Daryn Pittman made it two World of Outlaws wins in as many nights by racing to victory lane in Saturday’s 40-lap feature at Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway in Pevely, MO.  Check out The Wheatley Chronicles recap at http://sprintcarmania.com/pittman-pounces-pevely-payday/.

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Monday  April 23rd

I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire. Roy Orbison

11:30pm

PRESS....

• Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars presented by Open Wheel 101)Mother Nature finally gave in and we got some 410 sprint car racing underway in the Midwest. The Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars presented by Open Wheel 101 schedule kicked off with Sheboygan, Wisconsin’s Scotty Thiel visiting Victory Lane with the MOWA series at Jacksonville Speedway in Illinois, and Austin McCarl, grabbing his first career feature win at the Knoxville Raceway in Iowa on Saturday. BillW's Knoxville News 4/23
• Mark Dobmeier)On March 19th when Mark found out he would no longer be piloting the Jimco Motorsports machine, questions and rumors immediately circulated on the future of his racing career. Those questions and rumors have been answered! Mark will be hitting the track once again in 2018. Within the past month, Mark has purchased a home south of Grand Forks with a large lot and an adjacent shop. This will allow his family, especially his two boys Jaxson and Ty, the room to play and grow while Mark and his crew will have the shop space needed to work on his race equipment. Press Releases 4/23
• Scotty Thiel)The Scott Thiel Motorsports team has been anxiously awaiting the 2018 season to get underway. In late March, the team made a trip to Atomic Speedway in Ohio to race but faced some issues which ending their night quickly. They were able to get all of the gremlins out and focused on starting the season off at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, IL on Friday night with the Midwest Open Wheel Association. That trip paid off as Scotty was able to make a thriller pass with two laps to go and capture his first victory on 2018! Press Releases 4/23
• Giovanni Scelzi)Giovanni Scelzi posted his best finish of the season on Saturday at the Stockton Dirt Track, where he captured a runner-up result during the Asparagus Cup. The event began with Scelzi guiding his family owned, Roth Motorsports sponsored sprint car to the second quickest qualifying time. He then advanced from fourth to second place in a heat race to earn a spot in the dash, which he won after starting on the pole. Press Releases 4/23
• Sammy Swindell)Sammy Swindell has won a lot of big sprint car races throughout his storied career and he's hopeful he can add another to the list this weekend. Swindell and car owner A.G. Rains are heading to Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio, this Friday and Saturday for the $100,000-to-win Sprint Car World Championship.Press Releases 4/23
• Jason Sides)Jason Sides recorded his best result of the season on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 during the Spring Classic. The night began with Sides setting quick time during World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series qualifying for the first time this season. He then won a heat race from the pole position to earn a spot into the dash. Press Releases 4/23
• Kerry Madsen)Kerry Madsen will be vying for a lot of money this weekend when he tackles the $100,000-to-win Sprint Car World Championship. The inaugural event is Friday and Saturday at Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio, where Madsen will make his debut. "It's exciting that someone is stepping up to the plate to make another big sprint car event," he said. "I'm ready to go and compete. The money is the attraction for going, but at the same time it's exciting to go race against some of the top competition." Press Releases 4/23
• Travis Rilat)Travis Rilat will compete in Kentucky for the first time in approximately 20 years this weekend. Rilat and BDS Motorsports are slated to race on Friday at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com. Press Releases 4/23
• Prime Time Live)Professional racers, regional competitors and local drivers are almost all into the swing of the 2018 season across the country. That means more events from state to state, giving more racing to cover on PRIME TIME Live Coast to Coast brought to you by McCarthy Auto Group , which airs Friday and Saturday nights. The free, live show produced and hosted by RacinBoys showcases the latest news and updates encompassing the action between the East Coast and West Coast. Press Releases 4/23
• Shane Stewart)So far this season, it wouldn't be a weekend for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series without the threat of rain. Sunday night's already rain postponed event at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., was deferred again with the date to be determined. Although Sunday was washed out, Shane Stewart finished 16th in Friday's event at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., and earned a top-10 score in Saturday's show at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo. Press Releases 4/23
• Brian Brown)Last Saturday was a learning night for Brian Brown and his team during the Spring Classic at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. "It was not a great night, but if you're looking at the grand scheme of things on nights like that you can learn more than on nights when you're staying inside your box," he said. "I have a feeling we have those gremlins figured out. Any time you struggle in a heat race, then can run the B Main and see improvement, and then run the A Main and see further improvement shows great progress." Press Releases 4/23
• Bakersfield Speedway CA)For the third year in-a-row Second Star to the Right Night will come to Bakersfield Speedway and the action is slated for Saturday night with the Western RacesSavers taking center stage for a can’t miss night of racing. Second Star to the Right is Kern County’s resource for pediatric cancer families in their time of need. Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway there will be T Shirt Sales, Drawings, and an opportunity to make donations to benefit this great organization to go along with a great night of racing. Press Releases 4/23
• Michael Tancredi)While 2017-18 hasn’t been the best of seasons for Michael Tancredi, it certainly ended in pleasing fashion at Geelong’s Avalon Raceway on Saturday night, when the determined racer scored his maiden feature-race win for the season, reclaiming the Victorian 360 Sprintcar Title in the process. This result continued what has been a series of pleasing Victorian Title campaigns for Tancredi in recent seasons, which began in the 2015-16 season when he claimed the crown at Avalon Raceway. Press Releases 4/23
• Justin Whittall)Taking advantage of the opportunity to enter 410c.i. competition and 360c.i. competition on the same evening, Vincentown, New Jersey's Justin Whittall did the Open Wheel Madness double on Saturday night at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, entering the United Racing Club (URC) portion of the evening program, as well as the 410c.i. portion of the program. Press Releases 4/23
• Trevor Baker)Trevor Baker continued his 2018 campaign with a pair of Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 starts during the recent weekend, joining the Tony Stewart-owned organization at Attica Raceway Park and Wayne County Speedway on Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, respectively. Press Releases 4/23
• Danny Dietrich)Danny Dietrich's last minute decision to travel to the Pigeon Hills on Saturday night worked out to be worth $3,500, not only conquering heat race competition from the last row, but moving on to lead all 25 laps during the evening's main event to secure his second Lincoln Speedway victory of the 2018 season. Press Releases 4/23
• Brent Marks)For the second time in 2018, the “Myerstown Missile” Brent Marks earned a KSE Hard Charger Award during World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series competition, this time during action at the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., on Saturday, April 21. Marks, who earned his way into the I-55 Spring Classic feature program by finishing second during the Last Chance Showdown, charged from 22nd to finish tenth during the 40-lapper, raising his World of Outlaws top-ten total to four thus far in 2018. Press Releases 4/23
• Brock Zearfoss)Doing so in fantastic fashion, the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss scored back-to-back victories in Central Pennsylvania during the recent weekend, cracking into the win column at Williams Grove Speedway, as well as at Port Royal Speedway, on Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, respectively. For Zearfoss, the pair of wins increased his career total to 11, also amassing a pair of wins in 2016, followed by seven in 2017. Press Releases 4/23
• Max Stambaugh)For the first time in 2018, “Mad Max” Stambaugh earned a top-five performance during All Star Circuit of Champions competition, finishing fifth during Attica Raceway Park's Core & Main Spring Nationals presented by Fisher Performance on Friday, April 20. Bettering all but three of the 47 other entries signed-in for action at the Attica highbanks, Stambaugh finished fourth during the $5,000-to-win program, starting from the outside-pole position by way of dash victory, set-up by finishing fourth during his respective heat race. Press Releases 4/23
• Rico Abreu)Cracking into the top-five for the first time in 2018, St. Helena, California's Rico Abreu put together an impressive campaign against the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series on Friday night at Riverside (Ark.) International Speedway, not only winning his respective heat race, but also securing his best performance of the season against the Greatest Show On Dirt. Press Releases 4/23
• Donny Schatz)Nine-time and defending World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series champion, Donny Schatz, earned back-to-back top-ten finishes with the Greatest Show On Dirt during the recent weekend, highlighting the two-race stretch with a podium run on the highbanks of Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Missouri. For Schatz, the pair of top-ten finishes propels his World of Outlaws top-ten count to 10 in 11 starts, still maintaining a grasp on the World of Outlaws championship lead by 72 markers over Wooster, Ohio, native, Sheldon Haudenschild. Press Releases 4/23
• Tony Stewart)Nearly capturing his second victory of the 2018 season, Tony Stewart fell one position short during his visit to Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway on Friday night, April 20, ultimately finishing second after starting sixth during the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) season opener. Press Releases 4/23

4:30pm

RESULTS....

• ASCS Lucas Oil)It has been 20 years since the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com turned laps in Kentucky, but that all changes this Friday, April 27 as the series debuts at the three-eighths-mile Paducah International Raceway. Joining the former Thunder Ridge Speedway in Prestonsburg, Ky. the series last trip through the "Bluegrass State" saw Oklahoma's Daryn Pittman winning on May 29, 1998, with Kansas native, Garry Lee Maier picking up the win on May 30, 1998.ASCS 4/23
• Perris Auto Speedway CA) April 22, 2018 Senior Sprints (drivers 40 and over) 1. John Aden – Apple Valley, CA 2. Richard McCormick – Canyon Country, CA 3. Rick Hendrix – Palmdale, CA 4. Ed Schwarz – Santa Fe Springs, CA 5. Royal Adderson – Calgary, Alberta, Canada 6. Tyler Hatzakian – El Segundo, CA 7. Danny Parrish – Fairbanks, AK 8. Eddie Williams – El Segundo, CA 9. Dale Underwood – Wildomar, CA 10. Jerry Welton – Monrovia, CA 11. Dany Taylor – Riley, OH 12. Mike Trottochiu – Acton, CA 13. Jim Giardina – Riverside, CA 4/23
• URC)The Capitol Renegade United Racing Club 360 Sprint Cars had their official points opener on Saturday, April 21st at the Port Royal Speedway as part of their “Open Wheel Madness” show. There were 29 URC 360 sprints signed in for the event. The club ran three heat races, with Brock Zearfoss, Trey Starks, and Mark Smith taking home heat race wins. URC 4/30

PRESS....

• Thunder On The Hill)For the twenty-ninth season, the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on Hill Racing Series will return to the Grandview Speedway and the 2018 season open will showcase one of the most successful events, the Pioneer Pole Building 21st Annual Traffic Jam for Modifieds. The Traffic Jam will be a Big Block/358 Modified 40 lap event joined by the Sportsman and MASS Sprint Cars all taking place on Sunday night, May 27. Gates will open at 5 PM with race time set for 7:30 PM. Press Releases 4/23
• Grand Forks ND/SLS Promotions)Tickets are now on sale for both rounds of the Gerdau Recycling Northern Tour for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota and can be purchased online at slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by calling SLS Promotions at 815-344-2023. SLS Promotions slspromotions.ticketforce.com Buy tickets online. SLS Promotions ticket reservation system. Book your tickets instantly. Press Releases 4/23
• Civil War)In what was the Civil War Series pres. by Flomaster’s first ever visit to Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, CA it was only fitting to have a first time winner with the series and on Saturday night Bud Kaeding recorded his first ever series win as he would also win the King of the West feature on this night as well. Shane Golobic and Cole Macedo would lead the field to green, but Kaeding would snooker them both on the opening lap as he would race from his second row starting position to grab the early lead.Press Releases 4/23

Sunday  April 22nd

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. J. Robert Oppenheimer

11:20pm

RESULTS....

• Photos)More Weekend photos are inSpeedShotz including NARC KWS shots and more winners. 4/22
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)Mark Smith of Sunbury held off the hard-charging Freddie Rahmer of Salfordville for the victory in Sunday night’s suspenseful 30-lap Ray Tilley Classic for 410 sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway. For Smith, driving the Mach 1 Chassis/Optilumen No. 1M, the $4,088 win was his first of the season in central Pennsylvania and fourth overall. He was the fifth different driver to receive the custom crystal cup trophy presented by the Tilley family for winning the tribute race honoring the memory of the speedway’s former four-time sprint car champion. Central PA  4/22
• Column)Danny Burton has Lawrenceburg Speedway notes in Hoosier Race Report 4/22
• Column)Kevin Oldham starts his 20th year here writing KO's Indiana Bullring Scene. This one covers last weeks Kokomo Grand Prix. 4/22
• Patriot Sprints)Jason Barney was fortunate enough to start on the front row of Saturday’s third annual Outlaw Spring Nationals to secure his first win of the 2018 season over Matt Tanner, and reigning PST Canadian Series Champion, Dylan Westbrook. All three competitors received cash bonuses of $125, $75, $50, respectively for being the three highest Patriot Sprint Tour Members to cross the line at the conclusion of the A-Main. Race Results 4/22
• Lincoln Park Speedway IN)The sun finally rose for the 2018 season opening event as the 50th anniversary season for Lincoln Park Speedway debuted Saturday night with 121 cars/drivers were on hand for competition. Thirty-eight sprint cars were in the pits to do battle for the $2,500 top prize, but none could top a legend in the sport. Lincoln, Ind. native Dave Darland climbed back into the seat of the Goodnight No. 36 and returned to victory lane with a dominant performance. Race Results 4/22
• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)Garen Linder accomplished something that had not been seen at Silver Dollar Speedway in over 24 years.  Linder, a resident from Central Point, OR, held off Auburn’s Andy Forsberg to win a thrilling and action packed 25-lap winged 360 sprint car main event.  Not only was it his first career win at Chico but he becomes the first driver originally from Oregon to win a race at Silver Dollar Speedway since Greg Brown’s victory on October 23, 1993.  “We won Chico.  This is a dream come true,” said Linder on his Facebook page.  Race Results 4/22
• VSS)Virginia Sprint Series Race # 3 Saturday April 21st 2018 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series Shenandoah Speedway, Virginia Mike Leraas Spin and Win It was a warm sunny day and the track stayed hot and slippery but after an early spin Mike Leraas got the feel to take his first win of the season. It was a feature only event so with Chris Ware and Bill Rice pacing the field it went green and they stayed side by side for a two laps before yellow flew. On the restart Rice got the lead but Tony Harris was all over him with Ware third. On lap seven Harris got the lead over Rice with Leraas closing in on third Ware. Harris was staying smooth but Leraas was gaining speed the bottom and was closing in. Leraas was on a roll after passing Rice for second. As the laps were winding down Leraas used a low line to take the lead just as Chris Ware was getting by Rice for third. Jerald Harris was now working on Rice now for fourth. Leraas was fastest on the bottom at the end as he flashed under the checkered flag with five car lengths cushion over Tony Harris. At the line it was Mike Leraas, Tony Harris, Chris Ware, Jerald Harris, Bill Rice, Ron Moyers and Josh Perreault. The Next race scheduled will be a return to Natural Bridge Speedway on Saturday night May 12th. Thank you for your support Jim Haines Virginia Sprint Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series 4/22
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)4/22...1 #1m Mark Smith 2 #51 Freddie Rahmer 3 #11 TJ Stutts 4 #27 Greg Hodnett 5 #24 Lucas Wolfe 6 #39 Anthony Macri 7 #07 Gerard McIntyre 8 #44 Trey Starks 9 #14 Coleman Gulick 10 #33w Michael Walter II 11 #28 Davie Franek 12 #66 Ryan Kissinger 13 #3Z Brock Zearfoss 14 #98 Joe Trenca 15 #12 Blane Heimbach 16 #17B Steve Buckwalter 17 #29 Jason Shultz 18 #9 Ryan Linder 19 #19W Colby Womer 20 #10 Joe Kata 4/22

PRESS....

• Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprint Cars)The 2018 Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprint Cars kicked off the weekend on another chilly spring evening at Williams Grove Speedway. Brock Zearfoss took the win for his first of the 2018 season. Brock Zearfoss made it two in a row by winning again the following night Saturday April 21st at Port Royal Speedway with series point leader Greg Hodnett 2nd. Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway Danny Dietrich was back in victory lane for his 3rd time in 2018. Sunday Selinsgrove Speedway hosted the Ray Tilley Classic with Mark Smith winning the main event for his first Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprint Cars win of the year. Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprints 4/22
• Keke Falland)Having recently drawn to a close, the 2017-18 season has been the best yet for Keke Falland since joining the 410 Sprintcars class, with him continuing to make gains as the season progressed. The 30-year-old racer’s persistence and determination throughout the season ultimately saw him improve with each race meeting, a fact which is reflected in his final season results, placing inside the top three in the overall South Australian point standings and amongst the top five in the Ultimate Sprintcar Championship South Australia. Press Releases 4/22
• World of Outlaws)Rained out Sunday at Haubstadt IN 4/22
• USAC)Monday, April 23rd, at 3pm, IRMA will be unveiling a marker at Arlington, Indiana, to memorialize the nine people lost in the 1978 USAC plane crash. The ceremony will be indoors at the Arlington Christian Church, 2341 N 700 W, Arlington Ind. Donald Davidson and Dick Jordan will be speaking. The Gordon 500 Pipers will be playing. And, Tony Stewart is planning on being there. Many of the family members have been contacted, but If you know any of the family members of the victims, please let them know about the ceremony. Those who died are Ray Marquette, Frankie DelRoy, Shim Malone, Don Peabody, Stan Worley, Judy Phillips, Ross Teeguarden, Bruce White, and Don Mullendore.4/22

1:20pm

RESULTS....

• Photos)More Weekend photos are inSpeedShotz including Wayne County Speedway All Stars by Rick Rarer & Lincoln Speedway by Kris Keath & Nicole Signor. 4/22
• East Bay Raceway Park FL)TOP GUN SPRINTS non wing....AJ Maddox (3A), Brandon Grubaugh (G6), Justin Webster (21), Hayden Campbell (5), Jeremy Ellertson (89), Harley Zimmerman (00), Keith Butler (19), John Kahl (13), Nikki Voisey (96), Billy Bridges (11B), Dennis Misuraca (3), Matt Kurtz (82), Guy Bos (3K), Kurt Taylor (55), David Kelley (46), Johnnie Alexander (3T) 4/22
• USAC ARDC)Alex Bright of Royersford, Pa. scored a thrilling last-lap victory in Saturday night's 20-lap USAC Eastern Midget race at BAPS Motor Speedway, passing Adam Pierson on the final lap for the win. Pierson took second ahead of Tommy Kunsman Jr., Ryan Wilson and Shawn Jackson. The series continues May 18 at Pottsville, Pa. USAC 4/22
• Placerville Speedway CA)Defending Thompson’s Auto Group Winged 360 Sprint Car champion Steven Tiner fired off the first warning shot that he is back and wanting another after claiming opening night on Saturday at the Placerville Speedway. Also joining Tiner in victory lane at the Red Hawk Casino championship opener/ Tribute to Al Hinds were Ryan McDaniel with the Ltd. Late Models, Jason Palmer with the Pure Stocks and Dakota Albright with the BCRA Midget Lites. Race Results 4/22
• Must See Racing)After an invert of 10 placed him on the pole for Saturday night’s Southern Shootout finale at Hickory Motor Speedway, Bronzie Lawson IV joked that he “might need a miracle” in order to keep the lead down the stretch. At the end of 50 laps, Lawson used a stunning display of driving to not only get his miracle, but collect his first Must See Racing Sprint Car Series victory. Race Results 4/22
• OSCS)Brandon Wimmer held off Danny Smith on Saturday evening to claim the season-season opening race for the Ohio Sprint Car Series, which made the first of its six visits this season to Atomic Speedway. Wimmer, who started on the pole of the $2,522-to-win A Main, rebounded from a crash the previous week at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio. The victory wasn't easy for the Fairmount, Ind., resident as former OSCS and multi-time Atomic Speedway champion Smith pressured the entire 22 laps of the 10th annual Dan Reno Memorial. Race Results 4/22
• ESS)Jason Barney captured his first ever Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint series title in 2017. On Saturday afternoon at the Outlaw Speedway, the Brewerton, N.Y., driver started his title defense off on the best note possible as he had a dominant run in the 25-lap A-Main event to score the $3,050 win. It was his 18th career series triumph and his first at the facility. “I got to be honest I wasn’t expecting this,” commented Barney after his win. “I’ve never been that great here. We’ve never been horrible but haven’t been that great. We knew daytime conditions would make it interesting. We were lucky to start up front on the front row. I thought it was kind of our race to lose. They watered the top, I’m starting on the outside and I’m like, ‘we are just too tight for the little bit of brown up here.’ We freed the car up before we took off.” Race Results 4/22
• USAC)Adam Lemke of Hollister, Calif. led all but the first lap of Saturday night's 30-lap USAC Western Speed2 Midget race at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tony Breidinger led the opening lap and finished second ahead of Blake Brannon, Joey Iest and Elvis Rankin. USAC 4/22
• NARC KWS)Defending King of the West-NARC champion Bud Kaeding nipped Kyle Hirst at the checkered in an exciting photo-finish to narrowly escape with Saturday’s 30-lap Fujitsu Sprint Car Series feature event at Thunderbowl Raceway. It marked a clean sweep for Kaeding and the Morrie Williams Motorsports, Alviso Rock-Kaeding Performance Center-sponsored Maxim, as they also captured the 30-lap Civil War 360 main event. King of the West/NARC 4/22

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• Port Royal Speedway PA)Port Royal Speedway will present Dotterer Equipment Race To Cure Cancer Night coming up this Saturday, April 28 at 6 pm. Featured in racing action will be the Weikert’s Livestock 410 sprint cars, the River Valley Builders super late models, the Gray’s Insurance econo late models and the Juniata Junction xtreme stocks. Central PA  4/22
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Just two weeks remain until the big Battle At The Groves event at Williams Grove Speedway, bringing together the best in the 360 c.i. sprint car racing business when the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour and URC Sprints meet on Friday, May 4. The show will pit the Lucas Oils ASCS National Tour stars agains the URC stars in a battle that will go 25 laps for $4,000 to win and $400 to start. Central PA  4/22

4:00am

RESULTS....

