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3/9/10
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Drivers planning on competing in this
weekend’s Fourth Annual 600 Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires at
Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway are reminded that Wednesday, March 10,
is the final day to submit entries at the discounted pre-entry rate.
Entries submitted by the close of business on Wednesday will be
honored for just $150. Entries submitted
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ASCS - There’s nothing like a weekend along
the Gulf Coast to set the stage for a second consecutive edition of
the American Sprint Car Series Tuesday’s Top Ten. In its typically
indefinable order, TTT follows…
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KNOXVILLE, IOWA - Knoxville’s own Peace
Tree Brewing Company has become the first business to commit to
participating in the inaugural “Red, Wheat & Bleu” wine-, beer- and
cheese-tasting special reception to be held on Wednesday, August 11,
at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum during the 50th
annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. The
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World of Outlaws - After two very successful events last
year, Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, Texas welcomes the World of
Outlaws again in 2010 as the best sprint car drivers in the world
will converge on the half-mile on Friday, March 12 for a full night
of racing with $10,000 awaiting the winner in the opener of the
Second Annual Texas Two-Step Weekend.
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3/8/10
World of Outlaws -
The World of Outlaws head south for the Second
Annual Texas Two-Step Weekend at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore on
Friday, March 12 and The Texas Shootout at Houston Raceway Park in
Baytown on Saturday March 13. Joey Saldana, who was the most recent
winner on the tour, won all three races in the Lone Star State last
season and heads to Texas this
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ASCS - NASCAR annually kicks off its
season with the biggest race of the year, so it’s only fitting
that the nation’s best Micro Sprint Car competitors kick off the
2010 season with a premier event. Top Micro Sprint Car racers
from throughout the nation will flock to Little Rock’s I-30
Speedway over the next couple of days for this weekend’s Fourth
Annual 600 Nationals, which now offers
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ASCS - Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles
Davis, Jr., delivered car owner Jim Massey his first series
championship by capturing the 2009 Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon
Region title. Davis begins the defense of that title this
Saturday night when the ASCS Canyon Region launches the 2010
season atop USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval in Tucson, AZ. A
stout field of contenders
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World of Outlaws - Jason Meyers and the Elite Racing team
had a couple of very special guests at Groppetti Automotive
Thunderbowl Raceway on Friday night, as 14-time NHRA Funny Car
Champion and drag racing legend John Force was on hand, along
with his son-in-law, Robert Hight, who is the defending Funny
Car titlist. The Elite Racing shop in Brownsburg, Indiana is
housed
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3/7/10
ASCS - Missouri rivals Brian Brown
and Jesse Hockett hooked up in an epic duel along the Gulf Coast
Saturday night as Sprint Cars returned to the 3/8-mile
Battleground Speedway for the first time in nearly ten years.
And, when the checkered flag flew upon the Third
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World of Outlaws -
For many drivers, picking up the first win of a new season
is one of the toughest feats to accomplish in racing. After
being victorious 21 times overall last season with the World of
Outlaws, Joey Saldana certainly knew the way to the winners
circle heading into 2010. He came close to winning each of the
first four races this season, finishing in the runner-up spot in
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3/6/10
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA -
In a matter of days, the Sacramento
based Racing for the Troops sprint car team will take to the track
to begin the 2010 racing season. A three car team with much success
in 2009, the kick off to the new season will be one that is
bittersweet as they will carry on the competitive spirit of their
fallen team owner and great friend, Steve Harris. In February Harris
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World of Outlaws - Jason Meyers had been trying to win a
World of Outlaws race at his home track of Groppetti Automotive
Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare since 2003. He came close on a couple
of occasions, leading laps and being in contention, though never was
quite able to make it to Victory Lane with the series at the
high-banked 1/3-mile bullring. The native of nearby Clovis
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3/5/10
ASCS - The American Sprint Car Series Gulf
South Region opened up the 2010 season in much the same way as 2009,
with Gary Wright standing in victory lane at Golden Triangle Raceway
Park. For the second year in a row, “The Texan” topped the
$3,000-to-win, 25-lap Prelude to the Gulf Coast Nationals to launch
the season for the ASCS Gulf South Region atop the Golden Triangle
clay. However, rather than wait for the last lap to make
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3/4/10
CHICO, CA – It's labeled as the
"Mini-Gold Cup" but the high octane open wheel racing action that is
bound for Silver Dollar Speedway in less that a week is sure to be
anything but miniature. The fire breathing 410 sprint cars are
geared up for action on the high banks of Chico's quarter-mile for
two big days of racing worth more than $55,000. As this annual fall
classic opens the 2010
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3/3/10
World of Outlaws - Tim Kaeding is one of the
most thrilling drivers ever to climb into a sprint car. Wherever and
whenever he races, he stands on the gas and puts on a show, no
matter where he lines up in the field. When he returns home to
California to compete on one of the bullrings he grew up on, the
level of excitement he displays on the track is taken to a whole new
level.
