Christopher Bell wins the Midwest Open Wheel Association Sprint Car Series Presented by Casey's General Stores Illinois Sprint Week feature at Highland Speedway, Highland, Illinois, Wednesday night. Mark Funderburk photo

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Thursday July 24th 2014

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• Column)BillW has notes from Christopher Bell's MOWA win at Highland IL BillW's Knoxville News7/24

Wednesday July 23rd 2014

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin

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• Column)BillW has notes from Christopher Bell's MOWA win at Highland IL BillW's Knoxville News7/23
• World of Outlaws)Daryn Pittman scored his 11th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win of the season Wednesday night at Fulton Speedway, holding off challenges from David Gravel and Donny Schatz. This is the most wins Pittman has ever scored in a single World of Outlaws season. Race Results 7/23

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• Joey Saldana)Rain showers passed over Fulton Speedway this afternoon, but with the concerted efforts of race personnel, the track was worked in and groomed for a big night of racing on the last night of World of Outlaws stateside racing before heading to Canada. Press Releases7/23
• Ryan Litt)Ryan Litt is excited to make his debut in the USAC Silver Crown series at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Thursday, July 24. Ryan will drive a Team 6R Racing machine with Toyota Power in the "J.D. Byrider 100", an event which is part of a big week of racing around Indianapolis. Press Releases7/23
• J&J Auto Racing)Several J&J Auto Racing teams found victory lane in Sprint car action all across the country over the last week. Donny Schatz, Terry Gray, Tony Stewart, Lee Grosz, Matt Moro, Jared Zimbardi, Jordan Ryan and Tony Grams all picked up Sprint car wins recently driving J&J Sprint cars. Press Releases7/23
• Derek Hagar)Derek Hagar is excited to make his season debut at Knoxville Raceway this weekend. Hagar is set to tackle the half-mile oval in Knoxville, Iowa, this Saturday for a 360ci event prior to the 360 Knoxville Nationals the following week. It will mark his first trip to the track since 2013. "We're breaking out a new car to make everything look good," he said. "We're coming out with our guns loaded." Press Releases7/23
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Ohsweken Speedway's 19th season of racing continues this Friday, July 25, when McDonald's Restaurants of Brantford & Paris present Autograph Night and Christmas in July, featuring Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland's GMC Crate Sprint Cars, Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Gale's Auto Aftermarket Bombers. Donate a toy to the Christmas in July toy drive to receive half price admission! Press Releases7/23
• Brandon Hanks)Brandon Hanks earned his best-career finish at two tracks in Oklahoma last weekend with a pair of seventh-place results. Hanks kicked off the ASCS Sooner Region doubleheader on Friday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, where he finished in the same position that he started - third. That lined him up 11th for the main event. Press Releases7/23
• STARS Midgets)It’s been three weeks since the most recent D’Arcy GMC STARS National Midget event. During that brief summer break, some of the drivers relaxed; some went on vacation; some raced in other series; one driver prepped for the birth of his first child; and one driver even got married. After the extensive amount of time off, the STARS Midgets return to competition under the lights at the 1/3 mile Grundy County Speedway on Saturday night, July 26th for the “Bob Tattersall ChallengePress Releases7/23
• Tracy Hines)Tracy Hines has finished fourth this season with the Traxxas USAC Silver Crown Series. He also has finished third. And, twice, he has come home in the runner-up position with the series, leaving just one more spot to gain as he chases his first Silver Crown win of the season. He’ll have another opportunity this week at one of his favorite tracks, Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Press Releases7/23
• Patrick Dills)Patrick Dills nearly captured his first career victory last Saturday. Dills led the first 19 laps at Cottage Grove Speedway before finishing second in the Northwest Extreme Sprints main event, which marked his first career podium result. Press Releases7/23
• Channin Tankersley)Channin Tankersley has a month off after last weekend's ASCS Gulf South Region doubleheader was washed out. "It rained all weekend," he said. "We got about 10 inches of rain in a day and a half. It was flooding in some places down here." Press Releases7/23
• USAC)This Saturday, July 26th, the popular Honda USAC Western Midgets will make their series debut at Lemoore Raceway. Promoted by Kyle Evans, the action packed card will also showcase four classes of Micro Sprints (Junior, Non-Wing, Restricted, and Super 600s). Racer Sign-Ins are at 2:00pm, the Drivers Meeting is scheduled for 4:30pm, Spectator Gates will open at 4:30pm. Time Trials at 5:30pm, and Racing starts at 6:30pm. USAC 7/23
• Belleville Midget Nationals)Drivers Zach Daum, Chris Windom and New Zealand’s Michael Pickens hope to improve upon their past performances in the upcoming The 37th annual Belleville Midget Nationals on July 31-Aug. 2 at the Belleville High Banks. Thursday July 31 will see the USAC Honda National Midget Dirt Series run qualifications, preliminary races and a 25-lap midget feature race. The USAC Silver Crown Series will hold a practice session during the evening, in preparation for Friday Nights events. Press Releases7/23

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• NT360 Sprintcars AU)The inaugural Bob Ekins Memorial for 360 Sprintcars was run and won last Saturday night at Darwin’s Northline Speedway, and it went the way of the in-form driver Jason McIver. Despite being the form driver of the season so far, McIver didn’t have it all his own way. After qualifying from pole position for the 20-lap feature race, he was faced some fierce competition from two-time Sydney Speedway Track Champion and local 410 Sprintcar racer Ben Atkinson. Race Results 7/21
• UMSS)Brooke Tatnell has won sprint car races at numerous tracks here in the United States and over in his home country of Australia. On Sunday night July 20 Tatnell added the Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids, MN to that list. Tatnell passed race leader Davey Heskin on lap 10 and led the remainder of the nonstop 25 lap feature. Tony Norem, who had started fifth and fell back to ninth on the opening lap, roared back up through the field and was closing fast on Tatnell when the checkers w3ed. Tatnell, his family, and crew from the Ron Olson #34 sprinter celebrated in Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup/Rock Auto Victory Lane following his 28th career UMSS sprint car win. Race Results 7/23
• UMSS)Sunday nights are certainly proving to be the night for Mike Mueller of Stacy, Minnesota. For the third time in four tries on Sunday nights within the past year, Mueller has driven his #87 Traditional sprint car to victory. On Sunday night July 20 at the Granite City Speedway, Mueller passed race leader Rob Caho, Jr. coming to the white flag and went on to record his fourth career UMSS Traditional sprint car feature win. Mueller emerged from his car, jumped up on the roll bars, and raised his hands in jubilation. He then celebrated with his father Herb and crew in Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup Victory Lane to cap off a thrilling charge forward from the fifth starting spot. Race Results 7/23

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• Wayne Johnson)A welcome podium finish came at the Knoxville Raceway in 410 action Saturday for the Wayne Johnson Racing #77x team. It came at a good time, as it will be their last prep for the Nationals. This week finds them “North of the Border” in Canada for four events, two of which will be World of Outlaws shows. Press Releases7/23
• IRA)The circus is coming to town! This circus is one of speed and steel. Where the entertainers thrill fans by performing some the best racing to be seen. It’s outdoor entertainment for the whole family. Like a band of vagabond gypsies, the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series is set to showcase the fastest cars on dirt this weekend at three different Wisconsin north woods racing venues. The 900 horsepower machines are set to take to the track in a trio of events, in one weekend, at three distinctly different racetracks. IRA 7/23
• Harli White)Spending her Saturday night making her debut at the Knoxville Raceway in preparations for the upcoming 360 Nationals, Harli White and her Harli White Racing team were able to make the feature event, and get some valuable seat time. “It didn’t go how we had hoped, but we were able to get a lot of laps there, and get some good notes for the Nationals,” White said. Press Releases7/23
• Ian Madsen)Ian Madsen put together quite the weekend at the Knoxville Raceway and the Huset’s Speedway as he beat the All Star’s at Huset’s on Sunday night after finishing second at Knoxville just one night prior. “It was great to finally get two nights of racing in, and get a night in at Knoxville,” Madsen said. “We had a really good car both nights, and were so close to getting two wins on the weekend.” Press Releases7/23
• URSS)After taking a weekend off after the 3 day Wheatshocker Nationals Weekend the United Rebel Sprint Series will be back in action this weekend for two nights this Friday and Saturday. Press Releases7/23
• Alan Krimes)After scoring two (2) top-five finishes against the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series during their recent three-race central Pennsylvania swing, Alan Krimes will waste no time celebrating and return to competition in the heart of ‘Posse Country’ this Friday and Saturday, July 25th & 26th at Williams Grove Speedway and Lincoln Speedway. Krimes, who pilots the Midnite Antiques, Conestoga Valley Garage, Wayne Corini, Krimes Racing Engines, VRP Shocks, no. 87 ‘410’ sprint car week-in and week-out in central Pennsylvania, finds himself well inside the top-five of the Williams Grove Speedway and Lincoln Speedway championship chases, and will continue his trek towards overall championships at both facilities this Friday and Saturday. Press Releases7/23
• Wesmar Engines)With the summer heat wave in full force so were Wesmar customers this past weekend. Terry Gray swept the evenings card at Lavonia Speedway in Georgia by claiming heat, dash, and feature victories last Thursday. Gray’s teammate Morgan Turpen followed Gray to the stripe to ensure a nice payday for the pair of 10’s. After picking up his brand new Wesmar bullet three days earlier North Dakota’s Lee Grosz parked his Hall of Fame grandpa Doug Howell’s familiar 4J in the Winner’s Circle in Fairmont, Minnesota after holding off Brian Brown in the process. ASCS Sooner Region points leader Dustin Morgan continued his stranglehold by winning at Lanny Edwards Lawton Speedway in his ARK Wrecking #93 to further lengthen his points lead. The 360 Nationals are a week away so don’t get caught shorthanded on parts. Call Wesmar for your last minute parts needs at 918-366-7311.7/23
• Motorsports 2015)The Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2015 fueled by Sunoco Race Fuels and Distributed by Insinger Performance Race Car and Trade Show will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Friday, January 23 thru Sunday, January, 25th. “It seems just like yesterday when we kicked off this show,” said show producer Len Sammons who has confirmed the events traditional date once again at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. Press Releases7/23
• Plymouth Speedway IN)NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is slowly making his comeback into dirt track racing and he’ll be showing his fans that he still has what it takes to win when he comes to Plymouth Speedway for the Bob Newton Classic next month. Stewart will race his Winged Sprint car on the fastest dirt surface in Northern Indiana on Aug. 16. Press Releases7/23
• Mercer Raceway Park PA)Mercer Raceway Park will present another doubleheader of exciting auto racing action this weekend. The fun will start on Saturday evening, July 26, with the Racing for a Cure event benefiting the American Cancer Society. It will continue on Sunday, July 27, with round two of Smackdown!, the annual contest between the Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds and the BRP Modified Tour. Each night, gates will open at 4 p.m., practice will commence at 6:30, and racing at 7. Press Releases7/23

Tuesday July 22nd 2014

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it. Robert E. Lee

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• Chase Johnson)Hitting the road for the summer with Harley Van Dyke, Chase Johnson had a nice showing in his first weekend of action highlighted by a sixth place finish at the I-80 Speedway and a pair of 12th place finishes at the Knoxville Raceway, and the Fairmount Raceway. Press Releases7/22
• Terry McCarl)Terry McCarl won at the Cedar County Raceway in Tipton, Iowa on Friday, July 11. The win aboard the Jimmy Davies #99 marked the 62nd track that the Altoona, Iowa driver has won in his career. It was a busy week of racing that will be followed by another. TMAC will return to the #99 for three Illinois Speedweek MOWA events starting tomorrow night, before returning to weekly action Saturday at the Knoxville Raceway and with the All Stars at the Huset’s Speedway in South Dakota on Sunday. Press Releases7/22
• Kaley Gharst)Kaley Gharst and the Sandvig #7 team completed a busy two-week period of races that saw a charge at Park Jefferson Speedway in South Dakota and a second place finish in Jackson, Minnesota. They also picked up four top ten finishes during last week’s JSTS Speedweek and currently lead the Minnesota Mafia point standings. This weekend sees the Decatur, Illinois driver competing at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa Friday and at the Jackson Speedway on Saturday. Press Releases7/22
• Mark Dobmeier)“Dynamite” Mark Dobmeier claimed with number seven of the 2014 season at the Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota July 12. Except for some bad luck, he easily could have picked up two or three more wins in the past couple of weeks. This weekend the Grand Forks, North Dakota driver and the Lunstra/Dobmeier #13 team will tackle their normal triumvirate of races: River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks on Friday, the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, and the All Star race at Huset’s on Sunday. Press Releases7/22
• Column)Duane Hancock has notes from Limaland and Eldora in Tri-State Outlook7/22
• CRASH PAD)You should be CRASH PAD equipped. Put some space between you and a hard landing. Reduce the Risk of Spinal Injury in crashes. The Shock Absorbing Material in the CRASH PAD slows your downward motion in the seat during a crash to reduce impact forces. Learn more at www.802solutions.com, find a dealer or order online. Better Now than After.... 7/22
• Christopher Bell)Just one week ago, Christopher Bell had about come to terms with the likelihood that he would be spectating rather than racing at the upcoming Knoxville Nationals. He also had an off night slated when the USAC Silver Crown series takes to the Belleville High Banks next Friday. Press Releases7/22
• Carolina Racesavers)Tony Stewart Racing’s #22 winged sprinter driven by Tony Grams would lap all but one driver on his way to a fourth feature victory in his 2014 championship campaign for the Carolina RaceSaver Sprint Car Series. Unfortunately, the one car he wanted to lap the most would be his only challenger Saturday evening at Sumter Speedway in Sumter, SC. Press Releases7/22
• Aaron Reutzel)Aaron Reutzel finished off the ASCS journey to Montana and South Dakota by rallying from deep in the field to another podium finish Friday night at Rapid City’s Black Hills Speedway. Reutzel’s charge from 14th to third aboard the Bob and Christie Miller’s Car Parts Machine/Wren Motorsports No. 87 Triple-X entry marked his 30th overall top ten of a season that has included six wins and now 21 top-fives. Press Releases7/22
• Jack Dover)Jack Dover rocketed to his fourth consecutive victory last Thursday, which established a new career-best winning streak. After advancing from sixth to fourth place during his Nebraska 360 Sprints heat race at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., Dover started the main event on the outside of the second row. He didn't stay there long. "Before the feature we didn't really change much," he said. "Just some shocks and put some fuel in it. We put another wing on it to try something different." Press Releases7/22
• Craig Dollansky)Weather finally gave Big Game Motorsports driver Craig Dollansky a weekend to compete. After losing five of the previous seven weeks to rain at Knoxville Raceway, the Big Game Treestands team tackled the half-mile oval last Saturday. Press Releases7/22
• Andrew Felker)Another podium finish highlighted Andrew Felker's weekend. Felker, who had a chance to score a trio of top-five finishes last weekend, earned his best result on Saturday with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series at St. Francois County Raceway in Farmington, Mo. After finishing fourth in his heat race, Felker lined up on the outside of the sixth row for the main event. Press Releases7/22
• Seth Bergman)Seth Bergman rallied to post his 21st top 10 of the season last Friday at Black Hills Speedway. Bergman opened the event by dropping to a third-place result after starting on the pole of his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour heat race. Press Releases7/22
• Craig Dollansky)Hampered by Mother Nature the past three weekends, Knoxville Raceway has stood silent on Saturday nights since the Big Game Treestands #7 team dominated the feature on June 21st. Nearly a month later, the weather was finally much better for racing in southern Iowa as ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ signed in for 3M Night at the historic half-mile. Press Releases7/22
• Devin Kline)It didn't take long for Devin Kline to find his way into Victory Lane. After spending the last four years as a crew member for White Lightning Motorsports, Kline powered to his first career 305ci victory in only his third main event start at Knoxville Raceway last Saturday. "Everything seemed to line up in place," he said. Press Releases7/22
• Joe Trenca)Joe Trenca is set visit Ohsweken Speedway for the third time in as many years. Trenca will tackle the fast track next Monday for the Northern Summer Nationals, which will be his season debut at the 3/8-mile oval. Press Releases7/22
• Triple X Race Components)When big money is on the line in Central PA, teams turn to Triple X Race Components to help them to victory lane. Such was the case again on Saturday (or the wee hours of Sunday morning technically) as Lance Dewease took home $20,000 in the Dietz Motorsports XXX at Williams Grove Speedway against the World of Outlaws. All of us at XXX congratulate Lance on his awesome drive, as well as our other weekly winners including Kade Morton with the OCRS, Brent Bates at Creek County Speedway, Mickey Walker with the ASCS Sooner Region, Matt Covington in Wyoming and Brock Hallett and Riley Watkins at Deming Speedway. Press Releases7/22
• Josh Baughman)Josh Baughman felt as good as he ever has at Knoxville Raceway last Saturday. We were way better this time than in the past two or three years, he said. After qualifying 23rd quickest  which lined him up on the pole of a heat race  and changing an engine, Baughman guided his Jason Johnson Racing sprint car to his first career heat race win at the famed half-mile oval. We made some good laps, he said. Press Releases7/22
• Sam Hafertepe Jr)Sam Hafertepe Jr. was on pace to capture another victory last weekend when it was pulled out from under him. After charging from sixth to third place in his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour heat race on Friday at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D., Hafertepe Jr. led the opening seven laps of the main event before a caution jumbled everything. Press Releases7/22
• Jonathan Cornell)Sedalia Missouri’s own Jonathan Cornell has had a record-breaking racing season, winning 9 out of the past 11 races he has been in. Of those 9 races, 8 were consecutive wins-6 at Double X Speedway in California, Missouri, 1 at Callaway Speedway in Fulton, Missouri, and 1 at Moberly Speedway. Currently Jonathan and his crew chief Chad Cypert are building a new car to debut at the Knoxville 360 Nationals in August. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @teamtwentyeight to keep up to date with his amazing season or better yet, come out to one of the races to cheer him on in person. Jonathan loves his fans and would love to meet you! Jonathan Cornell Racing would like to thank Kiowa Line Builders, VKCC Motorsports, Starline Brass, Yeager’s Cycle, Champion Brands, R2C Performance Filters, Ostrich Race Engines, Champion Oil, Peak Performance, SBS, Elite Dry Cleaners, Smith Signs, SureCoat, Pro Shocks, Maxim Chassis, Rod End Supply, Weld Racing, Kaeding Performance, Outlaw Wings, SCI, ButlerBuilt, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Jocko’s, Benic, DMI, KSE Racing Products, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Slick Mist, Simpson, Don's Truck Wash, D's Catering, Wilke Motorsports, Xtreme Fuel Stick, Southpaw Customs, Kelley Bullock Racing Vic Cook, Charlie Smith, and Candy for their support for the 2014 racing season. 7/22
• ASCS)North and back as the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real wrapped up their trek through Montana and South Dakota this past weekend as the Regions of the American Sprint Car Series raced though Oklahoma and Missouri while other battled with the unstoppable fury of Mother Nature. ASCS  7/22

