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Kressley Picks Up Top Ten at Bridgeport

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Kressley Picks Up Top Ten at Bridgeport Story By: Mandee Pauch/MPR Photos By Jim Brown & Kirsten Snyder/RacersGuide.com Brett Kressley recorded his third top-ten finish of the season this past weekend at his Saturday night home-track, Bridgeport Speedway. After bad luck striking him early on in the season with a few engine losses, Kressley is satisfied with his top ten performance. “We made some changes for the heat race,” he said. “It didn’t go as well as I expected it to but we were lucky enough to advance a little bit and hold our own.” Kressley started eighth in his…

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Weedsport Speedway Set To Take On The Outlaws

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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Stars Eager to Return to ‘Unique’ Weedsport Speedway on May 21 Press Release By: DAN KAPUSINCSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: JEFF CLEMONS / RACERSGUIDE.COM WEEDSPORT, NY -May 8, 2017 – The cars and stars of the Craftsman World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series are eager to make their first trip of the season to New York State on Sunday, May 21 as they take on Weedsport Speedway in the Empire State Challenge. With the Outlaws only making one trip a year to Weedsport, the drivers say the speedway’s unique layout, family friendly atmosphere,…

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LANCE DEWEASE DEFENDS GOBRECHT CLASSIC WIN

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Doug Hammaker Gets Second Win in 358's Story By: BRAD VORES / SUSUQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM YORK HAVEN, PA.- May 8, 2017- Anytime Lance Dewease and the Don Kreitz Racing team hit the race track, odds are high that they will be standing in victory lane at the end of the night. Dewease successfully defended his win in Sunday night’s Select Collision Kevin Gobrecht Classic presented by Hessiron.com at Susquehanna Speedway. Dewease’s win came in the second of seven BAPS Auto Paints and Supplies 410 Sprint Series events at the York Haven oval and was…

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Crate Modifieds Added For This Saturday May 13th When Creston Hydraulics Presents May Modified Madness Round Of 24

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Crate Modifieds Added For This Saturday May 13th When Creston Hydraulics Presents May Modified Madness Round Of 24 Story By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com Photos By: Dave Kovacs/RacersGuide.com New Egypt, NJ – After three straight rain outs New Egypt Speedway management has decided to add the Crate Modifieds to this Saturday’s program when Creston Hydraulics presents The Round of 24 of May Modified Madness for the 358 Modifieds. The Northeast Wingless Sprint Cars, Hammer Sportsman and Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookie Sportsman will also be in competition along with the aforementioned Crate Modifieds. “Our Crate Modified guys want to race, we feel bad…

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Up to Speed: Oswego Speedway Kicks Off 67th Season

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Oswego Speedway to Open 67th Consecutive Season of Action this Saturday, May 13 with Novelis Supermodifieds, Pathfinder Bank SBS and RoC Modifieds Press Release By: CANDEM PROUD / OSWEGO SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: CHRIS BURGESS / RACERSGUIDE.COM OSWEGO, NY -May 8, 2017 - Oswego Speedway will open for its 67th consecutive season of racing action this Saturday, May 13 with a triple header presented by Mitchell’s Speedway Press of Oswego featuring kick-off events for the Novelis Supermodifieds and Pathfinder Bank SBS as well as the Richie Evans Memorial 61 for the Ferris Mowers Race of Champions Asphalt Modifieds. Nearly 75…

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ANDY’S SPEED SHOP REWARDING KOD SPORTSMAN

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KOD/DIRTcar East Region Supported By Mike Romano / Andy's Speed Shop Press Release By: ROB HAZER / KING OF DIRT SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF Fonda, NY - May 8, 2017– As King Of Dirt Racing approaches the season opener May 14th at Utica Rome Speedway things are happening in a flurry beginning with news today that Mike Romano and Andy’s Speed Shop will support the KOD/DIRTcar East Region Sportsman series making all events a minimum of $1,250 to win. Romano is one of those famous racing family names that drivers, fans, officials, and promoters just know. While…

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Special Grandstand Dedication Part of May 14 Dick Tobias Classic at Action Track USA

