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The Posse’ Square Off Against The Outlaws Morgan Cup Weekend

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NAPA/NGK Spark Plug Williams Grove Morgan Cup Weekend Hosts World Of Outlaws May 19 & 20 Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mechanicsburg Pa.- May 15, 2017- Williams Grove Speedway will present the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series this Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20 with time trials getting underway both nights at 7:30 pm. Gates for each day of the affair will open at 5 pm with fireworks included in both programs. Adult general admission tickets are $30 each night with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for…

It’s a Game of Numbers at Eldora: #15 Scores #9 on Night 2 of #LetsRaceTwo

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Donny Schatz Leads All 30 Laps For His Ninth Season Win Story By: KAYLA MAY / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM ROSSBURG, OH — May 14, 2017 — Eight-time World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Champion and current points leader Donny Schatz scored his ninth season win on the second and final night of #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora Speedway, leading all 30 laps into the checkers. Behind him, a fierce battle for second and third ensued, in which Outlaws Brad Sweet and Jason Johnson ultimately lost out to Ohio native Chad Kemenah and West Coast favorite…

THE MADMAN IS BACK

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BALLOU RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE AT ELDORA AFTER 8-MONTH RECOVERY Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM Rossburg, Ohio- May 14, 2017- Thursday, he was medically cleared. Friday, he was back in a racecar. Saturday, he was back in victory lane. The timeline of events that led to Ballou’s triumphant return to the top after an agonizing eight-month recovery from serious neck injuries sustained in a racing accident last September is as remarkable as it comes. The storybook journey took the Rocklin, California native and 2015 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Champion to…

Outlaws Return to ‘The Hub of Racing’

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Outlaws Set to Perform on Auto Racing's Biggest Stage Story By: KAYLA MAY / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, N.C. - May 13, 2017 - No city is more synonymous with auto racing than Charlotte, NC. On Friday, May 26, The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway will host the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series for the 16th time, giving one driver the opportunity to say he won at Charlotte alongside the best in the industry. Having earned the nickname 'The Hub of Racing', Charlotte, NC is home to many racing heroes, including…

Dirt Late Models

Outlaw Sprints & Late Models Team Up On Rt.66

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World of Outlaws Series' Meet for FVP Outlaw Clay Classic June 27 and 28 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car and Late Models Series join forces at Route 66 for a two-night event Story By: COLBY GORNIEWICZ / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM CONCORD, NC - May 13, 2017 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series and World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series are set to converge in Illinois. The nation's two premier dirt touring Series will cross paths during the second annual FVP Outlaw Clay Classic at the Dirt Oval at Route…

Logan Schuchart scores his first-ever Eldora Speedway win

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#LetsRaceTwo, but Let's Win One First Logan Schuchart scores his first-ever Eldora Speedway win Story By: Cristina Cordova/World of Outlaws Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com ROSSBURG, OH - May 12, 2017 - Logan Schuchart scored his first-ever Eldora Speedway win Friday night during the #LetsRaceTwo opener, battling Eldora veteran Shane Stewart for the lead from laps eight through 12, after which Schuchart retained it for the remaining 18 laps to secure his fourth career World of Outlaws win and second win this season. "It's the place you always want to win at," said the Shark Racing 1s driver about Eldora after…

Eldora Speedway

GRANT GUIDES THE WAY TO VICTORY ON NIGHT ONE OF #LETSRACETWO AT ELDORA

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GRANT GUIDES THE WAY TO VICTORY ON NIGHT ONE OF #LETSRACETWO AT ELDORA Story By: Richie Murray/USAC Racing Photos By: Ryan Sellers/USAC Racing Rossburg, Ohio.........Eldora Speedway is the venue the Justin Grant/Sam McGhee Motorsports tandem truly kicked into gear last September as they raced to their first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature win. On Friday's night one of #LetsRaceTwo, the two showed that the magic touch from eight months ago at the Big E has no signs of wearing off as they raced to their second USAC victory in as many tries at the western Ohio dirt oval. It was…