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• KSE Racing Products)KSE Racing Products continue to lead the Sprint Car industry in power steering products, as drivers rack up wins night after night. In a week that saw six World of Outlaw feature events, all six winners had the privilege of using KSE Racing Products to lead them to victory lane. Press Releases7/22
• Jac Haudenschild)With two nights of action on the books last weekend, Jac Haudenschild and his Destiny Motorsports team put together a nice solid weekend as they ran third at the Wilmot Raceway before scoring a fourth place finish at the Huset’s Speedway on Sunday night. Saturday night saw ‘The Wild Child’ time the MonDak Portables/Benic Enterprises/Rick Rogers Construciton No. 9w in with the second fastest lap during qualifications. Press Releases7/22
• James McFadden)Australian pilot, James McFadden is in the midst of a very strong USA campaign, but this past weekend with the FAST Series, McFadden hit a minor speed bump as bad luck bit him on both Friday and Saturday night at the Attica Raceway Park and the Freemont Speedway. Press Releases7/22
• Steven Tiner)After having a brutal weekend, Steven Tiner was hesitant to return to action this weekend, but the Visalia, CA driver bounced back in a big way as he picked up third place finishes at the Silver Dollar Speedway and the Petaluma Speedway. “We were all pretty down with the weekend we had after a rough Speedweek,” Tiner said. “We though about taking some time off to regroup, but we ended up racing, and we really had a good weekend.” Press Releases7/22
• Brady Bacon)It was not the Indiana Sprintweek that Brady Bacon and the Hoffman Racing #69 were hoping for, but they emerged from it in position for a USAC National Sprint Car championship. They are just five points out of the lead with eleven events remaining. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver will be campaigning his #99 410 winged machine this week in five races in the Midwest. Indiana Sprintweek started at the I-69 Speedway in Gas City. “We had a bad pill draw in qualifying and still managed to qualify third,” says Brady. “That kind of saved our night. We had a tangle in the heat race and tore the car up a little bit. We had to fix the front end.” Press Releases7/22
• Justin Sanders)Justin Sanders overcame a blown power steering line early in the Ocean Sprints Presented By Taco Bravo feature event, and still managed to charge his way up to a fourth place finish. “It could have been a really great night, but we can’t complain with the finish we had,” Sanders said. “We had a really good car, but blowing a power steering line hurt us a little, but we can’t hang our heads about a third place finish.” Press Releases7/22
• Kyler Shaw)Spending his weekend competing at the Ocean Speedway and the Petaluma Speedway, Kyler Shaw had a very strong showing as he recorded a pair of eight place finishes. “It was a really fun weekend,” Shaw said. “I had an absolute blast, and can’t thank everyone enough for their help.” Friday night saw Shaw start his weekend off at the Ocean Speedway with the Ocean Sprints, and in time trials he turned in the 14th fastest lap. Press Releases7/22
• Parker Price-Miller)Climbing aboard his family owned midget, as well as Donnie Cooper’s No. 01 winged 360ci Sprint Car, Parker Price-Miller had a very good weekend at Belle Clair Speedway and the St. Francois County Raceway as he picked up a pair of Top-10’s. Press Releases7/22
• Patriots)On the verge of the second half of the Patriot Sprint Tour season kicking off, a major area racing supporter has stepped up to bolster PST events down the stretch. Evingham Site Excavation, of Bolivar, NY, has agreed with Patriot Sprint Tour management to sponsor the Four Laps of Fame Dashes at a host of tracks around their locations. The first dash they will sponsor will be this Saturday at Woodhull Raceway. Press Releases7/22
• Perris Auto Speedway CA)There is no racing at Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night, July 26th. The next night of action will be on August 16th when the popular Riverside County racing facility hosts the “California Racers Hall of Fame Night” featuring the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior & Young Gun Sprints and the California Lightning Sprint Cars. The PASSCAR Stock Car Series will be back on August 23rd and the next “Night of Destruction” will be on September 6th.. For more information on The PAS call: (951) 940-0134. 7/22
• FAST)Led by current series point leader Steve Rando, the JLH General Contractors Fremont/Attica Sprint Title ‘305’ Championship Series presented by Engine Pro will finally return to competition this Friday and Saturday, July 25th & 26th. After being off for over a month, Ohio’s top ‘305’ sprint car competitors will hop back on the F.A.S.T. ‘305’ Championship Series trail, and continue their quest towards the $2,000 championship. Press Releases7/22
• Oswego Speedway NY)As the anticipation begins to build for the 58th annual Budweiser International Classic 200 for Novelis Supermodifieds at Oswego Speedway, it was announced this week that heat races will once again be an option during the Sunday qualifying format for the richest and most prestigious Supermodified race in the world. Press Releases7/22
• OCRS)This Saturday will find the action packed sprint cars of the Oil Capital Racing Series making their second of three 2014 visits to the 4/10-mile oval of the Oklahoma Sports Park in Ada Oklahoma. Danny Smith will look to extend his point lead as he continues his march onward to what could be his first ever OCRS championship. Gary Owens will try to go back to back at OSP as he took the Harold Leep Jr. Memorial back in May. OCRS 7/22
• Badger)A weekend doubleheader for the Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series is now only four-days away! Action kicks off on Saturday July 26 at the Wilmot Raceway with the Eighth annual "Salute to Harry Turner". Pits open at 3:00 p.m., grandstands at 5:00 p.m., racing beginning at 6:45 p.m. Racing action will also include the Badger 600 Micro Series, with the tracks Modified, Street Stock, and Mini Sprint divisions participating.Press Releases7/22

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• Jonathan Allard)Jonathan Allard put together another strong weekend with his Tri-C Motorsports team as they picked up their sixth win of the season Friday night at the Silver Dollar Speedway, and were well on their way to a podium finish with the King of the West Series until a wild incident on the final corner resulted in Allard crossing the stripe in the ninth spot. Press Releases7/22
• PennLive)A jury's decision Monday in Cumberland County Court denied John Westbrook the financial security he was seeking for the rest of his life.http://www.pennlive.com/ 7/22
• DJ Netto)The Placerville Speedway hasn’t been too kind to DJ Netto over his brief career, but on Saturday night the Hanford, CA pilot put together a great night as he finished sixth on the high banked ¼ mile track. With 27 cars on hand for the King of the West event at Placerville Speedway, Netto timed his Netto Ag/Penny Newman Grain/Bogies Auto Parts entry in 11th fastest. Press Releases7/22
• Kyle Hirst)Looking to rebound from a 12th place finish during the Howard Kaeding Classic, Kyle Hirst had a rough night at the Placerville Speedway that saw his night come to an end on the second lap. “It was a rough night for sure,” Hirst said. “We had been pretty fortunate all year not to have many of those, but they do happen, and we will come back and hopefully win the Peter Murphy Classic,” Hirst said. Press Releases7/22
• Willie Croft)Since returning to California following his great run at the Dirt Cup, Willie Croft has experienced some tough luck, but the Sacramento, CA driver hasn’t let it get him down, as he looks to fight through this stretch. “It has definitely been rough the last couple of weeks, but no one has given up yet, and we continue to have a very fast racecar.” Press Releases7/22
• Andy Gregg)Dropping a 410ci power plant into Scott Russell’s No. 14R machine on Saturday night, Andy Gregg turned in a very solid performance with the King of the West Series that saw him charge to a fifth place finish after being as high as second with a few laps to go. “It was a great night for our team at the Placerville Speedway,” Gregg said. “We had one of, if not the, fastest cars on the track, and if it wasn’t for a late double file restart, probably should have won or ran second in my opinion.” Press Releases7/22
• Brian Brown)It has been a busy couple of weeks for Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team. After competing in the King’s Royal at Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio, they scored a victory during JSTS Speedweek last Wednesday at the Sioux Speedway in Sioux Center, Iowa. Three top fives followed last week, including a charge to fifth Saturday at Knoxville Raceway. Press Releases7/22
• Cole Wood)Cole Wood and the Cole Wood Racing #17w team got a bit of a monkey off their back by winning the feature event at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa last Thursday. The Auburn, California driver’s win at the JSTS stop at Rock Rapids was welcome, as it came a night after leading a good portion of the feature at the Sioux Speedway in Sioux Center, Iowa. The team will focus on the Knoxville Raceway Saturday in anticipation of the 360 and 410 Nationals there. Press Releases7/22
• Brad Loyet)The trip to the Rocky Mountains proved well worth the scenic drive for Brad Loyet and the Vacuworx Global/Miller Truck Lines #o5 team. They picked up two wins with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series, extending their point lead. The Sunset Hills, Missouri driver won at Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Montana and at the Black Hills Speedway near Rapid City, South Dakota. The team will regroup this week before tackling the Knoxville 360 Nationals next week. Press Releases7/22
• USCS)The 120+ mile per hour ground pounding winged sprint cars of thre United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters invades one of its favorite paved track venues this coming weekend when it returns to Anderson Motor Speedway near Anderson, SC on Friday, July 25th and Saturday, July 26th. USCS 7/22
• Column)Danny Burton has Bloomington Indiana Sprint Week notes in Hoosier Race Report7/22
• Joey Saldana)The World of Outlaws close the month of July with races on the East Coast. Wednesday, July 23, Joey Saldana and the Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Beltline Body Shop team along with the traveling winged sprint car drivers will make their last stateside stand at Fulton Speedway. This is only the fourth time the Outlaws have competed on this 3/8-mile high-banked oval in upstate New York with the most recent appearance in 2010. Press Releases7/22
• Danny Holtgraver)After taking the most recent weekend off to regroup and rebuild, six-time main event winner in 2014, Danny Holtgraver, will jump back into the seat this Saturday night, and venture to central Pennsylvania for a night of competition in ‘Posse Country.’ Holtgraver, who pilots the Hunter Racing, Berlin Natural Bakery, Golden Flavor Sesame Sticks, Bonnell’s Rod Shop, Alternative Power Sources, WestView Motors, DKW Transport, no. 10H ‘410’ sprint car, will venture east this Saturday evening, July 26th to the Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania for a regular night of sprint car action. With Port Royal Speedway’s shape and size closely resembling that of Knoxville Raceway, Holtgraver feels that a night out east will help him prepare for his upcoming trip to Knoxville, Iowa. Press Releases7/22
• USAC WC)In his first start with the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, Anaheim’s Jake Swanson won Saturday’s 30-lap feature at Ventura Raceway. Co-sanctioned with the VRA Sprints, Swanson took the lead from Michael Pickens on lap 25 and streaked to the $1,500 triumph. Ryan Bernal, Pickens, Troy Rutherford, and “Hollywood” Danny Faria Jr. followed Jake to the checkered flags. USAC 7/22
• USAC)Ryan Newman has joined the list of entered drivers for Thursday night's "J.D. Byrider" Rich Vogler Classic at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Newman, USAC's 1999 Silver Crown series champion, returns to the series for the first time since his 2011 appearance at LOR in which he finished eighth. He will pilot one of two entries for car owner Bowman Racing of Brownsburg, Ind. and will team with Tanner Swanson, the winner of USAC's last two Silver Crown races at the .686-mile paved oval.  USAC 7/22
• USAC SW)This Saturday, July 26th, the traditional USAC SouthWest Sprint Car Series will return to Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park for the “3rd Annual Summer Slam.” Promoted by Kevin Montgomery, the action packed card will also showcase IMCA Modifieds, Mini Sprints, Pure Stocks, and Dwarf Cars. The Front Gates will open at 5:00pm with Racing scheduled to begin at 7:00pm.  USAC 7/22
• Sammy Swindell)Big Game Motorsports pilot Sammy Swindell established quick time during a pair of races last weekend. Swindell timed in fastest at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on Saturday before he guided the Big Game Treestands team to the quickest time in qualifying on Sunday with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions at Huset's Speedway. Press Releases7/22
• King of the West)The anticipation has been mounting ever so slightly since the announcement of the Peter Murphy Classic and this Saturday night July 26 the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series is set to finally invade the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway for the big $5,000-to-win/ $700-to-start showcase. King of the West 7/22
• Canyon Speedway Park AZ)Into the closing days of July means the heat is in full effect in Arizona, which is only fitting for Canyon Speedway Park’s Third Annual Summer Slam this Saturday night. And “Chargin’” Charles Davis, Jr., will be gunning for a third consecutive Summer Slam title as the wingless wonders of the USAC Southwest Sprint Car series headline the heated event atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval with IMCA Modifieds, Micro Sprints, Pure Stocks and Dwarf Cars in action as well. Racing action goes green at 7:00 p.m. Press Releases7/22
• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)The United Rebel Sprint Series takes center stage during Friday night’s First Responder Night atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval that coincides with the ten-day long Dodge City Days festival. First Responders and family receive free admission to Friday night’s action that fires off at 7:30 p.m. Press Releases7/22
• Austen Wheatley)Austen Wheatley will return to the road this weekend following a weekend off and a refreshing trip home. Wheatley and his team will potentially kick off the weekend on Friday at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, prior to Saturdays season debut at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. It will mark the first of two visits to the famed half-mile oval before the 54th annual FVP Knoxville Nationals Presented by Caseys General Stores Aug. 6-9. Press Releases7/22
• Dominic Scelzi)Dominic Scelzi rebounded from a slow start to score his best career result at Placerville Speedway on Saturday. Scelzi kicked off the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series event by qualifying 18th quickest around the high-banked bullring. Press Releases7/22
• New Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Central PA Sprint Cars Shirts)  Bob Hilbert Sports Wear will have new shirts available soon. Click the image to see larger views. All proceeds go toward the series. www.bobhilbert.com 7/22
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Port Royal Speedway is gearing up for the annual Living Legends Dream Race for 410 sprints coming up on August 2 at 7 pm. The big money event will this year honor Lance Dewease and Maynard Boop as Living Legends in the track’s history. A bevy of Dewease owners and Boop drivers will be turning out for the honors as well as an autograph session behind the grandstand from 5 until 6 pm.  Central PA 7/22
• USAC)Adam Pierson's performance in this year's USAC DMA Midget series has been phenomenal. He has four wins and a pair of seconds in just six starts so far! That has resulted in a 111-point lead over Josh Sunn in the standings going into this Saturday night's race at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt.  USAC 7/22
• USAC)Eastern HPD Midgets return to Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. Friday night and Scott Hunter continues to lead the standings, 53 points ahead of Calvin Carroll. Saturday night's originally-scheduled HPD USAC Midget race at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway has been cancelled.  USAC 7/22
• USAC)USAC Southwest Sprint Car point leaders R.J. Johnson and Charles Davis Jr. continue their battle for the 2014 series championship in this Saturday's 3rd Annual "Summer Slam" at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. Davis trails by only 19 points with 74 available at Peoria. Josh Pelkey, third in the standings, could prove the spoiler as the series progresses. He's only 33 points out of the lead entering Saturday's race.  USAC 7/22
• USAC)Leemoore (Calif.) Raceway hosts its first Honda USAC Western Midget race and Trey Marcham and Jarid Blondel will try to protect their respective point leads in Saturday's event at the 1/5-mile dirt oval.  USAC 7/22
• USAC)The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car championship has tightened after four final Indiana Sprint Week races this past week. Only 34 points separate the top three drivers in the standings going into the August 21-22-23 "Smackdown III" at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway.  USAC 7/22
• USAC)USAC's West Coast Sprint Cars are preparing for August 8 and 9 races at Watsonville and Chowchilla, Calif. respectively. Finnish driver Markus Niemela continues to lead the standings by 20 points over Matt Mitchell after a seventh place finish at Ventura, Calif. Saturday.  USAC 7/22
• USAC)Ryan Newman has joined the list of entered drivers for Thursday night's "J.D. Byrider" Rich Vogler Classic at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Newman, USAC's 1999 Silver Crown series champion, returns to the series for the first time since his 2011 appearance at LOR in which he finished eighth. He will pilot one of two entries for car owner Bowman Racing of Brownsburg, Ind. and will team with Tanner Swanson, the winner of USAC's last two Silver Crown races at the .686-mile paved oval.  USAC 7/22
• Racing Fans Direct)Our plans are full speed ahead for the 2015 Knoxville Nationals Tour #10 , to be officially released by flyers,ads , mail and other forms of advertising after this years Knoxville Nationals . The tour can be easily accessed from anywhere in the USA or overseas , and I guarantee the tour will save you money when traveling with RFD . The tour includes hotel for all four days , tickets , transportation daily from hotel to the races , airfare discounts from various airports, free tickets to the National Sprint Car of Fame ,and to the great Iowa State Fair and more . Press Releases7/22
• Patriots)After a six week hiatus for many race teams, the second half of the Patriot Sprint Tour America Season is set to get underway. The Patriot Sprint Tour returns to the highbanks of the Woodhull Raceway this Saturday for the ninth PST America event of 2014. The season lidlifter was at the tight 1/3-mile oval back in May but this time around, $2,500 will go to the winner of the 25-lap event. This will be the only race of the weekend after the new management at Clinton County was forced to cancel the Friday Night stop. In addition, for the fourth year in a row, competitors with 305 engines will once again be racing for $1,000 in bonuses, including $300 for the highest finisher.  Press Releases7/22

Monday July 21st 2014

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe

2:00pm

RESULTS...

• Hilborn Tri-State Racer Saver 305 at Grandview Speedway on July 20, 2014 – 25 Lap Feature 1. Jeff Geiges 2. Mike Haggnebottom 3. Tommy Carberry Jr. 4. Kyle Purks 5. Jon Brennflect 6. Ryan Stillwaggon 7. Rick Stief 8. Jon Haegele 9. Bryant Davis 10. Mike Esposito 11. Eddie Wagner 12. Dave Brown 13. Sean Kirkpatrick 14. Stephanie Stevens 15. Dave Graber 16. Mares Shellfox 17. Scott Krauss 18. Ian Detweiler 19. Harris Kohen 20. Stef Palmai 21 Karl Freyer 22. Shane Smith 23. Tim Tanner 24. Scott Frack 25. Adam Carberry 7/22
• ARDC)2010 ARDC Champion, Steve Buckwalter set a blistering pace on his way to his second consecutive win in American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) action on the high banks of the Grandview Speedway. It was Buckwalter's third win of the season and 47th ARDC victory of his career - moving Steve Buckwalter up to fifth behind Ray Bull in ARDC win totals. Race Results 7/21
• Column)BillW has Husets SpeedwayAll Star notes BillW's Knoxville News7/21
• IRA)It had been 29 years since the last appearance of winged outlaw 410 sprints at the Angell Park Speedway. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints rolled into town to do battle on the legendary oval, and fans were treated to not only a new track record but also to an amazing finish where the lead ping ponged between multiple drivers over the final two laps. During a green, white checker finish setup when six-time champion Bill Balog nearly flipped in turn two while trying to steal the lead from Jordan Goldesberry. IRA 7/21
• Susquehanna Speedway Park PA)Super Sportsman Feature (25 laps ): 1. Gregg Foster; 2. Chad Criswell; 3. Chad Trout; 4. Kevin Nouse; 5. Steve Fannasy; 6. Rich Eichelberger; 7. Scott Dellingner; 8. Scott Geesey; 9. Steve Wilbur; 10. Dave Socks; 11. Mike Enders; 12. Carmen Perigo Jr.; 13. Doug Dodson; 14. Dave Berkheimer; 15. Kenny Edkin; 16. Scott Smith; 17. Todd Leonard; 18. Adam Weay; 19. Frankie Herr; 20. Geoff Gill; 21. Russ Mitten; 22. Duaine Smith; 23. Bobby Hockenberry; 24. Rick Barr; DNQ � Lanny Hake; Dave Conrad; Devin Beidel; Bill Devine. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Eichelberger (1-2); Foster (3-25). HEAT RACE WINNERS: Foster; Fannasy and Nouse. 7/21
• Plymouth Dirt Track WI)Nick Melis and Travis Luedke led the Aldog-Honald Mechanical Sprint field to the green. Coming to lap 1 Luedke clipped a tire ending his night and Doug Wondra slid past Melis for the lead. Randy Sippel and Brandon McMullen battled over fourth place. Wondra silently slipped farther and farther from second place Melis. Paul Pokorski and Jason Johnson fought to settle 8 place. First caution was Mitchell Yurmanovich who spun in turn 2. Sippel passed McMullen on the restart, then Justin Miller on the high side a lap later. Race Results 7/21
• Grandview Speedway PA)The results of the second Open Wheel Spectacular at Grandview Speedway have been written in the record books. While that chapter may be closed, it is not likely that the talk about this racing event will end any time soon. Race fans saw Steve Buckwalter set a blistering pace on his way to his second consecutive win in American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) action on the high banks of the Grandview Speedway Sunday night. The Tri-State Race Savers (TSRS) Sprint Car feature saw three different leaders during the final six laps with multiple lead changes on several laps before Jeff Geiges took command and the win. Race Results 7/21
• West Lebanon NY)A big night for David Gravel of Watertown, CT, in the World of Outlaw STP Sprint Car Series as he racked in his fourth WoO Sprint Car Series victory in this 2014 Season as he raced at Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, NY. Race Results 7/21
• Double X Speedway MO)The 12th annual Clyde Wood Memorial Race, presented by Xtreme Body and Paint, saw first time winners of the event visiting victory lane Sunday night at Double-X Speedway. The annual race honoring the memory of long time race track flagman Clyde Wood has been one that many drivers put on the calendar each and every year in hopes of joining the stellar list of winners. Race Results 7/21
• Badger)Jerry Coons Jr. captured Sunday Night’s 1st annual “Norm Nelson Classic”, 30-lap Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series Feature at Angell Park Speedway. The victory for Coons was his 27th career feature victory at the track, eighth on the track’s all-time feature win list. Pole sitter Kurt Mayhew paced the initial lap of the event, before Robbie Ray took the lead on the second lap.Race Results 7/21

