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Lussier, Durgan Ride the Outside in Devil’s Bowl Speedway Asphalt Twin 25s

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Masterson, FitzGerald, Wood back on top Story By: JUSTIN ST. LOUIS / DEVIL'S BOWL SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: NICHOEL LAFFOND / DEVILS BOWL SPEEDWAY PHOTO WEST HAVEN, VT- August 1, 2016- Billy Lussier and Jason Durgan were the stars of the show on the half-mile Asphalt Track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, July 30, splitting twin 25-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series races. Each driver used the outside lane to win in the Bond Auto Parts Sportsman Modified division on Community College of Vermont Night. Other winners included Josh Masterson, Scott FitzGerald, Zach Wood, and Gerald Grant. Durgan, of Morrisonville,…

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Richards Sweeps Prairie Dirt Classic Weekend

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Dennis Erb Jr. Rekindles a Past Battle Between the Two Late Model Drivers Story By: BRENDAN CAPRIA / WOO LATE MODEL SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF FAIRBURY, IL- July 31, 2016- Josh Richards completed the “Prairie Dirt Classic” sweep Saturday night in front of a packed house, winning the 100-lap finale at Fairbury American Legion Speedway. The victory was Richards’ 11th of the season and his 69th of his career in the series. “To win this race at Fairbury, it’s one I’ve always looked forward to,” Richards said. “It’s cool to finally get one.” Richards, starting 11th in…

VonDorehn, Godown Split Twin 20s at Big Diamond Speedway

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Brenden Bright Wins ARDC Feature, Steve Gromis, Ricky Weaver also winners on Friday night Story By: SHAWN WOOD / BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: GEORGE STEIGERWALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM MINERSVILLE, PA. --July 31, 2016- A packed house was treated to a night of outstanding racing on Friday at Big Diamond Speedway on Red White and Blue Autos night with the return of the Twin 20s for the CJ’s Tire & Automotive Services 358 modifieds. Craig VonDohren won the opening 20-lap feature with a last-lap pass for the win while point leader Ryan Godown led all 20-laps in the nightcap feature which…

Jones powers past Dillon for third victory of the season

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Jones powers past Dillon for third victory of the season Story By: Brian Eberly/NASCAR - Photos By: Getty Images/NASCAR NEWTON, Iowa – For 83 laps, it looked like Ty Dillon's winless drought would finally end. That was until Erik Jones flashed the brilliance that has many predicting big things for the Joe Gibbs Racing prodigy. Jones led a race-high 154 laps in the No. 20 DeWalt Toyota en route to victory lane on Saturday night in the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. Jones passed Dillon with 15 laps remaining to retake the lead for the final time…

BIG WEEK FOR USAC NATIONAL MIDGETS

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] FAIRBURY, NEB. USAC DEBUT & "CHAD McDANIEL MEMORIAL AT BELOIT, KANS. PRECEDE 39TH "BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS" Story By: Dick Jordan/USAC Media - Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com A big week awaits USAC's National Midget Series in the nation's heartland with four races in five nights expected to be pivotal in the battle for the 2016 championship. It all starts with Tuesday night's "Riverside Chevrolet Tuesday Night Thunder" at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Neb. It's been seven years since USAC Midgets visited the Cornhusker State. Jerry Coons Jr., Brady Bacon and Brad Kuhn scored USAC/SMRS victories at Rising Sun…

Pagenaud wins Mid-Ohio pole with record lap

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Pagenaud wins Mid-Ohio pole with record lap Story By: Mike Kitchel/INDYcar Media - Photos By: Joe Skibinski & Chris Jones/INDYcar LEXINGTON, Ohio (Saturday, July 30, 2016) - Not even a sore back that nearly kept him out of the race car could prevent Simon Pagenaud from winning another Verizon P1 Award and setting another Verizon IndyCar Series track record. The 2016 championship leader hustled his No. 22 PPG Automotive Refinish Team Penske Chevrolet around the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1 minute, 3.8700 seconds (127.271 mph) to edge Team Penske teammate Will Power for the pole position…