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Special Grandstand Dedication Part of May 14 Dick Tobias Classic at Action Track USA Story By: Barry Angstadt/Action Track USAC Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com Kutztown, PA - The Fourth Annual Dick Tobias Classic, set to kick off the fifth season of competition at the JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA on Sunday, May 14, will once again pay tribute to one of the best drivers and innovative minds that dirt track racing has ever known, the late, great Dick "Toby" Tobias of Lebanon, PA. Before the races begin on Sunday, however, Action Track USA co-promoters Rich Tobias and Doug Rose will honor…

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DeFebo and Beers head up Saturday Mahoning action as co-point leaders

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Brian DeFebo and Eric Beers head up Saturday Mahoning action as co-point leaders Story By: Dino Oberto/Mahoning Valley Speedway Photos By: Walt Smith/RacersGuide.com (LEHIGHTON, PA. 5-7-17) What do you get when you put two drivers with a combined 9 Modified titles along with 200 career wins together, including one each for both this season? Brian DeFebo and Eric Beers, the co-point leaders battling for supremacy at Mahoning Valley Speedway. After three weeks of racing that’s how they stand and heading into the upcoming race meet on Saturday, May 13, either one of the other is hoping the ranking won’t be…

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BLEWETT WINS SECOND STRAIGHT WALL MODIFIED RACE SATURDAY

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BLEWETT WINS SECOND STRAIGHT WALL MODIFIED RACE SATURDAY Story By: Jeff Gravatt/Wall Stadium Photos By: John John Lane/RacersGuide.com WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Jimmy Blewett returned to the winner’s circle for the second straight Saturday night at Wall Stadium Speedway topping the 40-lap main event for the Freehold Ford Modified stock cars. The win moved the Howell resident to a fourth place tie on the all-time speedway win list with standout racer Tony Siscone with 59 wins. The win also moved Blewett out of a 58 win tie with legendary driver Tommie Elliott. When the green flag dropped on this one…

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Last-lap pass lifts Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to victory at Talladega

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Last-lap pass lifts Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to victory at Talladega Story By: Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service Photos By: NASCAR/Getty Images TALLADEGA, Ala. – There’s no longer a goose egg in the win column next to Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s name. With a last-lap pass in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Stenhouse collected his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in his 158th start and delivered the first win for Roush Fenway Racing since Carl Edwards triumphed at Sonoma in June 2014. “This is for all the guys at the shop--we’ve been terrible for a long time,” an exuberant Stenhouse…

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Myers Flies from Rear to Front at Bowman Gray

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Myers Flies from Rear to Front at Bowman Gray Story By: Loren Pinillis/BGS Photos By: Eric Hylton/BGS (Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC) Burt Myers right now has one game plan for his season at Bowman Gray Stadium. As he puts it, “When the train is running, you ride it - because it’ll throw you off eventually.” And right now, the train is certainly running for Myers. Myers took the checkered in Saturday night’s Kevin Powell Motorsports 100 for the Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series, giving him two wins out of two races so far this season. But not only did…

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USAC NON-WING SPRINTS “EASTERN STORM” GOES GREEN AT GRANDVIEW ON TUESDAY, JUNE 13

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NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER SERIES 2017. . . . . . . . USAC NON-WING SPRINTS “EASTERN STORM” GOES GREEN AT GRANDVIEW ON TUESDAY, JUNE 13 Story By: Bob Miller/TOTH Photos By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com Three-wide racing, thrilling slide jobs and rim-riding the guardrail with wheelie action is the best way to explain USAC 410 sprint car non-wing racing. You have to see it to believe it. The leanest and meanest racers from USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series – the nation’s largest group of non-wing open-wheel racers – make their annual stop on the east coast for the 2017 version…

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BIG MODIFIED PAYDAY OFFERED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 28 AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