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Sanctions/Drivers

• Lance Dewease)Though it hasn’t quite been the year Lance Dewease and his Dietz Motorsports team were hoping for, Dewease rose to the occasion on Saturday night at the Williams Grove Speedway and picked up the team’s third win of the season as they defeated the World of Outlaws to win the Summer Nationals, and in doing so, Dewease picked up his 300th career win. Press Releases7/21
• Kerry Madsen)Kerry Madsen is continuing to stay hot during the busiest stretch of his 2014 season, and over the last week, the St. Marys, NSW driver picked up two more second place finishes. “This car is just a dream to drive, and I can’t thank my guys enough for the fantastic effort they put in to make me look good,” Madsen said. Press Releases7/21
• David Gravel)Sunday night at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, Watertown, CT driver, David Gravel picked up his fourth World of Outlaw win of the season, third since joining Roth Motorsports, as the series competed very close to Gravel’s hometown. “We had a little bit of luck in the feature event after a poor restart, but we also had a really good car,” Gravel said. “It was a long weekend with the delay at Williams Grove, but my guys worked so hard, and it’s great to end it with a win.” Press Releases7/21
• Ocean Sprints)One of the biggest events of the season so far for the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo will fire off this Friday night July 25, with the second Johnny Key Classic Qualifying Race taking place at the always exciting Ocean Speedway in Watsonville. It will also mark round number nine of 15 in the battle for the Taco Bravo championship at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds based quarter-mile. Press Releases7/21
• USCS)Due to overnight and early morning rains and the prospect of more rain for the rest of the day, the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint car and www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series event at Dixie Speedway on Saturday, July 19th was cancelled/rained out. The decision has been made to re-scheduled the event on Saturday, August 23rd. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused anyone. USCS 7/21
• Shark Racing)After disappointing outings at his home tracks of Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Logan Schuchart got back into the top 10 Sunday night when he placed ninth in the 25-lap World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series feature at Lebanon Valley Speedway. Press Releases7/21
• Alain Bergeron and his team were competing with the Patriot Sprint Tour series Saturday night at Brockville Ontario and despite a horrible draw, he was able to limit the damages. Following the draw, it is from last place that he had to made the start in his heat race. He finished fifth, that brought him in the DASH. So, for the DASH four laps race, he was fifth on the starting grid and he passed the checkered in third. In the A-Main race, the task was far from being easy. Eleventh at the start with a track condition offering few passing, it is in seventh place that the Canadian driver completed the race.7/21

2:50am

RESULTS...

• Husets Speedway SD)All Stars...1 1 18 Ian Madsen 2 5 24A Rico Abreau 3 3 1S Sammy Swindell 4 4 9W Jac Haudenschild 5 9 6 Terry Mccarl 6 13 59 Tim Kaeding 7 11 44 Chris Martin 8 12 25 Dylan Peterson 9 8 12 Lynton Jeffrey 10 16 09 Matt Juhl 11 18 101 Chuck Mcgillivray 12 14 2D Dusty Ballenger 13 15 82 Sam Hafertepe Jr. 14 2 7 Craig Dollansky 15 7 13 Mark Dobmeier 16 19 9M Donovan Peterson 17 23 10 Dale Furby 18 17 4K Paul Jeffrey 19 6 21V Justin Henderson 20 21 17 Ryan Bickett 21 22 4X Eric Schulz 22 10 14K Dale Blaney 23 24 51 Andy Anderson 24 25 1 Justin Glaser 25 20 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 7/21
• ASCS Warrior)Xtreme Body and Paint presented the 12th annual Clyde Wood Memorial at the Double X Speedway this past Sunday night with Jonathan Cornell taking his fifth consecutive Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Regional victory. Coming from sixth, Cornell inherited the lead on Lap 13 after early leader, Josh Fisher, found a car spun in the center of the racing groove; forcing the No. 72x into the wall while trying to avoid the stalled car.ASCS  7/21

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• The Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Central PA Sprint Cars clashed three straight nights with The World of Outlaws over the weekend. It all started off Thursday night at Lincoln Speedway with 2013 World of Outlaw champion Daryn Pittman taking the win at Lincoln Speedway. Friday and Saturday was a two day show at Williams Grove Speedway with Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Central PA Sprint Cars point leader Greg Hodnett winning Friday. Lance Dewease picked up his 300th career win Saturday for a Posse sweep of the Williams Grove World of Outlaws show.Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Central PA 7/21
• Racing Fans Direct)Racing Fans Direct Contact: Robert Altman E-mail racingfansdirect@outlook.com Phone: 443-974-7027 Our 2014 & 2015 Events: Our plans are in the works for 2014 and 2015 , first as previously stated were finalizing our Knoxville Tour #10 To be officially released after this year’s Knoxville Nationals. This tour can be Accessed anywhere in the USA and overseas, guaranteed to save you money When going to Knoxville with RFD. Tour will include hotel , tickets, transportation daily , reduced airfares will be arranged when people travel from certain areas , free inclusive amenities and more will be part of this tour . Then on September 13 were at Selinsgrove Speedway for our popular autograph session " Salute to our Fans " which usually consists of 10 to 14 Pa drivers , along with prizes , candy for kids, and other giveaways . Our next event will be in early fall for the official release of the new fan organization entitled "United Racing Fans " where being a member will make going to the races even easier , by offering many discounts you can use every day and especially when attending the sport we all have a passion for . A 3 day tour to Indiana Speedweek is in the works , along with " The Slide Job "season opening party for fans , drivers , and friends sometime in March 2015 .These are our plans to date to bring the utmost to you the fans , and create a " New Experience in Racing , where you come first always "7/21
• Photos)Weekend winner photos are in SpeedShotz for Monday 7/21

Sunday July 20th 2014

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open. Bob Marley

11:30pm

RESULTS...

• ARDC)Steve Buckwalter is the first to win 3 ARDC races this year with the win at Grandview Speedway tonite. Feature finish 1-0 Buckwalter 2-19 Drevicki 3-52 Buckwalter 4-B Bright 5-8 Lick 6-78 Wean 7-20 Kobylarz 8-46 Arndt 9-5 Gargiulo 10-83 Buckwalter. 7/20
• I-90 Speedway SD)Sioux Falls Sprint Car driver Eric Lutz has been a picture of consistency at I-90 Speedway this season. Had he not missed opening night, he would be a serious threat to Troy Schreurs lead in the Coffee Cup Fuel Stops 360 Sprint Car class. Lutz came from sixth to win Saturday night's feature - his second of the season. Kevin Flowers led the opening 13 laps until his car got loose in turn four. Flowers' car had already started to get sideways when Lutz hit him from behind. Race Results 7/20
• Tri-State Speedway IN)Robert Ballou won the 30 lap USAC Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway. The event which unfolded before a large crowd served as the finale for Indiana Sprint Week. Ballou started on the pole for the main in what would become an outright duel between the Rocklin, CA, driver and local driver Kyle Cummins. Ballou and Cummins exchanged the lead and were wheel to wheel at the line several laps. Race Results 7/20
• World of Outlaws)In front of a large contigent of friends and family, Connecticut-native David Gravel scored his fourth World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win of the season Sunday night at Lebanon Valley Speedway. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/20
• BOSS)Despite overcast skies and rain all around, the Buckeye Machine BOSS sprints forged ahead with the cooperation of Waynesfield Raceway Park and completed a show the fans will not soon forget. An astounding field of 53 traditional sprint cars signed in for the 4th annual "Dick Spencer Memorial" and the fans who braved the weather were treated to 6 heat races, 3 last chance races and a great 30 lap main event. Race Results 7/20

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Tracks/Drivers

• Alex Bright)Alex Bright has a busy week ahead of him after he suffered his hardest hit of the year while leading the ARDC Midgets feature Sunday at Grandview Speedway. While Bright wasn't injured, his midget sustained severe damage during the vicious crash near the midpoint of the main event. Press Releases7/20
• Tony Bruce Jr)After an issue derailed a top five on Friday, Tony Bruce Jr. capped his weekend by earning a seventh-place result at Jackson Speedway on Saturday. The up-and-down weekend began on Friday with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D., where Bruce Jr. powered from fourth place into the lead on the opening lap of his heat race. Press Releases7/20
• Trey Starks)Trey Starks has been in contention for a victory during the Bob's Burgers & Brew Summer Nationals in each of the past three years. However, Starks is searching for his first victory during the $10,000-to-win event at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. Press Releases7/20
• Marysville Raceway Park CA)Next Saturday night the 8th Annual Performance Auto Supply “Rich Dozier Classic” will be run at Paul and Kathy Hawes’ Marysville Raceway Park. This year it is a signature event on the MRP Winged Sprint Car schedule. The feature event will pay $1500 in cash to win in that class. Rich Dozier’s Performance Auto Supply will celebrate 46 years of support of Marysville Raceway Park. Press Releases7/20
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Port Royal Speedway will present Whelen Engineering Juniata County Fire and Rescue EMS Night this Saturday, July 26 at 7:30 pm. Featured in racing action on the track will be the Aumiller’s Insurance 410 sprints, the Jake’s Carts/Enviroman Products super late models and the River Valley Builders 305 sprints. General admission gates will open at 5 pm with adult general admission priced at $15 and students 12 – 18 priced at JUST $5. Central PA 7/20
• Joey Saldana)Despite an early Sunday morning finish at Williams Grove because of a mid-race rain storm, the World of Outlaws teams soldiered on to tonight’s race at Lebanon Valley Speedway. The Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Beltline Body Shop 71M team, fueled by only three hours of sleep, did what the Outlaw fraternity does. Pack up and move on to the next location. This was a particularly difficult siege with five races in six days. Press Releases7/20

3:30pm

RESULTS...

• IRA)The annual Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints vs UNOH All-Star Circuit of Champions didn’t disappoint for it’s thrills and spills as there were plenty of each on a the challenging Wilmot Raceway third-mile clay oval. The rescheduled Salute to the Founders of IRA also took place during the program, honoring Ray Toft, Whitey Harris and the late Junior Dodd, who originally organized and began the IRA back in March of 1968. Special feature trophies sponsored by the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Racing Hall of Fame honoring the founders were be presented. In a match of titans, the all-time leader in All-Star A-main win column, Dale Blaney of Fowler, Ohio came to Wilmot Raceway looking to score his third consecutive win in the showdown event.IRA 7/20
• King of the West)A packed house on Saturday night at the Placerville Speedway witnessed one of the wildest finishes you’ll ever see, when leader Brent Kaeding spun on the cushion in the fourth corner coming for the checkered flag and resulted in Roseville’s Sean Becker sneaking by for the ultra dramatic victory. King of the West 7/20
• AVSS)Continuing his stellar performance in the last two months, California’s Jo Jo Helberg won the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints feature at M-40 Speedway in Jones, Mich., on Saturday, July 19. Helberg powered around Jason Fuller on the eighth circuit and then dominated the remainder of the 30-lap event. Troy DeCaire advanced from the fifth starting position to finish in second with Fuller rounding out the podium. Jason Blonde and fast timer Aaron Pierce completed the top five. Race Results 7/20
• OCRS)After Friday night’s race at Humboldt Speedway Alex DeCamp was undecided if he would race in Saturday’s OCRS AmeriFlex Hose and Accessories show at Salina Highbanks Speedway. DeCamp, who finished 15th, had repairs that needed to be made not to mention the lack of a wing for his sprinter. OCRS 7/20
• East Bay Raceway Park FL)East Bay Sprints 20 Lap Feature 1. 1* Tim George 2. 9 Billy Boyd, Jr. 3. 55 Kerry Gilbert 4. 3T Johnny Alexander 5. 0 Jimmy Ballew 6. 80 Lorenzo Capitano 7. 21 Jason Webster 8. 23D Dylan Colding 9. 3XK Guy Bos 10. 8 Rich Alexander 11. 17C Aileen Collins 12. 12 David Kelley 13. 3K Kurt Taylor (DNS)7/20
• Mechanicsburg PA)The face off between the World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series and the Pennsylvania Posse, had Lance Dewease of Fayetteville, PA scoring the victory in this extremely competitive thirty lap "A" Feature event on the half mile semi-banked dirt oval at the Pennsylvania Williams Grove Speedway located in Mechanicsburg. Donny Schatz of Fargo, ND and Lucas Wolfe of Mechanicsburg, PA made it in the top three. Race Results 7/20
• World of Outlaws)After a nearly three hour rain delay that pushed the start of the feature into the early morning hours of Sunday, Lance Dewease held off Donny Schatz to win night two of Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway. Dewease's win gave the Pennsylvania Posse a sweep of Summer Nationals and made him the 19th different World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series winner of the season. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/20
• Patriots)Steve Poirier’s supreme sprint car record at the Brockville Ontario Speedway was strengthened on Saturday Night, even though the track conditions were far different then his prior visits. Poirier, of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Quebec, led the 25-lap feature wire-to-wire to score his fifth career win in 16 starts at the Brockville Speedway. The defending Patriot Sprint Tour Champion benefited from his pole position starting spot but was also supreme throughout the event. Race Results 7/20
• WAR)In a race that saw multiple lead changes and lots of passing throughout the field, Zach Chappell emerged victorious with the WAR Series presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps on Saturday night at Springfield Raceway. Driving the Korte Transportation/Hockett Racing #77, Chappell took the lead from his pole starting position as he was followed closely by Chad Goff, Chris Parkinson, and Taylor Walton. Race Results 7/20
• ASCS Warrior)A capacity crowd and 21 Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Sprint Cars gathered at the Randolph County Raceway with Jonathan Cornell taking his fourth win in as many races with the Missouri based region of the ASCS Nation. ASCS 7/20
• Fremont Speedway OH)Rob Chaney survived a wild 410 sprint feature Saturday at Fremont Speedway to lead all 30 laps for his first win of the season on Ohio Logistics Night. The racing got underway late due to a steady rain all morning at “The Track That Action Built.” Track crews worked hard to get the surface in shape and it produced a lot of wheel hiking excitement. Race Results 7/20
• ASCS Sooner)The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region made the trip to the Lawton Speedway on Saturday night with series point leader, Dustin Morgan, parking the Ark Wrecking of Oklahoma No. 93 in Victory Lane. ASCS 7/20
• Waynesfield Raceway Park OH)BOSS...A-Main - (30 Laps) 1. 54-Matt Westfall[7] 2. 23S-Kyle Simon[1] 3. 5J-Joss Moffatt[4] 4. 6RR-Joe Liguori[6] 5. 12-Kody Swanson[9] 6. 77-Dustin Smith[12] 7. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[8] 8. 24P-Tyler Hewitt[3] 9. 6-Cody Gardner[19] 10. 4-Michael Fischesser[5] Race Results 7/20

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Sanctions/Tracks/Drivers

• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Williams Grove Speedway will be back in action with a full slate of sprint car racing this Friday, July 25 at 7:30 pm. In action on Friday will be the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprints and the Tool Shed of America 358 sprint cars. Full programs of heat racing and feature events are on tap with bonus and lap money in effect for the 410 sprints  Central PA 7/20
• Patriots)The longest-running Patriot Sprint Tour event on the schedule is gaining strength in anticipation, but it also is also becoming more lucrative for the teams involved. Einstein Construction Group has stepped up to make the August 8th event at the Yates County Speedway a $2,000-to-win event. The 4/10-mile that was known at Black Rock Speedway up until this season, has hosted the Patriots on the second weekend in August each year since 2004 has hosted more Patriot Sprint Tour events (36) than any other location. Press Releases7/20
• Joey Saldana)The World of Outlaws and Pennsylvania Posse drivers gathered at Williams Grove for the final night of Summer Nationals competition. After a long rain delay with the A Main finishing in the early morning hours, the winner received $20,000 as a part of the Outlaws ‘Month of Money’. Press Releases7/20

2:00am

RESULTS...