• Column)Danny Burton has notes from Gas City Speedway IN opening night Hoosier Race Report 4/22
• POWRi)Fresh off a career-first victory at Belle-Clair Speedway the night before, Tucker Klaasmeyer stole the show from Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate, Logan Seavey, to go two-in-a-row with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Starting mid-pack in the 12th position, Klaasmeyer had his work cut out for him.Race Results 4/22
• USCS)Defending Champ, Jordon Mallett won the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N main event I-75 Raceway on Saturday nite. Terry Gray, Nick Drake, Morgan Turpen and Scott Hunter completed top five.4/22
• Top Gun)A.J. Maddox wins the 25 lap Top Gun wingless feature at East Bay Raceway Park. East Bay Raceway Park, FL 1st AJ Maddox 2nd Brandon Grubaugh 3rd Justin Webster  4/22
• Photos)Weekend photos are inSpeedShotz 4/22
• Lawrenceburg Speedway IN)Justin Grant won the feature at Lawrenceburg,In. Sat. 4-21-18. 4/22
• Must See Racing)Hickory NC...feature results 1. Bronzie Lawson IV 2. Aaron Pierce 3. Shane Butler 4. Jimmy McCune 4/22
• New Egypt Speedway NJ)NEWS...1 #14 Eric Jennings 2 #4F Karl Freyer 3 #51 Bobby Tursillo 4 #83 Larry McVay 5 #62 Brian Spencer 6 #56 Jermain Godshall 7 #74 Duane Nixon 8 #3H Heidi Hedin 9 #8 Larry Drake 10 #02 Rich Mellor 11 #17 TJ Lilly 12 #75 Paul Comstock 4/22
• BCRA)Maria Cofer won her first career Bay Cites Racing Association midget main event at Merced Speedway CA. 4/22
• 34 Raceway IA)Brayden "B-Man" Gaylord started 4th tonight during the Brent Slocum 50 Memorial Event at 34 Raceway, while taking his number #13 Sprint Car to the top and never looked back as he won the 20 Lap A-Main taking home $1000.00 for his efforts. 4/22
• World of Outlaws)Daryn Pittman got underneath Sheldon Haudenschild to lead Lap 31 en route to his second consecutive World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series win of the weekend and second in a row at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, MO. Donny Schatz finished in second and long-time race leader Sheldon Haudenschild completed the podium. DIRT/World of Outlaws4/22
• USAC ARDC)BAPS Motor Speedway PA...1 #77 Alex Bright 2 #74M Adam Pierson 3 #21 Tommy Kunsman 4 #29 Ryan Wilson 5 #7 Shawn Jackson 6 #3 Mark Craig 7 #10M Mike Myers 8 #4S Johnny Smith 9 #55 Steve Craig 10 #35 Andrew Layser 11 #4 Ryan Greth 12 #22R Reed Salony 13 #12 Josh Heckman 14 #0NJ Brett Conkling 4/22
• ESS)Dundee NY....Sprint A-Main: Jason Barney wins over Matt Tanner and Dylan Westbrook. 4/22
• POWRi WAR)Springfield MO..A-Main – 25 laps 1. 12-Wesley Smith (1); 2. 24H-Ty Hulsey (4); 3. 7R-JD Black (2); 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson (7); 5. 93-Steve Mahannah (8); 6. 90-Riley Kreisel (6); 7. 24C-Craig Carroll (10); 8. 2H-Luke Howard (18); 9. 77-Jack Wagner (16); 10. 30-Ryan Kent (14); 11. 2-Zach Clark (11); 12. 22S-Slater Helt (20); 13. 99-Korey Weyant (5); 14. 73-Samuel Wagner (15); 15. 13W-Grant Wresche (21); 16. 41-Brad Wyatt (9); 17. 15B-Quinton Benson (3); 18. 65-Chris Parkinson (12); 19. 77K-Katlynn Leer (13); 20. 82-Vinny Ward (19); 21. 57-TJ Artz (17) 4/22
• Lincoln Park Speedway IN)Dave Darland picked up the win at Lincoln Park. 4/22
• ASCS SW)Picking up his third win in four events to start the 2018 season with the ASCS Southwest Region, Colton Hardy charged from eighth to snag Saturday's victory at the Arizona Speedway. Hardy's eighth career win with the ASCS Southwest Region, the Bandit Racing No. 74 worked from eighth to second in the first 11 laps. Clearing Rick Ziehl for the position, Hardy trailed by just over two seconds as Billy Chester held the point from the drop of the green flag. ASCS4/22
• SCCT)Placerville CA...1 #94 Steven Tiner 2 #33T Jimmy Trulli 3 #X1 Andy Forsberg 4 #97 Shane Hopkins 5 #25 Justin Johnson 6 #57B Bobby Butler 7 #77 Mike Benson 8 #4SA Greg DeCaires 9 #85 CJ Humphries 10 #73C Cody Fendley 11 #5C Mike Cook 12 #31C Justyn Cox 13 #7C Tony Gualda Jr. 14 #27 Tristin Thomas 15 #O1 Jodie Robinson 16 #57 Billy Butler 4/22
• Marysville Raceway CA)360...1 #21H Jeremy Hawes 2 #7K Kenny Allen 3 #3F William Fielding 4 #49 Mike Monahan 5 #34 Adam Walters 6 #15 Pat Harvey Jr. 7 #28 Bruce Morrow 8 #88H Heath Hall 9 #71JR Alec Justeson 10 #35 Mike Ballantine 4/22
• NARC KWS)Tulare CA...1 #0 Bud Kaeding 2 #83 Kyle Hirst 3 #21X Shane Golobic 4 #88N DJ Netto 5 #68 Chase Johnson 6 #37 Mitchell Faccinto 7 #00 Jason Statler 8 #16A Colby Copeland 9 #25 Bobby McMahon 10 #3 Craig Stidham 11 #98 Sean Watts 12 #12 Jarrett Soares 13 #57 Dustin Golobic 14 #28 Nathan Rolfe 15 #78 Mark Barroso 16 #10 Mathew Moles 17 #18 Jenna Fraizer 18 #2R Richard Brace 4/22
• Civil War)Tulare CA...1#0 Bud Kaeding 2 #83 Kyle Hirst 3 #22 Shane Golobic 4 #88N DJ Netto 5 #21X Cole Macedo 6 #88V Jace Vanderweerd 7 #12 Jarrett Soares 8 #9 Dustin Freitas 9 #1B Chelsea Blevins 10 #5X Cole Danell 11 #4 Burt Forland 12 #2 Gary Nelson JR 13 #88K Koen Shaw 14 #33 Tucker Worth 15 #7Z Zane Blanchard 16 #3 Kaleb Montgomery 17 #99T Tanner Boul 4/22
• Petaluma Speedway CA)360...1 #101 Klint Simpson 2 #25b Jake Haulot 3 #33 Lucas Ashe 4 #27 Brett Rollag 5 #88 Bret Barney 6 #99 Wayne Katen 7 #52 David Lindt II 8 #27t Jason Toft 9 #32 Norm Johns 10 #1s Nathan Schank 11 #11k Kenny Drew 12 #3 Bill Cornwell 13 #3a Ricky Brophy 14 #6 Bradley Terrell 15 #12j John Clark 16 #38 Colby Johnson 4/22
• Knoxville Raceway IA)Austin McCarl drove the TKS Motorsports #2KS to a dominating win in the PellaMotors.com/Kraig Ford Season Opener at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night! After several years of trying, it was the Altoona, Iowa native’s first career win at the famous half-mile, and he left no doubt as he collected $4,000 for his win.BillW's Knoxville News 4/22
• USAC CRA)AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 21, 2018 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout” FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Max Adams, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Tye Mihocko, 9. Matt Stewart, 10. Chris Gansen,USAC 4/22
• Skagit Speedway WA)Opening night at Skagit Speedway saw two first time winners crowned as Greg Hamilton won an entertaining battle for the win in the Budweiser 360 SprintsRace Results 4/22
• All Stars)For the first time during his illustrious career, the “Steel City Outlaw” Tim Shaffer is an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 main event winner at Wayne County Speedway. The Aliquippa, Pa., native, who bumped his career win total to 62 during All Star competition, earned his $5,000 payday in fantastic fashion, battling forward from the outside of row four to track down race-long leader, Chad Kemenah, with just nine circuits remaining. Shaffer's performance, his second All Star victory of the 2018 season, also earned him the MSD Performance Hard Charger Award for advancing the most positions. All Stars 4/22
• Waynesfield Raceway Park OH)A-Main Non Wings - Quest Federal Credit Union 1 - (25 Laps) 1. 33M-Matt Westfall[3] ; 2. 21K-Kody Swanson[9] ; 3. 52-Isaac Chapple[1] ; 4. 18-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 5. 82-Mike Miller[11] ; 6. 24L-Lee Underwood[2] ; 7. 74-Drew Rader[12] ; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[7] ; 9. 97X-Tyler Hewitt[15] ; 10. 19-Matt Cooley[13] ; 11. 21-Travis Hery[18] ; 12. 87-Paul Dues[8] ; 13. 1-Dustin Hammond[20] ; 14. 17-Kevin Myers[14] ; 15. 4-Josh Turner[19] ; 16. 42-Ty Tilton[16] ; 17. 51-Curtis Muhlenkamp[5] ; 18. 0-Steve Irwin [4] ; 19. 53-Steve Little[10] ; 20. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett[17] Race Results 4/22

Saturday  April 21st

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. Barbara Bush

11:00pm

RESULTS....

• Lincoln Speedway PA)Danny Dietrich led all 25 laps en route to his second win of the year in the 410 Sprint feature at Lincoln Speedway. Dietrich’s win, the 40th of his career at Lincoln, came over last week’s feature winner Freddie Rahmer and 6-time defending track champion Brian Montieth. Central PA 4/21
• Atomic Speedway OH)OSCS...Brandon Wimmer, Danny Smith, Bryan Nuckles, Nate Reeser, Jimmy Stinson, Josh Davis, Chris Ferrall, Mark Imler, Bradley Ashford, Frankie Nervo, Adam Cruea, Jale Hesson. 4/21
• Eldora Speedway OH)NRA...1 #15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 2 #22H Randy Hannagan 3 #B20 Butch Schroeder 4 #23D Devon Dobie 5 #2S Kyle Sauder 6 #17 Jared Hortsman 7 #49 Shawn Dancer 8 #77x Alex Hill 9 #16 Ryan Ruhl 10 #10J Jarrod DeLong 11 #11 Tim Allison 12 #18 Todd Heuerman 13 #24 Koby Allison 14 #7J Joe Swanson 15 #85 Dustin Daggett 16 #77 Zane DeVault 17 #22D Aaron Robnolte 18 #19 Colby Womer 19 #11N Ed Neumeister 20 #15 Brandon Ferguson 4/21
• New Egypt Speedway NJ)NEWS...1 #14 Eric Jennings 2 #4F Karl Freyer 3 #51 Bobby Tursillo 4 #83 Larry McVay 5 #62 Brian Spencer 6 #56 Jermain Godshall 7 #74 Duane Nixon 8 #3H Heidi Hedin 9 #8 Larry Drake 10 #02 Rich Mellor 11 #17 TJ Lilly 12 #75 Paul Comstock 4/21
• Port Royal Speedway PA)URC...1 #5W Lucas Wolfe 2 #M1 Mark Smith 3 #44S Trey Starks 4 #27 Greg Hodnett 5 #3Z Brock Zearfoss 6 #63 Josh Weller 7 #66 Ryan Kissinger 8 #29 Jason Shultz 9 #39 Eric Parker 10 #2 Bill Balog 11 #67W Justin Whittal 12 #35 Chad Layton 13 #5G Curt Michael 14 #55 Alex Vigneaux 15 #1W Eric Tomecek 16 #77L Derek Locke 17 #19 Steven Drevicki 18 #22B Troy Betts 19 #4 Jimmy Stitzel 20 #28 Keith Prutzman 21 #42E Ed Stada 22 #91 David Quackenbush 23 #08 Jason Clauss 24 #9 Ryan LinderCentral PA  4/21
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Over 90 total sprint cars filled the pits at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night for Open Wheel Madness featuring action for the 410 sprints, URC Sprints and the 305 sprint cars. Winners on the night were Brock Zearfoss in 410s, Kyle Smith in 305s and Lucas Wolfe in URC for what was a photo finish. 4/21
• Knoxville Raceway IA)410...1 #2KS AUSTIN MCCARL 2 #55 BROOKE TATNELL 3 #24 TERRY MCCARL 4 #2C WAYNE JOHNSON 5 #09 MATT JUHL 6 #7W TASKER PHILLIPS 7 #83 JUSTIN HENDERSON 8 #56N DAVEY HESKIN 9 #71A RJ JOHNSON 10 #9 RAGER PHILLIPS 11 #7 CARSON MCCARL 12 #49 JOSH SCHNEIDERMAN 13 #44 CHRIS MARTIN 14 #12 LYNTON JEFFREY 15 #19 BOB WEUVE 16 #75 GLEN SAVILLE 17 #20 AJ MOELLER 18 #5J JAMIE BALL 19 #4 DAKOTA HENDRICKSON 20 #15 BOBBY MINCER 21 #85 CHASE WANNER 4/21
• Knoxville Raceway IA)360...1 #40 CLINT GARNER 2 #5J JAMIE BALL 3 #2M MATT MORO 4 #70 CALVIN LANDIS 5 #23 SETH BERGMAN 6 #15 CHRISTIAN BOWMAN 7 #95 MATT COVINGTON 8 #9 RYAN GILES 9 #3P SAWYER PHILLIPS 10 #99 SKYLAR GEE 11 #53 JOE BEAVER 12 #21 ROBBIE PRICE 13 #25 DYLAN PETERSON 14 #55 MCKENNA HAASE 15 #17 TYLER GROENENDYK 16 #9N WADE NYGAARD 17 #6 M ITCH ALEXANDER 18 #3 NATE VANHAAFTEN 19 #2D DUSTY BALLENGER 20 #76 BRAD COMEGYS 21 #40C CODY WEHRLE 22 #24N NATE MILLS 23 #4J LEE GROSZ 24 #4 JON AGAN 25 #8L TOM LENZ 26 #47 BRANT OBANION 4/21
• Eagle Raceway NE)305...1 #68+1 Jason Martin 2 #7 Toby Chapman 3 #23S Stuart Snyder 4 #12 Tyler Drueke 5 #20P Shon Pointer 6 #47 Cody Ledger 7 #91 Adam Gullion 8 #8G Jimmy Grasso 9 #4X Jason Danley 10 #14G Gene Ackland 11 #1R Matt Richards 12 #03 Shayle Bade 13 #93 Ryan King 14 #4W Nathan Weiler 15 #100 Clint Benson 16 #2J Zach Blurton 17 #54 Trey Gropp 18 #83 Austin McLean 19 #35 Trevor Grossenbacher 20 #14J Josh Riggins 4/21
• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)super sportsman...1 #30 Scott Dellinger 2 #75 Kenny Edkin 3 #8M Chris Meleason 4 #1A Chase Gutshall 5 #77 Russ Mitten 6 #70D Frankie Herr 7 #3B Mike Enders 8 #99G Scott Grace 9 #222 Jay Fannasy 10 #54 Doug Dodson 11 #7 Timmie Barrick 12 #32 Garrett Williamson 13 #58 Paul Miller 14 #05 Steve Whary 15 #23 Justin Foster 16 #83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 17 #35 John Edkin 18 #14 Nate Young 19 #6 Eric Walker 20 #L7 Todd Leonard 21 #34 Chuck Landis 22 #20W Davey Walsh 23 #2M Matt Ondeck 24 #71K Tyler Wolford 4/21
• FAST)Craig Mintz has not raced a lot the past couple of years as the Gibsonburg, Ohio native devoted his time to his business and his growing family. The two-time champion of the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series Presented by Ohio Logistics decided 2018 would be the year to once again go after a series title and it got off to a great start as he scored a thrilling victory Saturday, April 21 at Fremont Speedway. Race Results 4/21
• Fremont Speedway OH)A week ago Craig Mintz flipped his 410 c.i. sprint car to start his season. The Gibsonburg, Ohio driver redeemed himself in a huge way to open Fremont Speedway's 68th season Saturday, claiming a thrilling victory on Smith Family Food Night. "The Track that Action Built" bumped up starting time by nearly four hours due to a cold forecast and the large crowd was treated to very entertaining racing. Race Results 4/21

1:30pm

RESULTS....

• USCS)Danny Smith from Chillicothe, Ohio took advantage of his K&N Filters Pole Position to race away to his career-second USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters 30-lap A-Main win at Crossville Speedway on Friday night. The amazing veteran driver set another milestone for himself by also making it 44 seasons in a row he has won at least one sprint car A-Main event with the win. Smith lead every lap of the main event to punctuate the feat as well. USCS 4/21
• USAC)Craig Carroll of Collinsville, Okla. won Friday night's 25-lap USAC Wingless Sprints Oklahoma feature at Creek County Speedway. He led the final 23 laps after passing David McDuffee on lap three. Zach Chappell, Kyle Clark, Michael Day and Alex DeCamp rounded out the "top-five." The series continues May 11 at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla. USAC 4/21
• NARC KWS)Kyle Hirst came out on the winning end of a frantic open wheel battle with brother-in-law Willie Croft and Tanner Thorson to capture Friday’s thrilling 30-lap King of the West-NARC Fujitsu sprint car headliner at Ocean Speedway. It was three-time series champion’s 25th career series victory, this one piloting the Roth Motorsports H & R Livestock Transportation KPC sprinter. King of the West/NARC 4/21
• POWRi)When the dust settled, Tucker Klaasmeyer notched two career-firsts in the same night at Belle-Clair Speedway. Adding his name to the lengthy list of Knepper Memorial victors, Klaasmeyer claimed his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League win and the 27th Annual Arnie Knepper Memorial. Race Results 4/21
• Must See Racing)At the end of a marathon night that was anything but easy, Jimmy McCune cruised to his milestone 25th Must See Racing Sprint Car Series win at Anderson Motor Speedway. McCune led all 50 laps for the second year running, completing a hat trick of victories at the three-eighths-mile South Carolina oval. The three-time defending series champion has now led 139 consecutive laps at AMS in Must See Racing competition, winning in each of the last three years. Race Results 4/21
• US 36 Raceway MO)IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars: 1. 12T Tyler Drueke 2. 7 Toby Chapman 3. 2J Zach Blurton (Heat Race Winner) 4. 1R Matt Richards 5. 57B Boyd Peterson 6. 292 Chad Jarrett 7. 19 Dustin Reeh4/21
• Accord Speedway NY)WRWD Radio NEWS Sprint Cars: Bob Tersillo, Mick D'Agostino, Heidi Hedin, Dan Malley, Mark Connoly, Jordan Lawrence, Andrew Davis 4/21

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• Sprint Car Bandits)TONIGHT’S RACING 4/21 at LONESTAR SPEEDWAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. We just can’t seem to shake this pesky and repetitive ‘weekend’ stormy weather pattern the past four weekends. See attached graphic from NOAA, as the area is under the gun for heavy rain and possible severe storms rolling in mid-afternoon through midnight tonight. NEXT UP for the SPRINT CAR BANDITS: SAT. APRIL 28th $2,000/win and $300/start at SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA SPEEDWAY in ARDMORE, OK! Plus SOS divisions racing! No SCB license fee! 4/21

3:30am

RESULTS....