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Sportsman & MASS Sprints join Thunder on the Hill Series event. . . BIG PAYDAY OFFERED FOR BIG BLOCK/358 NASCAR MODIFIEDS SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 28 AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY Story By: Bob Miller/TOTH Photos By: Pete MacDonald & George Steigerwalt Jr./RacersGuide.com BECHTELSVILLE, PA (May 5, 2017) – Backyard barbecues and Big Block vs. Small Block Modifieds highlight an exciting weekend for area race fans as the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series kicks off their 28th season of racing action on Sunday, May 28 with the Pioneer Pole Buildings Triple Thunder Thriller event at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville,…

Dirt Modifieds

MR. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship Returns for 2017

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MR. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship Returns for 2017 Story By: Colby Gorniewicz/DIRTcar Photos By: Dave Dalesandro & Jay Fish/RacersGuide.com CONCORD, N.C. - May 4, 2017 - For the seventh consecutive season, one driver from each of the Big-Block Modified, 358 Modified, Sportsman Modified and Pro Stock divisions will walk away as Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Champion in 2017. In 1976 the Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship program was born. The Super DIRTcar Series program was used as a qualifier series for Super DIRT Week at Syracuse. In 1989, the Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship program made a shift, adding a fall series to hometrack…

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Olden Dwyer Claims Small Block Victory as Lights Postpone Modified Feature

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'The Valley of Speed' Rolls The Dice Against Mother Nature Press Release By: PHIL ALLAWAY / LEBANON VALLEY SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: MARK BROWN / DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM West Lebanon NY.- May 8, 2017- The Mother Nature playing havocs with the Northeast Lebanon Valley Speedway was just about the only track to be able to have a night of racing on Saturday. A number of other tracks were forced to cancel due to rain, but steady showers held off for the most part until after the racing finished up. Problem is, the lights went out during the evening. One…

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Flooding And Forecast Force New Egypt Speedway To Cancel For Saturday May 6th

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Flooding And Forecast Force New Egypt Speedway To Cancel For Saturday May 6th Story & Photo By: Pete MacDonald/New Egypt Speedway New Egypt, NJ – With over three inches of rain falling in the New Egypt, NJ area on Friday afternoon and an already soft racing surface, speedway management feels that they cant provide a smooth and racy race track and has been forced to cancel for Saturday night May 6th. “We hate it for our Crate and Street Stock’s because they still haven’t had a chance to race yet but with the amount of rain that fell yesterday and…

Indiana

Meet The Real Tony Stewart

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Tony Stewart; Racing Icon Sharing A Day With A Dying Man Story By: DON RADEBAUGH / HISTORY MYSTRY MAN.COM Photos Courtesy : NEMIRE FAMILY Indianapolis Ind.- May 5, 2017- I’m not sure if you can uncover more emotion from a human life in one afternoon, but the Nemire racing family got just about as close as you can get. Longtime ARCA/USAC competitor, winner, champion Jerry Nemire has been fighting cancer for the better part of 15 years. Monday morning didn’t start out all that good for him. He was weak and wasn’t feeling well. He also knew that Tony Stewart’s dad Nelson was…

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‘Lightning on the Mountain’ Set For 25th Anniversary Season

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Lightning’ Strikes Thunder Mountain Speedway Sunday, May 28; Short Track Super Series ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ Set For 25th Anniversary Season Press Release By: BRETT DEYO / STSS MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM CENTER LISLE, NY – May 5, 2017- In the midst of its 25th anniversary season, Thunder Mountain Speedway is set to host a marquee event on Sunday, May 28. Fans and racers will celebrate Memorial Day weekend at the three-eighths-mile banked oval with the fourth running of the ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ special headlined by the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled…

Bridgeport Speedway

Super DIRTcar Series Returns to Bridgeport May 16

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First Series Race at New Jersey Track Since 2005 Press Release By: COLBY GORNIEWICZ / SUPER DIRTcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, N.C. - May 5, 2017 - The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds will head south in two weeks time for the second points event of 2017 and their only stop in New Jersey this season. Bridgeport Speedway is set to host the Super DIRTcar Series for the first time since 2005 in the Friends of Mike Finale on May 16. The 60-lap Tuesday night showdown at the Sweedsboro, NJ track is a landmark race not…

