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BOSS Doubleheader on Tap Next

The first of two BOSS doubleheader weekends in 2013 is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, May 24th and 25th with appearances at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio and Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania. These events will make up rounds #2 and 3 of the 14 round BOSS heavyweight title fight. Coming off a great season opener with a strong 40 car field, BOSS officials expect excellent car counts both nights with plenty of track locals looking to knock off sprint car racing's true outlaws, the stalwarts of the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series.

Friday nights event at Wayne County Speedway will see BOSS sharing the card with the World of Outlaw late model series. This will give BOSS drivers the opportunity to present a whole new form of racing to many stock car fans who have never seen a traditional sprint car event in person. To compensate teams for the higher pit passes associated with a WoO event, the BOSS purse has been increased by $500 and each A-Main starter will earn $25 more than the standard BOSS purse. The additional money now makes the event $1425 to win and $275 to start the 25 lap A-Main. Several BOSS bonus awards will also be up for grabs including the $50 Horne Performance Hard Charger Award, the $50 Ernie's Radiator Repair Steel Block Award to the highest finishing steel motor, the $50 Buckeye Machine and Fabrication Hard Luck Award, and tire bonuses supplied by Hoosier and American Racer. Heat race money for the Wayne County event will be supplied by Underground Professionals Inc, K-D's Allegro Pizzeria, and Country Side Grocery and Drive Thru.

Previous winners at Wayne County, Dustin Smith (2 wins) and Mike Burkin (winner of this event last year) are both expected to be on hand leading into battle a strong field of BOSS regulars including Kirk Jeffries, Tony Beaber, Brandon Spithaler, Chuck Wilson, Mike Miller, Dallas Hewitt, Skip Dougherty, Aaron Middaugh, Mark Cassella, Chad Wilson, Derek Hastings, Adam Miller, Michael Fischesser, Steve Irwin, Matt Phillips, and Adam Cruea. Also entering the field will be legendary Johnny Beaber who has come out of retirement to run with BOSS and will be making his first appearance as a driver at Wayne County Speedway in nearly 20 years! In this event last year, Mike Burkin came from 15th starting position to win the main event and series officials are hopeful that another awesome display of passing will be seen again this year.

Pit gates will open at 4 pm on Friday and pit passes are $40. Raceceivers and transponders will be required. Wayne County does have transponders available for rent for $10. Mufflers are required and BOSS teams will pill draw for heat race starting positions. Drivers will be paid by BOSS in check after the main event.

Saturday night, the series will move on to Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania where last season, BOSS regular Brandon Spithaler of nearby Evans City used his knowledge of his hometown track to secure his first career series feature victory. Mercer fans can expect the same entry list of non wing warriors on Saturday night competing for the standard BOSS purse of $1400 to win and $250 to start. Bonus awards will once again be available and heat races will be sponsored by Ron's Lawn Service of Sharpsville, Kistler Engines, and Underground Professionals Inc. Pit gates will open at 4 pm. Raceceivers and mufflers are required and transponders will be provided free of charge by Precise Racing who will also have tires available at the track. Teams will once again pill draw for heat race lineups and drivers will be paid by BOSS in check after the main event.

For teams and fans alike who are planning to attend both events, the Econo Lodge in Kent, Ohio has offered a $49 per night hotel deal. The hotel is approximately halfway between the 2 events and trailer parking with security is provided directly across the street from the hotel. The Kent, Ohio police department will supply security and did an excellent job for the teams last year. To reserve your room, please call 330-678-9927 and be sure to ask for the "BOSS" racers rate of $49.

For more information or questions, please contact the series owner at 740-703-3768 or e-mail sprinter14@hotmail.com or log onto www.buckeyesprints.com For more information on the tracks you can also log onto www.waynecountyspeedway.com and www.mercerracewaypark.com .

 

 

Southwest Sprint Cars Headline Salute to Indy at CSP!

Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (May 20, 2013) – Memorial Day weekend has historically been tied to auto racing. And that will be the case this weekend at Canyon Speedway Park near Phoenix, as the 1/3-mile clay oval will host the Second Annual Salute to Indy on Saturday and Sunday.

The two-night tilt will feature the wingless competitors of the USAC Southwest Sprint Car series along with LoanMart Challenge Cup Sprint Cars, Micro Sprints and AMA Mod Lites.

Both nights of racing action go green at 7:00 p.m.

The Salute to Indy event will have some added money up for grabs for the USAC Sprint Car ranks as well. Saturday’s feature offers a $1,500 winner’s share and $200 to start with Sunday’s main event a $2,000 to win affair with $250 to start.

R.J. Johnson of Phoenix leads the USAC Southwest forces into the weekend with a 43-point advantage over reigning Arizona Sprint Car champion Charles Davis, Jr., with Ronnie Clark, Mike Martin and Bryan Swinehart rounding out the current top five. The balance of the top ten includes Josh Pelkey, Chris Bonneau, Shon Deskins, Justin Quinn and Stevie Sussex.

Johnson has been perfect in Southwest points action at CSP as well by topping both previous events at the 1/3-mile on March 16 and then April 27.

With three wins in four tries, Josh Shipley leads the LoanMart Challenge Cup Sprint Cars into the weekend with a nine point advantage over Johnny Shelton, Jr., though Matt Lundy topped the most recent event on May 11.

Dustin Cormany has topped four of six Micro Sprint features at CSP this year including the most recent pair of events with John Priest gunning to extend his run of two consecutive AMA Mod Lite triumphs.

Tickets for the Second Annual Salute to Indy are $15 on both Saturday and Sunday, with a $2 discount for Military, Seniors and Students. Children ages 7-12 are $6, with children 6 and under admitted free. VIP passes are available for $20.

Hotel Information can be found at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/fan-info/lodging/ or by calling the Holiday Inn Express at 623-853-1313.

To keep up on all the latest news and happenings, sign up for Canyon Speedway E-News. The track update registration can be found at the top of the www.canyonspeedwaypark.com home page.

The entire 2013 Canyon Schedule can be previewed online at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/schedule/.

Discounted CSP season passes are also available by calling the track office at 602-258-7223. Season ticket packages can be viewed at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/tickets/season-passes/.

Canyon Speedway Park is located in north Peoria, AZ, off Lake Pleasant Parkway, then 1.3 miles west on Carefree Highway. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-RACE(7223) or check online at www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.

 

 

Shaylen Raye Motorsports May 18th Results

(Clear Lake, WA) 5/20/13 by Kelly Hart – Racinghartmedia

The Shaylen Raye Motorsports Sprint Car racing team driven by Travis Jacobson was in action again Saturday May 18th at Skagit Speedway one week removed from an historic win in the inaugural Summer Thunder Sprintcar Series race. This time the team had the Shark 410 in the car and was competing against the biggest weekly field of 410’s in some time. Results were not much different from the first two weeks with the exception of a rare third fast time in qualifying. The time on the #18 car was 11.173, which was only .075 off Chad Hillier’s fast time of the night and .015 off Jonathan Jorgenson’s second fast time.

Once again the team had the luxury of using Saturday night as a test and tune session for the upcoming Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup at Skagit in late June. Using some new set up information, including different gearing and motor tuning from Brady Dart the team wanted to get some clean air to run in and find the sweet spot for future use. According to Jacobson, “Brady and I went with something completely different this week. We are trying a bunch of combinations on this car to get an idea of what we can and cannot do in open air and in close competition. We still want to win races but it’s just as important for us to know what this car is going to do so we aren’t guessing on a night with big money on the line.”

The end result was fourth in the heat race and fifth in the main from a 6th starting position. “The invert was 8, so that put us way back in the grid on the start. With the top 8 in the field timing in so close together and the track being wicked smooth and fast it was hard to move up too much this week. Nobody in front of us fell out so we were happy with what we got. We rolled the car onto the trailer and we learned a bunch of stuff about the car,” said Travis later that night.

Shaylen Raye Motorsports will return to Skagit Speedway this weekend May 25th for the John Carroll Classic. Travis was very close to John when he first started his racing career and to pick up a win would be an added highlight to the teams resume.

T-shirts, sweatshirts and ladies tank tops are all on sale before the races outside the main gate and in the pit area, at the hauler before and after the show. Quantities are limited to stock on hand so get yours early.

Shaylen Raye Motorsports is sponsored by Doyle Guffie’s Rallye Auto Sales, Shark Racing Engines, Shaffer Concrete, Wilson Concrete, Performance R/C, Anderson Pressure Washing, Meyer Sign and Advertising, TMM, Heavy D, Barlow Escrow, SpeedMart, Purple Moon Promo, Triple X Race Components, Vic’s Old Gas Pumps, Complete Equipment Maintenance, and McEvoy Oil Company of Bellingham. New for the 2013 campaign, Shaylen Raye Motorsports welcomes aboard 3 new sponsors. Triple E Enterprises, Jet City Equipment and Hyundai, and Scotties Plumbing and Repair.

If you are interested in joining the Shaylen Rae Motorsports team as a sponsor or marketing partner please call Mike Anderson at 360.6610792. Driver Travis Jacobson is available for media interviews by calling 425.754.5939. Racer public relations and media work is available by contacting Racinghartmedia via email Kelly@racinghartmedia.com or khart78@yahoo.com .

 

 

NCRA 360 “Sprint Car Mania” $2000 to win This Friday Night!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – May 20, 2013 - Former series champion Mike Peters of Wichita, Kansas will lead the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products 360-ci sprint car division back into action this coming Friday night as the tour will once again take part in the third annual “Sprint Car Mania” at RPM Speedway in Hays, Kansas.

After two events Peters holds a slim ten point lead over fellow Wichita resident Jeremy Campbell, who picked up his first victory of the season a couple of weeks ago at 81 Speedway. New Mexico traveler Joshua Hodges currently sits third in the point standings followed by Danny Wood and former three-time and defending tour champion C.J. Johnson.

Sitting sixth through tenth in the point standings are; Jeff Stasa, Jon Freeman, Luke Cranston, Marc Robe and Danny Jennings.

Other drivers expected include: Forrest Southerland, Adam Gullion, Wyatt Burks, Don Droud, Jr. and Jason Martin.

Now retired Garry Lee Maier won the inaugural “Sprint Car Mania” back in 2011 while severe weather cancelled last years running as cars were on the track for wheel pack. Close to thirty cars are expected for this event that pays $2000 to win and $300 to start the nights feature finale.

Pit gates at RPM Speedway on Friday night will open at 4:00 pm with grandstand admission gates opening at 6:00 PM. Racing action is slated for a 7:00 PMs tart time.

RPM Speedway is located off of I-70 at exit 157 (U.S. Alt 183) at the Ellis County Fairgrounds. For race information call (785) 639-7223.

For more information on the 43rd anniversary season for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas, find them at their online address www.racencra.com or call the series office (316) 755-1781. There you will find complete race schedules for all five divisions for the 2013 race season as well as race stories, current point standings, driver profiles and history information of series’ divisions of the past.

Current 2013 NCRA 360 Sprint Car Point Standings:

1) Mike Peters 565, 2) Jeremy Campbell 555, 3) Joshua Hodges, Danny Wood 545, 5) C.J. Johnson 475, 6) Jeff Stasa 450, 7) Jon Freeman, Luke Cranston 410, 9) Marc Robe 385, 10) Danny Jennings 375

 

 

Tri-State Speedway Hosts King of Indiana Sprint Series Sunday

May 20, 2013 – The annual Memorial Day holiday is this coming weekend, and Hoosiers will be busy. With only three races remain in the 2013 King of Indiana Sprint Series, Sunday's 30-lap feature at Tri-State Speedway promises to be huge. While Bedford's Brady Short is in the driver's seat, so to speak, in the point standings, his advantage isn't at all comfortable. He knows that several of the area's hottest drivers are also ready to claim the King's crown.

Short holds a 41-point lead over Dave Darland, who is coming off a big win at Bloomington Speedway last weekend. Third in points is Robert Ballou, who won the thrilling KISS feature at Kokomo Speedway. Just behind them are Hunter Schuerenberg and Kevin Thomas Jr., the latter coming off a streak of three consecutive USAC wins, including a big victory two weeks ago at Tri-State.

But Short didn't coast into the KISS lead. He earned it the right way, by winning two of the first three KISS races run. With everything meshing smoothly around his new ride in Cam Pottorff's DRC, he is as hot as any of those other drivers. And one advantage is that he can say that he already owns a KISS win at Tri-State Speedway, scored during his 2009 KISS championship run. The other KISS winners at Tri-State, Jon Stanbrough, Jeff Bland Jr., Daron Clayton and Justin Marvel, are not contending for this year's point title.

Sunday's event will be co-sanctioned by the busy Midwest Sprint Car Series, where Kevin Thomas Jr. currently holds the point lead. Tri-State's modifieds are also on the program. The race track is located on US 41, 16 miles north of Evansville, in Haubstadt, Indiana. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:30, with racing at 7:30. General admission tickets are $20, tickets for students 13 to 18 are just $15, and ages 12 and under are admitted free. Pit passes are $30. More information is available at www.tristatespeedway.com.

KISS Points: 1. Brady Short 570, 2. Dave Darland 529, 3. Robert Ballou 515, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg 362

2013 KISS SCHEDULE

May 3 Bloomington Speedway – Brady Short May 5 Kokomo Speedway – Robert Ballou May 10 Gas City I-69 Speedway – Brady Short May 18 Lawrenceburg Speedway - Rain May 26 Tri-State Speedway June 1 Paragon Speedway July 2 Terre Haute Action Track

 

 

Kraig Kinser Wins at Orange County Fair Speedway

By Kraig Kinser Racing PR

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—May 20, 2013— It’s often said that good things come to those who wait. Kraig Kinser had to wait an extra day to race at Orange County Fair Speedway in New York, after rain on Sunday, May 19 pushed the event back to Monday night, but he made the most of it, using a front row starting spot in the 25-lap main event at the sprawling 5/8-mile to lead the entire distance to record his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win of the 2013 season aboard the Casey’s General Store/Mesilla Valley Transportation Maxim.

Kinser lined up on the outside of the front row next to Chad Kemenah and won the drag race down the front straightaway at the drop of the green flag. He quickly opened a sizeable advantage in open track. Kinser first encountered lapped traffic on the eighth circuit, allowing Kemenah to close back in. After clearing the first couple of lapped cars, Kinser built his advantage back up near the midpoint of the race, which went non-stop green-to-checkers.

With six laps to go, the third-generation driver got hung up behind a lapped car, but was able to get around that machine while a torrid three-way battle for second ensued. Kinser would pull away again over the final three laps to score his first-career win at Orange County Fair Speedway. Last season at Orange County, he was running second on the last lap when he had a flat tire.

“It definitely feels great to win,” said Kinser. “We’ve had a tough start to the season so hopefully this turns things around and we can get rolling and string together a few more good finishes. Last year we had a heartbreaker here, so to pull off a win tonight kind of makes up for that.”

Kinser opened the night at Orange County Fair Speedway by turning the sixth-fastest lap in time trials of the 23 entries. He finished fourth in the third eight-lap heat race, which was good enough to earn him a spot in the dash. A dash inversion of six put the native of Bloomington, Ind., on the pole for the six-lapper, where he finished second to Kemenah.

“We started on the front row next to Chad (Kemenah) and he is one of my good friends, so I was glad to see him finish up here as well,” Kinser noted. “With the traveling and schedule that we have, we are all buddies out here, but we have to put that aside when it comes time to go racing and run as hard as we can. Hopefully we can carry this momentum into tomorrow night’s race at New Egypt.”

Prior to the event at Orange County Fair Speedway, Kinser competed at the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Friday, May 17. He finished a solid seventh with a stout field of 46-cars in attendance. He opened that night by recording the 14th-fastest lap in time trials, which put him on the pole of the second eight-lap heat race. Kinser would win the heat to earn a spot in the dash, where he would finish seventh. Starting on the inside of the fourth row for the 25-lap A-Feature, the third-generation driver ran among the top-10 for the duration of the contest and crossed the line seventh to earn the ninth top-10 finish of his career at the historic half-mile. The finale at Williams Grove on Saturday, May 18 was rained out and will not be rescheduled.

The first East Coast Swing of the season, which began last week at Lincoln Speedway in Pennsylvania, wraps up for Kinser tomorrow night (Tuesday, May 21) at New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey.

FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bell, KSE Racing Products, ButlerBuilt, Schoenfeld Headers, Donovan Engineering, Fel-Pro, Brodix, Wilwood, Dyer’s, Barnes Systems, Ringer Gloves, Jakes Custom Golf Carts, and Ben Cook Racing Limited for their continued support.

Keep up with all the action For the latest news on Kraig Kinser, visit http://www.kraigkinser.com, and follow Kraig on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kraigkinser11k and receive live updates from the track each and every race night.

Tune in Listen live to each and every World of Outlaws event on DIRTVision.com with “The Voice of the Outlaws” Johnny Gibson on the call. Visit www.DIRTVision.com for live audio of each and every World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event.

 

 

Covington, Kinder, Lemley and Mattox Win Mains

5/20/13

Matt Covington’s ASCS Sooner Region win led a solid pack of Triple X winners from this past weekend. Covington led the bulk of the race for the win at Thunderbird Speedway in Oklahoma. Fred Mattox also scored a win in OK with a triumph at Brill Motor Speedway. J Kinder took the first Triple X win of the year at Knoxville and Brock Lemley won his third main of 2013 at Skagit Speedway in Washington.

After being so close to victory multiple times this year, Matt Covington finally found luck breaking his way on Friday night. After leading early on a rough but fast Thunderbird Speedway in Oklahoma, Covington inherited the lead on the final lap after the race leader encountered mechanical woes to score the win in his T&L Foundry Sponsored Triple X. The win is Matt’s first this season, and comes after having led multiple mains himself only to be taken out by lapped cars.

A big opening lap start gave Fred Mattox his second win of 2013 in his Triple X. Mattox was slated to start outside row 2, and on the initial green, he made a huge move to put himself into the lead, which he would not relinquish over the duration of the feature. Fred also won his heat race.

J Kinder is attacking the Knoxville Raceway 305 division with everything he has, and the early results have been promising. On Saturday night, Kinder won his heat race and came from third to take the lead and his first feature win of the year in his Triple X chassis, passing the leader on lap 11 en route to the win.

Chalk up win number 3 for Brock Lemley at Skagit Speedway this season. A 5th place time trial effort followed by a runner-up in his heat race gave Brock and the Valliant Racing #8 Triple X an outside row two starting spot for the main. After moving up to second on a lap 3 restart, Lemley would blow past the leader on lap 7 to take the lead and the win, his second in 410 competition and third overall of the year.

 

 

Danny Holtgraver Leads UNOH All Star 'Ohio Region' Standings Entering Fremont Two Day Special UNOH All Stars Spend Memorial Day Weekend at Fremont Speedway May 25th & 26th

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Pittsburgh, PA (May 20th, 2013) - Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing did nearly the impossible this past weekend by winning two out of the three ’410’ main events that they were entered in. Holtgraver, who pilots the B&R Racing, Berlin Natural Bakery, Canton Erectors, Alternative Power Sources, DKW Transport, no. 45 ‘410’ sprint car, kicked off his recent weekend by winning the first of two ‘twin-25’ main events at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio on Friday, May 17th. The Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) sanctioned victory was the first of Danny Holtgraver’s young career. The former Lernerville Speedway ‘410’ track champion has visited Attica Raceway Park victory lane once before; that coming during UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions competition back in 2012. The victory was worth $2,500 and gave B&R Racing their third win of the 2013 season. Holtgraver would finish sixth (6th) in the second 25-lap, F.A.S.T. main event on Friday evening.

The B&R Racing ‘45’ team, lead by veteran crew leader and head wrench, Brian Kemenah, would continue their weekend of near domination by winning Saturday night’s UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions’ main event at the I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, West Virginia. The win was Danny Holtgraver’s first UNOH All Star win of the 2013 season, and his fourth career UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions victory. The ‘Mountain State’ main event triumph also gave the B&R Racing program it’s fourth (4th) total victory of the 2013 season. The UNOH All Star program on Saturday evening was the first in I-77’s history; with nearly thirty ‘410’ sprint cars making the call in Ripley, West Virginia. The recent weekend proved to be not only satisfying for Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing, but also motivating.

“It was just an unreal weekend...we needed that in a big way” explained Danny Holtgraver, “It’s obvious; we’ve been having our share of rough nights...but, this team never gave up...Chris, Brian, my dad, everyone who is involved; nobody gave up once...we kept our heads up and kept moving forward...this weekend was big for our confidence as well...allows us to see our potential and what we are capable of doing...I think we are motivated more than ever, now...my owners, Rob Hunter and Bryan Grove, has been more than supportive...it’s just a great feeling to win two out of three this weekend...just ‘wow.’”

Danny Holtgraver and the B&R Racing ‘45’ operation will spend the upcoming Memorial Day weekend at the Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio; competing in one of the year’s biggest ‘410’ sprint car events in the state of Ohio. The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will be invading the Fremont oval for two complete nights of UNOH All Star ‘Ohio Region’ competition this Saturday and Sunday, May 25th & 26th; highlighted with a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win finale on Sunday, May 26th. Holtgraver will enter the upcoming UNOH All Star Memorial Day weekend leading the ‘Ohio Region’ standings. The recent All Star victory at I-77 Raceway Park allowed Holtgraver and B&R Racing to take command of the ‘Ohio Region’ standing; leading former UNOH All Star ‘National’ champions, Dale Blaney and Tim Shaffer. Danny Holtgraver, who is a full-timer on the All Star tour in 2013, will also enter the weekend ranked fourth (4th) in the current UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions ‘National’ standings. This Saturday and Sunday’s double-header at Fremont Speedway will be the only events for Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing over Memorial Day weekend.

“We are heading into the weekend with lots of momentum, so that’s a huge plus!” explained Holtgraver, “Anytime you can get some momentum in this sport is huge...we aren’t going to be overconfident, but our heads will be higher than they have been...it just feels good to be on the better side of things for once...this team is working non-stop...I can’t wait to see what this weekend brings!”

Those who are seeking information regarding this weekend’s UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions events at the Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio can log on to www.fremontohspeedway.com; the official online home of Fremont Speedway. Additional nformation can also be found online at the official online home of the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions: www.allstarsprint.com.

News and information relating to Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing will be posted regularly right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ during the entire 2013 season. Be sure to check out the official online home of Danny Holtgraver at www.dannyholtgraver.com; as well as keep up with the Pittsburgh native via social networks including twitter: @holtgraverd4 and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DannyHoltgraverMotorsports

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Danny Holtgraver and Danny Holtgraver Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Kargo Quality Sales and Storage, Alternative Power Sources, Ambulance Information Management, DKW Transport, Bagley Auto Service, Kistler Engines, Butler Built, Simpson Racing, VRP Shocks, Classic Ink, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Canton Erectors, Berlin Natural Bakery, Alternative Power Sources, DKW Transport, J&J Chassis, Kistler Engines, VRP Shocks, Winters Rear Ends, ButlerBuilt, Simpson, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

 

 

SALDANA DELIVERS TOP TEN FINISH IN NEW YORK

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (May 20, 2013)—After a one night rain delay the World of Outlaws hit the clay at Orange County Fair Speedway, the oldest continuously operating dirt track in the United States.

Team owner Dan Motter drew the No. 1 pill, positioning Joey Saldana in the first hot lap session and the first out for qualifying. Saldana drove the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M to the No. 3 qualifying spot, turning his quick lap at 17.265 seconds.

The No. 1 qualifier was NASCAR star Tony Stewart (17.027) who was celebrating his 42nd birthday driving with the Outlaws.

Saldana’s Orange County Fair Speedway track record of 16.083 seconds set Sept. 24, 2008 remained intact.

In heat racing, Saldana rolled off fourth in the third group. Shortly after the green flag waved, pole sitter Justin Henderson got sideways and Saldana who was close behind, had a close call, but reacted quickly and was able to gather the 71M sprint car up to capture second position, avoiding contact with Henderson. Saldana maintained second place to the checkered flag and transferred to the dash.

“We had a solid finish in the heat and we were pleased with that. We hope to do well in the dash,” said Saldana. “Last year the feature was wild with several drivers blowing tires so we’ll see what the A-Main brings.”

After the dash inversion draw, Saldana was assigned the fourth starting position. During the six-lap dash, Tony Stewart was able to muscle his way around Saldana and the Brownsburg Bullet finished fifth and would therefore start fifth in the A-Main.

It was a drag race down the front straight when the green flag flew in the A-Main. Kraig Kinser jumped to the lead with Chad Kemenah in second. Tony Stewart and team driver Donny Schatz entertained the fans for the majority of the race, in a no surrender contest for third place. They swapped positions numerous times before the checkered flag flew.

Saldana, meanwhile got a bad start and lost three positions early. Though he was running fast and strong, the inside bottom of the track was where the passing action played out. Saldana was able to gain ground on some of the strong Outlaw contingent running behind him, but was unable to get a good run on the cars in front of him.

The event was won by Kraig Kinser, Chad Kemenah was second and the birthday boy, Tony Stewart, finished third.

Saldana finished eighth.

The Outlaws move on to New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey tomorrow night. During the dash draw, 71M sponsor Fatheadz will give a pair of eye glasses away to a lucky fan.

 

 

A Top 5 at the Home Track

5-18-2013 The 5K Race team was back at Mercer Raceway Park this weekend for a regular Saturday show. Adam lined up 6th to start the second heat race of the night and raced up to a 4th place finishing position. This put the Sunburst Environmental Services machine in the 9th spot to start the feature event.

At the drop of the green, Adam was on the hammer, and obviously liked the set up. By the 6th circuit he was up to 2nd and was chasing down the leader. A caution on lap 8 have him a shot, and on the restart he took the high line and pulled alongside the leader and battled down the backstetch door to door. Adam settled into second, and as the laps ticked off the car seemed to loose grip as the big right rear tire wore on the gritty track surface. By the last few laps the tire had sealed over and Adam cruised home in 4th. "The far felt good tonight" Adam commented after the race. "I feel like we had a car that could have won, we just picked the wrong tire tonight. We keep learning more every week".

The crew will spend the week preparing the car and hauler for a trip to the Fremont Speedway next weekend for a 2 day All Star Circuit of Champions show.

 

 

Stewart Scores Win in Attica, OH

PETERSEN MEDIA- Jumping in the Joe Gaerte owned No. 3G for the weekend, Shane Stewart scored a win on Friday night during the second of twin 25-lap feature events, before a plugged nozzle line knocked him out of Saturday night’s Earl Gaerte Classic in Plymouth, IN.

Getting underway on Friday night, at the Attica Raceway, Stewart and the 3G team were in action for the Eric Phillips 25th Anniversary event with twin 25-lap feature events.

Starting second in his heat race, Stewart got the jump aboard his All Star Performance/XYZ backed machine, and picked up the win, putting him in the fourth row of the first of the twin features.

Struggling a bit in the first feature, Stewart would start where he finished, as he scored a seventh place finish, however as fate would have it, the invert for the second feature was an eight, so by way of his finish, he started on the front row.

When the green waved for the second feature, Stewart dropped the hammer, and grabbed the early lead.

Out in front aboard a new Cool Chassis, Stewart was never seriously challenged until the final few laps where he felt pressure from D.J. Foos.

Though Foos gave Stewart his best effort, Stewart was not to be denied the win, as he picked up his second US win of the season.

“We were much better in the second feature than we were in the first one,” Stewart said. ‘The guys went to work on it after the first race, and the Cool Chassis was rolling pretty good, and we were able to grab a win.”

Fresh off the win, Stewart and the 3G Racing team headed to Plymouth, IN to take part in the Earl Gaerte Classic, a race in honor of his car owner, Joe Gaerte’s father.

In what was an interesting night of events, Stewart’s night was ultimately cut short with mechanical gremlins.

While running in the second spot, something didn’t feel right under the hood, and Stewart elected to pull off as he thought the motor was going away.

“Saturday night I thought we were burning down the motor so I pulled in, and fortunately we only had some nozzle lines plugged up,” he said. “Saturday was an adventure in itself, so hopefully this upcoming weekend is better for us.”

2013 BY THE NUMBERS- Starts-33, Wins-7, Top 5’s-16, Top 10’s-20.

ON TAP: Shane and the 3G Racing team will be in action in Lima, OH on Friday before a pair of nights at the Fremont Speedway on Saturday and Sunday.

STAY CONNECTED: For all of the latest news on Shane Stewart visit his website at www.shanestewart.com or become a fan of his on facebook at www.facebook.com/ShaneStewartRacing. You can also follow him on twitter @ShaneStewart57.

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Tiner Third at Hooker Hood Classic

PETERSEN MEDIA: Steven Tiner spent his weekend at the Riverside International Speedway competing in the Hooker Hood Classic aboard a replica tribute car for the sprint car legend, and scored a third place finish.

“I have to thank everyone who made this deal possible,” Tiner said. “The car was an old 1995 non down tube car that Wade Oliver built, and we got it rolling pretty good on Saturday.”

Starting his heat in the second spot, Tiner got the jump and raced the ‘Tennessee Tornado’ No.99 to a heat race win, putting it in the second row of the feature event.

With Tim Crawley out front, Tiner was able to work his way up to the second spot, where he chased after Crawley in lapped traffic.

Keeping Crawley within striking distance, Tiner brought the crowd to their feet as he pulled up alongside him, and challenged for the lead.

With a brake issue plaguing him during the feature, Tiner lost the handle as he pressured Crawley, and did two 360’s, but was able to keep the car under power, though he slipped back to the eighth spot.

Knowing the importance of the race, and the importance of the car he was in, Tiner again surged toward the front, as he found himself back up to the fourth spot, as the white flag waved.

Getting past Marshall Skinner on the last lap, Tiner would end his Hooker Hood Classic with a third place finish.

“I had a blast, and love getting back to the ditch to race,” he said. “It’s great getting down here to see all the friends I made when I raced out here a number of years ago.”

Steven and his Steven Tiner Racing team would like to thank BR Motorsports, King Racing Products, Elma Lanes, Larry Davis Farms, Wright Process Systems, Harvest Supply, Powder Coat-It, SRP, Wilwood, FSR, Dan Olson Race Prodcuts, Sander Engineering, Sweet Manufacturing, Good Ridge, Schoenfeld, Western Metal Company, and Roseville Precision for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-7, Wins-0, Top 5’s-4, Top 10’s-4

ON TAP: Tiner will now head to the Marysville Raceway Park on Saturday night for the Mel Hall Memorial, before heading to the Silver Dollar Speedway on Sunday night for the fair race. Both are California Civil War Events!

 

 

Big Weekend For Drivers on FK Shocks

PETERSEN MEDIA: Factory Kahne shocks led many drivers to victory lane over the weekend, as well as a driver winning a race, and setting a 30-lap track record in doing so.

Darren Hagen simply dominated the midget event at the Angel Park Speedway over the weekend. Hagen not only won the race, but his FK shocks helped him establish a new 30-lap track record at the facility.

In Fernley, NV, Jonathan Allard picked up his third win in three weeks since switching over to Factory Kahne Shocks. Grabbing the lead just prior to the halfway point, Allard grabbed the lead and never looked back en route to his first King of the West win of the season.

In Placerville, CA it was long time FK driver, Shane Golobic, picking up the win. Grabbing the lead on the 10th lap, Golobic picked up the popular win despite packing his right rear full of mud with just a handful of laps to go.

At the URSS race in Lamar, Ty Williams picked up his first win of the year with his FK shocks helping him find victory lane.

On Saturday night at the Selinsgrove Speedway it was Pat Cannon picking up another win at the track on his FK’s tuned by Highlands Powersports.

In micro action, Gio Scelzi picked up the feature event win at the Plaza Park in Visalia, CA on Friday night, while Michael Faccinto picked up his fourth win of the season on Saturday night at the Lemoore Raceway in Lemoore, CA.

Factory Kahne continues to develop the latest, and greatest in suspension technology, to get your set, contact your local dealer today!

JOIN THE TEAM: Factory Kahne Shocks continue to prove their performance all across the country. Why wait any longer to join the winning team? Visit www.factorykahne.com, our West coat dealer, Kaeding Performance, at www.kaedings.com, by calling 1-800-KAEDINGS, give our Midwest dealer, Wayne Priddy of Bruce Racing, a call at (214)-326-8185, our new Indiana store, Matt Hummel, Matt@factorykahne.com or (317) 294-9858, or e-mail our East coast dealer, Highlands’ Powersports at zhighlands@aol.com to order yours today!

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Dewease Struggles With Outlaws

PETERSEN MEDIA: With the World of Outlaws coming into his home turf, Lance Dewease hoped to rise to the occasion, however that wasn’t the case as the Fayetteville, PA driver had his fair share of issues during the two nights of action.

“We pretty much stunk the joint up all weekend,” Dewease said. “We didn’t time in well at all, and that really hurt us both nights.”

Taking to the Lincoln Speedway on Thursday night, Dewease’s night started off with him timing his Lelands.com/Conduit Connections/Pasquirellos Auto Shop entry in with the 26th fastest lap of the night during time trials.

Starting seventh in his heat, Dewease was able to make a brilliant move on the start of the race, and jumped up into the fifth and final transfer spot, where he would finish, and make the call to the feature event.

Starting 21st in the feature, Dewease was not able to get going as he had his hands full, and wound up with a 22nd place finish.

Friday night the scene shifted to the historic Williams Grove Speedway, and Dewease looked to improve on his performance at the Lincoln Speedway.

With 46 cars in the pit area, Dewease timed his Penske Racing Shocks/Wings Unlimited/Brown and Miller Racing Solutions backed entry in with the 34th quickest lap during time trials.

Lining up ninth in his heat, Dewease was able to work up to a seventh place finish, but that was not good enough to get him into the feature event, and he would have to make a stop in the LCQ for a final shot at making the A.

Lining up 14th in the LCQ, Dewease would not put on the charge that he had hoped for, as a 12th place finish ended his night.

“When you time in poorly with the World of Outlaws you usually have long nights, and that is what happened with us. We have a busy week ahead of us, so now we will go to work, and hurry up and put this weekend behind us.”

Dewease and his Heffner Racing team would like to thank Lelands.com, Conduit Connections, Pasquirellos Auto Shop, Penske Racing Shocks, Wings Unlimited, Brown and Miller Racings Solutions, Keizer Wheels, DMI Racing Components, Schoenfeld Headers, Hanks Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Viper Venom fuels, ATL Fuel Cells, Schaeffer Racing Oils, Astro Titanium, Tom Shockey Collision, Kirkey Racing Seats, Michael Graphics, Valley Forge Inc., Bell Helmets, WRT Web Designs, and WRT SpeedWerx for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-26, Wins-1, Top 5’s-8, Top 10’s-18

ON TAP: The Heffner Racing team is now scheduled for a busy week, as they will be at the New Egypt Speedway on Tuesday night, the Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, Port Royal on Saturday and at the Selinsgrove Speedway on Sunday.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with Lance by visiting his website, www.lancedewease.com, or liking his Facebook Page, Lance Dewease Motorsports.

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Rilat Returning to Washington for ASCS Northwest Region Opening Weekend

Inside Line Promotions - MESQUITE, Texas (May 20, 2013) - Following a rough Saturday night in Texas, Travis Rilat is looking forward to returning to the Northwest and the friendly confines of Richard and Lana Saumure's sprint car this weekend.

Rilat, who finished a season-best second in his lone event in the Northwest this season, will head to Washington for the ASCS Northwest Region season-opening event Friday and Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma.

"It's a good track," he said. "It's racy and it's just about the right size."

Rilat drove from 10th to place fifth in the ASCS Northwest Region opener last season and followed that by winning a heat race and charging from eighth to third the following night at Grays Harbor Raceway.

It will be a nice change of pace after an issue in the valve train sidelined Rilat in his own car on Saturday at Devil's Bowl Speedway.

"We had engine trouble in hot laps," he said. "We had no spare to put in, so we packed it up, opened a beer can and watched the race.

Rilat, who shipped the engine back to Shark to be fixed, isn't scheduled to compete in his car for the next few weeks.

SEASON STATS -

7 races, 0 wins, 3 top fives, 4 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 7 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday and Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., with the ASCS Northwest Region

MEDIA LINKS -

Twitter: www.twitter.com/TravisRilat

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"They do so much stuff I can't even keep up," Rilat said. "They are one of the major sponsors and we're grateful for all of the help they provide."

Additionally, Rilat thanks Shop the BOSS, Triple X Race Co., Shark, Weld Wheels, Smiley's Racing Products, KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Hoosier Racing Tire, HRP Wings, Goodrich, Penske Racing Shocks, All Star Auto Reconditioning and everyone who has partnered with his No. 29 Triple X.

Rilat would also like to thank Xtreme Oilfield Technology, TriJet Manufacturing Services, Scott Safety, Mat's Oilfield Services, Weld Wheels, Factory Kahne, Shark, Northern Provincial Pipelines, Smiley's Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers and Goodrich among others for their continued support on Richard and Lana Saumure's No. 39c Maxim.

 

 

TK Fourth in Lincoln, PA

PETERSEN MEDIA- Taking on the PA Posse over the weekend, Tim Kaeding scored a fourth place finish on Thursday night at the Lincoln Speedway, before having a forgettable night at the Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, as Mother Nature cancelled Saturday and Sunday’s events.

With rain delaying the race at Lincoln to Thursday night, TK represented the West Coast against the vaunted PA Posse as he timed his Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation/3H Cattle in 13th quickest.

His qualifying effort was ideal with the World of Outlaw format as he found himself on the front row of his heat race alongside Brad Sweet.

Getting the jump on Sweet, TK would pick up the win, and put his Mobil1/FK Rod Ends/Weld Wheels backed entry into the feature event, and also earned a spot in the night’s dash.

Lining up on the front row of the dash with Danny Dietrich, TK lost the drag race into turn one, and TK got in line and settled for a second place finish, putting him on the front row of the feature, again with Dietrich.

When the green flag dropped in the feature, TK slipped back as he lost position to Donny Schatz, and battled with Sammy Swindell for the third spot, early in the feature.

Battling the Hall of Famer on the fast Central PA track, Kaeding would slip back to the fourth spot, as laps wound down.

Fending off a pesky Brad Sweet, TK would hang on to the fourth spot as he took the checkered flag.

“We had a good car on Thursday, but we could have been a little better,” TK said. “Troy and the boys have been working hard, and we will certainly take a top five in PA, a place that I typically struggle.

Back in action on Friday night with the World of Outlaws against the PA Posse, the scene shifted to the Williams Grove Speedway.

Though the night began well for Kaeding , he would struggle once heat races rolled around.

“We were decent in qualifying, but we were right in no man’s land where and didn’t get the start we needed in the heat race,” he explained.

Timing in seventh fastest, Kaeding slipped back to the fifth spot, and transferred to the feature event, though he started in the 15th spot.

When the race went green, it was apparent TK did not have the best car, as he fought a very ill handeling racecar, and ended up finishing in the 24th spot.

“We were way too free on Friday in Williams Grove, but it certainly was not for a lack of effort,” he said. “We tried some things and they just didn’t work, so we will learn from that and move forward.”

Tim and his Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support in 2013.

2013 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-20, Wins-4, Top 5’s-11, Top 10’s-14.

ON TAP: TK and his Roth Motorsports team will be in action tonight (Monday) at the Orange County Speedway before heading to the Dirt Track in Charlotte on Friday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Roth Motorsports by checking out their new website, www.rothmotorsports83.com. You can also follow Tim on Twitter by following @tkaedingracing.

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The Biggest Week In Motorsports

By- Jim Rouse, BRP Media

5-20-13. Ocala, FL- The professionals all have huge events this week-end (The Grand Prix of Monaco, The Indianapolis 500, and the World 600) but Bubba Raceway Park has a huge night of racing to challenge. The Bubba Army 360 Sprint Cars return while the Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds, the Bubba Army Hobby Stocks who will race for $750, the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators defend their turf.

The Bubba Army Sprint Cars have a shocker a top the standings- Danny Martin, Jr. is the leader. Okay, "The Hammer" has been here plenty of times but he does have Robbie Smith and "The Captain" Tony Agin on his tail. While Smith and Agin have been quite succesful at the 3/8 mile, neither has won in quite some time. Johnny Gilbertson made his first trip to Bubba Raceway Park in the Bubba Era and found himself P4 in the standings. Rookie driver Andy Cobb rounds out the top five after an impressive debut so far. It's hammer down if they're to beat "The Hammer".