• Photos)Shots from MOWA Jacksonville IL by Mark Funderburk & All Stars Attica OH by Wayne Riegle & Mike Campbell are in SpeedShotz 4/21
• Ocean Speedway CA)NARC KWS...1 #83 Kyle Hirst 2 #21X Shane Golobic 3 #88N D.J. Netto 4 #0 Bud Kaeding 5 #41 Dominic Scelzi 6 #121 Justin Sanders 7 #37 Mitchell Faccinto 8 #68 Chase Johnson 9 #00 Jason Statler 10 #8 Jeremy Chisum 11 #3C Tanner Thorson 12 #16A Colby Copeland 13 #57X Dustin Golobic 14 #46 Kurt Nelson 15 #25 Bobby McMahan 16 #29 Willie Croft 17 #98 Sean Watts 18 #78 Mark Barroso 19 #10 Mathew Moles 20 #26 Billy Aton 21 #57 Giovanni Scelzi 22 #28 Nathan Rolfe 4/21
• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)360...1 #22L Garen Linder 2 #92 Andy Forsberg 3 #3 J.J. Hickle 4 #75 Sean Becker 5 #21W Jake Wheeler 6 #22 Mason Moore 7 #18 Kalib Henry 8 #21 Michael Ing 9 #7H Jake Haulot 10 #1B Chelsea Blevins 11 #5N Seth Nunes 12 #73C Cody Fendley 13 #55 Cody Hodgson 14 #8 Devon Borden 15 #91C Shawn Conde 16 #7 John Carney 17 #7K Kenny Allen 18 #57B Bobby Butler 19 #7B Brent Bjork 4/21
• Attica Raceway Park OH)It's hard to believe in his hall of fame career Jac Haudenschild has only won one feature at Attica Raceway Park. "The Wild Child" added a second Friday in dramatic fashion, holding off Lee Jacobs to score his 31st career Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobile 1 win during the Core & Main Spring Nationals Presented by Fisher Performance. Race Results 4/21

Friday  April 20th

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. Barbara Bush

11:55pm

RESULTS....

• World of Outlaws)Daryn Pittman has had a slow start to the 2018 season. That all changed Friday night at Riverside International Speedway, when the Owasso, OK native picked up his 73rd career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory, moving him into 10th all-time on the Series win list. Pittman’s Kasey Kahne Racing teammate Brad Sweet came from ninth to finish second, with Paul McMahan completing the podium. 4/20
• Must See Racing)Jimmy McCune wins in Williamston SC. 4/20
• ASCS Red River)4/20/2018 at Creek County Speedway ASCS Red River Region A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [5]; 2. 95-Matt Covington, [2]; 3. 22-Sean McClelland, [1]; 4. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [6]; 5. 03-Joe Wood Jr, [4]; 6. 23-Seth Bergman, [3]; 7. 9$-Kyle Clark, [14]; 8. 52-Blake Hahn, [15]; 9. 15D-Andrew Deal, [18]; 10. 08-Cannon McIntosh, [19]; 11. 2X-Michael Day, [16]; 12. 8-Alex Sewell, [9]; 13. 20G-Jake Greider, [20]; 14. 53-Brett Wilson, [7]; 15. 8M-Kade Morton, [17]; 16. 11G-Mike Goodman, [8]; 17. 79-Tim Kent, [10]; 18. 94L-Layne Himebaugh, [11]; 19. 7M-Chance Morton, [13]; 20. 2-Mickey Walker, [12] ASCS4/20
• POWRi)Belleville IL....Tucker Klaasmeyer wins the POWRi National Midget feature at Belle-Clair 1 #27 TUCKER KLAASMEYER 2 #71 RYAN ROBINSON 3 #7F ANDREW FELKER 4 #51B JOE B MILLER 5 #00 GRADY CHANDLER 6 #39BC ZEB WISE 7 #67K HOLLY SHELTON 8 #67 LOGAN SEAVEY 9 #76E KYLE CRAKER 10 #5D ZACH DAUM 11 #3N JAKE NEUMAN 12 #91 TYLER NELSON 13 #28M ACE MCCARTHY 14 #71K TANNER CARRICK 15 #57D DANIEL ROBINSON 16 #72 SAM JOHNSON 17 #7 AUSTIN BROWN 18 #77 PAYTON PIERCE 19 #21KS KARTER SARFF 20 #16C DAVID CAMFIELD JR 21 #32 TREY MARCHAM 22 #9K KYLE SCHUETT4/20
• MOWA)Jacksonville IL...Scotty Thiel wins Tony Stewart 2nd Joey Moughan 3rd Jacob Patton, Jake Blackhurst,Brinton Marvel, Ryan Jamison, Ryan Bunton, Mike Terry Jr, Dustin Barks 4/20
• USAC)Jessica Bean of Farmland, Ind. scored her ninth career USAC feature victory in Friday night's 35-lap Eastern Speed2 Midget race at Anderson Motor Speedway. Johnny Bridges led the first 19 laps and finished second while Bean led the final 16 laps for the win. Neal Allison, fast qualifier Sam Hatfield and Nolan Allison rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag.
• Gas City I-69 Speedway IN)Top 5... 1.) Shane Cottle 2.) Jarret Andretti 3.) Kyle Robbins 4.) Isaac Chapple 5.) Brandon Morin 4/20
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Brock Zearfoss of Jonestown pickeup his first win of the season Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, claiming $3,600 in the 410 sprint car feature while Chase Dietz picked up the win in the 358 sprint main event. Invader Bill Balog of Hartford, Wisconsin, earned the pole for the 25-lap main for the 410 sprints and zoomed into command when action began.Central PA 4/20
• Brownstown Speedway IN)Kevin Thomas Jr. wins the No Way Out 40 with Brady Bacon 2nd...4/20
• All Stars)The “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild certainly lived up to his nickname on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park, and at 60 years of age, the Wooster, Ohio, native is still padding a racing resume that now includes 31 Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victories. 4/20
• SSO)Ardmore OK...1 #20 CHAD WILSON 2 #33 GARY OWENS 3 #27 ANDY SHOUSE 4 #29 BLAKE DACUS 5 #911 TY WILLIAMS 6 #88S SHAYLA WADDELL 7 #16S SHANE SELLERS 8 #98 JEFFRY JOHNSON 9 #17E MATT ETZELMILLER 10 #50 CODY WHITWORTH 11 #25 TJ HERRELL 12 #21 MICHELLE MELTON 13 #78 TANNER CONN 14 #29B DUANE BAKER 15 #24 CODY HAYS 16 #6 TRAVIS SCOTT 17 #54 ROBERT SELLARS 18 #29s BLAKE SCOTT 19 #39 STERLING HOFF 20 #32K CHRIS KELLY 21 #80 LOYD CLEVENGER 4/20
• Trail Way Speedway PA)358....1 #66A Cody Fletcher 2 #44 Dylan Norris 3 #12 Mike Bittinger 4 #51 Austen Treuchet 5 #8 Kenny Kuhn 6 #511 John Sharpe 7 #39 JB Cunningham 8 #35 Steve Owings 9 #77K Steven Kisamore 10 #10T Brody Treaster 11 #77 David Holbrook 12 #14C Dave Carlberg 4/20

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• Lernerville Speedway PA)Races were cancelled due to wet grounds. 4/20
• Knoxville Raceway IA)Over 45 cars participated in Friday's practice night at Knoxville. Quickest lap of the night unofficially went to Davey Heskin at 14.779 seconds. Calvin Landis led the led the 360's with a lap of 15.734 seconds. The 305’s were led unofficially by Kade Higday’s 16.511 seconds. The night was not without incident, Chase Wanner rolled over in turn one towards the end of the practice session.BillW's Knoxville News  4/20
• Knoxville Raceway IA)EARLY START TIME TOMORROW - April 21 Reminder - to beat the cold temperatures late at night, hot laps for the Pella Motors/Kraig Ford Season Opener on Saturday, April 21 will start at 5:30pm, ET! Pit gates will open at 2pm and grandstands will open at 5pm. Tell all of your friends so no one misses any of the action! 4/20
• USAC)Montpelier Motor Speedway officials have made the decision to cancel this Saturday's USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event due to saturated grounds, including standing water in the parking lot and pit area, plus unseasonably cool temperatures over the last few days and nights. The Montpelier race was to have been the Midwest opener for the series, which now focuses on next weekend's Indiana doubleheader, Friday, April 27 at Bloomington Speedway and Saturday, April 28 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt. Additionally, USAC's big weekend concludes with the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series dirt opener Sunday, April 29 at the Terre Haute Action Track. 4/20

12:50pm

PRESS....

• Column)Ron Rodda has California micro sprint news From the Grandstand4/20
• Column)Duane Hancock has Attica Raceway Park notesTri-State Outlook 4/20
• Ernie Saxton Motorsports)Why is much of grassroots racing struggling? That is a question often asked and being addressed by Attorney Michael K. Spotts in the just released latest edition of Ernie Saxton’s Motorsports Sponsorship Marketing News. Spotts offered his thoughts on the situation and ideas on correcting the grassroots problems. He calls on Major League Racing to help Grassroots racing and an improved Grassroots will be a big help in attracting fans, media support and sponsorship for tracks, organizations and racers. Press Releases 4/20
• CRSA)In just about one week’s time the stars and cars of the SuperGen Products with Champion Power Equipment CRSA Sprint Car Series will hit the track to kick off the 2018 racing season. The 13th season for the CRSA will kick off at the Fonda Speedway on Saturday April 28th in what has become the traditional season opener for the RaceSaver 305 series. The series returns to the Track of Champions on June 30th and September 15th. Press Releases 4/20
• USAC)Slipping by “The Bull” Tye Mihocko on the last lap, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. (Buckeye, Arizona) won last Saturday’s “Cotton Classic” at Central Arizona Speedway. For Davis, the 30-lap triumph was his second $1,500 Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car victory of the campaign. Mihocko, Jason McDougal, Josh Pelkey, and hard charger Chris Bonneau rounded out the top-five drivers.USAC 4/20
• USAC)Taking command after mechanical woes sidelined Ryan Bernal, Alex Schutte (Redding, California) scored last Saturday’s victory at Tulare’s Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway. With the $1,200 Light Up the World USAC Western States Midget presented by CBD Living Water win, the 2010 Champion leads to point chase heading to Santa Maria. Hard charger Austin Liggett, Cory Elliott, fast qualifier Shannon McQueen, and Robert Dalby followed Schutte to the checkered flags.USAC 4/20
• Wilmot Raceway WI)The Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter has had its' 2018 season opener pushed back a week creating a doubleheader April 28-29. Wilmot Raceway will host the season opener for the IRA sanctioned series on Saturday April 28th. The very next day, Sunday April 29th, will have the 4th year group at Beaver Dam Raceway for the make up date for the originally scheduled April 21st Wipperfurth Memorial. Joing the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints will be the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and the Badger Midgets.4/20
• Wisconsin wingLESS)The Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter has had its' 2018 season opener pushed back a week creating a doubleheader April 28-29. Wilmot Raceway will host the season opener for the IRA sanctioned series on Saturday April 28th. The very next day, Sunday April 29th, will have the 4th year group at Beaver Dam Raceway for the make up date for the originally scheduled April 21st Wipperfurth Memorial. Joing the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints will be the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and the Badger Midgets.4/20
• IRA)The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series event scheduled for the Saturday, April 21st at Beaver Dam Raceway has been postponed until Sunday April 29th, with an early start time. The Beaver Dam area has been hit with over a foot of snow in the past week. Warmer temps are coming and hopes are high to kick off the IRA Outlaw Sprints point season. The 410 A-main pays $3000 to the winner. Hot Laps for the annual Wipperfurth Memorial are slated for 3:30. Joining the program are IRA's Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter, and the Badger Midgets in all open wheel spectacular. 4/20

Thursday  April 19th

I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do. James Franco

11:00pm

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• Jamie Ball)Inside Line Promotions clients Jamie Ball and Dominic Scelzi each captured their first feature win of the season last weekend. Ball led the distance on Friday to score his first-ever triumph at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., with the Carpet Land Nebraska 360 Sprints. Press Releases 4/19
• Caleb Helms)Ohio native and sprint car racing veteran Shane Helms is working hard on a pair of marquee Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions events. Helms is promoting the Bob Hampshire Classic and the Rick Ferkel Classic, which are events that honor two local legends who have helped the sport thrive in Ohio. Press Releases 4/19
• Chris Andrews)Chris Andrews picked right back up where he left off in 2017 when he was a consistent top-10 finisher. Andrews opened his 410ci winged sprint car season last Friday at Attica Raceway Park, where he was division champion in 2017, by recording a solid seventh-place finish. "It was the first race of the season and we were getting everything sorted out," he said. "We need more races, but we finished the year strong last season, making up a lot of ground setup wise, and it has transferred to this year." Press Releases 4/19
• FLO Racing)Scotty Thiel has put up some championship-caliber numbers the last couple of years with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Outlaw Sprint Series. Last season, he won four times and had 23 top 10 finishes, with 17 of those being top five performances in 29 starts.https://www.floracing.com/ 4/19
• Prime Time Live)Mother Nature appears to be calming down this weekend for the first time this season, which is great news for race fans across the United States. That gives the green light for short-track events from coast to coast to be contested and RacinBoys is showcasing a one-stop spot to be up to date throughout the action as PRIME TIME Live Coast to Coast brought to you by McCarthy Auto Group will air this Friday and Saturday night. Press Releases 4/19
• Patriot Sprints)Due to wet grounds and cold weather, Merrittville Speedway has been forced to cancel this Saturday's Spring Sizzler. A makeup date is being discussed. Outlaw Speedway management has reached out to the Patriot Sprint Tour and a $125, $75 and $50 bonus will be distributed to the first three PST finishers in Saturday's 360 sprint car A-Main. No PST points will be distributed for this event. Press Releases 4/19
• Aaron Reutzel)The off-season hard work and preparation is paying early dividends for Aaron Reutzel and the Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports No. 87 Sprint Car team with a strong start to the All Star Circuit of Champions season in central Pennsylvania last weekend. Press Releases 4/19
• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)Mother Nature continues her domination of Dodge City Raceway Park in 2018 with Saturday’s scheduled event atop the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas postponed due to inclement weather. With forecasts of excessive rain and frigid temperatures, Saturday’s Sixth Annual Modified Stampede has been rescheduled for Saturday night, May 19. The event will feature a $750 winner’s share for IMCA Modifieds with Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks in action as well. Press Releases 4/19
• Brad Doty Classic)Weld Racing has long been an innovator when it comes to, well, making the racing world go round and round. Weld Racing wheels have been providing strength and delivering on performance for 50 years and now has come on board as the marketing partner for the Last Chance Showdown during the 30th Annual Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic Presented by Racing Optics. Press Releases 4/19
• Fremont Speedway OH)To take advantage of the warmer temperatures in the afternoon, Fremont Speedway has moved up it's gate and race times for opening day, Saturday, April 21 for Smith Family Food Night. All gates will open at 1 p.m. with racing slated to get underway at 3:30 p.m. "We have fantastic fans and race teams and we don't want them to have to endure the colder evening temperatures," said Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer. "If you look at the hourly forecast it's in the 50s by race time." Press Releases 4/19
• Tyler Courtney)Coming off the heels of his third overall win of the young season in last weekend’s Kokomo Grand Prix, Tyler Courtney gets back into Sprint Car action with a pair of Indiana events this weekend. “Sunshine” and the Clauson-Newman-Marshall Racing Priority Aviation No. 7bc Sprint Car team will take a shot at Friday night’s “No Way Out 40” $10,000 winner’s share at Brownstown Speedway before resuming USAC National Sprint Car action at Montpelier Motor Speedway on Saturday night.Press Releases 4/19
• Limaland Motorsports Park OH)A week of snow, rain, saturated grounds and temperatures into the 30’s with no drying time has prompted Limaland Motorsports Park to cancel the “Season Opening Shootout” Presented by Smith Boughan Mechanical, Friday, April 20th. Limaland Motorsports Park will open for its 83rd year of racing on Friday, April 27th for “spring Fling” Presented by S&S Volvo. 4/19
• Kyle Bellm)Kyle Bellm and the Nixa, Missouri based No. 14k Sprint Car team fire back into action with Friday night’s ASCS Red River Region card atop the ¼-mile Creek County Speedway clay oval near Tulsa, OK. It will mark the first action for the Greenworks Nursery/Landscapes Awarded team since opening the season with 81 Speedway’s Air Capital Shootout near Wichita, KS, on March 30-31 where he raced to a top-ten finish in the opening leg of the double. Press Releases 4/19
• Cannon McIntosh)Already with a Midget feature win to his credit last year, 15-year-old Cannon McIntosh makes another big step by making his Sprint Car debut at Friday night’s ASCS Red River Region event atop Sapulpa, Oklahoma’s Creek County Speedway clay oval. Press Releases 4/19

12:45pm

RESULTS....