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3/2/10
ASCS -
A happening that occurs at least twice as often as the Olympics,
the latest rendition of Tuesday’s Top Ten has been freed from the
gates. All things ASCS, in no particular order as per the norm,
follows…
1. The
Unemployed –
It’s the
dead of winter in Iowa, so what better place to go than Florida,
right? Even without the security of a full-time ride. That’s
exactly what
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World of Outlaws - With the 2010 season well under way,
Jason Meyers will reap one final reward from a very successful 2009
campaign that saw him win 10 times with the World of Outlaws and
finish as the runner-up in the closest point race in series history,
as he was recently named one of the 'Racers of the Year' by the
Motor Sports Press Association, which is based in his home state of
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3/1/10
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - Following the success
of the initial program in the National Sprint Car Museum’s new
“Sprint Car 101” Third Thursday Series, the stage is now set for the
second program, which is a “Salute to Ralph Capitani & P. Ray
Grimes”. The free and open-to-the-public presentation, honoring the
past two directors of racing at the storied Knoxville Raceway
half-mile dirt track
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ASCS -
Coming off a banner 2009 season, the ASCS Patriots 2010 schedule has
been finalized with a record number of enhanced purses to reward
racers and fans alike. The eighth season of competition for the
Northeast Sprint series will feature 31 sanctioned events, including
stops at 16 premier facilities from April through October. This
will also be the second year with the “Five Crown
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ASCS -
The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region kicks off its
ninth year of competition with a pair of $3,000-to-win events this
weekend in southeast Texas. On Friday night, the series fires to
2010 life at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park with the
Prelude to the Gulf Coast Nationals. Then, on Saturday night, it’s
on to Highlands’ Battleground Speedway for the Third Annual
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World of Outlaws - After one of the more thrilling events in
World of Outlaws history last Friday night in Las Vegas, the series
heads to Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare,
California this weekend for the first two short track races of the
season on the high-banked 1/3-mile on Friday, March 5 and Saturday,
March 6. For Jason Meyers, who was victorious
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2/28/10
Midwest Racing
Connection - The latest online issue of the Midwest Racing
Connection has been posted
HERE.
Midwest Racing
Talk - Check out the interviews of the 2009 UMSS Sprint Car
champion
Leigh Thomas and
Chad Wehrs.
NEMA -
Seekonk Speedway hosts the Northeastern Midget Association’s
“Showdown of Champions” a star-studded 25-lap event featuring some
of the most-heralded racing talent ever assembled in New England.
Announced during a NEMA press conference held at the recent Racers
Expo Trade Show in Marlborough, MA. the race will be part of
Seekonk’s “Open Wheel
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World of Outlaws -
The victory for Jason Meyers from the 18th starting
spot on Friday night in the Second Annual Super Sprint Classic at
The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway set a new track record,
as it marked the farthest back any winner had started from in a
World of Outlaws event at the track. Jeff Swindell had previously
held the record, coming from the 17th position on
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ASCS -
Pennsylvania’s Tim Shaffer was oh so close to completing a sweep of
the season-opening American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region triple in
“Kings” action at East Bay Raceway Park’s 34th Annual
Winter Nationals. But, when Shaffer’s engine soured less than two
laps shy of Saturday night’s checkered flag, it was Oklahoma City
native Wayne Johnson taking quick advantage to
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2/27/10
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - Tickets for the twenty-first annual
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) induction banquet, slated
for Saturday afternoon, June 5, are now available by calling the
non-profit Knoxville-based museum at 1-800-874-4488. This year’s
inductees include Bobbie Adamson, Hank Arnold, Fred Linder, Frank
Riddle, Hal Robson, Herman Schurch, Clyde Adams,
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World of Outlaws - Jason Meyers has been involved in some
thrilling races over the years, but probably none quite as exciting
as Friday night, when he battled 20-time World of Outlaws champion
Steve Kinser and four-time and defending series titlist Donny Schatz
right down to the wire to score a breathtaking win in the Second
Annual Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic at The Dirt Track
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2/26/10
ASCS -
Tim Shaffer made it two wins in as many nights of “Kings”
competition at East Bay Raceway Park’s 34th Annual Winter
Nationals by charging to the winner’s circle in Friday night’s
25-lap American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region preliminary main
event. The veteran Aliquippa, PA, hotshoe solidly established
himself as a favorite for Saturday night’s $14,500 to win Ninth
Annual Ronald
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ASCS -
Tim Shaffer kicked off the “Kings” portion of East Bay Raceway
Park’s 34th Annual Winter Nationals by racing to victory
lane in Thursday night’s 25-lap American Sprint Car Series Rebel
Region preliminary main event. Working forward from the seventh
starting position, the Aliquippa, PA, shoe took the lead away from
Canadian Lou Kennedy, Jr., on the 18th round en route to
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2/25/10
CONCORD, N.C. - Before he became
a superstar in NASCAR, Kasey Kahne raced a Sprint Car at dirt tracks
across the country. Now he's trying on a new hat as a World of
Outlaws race promoter. In partnership with World Racing Group, Kahne
will direct a mini-series of World of Outlaws events at three
different tracks this season beginning on Friday and Saturday, March
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2/24/10
ASCS -
The American Sprint Car Series lifts the lid on an action-packed
2010 season of approximately 200 events with this weekend’s ASCS
Rebel action at East Bay Raceway Park’s 34th Annual
Winter Nationals. The three-night stand in Tampa, FL, concludes
with Saturday’s $10,000-to-win Ninth Annual Ronald Laney Memorial on
Saturday night.
