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Sunshine Rules Junior Knepper 55

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Tyler Courtney Rules Junior Knepper 55 As 47 midgets invade Southern Illinois Center Story By: RICJIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: NEIL CAVANAH / USAC PHOTO DUQUOIN, Ill. —December 18, 2016-  Tyler Courtney was impressive in winning Saturday night’s Junior Knepper 55 USAC Midget Series feature at the Southern Illinois Center. Courtney led the first lap aboard his Clauson-Marshall Racing No. 7bc, but gave up the point to NASCAR veteran Justin Allgaier, who led the next six laps. Courtney moved back to the point on lap eight of the indoor bullring and led the remainder of the 55-lap…

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Junior Knepper 55 Draws Racers From 18 States

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18 States Represented At Junior Knepper 55 Story By: RICHIE MURRAY /USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO FILES INDIANAPOLIS  IND.- December 17, 2016- Saturday’s Junior Knepper 55 not only represents one of the final events of the racing season, it also represents an opportunity for drivers from diverse racing backgrounds to converge on one facility – DuQuoin’s Southern Illinois Center – to test their abilities against each other on the sixth-mile indoor venue. With much of the nation’s racing schedules clear this weekend, drivers from coast-to-coast will suit up and strap in for a one-off, no-holds-barred challenge in which drivers…

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Major Sponsors Return For Indoor Racing Series

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INDOOR AUTO RACING HEADS TO PPL CENTER IN ALLENTOWN, PA. DEC. 30-31 FOR SECOND ANNUAL IRONTON TELEPHONE SPONSORED EXTRAVAGANZA Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / SAMMONS MOTORSPORTS MEDIA Photos By: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM ALLENTOWN, PA.- December 17, 2016 -  In addition to over 100 Three Quarter (TQ) Midget, Champ Kart and Slingshot racers, and thousands of spectators, sponsors will play a big part in the second annual Indoor Auto Racing fueled by VP events to be held inside Allentown's PPL Center on Friday and Saturday, December 30th and 31st. The two days of racing, sponsored by Ironton Telephone, has proven to be…

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Sarah Fisher Enters Rumble In Fort Wayne

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Sarah Fisher has filed an entry for the Rumble in Fort Wayne on Dec. 30-31. Story By: SARAH FISHER RACING MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO FILES FORT WAYNE, Ind. –December 16, 2016-  Indianapolis 500 veteran Sarah Fisher has filed an entry for the midget portion of the 19th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne. The event, set for Dec. 30-31 inside the Expo Center of Fort Wayne’s Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, is a throwback to where at all began for the Indy 500 veteran. The Commercial Point, Ohio, veteran, now a successful Indianapolis business woman, began her career in quarter…

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USAC West Coast Sprints Ready For Action

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18 Nights Of Racing For USAC West Coast Sprints Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM INDIANAPOLIS  IND.- December 16, 2016- Heading into its ninth season, the cars and stars of the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series are set for 18 nights of action at seven race tracks next year. Opening with the two-day Outlaw Showdown at Las Vegas on March 9, the traditional 360 sprint cars will close out the schedule with Ventura’s two-day Turkey Night Grand Prix on Nov. 23. The Ventura stop will be a non-point affair. The Dirt Track…

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Tyler Siri, Malcolm Lane Team Up For Six 2017 Outlaw Speedway 360 Sprint Shows

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Tyler Siri Will Race a 360 Sprint Car in 2017, With ESS Hall of Famer Malcolm Lane Turning Wrenches. Story By: STEVE OVENS / RACECHASER ONLINE MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM / OUTLAW SPEEDWAY DUNDEE, N.Y. —December 15, 2016- When you’ve had success in dirt modifieds, you’re always looking for that next challenge.  Something to keep the fire burning as a competitor.  It appears that Tyler Siri has found that ‘something’ that will keep his fire burning in 2017. On top of running Outlaw Speedway and managing a brand new surface in 2017, Tyler Siri has reported exclusively to…