• USAC East Coast)Steven Drevicki of Reading, Pa. led all 25 laps to win Wednesday night's "Battle of the Bay Race 1" inaugural USAC East Coast Sprint race at Delaware International Speedway. Eddie Strada took the runner-up spot, ahead of Mark Bitner, Ryan Godown and Joey Biasi. Drevicki and Bitner won heat races. The series continues May 18 at Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville Pa.USAC 4/19

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• World of Outlaws)As the World of Outlaws prepares for the grueling mid-season months of the 40th Anniversary season, the drivers are chasing Donny Schatz as he looks to collect his 10th Series title. Through a rain-infested month of March, the World of Outlaws has only had four different winners to start the season. The aforementioned Schatz has four wins to open the season, but alongside him are three new first-time Outlaw winners. Considering the last two seasons had a combined five first-time winners, three through a Mother Nature-influenced start to the season is quite remarkable. DIRT/World of Outlaws 4/19
• SOD)Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP proudly announces that Motul Motor Oil will partner with SOD for the new Motul Leader of the Pack bonus program for 2018. The 2018 Motul Leader of the Pack will consist of four stages. Stage 1 is April 28 through the end of May, stage 2 is all June dates, stage 3 is all July dates, and stage 4 is all August dates plus September 1. Each stage finish is based on SOD points earned during the stage. The Motul Leader of the Pack Champion will be the driver with the best average finishing position for all stages. The Motul Leader of the Pack will pay a five-place point fund with the champion earning $1,000. Press Releases 4/19
• Waynesfield Raceway Park OH)The 14th season of racing at the famed 1/3rd mile kicks off this Saturday, April 21st at Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio. Saturday’s season opener will feature four divisions of racing including the return of Quest Federal Credit Union Non Wing Sprints, Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints, Block Insurance Tough Trucks, and the Indian Lake Outfitter Compacts. Due to cold temperatures, all times will be pushed back one hour for the 2018 season opener. Pit side gates open at 3PM; grandstands at 4PM. Drivers will see the track for the first time at 5PM with the first green flag of the night flying at 6PM.Press Releases 4/19
• USAC CRA)After battling at Tulare, the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars are back in action this Saturday, April 21st, at Perris Auto Speedway.” Promoted by Don Kazarian, the annual “Sokola Shootout” is the 205th USAC/CRA “home track” event and will also feature the PAS Senior Sprint Cars and the PAS Young Gun Sprint Cars. The spectator gates at the American Cancer Society Night Benefiting the Up, Down 'n Dirty 4 a Cure Mud Run will open at 5:00pm and racing at "America's Premier Dirt Track" will start at 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.perrisautospeedway.com or call 951.940.0134.USAC 4/19
• USAC CRA)Last Saturday night, Austin Liggett (Tracy, California) secured the lead on lap fifteen and powered to his first career AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car victory. Facing changing track conditions at Tulare’s Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway, Liggett became the 68th driver to earn a series win and earned $3,000 for his efforts. Fast qualifier Richard Vander Weerd, Brody Roa, “The Demon” Damion Gardner, and hard charger Jake Swanson rounded out the top-five drivers.USAC 4/19
• Lucas Oil Speedway MO)It's just a little more than two weeks until the first taste of open-wheel thrills at Lucas Oil Speedway. The 7th annual Impact Signs Awnings and Wraps Open Wheel Showdown is set for May 5 and it will be a triple treat for open-wheel fans. On the program will be the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Winged Sprints Presented by Impact Signs Awnings & Wraps along with the ASCS Red River Region Winged Sprint Cars; the Lucas Oil POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Press Releases 4/19
• Shane Stewart)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series is set to take on three different tracks in three different states this weekend and for the first time this season, it doesn't look like weather will play a factor. On Friday, Kyle Larson Racing and Shane Stewart will take on Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., followed up by the Spring Classic at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., on Saturday. They will then wrap it up Sunday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.Press Releases 4/19
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Wednesday  April 18th

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. Conan O'Brien
 

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• POWRi)This weekend the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League take to the high-banked 1/5the mile of Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, April 20th for the 27th Annual Knepper Memorial. Friday's show will be the first of five events throughout 2018 for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets and one of six for the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League. Saturday, April 21st the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will cross over the Mississippi River and head to the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 to run alongside the World of Outlaws. Press Releases 4/18
• Tommy Bryant)Tommy Bryant is chomping at the bit to get back behind the wheel of the SawBlade.com backed Cooper Motorsports machine. The plan is for Bryant to make his season debut this Saturday during an ASCS Gulf South Region race at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, as long as Mother Nature cooperates. Press Releases 4/18
• Sammy Swidell)Sammy Swindell will make his 410ci winged sprint car season debut this weekend with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Swindell and car owner A.G. Rains received a rebuilt engine this week and will put it to the test on Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. If all goes well the team will head to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., on Saturday for the Spring Classic. Assuming that night is positive, the weekend will wrap up on Sunday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. Press Releases 4/18
• Zach Blurton)Though the weather has limited him to just one race so far in 2018, Zach Blurton is excited to show what his new car can do as he plans to return to action this Saturday at Eagle Raceway. "The only race we've gotten in I was very encouraged with how the new car handled," he said. "We went to a practice a few weeks ago and I left the car loose the first time out and the track was a little wet and it was great. Before we went back out I told my dad to put the 94 tire on to tighten the car up as the track had dried out some and he said it was already on. I knew right then we have a great car. It acts just like our old reliable chassis." Press Releases 4/18
• Trey Starks)Trey Starks progressed throughout a pair of Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions races in Central Pennsylvania last weekend. The Gobrecht Motorsports pilot opened the weekend on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, where he timed in second quickest in his group, placed fifth in a heat race and won the B Main to transfer into the back of the main event. "I got a bad start and lost a few spots so I had to get those back plus the additional ones we got," he said. "We ran really good laps in the A Main and we had good speed." Press Releases 4/18
• Shawn Dancer)Mother Nature hasn't been kind to open-wheel racing so far this spring. Shawn Dancer is hoping that turns around this weekend as the K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders season is set to begin on Friday at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio. Press Releases 4/18
• Brandon Hanks)Brandon Hanks is looking forward to a pair of elbows-up tracks this weekend when he will make his season debut with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Hanks will compete on Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., and on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., during the Spring Classic. Press Releases 4/18
• Joe Trenca)Joe Trenca's season opener was short-lived last Saturday at Port Royal Speedway, where a problem with the rear end during qualifying ended his night early. The Mucci Motorsports team fixed the problem in the shop this week and look to rebound during a pair of races this weekend. Trenca will compete with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints on Saturday at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, N.Y., before venturing to Selinsgrove Speedway in Selinsgrove, Pa., on Sunday. Press Releases 4/18
• Civil War)One of the most exciting tracks in California will get a visit from the storied Civil War Series pres. by Flowmaster on Saturday night as the long running series will make it’s first ever appearance at the high banked 1/3 mile oval in Tulare, CA alongside the King of the West-NARC 410 series. Saturday night’s inaugural visit to the central valley’s speed plant will mark the first of two visits by the series in 2018 with the second coming quick as the action will pick back up on May 5th. Press Releases 4/18
• Parker Price-Miller)Getting back to Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions pres. by Mobil1 action for the first time since Florida over the weekend, Parker Price-Miller and Destiny Motorsports recorded a 12th place finish on Friday night at Williams Grove before a trying night at Port Royal Speedway saw the team finish 21st. “We had good speed at times both nights, but I made a couple of mistakes that cost us a Top-10 on Friday,” Parker Price-Miller said. “Saturday night we were good early and then we just struggled, but it was the type or surface we are working to get better on so we will learn from it and build.” Press Releases 4/18
• GW Racing)Getting back to action in Tulare, CA with the Western States RaceSaver’s, Marcus Thomas and Jacob Pacheco would pilot potent GWR entries and record fourth and 17th place finishes. Texas native Marcus Thomas would get things going by timing the Speedway Motors/CS9 No. 95 machine in third quickest in time trials. Press Releases 4/18
• Brody Roa)Brody Roa returned to action in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series last Saturday night and placed third in the main event at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. The finish propelled him from sixth to second in the championship standings heading into this Saturday’s race at Perris Auto Speedway. A week after his win at the nearby Keller Auto Speedway in Hanford, the Garden Grove based driver and his team made the 200 mile trek to Tulare for the series only appearance of the year. Nineteen other cars were on hand for the first USAC/CRA race at the Thunderbowl since 2013. When qualifying came to a conclusion, Roa timed in third quick with a lap of 16.021. He then came from sixth starting spot to place second in his 10-lap heat race. Press Releases 4/18
• Buddy Kofoid)With the warmest weather of the year on deck this weekend Penngrove, CA’s Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Van Dyke Motorsports will travel north to the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on Friday, followed by the $10,000-to-win Asparagus Cup at the Stockton Dirt Track this Saturday. Press Releases 4/18
• Accord Speedway NY)Last week the Accord Speedway hosted what would be their lone test and tune session with close to ninety cars signing in to dial in their racing equipment and prepare for the 2018 racing season. Promoters Gary and Donna Palmer deemed the test and tune to be quite a successful evening and will now focus their attention to opening night at their pristine quarter mile speedway this coming Friday evening, April 20th with seven divisions of racing slated to go to the post. The exciting evening of speed will be sponsored by Fast Signs from Kingston, New York www.fastsigns.com Press Releases 4/18
• Tommy Tarlton)Staying busy to open the 2018 season, Tommy Tarlton was in action on Friday night at Ocean Speedway and put on a hard charge to advance from his 15th starting position to score a sixth place finish. “The track was pretty tricky early in the night with all the rain they had and it made things difficult on us early,” Tarlton said. “Paul Baines worked his tail off to give me a great car and we were able to put on a hard charge in the ‘A’.” Press Releases 4/18
• All Stars)With their first visit to the Buckeye State ending before it could begin, ultimately called off due to wet weather and cold temperatures, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will try again this Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, with visits to Attica Raceway Park and Wayne County Speedway, respectively, first invading the highbanks of Attica Raceway Park for the rescheduled Core & Main Spring Nationals presented by Fisher Performance.All Stars 4/18
• ASCS Red River)The weekend lineup for the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Red River Region presented by Smiley's Racing Products has been updated. Officials at Caney Valley Speedway have made the call to postpone their event on Saturday, April 21.ASCS 4/18

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• Tri-State Speedway IN)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will be racing at Tri-State Speedway this Sunday April 22nd. Racing which was scheduled to be held on the original date last weekend had to be postponed because of rain. The UMP Open Wheel Modifieds will also be in competition as the speedway presents its 2018 season opener.  Press Releases 4/19
• KSE Racing Products)With various parts of the country getting racing action in over the weekend, KSE Racing Products did their part in aiding drivers to victory lane. Dominic Scelzi out dueled his younger brother Gio in Stockton, CA. With his machine equipped with KSE Racing Products, Scelzi was able to score the win during the Jimmy Sills Classic. Press Releases 4/18
• USAC)It took six decades for the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars to make their Montpelier Motor Speedway debut. Now, after two successful events in 2016 and 2017 and, following an unforgettable tilt just less than seven months ago, the waiting is over and the anticipations is on as the series makes its return trip to the quarter-mile dirt oval this Saturday, April 21. In that event last fall, Greenfield, Indiana's C.J. Leary admitted he was content to run third late in the going. However, after a late-race red flag, Leary's newfound spirit saw him split between heavy-hitters Chris Windom and Kevin Thomas, Jr. on the back straightaway of the final lap to emerge with a stunning victory.USAC 4/18
• ESS)With inclement weather and unseasonably cold temperatures blanketing the Northeast and continuing until Friday, Outlaw Speedway promoter Tyler Siri has moved the Outlaw Sprint Nationals which includes the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) season opener to Saturday afternoon. Right now the forecast for Saturday is showing mostly sunny skies with the temps near 50 making for much better conditions. Coming off a very successful practice last Friday, Siri wants to make sure all is good for his annual opener. Press Releases 4/18
• Monty Ferriera)Precision Water Systems sprint car driver Monty Ferriera would show impressive pace by scoring a top-5 finish at round 3 of the IMCA Western Racesaver Sprint Series series at Thunderbowl Raceway. Following a disappointing weekend in New Mexico, Ferriera was hoping to bounce back at his favorite track in Tulare, California. Ferriera would begin the day by qualifying his Precision Water Systems sprint car 5th in the 21-car field, gridding him into heat 1 where he would come home in fourth place. A steady drive in the main event would net Ferrirera a solid 5th place, his second top-5 in as many races in the championship. Press Releases 4/18
• All Stars)With their first visit to the Buckeye State ending before it could begin, ultimately called off due to wet weather and cold temperatures, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will try again this Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, with visits to Attica Raceway Park and Wayne County Speedway, respectively, first invading the highbanks of Attica Raceway Park for the rescheduled Core & Main Spring Nationals presented by Fisher Performance. All Stars 4/18
• Placerville Speedway CA)As has traditionally been the case during the Tribute to Al Hinds the three track regulars at Placerville Speedway will be racing for elevated prize money this Saturday April 21. The Thompson’s Auto Group Winged 360 Sprint Cars will award $2,000-to-win/ $1,500 for second and $1,200 for third. Press Releases 4/18
• CRSA)The SuperGen Products with Champion Power Equipment CRSA Sprint Car Series is set to kick off their season with the traditional season opener at the Fonda Speedway in just over a week’s time. When the winged warriors of the CRSA roll into the Montgomery County Fairgrounds they will bring a host of dedicated marketing partners. Press Releases 4/18
• US 36 Raceway MO)Big wings equals big excitement as the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars take to the high banks this Friday Night at US 36 Raceway Dirt Track. Big names of the sport will enter the fast 3/8ths mile of dirt trying to claim that all impressive trip to Lake Road Warehouse Victory Lane and embed their name in history. Feel the earth shake and the ground rumble as these gladiators circle the speedway with expertise and talent second to none for the first time ever on the track made for Sprint Cars. Press Releases 4/18
• Indy Race Parts)It was finally race day for alot of our customers and we would like to congratulate our, #winningIRPcustomers who won over the weekend: Tyler Courtney with Clauson Marshall Racing! For more info on IRP visit our website, www.indyraceparts.com or find us on Facebook or Twitter, @indyraceparts. 4/18
• Park Jefferson Speedway SD)With snow falling Wednesday morning at Park Jefferson, officials have once again been forced to push back the season opener. The 2018 racing season will now kick off with the largest sprint car show in the history of the Siouxland as Pepsi presents the $10,000 to win South Dakota Sprint Car Nationals sanctioned by the MSTS. The unique format will feature twin qualifying heats on Friday followed by features on Saturday. Joining them both days will be the IMCA Sprint Cars racing for the weekly purse on Friday and $750 to win on Saturday along with the IMCA Sport Modifieds. On Friday, the IMCA Stock Cars and Sport Compacts will also join the card and on Saturday the IMCA Modifieds and Hobby Stocks will get kick their season off. As this is opening event, all divisions will be running with a draw re/draw format both nights. Follow along for updates on Park Jefferson Speedway at www.parkjeff.com or on facebook at www.facebook.com/parkjeffersonsd. You can contact the speedway at 712-202-5540 or by emailing adam@parkjeff.com. 4/18

Tuesday  April 17th

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• USAC East Coast)The 2018 USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series debuts tomorrow night (Wednesday) at Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, Del. The first of 10 series races will be followed by events at seven other venues, with Delaware International and Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville, Pa. hosting two races each. Other venues are Accord (N.Y.) Speedway, Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway, Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J., Path Valley Speedway Park in Spring Run, Pa. and Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, which hosts the closer August 25. USAC 4/17
• EMPA)In the years after WWII, Davey Brown and high school friend Johnny Mackison built jalopy stock cars and went racing. But it didn’t take Davey long to determine that Mackison was the far better driver, so he became Johnny’s mechanic. They quickly became an unbeatable pair and in 1953 won their first championship at Bowling Green Speedway.https://www.empaonline.org4/17
• The Cushion)T2 Digital and TheCushion.Com are extremely pleased to announce that this weekend’s King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Racing Series double-header in Watsonville and Tulare California will be broadcast LIVE on TheCushion.com with No Restrictions either night. Press Releases 4/17
• Rob Chaney)A last-lap incident in the feature race thwarted a promising 2018 opener for Rob Chaney and CH Motorsports on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. Chaney started 14th in the stout field and eventually began advancing toward the front of the field during the second half of the 30-lap race. Press Releases 4/17
• Derek Hager)Derek Hagar is going World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series racing this weekend. Hagar has leased an engine from fellow Mid-South native Jason Sides to compete on Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., and on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., during the Spring Classic. Press Releases 4/17
• Caleb Helms)Caleb Helms is looking forward to a test session on Wednesday as his team will experiment with a handful of different setup options following a frustrating weekend in Central Pennsylvania. Helms kicked off the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions competition last weekend on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg with a weird situation following his qualifying laps. Press Releases 4/17
• Alex Hill)Alex Hill is satisfied with her racing thus far this season and she is looking forward to returning to the track this weekend after having a weekend off. "We're pretty happy with our results so far this year, except for our last race when we crashed," said Hill, who had qualified for the A Main at every race this year before her most recent outing at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, where her car flipped in the heat race. Press Releases 4/17
• Robbie Price)Robbie Price will make a dream come true this Saturday when he competes at the famed Knoxville Raceway for the first time in his career. Price and BDS Motorsports are venturing to the half-mile oval in Knoxville, Iowa, on Saturday for the 65th annual season opener at 'The Sprint Car Capital of the World.' Press Releases 4/17
• Giovanni Scelzi)Giovanni Scelzi scored his first top-five result of the season last Friday before topping that by earning his first podium finish of the year on Saturday. The weekend began for Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports supported No. 41 team on Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif., during a Taco Bravo Sprints show. Scelzi qualified third quickest, finished third in a heat race and ended third in the dash to line up on the inside of the second row for the A Main. Press Releases 4/17
• Seth Bergman)Seth Bergman will tackle an ASCS Red River Region doubleheader this weekend. Bergman is scheduled to compete on Friday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., and on Saturday at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan. Press Releases 4/17
• Jack Dover)Last Friday was an eventful night for Jack Dover, who debuted a new sponsor and a fresh scheme on his No. 53 sprint car. Dover welcomed Liquid Trucking as his newest marketing partner for the 2018 season, which began at I-80 Speedway during the Spring Meltdown with the Carpet Land Nebraska 360 Sprints. Press Releases 4/17
• Jordon Mallett)Jordon Mallett is itching to garner his first feature victory of the season. Mallett has been consistent, finishing in the top 10 in every race this season and in the top five during approximately half of the shows, en route to leading the USCS Series national championship standings. Press Releases 4/17
• Zane Hendricks)A fluke issue with his race car along with rain dampened Zane Hendricks's inaugural visit to Kokomo Speedway last weekend during a USAC P1 Insurance National Midgets doubleheader. Hendricks's first laps around Kokomo Speedway in his Tucker-Boat Motorsports midget went well as he posted the second quickest time in his group during hot laps on Friday. Unfortunately, things suddenly went awry when he attempted his qualifying run. Press Releases 4/17
• OSCS)The Ohio Sprint Car Series will kick off its first season under the direction of Steven Pocock this Saturday at Atomic Speedway near Chillicothe, Ohio. It will be the first of six appearances at the high-banked facility in 2018 and one of 10 series races this year. Pocock said he is encouraged by the contact he has received from race teams and fans, noting 2018 is a building year and plans for 2019 are being put into place. Press Releases 4/17
• Brian Brown)Brian Brown is returning to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 this Saturday for the first time in nearly three years. Brown will tackle the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series event at the bullring in Pevely, Mo., marking his first appearance since May 2015. Press Releases 4/17
• Tanner Carrick)Taking part in the rain shortened Kokomo Grand Prix on Friday night in Kokomo, IN, Tanner Carrick would suffer a flat right rear tire late in the race that knocked him out of his Top-10 position and relegated him to a 17th place finish. “I was up on the curb and got up over it and it cut our right rear while running,” Tanner Carrick said. “It was great to get back to Kokomo Speedway, I just wish we could have had a better finish.” Press Releases 4/17
• Patriot Sprints)Due to cold weather forecasted this Friday, track management at Outlaw Speedway have elected to postpone the third annual Outlaw Spring Nationals to the following day, Saturday, April 21. However, the Patriots are scheduled to run at Merrittville this Saturday for the Canadian Spring Sizzler and will do so per the schedule. Press Releases 4/17
• Perris Auto Speedway CA)This Saturday night when Perris Auto Speedway hosts the annual Sokola Shootout for the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, it will mark the latest ever start for sprint cars at the track in its 23-season history. In addition to the USAC/CRA Series, The PAS Senior and Young Gun Sprint Cars will also be in action. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 P.M. with racing at 7:00. The track’s first sprint car race of the year was slated to take place seven weeks ago on March 3rd. However, the race was canceled due to rain and unusually cold temperatures. Thus, this Saturday’s race becomes The PAS 23rd sprint car season opener. Press Releases 4/17
• Stockton Dirt Track CA)The San Joaquin Asparagus Festival offers everything from food to fun and now adds Winged Sprint Car racing to the lineup for the first time. Bring your family and friends to enjoy Asparagus Alley with delicious asparagus dishes, live entertainment, Health & Wellness Fair, countless vendors, Craft Beer and Wine Pavilion, Cooking Demonstrations, Recipe Contest, Deep Fried Asparagus Eating Competition, Monster Truck rides, Kids Zone with carnival rides and games, country farm animals and much more. Press Releases 4/17
• David Gravel)Mother nature continues to be a thorn in the side of many racing series across the nation. The weekend slate of shows at Jacksonville Speedway in Illinois and Tri-State Speedway near Haubstadt, Ind. Have been rescheduled. Jacksonville will attempt their show again on June 27th while Tri-State will re-attempt on Sunday, April 22nd. Press Releases 4/17
• Blake Hahn)Taking advantage of an off weekend with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com, Blake Hahn raced close to home with a pair of top-five finishes in POWRi West Midget and Champ Sprint competition. Taking the Velocita/Parker Lee Project No. 52 to Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla. on Friday with the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midgets, Blake picked up the win in his Heat Race to start the evening. Press Releases 4/17