Delaware

Delaware International Speedway To Host ‘Diamond State 50’

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Delaware International Speedway To Host ‘Diamond State 50’ Thursday, May 25; STSS Velocita South Region Event Offers American Racer Cup Challenge Points Press Release By: BRETT DEYO / STSS MEDIA Photos By: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM DELMAR, DE – May 5, 2017- The Cathell family’s rejuvenated Delaware International Speedway is set to host the next round of the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By VP. A kickoff to the Memorial Day weekend, the ‘Diamond State 50’ takes place Thursday, May 25, featuring a 50-lap big-block/small-block Modified event offering $5,000 to the winner, $1,000 for 10th and…

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RAIN WASHES OUT ALBANY-SARATOGA

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Mother Nature Scores for the Second Time Press Release By: MATT KEITH / ALBANY SARATOGA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Malta, New York - May 5, 2017 - Mother Nature became the first repeat winner in the 2017 season at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. An all-day rain forced track officials to postpone the night’s program until the following week. “Mother Nature has not been our side so far this season” said promoter Lyle DeVore. “We will just pick up and go for next Friday night.” The schedule for Friday May 12 will remain the same with this week’s “Outlaw…

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Ohio and West Virginia on Tap for The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series

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Series Heads to Ohio and West Virginia to Top off Month of May Press Release By: KAYLA MAY / WOO LATE MODEL SERIES MEDIA Photos By: MATT NOLES / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, NC- May 5, 2017- The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series will head to the states of Ohio and West Virginia one time in 2017 for three events on May 26 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, OH, May 27 at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, OH and May 28 at Tyler County Speedway on Middlebourne, WV. Atomic Speedway The last time the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model…

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MR. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship Returns for 2017

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Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship Now Recognizes The Weekly Racers. Press Release By: KAYLA MAY / SUPER DIRTcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CONCORD, N.C. - May 5, 2017 - For the seventh consecutive season, one driver from each of the Big-Block Modified, 358 Modified, Sportsman Modified and Pro Stock divisions will walk away as Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Champion in 2017. In 1976 the Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship program was born. The Super DIRTcar Series program was used as a qualifier series for Super DIRT Week at Syracuse. In 1989, the Mr. DIRTcar Hometrack Championship program made a shift,…

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ESS Series Adds Snap-on Tools To Lucky Giveaway Program

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Sam Reakes Snap-on Tools Part of the Lucky Giveaway Program for Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints in 2016 Press Release By: DEAN REYNOLDS / EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS MEDIA Photos By: MATT NOLES /RACERSGUIDE.COM SYRACUSE, NY –May 5, 2017- Sprint car competitor Sammy Reakes IV started a new endeavor in 2016 becoming a Snap-on Tools Dealer in Central, New York. For the 2016 banquet, Reakes became a first time sponsor in the Lucky Giveaway Program with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS). Reakes and his parts truck serves Fulton, Hannibal, Hastings, Central Square and surrounding areas in New…

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Lancaster Cancels Weekend Events

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WET WEATHER FORCES LANCASTER TO POSTPONE WEEKEND EVENTS Press Release By: DAVE BUCHANAN / LANCASTER SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: MARK RANNALLETTA / RACERSGUIDE.COM LANCASTER, N.Y. -May 5, 2017 - Lancaster National Speedway & Dragway has postponed all motorsports events for this upcoming weekend due to the heavy rains that have fallen at the facility earlier in the week combined with the additional rain and cold temperatures that are being forecasted for this weekend. The wet weather that blanketed the Western New York area earlier this week left the facility water-logged with the parking lot and pit areas especially saturated. Any additional…

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Demolition Derby Caps Off Night Of Action At Utica Rome Speedway

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NOVICE SPORTSMAN AND DEMOLITION DERBY JOIN WEEKLY SHOW THIS SUNDAY AT UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY Press Release By: JOHN TIFF / UTICA ROME SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: MATT NOLES/ RACERSGUIDE.COM VERNON, NY- May 5, 2017- This Sunday, May 7, race number three of the young 2017 season is scheduled at the Utica-Rome Speedway when Wilber-Duck Chevrolet presents an exciting show of Gates-Cole Auto Insurance Modifieds, Broedel Energy DIRTcar Sportsman, DIRTcar Pro Stocks, and Novice Sportsman. The King’s Crash’em and Smash’em Demolition Derby originally scheduled from April 2 will also take place once all the racing action is completed. Matt Sheppard, the defending…