The Scorpion Modifieds see experience on top as the top two have won all four features this season. Buzzie Reutimann is the points leader and has been all year long; however, Jeff Mathews is just forty-four points behind. Mathews has won three-consecutive and is currently undefeated in Modified competition at the 3/8 mile. Mathews has his team-mate, Bryan Bernhardt, right behind him. Bernhardt has been learning and speed is in the car- he just needs to find a way to beat his car owner! Charlie O'Neill slipped to fourth last week but could lose more with "The Wellsville Wheelman" Paul Snyder right behind him. Who can stop "The Repo Man"?

The Bubba Army Hobby Stocks saw a shake up at the top with Brian Shea going from fourth to first after a big week. With Shea the points leader for the first time since his 2011 Thunder Stock championship, he has a target upon his back again. "Young Guns" Devin Walker and Hunter Gustafson will have to be smart and chase Shea down for a championship. Matt Kramer remains within a night's worth of points but Alvin Adkison is chasing him down for the fourth position. Last week's top five now has a combined one Hobby Stock win in the Modern Era, but that $750 prize may bring the heavy hitters out in force.

The 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks had four non-winners in the top five, including first-timer William Gillam. Gillam took "MAX POINTS" and now has the points lead for the first time in his career. Tony Campbell hopes to do what Gillam just did and regain his championship lead. Brandon Elwood, also a winner in 2013, sits just twenty-two back in third. A career run didn't end like it should've for Brandon Tillander but so many positives will come from a brilliant performance for driver #73. Tillander jumped to fourth and he brought Melvin Fockler with him. Fockler took a career-best second place and feels that his time in Victory Lane is nearing. Will it be reunion or new friends visiting Coors Light Winner's Circle?

The Rent-N-Roll Gladiators have an exciting battle for the championship with just three points separating the top two. Josh Fincher is still the leader, but Stephen Frankland's record-tying fourth consecutive win is making defense tough. Behind those two is Bill Southard, who is hoping for an error from the top two. Southard, however, can't slip or Jerry Taylor will strike! Taylor has already won this season and hopes to get his second and prevent history for Frankland. Rounding out the top five is Tom Sheehan. Sheehan is all alone as he's well behind Taylor and he has a massive gap over the rest of the pack. Does history await or does it wait longer?

The pits open at 4, stands open at 5, and racing is scheduled for 7. For more info you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call us at 352-622-9400! Also, don't forget our exciting month of June- the 15th is Excellence In Education Night. On the 15th, any elementary grade student may bring in their report card and, if they are on the A-B Honor Roll, they will receive a free kid's Coke, a free kid's popcorn, and an autographed photo of Tyler Clem. We will also donate $4.00 back to the school. Of course, on the week-end of the 22nd we have our Summer Spectacular for the Late Models, Hobby Stocks, and Thunder Stocks. Don't miss a huge month of June at Bubba Raceway Park!

 

 

Bad Luck Bites Netto in Watsonville

PETERSEN MEDIA: Right now DJ Netto is thinking that if it weren’t for bad luck, he would not have any luck at all, as a faulty oil line sidelined him Friday night at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA.

“If we could get some good luck on our side, we would be okay, but right now nothing seems to want to go our way,” Netto said.

At the ultra competitive Ocean Speedway racing with the Taco Bravo Series, Netto opened the night up by timing his Netto Ag/Penny Newman Grain/Bogies Auto Parts machine in eighth fastest.

In his heat race, the Hanford, CA driver got his elbows up and raced his way to a second place finish, putting him in the feature event, where he would start in the seventh spot.

“As the night got going, I felt pretty good about everything,” he said. “We had put a new car together, and it was working well, and we were pretty fast from hot laps through the heat, so I had some confidence heading into the 30-lap feature.”

Starting in the fourth row, Netto had a strong start, as he worked his way into the fifth spot, where he raced with Bud Kaeding for a few laps as they battled for the fourth spot.

With just six laps remaining, Kaeding got past Netto, and Netto ran in the fifth spot, until an oil line blew, and his night was over.

“We were having a really good night, and then we lost an oil line right after Bud Kaeding got us,” he said. “Aside from that it was fun to battle with Bud (Kaeding), and a few other guys. Our luck has to get better soon, and we will just ride this out until it passes.”

DJ and his Netto Racing team would like to thank Netto Agriculture, Penny Newman Grain, Bogies Auto Parts, and Vande Pol Enterprises for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-15, Wins-0, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-5

ON TAP: DJ and his Netto Motorsports will be back in action this weekend against the King of the West Series as they take to the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA for action on Saturday night and Sunday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with DJ and his team by following him on twitter @DJNetto88.

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Wimmer Third at Earl Gaerte Classic

PETERSEN MEDIA: Back in action with his Destiny Motorsports team for two nights of action over the weekend, Brandon Wimmer scored a third place finish on Saturday night at the Earl Gaerte Classic in Plymouth, IN a night after scoring 11th and 13th place finishes during Twin-25 night at the Attica Raceway Park.

“I am very pleased in the direction we are heading,” Wimmer said. “We have gotten better every weekend we have been together, and you really cannot ask for too much more than that.”

Heat race action saw Wimmer line the Mondak Portables/Rick Rogers Construction/Speedmart backed entry up in the second row.

A strong start saw Wimmer, use the high side of the speedway to muscle his way to the lead, as he won the race going away, putting him in the third row for the feature event.

Lining up in the fifth spot, Wimmer got up to the third spot in no time, as he began battling with Shane Stewart as they raced for the second spot.

With Stewart breaking at the midway point in the feature, Wimmer took over the second spot, and caught up to the leader as they raced in heavy traffic, only to have the yellow fly, stopping his progress.

On what was a very rough track, Wimmer hooked a rut on the restart, and ended up falling back to the third spot, where he would ultimately finish.

“I am thrilled we could get a third place finish on Saturday night in only our fifth or sixth race together,” he said. “Scott Benic and myself are figuring each other out, and are figuring some stuff out with our cars, and I am really looking forward to getting back to the track.”

Friday night, Wimmer and the Destiny Motorsports team were at the Attica Raceway Park for the Eric Phillips 25th Anniversary race, featuring two 25-lap feature events.

In the first feature, Wimmer lined up in the fourth spot, and got off to a rough start, as he dropped outside to the top five, and worked on keeping his machine in the top eight, as the top eight finishers were inverted to line up the second feature.

Running in the seventh spot late in the feature, Wimmer ran out of fuel, and limped across the finish line in the 11th spot, meaning he would start the second race in the 11th spot.

“We were a little off in the first feature, but I was hoping we could hold on and start in the front of the second one, but we ran out of fuel and slipped back to 11th,” he said.

“In the second feature, we just went the wrong direction with the car and ended up 13th.”

Destiny Motorsports would like to thank Mondak Portables, Rick Rogers Construction, Speedmart, Wesmar Racing Engines, Driver Websites, and Benic Enterprises for their support through the 2013 season.

2013 DESTINY MOTORSORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-14, Wins-0, Top 5’s-1, Top 10’s-2

ON TAP: Brandon and the Destiny Motorsports team will be back in action this weekend at the Attica Raceway on Friday night, before heading to the Fremont Speedway on Saturday and the Eldora Speedway on Sunday night.

 

 

David Hesmer – Building Momentum!

(Bill W) May 21, 2013 – Driver David Hesmer and the BDS Motorsports #1 team are building momentum after last Saturday night at Knoxville. After registering the 12th quick time of the night among the 30-car field, the Marshalltown, Iowa driver locked himself into their first feature of the season. They will be back this Saturday night at Knoxville.

Despite the track going away in qualifying, David managed the 12th quick time of night after coming out 24th in line. “The car was definitely nice early on,” he says. “The things that (Owner/Crew chief) Bryan (Sundby) had come up with the week before knocked down about 1/3 of what our problem was. The car was really nice when the dirt had some traction in it.”

Starting third in the heat, the team tried something a little different. Despite backing up, they picked up the sixth and final transfer spot to the main event. “We experimented a little bit in the heat and that backfired on us,” admits David.

He would line up eleventh in the feature. “We probably just didn’t keep up with the racetrack as well as we should have,” says David. “I tried the wing forward, and I tried the wing back. I decided I was going to make a nice run on the top of one and two on one of the restarts, and jumped the cushion. I got up to the wall. I didn’t touch it, but I got up close and personal.”

David decided to try the bottom groove after that. “I stuck to the bottom after that, and we were just off,” he says. “When Davey Heskin lapped me, I thought there was no sense being in the way, so I pulled in.”

After mechanical ills after practice night kept them out of the season opener, the team had a rough night with the Outlaws. Saturday was a nice bounce back for the team, and they are looking forward to this Saturday night at Knoxville. “The BDS Motorsports team is definitely moving forward,” says David. “We just have some other sniglets to work out. Once the car feels comfortable underneath me, I’m confident with Al Parker tuning the engines and Bryan tuning the chassis, we’ll be just fine. This was the second night out, with our first being with the Outlaws. Certainly, the team is moving forward and in the right direction. I know the feel I’m looking for, and once I find that or close to it, I’ll feel more competitive with the other guys.”

David and the BDS Motorsports team would like to thank: Action Auto Parts, JaFar Lawn Service, Parker Engines, Maxim Chassis, Super Shox, Champion Brands, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Astro Titanium, Speedway Motors, Sign Pro of Newton, HRP, KSE Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Kustom Sprintcar Supply, Fuel Safe, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Simpson Race Products, Sebastian Sandblasting & Powdercoating, Butlerbuilt, Schoenfeld Headers and Red Devil Brakes.

 

 

Mitchell Fifth at the Thunderbowl

PETERSEN MEDIA- Struggling with the USAC/CRA Series thus far in 2013, Matt Mitchell made some steps in the right direction on Saturday night as he scored a fifth place finish, his best series finish of the season.

“We are getting a lot better, but we were so far behind, we still have some stuff to improve on,” he said.

Making his first start at the high-banked track of the season, Mitchell got off to a great start as he timed in third fastest during time trials, putting him inside the main event inversion.

“We have struggled a ton in time trials, so to step it up at a tough track like Tulare, was awesome,” he explained.

A fifth place finish in his heat, put him in the second row for the 30-lap feature event on the high-speed track.

When it went green, Mitchell hooked up in an entertaining with Danny Faria and Bud Kaeding.

Battling for third-fifth for most of the race, Mitchell wound up on the short end of the battle, as he dropped back to fifth.

Keeping Kaeding within striking distance, Mitchell was unable to get back up to the fourth spot, and settled with the fifth place finish.

“Everything about our night on Saturday was better,” he said. “We timed in better, raced better, and most importantly, we finished better. We still have a ways to go, but we will take progress.”

Matt Mitchell Racing would like to thank, A.R.T. Enterprises, MPD Racing, Parker Performance Engines, Caliagua, Bell Helmets, and Hedman Hedders for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-14, Wins-1, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-6

ON TAP: Matt and his team will return to action on Saturday night at the Perris Auto Speedway for the USAC/CRA ‘Salute to Indy’.

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Gregg Second at Placerville

PETERSEN MEDIA: Andy Gregg rebounded from a nasty heat race flip, and just narrowly came up short at taking his third straight Placerville Speedeway feature event win, and settled for a second place finish behind Shane Golobic on Saturday night.

“To even be in contention to win after that heat race crash is a huge testament to this team,” Gregg said.

With 24 cars on hand, Gregg opened the night up by timing his Coors Light/LivFast/GUTS Racing machine in third fastest, putting him in the third row of his heat race.

During heat race action, Gregg was involved in a nasty accident in turns three and four, that saw his machine airborne very high, and flip several times.

Uninjured in the wreck, Gregg and his team went to work to get the car ready for the B main, which they were able to do.

Picking up a second place finish in the B, Gregg found himself in the second row of the feature event as the ‘0’ pill was pulled to set the line up.

Jumping up to the third spot on the opening lap, Gregg rocketed around Shane Golobic and Andy Forsberg to grab the early lead, much to the crowd’s delight.

Pacing the field out front, Gregg began to feel pressure from Golobic as he entered lapped traffic, and lost the lead on the 10th lap, as Golobic had the opening that he needed to sneak past.

In the second spot, Gregg kept Golobic within striking distance, as he gave him everything he could handle, but wasn’t able to get around him, and settled for second after a very eventful night.

“I cannot say enough about everyone who had their hands on our car helping,” Gregg said. “I thought we were done for the night, but my guys and some other people came together, and put a really fast racecar under me tonight.”

Andy would like to thank Coors Light, LivFast Clothing Co., GUTS Racing, Meyers and Son Drywall, Ervin Sales Group, K&N Products, FK Rod Ends, Eagle Motorsports, King Racing Products, BR Motorsports, Hinchman, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and 103.5 The Blaze for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-14, Wins-2, Top 5’s-7, Top 10’s-8

ON TAP: Andy now plans on competing with the California Civil War Series this weekend as they travel to the Marysville Raceway Park on Saturday night before heading to the Silver Dollar Speedway on Sunday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with Andy by following him on twitter @andygregg16x.

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Covington Scores First Win of year

PETERSEN MEDIA- Matt Covington put an absolute nightmarish start to the 2013 season behind him over the weekend as he scored his first win of the season at Thunderbird Speedway, and backed it up with a fourth place finish at the Devils Bowl Speedway on Saturday.

“It’s been no secret we have had rotten luck and struggled a lot so far this year,” Covington said. “I have to thank Jason Martin a ton for coming on board and helping us out, as well as all of our partners who have stuck with us.”

With his luck turning around in the heat race pill draw on Friday, Covington took advantage and picked up the heat win aboard his T&L Foundry/Triple X/Winters entry, and earned a berth in the redraw, which put him on the front row of the feature.

Jumping out to an early lead, Covington was flawless for the first 13 laps on the rough, and tricky track, until he caught a rut, and surrendered the lead.

Heading to the high-side of the speedway, Covington put together a monster run as he looked to take the lead back, but the yellow came out, setting up a green-white-checkered finish, and halting his progress.

In the second spot, the favor was returned as Covington took advantage of the leader hitting a rut, and went on to pick up his first win of the year.

“I couldn’t believe it when we hit the rut and lost the lead,” he said. “It’s how our season has went, but to end up coming back and winning is huge, and I hope it spring boards us to a few more.”

Heading to the Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, Covington’s pill draw luck returned, as the 70 pill put him in the back of a very tough heat race.

Able to pass two cars, Covington made the transfer to the feature event as he put his Brodix/C.G. Martin Company/Factor 1 Racing machine in the sixth row of the feature event, on the very fast track.

As the green light’s flashed, Covington showed everyone he was very strong, as he went to work fast, as he charged towards the top-five.

By the 15th lap, Covington had found the top five, and on the 20th circuit he took over the fourth spot.

The fourth spot is where the Glenpool, OK driver would ultimately finish, capping off a very needed, and positive weekend for his team.

“I cannot complain at all about the weekend,” he said. “We had a great car, and had two great finishes. Like I said before, I can’t thank everyone enough for sticking with me.”

Matt and his Covington Racing team would like to thank T&L Foundry, Triple X Chassis, Winters, Brodix, C.G. Martin Company, Factor 1 Racing, All-Star Performance, Outlaw Wings, Pro Shocks, DMI Components, Keizer Wheels, ButlerBuilt, Simpson Race Products, GME Steering, Wesmar Racing Engines, and Schoenfeld Headers for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-13, Wins-0, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-7

ON TAP: Covington has a very busy weekend lined up as he will be in action on Thursday night at the I 80 Speedway in Nebraksa before heading to the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night and the Double X Speedway in Missouri on Sunday night.

STAY CONNECTED: For all the latest news of Matt Covington, visit his website, www.mattcovingtonracing.com, like him on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Covington-Racing-wwwmattcovingtonracingcom/154701427982961, or follow him on twitter, @mattcovington11.

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Cox has WILD Reno Trip

PETERSEN MEDIA: With a 360ci engine bolted into his Van Dyke Motorsports No. 5h machine, Justyn Cox headed to the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway in Fernley, NV to take on the King of the West Series, and it ended up being a wild weekend for the youngster.

The action of Cox kicked off on Friday after hot laps, as a secondary fuel line developed a leak, and when Cox got off the throttle, his machine was engulfed in flames, fortunately he was able to escape with minor burns on his ankles.

“It was my first fire in a racecar, and it was a pretty scary situation,” he said. “Fortunately, MotoWear puts out an awesome product and I was relatively uninjured except for some minor burns on my ankles.”

Electing to stay in the cockpit for the rest of the night, Cox proceeded to time in 10th quickest, putting him on the front row of his heat race.

Getting the jump in his heat, Cox picked up the win, and transferred his Lucas Oil/K&N Product’s/JRI Shocks entry in the night’s dash.

Starting fourth in the dash, Cox was a little snug, and slipped back to the fifth spot, where he would finish, on the first lap, and got in line, and maintained.

The start of the feature was not what Cox had hoped for.

In the sixth spot with just a few laps complete, Cox checked up with a spinning car in front of him, and contact behind him sent his machine upside down, and he was done for the night.

“I’m not even sure what happened,” he said. “We were in the sixth spot just making laps, and holding our own, then cars got out shape in front of us, and I got in the break and then got hit and went for a ride.”

Making repairs, the team was back in action on Saturday night, and Cox was able to lay down a solid lap in time trials, as he was ninth quick, on the very slick track.

Starting on the front row of his heat, Cox didn’t get the jump he was looking for, and slipped back to the third spot, where he would finish putting him in the feature, but not the dash.

With the way the track was, Cox and his team elected to save their tires and fuel after two weekends of crashes, and started the feature and pulled in.

“With a couple crashes the last couple of weeks, and the way the track was taking rubber, we elected to just take the green and pull in and re group.”

Justyn and his Van Dyke Motorsports team would like to thank Lucas Oil, K&N Products, JRI Shocks, Rodgers Racing Engines, K1 Safety Gear, JRD Endeavors, Sacramento Theatrical Lighting, and College Cyclery for their support during the 2013 season.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-18, Wins-1, Top 5’s-6, Top 10’s-9

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Rose Back in the Saddle as World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Invades Northeast

Inside Line Promotions - MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (May 20, 2013) - Last weekend was a mixed return for Bill Rose.

After taking nearly a month off to heal from a broken left arm, Rose competed with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series as it made its first visit of the season to Pennsylvania. While a couple of low qualifying spots put Rose behind from the start each night, his arm felt normal during the latest test.

"Actually the arm feels great," he said. "It doesn't hurt at all. I was kind of curious about how it was going to work at Lincoln, but it feels great."

Rose returned to action on Thursday at the Gettysburg Clash, which had been delayed by rain on Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. Since Bill Rose Racing driver David Gravel recorded a lot of success while Rose was on the mend, he decided to try Gravel's setup.

"I wanted to try that out and see how that works because David had been doing so well in my car," Rose said. "I wanted to try it and get back in the swing of things as best as I can. It just doesn't work for me. I just drive a car different."

Rose qualified 39th at Lincoln Speedway and 40th on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway, putting him at the back of his heat race both nights.

"When you go to Pennsylvania and you get behind the eight ball in qualifying, it just doesn't make for a good night of racing," he said.

Rose didn't advance through the heat either night and was relegated to the C Main, where he finished each night. It was a sour return to the seat, but the silver lining is that his arm didn't suffer any setbacks.

"That's a bummer right now," Rose said of the results. "But everything's coming together and everything will be alright."

Gravel finished 17th both nights, including a Last Chance Showdown win at Lincoln Speedway.

"It was a good, solid run for Pennsylvania," Rose said.

Rose, Gravel and the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series were rained out on Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway and on Sunday at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y.

They are scheduled to make up the event at Orange County Fair Speedway on Monday with the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic on Tuesday at New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, N.J. The week will conclude with the Outlaw Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., on Friday.

BILL ROSE RACING QUICK RESULTS -

ROSE:

May 16 - Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. - Qualifying: 39; Heat race: 10 (10); C Main: 5 (5).

May 17 - Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Qualifying: 40; Heat race: 11 (10); C Main: 8 (6).

GRAVEL:

May 16 - Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. - Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 7 (2); B Main: 1 (1); Feature: 17 (15).

May 17 - Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Qualifying: 20; Heat race: 5 (5); Feature: 17 (19).

BILL ROSE RACING SEASON STATS -

28 races, 0 wins, 4 tops fives, 9 top 10s, 15 top 15s, 21 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Monday at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., Tuesday at New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, N.J., for the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic and Friday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., for the Outlaw Showdown with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

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Big Game Motorsports Combines for Three Top 10s Despite Rainy Weather

Inside Line Promotions - MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (May 20, 2013) - Mother Nature has been wreaking havoc on Big Game Motorsports and the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series the past few days.

Rain postponed the Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., from Wednesday to Thursday, the Morgan Cup at Williams Grove Speedway was washed out on Saturday and the lone event at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., was postponed from Sunday to Monday because of weather.

"It's kind of been hampering us a little bit, but it's hard to control Mother Nature," Eyecon Trail Cameras driver Craig Dollansky said.

Dollansky and Big Game Treestands teammate Sammy Swindell combined for three top 10s in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events that were completed over the weekend.

Swindell continued his hot streak of qualifying in the top three by timing in quickest at Lincoln Speedway and third quickest at Williams Grove on Friday. With Randy Wolfe helping the crew, the Big Game Treestands team put together a podium finish at Lincoln Speedway before earning its 13th top 10 of the season at Williams Grove.

"We've made some changes to kind of go back to the basics," Swindell said. "Bringing Randy Wolfe in has definitely helped. We can talk about a lot of things and go through a bunch of things, and he's great around there."

Following a third-place finish at Lincoln Speedway, Swindell narrowly missed the dash at Williams Grove. Had he qualified one position higher or finished one position better in his heat race, Swindell would have advanced. However, his third-place qualifying effort and third-place result in the heat started Swindell 11th in the main event.

"Qualifying third over there at Williams Grove really hurt," he said. "I tried real hard to get into second. That was the only hope we had to get in the dash.

"We decided to gamble a little bit and go in a different direction and we did a couple of things a bit different just to see how it goes. We learned some things for it. The car was too tight at the start. I fell back to 15th or 16th spot. It was a struggle to pass cars."

Dollansky overcame a difficult night at Lincoln Speedway, where he missed the heat race inversion by one position in qualifying. While the Eyecon Trail Cameras car advanced to the feature through the heat race, Dollansky struggled in the main event as a bleeder fell out of the left rear wheel.

"That changed things up for us," he said. "So we had to ride that situation out. I was just struggling with the car."

Dollansky finished 23rd, which was only the second time in 23 races this season that he didn't record a top 20.

Friday at Williams Grove went quite a bit better as the Eyecon Trail Cameras car qualified 13th quickest to earn a spot in the heat race inversion. Dollansky claimed the heat race to advance to the dash, where he finished eighth.

"We actually had a pretty decent night going there," he said after placing eighth in the main event. "We definitely learned some things in the feature. We weren't bad. I was really looking forward to going back Saturday night to race the Morgan Cup, but we didn't get the opportunity to."

In addition to the postponed race at Orange County Fair Speedway on Monday, Dollansky, Swindell and the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic at New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, N.J., and Friday with the Outlaw Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C.

QUICK RESULTS -

DOLLANSKY:

May 16 - Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. - Qualifying: 17; Heat race: 3 (5); Feature: 23 (16).

May 17 - Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Qualifying: 13; Heat race: 1 (1); Dash: 8 (7); Feature: 8 (8).

SWINDELL:

May 16 - Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. - Qualifying: 1; Heat race: 4 (4); Dash: 6 (8); Feature: 3 (6).

May 17 - Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 3 (4); Feature: 10 (11).

SEASON STATS -

DOLLANSKY : 23 races, 2 wins, 6 top fives, 13 top 10s, 17 top 15s, 21 top 20s

SWINDELL : 23 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 13 top 10s, 20 top 15s, 23 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Monday at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., Tuesday at New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, N.J., for the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic and Friday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., for the Outlaw Showdown with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

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Croft Pockets Pair of Third’s in Reno

PETERSEN MEDIA- Fresh off of his second series win of the season just one week ago, Sacramento, CA pilot, Willie Croft, put together a strong weekend in Fernley, NV as he scored a pair of third place finishes aboard the Tri-C Machine/JRI Shocks/NAAKE backed No.3C with the King of the West Series.

Kicking off the weekend on Friday night, Croft had speed from the get-go as he timed his Holey Smokes BBQ/Christian Stover Foundation/ButlerBuilt machine in third quickest.

Starting fourth in his heat, Croft was able to make some strong moves, as he grabbed the lead and picked up the win, putting him in both the feature and the dash.

“Friday we were good in time trials and in the heat, but just didn’t quite have the dash we had hoped for,” Croft said.

A seventh place finish in the dash promptly had the Tri-C Machine team go to work on the Arai/Brown and Miller/Sander Engineering machine to get dialed in for the feature event.

On what was a rather rough track, Croft was able to move forward as he carved his way up to the third spot, as the leaders raced through lapped traffic for what seemed to be the entire feature event.

“We were really good in the feature, just couldn’t quite get up to Kyle Hirst and Rico Abreu in traffic, but we were able to move forward nicely.”

At the stripe, it was Croft picking up a third place finish.

Coming back to the track on Saturday, Croft laid down a strong lap in qualifications as he timed in with quick time, which was also a new track record.

As the night wore on, the track continued to get extremely slick, and Croft slipped back in his heat as he scored a fifth place finish, but made the transfer to the dash based on qualifying time, and finishing in a transfer spot.

Again struggling in the dash on a track that was taking rubber, an eight place finish put Croft in the fourth row for the feature again, but the veteran driver, ran a smooth race, that saw him stay in the rubber, and he closed his weekend out with another third place finish, propelling him to fourth in series standings.

“Overall it was a great weekend for the Tri-C team,” Croft said. “We had a strong car that went forward in both features, and we ended up with a couple of podiums, and gained some important points. We will move on and look to get even better at Tulare.”

The Tri-C Motorsports team would like to thank Tri-C Machine, JRI Shocks, NAAKE Suspension, Holey Smokes BBQ, The Christian Stover Foundation, ButlerBuilt, Arai, Brown and Miller, Sander Engineering, FK Rod Ends, Hinchman Indy, Schoenfeld, K&N, Smith Precision Products, A.R.T., Kaeding Performance, Dan Olson Products, Vortex Wings, AIC Powdercoating, and GUTS for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-21, Wins-4, Top 5’s-10, Top 10’s-13.

ON TAP: Croft and his team will now head to the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA for a Memorial Day double header on Saturday and Sunday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Willie Croft Racing by visiting www.williecroftracing.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @wcroft29.

 

 

SALDANA HOPING TO END SPRING EAST COAST SWING ON A HIGH NOTE

NEW EGYPT, N.J. (May 20) - The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series makes a stop Tuesday May 21 at New Egypt Speedway for the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic.

This season’s race will mark the fifth time the Outlaws have competed at this facility since 2001.

The 7/16-mile D-shaped clay oval will require a different chassis set-up and driving style

for the pilots of the winged 900-horsepower sprint cars.

“This will be a different configuration than most of the track we compete on,” said Joey Saldana, driver of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M. “But it’s fun to change it up a little bit. It challenges our driving skills and how quickly we can adapt.”

With a demanding 90-race schedule, the competitors are just a little more than one quarter through the season. For Saldana and Motter there have been more highs than lows to date. They have set two track records, three quick times and have five top-five finishes.

“The competition out here makes you dig deep,” said Saldana. “Some things are out of your control, but all of us on the team are giving 110 percent and we want to give our team owner Dan Motter a championship season.”

 

 

Second and Ninth for Hirst in Nevada

PETERSEN MEDIA- Heading to the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway for two night’s of action with the King of the West Series, Kyle Hirst had a decent weekend that saw him score second and ninth place finishes, though his second place finish was a bitter pill to swallow.

“Overall we had a good weekend,” Hirst said. “We had a great car both nights, just weren’t able to get a win like we had hoped.”

With 28 cars on hand on Friday night, Hirst timed in second quick, putting him in the second row of his heat race.

A second place finish in his heat put him in the dash, where he scored a second place finish, and started on the front row for the feature event.

Hirst had a strong Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation/3H Cattle machine as he grabbed the lead early, and began working his way to a sizeable lead, on the newly configured 3/8 track in Nevada.

Working through heavy lapped traffic, KH never seemed to miss a beat as laps clicked down, and he kept second running, Rico Abreu, at bay behind him.

Taking the white flag in the lead, Hirst was in position to pick up his second series win, until Rico Abreu found something up top, to rocket around Hirst coming out of turn four to take the lead, and drop Hirst to second at the line.

“I had no idea Rico was even that close,” Hirst said. “We were in lapped traffic most of the race, and I was just trying to hit my marks, and finish it off, but he did what he had to do, and I congratulate him and his team.”

Back in action on Saturday night, Hirst timed his machine in sixth fastest on the extremely slick track, and went on to pick up a heat race win.

The number four pill put Hirst in in the second row of the dash, and as the track continued to take rubber, Hirst would finish in the four spot, putting him in the second row for the 30-lap feature.

With the track conditions continuing to worsen, Hirst new the importance of his start, and on the opening lap, he wen to grab the third spot from Craig Stidham, but the duo collided, and Hirst was forced to the back of the pack.

Restarting last, Hirst got his elbows up, and capitalized on some mistakes, as he worked his way up to the sixth spot on the rubber down track.

Late in the race, contact to Hirst’s left rear forced him to the work area to get a new tire, and over the final handful of laps, he was able to move from 12th to score a ninth place finish.

“I knew the start of the race was huge, and forced the issue a bit and it didn’t end up well,” he said. “We had a great car, and came from the back, but we didn’t’ get the finish we should have. I have to thank Dennis and Teresa Roth for letting us get out and have some fun, and hopefully we can get back up front at Tulare next weekend.”

Kyle and his Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance Center, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support.

2013 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-20, Wins-1, Top 5’s-7, Top-10’s-12

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-32, Wins-1, Top 5’s-10, Top 10’s-20

ON TAP: Hirst and his Roth Motorsports team will now head to the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA for a KWS double header on Saturday and Sunday.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with the Roth Motorsports team by visiting www.rothmotorsports83.com. You can also follow Kyle on Twitter @KyleHirstRacing.

 

 

KSE Power Steering Products Dominate Coast to Coast

PETERSEN MEDIA: With all eyes on the state of Pennsylvania for a weekend of PA Posse versus the World of Outlaws, it was KSE power steering products leading the way to victory lane, as our products dominated the sprint car world from East to West.

On a weekend when several drivers did outstanding things to garner wins, Donny Schatz’s charge from 12th to win at Williams Grove stood out. Making a last lap pass in turn four, Schatz defeated the PA Posse in exciting fashion, though Greg Hodnett and Fred Rahmer, making it a Gen2 podium sweep, joined him on the podium.

It should also be noted that Schatz earned the KSE Hard-Charger award on his way to victory.

In the Midwest, Danny Holtgraver had an impressive weekend as he grabbed two feature event wins. On Friday night, Holtgraver was at the Attica Raceway for twin 25 night, and he picked up the first feature event of the evening. On Saturday, he continued his winning ways as he used his KSE power steering to muscle his way to All Star gold at the I-77 Raceway.

Out West, Jonathan Allard broke through at the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway in Fernley, NV to score his first series win of the year with the King of the West Series. The reigning series champion used a double file restart on the 13th lap to grab the lead, and never looked back.

KSE products were in fine form in Fernley on Saturday as Rico Abreu ran second and Willie Croft scored third place to complete the KSE Gen2 sweep.

Also out West, Shane Golobic picked up two wins as well as Abreu, as he opened the weekend in Fernley with a victory.

Across the Midwest, Johnny Herrera nearly lapped the field to score victory while Gregg Wilson charged from 18th to win at Fremont . Brian Brown, Davey Heskin, Shane Stewart, Danny Wood, and Darren Long also picked up wins with KSE power steering products leading them.

In PA, Danny Dietrich backed up his win last weekend at the Lincoln Speedway to defend his home turf against the Outlaws on Thursday night, marking a one-one tie between the Posse and the travelers.

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Brandon Spithaler Earns Career Best Finish at Lernerville; B.O.S.S. Weekend Ahead B.O.S.S. Non-Wing Events at Wayne County and Mercer This Friday and Saturday

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Evans City, PA (May 20th, 2013) - Brandon Spithaler earned a career-best Lernerville Speedway main event finish this past Friday evening, May 17th, during ‘410’ sprint car competition. The Evans City, Pennsylvania native finished second (2nd) during the 25-lap, ‘Fab Four’ sprint car main event at the Sarver 4/10’s mile oval; finishing just behind former track champion and all-time Lernerville Speedway division win leader, Ed Lynch Jr.. The runner-up finish on Friday evening was also good enough to bump the pilot of the Cycle Warehouse, Superior Tank & Trailer, no. 22 ‘410’ sprinter to the top spot in the current Lernerville Speedway ‘410’ driver standings. Unfortunately, with Spithaler being committed to the 2013 Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (B.O.S.S.) non-wing sprint car tour, the current Lernerville Speedway point leader will have to miss this Friday’s ‘Fab Four’ point event at the Lernerville Speedway, and make way to prior schedule obligations. Brandon Spithaler’s recent weekend also included a twelfth (12th) place finish with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions at the I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, West Virginia. Fellow Western Pennsylvania native, Danny Holtgraver, was the UNOH All Star winner at the I-77 Raceway Park.

“It was a solid weekend for sure!” said Brandon Spithaler, “Finishing second at Lernerville felt great...it was the best finish I ever had there...I think if we would have had one more caution, I may have been able to get by Lynch...but, we’ll take the runner-up finish and move on from that...I have to thank so many people...Tom Burkey, my dad, Rich, Justin, Angela...they all play a huge role in our race team and I wouldn’t be able to do it without them!”

Brandon Spithaler will be back in action this Memorial Day weekend for two night’s worth of action beginning Friday evening, May 24th. The three-time and defending Mercer Raceway Park opening night ‘410’ sprint car main event winner will continue his 2013 Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (B.O.S.S.) campaign this Friday evening, May 24th, with an appearance at the Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio. After his Friday night venture into eastern Ohio, Brandon Spithaler will follow the B.O.S.S. series further east into the western half of the ‘Keystone State’ for an appearance at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 25th. Brandon Spithaler will pilot the Tom Burkey owned, Superior Tank & Trailer sponsored, no. 57 non-wing sprint car for both of the upcoming B.O.S.S. events. The former Mercer Raceway Park B.O.S.S. winner (2012) follows the series full-time in 2013, and currently finds himself ninth (9th) in the updated driver standings. This weekend’s B.O.S.S. double-race weekend will act as events #2 and #3 on the 2013 series’ schedule. The 2013 Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series schedule is comprised of fourteen (14) events in three (3) states.

Those seeking more information on this weekend’s B.O.S.S. swing through Ohio and Pennsylvania, please feel free to visit the series online at www.bukeyesprints.com. Also, additional information can be found at Wayne County Speedway’s online home, www.waynecountyspeedway.com or Mercer Raceway Park’s online home, www.mercerracewaypark.com.

Be sure to keep up with Brandon Spithaler during his entire 2013 season - right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

Brandon Spithaler would like to thank all of his 2013 marketing partners including: Tom Burkey, Superior Tank and Trailer, Cycle Warehouse, Harmony Trucks, Bill’s Interior Grooming, Bowser Automotive, Miller Maintenance, Sir Speedy, Advance Auto Parts, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

 

 

Abreu Grabs Inaugural KWS Win at Fernley

PETERSEN MEDIA- Staying hot with the King of the West Series, Rico Abreu scored his second series win of 2013 on Friday night, before backing it up with a second place finish on Saturday night at the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway in Fernley, NV.

“I cant thank my guys enough for their work all weekend,” Abreu said. “They bust their butts in the shop all week, and it really shows when we get to the track night in and night out.”

With 28 cars on hand for the first KWS race at the newly configured RTF Speedway, Abreu kicked his weekend off by timing his Abreu Vineyards/ButlerBuilt/FK Rod Ends backed entry in fourth fastest, putting him in the fourth heat.

Starting in the fourth spot in his heat, the Rutherford, CA driver capitalized on the lead duo of Richard Brace, Jr and Jonathan Allard making contact on the last lap and took the win, propelling him to the night’s dash.

A fourth place finish in the dash put him in the second row for the feature event, though he quickly jumped to the second spot, when it got underway.

In what was a fast paced feature event, Abreu stalked leader, Kyle Hirst as they ripped through lapped traffic at will.

With laps winding down, Abreu closed in even more on Hirst, and as the white flag flew, Abreu went to the top side of the track, and blew past Hirst as the duo came to take the checkered flag.

“That was pretty awesome right there and I hope you fans enjoyed that show,” said Abreu on the front stretch. “I was just hoping that Kyle (Hirst) would follow those lappers and I’d get a chance to make something happen up high. Luckily for us that’s how it worked out and we are standing here in victory lane again. Big thanks to Paul Silva and all my guys. We’ve been running strong and hopefully we can come back tomorrow and do it again.”

Looking to complete the weekend sweep, Abreu and his team were back in action at the RTF Speedway on Saturday night, and he continued to flex his muscle as he timed in third quickest.

A second place effort in his heat, put him in the dash, where he started and finished seventh on the very slick, and abrasive track, putting him in the fourth row for the 30-lap feature event.

Working up into the fourth spot early in the feature, Abreu and a strong group of cars put together a hard nosed battle for positions one through five, just as the caution flew on lap 13.

Getting up to third on the restart, Abreu would take over the second spot as Cory Elliason broke.

Abreu would hold the second spot over the final laps, as he capped off a very strong weekend that saw him extend the series points lead.

“Overall it was a great weekend for the Abreu Vineyards team,” he said. “To get a first and second is pretty stout, and hopefully we can continue to be strong at Tulare this coming weekend.”

Rico and his team would like to thank Abreu Vineyards, ButlerBuilt, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld, Keith Kunz Motorsports, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and Willwood for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-34, Wins-3, Top 5’s-13, Top 10’s-18

ON TAP: Rico and his Abreu Vineyards Racing team will head to the Thunderbowl this Friday and Saturday night in Tulare, CA for two more KWS races.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with Rico by visiting his website at www.ricoabreuracing.com, ‘liking’ him on facebook at www.facebook.com/ricoabreuracing or following him on twitter @Rico_Abreu.

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FAST Weekend Wrap-Up: Holtgraver & Stewart Split Attica Twin Features; Wilson Cashes In at Fremont while Mintz Adds to Points Lead

MAUMEE, OH (5-20-13) by Bryan Autullo - F.A.S.T. Public Relations

The Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service was back in action in Northern Ohio this past weekend. Mother Nature was not a factor either night making this only the second back-to-back event weekend of the 2013 season.

On Friday, May 17th the series participated in the Eric Phillips 25th Anniversary Classic at Attica Raceway Park. Attica honored Eric Philips, the track’s first promoter in 1988, by running twin features for the F.A.S.T. 410 Sprints with each consisting of 25-laps and both paying out $2,500 to win ($250 to start). The first feature event awarded full F.A.S.T. championship points, while the second was just for cash and bragging rights.

Danny Holtgraver picked up the first feature win of the night with Dale Blaney, Bryan Sebetto, Craig Mintz, and D.J. Foos rounding out the top-five. Foos was the hard charger, picking up 13 positions on his mission to get to the front. The top-8 finishers from the first feature were inverted (by dice roll) to line up the second feature. Shane Stewart went on to win the second event, but 2nd place finisher D.J. Foos challenged for the win late in the race while Dale Blaney held off Brandon Martin (in his Mark Keegan "X" tribute car). Greg Wilson would round out the Top 5.

The F.A.S.T. organization and Attica Raceway Park, along with a generous donation from Kevin Shammo of KS Sales & Service, Linda and Laverne Burns of Burns Electric, and Underground Utilities, awarded a $500 bonus to D.J. Foos, who was the F.A.S.T. member driver with the best average finish between both features. Also, Brandon Martin picked up a $200 bonus with the second best average finish.

