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Thunder On The Hill Series Set For 27th Season

THUNDER ON THE HILL RETURNS TO GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY FOR 27TH SEASON IN 2016, OPENER SET FOR SUNDAY, MAY 29TH Story By:Bob Miller/TOTH Media    Photos By:George Steigerwalt/Racersguide.com Bechtelsville PA.-Twenty-six years, one hundred and eighteen races and over $4,000,000 in cash competitor payouts and the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series is ready to do it again at the Grandview Speedway in 2016.   An ambitious series is planned to offer a variety special events at the popular and always exciting one-third mile high banked Grandview Speedway in NAPA Auto Parts will return as the lead series sponsor after joining…

Reunited Townley Returns To Daytona Victory Lane

Secret weapons help Townley to Victory Lane at Daytona Story By:Don Radebaugh/ARCA Series Media   Photos By:ARCA Series Photo DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards veteran John Wes Townley has a secret weapon at Daytona; his name is Kevin Reed. Townley, in a brand new Zaxby’s Chevrolet, returned to the Gatorade Victory Lane at Daytona Int’l Speedway with an old friend. Reed who crew-chiefed Townley to Victory Lane in 2013 at Daytona with a different team, reunited with Townley just in time to win the Lucas Oil 200 Driven By General Tire Saturday afternoon. “This is just…

Brad Loyet Back On Track With ASCS National Tour

Brad Loyet Returns to Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour; Will Chase Championship in 2016 Story By:Bryan Hulbert/ASCS Media    Photos By:Paul Arch/Racersguide.com TULSA, Okla. – After running close to home in 2015, Missouri’s Brad Loyet has confirmed that he will be back on the road in 2016 with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network. “We took a year and had our fun, and it was a good thing, but I like having that carrot in front of my face,” said Loyet about returning to the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. “We’ve got good cars,…

Boespflug Beefs Up an Already Busy Schedule

Boespflug Readies For Grueling USAC Schedule Story By:: Nine Eight Nine Motorsport Media  Photos By:John DaDalt/Racersguide.com Plainfield, IN  - Chad Boespflug is set to enter one the most grueling season he has competed in year to date. Setting out to tackle the entire Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car schedule as an owner / driver operation for the first time. Years past Boespflug has competed in approximately half of the USAC scheduled dates solely as a driver. However this seasons new venture holds an intense schedule. One that sees Boespflug strapping into the NineEight Motorsports/ EZR 98e over 50 times traveling across 12 different states…

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Clanton Starts Title Defense With Winter Freeze VI Victory

Defending champ completes daring pass to score season opener Story By:Jordan Morris/WoO Lated Model Series Media     Photos By:WoO Late Model Series SYLVANIA, G.A.– Defending World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series champion Shane Clanton rocketed around both Josh Richards and Jason Covert in one pass as he claimed the season opener at Screven Motor Speedway’s Winter Freeze VI on Friday. Clanton started from the sixth position but made quick work powering his way into the top three. Richards, who is in the midst of a hot streak, drew the pole-positon after winning his heat race earlier in the night. Richards…

“How Sweet It Is” Brad Sweet Takes Outlaws DIRTcar Nationals Opener

Kasey Kahne Racing’s Brad Sweet Wins Outlaws Opener at DIRTcar Nationals Story By:Aaron Feidler/DIRTcar Series Media   Photos By:Pete MacDonald/Racersguide.com BARBERVILLE, Fla. - In front of one of the largest crowds in DIRTcar Nationals history, Kasey Kahne Racing's Brad Sweet and Daryn Pittman fought a pitched battle for the season opening World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series feature on Friday night. When the checkered flag fell, it was Sweet who took the win. Sweet and Pittman started side-by-side in the 30-lap main event at Volusia Speedway Park. The two teammates traded the lead through the opening laps of the night's…

Hoffman Racing Recieves National Honors

HOFFMAN AUTO RACING DESIGNATED AS A PURPLE HEART RACE TEAM   Story By:Hoffman Racing Media   Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com Loveland Ohio-Hoffman Auto Racing has announced that they have been designated as a Purple Heart Race Team by The Military Order of the Purple Heart. Chartered by an act of Congress in 1958, The Military Order of the Purple Heart is composed of military men and women who received the Purple Heart medal for wounds suffered in combat.  Although the membership is restricted to the combat wounded, the MOPH supports all veterans and their families with a myriad of nationwide programs by…