• POWRi)Farmington MO...Darren Hagen, Daum, Felker, Aitken, Rankine, Blackhurst, Brown, Motsinger, Adler, Roney. 7/20
• AVSS)Jones MI...1 3 71H Jo Jo Helberg 2 5 22A Troy DeCaire 3 2 9 Jason Fuller 4 6 42 Jason Blonde 5 7 26x Aaron Pierce 6 4 60 Davey Hamilton Jr. 7 1 75c Jerry Caryer 8 11 3A Mike Astraukas 9 9 61 Kevin Feeney 10 10 7 Joe Swanson 11 13 97 Ike Beasley 12 12 8 Chris Neuenschwander 13 14 44 Teddy Alberts 14 15 10 Ron Koehler 15 16 0 Kyle Mooner 16 18 11G Tom Geren 17 8 26 Jeff Bloom 18 17 31 Tim Ross 7/20
• Patriots)Brockville ONT...Stevee Poirier, Zimbardi, Howland, Brown, Ladouceur, Cook, Bergeron, Bilodeau, Rwilson, Rand, Awilson, Evans, Lorenc, Reakes, Goselin, Girard, Jones, Zanchin, Fraser 7/20
• World of Outlaws)Williams Grove Speedway PA...Lance Dewease gets career win 300 saturday night. Dewease, Schatz, Wolfe, Darrah, S.Stewart, Krimes, Saldana, McMahan, Cannon, S.Smith. 7/20
• I-90 Speedway SD)1 6 5 Eric Lutz 2 5 12 Troy Schreurs 3 9 10 Dale Furby 4 10 3Z Matt Ziebarth 5 8 23 Dave Ekern 6 11 77X Nate Maxwell 7 2 42 Kevin Flowers 8 4 1 Justin Glaser 9 7 89 Denzil Smith, Jr 10 14 70 Ben Waxdahl 11 13 18 Bryce Rabenhorst 12 3 48 Taylor Forbes 13 1 47 Brandt O Banion 14 12 81L Jesse Lindberg 7/20
• Jackson Speedway MN)JSTS...1 3 23W Scott Winters 2 2 11X Gregg Bakker 3 4 09 Matt Juhl 4 6 15 Joe Riedel 5 1 20G Chris Graf 6 9 7 Kaley Gharst 7 13 18B Tony Bruce Jr. 8 5 2D Dusty Ballenger 9 14 93 Derrik Lusk 10 11 82 Brandon Halverson 11 12 17 Ryan Bickett 12 8 29X Nick Lusk 13 15 81 Austin Johnson 14 21 1A Bruce Anderson 15 18 5M Troy Manteufel 16 16 18 Nate Laugen 17 10 75C Casey Heser 18 24 53 Jack Dover 19 17 10X Justin Jacobsma 20 7 35 Skylar Prochaska 21 23 33X Trevor Smith 22 19 71 Jeremy Vanderplaats 23 22 32 Greg Valentine 24 20 612 Isaac Schreurs 25 25 15H Sam Hafertepe 7/20
• Knoxville Raceway IA)Justin Henderson shot by Ian Madsen coming for the white flag to grab the $3,000 win in the 410 sprint car feature on 3M Night at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday. The win was Henderson’s sixth in his career at the famous half-mile. Dusty Zomer picked up a convincing win in the 360 main event, and rookie Devin Kline picked up his first career win in the 305 feature. BillW's Knoxville News 7/20
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 19, 2014 - Haubstadt, Indiana - Tri-State Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Daron Clayton, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Chad BoespflugUSAC 7/20
• USAC WC)USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 19, 2014 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway (Co-Sanctioned with VRA) FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Michael Pickens, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Jimmy Crawford, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Brian Camarillo, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Austin LiggettUSAC 7/20
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Jeremy Hughes and Shane Ross started on the front row for the 20 lap 360 Sprint Car feature, but the race was quickly halted when Dave Dykstra went for a rough ride in turn 1. Ross took the lead early after the restart, while Mitch Brown moved into 2nd to set the stage for a race-long fight for the win. Ross opened a lead over Brown, with Keith Dempster holding 3rd. Jim Huppunen and Paige Polyak both moved past Dempster just after the halfway mark and began a spirited joust for the 3rd spot, while Brown started to cut into the lead Ross had built. Brown was within a car length of Ross several times in traffic before a yellow flag came out when Todd Hoddick's right rear tire exploded on lap 15. Race Results 7/20
• FAST)Despite overnight rains and a lengthy delay due to sloppy track conditions, Night #13 of the 2014 F.A.S.T. ‘410’ Championship Series schedule was completed as scheduled. Thirty-one (31) Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service ‘410’ sprint cars signed in for action at the Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio on Saturday, July 19th; including most recent series winner, Craig Mintz. Race Results 7/20
• Oswego Speedway NY)Novelis Supermodified Summer Championship (50-laps): 1. 37 - Randy Ritskes, 2. 5 - Tim Devendorf, 3. 01 - Dan Connors Jr, 4. 55 - Keith Shampine, 5. 3 - Brian Sweeney, 6. 51 - Michael Muldoon, 7. 22 - Pat Lavery, 8. 50 - Dave Gruel, 9. 00 - Joe Gosek, 10. 7 - Otto Sitterly, 11. 90 - Kody Graham, 12. 99 - Joey Payne, 13. 9 - Stephen Gioia III, 14. 68 - Michael Barnes, 15. 02 - Brandon Bellinger, 16. 77 - Lou LeVea Sr, 17. 26 - Shaun Gosselin, 18. 45 - Mike Barbera, 19. 0 - Tim Snyder, 20. 44 - Bobby Haynes Jr, 21. 56 - Hal Latulip Race Results 7/20
• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)The Winged 360 Sprint Cars returned to the Silver Dollar Speedway along with the Perma-zyme Wingless Sprint Cars, Winged Economy Sprint Cars, Hobby Stocks, and the California Vintage Hardtops to make up the 11th Edition of the Tri-Counties Bank Points Championship Series. Jonathan Allard wheeled the Clyde Lamar owned Tri-C Machine #3c to victory for the 4th time this year at Silver Dollar. Race Results 7/20
• St Croix Valley Raceway WI)Mike Mueller and Chase Viebrock paced the fourteen UMSS Traditional sprinters to Shaun Cimfl’s green flag for their 25 lap main event Viebrock finding the point early, pursued by fourth-starting Rick Kobs. First heat race winner Cam Schafer was active again in his #54 mount, working any open clay he could find to move up from his fifth starting spot. On lap three, it was Jimmy Kouba falling victim to Schafer and Mueller gave up the third spot to Schafer on lap eight. Race Results 7/20
• King of the West)Placerville CA...Sean Becker, Brent Kaeding, J.Statler, D.Scelzi, A.Gregg, DJ Netto, C.Copeland, B.McMahan, J.Allard, Bud Kaeding 7/20
• Petaluma CA)Bradley Terrel, B.Aton, S.Tiner, A.Geving, H.Klein, G.Ensign, J.Haulot, K.Shaw, S.Arriaga, Z.Lynskey 7/20
• Wilmot Speedway WI)IRA/All Stars... Dale Blaney, B.Balog J.Haudenschild Sexton, Daun, Reinke, Vanderverw, Kaeding, S.Haudenschild, Modjeski 7/20
• SOD)Randy Hannagan wins his third SOD/NRA Challenge at Crystal Motor Speedway. Dustin Daggett finished second, Tony Stewart third.7/20

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Sanctions/Tracks

• ESS)Our event Stateline Speedwayhas been cancelled for tonight. Looking at a possible rain date during the week. 7/20
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)Saturday night's race was cancelled due to persistent rain showers.7/20
• Jersey Rush)The Jersey Rush returns to New Egypt on Tuesday, August 19. This very popular show will feature the 410 sprints and the Modifieds in the fourth running of the Jersey Rush. Now in its’ fourth year, JJ Grasso was the winner of two of the previous Jersey Rush events with Daryn Pittman taking the win in 2012. Grasso is an expected entry to chase the $5,000 first place prize. Central PA 7/20
• World of Outlaws)The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series swings through New York State as the Outlaws pass through the midway point of the season. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/20

Saturday July 19th 2014

Good night, and good luck. Edward R. Murrow

3:00pm

RESULTS...

• ASCS Lucas Oil)On a dusty night in South Dakota, the Miller Truck Lines No. 05 of Brad Loyet found victory lane for the third time in 2014 with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real; this time at the "Gold Rush in the Black Hills" presented by Peerless Tires and AtoZ Promotions at the Black Hills Speedway. ASCS 7/19
• Ocean Sprints)Despite leading the point standings since early in the season Fremont, CA’s Shane Golobic had still been in search of his first Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo victory of the year. That all changed on Friday night however, when the 2012 champ took the lead midway through and dominated much of the remainder, despite a two or three lap slide fest with Campbell’s Bud Kaeding. Race Results 7/19
• OCRS)Opportunity presented itself and Kade Morton took advantage to win his first OCRS feature of the season Friday night at the Humboldt Speedway. Morton became the eleventh different winner in 13 races this season, but it did not come easy. Johnny Kent was leading running the high line while Morton was giving chase down low in the early going. On lap eight Kent grazed the wall coming off turn two and Morton powered his Morton Excavating / STK Racing Engines / XXX Chassis sprinter into the lead. OCRS 7/19
• Limaland Motorsports Park OH)The K & L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders 25-lap feature was dominated by Benton Ridge, Ohio veteran Greg Wilson. He has won four NRA main events this summer and on this night put on a masterful performance. Wilson was adept at maneuvering around slower cars as he sliced and diced using all off the race track to complete a flag-to-flag caution free journey. Race Results 7/19
• ASCS Sooner)Good things come to those who are willing to put in the effort, and that effort finally cashed in for Mickey Walker at the Creek County Speedway on Friday night, winning for the first time against the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region. ASCS 7/19
• Trail Way Speedway PA)Hanover’s Isaac Sneeringer set a new track record in winning his second race of the season in the 25-lap “358” sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night. He had to. Four-time winner Brad McClelland was hot on his tail.  Central PA 7/19
• Mechanicsburg PA)The World of Outlaw Sprint Cars Summer Nationals, opening night saw Greg Hodnett of Thomasville, PA scoring the win, racing his, #27 410 Sprint from a fourth place start to earn his spot on victory lane. "We were racing in second, the track was good and we were closing in on the lead, then the red flag flew out. The top line of the track was so good and I kept pushing it. Our guys did a really good job and we were fortunate. We have been trying different things and I think it may have made the difference. I want to thank all my guys, all of our sponsors and all the fans for being here." said Hodnett Race Results 7/19

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• USCS)Rained out tonight in Woodstock GA. 7/19
• Atomic Speedway OH)With the demise of the NDRL (National Dirt Racing League), the Atomic Speedway near Chillicothe, Ohio will continue with a planned two-day show with no national sanction this coming weekend Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26. As is always the case at Atomic Speedway great racing will take place on the high banks of Ohio's Fastest 3/8 mile dirt oval, plus a spectacular Fireworks display will highlight Saturday's entertainment. This is an event the kids and young at heart won't want to miss! Press Releases7/19
• Wayne County Speedway OH)Rain that started shortly after midnight Saturday morning and hung around with pesky showers into the early afternoon and with the forecast for more rain into the late afternoon, early Saturday evening hours, NAPA Wayne County Speedway cancelled the racing for the evening. It was the second time this season that the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association (OVSCA) has been rained out at the speedway. A make up date is being discussed for the series to return yet this year. Press Releases7/19
• Mercer Raceway Park PA)Steady rains overnight and continuing into raceday inundated the track and grounds at Mercer Raceway Park forcing a cancellation of the Racing for a Cure Night. The event benefiting the American Cancer Society will be made up at a later date. Next week, the speedway will host a pair of racing programs. July 26 will feature a Saturday Night Live! event. Sunday, July 27, will be the make-up date for Smackdown!, round two of the contest between the Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds and the BRP Modified Tour. Press Releases7/19
• Thunder On The Hill)The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series returns to the “hill” on Tuesday night, July 29 with round two, a spectacular double-header that will find the 410 Sprints and Race of Champions Modifieds on the same program. This wildly popular event will offer a $25 adult admission with children 6-11 $10 dollars and children 5 and under admitted for free. As a special thank you to our competitors, the back gate will be $30 and a license is not required. All this racing with a purse of nearly $50,000 will take place at the Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, PA on Tuesday night, July 29. Gates will open at 5 PM with race time set for 7:30 PM.  Central PA 7/19
• Devils Bowl Speedway TX)Over 7 hours of continuous drizzle has forced cancellation for tonight!7/19
• Riverside Int Speedway AR)Tonights Hooker Hood Classic has been postponed to Sat. July 26th. 7/19
• Column)Gordy Killian has his recent travels inDirectory Assistance 7/19

Friday July 18th 2014

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken

11:50pm

RESULTS...

• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)Jonathan Allard, Sean Becker, S.Tiner, A.Forsberg, C.Wiesz, J.Duff, K.Bloom, S.Nunes, H.Hall, C.Snow 7/18
• Ocean Speedway CA)Shane Golobic, Bud Kaeding, C.Macedo, J.Sanders, B.Furr, C.Markle, K.Nelson, Kyler Shaw, Koen Shaw, J.Chisum. 7/18
• River Cities Speedway ND)1 8 2A Austin Pierce 2 6 1K Chris Shirek 3 7 10TR Bob Martin 4 4 8 Casey Mack 5 5 20A Jordan Adams 6 13 99 Jordan Graham 7 12 14 Tom Egeland 8 20 0 Nick Omdahl 9 21 92 Mitch Mack 10 3 6 Zach Wilde 11 19 35 Brenden Wilde 12 14 10 Amber Balcaen 13 17 7 Trent Stengl 14 18 26 Blake Egeland 15 1 51 Alex Larson 16 16 91K Kyle Fedyk 17 9 13 Mark Dobmeier 18 10 6N Greg Nikitenko 19 11 13T Ty Hanten 20 15 8H Jade Hastings 21 2 22 Tanner Wisk 22 22 9N Wade Nygaard 7/18
• NRA)Lima OH...Greg Wilson wins with Kody Swanson 2nd. 7/18
• ESS)Dundee NY....Jared Zimbardi wins his first ESS  A-Main over Tommy Wickham, Steve Poirier, Steve Collins, Robbie Stillwaggon, Tanner, Cook, Friesen 7/18
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Mitch Brown, S.Ross, J.Huppunen, P.Polyak, J.Hughes, G.Styres, K.Dempster, C.Steele, J.Costa, K.Patrick. 7/18
• POWRi)Belleville IL....Darren Hagen, Knepper, A.Brown, Babb, Blackhurst, Felker, Roney, Price-Miller, King, Rankine. 7/18
• Trail Way Speedway PA)358's... 1 4 19Z Isaac Sneeringer 2 6 6R Brad Mc Clelland 3 5 45H Jeffrey Halligan 4 2 64 Randy Whisler 5 12 4 Dwight Leppo 6 1 7M Tyler Buchenauer 7 9 83 Cody Fairchok 8 8 00 Chris Frank 9 11 19D Wyatt Hinkle 10 7 30 Seth Kearchner 11 10 1 Austin Kirby 12 3 66A Cody Fletcher 13 13 55 Robert Kendall 7/18
• Iowa State Fair Speedway)305's...1 7 2M Matt Moro 2 4 55KC Bob Hildreth 3 10 9X Jake Bubak 4 8 4S Nate Eakin 5 6 100 Clint Benson 6 9 24 Kade Higday 7 3 14J Joe Miller 8 12 56 Joe Simbro 9 11 6D Don Dawson II 10 1 51 Corey Kautz 11 5 48 Tyler Thompson 12 2 05X Antony Guiffre 13 14 36W Christopher Scank 14 15 19 Rob Weuve 15 13 12K Koddy Hildreth 7/18
• SOD)Tony Stewart’s comeback from a broken leg last season took another step forward on Friday by winning the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP event at the Tri-City Motor Speedway. Stewart made his first start in a sprint car since the injury memorable one by moving up from the fifth starting spot and inherited the lead after Dustin Daggett drove off the backstretch. The win was Stewart’s second career SOD feature win and first since 2012. Race Results 7/18
• World of Outlaws)Greg Hodnett dominated late after passing Joey Saldana taking night one of the Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway for the Pennsylvania Posse. Hodnett's win made him the 18th different World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series winner of the season. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/18
• USCS)You can never keep a champion down for long and once again, wily veteran Terry Gray proved why. The ten-time United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N champion from Bartlett, Tennessee powered to the outside of K&N Filters pole-sitter Jay Dunham from Augusta, Georgia in the opening corner of Thursday night’s “Thursday Thriller” 30-lap feature event at Lavonia Speedway and held on the entire distance, despite two early-race red flags, to bank his second USCS feature victory of the 2014 season. The win was Gray’s 88th career series victory and broke a nearly two-month dry spell for the perennial championship contender and race winner. USCS 7/18
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 18, 2014 - Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3. Dave Darland, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Justin Grant, 8. Casey Shuman, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Richard Vander Weerd,USAC 7/18
• FAST)Twenty-eight (28) Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service ‘410’ sprint cars signed-in for action at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio on Friday night, July 18th; for Night #12 of the 2014 F.A.S.T. ‘410’ Championship Series season. The twenty-eight cars were separated into four (4) group qualifying sessions and four heat races. Craig Mintz, Taylor Ferns, Brian Lay and Caleb Helms each earned ‘quick time’ during their respective qualifying groups; with Craig Mintz setting the overall fastest time of the night with a qualifying effort of 12.568 seconds around the Attica oval. Race Results 7/18

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Drivers/Sanctions

• Column)Danny Burton has Lincoln Park Indiana Sprint Week notes in Hoosier Race Report7/18
• Joey Saldana)Tonight was the first in a two-night Summer Nationals stand pitting the World of Outlaws against the Pennsylvania Posse at the famed Williams Grove Speedway. Joey Saldana, 42nd out of 45 cars to take time trials, was able to coax enough speed out of the Williams Grove Speedway for an amazing effort, muscling the Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Beltline Body Shop 71M to the No. 7 qualifying position with a 17.212-second lap. Press Releases7/18
• ASCS Gulf South)Officials with the Leesville 171 Speedway in Leesville, La. have made the decision to call of racing with the Griffith Truck and Equipment Gulf South Region scheduled for Saturday, July 19, 2014 as rains have pounded the area. The next showing for the Gulf South Region will be August 15 at the Heart O' Texas Speedway in Waco and the Devil Bowl Speedway on August 16 with the Smiley's Racing Products Lone Star Region. For continued converage of the American Sprint Car Series, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com. 7/18
• Must See Racing)Friday's event at Kil-Kare Raceway has been canceled due to rain. 7/18
• OVSCA)Southern Ohio Speedway has shut down indefinitely, therefore the race scheduled for July 18th has been cancelled 7/18

3:00pm

RESULTS...

• Abbottstown PA)Lincoln Speedway of Abbottstown, PA hosted the World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series race with Daryn Pittman of Owassa, OK, flying out to take the opening green flag and the lead. From that point on, it was all Pittman as he raced his dominant lead, from the opening lap all the way to the checkered flag, to score his tenth WoO Sprint Car victory thus far this season. Race Results 7/18

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• USAC)Fremont/Attica Sprint Title action is set to continue this Friday and Saturday, July 18th & 19th with a pair of Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service ‘410’ sprint car events. The F.A.S.T. ‘410’ Championship Series will make its usual visits to Attica (OH) Raceway Park and Fremont (OH) Speedway during the upcoming weekend; with $3,000 up for grabs at Attica Raceway Park on Friday evening, July 18th.USAC 7/18
• FAST)Renewed enthusiasm in USAC's Silver Crown Championship Series presented by TRAXXAS has resulted in what promises to be a strong field of cars for the July 24 J.D. Byrider "Rich Vogler Classic" at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind. Highlighted by defending series champion Bobby East and former USAC Champion Ken Schrader piloting cars entered by Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, the field already includes a number of USAC Champions and could, by race time, include additional notable stars. Press Releases7/18
• USCS)Due to consistent early morning showers and a forecast for continued rain through the night, tonight’s United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N and USCS www.rockauto.com 600 Sprint Series double at Boyd’s Speedway as part of Sprint Car Wars VI has been cancelled. No reschedule date has been announced at this time. The United Sprint Car Series and USCS 600 Sprint Series resume tomorrow night at Dixie Speedway for the annual Dixie Sprint Car Nationals. Derek Hagar is the defending Outlaw Thunder Tour event champion, while Sean Hosey picked up the 600 Sprint Series win last year. For rules, schedules and more information on the United Sprint Car Series, please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.7/18
• ASCS Gulf South)Receiving three-inches of rain at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas officials with the track have been forced to call off tonight's presentation of the Griffith Truck and Equipment Gulf South Region. This is the third time action has been called off in 2014 on account of rain for the ASCS Gulf South Region. Races for Saturday, July 19 at the Leesville 171 Speedway are still a go for the Gulf South drivers. Updates regarding the stop on Leesville, La. will be posted to http://www.ascsracing.com. 7/18
• Styres/Hills Racing)The Styres/Hill’s Racing team swept the Sprint Car portions of last Friday's event at Ohsweken Speedway, and claimed a feature win and several top 5 finishes at two different tracks on Saturday. Press Releases7/18

Thursday July 17th 2014

Step with care and great tact ,and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Dr. Seuss

11:30pm

RESULTS...