Season To Date: World of Outlaws Hit Quarter Mark

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Talented Outlaw Field Chasing Down Reigning Champ Schatz Story By: KAYLA MAY / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF CONCORD, N.C. - May 12, 2017 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series has reached the quarter-mark of its 2017 campaign following the completion of its 20th event last weekend at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS. The Series had scheduled 24 of its 93 nights of competition to this point on the calendar, but two were cancelled and another two postponed to later dates, all due to rain. Through the first three months of competition, Donny…

Ballou Back In Action This Weekend

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Robert Ballou Making Return From Injury At Eldora Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM ROSSBURG, Ohio –May 12, 2017- Former USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion Robert Ballou announced Thursday that he has been cleared to return to competition. Ballou will make his return to to USAC competition this weekend at Eldora Speedway aboard his own No. 12 during Eldora Speedway’s #LetsRaceTwo event. His comeback closes an eight-month recovery from injuries he suffered in a USAC/CRA sprint car crash in September of 2016 at California’s Calistoga Speedway during the Louie Vermeil Classic. After…

The Fourth Annual Dick Tobias Classic Launches Action Track USA Season

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Special Grandstand Dedication To Be Part of May 14 Dick Tobias Classic Sunday, May 7th, 2017 Press Release By: BARRY ANGSTADT / ACTION TRACK USA MEDIA Photos By: LENNY SLEMMER / RACERSGUIDE.COM Kutztown, PA – May 11, 2017- The Fourth Annual Dick Tobias Classic, set to kick off the fifth season of competition at the JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA on Sunday, May 14, will once again pay tribute to one of the best drivers and innovative minds that dirt track racing has ever known, the late, great Dick “Toby” Tobias of Lebanon, PA. Before the races begin on Sunday, however, Action Track…

Racing Gearing Up For Debut At Kutztown Fair Nationals

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The Action Track Ready To Open 2017 Season Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / FIRST DIGITAL MEDIA Photos By: LENNY SLEMMER / RACERSGUIDE.COM Kutztown Pa.- May 9, 2017- The fans who pack the grandstand each week at the JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA definitely know their racing and they are certainly passionate about it. And they often liken the clay-churning, three and four-wide, sideways and inches apart competition presented by the 600 Sprints to the outstanding wingless shows waged by the Midgets and Sprint Cars in the Midwest. And those wingless 600 warriors who gas their mounts at the Kutztown, Pa. oval…

Weedsport Speedway Set To Take On The Outlaws

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

LANCE DEWEASE DEFENDS GOBRECHT CLASSIC WIN

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

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

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

Meet The Real Tony Stewart

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

ESS Series Adds Snap-on Tools To Lucky Giveaway Program

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

Weather Postpones Mercer Raceway All Star Series Event

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

Capitol Renegade United Racing Club Back in Action this Weekend

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

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

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

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

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

Bridgeport Speedway

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

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

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

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

Wingless Sprints Fly At Weedsport Open Practice

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Wingless Sprints Impress at Weedsport Speedway Open Practice Press Release By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: JAY FISH / RACERSGUIDE.COM Weedsport , NY -May 1, 2017 – While over a dozen cars took their first laps of the season at Weedsport Speedway on Sunday afternoon as a part of the speedway’s open practice session, all eyes were anxiously waiting to see 360 sprint car racers Chuck Hebing, Kelly Hebing, and Erik Karlsen hit the track for a wingless shakedown in anticipation of the ESS/URC ‘Ultimate Wingless Shootout’ on June 25. Karlsen and the Hebings did not disappoint, taking…

Williams Grove Sprint Cars Race In Yellow Breeches 500 Event May 5

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The 358 Sprints Also On The Racing Card, Tune-Up for World of Outlaws is May 12 Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mechanicsburg Pa.- May 1, 2017- One week before they tune up on May 12 for a World of Outlaws invasion, the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars will be in action this Friday night, May 5 at 8 pm at Williams Grove Speedway offering a full program of qualifying heat races and a 25-lap main event as part of the Yellow Breeches 500 series of races The Yellow Breeches races pay a…

