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MEMORIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE FAIRGROUNDS “MOODY MILE” TO BE MAJOR PART OF PIONEER POLE BUILDINGS MOTORSPORTS 2016 RACE CAR AND TRADE SHOW

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] MEMORIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE FAIRGROUNDS “MOODY MILE” TO BE MAJOR PART OF PIONEER POLE BUILDINGS MOTORSPORTS 2016 RACE CAR AND TRADE SHOW OAKS, PA October 29, 2015 . . . The great memories of the New York State Fairgrounds “Moody Mile” will be a huge part of The Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2016 fueled by Sunoco Race Fuels and Distributed by Insinger Performance Race Car and Trade Show set for Friday, January 22 thru Sunday, January, 24th. The 31st edition of the popular motorsports trade show will take place at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in…

2016 FLORIDA SPRINT CAR OPENERS SET AT OCALA

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] 2016 FLORIDA SPRINT CAR OPENERS SET AT OCALA Race fans and teams can begin planning their 2016 USAC racing calendars with the announcement of the February 18-20 “Winter Dirt Games VII” AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car races at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. An open practice on February 17 precedes the three-night racing program at the 3/8-mile dirt track which has hosted the USAC Sprint Car openers the past five years. Ironically, the winner of the Ocala series opener the past two years has gone on to claim the AMSOIL USAC National Championship and current point leader…

Paul McMahan out at CJB Motorsports

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Paul McMahan out at CJB Motorsports Paul McMahan posted on his Facebook Thursday morning that he and the CJB Motorsports team will part ways at the end of the 2015 season. "This year has not been what I myself as a driver had hoped for. There are times in this sport that it just better for all involved to get a fresh start. I want to thank Chad and Jenn Clemens for the opportunity to drive their #51 car for a little over 3 years. I also want to thank Barry Jackson for his hard work as the…

Tyler Hines Wins SPAFCO SK Modified® Rookie of the Year Award at Stafford Motor Speedway

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Tyler Hines Wins SPAFCO SK Modified® Rookie of the Year Award at Stafford Motor Speedway (Stafford Springs, CT)---After collecting a win and a top-10 finish in the points standings in Stafford Speedway’s SK Light division, North Haven native Tyler Hines made the move into Stafford’s premier SK Modified® division for the 2015 season. Hines was joined from the SK Light ranks by 2014 track champion Jeremy Sorel and Mike Christopher, Jr. for what had all the promise of a great fight for the SPAFCO Rookie of the Year honors in 2015. The three SK Light drivers didn’t disappoint…

POKER SERIES BONUS HAND & ROMP IN THE SWAMP HEADLINE BRIDGEPORT ACTION

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] POKER SERIES BONUS HAND & ROMP IN THE SWAMP HEADLINE BRIDGEPORT ACTION Racing action returns to the 5/8 mile Bridgeport Speedway this weekend with two full nights of racing action! On Friday night, the Poker Series Bonus Hand takes the green flag with the Spirit Auto Centers Big Block Modifieds, Steward Stainless Crate/Sportsman and PennCo Tech Outlaw Stocks taking the first green flag at7:30pm. Competitors will have the opportunity to pick up a bonus card that can only help their hands for the Poker Series competition. While winless so far in the Poker Series competition this season, Duane…

Preece to Close Out Cup Season With Premium Motorsports

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Preece to Close Out Cup Season With Premium Motorsports Mooresville, NC - XYIENCE Energy Drink, a subsidiary of Big Red,Inc., is proud to announce its sponsorship of Ryan Preece and his No. 98 Chevrolet with Premium Motorsports. The zero-calorie energy drink will serve as Primary Sponsor for the 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion for the Sprint Cup Series events at Texas Motor Speedway on November 8th and Phoenix International Raceway on November 15th. “I am extremely excited to be able to team up with XYIENCE for the Texas and Phoenix races,” said Preece. “I tend to drink…

RIVERHEAD RACEWAY NAMES SCOTT TAPLEY NEW RACE DIRECTOR

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] RIVERHEAD RACEWAY NAMES SCOTT TAPLEY NEW RACE DIRECTOR Eddie & Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz the new owners of Riverhead Raceway have begun the process of putting a staff together for the 2016 race season and on Tuesday afternoon they announced that veteran race official Scott Tapley of Poland Spring, Maine has agreed to come on board in the capacity of Race Director at popular quarter mile oval. "We have heard good things about Scott from the racers and owners that have raced at tracks or on a series where he was the race director" Eddie & Connie Partridge…

Late Model Knoxville Nationals Airs on MAVTV Thursday, October 29th!