Byron breaks rookie record with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win at Pocono

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Byron breaks rookie record with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win at Pocono July 30, 2016 Story By Reid Spencer/NASCAR - Photos By: George Steigerwalt, Jeff Clemons & Matthew Clemons/RacersGuide.com LONG POND, Pa. – Saturday’s Pocono Mountains 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Pocono Raceway featured no Sprint Cup drivers in the field. Then again, the race didn’t need any representation from NASCAR’s top division, as dominant as William Byron was. The 18-year-old from Charlotte, N.C., led 44 of 60 laps in the No. 9 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota in a caution-filled event and pulled away…

Freddie Rahmer Claims First Victory at Williams Grove Speedway Friday

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URC/ESS 360 Sprint Nationals To Hodnett Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY Photos By: DAN DeMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM MECHANICSBURG, PA- July 30, 2016- Freddie Rahmer scored his first ever Williams Grove Speedway sprint car win on Friday night, racing ahead of Alan Krimes and Greg Hodnett to the win as he etched another Rahmer name on the historic oval’s all time win list. In the $4,000 to win, 25-lap URC/ESS 360 sprint car nationals, Greg Hodnett wired the field from the pole for the victory to record a hat track in 360 action at the track to date this…

Friesen & Hoard Split Twin 20’s at Albany-Saratoga

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Championship Point Battle Shaping Up Story By: TOBY LaGRANGE / ALBANY-SARATOGA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM MALTA, NY- July 30, 2016- The Upstate GMC Dealers DIRTcar Modified division competed in twin 20 lap feature Friday night. When the final checkered flag waved on the second event, it was clear the race fans got their monies work. Stewart Friesen picked up the win in the first event while veteran Ray Hoard won the second event. The win for Hoard was his first ever at the fast, four tenths of a mile oval. Floyd Billington and Mark Kislowski led…

Dale Blaney Opens I-79 Summer Shootout with Victory at Eriez Speedway

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I-79 action continues Saturday at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ASCOC MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM HAMMETT, PA- July 30, 2016- For the first time since June 19, the “Low Rider” Dale Blaney earned his place in Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory lane, this time at the Eriez Speedway in Erie, Pennsylvania, during round one of the I-79 Summer Shootout presented by Classic Ink USA. The Hartford, Ohio, native, who started third on the feature grid, took command of the 30-lap main event on lap 18, driving under race leader Sheldon Haudenschild at…

Mid-Ohio IndyCar Notebook

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Even Veterans Struggle to Get Handle on Track Story By: MITCH ROBINSON / INDYCAR SERIES MEDIA Photos By: CHRIS OWENS / INDYCAR PHOTO LEXINGTON, OH- July 30, 2016- Indy cars are racing on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 32nd time with this weekend’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. It is one of the favorite circuits for the drivers but can also be one of the trickiest, even to successful Team Penske veterans Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya and Will Power. “I love Mid-Ohio,” two-time Mid-Ohio race winner Castroneves said. “You know every time you go out on this track,…

Martin Truex Jr. Powers No. 78 Toyota to Pocono Pole

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Truex Looks For Repeat Performance at 'The Tricky Triangle' Story By: REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By: GETTY IMAGES / NASCAR LONG POND, PA- July 30, 2016- Martin Truex Jr. found a lot more than light at the end of the Tunnel on Friday afternoon at Pocono Raceway. Gaining time on the rest of the field through Turn 2—the Tunnel Turn—at the 2.5-mile triangular race track, Truex put his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota on the pole for Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 (on NBCSN at 1:30 p.m. ET), knocking fellow Toyota Camry driver Carl Edwards out of the top…