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Chili Bowl Champions Return For Action

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Champions Highlight Latest Chili Bowl Entry List Update Story By: BRYAN HULBERT / CHILI BOWL NATIONALS MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM TULSA, Okla. -December 14, 2016- The list for the 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire continues to climb as the latest round of entries has put the count at 266 with only 13 of those still in search of a driver. Among the latest to cast their name into the hunt for a Golden Driller, is the man who’s won more than anyone as Sammy Swindell will take part in his 27th…

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Stenhouse Jr And The Rest of the Clauson-Marshall Racing Team Are Entered in the Junior Knepper 55

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr And The Rest of the Clauson-Marshall Racing Team Are Entered in the Junior Knepper 55 Story By: CLAUSON-MARSHALL RACING MEDIA Photos By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com INDIANAPOLIS  Ind.- December 13, 2016- The Clauson-Marshall Racing juggernaut with drivers Donny Schatz, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Jason Johnson and Tyler Courtney has entered the Junior Knepper 55 USAC Midget Special Event indoor event Saturday at the Southern Illinois Center at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. The latest of the now 73 cars who’ve entered for the second annual event is highlighted by the team spearheaded by Tim Clauson and Richard Marshall. Stenhouse, a regular NASCAR premier…

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Danny Dietrich To Pilot Buch No. 13

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Danny Dietrich Will Enter Select Events in the Tom Buch No. 13 in 2017. Story By: SHAWN MILLER / INSIDE LINE MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM GETTYSBURG, Pa. –Deceber 13, 2016- Danny Dietrich will pilot the No. 13 APC/DVC sprint car owned by Tom Buch in select events next year. Dietrich will continue to drive the familiar Gary Kauffman-owned/Sandoe’s Fruit Market/Hickory Run Orchards/No. 48 for the majority of the season and will only drive for Buch when his schedule allows. Dietrich will begin his tenure for Buch with an eight-race campaign in Florida. Dietrich and Busch will enter all…

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NASCAR BROADCASTER STEVE POST JOINS INDOOR AUTO RACING SERIES ANNOUNCING STAFF

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MOTOR RACING NETWORK’S NASCAR BROADCASTER STEVE POST JOINS INDOOR AUTO RACING SERIES ANNOUNCING STAFF Story By: Ernie Saxton/LSMP - Photos By: John John Lane/RacersGuide.com & MRN.com TRENTON, NJ December 12, 2016 . . . Steve Post, a veteran NASCAR pit reporter for the Motor Racing Network will join the announcing staff of the Indoor Auto Racing Series for upcoming events in Allentown, Pa. and Atlantic City, N.J. Post will join the ‘Voice of the Three Quarter (TQ) Midgets’, Bob Marlow, and Pocono Raceway’s chief announcer Earl Krause on the series starting with the Allentown event held inside the PPL Center…

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Fastest Dirt Track in The East Kicks Off Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series

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MID-ATLANTIC SPRINT SERIES KICKS OFF 2017 SEASON AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY Story By: ERIKA PALMAI WAGNER / MID-ATLANTIC SPRINT SERIES MEDIA Photos By:PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM Bridgeport NY- December 11, 2016- The Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series will kick off their inaugural season at the “fastest dirt track in the east”, Bridgeport Speedway on Sunday, April 30th.  The series, which hosts RacesaverⓇ 305 Sprint Cars in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware region, has eight to ten tentative events scheduled at the South Jersey facility, which will be released on a final schedule set to come out at a later date. “The staff at Bridgeport Speedway…

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Rudolph Rolls to Battle of Trenton Victory

