race regularly at the Madhouse. So far this season, Bohn competed in the…

CLAUSON ON CRUISE CONTROL AT THE BURG

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] CLAUSON ON CRUISE CONTROL AT THE BURG; CLAIMS VICTORY IN INDIANA SPRINT WEEK RD. 3 Story By: Richie Murray/USAC Media - Images Courtesy: USAC Racing Lawrenceburg, Indiana.........Bryan Clauson continued his winning ways Sunday night during the third round of Indiana Sprint Week at Lawrenceburg Speedway, holding off a mid-race challenge from Josh Hodges and snookering the field on a late race restart to earn his 41st career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory, surpassing Gary Bettenhausen for seventh on the all-time list. Clauson also collected his 111th career USAC-sanctioned feature victory, moving him into the top-five on the…

Newgarden Dominates to Win Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway

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Josef Newgarden Shows No Mercy With Dominating Performance Story By:MITCH ROBINSON / INDYcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By:CHRIS OWENS / INDYcar SERIES PHOTO NEWTON, Iowa –July 11, 2016- After this display, they might just have to rename the hometown of Iowa Speedway to Newgarden, Iowa. Josef Newgarden has been the bridesmaid the last two years at Iowa Speedway, finishing runner-up at the Iowa Corn 300 in 2014 and 2015. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver wasn’t to be denied this time. Driving the No. 21 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka/ECR Chevrolet, Newgarden cruised from a front-row start to his third career win. Newgarden, who…

This Week Ahead: Cozze Discusses Grandview Speedway

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Super DIRTcar Series Rolls Into Five Mile Point and Grandview Story By:MANDEE PAUCH / DIRTcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - July 11, 2016 - Syracuse winner and Dirt Hall of Famer, Frank Cozze, from Wind Gap, Pa., is ready to show the Super DIRTcar boys how to get around his home track, Grandview Speedway. Cozze, the driver of the No. 35 Adirondack Auto Big-Block Modified is looking forward to this upcoming week. As Cozze looks for his first Super DIRTcar Series win of the year he tells us what he thinks about going to Grandview…

Trent Stephens Tops King of Wings VIII at ‘The Steel Palace’

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New Royalty Crowned at Oswego King of Wings Special Story By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / OSWEGO SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:CHRIS BURGESS / RACERSGUIDE.CCOM OSWEGO, N.Y. – July 11, 2016-Oswego Speedway fans hailed new royalty during Saturday night’s King of Wings VIII feature for the International Supermodified Association, as Trent Stephens soared to victory in the 50-lap main event for his first series win of the season. Stephens passed polesitter Moe Lilje on lap 21 and never looked back, leading by as much as 2.5 seconds at times and holding off fast qualifier and two-time event winner Mike Lichty down the…

Time To “Get Crazy” In The Southern Tier

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Region’s Richest Event Set For Wednesday, July 27 With $8,888-To-Win ‘Crazy 8s Special’ For Short Track Super Series At Afton Fairgrounds Oval Story By:BRETT DEYO /STSS MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM AFTON, NY –July 11, 2016- The richest dirt-track Modified event of 2016 in the Southern Tier is set for Wednesday, July 27 at I-88 Speedway. The Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By VP big-block/small-block Modifieds descend on the Afton Fairgrounds oval for the fourth edition of the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ offering a mammoth $8,888 to the victor with a $20 “Gambler’s Fee” ($6,888 without) posted…

Thunder on The Hill Traffic Jam Invades Grandview Speedway

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BRIGHTBILL, CHAMBERLAIN, ‘THE DOCTOR’ AND MORE AT TRAFFIC JAM MEET & GREET THURSDAY, JULY 14 AT GRANDVIEW Story By:BOB MILLER / TOTH SERIES MEDIA Photos By:RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF BECHTELSVILLE, PA -July 11, 2016– A pre-race event of epic proportions highlights an exciting day of action when the Super DIRTCar Series Big-Block Modifieds compete in the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series at the Grandview Speedway in a 60-Lap event paying $7,000 to the winner on Thursday night, July 14. This special night of racing is sponsored by Pioneer Pole Buildings. The big night of racing will kick…