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Late Model Knoxville Nationals Airs on MAVTV Thursday, October 29th! WAYCROSS, GA (October 28, 2015) - The 12th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals - Presented by E3 Spark Plugs will air on MAVTV Motorsports Network Thursday, October 29th at 6:00PM ET/PT and 9:00PM ET/PT. Knoxville Raceway has provided some of the best racing in the country for over 60 years. Dirt late model drivers from around the nation take on the arduous 100 laps around the 1/2-mile speed plant, all chasing the $40,000 top prize. The award-winning Lucas Oil Production Studios were on hand to…

“JUNIOR KNEPPER 55” USAC SPECIAL EVENT AT DuQUOIN DECEMBER 19

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] "JUNIOR KNEPPER 55" USAC SPECIAL EVENT AT DuQUOIN DECEMBER 19 A December 19 USAC Midget Special Event at the Southern Illinois Center adjacent to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds will salute the memory of one of USAC's most accomplished car owners. The "Junior Knepper 55," a 55-lap race honoring the famed car number which adorned Walter Knepper's storied USAC race cars, will feature Midgets on a specially-constructed dirt oval inside the building located a stone's throw from the first turn of the "Magic Mile" south of DuQuoin. The race will mark a return to indoor racing for USAC after…

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Getting to know Jeff Gordon By Kyle Larson

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Getting to know Jeff Gordon Oct. 28, 2015 By Kyle Larson NASCAR Wire Service I guess I was first aware of Jeff when I was younger, before I started racing—four, five, six years old. I just remember my parents telling me about this kid who grew up in Vallejo, California, who raced at the same sprint car tracks I had gone to as a spectator, as a kid. I remember doing car rides to races up and down the West Coast. We’d pop in a VHS tape, and my parents had recorded all the old “Thursday Night Thunder”…

Asphalt Modifieds

Preece Replaces Sorenson For Martinsville Sprint Cup Race

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Preece Replaces Sorenson For Martinsville Sprint Cup Race Former NASCAR Whelen Modified Champion Ryan Preece will make his second career NASCAR Sprint Cup Start this weekend driving the Mike Curb owned 98. With only 43 cars entered Preece is guaranteed to make the race and log valuable laps at the Sprint Cup level. The original entry list that came out earlier on this week had Reed Sorenson listed as the driver as the 98 which was driven to a 13th place finish last weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway by Michael Waltrip. Preece who made his NASCAR Sprint Cup…

20 Quick Things That Are Wrong With Short Track Racing

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] 20 Quick Things That Are Wrong With Short Track Racing By: Pete MacDonald These are just my opinion. Things that have been bothering me for a while, just never wrote them down until now. $5,000 4-Cylinder Cars, it's supposed to be an entry level/cost affordable class. Outrageous admission for WEEKLY shows. I get race tracks need to make money to survive, but to a point you're almost making it unaffordable for families. Non "racing" people making too many big "racing" decisions. (Rules, Purses, Etc.) Too many officials playing favorites. Tech inspectors building motors, selling parts or even racing…

HALLOWEEN MADNESS AT DESOTO SPEEDWAY 10-31

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] HALLOWEEN MADNESS AT DESOTO SPEEDWAY 10-31 This is going to be a huge night of fun and excitement for the entire family. The biggest Demo derby yet is planned for the speedway, which will have everyone on the edge of their seats. The Florida State School Bus Figure 8 championship fan favorite will be run, along with the Strickly Stock Enduro series. Flag Pole race, Enduro, Puck Race, reverse race and the Road Course Race. This is a safe and fun way to spend Halloween with the kids who will be TRICK OR TREATING the drivers. Kids bring…

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J&K Salvage Candy Bowl XI and 12th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic Slated for Saturday, October 31 at SSP

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] J&K Salvage Candy Bowl XI and 12th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic Slated for Saturday, October 31 at SSP No Pre-Entry or Entry Fees for any Division WEDNESDAY NIGHT TEST & TUNE on Oct. 28 Cancelled Newberrytown, PA (October 18, 2015) – The Wednesday night Test & Tune scheduled for October 28 has been cancelled due to rain. There will be no make-up date for the Test & Tune The J&K Salvage Candy Bowl and the 12th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic presented by Insinger Fuels returns to the Susquehanna Speedway Park as a one-day show…