• World of Outlaws)Daryn Pittman battled Alan Krimes before holding off a fast charging Brian Montieth at Lincoln Speedway on Thursday night, winning his 10th race of the season. This was Pittman's first double win season of his Outlaws career. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/17
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 17, 2014 - Putnamville, Indiana - Lincln Park Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brady Short, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Chad Boespflug, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Chase StockonUSAC 7/17

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• Joey Saldana)The Outlaws and Pennsylvania Posse Sprint Car drivers faced off against each other tonight in the 41st World of Outlaws event at Lincoln Speedway dating back to 1978. The Motter Equipment HE&M Saw Beltline Body Shop 71M returned to its customary qualifying trim and driver Joey Saldana tallied his 18th quick time of the season with an impressive 13.329-second lap around the 3/8-mile high banked oval. Getting back in the groove, the Motter team hoped this would launch the start of a ‘get right’ weekend. Press Releases7/17
• Steve Kinser/Donny Schatz)It’s round two of the World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series versus the “Pennsylvania Posse” this weekend as the Outlaw teams continue Sprint car racing’s “Month of Money.” Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz leads the traveling group into central Pennsylvania coming off his fifth Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup victory Tuesday, while TSR’s Steve Kinser heads into competition looking to score another victory during the World of Outlaws “Salute to the King Tour.” Press Releases7/17
• Taylor Ferns)The weekly competition at Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway has long been regarded as some of the toughest in the country for 410-winged sprint car racing. This challenge makes for a great canvas for young driver to hone their skills on a couple of tracks that are steeped in history. Taylor Ferns made her debut at each of the bullrings earlier this season and will return to each of the Northern Ohio ovals this weekend as she continues to cut her teeth in a 410-winged sprint car. Press Releases7/17
• Team Turner)Team Turner Racing had a rough weekend with more than their share of bad luck last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Jamie Turner, Cory Turner, Ryan Turner, and Havard Daniels slogged through it, and they're looking forward to getting back on track this weekend. Press Releases7/17
• Column)"The Night of the Rookies" by Richard Golardi Florida Open Wheel7/17
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• Column)Danny Burton has Terre Haute Indiana Sprint Week in Hoosier Race Report 7/17
• Belleville KS)Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports has filed three entries for The 37th annual Belleville Midget Nationals on July 31-Aug. 2 at the Belleville High Banks. At year’s event the team scored a “podium sweep” on Saturday Night, led by winner Christopher Bell finishing ahead of Rico Abreu, and then rookie driver Tanner Thorson. Kunz’s previous even victories have come with drivers: Page Jones (1993), Kevin Doty (1994) and Kyle Larson (2011). Press Releases7/17
• Team ILP)Inside Line Promotions drivers Jack Dover, Sammy Swindell, Henry Van Dam, Josh Baughman and Alex Bright each scored at least one feature victory last weekend. Dover recorded his first career three-win weekend in the sprint car ranks with triumphs on Friday at Park Jefferson International Speedway in Jefferson, S.D., with the ASCS Midwest Region, on Saturday at Butler County Speedway in Rising City, Neb., with the NCRA and Nebraska 360 Sprints and on Sunday at Boone County Fair at Albion Speedway in Albion, Neb., with the Nebraska 360 Sprints. Press Releases7/17
• Oswego Speedway NY)Nicotra Racing and driver Otto Sitterly, the current Novelis Supermodified championship point leader, have been penalized 19 championship points for an infraction pertaining to the Supermodified Grand Prix conducted on July 5 at Oswego Speedway. Press Releases7/17
• Motorsports Marketing)For 30 years Motorsports Sponsorship Marketing News has provided subscribers with the information needed to assist them in their sponsorship efforts and to keep them informed on the latest news on sponsorship in motorsports. The newsletter, published by Ernie Saxton Communications, Inc., is available every other month and is filled with articles that offer expert advice on sponsorship written by experts. In addition the newsletter provides helps, tips and often times leads that can be very rewarding as readers continue their sponsorship efforts. Press Releases7/17
• Indy Race Parts would like to congratulate Jon Stanbrough, Dave Darland, Chett Gehrke and everyone else that supports Indy Race Parts. If you need any New or Used Sprint Car, Midget, or 600 parts we are your one stop shop. Call 317.244.9437 or view our website www.indyraceparts.com for more info or find us on Facebook or Twitter, @indyraceparts.7/17

8:50am

RESULTS...

• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2014 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Don Smith Classic" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Meseraull, 3. Hines, 4. Farney, 5. Swanson, 6. Hayden, 7. Mattox, 8. Waugh, 9. Barrow, 10. Andretti, 11. Light, 12. McGhee, 13. Dakus, 14. Roa, 15. Ketcham, 16. Burns, 17. Clayton, 18. Moore. NT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Brady Short, 6. Justin Grant, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Shane Cottle, 10. Chase StockonUSAC 7/17

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• Bill Balog)Bill Balog and the B2 Motorsports team made the short haul to Wisconsin’s “Horsepower Half-Mile” of the Dodge County Fairgrounds this past Friday night for the annual Rick Schmidt Memorial. The night started off with Bill laying down the 2nd fastest lap of the twenty-seven cars on hand lining him up with a 6th place starting position in the heat race. At the drop of the green, Bill quickly made his way into the 3rd position right on the 2nd place car’s tail. Press Releases7/17
• TBARA)Hello TBARA! We are back in action after a 2 month summer break, and are looking forward to seeing everyone at Citrus County Speedway on 7-26-14. Remember, Citrus has to dodge a curfew, so they start their show EARLY. Pits open at 12 Practice starts at 2 Heat races begin at 5:30Press Releases7/17
• Waynesfield Raceway Park OH)After a week long vacation, Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio now sits directly in the crossroads of a buckeye state non wing showdown this Saturday, July 19. Waynesfield regulars go head-to-head with the traveling warriors of the BOSS non wing series for bragging rights and a $1500 payday. Car counts are expected to be on the high side for the 4th Annual Dick Spencer Memorial with Waynesfield hosting one of the only weekly non wing programs in the entire state of Ohio.Press Releases7/17
• Ryan Wilson)Ryan Wilson will join the greatest sprint car drivers in the world for three (3) consecutive nights of competition beginning Thursday evening, July 17th. Wilson, who pilots the Ryan Wilson Racing, Pork-Be Inspired, Dent Tech, Delco Signs, Subway of Manchester, no. 29 ‘410’ sprint car, will take-on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series during all three (3) of their central Pennsylvania swing events; hoping to represent the ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ nation proudly and help keep the ‘Outlaws’ out of victory lane.Press Releases7/17
• Seth Bergman)Seth Bergman had two very different routes to the same result last weekend. Despite a high draw both nights, Bergman earned a pair of fourth-place results during the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour's lone visit to Montana. Press Releases7/17
• Wings Unlimited)Wings Unlimited has been well represented during the start of the summer. In addition to the dozens of recent victories, a trio of drivers used Wings Unlimited products en route to a Speedweek title. Lucas Wolfe earned the famed PA Speedweek championship and he guided a 1-2-3 finish in the standings during the premier week of competition. Press Releases7/17
• AVSS)The Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints return to action on Saturday, July 19 at M-40 (MI) Speedway. This weekend’s event concludes a busy stretch that featured six races during the previous three weeks in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Press Releases7/17
• Billy Alley)It’s been a while since the Ironwood Builders/Billy Alley #3 sprint car has seen the track. With the recent rash of rainouts in the area the team was eager to get back out of the shop and on to the race track. This past weekend Billy Alley and the team raced 3nights, Friday with the ASCS Midwest Region in Park Jefferson, SD. Saturday & Sunday the team competed with the Nebraska 360 Sprint Car Series in Rising City and Albion, NE.Press Releases7/17
• Dirt Classic)While rain forced the cancellation of the initial running of the Dirt Classic Qualifier event at Bedford Speedway, officials have decided against rescheduling the race due to a tight schedule for both sprint car teams and the track itself. The race, originally to be run on Sunday, June 8th, was the second of two pre-qualifier events for the $20,000-to-win Dirt Classic Presented by Kasey Kahne at Lincoln Speedway on September 27th. Press Releases7/17
• J&J Auto Racing)Six J&J Auto Racing teams took their machines to victory lane last weekend in Sprint car racing across the land. Jeff Swindell won an ASCS National Tour event in Montana, Lee Grosz won a NOSA event in Minnesota, Brooke Tatnell came out on top in UMSS action, Tyler Ross won in Pennsylvania, Brandon Jennings made it two in a row in Oklahoma while Kyle Sager was victorious in New Mexico. Press Releases7/17
• Oswego Speedway NY)Just eight races into the 2014 Pathfinder Bank Small Block Super season at Oswego Speedway, four different drivers have reached victory lane for the first time, collecting five total main event victories between them. Oswego High School standout Anthony Losurdo, Mike Bruce, Jon Tesoriero, and now third generation driver Alex Hoag have all joined the Speedway’s all-time Pathfinder Bank Small Block Super win list with victories in 2014. Press Releases7/17
• Patrick Dills)Patrick Dills is rejuvenated following a weekend off to spend time with his family. Dills will return to Northwest Extreme Sprints competition this Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway, where he ranks fifth in the championship standings - only 17 points out of third place. Press Releases7/17
• Channin Tankersley)Channin Tankersley will return to ASCS Gulf South Region action this weekend holding onto a 76-point advantage in the championship standings. "I don't plan on going there in protect-mode," he said. "We're attacking this weekend like we have any other. We're going after the win and hoping not to crash." Press Releases7/17
• Brandon Hanks)Brandon Hanks is ready to put last weekend behind him. Following a late decision to tackle the USCS Speedweek finale on Saturday at Riverside International Speedway, Hanks and his team struggled on the tricky track after a high draw started them in the back of a heat race. Press Releases7/17
• Marysville Raceway Park CA)It’s one of the best times of the year at MRP this Saturday. It’s the annual KIDZ NITE celebration at Paul and Kathy Hawes’ Marysville Raceway Park Saturday. The mighty MRP Winged Sprint Cars will return in a 5 division show that features primary MRP classes. The 2 fendered divisions will compliment the open wheel madness of the MRP Winged Sprint Car Series and the MRP Wingless Sprint Cars. The spectacular action of the MRP Mini Stocks and Hobby stocks will also be showcased. A return visit of the 1960s Vintage Hard Tops is also on the card. Press Releases7/17
• Jack Dover)Last weekend was a special one for Jack Dover. For the first time in his storied sprint car career, Dover stood atop the podium three times in the same weekend. Press Releases7/17
• ASCS Warrior)After a break from the Tiger Towing Red, White, and Blue tour, the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region is back in action this weekend at a pair of track from the four day swing as the rain delayed events from the Randolph County Raceway will take place on Saturday, July 19 followed by the month's third visit to the Double X Speedway on Sunday, July 20.  ASCS 7/17
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• Tri-State Speedway IN)Indiana Sprint Week for 2014 is already underway. The series of seven races over a nine day span has continued to attract race fans who enjoy the outstanding dirt track racing that is presented night after night. Three Hoosier Speedways have already taken a turn at hosting the United States Auto Club Sprint Cars as the introductory weekend concluded Sunday night. Press Releases7/17
• Tri-State Speedway IN)This years Indiana Sprint Week race for USAC Sprint Cars will be held at Tri-State Speedway on Saturday July 19th. The rain date for this special event, if needed, will be Sunday July 20th. For race fans who arrive early or would enjoy some added activity upon arriving early, Tri-State Speedway will be hosting a special benefit for Sheila Manuel beginning at 12 noon that day. Food booths will open then and raffle items will also be available. Press Releases7/17

Wednesday July 16th 2014

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney

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• Sarver PA)A big night for the World of Outlaw Sprints, Donny Schatz and Cody Darrah as they took on the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup race on the four/tenths of a mile dirt oval at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA. chasing to the victory of the Silver Cup. Schatz started fifth in the first "A" Main and took over the lead with sixteen laps to go to score the win of the first thrity lap feature, with Cody Darrah crossing the line of this race as the last driver on the lead lap.Race Results 7/16

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• Super Shox)If your looking to improve your shock package check out Super Shox. For 17 years Super Shox has been building race winning shocks for Sprint Cars and Midgets. With customers winning races on both dirt and pavement, in Wing Sprint Cars and Non-Wing Sprint Cars, in Midgets, Mini sprints and Micros, 410 cars, 360 cars and 305 cars there is a proven track record of successes. Super Shox prides itself on top priority customer service and support with fast turn around times on repairs, tech support, at track services, leasing programs, set labor rate for repairs and the continual pursuit of improvements. Press Releases7/16
• Logan Schuchart)Shark Racing's Logan Schuchart of Hanover, Pa., finished fifth in the second half of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Tuesday night at Lernerville Speedway, part of twin 30-lap features for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. Press Releases7/16
• Mercer Raceway Park PA)After a weekend dedicated to the Modified division, Saturday Night Live! racing action will resume at Mercer Raceway Park on July 19. That will be Racing for the Cure Night benefiting the American Cancer Society. All cancer survivors will be admitted free of change starting when the gates open at 4 p.m. Press Releases7/16
• Dirt Network)World of Outlaws: Donny Schatz passed second place Paul McMahan at the midway point of the first twin 30 lap feature at Lernerville Speedway Tuesday night and held on to collect his fifth Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. Meanwhile, Cody Darrah took the second feature, earning redemption following a missed opportunity in 2013. Our own Jerin Steele was there covering the action and filed this report from Lernerville. http://thedirtnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/07/world-of-outlaws-don-martin-memorial.html 7/16
• Grandview Speedway PA)With three big events of auto racing planned for Grandview Speedway this weekend there should be something for everyone and all offered at very reasonable ticket prices. Saturday, July 19th, 7:30 p.m. Hatfield Quality Meats offers a tripleheader card of NASCAR stock car racing. At noon on Sunday, July 20th, the Outlaw Enduro racers are in action along with the Blast from the Past Vintage Cars and that evening, 7:30 p.m. the TSRS Winged Sprints and ARDC Wingless Midgets will be in action.
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Ohsweken Speedway's 19th season of racing continues this Friday, July 18, when Gale’s Auto Aftermarket presents Brock Leonard Memorial Night featuring the "Brock Leonard Memorial 50" for Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, plus Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland's GMC Crate Sprint Cars, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Gale's Auto Aftermarket Bombers. Press Releases7/16
• ASCS)Taking on tracks in Texas and Louisiana this coming weekend, the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region will hit the clay at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas on Friday, July 18 before their long awaited return to the Leesville 171 Speedway in Leesville, La. on Saturday, July 19. ASCS 7/16
• USAC)With a “super moon” shining over Queen Creek’s Arizona Speedway, Josh Pelkey of Peoria claimed Saturday’s USAC SouthWest Sprint Car main event. The controversial $1,500 victory was Josh’s third triumph of the season and first series win at the ET Motopark facility. “The Kid” Tye Mihocko, Josh Shipley, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr., and R.J. Johnson rounded out the top-five drivers. USAC 7/16

Tuesday July 15th 2014

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. Leonardo da Vinci

11:50pm

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• World of Outlaws)Donny Schatz won the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway after battling Kerry Madsen through the first feature and finishing seventh in the second, taking the KSE Hard Charger Award. Cody Darrah won the second feature, scoring his second victory of the season. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/15
• Column)Danny Burton has notes from the Lawrenceburg Indiana Sprint Week rain-out in Hoosier Race Report 7/15

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• Susquehanna Speedway Park PA)Racing action returns to the Big Track at SSP on Saturday night, July 19 with the annual Silver Spring Speedway Racer Reunion. An exciting night of racing action is on tap with the Late Models, Street Stocks and the Super Sportsman Tour. The PENNMAR Vintage Cars and EMMR Vintage Cars will also provide a look at racing in the past. Press Releases7/15
• Joey Saldana)Tonight Lernerville Speedway hosted one of the most unique programs on the World of Outlaws circuit, the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Twin 30s. The first 30-lap main event was a traditionally-run program paying $10,000 to the winner. Full points were allocated to the participants. Then all the cars on the lead lap were inverted for another 30-lap feature. The winner of the second event was awarded another $10,000 but no points were awarded. There was a $5,000 bonus paid to the overall winner. Press Releases7/15
• WAR)After being rained out on June 7th, the WAR Series presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps will be back in action this Saturday July 19th at the Springfield Raceway in Springfield, MO. Chad Goff from Spring Hill, KS, leads WAR into Springfield as he holds a ten point advantage over Gladstone, MO’s Chris Parkinson. Josh Stephens of Buckner, MO and the winner of the last WAR race in Grain Valley, MO, sits in third with Higginsville, MO’s Bob Thoman and Kearney, MO’s John Helm rounding out the top five.Press Releases7/15
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Thousands and thousands of dollars in contingency cash and prizes will be up for grabs by sprint car drivers at the upcoming August 2 Living Legends Dream Race at Port Royal Speedway on top of the posted event purse that eclipses $50,000. As has become customary over the last few years, each of the 16-lap semi mains will pay $20 to lead a lap as will the 35-lap Dream A main. Central PA 7/15

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• Column)Ron Rodda has notes from Ocean Speedway CA in From the Grandstand7/15
• Double X Speedway MO)Sunday Night Thunder was turned into the 2nd annual "Race for Riley" memorial race in honor of Riley Hudson, a very special young race fan that left us way too soon. As damp weather delayed the start of the evenings festivities slightly, the clouds parted and allowed us to complete a wonderful night of racing in Riley's honor. Headlining the evening on this special night were the visiting drivers of the ULMA late model association, Riley's favorite class to watch as a spectator.Race Results 7/15
• URSS)There's a youth movement in the 305 sprint car ranks of the United Rebel Sprint Series. Jake Bubak is leading the charge. The youngster from Arvada, Colo., validated his United Rebel Sprint Series national championship last year by besting a field of top-notch drivers Sunday night at the Wheatshocker Nationals at RPM Speedway in Hays. Race Results 7/15
• URSS)There might have been a bit of apprehension in the mind of Luke Cranston. t had been a long time since the sprint car driver from Plains had a good run at RPM Speedway in Hays. And earlier this season, Cranston — who grew up in Ness City — flipped his 305 sprint car at RPM. Race Results 7/15

