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• Photos)Shots Dan DeMarco from Lincoln Speedway, Sean Cavanah from Haubstadt IN WoO, Attica OH 4/10/26 by Action Photos and Steve Koletar from Bridgeport NJ USAC EC are in SpeedShotz 4/20

• ESS)This Friday, the Empire Super Sprints are set to roar to life for the first time in 2026 at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, NY. Each season the Cal Lane Memorial is scheduled as the season kick-off for the tour, although the last several years have fallen victim to mother nature who has a near-perfect record in the event for its originally scheduled date.Press Releases  4/20

• 2026 J&S Classics PA Posse 410 Sprint Cars Presented by Hoseheads were  at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night with Troy Wagaman Jr getting his first PA Posse 410 Sprint Cars win of the year. The series moved to Lincoln Speedway Saturday night with Chase Dietz taking the win, also for his first PA Posse 410 Sprint Cars win of the year. Wagaman now has 2 total Central PA sprint car wins for 2026 with Dietz having 4 total wins.J&S Classics PA Posse 410 Sprint Cars  4/20

• High Limit)The High Rollers of Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing will make their first of two appearances at Eagle Raceway on Tuesday for the Speedway Motors Spring Jackpot. The Tuesday-night event is race No. 2 of the 2026 Roto-Rooter Midweek Series and will air live, starting with heat race action, on FS1 at 8pm, ET. The entire event, including hot laps and qualifying, will also be streamed on FloRacing, beginning at 6:30pm, ET. High Limit 4/20

• David Gravel)Big Game Motorsports recorded a top-10 result on Sunday to wrap up a wet weekend. The Hy-Vee Perks 40 hosted by Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., rained out on Friday and inclement weather postponed the Southern Indiana Showdown at Tri-State Speedway from Saturday to Sunday. Press Releases  4/20

• USAC)Three years ago, Brandon Carr moved to the United States. Two years ago, he made his dirt track debut. A little over a year ago, he took his first laps in a midget. Now, this year, the Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England native is set to take on a full season of USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship racing for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports. USAC4/20

• USAC)Kale Drake has a new address for the 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season. The 20-year-old Collinsville, Oklahoma native will pilot the RMS Racing No. 4 on the full 29-race tour this coming year after competing for the past two-plus seasons with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports. USAC4/20

• Trey Starks)The 2026 season gets underway this Saturday at Skagit Speedway for Trey Starks, who has captured at least one championship at the track during each of the last four years. Press Releases  4/20

1:30pm

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• Column)Colton Sutley has a column previewing the 2026 season for the 410 sprint cars at Lernerville Speedway.Western PA Racing4/20

• POWRi 410)Everything is bigger in Texas, and the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League is bringing big horsepower to match as the series storms into Big O Speedway for its debut appearance on April 24–25. A pair of action-packed nights await with $5,000 going to Friday’s winner before Saturday’s $7,000-to-win finale crowns the weekend victor in Ennis.Press Releases  4/20

• Big O Speedway TX)The POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprints National Series and the American Racer Modified Series (ARMS) will put on a pair of season-opening doubleheader events at the Big O Speedway in Ennis Texas on April 24-25 with the running of the Bluebonnet Showdown!Press Releases  4/20

• Brian Brown)“Blackjack” Brian Brown and Brian Brown Racing continue to make gains, and although the Grain Valley, Missouri, ace was just short of a top-ten Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, his High Limit Racing appearance was solid from start to finish, eventually capping the 30-lap contest in the 12th position. Press Releases  4/20

• Kerry Madsen)For the first time in 2026, and for the first time in his storied career, the “Mad Man” Kerry Madsen is an Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing main event winner, accomplishing said feat at the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks” – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, on Saturday, April 18. Madsen, the driver of Tony Vermeer’s TK Concrete, Maxim Trucking & Materials, Logan Contractors, No. 55 sprint car, secured his first-ever High Limit triumph from the front row, leading every circuit of the 30-lap contest with the likes of Sye Lynch and Tanner Holmes rounding out the podium. Press Releases  4/20

• Aaron Reutzel)Despite a weather-shortened agenda featuring a single-night visit to Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, “A-Aron” Aaron Reutzel and Ridge & Sons Racing (RSR) are amped up and eager to get back to work, setting their focus west to the land of the Cornhuskers for another one-night program, this time at Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Nebraska, on Tuesday, April 21. The Speedway Motors Spring Jackpot – a Roto-Rooter Midweek Series program for High Limit Racing – will not only prove vital in the short term, but also in the long term, as the Series will return to Eagle in June for the Eagle Nationals. Press Releases  4/20

• Chris Andrews)Chris Andrews and Chris Andrews Racing were on a top-ten trajectory Friday night at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, but unfortunately, bad luck intervened, forcing the Sandusky wheelman to surrender much of what he gained. Press Releases  4/20

• Jace Park)Jace Park and Jace Park Racing did their best to put on a show Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, and put on a show is what they did, translating a twelfth row starting position into a near-top-ten performance. Press Releases  4/20

• Doney Lawson Racing)Doney-Lawson Racing and the Schnee-Lawson Chassis House Cars battled the best in the business in their Saturday evening visit to Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, and although sibling competitors Xavier Doney and Natalie Doney were unable to rub elbows in the evening’s High Limit Racing 30-lap main event, notes were taken and progress was achieved, already aiming big in an upcoming weekend doubleheader in the Lone Star State. Press Releases  4/20

• Scotty Thiel)Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana, is an oval tough to tame, even for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, but the “Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel and Greg Wheeler Motorsports did their best to do so, eventually capping their Sunday night stay at the southern Indiana bullring with an 18th-place score, advancing six positions to do so. The Sheboygan, Wisconsin, native earned his way into the big dance via Last Chance Showdown transfer position. Press Releases  4/20

• Justin Whittall)Hailing from The Garden State, Justin Whittall and JW Motorsports have minimal opportunity to battle in their home state of New Jersey, but for the first time in 2026, that situation will change, as the PA Posse 410 Sprint Series will visit Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey, on Sunday, April 26. Whittall, certainly no stranger to Bridgeport, is a two-time Dirty Jersey Finale champion at the speed plant, securing a $12,000 payday in his most recent triumph while outperforming the likes of Chase Dietz, Anthony Macri, and Danny Dietrich. Press Releases  4/20

• Danny Dietrich)Danny Dietrich’s April slate is coming to an end. Despite the fact, the action is far from over, as “Double-D” is set to take on three starts in three days across two states, two of which sanctioned by the PA Posse 410 Sprint Series. Press Releases  4/20

• Brock Zearfoss)Although bad luck crumpled his Friday night performance at Williams Grove Speedway, scored 20th after suffering from damage to his oil filter, the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss rebounded big, capping Lincoln Speedway’s Weldon Sterner Memorial on Saturday, April 18, with a seventh-place performance -his tenth top-ten of 2026. Press Releases  4/20

• Rico Abreu)Rico Abreu and Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing continued their consistent ways during the recent weekend, this time rallying ahead in their Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing appearance at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, on Saturday, April 18. Rico, the reigning High Limit Racing champion, finished sixth in his visit to the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” climbing ahead five spots from the inside of row six. Press Releases  4/20

Sunday April 19th

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

11:30pm

RESULTS....

• Photos)Shots by Mark Funderburk from Haubstadt IN World of Outlaws and Steve Koletar from Williams Grove Speedway are in SpeedShotz 4/19

• World of Outlaws)Another bullring, another banger for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series. This time around the scene was Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway. Weather pushed the Southern Indiana Showdown to Sunday, April 19, and Mother Nature delivered a prime evening for one of the wildest races of the season. Indianapolis, IN’s Tyler Courtney wasted no time powering from fourth to the lead, snatching the top spot from Sheldon Haudenschild on an early restart. Then “Sunshine” ripped away and looked as if he may be cruising the Clauson Marshall Racing No. 7BC to a victory in his home state. But then the hottest driver on the World of Outlaws tour came alive. Haubstadt IN...NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 3. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[20]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 6. 2C-Cole Macedo[1]; 7. 17B-Carson Short[16]; 8. 71-Parker Price Miller[7]; 9. 2-David Gravel[15]; 10. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[13]; 11. 41-Carson Macedo[11]; 12. 7S-Chris Windom[8]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart[9]; 14. 17-Spencer Bayston[22]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz[21]; 16. 3P-Kyle Cummins[18]; 17. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[14]; 18. 16C-Scotty Thiel[24]; 19. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 20. 19-Joel Myers Jr[17]; 21. 7A-Will Armitage[23]; 22. 51B-Joe B Miller[10]; 23. 37-Bryce Norris[19]; 24. 51-Scott Bogucki[12]World of Outlaws 4/19

• ASCS)Stuart NE...A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Martin[4]; 2. 88W-Austin McCarl[3]; 3. 55-Chase Brown[2]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman[5]; 5. 4-Cameron Martin[17]; 6. 1TAZ-Tasker Phillips[7]; 7. 2B-Garrett Benson[6]; 8. 36-Jason Martin[11]; 9. 14-Joey Danley[16]; 10. 57-Cam Sorrels[10]; 11. 50-Terry McCarl[15]; 12. 11T-Trey Meredith[8]; 13. 7-Tyler Lee[18]; 14. 23S-Stuart Snyder[13]; 15. 31-McCain Richards[12]; 16. 2-Chase Porter[20]; 17. 91-Sam Henderson[14]; 18. 11X-Colton Fisher[1]; 19. 49-Josh Schneiderman[19]; 20. 40C-Cody Wehrle[9] 4/19

• Column)Though heavy rain wiped out most of the racing in Indiana, the Anderson Speedway was able to complete their entire racing program topped by the 500 Sprint Car Tour 100 lap Glen Niebel Classic. Kody Swanson would cruise to victory leading wire to wire in this one besting Tyler Roahrig and young Colton Bettis for the big win.A Typical Weekend 4/19

• Western Midget)Arizona’s Preston Norbury scored the $1,250 feature victory for the season opener for the Bay Cities Racing Association / Western Midget Racing California Super Series presented by Quick Change Liquid Energy. Saturday night’s event at Placerville Speedway kicked off the 12 race Super Series campaign in 2026.Race Results4/19

• VSS)Chris Humblet has won a number of races at our asphalt events but on Saturday he was able to take his first dirt track win. Heats on the warm sunny spring evening kicked off the night with Jerald Harris and Chris Humblet taking wins. Of to the feature with Daren Bolac and Matt Mullins leading the field to green with Bolac out first and Mullins right with him and Jerald Harris and Chris Humblet all close behind. Mullins made his way to first as Humblet made his way to third. Mullins continued out front as Humblet made it to second as Harris made third. Laps were counting down and Humblet started to work on Mullins and took the lead with a few laps to go as Harris made it to third. Mullins changed his line to try to mount a challenge but Chris Humblet stayed strong all the way to the waving checkered flag. At the line it was Chris Humblet, Matt Mullins, Jerald Harris, Caleb Harris, Daren Bolac, Chris Ware, John Smith, Jacob Wood and Matthew Leach. Next week the Virginia Sprint Series and Laurel Highlands Sprint Series make the first visit of the year to Winchester Speedway in Winchester Virginia on Saturday night April 25th. 4/19

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• Williams Grove Speedway PA)The Spring Sprint Special featuring a rare three-division open wheel sprint car show will be spun off at Williams Grove Speedway coming up Friday night, April 24 at 7:30 pm. On the racing card will be the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprints, the wingless super sportsman and the PASS IMCA 305 sprint cars. For their part, the 410 sprints will compete in timed warm ups to set the heat starting grids before returning to compete in a 25-lap, $5,500 to win main event.  Central PA 4/19

• Kody Swanson)Doran Racing got its 2026 season off to an extremely successful start when the Lebanon, Ohio-based team’s Kody Swanson led all 100 laps of the 26th annual Glen Niebel Classic Saturday night at Anderson Speedway. The orange and blue No. 33 asphalt sprint car sponsored by Wilke Orthodontics and Glenn Farms will go down in the history books as the winner of the season opener for the YourBIGPlans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour. Press Releases  4/19

1:50am

RESULTS....