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Thompson Swap Meet to return this fall

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Thompson Swap Meet to return this fall (THOMPSON, CT) - The 44th annual running of Don Hoenig’s Original Automotive Swap Meet and Flea Market, presented by RacingJunk.com, returns to Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Friday through Sunday, November 6-8. This event, one of the largest automotive swap meets in New England, will attract over 1,500 vendors and thousands of buyers encompassing the entire speedway facility. Originally started as a way for race teams and car enthusiasts to have somewhere to buy, sell and swap parts at the end of the season, the Swap Meet has evolved into something…

Kevin Harvick can thank Danica Patrick for keeping title hopes alive

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Kevin Harvick can thank Danica Patrick for keeping title hopes alive CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Lost amid the controversy that surrounded the finish of Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was the debt of gratitude Kevin Harvick owes to Danica Patrick. On Tuesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Harvick asserted he didn’t steer his No. 4 Chevrolet into the No. 6 Ford of Trevor Bayne and deliberately cause the wreck that ended the race under caution. Harvick’s detractors, among them Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman—all of whom were eliminated from the Chase at Talladega—opined otherwise after…

2016 Arnold Motor Supply ASCS 360 Knoxville Nationals will be $15,000 to win!

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] 2016 Arnold Motor Supply ASCS 360 Knoxville Nationals will be $15,000 to win! TULSA, Okla. (October 27, 2015) The 2016 schedule for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network is taking shape with several crown jewel events in the works. Chief among those is the annual stop at the "Sprint Car Capital of the World" with the Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals which will remain under ASCS rules and sanction in 2016. Scheduled for August 4-6, 2016 at the famed Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa the 26th edition of the Arnold…

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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Moves to Thursday and Friday in 2016 Return to the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Moves to Thursday and Friday in 2016 Return to the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt’ shifts program to coincide with weekend events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway CONCORD, N.C. - Oct. 27, 2015 - The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series announced the 2016 return of the FVP Outlaw Showdown to The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be on Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4, during the track's biggest weekend of racing. The FVP Outlaw Showdown in 2016, which features not…

Dirt Modifieds

MAJOR EVENT DATES SET FOR 2016 AUTO RACING SEASON AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] MAJOR EVENT DATES SET FOR 2016 AUTO RACING SEASON AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY BECHTELSVILLE, PA October 27, 2015 . . . Despite the fact that auto racing action at Grandview Speedway has just finished, important dates for the 2016 season have already been announced. Sticking with tradition the new season will kick off with a free-to-the-public practice session on Saturday, March 26th at noon. This test and tune session allows racers, representing a variety of forms of auto racing, to have the opportunity to do shake down runs with their new or refurbished racing equipment as they get ready…

UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY “NEW YORKER” TO BECOME “NEW YORKER RACE OF CHAMPIONS 200”

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY “NEW YORKER” TO BECOME “NEW YORKER RACE OF CHAMPIONS 200” VERNON, NY – In a joint statement Race of Champions steward Joe Skotnicki and Utica-Rome Speedway owners Bill and Kim Shea today announced they have partnered to present the speedway’s annual fall event to be known as the “New Yorker Race of Champions 200” to be held on September 9 -10, 2016. “One of the first goals with acquiring the Race of Champions was to create a marquee signature event within the dirt modified program that recognized, rewarded and was built to become a long standing…

Scott Bloomquist Claims Crown Jewel Cup Title

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Scott Bloomquist Claims Crown Jewel Cup Title WAYCROSS, GA (October 27, 2015) - By virtue of his OPTIMA Batteries Dirt Track World Championship - Presented by NAPA Auto Parts victory, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN clinched the ASi Racewear Crown Jewel Cup - Presented by DirtonDirt.com title. Bloomquist outdueled Jonathan Davenport by 60-points, following a season-long battle between the two for the Crown Jewel Cup. "It's great to have progressive companies like ASi Racewear and DirtonDirt.com giving back to our sport. Their support of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, with the added cash bonus, simply adds to…

INDYCAR’s 2016 Schedule Features 100th Indy 500, Key Venues, Longer Span

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] INDYCAR's 2016 Schedule Features 100th Indy 500, Key Venues, Longer Span • Legendary 100th Running of Indianapolis 500 Mile Race set for May 29 • Three new events increase INDYCAR's presence at traditional venues (Phoenix and Road America) and in a new major Northeast metro market (Boston) • 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule expands by five weeks, starting earlier (St. Petersburg, March 13) and ending later (Sonoma, Sept. 18) • New schedule poised to continue momentum INDYCAR has experienced with 38 percent growth in TV ratings and viewership over the last two years INDIANAPOLIS (Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015)…