And, set to defend his crown in
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2/23/10
World of Outlaws - With most of the country still buried in
snow, a number of drivers will head west this week to compete in the
Second Annual Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic at The Dirt Track at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the World of Outlaws on Friday,
February 26. Headlining the invaders that will be battling the World
of Outlaws regulars for the $10,000 top prize, will be Fred
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2/21/10
World of Outlaws - The Second Annual Las Vegas Super Sprint
Classic will bring the World of Outlaws back to The Dirt Track at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, February 26, as the
state-of-the-art half-mile hosts the best sprint car drivers in the
world. Donny Schatz, the four-time and defending series champion was
victorious last season in the series return to Las Vegas
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F.A.S.T. - With the 2nd Annual
Racer's Chili Challenge in the books for 2010, heartburn is most
likely the thing everyone took home as a souvenir. Fittingly, the
event was held in an old firehouse but there were no hoses to put
out the flames caused by this years chili entries. With a large
turnout again this year, fans and teams sampled 17 chili creations
in three divisions (Sprints, Trucks/Late
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2/19/10
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - Last night’s
“Salute to Bob Trostle” was a resounding success with over 100
friends and family members coming out to honor 1993 National Sprint
Car Hall of Fame inductee Bob Trostle and his wife Dorotha. The
initial program in the National Sprint Car Museum’s new Sprint Car
101 Third Thursday Series was highlighted by fellow Hall of Famer
Ray Lee
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2/18/10
Lebanon, IN -
Officials of the United States Speed Association and the
University of Northwestern
Ohio have announced that the
University
of Northwestern Ohio
will serve as the Official Educational Partner of USSA. UNOH will
also serve as the title sponsor of the USSA University of
Northwestern Ohio 150 at Anderson (IN) Speedway
on July 9 and as the presenting sponsor of the
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2/17/10
F.A.S.T. - The countdown is on for the
start of 2010 racing season in Northern OH, but it unofficially
starts this Saturday, February 20th as many in the racing community
will be heading to the Ballville Township Community Hall (1413 West
Cole Rd.) in Fremont, Ohio to take part in the 2nd Annual Racer’s
Chili Challenge presented by the Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.)
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2/15/10
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - The initial program in the National Sprint
Car Museum’s new “Sprint Car 101” Third Thursday Series is all set
to debut this Thursday, February 18, with the “Salute to Bob Trostle”
on the museum’s second floor at 7 p.m. Said curator Tom Schmeh
today, “The museum had to postpone the program on the third Thursday
in January due to an ice storm
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World of Outlaws - The World of Outlaws will return to
Oklahoma this season for the first time since 2005 on Saturday,
April 10 with the series inaugural visit to Tri-State Speedway in
Pocola, which is located right near the Oklahoma/Arkansas state
line. The series was scheduled to compete at the high-banked
3/8-mile in 2005, but Mother Nature was victorious in that one. The
World
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2/14/10
F.A.S.T. - The F.A.S.T.
Championship Series is pleased to announce that for the 2010 racing
season we will be adding a 10 race Championship Series for the 305
sprint division at Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway. "The
whole F.A.S.T. idea continues to grow and allows us to do more for
local racers with our resources," said series co-founder
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World of Outlaws - With the
season opening 39th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals by
University of Northwestern Ohio at Volusia Speedway Park in the
books, the World of Outlaws prepare for a busy stretch of races that
will take the series to five different tracks in four states for
seven races over a 23-day period as the 2010 season begins to shift
into gear. The first of
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F.A.S.T. - The Kistler Racing Products Fremont / Attica
Sprint Title is happy to announce that Engine Pro in conjunction
with JE/SRP Pistons has signed on as a Presenting Sponsor for the
2010 F.A.S.T. Championship Season. With the announcement recently of
Design Graphics Group, Inc. (DGGI) coming on board as the other
Presenting Sponsor and with Kistler Racing Products
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