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• KSE Racing Products)As the mercury rises, so do the stakes at most tracks, and drivers using KSE Racing Products continue to take advantage, and score victories across the country. With the ASCS National Tour heading to the Northwest, Brad Loyet continues his strong 2014, as he increased his series point lead, by way of his win at the Electric City Speedway. Press Releases7/15
• IRA Sprints)A pair of highly anticipated shows featuring the 900 horsepower machines of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be showcased at a pair of venues this weekend. First up is the third-annual showdown of the IRA vs. All-Stars event to be held at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday night July 19th. Located at the Kenosha County Fairgrounds, the Wilmot Raceway is hallowed ground for sprint car racing in Wisconsin. The birthplace of the IRA sprints, the third-mile clay oval will be the scene of the open-wheeled battleground where the IRA sprints will take on the visiting UNOH All-Star Circuit of Champions competitors for supremacy. IRA 7/15
• BOSS)One of the most anticipated events of the year in traditional sprint car racing will take center stage this Saturday, July 19th. The 4th annual "Dick Spencer Memorial" at Waynesfield Raceway Park will find the traveling stars of the Buckeye Machine BOSS tour facing off against the WRP regulars who will be ready to defend their home turf. A lot of bragging rights will be on the line as the buckeye state's only traveling tour meets the state's only weekly traditional sprint car track regulars. Press Releases7/15
• Derek Hagar)Derek Hagar claimed his first career USCS Speedweek title last weekend following a six-week delay. Hagar, who won the first three Speedweek races in late May, finished eighth in the postponed Speedweek finale at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday to garner the crown. Press Releases7/15
• USAC)Renewed enthusiasm in USAC's Silver Crown Championship Series presented by TRAXXAS has resulted in what promises to be a strong field of cars for the July 24 J.D. Byrider "Rich Vogler Classic" at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind. USAC 7/15
• ASCS Lucas Oil)You'll have to do some hunting to find the last time the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real last scattered clay at the Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D. ASCS 7/15
• Sammy Swindell)Big Game Motorsports driver Sammy Swindell has been on a tear recently. Consistency in qualifying and heat race victories have made the Big Game Treestands car a regular contender in World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series dashes during the past couple of weeks. Press Releases7/15
• Joe Trenca)Mission accomplished for Joe Trenca and the Mucci Motorsports team, which advanced into both features last weekend during their inaugural visit to the famed Eldora Speedway. "We made both shows so that was good," Trenca said. "It's a really, really cool track. It's definitely unique. It's really hard to run. Friday night we were six or seven inches off the wall. Saturday night we were right around the bottom." Press Releases7/15
• ASCS)Five races accounting for seven ASCS sanctioned events took place this past weekend with the American Sprint Car Series with races in Montana, South Dakota, and Texas across ASCS National and Regional platforms. Standing at 108 sanctioned events so far in 2014, a total of 94 A-Features have been contested with an average car count of 25.9 cars per event across the whole of ASCS. Sanctions over the weekend included the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real, ASCS Frontier Region, Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region, and Smiley's Racing Products ASCS Lone Star Region. ASCS 7/15
• Tyler Thomas)Tyler Thomas is headed back to Florida this weekend with high expectations. Thomas, who has two podiums in a pair of pro late model starts on the pavement at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna this season, picked up the victory in his most recent outing for Tim Russell. Press Releases7/15
• Josh Baughman)The hard work and long hours spent in the shop has paid off for Josh Baughman and his Jason Johnson Racing team. After numerous close calls and near misses, Baughman recorded his first career 360ci sprint car victory last Saturday during the ASCS Lone Star Region event at Abilene Speedway. Press Releases7/15
• Tommy Tarlton)A very wild and eventful weekend during the Howard Kaeding Classic at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA culminated on Saturday night with Tommy Tarlton charging to a third place finish from his 19th starting spot. “It was definitely a weekend with a full moon,” Tarlton said of the events that took place both Friday and Saturday night. “It was exciting, and I am thankful Paul Baines and the guys stayed the course, and we were able to end our weekend with a third place finish.” Press Releases7/15
• Badger)The "1st annual Norm Nelson Classic" is slated for Sunday Night July 20 at Angell Park Speedway, and will feature four divisions: The Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Racing Series, Badger 600 Micros, IRA Bumper to Bumper Outlaw Sprint Cars Series and the Wisconsin Dirt LegendsPress Releases7/15
• King of the West)The always challenging and unique confines of Placerville Speedway will welcome the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series this Saturday night July 19, for what will be round 12 in the fight for the statewide championship. King of the West 7/15
• Craig Dollansky)Following the third consecutive week that competition was rained out at Knoxville Raceway, Craig Dollansky and the Big Game Treestands #7 team returned to action Sunday as they prepared for battle at Huset’s Speedway. Signing into the high-banked bullring for the fourth time this season, the racing program got off to a strong start for ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ as he piloted the Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim to the 2nd fastest lap in qualifying among the 20 cars signed in. Twelve cars inverted in two heats then put Dollansky outside row three for heat two where the Elk River, Minnesota native finished in 4th. Press Releases7/15

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• Column)Ken Wagner has USAC/CRA notes in Wagsworld7/15
• Column)Danny Burton has Kokomo Indiana Sprint Week in Hoosier Race Report7/15
• POWRi West)The Western reps of Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. made their way to the whirling confines of Tornado Alley, their sixth visit to I-44 Riverside in the first full year of POWRi West. An increased effort on surface preparation paid off and fans were treated to some savvy moves on the 1/5th mile red clay oval despite the near 100 degree temperatures and a wild 2nd heat race sent signs for what was to come in the 25 lap main event before a rapidly increasing fan base for the first year series. Race Results 7/15

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• Bud Kaeding)Bud Kaeding picked the perfect race to score his first win with Williams Motorsports and his first win of the 2014 season as he captured the Howard Kaeding Classic on Saturday night at the Ocean Speedway, a race that pays homage to his grandfather. “This HK Classic race means so much to my family, and I can’t believe I am standing here,” Kaeding said following a very animated celebration. Press Releases7/15
• Harli White)Harli White was pleased with her weekend. After a couple of weeks of struggles, the Lindsay, OK driver had a nice weekend that saw her pick up finishes of fourth and second place. “It was a great weekend overall,” White said. “I think we finally have a good handle on a basic set up and starting point, and it was great to be in the mix both nights.” Press Releases7/15
• World of Outlaws)The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series rolls into Pennsylvania this week for a three event swing. As the Outlaws return to battle the Pennsylvania Posse, Kerry Madsen looks to carry the momentum from his emotional victory at the Kings Royal. The Outlaws take on Lernerville Speedway on Tuesday night for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. After that, they head to Lincoln Speedway Thursday and Williams Grove Speedway Friday and Saturday night for the Summer Nationals. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/15
• James McFadden)James McFadden was in action in the state of Ohio last week taking on the World of Outlaws, and the Australian driver had a very good showing during the Brad Doty Classic, where he charged from his 12th starting spot to record a fifth place finish. “Lima, OH was probably one of the busiest, most fun races I have been in,” McFadden said. “The boys gave me a great car, and it was nice to get a great finish with the World of Outlaws.” Press Releases7/15
• Factory Kahne Shocks)With big races on the horizon, drivers using Factory Kahne Shocks are hitting their groove, and over the last week, a few drivers were able to pick up a few firsts! In Lima, OH, Paul McMahan used his Factory Kahne package to grab the lead late in the feature event on Wednesday night as he picked up his first career Brad Doty Classic win aboard his CJB Motorsports machine. Press Releases7/15
• Cory Eliason)Back in action at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night aboard the M&S Racing No. 27 machine, Cory Eliason was sixth fastest, and finished sixth in the feature event. “We did what we needed to do, and pulled the one pill for the feature event, but we were just a little too tight, and slipped back to sixth when it was all said and done,” Eliason explained. Press Releases7/15
• Parker Price-Miller)Parker Price-Miller traveled to the Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL on Friday night to take on the Lucas Oil POWRi Series, and after a very strong performance early in the night, Price-Miller would finish in the sixth spot. “Our night started off really well,” Price-Miller said. “Not that it means much, but we were fastest in hot laps, and felt really good heading in to our heat race.” Press Releases7/15
• Aaron Reutzel)A first time turning laps and slinging clay in the state of Montana turned into yet another strong weekend of Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour action for Clute, TX, racer Aaron Reutzel. After charging from 19th to eighth in Friday’s main event at Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Reutzel and the Bob and Christie Miller’s Car Parts Machine/Wren Motorsports No. 87 Triple-X team finished off the Big Sky weekend with a strong third-place run at Billings Motorsports Park on Saturday night for his 14th overall podium finish of 2014. Press Releases7/15
• Christopher Bell)Christopher Bell made his first appearance on one of Sprint Car racing’s biggest stages on Saturday night; Eldora Speedway’s Kings Royal. And the 19-year-old from Norman, OK, did it in typical style, marching forward through the World of Outlaws Sprint Car feature field to finish 11th after starting 22nd, earning Hard Charger honors in the prestigious event. Press Releases7/15
• Dirt Track Memories)Kokomo Indiana Sprint week recap/montage by Jen Petersonhttp://youtu.be/OduSDtEidTA 7/15
• FAST)Fremont/Attica Sprint Title action is set to continue this Friday and Saturday, July 18th & 19th with a pair of Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service ‘410’ sprint car events. The F.A.S.T. ‘410’ Championship Series will make its usual visits to Attica (OH) Raceway Park and Fremont (OH) Speedway during the upcoming weekend; with $3,000 up for grabs at Attica Raceway Park on Friday evening, July 18th. Each night will feature a full F.A.S.T. program; awarding points towards the 2014 Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service championship worth $10,000. This weekend’s pair of events will mark down as Night’s #12 & #13 of the 2014 schedule. Press Releases7/15
• Port Royal Speedway PA)A host of notables will be turning out to honor sprint car driver Lance Dewease and car owner Maynard Boop at the Living Legends Dream Race at Port Royal Speedway slated for August 2. And a host of their cars will be on hand for the celebratory event as well.  Central PA 7/15

Monday July 14th 2014

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry

9:50pm

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• Photos)More shots from 2014 Indiana Sprint Week by Dennis Krieger are in Midwest Nights by Dennis Krieger7/14
• Paul Oxman Publishing)2015 SPRINT RACING CALENDAR  Tim Alywin’s cover shot of Cody Darrah shows some spectacular action as he qualifies in the glow of the sun.  The cover of the annual Sprint Racing Calendar is just the beginning of one of the best representations of open wheel racing in a publication today. Get your copy at Knoxville, or Contact Paul Oxman Publishing for Ordering and inprint information: 180 Gallagher Crest Rd Henderson, NV 89014 Phone: 800-228-0787Press Releases7/14
• Craig Dollansky)Following the third consecutive week that competition was rained out at Knoxville Raceway, Craig Dollansky and the Big Game Treestands #7 team returned to action Sunday as they prepared for battle at Huset’s Speedway. Press Releases7/14
• Jonathan Allard)Spending his weekend at the Ocean Speedway for the Howard Kaeding Classic, Jonathan Allard put together a great performance on Friday night to score a second place finish with the Civil War Series before getting caught up in a wreck while running second with the King of the West Series on Saturday night. Press Releases7/14
• Kyle Hirst)Returning to the seat of his Roth Motorsports No. 83Jr entry over the weekend, Kyle Hirst was in action with both the Civil War Series and King of the West Series, and his result in both races was 12th. “We had really good speed on Saturday night, but the driver just got in the way of a great racecar, and made a mistake. I hate it for everyone, but can’t thank them enough for their hard work, and getting us back on the track to still manage a finish,” Hirst said.
• Justin Sanders)Taking part in two races over the last weekend, Justin Sanders scored a sixth place finish at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA with the Civil War Series before finishing 11th at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night. “It was an okay weekend all around, I would have to say,” Sanders said. “We were pretty good at Ocean, and Placerville we timed in bad, but we were able to move forward a little in the feature event.” Press Releases7/14
• Andy Gregg)Andy Gregg had a very strong Mike’s Hard Lemonade No. 14r machine on Saturday night that saw the Placerville, CA driver work from fifth to second in the 25-lap feature event. “We had an awesome racecar in the feature event, and were really coming on strong at the end of the race,” Gregg explained. Press Releases7/14
• DJ Netto)Hanford, CA driver, DJ Netto, continued his strong 2014 season over the weekend as he put on hard charges with both the Civil War Series and the King Of West Series at the Ocean Speedway during the Howard Kaeding Classic. Press Releases7/14
• Steven Tiner)Steven Tiner had one of those weekends where anything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong, as he was involved in a crash at the Ocean Speedway on Friday night, before a parts failure knocked him out of the fourth spot late in the feature on Saturday night in Placerville, CA. Press Releases7/14
• Kyler Shaw)Looking to make up from a lackluster performance at the Placerville Speedway on the Fourth of July, Kyler Shaw turned put in a strong effort on Saturday night that ended with him scoring a ninth place finish. “We had a really good car all night long, and I was pleased with how we raced, especially since we were not very good last week here,” Kyler Shaw said. Press Releases7/14
• Kerry Madsen)A red-hot Kerry Madsen put together a dominating performance on Saturday night as he charged from his seventh starting spot to win the 31st Annual Kings Royal at the Eldora Speedway. “This race was pretty much got me hooked on racing in America years ago, and it’s fantastic to finally break through and win it,” a jubilant Madsen said. “I can’t thank Tyler, Chris, and Brandon enough for the great car they gave me, as well as the Gavranich Family and everyone at American Racing for their continued support.” Press Releases7/14
• David Gravel)Saturday night at the Eldora Speedway, David Gravel went toe-to-toe with Donny Schatz and Kerry Madsen, and finished third in the prestigious Kings Royal. “It is pretty cool to get on the podium for the Kings Royal,” Gravel said. “We started on the pole and raced hard with Donny Schatz and Kerry Madsen, and we are pleased to start the Month of Money of the podium.” Press Releases7/14
• Jac Haudenschild)Returning to his favorite track over the weekend, The Eldora Speedway, for one of the biggest race weekends of the year, The Kings Royal, Jac Haudenschild and his Destiny Motorsports team had a mixed bag of results that was highlighted by an eighth place finish on Friday night. Press Releases7/14
• Lance Dewease)Lance Dewease and his Dietz Motorsports team rebounded from a tough end to their speedweek by picking up a win at the Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night. With the handicapping structure in place to line up the feature event, Lance Dewease found himself in the fifth starting position aboard his C.C. Dietz Builders/Conduit Connections/Hess Ornamental Iron No. 14 machine for the 25 lap feature event. Press Releases7/14
• Alan Krimes)The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will revisit the central Pennsylvania battlegrounds this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 17th, 18th & 19th; hosting three (3) full programs at two (2) of Pennsylvania’s most recognized short track facilities. ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt’ will visit the Lincoln Speedway to kick-off the upcoming weekend; followed by a two-day trip to the Williams Grove Speedway. The almighty ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ will be in full force during the ‘Outlaw’ invasion; including two-time central Pennsylvania winner in 2014, Alan Krimes. Krimes has yet to earn a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series main event win, but will have three (3) opportunities to do so this weekend. Press Releases7/14
• Kraig Kinser)The second East Coast Swing of the season has always been jam-packed for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. With the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Twin 30s at Lernerville Speedway and the Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway anchoring the stretch of races during this portion of the “Month of Money,” along with the series annual trek to Lebanon Valley Speedway. The summer East Coast Swing will be bolstered even more this year by visits to both Lincoln Speedway in Pennsylvania, and Fulton Speedway in New York. In total, seven feature events will be contested in a nine-day span. For Kraig Kinser, this stretch of races will provide plenty of seat time. Press Releases7/14
• Kaeding Performance) Congratulations to Bud Kaeding and the Williams Motorsports team on their exciting King Of The West Howard Kaeding Classic win at Ocean Speedway. Bud scored his first win in the Williams Motorsports MAXIM utilizing Factory Kahne Shocks tuned by Kaeding Performance. Congratulations to Brad Furr on his win in the Civil War Series portion of the Howard Kaeding Classic in dominating fashion driving the BFR MAXIM utilizing Factory Kahne Shocks tuned by Kaeding Performance. Congratulations to Tommy Laliberte on his Spec Sprint win at Ocean Speedway, driving the Alan Clark/Taco Bravo/MAXIM utilizing Factory Kahne Shocks tuned by Kaeding Performance. Join these teams in victory lane by calling 1-800-KAEDING and visit our online catalog at WWW.KAEDINGS.COM 7/14
• Sammy Swindell)Big Game Motorsports driver Sammy Swindell will shift his focus to the famed Knoxville Nationals during the next several weeks. Swindell and the Big Game Treestands team will compete at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, the next two Saturdays prior to the 54th annual FVP Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey's General Stores Aug. 6-9. Press Releases7/14
• Austen Wheatley)Austen Wheatley endured a tough outing in Ohio as the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series �Month of Money� kicked off last week. Wheatley had an engine issue during qualifying last Wednesday at the 26th annual Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio. To make things worse, the team was unable to change the engine prior to the heat race. Press Releases7/14
• Dominic Scelzi)Dominic Scelzi is coming off one of his most complete weekends of the season. With Peter Murphy turning the wrenches, Scelzi captured his third top five of the season on Saturday following a charge from 19th to ninth on Friday during the Howard Kaeding Classic doubleheader at Ocean Speedway. Press Releases7/14
• Travis Rilat)Travis Rilat nearly returned to Victory Lane during his season debut in the Northwest. Rilat and the Richard Saumure owned team capped the Summer Thunder Sprint Car Series weekend at Grays Harbor Raceway with a runner-up result on Saturday during the $5,000-to-win race. "I didn't win, but we had a good weekend," he said. Press Releases7/14
• Carolina Racesavers)Jacob McLain of the Carolina RaceSaver Sprint Car Series may have won the last three battles in the North State over the past month, but Tony Grams is winning the war thus far including the inaugural Sumter Speedway sprint car event back on May 17th. Press Releases7/14
• Cody Wampler)A rough night at Lawton Speedway can't keep Cody Wampler down. Wampler and his team took a lot of positives out of last Saturday's race, which ended early because of a couple of issues in his heat race. Press Releases7/14
• Scotty Thiel)After a solid top ten performance at the big half mile of Dodge County Speedway on Friday, the STM team changed race plans on Saturday due to a rain out at Rice Lake Speedway and headed over the St. Croix Valley Raceway for the 3rd Annual Open Wheel Nationals. Young Scotty Thiel led all 25 laps of the Main and captured his second Open Wheel Nationals title! Press Releases7/14
• Joey Saldana)World of Outlaws fanatics will get a big dose of dirt racing elixir beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15, at Lernerville Speedway. The Outlaws take a travel day Wednesday before embarking on a four-in-a-row swing that continues through Pennsylvania and ends in New York. Press Releases7/14
• IRA Sprints)Possibly the best southern Wisconsin Sprint Car weekend of the year goes trackside this weekend with 2 big events. Saturday July 19th Wilmot Raceway hosts the 3rd annual IRA - All-Star Challenge featuring the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints and the UNOH All-Star Circuit of Champions. Then on Sunday history will be made at the historic Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie as the thunder of IRA Sprints will roar for the first time in nearly 30 years.Joining IRA will be the Badger Midgets for a great one two punch!7/14
• USAC)This Saturday, July 19th, the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars will travel to Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway. Co-sanctioned with the VRA Sprint Cars, the $1,500-to-win and $225-to-start event will also showcase the VRA Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts, Mod Lites, Focus Midgets, and Go-Karts. The Pit Gates will open at Noon, the Front Gates will open at 3:00pm, Drivers Meeting at 3:00pm, with Racing scheduled for 5:30pm at “The Best Little Dirt Track in America.” USAC 7/14
• USAC)USAC's DMA Midgets return to Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt. July 26 and Adam Pierson enjoys a 111-point lead in the series standings after his second-place finish in last Saturday night's "double points" "Shirley & Mickey Bruleigh Memorial." USAC's HPD Midget series are taking a hiatus this week, preparing for Midwest, Western and Eastern races next week at Altamahaw, Calif. (Eastern), Lemoore, Calif. (Western) and Plymouth, Ind. (Midwest). USAC 7/14
• USAC)Finnish driver Markus Niemela hopes to "finish" first when the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars resume action this Saturday night at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. Niemela leads Matt Mitchell by 17 points in the latest tally going into the Ventura race, the first ever for the West Coast Sprints at Ventura's one-fifth-mile dirt oval by the sea. USAC 7/14

• USAC)R.J. Johnson leads the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars to their next outing July 26 at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz., but Josh Pelkey of Peoria stole the spotlight last Saturday night at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek. USAC 7/14
• USAC)The Honda USAC Western Midgets resume action July 26 when they take to the dirt at Lemoore (Calif.) Raceway. Trey Marcham takes an 18-point lead over defending champion Ronnie Gardner entering that race. Michael Snider of Lakeport, Calif. won Saturday night's 100-lap "Gerhardt Classic" Honda USAC Western Midget race at Madera (Calif.) Speedway. The race was co-sanctioned by BCRA. USAC 7/14
• USAC)"Indiana Sprint Week" concludes this week with four straight races Wednesday through Saturday. If the points race remains as tight as it is now, the finale at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt Saturday should be memorable. Drivers Dave Darland, Chris Windom and Justin Grant are separated by just four points in the ISW standings, following races last Friday and Saturday and Sunday night's abbreviated event at Lawrenceburg Speedway which succumbed to rain after three heat races had been conducted. USAC 7/14