Virginia Motor Speedway Crowns 2015 Champions; Hutchens crowned VMS Dirt Series Champion

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Virginia Motor Speedway Crowns 2015 Champions; Hutchens crowned VMS Dirt Series Champion Jamaica, VA - Bill Sawyers Virginia Motor Speedway officially wrapped up the 2015 season by recognizing the top ten in each of the track’s divisions with special attention reserved for the 2015 champions. During the night’s events almost $39,000 in cash and prizes were awarded, of that almost $32,000 was in cash. Justin Williams of Concord, VA was crowned the 2015 Victory Lap Late Model Champion for the third year in a row and received a check for $5,000 for his efforts. Williams also received a…

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HARTMAN AND REINHARDT TOP THOMAS MEMORIAL RACES

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] BILL THOMAS MEMORIAL WEEKEND – SUNDAY HARTMAN AND REINHARDT TOP THOMAS MEMORIAL RACES; DILLON STEUER IS “KING OF THE SLING” Over 100 race cars packed the pits for the final day of the Bill Thomas Memorial Weekend. Jay Hartman was the big winner in the 40-lap wingless 600cc Micro Sprint feature while Tyler Reinhardt added a win in the 30-lap 270cc Micro Sprint feature to his season total. Dillon Steuer was named “King of the Sling” with his win in the 40-lap Slingshot feature and Lee Allen ended the night with a win in the 40-lap Eight Cylinder…

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NASCAR Reaches Five-Year Sanction Agreements with National Series Tracks

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] NASCAR Reaches Five-Year Sanction Agreements with National Series Tracks NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Will Visit 23 Markets in 2016; Popular ‘NASCAR Goes West’ Returns for Second Year DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2015) – NASCAR today announced agreements with 23 tracks to field NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for the next five years. Additionally, 24 tracks will host NASCAR XFINITY Series races through 2020. NASCAR also announced its 2016 schedule for both of these national series. The schedule and actual placement of the dates within each given season’s schedule beyond 2016 will be part of the on-going discussions…

Decker breezes to 35-lap “Prelude” win at Weedsport

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Decker breezes to 35-lap "Prelude" win at Weedsport Remainder of ‘Last Call at the Port’ schedule washed out WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – October 23, 2015 - In what turned out to be the final Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified event of the season at Weedsport Speedway Friday night, Billy Decker took charge early and won the $3,500-to-win 35-lap feature that was to have led into the All Ways 150 the next day. Decker started on the outside pole after the draw that followed time trials for Saturday’s scheduled All Ways 150. Earlier, Gary Tomkins had set fast time, but…

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Earnhardt classy in defeat despite Chase elimination

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Earnhardt classy in defeat despite Chase elimination Oct. 25, 2015 By Mark McCarter NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – This wasn’t the storybook finish that fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. coveted. Earnhardt came into Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 needing a victory to advance to the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. As a six-time winner at Talladega Superspeedway, it was very much within the realm of possibility and something he sensed. “Just been real nervous, feeling sick to my stomach,” said Earnhardt, describing the way he felt all weekend. With the race on the line, he…

Hamlin eliminated from Chase after wild Talladega race

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Hamlin eliminated from Chase after wild Talladega race Oct. 25, 2015 By Mark McCarter NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – The roof came open and the bottom fell out. That was Denny Hamlin’s day in a nutshell. Hamlin was second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings coming into Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, but a disastrous 37th-place finish left him on the outside looking in as the Eliminator Round begins with eight surviving drivers. The No. 11 FedEx Toyota suffered a fluky mechanical issue early, then was victimized on a last-lap restart when he was caught up…

Logano wins at Talladega, knocks Earnhardt out of Chase

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Logano wins at Talladega, knocks Earnhardt out of Chase By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Through no fault of his own, Joey Logano may have achieved the most unpopular sweep in NASCAR history on Sunday afternoon. Why? Because his victory in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway knocked Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup—by a matter of inches. When NASCAR threw the third caution of the race moments after the first bona fide attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag restart on Lap 195—with Kevin Harvick’s engine turning sour and cars wrecking…

SpeedSTR, Slingshot National Titles On Line At Grandview’s Fall Jamboree This Weekend