On Saturday, the F.A.S.T. Series returned to Fremont Speedway for Night #8 of the 18-race schedule. D.J. Foos continued his successful weekend by setting quick time for the night. The main event would prove to be another exciting race for Foos as he was contending for the win at the end. The feature got off to a rocky start with several spins and restarts, then eventually a red flag on lap 1 for Dean Jacobs who jumped the cushion in turn 3.

Brian Lay led the field on the multiple restarts and ran out front until Brian Smith and D.J. Foos got around Craig Mintz and chased Lay down. Smith would eventually take the lead, but a hard charging Greg Wilson, who started 18th, was rocketing to the front. With just a handful of laps remaining, Wilson and Smith battled for the lead. On lap 26, Wilson banged wheels with Smith sending Smith spinning into the infield. On the restart, Foos gave Wilson all he could handle, but Wilson pulled away in the closing laps and took the win. Foos, Byron Reed, Mintz and Chris Andrews completed the Top 5.

The racing action from the weekend scrambled the F.A.S.T. Kistler Cup point standings as several drivers missed features and shows. After the dust had settled from the racing action over the weekend, Craig Mintz increased his lead to 52-markers thanks to a pair of top-five finishes. A top-10 at Attica and top-5 run at Fremont helped Chris Andrews solidify his spot in second place, while D.J. Foos jumped into the top-five for the first time this season and sits in 3rd. The Fremont, Ohio native has started to turn heads thanks to an impressive weekend aboard the Genzman Racing Enterprises #53. Caleb Griffith moved into 4th place just 18-points behind Foos. A roller coaster of a weekend for the B&S Racing #5 dropped Byron Reed into 5th place after missing the feature at Attica, but rebounding with a podium finish at Fremont.

The Fremont/Attica Sprint Title will sit idle for the next two weeks as the tough local contingent welcomes the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions over Memorial Weekend at Fremont Speedway. Then the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Cars Series invades Attica Raceway Park the following weekend. F.A.S.T. Series action for both the 410 Sprints and 305 Sprints returns Friday, June 7th at Attica and Saturday, June 8th at Fremont.

Want more information about the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by KS Sales & Service and the JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series? Visit www.fastondirt.com, like us on Facebook at fb.com/fastondirt or follow @FASTseries on Twitter.

Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service Point Standings: After: 5/18/13 CAR # DRIVER POINTS BACK 1 O9 Craig Mintz 825 2 16 Chris Andrews 773 -52 3 53 DJ Foos 759 -66 4 40DD Caleb Griffith 741 -84 5 5R Byron Reed 730 -95 6 2+ Brian Smith 702 -123 7 9 Dean Jacobs 685 -140 8 9Z Duane Zablocki 670 -155 9 45L Brian Lay 630 -195 10 55 Brad Bowman 624 -201 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE COMPLETE STANDINGS

Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service Quick Results:

Night #7: Attica Raceway Park - 5/17/13 - 410 Sprints A-Main #1 (Full Points Race) [#]-Starting Position 1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[1]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[2]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[10]; 5. 53-DJ Foos[18]; 6. 11X-Brandon Martin[3]; 7. 3G-Shane Stewart[7]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[14]; 9. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[16]; 10. 16-Chris Andrews[17]; 11. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[4]; 12. 9-Dean Jacobs[11]; 13. 55-Brad Bowman[8]; 14. 83-Tim Shaffer[9]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[15]; 16. 45L-Brian Lay[20]; 17. 22-Cole Duncan[21]; 18. 14H-Todd Heller[22]; 19. 29-Rob Chaney[19]; 20. 54-Cap Henry[6]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo[12]; 22. 32M-Tony Beaber[13]

Hard Charger: 53-DJ Foos[+13]

A-Main #2 (Non-Points Race) [#]-Starting Position 1. 3G-Shane Stewart[2]; 2. 53-DJ Foos[4]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 4. 11X-Brandon Martin[3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[1]; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[8]; 7. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[9]; 8. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[6]; 9. 9-Dean Jacobs[12]; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[15]; 11. 32M-Tony Beaber[21]; 12. 54-Cap Henry[20]; 13. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[11]; 14. 55-Brad Bowman[13]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[22]; 16. 16-Chris Andrews[10]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[18]; 18. O9-Craig Mintz[5]; 19. 22-Cole Duncan[17]; 20. 29-Rob Chaney[19]; 21. 83-Tim Shaffer[14]; 22. 45L-Brian Lay[16]

Hard Charger: 32M-Tony Beaber[+10]

Night #8: Fremont Speedway - 5/18/13 - 410 Sprints [#]-Starting Position 1. W20-Greg Wilson[18]; 2. 53-DJ Foos[6]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[4]; 5. 16-Chris Andrews[13]; 6. 83M-Broc Martin[15]; 7. 45L-Brian Lay[1]; 8. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[14]; 9. 10X-Dustin Stroup[19]; 10. 60-Jody Keegan[2]; 11. 7C-Max Stambaugh[12]; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 13. 57X-Andrew Palker[10]; 14. 2+-Brian Smith[7]; 15. 312-Mike Linder[20]; 16. 14H-Todd Heller[11]; 17. 97-Phil Gressman[16]; 18. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3]; 19. 9-Dean Jacobs[8]; 20. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[17]

Hard Charger: W20-Greg Wilson[+17]

FAST On Dirt, Inc. would like to thank the following contributors to the 2013 Fremont/Attica Sprint Title point fund:

Kistler Racing Products, KS Sales & Service, JLH General Contractors, Engler Machine & Tool, CP-Carillo Pistons, Design Graphics Group Inc., SCS Gearbox, Pukka Inc., Reebar Die Casting, Hoseheads.com, Level Performance, Young's RV Centers, Custom Ink Screenprinting, Avitus Group, Gressman Powersports, Hoserville Ohio, Jon Wright’s Custom Chrome Plating, JD Automotive, Midwest Transportation, Fast Traxxx Electric Slot Car Racing, October Hills Farms, Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway.

Also, a very special thanks to all of our contingency award sponsors:

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, Henry Motorsports, Fuel Safe, Productive Tools & Equipment, Hinchman Indy Racewear, OC Shocks, J&J Auto Racing, Kear's Speed Shop, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, King Racing Products, Kinsler Fuel Injection, KSE Racing Products, Linder's Speed Equipment, Outerwears Performance Products, Pro Shocks, R2C Performance Products, Rocket Headers, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, Ti22 Performance, Weld Racing Wheels, Wings Unlimited, SpeedMeetsArt.com, Golden Graphics & Design and Zemco Headers.

 

 

Allard Scores First KWS Win of 2013

PETERSEN MEDIA: Though the season hasn’t gotten off to the start he wanted, Jonathan Allard has came alive the last three weeks, and on Saturday night the Chico, CA native picked up his first King of the West Series win of 2013.

“My guys have really rolled their sleeves up and got to work the last few weeks, and it is really showing,” Allard said.

Saturday night saw Jonathan time his Williams Motorsports machine in fourth fastest against the 26 cars that were assembled in the pit area.

On the extremely slick track, JA scored a third place finish in his heat race, to transfer him to the feature, but his time trial time made him eligible for the night’s dash.

Getting stuck with the eight pill, JA had his work cut out for him, and he did what he could in six laps, as he worked his way up to a fifth place finish, putting him in the third row for the 30-lap feature event.

On a track that was taking rubber much of the night, Allard knew the importance of the start, and when the race finally went green, he was able to grab a couple of spots, and jump into the third spot right away.

By the fifth lap, Allard had moved into the second spot as he began applying heavy pressure to series rookie, Cory Elliason.

With Elliason flawless out front, JA used a lap 13 restart to his advantage, as he snuck under Elliason, and never looked back, as he picked up his first series win of the season.

“We made some changes over the last few weeks and have really been awesome,” he said. “We bolted some Factory Kahne shocks on, and did some tuning on our engine, and it has been really beneficial.”

Friday night was eventful for Allard at the Nevada track.

Heat race action saw Allard tangle with Richard Brace, Jr, and forced him to the back of the pack, though he would rebound to score a third place finish.

Starting in the 10th spot in the feature event, Allard made contact with Cory Ellisason on the first lap, and damages forced him to the work area.

Making the call to restart, Allard would get up on the wheel as he drove from 22nd, to score a fifth place finish without a right front shock, as a bolt broke off right after he restarted.

“My guys did a great job of getting us back out after we wrecked at the start of the Friday feature,” he said. “We were really good, and I think we might have contended for the win if that didn’t happen.”

With the win and fifth place finish, Allard has moved into third place in the series standings.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-26, Wins-6, Top 5’s-14, Top 10’s-15.

ON TAP: Jonathan and his Williams Motorsports team will be in action for a pair of events this weekend at the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA!

STAY CONNECTED: For more information on Jonathan, including upcoming events, pictures, and news please check out www.allardmotorsports.com, or follow JA on twitter @Allard0.

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Kinser Eyes World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Return to Kokomo Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - KOKOMO, Ind. (May 20, 2013) - Kokomo Speedway is a special place for Kraig Kinser.

The native Hoosier earned his first career winged sprint car feature victory at the semi-banked, quarter-mile oval, which hosts the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series on Wednesday, June 5.

Kinser, who hails from Bloomington, picked up a thrilling victory in last season's lone event at Kokomo Speedway. It was his second career win at the track located approximately two hours from his hometown.

"The line usually changes there," he said. "There really isn't a key to getting around there. Be patient on the bottom. If it gets around the top, you've got to rip around the top."

Kinser is one of 12 drivers to earn a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory at Kokomo Speedway and he's one of four to garner multiple wins.

"It's a tight, small track," he said. "You've got to be comfortable with cars all around you. There's always a car right there."

Twenty-time series champion Steve Kinser, who also resides in Bloomington, has a series-best six victories at Kokomo Speedway. Sammy Swindell won three and Stevie Smith claimed back-to-back wins in 1992-93.

Joey Saldana, Craig Dollansky, Dave Blaney, Andy Hillenburg, Danny Lasoski, Joe Gaerte, Bobby Davis Jr. and Jac Haudenschild also have a victory in World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series action at Kokomo Speedway.

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Scott Priester Earns Win at MRP; Non-Wing Appearance in the Works! The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series Visits Mercer Raceway Park on May 25th

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Series’ Contact Tyler Altmeyer: altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Rimersburg, PA - After kicking off the recent weekend with a not-so-pleasant twelfth (12th) place finish at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday, May 17th; Rimersburg, Pennsylvania native Scott Priester would turn things around completely and score his first ‘410’ sprint car victory of the 2013 season at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Priester, who was the Mercer Raceway Park ‘410’ sprint car runner-up in last season’s final track standings, earned the Saturday night, May 18th victory while behind the wheel of the Martha Dionise owned, Dionise Racing no. 15 ‘410’ sprint car. The ‘Saturday Night Live!’ event victory was Scott Priester’s first while behind the wheel of the Martha Dionise owned ‘410’ sprinter. The triumph also allowed the Priester/Dionise duo to take over the current Mercer Raceway Park ‘410’ sprint car point lead. The 25-lap, ‘410’ sprint car victory came over Eric Williams, Brandon Matus, Adam Kekich, and Rod George. Priester has been the assigned driver for Martha Dionise for the past few seasons, and competes at the Mercer Raceway Park each and every Saturday evening. The Dionise Racing '15' team will continue their 2013 Mercer Raceway Park track championship chase on Saturday, June 1st; when 'Saturday Night Live!' weekly action returns to the 3/8's mile bullring.

Scott Priester will be back in action this Memorial Day weekend on Friday and Saturday, May 24th & 25th. The former Challenger Raceway Track Champion will pilot his own Priester Racing no. 11 ‘410’ sprint car at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania this Friday evening, May 24th. The Friday night ‘Fab Four’ program will feature all four (4) of the track’s weekly divisions. Scott Priester’s upcoming weekend will then possibly continue on Saturday evening, May 25th, with an appearance at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania. The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (B.O.S.S.) non-wing ‘410’ sprint cars will be making their first and only appearance of the 2013 season at the Mercer 3/8’s mile oval this Saturday; bringing with them a top-notch roster of non-wing talent. Scott Priester, who has a few non-wing starts to his credit, plans to remove the top wing from his Priester Racing no. 11 this Saturday night, and join the B.O.S.S. regulars for the, at-minimum, $1,400-to-win event. The plan is still in the making, but if all goes according to plan, Priester will be in action on Saturday evening.

Fans who would like to check out more about this Friday night’s ‘Fab Four’ racing program at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania, please visit the speedway online at www.lernerville.com. Information regarding this Saturday’s Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (B.O.S.S.) non-wing event at the Mercer Raceway Park can be found online also at either www.buckeyesprints.com or www.mercerracewaypark.com.

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Stay tuned for continuing coverage of Scott Priester, Priester Racing and Dionise Racing during the entire 2013 season – right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

Scott Priester would like to thank all of his current marketing partners including: Dionise Racing, Priester Racing, Kaptured By Kirstie, Advance Auto Parts, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’

 

 

Wooster Motorsports Continues to Improve

Wooster, Ohio – May 20, 2013 – Jimmy Pooler and the Wooster Motorsports team took to Wayne County Speedway on Friday night. After wholesale changes during the week, the car looked and raced great giving us our best finish of the 2013 season in 11th place.

The pill draw gave us the second group qualifying session. The track was in good shape and we put down a couple pretty solid laps. When we got back to the pit, the WCS crew was having issue with the transponder and requested the first two heats run again. Jimmy and the #787 took to the track again for qualifying heat and jumped the cushion coming out of turn 2 which slowed his time. We ended up 16th out of 20 cars.

After qualifying was done the sprints were the first heat races. We made a few minor adjustments and started 9th in the 10 car field. The race ran green for the first 5 laps with a caution for the #34 car. On the restart Jimmy passed the #52 and ended up finishing 7th. The car was pretty consistently in the 17’s with our fastest laps toward the end of the heat.

Knowing that the track will slick off for the feature, the WMS crew changed the stagger and spacing, made a minor shock adjustment and topped it off with a full fuel load. We started the feature 14th in the 20 car field. Jim was driving very smooth finding grip on the low side picking off cars one by one. After the second caution we were up to 9th position. A few laps after the restart, Jim looped the 787 in turns 1 &2, avoided contact and kept it going dropping him back to 12th. He was able to gain one more spot and ended up finishing in the 11th position when the checkered flag flew.

Wooster Motorsports would like to congratulate Broc Martin on his first feature victory of 2013. We feel like we are pointed in right direction and are gaining confidence in our abilities and Jim is laying down some consistent laps. Each week is a little more experience for this green race team.

Plans are unknown for next week since WCS is running the WoO Late Model. Pay close attention to our Facebook Page for updates and see where the VIB-ISO, Wooster Metal Works, Wooster Motorsports sprint car will be in action.

Find Wooster Motorsports online by “liking” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woostermotorsports

 

 

Brian Brown – Victory at Knoxville Sets Up Busy Week!

(Bill W) May 20, 2013 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team came one spot short of perfection last Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. First, came a thrilling win from tenth in the 360 main event. The 410 feature was up next, and in a classic Knoxville showdown, the Grain Valley, Missouri driver settled for second in the end. This week, the schedule gets intense for the team.

Things started out a little shaky when you qualified 11th with the 360 at Knoxville Saturday.

It’s tough sometimes with the 360. We had a motor from Jaymie Moyle that we hadn’t run. It was kind of a guessing game. I’m not sure if the track went away, or if we weren’t as good as we needed to be. I felt like the laps were decent. Qualifying 11th makes your night tougher with the (feature) invert always being eight now.

You started the heat fourth and drove to third.

Our heat race had some good cars with Kaley (Gharst), Logan Forler, Tony Bruce and Nate Van Haaften to name a few. We didn’t show where we needed to be speed-wise. I wasn’t really catching Kaley or Logan. The guys kept working on it.

Obviously, you found something for the feature.

(Crew chief) Chad (Morgan) had some ideas different from what I wanted to do. I started tenth, and I knew it would be tough, especially with Jason (Johnson) on the front and Clint (Garner) and Jeff Swindell in front of us too. There were some guys who can win anywhere they go in the country.

It looked like you gained some spots early on.

We were able to get to sixth on the first lap. We had a yellow there and I kind of got settled in. I ran the bottom. If I’m going to beat Donny Schatz at the Nationals, I’m going to need to do that, and that’s our goal…to get better down there.

Nate and Jason were setting a good pace out front. There were a lot of green flag laps, which got things into traffic.

We were able to get to third, and Jason and Nate were running well. I kept watching the board and we were down to five or six laps. I didn’t think I’d be able to do it. Lapped traffic can win or lose you races, and it seemed those guys slowed down a bit in it. The seas kind of parted for me, and Jason got pinned behind a lapped car.

It had to be awesome to get that first win at Knoxville for 2013 after coming so close.

It was great. Obviously, we had people there from Casey’s General Stores and FVP. Don Long from Searsboro Telephone Company provides our 360 engines. He’s a huge part of our program. We’re really proud to have him with us and that win’s for him. I’m really proud of all our guys, my crew chief, Chad Morgan, Travis Marsch, Greg King, Mark Clemons, Glen Wignall and my grandpa George Lasoski.

Your team put in overtime running two classes Saturday.

Doing double duty is not easy. It’s a lot of work and preparation. Your jobs are doubled. Those guys make it look easy. They’re the ones that deserve the pats on the back.

You picked up where you left off with the Outlaws a week earlier, coming out 23rd and timing in second quick with the 410.

Our Charlie Garrett engines make my job qualifying a lot easier. It’s such a big part of what you need to do, and it’s been a strength for us this year.

After you ran from sixth to third in the heat, you lined up seventh for the feature.

I knew this feature would be just as tough as the one we just ran. Sometimes it’s tough to hop from car to car. You have no time to talk with the team about what needs to be done.

Davey Heskin, Terry McCarl, Bronson Maeschen, Dusty Zomer and Lucas Wolfe were setting a pretty good pace up front.

We were able to get to fifth or sixth before we had a yellow. I thought the track was a little tough to pass. It seemed like it was getting better. We had some issues trying to pass a couple of cars that I thought we were better than at the time.

You got up to fourth, and then a yellow came out on the white flag lap. That gave you a chance at the win.

If it wasn’t for the last yellow, I think we were going to run third or fourth. That was a breath of fresh air, and it let me get up on the wheel to try and make something happen. We were able to make a run there in one and two, and that gave us the opportunity to get to second in three and four.

Did you think you had a shot at Davey for the win on the last lap?

I honestly thought when I got to second, that I was going to win. Davey did a really good job of disguising what he was going to do on the last lap, and it worked out for him. He did what he needed to do, and we ended up second.

You have to feel good about your team on nights like this.

From where we were four or five years ago to now is amazing. I think we can compete for wins wherever we go now, whether it’s 410’s or 360’s. That’s huge for my confidence as a driver.

You get to race in your hometown Wednesday, and that will start a busy week.

It will be good to get back to Grain Valley (Valley Speedway) on Wednesday with the ASCS National tour. Thursday can’t come soon enough. Getting back to I-80 (Speedway near Greenwood, NE) is great. That ranks up there with Knoxville as my favorite track. McCool Junction (NE, Junction Motor Speedway) is a place I like too, and we’ll be back at Knoxville on Saturday. Sunday and Monday, our options are kind of open. This is when the race season really starts, and we get really excited!

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Brown’s Bits

Brian’s 12th career feature win in the 360 class at Knoxville Raceway puts him seventh on the career wins’ list behind David Hesmer (65), John Kearney (23), Dean Chadd and Randy Martin (18), Josh Higday (17) and Clint Garner (16).

About Casey’s General Stores

Casey’s General Stores is a Fortune-500 company (NASDAQ CASY) operating nearly 1700 convenience stores in 11 states through the Midwest. Known for its “Homemade-To-Go” pizza, sandwiches, donuts and bakery items, Casey’s strives to consistently deliver quality gas, fresh kitchen-prepared food, clean environments and friendly service at every retail location. Casey’s is currently the 12th largest c-store chain and sixth largest pizza chain in the United States.

About FVP

We are very excited to introduce our new line of automotive chemicals, oils and fluids to our product offering. These new products will be available at many retailers across the country. We continue to offer a full line of high quality oil, air, cabin air and fuel filters, plus a complete line of high quality batteries for multiple applications including cars, trucks, SUV’s, commercial and other specialty vehicles. All products are made to OE manufacturer fitment specifications. FVP products are engineered to provide our customers with quality products that are equal or superior in performance to the major national brands at a competitive price. To learn more about our FVP products or to find out where you can have FVP products installed in your vehicle, visit us at www.FVPparts.com! FVP…The Confident Solution

SPLASH

In addition to our line of seasonal safety products, we are very excited to introduce a full line of SPLASH Wiper Blades. Our SafeView Performance Blades fit 95% of the vehicles on the road with quick and easy installation for everyone. The AccuVision Beam Blade offers memory curve steel, which provides uniform pressure for a clear wipe, without the streaks. Look for these great new SPLASH products! Whether it’s keeping your windshield clean or free of ice, protecting your RV, boat or pool from freezing in the winter, or your sidewalk safe to walk on, SPLASH Products are what you need! Check out our new SPLASH website at www.SPLASHWash.com! SPLASH…SEE SAFELY!

Marketing Partner of the Week – Ditzfeld Transfer

Brian says – “Ditzfeld Transfer is a family deal. Ronnie and his sons were our very first sponsor. They haul our motors, and if I would need anything hauled across the country, I would call them first.”

Ditzfeld Transfer has been with Brian since the start of his racing career, and was his first sponsor. The Sedalia based family owned trucking business has been in operation for over 45 years, and has a commitment to maintaining the highest level of service. Currently, Ditzfeld Transfer utilizes more than 50 power units and 160 trailers. To learn more about Ditzfeld Transfer, visit www.DitzfeldTransfer.com!

Associate Marketing Partner of the Week – Kaeding Performance

Brian says – “If you need parts, especially if you’re on the west coast, Kaeding Performance is the place to go.”

The Kaeding family has had a long and successful history in both racing and business in California and over the years they combined the two into a successful racing business. The property where the business is located has been in the family since the early 1940’s. The family is represented by three generations of champions including - Howard, Brent, Tim and Bud. Kaeding Performance relies on this racing experience to offer customers the latest in sprint car technology, set-up advice and confidence in the parts they sell. They are proud to represent the finest manufacturers in the business, and hope their catalog helps you and your race team in finding the right part for the job. The staff has many years of racing experience as well. Rely on them for any and all of your

racing needs. Visit them at www.Kaedings.com!

Brian Brown Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Searsboro Telephone Company, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps / impact4800.com, Champion Brands, SPLASH, Ditzfeld Transfer, Maxim Racing, Smiley’s Racing Products, Weld Wheels, Housby Trucks, www.RateWin.com, Arctic Cat, K&N Filters, Hostiowa.net, FSR Race Products, TI64, Fuel-Safe Tanks, Awesome Racewear, Wolfe Eye Clinic, Bell Helmets, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, Vortex Wings, Penray, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Butler Built Seats, AkzoNobel Sikkens, AllDayParts.com, Tru Square, Jack Links, Deli Express, Snap-On Tools, Rod End Supply, KSE Racing Products, Winters Performance Products, Santomauro Racing Products, Cometic Gaskets, Kaeding Performance, Donovan, Magtech, ISC Racers Tape, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Racing Optics, Mothers Wax, Don's Truck Wash, Gardner Farms, Hoosier Tires, GoPro, XYZ Machining, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Peterson Fluid System, Red Devil Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, ADD, 6B Apparel, Zips Energy Seeds, Bosch, NGK, Garrett Racing Engines, MSD and WSIB Insurance for all their support!

 

Starks Notches His Fourth Consecutive Top-Four Finish at Skagit Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - ALGER, Wash. (May 19, 2013) - Saturday didn't start as planned, but Trey Starks liked the result.

After his scheduled 360 race at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., was rained out, Starks and his team put a 410 car in the trailer and headed for Skagit Speedway. Despite a good chance of rain, the show was completed with Starks earning his fourth consecutive top-four finish.

"We've had four straight races with a top five," he said. "You can't just be there and win. You've got to be consistently a top-five running car and that's what we are at this point in the season."

After the change in plans, the team swapped a steering box before loading the car and heading to Skagit Speedway. Following an early issue with a power steering line, which didn't allow Starks to get a solid hot-lap session, he qualified sixth quickest.

Following the heat race inversion, Starks started on the outside of the front row of his heat race.

"We had a little bit of stumble on the start," he said. "It got such a good run up off the corner. We won the heat by a half a lap. The car was absolutely a rocket."

He led all eight laps for his first heat race win of the season. Starks then lined up on the inside of the second row for the 25-lap feature after the top eight were inverted.

"We ran third for the first four or five laps until a caution," he said. "It was a tricky track. It was racy, but it was kind of clustered. This week's (turns) three and four had a really big cushion in the main event. It was rough in three and four in the heats and qualifying. By the main it was really smooth and slick up to a real big cushion. (Turns) one and two turned to being pretty rough and trying to cut through the middle and go to the bottom."

While trying to pass Jason Solwold for the runner-up position in the second half of the main event, Starks dropped to fourth place.

"It seemed like it was a race where you couldn't get up and get going," he said. "It was hard to get in a rhythm."

Starks is scheduled to compete at Grays Harbor Raceway on Friday and Saturday for the ASCS Northwest Region season-opening weekend.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 18 - Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. - Qualifying: 6; Heat race: 1 (2); Feature: 4 (3).

SEASON STATS -

5 races, 1 win, 4 top fives, 5 top 10s, 5 top 15s, 5 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday and Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., with the ASCS Northwest Region

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/treystarks55

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts

VIDEO -

Here is a link to check out highlights from Trey's victory at Skagit Speedway on May 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHzc9tXVaQ&feature=youtu.be

APPAREL -

Starks has men's and women's long-sleeve shirts, t-shirts and hoodies available at any race he attends and at www.TreyStarksRacing.com.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Blue Dot Fabrications Blue Dot Fabrications is owned by Trey's uncle, Dean Starks, who fabricates various types of vehicles, including vintage cars and road race cars. Blue Dot Fabrications even built quarter midgets when Trey began racing.

"Blue Dot Fabrications is another business that has been around my family my entire life," Starks said. "My uncle, Dean, has always been around ready to fix anything that gets dinged up at the track."

Starks would like to thank his sponsors, including Starks Timber Processing, BR Motorsports, King Racing Products, SpeedMart and Masco Petroleum for their continued support.

 

 

NOSA Sprints Set to Return to Winnipeg in 2013

Greg Cybulski, WINNIPEG, MB (May 19, 2013) Following a 5 year absence, the NOSA Sprint Cars will be returning to Winnipeg's Red River Co-op Speedway on Thursday, June 13.

The last NOSA-sanctioned Manitoba appearance by the group based out of Grand Forks, North Dakota was the 4th annual NAPA Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge on Thursday, July 10, 2008. The race was won by Grand Forks native Mark Dobmeier who unseated the perennial winner of the event, Winnipeg's Lou Kennedy Jr.

NOSA was booked for a show in Winnipeg in 2010, however a rainout cancelled the event and no followup date was announced.

In 2011 and 2012, Red River Co-op Speedway hosted the AllStar Circuit of Champions tour. These dates were met with limited success, producing similar car counts as a regional show on race night.

June 13 once again promises to showcase the very best in regional Open Wheel racing and as usual will provide exciting, unpredictable dirt-slinging action that only Sprint Car racing can provide.

The NOSA Sprints can be seen at their home track of River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota every Friday night.

For more information about NOSA, go to their website at www.nosasprints.com or check them out socially on Facebook at Northern Outlaw Sprint Association and Twitter @NOSAsprints

 

 

Bruce Jr. Secures Two 7th-Place Finishes at U.S. 36 Raceway and Knoxville Raceway

Inside Line Promotions - KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 19, 2013) - Tony Bruce Jr. worked his way to a pair of seventh-place finishes over the weekend to extend his top-10 streak to six races.

Bruce Jr. rallied from 17th to seventh on Friday at U.S. 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., for the 2nd annual U.S. 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys - the inaugural TBJ Promotions event of 2013. He then ran in the top 10 all night Saturday during his season debut at Knoxville Raceway, where Bruce Jr. put together one of his best performances at the famed half mile.

Doing double duty as co-promoter and racer on a humid Friday at U.S. 36 Raceway, Bruce Jr. overcame a fourth-place finish in his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour heat race to lead all 12 laps en route to the B Main victory for the second straight season at the U.S. 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys.

"On our heat race we just didn't get where we needed to be," he said. "Fortunately in the B Main, I had a good start, got out front and checked out. I just pretty much had to come from behind. I had a good car and could go where other people couldn't."

That trend continued in the 35-lap feature as Bruce Jr. charged from 17th to seventh on a track that favored aggressiveness. With most drivers favoring the bottom groove, Bruce Jr. rode the high line to make most of his passes around the high-banked oval.

"Everybody else pretty much got down on the bottom," he said. "We'd already set up to (race in the high groove). We made a bar change after the heat race and that really made the car come alive. I figured if we could get some momentum built up on the top side we could pick off some cars."

He remains in fifth place in the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour standings.

On Saturday, Bruce Jr. and his team made their first visit to Knoxville Raceway, where he qualified third quickest in his first qualifying race of the season.

"Anytime you qualify well at Knoxville it means your stuff is good," he said. "In August it's all about qualifying."

With a six-car invert in each heat race, Bruce Jr. lined up on the outside of the third row in his heat race.

"I didn't get a real good start and was able to pick off a couple of cars there as the race went on," he said. "We need to work on our starts at Knoxville and just keep pace with everybody through (turns) one and two."

A fourth-place result earned Bruce Jr. a spot in the feature, which he started sixth.

"We were running fifth and had a restart at the beginning," he said. "I think we only had one lap in. On the restart I went in to dive down on the bottom and I went to push the brakes and I didn't have any. We had a mud clot break the brake line in half on the left front caliper. We didn't have any brakes from lap one on."

Bruce Jr. drove a conservative race to finish seventh, earning his ninth top 10 of the season.

"It might not have been the A Main we wanted, but as far as a night went I felt it was one of our better nights at Knoxville," he said. "We qualified well, ran well in the heats and finished well in the A."

Bruce Jr. has a trio of Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour events on the schedule this week. On Wednesday, he will compete at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., before a trip to I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on Thursday. The weekend will wrap up on Saturday at The Great American Dirt Track at Jetmore Motorplex in Jetmore, Kan., for the Steve King Memorial - also the next TBJ Promotions race.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 17 - U.S. 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo. - Heat race: 4 (3); B Main: 1 (1); Feature: 7 (17).

May 18 - Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa - Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 4 (6); Feature: 7 (6).

SEASON STATS -

16 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 9 top 10s, 15 top 15s, 6 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Wednesday at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., Thursday at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., and Saturday at The Great American Dirt Track at Jetmore Motorplex in Jetmore, Kan., for the Steve King Memorial with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS -

Website: http://www.tonybrucejr.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonybrucejr

VIDEO -

Here is a link for RacinBoys' footage of Bruce Jr.'s victory at Boyd Raceway on April 26: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wx3nrOFTDyg

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Hinchman Racewear

With more than 80 years in the industry, Hinchman Racewear prides itself on safety, experience, innovation, quality and customer service. For more information on how Hinchman Racewear can protect you, visit HinchmanRacewear.com

"When looking for safety and innovation, look no further than Hinchman Racewear," Bruce Jr. said. "With great customer service and a passion for keeping drivers protected, it's no wonder why they are the leaders in the custom suit industry. I choose Hinchman to keep me safe and I encourage all drivers to do the same."

Bruce Jr. would also like to thank Lubbock Wrecker Service, The Oil Medics, Wheeler Metals, Eagle Motorsports, Smiley's Racing Products, SWE, Maxwell Industries, FK Rod Ends, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Factory Kahne Shocks, DriverWebsites.com, RacinBoys.com, Wilwood, Schoenfield Headers, Hoosier Tires, HRP, Kaeding Performance, Schaeffer Oil, Fuel Safe, Bell Helmets, Four Seasons Radiator, Southern Trailer Works, KSE, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Weld Wheels, ISC Racers Tape and Pressure Tek for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Wings Unlimited Lands in Victory Lane With 17 Different Feature Winners

Inside Line Promotions - BIGLERVILLE, Pa. (May 19, 2013) - Wings Unlimited has been well represented in Victory Lane across the United States and Australia over the last couple of weeks with 17 drivers recording a victory.

410 FEATURE WINNERS -

Australian James McFadden picked up two more wins and the track championship at Brisbane International Speedway.

Cap Henry also earned two wins, recording victories at Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio, and at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.

Other feature winners include: Brent Marks at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa.; Lance Dewease at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg, Pa.; Travis Jacobson at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.; Mike Wagner at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa.; AJ Bruns at Montgomery County Speedway in New Florence, Mo., and Chris Myers at Ohio Valley Speedway in Washington, W.V.

360/358 FEATURE WINNERS -

Randy Hannagan claimed an NRA win at Limaland Motorsports Complex in Lima, Ohio.

JJ Grasso earned the win at the 8th annual URC/Jack Gunn Memorial at Selinsgrove Speedway in Selinsgrove, Pa.

Chase Dietz secured his first career feature victory at Lincoln Speedway and J.B. Cunningham was also victorious at the 3/8-mile oval in Central Pennsylvania.

Other feature winners include: Eric Tomecek at Selinsgrove Speedway, Jeff Rohrbaugh at Trail-Ways Speedway in Hanover, Pa., and Ron Blair at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich.

305/SPORTSMAN FEATURE WINNERS -

Scott Geesey recorded a win at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Mike Haggenbottom won at Georgetown Speedway in Georgetown, Del.

WINGS UNLIMITED -

Located in Biglerville, Pa., Wings Unlimited, the next generation in sprint car wing manufacturing, is leading the way to future technology in sprint car racing. Since its inception in 2000, Wings Unlimited has risen to the task of proving that it has the best product available. Over the years, Wings Unlimited has not only proven itself locally, but also on a national level. With the future fast approaching and new technology growing, Wings Unlimited is searching for a more aerodynamically inclined wing on a daily basis. To learn more about Wings Unlimited, visit www.SprintWingsUnlimited.com.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

FILLMORE'S MIKE KERTSCHER CAPTURES FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON

High Flyers Communication & PR:camisha@highflyerspr.com

[FILLMORE, WIS.]- May 19, 2013- Mike Kertscher driver of the #80K, Captain Jim Yacht Sales, River Back Farms, Paul Brunton Motorsports, Meyer D Crop Consulting, Larry Schneider Insurance, ProKart, DW Schneider Engineering, CD Signs, Sign Me Up, Fastenal of Plymouth, Fire Escape, rolled into the Beaver Dam Raceway Park for the Interstate Racing Associations (IRA) second race of the season on Saturday May 18, 2013.

Kertscher pushed off for his hot lap session and made a few changes to the sprinter after track conditions proved to be drying out. He was successful with the changes as he was victorious in heat three of the evening which placed him on the pole in the nights A-main event.

The Captain Jim Yacht Sales 410 sprinter was once again ready to be track-side for the A-main where he started on the pole and the field saluted the fans and they took the green flag. Kertscher found his car set-up was strong & quickly took over the #1 spot and never looked back.

Kertscher climbed from the cock-pit and stated "Thank you to all of the fans who came out tonight and got to see some racing. Mother Nature hasn't been a race fan lately. Our car was good and its fun to drive them when they work this good, and its always a challenge to start on the pole & stay there."

Kertscher will return to the track on Saturday, May 25th at the Wilmot Raceway as the reigning 410 Sprint Car Track Champion and he will be racing at 141 Speedway also on Sunday, May 26th.

2013 merchandise is now available at the IRA t-shirt stand or at the #80K trailer. To follow Kertschers #80K Captain Jim Yacht Sales, River Back Farms, Paul Brunton Motorsports, Meyer D Crop Consulting, Larry Schneider Insurance, ProKart, DW Schneider Engineering, CD Signs, Sign Me Up, Fastenal of Plymouth, Fire Escape, team visit: www.80kmike.comfor the latest news and highlights.

 

 

JUSTIN MILLER GREETS PDTR OPENER WITH SUCCESS

[PLYMOUTH, WIS]-May 19, 2013-Justin Miller rolled the Miller Family Motorsports (MFM), Dooley & Associates, KenJay Fiedler Excavating, Meyer Motors, Veritas Financial, GTS, Revolution Engine Development, Dirt Divas, RC Custom Design, R&H Enterprises, Triple X, BMG, Larry Nelson, Schwartz Auction Service #15M into the Plymouth Dirt Track (PDTR) on Saturday, May 18th for their season opener.

After a lot of waiting since Mother Nature hasn't been cooperating around the area for racing; Miller finished his hot laps & it was time for him to roll trackside for his heat race where he started 8th.

As Miller took the green the field spread out and he found himself settling into his rhythm and working towards capturing 7th & 6th place. After 10 laps were complete the checkered flag waved and Miller was scored 6th and would start third in the night’s B-main one event.

The MFM team made numerous adjustments to the Triple X and Miller was set once again to roll onto the raceway for the night’s first B-main event where he started 3rd & the top three transferred to the 30 lap A-main event.

Miller tightened up his Triple X so he was able to move around on the race surface and as the race went green to checkered Miller would transfer to the nights A-main capturing a second place finish.

The MFM team went back to work quickly on the sprinter and Miller was set to start 18th in the A-main. It was once again time to take to the race track and as the green flag dropped Miller started on the outside line & was quickly moving forward. On lap 4-Miller tried to spilt two cars through the middle and the gap quickly closed and that left Miller facing the wrong direction against the turn 3 wall. He quickly went to the work area and the MFM team assessed the damage but with the damage Miller was able to restart.

As he pushed off again, Miller committed to the bottom of the race track, and moved up to the 16th spot at the checkers.

Climbing from the cock-pit, Miller stated, “I am glad we were able to race tonight and put on a show for the fans. I am happy with the adjustments we did and we do have some bolt on stuff we need to fix from our incident but I am blessed it could have been worse. Thank you all for your continued support, and I look forward racing at EWSC in Manitowoc and PDTR in Plymouth next weekend.”

Miller is set to push off once again Friday night at the Manitowoc Expo and Saturday night at the Plymouth Dirt Track. For more information please visit our NEW WEB SITE:www.millerfamilymotorsports.com and follow us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/millerfamilymotorsportsjustinmiller or on Twitter: @JustinMiller15m or @CamishaDirtDiva

 

 

 

Fremont Speedway

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio – After the fantastic racing at Fremont Speedway the last two weeks, you know when the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions come to “The Track That Action Built” for a Memorial Day weekend double-header, there will be plenty of excitement.

The action kicks off on Kear’s Speed Shop Night, Saturday, May 26 and continues Sunday on Budweiser Beer Night featuring a $10,000 to win A-main. There is a rain date for the Sunday show set for Monday, May 27. The two events mark the 106th and 107th visit by the All Stars at the historic Fremont Speedway, second only to Eldora Speedway.

“Any time the All Stars come here they know they will have a battle on their hands with our tough weekly competitors. The track has been very racy and I think we’re going to have one hell of a weekend for the fans,” said Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer.

UNOH All Star competitors have had success at Fremont already this year. Four-time and defending series champion Tim Shaffer, who now has 9 career All Star wins at Fremont and 13 overall at the track, scored a win on opening night. Not to be outdone, two-time series champion Greg Wilson has two wins this season at Fremont to run his career total to 11 at the track. The last win, this past Saturday, was a dandy as he came roaring from 18th starting spot. Cap Henry, who cut his racing teeth at the one-third mile oval, scored an exciting win two weeks ago at Fremont.

Current UNOH All Star point leader Dale Blaney is looking to add to his series win total as well. “The Low Rider” has 16 career wins at Fremont, 11 of those being All Star victories to lead all drivers in series’ wins at the track. Blaney swept the Memorial Day weekend at Fremont last season.

Don’t count out Danny Holtgraver who picked up the UNOH All Star win this past Saturday at I-77 Raceway. Holtgraver has an open win at Mercer Speedway and Attica Raceway Park this season as well.

“Winning at Fremont was one of my goals this year. I really want to get one there bad. The competition is as good as any where we race,” said Holtgraver.