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• Photos)Weekend winner photos are in SpeedShotz for Monday 7/14
• URSS)The car was fast in the heat race, so Josh Fairbank decided not to make any changes. Instead, he sat back and relaxed as much as any racer can. And at the end of the night, Fairbank was all smiles once again. The driver of the No. 51 sprint car won his first United Rebel Sprint Series feature of the year Friday night at WaKeeney Speedway. Race Results 7/14
• SOS)Mitch Brown (No.10b Haldex) led all 25 laps for his third straight win at Brighton Speedway with the Southern Ontario Sprints on Saturday night. Brown started on the pole after earning top qualifier and pulling the pole during the redraw on the frontstretch in front of the Brighton Speedway fans. Race Results 7/14
• Plymouth Dirt Track WI)Aldag Honald Mechanical Sprint Cars took the green flag until an immediate caution for Kevin Karnitz who flipped into the catch wall between turns 1 and 2. As lineup was complete for the restart, rain started to fall heavier and after a few laps the show was cancelled for the evening. B-Main Feature Winner: Randy Sippel (Elkhart Lake) Heat Winners: Donny Goeden, Shane Wenninger (both from Kewaskum), Ken Jay Fiedler and Kyle Marten (both of Sheboygan Falls).7/14
• Column)KO has pre-Indiana Sprint Week contests at Bloomington, Kokomo, and Putnamville in KO's Indiana Bullring Scene. 7/14
• USAC)USAC DMA MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2014 - Bradford, Vermont - Bear Ridge Speedway - "Shirley & Mickey Bruleigh Memorial" FEATURE: (24 laps) 1. Scott viets, 2. Adam Pierson, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. Tim Hodge, 5. Mike Chaffee, 6. Scott Holcomb, 7. Tim Gallant, 8. Dean Christensen, 9. Chris Donnelly, 10. Josh SunnUSAC 7/14
• USAC)July 12, 2014 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Josh Pelkey, 2. Tye Mihocko, 3. Josh Shipley, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Matt Rossi, 8. Tom Ogle, 9. Mark Morin, 10. Michael Curtis,USAC 7/14
• St Croix Valley Raceway WI)Two Upper Midwest Sprintcar Series victories in the same week in two different cars is nothing unusual for veteran racer Brooke Tatnell. The thrilling manner in which his 27th career UMSS win came on Friday night July 11 at the Open Wheel Nationals certainly was not something race fans have the privilege of watching every night though. Back in the familiar white #14 Nelson sprinter, Tatnell put on a show for the fans coming from the 18th starting position to sit in the Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup/Rock Auto Victory Lane at the 1/4 mile St. Croix Valley Raceway when the final checkers waved. Race Results 7/14
• Badger)Chett Gehrke edged Zach Daum to win Friday Night’s 30-lap POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned feature at Lincoln Speedway. Pole-sitter Parker Price-Miller, paced the first seven laps before Darren Hagen moved into the top position. Daum passed Hagen for the lead on a Lap 14 restart, with Gehrke in fourth position. Race Results 7/14

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• Ocean Sprints)Fremont, CA’s Shane Golobic will bring a 46-point lead over now second place Brad Furr of Stockton into round number eight in the battle for the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo championship this Friday night at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway. Press Releases7/14
• Henry Van Dam)Henry Van Dam is only halfway through his career-best season and the highs continue to rejuvenate his team. Van Dam garnered his career-high fourth victory of the year on Friday at Grays Harbor Raceway before capping the Summer Thunder Sprint Series weekend by charging from 15th to fifth on Saturday. Press Releases7/13
• OCRS)The timing to have an open weekend last week couldn’t have come at a better time for the Oil Capital Racing Series. Temps soared into the triple digits the last few days while the race teams managed to keep their potent machines in their shops as they prep for this weeks doubleheader racing weekend which by the way, will be conducted in very mild and comfortable temperatures in the month of July not seen in several years! OCRS 7/14
• IRA Sprints)IRA, the acronym of late, IRA: It's Raining Again. For the 5th time in the last 8 events, the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series has fallen to the wet stuff as Rice Lake Speedway was the latest weather victim. The worse part is that in all cases, the teams were either all ready at the track or enroute and a couple of trips were a significant distance away. So thus far of the 30 race IRA schedule, 8 shows have been completed, and 6 rained out. We'll try again this weekend as we co-sanction this Saturday July 19 with the All-Stars at Wilmot Raceway, and then Sunday July 20 we take on the historic Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie) for the first 410/winged sprint race in nearly 30 years! 7/14
• Grandview Speedway PA)On Sunday, July 20th, Grandview Speedway will be host to the second Open Wheel Spectacular of the season as the Hilborn Tri-State Race Saver (TSRS) 305 Winged Sprint Cars join forces with the wingless midgets of the American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC). Press Releases7/14

Sunday July 13th 2014

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides

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• I-90 Speedway SD)Tommy Barber joined Micah Schliemann as a two-time winner in the Coffee Cup Fuel Stops 360 Sprint Car division. He led all 20 laps on a track that stayed on the heavy side. Ryan Bickett gained on Barber by taking a lower line through turns one and two but Barber caught on as he saw the nose of Bickett's number 17 ride as a caution came out with seven laps to go.Race Results 7/13
• ARDC)The Amercian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) midgets returned to action on the Bridgeport Speedway quarter mile for the first time since June of 2011. With one win to his credit this season, Collegeville, PA driver, Alex Bright was looking forward to the return to the Logan Township Speedway where he won his very first ARDC midget feature in May of 2011 - in just his second season of ARDC competition. Race Results 7/13
• AVSS)For the second consecutive year, Jarry Caryer won the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints (AVBBSS) feature at New Paris (IN) Speedway on Saturday, July 12. Following Caryer across the finish line included Chris Nuenschwander and Joe Swanson. The top-five finishers were filled out by Jason Blonde and Davey Hamilton Jr. Race Results 7/13
• The Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Central PA Sprint Cars had the tune-up for the World of Outlaws Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway. Stevie Smith took the victory for two in a row at Williams Grove and 4th series win. Saturday July 12th at Lincoln Speedway Lance Dewease was back in victory lane for his 2nd series win of the year. The same night up at Port Royal Speedway Chad Layton took his first win of the year.Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Central PA 7/13
• VSS)Jerald Harris turned a good run in to a great finish as storms danced all around Shenandoah Speedway Saturday night. Charlie Ware and Tony Harris took heat wins before it was off to the feature with Chris and Charlie Ware pacing the field to the green.Race Results 7/13
• Marysville Raceway Park CA)It was a night of close finishes and wild crashes. Saturday’s five division show at Paul and Kathy HawesMarysville Raceway Park once again produced a thrilling end to the MRP Winged Sprint Car main event. Marysville’s Brandon Dozier just beat a charging Kevin Lovell of Yuba City to the line. Race Results 7/13
• Husets Speedway SD)Mark Dobmeier, Terry McCarl, Justin Henderson, Ian Madsen, Dusty Zomer, Hendrickson, Jeffrey, Juhl, McGillvray, Ballenger 7/13
• USCS)It’s been a pretty good month to be Tim Crawley. Crawley, the 2012 United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N champion from Benton, Arkansas, started from the K&N Filters Pole Position Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway and stomped the field once again, leading wire-to-wire and rolling into www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane after taking the win in the rescheduled 30-lap USCS Sprint Speedweek Finale. The triumph was Crawley’s fifth straight United Sprint Car Series victory, as well as the 70th career USCS win of his impressive career. USCS 7/13
• USAC)USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2014 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Josh Pelkey, 2. Tye Mihocko, 3. Josh Shipley, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Matt Rossi, 8. Tom Ogle, 9. Mark Morin, 10. Michael CurtisUSAC 7/13
• King of the West)There was certainly no shortage of excitement on Saturday night at the fourth annual Howard Kaeding Classic, which ultimately ended as fitting as it could, with Campbell’s Bud Kaeding taking the checkered flag to earn one of the most special victories of his accomplished career. King of the West 7/13
• UMSS)If the close finish on Friday night at the Open Wheel Nationals wasn't enough excitement, the UMSS Traditional sprint cars outdid themselves with one of the most spectacular feature races so far in the four year history of this series. Following an opening lap caution, the 25 lap feature ran nonstop to the checkers with six cars in the lead pack battling for positions all race long. The outcome was not determined until two-time and defending series champion Rob Caho, Jr. of Wyoming, MN pulled off a last lap, last corner pass coming out of turn four to the checkers!Race Results 7/13
• Ocean Speedway CA)For the first time since 2011 the Ocean Speedway presented an Ocean Sprints vs Civil War Sprint Car Series event and in the end it was defending Taco Bravo champion Brad Furr beating out a stout 37-car field for victory on Friday night. Race Results 7/13
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2014 - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" BALANCE OF EVENT RAINED OUT USAC 7/13

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• Tony Bruce Jr)Tony Bruce Jr. got off to a tough start during his lone trip to Montana this season. After finishing where he started - third - during his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour heat race on Friday at Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Bruce Jr. and his One 8 Motorsports team were forced to change engines prior to the main event. Press Releases7/13
• Kevin Swindell)Kevin Swindell registered an impressive feat on Saturday at Eldora Speedway, where he tied a career best with a fourth-place finish at the 31st annual Kings Royal. It also marked his first top five with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series in approximately a dozen events since his fourth-place result at the $50,000-to-win event in 2006. Press Releases7/13
• Alex Bright)Alex Bright certainly knows how to send a car owner out on the right note. Bright charged from 16th to record a wingless micro sprint victory last Wednesday at Action Track USA in Kutztown, Pa., during the final race for Rich Glosser Racing. "He said if I'm going to quit lets go out with a bang," Bright said. "It was awesome. To go out and have a win like that, especially from 16th, I don't think he could have been any happier. It felt good to win for him." Press Releases7/13
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Port Royal Speedway will team with Moon Shine Camo® to present Motorcycle Night at Port Royal Speedway coming up on Saturday, August 9 at 7 pm. Courtesy of Moon Shine, those who drive their motorcycle to the night at the races will receive a coupon worth $5 off admission at the ticket window. Central PA 7/14

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• UMSS)It did not take Mike Mueller long to earn his third career UMSS Traditional sprint car feature win. In fact, just five days to be exact. Coming off a win at Proctor last Sunday night, Mueller held off Jimmy Kouba by a matter of just a few inches for his first St. Croix Valley Raceway win in a non-winged sprint and his second consecutive in the series during opening night action at the Open Wheel Nationals. The finish was so close that Mueller stated afterwards, "I wasn't sure that I had won until they signaled me to go to Victory Lane.Race Results 7/13
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Shane Ross and Kyle Patrick started on the front row for the 20 lap 360 Sprint Car feature. Patrick took the lead early, while Jim Huppunen took second place from Ross on lap 3. Dave Dykstra took the third spot from Ross on lap 5, while 4th row starter Dain Naida moved into the top 5 on lap 6. Naida got by Huppunen on lap 10, while Dykstra's chance for a top 5 finish ended when his right rear tire went flat on lap 11. Mitch Brown was running 5th when bodywork fell off his car and brought about a yellow flag for debris on the track. The championship contender was sent to the back of the field for the restart. Race Results 7/13
• UMSS)With the IRA 410 Outlaw Sprints rained out at Rice Lake, Scotty Thiel and his team decided to head over to the St. Croix Valley Raceway on Saturday July 12 and pull their 360 sprint car out of the hauler in an attempt to repeat his Open Wheel Nationals title from last year. At the end of the night, the young Sheboygan racer once again was "The Real Deal" at the 1/4 mile bullring winning in his second appearance of the season with the UMSS. Race Results 7/13
• UMSS)Two UMSS victories in the same week in two different cars is nothing unusual for veteran racer Brooke Tatnell. The thrilling manner in which his 27th career UMSS win came on Friday night July 11 at the Open Wheel Nationals certainly was not something race fans have the privilege of watching every night though. Back in the familiar white #14 Nelson sprinter, Tatnell put on a show for the fans coming from the 18th starting position to sit in the Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup/Rock Auto Victory Lane at the 1/4 mile St. Croix Valley Raceway when the final checkers waved. Race Results 7/13
• Wayne County Speedway OH)Two time defending track champion Andrew Palker of Lodi, who has been running with the UNOH All Stars this season, came to NAPA WCS on an off night for the traveling series and the King Inspection, Albreight Trucking and El Campesino Restaurent #57x led all the way for the Fisher Performance Sprint win.Race Results 7/13
• Rossburg OH)A new King is crowned, in this thirty-first anniversary of the prestigious Kings Royal event. Kerry Madsen of St. Marys,NSW raced from a seventh place start into the lead with about twenty-seven laps to go of this forty lap "A" Feature event to score his very first Kings Royal win Excitement reigned during this thirty-first Kings Royal event with the great turn out of Sprint cars and the huge crowd of fans. It definitely was a job well done by everyone at the Eldora Speedway half mile high banked oval in Rossburg, OH. Race Results 7/13

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• The Central PA 358 Point Series presented by Capitol Renegade has another busy weekend. Friday night series point leader Kevin Nouse picked up his 6th feature win of the season at the historic Williams Grove Speedway to extend his point lead. Nouse now has a 61 point lead over runner up Brad McClelland who finished 2nd at Trail Way Speedway to first time winner Dwight Leppo. Leppo who has looked strong the past few weeks at Trail Way Speedway finally broke through for the win. Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway Tyler Ross picked up his 2nd feature win of the season and 1st at Lincoln in only his 2nd start in the Tim Eldreth #23J. Central PA 7/13
• Lernerville Speedway PA)Only four men have won more Peoples TWP DIRTcar Sprint features than Rod George, but their respective work schedules provide George and car-owner Jim Chappell with precious few opportunities to add to that total. However, in their 2014 Lernerville debut, George and Chappell stood victorious in Sheetz Victory Lane as the future Hall of Famer scored his 44th career Lernerville feature win.Press Releases7/13
• RMMRA)The RMMRA would like to announce that the upcoming race at Butch Speicher's I-76 Speedway in Ft. Morgan, CO has received a growing payout! Thanks to a sponsor that would like to remain anonymous, in addition to Glen Tilton from Napa Auto Parts of Cheyenne, we will be paying out $1,000 to win!!! There is also $500 that will be added to the purse in addition to our normal payout. An additional $150 will go to the second and third place finishers, an additional $100 to fourth, and a last place "hard luck" bonus of $100 going to the last place finishing car in the feature. The additional purse money is again on top of our standard payout! Press Releases7/13
• Coastal 181)Motorsports publisher Coastal 181 announced today the wide release of its latest title, “The People’s Champ: A Racing Life,” by Dave Darland. The autobiography of one of open-wheel racing’s most successful and popular racers was written with well-known journalist Bones Bourcier. The book charts the course of Darland’s racing life, from Quarter-Midgets and local Sprint Cars through his remarkable and ongoing professional career, including championships in all three of USAC’s national divisions – Silver Crown, Sprint Cars, and Midgets. Press Releases7/13
• Port Royal Speedway PA)After a week off for Summer Break on July 19, Port Royal Speedway will return with Whelen Engineering Juniata County Fire and Rescue EMS Night coming up on Saturday, July 26 at 7:30 pm. On the card will be the Aumiller’s Insurance 410 sprints, the Jake’s Carts/Enviroman Products super late models and the River Valley Builders 305 sprints. Central PA 7/13
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Williams Grove Speedway will present the two-day World of Outlaws Summer Nationals for sprint cars this Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19. Racing on both nights will begin at 7:30 pm. Lineups both nights will be set using time trials with Friday’s feature going 25-laps in distance while paying $8,000 to win. Saturday’s 30-lap finale will pay a hefty $20,000 to the victor. Central PA 7/13