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] SpeedSTR, Slingshot National Titles On Line At Grandview's Fall Jamboree This Weekend Myerstown, PA - Speedway Entertainment's Fourth Annual Fall Jamboree, set for October 31st and November 1st at the Grandview Speedway, will provide Halloween treats for a few select wheel-twisters, while supplying a bag full of disappointment for others. The Fall Jamboree is presented by the all new Savage 61 Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep auto dealership. The event, while taking place for the second consecutive year at Grandview, is promoted and staffed by the JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA group that is headed up by Rich Tobias and Doug…

WINTERS LEADS ALL 40 LAPS OF ERNIE D’S FALL BASH TO POCKET $5,000

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] WINTERS LEADS ALL 40 LAPS OF ERNIE D’S FALL BASH TO POCKET $5,000 Weaver (Late Model Sportsman), Dawson (Pure Stocks), Cullum/Holmes split wins (All American Outlaws) HAGERSTOWN, MD: Winning the first heat from third and then leading all 40 laps of Saturday’s 2nd Annual Ernie D’s Fall Bash from the pole, Marvin Winters picked up $5,000 for his efforts, his third triumph of the season. He held off Kyle Hardy, Trever Feathers, Gregg Satterlee and at the end it was Dylan Yoder who trailed at the checkered by 1.29 seconds. “This is the best season I’ve ever had,…

MAURIELLO WINS HAUNTED HUNDERD AT WALL STADIUM SATURDAY

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] MAURIELLO WINS HAUNTED HUNDERD AT WALL STADIUM SATURDAY WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Everything went well for Eric Mauriello on Saturday afternoon as he set fast time in time trials, started from the pole position and fought off competitors to win the “Haunted Hundred” for Downs Ford Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway. The victory was worth $5,000. Mauriello jumped to the lead at the outset of “The Thriller” program’s main event and held off recently crowned champion Steven Reed of Jackson through the initial non-stop 33 laps. Brick’s Ron Frees soon took over second spot and chased…

Sload Caps a Championship Season by Winning Mahoning

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Sload Caps a Championship Season by Winning Mahoning By: Blu Metz October 26, 2015Lehighton, Pa; Buddy Sload did what he had to do to earn the 2015 ATQMRA Championship by winning the feature to earn his first ATQMRA Championship after spending several seasons in the bridesmaid position. Ryan Tidman's third place finish in the Boyd Owned 1B earned the team the 2015 car owner's Championship. Mike Glaser of Jackson, NJ capped his first full season with the ATQMRA by earning the coveted title of ATQMRA Rookie of the year. Next up for the ATQRMA is the Annual Turkey…

Bridgeport Speedway

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ROMP IN THE SWAMP CALL BEFORE YOU DIG CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ROMP IN THE SWAMP CALL BEFORE YOU DIG CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY Sicklerville, NJ (October 25, 2015) – Since Motorsports 2015 in January at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, drivers and fans have been discussing the $10,000 to win Romp in the Swamp Call Before You Dig Championship. On Saturday, October 31, this highly anticipated event is set to take place on the quarter mile dirt oval at Bridgeport Speedway. This race is open to any type of dirt Modified stock car and will have a…

Rain Cancels World of Outlaws at Weedsport Speedway

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Rain Cancels World of Outlaws at Weedsport Speedway The Series will be back in action in two weeks at the Bad Boy Buggies World Finals WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - Oct. 25, 2015 - Tonight's World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at Weedsport Speedway has been cancelled following overnight rain and a heavily saturated facility. The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series portion of the Last Call at the Port event will not be rescheduled. The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to action Nov. 5, 6 and 7 for the season finale Bad Boy Buggies World Finals…

Darvalics, Barfield take wins at Desoto

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Darvalics, Barfield take wins at Desoto By SCOTT LOCKWOOD Desoto Speedway Steve Darvalics and Travis Barfield won the headline events in Saturday night's racing action at Desoto Speedway. Brooke Storer got the jump on the start of the 40-lap Sportsman feature and needed just a handful of laps to build a big lead. Steve Darvalics got to second place on the fifth lap and five laps later caught Storer. A caution for an accident involving Joey Sims and Rick Reed on lap 10. Darvalics grabbed the lead from Storer on the restart. The rest of the race became…