Denny Hamlin Tops The Speed Charts In Final Unlimited Practice

Denny Hamlin Leads Final Sprint Unlimited Practice at Daytona Story By:Seth Livingston/NASAR Media   Photos By:Getty Images/NASCAR DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin paced the second and final NASCAR practice for Saturday’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona (8 p.m., FOX) on Friday night. Hamlin toured the Daytona International Speedway with a lap of 45.242 seconds (198.930 mph) behind the wheel of his FedEx No. 11. He was in the back of a pack of about seven cars when he put the lap down. Behind Hamlin was new H-Scott Motorsports driver Clint Bowyer, who drove his Five Hour Energy…

Davenport Outduels Bloomquist For East Bay Laurals

Davenport Prevails Again at East Bay Winternationals Story By:LUCAS LMS Media    Photos By:Heath Lawson Photography TAMPA, FL  – Jonathan Davenport passed Scott Bloomquist with ten laps to go and went on to win the Winternationals event on Friday Night. Davenport’s win was his second of the week in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition at East Bay Raceway Park. Trailing Davenport and Bloomquist to the checkered flag were Darrell Lanigan, Don O’Neal, and Tim McCreadie. “Just like last night, I gave it all I had. I saved my equipment and my tires. We still have electrical issues with this…

Cole Custer Enters The Record Book With ARCA Pole Award

Custer Sets Record at Daytona; Becomes Series’ Youngest Daytona Pole Winner at 18 Story and Photos By:ARCA Racing Series DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — When it comes to group qualifying at Daytona, it pays to have a lot of fast friends. It certainly did for Ladera Ranch, California’s Cole Custer, who won the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell on Friday afternoon at Daytona Int’l Speedway in preparation for the 53rd running of the Lucas Oil 200 Driven By General Tire, which will be televised live on FOX Saturday afternoon. As a result, Custer, who turned 18 on Jan. 23, becomes…

Daytona Friday Notebook

Daytona Speedweeks News and Notes Story By: Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service   Photos By:Getty Images/NASCAR DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – To say that Brian Vickers appreciates the opportunity to drive the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet in place of injured Tony Stewart would be nothing short of a colossal understatement. “If anything, I feel more rested than every single person in this garage,” Vickers said on Friday at Daytona International Speedway, as Stewart-Haas announced him as the interim driver for Stewart during Speedweeks. “I’m more hungry than every single person in this garage. “I’m happier to be here, more appreciative.” Vickers has…

Premio Time At Dirt Track Heros Car Show

PREMIO SAUSAGES SIZZLE FOR 9TH ANNUAL QUAKER STEAK & LUBE DIRT TRACK HEROES CAR SHOW, MARCH -6-12 Story By:Steve Padro/TOTH Media   Photos By:George Steigerwalt/Racersguide.com Phillipsburg NJ.-The kick-off of the Ninth Annual Quaker Steak & Lube Dirt Track Heroes Show looms closer with each passing day and with each day comes something new and exciting as the management staff continuously reaches out to the business community to promote and exercise another great event for the local community. The past, present and future of auto racing comes together under one roof in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and the adrenaline rush for the event…

Speed Shift TV Returns As Official Pay-Per-View Provider For National Sprint League

National Sprint League Selects Speed Shift TV as Official Pay-Per-View Provider Story By:Shawn Miller/Inside Line Media   Photo By: Tommy Hei/Racersguide.com WINDOM, Minn.  – The National Sprint League is pleased to announce that Speed Shift TV has been tabbed as the Official Pay-Per-View Provider throughout the 2016 season. Speed Shift TV will broadcast live video of almost every event this year under the National Sprint League and GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 Sprint Car Series banners with the potential of covering select regional shows as well. “It’s been a great partnership for sprint car racing,” Speed Shift TV Director of Operations…

Johnny Herrera Readying For 2016 Season With Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour

TULSA, Okla. (February 12, 2016) Just under a month for the 2016 season opener for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network at the Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Johnny Herrera is putting the final touches on his 2016 National Tour setup. "The goal this year is the same as every starting out. We aim for the Championship," commented Herrera of the coming season. "That was our first year in the family owned No. 45x on this tour and we almost got that done. It was a year that we didn't expect it…