• Column)Pat & Bruce Eckel have their column from the season opener at Circle City Raceway where Jacob Denney scored the wingless Midwest Thunder 410 sprint car feature in only his second time in a 410 sprint car. The 2025 Xtreme Outlaw midget champion was offered the ride in the Team Arizona #21AZ along with Gavin Miller for the 2026 season in selected events and the combination was quick out of the box. A race long battle with Shane Cottle found Denney grabbing the lead on lap 19 and scoring his first sprint car win over Cottle and Aric Gentry.A Typical Weekend 4/19

• Lucas Oil Speedway MO)It was all Kerry Madsen on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway as the 54-year-old native of Australia, who’s now based in Knoxville, Iowa, picked up his first career Interstate Batteries High Limit Sprint racing victory. Madsen led all 30 laps to earn the $12,000 prize. He outdistanced runner-up Sue Lynch by 2.79 seconds with Tanner Holmes finishing third. Race Results4/19

• Placerville Speedway CA)Auburn veteran Andy Forsberg battled his way to the front at the halfway point and drove off to record his 78th career Placerville Speedway Sprint Car victory on Saturday night. Sharing victory lane at the Gold Strike Calamity presented by Solace Enterprises were Wayne Trimble with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks, Preston Norbury with the BCRA/WMR Midget Super Series and Matt Land with the BCRA Lightning Sprints. 360 A Main (30 Laps): 1. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]; 2. 15X-Nick Parker[2]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[10]; 4. 45-Jake Morgan[4]; 5. 42X-Justyn Cox[5]; 6. 15-Michael Sellers[1]; 7. 94-Greg Decaires V[20]; 8. 55D-Dawson Hammes[17]; 9. 29-Cole Croft[12]; 10. 3D-Caleb Debem[15]; 11. 00-Steel Powell[9]; 12. 93-Landon Henry[8]; 13. 56C-Carson Hammes[13]; 14. 5-Kenny Wanderstadt[14]; 15. 24S-Izaak Sharp[18]; 16. 57-Bobby Butler[16]; 17. 56-Taylor Hall[19]; 18. 7H-Jake Haulot[11]; 19. 25S-Seth Standley[7]; 20. 21A-Austin Wood[6]Race Results 4/19

• URSS)Dodge City KS...Eby Trailers Truck Bodies A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 911-Ty Williams[1]; 2. 2J-Zach Blurton[2]; 3. 88J-Jeremy Huish[8]; 4. 51-Jeremy Campbell[6]; 5. 21X-Taylor Velasquez[11]; 6. 72-Ray Seemann[3]; 7. 11K-Tyler Knight[10]; 8. 17X-Conner Thomas[7]; 9. 14-Jason Wilson[18]; 10. 81-Jon Freeman[12]; 11. 88K-Kelby Fetters[14]; 12. 112-Brayton Dewell[13]; 13. 88-Jordan Knight[5]; 14. 29-Ryan Stone[16]; 15. 49A-Ace Moore[4]; 16. 78C-Chance Cody[17]; 17. 97-Brian Herbert[19]; 18. 8X-Charlee Chaffin[15]; 19. 65-Kohl Ricke[21]; 20. 2-James Page[20]; 21. 71-Marissa Vargas[25]; 22. (DNF) 33-Koby Walters[9]; 23. (DNF) 56-Beau Ricke[23]; 24. (DNS) 49Z-Zak Moore; 25. (DNS) 7R-Kye Ricke 4/19

• Marysville Raceway CA)360 A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 24K-Koa Crane[1]; 2. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[6]; 3. 54-Carson Hall[7]; 4. 7W-Dennis Scherer[10]; 5. 3F-William Fielding[8]; 6. 7DJ-Dryver Dothage[4]; 7. 15-Andrew Gannon[13]; 8. 5-Aaron Gustin[12]; 9. 11VSJR-Jayden Bunch[5]; 10. 8-Justin Henry[2]; 11. 20-Justin Bradway[3]; 12. 1W-Trey Walters[9]; 13. 67-Britton Bock[11]; 14. 71-Walter Ball[14] 4/19

• High Limit)Lucas Oil Speedway MO Interstate Batteries A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[3]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[11]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 8. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 9. 19-Brent Marks[9]; 10. 26-Justin Peck[10]; 11. 88-Tanner Thorson[15]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[14]; 13. 28-Jace Park[23]; 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 15. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[20]; 16. 45X-Rees Moran[21]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch[19]; 18. 44-Chris Martin[8]; 19. 19H-Kaleb Johnson[22]; 20. 87X-Logan Seavey[17]; 21. 36-Jason Martin[16]; 22. 9R-Chase Randall[18]; 23. 24D-Danny Sams III[13]; 24. 2-Miles Paulus[24] 4/19

• NARC)Thunderbowl Raceway CA Hoosier Tires A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[1]; 2. 41-Dominic Scelzi[2]; 3. X1-Chance Grasty[4]; 4. 2XM-Max Mittry[3]; 5. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[10]; 6. 88N-DJ Netto[6]; 7. 21-Colby Copeland[8]; 8. 121-Caeden Steele[12]; 9. 2K-Jake Andreotti[14]; 10. 7B-Sean Becker[9]; 11. 10-Dominic Gorden[11]; 12. 83T-Tanner Carrick[15]; 13. 21L-Landon Brooks[18]; 14. 33-Dylan Bloomfield[20]; 15. 0-Tim Kaeding[5]; 16. 14-Mariah Ede[21]; 17. 7-Steven Kent[16]; 18. 26-Billy Aton[17]; 19. 12-Jarrett Soares[22]; 20. 29-Bud Kaeding[19]; 21. 17W-Shane Golobic[7]; 22. 5K-Blaine Cory[24]; 23. 73-Ryan Bernal[13]; 24. 24-Tyler Anderson[23]; 25. 09S-Geoffrey Strole[25] 4/19

• Farmington Empire Speedway MO)A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 7C-Brad Bowden[2]; 2. 72-Kevin Petty[3]; 3. 23-Jeff Asher[5]; 4. 28-Korbin Keith[6]; 5. 57C-Collin Parmer[4]; 6. 58-Bryan Brewster[7]; 7. 333-Carl Finder III[9]; 8. 2-Seth Polus[10]; 9. 3-Darin Adams[13]; 10. 13-Emylee Yoder[12]; 11. (DNF) 24K-Kasey Burch[1]; 12. (DNF) 7M-Hunter Barron[14]; 13. (DNF) 29-Chase Crabdree[11]; 14. (DNF) 16G-Scottie Gretzmacher[8]; 15. (DNS) 99-Ian Sales; 16. (DNS) 14-Jaxton Wiggs 4/19

• USAC CRA)Central Arizona Raceway...A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 33P-Kevin Thomas Jr[5]; 2. 15-Ricky Lewis[4]; 3. 1P-RJ Johnson[2]; 4. 63-Cale Coons[6]; 5. 51T-Eddie Tafoya Jr[9]; 6. 17W-Austin Williams[1]; 7. 1AZ-Bruce St James[8]; 8. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 9. 21-AJ Bender[13]; 10. 2X-Joshua Shipley[15]; 11. 4D-Dayton Shelton[10]; 12. 47-Charles Davis Jr[7]; 13. 98B-Brecken Guerrero[11]; 14. 007-Wayne Siddle[16]; 15. 98-Verne Sweeney[17]; 16. 21P-Daylin Perreira[12]; 17. 97-Connor Lundy[14]; 18. Z8-Zate Legend[19]; 19. 2-Stevie Sussex III[18] 4/19

• USAC SW)Central Arizona Raceway...A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 78X-Ricky Lewis[6]; 2. 33P-RJ Johnson[3]; 3. 1AZ-Bruce St James[5]; 4. 11C-Charles Davis Jr[11]; 5. 21P-Daylin Perreira[2]; 6. 2Y-Stevie Sussex III[4]; 7. 48-Koen Crawford[10]; 8. 23AZ-Mickey Gile[7]; 9. 72-AJ Hernandez[14]; 10. 8AZ-Jordan Stetson[17]; 11. 39T-Troy DeGaton[13]; 12. 3-Leland Fuller[15]; 13. 5AZ-James Webster[8]; 14. 10-Eugene Thomas[12]; 15. 30K-Dan Klinder[18]; 16. 01-Kyle Huttenhow[22]; 17. 25W-Mike Waddle[19]; 18. 87-BJ Fernandez III[9]; 19. 15-Jake Austin[16]; 20. 4D-Dayton Shelton[1]; 21. (DNS) 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr; 22. (DNS) 10X-George Zills 4/19

• Ultimate Sprints)Tulare CA...A Feature 1: 1. 17X-Ryan Bernal[4]; 2. 73-Cole Wakim[5]; 3. 36-Bob Newberry[10]; 4. 57S-Connor Speir[1]; 5. 17V-Danny Faria Jr[2]; 6. 29T-Ryan Timmons[6]; 7. 63D-Jon DeWees[15]; 8. 3F-Blake Bower[13]; 9. 51-Broedy Graham[19]; 10. 1-Nate Schank[12]; 11. 38-Austin Cato[14]; 12. 29C-Camie Bell[11]; 13. 94-Brandon Nelsen[18]; 14. 09-Connor Wakim[16]; 15. 3-Grant Sexton[7]; 16. 58-Mark Henry[3]; 17. 83T-Tanner Carrick[8]; 18. 44-Brent Sexton[17]; 19. 67X-Alex Peck[9] 4/19