Friday Pocono Notebook

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Is Jeff Gordon just what the doctor ordered for Hendrick Motorsports? Story By: REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By: GETTY IMAGES / NASCAR LONG POND, PA- July 30, 2016- Since Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s immediate future is in the hands of doctors, it’s appropriate that his substitute driver, Jeff Gordon, has also been brought in for a second opinion. Not a medical opinion, mind you. But Gordon is invaluable in his role as a consultant for Hendrick Motorsports, and now that he’s behind the wheel of Earnhardt’s No. 88 Chevrolet, his opinions of the organization’s performance are all the more informed.…

Track of Champions Honors “The Silver Bullitt”

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$2507 TO WIN MODIFIED EVENT AT FONDA THIS SATURDAY IN A TRIBUTE TO BOB SAVOIE Story By: RON SZCZERBA / FONDA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: HARRY CELLA / RACERSGUIDE.COM Fonda, NY – July 29, 2016- This Saturday, July 30 there will be a 50-lap modified feature event honoring the late Bob Savoie, which will pay $2507 to the winner of the event. All other regular divisions are also on the racing card, which will get the green flag at 7:30 p.m. Savoie was known as the “Silver Bullitt” to fans here in the area and was a two-time winner in the…

52ND RUNNING OF THE HEATH MEMORIAL THIS SATURDAY AT FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY

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MODIFIED 40 LAP SPECIAL TO PAY $2,500 TO WIN FOR MODIFIEDS. Story By: ANDREW HARPELL / FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM KIRKWOOD, NY- July 29, 2016-Five Mile Point Speedway will honor the founders Anna and Irving Heath this Saturday with the 52nd running of the Heath Memorial. The Modified special 40 lap event will pay $2,500 to win and the locals are looking to have to contend with some of the outsiders for this prestigious event. The speedway is currently celebrating 66 consecutive years of racing at the Kirkwood oval. Racing begins at 6…

Dirt Late Models

Clanton Rolls to Sixth Victory of 2016

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Clanton Challenged in Sixth Win; Eckert executes game plan to second place finish Story By: BRENDAN CAPRIA / WOO LM SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF QUINCY, Ill. – July 28, 2016 – Shane Clanton prevailed in a Thursday night thriller at Quincy Raceways, fending off a late-push from the other World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series drivers. With this win, Clanton takes sole possession of fourth on the series’ all-time feature wins list (35). It is his sixth series win in 2016. “Our car was just excellent tonight,” said Clanton, who thought he chose all the right…

Jersey Rush VI set for New Egypt Return

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410 Sprints and Modifieds Return to New Egypt Speedway for the Jersey Rush VI Tuesday, August 23rd Story By: BOB MILLER / TOTH SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM NEW EGYPT, NJ- July 29, 2016- An ultimate tradition will continue. Tuesday night, August 23rd the NAPA Auto Parts Jersey Rush VI presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings will rock the house at the New Egypt Speedway with an action packed Ultimate Double-header of 410 Sprints and Modifieds. It all started back in 2011 when JJ Grasso in a 410 sprint car and legendary Billy Pauch in a modified took the…

Steve Kinser & Sammy Swindell to Make All-Star Appearance at Grandview

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Napa Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series Presented By Pioneer Pole Builings Preps for the Return of the 410 Sprint All Stars on Thursday, August 18th Story By: BOB MILLER / TOTH SERIES MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM BECHTELSVILLE, PA- July 29, 2016- The top drivers from Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions nationally touring 410 sprint car series races into Grandview Speedway on Thursday, August 18 as part of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings. This marks the first appearance of the All…

NASCAR Pocono Notebook

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Busch Goes For Second Straight Victory, Attempts To Get One Step Closer To Track Sweep Story By: REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By: GEORGE STEIGERWALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM LONG POND, PA- July 29, 2016- After becoming the first driver to ever win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Indianapolis from the pole in the same weekend, Kyle Busch has some more history to chase in Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway (1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN). The only active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tracks where Busch has never won are Pocono and Charlotte. With…