Fan Appreciation Night on Tap at Thunder Mountain

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Thunder Mountain July 9 Program Fell To Threatening Weather; Racing Resumes Saturday, July 16 With $1,000-To-Win Crate 602 Sportsman & Fan Appreciation Night Story By:BRETT DEYO / BD MOTORSPORTS MEDIA Photos By:MOJO PHOTOS / RACERSGUIDE.COM CENTER LISLE, NY –July 11, 2016- A threatening weather forecast forced the cancelation of Saturday night’s racing program at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Management opted to make the decision early in the day out of respect to race teams and fans, many of whom travel long distances to attend events at the three-eighths-mile clay oval located in Center Lisle, N.Y., just outside Whitney Point. The ‘Fan Appreciation…

Decker Returns to ‘The Land of Legends’ Victory Lane

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Billy Decker Grabs Canandaigua Checkers For First Time Since 2011 Story By: GARY SPAID / CANANDAIGUA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CANANDAIGUA, NY –July 11, 2016- It’s been quite a while since Billy Decker made it to the Canandaigua Motorsports park victory lane. His last visit came on June 14, 2011. Well he made it again last Saturday in a dominating performance. “Mike (Payne) and the crew have been working hard to help me as I have been struggling here as of late,” stated Decker. “This is an incredibly difficult race track. If you can get it rolling here you can…

VonDohren Notches 300th Career Victory

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VonDohren Scores 300th Career Win In $4,000 Stevenson Memorial Triumph Story By:SHAWN WOOD / BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:GEORGE STEIGERWALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM MINERSVILLE, PA. - July 11, 2016- Craig VonDohren scored his first career win at Big Diamond Speedway on Aug. 1, 1980 in a 25-lap sportsman-modified feature. Thirty-six years later, he continues to add to his impressive career record as he won a back-and-forth battle with Duane Howard in the 30-lap, $4,000 George-Georgie Stevenson Memorial on B&H Landscaping Night at the speedway. Other winners on Friday night were Chris Derr (awarded the win) in the Jasen’s Automotive Services Street Stock…

‘Lightning Larry’ Charges to Fulton Victory

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Larry Wight Uses Late Race Charge To Grab Fulton Speedway Modified Win Story By: DAVE MEDLER / FULTON SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: JAY FISH / RACERSGUIDE.COM FULTON, NY – July 10, 2016 – Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway Mother Nature threw a few curve balls but not enough to dampen the spirits of the racers and fans in attendance on a successful family autograph night presented by McDonald’s Restaurants and the JPW Companies. In the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds the 35 lap feature would see two and three wide racing throughout the field on an ultra-quick…

Dirt Late Models

Richard’s Rolls to Victory at Deer Creek Speedway

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Richards Racks-up Win No. 9; Clanton and Eckert duel for more than half the feature Story By:BRENDAN CAPRIA / WOO LATE MODEL SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO /RACERSGUIDE.COM SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – July 10, 2016 – In the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series’ 500th feature event in the modern era on Saturday night, Josh Richards rockets to his 67th career series win at Deer Creek Speedway. The win was his ninth of the season. “I’ll tell you, this place does not get enough credit,” Richards said. “This is probably one of the top facilities in the country, and…

CUMMINS CRACKS WIN COLUMN AT KOKOMO

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CAPTURES FIRST USAC SPRINT VICTORY BY A FOOT OVER BALLOU AT KOKOMO Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM Kokomo Indiana- July 10, 2016- Bridesmaid. Perennial runner-up. Call him what you will, but Kyle Cummins certainly cannot be labeled as such any longer. For, on Saturday night at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway, the long wait came to an end for the Princeton, Indiana driver. After passing Chris Windom for the lead with just nine laps to go, Cummins emerged from late-race turmoil and a massive charge by Robert Ballou on the final corner of…

Donny Schatz Scores Lucky No. 13 at FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake

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Scores His Fifth Career Outlaws Win at Cedar Lake Story by; AARON FIEDLER /WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By:RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF NEW RICHMOND, Wisc. - July 10, 2016 - Donny Schatz and Brad Sweet battled throughout much of Saturday night's FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake feature at Cedar Lake Speedway, as they traded the lead back and forth through lapped traffic and cautions, but it was Schatz who held tough to score his 13th World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season. "I've got to thank these guys," Schatz said. "They're incredible in what they do." Schatz, who…