Blockbuster Memorial Day Weekend On Tap At Thunder Mountain Speedway

Mark Your Calendars: HUGE Memorial Day Weekend Planned For Thunder Mountain Speedway May 28-29; Empire Super Sprints (ESS) $3,000 To Win Saturday, Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP $5,000 To Win Sunday; Something For All Fans! Story By:Brett Deyo/BD Motorsports Media                                       Photos By;Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com CENTER LISLE, NY – Mark your calendars now....Memorial Day weekend at Thunder Mountain Speedway is a “can’t miss” two-day affair. The ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ weekend will offer something for race fans of all types at the Center Lisle three-eighths-mile oval Saturday-Sunday May 28-29. On Saturday (May 28), the "lightning-fast" Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints…

Stewart-Haas Racing Names Interim Driver For #14 Team During Speedweeks

Vickers To Replace Stewart In #14 For Daytona Story By: STEWART-HAAS RACING                                                           Photos By:Getty Images/NASCAR DAYTONA BEACH, FL- Stewart-Haas Racing has named Brian Vickers interim driver of its No. 14 Chevrolet SS for all the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events during Speedweeks Feb. 12-21 at Daytona International Speedway. Vickers will begin driving the No. 14 Mobil 1 Chevrolet today as he and the team prepare for Saturday night’s Sprint Unlimited. On Sunday, Vickers will pilot the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet in qualifying for the Daytona 500 before racing it again on Thursday in the Can-Am Duel and,…

A ‘Nice’ Night at Volusia — DIRTCar Nationals Night 3 Notes

BY JIM MURDOCH Way back in my writing classes in high school, we were told never to use the word "nice" because it simply doesn't say much. But don't tell that to the feature winner of the UMP Modifieds Tyler Nicely, who picked up the win in the 20 lap feature in spectacular style. Midway through the event, Nicely battled wheel-to-wheel for at least a half dozen laps with race leader Brian Ruhlman, before taking over the top spot. But NASCAR hot shoe Ty Dillon had other ideas, closing in on Nicely in the final laps. Coming out of turn…

Schatz Battles To DIRTcar Nationals All Star Victory

Donny Schatz Delivers DIRTcar Nationals All Star Win Story By:Aaron Feidler/DIRTcar Media                                                   Photo By:Tommy Hein/Racersguide.com BARBERVILLE, Fla. - Donny Schatz battled through the field Thursday night to win the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions feature at DIRTcar Nationals. Schatz, who drives for NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, started in 10th position and quickly moved forward. He caught the top-three drivers by lap 15 and passed leader Jason Johnson on lap 20. As Johnson worked to hold off Dale Blaney, Schatz built an insurmountable lead in the final 10 laps. "It's an incredible race team," said Schatz, a seven-time World…

Modified/Crate Sportsman Drivers Racing For Added Bonuses In 2016 At Outlaw Speedway

Crate Sportsman Recieve Added Support From Hig Fab Chassis Story By:Steve Ovens/Outlaw Speedway Media                          Photos By:Curtis Berleue and Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com  Dundee NY – Now that racers and fans know that the foreseeable future of Outlaw Speedway is secure, they must quickly focus their attention toward the 2016 season. Several teams have pledged their allegiance to Outlaw Speedway and now sponsors are beginning to show their support. Hig Fab Chassis, led by Dirt Modified competitor Jerry Higbie, has offered their support in a big way to the Crate Sportsman competitors. Meanwhile, Chris Gennarelli from CG Racing has pledged his support toward a special…

Bloomquist Holds Off The Competition For East Bay Victory

Bloomquist Runs Away with Thursday East Bay Victory Story By:LUCAS LMS Media                                                                        Photos By:Heath Lawson Photography TAMPA, FL  – Scott Bloomquist held off a late charge from Jonathan Davenport to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event on Thursday Night at East Bay Raceway Park. Bloomquist took the lead on lap two from Tim Dohm and then he held off Davenport and Gregg Satterlee for his seventh career win at the East Bay Winternationals. Darrell Lanigan and Devin Moran rounded out the top five. “There was plenty of room out there to race. A guy could move…