NDRA Created; Rolling Wheels Named First Track

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] NDRA Created; Rolling Wheels Named First Track Story By: Rolling Wheels Raceway Media - Photos By: Harry Meeks & Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com Elbridge, N.Y--July 28, 2016......Rolling Wheels Raceway has entered into an agreement with the N.D.R.A. (a newly formed sanctioning body for Dirt Track Racing), to be the first track in New York State to become a member of the sanctioning body. N.D.R.A. is about to announce a newly formed sanctioning body that will bring a revenue share agreement to it's member tracks and drivers. The Business Plan and Operating Agreement will be posted on the N.D.R.A. website, which…

Godown Ventures To New York State & Brings $9,028 Home To NJ After SSTS Triumph

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] Worthwhile Journey: Ryan Godown Ventures To New York State & Brings $9,028 Home To The Garden State After ‘Crazy 8s’ Short Track Super Series Triumph At I-88 Speedway; Kurtis Hohenscheldt (GRIT) & Korey Inglin (XCel) Also Score Story By: Brett Deyo/SSTS Media - Photos By: Dave Dalesandro & Otto Graham/RacersGuide.com AFTON, NY – Ryan Godown made a rare trip to New York state worthwhile on Wednesday night at I-88 Speedway. Godown hauled from Ringoes, N.J., to the Afton Fairgrounds for the fourth annual ‘Crazy 8s Special’ headlined by the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled…

Super DIRTcar Series Championship Points Fund Increased $12,000

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] Super DIRTcar Series Championship Points Fund Increased $12,000 Story By: Mandee Pauch/DIRTcar Media - Photos By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com DIRTcar Northeast Announces Mr. DIRTcar Home Track Championship changes WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - July 28, 2016 - DIRTcar Northeast announced a substantial increase in the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds championship points fund and a newly revamped Mr. DIRTcar championship series. The championship points fund for the Super DIRTcar Series has been increased by $12,000 with $40,000 now going to the series champion and increased amounts for positions three through 10. A total of $117,000 is now up for grabs to…

BRIDGEPORT HOSTS ROMP IN THE SWAMP FOR DYSTONIA JEEP SHOW & TRIPLEHEADER RACING PROGRAM

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] BRIDGEPORT HOSTS ROMP IN THE SWAMP FOR DYSTONIA JEEP SHOW & TRIPLEHEADER RACING PROGRAM The Bridgeport Speedway will host the Romp in the Swamp for Dystonia Jeep Show this Saturday and then go right into the Saturday night tripleheader racing program that will feature Twin 15 lap events for the Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman, the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modifieds and the PennCo Tech Outlaw Stocks. The Romp in the Swamp for Dystonia Jeep Show will get underway at 10am. There will be an obstacle course for the four wheeling enthusiasts that will remain open until racing gets…

Stevie Smith Claims Thunder Cup and First Grandview

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Hodnett, Howard and VonDohren Grab Wins in 4 Feature Show Tuesday Night Story By: BOB MILLER / TOTH SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAN DeMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM BECHTELSVILLE, PA- July 27, 2016- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Stevie Smith captured the 410 Sprint Car Thunder Cup trophy, the $5,000 top-prize, and his first career Grandview Speedway win this past Tuesday Night when the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series presented the 2nd Annual 410 Sprint Thunder Cup event at the Berks County dirt track. The race night sponsor was Pioneer Pole Buildings. Greg Hodnett picked up the win in the…

Dirt Late Models

Pierce Battles Hard for Lucas Oil Win at Macon

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Pierce Scores His First Lucas Oil Win of Season at Macon Story By: TRAVIS BRANCH / LUCAS OIL DIRT LM SERIES MEDIA Photos By: HEATH LAWSON / RACERSGUIDE.COM MACON, IL- July 27, 2016- Bobby Pierce inherited the lead on lap three from Jonathan Davenport and went on to win the St. Louis U -Pic-A-Part 100 on Tuesday night at Macon Speedway. Pierce raced to his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season, and pocketed $12,000 for his efforts. Brandon Sheppard charged from the 10th starting spot to finish second. Earl Pearson Jr. came home third followed by Clint…