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• Sprint Car Bandits)The last Sprint Car Bandits series at LoneStar Speedway (LSS) in 2017 was a thriller, with 6th place starter Michael Lang tracking down Louisiana’s Dustin Gates and eventually wrestling the lead from him and taking home the win – and sealing the SCB Series title. The series returns to the 70-foot wide expanses of LoneStar THIS SATURDAY, April 21st. Joining the 360 C.I. fuel injected winged Sprint Cars will be the big LoneStar Modifieds, Factory Stocks, Limited Modifieds & FWD 4-Cylinders...all competing for excellent purse money! Press Releases 4/17
• Oswego Speedway NY)Just ahead of the 2018 racing season, Oswego Speedway and Turning Stone Resort Casino today announced the return of the very popular ‘Favorite Driver’ contest. The exciting weekly contest will kick-off on Saturday May 26, Oswego Speedway’s 68th Annual Opening Day. Press Releases 4/17
• WSS)The third season of the Wingless Sprint Series will finally get started on Saturday, April 21st, at Cottage Grove Speedway. The historic ¼-mile clay oval has hosted just one local show thus far in 2018 and that was back on March 31st. With a strong pool of local Sprint Cars to draw from there should be a healthy field of cars for the first race. “I’m really excited for the new season,’ commented two-time and defending WSS champion, Rob Lindsey, “we have a great group of drivers with us this year and are visiting some of the best tracks around.” Press Releases 4/17
• Placerville Speedway CA)With Mother Nature looking to work in its favor the Placerville Speedway is locked and loaded to finally open the Red Hawk Casino championship season this Saturday at the 15th annual Tribute to Al Hinds. Divisions set to tackle the red clay on Saturday will include the Thompson’s Auto Group Winged 360 Sprint Cars, Ltd. Late Models, Pure Stocks, BCRA Midget Lites and Vintage Hard Tops. Al Hinds was the second promoter of Placerville Speedway. He took operation of the track with business partner Richard Hirst from its founder, Bruno Romani, in 1968, three years after it first opened when the facility was built around an existing community football field. Press Releases 4/17
• Mason Moore)Mason Moore and Brian Cannon Motorsports returned to action with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour on Saturday night in Stockton, CA and their night would end in the ‘B’ Main. Getting valuable track time, Moore and company will now take part in a big weekend highlighted by Saturday night’s Asparagus Cup back at Stockton Dirt Track. Press Releases 4/17
• Lucas Ashe)Lucas Ashe had a bit of a long night on Saturday at Stockton Dirt Track during the Jimmy Sills Classic. Having some mechanical issues early in the night, Ashe would race his way out of the ‘C’, and end up recording a 13th place finish in the ‘B’. Press Releases 4/17
• Cody Lamar)After getting in a vicious wreck a couple of weeks ago, Cody Lamar was able to return to action on Saturday night with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour in Stockton, CA where he would have some bad luck again as he would be collected in an early wreck. Press Releases 4/17
• Shane Hopkins)Saturday night, Shane Hopkins would make his first appearance at Stockton Dirt Track as he took part in the Sprint Car Challenge Tour’s Jimmy Sills Classic. “It was my first time on anything other than a quarter mile and it took some getting used to,” Shane Hopkins said. “It was fun, and a valuable experience so hopefully when we get back there I have a better idea of what to expect heading into the night.” Press Releases 4/17
• Steven Tiner)Returning to battle with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour on Saturday night in Stockton, CA for the Jimmy Sills Classic, mid-race contact would cause damage to Tiner’s entry and would ultimately end his night early. “It was a bit of a tough night on Saturday,” Steven Tiner said. “We were a little off all night, and then we had some contact just after the halfway point that essentially ended our night.” Press Releases 4/17
• Castrol Raceway ALB)Castrol Raceway and Ginga Ninja Dirt Promotions bring an exciting and unique new partnership to regional Dirt Track racing. The goal of the alliance is to revitalize regional Dirt Track Racing in hopes of bringing its competitors and fans, and local racing supporters closer together. Castrol Raceway and Ginga Ninja Dirt Promotions will collaborate extensively on a broad range of activities and events; the new partnership will see both companies moving hand in hand towards the same goal of promoting Dirt Track Racing at the regional and national level. Press Releases 4/17
• Andy Gregg)Andy Gregg was pleased to have some on Saturday night with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour in Stockton, CA but after a 15th place finish the Diamond Springs, CA driver is looking to redeem himself when he returns to the speedway Saturday night for the Asparagus Cup. Press Releases 4/17
• Beaver Dam Raceway WI)Due to the recent foot of snow that hit Beaver Dam Raceway and the forecast for more snow on Wednesday, the Wipperfurth Memorial Open Wheel Triple Crown for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints, Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series and Badger Midgets has been re-scheduled for Sunday, April 29. An early start will be in effect, with hot laps at 2:30 p.m. and Racing at 3:30 p.m. The pit area will open at Noon, with the grandstands opening at 1:30 p.m. All three series will compete in a full race program. For more information, visit http://www.wismotorsports.net.4/17
• J&J Auto Racing)The 2018 Spring Fling is in full swing as J&J Auto Racing teams snapped up six victories across the country from April 6 – 14. Josh Weller earned his first win of the season against a co-sanctioned United Sprint Car Series (USCS)/United Racing Club (URC) field at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, NC, on April 6 to put his name on the winner board. Following Weller to the checkered flag was Eric Riggins, Jr., in second and Justin Whittall in third place to make it an all J&J Auto Racing podium. Press Releases 4/17

Monday  April 16th

A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin

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• Column)Pat & Bruce Eckel were in Indiana & Pennsylvania for USAC & All StarsA Typical Weekend 4/16
• BDS Motorsports)While BDS fans are never surprised to see Jimmy Rethmeier in the shop on race days or in the pits on race weekends, Jimmy has now joined the team full-time. As the 2018 Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series kicks into high gear, team owner Bryan Sundby is excited to welcome Jimmy on a full-time basis. Having three cars competing out of the BDS stable each night is grueling and Jimmy adds a lot of experience and knowledge to the young BDS team. Press Releases 4/16
• Greg Wilson)Greg Wilson has a World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series tripleheader on tap this weekend for the first time since the season-opening event in February. Wilson and his Hercules Tires, DNC Hydraulics, Ohio Logistics and Gear Alloy Wheels sponsored team are scheduled to compete this Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.; Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., during the Spring Classic; and Sunday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. Press Releases 4/16
• Justyn Cox)Getting back to work with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour on Saturday night in Stockton, CA for the Jimmy Sills Classic, Justyn Cox would admittedly have a so-so night that culminated with a 12th place finish in the feature event. “We were fast, but we just couldn’t seem to get going with the stoppages during the ‘A’,” Cox said. “I think I could have been a little more aggressive on restarts looking back at the night, but we will take our 12th place finish and move on after getting through a night with no issues.” Press Releases 4/16
• Tony Gualda)Despite having to go to a back up engine early in the night on Saturday, Tony Gualda and C&M Motorsports would rally to pocket an eighth place finish with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour at Stockton Dirt Track. “Our night got off to a tough start as we hurt an engine in hot laps,” Tony Gualda said. “Everyone worked extremely hard to get it changed and we got one lap at the end of qualifying but made it count, and our night was off and running.” Press Releases 4/16
• Andy Forsberg)Mother nature finally stepped aside and let Andy Forsberg and F&F Racing return to racing action over the weekend and when the dust settled at Stockton Dirt Track, Forsberg and company recorded their second consecutive seventh place finish with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour. Press Releases 4/16
• Willie Croft)One week removed from a second place run with the King of the West Series, Willie Croft turned in another strong showing on Saturday night that saw him finish second with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour at Stockton Dirt Track during the Jimmy Sills Classic. Press Releases 4/16
• Austin Liggett)Austin Liggett had a Saturday night he will not be forgetting anytime soon. Flirting with his first career 410ci win the last couple of seasons, the Tracy, CA driver was able to breakthrough at Thunderbowl Raceway on Saturday night and pick up the elusive ‘W’ as he scored the win with the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, and also charged from 13th to finish 2nd in the USAC Western States Midget event. “What a great night,” Austin Liggett said with a smile. “It is a pretty awesome feeling to finally get my first 410ci win after being close so many times. I have to thank everyone who helps me out on this team for all of their hard work.” Press Releases 4/16
• Dominic Scelzi)Dominic Scelzi captured one of his most memorable victories of his career last Saturday at Stockton Dirt Track during the 3rd annual Jimmy Sills Classic. Scelzi kicked off the Sprint Car Challenge Tour event by qualifying 22 nd overall out of the 53 competitors and fourth quickest in his group. That earned him the pole position for a heat race, which he won to advance into the dash. Press Releases 4/16
• Kerry Madsen)Kerry Madsen and Big Game Motorsports will return to action this weekend during a World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series tripleheader. The Muddy sponsored team is scheduled to compete on Friday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.; on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., during the Spring Classic; and on Sunday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. Press Releases 4/16
• Jason Sides)Half of the 18 scheduled World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series races have been rained out this season, which is the second worst start to a season Jason Sides has witnessed. "I forget what year it was, but rain cancelled all of the California swing," he said. "We drove out there and went to Phoenix and sat for two weeks. Fortunately my dad was with me and we stopped at some casinos and we hit for a bit so that paid for my two weeks of sitting out there." Press Releases 4/16
• Jamie Ball)Jamie Ball put on a clinic last Friday at I-80 Speedway, where he captured his first win of the 2018 season. The White Lightning Motorsports driver was scheduled to compete at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, but a rainout sent them in search of another place to race. The team made the decision to head west to the Carpet Land Nebraska 360 Sprints event. Press Releases 4/16
• Prime Time Live)Mother Nature hasn't been kind to racing during the opening leg of the 2018 season. However, the forecast for this weekend is looking positive for race tracks and series across much of the country. That also bodes well for PRIME TIME Live Coast to Coast brought to you by McCarthy Auto Group , which is a free, live show produced by RacinBoys that airs on Friday and Saturday nights. Press Releases 4/16
• Ben Silliker)Fresh off their 2017 successes, it’s been a busy offseason for Ben Silliker and Silco Racing. Now, their 2018 Season is coming together, accentuated by some major pre-season announcements.Silliker, just a grade seven middle school student, has signed a multi-race deal with Nathan and Danielle Moore out of Kaufman, Texas. The deal will see Ben travelling throughout the US Gulf South Region, driving primarily in the POWRi Elite Non-Wing Series. Ben will be by far the youngest driver racing in the series, a hot topic in the Southern United States Dirt racing scene, but Ben has no plans on letting that slow him down. Press Releases 4/16

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• Max Stambaugh)Although he will not be joining the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 on the road full-time like originally announced, “Mad Max” Stambaugh will still compete with the Tony Stewart-owned organization as often as possible including this Friday and Saturday during an Ohio doubleheader at Attica Raceway Park and Wayne County Speedway. Press Releases 4/16
• Cory Haas)Cory Haas represented his Central Pennsylvania fanbase well on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, not only qualifying for the Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial main event against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, but also earning a heat race victory in the process.Press Releases 4/16
• Lincoln Speedway IL)The 2018 Season Opener is now set for Friday, April 27 at Lincoln Speedway. Grandstand admission is JUST FIVE BUCKS!! 305 Sprints plus four other classes of racing! Friday, April 27 2018 Kitchen Cooked, Inc Season Opener FIVE BUCK NIGHT $5 Grandstand Admission Divisions: 305 Sprint Cars Pro Late Models Modifieds NuTech Seed, LLC DII Midgets By Bailey Chassis Company Hornets Press Releases 4/16
• Eldora Speedway OH)Eldora Speedway officials have announced the 65th Season Opener featuring the National Racing Alliance (NRA) Sprint Invaders, DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and Eldora Stock Cars will be flex-scheduled to 4 p.m. this Saturday. Eldora officials have expanded the use of flex-scheduling – optimizing event schedules in the interest of fans, competitors and track conditions after consulting a contracted meteorological service – for the 2018 season to include its April events, September’s 4-Crown Nationals and October’s season finale. Press Releases 4/16
• Brock Zearfoss)Coming up just short of attaining a first-ever Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory, the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss led 23 laps against the traveling All Stars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, eventually surrendering the top spot to National Sprint Car Hall of Famer, Lance Dewease. For Zearfoss, the runner-up performance during the annual Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial capped off a near-perfect evening at the world-famous half-mile, qualifying for the 30-lap, $5,000-to-win main event by finishing second during heat race competition, right before winning the first of two All Star dashes from the back row. Press Releases 4/16
• Danny Dietrich)Nearly bumping his season win total to three, “Double-D” Danny Dietrich secured his fourth top-five finish of the 2018 season on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, finishing third against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 during the annual Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial.Press Releases 4/16
• Justin Whittall)Mother Nature has been a burden for New Jersey native, Justin Whittall, but hopefully she can put her attitude on hold during the upcoming weekend as Whittall prepares to invade Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway for Open Wheel Madness on Saturday, April 21.Press Releases 4/16
• Trevor Baker)With work commitments keeping the Shreve, Ohio, native from fulfilling his plans to be a full-time All Star Circuit of Champions competitor, thus missing the Series' first championship points event of the season, Trevor Baker spent the recent weekend competing close to home, joining the best in Ohio, as well as the surrounding region, at Attica Raceway Park for the facility's season opener on Friday, April 13. Press Releases 4/16
• Tony Stewart)After a long stretch of 360c.i. sprint car competition, most recently participating in the Texas Sprint Car Nationals featuring the ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series, Tony Stewart made the transition back to the 410c.i. ranks and joined the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 for pair of programs in Pennsylvania. Stewart's trip to the Keystone State included visits to Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, April 13, as well as Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, April 14. Although Stewart's results were disappointing, the three-time NASCAR Cup champion valued his track time and looks forward to returning to Pennsylvania in the future. Press Releases 4/16
• Ocean Speedway CA)Bud Kaeding proved to be too tough in traffic on Friday night at Ocean Speedway as the Campbell, CA driver was able to park the famed Williams Motorsports No. 0 machine in victory lane during round number two of Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo action. Jumping out to the early lead, Kaeding would lead the likes of Dominic Sceliz, Justin Sanders, Gio Scelzi and Kurt Nelson until the caution flew for a stalled Kyle Offill on the race’s second circuit.Race Results 4/16
• Knoxville Raceway IA)Due to rain and unseasonably cold temperatures, opening weekend at Knoxville Raceway was postponed. The Pella Motors/Kraig Ford season opener is now scheduled for this Saturday, April 21. Hot Laps Begin at 6:15pm, local time. Admission is $15 for adults; $10 for teens and children 12 and under are free. The annual season Kick-Off Party has been moved to Friday, April 20 in the main show barn located near the Turn 4 crossover gate. The party will start at 5pm and feature Casey's pizza, Bud Light and Pepsi products, as well as games for kids and adults. Jr. Fan Club sign-up will also be available. Reminder: You must have a ticket, suite ticket or pit pass for Saturday's season opener to be admitted into the season kick-off party. Press Releases 4/16
• Tyler Clem)After a two-month break from racing – due to injuries sustained in an USAC Sprint Car crash during Speedweeks – 15-year-old, Tyler Clem triumphantly returned to competition over the weekend. The talented young driver took his Bubba Army #14 K&N Filters/ J&J Sprint Car to Victory Lane on back-to-back nights during the United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Speed Xplosion at Bubba Raceway Park. Press Releases 4/16
• Photos)Weekend winners are inSpeedShotz 4/16

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• Column)Danny Burton is back for 2018 with Kokomo Grand Prix notes in Hoosier Race Report4/16
• USCS)Tyler Clem from St. Petersburg, Florida raced from ninth starting spot to his second win of the weekend at his home track in the USCS Spring Speed Xplosion 30-lap Finale at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida. Clem again bested a field of 23 cars from eight states and Canada for his career-third USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters stop in the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane to collect the $2000 top prize. This weekend’s events were his first in competition since being injured in a non-wing February racing event at the speedway. The 15-year-old young gun also won Friday night’s preliminary 25-Lap A-main.USCS 4/16
• Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprint Cars)The 2018 Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprint Cars started a bust weekend off with the Arctic Cat All Stars at Williams Grove Speedway. Lance Dewease in the Kreitz Racing 69k came from row seven for the win for his 2nd win of 2018. On Saturday at Port Royal Speedway Lance Dewease won again beating the All Stars at Port Royal for the 5th consecutive time. It was his 37th career All Star win and 3rd Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprint Cars win of the year. At Lincoln Speedway Freddie Rahmer parked his 51 in victory lane for his first win of 2018. The race scheduled for Bedford Speedway on Sunday April 15th was rained out.Champion Racing Oil/Stirling Lubricants Central PA Sprints 4/16

Sunday  April 15th

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson

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• VSS)Virginia Sprint Series Race #2 Saturday April 14th 2018 Natural Bridge Speedway IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series Linkenhoker Takes the Low Line to Win After last week’s rain and snow this week was very warm sunny and breezy to kick off the season and Anthony Linkenhoker adapted the best to win the first race of the year. Heats started the night with Jerald Harris and Anthony Linkenhoker taking wins. Linkenhoker and Mike Keeton were pacing the field to green with Linkenhoker out first and Keeton behind and Tony Harris up to third. The caution free event was clicking on as Daren Bolac got back by Tony Harris and went after Keeton lap after lap but the bottom was the place to be and he stayed there. Tom Humphries was working on Tony now but Harris was staying strong. Linkenhoker was staying smooth up front even as he caught the rear of the field and that was all he needed to do as he drove under the waving checkered flag. At the line it was Anthony Linkenhoker, Mike Keeton, Daren Bolac, Tony Harris, Tom Humphries, Jerald Harris, Bill Rice, Jake Karklin, Chris Ware and Neil Sandridge Next week its back to Shenandoah Speedway on Saturday night April 21st. Thanks for your support Jim Haines Virginia Sprint Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series 4/15
• Photos)Lincoln Speedway shots by Nicole Signor, Port Royal Speedway All Stars shots byWayne Riegle & Kokomo Grand Prix USAC shots by Mike Campbell are in  SpeedShotz 4/15
• All Stars)For the second time in as many nights, and for the 37th time during his illustrious career, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania's Lance Dewease earned himself a trip to Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane, this time during the third annual Keith Kauffman Classic at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, April 14. It was a second consecutive Keith Kauffman Classic title for the recent National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee, now even with Steve Kinser, Doug Wolfgang, and Danny Lasoski on the all-time All Star Circuit of Champions win list.All Stars 4/15

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• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)Coming off the successful April 14 #WideOpen2018 season opener, Selinsgrove Speedway will swing back into action with a rare Sunday night event at 6 p.m. April 22 featuring the 410 sprint cars in the Ray Tilley Classic sponsored by Icon Legacy Custom Modular Homes. The 30-lap tribute race honoring the memory of the track’s former four-time sprint car champion will pay $4,088 to win and $400 to start out of a total purse of $18,388. Time trials, heat races, and a B-main will be the qualifying format for the sprint cars. Central PA 4/15
• RUSH)The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is proud to add Pancho's Racing Products as a new marketing partner to the Series. Pancho's will present the upcoming "Battle of the Bay" Speedweek for the Late Model Tour and will also be a 2018 supporting sponsor of both the Late Model and new RUSH Sprint Car divisions. Pancho's joins several new companies that have gotten involved with RUSH thus far in 2018 including Wrisco Industries, Dynamic Drivelines, Dirt Defender, Racing Electronics, Frankland Racing Supply, Bonnell's Rod Shop, and Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance.Press Releases 4/15
• All Stars)With forecasts predicting nearly two inches of rainfall, Bedford Speedway and Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 officials have been forced to cancel the Roy Morral Classic scheduled for Sunday evening, April 15. At this time, a make-up date has not been determined. Up next on the schedule, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will invade the Buckeye State, first visiting the highbanks of Attica Raceway Park on Friday, April 20, where the traveling All Stars will take part in the rescheduled Core & Main Spring Nationals presented by Fisher Performance. Originally scheduled for Friday, April 6, the Spring Nationals program will welcome the All Stars to Attica Raceway Park for the first of five visits in 2018, two of which during Labor Day weekend. All Stars 4/15
• URC)Tonights show at Bridgeport NJ has been cancelled. 4/15
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Port Royal Speedway will be in action twice this weekend, coming up on Saturday, April 21 with Open Wheel Madness $1 Hot Dog Night and again on Sunday, April 22 when the oval welcomes the cars and stars of the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Challenge Series sponsored by Moon Shine Camo. Saturday’s show will feature the first of three Open Wheel Madness programs on the season, featuring the Weikert’s Livestock 410 sprints in a $4,000 to win main event, the Creasy Signs PASS/IMCA 305 sprints and the popular URC Sprints. Central PA 4/15
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Coming up Friday night, April 20 at Williams Grove Speedway, another big show of Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars and HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprints is on tap with an 8 pm starting time. Adult general admission for the racing program is set at $15 with students ages 13-20 admitted for just $10. Central PA 4/15