• USAC EC)Allentown’s Briggs Danner rolled into Bridgeport Raceway Park with one goal—win. He got it, but not without a full-throttle fight from start to finish. Jonathon Swanson led the field to green in the 2026 USAC East Coast opener presented by Baer Den Farms, but the early spotlight didn’t stay there long. The “Thriller,” Kenny Miller III, wasted no time slicing forward from fourth to grab the lead and set the pace. Bridgeport NJ A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 39-Briggs Danner[8]; 2. 23M-Kenny Miller III[4]; 3. 19-Steven Drevicki[6]; 4. 2-Brendan Hires[2]; 5. 3-Christian Bruno[7]; 6. 17J-Jonathan Swanson[1]; 7. 10-Joe Kata[9]; 8. 21K-Tommy Kunsman[13]; 9. 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr[5]; 10. 42-Kyle Spence[16]; 11. 27-Stan Ploski III[12]; 12. 67X-JR Fulper[19]; 13. 39T-Olivia Thayer[22]; 14. 24-Jared Kreider[14]; 15. 27G-Jacob Galloway[24]; 16. 03-Matthew Swift[15]; 17. H20-Dan Malley[18]; 18. 64-Rich Carnathan[3]; 19. 67C-Jason Cherry[21]; 20. 7-Ed Aikin[17]; 21. 35-Shane Braxton[23]; 22. 22R-Ronald Helmick[11]; 23. 117-David Swanson[10]; 24. (DNS) 14-Anthony Foscone Jr USAC4/19

• Lincoln Speedway PA)On a beautiful night in the pigeon hills, fans at Lincoln Speedway witnessed an intense battle on the track as Chase Dietz powered to victory in the 33-lap, $7,069-to-win Weldon Sterner Memorial, marking the first appearance of the season for the PA Posse 410 Sprint Series. Central PA 4/19

• Port Royal Speedway PA)The Speed Palace announced Friday afternoon that it would be in "hurry-up mode" due to impending rain forecasted to hit the local area during the racing program. The track moved up the starting time and wasted little time throughout the program to complete 5 scheduled A-main events as well as 10 qualifying heat races and B-mains to complete the event in timely fashion. When the dust settled, Gregg Satterlee, Nick Sweigart, and Jaxton Garmin all would park in Kish Bank Victory lane in their respective divisions. Central PA 4/19

Saturday April 18th

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.  Clarence Darrow

1:00pm

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• World of Outlaws)With heavy rainfall hitting Tri-State Speedway for several hours Saturday morning combined with cool temperatures leaving the track unable to be worked into suitable racing condition in time for the evening’s program, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and track officials have agreed to postpone the Southern Indiana Showdown to Sunday, April 19. The pit gate will open at 2:00pm CT, the front gate will open at 3:30pm CT, and Race//Ready Hot Laps will fire off at 5:30pm CT on Sunday. All tickets purchased for the Southern Indiana Showdown will be honored for Sunday’s event. Tickets will also be available at the gate. 4/18

• Michaels Mercer Raceway PA)Rained out Saturday 4/18

• GLSS)Rained out at Montpelier,IN. 4/18

• OVSCA)Rained out at Wayne County,OH 4/18

• AFCS)Rained out at Fremont,OH 4/18

• Column)Ron Rodda has his column about 14 year old Jett Barnes From the Grandstand4/17

• NSCHOF)The 36th National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Induction weekend quickly approaches! Many supporters and future and current inductees are making their plans to attend the festivities Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30. One of the highlights of the weekend includes the attendance of previous National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees as well as some of this year’s honorees, making the Friday, May 29 festivities at the museum a “must attend” event. This year, Knoxville Raceway will host the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars (joined by the Knoxville 360’s on Friday and 410’s on Saturday). Press Releases  4/17

• All Stars)Cancelled at Atomic Speedway OH Saturday 4/17

• BOSS)Rained out at Lawrenceburg IN Saturday 4/17

Friday April 17th

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.  Thornton Wilder

11:50pm

RESULTS....

• Circle City Raceway IN)Midwest Thunder...A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21AZ-Jacob Denney[4]; 2. 34-Shane Cottle[2]; 3. 10-Aric Gentry[1]; 4. 14-Jadon Rogers[7]; 5. 76-JJ Hughes[9]; 6. 6T-Trey Osborne[13]; 7. 77S-David Gasper[8]; 8. 13P-Cameron La Rose[6]; 9. 55-Eli Wilhelmus[5]; 10. 9Z-Zack Pretorius[18]; 11. 21-Noah Whitehouse[12]; 12. 37-Logan Prickett[10]; 13. 54-Matt Westfall[17]; 14. 24P-Chance Crum[11]; 15. 16-Harley Burns[15]; 16. 73C-Cody Fendley[14]; 17. 34T-Cody Trammell[16]; 18. 33S-Jake Scott[19]; 19. 18K-Kole Kirkman[20]; 20. 64C-Collin Jackson[21]; 21. 06-Mike Larrison[3] 4/17

• Attica Raceway Park OH)Cale Thomas has served notice to the 410 sprint car teams in the region. He and the Rudzik Excavating team are going to be a force to be reckoned with in 2026. The Fairland, Indiana driver drove to his seventh career feature win at Attica Raceway Park Friday, April 17 on Baumann Auto Group/7L Construction/Venture Visionary Partners Night. A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 49X-Cale Thomas[3]; 2. 71-Parker Price Miller[11]; 3. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]; 4. 11N-Darin Naida[8]; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan[4]; 6. 33W-Cap Henry[12]; 7. 19-TJ Michael[15]; 8. 22-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 9. 29-Zeth Sabo[19]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 11. 3J-Trey Jacobs[20]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel[17]; 13. 15K-Creed Kemenah[21]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews[16]; 15. 98-Ricky Peterson[14]; 16. 10RR-Brad Lamberson[13]; 17. 13-Van Gurley Jr[18]; 18. 45-Keith Sheffer[2]; 19. 101-Kalib Henry[9]; 20. 70-Henry Malcuit[10]; 21. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[22]; 22. 09-Craig Mintz[6] Race Results4/17

• PASS)Selinsgrove PA...305 A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7-Drew Young[2]; 2. 89D-Chris Dolan[3]; 3. 19-Kruz Kepner[6]; 4. 5-Logan Spahr[11]; 5. 97-Kenny Heffner[8]; 6. 67-Ken Duke Jr[5]; 7. 44-John Braim[10]; 8. 46-Mike Alleman[7]; 9. 01-Timmy Bittner[13]; 10. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet[14]; 11. 69P-Landon Price[12]; 12. 21-Andrew Boyer[15]; 13. 11E-Tyler Erdley[4]; 14. 98-Croix Beasom[16]; 15. 0Z-Zach Rhodes[17]; 16. 35-Colby Womer[9]; 17. 25-Dustin Young[1]; 18. (DNS) 56-Tyler Snook 4/17

• USAC CRA)Starting third, R.J. Johnson of Laveen, Arizona powered by “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. on lap eleven and held off several challenges from teammate “KTJ” Kevin Thomas Jr. to score the Friday night win at Central Arizona Raceway.Central Arizona Raceway A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 1P-RJ Johnson[3]; 2. 33P-Kevin Thomas Jr[6]; 3. 47-Charles Davis Jr[1]; 4. 78X-Ricky Lewis[14]; 5. 63-Cale Coons[4]; 6. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[5]; 7. 1AZ-Bruce St James[8]; 8. 21P-Daylin Perreira[12]; 9. 4D-Dayton Shelton[11]; 10. 98B-Brecken Guerrero[15]; 11. 98-Verne Sweeney[19]; 12. 17W-Austin Williams[9]; 13. 21-AJ Bender[2]; 14. 97-Connor Lundy[7]; 15. 43-Justin Kierce[21]; 16. 23AZ-Mickey Gile[18]; 17. 31H-Lonnie Hochstetler[20]; 18. 2X-Joshua Shipley[16]; 19. 2-Stevie Sussex III[10]; 20. 007-Wayne Siddle[17]; 21. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[23]; 22. 48-Koen Crawford[13]; 23. 78-Brody Wake[22] USAC4/17

• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Troy Wagaman Jr. claimed the 30-lap Tommy Hinnershitz Classic for Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night. It was his first win in the race, worth $8,000. It was also the first oval win of the season for the defending track champion. 410 A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[1]; 2. 23-Chase Dietz[5]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[2]; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer[10]; 5. 75-Cameron Smith[8]; 6. 67-Justin Whittall[12]; 7. 11A-Austin Bishop[6]; 8. 22-Doug Hammaker[9]; 9. 10-Matt Campbell[20]; 10. 12-Brent Shearer[3]; 11. 91-Preston Lattomus[16]; 12. 39-Briggs Danner[15]; 13. 11-TJ Stutts[17]; 14. 95-Kody Hartlaub[7]; 15. 27S-Dylan Cisney[19]; 16. 11MT-Mike Thompson[14]; 17. 88J-Joey Amantea[23]; 18. 98-James Roselli[24]; 19. (DNF) 8-Lance Dewease[11]; 20. (DNF) 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 21. (DNF) 2-Jude Siegel[21]; 22. (DNF) 17-Dylan Norris[18]; 23. (DNF) 69K-Ryan Smith[13]; 24. (DNF) 45S-Samuel Miller[22]Central PA 4/17

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• High Limit)The third annual Hasty Bake Charcoal Grills Kansas City Clash has been called off as Mother Nature has put a dampener on the barbecue. With multiple forecast models calling for severe weather including damaging winds, large hail, and potentially powerful tornadoes, Friday’s race has been canceled in the best interest of safety. All tickets pre-purchased will be valid for one of the nights of the Heartland of America Showdown on Friday and Saturday, October 10-11 when Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing returns to Kansas City's Lakeside Speedway. Any questions regarding ticketing can be e-mailed to tickets@highlimitracing.com. Up next for Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing is the third annual Diamond Classic at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. on Saturday, April 18. After that, the series returns to live television network programming on FS1 with the Speedway Motors Spring Jackpot at Nebraska’s Eagle Raceway - marking the second Roto-Rooter Midweek Series event on Tuesday, April 21. 4/17

• World of Outlaws)With weather models showing thunderstorms bringing a more than 90-percent chance of heavy rainfall to Jacksonville Speedway Friday afternoon into the evening and the potential for severe storms, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and track officials have agreed to postpone the Hy-Vee Perks 40 in the interest of fan and competitor safety. The Series and Jacksonville Speedway are currently working together in search of a new date, and more information will be released in the near future. The World of Outlaws now shifts its focus to Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, April 18 for the first of two “Hoosier State” stops in 2026. Tickets will be available at the gate. David Gravel leads the standings with Carson Macedo, Buddy Kofoid, Donny Schatz, and Sheldon Haudenschild completing the top five.Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision. 4/17

• Lincoln Speedway PA)The start time for Saturday has been moved up to 5PM due to the changing forecast. The Fan Zone will now take place at the stage outside turn 4 from 3-3:30PM with drivers signing autographs and meeting and greeting fans.Here's the adjusted timeline: PIT GATES @ 2PM GRANDSTANDS @ 3PM FAN ZONE @ 3-3:30PM (STAGE) TIME TRIALS @ 5PM Reminder: Camping is FREE and is in the overflow lot this weekend See you at the track tomorrow!