Outlaws Take on USA Nationals

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Series’ 15 Platinum Drivers Challenge the Field for a Three-Day Shootout at Cedar Lake Speedway August 4-6 Story By: BRENDAN CAPRIA / WoO LM SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CONCORD, NC- July 27, 2016- Josh Richards already had it made up in his mind that he was going to race, even before his first trip to Cedar Lake Speedway when he was eight years-old. He was born into it really; his father was and still is a late model manufacturing guru. But the speedway, a New Richmond, Wis. gem, offered him the ultimate fan experience like no other.…

Mahoning Valley Speedway Round Two this Saturday

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Has the Dust Settled at Mahoning Valley Speedway? Come out and see for yourself this Saturday Story By: DINO OBERTO / MAHONING VALLEY SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: WALT SMITH / RACERSGUIDE.COM LEHIGHTON, PA- July 27, 2016- Give me an inch and I’ll take a mile was the philosophy this past Saturday at Mahoning Valley Speedway. When running white-knuckle at top speed on a 1/4 mile tight track such as Mahoning Valley someone is bound to come out unhappy. You just never know what you are going to see when you see a race here but we can guarantee you will not…

FREDDIE RAHMER CARVING OUT HIS OWN PLACE IN CENTRAL PA SPRINT CAR RACING SCENE

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] FREDDIE RAHMER CARVING OUT HIS OWN PLACE IN CENTRAL PA SPRINT CAR RACING SCENE Young Gun Looks to Take Victory at Grandview Speedway Thunder Cup Event Story By: Justin Snyder/RacersGuide.com - Photos by: Tommy Hein, Trent Gower & Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com In Central Pennsylvania, few names are as synonymous with Sprint Car racing as Fred Rahmer. With a National Sprint Car Hall of Fame resume and having collected more than 400 career feature victories and multiple track championships at various local speedways, it was going to be hard for any local driver to fill those shoes when the legend…

BRITT TOPS BIG BLOCKS FOR FIRST BRIDGEPORT MODIFIED WIN

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] BRITT TOPS BIG BLOCKS FOR FIRST BRIDGEPORT MODIFIED WIN Story By: Kolby Ramey/Bridgeport Speedway - Photos By: John Cliver/Bridgeport Speedway In perhaps one of the strangest finishes ever seen at the Bridgeport Speedway, Broomall, PA driver, Jim Britt picked up his first ever Big Block Modified win in the Spirit Auto Center main event. And for the third week in a row, Mother Nature provided her services for watering the track but the tripleheader show ran through in just over three hours! Britt held off the challenges of multi-time track champion, Duane Howard, for fifteen laps before Howard…

GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY CROWNS THUNDER CUP CHAMPION IN 4 FEATURE SHOW WITH 410 SPRINTS & MODIFIEDS TONIGHT!

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY CROWNS THUNDER CUP CHAMPION IN 4 FEATURE SHOW WITH 410 SPRINTS & MODIFIEDS THIS TUESDAY, JULY 26 Story By: Jay Dugan/TOTH Media - Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com BECHTELSVILLE, PA (July 25, 2016) -- A jam-packed night of racing action is on tap for this Tuesday, July 26 as the mighty roar of 410 Sprints and 358 Modifieds overtakes the Grandview Speedway for the second running of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series THUNDER CUP. Fans will be treated to double A-Main events for the both the 410 Sprint Cars and the 358…

At a Glance: The Outlaws Northern Exposure

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The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series takes on Ohsweken Speedway on July 26, Hartford Speedway on July 29 and Wilmot Raceway on July 30 Story By: AARON FIEDLER / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, N.C. - July 25, 2016 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series continues its march through the 'Month of Money' with its only stop in Canada this season at Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway on Tuesday, July 26 before heading to Michigan for the first series event at Hartford Motor Speedway since 2005 on Friday, July 29 and Wisconsin…