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Weather Postpones Mercer Raceway All Star Series Event

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Arctic Cat All Star Night Rescheduled for June 3 Press Release By: LOU LONG / MERCER RACEWAY PARK MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mercer, PA May 5, 2017- With wet weather and unseasonably cold temperatures forecasted for the entire upcoming weekend, Lernerville Speedway, Mercer Raceway Park and Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions officials have decided to postpone the Arctic Cat All Star visit to Western Pennsylvania until Friday and Saturday, June 2-3. As originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will host two, full programs awarding…

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World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series 2017 Schedule Update

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81 Speedway Added to Great Plains Swing Press Release By: COLBY GORNIEWICZ / WOO LATE MODEL SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, NC- May 4, 2017- The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series is adding an additional event to the 2017 schedule. On Sunday, September 24, the Series will take the track at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS for the first time ever. The 3/8-mile clay-oval is the third and final stop during the Series swing through the Great Plains. Fifteen full-time drivers and crews will invade Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS on Sept.…

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ARDC Midgets Head To Big Diamond Speedway

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ARDC Midgets, Money in the Mountains Highlights May at Big Diamond Speedway Press Release By: SHAWN T. WOOD / BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF FORESTVILLE PA.- May 4, 2017- The first of two appearances for the American Racing Drivers Club midgets will be a part of the exciting month of May at Big Diamond Speedway. After wrapping up an exciting month of racing in April with a non-stop wingless United Racing Club sprint-car feature, a four-division show of Steel & Metal Service Center 358 modifieds, U.S.S. Achey sportsman, Savage 61 roadrunners and the No Sweat Service Group…

Delaware

Capitol Renegade United Racing Club Back in Action this Weekend

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Capitol Renegade United Racing Club Back in Action this Weekend Story By: Tim Moran/United Racing Club Photos By: Jim Brown/RacersGuide.com The Capitol Renegade United Racing Club returns to action this weekend as the 360 Winged Sprint Car Series heads south to the Delaware International Speedway. The last time the winged series raced, 2016 URC Champion Davie “No Panic” Franek parked the #28f Franek Auto Sales, Escape RV in victory lane at the Selinsgrove Speedway. Franek who also visited victory lane the last time the series was in town will be looking to bring home win #3 on the 2017 season.…

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CONE RACES AT WALL STADIUM SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY

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CONE RACES AT WALL STADIUM SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY (MAY 6) Story By: Jeff Gravatt/Wall Stadium Photos By: John John Lane/RacersGuide.com WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Auto racing fans have a big event to look forward to this Saturday (May 6) with four divisions of racecars competing in “cone races” during a five division racing program. Current plans call for spectator seating to open at 5:00 p.m. on this “Cinco De Mayo Fiesta” themed night, with qualifying slated for 5:45 p.m. Main event action will follow around 7:00 p.m. On the famous third mile high-banked paved oval the Freehold Ford Modifieds will…

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Alonso passes Indianapolis 500 rookie test at IMS

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Alonso passes Indianapolis 500 rookie test at IMS Story By: Mike Kitchel/INDYcar Photos By: Chris Owens/INDYcar INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) -- Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso needed about an hour of track time today to pass the Indianapolis 500 Rookie Orientation Program, clearing the way for him to compete in the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. "It was fun," Alonso said after making quick work of the three phases of ROP in just 51 laps in his No. 29 McLaren-Honda-Andretti car. "At this moment, everything looks good. Now it's time to start…

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Georgetown Speedway Returns To Life With Tuesday Practice Session; Attention Turns To Super Late Model ‘Tri-State Challenge’ Thursday, May 11