Thursday April 16th

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.  Charlie Chaplin

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• Cedar Lake Speedway WI)UMSS Traditional Feature (15 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer[3]; 2. 19B-Jack Berger[6]; 3. 10Z-Zach Widdes[5]; 4. 76-Edison Aldrich[1]; 5. 99-Bryan Roach[7]; 6. 7B-Scott Brandt[2]; 7. 93-Brad Peterson[8]; 8. 97-Carl Brunsvold[11]; 9. 7X-Dan Atchison[10]; 10. 28-Westen Johnson[4]; 11. 5-Kierston Coss[12]; 12. 1-John Vaillancourt[9]; 13. (DNF) 55K-JD Kouba[13] Limited Sprints Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 50-Chase Viebrock[3]; 2. 14-Garrett Tatnell[5]; 3. 95-John Vaillancourt[8]; 4. 42X-Brett Peterson[6]; 5. 7-Keegan Coss[7]; 6. 390-Mitchell Schoenoff[4]; 7. 30-Tylar Alton[12]; 8. 46G-Jackson Geragi[13]; 9. 59-Cole Demko[9]; 10. 17-Austin Phillips[11]; 11. 74N-Luke Nellis[1]; 12. C4-Carl Wade[2]; 13. (DNF) 60-Maeghan Milz[10] 4/16

• Column)Article and Photo from Richard Golardi "Kody Swanson Wings It at Race for the Million"Florida Open Wheel 4/16

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• Sharon Speedway OH)Sharon Speedway is taking a meaningful step toward accessibility and inclusion by partnering with Willy’s World, becoming an official Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Friend venue, and reinforcing its commitment to creating a more supportive environment for all guests.Press Releases  4/16

• GLSS)The time has come for the regular season to unfold in 2026 for the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP (GLSS). After a non-points road trip to Sweetwater, Tennessee, last week, it’s all business this weekend as teams prepare for a return to Montpelier Speedway for the first time since 2019. Press Releases  4/16

• Preston Lattomus)Consistency is a good thing. Consistency allows a team to establish a connection between their actions and the results. Preston Lattomus has been the definition of consistent so far during the 2026 sprint car season. He has performed well in qualifying and faced similar challenges later in the event most nights.

• Alex Pokorski)After getting his first taste of competing as a regular with a regional touring Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car series in 2025, Alex Pokorski is planning a bit of a different course during the upcoming 2026 campaign. Through a new alliance with the GR8 Team, Pokorski will field his No. 4 car in approximately 15 events in 2026, starting with the IRA at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis., on Saturday, May 2. Press Releases  4/16

• High Limit)Drydene and its parent company, RelaDyne, have partnered with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing as the title and presenting sponsor of the Drydene Stockyard Stampede - Powered by RelaDyne at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track on April 30 and May 2. One of the most popular events on the High Limit schedule, the Drydene Stockyard Stampede - Powered by RelaDyne is part of a major motorsports weekend at the Fort Worth track, also featuring the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Cup Series.High Limit 4/16

• Tri-City Raceway Park PA)For the second consecutive week, Mother Nature is the only winner at Tri City Raceway Park, as persistent rain across the region has forced the cancellation of this week’s racing program. Heavy rainfall over the past several days has made it difficult to complete critical track preparation and ensure safe racing conditions. Press Releases  4/16

• IRA)The much anticipated debut of outlaw sprint cars flying around the banks of the Maquoketa Speedway this Saturday, April 18th, is going to have to wait a little longer, as Mother Nature has forced track and series officials to cancel the scheduled opener of the 60th Anniversary season of the Bumper To Bumper / Auto Value IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. “I was looking forward to seeing our teams shatter the track record” stated IRA President Steve Sinclair, “it’s just not going happen this Saturday.” Track and series officials are searching for a replacement date that will work for both entities, so stay tuned. Several days of rain, with more forecasted for Friday, plus a Saturday cold front with temps in the 40’s is the culprit. The IRA will now plan to kick-off their 60th anniversary season where it all began, Wilmot Raceway on May 2nd.4/16

• Knoxville Raceway IA)Unfortunately, due to the projected forecast this Saturday with high winds and cold temperatures creating unsafe racing conditions, officials at Knoxville Raceway have decided to cancel the event scheduled for Saturday, April 18. The 73rd Annual Pella Motors / Kraig Ford Season Opener has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 2, and will still feature FREE grandstand admission. All grandstand tickets issued for April 18 will be honored on the new date. Practice Night has been rescheduled for Friday, May 1. We now turn our attention to a big weekend ahead — the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash, featuring two exciting nights of the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on Friday and Saturday, April 24 & 25. Tickets and camping reservations are available now at http://KnoxvilleRaceway.com We appreciate your understanding and can’t wait to see everyone back at the track soon! 4/16

• ASCS)The long-awaited return of the Malvern Bank ASCS Midwest Region presented by Hoosier Tire has arrived, with the opening round of the 2026 season taking place on Sunday, April 19, at Iowa’s Stuart Speedway, along with the Sprint Invaders. ASCS 4/16

• Thunder On The Hill)It’s a big show, making its’ fourth annual visit to the Grandview Speedway when Levan Machine & Truck Equipment & RICH MAR Florist present the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Roto-Rooter Midweek 410 Sprints on Tuesday night, May 19. This is the opening night of the 37th season of the Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Thunder on the Hill Racing Series at Grandview. Central PA 4/16

• USAC)Colton Robinson will contend for USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship Rookie of the Year honors as he prepares for a full season run with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports on the series’ 29-race schedule in 2026.USAC 4/16

• USAC)Kyle Jones has teamed up with car owner and engine builder Tim Engler to take on the full USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship schedule in 2026. Jones (Kennedale, Texas) will be one of two full-time Engler entries on the USAC tour this coming season. Jones will drive the number 7TX while teammate Thomas Meseraull returns to the seat of the number 7x. USAC 4/16

Wednesday April 15th

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.  Will Rogers

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• Column)Pat & Bruce Eckel have their column from Sunday at the Terre Haute Action Track for the Jim Hurtubise Classic where Kyle Cummins won his first USAC race at Terre Haute and first of the year. Cummins outran Mitchel Moles and Justin Grant for the big win.A Typical Weekend 4/15

• NARC)First NARC double-header - Friday/Saturday, May 1st & 2nd at Watsonville Speedway and Santa Maria Speedway! Friday, May 1 Watsonville Speedway $5,000-to-win, $600-to-start.  Saturday, May 2 Santa Maria Speedway $10,000-to-win, $700-to-start Watch live on FloRacing.com Teams who compete in both nights of racing will also receive tow money!4/15

• NARC)The 2026 Stone Chevrolet Buick GMC Thunderbowl Raceway season gets back underway on Saturday April 18th with the NARC King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series, USCS Non-Winged Sprint Cars and California 305 Sprints. NARC 4/15

• USAC)The 2026 edition of the Western World Championships has expanded to three-straight nights of racing at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway on October 22-23-24. The 59th annual running of one of dirt track racing’s most prestigious events will feature three consecutive sprint car doubleheader nights. USAC 4/15

• USAC)Justin Grant is back in the seat of the CB Industries No. 87 for the 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season, as he searches for his first career title with the series. Grant begins his second year of USAC National Midget racing with CBI when the season fires up at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway with the running of the Kokomo Grand Prix on Friday-Saturday, April 24-25. USAC 4/15

• USAC)Test your USAC knowledge and support the racing community at USAC Trivia Night on Friday, April 17 from 7-10pm Eastern at USAC Headquarters, located at 4910 W. 16th Street in Speedway, Indiana. Pre-register for the event now at https://www.raceaid.fund/raceaidevents/raceaid-trivia-night. You can also show up on the night of the event and pay your admission at the door.USAC 4/15

• David Gravel)It's easy to point to wins at the end of a championship-caliber season, but for two-time and defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Big Game Motorsports, a ninth-place result last Friday night was the epitome of a championship performance. Press Releases  4/15

• 500 Sprint Tour)The yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour officially kicks off their 2026 season this Saturday, April 18th with the Glen Niebel Classic presented by CB Fabricating at Anderson Speedway. The 26th edition of the Glen Niebel Classic will be the fourth consecutive year that the event begins the 500 Sprint Car Tour schedule. The traditional opening weekend race will serve as a tune up event for the 78th Annual Unified Group Services Little 500 presented by Ed Martin Automotive Group. Press Releases  4/15

• Maddington Toyota Series AU)“Six years ago I was sitting on the couch at home drinking beer and watching footy,” said Dayne Kingshott when talking about a time when he stopped racing his speedcar, which he drove to national championship glory. At that point he had dreamt of racing a sprintcar again, but thought that opportunity had passed him by. Press Releases  4/15

• Travis Arenz)On the heels of a breakthrough campaign that garnered national headlines, Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls, Wis. is ready to take his show on the road for another season of 410 Sprint Car competition at dirt tracks throughout the Upper Midwest region. The Travis Arenz Motorsports Team is preparing to push off the 2026 campaign with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association season opener at Maquoketa Speedway in Maquoketa, Iowa, this Saturday, April 18. Press Releases  4/15

Tuesday April 14th

“This is pretty damn cool isn’t it? There were top notch drivers here tonight. We got a heck of a group of guys and my expectations were not to come in here and win. We couldn't play with the wing too much. I did everything I could to keep Danny guessing and was committed to the bottom in three and four.”  AJ Flick   Selinsgrove Speedway Winner

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• High Limit)After two weeks on the sidelines, Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing fires back off this weekend with the first trip to the Midwest this season. On Friday night, the Hasty Bake Charcoal Grills Kansas City Clash kicks off NASCAR weekend at the nearby Kansas Speedway. It’s the series’ seventh appearance at Lakeside Speedway and an important precursor before the penultimate weekend of the 2026 championship chase comes back here for the Heartland of America Showdown on October 10-11. High Limit 4/14