HODNETT CLAIMS 13TH ANNUAL WELDON STERNER MEMORIAL

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KRIMES WINS FIRST NIGHT OF LINCOLN/TRAIL-WAY/SUSQUEHANNA 410 SPRNT SHOOTOUT Story By:BILL MEYER / LINCOLN SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.CCOM ABBOTTSTOWN, PA.-July 10, 2016 – Greg Hodnett added to his Central PA point series lead with his fourth Lincoln of the year and Alan Krimes scored his first checkered flag of the year and 17th career Lincoln win in the high-paying Pigeon Hills sprint car double features Saturday night. STERNER MEMORIAL COMPLETION Hodnett picked up where he left off back on April 30th in claiming the $6,900 top prize in the 33-lap Weldon Sterner Memorial for 410 sprinters. The…

Dirt Late Models

Classic McDowell at Smoky Mountain Speedway

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McDowell Masters Mountain Moonshine Classic at Smoky Mountain Speedway Story By: TRAVIS BRANCH / LUCAS LM SERIES MEDIA Photos By:RICK SCHWALLIE / RACERSGUIDE.COM MARYVILLE, TN -July 10, 2016 - Dale McDowell debuted a new Sweet-Bloomquist Chassis on Saturday night at Smoky Mountain Speedway, and put it in victory lane by winning the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Mountain Moonshine Classic. McDowell's seventh career LOLMDS win came before a record-setting crowd at the famed 4/10-mile, speed-plant. He led a Sweet-Bloomquist Chassis sweep of the top three finishers. Jared Landers came from sixth to finish second, followed by LOLMDS point-leader Scott…

Keselowski Good to The Last Drop at Kentucky Speedway

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Keselowski Saves Fuel, Wins Wild Race at Repaved Kentucky Speedway Story By:REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By:GETTY IMAGES / NASCAR SPARTA, Ky. –July 10, 2016- Brad Keselowski had his mojo working in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Saving just enough fuel to get to the finish line, Keselowski eked out a heart-thumping victory over Carl Edwards to win his second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and his third at Kentucky Speedway. But this was not the same bumpy, abrasive Kentucky Speedway where Keselowski went to Victory Lane in 2012 and 2014. This was a repaved,…

Older is King of Pro Stocks at Albany Saratoga Speedway

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DAN OLDER WINS FULL FENDER FIRECRACKER Story By:ROB HAZER / KOD SERIES MEDIA Photos By:KOD SERIES/ DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Malta, NY –July 10, 2016- Fireworks on the track and above the clay at Albany-Saratoga Speedway Friday night, which saw 33 cars strong sign in for the King Of Dirt Pro Stock Series. Dan Older has been supporting the series since day one and he was finally able to reach victory lane in the Full Fender Firecracker on Lazzaro’s Auto Body night at the great race place after leading all 30-laps in the feature event. Dan Older and Chuck Dumblewski would…

All Star Shootout Field Ready to Take on The Magic Mile

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NWMT All-Star Shootout Lineup Announced Story By: NHMS MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF Loudon NH.- July10, 2016-The All-Star Shootout has become a welcomed addition to an already jam-packed July racing schedule at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway the last two years. The third annual NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour/Whelen Southern Modified Tour event, which will be held on Friday, July 15, should be another door-to-door battle among the tour’s best drivers. The field for the 35-lap invitational was announced on Thursday. The All-Star Shootout has a 30-minute time limit and will feature two segments with a mandatory caution displayed at…

Pagenaud Wins Verizon P1 Award at Iowa

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Collects 500th Pole in Team Penske History Story By:MITCH ROBINSON / INDYcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By:CHRIS OWENS / INDYcar PHOTO NEWTON, Iowa –July 10, 2016- Two weeks after competing on the longest circuit on the schedule at Road America, the Verizon IndyCar Series turns to its shortest in the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway oval this weekend for the Iowa Corn 300. And with a blazing qualifying effort, Simon Pagenaud earned the Verizon P1 Award and the 500th pole position in the racing history of Team Penske. Pagenaud’s No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet nailed down the top spot in qualifying with…