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RUDOLPH WINS BATTLE OF TRENTON INDOOR THREE QUARTER MIDGET FEATURE; CO-FEATURE FOR SLINGSHOT RACERS IS CLAIMED BY ANTHONY RAISNER Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / SAMONS PROMOTIONS MEDIA Photos By: HARRY MEEKS / RACERSUIDE.COM TRENTON, NJ  December 11,2016 - Erick Rudolph passed Jimmy Blewett for the lead on the sixth lap of the 40-lap feature and raced on to victory Saturday night in the Battle of Trenton Len Sammons Motorsports Productions (LSMP) TQ Midget feature at Sun National Bank Center. “We come to these races with the best car Mark Lafler car build and set it up the best way he knows…

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USAC Honors 2016 Series Champions

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Windom, Bacon & Thorson Share USAC Spotlight Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: USAC SERIES / DAN DEMARCO/ RACERSGUIDE.COM INDIANAPOLIS  IND.- December 11, 2016- USAC National driving champions Chris Windom, Brady Bacon and Tanner Thorson shared the spotlight along with other 2016 USAC champions and special award recipients at Friday night’s 61st USAC Night of Champions celebration at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Windom, of Canton, Ill., Bacon, of Broken Arrow, Okla. and Thorson, of Minden, Nev., earned National championships. Windom was a first-time Silver Crown titlist, Bacon a second-time AMSOIL Sprint Car king and Thorson the National…

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RUDOLPH, CHRISTOPHER AND FLORES TAKE NIGHT ONE BATTLE OF TRENTON TRIPLE TWENTIES

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CALE ROSS WINS CHAMP KART MAIN EVENT; TQ MIDGET MAIN EVENT AND SLINGSHOT RACES SET FOR TONIGHT Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / SAMONS PROMOTIONS MEDIA Photos By: HARRY MEEKS / RACERSGUIDE.COM TRENTON, NJ -December 10, 2016 -Erick Rudolph of Ransomville, N.Y., Ted Christopher of Plainville, Ct., and New Jersey native Ryan Flores, who lives in Cornelius, N.C., shared the glory on Night One of the fourth annual Battle of Trenton Indoor Auto Racing program. Each of the trio won a 20-lap Three Quarter (TQ) Midget feature in the first events of the 2016-2017 Indoor Auto Racing Championship Fueled By VP…

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COURTNEY AND TOPP PREPARE FOR 2017 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR TITLE RUN

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COURTNEY AND TOPP TAKE ON USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES Story By:TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM Indianapolis Ind.- December 10, 2016- After teaming up for a partial schedule which saw them win their first career series race this past summer, driver Tyler Courtney and the TOPP Motorsports team announced Thursday their intentions to take on the full USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car tour in 2017. Courtney, out of Indianapolis, and the Rochester, Indiana-based TOPP outfit both earned their first career USAC victories in July of 2016, partnering up to take the victory in the “Indiana…

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USAC Launches TracSAFE Initiative

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USAC’s TracSAFE System Will Launch in Early 2017 and Will be Implemented in The Three USAC National Championship Series. Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM INDIANAPOLIS IND.- December 10, 2016- The USAC TracSAFE initiative aimed at driver safety was introduced during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show at the Indiana Convention Center. The TracSAFE system will launch in early 2017 and will be implemented in the three USAC National Championship Series, the Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Cars and National Midgets. USAC will supply the TracSAFE equipment to teams at each of the series’ national…

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45 Dates For Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars

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The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series Will Embark on a Schedule that Features 45 Events Next Year, With More Expected to be Added. Story By: BRYAN HULBERT / ASCS SERIES MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM TULSA, Okla. –December 9, 2016-  The 26th year of the Lucas Oil American Sprint Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network features 45 confirmed dates, with more expected to be added in the coming weeks and months. Of the 45 confirmed dates, six stops will be a new facilities for the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network. “We’ve got…

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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TOUR TRAVELS COAST-TO-COAST IN 2017 CAMPAIGN

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Twenty-Seven Dates in Seven States Serve as The Ingredients For The 2017 USAC Midget National Championship Schedule. Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Indianapolis Ind.- December 9, 2016-Among the events are four distinct tours that make up the bulk of the schedule such as June’s “Indiana Midget Week,” July’s weekend trip to Illinois as well as an August tour of the Heartland of America and “Pennsylvania Midget Week,” which offers a total of eight races in a busy Summer stretch. The 13th annual “Indiana Midget Week” kicks off with the first of…