Weedsport Speedway is Set for Super DIRTcar Invasion

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Illustrious Hall of Fame 100 takes on Weedsport on Tuesday, Aug. 9 Story By: MANDEE PAUCH / SUPER DIRTcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - July 25, 2016 - The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds will be making their first appearance at Weedsport Speedway this season on Tuesday, Aug. 9 for the illustrious Hall of Fame 100. "I think it's definitely turning into a marquee event for Weedsport. We didn't really have to do anything but keep it alive because it's already been going for quite some time," said Jimmy Phelps, General Manager of Weedsport…

Williams Grove Kicks Off URC/ESS 360 Sprint Mid Atlantic Crown Series Friday

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Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprints and 360 Sprint Nationals Share Huge July 29 Card Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mechanicsburg Pa.- July 25, 2016- Williams Grove Speedway will kickoff the first ever Mid Atlantic Crown for URC and ESS 360 c.i. powered sprint cars this Friday night, July 29 at 8 pm when it stages its annual 360 Sprint Nationals. Joining the exciting 360 sprints on the Williams Grove Friday card will be the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars for a 25-lap, $3,800 to win main event. The Mid Atlantic Crown for…

Time to Get Crazy at I-88 Speedway

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Mid-Summer Highlight Takes Place At I-88 Speedway; $29,000 Purse Awaits Competitors In ‘Crazy 8s Special’ At Afton Fairgrounds I-88 Speedway! Story By: BRETT DEYO / STSS MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM AFTON, NY –July 25, 2016- A Mid-Summer Highlight in the Southern Tier is set for this Wednesday! The fourth edition of the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ at the pristine three-tenths-mile Afton Fairgrounds oval known as I-88 Speedway is set for July 27, with a rain date of the following day. Annually, the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ is the highest-paying event in the region. It is no different in 2016. The…

Vintage Racers Highlight Grandview Speedway Saturday Night Slate

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Vintage Race Adds to Appeal of Grandview’s July 30 slate Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / FIRST DIGITAL MEDIA Photos By: GEORGE STEIGERWALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM Bechtelsville Pa.- July 26, 2016- Coming up this Saturday, July 30, at Bechtelsville’s Grandview Speedway is a big four division show of racing action sponsored by the area’s NASCAR radio station WNPV-1440 AM in Lansdale. The exciting night of NASCAR stock car racing action will feature the TP Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models, Sportsman stock cars along with the popular Blast from the Past Vintage racers. If you were looking for just the right…

‘The Hurricane’ Storms to Canandaigua Checkers

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MULTI-TIME TRACK CHAMPION, STEVE PAINE RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE Story By: GARY SPAID / CANANDAIGUA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: ALEX & HELEN BRUCE / RACERSGUIDE.COM CANANDAIGUA, NY- July 25, 2016- Steve Paine made his return to victory lane last Saturday at Canandaigua Motorsports Park after many dry years. Kevin Root led from the start to win his first sportsman feature of the year at the track. Jason Doty took his turn in the Pure Stock feature in victory lane. Steve Pesarek won the Crate Late Model main and Lee Sanders took top honors in the 305 Sprints. A number of…

Danny Creeden Wins Fifth Modified Feature At Thunder Mountain Speedway;

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Packed House Watch Creeden Carve His Way to Victory Lane Story By:BRETT DEYO / THUNDER MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:MOJO PHOTOS / RACERSGUIDE.COM CENTER LISLE, NY – July 25, 2016- Before a large crowd on Barrett Paving Materials Night, Danny Creeden continued his dominance of Thunder Mountain Speedway. Creeden, the Wurtsboro, N.Y., driver, carved through the field in the 30-lap big-block/small-block Modified headliner, winning for the fifth time this season and third consecutive week at the three-eighths-mile clay oval located just outside of Whitney Point, N.Y. A reminder that Thunder Mountain Speedway will not be in action this coming Saturday,…