• Must See Racing)The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com officially announced today that their season opening weekend will be a co-sanction partnership with the BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series. The weekend will kick off on Friday May 8 when both series visit Anderson Motor Speedway in Anderson, South Carolina. The following evening will see both series visit Cordele Motor Speedway in Cordele, Georgia. There will be an open practice at Anderson Motor Speedway on Thursday night May 7. Press Releases  4/14

• Big O Speedway TX)The POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprints National Series and the American Racer Modified Series (ARMS) will put on a pair of season-opening doubleheader events at the Big O Speedway in Ennis Texas on April 24-25 with the running of the Bluebonnet Showdown!Press Releases  4/14

• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)Despite closing its doors after the 2005 racing season, Silver Spring Speedway needs no introduction when it comes to racetrack history in the central Pennsylvania region. The Super Sportsman division was premier, drawing over 50 cars most nights. Fans showed up in droves to see some of the most competitive racing in the late model and street stock divisions at an affordable cost for admission and concessions. Central PA 4/14

• USAC CRA)Starting this Friday, April 17th, the quest for the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Championship will head to Central Arizona Raceway for two nights of action. Friday’s event will pay $3,000-To-Win and Saturday’s show will pay $5,000-To-Win with a $500 cash bonus available both nights. USAC 4/14

• Placerville Speedway CA)The Thunder in the Foothills championship season continues this Saturday April 18th at Placerville Speedway, with an exciting trio of Open Wheel divisions, joined by the Red Hawk Resort + Casino Pure Stocks. After a rainout last weekend, the El Dorado County Fairgrounds bullring is set to resume the Berco Building Materials/ Hoosier Tire/ Coors Light point season at the Gold Strike Calamity presented by Solace Enterprises. Press Releases  4/14

• Tim Estenson Motorsports)Jack Dover and Tim Estenson will share time behind the wheel for Tim Estenson Motorsports this season. Dover is aiming for a 20-race schedule mostly made up of running for his second straight Cressman Sanitation Midwest 410 Sprint Touring Series championship. His first start of the season is scheduled for May 17 at Huset's Speedway in Brandon, S.D., during the Bull Haulers Brawl presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking. Press Releases  4/14

• Jordon Mallett)Jordon Mallett is hoping to wear a crown this Saturday when he invades Riverside International Speedway for the King of the Ditch. A $5,000 payday is on the line at the dirt oval in West Memphis, Ark., where Mallett has five career winged sprint car triumphs. Press Releases  4/14

• Jackson Motorplex MN)The Jackson Motorplex season opener is a little less than two months away. The 2026 campaign kicks off on Thursday, June 4, for the first round of the Motorplex Mayhem Summer Series. The Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Cars will be joined by the MedStar Midwest Sprint Touring Series RaceSavers with Late Model Street Stocks, USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Stock Cars also in action. Press Releases  4/14

• High Limit)Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing returns to action this Friday, April 17 with the Hasty Bake Kansas City Clash at Lakeside Speedway. The series point leader, Tanner Thorson, charges into the Sunflower State with Aaron Reutzel just 21 points behind. They'll have tough competition with the High Rollers, Midwest Invaders including Austin McCarl and Brian Brown, and NASCAR champion Kyle Larson. We can already smell the Hasty Bake Charcoal Grill outside of the grandstand gates. If you know, you know to get to the track early and grab the best grilled food you've ever had - compliments of Hasty Bake! High Limit 4/14

• Austin Hartmann)Austin Hartmann is ready to head out on his fifth full season of 410 Sprint Car racing competition with an intriguing 2026 schedule filled with a wide variety of events, tracks, series, cities, and states. Hartmann is planning to fire up his 87A Hartmann Racing machine for the first time in 2026 at the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association season opener at Maquoketa Speedway in Maquoketa, Iowa, this Saturday, April 18. Press Releases  4/14

Monday April 13th

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.  Thomas Jefferson

11:00pm

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• Photos)Shots by Steve Koletar from USAC sprints at Terre Haute IN and Dan DeMarco from Williams Grove & BAPS are in SpeedShotz 4/13

• 2026 Central PA Sprint Cars season was in action at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night with Justin Peck invading and taking the win over Ryan Smith. Also on Friday night AJ Flick took the victory at Selinsgrove Speedway for his first Central PA win of the year.  On Saturday at Port Royal Speedway Ryan Smith finished one spot better for the J&S Classics PA Posse 410 win and his first of the year. On Sunday at BAPS Motor Speedway Chase Dietz took a dominating victory over the field for his 3rd victory of 2026.J&S Classics PA Posse 410 Sprint Cars 4/13

• Column)Pat & Bruce Eckel have their column from Saturday night for the Indiana USAC opener from the Lawrenceburg Speedway for the Justin Owen Memorial. Briggs Danner rim rode to an impressive and dominating victory over Kyle Cummins and Justin Grant. A Typical Weekend4/13

• ASCS)Events scheduled for Saturday, April 18 at Baton Rouge Raceway with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints have been postponed. Updates at the track are ongoing, and will not be ready in time for this Saturday. Officials are looking for a suitable date to reschedule. The next race for the series will be Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2 at Super Bee Speedway in Chatham, La. Tracks and teams needing information about the series can email brashiermotorsports@gmail.com or call (225) 614-1318.4/13

• World of Outlaws)WIX Filters continues to push the limits as one of the most trusted brands in motorsports by leveling up as the Preferred Filter of the World of Outlaws for the 2026 racing season. In addition to WIX Filters’ continued support of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, it is also expanding its support for the World of Outlaws this year by adding sponsorship of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision. World of Outlaws 4/13

• Rico Abreu)Although the team’s last minute decision to join the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at I-55 ended short of A-Main competition, concluding each night of the annual Spring Classic with Last Chance Showdown appearances, notes were taken and results were evaluated, ready to reset and refocus on an upcoming Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing pair in Kansas and Missouri. Press Releases  4/13

• Brock Zearfoss)It was an up and down weekend in the Keystone State for the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss and Brock Zearfoss Racing, and although a tough outing statistically speaking, there were plenty of shining moments, one of which a top-ten at the Port Royal Speedway “Speed Palace” on Saturday, April 11. Zearfoss, a former Port Royal Speedway Track Champion as well as a former full-time competitor with the Greatest Show On Dirt, finished eighth in his top-ten appearance, now with nine total on the season. Press Releases  4/13

• Danny Dietrich)Three Central Pennsylvania starts resulted in three Central Pennsylvania top-tens for “Double-D” Danny Dietrich and Gary Kauffman Racing, finishing no worse than ninth in their weekend tripleheader with a podium to boot. Dietrich, now with 11 top-tens on the year, earned the aforementioned podium at Selinsgrove Speedway on Friday, April 10, climbing heading from fifth to finish just behind AJ Flick as the runner-up. Press Releases  4/13

• Justin Whittall)Justin Whittall was on a roll Saturday night at the Port Royal Speedway “Speed Palace” in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, but unfortunately, his efforts were stopped in their tracks, forced to the work area after incidental contact with a lapped car. The New Jersey native and reigning Port Royal Speedway Track Champion was working his way forward at the time of the incident, battling for a podium spot after starting sixth on the grid; he was scored 23rd. Press Releases  4/13

• Scotty Thiel)It was an action-packed weekend in Pevely for “Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel and Greg Wheeler Motorsports, joining the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series in a two-day visit to I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park on Friday and Saturday, April 10-11. When the dust finally settled on Saturday night, the Sheboygan, Wisconsin, ace and WoO Rookie of the Year contender found himself with one A-Main start, doing so on Saturday in the Spring Classic finale; he was scored 21st. Press Releases  4/13

• Xavier Doney)Xavier Doney, Doney-Lawson Racing and the Schnee-Lawson Chassis House Cars are ready to get back to work, set to battle in the best in the business in a two-day sweep through Kansas and Missouri on Friday and Saturday, April 17-18. Doney, a podium finisher in the 2025 POWRi national standings, will bump elbows with High Limit Racing in the two-day venture, igniting at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City on Friday before visiting the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks” – Lucas Oil Speedway – in Wheatland, Missouri, on Saturday. Press Releases  4/13

• Brian Brown)In all, it was a sound weekend south of St. Louis for Grain Valley, Missouri’s Brian Brown and Brian Brown Racing, taking their efforts to the highbanks of I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park in Pevely, Missouri, on Friday and Saturday, April 10-11. Although missing the top-ten in each of his World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series appearances, concluding action with 14th and 12th-place performances, respectively, obvious gains were met, slowly building momentum while regaining confidence in his wrist. Press Releases  4/13

• Chris Andrews)It was a tough start to the season for Sandusky’s Chris Andrews and Chris Andrews Racing, and although the Real American Beer team was unable to qualify for Attica Raceway Park’s Spring Nationals main event featuring the All Star Circuit of Champion on Saturday, April 11, notes were taken and minds have reset, already aiming big in an Attica/Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) weekend double at Attica and Fremont Speedway on April 17-18. Press Releases  4/13

• Kerry Madsen)Although its early April campaign featured a two-week break, the first of the two coinciding with the Easter holiday, it’s time to go back to work, as the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing schedule is set to resume Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, with visits to Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, and Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, respectively. Press Releases  4/13

• Dayne Kingshott)It was another season and another Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series crown for Dayne Kingshott and the Krikke Motorsport team, after the Bunbury, Western Australia-based duo claimed a second place finish during last Saturday night’s Grand Final at the Perth Motorplex that helped them secure a third Maddington Toyota Series victory in a row. Press Releases  4/13

• Seelman Family)After tenures of more than a decade with the Must See Racing Sprint Car Series, longtime competition director Brent Seelman and veteran announcer Jacob Seelman have jointly confirmed they will not return to the winged asphalt sprint car tour for its 2026 campaign. The elder Seelman first joined Must See Racing in 2012 as a pit steward before ascending into the control tower two years later, while the younger Seelman was tabbed as the sanctioning body’s at-track public address voice in 2015 and later added television commentary and media relations to his duties. Press Releases  4/13

• Wayne County Speedway OH)With Wayne County Speedway's grounds already wet, Friday afternoon into evening showers soaked it the more and made the conditions of the 3/8 dirt mile oval to wet to work into shape and be raceable for good and safe racing for Saturday nights scheduled racing, so for the second week in a row, Orrville's Historic Oval will sit and wait until next Saturday night. It will be 'CDL' night as the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association (OVSCA) will be in for the first of four visits this season as they challenge the Pine Tree Towing & Recovery sprints.Press Releases  4/13

• Michaels Mercer Raceway PA)With new owners in Earl and Michelle michaels and a new attitude, Michaels Mercer raceway presented by Sunbelt rentals and Erme’s distributing is ready to kick off the historic 75th anniversary season by having the popular 410 Sprint cars back on Saturday, April 18 2026.Press Releases  4/13

• Port Royal Speedway PA)Port Royal Speedway is set for an excitingly jam-packed evening of racing this Saturday, featuring a total of five A-main events to deliver nonstop action for fans. Headlining the program will be the Penske Racing Shocks Super Late Models, joined by the Penns Valley Meat Market 305 Sprint Cars and the River Rock Campground Limited Late Models. Fans can get the most 'bang for their buck' as both the 305 sprint cars and limited late models will compete in make-up A-main events from the postponed April 4th program; bringing the total to five feature races on the card. Central PA 4/13

Sunday April 12th

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.  David Letterman

11:00pm

RESULTS.....