Brad Sweet Scores a Port Royal Win for the Outlaws

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Brad Sweet Scores a Port Royal Win for the Outlaws Battles Lucas Wolfe and his Kasey Kahne Racing teammate Daryn Pittman PORT ROYAL, Pa. - Oct. 24, 2015 - Brad Sweet had to battle the Pennsylvania Posse, his teammate Daryn Pittman and the weather Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway, but nothing could keep him down as he cruised to his fifth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Sweet, who led through the middle portion of the feature, gave up the lead to his Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb teammate, Pittman, as the…

Ricky Yetter ends career in Victory Lane; Gene Bowers tops Street Stock field; Sam Ryan scores in Hobby Stocks; Dylan Steuer in All-Star Slingshots

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Ricky Yetter ends career in Victory Lane; Gene Bowers tops Street Stock field; Sam Ryan scores in Hobby Stocks; Dylan Steuer in All-Star Slingshots By DINO OBERTO (LEHIGHTON, Pa. 10-24-15) As the 2015 season at Mahoning Valley Speedway came to a close, so too did the career of Ricky Yetter. And what a way to end it as the recently crowned Dirt Mod champion went out in style, winning the 60-lap Octoberfast feature in what he called his last time in a race car. Gene Bowers won in his last Street Stock race but unlike Yetter, he is…

Jimmy Phelps Takes Bud Light 125 at Weedsport

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Jimmy Phelps Takes Bud Light 125 at Weedsport Steve Bernard finishes 8th, earns 358 Modified DIRTcar Series title WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – October 23, 2015 - Jimmy Phelps, coming off a 358 Modified victory in the Salute to the Troops 150 during NAPA Super DIRT Week at the Syracuse Fairgrounds, was back for more Friday at Weedsport Speedway’s ‘Last Call at the Port’ Bud Light 125. Phelps prevailed in a stop-and-start grueling affair that lasted over and hour and required 16 cautions and a red flag. Along the way, he turned many a contested lap racing with Larry Wight,…

CLAUSON LOOTS “LEFFLER MEMORIAL” AT WAYNE CITY

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] CLAUSON LOOTS "LEFFLER MEMORIAL" AT WAYNE CITY Wayne City, Illinois.......Bryan Clauson fended off Rico Abreu in another legendary duel between the two, banking $20,000 in the third-annual "Jason Leffler Memorial" at Wayne County Speedway on Friday night. The Noblesville, Indiana knocked off his next crown jewel victory by fending off repeated advances from Abreu the entire latter half of the 40-lap Feature for the Honda National Midget Series co-sanctioned by POWRi. Clauson led from the front row with Kevin Thomas, Jr. in tow, as polesitter Justin Peck slowed on lap three to bring out the initial caution flag.…

Jason Makarewicz to Head Evergreen Raceway in 2016.

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Jason Makarewicz to Head Evergreen Raceway in 2016. Evergreen Raceway PR After a year of sitting idle, Evergreen Raceway will once again see action in 2016 thanks to Jason Makarewicz. “I am very happy to be able to bring racing back to Northeastern PA and give fans and racers their home track back,” Makarewicz said. Jason is a former competitor at Evergreen Speedway in the late model division as well as a car owner in the factory stock division after many years of being a fan. Makarewicz hopes these different perspectives can provide the insights needed to ensure…

Engines Revved For 2015 NASCAR Drive For Diversity Combine

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Engines Revved For 2015 NASCAR Drive For Diversity Combine NASCAR, Rev Racing Assess Top Multicultural and Female Drivers for Class of 2016 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 7, 2015) – Twenty-three drivers have three days to compete for a spot in the motorsport industry’s top driver development program, NASCAR Drive for Diversity (D4D), set to commence at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va., Oct. 19-21, 2015. Now in its 12th year, the annual Combine invites promising ethnically diverse and female drivers, ages 14 to 26, from across North America to test their skills over a three-day period in order to…

Mahoning Valley Speedway Dirt Mod champ Ricky Yetter looking to close out his career with a win

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Mahoning Valley Speedway Dirt Mod champ Ricky Yetter looking to close out his career with a win (LEHIGHTON, Pa. 10-22-15) When Mahoning Valley Speedway presents its season finale this Saturday, October 24, which is day two of Octoberfast 2015, it won’t just mean the last time for cars to hit the paved ¼-mile oval but it also will be the swansong of newly crowned Dirt Mod champion Ricky Yetter. Yetter made it known at the start of the season that win, lose or draw, 2015 would be his last as a driver. Two years ago he had a…