Red-Hot Richards Rolls into Winter Freeze VI at Screven Motor Speedway

Driver concludes off-season on winning streak, eyes improvements in 2016 Story By: Jordan Morris/DIRTcar Media                                     Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com SYLVANIA, G.A. –  Josh Richards has not claimed a Winter Freeze event at Screven Motor Speedway since 2013 and struggled at the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park last season, but if the offseason has indicated anything, it will be that Richards will be a force to be reckoned with to start the season. As the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series gears up to take the green flag at Screven on Friday and Saturday, Richards has been hard at work…

FLEMINGTON SPEEDWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DAYTONA 500 PARTY SET FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 21

Daytona 500 Part Time With Flemington Historical Society Story By:Diane Tracy/Flemington Historical Society Three Bridges, NJ- The annual Daytona 500 Party presented by the Flemington Speeedway Historical Society (FSHS) at the Three Bridges Volunteer Fire Company's banquet hall is set for Sunday, Feb. 21. The professionally-catered affair runs from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 pm. The address is 467 Main Street, Three Bridges, NJ. Your local NAPA Auto Parts stores host this annual local tradition, which benefits FSHS. The society is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Contributions are tax deductible. Two Daytona 500 winners…

Rob Summers Looking Forward to NAPA Spring Sizzler at Stafford Speedway in Return to Full-Time Status on NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

Rob Summers Returns To Full-Time Status on NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Story By: Scott Running/Stafford Speedway Media                   Photos By:John Driscole/Driscole Motorsports Photography  Stafford Springs, CT—When the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour comes to Stafford for the 45th Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler, one driver who will be looking forward to the race is Rob Summers. The 2016 season will mark a return to full-time NWMT competition for Summers, who hasn’t run a Tour race since the 2013 season. Summers has recorded 4 of his 7 career pole positions and 3 of his 14 career top-5 finishes have come at the Connecticut half-mile facility. “Stafford is…

Can You Say Fast? DIRTCar Nationals Night 2 Notes

News and Notes From DIRTcar Nationals Night 2 Story and Photos By:Jim Murdoch/Racersguide.com Barberville Fla.-For the second straight night the track crew at the ultra-fast Volusia Speedweek Park battled brisk winds and temperatures dipping into the upper 30's. But the fans who braved another frigid night were rewarded with a dust-free tacky surface and incredible displays of hold-your-breath racing. It was clear in time trials speeds would approach record levels, when 'The Buckeye Bullet' Dave Blaney flat-footed around the big 1/2 mile D-shaped speedway in under 13 seconds with an average speed around 140 mph. Twenty-Six other All-Star Arctic Cat…

Blaney Scores All Star Victory At DIRTcar Nationals Opening Night

Dave Blaney Wins All Star Circuit of Champions Feature at DIRTcar Nationals Story By:Aaron Feidler/WoO Series Media                                              Photos By:Paul Arch/Racersguide.com BARBERVILLE, Fla. - Dave Blaney held off Donny Schatz to score the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions feature win on Wednesday night at DIRTcar Nationals. Blaney, a former NASCAR driver and the 1995 World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series champion, started the 30-lap feature at Volusia Speedway Park in the second position and battled with polesitter Joey Saldana early. Blaney took the lead and had to contend with Schatz who charged forward from a sixth place starting…

Davenport Returns To Victory Lane At East Bay Winternationals

Davenport Captures First East Bay Winternationals Win Story By:Jeremy Shields/LUCAS LMS Media                                           Photos By;Heath Lawson Photgraphy Tampa Fla.- Jonathan Davenport returned to Lucas Oil Victory Lane on Wednesday Night at East Bay Raceway Park during the 40th Annual East Bay Winternationals. Davenport led 34 of the 35 laps, but had to withstand a late race challenge from both Tim McCreadie and Don O’Neal to get his first career win at East Bay. McCreadie was going for the lead and the win heading to the checkers, but he hooked the cushion and ended up headlong into the wall. McCreadie was uninjured but…

LARSON MARKS RACING READY FOR MORE WINS AND A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2016

WILL BE FIRST TEAM TO UTILIZE ENEOS OIL PRODUCTS IN COMPETITION THROUGHOUT THE SEASON Story By: Andrea Larson/LMR Media                                                        Photos By:Paul Arch/Racersguide.com Mooresville NC.-LMR TEAM: Driver Shane Stewart and the Larson Marks Racing team return for the 2016 season fully intact with crew chief Scotty Martin and crewmembers Heath Moyle and Andrew Seamans. FLORIDA KICK-OFF: The runner-up team in 2015 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series point standings will jumpstart the 2016 season with two Arctic Cat All-Star Circuit of Champions events at Volusia Speedway Park on Wednesday, February 10 and Thursday, February 11 before making its first of…