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USAC Series Double Down At Susky in 2017

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TWO BIG USAC SHOWS ON SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE IN 2017 Story By: BRAD VORES / SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM YORK HAVEN, PA - December 9, 2016- Susquehanna Speedway will once again be part of the two big weeks of Amsoil USAC Racing in Central Pennsylvania in 2017. The AMSOIL National USAC Sprint Cars will bring the Eastern Storm to Susquehanna Speedway on Sunday, June 11. The second big USAC date will be the AMSOIL National Midget Series where Susquehanna’s Sunday August 13 date will kick off the annual Midget Week at area speedways. “We are…

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Random Drug Testing Implemented For 2017 World Of Outlaws Season

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World of Outlaws Joins Forces With National Center for Drug Free Sport Story By: BRENDAN CAPERIA / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CONCORD, N.C. — December 8, 2016-The World of Outlaws announced Thursday at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show an exclusive partnership with The National Center for Drug Free Sport (Drug Free Sport), launching a drug-testing program to improve the safety of competitors in compliance with a revised World of Outlaws Substance Abuse Policy. “Every major sport across the country has adopted drug-testing policies. As the leader in dirt track racing we felt it was time…

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USAC Sprints Going Back To Knoxville & Williams Grove

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The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series Will Return to Williams Grove Speedway and Knoxville Raceway in 2017. Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF INDIANAPOLIS IND.-December 8, 2016-  Two of the most storied dirt tracks in the United States return to the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car calendar next season. On June 3, the series invades the legendary half-mile Knoxville Raceway for the first time since 2011. The Saturday night event coincides with National Sprint Car Hall of Fame induction weekend at the Iowa dirt oval. Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway, the only venue on…

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WoO Races At Fulton, Weedsport, Ransomville In 2017

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2017 Series Schedule Announced; Outlaws To Break Ground At Three Tracks Story By: BRENDAN CAPRIA / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CONCORD, NC - December 8, 2016-  The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series solidifies its 2017 season not only on familiar grounds - visiting some of the most storied tracks nationwide - but also by adding three new tracks to an already big stage. The series is scheduled to visit 25 states and one province for its upcoming season. Notably, the Greatest Show on Dirt will leave its usual tracks at some of dirt racing's…

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“JASON LEFFLER MEMORIAL” MIDGET RACE TO AIR TONIGHT, DEC. 8 ON MAVTV

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MAVTV Airs Leffler Memorial This Evening Story By: MAVTV Media Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF Moorsville NC.- December 8, 2016- The $20,000-to-win USAC Midget National Championship event run on Oct. 21 at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, Ill., will be aired tonight, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET on MAVTV. The race, co-sanctioned by POWRi, brought some of the biggest names in racing to Wayne County (Ill.) Speedway including USAC Triple Crown champs Dave Darland and Jerry Coons, Jr., USAC Silver Crown titlist Chris Windom, USAC National Midget champions Tanner Thorson and Rico Abreu, two-time…

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Dave Darland Rejoins Phillips Motorsports 71p

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Dave Darland Will Return to Phillips Motorsports for the 2017 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series Season. Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM INDIANAPOLIS IND.- December 8, 2016- Dave Darland will reunite with Phillips Motorsports next year during the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series season. Darland, the series’ winningest driver, and Phillips Motorsports put together a highly-successful three-year stretch between 2013 and 2015, scoring 17 USAC National Sprint Car victories. This year Darland piloted the Jeff Walker/Curb-Agajanian Racing car to two wins during the USAC National Sprint Car season at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway…

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‘The Ragin Cajun’ Set For Chili Bowl Assault