Then throw in the tough weekly competitors like defending and two-time track champion Craig Mintz, Chris Andrews, three time track champion Byron Reed, Brian Smith, rookie sensation D.J. Foos who is coming off a second place run this past weekend and others like Brian Lay, Jody Keegan, Caleb Griffith, Dean Jacobs, Duane Zablocki, Brandon Martin, Stuart Brubaker and rookie Paige Polyak. Polyak is the first female to win a sprint car race at Fremont Speedway, having competed in the tough 305 sprint ranks. She is coming off a second place run with the UNOH All Stars at I-77 speedway.

Also, in a fun event for everyone, there will be special kick ball tournament benefitting the Kick-It Foundation to raise funds for childhood cancer research. There are currently 9 teams signed up to participate including a drivers’ team, crew team, speedway team, a couple of corporate teams and fan teams. The tournament will get underway at the fairgrounds around 10 a.m. and there will also be an auction. To find out more look up the 2nd Annual Fremont Speedway Kick It Event on Facebook or go to www.fremontohspeedway.com. To make a donation to your favorite team or player go to http://www.kick-it.org/events/2nd-annual-fremont-speedway-event.

The 305 sprints and dirt trucks will also be in competition both nights.

Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing underway at 7 p.m. both nights.

 

 

 

Lawrenceburg Speedway KISS Race Rained Out

May 18, 2013 – Unfortunately, with a late afternoon rain storm and more
rain nearing the area, the fourth leg of the King of Indiana Sprint
Series, at Lawrenceburg Speedway, has been canceled.

The next KISS event will be a co-sanctioned program at Tri-State
Speedway on Sunday, May 26, featuring both KISS and MSCS series.

KISS Points Top Four: 1. Brady Short 570, 2. Dave Darland 529, 3. Robert
Ballou 515, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg 362

2013 KISS SCHEDULE

May 3 Bloomington Speedway – Brady Short
May 5 Kokomo Speedway – Robert Ballou
May 10 Gas City I-69 Speedway – Brady Short
May 18 Lawrenceburg Speedway - Rain
May 26 Tri-State Speedway
June 1 Paragon Speedway
July 2 Terre Haute Action Track

 

 

SALDANA LOOKING TO CONQUER ORANGE COUNTY FAIR SPEEDWAY

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (May 16, 2013) –The oldest continuously operated dirt track in the United States, the Orange County Fair Speedway, will host the World of Outlaws Sunday, May 19.

Originally constructed in 1857 for horse racing, the track this weekend will feature the likes of Joey Saldana and a host of other drivers, thundering around the five-eighths mile oval in winged sprint cars.

“This track traditionally runs Modifieds,” explained Saldana, driver of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M, “and this is usually the only sprint car race of the season.”

World of Outlaws events have been contested sporadically at this facility, with five completed since 2004.

“This will be our fourth event in five days and the last of three-in-a-row,” said Saldana.

“We hope to have some good momentum going so we can get in a groove and have a good night of racing on the hard clay in New York.”

With 90 races scheduled for the season, the Outlaws drivers are only about twenty five percent through the grueling year when they reach New York. For the most part,

the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M team has been hovering in the top five positions in point standings, certainly within striking distance of their goal: the World of Outlaws championship.

Only time will tell. But when Dan Motter decided to get “all in” after a 15-year hiatus from owning a full-time team campaigning the World of Outlaws series, he felt he had hired the veteran crew members and the driver to get the job done. It’s looking good so far.

 

 

Top-Ten in First Stop at Williams Grove

The first of six stops on the 2013 STP World of Outlaws schedule at Williams Grove Speedway took center stage on Friday for the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team as driver Craig Dollansky prepared for his 63rd appearance at the historic paperclip half-mile located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania against the always tough local ‘PA Posse’ contingent.

After posting the fastest lap in hotlap session two, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ continued the strong start to the racing program by timing 13th among the 46 cars in qualifying. Earning the pole position for heat one, Dollansky took the lead when the green flag waved and powered the Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim to the heat victory. An inversion draw of six for the dash just missed the Elk River, Minnesota native as he started seventh and lost one spot in the 6-lap race.

Following final preparations by DJ Lindsey, Sean Michael, Luke Dollansky, and Chevy Corn, the MobileStar backed sprinter lined up outside row four for the 25-lap A-Main. Advancing one spot on the opening circuit, Dollansky then closed on Joey Saldana before executing a slide-job on the #71M in turn 1 & 2 on lap 5. Following a caution six laps later, the Eaton’s Aeroquip Performance Products #7 lost one spot on the double-file restart and ran seventh until Kraig Kinser snuck by on the final lap as Dollansky finished with a solid top-ten in 8th.

Another night of competition awaits the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team tonight at Williams Grove Speedway.

 

 

ROLLERCOASTER EVENING AT WILLIAMS GROVE FOR 71M TEAM

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (May 17, 2013) – The Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear team rolled out all new artillery for their date with the Pennsylvania Posse at Williams Grove.

After their unexpected encounter with the wall at Lincoln Speedway Thursday night, the 71M team burned way past the midnight oil assembling a new car for tonight’s Outlaws vs. Posse rumble on the half-mile clay oval.

“We were making good progress with a more aggressive set-up last night,” said team owner Dan Motter. “We hope to take full advantage of the knowledge we gained and apply it tonight here at the Grove.”

It looked as if it were going to be a stellar night when Joey Saldana turned the second quickest lap in the 71M, qualifying at 16.565 seconds.

The Brownsburg Bullet started fourth in the second heat. Before one lap was completed race action was red flagged for Kyle Moody who flipped between turns one and two. Moody got out of the car and walked away. There was a complete restart and an all-green run for the eight-lap event with Saldana finishing in the fifth transfer spot for the A-Main and also earning a starting berth in the dash.

After the dash inversion draw, Saldana was assigned the fifth starting position. Saldana got caught in a traffic jam at the start of the dash and was searching high and low for the best and fastest groove, meanwhile being challenged by Kraig Kinser. Saldana held off Kinser and finished sixth, moving to the sixth starting position in the A-Main.

The Feature was a battle between four competitors swapping position for the lead. Donny Schatz won the race coming from the 12th starting position. Greg Hodnett finished second and Fred Rahmer rounded out the podium.

Saldana was off his stride in the A-Main as the track continued to slick off and he fought a loose race car. He finished in twelfth position.

Pennsylvania Score: Outlaws 1, Posse 1

The tie-breaker is Saturday night right here at Williams Grove.

 

 

DOUBLE THE ACTION FOR MSCS ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Haubstadt, IN - May 17, 2013 - The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series has two big races scheduled over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. Drivers will be able to test their skills at getting around a 5/16th mile oval on Saturday night the 25th and then a bit tighter ¼ mile facility on Sunday night. Racing begins with the first of two visits for the series this season at the Lincoln Park Speedway along U.S. Highway 40 in Putnamville, IN, and continues 127 miles to the South the next night at Tri-State Speedway on U.S. Highway 41 at Haubstadt, IN.

It will be the only time this season that sprint car teams will have to prepare for back to back MSCS appearances. Fans have the opportunity to include these two days of MSCS sanctioned sprint car racing in their holiday weekend plans. Both features will pay $2,500 to win. Sunday night’s race at Tri-State Speedway is also a King of Indiana Sprint Car event and the field will include drivers chasing KISS points as well as MSCS points. The race is the fifth of the seven needed to complete the 2013 KISS season.

The May 25th date is the earliest appearance of the series at Lincoln Park Speedway since 2001. That spring the series raced on May 19th with Wil Newlin the winner. Kyle Cummins won the feature last August during the series most recent appearance at the track. Robert Ballou was second and 2012 Champion Jon Stanbrough finished third. Promoter Joe Spiker brought the series back to the track in 2011. Casey Shuman won that one over Brady Short. Three time MSCS Champion Kyle Cummins was fifth. Car counts have been good with 30 sprints the average these past two years.

The May 26th date will be the second appearance for MSCS at Tri-State Speedway this season. The MSCS season began at the track on May 11th in a combined appearance with the United States Auto Club. Twenty MSCS regulars were involved in this match-up which provided a 34 car field. Kevin Thomas Jr. won the event from the pole but was challenged and pursued by a strong field of cars and drivers including Robert Ballou and Chase Stockon. Jon Stanbrough won last season’s Memorial Weekend Classic. That was the first year that this date was used for the MSCS/KISS combined show. The June date for the 2010 MSCS/KISS race at Tri-State was a rain out.

A feature victory at the MSCS series opener propelled Kevin Thomas Jr. into the MSCS series points lead. Brady Short led the KISS series points after the Gas City I-69 Speedway stop. That was the result of two feature wins in just three opportunities. The top ten for both series is loaded with top flight talent. Drivers enjoying early season success and currently included on both top 10 lists include Robert Ballou, Brady Short, and Kevin Thomas Jr. For these drivers & others this one race has a double benefit for a good run and perhaps more serious ramifications for a poor showing.

Racing begins at 7 P.M. E.D.T. at Lincoln Park Speedway and 7:30 P.M. C.D.T. at Tri-State Speedway. Arrive an hour earlier to enjoy hot laps!

For Immediate Release: (Provided as News & Information for MSCS.)

 

Austin McCarl – The Racing Rhythm!

(Bill W) May 16, 2013 – A sixth place finish at Huset’s Speedway highlighted a weekend of racing for Austin McCarl in the New Gulf Resources/Excel Therapy Specialists/Bargain Barn Tire #17A sprint car. Austin also competed with the World of Outlaws at Knoxville Raceway. The young Altoona, Iowa driver is getting his racing rhythm back and plans a pair of events again this weekend at Knoxville and Huset’s.

The Outlaws saw 51 cars sign in at Knoxville on Saturday. “We didn’t get qualified where we needed to (28th),” says Austin. “I got out there and ran around the top. I should have probably run the bottom. I need to get more races in so I can feel more comfortable in the car.”

After finishing sixth in his heat, Austin headed to the B. “We weren’t really good in the heat race,” he says. “We were off on the car. In the B, we got a lot better. I got to racing there for fifth I think it was, and got cut off going into three. It took the air off my wing and cost me a lot of time and momentum. It took me a while to get back going. Another car or two got me there too.”

Austin was rolling well, but a lack of fuel sidelined him. “We were cruising there after a couple of restarts, and then we had a little fuel pickup problem,” he says. “With all the stops and yellows, I don’t think we had enough fuel in for that. It wasn’t the way we wanted to end our night.”

Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota ran their season opener on Sunday. “We were ninth quick, and ran third in the heat,” says Austin. “We were trying to save our tire a little bit.”

Austin would start ninth in the main event. “Unfortunately, the racetrack wasn’t in ideal condition,” he says. “After the first lap of the race, everyone was following the leader around the bottom. I tried not to make any mistakes, and take advantage of other driver’s.”

He would advance to sixth at the checkers. “We caught a few spots and got up behind my Dad (Terry McCarl) in fifth,” says Austin. “On the restart, we kind of got racing with Kyle (Larson) and he hit the berm. We had to slow down behind him, and Cole Wood drove around me on the restart. He did a really good job.”

Austin will be looking for his first win this weekend. “We were happy to roll in the trailer both nights,” he says. “We had no engine problems and no torn up stuff. We’ll be ready again this week for Knoxville and Huset’s.”

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Kaley Gharst – 2013 Underway!

(Bill W) May 16, 2013 – Driver Kaley Gharst and the Jeremy Scadden #6 team got their season underway last weekend in South Dakota. The Decatur, Illinois driver finished 8th in the Loren Barstad Memorial after going to the tail at the I-90 Speedway in Hartford on Saturday. He registered a third place finish at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon on Sunday.

Kaley started in row two of his heat at Hartford Friday. “We were able to get to second,” he says. “We were racing for the lead with (Robby) Wolfgang there, but he ended up getting us at the line.”

Starting ninth in the feature, he charged forward until making a mistake. “We had a decent start,” says Kaley. “We were up to fifth or sixth there early on. A couple laps in, I tagged the wall and bent the front end. We had a flat tire too, and we changed it.”

The team got Kaley back on the track and he would checker eighth. “We were able to get back up there a ways,” he says. “It was rubber-down, so it was really hard to pass any cars. The car was good, unfortunately, there was a little driver error the first night out.”

Starting fifth in his heat Sunday night at Huset’s, Kaley would register fourth. “The car was really decent, but about the second lap, we had something come up and break the spark plug there,” he says. “We did what we could to stay in the top four in a redraw spot. Fortunately, we were able to.”

With the spark plug replaced, Kaley drew well. “We got the car ready for the feature, and the redraw went in our favor drawing the pole,” he says. “We missed the setup a little bit. We had some air build up in the right rear. I was running the top, and we got passed on the bottom right away.”

He was able to regain the lead, before rubber developed late, and he was hung out to dry. “We had a restart about eight or so laps in, and were able to get back by (Ryan Bickett) for the lead, and we went to the bottom,” says Kaley. “It ended up taking rubber through the middle of the track, and I got passed by a couple of cars before I could get back up there. After that, I just rode in line right there.”

Kaley and the team will be back in action this weekend. “We really aren’t sure of our schedule this week,” he says. “Cameron (Missouri with ASCS), Knoxville and Huset’s are all possibilities, but we’re not sure yet.”

Keep an eye on Kaley's progress this week and beyond at www.KaleyGharst.com!

 

 

SALDANA MAKES GRITTY RUN AT GETTYSBURG CLASH

THAT ENDS ON A SOUR NOTE

ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (May 16, 2013) – Lincoln Speedway hosted the Gettysburg Clash, the opening salvo that would signal the start of the annual rivalry between the Outlaws and the Pennsylvania Posse.

After a one-night rain delay, the battle lines were drawn and 43 warriors were ready to throw down.

In qualifying, Joey Saldana, driver of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M sprint car and representing the Outlaws contingent, lapped the 3/8th-mile high-banked oval in 13.739 seconds, putting him fifth in the qualifying order.

Starting on the inside of the second row in heat one, Saldana who was down low,

was squeezed coming out of turn two in the first lap and lost position. Riding in the top five, Saldana was challenged for a transfer position by Cory Haas, but at the end of the eight- lap event, Saldana was fifth, earning a starting berth in the A-Main.

Rolling off for the A-Main in the 13th starting position, changes made on the 71M showed a great deal of improvement in negotiating the slick track early in the race. With nine laps complete, while trying to make a move between turns one and two to gain position, Saldana drove over the cushion and caught the wall, rolling the 71M on its side. Saldana was okay but the 71M suffered damage to all quarters of the car and had to be taken back to the pits via the tow truck hook. Saldana was credited with finishing 25th.

“This is part of racing,” said team owner Dan Motter. “I’m pleased we made some tuning improvements on the car’s handling and forward drive.”

Danny Dietrich took the Gettysburg Clash win for the Posse. Finishing second and third, respectively, for the Outlaws, were Donny Schatz and Sammy Swindell.

The Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear team will make repairs to the 71M and will be ready for the Williams Grove doubleheader Friday and Saturday (May 17-18) nights.

 

 

Lucas Oil ESS makes its First Full Point Stop at Selinsgrove in 17 years.

SYRACUSE, NY – It will be 17 years to the day when Bobby Parrow put his sprinter in the Selinsgrove Speedway victory lane as the winner of the first ever Empire Super Sprint (ESS) event. Now the Lucas Oil backed tour celebrating its 30th Anniversary will be out in force to put on an exciting show in front of the Pa. Posse fans.

It is billed as the Mach 1 Spectacular, the chassis builder from Mechanicsburg, Pa. has added some spice to the purse in making the 25 lap full point event a nice $3,000 to win with $300 set up just to take the green. Mach 1 Chassis is a huge supporter of ESS for the second year in row by also sponsoring the hard luck award

where the driver chosen receives a complete Mach 1 frame.

Steve Poirier fired the first shot by winning the opener back in April at Can-Am in what he hopes will be a run for his fourth championship. The Port Leyden, “Young Guns” of Dylan Swiernik and Kevin Ward Jr. followed the Quebec star and they also have a love for the Selinsgrove half-mile.

But, the ESS invasion will be stout. Defending champion Chuck Hebing, two-time ESS champ Lance Yonge, 2009 champ Justin Barger along with Shawn Donath, Paul Kinney, Michael Parent, Sammy Reakes IV, Cory Sparks, Jeff Cook, Jason Barney, Patrick Vigneault, Paul Habeck, Doug Emery, Joe Trenca, Dave Axton, Steve Collins and Jordan Thomas are looking to make the trip.

What will make this event unique is the quest for bragging rights as the Posse will be looking to defend the home turf. Defending Selinsgrove champion Pat Cannon will be leading the brigade but it will be a who’s who list as well. Mach 1 fabricator Mark Smith will be in the field and also expected will be Dave Ely, T.J. Stutts, Nate Snyder, Duane Mausteller, Bryn Gohn, Tim Hogue and more.

This will be the second appearance of the year for some of the ESS stars as many made it down on April 6th for the Spring Shootout which was taken by NASCAR Sprint Cup star Tony Stewart himself.

It will be a special two-for-one night as the regular Selinsgrove 358 sprints will be in action as well which should see the pit are full with some 50 different winged machines.

Car Mate Custom Built Trailers brings you the heats, Fastenal is sponsoring the Cobra Coaches dash event all leading up to the Mach 1 Spectacular with a cool $3,000 going to the winner.

The Lucas Oil ESS winged warriors, Selinsgrove Speedway…tradition and it will be excitement guaranteed!

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Past Empire Super Sprint winners at Selinsgrove Speedway.

July 8. 1995 Kramer Williamson

May 18, 1996 Bobby Parrow

July 6, 1996 Rick Koenig

March 31, 2012 Pat Cannon

Sept. 1, 2012 Pat Cannon

Apr. 6, 2013 Tony Stewart

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Hoosier Hundred

INDIANPOLIS, IN (May 17, 2013)-A large number of rookies, including two females, are looking to become the first rookie winner of the Hoosier Hundred USAC Silver Crown race in thirty nine years on May 23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Oklahoma’s own Jackie Howerton was the last rookie winner of the prestigious 100-mile dirt track race when he scored a stunning upset win over Mario Andretti and Al Unser in 1974, driving a unique turbocharged Offenhauser dirt car for legendary mechanic George Bignotti. Howerton was just the second rookie winner (Eddie Sachs in 1958 the first) in the now 60 year history of the Hoosier Hundred.

Second generation driver Miranda Throckmorton of nearby Avon and Taylor Ferns of Michigan are two young ladies currently working their way up the racing ladder and seek to become the first females to make the Hoosier Hundred starting lineup at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Throckmorton, daughter of former driver Billy Throckmorton, has been running sprint cars in central Indiana. Ferns is a midget driver in both the USAC Mopar Midget Series and the Lucas Oil Powri Midget Series. Sarah Fisher attempted the Hoosier Hundred in 1998 but never took a qualifying lap as the clutch gave out on her machine. Cheryl Glass is the only female to make a starting lineup for a Silver Crown race at the fairgrounds, running the 1982 Hulman 100.

Second generation driver Casey Shuman will attempt to follow in father Ron’s footsteps next Thursday. Ron won the 1992 Hoosier Hundred in a thriller that saw he, Steve Butler and Jeff Swindell battle and bang wheels on the last lap of the race. Other second generation drivers looking for their first Hoosier Hundred start include Kentucky’s Kenny Gentry and Rich Camfield of Illinois.

Californian Robert Ballou is one of the most exciting drivers on the USAC Sprint Car tour and he too makes his first attempt at the Hoosier Hundred driving for the legendary Bob Hampshire and car owner Ralph DePalma.

Fans can see the Hoosier Hundred on a new night, Thursday May 23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Its expected that many of the particpants and dignitaries at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will make their way for an evening of competition at the fairgrounds.

 

 

WINGED SPRINTS & SUPERMODIFIEDS HIGHLIGHT WINCHESTER CARD

May 16, 2013 – Holly, MI – The second annual Xtreme Speed Challenge will bring the TRUFUEL Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series and the Engine Pro Must See Racing Supermodified Series presented by Oliver Racing Parts together for a great twin bill of racing Sunday afternoon at Winchester Speedway.

The event will be the only appearance of the MSRSMS at Winchester Speedway in 2013. The event will offer something for every member of the family including record setting speeds, great racing action and for the kids an inflatable bounce house, a clown, and face painting. The Xtreme Speed Challenge will truly be family entertainment at its finest.

A stellar field of Must See Racing Xtreme Sprints is expected including: Jeff Bloom, Jason Cox, Troy DeCaire, Cody Gerhardt, Brian Gerster, Kody Swanson, Jimmy Kite, Mike Larrison, Jimmy McCune, Brian Olson, Aaron Pierce, Tom Tolbert, Joe Swanson, 2012 Series Champion Jo Jo Helberg and Jacob Wilson among others.

Last year’s Xtreme Speed Challenge saw Supermodifieds return to Winchester Speedway for the first time in nearly twenty-one years. A huge crowd greeted the inaugural event that also saw California’s Jo Jo Helberg set a new World’s record when he toured the famed half-mile with a lap of 12.669 seconds in his sprint car.

A strong field of Supermodifieds is also expected headlined by 2012 MSRSMS champion Kyle Edwards. Other drivers expected include Sondi Eden, Jimmy McCune, California’s Kyle Vanderpoole, Brian Gingrass, Dave McKnight, Jon Henes, Zach Gibson, Rich Reid, Brad Wyatt, Larry Lehnert, 2012 event winner Jim Paller, and others. Sprint and Super Race teams from 9 states and Canada have registered to compete on Sunday.

There will be an open practice session on Saturday afternoon from 2pm – 6pm. Grandstands open at 10am on Sunday with racing set to begin at 2pm. Adult admission is $25, youths 9-17 $15, 8 and under free, and Seniors 65 & up $15. For more info on this event please visit www.mustseeracing.com. To purchase tickets prior to the event call (248) 535-5575.

May 16, 2013 – Holly, MI – The second annual Xtreme Speed Challenge will bring the TRUFUEL Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series and the Engine Pro Must See Racing Supermodified Series presented by Oliver Racing Parts together for a great twin bill of racing Sunday afternoon at Winchester Speedway.

The event will be the only appearance of the MSRSMS at Winchester Speedway in 2013. The event will offer something for every member of the family including record setting speeds, great racing action and for the kids an inflatable bounce house, a clown, and face painting. The Xtreme Speed Challenge will truly be family entertainment at its finest.

A stellar field of Must See Racing Xtreme Sprints is expected including: Jeff Bloom, Jason Cox, Troy DeCaire, Cody Gerhardt, Brian Gerster, Kody Swanson, Jimmy Kite, Mike Larrison, Jimmy McCune, Brian Olson, Aaron Pierce, Tom Tolbert, Joe Swanson, 2012 Series Champion Jo Jo Helberg and Jacob Wilson among others.

Last year’s Xtreme Speed Challenge saw Supermodifieds return to Winchester Speedway for the first time in nearly twenty-one years. A huge crowd greeted the inaugural event that also saw California’s Jo Jo Helberg set a new World’s record when he toured the famed half-mile with a lap of 12.669 seconds in his sprint car.

A strong field of Supermodifieds is also expected headlined by 2012 MSRSMS champion Kyle Edwards. Other drivers expected include Sondi Eden, Jimmy McCune, California’s Kyle Vanderpoole, Brian Gingrass, Dave McKnight, Jon Henes, Zach Gibson, Rich Reid, Brad Wyatt, Larry Lehnert, 2012 event winner Jim Paller, and others. Sprint and Super Race teams from 9 states and Canada have registered to compete on Sunday.

There will be an open practice session on Saturday afternoon from 2pm – 6pm. Grandstands open at 10am on Sunday with racing set to begin at 2pm. Adult admission is $25, youths 9-17 $15, 8 and under free, and Seniors 65 & up $15. For more info on this event please visit www.mustseeracing.com. To purchase tickets prior to the event call (248) 535-5575.

 

 

Bay Cities Racing Association,

Bay Cities Racing Association, presented by Western Performance Parts will host the 5th event on the 2013 schedule this Saturday night at the recently re-opened Ukiah Speedway. The fast, tight turned quarter mile paved track has been a regular stop on the BCRA schedule for many years and as always produced exciting racing and finishes. Drivers expected to compete this weekend include, current BCRA points leader David Goodwill driving the Arata Brothers #88 Beast/Bob Wirth Mopar, 2012 BCRA Pavement Champion, and defending race winner, Kevin Morris driving the #17k Morris Motorsports Beast/Esslinger, Darrin Snider, a multi-time Ukiah Speedway, and 3 time winner in 2012 driving Lauren Snider’s #2k Beast/Mopar, Michael Snider, driving Lauren Snider’s #6 Beast/Mopar, 2012 USAC Pavement Series Champion Chad Nichols, driving Paul Eskensen’s #29 Beast/Mopar, 2012 BCRA Champion Floyd Avis, Gary Conterno driving his #55 Beast/Mopar, Mike Donaldson will return behind the wheel of Stu Donaldson’s midget. JR Williams is expected to make the long trek from Carson City Nevada to run his #74 Ecotech midget. Bill Lindsey is scheduled to run in the familiar #8. Rumor has it that Lauren Snider is going to bring his daughter Jodi to run his third car. Jodi has much experience racing all types of asphalt cars at both Ukiah and Lakeport Speedway. From what I have heard she is pretty fast. For more info go to: www.bcraracing.com or www.ukiahspeedway.com

 

 

Earl Gaerte Classic This Saturday at Plymouth Speedway

(Plymouth, IN) It's one of the biggest races of the season at Plymouth Speedway and it's happening on Saturday night.

The Engine Pro Earl Gaerte Classic will feature the Sprints on Dirt Saturday night.

Plymouth Speedway Director of Racing, Matthew Schwartz, indicated that it will be an exciting night of racing.

“The Sprints on Dirt, which we call SOD sprints, are a touring series and they race all over Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and even into Canada,” said Schwartz. “The cars from all of those states plus Illinois, and maybe some from Tennessee, will come race with the sprint cars. These are the fastest things on dirt! They have big wings, 900 hp and they'll hit over 100 mph every lap.”

Earl Gaerte was an innovator in short track engines and he designed engines that have been in Indianapolis 500 cars and in the cars that are raced on racetracks each Saturday night across America. He passed away in August 2011, but his memory and innovations live on.

Engine Pro presented by Fel-Pro Gaskets is a proud sponsor of this event.

Sprint car driver, Shane Stewart, was at Plymouth Speedway Wednesday night for a media event and had a chance to look things over for this weekend's race.

Stewart is a native of Oklahoma but has since moved to Indiana to continue his career in the sprint car series. He's quite accomplished having many feature wins under his belt as well as a American Sprint Car Association Championship.

Stewart doesn't run with a particular sprint car series full-time but he does occasionally race in the esteemed World of Outlaws series. He will be driving a brand new sprint car this weekend under the ownership of Joe Gaerte. Stewart said it was fitting that he participate in the Earl Gaerte Classic with Gaerte Engines out of Rochester as a sponsor. Watch for the number 3G as it makes circuits around the track.

Stewart is pretty impressed with Plymouth Speedway's new dirt surface.

'They've done a great job with the dirt. They're working hard. I know and I've seen the amount of work that actually goes into preparing a racetrack for a Saturday night,” said Stewart.

He expects to be part of some great racing Saturday night.

“If the track's right, it's wide enough to see two or three-wide racing. The best thing that you could hope for as a dirt track guy is if you can get two grooves. That's the most important thing. If they can make that happen, I think you're going to see a really good race!”

Modifieds and the USAC 600 sprints will also be racing to round out the exciting night of racing.

Also on May 18, the 1st Annual Forces Day Poker Run to help sponsor Operation Quiet Comfort and our troops will begin at 11 a.m. ET at the Woodland Inn in South Bend and end at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth. You can pick up a pre-registration form at McDaniel's Harley Davidson in South Bend, Kersting's Harley Davidson in Winamac or at the Woodland Inn in South Bend.

The $30 fee includes one rider, a t-shirt and Winged Outlaw Sprints ticket. The $18 fee may be paid at the gate for non-riders.

In an effort to support our troops, drop off a donation of white crew socks, gallon-size zip-loc bags, individually packaged toothbrushes and travel size toothpaste. These items will be gathered by the Operation Quiet Comfort volunteers and distributed to soldiers.

The gates will open at 4 p.m. and racing begins at 7 p.m. ET. For ticket and pit pass information, visit www.plymouthspeedway.net. “Like” us on Facebook and follow us @PlymouthSpeed.

 

 

SPRINT CAR LEGEND BRAD DOTY TO SERVE AS GRAND MARSHALL AT CALISTOGA

by: Troy Hennig

ROSEVILLE, CA – (MAY 16, 2013)…National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Brad Doty will serve as the 2013 Grand Marshall for the upcoming Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame Dinner on Friday night, August 30th, starting at 6:30 PM. The Hall of Fame dinner will take place at the Tubbs Building located on the Napa County Fairgrounds. Calistoga Speedway track historian and veteran SPEED TV announcer Bobby Gerould will handle the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. The ceremony is open to the public and tickets are $30.00 per person.

This year’s new Calistoga Hall of Fame Inductees include Johnny Anderson, Mike Andreetta, Hank Butcher, Mel Fernandez, Hank Hanestad, George Hawkins, Mike McGreevy, Walt Ross and Lem Tolliver. We invite all of you to join Bobby Gerould, Brad Doty and the Inductees family and friends in what surely will be an emotion packed ceremony to honor an elite group of individuals responsible for Calistoga Speedways rich history.

Brad Doty is the man behind the book “Still Wide Open” that was co-authored by award winning journalist Dave Argabright. The book chronicles Doty’s rise to the top of sprint car racing before his tragic accident at Eldora Speedway in 1988 that left him paralyzed from the waist down. In 1992 Doty received a phone call from Slick 50 Sprint Car World Series television producer Pat Patterson who offered him a job as an analyst during the live broadcasts. After some hesitation, Doty accepted the position. Since 1992, Doty has been the one constant face during World of Outlaw sprint car races on television. Subsequently, he has been an ambassador for all kinds of sprint car racing and won awards including being named the Nation Sprint Car Poll’s “Media Member of the Year” on numerous occasions.

Seating is limited for this special one night walk down memory lane on August 30th. To reserve your tickets please call Hunt’s Race World at (916) 773-7223. This special Hall of Fame dinner takes place the night before the annual Louie Vermeil Classic scheduled for Saturday night, August 31st, and Sunday night, September 1st.

 

 

Schedule Update: Jack Sodeman Jr. Ready for Lernerville and I-77 Raceway Park Will Compete at Lernerville ‘Fab Four’ Event and I-77 All Star Event This Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’

Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

North Jackson, OH (May 16th, 2013) - After being washed-out by Mother Nature during his most recent weekend of scheduled competition, North Jackson, Ohio’s Jack Sodeman Jr. will return to the racetrack this weekend for two separate events in two different states. The former Sharon Speedway ‘410’ sprint car track champion will participate in events at the Lernerville Speedway (PA) and I-77 Raceway Park (WV) this Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th; with Saturday’s event at I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, West Virginia being sanctioned by the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions. Lernerville Speedway’s event this Friday evening, May 17th, will be a non-sanctioned program; and will feature ‘Fab Four’ weekly action including the ‘410’ sprint cars. Jack Sodeman Jr. is a recent winner at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania; and currently finds himself second (2nd) in the ‘410’ sprint car driver standings at the speedway.

Jack Sodeman Jr. will pilot his familiar Rudzik Racing, Rudzik Excavating, Economy Tooling no. 94 ‘410’ sprint car during both events this upcoming weekend. Saturday evening’s UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions event at the I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, West Virginia will be a ‘first time’ event for the ‘Mountain State’ facility. The UNOH All Stars have never visited the 3/8’s mile oval near Ripley, and are delighted to bring some of the nation’s top ‘410’ sprint car teams to the West Virginia oval. The May 18th program will be the first and only event of the 2013 season for the UNOH All Stars at the I-77 Raceway Park. Jack Sodeman Jr. is currently winless in UNOH All Star competition in 2013, and hopes to make his ‘first time’ appearance at the I-77 Raceway Park extra special this weekend. The UNOH All Star ‘National’ / ‘Ohio Region’ event will be highlighted with a $5,000-to-win main event for the ‘410’ sprint cars.

For more information on Friday night’s ‘Fab Four’ event at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania, please visit the speedway online at www.lernerville.com. Fans can find out more information on Saturday night’s UNOH All Star program at the I-77 Raceway Park by logging on to www.allstarsprint.com; or visit www.racei77.com.

Jack Sodeman Jr. and Rudzik Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Rudzik Excavating/Economy Tooling/Glassmere Fuel Services/PRS Transit/Townsend Gas & Oil/NRP Contractors/Treviscraft/Gressman Powersports/Butlerbuilt/Keizer Wheels/Frankland Rearends/Simpson Racing/FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil/Doug Smith & Weather Capital Sales.

Keep up with Jack Sodeman Jr. during the entire 2013 season and beyond – right here at FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil/Doug Smith & Weather Capital Sales.

Also, take the time to check out Jack Sodeman Jr.’s online home at: www.jacksodeman.com

 

 

Swanson and Crew Head to Delaware International this Weekend

Fresh off of a two race weekend which saw the Fright night race at Bedford Speedway be cancelled just after the drivers meeting. Swanson and his 17j crew had to wait another night to hit the track. Saturday night was the annual running of the Jack Gunn Memorial race paying a nice $3,500 to win. Swanson and the 17j were one of 40 cars on hand. Just making the race was a win in itself. Swanson and the 17j failed to qualify for the Jack Gunn Memorial.

This weekend the 17j will travel to a very familiar tack. Swanson and crew will head about 3 hours south to the Delaware International Speedway located in Delmar DE. This famed 1/2 mile track has been a fixture on the URC schedule for many years now. It's a place that Swanson knows very well. Swanson has had some good runs there and will be looking to capitalize on his experience and put the 17j to the front.

Be sure to stop by the trailer after the races for a T-Shirt and an autograph. You can following Jonathan Swanson throughout the year at www.jonathanswansonracing17j.com.

 

 

Mark Dobmeier – Up and Down Weekend Ends with a Win!

Lunstra Motorsports and Mark Dobmeier PR

May 16, 2013 – The Midwest season opened up with a three-race weekend last week for Mark Dobmeier and his Lunstra Motorsports team. Two nights were spent with the World of Outlaws and the weekend ended with their first win of the year at Huset’s Speedway.

The weekend kicked off at the beautiful Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn. on a gorgeous evening at the 3/8 mile paved facility with dirt on top of the asphalt. The night didn’t start off the best for Dobmeier as he timed in a disappointing 25th out of the 34 cars signed in. He would come up one spot short of transferring through the heat and wound up in the Last Chance Showdown. Contact from Jason Johnson after running in the final transfer spot on the last lap of that race resulted in a DNF and a torn up race car.

“Jason decided to drive through the infield over the infield berm and decided to take both of us out the transfer spot,” Dobmeier said. “Basically one of those racing deals, but the rear end was torn up with a few other things, so we had a few things to change before Knoxville.”

The Senske & Son Transfer Eagle headed south down I-35 for another night of Outlaw action at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. More problems in qualifying ensued after 51 cars signed in for the night’s action. The result was a disappointing 44th quick. The team found some frame damage resulting from the previous night after performing maintenance, but continued to run the car as they didn’t want to go to a backup car for the evening after making a few changes to it during the day. A strong charge through the Last Chance Showdown came up a few spots start as “Dynamite” surged from 21st to 8th with only the top four transferring.

However, the night was not over as the team was able to utilize a track provisional with the Outlaws using two provisionals as well. That meant they would be lining up shotgun on the field in the 28th starting position. Even with the bent frame, Dobmeier was able to continue to move forward in the ‘A’ and ended up finishing in the 19th position at the end of the night after sliding to avoid a wreck down the frontstretch.

“It was just one of those nights down in Knoxville where we struggled from the get-go,” he said. “We were able to pass some cars there towards the end of the night, but still not the type of night that we wanted to have.”

It was then back to the Lunstra shop to switch to another Eagle Chassis on Sunday for the Mother’s Day Opener at the Huset’s Speedway outside of Brandon, SD. 15 cars were signed in for the night including popular Nationwide driver Kyle Larson. A thrilling few laps in the heat saw the Sioux Falls Ford #13 trading sliders with the young driver, resulting in Dobmeier picking up the heat race win on a slick surface. Since Dobs had turned the third quickest lap of the night, the inversion of four put him on the outside of the front row for the feature.

With rubber-down conditions imminent after watching the 360 feature, the fight for the lead into the first corner was very important. Dobmeier would beat pole sitter Lucas Wolfe into turn one and went on to lead all 25 laps to pick up the team’s first win of the year aboard the Big Trucks by Jimco entry.

“We had an awesome pill draw for the feature and were able to get to turn one with the lead and went on to win from there,” a pumped Dobmeier said after the win. “We really needed to get a win, even if it was on a rubber-down track. I feel bad for the fans having to see a race like that with Larson here, but this team will take it.”

Another three race weekend is planned with the opener scheduled on Friday in Dobmeier’s home town of Grand Forks, ND at the River Cities Speedway. The long trek to Knoxville ensues on Saturday, with the weekend wrapping back up at Huset’s on Sunday. The 2013 apparel can be found at the trailer after the races as well.

2013 STATS: 3 Starts, 1 Win, 1 Top Five, 2 Top Tens, 1 Heat Win, Average Finish of 9.000, 15 Cars Passed in A Main Action, and Plus/Minus of +15 Positions

APPAREL: The 2013 design has been done, and you can grab your shirt, hoodies, and a whole bunch of other things at the 13 rig after the races!

SPONSORS: Lunstra Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors for their continued support into 2013: Senske & Son Transfer, Sioux Falls Ford, Big Trucks by Jimco, DeKalb Seed, IQ Bid Auctioneers, Dahlstrom Motors, Forx Radatior, Dammer Trucking, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, Forks Mobile Wash, Disabled American Veterans, Xtreme Polishing, Willow Ridge, Rose Creek Farms, Rendezvous Region Construction, and Visit Grand Forks.

About Senske & Son Transfer

The team of Senske & Son, Inc is dedicated to providing superior distribution, transportation and logistic services to ensure that your company and customers will receive products on-time and damage free. Our performance has a direct impact on the quality of our customer’s products and services. Our goal is to contribute to your quality by consistently providing you with the best services available in the trucking Industry. Visit www.SenskeTransfer.com for more information.

About Sioux Falls Ford

Our goal is to make you a customer for life by providing superb customer service. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the staff at Sioux Falls Ford will help you find the Ford vehicle you want. At Sioux Falls Ford we offer a searchable online inventory of new Ford cars in Sioux Falls, along with well-maintained used cars by today's top manufacturers. Find the new or used car you're interested and come in for a test drive today! For more information visit www.SiouxFallsFord.com.

About Big Trucks by Jimco

Big Trucks by Jimco specializes in helping you pick out the right truck tailored for your needs. We then customize the truck at your request with the possibilities being endless. We install boxes, tarps, wet kits, additional axles, and can do stretch jobs on the truck you purchase from us. Visit www.BigTrucksByJimco.com for more information.

WEBSITE: You can follow along at Mark’s new and improved website to find where they are racing, recent pictures, Mark’s history, and pretty much everything else at www.MarkDobmeier.com

SOCIAL MEDIA: Like us on Facebook and get updates from the track at: www.Facebook.com/pages/LunstraDobmeier-Motorsports/127617420603580

Also, Follow Mark on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/DobmeierRacing

THE CREW: Mark wouldn’t be able to do what he does on the track without the guys behind the scenes putting in all of the hard hours. A big shout out to: Dave Lunstra, Ethan & Wyatt Thompson, Perry & Mike Dobmeier, John Doese, Lenny Reiter, Aaron Kroetsch & Ryan Grind for all of the hard work they put in.

EMAIL: If you would like to receive Mark’s weekly release, or have any other questions, drop an email at DobmeierPR13@hotmail.com and we will add you to the list.

PHOTOGRAPHERS: If you would like your photo of Dobmeier in this weekly release, please email us at DobmeierPR13@hotmail.com with your photos and we will gladly use it.

 

 

OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY PR: 2013 SEASON STARTS THIS WEEK!

Ohsweken, Ontario – May 16, 2013 – Ohsweken Speedway's 18th annual Opening Night will take the green flag on Friday, May 17 at 7:30pm, and large fields are expected in all of the regular Friday night divisions. The opening event of Ohsweken's season will include the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Cars, Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Bombers, with extra-distance features on tap for each.

CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS Fenwick driver Chris Steele enters the Sprint Car season opener with a target on his back, as he claimed the 2012 track championship. Past champions Keith Dempster, Tom Huppunen, Dave Dykstra, and Jim Huppunen are just a few of the many drivers capable of challenging for this year’s title, along with 2012 feature winners Glenn Styres, Travis Cunningham, and Dain Naida, past winners Mikey Kruchka, Mitch Brown, Jamie Collard, and Kyle Patrick, plus many more.

AFFORDABLE TOWING & RECOVERY THUNDER STOCKS Caledonia's Mike Thorne took his second consecutive Thunder Stock title in 2012, but he will definitely have competition for the 2013 crown. Record fields were seen in the Thunder Stock division last year, and more of the same is expected in 2013, with almost 40 drivers already registered. Challengers for the title could include 2012 feature winners Brad Herron, Jack Myers, Wyatt Van Wart, and Cory Turner, to name just a few.

HRW AUTOMOTIVE MINI STOCKS Dundas driver Karl Sault has won the last two Mini Stock titles, but he has moved to Thunder Stocks this season, leaving the door open for a new champion. Several other 2012 contenders have also moved to other divisions, or retired, making the Mini Stocks a guessing game this year. Jason Lungaro finished 3rd in the standings last season and won 2 features, making him one of the drivers to watch, but a host of rookies and new cars will make things interesting, along with veterans like Steve Miller, David Goodacre, and 2004 champion Doug Erskine.

GALE’S AUTO AFTERMARKET BOMBERS The Bombers have become an affordable way for drivers to get involved in racing, and the division has graduated many of them to other Ohsweken classes. 2012 champion Davey Boughton has moved to the Mini Stock division for 2013, leaving the door open for a new Bomber champ. Kathi Dickie won two Bomber features last season, and has also moved to Mini Stocks, along with Jeremy May, who finished 6th in the Bomber standings last year. Plenty of talent will be in the Bomber field though, as 2012 winners Max Chechalk, Dusty DeBoer, Brady Longboat, and Mark Bazuin are a few of the drivers expected to race each week.

NEW START TIME Start times for weekly Friday night racing events at Ohsweken Speedway have changed for 2013. The pit gates will normally open at 5:30pm, and spectator gates will continue to open at 6:00pm, while the first race will now take the green flag at 7:30pm.

COMING SOON The long-awaited return of Sportsman cars to Ohsweken Speedway is coming up next Friday, May 24 when Grisdale Racing Products presents the Sportsman Shootout, featuring regular racing for the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Cars, Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Bombers, plus a full program for Sportsman racers including a 30 lap feature.

HGTV’s Bryan Baeumler Meet & Greet BBQ presented by Insta-Insulation is also just around the corner, with advance tickets available for the May 31 event. Visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com for more information.

TICKETS PLEASE! Advanced reserved seat tickets are now on sale for the “Northern Summer Nationals” featuring Tony Stewart on Monday, July 29, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series “Six Nations Showdown” on Tuesday, July 30, and the 9th annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals on Friday, September 13, and Saturday, September 14. Tickets for the Bryan Baeumler Meet & Greet BBQ coming up on Friday, May 31 are also available for advance purchase. Please visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com and check out our new system for online ticket sales!

RIDE WITH THE PROS Ohsweken Speedway has two custom-built two-seater Sprint Cars available each race night for rides. Please visit www.OhswekenTwoSeater.com to learn how you can take the ride of your life with one of the stars of the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car division!

THURSDAY NIGHT MICRO SPRINT RACING AT OHSWEKEN Thursday Night Micro Sprint Racing takes place on the Warm Up Track in the Ohsweken Speedway Pits each week from May 16th to September 5th, and spectator admission is just $5! Visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com for more information.

OUR SPONSORS About Corr/Pak Merchandising: Founded in 1997, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc. is based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and is a designer and producer of Point of Purchase (POP) displays for retail. Strong emphasis on creative design and speed of response has seen Corr/Pak achieve great success in a very competitive industry. Their in-house capabilities and broad range of trusted suppliers enable them to develop any sort of effective solution for your retail display needs, no matter the materials used – whether corrugated, wood, boxboard, plastic, wire, steel, or any combination of those. Corr/Pak’s support of the Sprint Car division at Ohsweken continues for a sixth consecutive season in 2013. Please visit www.CorrPak.ca for more information on the title sponsor of Sprint Car racing at Ohsweken Speedway.

About Affordable Towing & Recovery: Affordable Towing & Recovery provides a full range of towing and breakdown services in Brantford and Southwestern Ontario, as well as flat-bed freight and equipment hauling, and police towing. They can get your vehicle out, no matter where it’s located – from an underground parking garage to a creek bed. Affordable Towing & Recovery offers roadside assistance, and a vehicle storage compound, as well as towing services for anything from motorcycles to big trucks. For solutions to any vehicle transport need, go to Affordable Towing & Recovery. Visit the title sponsor of Thunder Stock racing at Ohsweken online at www.affordable-towing.ca, or call them at (519) 755-7526.

About HRW Automotive: HRW Automotive was founded by Robert Workman in 1990, and by providing good old-fashioned customer service, HRW has gained a loyal following in the community. Many hundreds of area residents and businesses have come to depend on the expertise of HRW’s friendly staff to keep their vehicles and equipment in peak condition. You can entrust all of your vehicle’s service and repair needs to the team of automotive professionals at HRW Automotive. HRW Automotive is located at 163 Baptist Church Road in Caledonia near the intersection of Pauline Johnson Road, and just 5 miles from Ohsweken Speedway. HRW’s support of Mini Stock racing at Ohsweken continues for a third consecutive season in 2013. Visit the title sponsor of Mini-Stock Racing at Ohsweken Speedway on the web at www.HRWAutomotive.com, or call HRW today at 519-752-2063, and find out what good customer service is all about!

About Gale’s Auto Aftermarket: All your automobile parts and supply needs can be met at Gale’s Auto Aftermarket, located on RR 6 near Hagersville, Ontario, just 15 miles from Ohsweken Speedway. Track officials are proud to expand their involvement with business owner Gale Hill, who has supported Ohsweken Speedway and its race teams for many years. Call 519-445-2659 for more information on the title sponsor of Bomber racing at Ohsweken.

THIS WEEK AT OHSWEKEN Ohsweken Speedway’s 18th season of racing begins this Friday, May 17 with 2013 Opening Night, including 25 lap features for the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Cars, and Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, a 20 lap feature for the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and a 15 lap feature for the Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Bombers.

Weekly Friday night racing at Ohsweken offers affordable, exciting, family entertainment just a short drive from many Mid-Western Ontario locations. Weekly Friday night racing adult general admission is just $12, while seniors and students are $10, and kids age 12 and under are FREE! Spectator gates open @ 6:00p.m., with the first race taking the green flag at 7:30pm this Friday, May 17! Visit the new official Ohsweken Speedway website at www.OhswekenSpeedway.com and Feel The Excitement!

About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Bombers, while the season finishes each year with the annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and has been a yearly stop on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series schedule since 2007.

Visit the official Ohsweken Speedway website at www.OhswekenSpeedway.com, like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/OHSWEKENSPEEDWAY, follow us on Twitter @OhswekenSpdway, and subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/user/OhswekenSpdway

 

 

Tuesdays with TMAC – Work of A.R.T.!

(Bill W) May 14, 2013 – Terry McCarl put in a solid weekend of three races, two with the World of Outlaws. He’s getting accustomed to a new chassis in the TMAC Motorsports #24. Despite solid fields all weekend long, he had one of the faster rides on the racetrack. The Huset’s Speedway opener saw him finish fourth Sunday night.

Friday night brought the World of Outlaws first visit ever to the Elko Speedway in Minnesota, and TMAC welcomed some special guests. “It was great to hang out with Minnesota Viking Hall of Famer Paul Krause,” he says. “It was very cool. He still holds the all-time interception record, which is pretty impressive for a guy who played when they didn’t throw near as much as they do now. I had met him at the Bass Pro Shops opening in Altoona, and he lives near Elko. He had a blast. He’s a good guy. Paul Gillund from Justice Brothers was there too. Their headquarters aren’t far from Elko. The folks from SnowPlow.com were there too. It was cool to have them there.”

The promoter in TMAC appreciated the environment Elko provided. “The atmosphere was great there,” he says. “What a neat deal. The place was packed. It takes a lot of work to put dirt on that track and they do a great job. The feature was great, and entertaining for the fans. That makes it more fun.”

His first night in a new chassis was tested early. “Thanks to Colin Bulmer from Bayaire Industries in Australia, we put a new A.R.T. chassis together, and we were the fastest car in our session of hot laps,” says TMAC. “We were eighth overall. I over-tightened the car a little for qualifying. We didn’t qualify well (24th), but I came back and felt good in the heat (5th).”

The Altoona, Iowa driver would line up 23rd in the main event. “We were passing some cars, and then I had a bolt fall out of the wing cylinder on top,” he says. “It was o.k. when it was back, but when we had a yellow it came forward and stuck there, so I had to pull in and work on that. Then we had to do it on a caution a couple of laps later.”

Once back on track with his wing problem rectified, TMAC started moving forward. “That cost us four or five spots.,” he says. “We were really coming through there. We ended up 16th. Our finishing position really didn’t show how good the car was. I was passing some cars and I felt good about it, especially since we went to the back twice.”

The WoO traveled down to Knoxville Raceway Saturday, and 51 cars were ready for battle. “We qualified well,” says TMAC. “We were just a tenth of a second off of second quick. We were seventh quick, and that was a good effort. Really, that’s what we’ve been lacking all year is qualifying.”

The qualifying spot put him inside row two in his heat race. “Seventh quick is kind of ‘No Man’s Land’ in the heat,” says TMAC. “I had to run top two to get in that Dash and we weren’t able to do it (he finished third). It was a solid run, and we had a good battle with Paul McMahan, who’s second in the Outlaw points.”

TMAC lined up inside row eight for the feature. “The track stayed really nice,” he says. “I should have known better. It usually stays that way if we’ve had rain like we had the previous week. We were able to get up to tenth though.”

A late red flag changed things. “On the last restart, I did a practice run on the top and it felt good,” says TMAC. “Joey (Saldana) was in front of me running the bottom. I tried to run the top around him and got into a rut and about drove straight into the fence in turn one. We ended up backing up to 14th. I just got tight after that red. That stunk, because we wanted to get a top ten out of that run.”

It was on to Brandon, South Dakota on Sunday for the opener at Huset’s. “When I crossed the track walking in, I knew what was going to happen,” says TMAC. “It was really dry, and they hadn’t watered the top at all. That was unfortunate. Kyle Larson was in town, and there were some good cars there. There was a really good crowd there too, and we wanted to put on a show.”

TMAC timed in second and ran from sixth to second in the heat. However, the race would be single-file and he would checker fourth. “It would have been a great battle,” he says. “Lucas Wolfe was on the pole with Mark Dobmeier beside him. Kyle and I were in the second row. Unfortunately, it had laid rubber already in the 360 feature, and it was single-file for us. Austin (McCarl) may have passed more cars than anyone, going from 9th to 6th.”

The TMAC Motorsports team will be busy again this weekend, and will be looking for their second win of the season. “They have a new tire rule at Huset’s that I think will help out in the future,” adds TMAC. “It’s a harder right rear that I think will help everyone. We had a good weekend. We have some figuring out to do with the A.R.T. We’ve been running Eagle for years.”

To check out opportunities to partner with TMAC Motorsports on a nightly basis, visit www.TerryMcCarl.com or call 515 957-0020!

Websites for the McCarl Gang!

Driverwebsites.com develops the websites for the McCarl boys. Check out www.TerryMcCarl.com, as well as www.AustinMcCarl.com and www.CarsonMcCarl.com!

This Month in TMAC History!

On May 13, 2001, TMAC registered quick time of the night (11.16 seconds) and won the feature event at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota. On that night, he topped Wade Nygaard, Jake Peters, Kenny Hansen and Tim Monson. TMAC won his fifth track championship in six years in 2001 by 20 points over Gary DeWall. He won ten features in 18 tries at Huset’s that season.

"Tuesdays with TMAC"!

"Tuesdays with TMAC" is an up close and personal look at colorful sprint car veteran Terry McCarl. To receive "Tuesdays with TMAC", send an e-mail to sprntcar@iowatelecom.net with "TMAC" in the subject line.

TMAC Motorsports would like to thank sponsors Country Builders Construction, Rossie Feed and Grain, “Lord I Apologize BBQ Sauce”, Deanfield Farms, Bosma Poultry, SnowPlow Snow Pushers – www.TheSnowPlow.com, DeBerg Concrete, Berryhill Racing, Phil and Vivian, SCE Gaskets, Justice Brothers, 212 The Boiling Point Bar & Grill, Vortex Racing, Hoosier Tire, Chris Spaulding – Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, K&N Filters, Pick Farms, NutriShop – Maple Grove, MN, HRP, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Bob and Beulah Elder, Engler Injection, Superflow Technologies, T&P Brothers, Mediacom, Larry Fleck Trucking, Winters, DriverWebsites.com, CM Rock, Jocko's Sprint Parts, Sander, Brown and Miller, Pro Shocks, Ben Cook, Bell Helmets, Burnett's Rock and Landscaping, Van Der Brink Designs, Morgan Strawberry Farms, Aurora Rod Ends, Crow Safety, Justice Brothers, KSE Steering, Strange Performance, Saldana Racing Products, Scribner Plastics, Waterman Fuel Pumps, Weiland Racing, Butlerbuilt, PBS Bushings and Mote Fasteners.

 

 

Wednesdays with Wayne – Getting Back Up to Speed!

(Bill W) May 15, 2013 – The Wayne Johnson Racing #77x team is getting back up to speed. The team competed in two World of Outlaws events last weekend. Friday night, they visited Elko Speedway in Minnesota before competing at the Knoxville Raceway in Iowa on Saturday. Wayne will stay close to home this weekend again and compete at Knoxville on Saturday night.

A late qualifying pill hurt Wayne at Elko and he timed in 24th in the stout 34-car field. “We didn’t qualify well, but we made it through the heat race (finishing 5th),” he says. “We started at the tail of the feature, because I had a throttle issue. The throttle hung before the feature started. I didn’t want to run over anyone, but I wanted to start the race.”

The car responded at that point, but Wayne pulled off early. “I stayed out there for a while,” he says. “Once I got up to speed, the throttle unhooked and I raced a bit. I passed a few cars, but once I got lapped…it was silly to stay out there when I’m not racing for points.”

Fifty-one cars invaded Knoxville on Saturday, and Wayne qualified well. “We were 18th quick, which was good,” he says. “I think the car was definitely better than the driver. I haven’t had a motor like that, especially at Knoxville. It was faster than I’ve gone there in a while. I was a little not up to speed myself. We’re figuring some things out.”

The time put Wayne on the pole of his heat. He led for a while before finishing second, earning a spot in the Dash. “I thought we were going to get a heat race win there, but (Brian) Brown is just strong there,” he says. “That got us in the Dash, and we had a good start. Then (Chad) Kemenah and (Kerry) Madsen almost got together coming off of turn two. I had to check up for them. We were able to get by Kemenah towards the end.”

A starting spot inside row six for the main event was the result. “We fell back to 14th or 15th,” says Wayne. “I got a horrible start. We rode around for five or six laps and the caution came out. On the restart, we got a really good start. I had the car working on the bottom. I think they said I was up to 9th at one point. (Jason) Sides and (Kyle) Larson got by me and that put me back in 11th.”

Wayne was up to speed until a mishap going into turn three. “We were rolling pretty well at that point,” he says. “Then I hit the berm going into turn three and broke the left front shock off. The oil went to the headers to the hood and onto my shield. I thought I knocked an oil line off of the motor, and I pulled in. I didn’t want to hurt a motor. I probably would have stayed out longer knowing it was just a shock.”

The Knoxville, Iowa driver is hoping to nail things down at his home track before hitting the road in another week or so. “I don’t feel the best in the car, but still we’re decent,” says Wayne. “Once we get rolling…the car and the driver…we’ll be good. Thanks to Todd (Carlile) and Vern (Rengen), we’re going to have the components we need. I’m looking forward to about two weeks from now. Our ducks should all be in a row and we’ll be racing a lot. We raced out west a lot, but we really had one hand tied behind our back a little bit equipment-wise for a lot of those races.”

Looking for a Mechanic

Wayne is looking for a full-time mechanic that is motivated and would relocate to Knoxville. Wayne is running around a 70-race schedule. You would not need a CDL, but would need experience driving a big truck and trailer. Experience maintaining a sprint car is a must. Salary depends on experience

E-mail Wayne at WayneJohnsonRacing@yahoo.com with the following information:

Please include a bio with your experience working on a racecar.

Follow Updates on Facebook!

Wayne will update as his race night goes on at his Facebook page. Find it by searching for Wayne Johnson Racing or clicking the following link…

http://www.facebook.com/#!/WayneJohnsonRacing

Outlaw Wings – “The Wing with an Attitude”

Check out the new “recessed rivet” design put out by Outlaw Wings. Talk to Wayne about purchasing Outlaw Wings for your car! Outlaw Wings – "The Wing with an Attitude"!

Wayne’s World

Got a question for Wayne? Each week, Wayne will answer your questions about "Tech Tips", or anything that's on your mind. If you ever wondered what a part on a sprint car is all about, send an e-mail to us at sprntcar@iowatelecom.net, and we may answer it in this section! Put "? for Wayne" in your subject line. He'll try to keep it clean if you do!

Wayne's Fast Facts

Wayne has seventeen career wins at Knoxville, ten in the 360 class and seven in the 410 class. He won one in each class in 2012.

Partner of the Week – Rod End Supply

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"Wednesday's with Wayne"

"Wednesday's With Wayne" is an up close look at the past, present and future of colorful and talented sprint car driver Wayne Johnson. You'll never know what to expect next with Wayne, so don't miss us on Wednesdays!

 

 

Turkey trots into Friday, May 17 as Bud Points leader in Peoples TWP Sprints Hess, Williamson and McPherson lead their respective divisions May 17 is Armed Forces Night & Twin State Club Night

Sarver, PA (May 15, 2013) With two weeks of Fab Four Racing in the books, Eric “Turkey” Williams finds himself in a familiar position, but in unfamiliar territory. See Eric Williams is no stranger to being a points leader; in fact he is the Defending Track Champion at nearby Mercer Raceway Park. But this is the first time in his brief but fast rising career that he has led the points at Lernerville Speedway.

Mat Williamson has led the Budweiser points in the Diehl Auto Group DIRTcar Northeast Modifieds from the get go; winning his heat and then feature Opening Night and maintaining that lead after replicating his Opening Night win in round two on Friday, May 3.

Dave Hess Jr. (2010/2011) and Corey McPherson (2012) have Lernerville Track Championships on their resumes, but while it’s “business as usual” for these two, there’s always an added measure of pressure being the Budweiser Points leader.

Williamson and McPherson enter May 17 as defending feature winners. Eric Williams is still looking for his first feature win of the season; Jack Sodeman Jr. and Cap Henry have scored Peoples TWP Sprint wins in the early going. Dave Hess Jr. won the Precise Late Model feature Opening Night and finished second to Davey Johnson of May 3. Williams has swept the Diehl Mods features, while Bob Egley preceded McPherson in Sheetz Victory Lane on Opening Night in the Pic-A-Part Sportsman.

This Friday, May 17 is Armed Forces Night. All service men and women will be admitted FREE in uniform or half-price ($7) with a valid Military ID or discharge papers. Special recognition and select door prizes will be given to the brave men and women who have served and/or continue to serve our country at home and abroad throughout the night. It is also Twin State Night as our friends from the Twin State Auto Club Racing make their annual visit to the speedway. The fine folks from the Twin State Club support racing throughout Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.

Don’t forget that the $5 coupons purchased on Breast Cancer Awareness night are valid for this Friday, May 17! In case you missed it in the May 3 Race Report, our generous fans donated $1162 to the Komen for the Cure foundation!

In other generosity/charity notes, “Cowboy” Brian Steinman – injured last summer in a horrific wreck in turn four – will receive his all-terrain chair this Saturday, May 18 at Mercer Raceway Park thanks in large part to the generous donations of Western PA race fans and brought to fruition by the Steve King Foundation. Please make plans to attend this emotional night of giving back to the man who has been such an inspiration throughout his ongoing recovery! For more information log on to www.RacerPastor.com or to donate to the Steve King Foundation, log on to www.stevekingfoundation.org.

Believe it or not, we’re just six short weeks away from the 7th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com! Frequently Asked Questions, Schedule of Events, Event History and Ticket Prices are all posted on our website Lernerville.com where you can also buy tickets for the three-day mega show 24/7 by clicking the “Buy Tickets” tab.

 

 

BRAD FURR CONTINUES AS OCEAN SPRINTS POINTS LEADER

WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 15, 2013) - Despite an eighth place finish in last Friday's fifth round of the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo, Stockton's Brad Furr maintained a comfortable points lead atop the 360 Sprint Car series. Furr's lead was bolstered by an early season run of two wins and two fast-times in the first three races at John Prentice's Ocean Speedway Watsonville.

The driver of the #2 Price Rite Restaurant Equipment entry has finished in the top-ten in all five events held this season, holding down a 38 point advantage over Gilroy's Kurt Nelson in the standings. Nelson wheeled the Taco Bravo #72 mount to third last Friday to prove that he will be a force to reckoned with in the championship.

Watsonville's Justin Sanders laid claim to yet another Ray Scheidt's Electric Fast Time award on Friday night before breaking the engine and failing to start the feature. Despite a flurry of bad luck, Sanders ranks third in Clayton Snow's #7 ride.

San Jose's Ryan Rusconi has the Dynicron Cylinder Heads #98 in fourth ahead of Salinas' Jeremy Chisum. San Franscisco's Nick Rescino, Jr., Salinas' Jason Chisum, San Jose's Nick Foster, Jr., Fresno's Koen Shaw, and Morgan Hill's Nicholas Ringo round out the top-ten in the series points.

Foster has maintained top rookie status ahead of Pleasanton young gun Nathan Washam throughout the season. Washam is a graduate of the track's Wingless Sprints while Foster is a former two-time BCRA Midget champion.

Friday's races for the Ocean Sprints also includes Four Bangers, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, and Wingless Sprints. Adult tickets are just $17 with seniors 65+ $16 and kids ages 6-12 are $15. The family pass for two adults and two children is value priced at just $55. Qualifying will get underway at 6 p.m. with fan gates opening at 4:30 p.m.

For more information on the Ocean Sprints log onto http://www.oceansprints.com and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com

Ocean Speedway would like to thank Taco Bravo, Digital Delivery Networks, Nobel Construction, Get Som Sports, Ray Scheidt's Electric, Hoosier Tires West, and Kaeding Performance for their support.

 

 

OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY PR: CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING RETURNS AS SPRINT CAR TITLE SPONSOR

Ohsweken, Ontario – May 15, 2013 – Ohsweken Speedway officials are proud to announce the return of Corr/Pak Merchandising as the title sponsor of the track’s weekly Sprint Car division.

Founded in 1997, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc. is based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and is a designer and producer of Point of Purchase (POP) displays for retail. Strong emphasis on creative design and speed of response has seen Corr/Pak achieve great success in a very competitive industry. Their in-house capabilities and broad range of trusted suppliers enable them to develop any sort of effective solution for your retail display needs, no matter the materials used – whether corrugated, wood, boxboard, plastic, wire, steel, or any combination of those.

Corr/Pak’s support of the Sprint Car division at Ohsweken continues for a sixth consecutive season in 2013. Please visit www.CorrPak.ca for more information on the title sponsor of Sprint Car racing at Ohsweken Speedway.

Ohsweken Speedway’s 18th season of racing begins this Friday, May 17 with 2013 Opening Night, including 25 lap features for the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Cars, and Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, a 20 lap feature for the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and a 15 lap feature for the Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Bombers.

About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Bombers, while the season finishes each year with the annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and has been a yearly stop on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series schedule since 2007.

Visit the official Ohsweken Speedway website at www.OhswekenSpeedway.com, like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/OHSWEKENSPEEDWAY, follow us on Twitter @OhswekenSpdway, and subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/user/OhswekenSpdway

 

 

Inside Line Promotions Records Win and Several Podium Finishes

Inside Line Promotions - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 15, 2013) - Inside Line Promotions was driven to Victory Lane for the third straight week as Brent Marks earned his third feature win of the season.

In addition to his eighth straight heat race win, Marks led all 30 laps on Saturday to claim the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series tune-up at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. He also placed third at Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pa., on Sunday to cap a sensational weekend.

Big Game Motorsports driver Craig Dollansky remained fifth in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series standings after two more podium finishes at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., for the FVP Outlaws at Elko on Friday and the Mediacom Shootout at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on Saturday. He has led feature laps in four of the last five events.

Travis Rilat scored a runner-up finish in the first race of the Summer Thunder Series at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., on Saturday.

Fellow ILP driver Trey Starks added a third-place finish at the Summer Thunder Series opener to earn his third straight top-four finish.

To join Team ILP and be represented by Inside Line Promotions, visit www.InsideLinePromotions.com or e-mail sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com.

VICTORIES -

Big Game Motorsports - 3 (Craig Dollansky - 2 - Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif., on March 16 and Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, Okla., on April 27/Sammy Swindell - 1 - Merced Speedway in Merced, Calif., on March 29); Brent Marks - 3 (Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., on March 9, March 30 and May 11); Jack Dover - 2 (I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on April 5 and Butler County Speedway in Rising City, Neb., on April 27); Tony Bruce Jr. - 1 (Boyd Raceway in Boyd, Texas, on April 26) and Trey Starks - 1 (Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., on May 4).

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Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Ohio Logistics Title Sponsor of 25th Annual Brad Doty Classic

Ohio Logistics, providers of worldwide logistics services, returns as the title sponsor of the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics featuring the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at Limaland Motorsports Park on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in Lima, Ohio.

Ohio Logistics, which operates nearly 4 million square feet of warehouse space in four states, is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. Charles L. Bills is president of the company. Ohio Logistics is one of the nation’s largest privately held logistics companies. Warehouse facilities are located in Findlay, Fostoria, Ottawa, and Willard in Ohio. It owns I-69 Logistics in Gas City, Indiana; Penn Centre in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania; and Southern Tier Logistics with warehouses in Erwin and Elmira, New York. Ohio Logistics provides innovative warehousing, distribution, and transportation services to customers with local and or global logistics requirements. It operates Foreign Trade Zone #151 in Findlay. The Foreign Trade Zone provides users with the opportunity to lower costs and boost profits because merchandise can be imported into a zone without going through formal customs entry procedures or paying import duties. Their Transportation Group operates its own fleet of trucks. Its Document Service Company delivers the most complete records management and document destruction services in its marketing area.

Kerry Madsen won the Brad Doty Classic in 2012, with Stevie Smith in second. David Gravel was third followed by Greg Wilson in fourth and Donny Schatz in fifth. 20 different drivers have won the Brad Doty Classic, dating back to the inaugural event in 1989, with Danny Smith, Steve Kinser and Dale Blaney being the only two-time winners. The 2013 racing season will mark the 16th year that The University of Northwestern Ohio has owned and operated Limaland Motorsports Park, which is in its 78th year of hosting racing. This will mark the twelfth visit by the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series to what is one of the most highly regarded tracks on the schedule. In the previous eleven events at the ¼-mile, eight different drivers have visited the winner’s circle.

Additional information about Ohio Logistics can be found at www.ohiologistics.com.

Tickets for the Ohio Logistics 25th Annual Brad Doty Classic Presented by Racing Optics are available by calling the Limaland Motorsports Park ticket hotline at 419-998-3199, Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. eastern or visit www.limaland.com for further information. Tickets are also available at the track box office every Friday night.

 

 

WESCO Heads to Hermiston

Source: WESCO Public Relations

May 15, 2013 (Hermiston, OR) – The WESCO Sprint Car Series will be making their maiden trip to the Hermiston Super Oval in Hermiston, OR on Saturday, May 18th. Some competitors of the cast iron pavement sprint car series did run an end of the year event in Hermiston in 2009, but new operator Brycen Tarr and crew have made significant changes to the facility and racing surface, which is expected to bring higher speeds and even better action.

Cody Stewart, winner of the season opening WESCO event at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, will be wheeling his Deaver Racing machine this weekend. “I am really excited to head to Hermiston this weekend. We’ve seen pictures of all of the improvements that the track has been making and we’re thrilled to be able to bring our brand of motorsports to the fans in Hermiston,” commented Stewart.

One competitor that is hoping to draw from experience gained during the ’09 visit is Rich Fast, hailing from Mesa, WA. “It’s a really neat track to drive in a sprinter, with both ends being pretty different. I know they made some improvements to the surface, which may change our set up a bit, but I think having some laps there will speed up the learning curve.”

Also planning on attending are the McLees Racing entries with drivers Doug McLees and Danny Matthews, the always competitive and 2012 WESCO race winner, Mike Fought, Tim Halliday, Dave Hill, Cole Tupling and others.

Come out and cheer on these winged warriors this Saturday night; qualifying begins at 6 pm with racing starting at 7 pm.

For more information on the WESCO Sprint Car Series please visit http://www.wescosprints.com/ or contact Brian McLees at 360-943-5099.

2013 WESCO Schedule:

April 27 – Wenatchee Valley Super Oval – Winged – Winner: Cody Stewart

May 18 – Hermiston Super Oval – Winged

May 25 – Spokane County Raceway – Winged

June 15 – Wenatchee Valley Super Oval – Winged

June 29 – South Sound Speedway – Winged

August 9-10 – Wenatchee Valley Super Oval – Winged

August 17 – Spokane County Raceway – Winged

September 7 – Evergreen Speedway – Winged

September 14 – Hermiston Super Oval – Non-wing

September 20-21 – Meridian Speedway – Non-wing

 

 

Atchison County Raceway Opens ‘The Cage’ for Winged Sprint Car Racing this Saturday

By Atchison County Raceway PR

ATCHISON, Kan.—May 15, 2013— Thrilling, breathtaking, exhilarating and spine-tingling. These are just a few of the descriptions of the racing on a weekly basis at Atchison County Raceway (ACR) in Kansas. Enter 700-horsepower winged sprint cars into the equation and the high-banked 1/5-mile clay oval dubbed “The Cage” becomes a proverbial battle royal.

This Saturday night, May 18, winged 360-sprint cars will take to the track at ACR for a full night of racing, which will be one of a handful of sprint car events this season at the track, including a couple of non-wing sprint car shows.

With the ASCS National Tour competing on Friday, May 17 at U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo., you never know who might pop in on Saturday night to test their luck at “The Cage.” Drivers from both Kansas and Missouri are scheduled to compete at Atchison Raceway Park on Saturday night. Mitchell Moore of Edgerton, Kan., won the most recent 360-sprint car race at ACR last October and he also won at “The Cage” with the WAR non-wing series in August.

The winged 360-sprint car race on Saturday, May 18 at Atchison County Raceway will be run under ASCS Warrior Region rules and will pay $1,500-to-win and $200-to-start. A 30-lap main event is scheduled with 20 starting positions up for grabs for the winged warriors. Along with the 360-sprint cars, three classes of winged micro sprints will be in action as well.

On Saturday, May 18 at Atchison Raceway Park, the pit gates and grandstand gates will open at 5 p.m. Central, though any sprint car team arriving in the afternoon are welcome to enter the pit area to work on their cars. Hot laps are set for 7:30 p.m., with racing scheduled for 8 p.m.

Tickets for the first 360-sprint car race of the season at Atchison County Raceway are just $12 for adults (ages 16-over); $6 for those ages 11-15; with kids 10-under admitted free of charge.

Atchison County Raceway is located two miles north of Atchison, Kan., on Sedgwick Road. For more information, visit www.acraceway.com.

 

 

Steve King Memorial Quickly Approaching

Story By: Trenton Berry / RacinDirt.com

With Memorial Day weekend just over a week away, it only means one thing for the Great American Dirt Track in Jetmore, KS, the running of the Annual Steve King Memorial Saturday, May 25th. This year the event will again bring in the very best the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series Presented by MAV TV has to offer, plus a community wide celebration. "I really enjoy hosting the Steve King Memorial at our track," said owner Patrick Johnson. "it's such a community event. I enjoy that aspect of it as much as the actual race." Liberal, KS native Tony Bruce Jr., and his company TBJ Promotions, have also joined forces with Johnson again to help promote the event. His website TBJpromotions.com is where you can purchase advanced tickets. Bruce is currently 5th in ASCS National Tour points, and would like nothing more than to win in front of many of his local fans. The race will mark the 11th stop of the season for the ASCS National Tour. Jason Johnson currently leads the standings with "Hollywood" Johnny Herrera on his heels in second. St. Louis, MO area standout Brad Loyet is third. The weekend activities get underway in the city of Jetmore, Saturday, the 25th at 10 AM. The pit gate opens at 4:30 PM, and the grandstands will open at 5:30 PM. The first heat race is scheduled to push off at 7:30 PM. Adult admission is $25 and pit passes will run $35. Kids 11 and under will be admitted free of charge. A complete list of activities is available on GreatAmericanDirtTrack.com. The NCRA will sanction the United Wireless 305 Sprint Car Shootout Series and the first of three races will be contested as part of the Steve King Memorial. Also, just added, is a Vintage Sprint Car exhibition race. It will take everyone back a few years and add some cool nostalgia to the weekend. The Great American Dirt Track would like to thank United Wireless for their continued support of all of the activities at the track. Today, United Wireless has thousands of satisfied customers throughout southwest Kansas and offers the latest technology including 4g and smart phones. Though locally owned and operated, United offers coast to coast service. The coverage you deserve…the service you expect….United Wireless. Find out more at UnitedWireless.com.

 

WILLIAMS GROVE: A TRACK STEEPED IN HISTORY AND LEGEND

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (May 15, 2013) – Veteran sprint car driver Joey Saldana classifies the Williams Grove race track as one of the toughest on the World of Outlaws circuit. The half-mile banked clay oval has been hosting sprint car racing since 1939.

The driver of the Motter Motorsports Fatheadz Eyewear 71M, with 83 career victories to his credit, says that the track itself is challenging and the level of difficulty is compounded because the local competition that joins the WoO roadies is some of the most talented in the country.

Saldana and the World of Outlaws traveling posse face a doubleheader on the track that may be too tough to tame, Friday and Saturday, May 17-18.

“We have won here before, and our team definitely has the talent, experience and the first-class equipment that it takes to take home the trophy,” said the second-generation driver. “Qualifying well is one of the keys to unlocking success here and then you need a solid finish in your heat to make the dash. A little help from Lady Luck to make the dash inversion draw go your way would be a little icing on the cake. That would potentially set you up for a good A-Main starting position.”

From 1949 to 1959, the track hosted USAC-sanctioned Championship Car races in which marquee names like A. J. Foyt and Mario Andretti competed.

“Williams Grove is one of those very special venues that you want to have listed multiple times in the win column on your resume,” concluded Saldana. “You have to bring your A game.”

 

 

Skyline Speedway to Open Friday, May 17, 2013

Exciting Season in Store for Racing Fans

STEWART, OHIO-Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio will open its 2013 racing season Friday, May 17 featuring Octane Race Products AMRA Modifieds, the powerful Kryptonite Race Cars AMRA Late Models, and Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association Outlaw 410 sprint cars. Mini-Wedge racing will also be on the race card. Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio is set deep in the foothills of rural Appalachia, yet is easily accessible from Ohio and West Virginia's main cities. Skyline Speedway is just slightly over an hour's drive from Columbus, Ohio and Charleston, West Virginia. Located on Co. Road 53 near Athens, Ohio and the Ohio University Campus, Skyline features some of the best dirt track racing in the Midwest. Skyline is less than a half hour drive from Marietta, Athens, and Parkersburg. Further information can be obtained by visiting << www.skylinespeedway.net >> or the Skyline Speedway facebook page. Or call 304-539-4410, 304-542-8322 or the track phone at 740-662-4111. Ads will also appear in the Athens Messenger, Marietta Times, Parkersburg News and Sentinel and OVDTR's Website Forum.

Drivers and Fans can also seek updates on www.amramodified.com or the AMRA FaceBook page. The AMRA and Skyline Speedway wish to thank to all of the racers, owners, crews, and fans who have supported and participated in the past and to those continuing to support us and participate in our events. For more information about the AMRA, visit amramodified.com or visit their facebook page.

 

 

URSS returns to Lamar Speedway this weekend

By the URSS

OBERLIN, Kan. — The excitement is building in southeast Colorado as the Rebels of the United Rebel Sprint Series prepare to make a return trip to Lamar Speedway in Lamar, Colo.

Track President Kelley Morris was looking forward to the Rebels taking on the 3/8-mile dirt oval at 7 p.m. Mountain time Saturday night.

“They were here the very first show when we reopened Lamar Speedway three years ago,” Morris said. “We had a good number of Kansas cars come out, about 20 of them. The Colorado cars all got snowed in that time. Hopefully we'll have a fairly large group of Colorado cars this time.”

The Rebels have raced only two times in Lamar. In 2007, Ken Lutters won the feature at Prowers County Motorsports Park. In 2010, the last time the URSS competed in Lamar, Ty Williams won at the newly named Lamar Speedway.

“We had them here three years ago, and I hope we have a good number of them this year,” Morris said.

Morris said the URSS offers his track something out of the norm for fans in the area.

“It's something different, and something they don't see every day,” he said.

The cars will be a part of the Lamar Days weekend, and Morris said a few of the drivers even will haul their cars through the parade Saturday morning in town.

The 3/8-mile track offers a wide racing surface, with longer straight-a-ways and tighter corners, according to Morris.

Pit passes are $25, and those 5 and younger will get into the pits for $10. Grandstand admission will be $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $4 for those ages 5 to 12 and free for children younger than 5.

For more information about Lamar Speedway, visit lamarracingclub.com.

For more information about the United Rebel Sprint Series, visit www.unitedrebelsprintseries.com.

 

 

Tracy Hines Set for Sprint Car & Silver Crown Double Dip

By Tracy Hines Racing PR

NEW CASTLE, Ind.— May 15, 2013— Two different race cars and two very different race tracks will greet Tracy Hines in his home state of Indiana this weekend. But, that’s just par for the course for the veteran driver who is used to competing in all three USAC National series as he will race in both a sprint car and a Silver Crown machine.

Hines will hit the track at Bloomington Speedway on Friday, May 17 with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series aboard his Hansen’s Welding Inc. DRC for the running of the Larry Rice Classic. That event will feature time trials and heats races, followed by a main event. On Saturday, May 18, the veteran driver will take part in the 100-lap Hall of Fame Classic for the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in Clermont, Ind., behind the wheel of the Lightfoot Racing Beast.

“The month of May is a great time in the state of Indiana for all of open wheel racing and we are fortunate again this year to have a handful of races at some tracks that I’ve had success at over the years,” Hines said. “Having a couple of races this weekend and then three races next week provides a great opportunity to stay in the seat and get into a rhythm.”

Last season, the native of New Castle, Ind., made a pair of starts at Bloomington Speedway with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series. He finished fifth in the spring race at the quarter-mile bullring after lining up seventh in the 30-lap main event. Hines was victorious in a USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series event at Bloomington in 2005 during Indiana Sprint Week. The 2002 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series champion made one start in a midget at the track in 2012, earning a top-10 finish during Indiana Midget Week with the USAC National Midget Series.

“Bloomington is always a pretty racy track,” he shared. “We learned a few things last weekend at Haubstadt (Tri-State Speedway) that should help our short track program this weekend. The first order of business each night is to get qualified well and transfer from the heat into the main event. At Haubstadt, we had an uphill battle all night after time trials and we are going to try to make sure we don’t put ourselves in that position again.”

Hines finished sixth last year in the inaugural Hall of Fame Classic for the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series on the pavement at 0.686-mile Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. He started 11th in the 100-lapper and steadily worked his way forward. Hines made two starts in a Silver Crown car at the track last season. He was victorious with the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 2010. He has finished in the top-10 in four of his last five Silver Crown starts at the historic 0.686-mile track.