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Georgetown Speedway Returns To Life With Tuesday Practice Session; Attention Turns To Super Late Model ‘Tri-State Challenge’ Thursday, May 11 Story By: Brett Deyo/Georgetown Speedway Photos By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com GEORGETOWN, DE – For the first time in nearly two months, the gates to Georgetown Speedway swung open on Tuesday night for a three-hour open practice session. Approximately 25 drivers, representing a number of divisions, hit the half-mile clay oval during the evening. With the ‘Tri-State Challenge’ on tap next – Thursday, May 11 – paying Bob Hilbert Sportswear Super Late Models $4,000 to win, some of the division’s top names…

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Seven Days, Three States, Five Races Coming Up For WoO

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Seven Days, Three States, Five Races Story By: Colby Gorniewicz /WoO Photos By: Dave Dalesandro/RacersGuide.com Outlaws face grueling test with stops at Lincoln, Williams Grove, Weedsport and New Egypt CONCORD, NC - May 4, 2017 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series has reached the point of the schedule where teams are starting to settle in and get into a groove - setting themselves up for the endurance of the 90-plus races a year. However, it's tests like five races in seven days in three different states that make the Outlaws "The Greatest Show on Dirt". The middle of…

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Opening Day At OCFS

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Opening Day At OCFS Story By: Hunter Horton/RacersGuide.com Photos By: Harry & Jane Cella/RacersGuide.com Finally! The day has come it is the first point race on the "Hard Clay" at the Orange County Fair Speedway! Coming with us this weekend to help are my Dad, Mike, Mark, Grandpop, Bob and a guy named Lips that meets us up at Orange County each and every Saturday night. We started our night off by dad picking 28 at the sign in window, it could have been a lot worse. After we got all signed in and unloaded I decided to get some food.…

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OneDirt World Short Track Championship Returns to Charlotte

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OneDirt World Short Track Championship Returns to Charlotte Story By: Colby Gorniewicz/DIRTcar Racing Photos By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com Second Annual Event Set for October 26-28 CONCORD, NC - May 3, 2017 - DIRTcar Racing is excited to announce the second annual OneDirt World Short Track Championship will return to The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 26-28, 2017. The mega-event will once again give the best weekly racers from eight different divisions across the United States and Canada the chance to shine at one of the country's premier dirt racing facilities. The OneDirt World Short Track Championship once…

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Ferris Mowers To Present Exciting Racing This Saturday At The Fulton Speedway

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Ferris Mowers To Present Exciting Racing This Saturday, May 6 At The Fulton Speedway Story By: Dave Medler/Fulton Speedway Photos By: Matthew Clemons/RacersGuide.com FULTON, NY – May 3, 2017 - Side by side high speed racing action the Fulton Speedway is known for will return this Saturday night May 6, as Ferris Mowers presents American Diabetes of Central New York night. Longtime supporter of the Fulton Speedway, Ferris Industries will present a night of racing, featuring the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds, SUNY Canton DIRTcar Sportsman, Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux RUSH Late Models, E&V Energy Novice Sportsman and the JB Logging &…

Brewerton Speedway

Brewerton Speedway Set For Season Opener Friday, May 5

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Brewerton Speedway Set For High Speed Season Opener Friday, May 5 Story By: Dave Medler/Brewerton Speedway Photos By: Jeff Clemons/RacersGuide.com BREWERTON, NY – May 3, 2017 - The long wait is finally over since the final checkered of the 2016 season waved last October at the Brewerton Speedway. This Friday, May 5Universal Metal Works & K-ROCK presents American Diabetes Association 2017 opening night. On the exciting four star race card will be the ground pounding, 800 horsepower Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds, SUNY Canton DIRTcar Sportsman, Firehouse Subs Mod Lites and JB Logging & Firewood 4-Cylinders. Adult admission is $12…

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2017 Super DIRTcar Series Partners Announced