• USAC)Kyle Cummins has accomplished a great deal of notable achievements in his USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship career, chiefly speaking of the 31 career feature victories as well as his series driving championship one year ago. That said, one feat that had forever eluded the Princeton, Indiana racer was a USAC National Sprint Car win at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track.Sprints...Terre Haute IN..."Jim Hurtubise Classic" Race Feature (30 Laps): 1. 3P-Kyle Cummins[5]; 2. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles[1]; 3. 4-Justin Grant[6]; 4. 5T-Jake Swanson[7]; 5. 53-CJ Leary[2]; 6. 39-Briggs Danner[14]; 7. 41-Ricky Lewis[11]; 8. 63-Cale Coons[10]; 9. 57-Logan Seavey[4]; 10. 92-Chase Stockon[9]; 11. 12-Robert Ballou[13]; 12. 3R-Kevin Thomas Jr[3]; 13. 6T-Trey Osborne[12]; 14. 6-Logan Calderwood[19]; 15. 28-Brandon Mattox[17]; 16. 19-Hayden Reinbold[18]; 17. 77S-David Gasper[15]; 18. 8T-Adam Taylor[22]; 19. 11-James Lyerla[20]; 20. 45N-Troy Carey[21]; 21. 5G-Cannon McIntosh[8]; 22. 10-Aric Gentry[16] USAC 4/12

• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 23-Chase Dietz[1]; 2. 20-Brady Bacon[4]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[5]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes[6]; 6. 8-Lance Dewease[8]; 7. 75-Cameron Smith[9]; 8. 5-Tyler Ross[19]; 9. 17-Dylan Norris[7]; 10. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[12]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[13]; 12. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[15]; 13. 17K-Mark Smith[14]; 14. 99M-Kyle Moody[20]; 15. 8D-Billy Dietrich[11]; 16. 91-Preston Lattomus[10]; 17. 5C-DJ Christie[24]; 18. 22E-Nash Ely[16]; 19. 11Z-Zach Newlin[21]; 20. 45S-Samuel Miller[23]; 21. (DNF) 41-Logan Rumsey[17]; 22. (DNF) 38S-Brett Strickler[18]; 23. (DNF) 55-Kerry Madsen[3]; 24. (DNF) 2-Jude Siegel[22] 4/12

1:20pm

PRESS.....

• Photos)Shots by Mark Funderburk from 2 nights of I-55 Raceway MO World of Outlaws, Attica OH All Stars by Mike Campbell, Paul Arch & Rick Rarer, I-75 TN USCS by Steve Koletar and Lawrenceburg IN USAC Sprints by Jeff Stephenson, Steve Koletar & Mark Miefert are in SpeedShotz 4/12

• Williams Grove Speedway PA)The sprint car races at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night are meant to pay tribute to the oval’s original winner. He was the first. He had one of the most recognizable names in motorsports history dating back to the 1930s. Central PA 4/12

• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Honoring the first winner ever at Williams Grove Speedway, the Tommy Hinnershitz Classic for Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars is on tap this Friday night, April 17. The Tommy Classic will serve to kickoff the 2026 Hoosier Diamond Series at Williams Grove and it will be another race in the overall PA Posse 410 Sprint Series. Central PA 4/12

Saturday April 11th

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down. Flip Wilson

11:50pm

RESULTS.....

• VSS)Logan Spahr had his car like it was on rails at Hagerstown Saturday showing speed all night long sweeping his heat and staying fast all feature long to take his first win of the season. Central PA 4/11

• Clinton County Speedway PA)Timmy Bittner of nearby Beech Creek thrilled the hometown crowd by claiming the season opener for the River Valley Builders RaceSaver Sprints at the Clinton County Speedway. Central PA 4/11

• Maddington Toyota Series AU)Kaiden Manders claimed the final round of the season at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night. He won the Maddington Toyota Grand Final from Dayne Kingshott and Callum Williamson which was round 23 of the 2025-26 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series. Race Results 4/11

• HASS)Jackson Motor Speedway MS...A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 6-Cody Gardner[2]; 2. 01-Shane Morgan[4]; 3. 9-Josh McCord[1]; 4. 34-Caleb Ingle[8]; 5. 13-Chase Howard[5]; 6. 4X-Tyler Whatley[9]; 7. 44R-Ronny Howard[3]; 8. 23-Ethan Jones[7]; 9. 13X-Jake Brashier[10]; 10. 56T-DL (Tank) Brashier[11]; 11. 3-Cary Farmer[13]; 12. 2-zachary beard[15]; 13. 36-Dakota Whittington[16]; 14. 18-Paul Jones[12]; 15. 67-Hayden Martin[6]; 16. 46-Dylan Howard[14]; 17. (DNS) 57-Levi Beard; 18. (DNS) 28S-Rusty Sanford 4/11

• ASCS)Salina OK...Feature (25 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Martin[2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[12]; 4. 4-Cameron Martin[4]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 6. 1-Sean McClelland[1]; 7. 88-Terry Easum[11]; 8. 95-Matt Covington[7]; 9. 2-Whit Gastineau[13]; 10. 45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 11. 2B-Garrett Benson[6]; 12. 88C-Brogan Carder[10]; 13. 3-Cole Schroeder[20]; 14. 88R-Ryder Laplante[22]; 15. 938-Bradley Fezard[14]; 16. 16S-Steven Shebester[17]; 17. 29-Emilio Hoover[9]; 18. 16G-Austyn Gossel[19]; 19. 31-Casey Wills[18]; 20. 52H-Hayden Mabe[21]; 21. 36-Jason Martin[16]; 22. 50Z-Zach Chappell[15]; 23. 8R-Ryker Pace[23] 4/11

• POWRi)Karter Sarff would set the standard in an instant classic at I-44 Speedway, earning his first career win with the POWRi West Midget League in stand-alone feature competition. Speedy on-track excitement with nineteen talented entries in the POWRi West Midgets would find Brecken Reese start the action off with quick-time in hot laps of 12.401-second lap as Karter Sarff, Brant Woods, and Kyle Jones would notch the heat racing wins.Midgets...I-44 Speedway OK...A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 7U-Karter Sarff[1]; 2. 27X-Kyle Jones[5]; 3. 4-Kale Drake[2]; 4. 20Q-Brecken Reese[6]; 5. 32-Trey Marcham[7]; 6. 22-Hank Soares[8]; 7. 8K-Cooper Miller[3]; 8. 98P-Ryan Padgett[9]; 9. 7D-Michelle Decker[11]; 10. 7-Shannon McQueen[13]; 11. 54C-Zane Lawrence[14]; 12. 88P-Tony Penick[16]; 13. 14E-Kris Carroll[10]; 14. 00-Chance Cody[15]; 15. 96-Cody Brewer[12]; 16. 7MF-Kade Morton[18]; 17. T21-Kade Taylor[17]; 18. 84S-Shaun Shapel[19]; 19. 85-Brant Woods[4]Race Results 4/11

• World of Outlaws)Two of the premier names in the sport throw haymakers all the way to the checkered flag as Kofoid completes the weekend sweep and collects his third straight win The best want to beat the best. That’s how any competitor in any sport rises to the highest level. They don’t settle. They summon every ounce of talent they have and leave no question of whether they gave it their all. I-55 Raceway MO...NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[18]; 5. 17-Spencer Bayston[20]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[9]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[25]; 8. 10-Ryan Timms[23]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[7]; 10. 45X-Rees Moran[4]; 11. 2C-Cole Macedo[17]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[16]; 13. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[1]; 14. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 15. 88-Austin McCarl[15]; 16. 37-Bryce Norris[8]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson[26]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell[13]; 19. 71-Parker Price Miller[24]; 20. 51-Scott Bogucki[27]; 21. 16C-Scotty Thiel[12]; 22. 7A-Will Armitage[3]; 23. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[22]; 24. 17GP-Hank Davis[10]; 25. 85J-Logan Julien[14]; 26. 12X-Landon Crawley[21]; 27. 19-Kaleb Johnson[19] World of Outlaws4/11

• Attica Raceway Park OH)In most sports, it can come down to who makes a mistake first to determine a winner. That was the case Saturday, April 11 as Attica Raceway Park kicked off the 2026 season with the NAPA Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Valvoline Oil for the Core and Main Spring Nationals presented by Advanced Drainage Systems, Construction Equipment and Supply, Erie Black Top, Smith Paving. Attica OH...A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 33W-Cap Henry[3]; 2. 32-Bryce Lucius[2]; 3. 01-Tim Shaffer[1]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[10]; 5. 29S-Zeth Sabo[4]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[5]; 7. 11N-Darin Naida[6]; 8. 49X-Cale Thomas[9]; 9. 22-Brandon Spithaler[11]; 10. 16-Gauge Garcia[12]; 11. 101-Kalib Henry[14]; 12. 14-Zane DeVault[7]; 13. 5-Brenham Crouch[18]; 14. 25R-Jordan Ryan[15]; 15. 3-DJ Foos[13]; 16. 29-Logan McCandless[25]; 17. 88J-Joey Amantea[17]; 18. 3J-Trey Jacobs[21]; 19. 44-Aiden Price[23]; 20. 15K-Creed Kemenah[8]; 21. 38-Leyton Wagner[16]; 22. 19-TJ Michael[22]; 23. 45-Keith Sheffer Jr[26]; 24. 35-Stuart Brubaker[20]; 25. 09-Craig Mintz[19]; 26. 7M-Brandon Moore[24] Race Results4/11