Courtney Spins Then Wins at Gas City Opener

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COMEBACK COURTNEY CHARGES FROM THE TAIL TO COLLECT STUNNING VICTORY IN GAS CITY INDIANA SPRINT WEEK OPENER Story By:RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM Gas City Indiana- July 9, 2016-After an opening lap spin sent him to the 24th and last position on the grid for the restart, the odds certainly did not appear to be in Tyler Courtney’s favor. Passing 23 cars in 30 laps around a ¼-mile track is a tall task for anyone, let alone a driver seeking his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win with the backdrop of an…

Hearn Grabs Albany Saratoga Checkers

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Hearn & Older Win Big At Albany-Saratoga Story By: TOBY LAGRANGE / ALBANY SARATOGA SPEEDWAY Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Malta, NY –July 9, 2016- A few days after Brett Hearn presented his Big Show 8 program at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway he returned to the driver role at the track and picked up the 35 lap Upstate GMC Dealers DIRTcar Modified feature event at the track. His win on Friday night helped him considerably in the point standings. The New Jersey super star came into the night tied with Kenny Tremont, Jr. for second in the season long point standings.…

Schuchart Holds off Schatz at Cedar Lake to Score First Career Win

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Joins Bill Balog as the only other first time winner, so far, in 2016 Story By:AARON FIEDLER / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF NEW RICHMOND, Wisc. - July 9, 2016 - It was not easy but Logan Schuchart did what he had to Friday night at Cedar Lake Speedway to score his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory as he battled past Joey Saldana and held off Donny Schatz to win the FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake. Schuchart, who started the feature on the front row with Shane Stewart, jumped out to the…

Clanton Continues Solid Season; Scores 5th Win

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Clanton Clobbers Field for Fifth Win Story By: JORDAN MORRIS / WOO LATE MODEL SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM MASON CITY, Iowa –July 9, 2016- Shane Clanton was stronger than stone Friday night, dominating The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series 50-lap feature at Mason City Motor Speedway. Clanton not only solidified his fifth win of the season, but also tied Rick Eckert for fourth all time in career wins (35) in the series. “Oh man, that car was good,” Clanton said. “It’s pretty special right now. It was a good win here that eluded me the last…

Bloomquist Stays Hot For Cherokee Victory

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Bloomquist Takes Grassy Smith Memorial at Cherokee Speedway Story By: TRAVIS BRANCH /LUCAS LM SERIES MEDIA Photos By:RICK SCHWALLIE/ RACERSGUIDE.COM GAFFNEY, SC -July 9, 2016 - Scott Bloomquist won his third straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event on Friday Night at Cherokee Speedway by leading all but one lap of the main event. After a 4-hour rain delay, the standing room only crowd saw Bloomquist take the win in the Grassy Smith Memorial, also marking his 70th career LOLMDS win. Casey Roberts came home in second, followed by Johnny Pursley, Brandon Sheppard, and 18th-starting Jonathan Davenport. Chris Madden managed…

STEWART FRIESEN IS RED HOT HEADING TO PPB SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES TRAFFIC JAM

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NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES . . .SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES TRAFFIC JAM AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY THURSDAY, JULY 14 Story By: BOB MILLER /TOTH SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM BECHTELSVILLE, PA - July 9, 2016 – Race fans are buzzing with anticipation as the elite Big-Block Modified drivers of the Super DIRTCar Series race into Grandview Speedway on Thursday, July 14 as part of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill 19th Annual Traffic Jam presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings. The 60-lap Big-Block Modified portion of the event offers a lucrative $7,000 payday to…

Busch Rolls to Kentucky XFINITY Victory

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Kyle Busch Holds Off Austin Dillon for XFINITY Win at Kentucky Story By:REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By:GETTY IMAGES / NASCAR SPARTA, Ky. –July 9, 2016- It was a race Kyle Busch won with a dramatic run around the outside lane at Kentucky Speedway. It was a race Erik Jones lost when he hit the wrong switch on his dashboard, killed the engine and slowed under caution late in the race. But, interestingly, it was a race where Jones showed Busch, the pole winner, the key to victory, demonstrating to his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate that the outside line…