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• Photos)Port Royal Speedway All Stars shots by Kris Keath are in  SpeedShotz 4/15
• SCCT)Stockton Dirt Track CA...1 #41S Dominic Scelzi 2 #29 Willie Croft 3 #41 Giovanni Scelzi 4 #42X Tim Kaeding 5 #83 Kyle Hirst 6 #22 Shane Golobic 7 #X1 Andy Forsberg 8 #7C Tony Gualda Jr. 9 #5C Colby Copeland 10 #63 Jeff Ensign 11 #56 Justin Sanders 12 #31C Justyn Cox 13 #5 Kalib Henry 14 #7 John Carney 15 #16 Andy Gregg 16 #75 Sean Becker 17 #32 Klint Simpson 18 #94 Steven Tiner 19 #21X Cole Macedo 20 #P37 Matt Petersen 21 #88N D.J. Netto 22 #9L Cody Lamar 23 #5H Michael Kofoid 24 #2K Kyle Offill 4/15
• USAC CRA)AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 14, 2018 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Austin Liggett, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Max Adams, 8. A.J. Bender, 9. Matt Rossi, 10. Logan WilliamsUSAC4/15
• USAC WS Midgets)LIGHT UP THE WORLD USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES PRESENTED BY CBD LIVING WATER RACE RESULTS: April 14, 2018 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Alex Schutte, 2. Austin Liggett, 3. Cory Elliott, 4. Shannon McQueen, 5. Robert Dalby, 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Frankie Guerrini, 8. Clayton Ruston, 9. Marvin Mitchell, 10. Dylan ItoUSAC4/15
• Thunderbowl Raceway CA)Racesaver...1 #67G Grant Duinkerken 2 #35 Albert Pombo 3 #7Z Zane Blanchard 4 #95 Marcus Thomas 5 #45 Monty Ferriera 6 #5 Cole Danell 7 #75 Brendan Warmerdam 8 #2 Brooklyn Holland 9 #10F Jared Faria 10 #87P Jacob Tuttle 11 #67 Vaughn Schott 12 #5S Mauro Simone 13 #41 Doug Gandy 14 #38 Kyle Rasmussen 15 #31H Phil Heynen 16 #23T George Tristao 17 #12 Jacob Pacheco 18 #4X Richard Weddle 19 #53 Michael Pombo 20 #43 Steven Wenzel 21 #9 Steve Davis 4/15
• Petaluma Speedway CA)Spec Sprints...1 #9 Shayna Sylvia 2 #83 Bradley Terrell 3 #33 DJ Johnson 4 #38 Jesse Love 5 #92z Scott Chapeta 6 #57n Dennis Furia Jr. 7 #5b Angelique Bell 8 #42 Adam Teves 9 #73x Keith Calvino 10 #32b Eden McCormick 11 #51L Chet Wilson 12 #42f Will Fatu 13 #77s Ryon Siverling 14 #17 Dan Younce 15 #3r Bob Davis 4/15
• USAC SW)Charles Davis Jr. of Buckeye, Ariz. scored a spectacular last-lap victory in Saturday night's 30-lap "Cotton Classic" USAC Sands Chevrolet Southwest Sprint race at Central Arizona Speedway. Davis led the first 25 laps, then passed Tye Mihocko on the final lap for the win over Mihocko, Jason McDougal, Josh Pelkey and Chris Bonneau/ The series continues April 28 at Arizona Speedway in San Tan Valley, Ariz. USAC4/15

Saturday  April 14th

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Steve Jobs

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• Photos)Williams Grove Speedway All Stars shots by Steve Koletar & Julia Johnson are in  SpeedShotz 4/14
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)360 sprints...1 #28F Davie Franek 2 #1 Mark Smith 3 #66 Ryan Kissinger 4 #22 Troy Betts 5 #35L Chad Layton 6 #29 Jason Shultz 7 #33 Michael Walter II 8 #77 Derek Locke 9 #1W Eric Tomecek 10 #49s Mallie Shuster 11 #76 Larry Kelleher 12 #67 Steve Collins 13 #99m Nyle Berkes 14 #11 Jim Shuster 15 #45 Kevin Nagy 16 #6m Hank Donovan 17 #71 Charlie Anderson 18 #88 Chad Miller 19 #9 Ryan Linder 20 #99y Shane Yost 21 #47c Adam Carberry 4/14
• Lincoln Speedway PA)Freddie Rahmer was the class of the field Saturday night as he chased down 2-time 2018 winner Brian Montieth and held off the six-time champ en route to his first win of 2018 in the 25-lap 410 sprint feature at the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. Central PA 4/14
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Lance Dewease of Fayetteville made it back-to-back victories in the Port Royal Speedway Keith Kauffman Classic for the All Stars Sprint Cars on Saturday night, scoring $5,000 for the victory over the touring invaders. For Dewease, at the wheel of the Kreitz No. 69K, the win marked his fifth in a row in All Star competition at Port Royal, dating back to September 10, 2016. Central PA 4/14
• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)305 sprints...1 #11Z Zach Newlin 2 #9C Darren Miller 3 #20 Stephanie Dodson 4 #67 Ken Duke Jr. 5 #8 Nick Sweigart 6 #0 Kyle Ganoe 7 #3D Dave Grube 8 #31 Donnie Hendershot 9 #880 Drew Ritchey 10 #61 Johnny Scarborough 11 #36 Jaremi Hanson 12 #44K Kirsten Hess 13 #3C Brandt Cook 14 #2 Erin Statler 15 #5W Wally Eshenaur 16 #3G Josh Guiher 17 #80 Dave Wickam 18 #17 Kyle Smith 19 #5 John Walp 20 #50 Jay Krout 21 #83 Billy Ney 22 #77 Andrew Hake 23 #107 Colton Hoover Super Sportsman...1 #30 Scott Dellinger 2 #70D Frankie Herr 3 #77 Russ Mitten 4 #54 Doug Dodson 5 #58 Paul Miller 6 #14 Nate Young 7 #222 Jay Fannasy 8 #3B Mike Enders 9 #8 Rich Eichelberger 10 #1A Chase Gutshall 11 #L7 Todd Leonard 12 #23 Justin Foster 13 #05 Steve Whary 14 #2M Matt Ondeck 15 #5D Luke Deatrick 16 #56 Jake Miller 17 #75 Kenny Edkin 18 #83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 19 #84 Chad Criswell 20 #20W Davey Walsh 21 #77W Tom Wyckoff 22 #8M Chris Meleason 23 #35 John Edkin 24 #99G Scott Grace 4/14

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• SSO)Tonight’s scheduled Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver presented by Smiley’s Racing Products/Hoosier Racing Tires Southwest event at Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Oklahoma has been cancelled due to blustery weather conditions. Both series and track officials are working on a possible makeup date. The next SSO event will take place next Friday night (April 20) at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore. Further details on the third event of the season at the track will be forthcoming.4/14
• ESS)Chuck Hebing and Cobra Coaches from Ontario, NY has been a fixture with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) for nearly a decade. In 2018, where ESS celebrates it's 35th Anniversary, Cobra Coaches will once again sponsor the point fund for points earned during all dash events. Press Releases 4/14

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• USAC Midgets)Waiting for redemption is a challenge. That's just what Tyler Courtney faced Friday at Kokomo Speedway on night one of the "Kokomo Grand Prix," featuring the USAC P1 Insurance Midget National Championship. One month after missing the feature in the season-opener at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Ill., Courtney was champing at the bit to return to what everyone has become accustomed to at Kokomo since August of last year by getting back to victory lane. USAC4/14
• All Stars)Fayetteville, Pennsylvania's Lance Dewease made it look easy on Friday night during the annual Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial, charging forward from the inside of row seven to move the Pennsylvania Posse to a perfect 33-0 against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 at Williams Grove Speedway. Dewease, pilot of the Don Kreitz, Jr.-owed/Schannauer Plumbing and Heating/Jimi's Thing/No. 69K sprint car, earned $5,000 for his efforts at the world-famous, paperclip-shaped half-mile, taking the lead officially on lap 24 to snag a second consecutive Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial title against the traveling All Stars. Impressive enough, the victory raised Dewease's overall Series win count to 36, seven of which at Williams Grove Speedway. All Stars 4/14

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• SpeedShiftTV)You can watch Port Royal PA All Stars and Stockton CA SCCT tonight on www.speedshifttv.com but the middle of the country is wet and cold.4/14
• St Francois County Raceway MO)Mother Nature has won again for Saturday, April 14. Heavy overnight rain has forced us to cancel the show. We'll now open the 2018 season next Saturday, April 21 with the Demolition Derby. A guaranteed purse of over $5,500 is on the line for this smash-em up good time. You don't want to miss this! 4/14
• Valley Speedway MO)Races cancelled due to cold weather. 4/14
• Twin Cities Raceway Park IN)Races are rained out tonight. 4/14
• Atomic Speedway OH)With very unfavorable forecasts we have made the tough decision to cancel for this evening Saturday April 14 @BOSSsprints We will see everyone next Saturday April 21st for the 10th Annual Dan Reno Memorial!4/14
• Lincoln Park Speedway IN)Saturday April 14th events are rained out. Indiana Open Wheel Racing Fest and Fireworks Extravaganza will open the 50th season on April 21st.4/14
• Lawrenceburg Speedway IN)Racing for Saturday, April 14th has been canceled.4/14
• USAC)Heavy and persistent rain throughout the morning with more precipitation expected for Saturday night has forced Kokomo Speedway and USAC officials to cancel Saturday night's portion of the "Kokomo Grand Prix." There will be no makeup date. The event was to be round three of the USAC P1 Insurance Midget National Championship season following Logan Seavey's win at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin in March and Tyler Courtney's victory at Kokomo Friday night. Seavey, a Rookie in the series from Sutter, California, leads the point standings heading into "Indiana Midget Week," a six-race series that includes stops at Montpelier Motor Speedway on May 29, Gas City I-69 Speedway on May 30, Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville on May 31, Bloomington Speedway on June 1, Lawrenceburg Speedway on June 2 and Kokomo Speedway on June 3. All TracPass pit passes for Saturday night's Kokomo event will be refunded. 4/14
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• World of Outlaws)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues to fight a losing a battle against Mother Nature. After a constant overnight rain, Tri-State Speedway and World of Outlaws officials have made the decision to postpone tonight’s event to Sunday, April 22 due to overly saturated grounds. Tickets for tonight’s event will be honored in full for the event on April 22nd. All ticketing questions should be directed to Tri-State Speedway at 812-768-6025. The rain date at the Tri-State Speedway sets up a three-race weekend, in three different states for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series next weekend starting Friday, April 20 at the Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, AR. Saturday, the Series returns to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, MO, before concluding the weekend back in Haubstadt, IN. More information for all of these events can be found at woosprint.com. If you can’t make it to the track, be sure to watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com! 4/14

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• Photos)Williams Grove Speedway All Stars shots by Kris Keath are in  SpeedShotz 4/14
• USCS)For the second year in-a-row young gun Tyler Clem from St. Petersburg, Florida raced to a win in the USCS Spring Speed Xplosion 25-lap prelinminary feature at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida. Clem bested a field of 24 cars from eight states and Canada for his career-second USCS Outlaw Tunder Tour presented by K&N Filters stop in the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane.USCS4/14
• POWRi West)According to the lap sheets, Ace McCarthy led all 25 laps of Friday night’s Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature event atop the ¼-mile Red Dirt Raceway clay oval. However, it wasn’t without a genuine Friday the 13th scare for the Tahlequah, OK, racer in the “Midget Meltdown 2k18” event as he withstood a wicked Blake Hahn slider on the final lap to secure his second career series victory aboard the Two-Eight Drilling No. 28m.Race Results 4/14
• Attica Raceway Park OH)Stuart Brubaker showed a stout field of 410 c.i. sprint cars even teams with very little funding can win. The Gibsonburg, Ohio driver took the lead on lap 11 of the 30-lap feature and powered to the victory on opening night at Attica Raceway Park Friday on Whiteford Kenworth, Construction Equipment & Supply, Merrill Lynch Night. Brubaker, a former 305 c.i. sprint track champion at Attica and the track's 410 rookie of the year in 2012, got close to a win a few weeks ago at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio before settling for second. Friday at Attica he used a restart on lap 11, executing a perfect slider to take the lead and then picked his way through lapped traffic late for his sixth career Callie's Performance Products 410 Sprints Division win at "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue. Race Results4/14
• Ocean Speedway CA)Ocean Sprints...1 #0 Bud Kaeding 2 #41S Dominic Scelzi 3 #17 Justin Sanders 4 #22 Shane Golobic 5 #41 Giovanni Scelzi 6 #21 Tommy Tarlton 7 #2 Brad Furr 8 #21X Cole Macedo 9 #88 Koen Shaw 10 #88N Sean Becker 11 #26 Billy Aton 12 #72W Kurt Nelson 13 #2K Kyle Offill 14 #10 Mathew Moles 15 #7H Jake Haulot 16 #58 Jerry Bonnema 17 #6D Josh Chisum 18 #2N Gary Nelson 19 #99 Wayne Katen 20 #8 Jeremy Chisum 21 #3 Kaleb Montgomery 22 #F88 Kyler Shaw 4/14

Friday  April 13th

I believe I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans. Am I either one? Absolutely not. Ladies and gentlemen, I am an American. David Letterman

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• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Lance Dewease came from the 13th starting spot to win the Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial for the Sprint cars Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway. For Dewease, of Fayetteville, his 88th career Grove win was worth $5,000 and it came against Tony Stewart’s All Star Circuit of Champions. “We could put the car anywhere on the race track,” Dewease said. “We were really good in our heat race, but couldn’t show it. I’m fortunate to be involved with this deal. We’re having fun. That’s what it’s all about. They work hard at this.” Central PA4/13
• USCS)Bubba Raceway Park FL... 1. Tyler Clem. 2. Danny Martin Jr 3.Danny Smith. 4/13
• Attica Raceway Park OH)1 #35 Stuart Brubaker 2 #97 Broc Martin 3 #4 Cap Henry 4 #3J Trey Jacobs 5 #5R Byron Reed 6 #5T Travis Philo 7 #16 Chris Andrews 8 #23 DJ Foos 9 #83 Rob Chaney 10 #91 Cale Thomas 11 #21 Dale Blaney 12 #81 Lee Jacobs 13 #45L Brian Lay 14 #9 Jordan Ryan 15 #68G Tyler Gunn 16 #5M Max Stambaugh 17 #11N DJ Netto 18 #22M Dan McCarron 19 #09 Craig Mintz 20 #8J Jess Stiger 21 #28 Phil Gressman 22 #7 Shawn Valenti 23 #57 Gary Taylor 4/13
• Bloomington Speedway IN)1 #3C Kyle Cummins 2 #70 Jordan Kinser 3 #04 Joe Stornetta 4 #21 Casey Shuman 5 #18w Jeff Bland 6 #4c Daylan Chambers 7 #77 Travis Berryhill 8 #24L Lee Underwood 9 #17c Bill Rose 10 #5 Brady Short 11 #45k Andrew Prather 12 #1 Jake Scott 13 #63 Josh Cunningham 14 #98 Brandon Morin 15 #18 Kevin Chambers 16 #24 Landon Simon 17 #17b Nick Bilbee 18 #28 Brandon Mattox 4/13
• Trail Way Speedway PA)358 sprints...1 #35 Steve Owings 2 #77 David Holbrook 3 #12 Mike Bittinger 4 #66A Cody Fletcher 5 #39 JB Cunningham 6 #48 Glenndon Forsythe 7 #8 Kenny Kuhn 8 #77K Steven Kisamore 9 #51 Austen Treuchet 10 #27 Jake Galloway 4/13
• USAC Midgets)USAC P1 INSURANCE MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: April 13, 2018 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Kokomo Grand Prix" FEATURE: (31 laps - starting position in parentheses) 1. Tyler Courtney (5), 2. Chad Boat (8), 3. Brady Bacon (7), 4. Spencer Bayston (3), 5. Justin Grant (6), 6. Zeb Wise (12), 7. Logan Seavey (2), 8. Thomas Meseraull (16), 9. Ryan Robinson (4), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (11) USAC4/13
• Kokomo Speedway IN)Sprints...1 #5 Chris Windom 2 #63 Kevin Thomas Jr 3 #99 Brady Bacon 4 #36D Dave Darland 5 #18 Jarett Andretti 6 #98X Chad Boespflug 7 #50 Tony DiMattia 8 #17GP Tyler Thomas 9 #71P Shane Cottle 10 #5C Colten Cottle 11 #97X Tyler Hewitt 12 #33M Matt Westfall 13 #52 Isaac Chapple 14 #14 Trevor Kobylarz 15 #21H Travis Hery 16 #39 Matt Goodnight 17 #21S Bryar Schoreter 18 #98 Clinton Boyles 19 #78 Adam Byrkett 20 #1 Rod Colburn 21 #30 CJ Leary 22 #34P Parker Frederickson 23 #77 Dustin Smith 4/13
• Nebraska 360)Greenwood NE...1 #5J Jamie Ball 2 #1B Jason Martin 3 #82 Jordan Boston 4 #2 Don Droud 5 #18 Ryan Roberts 6 #53 Jack Dover 7 #23S Stuart Snyder 8 #44 Chris Martin 9 #13V Seth Brahmer 10 #03 Shayle Bade 11 #33M Mason Daniel 12 #14 Joey Danley 13 #35 Cody Ledger 14 #48 taylor forbes 4/13

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• IMCA)IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars – 1. Austin Mundie, Carrollton, Texas, 127; 2. Trey Schmidt, Spring, Texas, 118; 3. Daniel King, Conroe, Texas, and Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, Texas, both 116; 5. Andy Shouse, Oklahoma City, Okla., 114; 6. Michael Day, Greenville, Texas, 112; 7. Tyler Har­ris, Vidor, Texas, 110; 8. Shane Sellers, Tuttle, Okla., 107; 9. Marcus Thomas, Corsicana, Texas, 104; 10. Kent Lewis Sr., Willis, Texas, 102;Press Releases 4/13
• World of Outlaws)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series has canceled tonight’s event at the Jacksonville Speedway at Jacksonville, IL due to saturated grounds from the heavy rainfall and snowfall received this morning and throughout the week. With more rain in the forecast throughout the evening, World of Outlaws officials have canceled tonight’s event. The event will be rescheduled for Wednesday, June 27. All tickets for tonight’s event will be honored at the June 27 event. All ticketing questions should be answered by Jacksonville Speedway staff, stay tuned to their website at jacksonvillespeedway.com. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series 40th Anniversary Season continues tomorrow night Saturday, April 14 in Haubstadt, IN at Tri-State Speedway. 4/13
• Fremont Speedway OH)A forecast of rapidly falling temperatures into the 30s accompanied by high winds and heavy rain throughout the day and evening Saturday has prompted Fremont Speedway to cancel the season opener on NAPA Auto Parts Night, Saturday, April 14. Press Releases 4/13