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• ASCS Lone Star)Josh Baughman finally broke into victory lane in ASCS competition, doing so Saturday night at the Abilene Speedway with the Smiley's Racing Products Lone Star Region.ASCS  7/13
• World of Outlaws)Kerry Madsen did something Saturday night few before him have ever done - he won the Kings Royal, one of the most coveted prizes on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series schedule, and the right to be called 'King.' DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/13
• Devils Bowl Speedway TX)ASI Racing Engines RaceSaver Sprint Cars A-Main -- 1. Jeff Day, Greenville; 2. Raven Culp, Mesquite; 3. Michael Lang, Mesquite; 4. Logan Payne, Dallas; 5. Tucker Doughty, Heath; 6. Andy Shouse, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 7. Robert Vetter, Wolfe City; 8. Dale Wester, Ovilla; 9. Richard Miller, Quinlan; 10. Kurt Summers, Forney; 11. Justin Fifield, Mesquite; 12. Hunter Bloxom, Mesquite; 13. Brad Queen, Anna; 14. Mathew Holt, Dallas; 15. Bobby Ruffin, Crandall; 7/13
• ARDC)Bridgeport NJ....Alex Bright wins followed by B Bright, Drevicki, BJ Buckwalter and Wean 7/13
• Eldora Speedway OH)KINGS ROYAL Date: July 12, 2014 World of Outlaw Sprints A FEATURE - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [7]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 83-David Gravel [1]; 4. 71S-Kevin Swindell [8]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [12]; 6. 20W-Greg Wilson [5]; 7. 14K-Dale Blaney [17]; 8. 24A-Rico Abreu [13]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [10]; 10. 7S-Jason Sides [18]; 11. 53-Chris Bell [22]; 12. 11-Steve Kinser [6]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [14]; 14. 63-Chad Kemenah [19]; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart [21]; 16. 4-Cody Darrah [20]; 17. 1-Sammy Swindell [9]; 18. 83X-Jason Meyers [16]; 19. 19M-Brent Marks [11]; 20. 71-Joey Saldana [25]; 21. 2-Shane Stewart [DNF]; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser [DNF]; 23. 11N-Randy Hannagan [DNF]; 24. 49-Brad Sweet [DNF]; 25. 59K-Tim Kaeding [DNF]Race Results 7/13
• OVSCA)Chris Myers sweeps OVSCA weekend at Ohio Valley Speedway over Caleb Armstrong and older brother Jamie Myers 7/13
• Eldora Speedway OH)NRA Sprint A FEATURE - 1. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [1]; 2. 11-Tim Allison [3]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan [6]; 4. 20B-Butch Schroeder [5]; 5. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon [8]; 6. 17-Jared Horstman [10]; 7. 18-Todd Heuerman [11]; 8. 49-Shawn Dancer [2]; 9. 10X-Dustin Stroup [9]; 10. 6JS-Jr Stewart [15]; 11. 5G-Curt Michael [17]; 12. 49T-Gregg Dalman [4]; 13. 12CS-Cody Swanson [12]; 14. 16-Ryan Ruhl [7]; 15. 6S-Max Stambaugh [18]; 16. 2MS-Beau Stewart [16]; 17. 3B-Brad Greer [20]; 18. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [13]; 19. 31-Andy Teunessen [19]; 20. 98-Joe Trenca [14]; Race Results 7/13
• ASCS Lucas Oil)An engine change put Jeff Swindell starting fifteenth on Friday night after drawing second in the A-Feature, but luck was on the side of the Tennessee veteran, drawing the pole at the Billings Motorsports Park to lead start to finish for his second Protect the Harvest A-Feature victory of the year in front of a capacity crowd.ASCS  7/13
• Pittsburgh PA Motor Speedway)Jack Sodeman Jr wins his 3rd career Sprint feature over Brandon Matus, Carl Bowser, Mike Lutz & Adam Kekich 7/13
• I-90 Speedway SD)1 1 75 Tommy Barber 2 3 17 Ryan Bickett 3 6 6 Eric Lutz 4 4 2D Dusty Ballanger 5 2 15 Joe Riedel 6 9 89 Denzil Smith, Jr 7 5 12 Troy Schreurs 8 10 3Z Matt Ziebarth 9 8 81L Jesse Lindberg 10 7 10 Dale Furby 11 11 42 Kevin Flowers 12 12 Z83 Zeb Larsen 13 13 1 Justin Glaser 7/13
• Riverside Int Speedway AR)USCS....1 1 88 Tim Crawley 2 3 46 Jan Howard 3 10 16 Anthony Nicholson 4 9 14Z Zach Pringle 5 6 3 A.G. Rains 6 12 29 Brandon Hahn 7 5 40 Howard Moore 8 14 9JR Derek Hagar 9 2 12 Dalton Davis 10 13 31G Johnny Gardner 11 16 10 Terry Gray 12 17 3H Brandon Hanks 13 19 22B Dustin Barks 14 15 10M Morgan Turpen 15 20 8X Chris Williams 16 8 42 Andy Mcelhannon 17 21 44 Ronny Howard 18 11 14 Jordon Mallett 19 23 28W Jeff Willingham 20 4 17G Cody Gardner 21 7 26 Marshall Skinner 22 25 13 Triston Tidmore 23 18 91 Dale Howard 24 24 12M Greg Merritt 25 22 1 Eddie Gallagher 7/13
• Sprint Invaders)Terry McCarl registered his second win of the year with the Brockway Mechanical & Roofing Sprint Invaders and the ninth in his career on Friday night at the Cedar County Raceway in Tipton, Iowa. The Altoona, Iowa driver tangled with leader Wayne Johnson on a restart, assuming the lead and claiming the victory aboard Jimmy Davies #99.
• IRA)After an extended break in the 2014 schedule for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints it was time to get back at it. Heading into the break six-time and defending IRA champ Bill Balog had collected four straight A-main victories. IRA 7/13
• Port Royal Speedway PA)Chad Layton finally put a bright spot into his season of struggles aboard the Middleswarth No. 7 sprint car when he found his way to victory lane at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night to claim his first win of the year anywhere. Central PA 7/13
• USAC)HPD USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2014 - Madera, California - Madera Speedway FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Dylan Nobile, 2. Duke Love, 3. Cody Jessop, 4. Shawn Buckley, 5. Tom Patterson, 6. Annie Breidinger, 7. Toni Breidinger, 8. Joel Rayborne, 9. Christine Breckenridge. NT USAC 7/13
• Eldora Speedway OH)Germantown, Tennessee’s Sammy Swindell passed Tim Shaffer on lap 14, withstood several mid-race restarts, and then powered aw ay from the field to pick up a $10,000 victory in the 30-lap Knight Before The Kings Royal Friday night at Eldora Speedway. It was the sprint car legend’s 36th World of Outlaw (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series victory at Eldora Speedway in his 174th career start. Race Results 7/13
• Mercer Raceway Park PA)Bonnell's Rod Shop Outlaw Sprint Warriors: Jimmy Morris, Cody Bova, Andy Feil, Mike Miller, George Hobaugh, Jr., Mike Marano, II, Ken Rossey, Chris Matthews, Eric L. Williams, Joe McEwen, Greg Dobrosky, Evan Kornbau, Devin Litwiler, Alex Paden, Harold Braden, Jr., Chris Matthews, C.J. Jones, Kotie Kirkbride, Jim WItzberger, Sye Lynch, Mark Rossey, Jen Matthews. 7/13
• Jackson Speedway MN)Last Deck 360 Sprints  Feature  15 laps  8 cars 11X  Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD; 7  Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL; 93 Derrik Lusk, Jackson, MN; 35  Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN; 32  Mark Toews, Spirit Lake, IA; 09  Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA; 29  Nick Lusk, Oakdale, MN; 71  Jeremy VanderPlaats, Sibley, IA 360 Sprints  Heat 1  8 laps 7  Gharst; 32  Toews; 93  D. Lusk; 09  Juhl; 35  Prochaska; 11X  Bakker; 29  N. Lusk; 71  VanderPlaats;7/13
• Lincoln Speedway PA)Former champ Lance Dewease sounded like the 299-time sprint car winner that he is after scoring his 37th career win at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. “When we start where we did here tonight, we’d better win that thing!” said Dewease after exiting the C.C. Dietz/Conduit Connections/Hess Ornamental Iron Works #14 in victory lane, “You know Brian (Montieth) is coming on a track like this. I knew I had to get to the top and not come off of it. I also saw the 55 come up there. Robbie (Kendall) has been really fast here lately. He has my old mechanic working on that thing, and they have that car running around here really nice right now. Central PA 7/13
• Oswego Speedway NY)Oswego Speedway Oswego, NY Saturday, July 12th, 2014 ISMA Supermodified 'King of Wings VI' presented by Shea Concrete and B104.7FM BOX SCORE:  (50-laps): 1. 95 - Dave Shullick Jr, 2. 11 - Chris Perley, 3. 84 - Mike Lichty, 4. 37 - Jeff Locke, 5. 17 - Ben Seitz, 6. 79 - Jon McKennedy, 7. 74 - Rob Summers, 8. 7 - Otto Sitterly, 9. 25 - Dan Bowes, 10. 46 - Ryan ConiamRace Results 7/13
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2014 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. C.J. LearyUSAC 7/13

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• POWRi)Due to the continuous rainfall, Fairbury IL July 12th race has been cancelled. For more information, visit http://www.powri.com. 7/13
• Knoxville Raceway IA)Rained out Saturday night. 7/13
• Joey Saldana)The air was electric with anticipation for the start, and the finish, of the $50,000 to-win Kings Royal at the famed Eldora Speedway. Who would be crowned the 31st Kings Royal champion? Joey Saldana, King Joey XXIII, has won 22 times at Eldora, including two Kings Royal titles (2002 and 2006). Press Releases7/13

Saturday July 12th 2014

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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• Lee Grosz)The NOSA Outlaw Sprint Car Series made their annual visit to Norman County Raceway Thursday night with a great field of 19 winged Sprint Cars. An hour-long rain delay made for a fast and tacky racing surface all night long underneath the big, bright full moon.  Press Releases7/12
• Photos)Some shots from Gas City Indiana Sprint Week by Dennis Krieger are in Midwest Nights by Dennis Krieger7/12
• Column)Danny Burton has night 1 of USAC Indiana Sprint Week in Hoosier Race Report 7/12
• DIRTVision)Tonight is the night, the 31st annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on the famous half-mile oval in New Weston, OH. If you arent one of the lucky people who gets to be at the track to see the greatest sprint car drivers in the country do battle for a $50,000 winners check and that coveted crown, DIRTVision.com is making sure you can still see it all unfold from wherever you are. For $31.99, youll see everything from the first session of hot laps to the final victory lane celebration of the evening. You will not want to miss this incredible event. Click here to register now. You still have time to invite your friends over, pick up your race day snacks and be ready to hook up your computer to your big screen for a race party like no other. If you can get someone to toss dirt your way, itll be just like youre here. Sign up now! If you want to make a day of it, check out last nights archive to get you ready for the running of the 31st annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway. Coverage kicks off tonight at 6:00 p.m. EST.7/12

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• ASCS Midwest)For over three years, the Park Jefferson Speedway sat without Sprint Cars, but that changed Friday night as the Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region took on the Minnesota Mafia with Nebraska's Jack Dover conquering all. ASCS 7/12
• ASCS Lone Star)Jake Martens trip to the Texas panhandle has been good so far, topping the Smiley's Racing Products ASCS Lone Star Region at the Lubbock Speedway. ASCS 7/12
• World of Outlaws)After a string of near wins and some bad luck, three-time champion Sammy Swindell forged ahead Friday night, pushing back a challenge from non-Outlaw Tim Shaffer and winning the Knight Before the Kings Royal, his second World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win of the season. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/12
• Rossburg OH)It was a stellar night for Sammy Swindell of Germantown,TN, racing from a second place start into the lead with about sixteen laps to go. Swindell took on a dominate lead as he raced to the checkered flag, to take the victory of the opening "Night before the Kings Royal" on the half mile, high banked, dirt oval at the prestigious Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH. Race Results 7/12
• ASCS Lucas Oil)Losing the lead on the final lap in 2013 at the Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont. Brad Loyet was not about to let the win slip through his hands again as the ASCS National points leader raced to his second Protect the Harvest A-Feature victory of 2014 in front of a capacity crowd with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real. ASCS 7/12
• Trail Way Speedway PA)Everyone could see it coming. And it finally did for New Oxford’s Dwight Leppo, who held off the repeated challenges of all-time Trail-Way winner Brad McClelland to claim his first career “358” sprint car victory in the 25-lap feature Friday night. Central PA 7/12

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• USAC)USAC HPD Midget races originally scheduled Friday and Saturday nights at Anderson, SC and Kenly, NC have been postponed awaiting possible rescheduling. The next USAC Eastern HPD Midget event is July 25 at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C.USAC 7/12
• OCRS)As the Oil Capital Racing Series takes a weekend hiatus this week prior to next weeks Kansas/Oklahoma doubleheader, we look into the recently updated OCRS Manufactures Performance Rankings presented by Sprintdudes.com. Eagle Motorsports went scoreless for two straight weeks (6/14 & 6/20) but since then, the Nebraskan manufacture has been strong. Alex DeCamp was a single turn away from his third score of the season at the South Coffeyville Speedway but the four points DeCamp earned Eagle for his runner-up finish that week allowed Eagle to go from a one point lead over Maxim Chassis to a four point lead. OCRS 7/12
• CRASH PAD) Better now than After... Many drivers have ordered a CRASH PAD AFTER they have Injured their Back from frame bottom impact. Some of their friends have too, after they realize that it can happen and it's serious. We've kept the cost as affordable as possible but we did not compromise on the material performance or quality. It's the best stuff we could find to Reduce the Risk of Spinal Injury in a crash. The CRASH PAD is as important as your Helmet to absorb impact that can cause serious injury to your nervous system. Your whole wiring harness is inside them bones. Before is Better than After. Now is Better than Later. GO TO www.802solutions.com for more info, find a dealer or order online.7/12

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RESULTS...

• ASCS Lucas Oil)Great Falls MT...Protect the Harvest A-Feature A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet[10]; 2. 17-Blake Hahn[2]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman[18]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[13]; 6. 45X-Johnny Herrera[11]; 7. 94-Jeff Swindell[15]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[19]; 9. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[16]; 10. 37-Trever Kirkland[5]; 11. 41-Jason Johnson[20]; 12. 44K-Kelly Miller[8]; 13. 7X-Paxton Lambrecht[4]; 14. 28-Joe Perry[7]; 15. 27DD-David Hoiness[12]; 16. 12-Jerry Brey[14]; 17. 1X-Vernon Hill[9]; 18. 21-Ryder Olson[6]; 19. 5R-Steve Reeves[21]; 20. (DNF) 98-Joe Ramaker[1]; 21. (DNF) 72-Phil Dietz[17]; 22. (DNF) 1-Bill Boyce[22]7/12
• OVSCA)Chris Myers 30 lap OVSCA feature winner at I-77 Speedway WV. 7/12
• Lernerville Speedway PA)Rod George, B.Spithaler, J.Sodeman Jr, Brandon Matur, C.Bowser, J.Zimbardi, M.Lutz, AJ Flick, B.Dietrich, D.Shetler. 7/12
• Civil War)Watsonville CA Winner Brad Furr, second place Jonathan Allard & third place Alissa Geving third place. Shane Golobic, DJ Netto, Justin Sanders, Bud Kaeding, Michael Faccinto, Dominic Scelzi, Colby Copeland.7/12
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)1 7 07X Dain Naida 2 2 33K Kyle Patrick 3 4 14H Jim Huppunen 4 1 3R Shane Ross 5 10 0 Glenn Styres 6 8 80 Chris Steele 7 12 5 Keith Dempster 8 6 49 Todd Hoddick 9 11 67C Steve Collins 10 16 10J Jeremy Hughes 11 9 2 Steve Hutchinson Jr 12 15 11 Jamie Turner 13 3 10 Mitch Brown 14 13 5C Conor Mahoney 15 20 19 Cory Turner 16 14 21J Team 17 17 94Z Stan Zanchin 18 19 9NZ Havard Daniels 19 18 6 Curtis Gartly 20 5 5D Dave Dykstra 7/12
• River Cities Speedway ND)1 7 2A Austin Pierce 2 1 1K Chris Shirek 3 11 8 Casey Mack 4 3 13 Mark Dobmeier 5 10 10 Amber Balcaen 6 17 20K Thomas Kennedy 7 9 6N Greg Nikitenko 8 15 8H Jade Hastings 9 6 10TR Bob Martin 10 2 9N Wade Nygaard 11 13 14 Tom Egeland 12 8 5 Dave Glennon 13 19 35 Brenden Wilde 14 18 20A Jordan Adams 15 20 7 Trent Stengl 16 23 13T Ty Hanten 17 16 51 Alex Larson 18 14 22 Tanner Wisk 19 22 6 Zach Wilde 20 21 99 Jordan Graham 21 12 50 Ryan Flaten 22 24 0 Nick Omdahl 23 4 92 Mitch Mack 24 5 26 Blake Egeland 25 25 4 Tee Young 7/12
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Stevie Smith drove to his third 410 sprint car win of the season on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway as he tuned up for next weeks World of Outlaws Summer Nationals with a victory worth $4,000. In 358 sprint action it was Kevin Nouse of Lewisberry taking his third win of the season at the track as well.  Central PA 7/12
• Attica Raceway Park OH)Paul Weaver was struggling during the early part of this season. He teamed up with a former 305 track champion and even switched chassis a couple of times. But, within the past couple of weeks the Fremont, Ohio driver has found something to his liking. He led all 30 laps Friday to win the 305 sprint Engine Builders Challenge worth $1,200 at Attica Raceway Park. It was Weaver’s first win of the season at Attica after having posted a win a couple of weeks ago at Fremont Speedway. It was Weaver’s 30th career win at Attica, tops all-time in the Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprint division. Race Results 7/12
• USAC)HPD USAC MIDWEST DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2014 - Gas City, Indiana - Gas City I-69 Speedway FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Patrick Bruns, 2. Austin Nemire, 3. Adam Thomason, 4. John Heydenreich, 5. Jacob Taylor, 6. Bill Kriegbaum. USAC 7/12
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2014 - Gas City, Indiana - Gas City I-69 Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week" FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Shane Cockrum, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Jimmy Light, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Brady Short, 13. Richard Vander Weerd, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Shane Cottle, 16. Kevin Thomas, Jr. 17. Thomas Meseraull, 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 19. Jarett Andretti, 20. Josh Spencer, 21. C.J. Leary, 22. Gary Taylor, 23. Mark Smith, 24. Chad Boespflug, 25. Scotty Weir. NT USAC 7/12
• POWRi)Lincoln IL....Chett Gehrke, Zach Daum, Darren Hagen, Austin Brown, Spencer Bayston, Parker Price-Miller, Terry Babb, Nick Knepper, Garret Aitken, Jake Blackhurst. 7/12
• IRA Sprints)Beaver Dam WI.....17b Bill Balog is the winner. A finish. 17b 16 85m 2w 65 94h 64 5j 83 4b 35 23 6 68 95a 7 94 43 41 73 71-dnf 14aj-dnf 4k-dnf 7f-dnf 7/12
• NRA)Eldora Speedway OH.....1 7 22H Randy Hannagan 2 2 11 Tim Allison 3 6 20B Butch Schroeder 4 8 89 Robbie Stillwaggon 5 13 6K Chad Kemenah 6 1 6JS Jr Stewart 7 12 35 Ron Blair 8 16 97 Bryan Sebetto 9 4 16 Ryan Ruhl 10 9 5G Curt Michael 11 11 10X Dustin Stroup 12 19 12CS Cody Swanson 13 20 6S Max Stambaugh 14 15 49T Gregg Dalman 15 18 23 Devon Dobie 16 5 45S Tim Shaffer 17 3 17 Jared Horstman 18 10 28H Hud Horton 19 17 98 Joe Trenca 20 14 11N Ed Neumeister 7/12
• World of Outlaws)Eldora Speedway OH....1 2 1 Sammy Swindell 2 1 45S Tim Shaffer 3 3 29 Kerry Madsen 4 6 2 Shane Stewart 5 5 9 Daryn Pittman 6 11 51 Paul Mcmahan 7 17 15 Donny Schatz 8 10 9W Jac Haudenschild 9 24 11 Steve Kinser 10 13 49 Brad Sweet 11 12 24A Rico Abreu 12 20 11N Randy Hannagan 13 21 1S Logan Schuchart 14 18 10H Danny Holtgraver 15 19 40 Caleb Helms 16 14 4 Cody Darrah 17 8 63 Chad Kemenah 18 9 11K Kraig Kinser 19 25 7S Jason Sides 20 7 83 David Gravel 21 15 20W Greg Wilson 22 23 24H Brandon Wimmer 23 22 5T Travis Philo 24 16 49X Cole Duncan 25 4 71 Joey Saldana 7/12
• Trail Way Speedway PA)1 2 4 Dwight Leppo 2 4 6R Brad Mc Clelland 3 3 19Z Isaac Sneeringer 4 12 55 Robert Kendall 5 9 66A Cody Fletcher 6 8 64 Randy Whisler 7 7 10 Zach Euculano 8 5 30 Seth Kearchner 9 6 9C Bill Case Jr 10 10 7M Tyler Buchenauer 11 11 19D Wyatt Hinkle 12 1 2 Dennis Gross 7/12

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• Joey Saldana)One of the biggest fields of drivers in a number of years came to Tony Stewart’s half-mile Eldora Speedway for the World of Outlaws Kings Royal weekend. The drivers represented not only the best of the World of Outlaws competitors, but also UNOH All-Star, Pennsylvania Posse and Ohio campaigners. Tonight, in the Knight Before the Kings Royal, the drivers got an opportunity to warm up for tomorrow’s $50,000 to win Kings Royal.  Press Releases7/12

Friday July 11th 2014

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John C. Maxwell

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• Riverside Int Speedway AR)Riverside International Speedway hosts USCS Sprint Speedweek 2014 finale on Saturday (July 12th ) – Rumble on the River. An action packed program will include test and tune hot laps followed by the evening's first sprint car race, the Hoosier Speed Dash that showcases the top six cars from the previous USCS main event in an edge-of-your-seat six-car shootout. Next up will be qualifying heat races followed by Last Chance/B-Main race(s). The evening’s grand finale will be the 8th Annual 30-lap USCS “Rumble at the River” winged sprint car A-main event.
• DIRTVision)The day has finally come! World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series fans have come to depend on DIRTVision.com to follow the greatest show on dirt around the country by listening to live audio and checking out live video throughout the season. Now, for the first time ever, you will be able to watch one of the most prestigious events in all of sprint car racing LIVE on DIRTVision.com and it all kicks off tonight! Press Releases7/11
• Oswego Speedway NY)Two photo collages containing a total of 25 photos of Jim Shampine from his earliest years through his racing career are going to be raffled off to benefit Families Fighting Flu. Jim’s grandson, Joseph Marotta IV, died of the H1N1 flu in 2009. Press Releases7/11