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Super DIRTcar Series Partners Announced Story By:Colby Gorniewicz/DIRTcar Photos By: RacersGuide.com Photo Staff CONCORD, NC. - May 2, 2017 - The Super DIRTcar Series is pleased to announce their list of marketing partners for the 2017 season. A list that features 17 of the industry-leading brands. The Super DIRTcar Series, the nation's premier touring Big-Block Modified Series, kicked-off the 2017 points campaign on Saturday, April 29 when the Series visited the high-banks of Fulton Speedway. Over the course of the eight-month points season, 16 full-time drivers will be vying for the Series championship. "It's refreshing to see all the marketing…

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World of Outlaw Tickets On Sale Now For 5th Annual Jersey Outlaw Classic Tuesday Night May 23rd

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World of Outlaw Tickets On Sale Now For 5th Annual Jersey Outlaw Classic Tuesday Night May 23rd Story By: Pete MacDonald/New Egypt Speedway Photos By: Dave Dalesandro/RacersGuide.com New Egypt, NJ – The Greatest Show on Dirt, the World of Outlaw Craftsman Sprint Car Series is set to invade New Egypt Speedway on Tuesday night May 23rd for the 5th Annual Jersey Outlaw Classic. The will be the only Garden State appearance by the World of Outlaws in 2017. Kasey Kahne Racing’s Daryn Pittman has had this race circled on the calendar since the schedule was announced as he has…

Bridgeport Speedway

HUNT DOMINATES FOR BRIDGEPORT BIG BLOCK WIN

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HUNT DOMINATES FOR BRIDGEPORT BIG BLOCK WIN Story By: Deb Smith/Bridgeport Speedway Photos By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com David Hunt of Bridgewater, NJ, returned to Bridgeport’s Victory Lane for the first time since 2015 when he captured the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modified feature event on Joy Auto Parts sponsored Bike Night. It was Hunt’s sixth Big Block win at Bridgeport. Brian Papiez became the first driver to repeat in the Winner’s Circle in the Stewart Stainelss Crate/Sportsman with a last lap pass for the win. Rick Stief captured the Mid Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS) win in their twenty lap main…

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STIEF MASTERS THE FIELD TO WIN FIRST EVER MID-ATLANTIC SPRINT SERIES EVENT @ BRIDGEPORT

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RICK STIEF MASTERS THE FIELD TO WIN FIRST EVER MID-ATLANTIC SPRINT SERIES EVENT @ BRIDGEPORT Story By: ERIKA PALMAI-WAGNER/MASS Sprint Car Photos By: Jim Brown & Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com Rick Stief of Garnet Valley, PA scored his second career Racesaver 305 Sprint Car victory on Sunday night at Bridgeport Speedway. Stief started fourth and took the lead on lap fourteen after early race leader Ryan Stillwaggon had an engine expire while maintaining over a straightaway gap on Stief and the rest of the field. Stief then won the twenty lap feature event over Tim Tanner, Tommy Carberry, Mark Bitner, and Dave Brown…

Dirt Modifieds

‘The Sensational One’ Scores OCFS Opening Night Win

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Horton Takes The Opener at Orange County Story By: FRANK CATIZONE / OCFS MEDIA Photos By: JANE CELLA / RACERSGUIDE.COM MIDDLETOWN, NY – May 1, 2017- Jimmy Horton has collected a lot of hardware during a sensational racing career that has spanned over five decades. But Horton, despite enjoying great success throughout the years during an on-and-off stint at the Orange County Fair Speedway on Saturday evenings, has never managed to garner a season-opening victory at the historic race track. Horton, who returned to OCFS as a regular campaigner in 2016 after a long hiatus, put that problem to rest last Saturday…

Dirt Modifieds

GODOWN AND PAUCH, JR. TWINNING IN NES TWIN 20’s

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GODOWN AND PAUCH, JR. WIN 358 MODIFIED FEATURES AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY Story By: Mike Wisniewski/New Egypt Speedway Photos By: Dave Kovacs & Harry Meeks/RacersGuide.com New Egypt, NJ (April 30, 2017) – On Twin Twenty Night presented by Premio Sausage, Ryan Godown and Billy Pauch, Jr. each won a 358 Modified feature at New Egypt Speedway. In addition to his 358 Modified victory, Godown topped the field in the Northeast Wingless Sprint Car contest. TJ Lilly took top honors in the Hammer Sportsman main event. David Burns was the victor in the Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookie feature. At the start…