They Said It: New Egypt Speedway 7/23/16

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad”] They Said It: New Egypt Speedway 7/23/16 Story By: Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com - Photos by: Harry Meeks & Jim Brown/RacersGuide.com Ryan Godown picked up his second win of the season on Saturday at New Egypt Speedway after a rough battle with Bryan Kuhl halfway through Saturday night’s feature. David Van Horn and 17-year-old Ryan Krachun rounded out the podium. It was Krachun’s best run of 2016 to day at the Ocean County D-Shaped oval. “It was a trying race. We caught some breaks coming through, We freed the car up more than normal to get through the holes. We…

This Week Ahead: Super DIRTcar Series Takes On Quebec

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The Series Heads to Autodrome Granby and Autodrome Drummond This Week Story By: MANDEE PAUCH / SUPER DIRTcar SERIES MEDIA Photos By:DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - July 24, 2016 - The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds head north of the border this week for the second time this season as the series takes on Autodrome Granby on Monday, July 25 and Autodrome Drummond on Tuesday, July 26. The series rolls north after a blockbuster week of events at Eldora Speedway and Sharon Speedway in Ohio. Tim Fuller and Matt Sheppard both found their way back to victory lane. Jimmy…

Another Brick for The Wall

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Kyle Busch Makes History in Final Brickyard run for Stewart and Gordon Story By: REID SPENCER / NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Photos By: GETTY IMAGES / NASCAR SPEEDWAY, Ind. –July 25, 2016- Mission accomplished, a record set, and a torch passed to the next generation. Kyle Busch set a Brickyard record for laps led and became the first driver to sweep both a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series race from the pole in the same weekend, but the real symbolism of Sunday’s Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway didn’t come until the event was over. As Busch…

Solomito Goes The Distance At Monadnock

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Leads Every Lap En Route To Third Whelen Modified Victory Story By: JASON CHRISTLEY / NASCAR MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM WINCHESTER, N.H. – July 25, 2016- Timmy Solomito was on cruise control Suynday. The Islip, New York, driver led every lap – twice pulling away from the field on late-race restarts – as he drove to Victory Lane in the Dunleavy's 200 at Monadnock Speedway. It was the third NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season for Solomito. It was the second straight win on one of tour's bullrings. Solomito won at his home track,…

$10,000 on The Line For Cole Cup Champion

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Stars from Around Northeast Expected to Converge on Utica-Rome Story By: DEAN REYNOLDS / ESS SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM / PHOTO STAFF VERNON, NY –July 25, 2016- Next Sunday, July 31st the stars of the 360 Sprint Car racing world will converge on the Utica-Rome Speedway for the third edition of the prestigious Cole Cup. One driver will walk away with over $10,000 in prize money with a hefty $500 going to any driver that makes the 30-lap A-Main. The Cole Cup is the largest paying 360 Sprint Car event in New York State. For the 2016 season, the event…

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY PART OF INAUGURAL “WEEKEND OF MONEY”

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$10,000-TO-WIN MACH 1 CHASSIS NATIONAL OPEN FOR 360 SPRINT CARS Story By: STEVE INCH / SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:RACERSGUIDE.COM / PHOTO STAFF SELINSGROVE, Pa. – July 26, 2016- Selinsgrove Speedway will present the 16th Annual Mach 1 Chassis National Open for 360 sprint cars at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30, paying $10,000 to win the 35-lap A-main. The prestigious open wheel event is one of three races in the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Crown Series “Weekend of Money” for 360 sprint cars that also includes the Lelands.com 360 Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway Friday, July 29, and concludes with the Cole…

NAPA AUTO PARTS PRESENTS. . Thunder Cup Double Header

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410 SPRINTS & MODIFIEDS IN 4 FEATURE PROGRAM ON TUESDAY NIGHT AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY Story By: BOB MILLER / TOTH SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Bechtelsville PA.-July 24, 2016- A big night of racing is set for Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night, July 26 for the second Annual 410 Sprint Thunder Cup & Modified double header. As a result of the June 28 rain out, the remaining twenty laps of 410 sprint feature and a 30 lap modified feature will be added to the Tuesday night, July 26 racing program. With a big night of racing planned,…