In a midget last season at the Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Hines went undefeated, winning both of his starts. He claimed his first Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis victory back in 1997 in a midget. Hines won at least one race at the track every year from 1997-2001. He has a total of 13 career wins at the venue across the three USAC National Series.

“Raceway Park is a place I’ve been able to win quite a few races at over the years and always seem to be in a good position to be in contention there,” he noted. “With it being the first Silver Crown race of the year, we’ll try to make the most of the couple of practice sessions we have, so we can feel everything out on the car. It will be good to have a 100-lapper and get that extra seat time.”

Last weekend, Hines raced with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., finishing 13th after lining up 21st in the 30-lap main event, in a race that was co-sanctioned with the Midwest Sprint Car Series. Thus far in 2013, he has made six starts with the series and has finished 13th or better in each and every race.

Entering the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series event at Bloomington Speedway, Hines is eighth in points, just 24 markers out of the top-five and 53 out of the lead. He has won twice this season, which is second-most in the series. Last season, Hines finished ninth in the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series standings and enters this season with nine career Silver Crown wins, which is ninth on the series all-time win list.

Tracy Hines Racing would like to thank: Hansen’s Welding Inc., Parker Machinery, Motor City Auto Transport, Turbines, Inc., Afco Racing Products, Daum Crop Insurance, Schoenfeld Headers, Allstar Performance, Kenny’s Components, Race Bumpers and Bell Racing.

For more information on Tracy Hines Racing, visit http://www.tracyhinesracing.com. Follow Tracy on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TracyHinesRacin.

 

 

Racing Resumes Saturday at Mercer Raceway Park

Mercer, PA (May 14, 2013): Racing will resume this Saturday, May 18, at Mercer Raceway Park. It will be the third round in the championship fights in all divisions. And, because of last week's inclement weather, the special presentation of a motorized all-terrain wheelchair to Cowboy Brian Steinman will take place at intermission time.

Brandon Spithaler and Danny Holtgraver copped the wins in the pair of 410 Sprint Car mains staged for Luxaire Heating & Cooling and New Wilmington Motors. However, Jack Sodeman, Jr. has the early points lead due to his consistent finishes. Scott Priester is just a single marker behind, while defending champion Eric Williams and Dan Kuriger are within striking distance of the leader. Bill Jones, Jr. holds down fifth in the standings. Others in the top ten include Adam Kekich, Chris Best, Bob McMillen, Brandon Matus and Dennis Wagner.

With one win under his belt, Lonny Riggs has a ten point margin over Andy Paden in the Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds. J.R. McGinley, Jeff Schaffer and Frank Guidace complete the top five. Matt Reeher, Kyle Fink, Makayla Guidace, Tommy Marshall, III and Eric Beggs are just some of the other pilots who will be fighting for the win. Despite winning opening night, Gary Smoker is outside the top ten in points, as he skipped round two.

In the Bonnel's Collision Center Outlaw Sprint Warriors, Michael Bauer leads the way over defending champion Joe McEwen. Jason Scoville, Greg Dobrosky and Jacob Lagastee are close behind them. Top runners Jim Morris and C.J. Jones need a little good luck to climb back into contention. Tom Sanders, Andy Feil, and New Yorker Chris Graves round out the top ten. Feature wins in 2013 belong to Bauer and Scoville.

There have been three different winners in the Precise Racing Products Stock Cars, points leader Bob Schwartzmiller, defending champ Rusty Moore and invader Chris Schneider. Resting in third place in the standings is Andy Thompson. Leigh Wheeler and Curtis Bish are fourth and fifth.

Tyler Frankenberry and Cody Bova have captured the two victories in the Modified Lites presented by Big Daddy's Speed Center and Rock Concrete, so it is no surprise that they lead the way in that division. Shane Pfeuffer is on the hunt for his first track championship and he's currently ranking third. Veteran Bill Stivason and Cory Webb are fourth and fifth. Darin Gallagher, a former champion, is in sixth place so far.

Eperthener's Auto Wrecking and Ray's Racing Collectibles are the proud sponsors of the Mini Stocks. Jamey Lee, with a single win, is at the head of the class. Defending champion Steve Longwell, Jr., Mike McConnell, Tyler Fulton and Dan Bish could move up in the rankings with a top finish or two. The other winner in 2013 was Jerry Batcher.

Gates will open at 4, with practice at 6:30 and racing at 7. Come out early to grab your favorite seats!

For the Saturday Night Live! racing program, adults will be admitted for $13, seniors (age 60+) for $11, and students (ages 9-18) for $5. Children (ages 8 and under) are always free. The popular Family Pass will be $28, which is good for two adults and four minors of any age. Pit Passes will be $25.

Coming up over the Memorial Day weekend will be a pair of special events. The B.O.S.S. wingless Sprint Cars will take to the oval on Saturday, May 25, along with five other classes. Then, on Sunday, May 26, the pulling pit will feature the All-American Spring Nationals World Championship Pulling event. The pull will have a raindate of May 27.

Remember that alerts regarding any cancellations at Mercer Raceway Park can be sent directly to your smart phones or other electronic devices. Just go to the track's website, www.mercerracewaypark.com, and click on the icon for RainedOut.com. In just a few simple steps, you will get the information you need to know before you go!

About Mercer Raceway Park: Mercer Raceway Park is a 3/8-mile dirt track located minutes from both Interstate 79 and 80 just off Route 19 on Fairground Road in Mercer, Pa. Dirt track racing and quality family entertainment are presented weekly from late March through late September. For more information, check out www.mercerracewaypark.com, www.twitter.com/mercerraceway, or www.facebook.com/mercerracewaypark.

 

 

David Hesmer – Looking Forward to Saturday!

(Bill W) May 14, 2013 – After suffering motor issues on practice night, David Hesmer an d the BDS Motorsports #1 team made their debut at the Knoxville Raceway last Saturday night. The World of Outlaws just happened to be in town; making it a baptism by fire, but the team rolled the car back in the trailer and is looking forward to this Saturday night’s weekly Knoxville Championship Cup Series event at Knoxville.

David knows that it will take some track time for the team to jell. “(Owner/Mechanic) Bryan (Sundby) and I are still learning each other, and we never got the car quite underneath me,” he says. “I don’t think either of us was as happy as we wanted to be. Bryan has been working his butt off to get things ready here. There were just a couple of things with the way the chassis is working. We were happy to roll the car in the trailer after the first night out with the Outlaws and we’ll be ready for the weekly show this week.”

Communication is probably the most important thing with a new team. “At times, Bryan thought he was seeing one thing, and I thought I was feeling something different,” says David. “We’re working hard, and I think we found some things. We found some things in the shop Sunday when we were servicing the car, so we’re hoping to do considerably better this weekend.”

What about getting back in a competitive sprint car situation for the first time in almost ten years? “I really felt good getting back out there,” says David. “I was glad to have the practice night a few weeks ago. The car has been better each time out on the track. I was probably a little more nervous than I needed to be on Saturday.”

After coming out later in qualifying, David was 35th quick in the 51-car field. It was the first time he has qualified since the 2003 360 Nationals. “The car was really drivable,” he says. “We decided to get what we could, which wasn’t much in the heat race (7th). We started in the B main, with my teammate (Garrett Dollansky) right in front of me. We wanted to be sure we weren’t in an accident that took out both of us. Then we saw (Rob) Kubli flip. We moved up through there a little bit after the restart, and then we had another caution. At that point, I didn’t want to chance risking spending a lot more money than we were going to make back in the B, so I decided to pull in.”

David and Bryan feel good about some adjustments they’ve spotted, and are quite happy with their Parker engine. They’re looking forward to Saturday. “Al Parker asked if the engine was o.k. and I told him it definitely was,” says David. “I have a great owner and a great mechanic in Bryan Sundby and a great engine builder in Al Parker. We’re taking these steps that are necessary and getting used to each other. We’ll get it. We’ll make these four or five little adjustments and by the time we add them all up, things will be a lot better on the track.”

David and the BDS Motorsports team would like to thank: Action Auto Parts, JaFar Lawn Service, Parker Engines, Maxim Chassis, Super Shox, Champion Brands, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Astro Titanium, Speedway Motors, Sign Pro of Newton, HRP, KSE Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Kustom Sprintcar Supply, Fuel Safe, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Simpson Race Products, Sebastian Sandblasting & Powdercoating, Butlerbuilt, Schoenfeld Headers and Red Devil Brakes.

 

 

STEVE KINSER & DONNY SCHATZ

Tony Stewart Racing Teammates Lead World of Outlaws into Battle Versus ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ During Five-Race Eastern Tour

INDIANAPOLIS (May 14, 2013) – Spending a week in hostile territory doesn’t sound like an itinerary many rivals would be looking forward to. The World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series schedule has stops all across the United States and even in a pair of Canadian provinces, but their ventures into central Pennsylvania annually are some of the toughest. The regional contingent of drivers, appropriately named “The Pennsylvania Posse,” provides the Outlaws with the stiffest competition they’ll deal with anywhere all season.

Fortunately, Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser have experienced numerous battles with the Posse through the years and have been able to stake their claim on Pennsylvania soil regularly enough to look forward to a five-race swing through Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey starting Wednesday with “The Gettysburg Clash” at Lincoln Speedway in Hanover, Pa. The WoO stars will compete at historic Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Friday and Saturday, before racing at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y. Sunday, and concluding their first eastern swing Tuesday night at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway.

Last season, Kinser and Schatz each had shining moments battling Pennsylvania’s finest. Kinser dominated the Outlaws’ stop at Williams Grove in May, claiming both the 30-lap A-Feature and the Morgan Cup, a 12-lap challenge race contested between five Outlaw drivers and five Posse members. The following week, “The King of the Outlaws” led all 25 laps of the A-Feature at Orange County Fair to earn his 572nd career WoO victory. It was later in the year when Schatz flashed his Outlaw mettle storming to a $50,000 victory by winning September’s 50th annual Morgan Hughes Williams Grove National Open. With the victory, Schatz became the only driver to win the prestigious event five times.

Both drivers return to action this week in the Quaker State looking to stay ahead of both the Posse and the rest of the Outlaw contingent that has competed 20 times already in the 2013 campaign. Schatz leads the Outlaws to Lincoln after posting his third victory of the season Saturday night at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway. He drove the TSR No. 15 STP/Armor All/Chevrolet Performance J&J to victory from the seventh starting spot and earned his third consecutive win at the half-mile, dirt oval. Kinser, who will pilot the TSR No. 11 Bad Boy Buggies/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Performance Maxim, is in search of his second win of the season.

The tour begins at Lincoln, where the Outlaws competed last May for the first time in 12 seasons. Schatz qualified second and earned a career-best seventh at the 4/10-mile, dirt track. Kinser, who has won 16 of the 39 WoO races at Lincoln, qualified 22nd and drove from 20th to 14th in the 30-lap main event. Kinser leads all drivers with 37 WoO series triumphs at Williams Grove, and 25 of those have been in A-Feature competition, including his May 12 victory last year. Schatz ranks third all-time with 15 total WoO wins at “The Grove.” Ten of those were A-Feature victories. Kinser is also the winningest WoO driver at Orange County Fair Speedway. The Bloomington, Ind., native won his sixth career A-Feature at the 5/8-mile dirt oval last May. Schatz finished second at Orange County in both 2006 and 2007, but he was 12th in last year’s 25-lap A-Feature.

The TSR teammates are hoping to benefit from the busy schedule by making up ground in the championship standings. Schatz, who has amassed 2,815 points and ranks third overall, currently trails WoO championship standings leader Daryn Pittman by 165 points. The five-time and reigning WoO STP Sprint Car Series champion has three wins, eight top-fives, and 15 top-10s to date. Kinser currently ranks ninth with 2,590 points. He has one win, one top-five and seven top-10s this season.

Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway, the pit gates will open at 1 p.m. EDT and the grandstands open at 4 p.m. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. For tickets and more information on the event, contact the track by calling (717) 624-2755, or visit www.LincolnSpeedway.com.

Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove, the pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. EDT with the grandstands opening at 5:45 p.m. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. For more details and ticket information, call the track at (717) 679-5000 or visit www.williamsgrove.com.

Sunday at Orange County Fair Speedway, the pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. EDT with the grandstands opening at 5 p.m. Racing is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. For more details and ticket information, contact the track at (845) 342-2573 or visit www.orangecountyfairspeedway.net.

Race fans unable to attend this weekend’s events can catch all of the action on DIRTVision.com. Fans can listen live as Johnny Gibson, “Voice of the Outlaws,” calls the action as he does at all WoO STP Sprint Car Series events on the DIRTVision.com cybercast, as well as on the DIRT Radio Network. Go to www.DIRTVision.com for more information on all the site features, including live results from the track.

Steve Kinser, Driver of the No. 11 TSR/Bad Boy Buggies/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Performance Maxim:

The Outlaws annual Eastern Swing begins with a race at Lincoln Speedway, a track where you dominated the competition early in your career. Can you use any of that previous winning experience to help you Wednesday?

“Well, I’m sure going to try. Unfortunately, the wins at Lincoln happened quite a few years ago. We had such a good run of success back in the 1980s. We would show up just about everywhere and have a great chance of winning. The sport has grown quite a bit since then and the competition has gotten incredibly tough, as well. Look at last year, when we raced Lincoln, I think hardly any Outlaw drivers were in the top-10. The group of guys who race at Williams Grove and Lincoln every week are as tough as they come, and it’s hard for us to just show up there once a year and dominate them like we used to. We could certainly use a good night to kick off a pretty busy run through Pennsylvania and New York. We’re still trying to get some consistency with the Bad Boy Buggies car.”

You dominated the World of Outlaws event last May at Williams Grove. After a long winless streak at the track, was there a particular point when you thought you were onto something?

“We actually started the weekend off good last May. We qualified fifth and, any time you can end up in the top-five at Williams Grove, you know you are close. In the feature, we were able to come from 11th to fifth, so we knew we had a good baseline to start the second night off with. We came out the following night and qualified fourth, started the feature third and led the final 22 laps. The car was really balanced. I could really move around. By the time we went out for the Morgan Cup race, the track was pretty much one lane around the bottom and, after getting a good start, we sort of just drove away. Those are the good nights and ones that you want to try and duplicate if you can. Hopefully, we can get off to the same start Friday night and end up where we did last May.”

Donny Schatz, Driver of the No. 15 TSR/STP/Armor All/Chevrolet Performance J&J:

The last couple of weeks, you have been steadily gaining on the competition. Do you feel like you are getting closer to where you hoped you would be at this point of the season?

“I feel like we are making progress, but I wouldn’t say we are where we want to be. We had a really consistent last 30 races to end the 2012 season, and our goal was to begin this season by performing at that level. We started in Florida and dominated the All-Star races at Ocala, but we haven’t really been able to regain that consistency. I felt like we were as good as we’ve been at Eldora Speedway a couple of weeks ago, and the STP guys did a really good job Saturday at Knoxville. We’re still trying to get better and, hopefully, we can continue racing up front these next five races. We’re looking to have consistent nights, from qualifying all the way through the feature races. ”

This week you return to Williams Grove Speedway the site of one of your biggest wins last year. How special will it be returning there knowing that you are the only driver to ever win five National Opens?

“There are so many good things about winning that race, but winning while we’re making a championship push probably stands out the most. It was a big momentum win for us. It was a really tough race and we fought as hard as we ever have for a victory that night. Any time you can eclipse a record of Steve Kinser, you know it’s quite a remarkable accomplishment. I’m pretty sure it still hasn’t completely sunk in, but it was great just getting back to victory lane at Williams Grove. It’s one of my favorite tracks and we hadn’t won there for two or three years, which was way too long as far as I’m concerned. That one is behind us, now, and once we hit the track for hot laps, it’s game on and the focus is being right back in contention from qualifying through the rest of the night.”

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Bad Boy Buggies is a leader in off-road utility vehicles for hunting and outdoor lifestyles. Bad Boy Buggies pioneered the category of electrically powered 4x4 vehicles, ideal for hunting and outdoor recreation due to their silent, odorless operation and environmentally friendly, emissions-free drivetrains.

Today, the Bad Boy Buggies product line ranges from four-wheel-drive electric hunting machines such as the Recoil, a fully electric, 4WD vehicle with an innovative, highly efficient 72-volt AC electric drivetrain, to the Work Series of diesel and gas-powered utility vehicles, including the Bad Boy Buggies XD, a versatile 4WD, diesel-powered utility vehicle with a total capacity of 1,600 pounds. In 2010, the Bad Boy Buggies brand and product line were acquired by E-Z-GO, a business unit of Textron Inc.

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Brady Bacon – USAC Schedule Picks up with Larry Rice Classic!

(Bill W) May 14, 2013 – Brady Bacon has a busy weekend in store that will include three events in three different machines. Friday night, he’ll tackle the USAC sprint car Larry Rice Classic at Indiana’s Bloomington Speedway in the Hoffman Racing #69. He’ll be piloting the PPM Titanium #99 midget at Macon Speedway with POWRi on Saturday and he’ll be campaigning the Wilke-Pak midget at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on Sunday. Last weekend, he finished tenth in the USAC show at Tri-State Speedway near Haubstadt, Indiana.

Brady had plans to run his own car with the wing last Friday night, but that changed. “We were planning on running Attica (OH) with the FAST series on Friday night,” he says. “We ran into so much rain that we stopped on the way. They canceled it, and we turned around. On the way home, I convinced myself to go to Gas City.”

With a quick front axle change and removal of the wings, Brady was ready for the I-69 Speedway. “It didn’t go well at all,” he admits. “The car was good and everything. They draw for heats, and we got shuffled back in a tough heat. I think we had eight cars in the heat and seven of them could have won the feature. It was just one of those deals.”

That sent Brady to the B. “We were in a transfer spot,” he says. “We actually passed Ted Hines for the spot and he just spun me out in the next corner. That’s the second time we’ve had that happen this year…getting spun out by someone we passed. We were over halfway, so we wouldn’t have been able to get to a transfer spot.”

The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma pilot was back in the Hoffman #69 Saturday at Haubstadt with USAC. He would register the tenth quick time of the night. “I just didn’t get a good lap in,” says Brady. “Neither lap was clean, which was the case for a lot of people. The track was tricky for Haubstadt.”

After finishing third in his heat, Brady lined up outside row one for the feature. “We were running third,” he says of the early going. “I had some issues with the car. It was tight sometimes and free sometimes. I just went down in turns one and two and spun out on the bottom.”

Brady found his groove again and started picking back through the field…only he had to do it twice. “We went to the back and got back up to tenth or eleventh,” he says. “Two guys ended up piling up in front of me. We went to the back again and wound up tenth.”

Brady knows that finding a good rhythm with the Hoffman team is essential in his pursuit of a USAC championship. “For going to the tail twice, it wasn’t bad,” he says. “The spin was on me. We really should have had a podium finish. It’s been hard to really get a groove going right now with all the weather problems. We’ve got some good solid weeks coming up with a lot of races, so I’m excited about that.”

The team’s focus this weekend will be on the Larry Rice Classic at Bloomington. Brady will add those two midget dates as well. “We’ll also run the PPM Titanium #99 at a POWRi race at Macon Speedway in Illinois on Saturday,” he says. “Then we’ll run the Wilke-Pak car at Sun Prairie (Wisconsin) on Sunday night.”

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Polyak Motorsports

When rain washed away the original plans for the Polyak Motorsports team to travel to Lernerville and Mercer last weekend, Paige and team 27P made the short drive to Fremont Speedway for the FAST show Saturday. With rain-outs everywhere in the region, Fremont turned into an All Star show with 35 cars present. On a fast moist track, Paige drew an early number and was the 4th car to qualify. Turning a lap of 12.923, the 410 rookie earned the Fricker's Frickin Fast Qualifier of the night. With the inversion of 6 in the heats, the top 4 moving on to the A Main, Paige knew she had to gas it up in the heat race. Paige shot from 6th to 4th on the first lap, battling hard with Brandon Wimmer and Tim Shaffer the first half of her heat. Once clearing Wimmer for 3rd, Paige safely earned an A Main spot holding a solid 3rd place finish in the heat. After an hour rain delay, this special King Of The Hill night used match races for the top 8 qualifiers that transferred to the A, determining their A Main starting spot. Paige eliminated Duane Zablocki in round one. Chris Andrews slipped past Paige in the semi finals, giving Paige the 3rd starting spot in the A. After the car was just a bit off during the King Of The Hill races, a long discussion on what changes to make, trying to keep the excellent night a moving, was held. Rolling off 3rd, Paige quickly raced into a battle for 2nd during the opening laps. Just 7 laps later, Paige began to slip back as her car went away before a third of the race was in the books. Fighting the car the rest of the 30 lap event, Paige held on for all she could, coming home with a 12th place finish. All in all a good night of racing for Paige. With less than 10 races in the season, Paige is quickly becoming a threat in the 410 ranks. A great learning experience for the entire team Saturday as things are starting to come together in the move to the 410 ranks. Several marketing opportunities are still available with Paige for the 2013 season. Please call 419-553-6746 for more information.

 

J&J'S SCORE WINS OVER OUTLAWS AND ASCS

McKENZIE, TN (May 14) - Donny Schatz continued J&J Auto Racing's winning results at legendary Knoxville Raceway with a victory in Saturday's World of Outlaws stop at the famed half-mile, dirt oval. Fellow J&J Auto Racing drivers Terry Gray and Lee Grosz each won ASCS events, one in Texas (Gray) and the other in South Dakota (Grosz).

WORLD OF OUTLAWS

Donny Schatz has made it a habit of coming up big at Knoxville Raceway. Saturday he scored his 16th career feature win on the famed Marion County Fairgrounds and all 16 have come in cars manufactured by J&J Auto Racing. The driver, who has won six of the last seven Knoxville Nationals, started seventh in the main event and raced into the lead with seven laps remaining. He drove away from the pack during the final five laps to capture his third WoO win of 2013 and fifth on American soil this year.

"These STP guys worked really hard tonight," said Schatz. "We were just a little bit off in qualifying, but came back in the heat and put up 15.0 (second lap) on the board and drove away. In the feature, I could run the top or bottom and just had to go where the guys in front of me weren't. It's always good winning here. We'll just put the notes in the book and come back here in June and try to continue getting better, so that we can be strong in August."

David Gravel raced the Bill Rose Racing No. 6 J&J from 25th to 11th after dealing with a mechanical issue in the Last Chance Showdown. Dusty Zomer bounced back after qualifying 34th in the field of 51 cars by racing the No. 91 J&J from 12th to fourth in the Last Chance Showdown and then from 23rd to ninth in the 25-lap A-Feature.

ASCS - LONESTAR

Terry Gray raced his Rislone sponsored No. 10 J&J to victory in Friday night's Smiley’s Racing Products Lone Star Regional 25-lap feature event at Timberline Speedway in Corley, Texas. Gray chased leader Blake Hahn for the first 10 laps before leading the final 15 laps of the race to score the win. Ray Allen Kulhanek (No. 21T J&J) finished eighth.

ASCS - NORTHERN REGION

Lee Grosz earned his first victory of the 2013 season Saturday night at I-90 Speedway when both Jack Dover and Gregg Baker came up light at the post-race scales. Grosz wheeled the No. 4j J&J from the 13th-starting position up to third and followed Dover and Baker to the finish, but was the first car that met the weight rule and was awarded the win in the 3rd annual Loren Barstad Memorial.

Other winners… Caleb Griffith was victorious at Attica Raceway Park on May 3 in the University of Northwestern Ohio Sprint Challenge. Griffth used the high line to take the lead on lap eight driving the Al Davis/McDonalds/Griff's Engines/Meggitt Farms/Young's Battered Breading Mix sponsored No. 40DD J&J. He worked lapped traffic to perfection the rest of the way to claim his first career 360 Sprint car victory.

 

 

Wheatley Envisions Downforce Designs as a Leader in Dirt Racing Apparel

Inside Line Promotions - LAKE STEVENS, Wash. (May 14, 2013) - Surfing has Hurley. Motocross has Fox. Sprint car racing has, well, no leader in apparel.

Austen Wheatley's dream is to change that. Enter Downforce Designs, which is the young racer's apparel company that has taken off in its inaugural season. While the business started as a custom apparel company within the racing industry, Wheatley's goal is to transcend that into a successful clothing line.

"Overall, I would like it to be strictly a clothing line that is solely focused on Downforce clothing," he said. "I'd like to morph DFD into something that promotes the sport as a whole through merchandise, photos, videos and more."

With that, he envisions a handful of "house" drivers from a variety of dirt racing series that will be sponsored by Downforce Designs.

What started as an idea last fall has rocketed into a full-blown business as Downforce Designs is now located in a 4,000-square-foot building. It features a 10-color, 12-station, fully-automatic textile printer to produce apparel at a rapid rate. In fact, business has been so good that he's had to put off focusing on the Downforce Designs brand.

"I want to do the Downforce stuff, but I've been so busy with the clients that DFD has been put on the shelf," he said. "The support has been tremendous for it."

The company has started off with World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series driver Chad Kemenah on board along with Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour racer Seth Bergman, J.J. Hickle and a host of others as it continues to evolve.

"I'm a pretty young kid, so I think things have evolved into something totally different into what they were," Wheatley said of the apparel industry. "My goal is to keep the new edge, the new visions and just be cutting edge."

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New Zealand # 3 for Hein

It might not have been the ideal way to achieve her third–place finish in the recent New Zealand Six Shooters Title at Ashburton Speedway, but Mikayla Hein was still pleased with her achievement. The 18–year–old South Australian guest drove in the Aus # 55 Edge Parts & Performance supported XXX car for the 2013 running of the NZ Title, which was cut short due to wet weather and it consequently cancelled the running of the NZ Title deciding feature race. After a consistent run over the two days of competition, where she finished with a win, a pair of second and third place finishes over the five heat races, Hein qualified third highest on points heading into the feature race. Despite the disappointment of not being able to contest the NZ Title feature race, Hein was rapt with her performance throughout the weekend and was thankful for the opportunity provided to her by car owner Daryl Wright. “It was a fantastic experience to go over and race in another country,” she expressed. “It would’ve been great to get the feature race in, but you can’t help the weather some times, and to be ranked third in New Zealand is a big honour. I can’t thank Daryl and his team enough for all of their support, and I’m pleased to be able to reward them for the faith they put in me with a good result.” In terms of the upcoming 2013–14 season in Australia, Hein remains unsure about her Wingless Sprint racing plans.

 

Marysville Raceway Park

By Bob Burbach

Winged Sprinters headline 5-division card Sat

Marysville CA –Once again the powerful MRP Winged Sprint Cars will return to Marysville Raceway Park. The premiere division at MRP will be back with the MRP Wingless Warriors and the MRP Mini Stocks. This will be the last race left on the schedule for the winged cars before the annual California Sprint Car Civil War Series returns for the Mel Hall Memorial Race. The Mel Hall Memorial Race will be presented on Saturday May 25th. The west’s best winged 360’s will be in the house for that cornerstone event.

Last week Grass Valley’s Jeremy Burt extended his point lead the standings with his second wire to wire victory in the MRP Winged Sprint Car class. While Kelseyville’s Brent Dothage had mechanical issues last week, Spark’s Nevada’s Mike Monahan and Grass Valley’s Billy Wallace have moved closer to the top in the standings. Yuba City’s Korey Lovell has been very quick lately. The 5 time champ is in the hunt every week. Last week he and Wallace had some issues near the end that surely frustrated Lovell, the winner of 37 feature events at MRP. We’ll see how this shakes out Saturday.

Keep an eye on Woodland’s Peter Paulson, Oroville’s Heath Hall and Auburn’s favorite son Jimmy Steward this week. These drivers are all due for a trip to victory lane.

Legal Shield Winged Sprint Car Qualifying will post the weekly $100 for quick time, courtesy of Legal Shield representative Rod Engberson. This bonus will be offered in addition to the generous MRP cash purse and Contingency Connection bonuses for the winning driver.

Anderson California’s Rowdy McClenon will return Saturday to try to hold off a determined Jeremy Hawes of Marysville and surprisingly quick rookie contender Cameron Bartlett of Yuba City in the MRP Wingless Sprint Car Series title chase. McClenon confirmed that he will be at every event at MRP in 2013. Hawes and McClenon are having some stirring duels at the front lately. The wingless cars at MRP have produced some very close quarters, eye-popping racing.

Shaun Merritt of Marysville continues to lead Yuba City’s Howard Law in the MRP Mini Stock standings. Law and Merritt have each visited victory lane in their run for the title. Merritt has won twice. But, once again, 4 time champion Misty Castleberry may try for another visit to victory lane herself. Castleberry is set to run in the MRP Wingless Sprint Car class on the Saturday. It’s anybody’s guess as to whether she’ll roll out the Mini.

The popular MRP Hobby Stocks will push and bang their way around the MRP clay after a couple of weeks off. Jeremy Hammons is on the top of the heap in the point standings. The Nor Cal Dwarf Cars will be back after their very successful first visit to MRP earlier this season.

The pit gate opens at 3PM. Grandstands open at 5PM. Hot Laps are at 5:30 with qualifying scheduled for 6:15. Racing begins after qualifying.

 

 

I-96 Speedway Hosts Michigan's Lone World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Race

Inside Line Promotions - LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (May 14, 2013) - The NAPA Auto Parts Rumble in Michigan is the only opportunity for fans to see the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series in Michigan.

Returning to the half-mile configuration at I-96 Speedway, the fast dirt track hosts the premier sprint car series on Saturday, June 1, for the seventh straight year and ninth time in the past decade.

"There's a lot of fans in that part of the country and that event seems to always have a great turnout," said Craig Dollansky, a two-time winner who claimed last season's event. "We'll be looking forward to going back."

While Dollansky has picked up two wins in the dozen World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series races at I-96 Speedway, Steve Kinser leads the way with four victories. Jason Meyers recorded two wins and Sammy Swindell, Joey Saldana, Stevie Smith and Jason Sides have also won.

"We went good there one time and had the confidence every time we went back," said Sides, the 2011 winner who has earned a podium finish in each of the last three races at I-96 Speedway. "I always liked the smaller tracks, but here lately I've got to where the bigger tracks are more raceable. The bigger tracks seem a little easier and more forgiving."

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series has competed on both half-mile and 3/8-mile configurations, with last year being on the smaller track.

"For me, I think there's been some great racing on the half mile and the short track," Dollansky said. "Whatever we've got there, it's been a track that has been good to me."

TICKETS -

Check out the NAPA Auto Parts $5 off ticket special. When fans bring a receipt from a purchase at a NAPA Auto Parts store, they receive $5 off a ticket (adult reserved tickets are $35 or $30 with a NAPA Auto Parts receipt and child tickets are $15 or $10 with a NAPA Auto Parts receipt). One receipt is good for a total of two people.

For reserved seating ticket or VIP suite information, visit SLSPromotions.com or call 1-815-344-2023 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Central) Monday thru Friday.

Also, spectators can upgrade any ticket to a pit pass for only $10 on race day.

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Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Kerry Madsen – Strong Weekend but Sour Engine Costs another Win!

(Bill W) May 14, 2013 – Before his engine started faltering with about seven laps to go at the Elko Speedway in Minnesota, Kerry Madsen and the Keneric Racing #29 team appeared on their way to their second consecutive victory with the World of Outlaws in as many Fridays. A red flag at the right time preserved a second place finish, however, and the St. Mary’s, New South Wales driver drove from 10th to finish 4th at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday. The team heads to another hotbed of sprint cars in central Pennsylvania starting tomorrow night at Lincoln Speedway near Abbottstown.

A field of 34 stout sprint cars signed in at Elko on Friday. Kerry registered the tenth quick time of the night before winning his heat and finishing second in the Dash, putting him outside row one for the feature.

Kerry dogged pole-sitter Craig Dollansky in traffic, before taking command on lap 15 of the scheduled 40-lapper. He appeared poised to sail to victory, but after lap 30, the motor sounded sour. “We blew a motor up,” he says. “I can’t exactly tell you what lap…probably about seven laps before the finish. I lost a cylinder. I kept going, because I was leading.”

That’s when he changed his line. “I was running the top, and I looked at the board with about seven laps to go,” says Kerry. “I knew I couldn’t make it. I just dropped to the bottom to try to protect the motor a bit.”

That’s when Tim Kaeding passed by on lap 34. Fortunately, for Kerry, a red flag period would see rain fall and the race called, offering him a chance to preserve the second place finish.

“It was good to run well and get a good result,” he says. “There was some luck involved to be sure. I was actually going to stop when Tim went around me. That’s when the red flag came out. I had no plans to restart after that.”

Fifty-one sprinters invaded Knoxville Saturday. Kerry came out 50th in the order and made the heat invert by qualifying 17th (5 heats were run). “To be honest, we never felt that great at Knoxville,” he says. “We had a throttle pedal break in qualifying, which cost us some speed at half throttle. It was pretty impressive how well the track held out in qualifying. We were pretty much the last car, had our troubles, and still made the top 20.”

Finishing second in his heat put Kerry in another Dash. He would start the feature outside of row five and move up to fourth. “It was a pretty uneventful race for us,” he says. “I didn’t have a whole lot going on the top, so I kind of rode around the bottom. We were able to get a top five that way, so that was pretty cool. To not feel good and still finish fourth was encouraging.”

The WoO hits Lincoln Speedway tomorrow night, and Williams Grove Speedway near Mechanicsburg on Friday and Saturday. The PA Posse lies in wait. “We ran well at Elko,” says Kerry. “The tracks aren’t that similar, but we seem to be running reasonably well right now. I’m starting to get the feel for the racecar, but nonetheless, it’s going to be a tough three nights coming up.”

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Austin Brown seeking to bounce back from rough start in POWRi Midgets at Belle-Clair, Macon

Austin Brown will try to rebound from an unfortunate start to the season when the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series races at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., on Friday (May 17) and Macon (Ill.) Speedway on Saturday (May 18).

Brown won his heat at Jacksonville, Ill., in the sole event of 2013 on April 26, but was caught up in an early accident and crash damage took him out. He finished 22nd.

The 23-year-old from Millstadt, Ill., won his first feature in POWRi National Midgets at Belle-Clair last Oct. 6 and also had sixth- and 10th-place finishes at the one-fifth mile track last season. Brown’s prospects at Macon for a solid result are also good. He finished third and sixth in features there a year ago.

Brown finished third in 2012 and fourth in 2011 in the POWRi Midget championship. He has raced in 43 straight features, no easy feat in a series where 10 or more cars regularly go home early. His goals for 2013 are to win more races and win his first championship.

“I think the first win is always the hardest one to get,” Brown said. “Even in my Micro career, it took me a while to get the first and the next two definitely came easier. I’m hopeful it’s the same in Midgets. And the championship is what we’re running for.”

The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series also are racing at Belle-Clair and Macon. Brown won’t be driving, but he’ll also have a keen interest in the events. It will be the debut of BOSS chassis, car built and produced by a partnership between Brown’s KBR Performance and renowned Spike Midget and Sprint Car builder John Godfrey. Kyle and Derek Schuett of Philo, Ill., have taken delivery of the BOSS and will drive them at Belle-Clair and Macon.

“John and I have worked together for two years designing them,” Brown said. “He welds up the frames and a lot of the parts and I put them together. We’ve sold seven and I’m putting them together with the front axle, rear axle, plumbing, motor, wiring for the first few cars. I’m trying to finish Jacob Patton’s car for this weekend.

“I graduated from college (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) in December with a business degree and I always liked working on race cars. John always wanted to build a Micro and thought we could build a successful Micro.”

Brown, who has three wins in POWRi Micros, will be driving a BOSS in some events this season.

“I haven’t had time to put mine together,” Brown said. “Once I get a break and get it built, I want to try to race it as much as I can when we run with the Midgets.”

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series top-10 points standings (after one of 33 events; 1. Shane Cockrum 200, 2. Andrew Felker 190, 3. Tyler Thomas 150, 4. Jake Blackhurst 130, 5. Brad Kuhn 120, 6. Justin Peck 110, 7. Colten Cottle 100, 8. Garrett Aitken 90, 9. Terry Babb 70, 10. Levi Jones 60.

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series 2013 race winners: Jacksonville, Ill.—Shane Cockrum.

POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series top-10 points standings (after one of 22 events: 1. Dereck King 200, 2. Joe B. Miller 190, 3. Jacob Patton 180, 4. Travis Senter 170, 5. Jeremy Camp 160, 6. Jason Harms 140, 7. Max Pozsgai 130, 8. JB Gilbert 120, 9. Kyle Schuett 110, 10. Jeremy Zumwalt 100.

POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series 2013 race winners: Jacksonville, Ill.—Dereck King.

For more information on POWRi Racing, go to www.POWRi.com

 

 

Mark Burch Motorsports Faces a Couple of Mechanical Bugs in 410 Debut

Inside Line Promotions - KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 14, 2013) - After racing with a 410ci engine for the first time in 12 years, Mark Burch Motorsports found a couple of the bugs in the system last weekend.

The team made its season debut with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at the FVP Outlaws at Elko on Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., where Danny Lasoski qualified just inside the inversion number to earn a spot on the pole of his heat race.

Lasoski led the distance to pick up the win and advance to the dash, where he maneuvered from ninth to eighth on the narrow track. Unfortunately for Mark Burch Motorsports, a mechanical issue struck early in the feature as Lasoski was battling inside the top 10.

"The throttle was hanging wide open," Lasoski said. "I was basically operating the throttle with the kill switch. It's awfully hard to drive and operate the kill switch at the same time. Whenever I couldn't do that I had to work with brakes."

That burned up the brakes and around the midpoint of the main event, Lasoski was forced to pull into the pits without any brakes. He finished 22 nd.

"We were happy we were able to race because any time I can race with Mark Burch it's a pleasure," Lasoski said. "We've got a lot of work to do because we want to win races."

The team headed to Knoxville Raceway for the Mediacom Shootout on Saturday, when Lasoski qualified 14th quickest of the 51 competitors. He finished third in his heat race to advance to the feature, but the team missed the dash by one spot.

Lasoski started the main event 18th, but quickly realized there was an issue with the steering.

"We'd been struggling all night long with the steering," he said. "It would dart really bad. In the A Main I was holding my hands still and the car would turn six feet left or six feet right."

After a handful of laps, Lasoski pulled into the pits with a 28th-place finish.

"We were fighting steering issues all night," Burch said. "We kept changing stuff and changing stuff to try to sort it out, but we could never get it straightened out. The car just had a mind of its own. It was pretty evil.

"There's a lot of people who ended up in a worse position than we are. It's disappointing to have mechanical troubles. That's why we needed to race. We need to get that stuff sorted out. It just happened to be we chose two World of Outlaws races to make our first two events. But if you're gonna be the best, you've got to beat the best."

Mark Burch Motorsports will take this weekend off before returning to the track on Wednesday, May 22, at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 10 - Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn. - Qualifying: 15; Heat race: 1 (1); Dash: 8 (9); Feature: 22 (8).

May 11 - Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa - Qualifying: 14; Heat race: 3 (2); Feature: 28 (18).

SEASON STATS -

2 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 0 top 10s, 0 top 15s, 0 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Wednesday, May 22, at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: www.MarkBurchMotorsports.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbmotorspt

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"This is the first set of AFCO Gas Shocks that have built for our 410 program," Burch said. "It was a huge advantage to have all four corners adjustable on Friday night because they reworked the track multiple times. When you have to go down into the infield before you qualify or run your heat race, if you need to make some adjustments to the car for the track conditions, it's nice to be able to walk over the shock and make five or 10 click adjustments. They've been a huge asset to our program because they have a consistent product."