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Jason Johnson Joins Clauson-Marshall Chili Bowl Roster Story By: CLAUSON - MARSHALL RACING MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM NOBLESVILLE, Ind. –December 8, 2016- Reigning Knoxville Nationals champion Jason Johnson has joined Clauson-Marshall Racing for the upcoming Chili Bow Midget Nationals. Johnson joins the man he bested at Knoxville, Donny Schatz, as well as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Tyler Courtney on the Clauson-Marshall Racing Chili Bowl lineup. The team is co-owned by Richard Marshall and Tim Clauson. “I am delighted for this opportunity to be a part of the initial Clauson-Marshall Racing Chili Bowl campaign with more determination to represent…

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USAC Silver Crown Series Returning To Phoenix

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The USAC Silver Crown Series Will Return to Phoenix Int’l Raceway Next Year. Story By: DICK JORDAN / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: JOHN DADALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM INDIANAPOLIS  IND.- December 8, 2016-The USAC Silver Crown Series will race at Phoenix Int’l Raceway next year for the first time since 2009. The United States Auto Club confirmed the news Wednesday evening with a video press release on their social media platforms. The event is scheduled for April 29 at the one-mile oval located in Avondale, Ariz., and will serve as a preliminary event to the Verizon IndyCar Series race scheduled for…

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Justin Grant Targets USAC Sprint Car Title

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Justin Grant  Will Pilot a Sam McGhee Motorsports Sprint Car During the 2017 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series Season. Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM BROWNSBURG, Ind. –December 8, 2016- Sam McGhee Motorsports has announced that Justin Grant will take the wheel of the team’s No. 11 sprint car full-time next year to chase the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series championship. “We partnered with Justin midway through August of 2016 and had outstanding success during the months that followed,” team owner Sam McGhee said.  “Justin picked up SMM’s very first USAC…

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Bacon & Marshall Partner To Form New Winged Team

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Brady Bacon and Richard Marshall have partnered in Bacon-Marshall Racing, with Bacon expanding his winged sprint car schedule next year! Story By: BACON / MARSHALL RACING MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF / CHRIS SEELMAN BROKEN ARROW, Okla. —December 7, 2016- Reigning USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series champion Brady Bacon will embark on a new venture in 2017, as he partners with Richard Marshall of Priority Aviation to form Bacon/Marshall Motorsports. The team will run a large winged sprint car schedule next season, with the two-time USAC National Sprint Car champion also driving the Frank Manafort Racing No. 76M midget…

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Brett Marks Becomes An Outlaw

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Brent Marks To Join World Of Outlaws In 2017 To Live Ultimate Dream On The National Tour Story By: BRENDAN CAPRIA / WORLD OF OUTLAWS Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, NC -December 7, 2016-  Brent Marks joins the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car series tour under his family-owned Brent Marks Racing (BMR) team for the 2017 season. Marks, hailing from Myerstown, Pa., has long dreamed of running with the Greatest Show on Dirt from the time he first hopped into a 410 sprint car seven years ago. “It took a lot of work to make it happen,…

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Jankowiak Ready For Battle of Trenton

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ANDY JANKOWIAK LANDS TOP TQ MIDGET RIDE FOR INDOOR AUTO RACING THIS WEEKEND IN TRENTON Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / SAMONS PROMOTIONS MEDIA Photos By: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM TRENTON, NJ -December 6, 2016 - Andy Jankowiak of Buffalo, NY has obtained a Three Quarter (TQ) Midget ride for the Indoor Auto Racing fueled by VP season opener this weekend at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ. Jankowiak, the 2014 winner of the Battle of Trenton, is in the process of building his own TQ Midget for the series, but it won’t be finished for the opener. On…

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Boespflug Takes The Wheel Of The Hoffman #69

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Chad Boespflug Will Drive the Hoffman No. 69 That Brady Bacon Drove to the USAC Championship This Season, in 2017. Story By: RICJIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM LOVELAND, Ohio — Deccember 5, 2016-Chad Boespflug will take the wheel of the famed Hoffman Racing No. 69 sprint car next season. The team, which won its 11th USAC National Sprint Car Series championship with Brady Bacon in 2016, will be making wholesale changes for the new year. Longtime sponsor Mean Green Cleaner & Degreaser will return to the team, which is owned and operated by…