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• Patriot Sprints)Exactly one week from today will bring the much-anticipated start to 2018 for the Patriot Sprint Tour. As part of the 3rd Annual Spring Nationals, the PST will finally spring into action on Friday April 20th at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, NY. The stars of 360 sprint car racing in New York will be gunning for their share of the purse paying $3,000 to the winner and $300 to start. Expected to represent the Patriot Sprint Tour are the likes of Kyle Drum, Jordan Thomas, Josh Azzi, Joe Trenca and many more. All drivers who have purchased a full PST membership will receive show up points towards the overall 2018 championship chase. Press Releases 4/13
• Premier Speedway AU)Premier Speedway’s final race meeting of the 2017-18 season, which was to feature Super Sedans, The Victorian 360 Sprintcar Title and the Di Watson Memorial for Modified Production on Saturday April 14, 2018, has been cancelled. Premier Speedway would like to thank those competitors who had entered for the weekend, and to the patrons who had intentions of joining us for what promised to be a great night of racing, for their understanding and hope that the early call provides them with an opportunity to revise their racing plans for the weekend. We look forward to seeing you all again at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool for what promises to be a great 2018-19 season. 4/13
• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)Hershocks Night at BAPS Motor Speedway! Saturday, April 14 racing will feature 3 divisions! Super Sportsman, PASS/IMCA and Extreme Stocks action begins at 6pm!Saturday, April 14 Details: Pit Gates Open @ 3:30pm Grandstands Open @ 4:00pm Racing @ 6:00pm Adults $14 Seniors $12 Teens $5 (13-17) Kids 12 & Under Free! Pits $25 4/13
• Clauson Marshall Racing)Clauson-Marshall Racing Continues USAC National Midget Campaign with Kokomo Grand Prix Doubleheader This Weekend! http://www.clausonmarshallracing.com/4/13
• Carson Macedo)With weather playing a huge factor in getting the 2018 Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions season kicked off, Macedo is anxiously awaiting his Midwest agenda to get underway. The California native returns to Joe Gaerte Racing for a second full season behind the wheel of the Gaerte/Norman No.3G.http://dubpubmedia.com 4/13
• FLO Racing)In sprint car circles, a heated debate raged for many years in regard to the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series' all-time wins list. The crux of the argument was the question of why some races were counted as full point A-feature wins, while others were recorded as preliminary feature wins and thus not part of the all-time win list, even though the entire field competed in such events.https://www.floracing.com/4/13

Thursday  April 12th

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. David Letterman

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• Column)Article from Richard Golardi: "Hayden Campbell: Dawn of a Future Sprint Car Champion"Florida Open Wheel 4/12
• Knoxville Raceway IA)This Friday night's (April 13) scheduled practice and Saturday's Season Opener (April 14) at the Knoxville Raceway have been canceled due to a forecast of inclement weather and cold conditions. Practice Night will now be held Friday, April 20, with the Season Opener following on Saturday, April 21. See you there! 4/12
• Sprint Car Bandits)An impending ginormous spring weather system has caused this Saturday’s highly anticipated Sprint Car Bandits (SCB) event at Texarkana 67 Speedway to be removed from the schedule, which means it will now be Saturday July 14th when the SCB series races there. ’67 had booked two SCB events for 2018, and with April 14th succumbing to weather, it is possible the track and series officials will seek an additional replacement date. If that possibility is worked out for a new second date, it will be announced well in advance, so please stay tuned; but for now July 14th is in place for sure. Press Releases 4/12
• Team ILP)Inside Line Promotions driver Seth Bergman posted his second victory of the season last Friday when he captured the opening round of the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals. The triumph at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, gives Bergman at least one Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour win during each of the last seven seasons. Press Releases 4/12
• Caleb Helms)Caleb Helms is bound for Central Pennsylvania this weekend when he will tackle an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions tripleheader versus the Pennsylvania Posse. The action begins on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg before Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal hosts an event on Saturday. The weekend finale is Sunday at Bedford Speedway in Bedford. Press Releases 4/12
• Prime Time Live)RacinBoys is providing the hub for all things short-track racing this weekend when PRIME TIME Live Coast to Coast brought to you by McCarthy Auto Group airs on Friday and Saturday night. The free, live show focuses on grass-roots racing by showcasing instant updates and unique access from races coast to coast. Victory Lane interviews, correspondent connections and bits of Pay-Per-View video provide all access to viewers of the show, which is aired on the RacinBoys website, Facebook Live and YouTube TV. Press Releases 4/12
• Aaron Reutzel)It begins for real this weekend. After fervently working over the last several months to establish a new team and getting in some early season race action with the World of Outlaws, Aaron Reutzel and the newly-formed Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports No. 87 Sprint Car team begin the pursuit of the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car championship with a set of events this weekend. Press Releases 4/12
• Tyler Courtney)Kokomo Speedway has been a source of success for Tyler Courtney in recent times. It’s something that “Sunshine” hopes to continue aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing Driven2SaveLives/Indiana Donor Network No. 7bc Midget as the USAC National Midget series fires back into action with this weekend’s Kokomo Grand Prix on Friday and Saturday. Press Releases 4/12
• Cannon McIntosh)After a pair of idle weekends, Bixby, Oklahoma’s Cannon McIntosh fires back into action with Friday night’s POWRi West Midget League “Midget Meltdown” at Meeker, Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway aboard the RL Hudson/Toyota-TRD No. 08. It marks the beginning of a busy stretch of racing action for the 15-year-old with a schedule of approximately 60 events over the course of the season including his 360-ci Sprint Car debut next weekend at Creek County Speedway and then Caney Valley Speedway. Press Releases 4/12
• ASCS GS/MS)Officials with the Jackson Motor Speedway have made the call to cancel this weekend's King of the Wing III as the forecast has shifted to rain moving in Friday night and continuing into Sunday. Track and ASCS officials are working to find a date to reschedule the two-day affair. As soon as one is secured, updates will be posted to http://www.ascsracing.com. If rescheduled, the event will again be sanctioned with the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region and ASCS Mid-South Region. The cancellation moves the opening weekend for the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region to April 21 at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas. The ASCS Mid-South Region will open on April 28 at Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, Tenn. ASCS 4/12

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• Oswego Speedway NY)Yet another Oswego Kartway graduate will aim for this year’s coveted Novelis Supermodified ‘Rookie of the Year’ award as two-time Kartway Classic champion Nathan Schultzkie and Schultzkie Racing have acquired the former Brian Sobus No. 79 Supermodified for a full-time campaign at the ‘Steel Palace’ this season, joining fellow rookie Tyler Thompson as drivers in search of the Rookie of the Year honors. Press Releases 4/12
• Oswego Speedway NY)For a second season, the group time trial format will return to Oswego Speedway’s Novelis Supermodified and Pathfinder Bank SBS divisions on regular race nights in 2018. Once again, at the conclusion of standard hot lap sessions each week, Supermodified and SBS competitors will take to the racing surface once again for their 15 minute long time trial session, which will still be held in ‘Open Pit’ format, allowing five to six cars on the track at a time. All drivers must use their heat and feature tires for the group time trials, which will be stenciled prior to cars going on the track. You may go on the track more than once, but may not change tires. Press Releases 4/12
• PA Sprint Car Live)We return tonight with PA Sprint Car Live at 7pm EST. We’re talking Arctic Cat All Stars visit to Central PA. We’ll have two projected regulars on the tour Tyler Esh & Carson Macedo.  www.pasprintcarlive.html
• Proud Motorsports)Following a successful team fundraiser along with last month’s announcement that Pathfinder Bank SBS veteran Camden Proud has acquired the former Strong Racing No. 99 Supermodified with the intent of debuting the car as No. 04 this season, Proud Motorsports is pleased to reveal their plans to letter their new addition in Tim Proud ‘throwback’ colors leading up to the 62nd running of Budweiser International Classic Weekend this September. Press Releases 4/12
• Wayne County Speedway OH)With very unseasonable weather this spring, and with cold and snow/rain chances forecasted for the early part of the week and the soggy conditions of the grounds at NAPA Wayne County Speedway, promoters Jason and Kristin Flory have decided to pull the plug on Saturday's season opener which would have included the Pine Tree Towing & Recovery Sprints, the Kar Connection Super Late Models, the CorBon Super Stocks and the WQKT 104.5 Mini Stocks. Instead, there will be an Open Practice Saturday, from 1 pm to 5 pm with a $10 charge for the pits and free grandstand admission. Everyone that comes to the practice is asked NOT to park or drive in the grassy part of the parking lot with it still likely to be very muddy and soft. Press Releases 4/12
• Shane Stewart)Kyle Larson Racing traveled back from the Arizona desert this week to invade the Midwest for two shows nights of competition. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series is set to take on Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway Friday night, followed up by Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., on Saturday. Press Releases 4/12
• ESS)It all began in 1983 and now in 2018, the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) is ready to embark on their 35th Anniversary Celebration. A total of 28 full point events in New York and Canada anchor the season with nine more extra purse special shows making for an exciting 2018 campaign. Brewerton, NY’s Jason Barney won his first ever ESS title last year taking home just shy of $9,000 cash from the record $55,000 cash point that was handed out at the annual awards banquet. The chase for this year’s 35th Anniversary titlist starts on Friday night, April 20th at the Outlaw Speedway, the ESS run full point event will pay $3,000 to win and $300 to start. The chase for the overall Lucas Oil championship will end on Saturday, Sept. 22nd at the Fonda Speedway with the annual Kramer Williamson Memorial. Press Releases 4/12

Wednesday  April 11th

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• Monty Ferriera)Bad draws and a one-lined track would relegate Monty Ferriera to a 21st place finish at the POWRi Lucas Oil New Mexico 305 Sprint Shootout at Southern New Mexico Speedway. One week after scoring a top-5 finish in Merced, Ferriera made the trek to Las Cruces hoping to get on the podium. However, Ferriera would run into bad luck almost immediately as an unfavorable draw saw him starting in the bottom half of his heat race in the first night of racing. This would ultimately set the tone for the entire weekend. Press Releases 4/11
• Joe Trenca)Joe Trenca will kick off his season this Saturday at Port Royal Speedway during an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions event. The Mucci Motorsports driver has increased his number of 410ci winged sprint car starts each of the last four seasons and he will focus on that division this year. Press Releases 4/11
• Jason Sides)Jason Sides is back in the Midwest and he's hopeful Mother Nature will cooperate. Sides is scheduled to compete this Friday at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., and Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. However, seven of the 16 scheduled shows this season have been rained out for 'The Greatest Show on Dirt.' Press Releases 4/11
• Trey Starks)Trey Starks has a busy weekend in Central Pennsylvania on tap. The Gobrecht Motorsports driver will tackle an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions tripleheader with races on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, on Saturday at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal and on Sunday at Bedford Speedway in Bedford. Press Releases 4/11
• Derek Hagar)Derek Hagar wrapped up the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals by earning a top-10 result last Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. It was a great finish to the weekend for Hagar, who made his debut driving for Bruce Griffith during the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com doubleheader, after Friday's opening round got off to a rocky start. Press Releases 4/11
• Zane Lawrence)Zane Lawrence had some bright moments and hit some speed bumps last weekend during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway. "It's definitely not the weekend we wanted to have," he said. "We encountered some issues and didn't have the best showing on Saturday, but we're ready to get back in the swing of things and gear up for this weekend with the Sprint Car Bandits." Press Releases 4/11
• Jordon Mallett)Jordon Mallett has had an eventful last two weeks of racing. It all began on March 31 when he tackled a local sprint car show at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. Press Releases 4/11
• Alex Hill)Alex Hill's weekend in Texas came to a close early following a hard crash at the start of her heat race Saturday night during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway. Hill was sore but uninjured following an end-over-end flip down the frontstretch at the beginning of her Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com heat race. Press Releases 4/11
• Jamie Ball)Jamie Ball is all smiles after he earned his first Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com top-10 finish of the season last Saturday during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway. Ball kicked off the doubleheader on Friday by finishing third in a heat race after lining up on the pole. Press Releases 4/11
• Dominic Scelzi)Dominic Scelzi scored his best result of the season last Sunday at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park. Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports backed team qualified third quickest to begin the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series event. Press Releases 4/11
• Ryan Bowers)Ryan Bowers has joined Kouba Racing as the new driver of the No. 5 winged sprint car. "We're going to be running the entire Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series schedule this year," he said. "There's about 20 races on the schedule and we're looking forward to getting in a good number of races this season." Press Releases 4/11
• IMCA)Cash bonuses of $500 and $50 gift cards go to IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car drivers this season, courtesy of Precise Racing Products. The Bennington, Neb., high performance parts supplier and Hoosier race tire distributor gives those hefty $500 cash prizes to both the national rookie of the year and the driver with the most 40-point feature wins as of Sept. 24. Press Releases 4/11
• Andy Gregg)With 2018 off and running, Andy Gregg and GUTS Racing are pleased to welcome Eagle Grit aboard as the team’s newest marketing partner for 2018 and beyond. “Eagle Grit hand cleaner is a great product, and we think this is a great partnership for our team as well as them,” Gregg said. “Their USA made hand cleaner is great for sprint car drivers and crews to have in their trailers and at their shops so we are hoping this partnership can help spread brand awareness of their product.” Press Releases 4/11
• USAC SW)This Saturday, April 14th, the Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Cars will make their first of four appearances at Central Arizona Speedway in Casa Grande, Arizona. Promoted by Dave Ellis, the “Cotton Classic” will also feature Late Models, Winged Power 600 Micro Sprints, Pure Stocks, and Bombers. The spectator gates will open at 5:00pm with racing scheduled to begin at 7:00pm. For more event and ticket information, visit www.centralarizonaspeedway.com or call 520.709.0718.USAC 4/11
• USAC WS Midgets)After a couple of rainouts, the Light Up The World USAC Western States Midget Series presented by CBD Living Water will head to Tulare’s Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway. Promoted by Steve Faria, the Saturday, April 14th, season opener will also feature the AMSOIL USAC/CRA 410 Sprint Cars and the Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars. The spectator gates will open at 4:00pm, time trials at 5:00pm, and racing will start at 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.tularethunderbowl.com or call 559.688.0909.USAC 4/11
• USAC CRA)After a break in the schedule, the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars are back in action this Saturday, April 14th, at Tulare’s Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway. Promoted by Steve Faria, the second point race will also feature the Light Up The World USAC Western States Midgets presented by CBD Living Water and the Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars. The spectator gates will open at 4:00pm, time trials at 5:00pm, and racing will start at 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.tularethunderbowl.com or call 559.688.0909.USAC 4/11
• Brody Roa)After last Saturday’s USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series main event at the Keller Auto Speedway at the Kings Fairgrounds in Hanford, California, Brody Roa is batting .500 on the season with two wins in four starts. This Saturday night he will attempt to up his impressive average when the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars compete at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. Roa’s night at the Central California oval began when he qualified seventh fastest in the 20-car field. The 27-year-old started on the outside of the front row for his heat race and brought it home in second place. Press Releases 4/11
• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)After a pair of foiled attempts to get the 2018 racing season under way, Dodge City Raceway Park will kick things off in style with the Sixth Annual Modified Stampede on Saturday night, April 21. While the IMCA Modifieds battle it out for the $750 winner’s share atop the 3/8-mile clay oval, the Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks will be in action as well. Press Releases 4/11
• POWRi West)The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA fires back into action with Friday night’s “Midget Meltdown” event atop Meeker, Oklahoma’s ¼-mile Red Dirt Raceway. Friday’s card will mark the third round of action for the POWRi West Midget League after kicking off the 2018 campaign in tandem with the National series with two nights of competition last month at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway. Press Releases 4/11
• Patriot Sprints)As we are now just under two weeks away from opening weekend at Outlaw and Merrittville Speedways, the Patriot Sprint Tour is pleased to announce its 2018 Marketing partners. A-Verdi Storage Containers has been a partner with PST since 2007 and they are back once again in 2018. A-Verdi Storage Containers is headquartered in Savannah, NY and is under the operation of Joe and Patty Verdi servicing every corner of New York State with their high-quality storage solutions. They are an onsite storage provider, handling commercial, residential and industrial customers for the past 30 years. You can visit www.averdi.com for more information. Press Releases 4/11
• Blake Hahn)Carrying momentum into Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals this past weekend with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com, Blake Hahn kicked off the weekend with a fifth-place finish. "Friday we were really good. Had a good draw and won our Heat which put us ninth in the feature. The track was tricky and with the wind, it really messed with the car, especially if you got behind someone, but otherwise, it felt good."Press Releases 4/11
• ASCS Warrior)With the weekend forecast getting colder and wetter, officials with Randolph County Raceway in Moberly, Mo. have made the call to cancel this Saturday's showdown with the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps. The event will not be rescheduled. The cancellation moves the 2018 opening weekend for the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps to Heartland Park Topeka on Friday, May 4 and Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday, May 5. For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the Regional Tours that make up the over 150 across the ASCS Nation in 2018, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).4/11
• Wayne Johnson)The weekend started off with good speed and a solid race car, but ended with a pile of what was a Sprint Car for Wayne Johnson at Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals. "It was just one of those weekends," stated Johnson. Starting off with a Heat Race win, the victory put The Oil Medics No. 2c in the redraw where Wayne picked the fourth starting spot. As the field took the green, however, things would go sideways.Press Releases 4/11
• David Gravel)Fresh off of an off weekend, David Gravel & CJB Motorsports returned to competition with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at the Arizona Speedway near Queen Creek, Arizona. Gravel timed in 12th on the night, finished 3rd in his heat race and charged from 9th to 6th in the feature. "Time trials is where we continue to focus a lot of our efforts," said Gravel, pilot of the Big Game Treestands, J.R.C. Transportation Inc., C&S Lawn & Landscape #5. "That's just so key to the whole night. If you fall behind there, you're in a big hole that's hard to get out of. Luckily, our cars are always very good in the feature and we're able to make up some ground." Press Releases 4/11

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• Column)Duane Hancock has his 2018 preview notes at Tri-State Outlook 4/11
• Johnny Herrera)Johnny Herrera's weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track was one of constant improvement, as the Mesilla Valley Transportation No. 45x ended with a weekend high third place finish to close out Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals. "It was a good weekend. We could have been better the first night with the car. We didn't free it up enough so we were just there. Not that it was horrible, had we started a little closer to the front we probably would have stayed there too," stated Herrera.Press Releases 4/11
• Skylar Gee)Skylar Gee's weekend at Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals was a little up and down, but it ended on the upswing as the Strongs Crane Service/Pat Beck Motorsports No. 99 charged from 18th to sixth on Saturday night. "We were okay. Struggled on Friday night, but we got things figured out on Saturday," explained Gee.Press Releases 4/11
• All Stars)After having to wait an extra week due to Mother Nature's failure to cooperate, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will officially kick off the championship points season this Friday through Sunday with a tripleheader in the Keystone State, ready to battle the best of the best of Pennsylvania Posse Country for a trio of $5,000 top prizes. The All Star invasion of Central Pennsylvania will commence on Friday evening, April 13, with the annual Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway. All Stars 4/11
• Buddfy Kofoid)After wet weather dampened their spirits last weekend Penngrove’s Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Van Dyke Motorsports are amped up to head for the Jimmy Sills Classic this Saturday with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Elk Grove Ford and Abreu Vineyards. Press Releases 4/11
• USAC WC)After winning a three-wide “champions” battle for the lead with Jake Swanson and Richard Vander Weerd, Brody Roa (Garden Grove, California) topped last Saturday’s USAC West Coast Sprint Car race at Hanford. By claiming the 30-lap victory at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds, Roa earned $1,500 for his efforts ahead of fast qualifier Vander Weerd, Swanson, Jace Vander Weerd, and Ryan Timmons. Piloting the BR Performance #91R HD Industries / Burris Racing Maxim, Brody Roa qualified seventh out of the twenty-car roster and ran second to Richard Vander Weerd in his heat race. Starting fourth, the 2016 champion powered to the lead on lap twenty-four and scored his second win of the season. With five career victories, the second generation driver ranks thirteenth in the point chase with two heat race wins, two top-10 finishes, and 18 feature laps led.USAC 4/11
• Nick Penno)There was plenty of reason to celebrate for youngster Nick Penno at Carrick Speedway on Saturday night, after he impressively broke through for his maiden 410 Sprintcar feature-race victory. It’s been a season of firsts for Penno, who clinched his first ever podium in the Tasmanian Title at Carrick Speedway back in January, impressively coming home third in the feature race after starting from position 11. However, last Saturday night he managed to reach new heights again, this time finding himself on the top step of the podium. Press Releases 4/11
• Sprint Car Bandits)The Texas-based 360C.I. Sprint Car Bandits (SCB) makes its series debut in Oklahoma at the 3/8-mile Southern Oklahoma Speedway on Saturday, April 28th at 8pm. The event will pay $2,000 to the 25-lap feature winners, $1,000 for second place and pays down generously to $300 to start each event (see below for complete breakdown). All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. There is no driver entry fee, no series membership fee and just a $15 nightly draw fee. Press Releases 4/11
• USCS)The Fayetteville, Georgia based United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters winged sprint cars make their spring 2018 visit to Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida on Friday, April 13th and Saturday April 14th . The event is entitled the USCS Spring Speed Xplosion. The series’ 130 mile-per-hour USCS winged Outlaw type sprint cars headline the two-day weekend of racing action at the semi-banked three-eighths mile D-shaped oval track. The racing card also includes the 100 mile per hour www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series winged mini sprints and Florida Mini Sprint Action series on both nights in a head to head duel.USCS 4/11
• Sam Hafertepe Jr)So close, yet so far. Pretty much sums up the weekend for Sam Hafertepe, Jr. as the Hills Racing Team No. 15h came within a couple turns to victory to open up Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals only to have a last lap caution strip away his momentum. "All in all, it was a good night," stated Hafertepe who qualified for the Friday redraw. "The track started off pretty good, and we figured it was going to widen out. It actually caught us off guard so we were a little tight to start with, but we were still able to get from sixth to third which put us in a decent spot in the points after the Heat Races."Press Releases 4/11