One Hundred Days And Counting For INDY 500 Milestone

 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Preps for 100-Day Countdown to 100th Indy 500 Story and Photos By:Indianapokis Motor Speedway Media Indianapolis Ind.-The 100-day countdown to the monumental 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil will kick off with a star-studded and action-packed 24-hour celebration beginning on Feb. 19. From Indianapolis to New York City, fans will celebrate the past, present and future of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the entire Verizon IndyCar Series. “The 100th Running of the Indy 500 marks a monumental milestone for our sport and our nation,” Hulman & Company CEO Mark Miles said.…

SUNY Canton Joins Forces With Lucas Oil ESS Tour For 2016

SUNY Canton Series Returns to the Lucas Oil ESS for 2016 Story By: Dean Reynolds/ESS Series Media                                             Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com SYRACUSE, NY – The picturesque campus located in Upstate, NY known as SUNY Canton continues their long partnership with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) once again for the 2016 racing season. The SUNY Canton Series will reward drivers that finish in the top 10 in points for the series within a series. While the overall Lucas Oil point title is the crown jewel of all the point series within the ESS ranks where the overall champion is crowned,…

NE Smith Late Model Series Set 20 Event Schedule

NeSmith Late Models Busy With 20 Race Schedule Story By:NE Smith Series Media                                                                 Photos By:Heath Lawson Photgraphy Cartersville, Ga. – NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series officials released their schedule Wednesday, which features 20 races at 11 different tracks that will be contested over 11 weekends from April through November. Nine tracks will return from the 2015 season, and two tracks will return after a long absence. The season will begin with a two-day, two-race extravaganza at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, Tenn. on April 8-9. The NeSmith Late Models will compete in front of an international audience during NASCAR…

Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ Program Continues in 2016

Oswego Speedway Advanced Discount Tickets On Sale At Price Chopper Supermarkets Story By:Dan Kapuscinski/Oswego Speedway Media                            Photos By:Chris Burgess/Racersguide.com Oswego NY. – Oswego Speedway’s popular Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ program will continue in 2016 with discounted advance sale adult tickets going on sale at all Price Chopper Supermarkets locations beginning this spring. The Speedway and Price Chopper have teamed to offer this special discount for five of the regular season events at the fast 5/8 mile oval this season. The ‘Tickets to Go’ program will again offer up to a $3 discount on adult general admission tickets.  Advance sale…

Why Richie Pratt Jr. Should to be Father of the Year after last night.

[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Why Richie Pratt Jr. deserves to be Father of the Year after last night. By: Pete MacDonald Last night I saw this on Facebook and discovered another reason just to love racers and their ability to work around rules at any time, and felt that this needed to be put in to the public eye. Bridgeport Speedway Modified driver Richie Pratt Jr. is vacationing down at Disneyworld in Florida with his family. Yesterday there was an instance where Richie’s daughter Jayde was in line to go on a ride but when it was her turn and got to…

DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS Night 1 Notes: Volusia Speedway Park

[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS Night 1 notes: Volusia Speedway Park By Jim Murdoch DirtCar Nationals kick off start to Daytona SPEEDWEEKS 2016 at Volusia Speedway Park While parts of my home state were under either a blanket of white, or water, depending on how close to the beaches you were, the palm trees of Volusia County swayed as a stiff breeze threatened to bring a chill to the opening night of the DirtCar Nationals. Let me begin by saying there are thousands and thousands of race fans in the greater Daytona Beach area, of which only a tiny fraction actually…

Velocita Signs On As 2016 Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP South Region Sponsor

[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Velocita Signs On As 2016 Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP South Region Sponsor; Racers Benefit With Custom Race Suit Giveaway, Product Certificates & More BOYERTOWN, PA – The Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By VP welcomes a new partner for 2016. Velocita, the North Carolina-based provider of premium motorsports fire suits, gloves, shoes and sublimated crew shirts/apparel, has signed on as the title sponsor of the 2016 STSS South Region for big-block/small-block Modifieds. The Velocita South Region is comprised of seven events at five different venues during the ’16…