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Rudolph Ready For Trenton Invasion

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ERICK RUDOPLH LOOKING FOR BATTLE OF TRENTON REENACTMENT ON DECEMBER 9TH AND 10TH INSIDE SUN CENTER Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / SAMMONS PRODUCTION MEDIA Photos By: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM TRENTON, NJ – December 4, 2016 . . . When Erick Rudolph marches back to New Jersey for Three Quarter (TQ) Midget Auto Racing on Friday and Saturday, December 9th - 10th, he’s hoping for a Battle of Trenton Reenactment. The driving star from Ransomville, N.Y., won the Indoor Auto Racing Series Fueled by VP finale at the Sun National Bank Center in February and clinched the championship. Rudolph is hoping…

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Stenhouse Joins Clauson-Marshall For Chili Bowl

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Set to Wheel a Clauson-Marshall Racing Midget for The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. Story By: CLAUSON-MARSHALL RACING MEDIA Photo By: JOHN DADALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM NOBLESVILLE, Ind. –December 3, 2016- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will join Clauson-Marshall Racing for the running of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals next month at the Tulsa (Okla.) Expo Raceway. Stenhouse joins the crowing all-star lineup fielded by Clauson-Marshall Racing, which also includes eight-time World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz and young gun Tyler Courtney. This is the second time that Stenhouse will drive for the Clauson-Marshall Racing squad. He …

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Bonus Bucks Up For Grabs For Indoor Racers

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BOB HILBERT SPORTSWEAR CHALLENGE OFFERS BIG MONEY OPPORTUNITY FOR INDOOR RACERS STARTING DEC. 9-10 WITH TRENTON INDOOR RACING EVENTS Story By: ERNIE SAXTON /SAMONS PROMOTIONS MEDIA Photos BY: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM TRENTON, NJ – December 2, 2016-With the start of the Indoor Auto Racing Season just a week away at Trenton’s Sun National Bank Center, the pressure just got turned up on all Three Quarter (TQ) Midget racers entered. Bob Hilbert Sportswear of Boyertown, Pa. is sponsoring a unique $10,000 challenge. If one driver can win all four rounds of the Indoor Auto Racing Series Fueled by VP he’ll…

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2017 All Star Circuit of Champions Schedule Released; OCFS, Lebanon Valley, Grandview Include Local Stops

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2017 All Star Circuit of Champions schedule released Major events return; Ohio Sprint Speedweek features eight events in nine days Story By: Tyler Altmeyer/ASCOC Media Photos By: Pete MacDonald & Dave Dalesandro/RacersGuide.com INDIANAPOLIS IND.-December 2, 2016-  The All Star Circuit of Champions will take on a full slate of competition in 2017, complete with 51 events at 32 facilities in eight states, all of which taking shape between early February and mid-October. All Star competitors will visit facilities throughout much of the upper Midwest and Northeast during their upcoming travels, circling areas of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and…

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Chili Bowl Nationals Entries Continue to Grow

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2017 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals At 183 Entries And Climbing Story By: BRYAN HULBERT / CHILI BOWL NATIONALS MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM TULSA, OK – December 2, 2016- The chill in the air may signal the coming of Christmas for some, but for the world of dirt track racing, that means the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire is right around the corner. Happening January 10-14, 2017 inside the River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa, Okla. the 31st edition of the world’s largest Midget racing event is on track to set another record…

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Champions Oil Returns As Williams Grove Summer Nationals Sponsor

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Champion Oil Extends Support Of Summer Nationals Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mechanicsburg Pa.- December 2, 2016 – Champion Oil will return as the title sponsor of the Williams Grove Summer Nationals Open sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series on July 21-22 in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals is an event with more than 50 years of history that includes the biggest names in motorsports competing at half-mile Williams Grove Speedway, one of dirt racing’s legendary venues. “Champion Racing Oil is proud to support…