Tuesday  410

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. John Madden

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• Carson McCarl)Carson McCarl is amped up and ready to go for his first full season of weekly 410 competition at the Knoxville Raceway. Piloting the Mike Sandvig & family owned car #7, the third generation driver will pursue the track’s Rookie of the Year title against the best weekly field in the country beginning this Saturday night April 14th.  Press Releases 4/10
• SCCT)Coming off a successful opener the Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Elk Grove Ford and Abreu Vineyards will look to continue the momentum this Saturday with round two in the championship battle, which takes place at the third annual Jimmy Sills Classic in Stockton.  Press Releases 4/10
• SSO)The Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver presented by Smiley’s Racing Products/Hoosier Racing Tire Southwest kicks back into racing action this Saturday night as they make their first of three scheduled appearances at Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Oklahoma.  Press Releases 4/10
• Harli White)Harli White had a promising start to the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals last Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. White opened the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com doubleheader by winning a heat race from the pole position, which locked her into the feature redraw. She pulled the No. 2 during the random redraw to start the 25-lap A Main on the outside of the front row.  Press Releases 4/10
• Seth Bergman)Seth Bergman extended his winning streak with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com to seven consecutive seasons last Friday when he captured the opening night of the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway. Bergman led all 25 laps of the main event to continue the winning streak that dates back to 2012.  Press Releases 4/10
• Brandon Hanks)Brandon Hanks earned his first top-five finish with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com in a little more than two years last Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. Hanks netted a top 10 on Night 1 of the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals before he capped the event with a fifth-place finish - his first with the series since winning a race on March 25, 2016.  Press Releases 4/10
• Channin Tankersley)Channin Tankersley will kick off the ASCS Gulf South Region season this weekend during a doubleheader in Mississippi. Tankersley and the Bruce Griffith owned team are slated to race on Friday and Saturday at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram during the King of the Wings III event, which is co-sanctioned with the ASCS Mid-South Region.  Press Releases 4/10
• Scott Bogucki)A broken suspension part brought an end to an otherwise encouraging weekend of racing for Scott Bogucki and his SawBlade.com backed team. Bogucki, who is in his rookie campaign with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com, had a fast race car last weekend throughout the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway.  Press Releases 4/10
• Robbie Price)Robbie Price recorded his career-best Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com feature finish twice last weekend during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals. Price guided his BDS Motorsports entry to a ninth-place result both nights at Texas Motor Speedway, which moved him up to 12th in the ASCS National Tour championship standings.  Press Releases 4/10
• Zane Hendricks)Zane Hendricks showed signs of speed in his sprint car debut last weekend during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway. The Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com event was enjoyable, although somewhat disappointing, for the USAC P1 National Midget Series driver.  Press Releases 4/10
• Brady Bacon)Brady Bacon made the most of his first opportunity driving the Sawblade.com backed Cooper Motorsports machine as he claimed a victory last Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway. It wasn't easy for Bacon as steering issues had the Cooper team thrashing on Saturday. Nevertheless, Bacon drove from his seventh starting position to the lead on Lap 13 and pulled away for his 14th career win with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by Sawblade.com at the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals.  Press Releases 4/10
• Giovanni Scelzi)Giovanni Scelzi garnered his first top-10 finish of the season on Sunday at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park. Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports backed No. 41 began the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series season-opening event by qualifying eighth quickest. He then won a heat race after starting on the outside of the front row to earn enough points to make the dash.  Press Releases 4/10
• Dylan Cisney)Dylan Cisney is off to a fast start while piloting an X-1 Race Cars chassis. Cisney has earned a top-five finish during the first two races of the season at Port Royal Speedway, where he ranks third in the championship standings.  Press Releases 4/10
• Marshall Skinner)Marshall Skinner is ready to kick off his 2018 racing campaign this weekend at the King of the Wings III event in Mississippi. Skinner will invade Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram on Friday and Saturday for the ASCS Gulf South Region and ASCS Mid-South Region doubleheader.  Press Releases 4/10
• Joshua Shipley)Joshua Shipley took advantage of the ASCS Southwest Region's off-weekend as he competed with the San Tan Ford Desert Sprint Car Series last Saturday at Arizona Speedway, where he earned a third-place finish during the non-wing A Main. "We had a really good weekend and a fast car," he said. "I drew the No. 71 pill, which put us in the back (of a heat race), but I felt like it wasn't a bad thing."  Press Releases 4/10
• PRI Indy)Trailer exhibitors at the 2018 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show will now be able to show off their product lineups alongside their booths in the new indoor exhibit area at Lucas Oil Stadium. The new area provides exhibitors a larger space to showcase their products and is contiguous to the Indiana Convention Center.  Press Releases 4/10
• Austin Liggett)Saturday night Hanford, CA was one of the few places able to get a race in, and Austin Liggett made the trip down to compete with the USAC West Coast 360 Series. Having a strong run, Liggett would be in the mix for the race lead until an issue on the 13th lap hampered him enough to go to the work area during a red on the 23rd lap before coming back to finish 11th. “It was a bummer for sure,” Austin Liggett said. “The way the race was going and the way it ended I think it was setting up to be a great finish, but life goes on and we will try again this weekend.”  Press Releases 4/10

2:00pm

PRESS....

• Parker Price-Miller)Scheduled to kick off the All Star Circuit of Champions schedule last weekend until inclement weather cancelled the weekend, Parker Price-Miller and Destiny Motorsports made a return trip to Pennsylvania where they scored a sixth place finish on Friday and Williams Grove and a fourth place finish on Sunday at BAPS Motor Speedway as they now kick off the ASCoC schedule this week back in PA. Press Releases 4/10
• Colby Copeland)Getting the 2018 King of the West/NARC season kicked off Sunday night in Bakersfield, CA, Colby Copeland would battle back from an early race issue to finish 14th at Kern County Raceway Park. “We had some mechanical issues early in the feature that forced us to the tail end of the field, and the track ended up being really tough to pass on,” Colby Copeland said. “We felt pretty good and were able to make up some spots to salvage the night a little with a 14th place finish.” Press Releases 4/10
• Willie Croft)Sunday night in Bakersfield, CA, Willie Croft got the 2018 King of the West-NARC season kicked off in fine form as he picked up a second place finish in the series’ opening event. “We had a good car and were really fast all night, you hate to lose races when starting up front like we did,” Willie Croft said. “We are definitely making strides and getting better with each race.” Press Releases 4/10
• Sean Watts)After taking his lumps and acclimating to some off season changes while running with the World of Outlaws, Sean Watts kicked his 2018 King of the West campaign off Sunday in Bakersfield, CA and after getting off to a nice start a lap five mistake would bring his night to an early end. Press Releases 4/10
• Tommy Tarlton)Running with the King of the West Series on Sunday in Bakersfield, CA, Tommy Tarlton would have a tough night that saw him persevere and record a 13th place finish. “It was a rocky night for us,” Tarlton said. “We went out late in time trials and that really hurt us. My guys did a great job all night and we were able to come back from an early issue and finish 13th.” Press Releases 4/10
• ASCS GS/MS)A showdown is on the horizon as the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region and ASCS Mid-South Regions head for King of the Wings III at the Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss. on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 P.M. (CT).ASCS 4/10
• York Dispatch)Danny Dietrich won the 30-lap sprint-car feature at BAPS Motor Speedway on Sunday evening. It was the first sprint-car race of the season at the northern York County track formerly known as Susquehanna Speedway.https://www.yorkdispatch.com/4/10
• FLO Racing)The 2018 campaign is turning into the Donny Schatz and Sheldon Haudenschild show on the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series circuit. This time around, it was Schatz scoring his fourth win in the first nine races as the spring West Coast swing wrapped up at Arizona Speedway on Saturday in Queen Creek, AZ. The nine-time and defending series champion used a couple of strong restarts to gain several positions during his march to the front. https://www.floracing.com/articles/6173266-world-of-outlaws-notebook-schatz-keeps-rollinghttps://www.floracing.com/ 4/10
• RacingNews.com)At 32-years-old, Sam Hafertepe Jr is the defending Lucas Oil ASCS National Champion. He pilots fire-breathing dirt sprint cars, chasing dirt track all across the country. He has 692 races under his belt. Of those, he’s made 55 trips to victory lane and 320 times he’s finished inside the top-10.https://racingnews.co/4/10

Monday  April 9th 2018

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that! Tom Lehrer

11:00pm

RESULTS....

• Greg Wilson)Greg Wilson produced his best finish of the season during World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series competition last Saturday at Arizona Speedway during the Arizona Desert Shootout. "After running J.T. Imperial's car (on March 31) we went back to the drawing board," he said. "We cut on our car and moved some stuff around that was an issue. It definitely seemed to be better. I want to thank J.T., Michael and Ray, and Matt and Carter for working hard last week. It's almost like starting over, but it was definitely an improvement." Press Releases 4/9
• Sammy Swindell)Sammy Swindell posted a pair of podium finishes last weekend during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals. Swindell's third-place finish on Friday and runner-up result on Saturday during the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com doubleheader at Texas Motor Speedway give him and car owner A.G. Rains six straight top fives. Press Releases 4/9
• Kerry Madsen)Fingers are crossed in the Big Game Motorsports camp that Mother Nature will play nice this weekend. The Muddy backed team and driver Kerry Madsen are planning on competing this Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, during the 65 th annual Season Opener. Press Releases 4/9
• Travis Rilat)Travis Rilat passed a combined 25 cars last weekend during the two Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com A Mains at Texas Motor Speedway. Rilat kicked off the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals by charging forward from seventh to third in a heat race on Friday, but a mechanical problem midway through the race relegated the BDS Motorsports entry to the pits early and the team was unable to start a B Main. Press Releases 4/9
• Tony Bruce Jr)Tony Bruce Jr. showed improvement throughout the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Bruce Jr. and car owner Mike Hayashi opened the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com doubleheader on Friday by placing fifth in a heat race. "I got tight on the first lap and washed up out of the groove," Bruce Jr. said. "I fell in line after that. It really put us behind the eight ball." Press Releases 4/9
• Prime Time Live)The opening weekend of PRIME TIME Live Coast to Coast brought to you by McCarthy Auto Group was a rousing success and the show will resume this Friday and Saturday night. RacinBoys Co-Founders Scott Traylor and Kirk Elliott hosted the grass-roots racing focused show, which airs for free on the RacinBoys website, Facebook Live and YouTube TV, from their broadcasting booth. In addition to having correspondents on site at select races across the country, the show pulled in Victory Lane interviews as well as posted Pay-Per-View video. Press Releases 4/9
• Brian Brown)Last weekend was a long one for Brian Brown, whose team ventured to Arizona Speedway to tackle the Arizona Desert Shootout on Saturday. "It was a long trip," he said. "Thanks to Chad and Michael for all they do. It's about a 20-hour trip one way. We chose to head from California to Wichita, Kan., the previous week so we had to go back to Arizona." Press Releases 4/9
• KSE Racing)Mother Nature seemed to step aside and let most of the country get some racing in over the weekend and a plethora of drivers using KSE Racing Products were able to enjoy the spoils of victory lane. Sunday night in Bakersfield, CA, Shane Golobic had a grand debut with Tarlton Motorsports. Teaming up to contest the 2018 King of the West schedule, the Golobic/Tarlton combo proved to be a potent one as Golobic used KSE Racing Products to score the opening night win. Press Releases 4/9
• Krikke Motorsports)It’s been three wins from as many starts for Krikke Motorsport and team driver Jamie Veal, who closed their 2017-18 season last Saturday night at the Perth Motorplex by celebrating a clean sweep in the AHG Sprintcar Series Triple Crown. Making a last minute decision to participate in the third and final Triple Crown round, having won the opening two rounds during the Krikke Boys Shootout in early March, which the team originally intended to be their final outing for the season, it was a decision that certainly paid off for them, with the event delivering the team with the best possible season send off. Press Releases 4/9
• Attica Raceway Park OH)Despite the cancellation of the first four events of 2018, Attica Raceway Park Promoter John Bores is committed to rewarding the loyal race teams that support "Ohio's Finest Racing" speed plant with a great point fund and strong weekly payout once again. Press Releases 4/9
• Dave Blaney)A last minute decision to make the eight-hour tow from High Point, N.C. to Port Royal Speedway paid off for Dave Blaney and the Pete Grove-owned No. 70 team on Saturday, April 7th as Blaney was able to capture his first win of 2018. “It feels good as a new team to get a win this early in the season,” Blaney said. “We’ve really been jelling well as a group and I’m glad it’s showing in the results.” Press Releases 4/9
• Randolph County Raceway MO)Sunday April 22nd's “Spring In” presented by PEAK Sport & Spine Outlaw 410 Winged Sprint Car race at Randolph County Raceway has been cancelled due to an medical illness involving the event promoter. USRA/IMCA B-Modified’s were also scheduled to compete during the program. A complete schedule for the 2018 season can be seen at the tracks website: www.randolphcountyraceway.com, or on facebook at: RandolphCountyRaceway. The Randolph County Raceway is located at 4081 Highway 24, in Moberly. 4/9
• Nolen Racing)Nolen Racing’s Chris Windom ran in second or third place for almost half of Saturday’s USAC Silver Crown season opener at ISM Raceway, and he was never out of the top five until there were just seven laps remaining in the 100-lap race. The native of Canton, Ill. who now lives in St. Louis didn’t get the top-five finish he deserved, however, due to a slowly deflating tire which forced him to drop out with 94 laps complete. He was credited with an eighth-place finish. Press Releases 4/9
• Josh Weller)Josh Weller had never won an opening night event. That was before Weller brought the Scherear’s VW & Audi Specialist, Victory Auto Glass home to an opening night victory on Friday night April 6th at the Carolina Speedway. Press Releases 4/9

1:45pm

RESULTS....

• Photos)Shots from BAPS Motor Speedway by Steve Koletar and Port Royal Speedway by Rick Rarer are inSpeedShotz 4/9
• NARC KWS)Shane Golobic and his new Tarlton Motorsports team wasted no time proving they will be a force to be reckoned with on the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series tour, capturing the 30-lap season opener at the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park on Sunday.King of the West/NARC 4/9

PRESS....

• Tri-State Speedway IN)The World of Outlaws Sprints will be making an appearance at Tri-State Speedway on Saturday evening April 14th. This special event will usher in racing at the track for 2018. The complete schedule offers a dozen different events The Outlaws will undoubtedly set the stage for an exciting season at the quarter mile Haubstadt oval. Qualifications will follow hot laps for the sprints which will begin at 6 P.M. The high powered winged sprints are expected to be circling the track in the 11 to 12 second range. The track record is still held by Sammy Swindell at 11.11 seconds. That amazingly quick lap has withstood the test of time for 13 seasons. Press Releases 4/9
• Park Jefferson Speedway SD)The Nebraska 360/MSTS show for Saturday 4/14 is canceled. 4/9
• Sprint Car Bandits)The 360C.I. Sprint Car Bandits (SCB) makes its series debut in Arkansas at the ¼ mile semi-banked Texarkana 67 Speedway this coming Saturday, April 14th at 8pm. The event will pay $2,000 to the 25-lap feature winners, $1,000 for second place and pays down generously to $300 to start each event (see below for complete breakdown). All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. There is no driver entry fee, no series membership fee and just a $15 nightly draw fee. Press Releases 4/9
• Shane Stewart)Fresh off of a rare dark weekend, the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series completed their spring west coast swing this past weekend at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz., where Shane Stewart and the Kyle Larson Racing team led laps and earned a top-five result. Stewart was the 10th car to make a lap in time trials and ended up with the fifth fastest lap out of 24 competitors. He got a great start from the outside of the front row in his heat race to steal the win and earn a spot in the Craftsman Club Dash, where he finished fifth.Press Releases 4/9
• Premier Speedway AU)Excellent fields in all three divisions have signed on for duty at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool for the final night of the 2017-18 season, which will feature three amazing feature events. The Victorian 360 Sprintcar Title has attracted a field of nearly 30 cars to this points in time, with David Murcott, Brett Milburn, Rusty Hickman, John Vogels, Brayden Parr, Eddie Lumbar and a host of other stars are set to try and arrest the Title from its current custodian Jordyn Charge, who will be as equally determined to go back-to-back! Press Releases 4/9
• Tony Stewart)In conjunction with the NASCAR events at Texas Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart joined the ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series at The Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway during the recent weekend, participating in, as well as promoting, the two-day Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals. Aboard his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing/Rush Truck Centers/Textron Off Road/Ford Performance/Curb Records/Sage Fruit/No. 14 sprint car, Stewart qualified for each of the contested A-mains on Friday and Saturday, April 6-7, nearly earning back-to-back top-five finishes before mechanical issues wreaked havoc during the weekend finale.Press Releases 4/9
• Brent Marks)The “Myerstown Missile” Brent Marks put on a passing clinic with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series on Saturday night at Arizona Speedway, advancing from deep within the field to earn a top-ten finish; his third of the 2018 season against the Greatest Show On Dirt. Press Releases 4/9
• Justin Whittall)Justin Whittall's 2018 United Racing Club (URC) campaign kicked off on a solid note during the recent weekend, scoring a podium finish during the North/South Shootout at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C., on Friday, April 6. Press Releases 4/9
• Cory Haas)For the first time since 2015, and for the first time since paired with Trone Outdoor Motorsports, Cory Haas is a main event winner at Williams Grove Speedway, leading all 25 circuits on Friday night, April 6, to snag the Yellow Breeches 500 main event. Although impressive, Haas' triumph at the world-famous dirt oval did not occur unchallenged, forced to fend off persistent charges by “The Edge” Brian Montieth during the closing circuits to secure a seventh-career Williams Grove Speedway victory. Press Releases 4/9
• Brock Zearfoss)Although Zearfoss' Central Pennsylvania top-ten streak has snapped, his ability to captivate fans is still going strong. In spectacular fashion, the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss rebounded in a big way on Saturday evening at the Port Royal Speedway “Speed Palace,” charging forward from 22nd on the feature grid to finish sixth at the end of the 25-lap main event. A mechanical issue during heat race competition was the culprit, forcing the defending Port Royal Speedway track champion to start near the tail of the field. Press Releases 4/9
• Danny Dietrich)Three events in three days resulted in three consecutive top-ten finishes for “Double-D” Danny Dietrich, all capped off with a victory at BAPS Motor Speedway near York Haven, Pa., on Sunday, April 8. The victory, his second of the 2018 season and his first at the venue formerly known as Susquehanna Speedway, occurred in fantastic fashion, working ahead from sixth on the main event grid to eventually drive around tenth starting Lance Dewease on lap 17. Press Releases 4/9
• Donny Schatz)Concluding his first World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series West Coast Swing of the 2018 season, Fargo, North Dakota's Donny Schatz made an impressive charge to the front on Saturday night at Arizona Speedway, earning his fourth victory of the 2018 season against the Greatest Show On Dirt, his sixth victory overall, as well as extending his championship stronghold to 48 points over Sheldon Haudenschild. Press Releases 4/9
• Shane Golobic)Sunday night in Bakersfield, CA, Shane Golobic and Tarlton Motorsports made their first start together in 2018 during the King of the West Series’ season opening event and it would go extremely well as Golobic turned in a dominating performance to score the feature event win.Press Releases 4/9
• SOD)Race fans have spoken and the four-race Butler Motor Speedway/Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP mini-series will officially be known as the Hog Creek Showdown. The name recognizes the North Branch Hog Creek that meanders north of Butler then east of the speedway, no doubt one of Michigan’s biggest tourist attractions! Okay, maybe it isn’t, more likely hardly anyone has ever heard of it, but that will change now. Press Releases 4/9