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Myers Bests Brown in Fierce Battle at Bowman Gray

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Myers Bests Brown in Fierce Battle at Bowman Gray Story By: Loren Pinillis/Bowman Gray Stadium Photos By: Eric Hylton/Bowman Gray Stadium (Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC) Two titans of Bowman Gray Stadium racing gave it all they had on Saturday night, battling back and forth for 200 laps while the crowd sat on the edge of their seats. Burt Myers of Walnut Cove started on the pole for Saturday’s Hayes Jewelers 200 for the Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series after turning the fastest lap in previous qualifying sessions. Myers fended off outside-pole starter Lee Jeffreys of Wallburg, as well as…

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BLEWETT WINS WALL MODIFIED OPENER SATURDAY IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWD

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BLEWETT WINS WALL MODIFIED OPENER SATURDAY IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWD Story By: Jeff Gravatt/Wall Stadium Photos By: John John Lane/RacersGuide.com WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Before one of the largest opening night crowds in recent memory Jimmy Blewett of Howell raced to victory in the headlining 40-lap feature race for the Freehold Ford Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday night. It was Blewett’s 58th career main event win at the shore speedway.   After setting fast time in time trial qualifying Blewett rocketed to the lead at the outset. Although he was never headed Blewett fought off challenges…

Asphalt Modifieds

Preece Returns To Winning Form At Stafford Sizzler

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Preece Edges Coby For Whelen Modified Victory At Stafford Story By: KYLE SOUZA / NASCAR HOMETRACKS MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM STAFFORD, Conn. - May 1, 2017-Returning to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour full-time this year, Ryan Preece was itching to get back into Victory Lane. He accomplished that goal Sunday in the 46th running of the NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway. He took the lead from race leader Doug Coby with 13 laps to go and drove away with his first career Spring Sizzler victory behind the wheel of his No. 6 TS Haulers Chevrolet.…

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Trey Starks Earns Roy Morral Tribute For First ever Arctic Cat All Star Victory

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Trey Starks Takes Command For Bedford Speedway All Star Series Victory Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR SERIES MEDIA Photos By: VINCE VELLELLA / PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM BEDFORD, PA -May 1, 2017 - For the first time in his young career, Trey Starks is an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions main event winner, outrunning Dale Blaney and Lucas Wolfe for the Roy Morral Tribute title at the Bedford Fairgrounds Speedway in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Starks, pilot of the Scott Gobrecht-owned/Textron Off Road/No. 44, took command officially on lap three and never looked back, crossing under the final checkers 2.2…

Dirt Modifieds

MATT SHEPPARD TAKES FIRST UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY WIN OF THE SEASON

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ROCKY WARNER AND ROBBIE SPEED TAKE BIG SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES WINS Story By: JOHN TIFF / UTICA ROME SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF VERNON, NY- May 1, 2017- On a bitter cold spring evening this past Sunday April 30, the fans were treated to another exciting night of action on Wilber-Duck Chevrolet night that saw some late race fireworks and late race charges to the win. Matt Sheppard found himself in familiar territory as he took the Gates-Cole Auto Insurance Modified win while Rocky Warner made a late race pass of leader Dave Marcuccilli to win the DIRTcar Sportsman…

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KING OF DIRT RACING HEADED TO UTICA

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KOD/DIRTcar East Region Opens May 14th Story By: ROB HAZER / KING OF DIRT SERIES MEDIA Photos By: MATT CLEMONS / RACERSGUIDE.COM Fonda, NY.- May 1, 2017– In just two weeks time the record setting King Of Dirt Racing Series will open their season at Utica Rome Speedway in Vernon, NY kicking off a historical partnership with DIRTcar racing, as the KOD/DIRTcar East Sportsman will be joined by the KOD Pro Stocks to begin an ambitious 2017 season. It has quickly become tradition that track owners/promoters Bill and Kim Shea host King Of Dirt Racing for the season opener and…

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