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Harli White Heading Down Under

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White Excited for Upcoming Opportunity to Race Sprint Cars in Australia Story By: SHAWN MILLER / INSIDE LINE MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF LINDSAY, Okla. -December 2, 2016 – Harli White leaves this week to embark upon her first career trip to Australia. White will compete in approximately a dozen winged 410ci sprint car races during December and January for Paul Stirton and the A-One Charge Air Coolers backed team. “It’s awesome to think people are watching from that far away,” White said. “It’s a blessing. They are really good people and are all about the safety aspect of…

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THORSON WEATHERS STORMY START TO CLAIM 2016 USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TITLE

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THORSON WEATHERS STORMY START  TO CLAIM 2016 USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TITLE Story By: Richie Murray/USAC Media - Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com Coming into the 2016 USAC National Midget season, many observers earmarked Tanner Thorson as the odds-on favorite to become the next series champion. Armed with three years of experience in the series and a ride in the perennially potent Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports ride, it was more than enough to provide credence to the notion that Thorson would be a contender to win each and every night he strapped into the TRD - JBL Audio/Bullet/Speedway Toyota No 67. However, the…

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Dale Blaney Set to Pilot Zemco Sprinter for 2017 Season

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Dale Blaney Signs Deal to Drive Famed Zemco Speed Equipment #1 Story By: JEREMEY ELLIOTT / PENN LIVE MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF York Haven Pa.- November 29, 2016- It's been a tough couple of months for Sprint Car driver Dale Blaney, one of the top competitors in the sport. Blaney lost backing from Big Game Motorsports, which forced him to start looking for a new ride. Then came the big blow when long-time crew chief and friend George Fisher lost his battle with cancer. It's forced change into Blaney's life, but that's not always a bad thing. And…

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JOEY SALDANA GETS THE CALL FOR NEWLY-FORMED STENHOUSE JR.- WOOD RACING

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WILL RACE FULL WORLD OF OUTLAWS CRAFTSMAN SPRINT CAR TOUR IN 2017 Story By: JACK DUCHARDT / STENHOUSE JR.-WOOD RACING MEDIA Photos By:PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM BROWNSBURG, IND. November 29, 2016 - Sprint car veteran and 99-time World of Outlaw Craftsman Sprint Car Series winner Joey Saldana has found a new home for the 2017 racing season. Saldana will drive the Elk Grove Ford/Roth Investments No. 17 for the newly-formed Stenhouse Jr.-Wood Racing team. Owned by NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt Wood, Stenhouse Jr.-Wood Racing will compete full time on the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series tour in…

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Sesely Taking New TQ Midget Into Battle

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SESELY AIMS TO KEEP ON WINNING INDOORS WITH NEW TQ MIDGET RIDE STARTING WITH THE BATTLE OF TRENTON. Story By: ERNIE SAXTON/ LEN SAMONS PROMOTIONS MEDIA Photos By: PETE MACDONALD / RACERSGUIDE.COM TRENTON, NJ –November 25, 2016-  Anthony Sesely’s three wins in the NAPA Auto Parts Gamblers Classic in Atlantic City established him as a major player in Indoor racing. The 33-year old driver from Matawan, NJ, is hoping that a new ride driving for one of the true super stars of the sport will be the ticket to getting him back to the winners circle.  Sesely swept to victory…

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Larson Lights Up Turkey Night Field

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LARSON CARVES UP TURKEY NIGHT WIN #2; THORSON TASTES FIRST USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TITLE Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RICH FORMAN /USAC PHOTO VENTURA, CA –November 25, 2016-  On the rare occasion that Kyle Larson gets the chance to take the wheel of a midget these days, he certainly makes each opportunity count. On Thursday night in the centerpiece of the USAC National and Western States Midget calendar, Larson cooked up one of his patented performances, holding off a furious late-race rally from early leader Brady Bacon to win his second career “Turkey Night Grand…