Heffner Thunders to High Banks Victory

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J.R. Heffner Races to Must-Have 1st Win of 2016 Story BY PHILL ALLAWAY / LEBANON VALLEY SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM West Lebanon NY.- July 24, 2016- Once again, rain played a big role at Lebanon Valley Speedway on Saturday night. Rains moved in during the third Pure Stock Feature, forcing the red flag to fly. The showers only lasted for about 15 minutes before the sun came back out. The track crew made short work of the repacking so that the action could resume. In the Modified feature, Olden Dwyer started from the pole, but was…

Hot and Heavy Action Highlight Mahoning Valley Twins

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Tempers Were Flaring After Earl Paules and Austin Kochenash Won Bob “Heavy” Scherer Memorial Twin-50s at Mahoning Valley Speedway Story By: DINO OBERTO / MAHONING VALLEY SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: WALT SMITH / RACERSGUIDE.COM LEHIGHTON, Pa.- July 24, 2016- The late Bob “Heavy” Scherer was a hard-as-nails type of racer and there is no question he was looking down and beaming from ear to ear after a pair of twin-50 lap features run in his honor took place Saturday night at Mahoning Valley Speedway. Earl Paules and Austin Kochenash scored the respective wins on a hot and steamy night of…

Sears Jr. Strikes Late to Take Fulton Checkers

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Tim Sears Jr. Uses Last Lap Pass For Second Fulton Speedway Modified Victory Story By: DAVE MEDLER /FULTON SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: JAY FISH / RACERSGUIDE.COM FULTON, NY - July 23, 2016 - The number thirteen was lucky for Tim Sears Jr. Saturday at the Fulton Speedway in the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds on Sunoco Fulton Ethanol Facility night. Sears started thirteenth in the 35 lap feature quickly working his way into the top five. Once at the front of the field, Sears was locked in a three way battle with Billy Whittaker and Ryan Phelps at the…

‘The Wild Child’ Keep Rolling at I-88 Speedway

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Bachetti Notches his Sixth Win of the Season Story By: STEPHAN CLAPPERTON / I-88 SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By:OTTO GRAHAM / RACERSGUIDE.COM Afton NY- July 24, 2016- Andy Bachetti continued his dominant season at I-88 Speedway by picking up his sixth Greg Page Construction Modified win in eleven races on Butler Auto Sales Night. Bachetti, of Sheffield MA, took the lead when Edmeston’s Paul Jensen got caught behind a lapped car coming off turn four with two laps remaining in the race. “We had a good night tonight. It’s all about the American Racer Cup and winning races” said a happy…

Durgan Doubles Up For Devil’s Bowl Speedway Asphalt Mid-Season Championship

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Bryant steals Late Model win; Turner returns with win; rookie Messier gets third-straight Story By: JUSTIN ST. LOUIS / DEVILS BOWL SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DEVILS BOWL SPEEDWAY PHOTO STAFF WEST HAVEN, Vt. –July 24, 2016- Jason Durgan picked the right night to become the first repeat winner of the season at Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway, scoring in the double-points Mid-Season Championship race presented by Friend Construction on Saturday, July 23. Durgan was one of four NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stock car winners on the half-mile Asphalt Track on Saturday, including Robert Bryant Jr., Richie Turner, and Eric Messier. The event…

Light Continues Strong Second Half with U.S.S. Achey Sportsman Win

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Light Gets His Season Back on Track with Big Diamond Victory Story By: SHAWN WOOD / BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: GEORGE STEIGERWALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM MINERSVILLE, PA. – July 24, 2016- It has been a tale of two halves for sportsman driver Shawn Light. Plagued by mechanical issues in the first half of the season, Light has come on strong in the second half as he held off Wayne Witmer in a fierce battle on Friday night at Big Diamond Speedway to claim the 20-lap U.S.S. Achey sportsman feature. Other winners on Friday night were Andy Fayash III (Savage…

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