Friday Kentucky Notebook

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Crash in Practice Sends Jimmie Johnson to Backup Car Story By: REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By:GETTY IMAGES / NASCAR SPARTA, Ky. –July 9, 2016- So far, this has been a summer Jimmie Johnson would love to forget. His last eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races have produced an average finish of 20.75, with the lone highlight a third-place run in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. That, by the way, was the only top 10 in the last eight races for the six-time series champion. Most recently, his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was gobbled up in a 22-car…

Weedsport Speedway Adds Super DIRTcar Series Labor Day Spectacular

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Bigger and Better Super DIRTcar Series Labor Day Spectacular at The Port Story By:SHANNON PHELPS / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM / PHOTO STAFF WEEDSPORT, NY –July 9, 2016- Weedsport Speedway will welcome the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified tour for a Labor Day spectacular on September 5, 2016. Construction delays and discussions with Central New York Raceway Park officials freed up the Super DIRTcar Series Labor Day event, which Weedsport quickly picked up in order to transform a previously scheduled non-series event into a bigger and better event for all involved. An extremely congested northeast schedule through mid-July…

Byron holds off Nemechek, Hemric for record Camping World Truck Series win

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Byron holds off Nemechek, Hemric for record Camping World Truck Series win July 7, 2016 By Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service - Images Courtesy: NASCAR/Getty Images SPARTA, KY. – William Byron didn’t have the fastest truck at the end of Thursday night’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway. But Byron had the most important ingredient in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the newly repaved and reconfigured 1.5-mile track. Byron held the top spot for all 42 laps after the final restart of the event on lap 108 of 150. It was no cakewalk.…

SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES TRAFFIC JAM RETURNS TO THE GRANDVIEW ON THURSDAY, JULY 14

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL SERIES CONTINUES GRANDVIEW’S BEST PROVIDE STIFF COMPETITION TO DIRTCAR ELITE. . . SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES TRAFFIC JAM PRESENTED BY PIONEER POLE BUILDINGS RETURNS TO THE HILL ON THURSDAY, JULY 14 Story By: Jay Dugan/TOTH Media - Images Courtesy: RacersGuide.com Photo Staff BECHTELSVILLE, PA (July 7, 2016) – The premier Big-Block Modified series in the country, the Super DIRTCar Series, heads to the Berks County high-banked Grandview Speedway on Thursday night, July 14 when the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series brings you the 19th Annual Traffic…

Racing Action Returns To Georgetown Speedway On Friday, July 22

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] We’re Back: Racing Action Returns To Georgetown Speedway; Open Practice Set For Tuesday, July 12; URC Sprint Car & Big-Block Doubleheader Approaching On Friday, July 22 GEORGETOWN, DE – We’re back! After sitting idle since June 2, the roar of race engines returns to Delaware’s historic Georgetown Speedway in July. The half-mile oval’s gates will unlock twice in the next two weeks at the “special-events” schedule under the BD Motorsports Media LLC management team resumes. On Tuesday, July 12, a special “test and tune” open practice session will be held. The practice gives race teams an ample opportunity…

Friesen Cashes In at Akwesasne Mohawk Casino 100

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Friesen Cashes In at Akwesasne Mohawk Casino 100 Scores second win in a row and third of the Super DIRTcar Series season Story By Mandee Pauch/Super DIRTcar Series Media - Images Courtesy: Alex & Helen Bruce/RacersGuide.com HOGANSBURG, N.Y. - July 7, 2016 - Stewart Friesen dominated the 100-lap nonstop Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds feature event Thursday night at Mohawk International's Akwesasne Mohawk Casino 100. "The boys did some track prep during intermission and that was just what we needed. I had a little tip from a friend that it would lay rubber," laughed Friesen in victory lane.…

Shane Stewart Ready to Roll Into the ‘Month of Money’

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Shane Stewart Ready to Roll Into the ‘Month of Money’ The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series takes on the FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake double-header beginning Friday, July 8 Story By: Aaron Fiedler/DIRTcar Media - Images Courtesy: Dave Dalessandro/RacersGuide.com CONCORD, N.C. - July 7, 2016 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series kicks off the 'Month of Money' on Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway for the FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake. One driver who comes into the grueling month-long stretch of the biggest races of the season with experience and success is Shane Stewart.…