Mark Burch Motorsports would also like to thank Engler Machine and Tool, Wolfweld Chassis, King Racing Products, Speedway Motors, Speedway Shock Service, Hot Dot, Inc., Wireless Amber Alerts, Driven Racing Oil - by Gibbs, Hoosier Tire, Arrow Truck Sales, Donovan Blocks, Diamond Pistons, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, MSD Ignition, Vortex Wings, S & S Welding, Inc., Lee Power Steering, Gessford Machine, DMI Bulldog Rears, Wulff Pumps, Schoenfeld Headers, Red Devil Brakes, Total Seal Piston Rings, Dyer's Top Rods, Huggins Cams, Weld Racing Wheels, Goodridge Fluid Transfer Systems, Harris Decals and Awesome Racewear for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

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Danny Holtgraver Heads for Attica Raceway Park and I-77 Raceway Park May 17th & 18th

A F.A.S.T. and All Star Weekend Ahead for B&R Racing

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Pittsburgh, PA (May 13th, 2013) - After spending the recent weekend battling Mother Nature, and eventually participating in a Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) event at the Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio, Danny Holtgraver and the B&R Racing ‘45’ team will be back in action this Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th, at two major ‘410’ events in Ohio and West Virginia. The pilot of the B&R Racing, Berlin Natural Bakery, Canton Erectors, Alternative Power Sources, DKW Transport, no. 45 ‘410’ sprint car will jump start his upcoming weekend by participating in another round of F.A.S.T. competition this Friday evening, May 17th, at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio; and will conclude his upcoming weekend with a visit to the I-77 Raceway Park (WV) with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions on Saturday, May 18th. Each event offers a possible $5,000 pay day; with Attica Raceway Park’s program featuring two (2) 25-lap main events for the ‘410’ sprint cars - each paying $2,500-to-win.

“We had a tough weekend dealing with the weather” said Danny Holtgraver, “Luckily, Fremont Speedway got their show in the books so we got some lap time there...we are anxious to get back out on the road...’laps’ is what this team needs right now...we have been up and down a lot this year but we don’t let that get to us...we keep moving forward and working hard; that’s all we can do!”

Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing will make their first stop of the upcoming weekend at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio on Friday evening, May 17th. The high banked oval will host twin 25-lap main events for the Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) ‘410’ sprint cars on Friday night; with each awarding $2,500 to the winner. Danny Holtgraver is a former winner at the Attica Raceway Park; capturing an UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions main event over Labor Day Weekend during the 2012 season. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native has never won a main event during F.A.S.T. competition, and hopes to sweep the evening this Friday night at the Attica Raceway Park. Holtgraver’s most recent results during Fremont/Attica Sprint Title competition include a fifteenth (15th) place finish this past Saturday night, May 11th, at the Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio during the 30-lap, F.A.S.T. main event.

“We had a bad night at Fremont last Saturday; bottom line.” explained Holtgraver, “We qualified in a bad spot and unfortunately that put us in the back of the main event...we ended up being fifteenth but that’s not where we wanted to end up...we’ll just keep plugging away at it and hopefully we get everything turned around...it’s going to take some time!”

On Saturday evening, May 18th, Danny Holtgraver will return to UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions competition for another round of ‘Ohio Region’ action. The series will visit the I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, West Virginia this Saturday evening for the first time in the facility’s history. This will be the first and only stop at the I-77 Raceway Park for the UNOH All Stars in 2013. The 3/8’s mile dirt oval will welcome all of the stars of ‘America's Series’ including Dale Blaney, Tim Shaffer, Cap Henry, Danny Holtgraver, and Caleb Helms. Danny Holtgraver will enter the UNOH All Star - ‘Ohio Region’ event fourth (4th) in the current UNOH All Star ‘National’ standings, and fourteenth (14th) in the current UNOH All Star ‘Ohio Region’ standings. The pilot of the B&R Racing ‘45’ is still winless in 2013 with the series, and hopes to change that statistic this Saturday evening.

“We are due for a win!” said Holtgraver, “We are way overdue for a win so hopefully we can roll into I-77 Raceway Park with lots of momentum and a full head of steam...this team works really hard and I can’t thank them enough for what they do...Chris Bowe, Brian Kemenah; my owners, Bryan Grove and Rob Hunter...it’s been a tough year on us mentally, but we keep moving forward and keep working hard...takes time but we’ll get there!”

For more information on Friday night’s Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) event at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, please visit the facility online at www.atticaracewaypark.com / or visit the official online home of the F.A.S.T. series at www.fastondirt.com. News relating to Saturday night’s UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions program at the I-77 Raceway Park can be found online at the official online home of the UNOH All Stars: www.allstarsprint.com - or check out I-77 Raceway Park online at www.racei77.com.

News and information relating to Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing will be posted regularly right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ during the entire 2013 season. Be sure to check out the official online home of Danny Holtgraver at www.dannyholtgraver.com; as well as keep up with the Pittsburgh native via social networks including twitter: @holtgraverd4 and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DannyHoltgraverMotorsports

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Danny Holtgraver and Danny Holtgraver Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Kargo Quality Sales and Storage, Alternative Power Sources, Ambulance Information Management, DKW Transport, Bagley Auto Service, Kistler Engines, Butler Built, Simpson Racing, VRP Shocks, Classic Ink, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Canton Erectors, Berlin Natural Bakery, Alternative Power Sources, DKW Transport, J&J Chassis, Kistler Engines, VRP Shocks, Winters Rear Ends, ButlerBuilt, Simpson, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

 

 

Dover Frustrated After Weight Rule Mishap at Loren Barstad Memorial

Inside Line Promotions - HARTFORD, S.D. (May 14, 2013) - There aren't many words that describe Jack Dover's frustration after his third victory in five races this season was stripped away.

After dominating his heat race and the feature at the 3rd annual Loren Barstad Memorial at I-90 Speedway on Saturday, Dover was told he didn't make weight at the scales and was disqualified.

"I was the first one to the scales and it showed up 1,490 (pounds) so in my mind I think I'm good because I'm used to 1,475," he said. "Pretty much everywhere else I've raced they have the same weight rule. There is nowhere else in this country I'm pretty sure that has a 1,550 weight rule."

For that race, the weight rule was 1,550 - used widely as the weight for 305ci sprints. Dover said the weight rule was never discussed in the prerace drivers meeting and that Gregg Bakker, the runner-up, was also disqualified for being under weight. Lee Grosz, who finished third, was credited with the win.

"That is why we like to run with sanctioning bodies," Dover said. "For one, they run it professionally. They tell you all the rules and what you need. I guess you'd say it's more organized."

After charging from fourth to first in the opening lap of his heat race, which he won handily, Dover advanced as one of the top eight cars in the redraw. The random draw pulled the No. 27, which was the third lowest, to give him a starting position on the inside of the second row for the main event.

"We took the lead on the first lap," Dover said. "Going into turn one if I remember right I think I split them."

And then everything began to slow down. In fact, the first two laps took approximately 20 minutes and the feature lasted nearly an hour.

"Once again I was running out of fuel," Dover said. "There was a yellow with four laps to go and I was chugging on that. I was praying I would finish the race and I don't think I could have made another lap."

Dover led the entire race before the weight mishap.

He will compete on Friday at the 2nd annual US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys at US 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. Last season, Dover won an ASCS Midwest Region event at the track, charged from 10th to finish third in another event and placed 12th at the US 36 Nationals.

He will conclude the weekend on Saturday with the Nebraska 360 Sprints at Butler County Speedway in Rising City, Neb., where he drove from 10th to win on April 27.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 11 - I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D. - Heat race: 1 (4); Feature: 19 (3).

SEASON STATS -

5 races, 2 wins, 3 top fives, 3 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 5 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday at U.S. 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour for the 2nd annual US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys and Saturday at Butler County Speedway in Rising City, Neb., with the Nebraska 360 Sprints

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: www.JackDoverRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackDoverRacing

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jackdoverracing?fref=ts

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"Luke Cochran has become a family friend the last few years and he's been instrumental in keeping our program going," Dover said. "He also has a great company, which we've seen firsthand when Home Pride Companies, Inc., roofed my parent's house."

Dover would also like to thank Certified Transmission, Roush Yates Racing Engines, Eagle Motorsports, Thorpe's Body Shop, Trail Performance Coatings, Inc., The Oil Medics, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Keizer Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Shaver Racing Engines, Langfeldt Overhead Doors, K&N Filters, FK Rod Ends, DMI, Speedway Motors and Vortex Wings for their continued support.

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES -

Jack Dover Racing is close to being able to compete across the country by returning to the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour, where Dover has finished in the top 10 both seasons he has raced full time with the premier 360 sprint car series. He is also ready to compete with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series en route to his dream of racing in NASCAR. The only variable missing is a reliable truck and trailer. For more information on partnership opportunities, e-mail teamdover@gmail.com.

JACK'S SHOUTOUT -

This week Jack wants to give thanks to Certified Transmission owner Peter Fink.

"Peter is a guy to look up to and is inspiring," Jack said. "He's been successful in business. I feel really fortunate to have a partnership with a great person like Peter and a business like Certified Transmission."

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Rebel Cup Round 4 Goes to Tarlton

PETERSEN MEDIA: After taking a week off, the Rebel Cup Series roared back to life on Saturday night at the Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA, and it was Easton, CA pilot, Tommy Tarlton picking up the popular win.

Lining up on the front row with Visalia, CA driver, Steven Tiner, Tarlton got the jump when the green flag waved, and never looked back.

On the very fast racing surface, Tarlton worked the track to near perfection, though Tiner would make several attempts at getting under him but was unable to make anything stick, as his hands became full with Bud Kaeding.

From his second row starting spot, Kaeding continued to hound Tiner, in what was the best race on the track.

In heavy traffic, the San Jose, CA driver raced his way around Tiner to much of the crowd’s delight, only to see Tiner take the second spot back over just two laps later.

While Tarlton cruised to his first series win of the year, Tiner held off Kaeding, as Lemoore, CA’s Carson Macedo, and Fresno, CA driver, Steven Kent rounded out the top five.

In preliminary action, Kaeding set the standard in qualifications, as Kent and Dylan Black picked up heat race wins.

Feature Event Results (Starting Position)

1. 21 Tommy Tarlton (2), 2. 94 Steven Tiner (1), 3. 29 Bud Kaeding (4), 4. 21x Carson Macedo (3), 5. 7 Steven Kent (5), 6. 33H Eric Humphries (6), 7. 21B Dylan Black (7), 8. 79 Landon Hurst (10), 9. 9S Rob Solomon (11), 10. 5 Collin Markle (12), 11. 83SA Zach Zimmerly (8), 12. 96 Luca Romanazzi (9)

ON TAP: Kings Speedway will now take a brief break in action before coming back to life on June 8th, with the Rebel Cup Sprint Cars, West Coast USAC Sprints, Rebel Wing Sprints, IMCA Mods, IMCA Stock, and Hobby Stocks.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with the Kings Speedway and the Rebel Cup Series, news, standings, and more by visiting www.kingsspeedway.net.

 

 

A Very Busy Stretch: Kraig Kinser Embarks on First East Coast Swing of the Season
By Kraig Kinser Racing PR

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—May 14, 2013— Five races in seven nights. If it was up to Kraig Kinser and just about most other drivers that’s how every week would be on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series trail. For one week, the drivers will get their wish as the first East Coast Swing of the season will find the series hitting the track for five nights of racing at four different venues over the course of a one week period.

The East Coast Swing opens for Kinser aboard his Casey’s General Stores/Mesilla Valley Transportation Maxim on Wednesday, May 15 at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. The series then heads to the legendary Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for a two-night event on Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18. An overnight trip to New York will find the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown on Sunday, May 19. A return to New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey for the first time since 2007 is set for Tuesday, May 21.

“Along with being most of the busiest stretches of the season, the next week will be one of the toughest as well in terms of the competition we’ll face night in and night out,” said Kinser. “The guys in Pennsylvania know Lincoln and Williams Grove so well and they take a lot of pride in defending their home turf. We have to really be on our game heading out there.”

Kinser made his debut at Lincoln Speedway last season, as the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series made their first visit to the three-eighths-mile near Hanover, Pa., since 1998. He finished 24th in the main event, against a very strong field as 45 drivers who attempted to earn a spot in the 30-lapper.

The native of Bloomington, Ind., earned a pair of top-10 finishes at Williams Grove Speedway last season, including the best finish of his career at the half-mile during the Summernationals in July, when he came home fourth. Kinser followed that up by finishing seventh on the first night of the National Open in the fall. The third-generation driver has made a total of 28 main event starts at Williams Grove in his career, including preliminary features, dating back to 2003.

“We had a couple of good runs at Williams Grove last season, so hopefully we can use a little bit of what we learned on those nights when we go back this week,” Kinser stated. “First and foremost, you have to time trial well and put yourself in a position in the heat race to either make the dash or at least transfer into the feature. The whole night is a pretty intense one when you go up to Williams Grove and you have to be spot-on each time you hit the track.”

Last season Kinser finished 15th at Orange County Fair Speedway after losing a tire while running second on the final lap. He opened the event by turning the eighth-fastest lap in time trials and followed that up by winning the second heat race to earn a spot in the dash, where he came home second to secure a front row starting sport for the 25-lap main event. Kinser has made three starts in his career at Orange County, with the first of those coming in 2004, when he recorded a seventh-place finish.

“Orange County is Orange County, there is really no place like it,” he noted. “You certainly see the speed of a sprint there and the surface is pretty unique as well with how hard the clay is. Track position is pretty important there, so hopefully we can qualify in the right spot and get in the dash and have a chance to start near the front of the field.”

Kinser will be making the first start of his career at New Egypt Speedway as well as his first start in the state of New Jersey. The seventh-sixteenths-mile will be hosting the series for the first time since 2007 and the fifth time overall. Kinser has raced at three tracks for the first time this year. In his career he has three wins with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series when visiting a track for the first time.

“The series hasn’t been to New Egypt for a handful of years, so hopefully that is a bit of an advantage for me, since I’ve never been there at all,” Kinser shared. “Racing at bigger tracks each of the three races before at Williams Grove and Orange County, we should have a good baseline to start the night with and kind of know what direction we need to go.”

Kinser heads to the East Coast 12th in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship standings. He has eight top-10 finishes on the year, of which three are top-five performances.

Kraig Kinser Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Maxim, Aerodine Composites, Sander Engineering, Integra Shocks, All Star Performance, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bell, KSE Racing Products, ButlerBuilt, Schoenfeld Headers, Donovan Engineering, Fel-Pro, Brodix, Wilwood, Dyer’s, Barnes Systems, Ringer Gloves, Jakes Custom Golf Carts, and Ben Cook Racing Limited for their continued support.

Kraig Kinser By the Numbers: Lincoln Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway & New Egypt Speedway
0.375- Miles around Lincoln Speedway
0.4375- Distance around New Egypt Speedway in miles
0.5- Miles around Williams Grove Speedway
0.675- Distance around Orange County Fair Speedway in miles
1- Race in New Jersey for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series in 2013
2- Top-10 finishes at Williams Grove Speedway last season
4- Nights of racing in New York this season for the World of Outlaws
8- Top-10 finishes this season in feature events
9- Nights of racing in Pennsylvania this season for the series
12- Current position in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series standings
14.9- Average finish in 28 career main event starts at Williams Grove Speedway
25- Miles from Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., where the World of Outlaws compete on May 15 to Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
28- Career main event starts at Williams Grove, including preliminary features
126- Miles from Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., where the World of Outlaws race on May 19 to New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey
208- Miles from Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., where the World of Outlaws compete on May 17–18 to Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y.
986- Miles from Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, where the World of Outlaws raced on May 11 to Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa.
2003- Year of first start at Williams Grove Speedway
2004- First start at Orange County Fair Speedway
2012- Year of first start at Lincoln Speedway

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Last Lap Passes and Hard Charges Led by FK

PETERSEN MEDIA: In a busy motorsports weekend, Bud and Tim Kaeding, Jonathan Allard, Gary Nelson, Jr, Jason McIver, and John Carney pocketed wins with their Factory Kahne shocks!

Starting 13th in the World of Outlaw feature event at the Elko Speedway in Elko, MN, Tim Kaeding rode the high, scary side to his fourth series win of the year on the last lap, with his Factory Kahne’s giving his car grip.

In Watsonville, CA on Friday night, Bud Kaeding also made the night dramatic, as he too made a last lap pass to score his first winged win of the season with his Factory Kahne shocks tuned by Kaeding Performance.

Jonathan Allard has now won two in a row at the Silver Dollar Speedway since making the switch to Factory Kahne Shocks. On the lightening fast track, Allard took the lead at the halfway point, and never looked back. In four races, JA has four podium finishes.

In Las Cruces, NM, John Carney picked up the big 305 win with his Factory Kahne’s helping him find grip in the desert.

Gary Nelson, Jr has now won three in a row in his non wing car in California. In Antioch on Saturday night, Nelson’s FK’s led him to the promise land!

Jason McIver picked up the season opening win in Darwin, AU with his FK’s tuned by Dylan Buswell.

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2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Wins- 71

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Eyecon Trail Cameras Car Puts Together Two More Podiums for Big Game Motorsports

Inside Line Promotions - KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 14, 2013) - Craig Dollansky nearly gave Big Game Motorsports two more feature victories by parking his Eyecon Trail Cameras car in Victory Lane over the weekend.

Dollansky led feature laps and earned a podium in each of the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., on Friday and at Knoxville Raceway on Saturday. Meanwhile, Big Game Treestands teammate Sammy Swindell faced misfortune while competing in the top 10 in each of the main events.

The Eyecon Trail Cameras Maxim opened the weekend at the FVP Outlaws at Elko by qualifying 12th quickest, putting him on the front row of a heat race after the inversion. Dollansky finished second to garner a spot in the dash. When the six was pulled in the dash inversion, Dollansky earned the pole.

Racing approximately an hour south of his home in Elk River, Minn., Dollansky led the first 14 laps before a mechanical issue hampered him for the remainder of the rain-shortened 34-lap main event.

Kerry Madsen got around the Eyecon Trail Cameras for the lead on Lap 15 and Tim Kaeding - the eventual winner - passed Dollansky for second place on Lap 32. After Kaeding had just completed a pass on Madsen for the lead, a red flag was waved for a car flipping over and rain washed out the remaining six laps.

"With the mechanical issue we developed I was thinking we needed to get out of there with a decent finish," Dollansky said. "As much as we would have liked to get the win, at that point it was just get a decent finish."

For Swindell, he qualified third quickest in the Big Game Treestands car. He then finished fourth in his heat race to advance to the feature, but narrowly missed a spot in the dash. Swindell started the main event 11th, but a flat right rear tire dropped him to a 14th-place finish.

On Saturday, the famed Knoxville Raceway presented its first of two World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series tests before the FVP Knoxville Nationals in August.

Of the 51 entries at the Mediacom Shootout, Swindell qualified quickest for the first time this season and Dollansky timed in fifth quickest. The Big Game Treestands teammates started in the second row of their heat race and advanced to the dash, which was inverted by six.

That started the Eyecon Trail Cameras car third and Swindell sixth in the short race that lined up the first six rows of the feature. They placed fourth and sixth, respectively.

Dollansky powered into the lead on Lap 9 to lead feature laps for the fourth time in the last five World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events. However, heavy traffic came into play in the second half of the 25-lap feature and the Eyecon Trail Cameras car got trapped behind a couple of slower cars, giving the advantage eventual winner Donny Schatz needed to find the lead on Lap 18.

"I felt like we were getting through lapped traffic pretty good," Dollansky said. "We came up on a couple of cars and I got myself blocked in and that allowed Schatz to get around us. The caution flew right after that and at that point he was in the lead."

Swindell was also in contention in the top 10 until a wild restart with seven laps remaining, when a handful of cars collided on the frontstretch. Swindell's nose wing, top wing, left rear tire and various other parts were damaged in the collision, forcing him to the back on the restart.

"We kind of went the wrong direction with the car," Swindell said of the initial setup. "I thought the track was going to get slicker than it did and it actually went the other way, which it usually doesn't happen at Knoxville.

"The next thing I knew Lucas Wolfe had run over my left rear (tire). It was kinda unfortunate, but there was a lot of positives that we got out of that. The new motor that we got was really strong and some of the changes that we made with the car and setup were quite a bit better. It's just that we went a little too far in the wrong direction."

Swindell, who is now sixth in the championship standings, finished 18th to record his 21st top 20 of the season. Dollansky finished second in the feature to earn his fourth podium in the last five races. He ranks fifth in the points.

The Big Game Treestands teammates will compete with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series as it invades Pennsylvania this week. On Wednesday, Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown hosts the Gettysburg Clash before Williams Grove Speedway has a doubleheader on Friday and Saturday for the Morgan Cup.

QUICK RESULTS -

DOLLANSKY:

May 10 - Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn. - Qualifying: 12; Heat race: 2 (2); Dash: 1 (1); Feature: 3 (1).

May 11 - Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa - Qualifying: 5; Heat race: 2 (4); Dash: 4 (3); Feature: 2 (4).

SWINDELL:

May 10 - Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn. - Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 14 (11).

May 11 - Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa - Qualifying: 1; Heat race: 3 (4); Dash: 6 (6); Feature: 18 (6).

SEASON STATS -

DOLLANSKY : 21 races, 2 wins, 6 top fives, 12 top 10s, 16 top 15s, 20 top 20s

SWINDELL : 21 races, 1 win, 4 top fives, 11 top 10s, 18 top 15s, 21 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., for the Gettysburg Clash and Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Morgan Cup with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

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Ventura Raceway

(May 14, 2013, Cliff Morgan, Ventura Raceway) OXNARD, CA - This Saturday night May 14, promises to be an outstanding event at Ventura Raceway. On that night Ventura Raceway will hold the second ARP Battle at the Beach event of 2013 for VRA and USAC Midgets. This four race series within a series has become a fan and competitor favorite and Saturday will be no exception. Also on tap, Saturday, will be four other adult classes, VRA Senior Sprints, VRA Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, VRA Focus and VRA Go Karts. All these classes will keep you on the edge of your seat as they battle on Ventura's 1/5 mile high speed clay oval. Tonight will also be the first time the midgets have run on our new red clay track.

The second VRA/USAC ARP Battle of the Beach race of 2013 promises to be another great event as stars from VRA battle stars from USAC's Western States Midget Series. Ronnie Gardner, Cody Swanson, Jake Swanson and several other VRA Midget racers will battle David Prickett, USAC Champion Shannon McQueen and several other USAC Western States racers. VRA Midget Series driver Jake Swanson took the USAC Midget race at Santa Maria last weekend and he will be here to try to win his first ARP Battle of the Beach Trophy. He has run strong here all season and is currently in second place in both VRA and ARP Battle at the Beach point races to Ronnie Gardner who leads in both point races. Gardner took the first ARP Battle at the Beach on April 6 and will try for two on a row tonight. Other VRA drivers expected to compete tonight include 2012 VRA Champion Cody Swanson, Rick Hendrix, Randi Pankratz, Kyle Smith and all the regular VRA Midget drivers. Several USAC Western States drivers are also expected to be here to go for the win in this prestigious series. Other Battle of the Beach races are scheduled for July 20 and the final race to name the King of the Beach will take place on September 28.

Point leader Clif Warren will be going for his record breaking fifth win in a row this weekend in this class for over 45 year old drivers. So far in 2013 Warren has dominated the class. Will any of the other Senior drivers break his streak? Only time will tell, but you can be sure they will be trying to do so. Chris Meredith has run well all season and currently resides in second place in points followed by Mike Cook and Ed Schwarz.

Point leader Josh Vogt said after his fifth win in a row, at the last Modified race, that he would probably miss this week's event due to being out of the state. If he misses the race the other modified drivers will challenge for a win that has eluded them all season. So far in 2013 Vogt has dominated the racing in this class. Drivers trying to end this domination will be past champions, Jack Parker, Austin Rodarte, Aaron Rodarte, Donald Hougton, top challengers Brad Prows, Dennis Eckert and many others. The high speed, V8 powered open wheel stock cars always put on exciting, fast and furious racing.

VRA Dwarf Cars return to action this weekend with last race winners Kevin Calvo going for two wins in a row in Pros and Keith Vondersaar in Seniors going for three wins in a row. Both are expected to be back to compete against the top competitors in each class. Other racers expected to be on hand to try to get their first wins in 2013 include Bill Van Praag, Tom Stephens Sr. and Bob Kaufman in Seniors and Brent Stevens, Eric Alton, Johnny and Tim Conley and many others in Pros.

VRA Focus Midgets will also be on the card Saturday night. Point leader Brennan Rogers leads the field into competition tonight. 2012 series champion Wally Pankratz and several other young up and coming drivers are scheduled to compete.

VRA Go Karts will resume their season Saturday. All the top drivers in this division will be back to try to see who will take the series championship at the end of the season in November. These racers will race on the large track as they did in the 2012 season. Matt Long took the win at the last race and will be back to try for another win. Since moving to the large track last season the kart drivers have put on excellent races.

Pit gates open at 12 noon with spectator gates opening at 3:00PM. Preliminary action gets under way at 3:30 with racing at 5:30. Admission for this event is $15.00 for adults, $11.00 for Seniors, Military and Juniors with Kids 12 and under free with an adult admission. For more information call Ventura Raceway at (805) 985-5433 X115

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Covington 9th at Texarkana

PETERSEN MEDIA- In action for a pair of events with the ASCS Lone Star Region, Matt Covington posted a ninth place finish a Sixty Seven Texarkana Speedway on Saturday, one night after contact knocked him out of the race at Timberline.

Saturday night, Covington’s issues with the pill draw continued, as a high pill, put his T&L Foundry/Triple X/Winters backed machine in the third row of his heat race.

On what was a fairly narrow track early in the evening, Covington was only able to pass one car, which was not enough to propel him to the feature, and made a quick stop in the ‘B’ Main.

Starting on the front row of the race, Covington was quick to the gas when the green dropped, and picked up the win aboard his Brodix/C.G. Martin Company/Factor 1 backed entry, and earned a spot in the feature event.

Starting 17th in the feature, Covington had a very stout car, as he wasted no time battling his way up inside the top-10 as be battled with Kolt Walker and Jordon Mallett.

Battling inside the top-10, Covington began having steering issues, as his power steering became tough to turn, and the Glenpool, OK driver hung on and escaped with a ninth place finish.

“If we can figure out how to draw a low pill, I think we can pick off a win or two,” Covington said. “We have had a pretty good racecar the last few night’s, but it is either bad luck, or a deep starting spot that makes things tough on us.”

Friday night, Covington and his team were in action at the Timberline Speedway, and it is a night Covington wishes didn’t happen.

“It was just a night filled with bad luck, and being at the wrong place at the wrong time,” he said. “I think we might have had too much good luck in 2012, and things are evening themselves out this year.”

Starting in the middle of the pack in the feature event, Covington again, showed serious speed as he clawed his way well inside the top-10.

Looking for more, contact ensued, and Covington lost his nose wing, as well as a brake line, but still elected to restart the race from the tail-end of the field.

Restarting the race in the back, Covington nursed his car as he gained spots until just a few laps to go, when the brakes locked up on him, and his car went into a light spin, and he elected to park himself in the infield.

“It was just one of those night’s that frustrates you, but you look back on it and know what kind of car you had, and build on it.”

Matt and his Covington Racing team would like to thank T&L Foundry, Triple X Chassis, Winters, Brodix, C.G. Martin Company, Factor 1 Racing, All-Star Performance, Outlaw Wings, Pro Shocks, DMI Components, Keizer Wheels, ButlerBuilt, Simpson Race Products, GME Steering, Wesmar Racing Engines, and Schoenfeld Headers for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-13, Wins-0, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-7

ON TAP: Matt will be back in action this Friday night at the Thunderbird Speedway before heading to the Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday night.

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Forgettable Weekend for Madsen

PETERSEN MEDIA- Ian Madsen took on the World of Outlaws this past weekend, and a late flat tire knocked him out of a top five on Friday night, before struggles plagued his night at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night.

“We were plenty fast on Friday night in Elko, MN,” Madsen said. “Unfortunately we had a tire go down on us late in the feature running fourth, and we had to pull off. Saturday we just struggled all night at Knoxville.”

Kicking his weekend off at the Elko Raceway in Elko, MN on Friday, Madsen opened the night up by timing in his Nehring Construction/Team Kline Electric/Logan Contractors Supply backed entry in 9th quick, putting him on the front row of his heat race.

A second place finish in his heat, put the Royal Flooring/Greenland Homes of Iowa/Stepping Stone Genetics machine in the second row of the dash, where a third place finish lined him up in the second row of the feature event.

When the feature went green, the New South Wales native was able to hold his own on the dirt covered pavement track, as he ran in the top four, chasing after brother Kerry, and Chad Kemmenah.

Working in the light rubber that had been laid down on the bottom of the speedway, trouble broke for the Australian pilot, as he lost a left rear tire, knocking him out of contention, and he wound up with a 13th place finish.

“Friday we were really good, but unfortunately we lost a left rear late in the feature that knocked us out of a possible podium finish,” he said.

Saturday night the KCP Racing team was back in action at the Knoxville Raceway, again with the World of Outlaws.

“Overall we struggled Saturday night, but our main focus this year is the Knoxville points so at least we learned a few things,” he explained.

With 51 cars on hand, Madsen’s 21st quick qualifying effort, put him well behind the inversion, as he found himself starting in the third row of his heat race.

Madsen’s struggles showed up in heat race action, as he wasn’t able to get his mount moving forward, and a seventh place finish put him on the front row of the night’s B main.

Bad luck arose in the B, and Madsen ended up with a 23rd place finish, and took a Knoxville provisional to make the feature event.

Starting 26th in the feature, Madsen rode around, and wound up scoring a 20th place finish.

“I’m not really sure what our issue was,” he said. “We just were not very good every time we hit the track, but in racing, it happens. The best thing to do is learn from it, and move forward.”

Ian and his KCP Racing team would like to thank Nehring Construction, Team Kline Electric, Logan Contractors Supply, Royal Flooring, Greenland Homes of Iowa, Stepping Stone Genetics, Quality Traffic Control, Factory Kahne, Rider Racing Engines, JRS Excavating, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance, Smith Precision Products, Moose Blocks, Speedway Motors, Watson’s Express Transport, and Kustom Concrete Pumping for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-27, Wins-6, Top-5’s- 11, Top 10’s-15

ON TAP: Ian and his KCP Racing team will now set their sites on the Knoxville Raceway this Saturday night for Knoxville Cup action before heading to the Husets Speedway on Sunday night.

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McQueen Racing Shows Speed and Poise, But Bad Luck Strikes Again

By Robert Haugh

Hoping to leave behind a recent stretch of bad luck, McQueen Racing had yet another strong performance on Saturday, May 11 at the USAC-Western States event at the 1/3-mile Santa Maria Speedway.

Team owner Shannon McQueen started the evening with the fourth fastest mark in qualifying. “Lightning” McQueen raced to third from fifth in her Heat in the opening laps, only to suffer a broken left front brake mount, locking up the wheel and settling for sixth.

Lining up 11th in the feature, McQueen earned her second Hard Charger award of the season, moving to seventh in her McQueen Racing #7 Lucas Oil/Simpson Race Products Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen, despite running with a broken master cylinder, locking the brakes and robbing the car of essential horsepower on the fast, slick 1/3-mile track.

Oklahoma young gun, 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City struggled to find his groove in his debut 1/3-mile Midget appearance, piloting the McQueen Racing #37 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entry. Though qualifying 13th, Marcham passed a few cars in the feature where he claimed tenth, continuing to lead the USAC-Western States Rookie-of-the-Year and Western National Midget Driver of the Year Rookie-of-the-year points.

Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, with experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, has shown amazing poise and talent in limited Midget starts in the McQueen Racing entry earlier this year. Marcham has been seen passing drivers with thousands more laps and experience than he in a Midget.

Marcham has amassed six Championships at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Newcastle, Oklahoma, as well as having claimed both the A-Class and Non-wing A-Mains at the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial/Race4Life in Tulsa in 2012. Thus far in 2013, Marcham has compiled several wins and podium finishes, currently sitting atop the I-44 Riverside Speedway Non-Wing points. Marcham swept the events on April 20 at I-44, claiming the A-mains in both the Non-Wing and A Class. Marcham made his Midget racing debut for McQueen Racing in the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, where he showed poise beyond his years against some of the best racers in the World.

McQueen and Marcham will return to action this Saturday, May 18 at the 1/5-mile Ventura Raceway.

Though not committed to a full USAC-Western States schedule, McQueen sits ninth in the overall standings and seventh in the dirt series points, with one fast time award and three top-10 finishes.

McQueen became the first woman to win a BCRA Midget championship in 2011 when she claimed the BCRA Dirt Midget crown, then claimed the 2012 USAC-Western States Midget championship, amassing four Heat race wins, nine Top 5 runs, three fast time awards and 13 Top 10s in 2012. McQueen also holds five track records at the 99 Dirt Track in Stockton, Calistoga Speedway, Petaluma Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway and Orange Show Speedway. McQueen also recently accepted the prestigious Kara Hendrick Spirit award, one of the top awards for women in Motorsports.

McQueen Racing has dedicated the entire 2013 season to Kenny Speck, a McQueen Racing team member who lost his life earlier this year.

McQueen is also the first female owner to boast a win with a female driver when Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker won a USAC Western States Midget Feature in April 2012 at McQueen’s home track of Bakersfield Speedway at the helm of one of McQueen’s potent Spike/Esslinger entries.

McQueen Racing would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors: Lucas Oil Products, Simpson Race Products, Eibach Springs, DMI, Rod End Supply, K&N Filters, Advanced Racing Suspensions, MPD, Ruth Engineering, Jet-Hot Performance Coatings, Butler Built Seating Systems, Schoenfeld Headers, American Fabrication, West Evans Motorsports, Western Open Wheel Racing News and Esslinger Racing Engines by Duane McQueen.

Visit www.shannonmcqueen.com for more information on McQueen Racing.

Select Coatings, RD Marcham Energy, Inc., Simpson Racing Products, Pinnacle Energy Services, Best Western Tulsa Airport, Metals Supermarket Oklahoma City, J & B Digital Graphics and Mud-X support Marcham.

Visit http://marchamracing.com/ for more information on Trey Marcham.

 

 

David Gravel Set for Five Races in Seven Nights on the East Coast

By DDR Motorsports PR

WATERTOWN, Conn.—May 14, 2013— David Gravel has been looking forward to this week’s East Coast Swing for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series for quite some time. First, it provides an opportunity to race close to his Watertown, Conn., home in front of family and friends. And second, and even more important, he’ll have a chance to climb behind the wheel five times in a span of seven nights.

The first East Coast Swing of the season for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series begins on Wednesday, May 15 at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. The series then heads to the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Friday May 17 and Saturday, May 18 for two full nights of racing. Then a trip to New York is in store with a visit to the sprawling Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown on Sunday, May 19. The first East Coast Swing of the season wraps up on Tuesday, May 21 at New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey.

Gravel, who pilots the Wright Process System/Firetext Reponse/Musco Fuels/JRC Transportation/Model Craft machine under the Bill Rose Racing banner, made one start at Lincoln Speedway last season with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions. He was second-fastest in time trials of the 37 entrants in that event. Gravel came up just one spot short of transferring from the second heat race into the main event that night, finishing sixth. He raced his way into the A-Feature by finishing second in the B-main. In the A-Feature, Gravel started 12th and ended up 21st in the 30-lapper.

“It’s definitely tough when you go out to Pennsylvania and take on the Pennsylvania Posse,” said Gravel. “We time trialed well at Lincoln last year with the All Stars, but didn’t have the best of luck in the feature. The first point of business every night, especially in Pennsylvania is to qualify well and transfer from the heat into the main event and then you can start to focus on the feature from there.”

The East Coast racer made a total of five starts at Williams Grove Speedway in 2012. He earned a best finish of ninth in June with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions. He finished 12th in his first start of the year at the half-mile in the spring in a weekly show. Gravel came home 12th again a few weeks later at the end of April in an All Stars event. The young driver returned to Williams Grove in the fall for the National Open, which was sanctioned by the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, and he raced his way into the 40-lap finale of that marquee event for the first time in his career, finishing 17th against a field of 53 of the best sprint car drivers in the country.

“Qualifying is everything at Williams Grove and the pill draw has a lot to do with that,” he explained. “If you draw a late pill it’s very hard to qualify well. You have to stay on top of the track all night and make sure you are running where you need to run. You definitely have to be on your ‘A-game’ at the ‘Grove’ all night long.”

Gravel finished fifth at Orange County Fair Speedway last season with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, after lining up 13th for the 25-lap main event. He timed in 13th-fastest, just missing the heat race inversion by one spot. Gravel ran sixth in the first eight-lap heat race. In the A-Feature, he suffered a flat tire on lap-21 and was able to work his way back forward to finish fifth in a race that saw a number of contenders lose tires on the hard clay track in the late going. The historic fairgrounds oval is about two hours from his hometown of Watertown, Conn.

“Orange County is a really, really fast track,” noted Gravel. “Last year it got extremely slick and took rubber, so hopefully it doesn’t do that this year. We were lucky that we were one of the first to lose a tire and were able to get it changed and get back out there and came away with a top-five finish. Orange County is very close to home, so we’ll have a lot of people there watching us and hopefully I can do well.”

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event at New Egypt Speedway will mark the national tour’s first stop at the seven-sixteenths-mile since 2007 and fifth overall appearance dating back to 2001. Gravel has raced at New Egypt in the past in a 360-sprint car with the United Racing Company (URC), with his most recent start at the track coming in 2008.

“It’s been a few years since I’ve raced at New Egypt and I believe they’ve changed the track since then,” Gravel said. “I’ve never run a 410-sprint car there, but a few laps in hot laps should take care of that. The Outlaws haven’t raced there for a while either, so that should equalize the playing field a little bit.”

Gravel enters this first East Coast Swing of the season seventh in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series standings. He has 10 top-10 finishes this season, with four of those being top-five performances, including a season-best runner-up finish at Tri-State Speedway in Indiana, on April 20.

“We want to make it into all of the shows without having to take a provisional, because we only have one left now,” shared the 20-year-old. “After that, we just want to do the best we can. If we can get top-10 finishes those will be good nights for us. We have to stop finishing 14th and 20th and step our game up and hopefully finish in the top-10 most nights, if not all of them.”

Keep up-to-date with David Gravel and DDR Motorsports by visiting www.DavidGravel89.com. Follow David on Twitter @davidgravel89g and like David on Facebook.

 

 

BADGER MIDGET SERIES

"Angell Park Speedway Opener Sunday Night May 19"

By Bryan Gapinski

Sun Prairie, Wis., May 14---The 67th season of Midget Auto Racing at Angell Park Speedway kicks off Sunday Night May 19 at the famed 1/3-mile clay oval. The Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series event will be the first of eleven midget race events at the track.

The Badger 600 Micro Series, along with the Wisconsin Dirt Legends Series will also participate in the opening night event. The Badger 600 Micros will also compete at all eleven track events, with the Legends running five nights. The pits will open at 3:00 p.m., the pill draw is from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m,. drivers meeting be at 5:30 p.m., and hot laps at 6:00 p.m. with racing to follow.

The following weekend on May 25-26, The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series and Badger will co-sanction the "11th annual Sue Thiel Memorial" at the track. Saturday Night’s event will pay $2,000 to win, with the first place prize on Sunday doubling to $4,000.

Thomas Meseruall currently holds a ten-point lead in the Badger Midget Points, ahead of Danny Stratton, follwed by David Gough, Brad Kuhn, and Travis Berryhill.

 

 

Crash crushes podium streak

After finishing on the podium in the past three outings, Danny Reidy’s podium streak came to a crashing end during last Saturday night’s 12th KRE Sprintcar Series round at Archerfield Speedway.

In what was a racing incident, where he simply ran out of racing room, Reidy crashed out of the feature race in spectacular fashion in the early stages of the 30–lap event. He collided with the wall on the main straight while battling with another car for track space, which then sent him into a wild crash that saw him come to a stop at the bottom of the track.

“It was just one of those racing deals, where two drivers were going for the same piece of track, and one driver had to lose out,” explained Reidy. “The crash has destroyed just about everything on the car, as there wasn’t a lot that we could salvage from the wreck.”

Prior to the crash, Reidy, who had started out of position six in the feature race, had been enjoying a solid night, after he had qualified third in time trials, finished sixth in both of his heat races, and locked in his feature–race start with a sixth–place finish in the Top 6 Dash.

With a break this coming weekend, Reidy will return to the track for the 13th and penultimate round of the KRE Series at Archerfield Speedway on Saturday night, May 25 aboard a new NQ # 5 Desert Palms Resort supported J&J.

To check out footage of Reidy’s crash visit the following YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMspvDu73g

The Reidy Racing team would like to thank Desert Palms Resort in Alice Springs, Camden Neon Signs, P&M Motor Body Repairs, Gonzo’s Race Pipes and Inglis Race Engines for all of their 2012–13 season support.

To find out more about Danny Reidy visit his website www.dannyreidy.com.