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Brady Bacon Sets Pace In TNGP Drills

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Brady Shows The Way As 53 Cars Practice at Ventura Raceway Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photo By: JEREMY RHOADS  VENTURA, Calif. —November 24, 2016- Brady Bacon recorded the fastest time of the 53 drivers on hand in Wednesday night’s USAC National and Western States Midget practice at Ventura Raceway. The Broken Arrow, Okla., driver was the fastest in two of the three sessions held on the one-fifth-mile oval in preparation for Thursday night’s 76th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix. His time of 12.115 seconds in the first session held up as the top speed on…

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Final Showdown to Settle USAC Midget Championship Battle

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THORSON & BAYSTON: ONE FINAL SHOWDOWN TO DETERMINE USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TITLE Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: JOHN DADALT / RACERSGUIDE.CCOM Indianapolis Ind.- November 23, 2016- Nine points separate two men from reaching the pinnacle of their sport. Two men who’ve endured a season that’s seen its ups and its downs, but a season that can be redeemed and rewarded with one more successful performance in an event that simply oozes with history – the 76th running of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at California’s Ventura Raceway. The main figures playing lead roles on the…

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Kevin Swindell Takes on Team Ownership Role

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Kevin Swindell Finds New Passion in Ownership Side of Racing Story By: SHAWN MILLER / INSIDE LINE MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM GERMANTOWN, Tenn. - November 23, 2016 – Kevin Swindell has shifted into a different side of motor sports in 2016. Swindell, who became the youngest driver to win a World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series feature when he was 17-years-old and who is the only driver to record four straight Chili Bowl Nationals victories, became an owner this year. It began in January at the Chili Bowl, where Kevin Thomas Jr. wheeled a midget owned…

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Ray Allen Kulhanek Joining ASCS National Tour

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Ray Allen Kulhanek Ready to Tackle the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Next Year. Story By: BRYAN HULBERT /ASCS SERIES MEDIA Photo By: JAY HALLAS DANBURY, Texas – November 23, 2016-Ray Allen Kulhanek and team owner Bruce Griffith have announced plans to take on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour full time next season. “I’ve worked really hard trying to go run the ASCS National Tour,” Kulhanek said. “I’m pretty excited to do that and feel blessed to have the opportunity. To team up with a guy as established as he is it’s an honor and a blessing. I’m not going…

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All Star Circuit of Champions Heading to Susky

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SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY SETS 2017 ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS DATE Story By: BRAD VORES / SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM YORK HAVEN, PA - November 22, 2016- For the first time in history, Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will compete on the red clay at Susquehanna Speedway. Set for Sunday, August 20, 2017, the first ever All Star Circuit of Champions date at the York Haven facility will be the Justin Snyder Salute to the Troops . “I am thrilled to have the All Star Circuit of Champions come to Susquehanna Speedway…

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Harli White To Tackle ASCS National Tour

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Harli White Will Embark on Her First Full Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Season in 2017. Story By: SHAWN MILLER / INSIDE LINE MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM LINDSAY, Okla. – November 22, 2016- Harli White is planning on tackling the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour next season. “I’m really excited to race full time with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour,” White said. “I want to test myself against the best competition and the best way to do that is to race around the country on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.” White, who said she will…

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BANNER YEAR: CJB Motorsports Finishes Off Best Year in Teams History

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Gravel and Swindell Add to Teams Legacy as Eyes Now Turn Toward 2017 Story By: CJB MOTORSPORTS MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CARLISLE, PA. - November 22, 2016 - CJB Motorsports team owners Chad & Jenn Clemens seemed to sum up their 2016 season pretty well when asked. "We felt like it rocked," said the couple that fielded the #5 Big Game Treestands, J.R.C. Transportation Inc., C&S Lawn & Landscape machine for David Gravel and the #1 Big Game Treestands, GoMuddy.Com for Sammy Swindell. "All in all, we were very satisfied with what we achieved together as a team.…

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