Gravel Fastest in Florida Practice

[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] David Gravel Leads Open Practice on Night One of DIRTcar Nationals Practice kicks off sprint week, Feb. 10 to 14, at Volusia Speedway Park BARBERVILLE, Fla. - Feb. 9, 2016 - David Gravel kicked off sprint week at the 45th Annual DIRTcar Nationals on Tuesday night by turning the fastest lap in the open practice session. The Connecticut native turned the fast lap of 13.814 seconds during the first hot laps session. It is Gravel's first outing driving the No. 5 Big Game Treestands car for CJB Motorsports. "It's definitely something that takes time, but so far so…

Richards Continues To Dominate The Competition At East Bay Winternationals

Richards Keeps Rolling at East Bay Winternationals Story By:Jeremy Sheilds/LUCAS LM Media                                             Photos By:Heath Lawson Photography TAMPA, FL. – Josh Richards continued to dominate the competition on Tuesday Night at East Bay Raceway Park, winning his fourth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of 2016. Richards took the lead from Jared Landers on lap nine after Landers jumped the turn four cushion. Richards went on to win his sixth career East Bay Winternationals feature event. Scott Bloomquist finished second, followed by Tim McCreadie, Jonathan Davenport, and Eddie Carrier Jr. “We changed motors today. I was a little nervous…

Double Down On The Road Again With The Outlaws

Jason Sides Returns to the Road as 2016 Season Begins This Week in Florida Story By:Shawn Miller/Inside Line Media                                                 Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com. Bartlett, Tenn. – It’s back to the gypsy life for Jason Sides as his 2016 season in the United States gets underway this week. Sides, who is fresh off his trip to compete for several weeks in Australia, will invade Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., for the 45th annual DIRTcar Nationals with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions and the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series this Wednesday through Sunday. “When everything is…

Morton Buildings Joins World of Outlaws as Official Partner

Will be the ‘Official Building of the World of Outlaws’ Story By:Aaron Feidler/WoO Series Media                                              Photos By:Pete MacDonald/Racersguide.com CONCORD, N.C.  - Morton Buildings, a national leader in the construction of high-quality, long-lasting structures, has signed an agreement to become the 'Official Building of the World of Outlaws.' Since 1903, Morton Buildings has specialized in attractive, custom buildings for residential and commercial clients across the United States. With more than 100 construction centers in 43 states, Morton builds thousands of structures every year including farm buildings, garages, general storage buildings, airplane hangars, homes and churches. "Morton Buildings is thrilled to…

USAC Has Rich History In The Sunshine State

USAC SPRINT HISTORY IN FLORIDA DATES TO THE VERY BEGINNING Story By: Richie Murray/USAC Series Media                            Photos By:USAC Photo Archives Indianapolis Ind.-As the competitors of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship ready themselves for the start of the 2016 season February 18-19-20 at Ocala, Florida’s Bubba Raceway Park, one shall not forget the beginnings of the series and its connection to the state of Florida.  For it was 60 years ago that the USAC Sprint Car Series made its on-track debut in the “Sunshine State.” Nineteen fifty-six was a year of transition for automobile racing in the United States.  The…

Charter System Deal For NASCAR Good For The Sport

New NASCAR charter system of team ownership is huge step for the sport Story By: Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service                                     Photos By:Getty Images/NASCAR CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and current team owner Richard Petty called Tuesday’s announcement of a new charter agreement between the sanctioning body and Sprint Cup team owners “the second-most important thing that’s ever happened in NASCAR.” Second, that is, to NASCAR’s founding meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach in December 1947. Roush Fenway Racing President Steve Newmark characterized it as “a complete paradigm shift in how we operate.” NASCAR Chairman and…

Tyler Dippel Ready For New Challenge At Stafford Speedway K&N East Event

Dippel Looks For Strong Performance With 3 Time Defending Championship Team Story By:Scott Running/Stafford Speedway Media                               Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com Stafford Springs, CT—In the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, the team to beat for the past three seasons has been the team of HScott Motorsports. They have won the last three series championships with drivers Dylan Kwasniewski, Ben Rhodes, and William Byron. With Stafford Motor Speedway adding a K&N East race for the first time since the 2008 season, HScott Motorsports will once again be the team to beat and they will come to Stafford for the 19th Annual NASCAR…