• USAC)Briggs Danner rode the rim of Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway to perfection during Saturday night’s third annual Justin Owen Memorial Presented by Tempstar. The Allentown, Pennsylvania native raced from his fifth place starting spot and into the lead just before the midway point of the 30-lap feature, then fended off Kyle Cummins on multiple restarts down the stretch to capture his first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship win of the 2026 season. Sprints...Lawrenceburg IN..."Justin Owen Memorial" Race Feature (30 Laps): 1. 39-Briggs Danner[5]; 2. 3P-Kyle Cummins[2]; 3. 4-Justin Grant[4]; 4. 12-Robert Ballou[11]; 5. 53-CJ Leary[6]; 6. 5T-Jake Swanson[1]; 7. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles[3]; 8. 63-Cale Coons[10]; 9. 3R-Kevin Thomas Jr[15]; 10. 14-Jadon Rogers[13]; 11. 92-Chase Stockon[8]; 12. 6T-Trey Osborne[18]; 13. 19-Hayden Reinbold[21]; 14. 77S-David Gasper[23]; 15. 57-Logan Seavey[9]; 16. 9Z-Zack Pretorius[19]; 17. 41-Ricky Lewis[17]; 18. 6-Logan Calderwood[20]; 19. 2B-Chelby Hinton[25]; 20. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld[14]; 21. 14C-Nathan Carle[16]; 22. 97-Austin Nigh[12]; 23. (DNF) 5G-Cannon McIntosh[7]; 24. (DNF) 71B-Braxton Cummings[22]; 25. (DNF) 10-Aric Gentry[24]USAC 4/11

• USCS/GLSS)Devon Dobie of Wapakoneta, OH traded the lead twice with the defending Hoosier Racing Tire United Sprint Car Series Presented By XC Gear National Champion Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS to win Night 2 of the North vs. South Shootout at I-75 Raceway on Saturday night. The event was co-sanctioned by United Sprint Car Series and the Great Lakes Sprint Car Series. I-75 Raceway TN...USCS/GLSS 360 Sprint Feature (30 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Dobie[1]; 2. 66-Chase Dunham[5]; 3. 47-Dale Howard[2]; 4. 15-Ryan Turner[10]; 5. 31-Jac Nickles[4]; 6. 13-Van Gurley Jr[11]; 7. 10M-Morgan Turpen Havener[3]; 8. 6-Ryan Coniam[6]; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl[8]; 10. 48-Coen McDaniel[13]; 11. 71H-Max Stambaugh[12]; 12. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7]; 13. 9-Tyler Blankenship[18]; 14. 24-Kobe Allison[14]; 15. 23M-Lance Moss[15]; 16. 87XS-Skyler Evans[17]; 17. 22-Aaron Shaffer[23]; 18. 12-Corbin Gurley[22]; 19. 00-PJ Reutimann[19]; 20. 19W-Jackson Wellman[21]; 21. 28-Jeff Willingham[20]; 22. 10-Terry Gray[16]; 23. 94-Hayden Wise[9]; 24. (DNS) 11H-Caleb HarmonUSCS 4/11

• FAST)Atomic Speedway OH....Ohio Heating A-Main (30 Laps): 1. 22-Cole Duncan[1]; 2. 98-Ricky Peterson[4]; 3. 59-Bryan Nuckles[15]; 4. 4-Danny Smith[10]; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6]; 6. 15-Mitch Harble[16]; 7. 4U-Josh Davis[5]; 8. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[17]; 9. 1B-Keith Baxter[7]; 10. 19-Tyler Esh[18]; 11. 08-Brandon Conkel[9]; 12. 94-Jacob Stickle[20]; 13. 3-John Jerich[13]; 14. 23J-Jordan Welch[8]; 15. 81-Rayce Jacobs[12]; 16. 11CK-Kory Crabtree[3]; 17. 21J-Jaylynn Montgomery[19]; 18. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 19. 4X-Cale Stinson[11]; 20. B5-Brianna Lawson[14] 4/11

• Column)Article and Photos from Richard Golardi "Notes From the Race for the Million at Pensacola" Florida Open Wheel 4/11

• Port Royal Speedway PA)The field of Weikert's Livestock 410 sprint cars was flush with top tier competition at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night. National touring drivers, invaders from out of state, and PA regulars were all in attendance for the J&S Classics PA Posse 410 Sprint Series presented by Hoseheads.com event. Ryan Smith was the driver who topped all the competition and parked in Kish Bank Victory Lane at the end of the night. Central PA 4/11

• Photos)Shots by Mark Funderburk from I-55 Raceway MO World of Outlaws are in SpeedShotz 4/11

• Sprint Invaders)Rained out at 34 Raceway IA. 4/11

Friday April 10th

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.  F. Scott Fitzgerald

11:30pm

RESULTS.....

• Race For The Million)Aaron Willison made history Saturday night at Five Flags Speedway, capturing the inaugural Race For The Million race presented by Sunbelt Rentals, against a stacked field of pavement sprint car talent. Traveling all the way from Langley, British Columbia, Willison proved he could handle the pressure and the Pensacola half-mile when it mattered most after starting sixth.Five Flags Speedway FL...1 #36 Aaron Willison 2 #33j Jeff Montgomery 3 #22a Bobby Santos 4 #88sr Jimmy McCune 5 #50m Kody Swanson 6 #6g Bryan Gossel 7 #14 Davey Hamilton Jr 8 #5 Joe Liguori 9 #41 Troy DeCaire 10 #29 Jake Trainor 11 #1 Dakoda Armstrong 12 #99 CJ Leary 13 #0 Michael Lewis 14 #44 Jason Blonde 15 #24N Kevin Newton 16 #oh6 Adam Hilton 17 #88x Chase Locke 18 #26 Chase Cabre 19 #57 Evan Margeson 20 #07 Ryan Litt 21 #15 Eric Humphries 22 #9 Dodge Carlbert 23 #4 Donnie Adams 24 #86 JJ Dutton 25 #61 Colton Bettis Race Results4/11

• World of Outlaws)I-55 Raceway MO...NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 3. 17-Spencer Bayston[2]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[17]; 5. 10-Ryan Timms[22]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[21]; 7. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 8. 7S-Chris Windom[16]; 9. 2-David Gravel[7]; 10. 51-Scott Bogucki[10]; 11. 51B-Joe B Miller[23]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart[14]; 13. 12X-Landon Crawley[12]; 14. 21-Brian Brown[9]; 15. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[8]; 16. 8N-Kameron Key[24]; 17. 27-Emerson Axsom[18]; 18. 2C-Cole Macedo[5]; 19. 45X-Rees Moran[20]; 20. 7A-Will Armitage[15]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[19]; 22. 88-Austin McCarl[13]; 23. 17B-Bill Balog[11]; 24. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[6] World of Outlaws4/10

• USCS)The defending United Sprint Car Series National Champions Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS won Night 1 of the Hoosier Racing Tire United Sprint Car Series Presented By XC Gear 30th Anniversary Outlaw Thunder Tour North/South Shootout 25-lap Feature Race on Friday night at I-75 Raceway, co-sanctioned by USCS and the Great Lakes Sprint Series. I-75 Speedway TN...360 Sprint Feature (25 Laps): 1. 47-Dale Howard[2]; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3]; 3. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 4. 10-Terry Gray[4]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[7]; 6. 6-Ryan Coniam[9]; 7. 24-Kobe Allison[5]; 8. 94-Hayden Wise[10]; 9. 23-Devon Dobie[16]; 10. 31-Jac Nickles[8]; 11. 28-Jeff Willingham[6]; 12. 87XS-Skyler Evans[13]; 13. 66-Chase Dunham[17]; 14. 13-Van Gurley Jr[20]; 15. 16-Ryan Ruhl[11]; 16. 9-Tyler Blankenship[18]; 17. 00-PJ Reutimann[12]; 18. 33-Joe Larkin[23]; 19. 71H-Max Stambaugh[14]; 20. 10M-Morgan Turpen Havener[15]; 21. 23M-Lance Moss[19]; 22. 11H-Caleb Harmon[22]; 23. 22-Aaron Shaffer[24]; 24. 19W-Jackson Wellman[25]; 25. 48-Coen McDaniel[21]USCS 4/10

• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Invader Justin Peck upended Ryan Smith with a late race pass and went on to win the 25-lap feature for Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night. The victory was the third of Peck’s career at the track and was worth $5,000. 410 A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 2. 69K-Ryan Smith[2]; 3. 8-Lance Dewease[6]; 4. 1W-Buddy Schweibinz[1]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 6. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[8]; 7. 17-Dylan Norris[9]; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer[14]; 9. 9-Chase Randall[22]; 10. X-Aaron Bollinger[10]; 11. 13-Tanner Holmes[21]; 12. 20-Brady Bacon[13]; 13. 12-Brent Shearer[4]; 14. 11-TJ Stutts[15]; 15. 39-JJ Loss[18]; 16. 98-James Roselli[20]; 17. 00-Chris Frank[16]; 18. 3D-Dave Grube[19]; 19. 22-Doug Hammaker[7]; 20. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[12]; 21. 6-Cole Knopp[24]; 22. 69-Tim Glatfelter[17]; 23. 12W-Troy Fraker[23]; 24. 75-Cameron Smith[11]; 25. 45S-Samuel Miller[25]Central PA 4/10

• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)Friday night could have been a preview of what's to come this year at the Selinsgrove Speedway. The best of the best in Central Pennsylvania when it comes to the High Caliber Cranes 410 Sprint cars and the Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Models going at it in two races that out did any expectations the night may have had to open up the 80th season of racing at the Fastest Half Mile on the East Coast presented by Sunbury Motors. . With Apollo,PA AJ Flick scoring his first career High Caliber Cranes 410 Win410 A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 77-AJ Flick[1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[5]; 3. 11A-Austin Bishop[4]; 4. 35-Jason Shultz[6]; 5. 17-Mark Smith[7]; 6. 20-Ryan Taylor[8]; 7. 88J-Joey Amantea[9]; 8. 23-Chase Dietz[3]; 9. 47K-Kody Lehman[12]; 10. 5-DJ Christie[10]; 11. 34-Andy Best[16]; 12. 11T-Mike Thompson[11]; 13. 11Z-Zach Newlin[15]; 14. 28F-Davie Franek[14]; 15. 55-Kerry Madsen[2]; 16. 10-Jake Waters[13]; 17. 8D-Billy Dietrich[17]; 18. (DNS) 5K-Jake Karklin Central PA4/10

Thursday April 9th

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

4:00pm

PRESS.....