Big Diamond Speedway

Bitner Dominates United Racing Club Wingless Feature at Big Diamond Speedway

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Craig VonDohren wins 358 Modified Feature, Sites 2-for-2 in Roadrunner Features Story By: SHAWN T WOOD / BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: GEORGE STEIGERWALT / RACERSGUIDE.COM FORESTVILLE, PA. - April 30, 2017- Mark Bitner picked the right time to return to victory lane with the United Racing Club. In the first-ever wingless event at Big Diamond Speedway for the oldest touring sprint-car series, a large crowd watched Bitner ran off the 25-lap feature in a non-stop time of 9 minutes, 58.905 seconds for his first URC win of the year. Craig VonDohren came from the 12th starting spot to score…

Dewease Stays Hot With Kauffman Classic Victory

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Lance Dewease Goes Wire-to-Wire for Keith Kauffman Classic Victory at Port Royal Speedway Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER /ALL STAR SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF PORT ROYAL, PA -April 30, 2017 - For the second time in as many nights, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania’s Lance Dewease is an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions main event winner in Central Pennsylvania, this time dominating feature action from the front row to score the second annual Keith Kauffman Classic at Port Royal Speedway. The victory, the 33rd Arctic Cat All Star win of Dewease’s career and his sixth at the Port Royal…

Santos Rules Copper Classic Return To Phoenix

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SANTOS SAVORS VICTORY IN SILVER CROWN RETURN TO PHOENIX Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: AL STEINBURG / USAC SERIES PHOTO Phoenix, Arizona- April 30, 2017- It had been eight years since the United States Auto Club competed at Phoenix Raceway. Since then, the track has been slightly reconfigured, repaved and renovated. On Saturday, to Bobby Santos, it was still the same Phoenix Raceway he knew and loved back in 2009 when he raced to a USAC National Midget victory at the one-mile tri-oval. In his return, Santos used his experience and bravado to outduel David…

DIETRICH SETS NEW RECORD IN CLAIMING $6,900 TOP PRIZE IN LINCOLN WELDON STERNER MEMORIAL;

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Defending Champ Leiby Scores 5th Career Win in 358 Sprints; Dellinger Also Gets 5th Career Win in Super Sportsman Story By: BILL MEYER / LINCOLN SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM ABBOTTSTOWN, PA -April 30, 2017 – “This is a fast race car.”...That understatement was delivered by Danny Dietrich after claiming his third win of the year in the 33-lap, $6,900-to-win 14th Annual Weldon Sterner Memorial for 410 sprint cars at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. Time trials, qualifying, and an inversion at the front of the field placed Dietrich on the outside of the front row for the start. He…

‘The Cobra’ Strikes Down Fulton ESS Field

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Chuck Hebing Gets Back on Track with Fulton Speedway Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Feature Win Story By: MIKE MALLETT / EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS MEDIA Photos By: MIKE JOHNSON / RACERSGUIDE.COM FULTON, NY – April 29, 2017- No driver likes to lose a race on the last lap, but that was exactly what happened to Chuck Hebing last weekend. On Friday night at the Fulton Speedway, Hebing had that in the back of his mind and this time, he wasn’t going to give it away. The Ontario, N.Y., driver was aggressive from his second starting spot. He made…

Dewease Lances The Field For Grove All Star Triumph

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Lance Dewease Outduels Freddie Rahmer For Hinnershitz Memorial Title At Williams Grove Speedway Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF MECHANICSBURG, PA -April 29, 2017 - The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions launched their first Central Pennsylvania swing of the 2017 season in fantastic fashion on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, putting on a show for “Pennsylvania Posse” fans in the form of a Lance Dewease and Freddie Rahmer duel for the 2017 Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial worth $5,000. Despite periods of pressure from Rahmer, as well as a near-disastrous run-in…

Gravel Rolls To Plymouth Speedway Victory

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Win Number Five for the No. 5 of David Gravel Story By; COLBY GORNIEWCZ / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Plymouth, IN - April 29, 2017 - After starting seventh on the field at the beginning of the 35-lap feature at Plymouth Speedway, David Gravel worked his way up to third-place just shy of the halfway mark. It was with three laps to go Gravel took advantage of a bobble by the No. 87 of Aaron Reutzel to put him in the runner-up spot; but he wasn't done just yet. Setting his sights on the leader of…