Decker notches 5th win at Brewerton

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Decker notches 5th win at Brewerton Hearn, Johnson, Sheppard, Coffey 2-3-4-5 in racy McDonald’s 100 BREWERTON, N.Y. – October 22, 2015 - Billy Decker started on the pole and won the twice rained-out McDonald’s 100 at Brewerton Speedway Thursday, but it wasn’t all that easy. Decker swapped the lead three times with Brett Hearn before taking the lead for keeps on lap 76 with a hammer down move in the fourth turn that brought him close to the retaining wall. He withstood three late restarts and a green-white-checkered finish to record his fifth series win of the season.…

New Egypt Speedway Schedules First Event of 2016 for Saturday, March 19th

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] New Egypt Speedway Schedules First Event of 2016 for Saturday, March 19th March Madness Meltdown to Feature Modifieds, Sportsman, and Wingless Sprints New Egypt, NJ-- With 2016 right around the corner, the management of New Egypt Speedway has been busy putting together the 2016 racing schedule. The first event to kick off the 2016 season will put a new twist on a fan favorite. Gone is the ROC sanctioned Cabin Fever event and in its place will be will the March Madness Meltdown on Saturday, March 19, 2016. The March Madness Meltdown will feature a 50-lap open Modified…

DIRTcar 358 Modified Series title on the line at Weedsport

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] DIRTcar 358 Modified Series title on the line at Weedsport WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – October 22, 2015 - The 2015 DIRTcar NE 358 Modified Series championship will be decided Friday, October 23 at Weedsport Speedway – the opening night of its ‘Last Call at the Port’ three-day spectacular that closes out the region’s racing season. Chris Raabe of Napanee, ON, David Hebert of St. Damase, QC and Steve Bernard of Granby, QC enter the 125 lap, $7,500-to-win race separated by only nine points. Raabe is the current point leader – three points ahead of Hebert – the 2015 358…

LFR Chassis Earns Their First NWMT Manufacturers Championship

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] LFR Chassis Earns Their First NWMT Manufacturers Championship MOORESVILLE, N.C. – With a victory at the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s (NWMT) final race at Thompson Speedway this past weekend, Doug Coby, driving for Mike Smeriglio Racing, not only earned his third championship in the past four years but also secured LFR Chassis its first series championship in the company’s first full season of modified racing. 2015 was Coby’s first year running an LFR Chassis modified, during which he secured seven wins, earned six poles and led 830 laps in 15 points races. “We knew going into this season…

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Kurt Busch Back With Stewart-Haas Racing With Backing From Monster Energy

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Kurt Busch Back With Stewart-Haas Racing With Backing From Monster Energy Monster Energy To Serve as Co-Primary Sponsor with Haas Automation of No. 41 Team Monster Energy is moving to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series while Kurt Busch is staying at Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR). The energy drink manufacturer has teamed with Busch in a multiyear agreement that will see Monster Energy co-sponsor him and the No. 41 Chevrolet SS with Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America. Busch, the 2004 Sprint Cup champion and owner of 27 career victories, will debut this new sponsorship…

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TALENTED FIELD EXPECTED FOR WALL STADIUM’S MODIFIED “HAUNTED HUNDRED” SATURDAY

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] TALENTED FIELD EXPECTED FOR WALL STADIUM’S MODIFIED “HAUNTED HUNDRED” SATURDAY WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ A large and talented field of Downs Ford Modified stock car drivers can be expected at Wall Stadium Speedway this Saturday (Oct. 24) when the headlining 100-lap feature race offers $5,000 to the winner. The “Haunted Hundred” is just a part of the four division/five main event spooky spectacular dubbed “The Thriller.” Pit area gates will open at 9:00 a.m., practice starts at 10:00 a.m., grandstand seating opens at 11:00 a.m. and qualifying starts at 12:30 p.m. with main events immediately to follow at…

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Southern Outlaw Sprints Joining ASCS in 2016

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Southern Outlaw Sprints Joining ASCS in 2016 TULSA, Okla. (October 21, 2015) The American Sprint Car Series is continuing to expand and promote Sprint Car racing across the United States with the addition of the Southern Outlaw Sprints to the regional lineup in 2016. Founded in 2013, the Southern Outlaw Sprints has sanctioned events in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. "I believe the three year old Southern Outlaw Sprinters combining with the American Sprint Car Series will put everything in place to be a respected and challenging Series in 2016," commented Mike Miller, who co-owns and promotes…

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