• USAC CRA)This Saturday’s (April 11) Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car races at Perris Auto Speedway have been cancelled due to heavy rains in the forecast and expected wet grounds. The series will be back in action at Casa Grande, Arizona’s Central Arizona Raceway with two nights of action on April 17 and 18. For more information on those events, visit centralazraceway.com. For more information on the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, visit the United States Auto Club (USAC) website at usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC/CRA Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. 4/9

• Zach Newlin)Zach Newlin is poised for a busy 2026 racing season, a welcome change compared to the limited seat time last season. The Millerstown, PA driver will take on the continued challenge of building the family-owned 410 winged sprint car program, plus he will return to the 358 sprint car division for numerous races. Press Releases  4/9

• POWRi WAR)POWRi Racing and track officials have made the difficult decision to cancel the POWRi WAR Sprint League event scheduled for Friday, April 10, at US 36 Raceway, due to ongoing inclement weather and unfavorable track conditions. Press Releases  4/9

• Attica Raceway Park OH)Racing for Friday has been cancelled. Racing for Saturday is on. Note the gate time and heat racing times have been bumped up for Saturday. Gates 2pm, Heat Races 5pm.  Late models will NOT be added to Saturday’s show. We’ll see you and the All Star Sprints on Saturday! 4/9

• Ultimate Sprints)Mother Nature isn’t quite cooperating with rain continuing to be in the forecast. We cannot thank Rob and Samantha with Watsonville Speedway and Doug with Merced Speedway enough for supporting the decision to call early in the week to save on fuel, hotels and travel cost for our teams. The goal is always to put on a great show for the tracks who give us the opportunity to run their facility… • We look forward to seeing everyone at Thunderbowl Speedway on April 18th for the Chris & Brian Faria Memorial!4/9

• Gladiator Sprints)The a brand new Gladiator Sprint Tour returns to action for its second race of the season this Friday, April 10th. Ohio Valley Speedway will play host to the new series for local 410 winged sprint car racing. This historic dirt oval has seen some of the best in sprint car racing tour its clay banks. On this night, we will pay tribute to area racing legend, Tommy Dickson.Press Releases  4/9

• Kerry Madsen)With the High Limit Racing schedule on hiatus until their visit to Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, on Friday, April 17, the “Madman” Kerry Madsen and Vermeer Motorports will spend some time close to “home,” set to join the Pennsylvania Posse in a weekend tripleheader at Selinsgrove Speedway, Port Royal Speedway, and BAPS Motor Speedway on Friday through Sunday, April 10-12, respectively. Press Releases  4/9

• ASCS)New year, new owners, and a new attitude defines the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints as the series opens its 2026 campaign this Saturday, April 11, at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss. In the series’ most recent event at the 1/3-mile oval in September 2025, Mississippi’s Chase Howard topped the 25-lap Feature while Ronny Howard and Brayden Taylor completed the podium. ASCS 4/9

• High Limit)Speedway Motors, a manufacturer, retailer, and distributor of high-quality automotive parts and racing products, has partnered with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing to present the Speedway Motors Spring Jackpot when the national 410 winged sprint car series makes its first stop of the 2026 season at Eagle Raceway on Tuesday, April 21. High Limit 4/9

• High Limit)Officials of the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing are pleased to announce a new partnership with the University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) as the “Official Educational Partner” for 2026 and 2027. The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH), located in Lima, Ohio, is known worldwide as a leader in the Automotive, Diesel, and High-Performance education industries. UNOH also offers world class degree programs in Business, Health, Marketing, Information Technology, Robotics, and many other fields of study. High Limit 4/9

• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)Despite closing its doors after the 2005 racing season, Silver Spring Speedway needs no introduction when it comes to racetrack history in the central Pennsylvania region. The Super Sportsman division was premier, drawing over 50 cars most nights. Fans showed up in droves to see some of the most competitive racing in the late model and street stock divisions at an affordable cost for admission and concessions. Central PA 4/9

• Open Wheel Showdown)Davey Hamilton, Jr. continues his relationship with Todd Ault and the Ault Companies in 2026, with OnlyBulls joining as the entitlement partner for the fourth annual Open Wheel Showdown. The OnlyBulls Open Wheel Showdown Presented by AskROI features six divisions of racing at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway November 5-7, 2026 including the $50,000-to-win Winged Sprint Car feature.Press Releases  4/9

• USAC)Two of USAC’s most oft-visited dirt tracks are on the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship slate This weekend in the state of Indiana. Both of which present some of the fastest and most exhilarating racing action of the season. USAC 4/9

• GLSS)The start of the 2026 season is here for the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP (GLSS) as teams again prepare to head south to Sweetwater, Tennessee and I-75 Raceway. For the third time, GLSS and the United Sprint Car Series will battle in the North VS South Sprint Car Challenge, bringing together the best of GLSS and the best of USCS. Press Releases  4/9

Wednesday April 8th

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury. Francis Ford Coppola

8:45pm

PRESS.....

• Placerville SpeedwayCA)The Nor*Cal Posse Shootout/ Legends Weekend presented by Berco Building Materials invades Placerville Speedway on Friday and Saturday May 1st and 2nd. Both nights feature Winged 360 Sprint Cars, with the opener handing out $5,000-to-win/ $400-to-start, while Saturday’s finale dishes out $8,000-to-win/ $500-to-start. Press Releases  4/8

• Chase Johnson Racing)The Chase Johnson Racing Team is pleased to announce it will return to action this season, while running a limited schedule of events. The two-night Mini Gold Cup was the first scheduled start for the team; however, Mother Nature canceled those plans with a storm system approaching Northern California. Press Releases  4/8

• Tyler Ross)Coming off back-to-back top-ten finishes, including a podium, to open the month of March, Tyler Ross was feeling good about the team’s speed and fast start. As a veteran 410 sprint car racer, Ross knows every day is a new day and nothing in the sport is guaranteed. You control what you can control and hope that is good enough to produce the results you want. Press Releases  4/8

• NARC)Despite everyone’s efforts, Mother Nature won this weekend. The Mini Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway will have to try again next year. Next up we head BACK to the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA on April 18.4/8

• Tri-City Raceway Park PA)Tri City Raceway Park had to postpone its scheduled opening race due to ongoing weather-related challenges that have impacted final preparations at the facility. Over the past several weeks, persistent winter conditions have delayed critical projects across the grounds. While substantial progress has been made—including significant improvements to the racing surface—the facility is not yet in condition to safely accommodate teams and spectators. Parking areas remain heavily saturated, and pit conditions are currently unsuitable for race operations. Press Releases  4/8

Tuesday April 7th

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.  Billie Holiday

11:45pm

PRESS.....

• Column)Article and Photo from Richard Golardi"Much-Anticipated Debut of Race for the Million Happens on Friday"Florida Open Wheel  4/7

• ASCS)Oklahoma. Home to the nation’s largest Micro Sprint hotspot, the Chili Bowl Nationals, and the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS). This weekend, the national 360 Sprint Car stars are coming home for a visit to one of the state’s fastest tracks and toughest regional competition.https://ascsracing.com/4/7

• NARC)This weekend NARC is headed to the Silver Dollar Speedway for the $10,000 to win Mini Gold Cup. FRIDAY NIGHT NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SPORT MODS & HOBBY STOCKS. SATURDAY NIGHT NARC 410 SPRINT CARS LIGHTNING SPRINTS.Tickets on sale now! https://silverdollar.ticketspice.com/mini-gold-cup-2026 LIVE on FloRacing. 4/7

• Placerville Speedway CA)Action returns to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds bullring of Placerville Speedway under the management of Russell Motorsports Inc. this Saturday during Coors Light Big Trophy Night. The evening of family fun marks point race number three in the Berco Building Materials/ Hoosier Tires championship season. All four of the track regulars will be in competition this weekend. Press Releases  4/7

• Perris Auto Speedway CA)Racing roars back to Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night, April 11, as Heimark Distributors presents a thrilling night of high-speed action headlined by the Avanti Windows and Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. Joining them will be the PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, and American Factory Stocks. Spectator gates open at 5:00 p.m., with racing at 7:00.Press Releases  4/7

• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)R.A. Smith & Sons Collision proudly presents Women in Motorsports Night, set for Sunday, May 17. This special evening will showcase the excitement of both 410 Sprint Cars and 358 Sprint Cars, bringing fans a full night of high-speed action while celebrating the impact women have made across the racing community. Central PA 4/7

• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)The fastest growing Easter egg hunt in York County reached a major milestone this year at BAPS Motor Speedway, featuring an incredible 14,000 eggs scattered across the grounds. Families poured in to take part in the annual tradition, which continues to expand year after year. What started as a small community gathering nearly 8 years ago has quickly become one of the most anticipated springtime events locally in York County. Central PA 4/7

• BAPS Motor Speedway PA)RA Smith & Sons Collision presents Women in Motorsports Night on Sunday, May 17, bringing an exciting evening of racing and recognition to the track. Fans will be treated to a thrilling program featuring both 410 Sprint Cars and 358 Sprint Cars, showcasing some of the best talent in the region. Central PA 4/7

• Landon Brooks)Landon Brooks and the Hamilton Racing team turned in their best performance of the young 2026 season on Saturday night, as the Rio Oso, CA driver powered to the team’s first win of the season at Placerville Speedway, which also marked his first career SCCT triumph. Press Releases  4/7

• Chance Grasty)Chance Grasty and the F&F Racing team got off to a good start on Saturday night in Placerville, CA, but things quickly turned for the team as they ultimately endured a DNF in the feature event. “After timing in second fastest in our qualifying flight, our night really went downhill, which was unfortunate,” Chance Grasty said. “We just got caught in bad spots in our feature and in our heat race, but it’s part of it on some nights.” Press Releases  4/7

• Colby Copeland)Traveling to Placerville Speedway on Saturday night with C&M Motorsports, Colby Copeland had a good night going during the SCCT opener until a late issue derailed his Top-10 run. “I feel like we made a ton of gains earlier in the night, but I still need to get better late in the night,” Copeland said. “We put ourselves in a good position for the feature, but I just didn’t feel great and felt like we were a little off.” Press Releases  4/7

• Husets Speedway SD)Single-day and multiple-day tickets are on sale for all of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series races at Huset's Speedway this season. The track hosts eight nights featuring 'The Greatest Show on Dirt' - the second most of any track across the country. Press Releases  4/7

• David Gravel)Big Game Motorsports driver David Gravel is back in action this weekend at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park in Pevely, Mo. The high-banked oval hosts the Federated Auto Parts Spring Classic on Friday and Saturday, marking the first of 12 straight weeks of racing for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series. Press Releases  4/7

• FloRacing)A new chapter in pavement sprint car racing begins Friday night with the inaugural Race for the Million event at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. The innovative series, featuring four events and a total purse exceeding $1 million, is set to open with a strong entry list of more than 50 drivers for the season-opening race.https://www.floracing.com/4/7