Montoya Helps Kick Off St. Petersburg Course Construction

 Montoya Joins City Leaders as Construction of St. Petersburg Circuit Begins Story By:Dave Lewendowski/INDYcar Series Media                           Photos By:Chris Jones/INDYcar Photo ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — With just 31 days until on-track activity begins to officially kick off the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season, reigning Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg winner Juan Pablo Montoya was in the city on Tuesday  to oversee beginning construction of the temporary street circuit for the March 11-13 event. Montoya, who also won the 2015 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and finished runner-up for the season championship by virtue of a tiebreaker, donned hard hats with St.…

PREFERRED STARTER STATUS NEW FOR 2016 KOD SERIES

Sportsman & Pro Stock Series Regulars Rewarded For Commitment Story By:Rob Hazor/KOD Series Media                                                   Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com Fonda, NY – It’s no secret the King Of Dirt Racing Series rewards drivers for commitment through the course of a season long point chase in many different ways. From point funds to a revolutionary driver rewards program KOD found ways to build a series for the drivers, by the drivers, and of the drivers. During the 2016 racing season the series will utilize a preferred starters status for tour regulars who journey to each respective track. Qualifying spots come at a premium…

TIM BUCKWALTER, PAUL LOTIER JR. READY FOR INDOOR THREE QUARTER (TQ) MIDGET SUCCESS

[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] TIM BUCKWALTER, PAUL LOTIER JR. READY FOR INDOOR THREE QUARTER (TQ) MIDGET SUCCESS; LEN SAMMONS MOTORSPORTS PRODUCTIONS FINALE SET FOR FEB. 26-27 IN TRENTON, NJ TRENTON, NJ February 9, 2016 . . . Win a TQ Midget race indoors! That was the goal, when driver Tim Buckwalter and car owner Paul Lotier, Jr. formed a partnership last spring. Their day may come in the third annual Battle Of Trenton, set for the weekend of February 26-27 inside Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, N.J. In early 2015, Buckwalter signed on to drive for Lotier in weekly SpeedSTR competition…

Aaron Reutzel Looking For Back-To-Back Championships With The Lucas Oil ASCS

[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Aaron Reutzel Looking For Back-To-Back Championships With The Lucas Oil ASCS TULSA, Okla. (February 8, 2016) It wasn't long ago that Aaron Reutzel was battling to earn his first win with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network. Accomplishing that in 2014, the goal quickly turned to the season ending $60,000 champion's prize. March the calendar ahead one year, and the Clute, Texas driver stood tall as the 2015 Lucas Oil ASCS National Champion. Already up to speed with events in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Florida under his belt in 2016, Aaron Reutzel…

Richards Keeps Rolling With East Bay Winternationals Victory

Josh Richards Captures East Bay Winternationals Opener Story By:LUCAS LMS Media                                                                           Photos By:Heath Lawson Photography TAMPA, FL – On Monday Night at East Bay Raceway Park, Josh Richards continued his recent hot streak by winning his third Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event this season. Richards started ninth and charged to the front, taking the lead on lap 20 from Jimmy Owens. Owens came home second, followed by Jared Landers, Tim Dohm, and Tim McCreadie. “What a great start to the season! I would like to thank everybody on the crew. The track was really good tonight. It…

Drivers Looking Forward To The WoO Craftsman Sprint Series Season

Donny Schatz leads the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series into DIRTcar Nationals Story By:Aaron Feidler/WoO Series Media                                            Photos By:Dave Dalesandro/Racersguide.com BARBERVILLE, Fla. -  Donny Schatz drove to the infield of The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in November and claimed his seventh World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series championship. The win came at the end of a season that was one for the record books - Schatz recorded 31 wins, including his ninth Knoxville Nationals title and crossed over the 200 wins mark on the way to one of the widest championship win margins in 20…

Big Game Motorsports and Lasoski Kicking Off 2016 Season This Week in Florida

Lasoski Heads To The Sunshine State Looking For A Gator Story By:Shawn Miller/Inside Line Media                                              Photos By:Paul Arch/Racersguide.com WINDOM, Minn. – Danny Lasoski certainly loves to start his season in Florida each year. “Not only is the weather amazing, but we usually run pretty well down there,” he said. “I can’t wait to get this season going this week in Florida.” Lasoski and Big Game Motorsports will invade Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville on Wednesday and Thursday with the Arctic Cat Circuit of Champions before racing with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series on Friday, Saturday and Sunday…