Big Diamond Speedway

Bitner Slides To Big Diamond URC Score

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The Twister Lands in Victory Lane at Big Diamond Speedway Story & Photo By: TIM MORAN / URC SERIES MEDIA Pottstown Pa.- April 29, 2017-Mr. Twister Mark Bitner used a lap 2 slide job to propel his Bitner Automotive #15 to the $2,000 victory on Friday night’s Capitol Renegade Wingless United Racing Club event. This was the first wingless event for the United Racing Club since 1996 when the 360 club ran at Grandview Speedway. A field of 15 cars entered the pits on Friday night for the 25-lap event paying $2,000 to win and two heat races were needed…

Outlaws Invade Missouri State Fair Speedway

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The Breakdown: World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Missouri State Fair Speedway Story By: TONY VENZIANO / WOO SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF SEDALIA, MO — April 27, 2017 — The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series hits the track at Missouri State Fair Speedway in Sedalia on Friday, May 5 for the Sedalia Show-Me State Showdown. It has been five years since the series last took to the historic half-mile, with three-time series champion Sammy Swindell picking up the victory in that event. A very strong group of full-time drivers will lead the series…

Mercer Sprints Tune-up for All Stars Invasion

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Young Gun Junior Sprints Added to Saturday Night Live! Roster Press Release By: LOU LONG / MERCER SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: TOMMY HEIN / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mercer, PA -April 27, 2017 - This Saturday, April 29, the Precise Racing Products 410 Sprint Cars will get their final tune-up before the invasion of the touring professionals of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions. The All Stars will make their only appearance the following week, May 5. Jack Sodeman, Jr., of North Jackson, OH, scored his first win of the 2017 season and immediately installed himself at the top of…

Empire Super Sprints Take On Fulton Speedway High Banks

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The High Banks of Fulton Speedway Next up for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints! Press Release By: DEAN REYNOLDS / ESS SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF SYRACUSE, NY – April 27, 2017- The 2017 and 35th season for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) started last weekend with the opening show at the Outlaw Speedway. Seven days later the tour now visits the track where it all started in 1983, the Fulton Speedway. Last year the Lucas Oil Tour kicked off the exciting High Bank Holdup Weekend and with the success, the event is now…

OUTLAWS RETURN TO LINCOLN FOR GETTYSBURG CLASH

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WORLD OF OUTLAWS CRAFTSMAN SPRINT CAR SERIES RETURNS TO LINCOLN FOR GETTYSBURG CLASH Brent Marks heads to Pennsylvania for the first time as an Outlaw Story By: Clayton Johns/WoO Photos By: Dan DeMaarco/RacersGuide.com CONCORD, N.C. - April 26, 2017 - When the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series makes its annual stop at Lincoln Speedway next month, Brent Marks will be hitting the Abbottstown, PA track for the first time as an Outlaw. The sixth-annual Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln Speedway on May 17 will be the first battleground for the Pennsylvania Posse versus the Outlaws in 2017. Pennsylvania Posse…

PHOENIX COPPER CUP FIELD SHOWCASES VETERANS & FIRST-TIMERS CAPABLE OF WINNING

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PHOENIX COPPER CUP FIELD SHOWCASES VETERANS & FIRST-TIMERS CAPABLE OF WINNING Story By: Richie Murray/USAC Media Photo By: Sean Cavanaugh/USAC Racing An eight-year gap since the most recent appearance for the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series at Phoenix Raceway provides an intriguing array of experience differential between each of the competitors. Among the varying degrees of experience for each of the 18 competitors at the one-mile tri-oval, a past Phoenix Silver Crown winner is not among the lineup. On one end, there are National champions and Phoenix race winners. On the other end of the spectrum, there are drivers…

Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions set to invade Posse Country