Record $320,975 Posted For 33rd Annual Kings Royal Weekend At Eldora

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Record $320,975 Posted For 33rd Annual Kings Royal Weekend At Eldora World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Return For Expanded Three-Day Event July 14-15-16 ROSSBURG, Ohio - July 7, 2016 - The 33rd running of Kings Royal Weekend, expanded this year to include a full World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series race on Thursday, July 14, already promises fans more racing and Eldora Speedway officials today announced more prize money for the racers. Saturday's tradition of $50,000-to-win and the pomp and circumstance that surrounds racing's most unique victory remains untouched - but that is the only…

LATE MODELS ARE IN THE LIMELIGHT WITH THE FIRECRACKER 40 AT GRANDVIEW SATURDAY

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] BRC LATE MODELS ARE IN THE LIMELIGHT AT GRANDVIEW WITH RUNNING OF CHAPMAN FORD CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM DEALERSHIP FIRECRACKER 40 ALONG WITH FIREWORKS DISPLAY, TP TRAILERS 358 MODIFIEDS AND SPORTSMAN SATURDAY Story By: Ernie Saxton/Grandview Speedway media - Images Courtesy: George Steigerwalt/RacersGuide.com BECHTELSVILLE, PA July 6, 2016 . . . The popular BRC NASCAR Late Models will be in the spotlight on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. Current point leader and defending champion Chuck Schutz will head up a strong field of racers as they take part in the big event of the season for the BRC…

Friesen Wins By .08 at The Big Show 8

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Friesen Wins By .08 at The Big Show 8 Captures second Super DIRTcar Series win of the year Story By Mandee Pauch/DIRTcar Media - Photos Courtesy: Dave Dalessandro/RacersGuide.com ALBANY, N.Y. - July 6, 2016 - The Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modified Series returned to Albany-Saratoga Speedway Wednesday night for Brett Hearn's Big Show 8. Starting the thirty-two car field to the green was Vic Coffey and Stewart Friesen followed by Larry Wight and Jimmy Phelps. Friesen made a quick charge to the outside and gained the top spot over Coffey by the first lap. Coffey didn't give…

Friesen Earns Accord Speedway First On Tuesday

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Breakthrough: Stewart Friesen Earns Accord Speedway First On Tuesday, Tops ‘Battle of the Bullring 4’ For $5,710 Payday; Tyler Boniface (STSS Open Sportsman) & Justin Mills (Slingshot) Also Score Story By: Brett Deyo/SSTS Media - Images Courtesy: Dave Dalessandro/RacersGuide.com ACCORD, NY – Stewart Friesen got the Accord Speedway monkey off his back. Friesen, the Sprakers, N.Y., star, had enjoyed very little success at the quarter-mile oval located in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Until Tuesday night, that is. Friesen won for the first time in his career at Accord, topping the New York Truck Parts Inc. ‘Battle of the…

RACERS! Don’t Skimp on Safety!

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] RACERS! Don’t Skimp on Safety! By: Pete MacDonald Fire is every racers ultimate fear. We were reminded again how dangerous this sport can be when 305 Sprint Car driver Jake Waters suffered serious burns following an incident at Selinsgrove Speedway in PA on Sunday night. A rescue worker and fellow driver Austin Burke also suffered burns while trying to extricate Waters from his car during the incident. This proves even more that in the year 2016 you just can’t put a price on safety, there really is no excuse anymore. Many drivers will reply with, “Well I can’t…

Family Autograph Night at Fulton Speedway Racing Saturday, July 9

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Family Autograph Night, The World’s Most Famous Clown Ronald McDonald® and the Hamburglar ® Join Fulton Speedway Racing Saturday, July 9 Story By: By Dave Medler/Fulton Speedway Media - Images Courtesy: Jay Fish/RacersGuide.com FULTON, NY - July 6, 2016 - With the racing heating up as hot as the summer temperatures, there will be fun for everyone on and off the race track this Saturday, July 9 at the Fulton Speedway presented by McDonald’s® Restaurants and the JPW Companies. After being a big hit in 2015 with fans of all ages, the world's most famous clown Ronald McDonald®…

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