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Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions set to invade Posse Country Speed Shift TV to broadcast events at Port Royal and Bedford Story By: Tyler Altmeyer/ASCoC Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 26, 2017) - For the first time in 2017, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will invade Central Pennsylvania, ready to challenge the notorious “Pennsylvania Posse” on their home dirt for a shot at three consecutive four-figure paydays. Arctic Cat All Star competitors, comprised of a roster nearing 20 in total, will visit three different facilities during their upcoming tour of The Keystone State,…

Two-Day Discount Tickets Available for World of Outlaws, Super DIRTcar Series Double-Header at Weedsport May 21-22

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World of Outlaws And Super DIRTcar Series Go Back To Back at Weedsport May 21-22 Press Release By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: RACERSGUIDE.COM PHOTO STAFF WEEDSPORT, NY -April 25, 2017 – Weedsport Speedway fans interested in attending both the Craftsman World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series ‘Empire State Challenge’ on Sunday, May 21 and ‘Big Block Monday’ presented by Big Dog Country 103.5 FM for the Super DIRTcar Series on Monday, May 22, can do so for a discount, as long as they purchase tickets by Monday, May 1. A 2-day adult general admission package is currently…

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Dietrich Ready To Defend Home Turf Against All Stars

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Danny Dietrich Ready For Battle the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Om His Home Turf Story By: SHAWN MILLER / INSIDELINE MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM GETTYSBURG, Pa. –April 25, 2017- Danny Dietrich will attempt to fend off the invading Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions during their first Central Pennsylvania swing of the year this weekend. Dietrich, pilot of the Gary Kauffman Racing No. 48, will join the All Star Circuit of Champions for a pair of $5,000-to-win programs at the Williams Grove Speedway and Bedford Fairgrounds Speedway on Friday and Sunday, April 28 & 30, respectively.…

Big Diamond Speedway

United Racing Club Sheds Its Wings For Traditional Sprint Car Racing Friday Night at Big Diamond

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First Race of the Wingless Series For URC in 2017 on Steel & Metal Service Center Night Story By: SHAWN T. WOOD / BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Pottstown Pa.- April 25, 2017- When the United Racing Club held its first race in 1948, wings on a sprint car were not heard of, let alone roll cages, five point harness or any of today’s modern safety equipment. This Friday, URC which is celebrating its 70th anniversary season, will kick of a full season of wingless dates as they join the Steel & Metal Service 358 modifieds, Savage 61 roadrunners and…

Bridgeport Speedway

Poor Draw Doesn’t Hold Stewart Friesen Back From SSTS Win @ Bridgeport

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73 In, First Out: Poor Draw Doesn’t Hold Stewart Friesen Back From Short Track Super Series ‘South Jersey Shootout’ Victory Sunday At Bridgeport Speedway; 41 STSS Modifieds Sign In Story By: Brett Deyo/SSTS Photos By: Kirsten Snyder & Pete MacDonald/RacersGuide.com BRIDGEPORT, NJ – A pick of ‘73’ through the gate put Stewart Friesen last in the final heat race Sunday evening at Bridgeport Speedway. It didn’t set the Sprakers, N.Y., driver back long. In just 8 laps’ time, he had powered from 10th to snag a redraw position in his qualifier, falling just shy of a heat-race checkered. Come feature…

Wolfe And Wight Take Utica Rome Speedway Opener Laurals

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LUCAS WOLFE USES LAST LAP PASS IN FINAL TWIN 20 LAP A-MAIN TO BECOME GLADIATOR WINNER, LARRY WIGHT TAKES OPENING NIGHT MODIFIED WIN Story By: JOHN TIFF / UTICA ROME SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: MATT NOLES / RACERSGUIDE.COM VERNON, NY - April 24, 2017- Lucas Wolfe walked out of Utica-Rome Speedway on Sunday night as the overall Gladiator Champion after a pair of hard fought 20 lap features. Wolfe finished third in the first A-Main before an impressive slide job on the final lap to beat Chuck Hebing in the second feature to take the win. The combined results put…

All Stars Invade To Contest Williams Grove Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial

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PASS/IMCA 305 Sprints Also Compete April 28 Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mechanicsburg Pa. - April 24, 2017 – Sanctioned by Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit Of Champions Sprint Cars, the 410 sprints will compete in the annual Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial this Friday, April 28 at Williams Grove Speedway when the 2017 Hoosier Diamond Series kicks off at 7:30 pm. The 2017 version of the Tommy will pay $5,000 to win out of a total purse worth over $25,000 for the 30-lap feature with time trials setting the heat…

Franek Gunns Them Down at Selinsgrove

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Franek Takes Jack Gunn Memorial Victory at Selinsgrove Story By: TIM MORAN / URC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: JEFF STERE / RACERSGUIDE.COM Selinsgrove Pa.- April 24, 2017-Davie “No Panic” Franek used a lap 8 pass of race leader Chris Coyle to put the 28f in the lead position and went on his way to his first Capitol Renegade United Racing Club sprint car win of 2017 at the annual Jack Gunn Memorial race paying $2,500 to win. A field of 32 360 sprint cars singed into the Selinsgrove Speedway pit area on Saturday night all in search of the coveted…

Marks Comes Off Outlaws Trail To Win Port Royal, Sets New 25-lap Track Record

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Jeff Miller becomes first repeat winner of Keystone RaceSaver Challenge for 305s, Renninger gets second xtreme main Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM PORT ROYAL, Pa. –April 23, 2017- Brent Marks of Myerstown took advantage of an unexpected break in his World of Outlaws sprint car schedule to invade Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night and ended up pealing some seven seconds off of the 25-lap track record on his way to a $3,200 payday. In the 25-lap make-up 2016 RaceSaver Challenge for IMCA 305 sprint cars, Jeff Miller of Huntingdon became…

Sheldon Haudenschild Dominates for Arctic Cat All Star Win at Wayne County Speedway

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Sheldon Haudenschild Returns Home for Arctic Cat All Star win at Wayne County Speedway Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR SERIES MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM ORRVILLE, OH -April 23, 2017 - With his World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series weekend commitments in Arkansas and Missouri washed away by Mother Nature, Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild decided to make the long trek home. The decision proved to be worth $5,000. Sheldon Haudenschild dominated Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions competition on Saturday evening at Wayne County Speedway, charging forward from sixth on the main event grid…

Rahmer Steels To Show At Williams Grove

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Freddie Rahmer Impresses With Come-From-Behind Williams Grove Sprints Win, Nouse grabs 358 main Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAN DEMARCO / RACERSGUIDE.COM Mechanicsburg Pa.- April 22, 2017- Freddie Rahmer stole the show late on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, coming forward from the ninth starting spot to record the 410 sprint car win over Cory Haas, who led all but the final two laps. And in the 358 sprint car main, Kevin Nouse pulled off the same feat, leading only the last two laps, to pick up the feature event. Cory Haas and Matt…

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Grant Leads The All At Plymouth

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GRANT BREATHES EASY WITH VICTORY IN USAC SPRINTS’ FIRST PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH Story By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: RYAN SELLERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM Plymouth, Indiana- April 22, 2017- Early on in Justin Grant’s sprint car racing career, a fellow competitor told him that he wouldn’t last more than eight laps without consciously remembering to breathe while he was racing. Justin heeded that advice, and a handful of years later, the Ione, California native is finding the greatest success of his driving career. He could breathe easy after all was said and done Friday night after holding off…

USAC Sprints Make Hoosierland Track Debuts

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USAC SPRINTS TAKE ON NEW TERRITORY THIS WEEKEND AT PLYMOUTH AND MONTPELIER Story By: RICJIE MURRAY / USAC SERIES MEDIA Photos By: DICCK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM Indianapolis Ind.- April 19, 2017- Both of this upcoming weekend’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car stops take place on a pair of Hoosierland tracks that have been a witness to over a century and a half of auto racing history. However, Plymouth Speedway and Montpelier Motor Speedway have only played host to a combined one lone USAC Sprint Car event. A new opportunity arises and a there’s new land to claim. It all lies…

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