 

 

KSE Weekly Review

PETERSEN MEDIA: All across the country, KSE’s power steering systems helped drivers find victory lane and a pair of podium sweeps highlighted this past weekend’s winning.

At the Knoxville Raceway it was a familiar face winning, as Donny Schatz put on quite the show at the historic ½ mile, as he pocketed yet another win. Joining Schatz on the front stretch was Craig Dollansky and Brian Brown, as all three drivers secured top podium finishes with KSE power steering systems.

On Sunday night at the Husets Speedway season opener, KSE drivers also dominated the feature event with Mark Dobmeier taking top honors with Lucas Wolfe and Kyle Larson completing the Gen2 podium sweep!

Regionally KSE was just as strong as drivers picked up wins with various sanctioning bodies across the country.

Out west, Willie Croft, Jonathan Allard, Tommy Tarlton, Bud Kaeding, Gary Nelson, Jr, and Travis Jacobson all scored wins in their respected classes.

In the Midwest, Tim Crawley, Terry Gray, Nate Dussel, and Chris Windom scored wins in 305, 360, and 410 action.

In Pennsylvania it was all about Brent Marks and Danny Dietrich, as they scored tough wins agains the PA Posse!

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NATIONAL MIDGET DRIVER OF THE YEAR PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT: Bryan Gapinski (608) 335-5385

"Wease & Gardner atop Driver of the Year points"

Waukesha, Wis., May 14---Billy Wease Jr. and Ronnie Gardner are current leaders in the National Midget Driver of the Year Championship and Western Midget Driver of the Year Champions with nine midget races nationwide slated for the weekend of May 17-19. Past weekend winners include Jake Swanson at Santa Maria Speedway, and Andrew Felker at I-44 Speedway.

Wease has scored points with three different car owners and scored two feature wins. Less than thirty points separate the top six in points. Fourteen year-old Justin Peck leads the Design 500 Racewear Rookie of the Year points. Swindell-Curb leads the car owner points, with Ford-Esslinger (engine) and Spike (chassis) are atop the Manufactures Champion.

Gardner on the strength of three victories, two seconds and third place in the first eight Western Midget events holds a 21-point lead over Swanson who has captured two events this season. Johnson Racing leads the Car Owner points, with Trey Marchum leading the Rookie points. Gardner is seeking the "West Coast Trifecta" and also finds himself leading the VRA Midget Series and tied with Swanson for the USAC Western Midget points lead.

National Midget Driver of the Year: 1. Billy Wease 211; 2. Kevin Swindell 200; 3. Bryan Clauson 195; 4. Ronnie Gardner 188; 5. Andrew Felker 176; 6. Jake Swanson 173; 7. Sammy Swindell 170; 8. Darren Hagen 167; 9. Kyle Larson 155; 10. Steve Buckwalter 155.

Western Midget Driver of the Year: 1. Ronnie Gardner 187; 2. Jake Swanson 166; 3. Cody Swanson 127; 4. Scott Pierovich 118; 5. David Prickett 110; 6. Bryan Clauson 100; 7. Kody Swanson 75; 8. David Goodwill 69; 9. Tanner Swanson 68; 10. Rico Abreu 66.

 

 

MOWA Doubleheader Includes Mary Lee Standridge Memorial and New Venue!


(Bill W) May 13, 2013 – The Midwest Open Wheel Association hits the Midwest for a pair of big shows this weekend!  First up is the Mary Lee Standridge Memorial this Friday night at the Jacksonville Raceway in Jacksonville, Illinois.  The stars of MOWA will bid for that prestigious win, and then head to a new venue.  On Saturday, they hit the high banks of Montgomery Motorsports Park in New Florence, Missouri for the Spring Sprint Nationals.


Brian Brown won last year’s Mary Lee Standridge Memorial event.  It’s anyone’s guess who will conquer the banked ¼-mile this time around.  The series has seen seven different winners in eight trips to Jacksonville the past three years.  Only Jimmy Hurley has been a repeat winner in Jacksonville.  Joining Brown as other winners there are Terry McCarl, Jerrod Hull, Danny Smith, AJ Bruns and Joey Moughan.


In addition to FREE admission for kids under 12, there will be $500 in quarters up for grabs as part of the “Kid’s Dash for Cash” at Jacksonville!


Action should be awesome on the high-banked 3/8-mile oval in New Florence, Missouri on Saturday as well.  An open wheel doubleheader also features All Star Midgets!  MOWA will be visiting Montgomery Motorsports Park three times in 2013!


After two events, AJ Bruns leads the current MOWA point standings.  Young Paul Nienhiser is second in points, Hurley and Hull are tied for third in points, and Ben Wagoner rounds out the top five.  Ian Madsen and Jac Haudenschild have won features at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa and the Vermilion County Speedway in Danville, Illinois, respectively.


Pits open at 3 p.m. on Friday in Jacksonville with grandstands opening at 5 p.m.  Racing is slated for 7 p.m.  Admission is $20, with children 12 and under FREE!  For more information, visit www.JacksonvilleSpeedway.com!


Gates open at 5 p.m. on Saturday in New Florence, with hot laps scheduled for 7 p.m.  Adult admission is $20, with kids 8 and under FREE.  For more information, visit www.montgomerymotorsportsparkmo.com/!


See the promo for the Mary Lee Standridge Memorial…


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x3LxTmRQ3ac
 
On the Web!


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MOWA Live!


If you can’t make it to the racetrack, or if you are at the racetrack with a smart phone, check out www.MOWALive.com for real-time results and lineups on race night!  You can compete by predicting the winners, and win big prizes!


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A Look at the Winners at Jacksonville Speedway (8 events)

 

5-20-11 Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA

7-29-11 Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO

8-19-11 Danny Smith, Chillicothe, OH

9-30-11 Jimmy Hurley, Springfield, IL

5-18-12 AJ Bruns, Athens, IL

7-27-12 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO

8-24-12 Jimmy Hurley, Springfield, IL

9-21-12 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL

2013 MOWA Sprint Car Series Point Standings
 

	Driver	Hometown	Car #	Total Points
1	AJ Bruns	Athens, IL	44	175
2	Paul Nienhiser	Chapin, IL	9	159
3	Jimmy Hurley	Springfield, IL	35	144
	Jerrod Hull	Sikeston, MO	12	144
5	Ben Wagoner	Emden, IL	84	126
6	Jimmy Light	West Springfield, PA	23	114
7	Chris Urish	Elkhart, IL	77u	105
	Robbie Standridge	Springfield, IL	22	105
9	Jeremy Standridge	Springfield, IL	10s	102
10	Cory Bruns	Lincoln, IL	42	94
11	Danny Smith	Chillicothe, IL	4	80
12	Bret Tripplett	Lincoln, IL	22T	60
13	Ryan Jamison	Mediapolis, IA	51J	56
14	Logan Faucon	Elkhart, IL	52F	49
15	John Dines	Danville, IL	31	42
	Mike Hess	Riverton, IL	51	42
	Jimmy Davies	Oquawka, IL	99	42
18	Brett Samonds	Springfield, IL	47	40
	Levi Curry	Lincoln, IL	25	40

 

2013 Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) Schedule

 

Saturday, April 13 – 34 Raceway (Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust.)

Sunday, April 21 – Vermilion County Speedway (Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH)
Friday, May 17 – Jacksonville Speedway - Mary Lee Standridge Memorial (Jacksonville, IL)
Saturday, May 18 – Montgomery Motorsports Park (New Florence, MO)
Saturday, May 25 – I-55 Raceway (Pevely, MO)
Sunday, May 26 – Quincy Raceways (Quincy, IL)

Saturday, June 1 – Spoon River Speedway (Canton, IL)
Friday, June 14 – Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, IL)
Saturday, June 15 – Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, IN)
Saturday, June 22 – Montgomery Motorsports Park (New Florence, MO)
Wednesday, July 24 – Highland Speedway (Highland, IL)*
Thursday, July 25 – Tri–City Speedway (Pontoon Beach, IL)*
Friday, July 26 – Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, IL)*
Saturday, July 27 – Macon Speedway (Macon, IL)*
Sunday, August 4  – Vermilion County Speedway (Danville, IL)
Saturday, August 24 – LaSalle Speedway – Bill Waite Jr. Memorial (LaSalle, IL)
Saturday, August 31 – Montgomery Motorsports Park (New Florence, MO)
Sunday, September 1 – Quincy Raceways (Quincy, IL)
Friday, September 6 – 34 Raceway (West Burlington, IA)

Saturday, September 7 – 34 Raceway (West Burlington, IA)
Saturday, September 14 – Spoon River Speedway – Tom Knowles Memorial (Canton, IL)
Saturday, October 12 – Jacksonville, IL – Championship Night (Jacksonville, IL)

 

 

Hoosier Hundred

For additional information contact Bob Sargent at 217-764-3200, track@trackenterprises.com, or reply to email

Indianapolis, IN (May 13, 2013)-Rotondo Weirich Motorsports has been an entrant in the USAC Silver Crown Series since 1999, starting with Rich Tobias, Jr. and the team can write their name in the USAC history book on May 23 if one of their two drivers can win the 60th Hoosier 100 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. If two-time Hoosier Hundred winner Jerry Coons , Jr. or rookie Kevin Thomas can enter victory lane next Thursday night, RW Motorsports would join the late Al Dean and Vel’s_Parnelli Jones as the only entrants to win four consecutive Hoosier Hundred races.

Dean Van Lines entered the 1953 national championship season somewhat in disarray with equipment that needed to be rebuilt and in search of a driver who could stand on the gas, as well as a top wrench to look after the equipment. After the 1953 Indianapolis 500, Al Dean hired a west coast mechanic named Clint Brawner to look after the team’s Eddie Kuzma built Offenhauser powered dirt car and find a pilot who could wring the most out of the machine. After Brawner assessed the equipment, he told Dean that the Offy engine was in need of a rebuild. Instead of resistance, Brawner found an owner willing to accommodate his request and Dean had the new parts shipped to Indianapolis. After rebuilding the Dean machine Brawner settled on an eager young driver named Bob Sweikert.

Sweikert won the pole at Syracuse in September and led a good chunk of that race before falling out due to an accident. He and Brawner were ready for Jo Quinn and Roger Wolcott’s first Hoosier Hundred on September 19, 1953 but the track wasn’t as rain postponed the rich dirt track event until the 26th. Sweikert qualified the Dean car in third, grabbed the lead on lap 6 and ran to the checkers under a blanket with three other machines in the closest Hoosier Hundred finish in history. The Dean Van Lines car returned in 1954 with Jimmy Bryan at the helm, and would pocket the lion’s share of the purse in 1955 and 1956 as well.

Vel’s-Parnelli Jones Racing was in its second year of existence in 1970 when they entered the 18th running of the fall classic at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Second year driver Al Unser was in his third season working with chief mechanic George Bignotti, the two having come from John Mecom’s stable after the 1968 season. VPJ debuted on of the first Ford DOHC powered dirt cars in 1969, a Grant King creation that Al won with at DuQuoin in late 1969. Now in navy blue with lightning bolts, the Johnny Lightning Special simply looked fast. Al slowly reeled in early race leader A.J. Foyt in September of 1970 and led most of the second half before an ABC Wide World of Sports audience on the way to his first Hoosier Hundred. He captured three more, one in Johnny Lightning livery, and two in the red and white Viceroy colors. In a twist of irony, historians think that the Dean Van Lines Kuzma and the VPJ King-Ford are the only two cars to win four consecutive Hoosier Hundred events.

RW Motorsports entered Beast chassis in 2010 for Coons and Shane Hmiel with Hmiel gaining an emotional 100-mile win two nights before the 2010 Indianapolis 500. Coons won in 2011, and last year dominated over the last 80 miles to put the RW Toyota powered Beast into victory lane. Both he and rookie Kevin Thomas, Jr. will have similar machines at their disposal on May 23.

The 2013 Hoosier Hundred gets a new look as promoter Bob Sargent of Track Enterprises has moved the race to the former “Carb Day” for the Indianapolis 500, the new date is the Thursday night before the Indianapolis 500. “We felt that this was the right move for the event and gives fans one fantastic stretch of races in about a ten day period, with Indy 500 qualifying the weekend before, a USAC sprint race at Terre Haute on May 22, the Hoosier Hundred on Thursday and Carb Day at the Speedway on Friday”, said Sargent. “A lot of the participants over at the Speedway wanted to come out for the Hoosier Hundred but with the Carb Day festivities and their commitments, couldn’t fit Friday night in at the Fairgrounds.” “I expect that to change with the race now on Thursday and there is no telling who you might see out at the Fairgrounds May 23.”

Tickets for the Hoosier Hundred are now on sale at Ticketmaster or through Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.

 

 

Triple X Race Co

Triple X Race Co continues to produce winners from coast to coast and everywhere in between. This past weekend, Brent Marks won an important outlaw tune-up in PA, while Jeremy Burt won for the second weekend in a row in California. Mike Boston took home the big check at Eagle Raceway in Nebraska, while Johnny Parsons III won wingless in Minnesota and Rocky Borys won an element shortened race in Alberta. Sterling Kane was a wingless winner in Oregon.

Brent Marks has huge momentum heading into this week’s WoO action in Central PA. The young gun and his team won Saturday night’s outlaw tune-up at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA for his third victory of the yearin his Triple X chassis, leading fellow Triple X driver Brian Montieth to line for the win.

For the third time in 2013 and second weekend in a row, Jeremy Burt parked his Triple X chassis in victory lane. The win came again at Marysville Raceway Park in their 360 sprint division, where Burt railed to the victory on Saturday night, extending his point lead.

Welcome to the win column, Mike Boston. The many time champion of tracks in the Midwest scored his first victory in a Triple X this weekend, picking up the IMCA Sprint victory at Eagle Raceway in Nebraska.

Johnny Parsons III won the season opener for the TSCS Sprints at Elko Speedway in Minnesota on Friday night. The veteran driver led all 20 laps of the main event for his outside pole starting position, parking his Triple X chassis in victory lane after twenty uninterrupted laps of domination.

In one of the stranger occurrences in racing, Castrol Raceway Park had to shorten their feature event on Saturday night due to conditions becoming too dusty for the drivers. Despite the dust, Rocky Borys survived and thrived for a feature win in the Sprint Car division in his Triple X chassis.

Congratulations go out to Sterling Kane, who was a winner this week with the Northwest Wingless Tour at Sunset Speedway in Banks, OR. Kane took his Triple X chassis to the win, leading every lap of the feature despite encountering brake issues toward the end of the contest.

 

 

Marks Returns to Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane in World of Outlaws Tune-Up

Inside Line Promotions - NEWBERRYTOWN, Pa. (May 13, 2013) - There isn't a better way to tune-up than to win.

That's exactly what Brent Marks did on Saturday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., where he picked up his third feature victory of the season in a tune-up for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series visit this coming Wednesday for the Gettysburg Clash.

In addition to the win, Marks added another podium finish with a third-place result on Sunday at Susquehanna Speedway Park - his seventh top three of the season.

"After this weekend I feel like we're pretty comfortable with being competitive with the Outlaws," Marks said. "I think we can run up there and hopefully win the race. I feel like we're prepared right now. I have a lot of confidence coming out of this weekend."

Following a change to his crew last week and a scheduled race at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., being rained out on Friday, Marks returned to Lincoln Speedway for one final test before the premier sprint car series invades Pennsylvania.

Utilizing the format the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series uses, Marks qualified ninth quickest. Based on the heat race inversion, Marks started on the outside of the front row for his heat race.

Surprise, surprise. He led all 10 laps to claim his eighth consecutive - and track-best ninth overall - heat race win to advance to the dash.

"I don't mind qualifying in a position that will put you on the front row of a heat race," he said. "We just got lucky and got our eighth heat win in a row, which is pretty cool.

"It just builds everybody's confidence. One nice thing about starting up front in a heat race is that you can tinker around with a setup you might not try when you're starting eighth. We were able to play around a bit on a small scale and were able to learn from that as well."

With the No. 8 being drawn as the dash inversion, Marks started on the pole. After spinning his tires in the soggy inside lane, he dropped to third on the start before rallying to finish in the runner-up position.

"The bottom was pretty slimy off of turn four on the starts," he said. "Once you got in it you just spun your tires. I fell back to third on the start and we were able to race back to second. I was much happier starting second because of how the track was."

Marks rocketed to the lead on the start and was only stalled by one caution near the midpoint of the 30-lap feature. He chose the outside lane on the double-file restart and again pulled to a decisive lead. Marks then held off a charging Brian Montieth in the closing laps to record the victory.

"Any time Brian Montieth is behind you, you've definitely got to step it up," Marks said. "Especially when there's a high line, which there was. We had a really good car. I definitely think we had the best car all night long."

Marks followed the win by heading to Susquehanna Speedway Park on Sunday for only the second time this season. He promptly picked up another heat win - his 13th in 19 races this year - and started the feature on the inside of the third row.

"The feature went really well," Marks said. "It was mostly green. I was taking my time at the beginning and sorting things out. Danny (Dietrich) and Mark (Smith) had a straightaway lead and I was able to run them down in lapped traffic. I slid Mark a couple of times, but the top was so fast it was hard to complete a slide job. Saturday night lapped traffic played in my favor and last night it didn't."

With only one caution in the 25-lap feature, Marks placed third.

"It definitely wipes the monkey off the back," he said. "This weekend was a fresh start. This weekend was a total team effort. All of the guys worked together with me on the setup. It felt really good to go out there and win and to run third."

In addition to the Gettysburg Clash on Wednesday, Marks will take on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series on Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway for the Morgan Cup.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 11 - Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. - Qualifying: 9; Heat race: 1 (2); Dash: 2 (1); Feature: 1 (2).

May 12 - Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pa. - Heat race: 1 (2); Feature: 3 (5).

SEASON STATS -

19 races, 3 wins, 7 top fives, 15 top 10s, 17 top 15s, 18 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., for the Gettysburg Clash and Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Morgan Cup with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: www.BrentMarksRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brent_Marks

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brentmarksracing?fref=ts

VIDEO -

Check out Dirt Station highlights of Marks' victory at Lincoln Speedway on May 11: http://youtu.be/WWQnrUF5ArI

Here is a link to a highlights package by PaPosseRacing.com of Marks' win at Lincoln Speedway on May 11: http://youtu.be/9lltxaHih4k

Here is a link to a highlights package by PaPosseRacing.com of Marks' win at Lincoln Speedway on March 30: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZvZdKZCk4

Here is a link to a highlights package by PaPosseRacing.com of Marks' win at Lincoln Speedway on March 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zlz27Ec4jA

APPAREL -

Marks has a variety of apparel, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, long-sleeve shirts, hats and stickers. The apparel is located in front of the truck at Williams Grove Speedway and at T-shirt Alley at Lincoln Speedway each weekend.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Russell Heller Builder

Located in Lebanon, Pa., Russell Heller Builder is a residential construction company.

"He has been a long-life friend," Marks said. "We've raced go-karts with him and his son for a long time. He recently built our new race car shop, so I know first-hand how excellent his work is."

Marks would also like to thank BAPS Auto Paint and Supply, Fredericksburg Eagle Hotel, Creekside Auto Sales, TJ's Body Shop, KC Automotive, Wolf Run Landscaping, Glenna Straley Hair Design, Sprint Aces, Robison Racing Products, KSE Racing Products, Penske Racing Shocks, Triple X Race Co., MEMTEC Services and special thanks to Tim Spangler and Jake's Carts for their continued support.

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Tiner Pair of Top Fives

PETERSEN MEDIA: With his 2013 season getting off to a less than stellar start, Steven Tiner put together quite the weekend as he scored a fourth place finish on Friday before scoring a second place finish with the Rebel Cup Series on Saturday night.

Running the Western Metal No. 37T machine on Friday night at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Ca, Tiner opened the night up by timing in fifth fastest.

Scoring a third place finish in his heat race, Tiner lined up fifth in the 30-lap feature event.

Tiner had a strong car early in the night, as he wasted no time working his way up to the second spot, early in the feature, as he shadowed young Carson Macedo.

On a very racy track, Tiner fell back to third spot, at the halfway point, but in heavy traffic, he was able to sneak back up to the second spot, as he hounded Macedo, looking for an opening.

On a late restart, Tiner got out of the grove in turns one and two, and allowed Bud Kaeding to get past him for the second spot, and the Visalia, CA driver chased after Kaeding as he now sat in the third spot.

Looking to close out his night on the podium, Tiner bicycled with just a couple laps remaining, and wound up finishing his night off in the fourth spot.

“Friday night we had a great car, I just made a couple of mistakes, that cost us a top two, or three finish,” he said. “I think we had a car good enough to win, but I will certainly take the top five.”

Saturday night, Tiner returned to the cockpit of his STR No.94 machine and took on the Rebel Cup Series at the Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA.

Kicking off the night, Tiner timed his BR Motorsports/King Racing Products/Wright Process Systems machine in fourth kick, before finishing fourth in his heat.

Starting on the pole for the feature, Tiner lost the drag race into turns one and two, and settled into second behind Tommy Tarlton.

Poking his nose under Tarlton on a pair of occasions, Tiner was unable to make a pass for the lead.

On the fast track, Tiner and Bud Kaeding again battled for position, and Tiner slipped back to the third spot as he battled Kaeding in traffic.

Tiner returned the favor to Kaeding, as he used slower cars to his advantage, and took over the second spot for good, as he chased after Tarlton, but to no avail, and wound up finishing second.

“The STR car was fast all night on Saturday,” he said. “The track was a little on the fast side, so we weren’t able to race with Tommy, but we rolled both cars into the trailer this week, and we will look forward to racing in West Memphis, AR this weekend.”

Stever and his Steven Tiner Racing team would like to thank BR Motorsports, King Racing Products, Elma Lanes, Larry Davis Farms, Wright Process Systems, Harvest Supply, Powder Coat-It, SRP, Wilwood, FSR, Dan Olson Race Prodcuts, Sander Engineering, Sweet Manufacturing, Good Ridge, Schoenfeld, Western Metal Company, and Roseville Precision for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-6, Wins-0, Top 5’s-3, Top 10’s-3

ON TAP: Tiner will now head to West Memphis, AR to pilot the Wade Oliver, Hooker Hood replica, machine in the Hooker Hook Memorial at the Riverside International Speedway on Saturday night.

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Netto 10th in Watsonville, CA

PETERSEN MEDIA: In action at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA on Friday night, DJ Netto and his Netto Racing team battled an ill handling racecar all night, as he scored a 10th place finish with the Taco Bravo 360 sprints.

“We tried everything we could to get our car to work, but it was pretty unresponsive,” Netto said.

Timing in a dismal 18th quickest, Netto and his team were behind the preverbal eight-ball, as they would be in the back of the pack through the night.

Starting in the third row of his heat, Netto was able to grab the fifth and final transfer position at the line, to put his Netto Ag/Penny Newman Gran/Bogies Auto Parts machine in the feature event, though it was a deep starting spot.

“We struggled from hot-laps on,” Netto said. “We started making huge changes, but it didn’t seem to matter, nothing worked, and it made for a long night.”

Starting in the ninth row for the 30-lap feature event, Netto was focused on just making laps, and seeing what kind of adjustment’s he could make in the cockpit to get it better.

“I figured it was a good night, to try some things at the wheel, to try and compensate, since we really didn’t have a car that was good enough to win.”

Trying multiple lines, through the night, Netto was able to keep his nose clean, and work his way to a top-10 finish, as he was scored 10th at the stripe.

“Overall it was a handful all night, but my guys had their sleeves rolled up all night long, and did the best they could with what they had to work with,” he said. “This week we are going to put a new car together, and see if we can get competitive again.”

DJ and his Netto Racing team would like to thank Netto Agriculture, Penny Newman Grain, Bogies Auto Parts, and Vande Pol Enterprises for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-14, Wins-0, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-5

ON TAP: DJ and his Netto Motorsports will be back in action this coming Friday night at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with DJ and his team by following him on twitter @DJNetto88.

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NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series present. . . . .

7th ANNUAL USAC EASTERN STORM TO OPEN THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

Advance tickets are now on sale for opening night of the 7th Annual USAC National Sprints Eastern Storm set for the Grandview Speedway on Wednesday night, June 5.

The top non-wing sprint car drivers in the country will be at the one-third mile Berks County high-banked oval in Bechtelsville, PA. Advance tickets are now available by calling 443-513-4456. Adult tickets are $25, Children 6-11 $10 and children five years and under will be admitted for free. Along with the non-wing USAC Sprints will be the non-wing ARDC Midgets taking part in an open wheel double-header that will get underway at 7:30 PM. Gates will open at 5 PM on Wednesday night, June 5. Advance ticket holders may enter the grandstands at 4:30 PM.

The history is plentiful of USAC racing in this area and the Wednesday night, June 5 show at Grandview Speedway will mark the sixty-sixth time that USAC will compete in Berks County. Legendary driver Tommy Hinnershitz (now deceased) of Oley, PA won the first three USAC events in Berks County at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway. Other Berks County USAC feature winners include such standout names like A.J. Foyt, Bobby Unser, Jim Hurtibise, Johnny Rutherford, Pancho Carter, Bruce Walkup, Johnny Thomson, Gary Bettenhausen, Larry Dickson and Greg Weld. More recent day feature winners include 2012 Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson, Levi Jones, Bobby East and Thunder on the Hill two time winner, the late Jesse Hockett. The Grandview USAC show in named the Jesse Hockett Classic, in honor of one of the best sprint car drivers in the country. Hockett won two USAC feature events in the same night at Grandview, one year prior to his untimely death.

If you have never seen non-wing sprint car racing, it’s just something every race fans must experience. From wheelies to wall-banging, from slide jobs to three abreast racing is just an example of what you’ll see with the USAC non-wing sprints hit the high banks of Grandview. Many fans will tell you, the time trials alone are worth the price of admission, but you’ll need to see that for yourself. Time trials, heat race qualification, a “B” Main and the 40 lap, $6,000 to win Jesse Hockett Classic will highlight the program. To further complement the program will be the non-wing ARDC Midgets. Heat races, a “B” Main and a 20 lap feature will make-up their portion of the show.

In 2012, two ARDC events were part of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series with rising star Alex Bright and USAC National Midget and ARDC hot show Steve Buckwalter taking the victories. Both plan to be in action on the hill, Wednesday night, June 5.

The Amsoil USAC National Non-Wing Sprint Tour returned to Berks County in 2007 with the Eastern Storm. Levi Jones won the USAC Eastern Storm opener at Grandview Speedway as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Big Diamond Speedway event with Jones winning again at the Hagerstown Speedway. Levi Jones of Olney, IL claimed the first ever, 2007 Eastern Storm Championship.

n 2008 and 2009, Cole Whitt claimed the Eastern Storm Championship with Jones taking top honors again in 2010 and 2011 with Bryan Clauson earning the title in 2012.

A total of twenty-one USAC events make up the six year history of the USAC Eastern Storm with events at Grandview (6), Big Diamond (5), New Egypt (3), Lincoln (2), Hagerstown (2), Mercer Raceway Park (1), Lernerville (1) and Port Royal (1).

Race winners include Levi Jones (6), Cole Whitt (3), Jesse Hockett (2), Chris Windom (2), Bryan Clauson (2), Jon Stanbrough (1), Bobby East (1), Hunter Schuerenberg (1), Chad Boat (1) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1).

Wednesday, June 5 Gates open 5 PM Race Time 7:30 PM

AMSOIL Non-Wing USAC Sprints & ARDC Non-Wing ARDC Midgets

Admission: Adults $25, Children 6-11 $10, Children 5 and under Free

Grandview Speedway Route 100 Bechtelsville, PA 10 mile north of Pottstown, Bechtelsville, PA

For GPS Users: 43 Passmore Road Bechtelsville, PA 19505 TRACK PHONE: 610 754 7688

Advance Tickets: 443-513-4456 ADDITIONAL Thunder on the Hill INFORMATION: 443 513 4456 Bob Miller WEBSITES: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com or www.grandviewspeedway.com . Follow us on Facebook and twitter @TOTHRacing.

Grandview Speedway is a high-banked one-third mile clay oval, celebrating their 51st Anniversary season in 2013. The facility offers free parking, quality food at reasonable prices (be sure to try the french fries), a program book, Grandview Speedway and Thunder on the Hill race wear and great viewing from every seat in the house. Race fans may take part in the Inside/Out promotion, where you can sign up (no charge) to watch warm-ups from inside turn four. Race fans are also invited to victory lane following the racing program and, race fans may enter the pits after the races to meet the drivers. Be ready to enjoy the spine tingling fireworks salute on the feature event parade lap.

BERKS COUNTY PA All Time USAC feature win list

ALL TIME CAREER WIN LIST 65 Events TRACK

6/5/2012 Bryan Clauson Grandview

5/31/2011 Bobby East Grandview

6/1/2010 Levi Jones Grandview

6/9/2009 Jesse Hockett Grandview

6/3/2008 Jesse Hockett Grandview

6/6/2007 Levi Jones Grandview

4/14/79 Paul Pitzer Reading

4/22/78 Eddie Leavitt Reading

7/6/75 Lee Osborne Reading

4/5/75 Fred Linder Reading

3/23/75 Larry Dickson Reading

7/3/74 Pancho Carter Reading

4/6/74 Lee Osborne Reading

3/24/74 Bill Puterbaugh Reading

9/21/73 Kenny Weld Reading

4/14/73 Lee Kunzman Reading

3/25/73 Pancho Carter Reading

7/31/71 Larry “Boom-Boom” Cannon Reading

7/4/71 Lee Kunzman Reading

4/21/71 Dick “Toby” Tobias Reading

3/28/71 Larry Dickson Reading

4/25/70 Larry Dickson Reading

6/14/69 Gary Bettenhausen Reading

4/26/69 Greg Weld Reading

3/30/69 Jerry Daniels Reading

9/21/68 Gary Bettenhausen Reading

7/27/68 Greg Weld Reading

7/27/68 Greg Weld Reading

4/20/68 Larry Dickson Reading

3/31/68 Larry Dickson Reading

9/23/67 Bruce Walkup Reading

6/17/67 Greg Weld Reading

4/22/67 Greg Weld Reading

4/2/67 Larry Dickson Reading

9/24/66 Larry Dickson Reading

8/6/66 Roger McCluskey Reading

6/11/66 Bobby Unser Reading

3/27/66 Jud Larson Reading

9/25/65 Bobby Unser Reading

7/17/65 Johnny Rutherford Reading

6/19/65 Red Riegel Reading

4/24/65 Greg Weld Reading

4/4/65 Jud Larson Reading

3/24/64 A.J. Foyt Reading

9/15/63 Roger McCluskey Reading

3/24/63 A.J. Foyt Reading

9/16/62 Roger McCluskey Reading

3/25/62 Jim Hurtibise Reading

9/17/61 A.J . Foyt Reading

3/26/61 A.J. Foyt Reading

10/16/60 Jim Hurtibise Reading

4/17/60 A.J. Foyt Reading

9/20/59 Eddie Sachs Reading

4/5/59 Elmer George Reading

10/12/58 Johnny Thomson Reading

9/14/58 Johnny Thomson Reading

4/20/58 Jiggs Peters Reading

10/13/57 Tommy Hinnershitz Reading

9/15/57 Joe Barzda Reading

6/16/57 Johnny Thomson Reading

3/31/57 Johnny Thomson Reading

10/14/56 Johnny Thomson Reading

9/23/56 Tommy Hinnershitz Reading

6/10/56 Tommy Hinnershitz Reading

4/29/56 Tommy Hinnershitz Reading

 

 

Alan Krimes Will Take On the World of Outlaws Three Times This Week The WoO STP Sprint Cars Set for Three Events in Four Days!

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’

Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Denver, PA (May 13th, 2013) - Alan Krimes will have an opportunity to beat the best sprint car drivers in the world on three different occasions this coming week; as the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series is set to invade Central Pennsylvania for the first time in 2013 this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt’ will make a visit to the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 15th to help kick-off the springtime ‘Outlaws’ invasion; followed by two-full nights of WoO STP Sprint Cars action at the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th. Krimes, who is a former winner at both Central Pennsylvania ovals during ‘410’ sprint car competition, is prepared to take-on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series this week, and hopes to earn a career-first series win during one of his three attempts.

Alan Krimes will have ‘home track advantage’ when the WoO STP Sprint Cars come to the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, May 15th for the ‘Gettysburg Clash.’ The ‘Fabulous’ Lincoln Speedway plays host to ‘410’ sprint car competition on a weekly basis. Alan Krimes, who pilots the familiar Conestoga Valley Garage no. 87 ‘410’ sprint car each and every Saturday night at the Lincoln Speedway, currently sits second (2nd) in the ‘410’ driver standings at the speedway; on the strength of one (1) victory, six (6) top five and ten (10) top ten finishes. Krimes finished eleventh (11th) during the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series main event last May at the Lincoln Speedway; rallying from the outside of the thirteenth row to finish inside the top twelve during the 2012 ‘Gettysburg Clash.’

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will close-out their upcoming Central Pennsylvania spring-swing with a two-day visit to the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th. Both nights will consist of a full program for the WoO STP ‘410’ sprinters. Alan Krimes is a former winner at the Williams Grove Speedway, but remains winless at the world-famous oval in 2013. The Denver, Pennsylvania native currently sits seventh (7th) in the ‘410’ drivers standings at the Williams Grove Speedway; and will enter the weekend fourth (4th) in the official Central Pennsylvania ‘410’ sprint car standings. Taking into consideration Alan Krimes’ recent success and consistency in Central Pennsylvania, fans from across the country may see the ‘Super 87’ in Williams Grove Speedway victory lane.

For more information on these upcoming World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events in Central Pennsylvania, please visit the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series online at www.woosprint.com; or visit the official online homes of Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway at: www.lincolnspeedway.com and www.williamsgrovespeedway.com.

The Conestoga Valley Garage ‘87’ team will be a part of all of the action each and every weekend in the heart of ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ territory. Fans can keep up with Alan Krimes during his entire 2013 season - right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’ Or be sure to check out Alan Krimes’ official online home at: www.ak87racing.com

 

 

Rilat Runner-Up at Skagit Speedway's Summer Thunder Series Opener

Inside Line Promotions - ALGER, Wash. (May 13, 2013) - It was a solid season debut for Travis Rilat last Saturday in Richard and Lana Saumure's sprint car.

With only a half-dozen events this season in his own car, Rilat flew to the Northwest for the first race of the Summer Thunder Series presented by SpeedMart on Saturday at Skagit Speedway, where he recorded a season-best second-place finish.

"We didn't get the result we wanted," Rilat said. "We could have won, but just didn't have as good a handle on the car. We did what we could."

Of the 31 entries, Rilat qualified sixth quickest. With the heat races inverted by four, Rilat started - and finished - in third place to advance to the 30-lap feature. Two drivers who qualified quicker than Rilat failed to advance through their heats and with the feature inverted by four, Rilat began on the pole.

"The preferred line would have been the top on the start," he said. "It was just better up on the top."

Travis Jacobson, a former track champion who has won almost every big event at Skagit Speedway the past couple of years, rocketed to the lead on the start from outside the front row. Rilat remained in striking distance for the first seven laps before Chad Hillier advanced to the runner-up position on Lap 8.

Rilat returned the favor to regain second place with five laps remaining, but was unable to maneuver around Jacobson for the victory.

"He's got a pretty good setup figured out," Rilat said of Jacobson. "We were close. We weren't far off. "

Rilat will return to his car on Saturday for a Smiley's Racing Products ASCS Lone Star Region event at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas. He claimed a B Main and charged from 17th to fifth at the half mile earlier this season with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 11 - Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. - Qualifying: 6; Heat race: 3 (3); Feature: 2 (1).

SEASON STATS -

7 races, 0 wins, 3 top fives, 4 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 7 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Saturday at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, with the Smiley's Racing Products ASCS Lone Star Region

MEDIA LINKS -

Twitter: www.twitter.com/TravisRilat

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"Shop the BOSS was created Richard Bell, who has been a really good friend," Rilat said. "He's got a pretty unique deal going on. As his business has grown and expanded, he's been able to do a lot more."

Additionally, Rilat thanks Triple X Race Co., Shark, Weld Wheels, Smiley's Racing Products, KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Hoosier Racing Tire, HRP Wings, Goodrich, Penske Racing Shocks, All Star Auto Reconditioning and everyone who has partnered with his No. 29 Triple X.

Rilat would also like to thank Xtreme Oilfield Technology, Carlan Services, TriJet Manufacturing Services, Scott Safety, Mat's Oilfield Services, Weld Wheels, Factory Kahne, Shark, Northern Provincial Pipelines, Smiley's Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers and Goodrich among others for their continued support on Richard and Lana Saumure's No. 39c Maxim.

 

 

Wimmer 10th at Fremont

PETERSEN MEDIA: With a rough weather system hitting Western Pennsylvania hard over the weekend, Brandon Wimmer and his Destiny Motorsports team made the call to head to the Fremont Speedway to get in at least one night of action over the weekend, and they scored a 10th place finish.

“We were supposed to be at Mercer and Lernerville for a couple of All Star Shows, but when those both rained out, we wanted to shake down a new car, so we headed over to Fremont,” Wimmer said.

With 34 cars in the pit area, Wimmer went out rather late, and timed his Mondak Portables/Rick Rogers Construction/Speedmart backed entry in seventh fastest.

“I was very pleased with how we timed in, for where we went out,” Wimmer said. “Some hitters went out right at the same time as us, and we were better which was nice.”

Continuing to figure out a new car, and gel with crew chief, Scott Bennic, Wimmer started fourth in his heat, and secured a fourth place finish, on a track that was challenging to pass on, and headed to the feature event, where he started in the fourth row.

Starting in the fourth row for the feature on the slick track, Wimmer lost a couple spots right off the bat to Tim Shaffer and Dale Blaney.

Holding his own in the ninth spot, Wimmer hooked up in an entertaining battle with track regular, Craig Mintz, and lost the ninth spot, as he raced around the speedway in the 10th spot around the halfway point.

Looking to cap off his first top-ten with Destiny Motorsports, Wimmer held his own, as he conservatively scored a 10th place finish aboard his Benic Enterprises/Driver Websites backed entry.

“It was good to get a car that would respond to our changes,” Wimmer said. “Now that we have some confidence behind us, Scott and I can now focus on getting used to each other, and hopefully keep tallying good finishes.”

Destiny Motorsports would like to thank Mondak Portables, Rick Rogers Construction, Speedmart, Wesmar Racing Engines, Driver Websites, and Benic Enterprises for their support through the 2013 season.

2013 DESTINY MOTORSORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-12, Wins-0, Top 5’s-0, Top 10’s-1

ON TAP: Brandon and the Destiny Motorsports team will be back in action this weekend at the Attica Raceway on Friday night, before competing in the Earl Gaerte Memorial in Plymouth, IN on Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated Brandon Wimmer and Destiny Motorsports by connecting via social media, www.facebook.com/destinymotorsports, and on Twitter, @DestinyMS9. You can also check us out on the web at www.destinymotorsportsinc.com.

 

 

Rough Weekend for Cox

PETERSEN MEDIA: Back in action for two nights over the weekend, Justyn Cox had a weekend he would rather forget as a crash ended his night early on Friday, before engine issues sidelined him on Saturday night.

“We had been fortunate up to this point about bad luck, but unfortunately this weekend it followed us to both tracks, but we will regroup, and move on to our next race,” Cox said.

Kicking his weekend off back at the Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday night, Cox timed his Lucas Oil/K&N/JRI Shocks backed machine in 15th quick as an early draw did not work out to his advantage.

Starting on the front row of his heat, the youngster, motored off to a great start, and picked up the heat race win, and found himself starting 12th in the feature event.

With the initial start being negated due to a red, the second start, was also waved off, but this time the red was needed for Cox, who went for a wild ride in turns one and two.

The damage was too much to make repairs to, and Cox’s night was over.

“I went into turns one and two, and the car in front of me, checked up a bit, and I caught his rear tire, and went for a pretty good ride,” Cox said.

Working through the morning on Saturday to get the car back in running order, Cox and his Van Dyke Motorsports team headed back to the Petaluma Speedway to take on the King of the West Series.

During time trials, Cox’s engine wasn’t where it needed to be, and he ended up timing in 24th quickest, putting him in the last row of his heat.

On the start of the heat, Cox’s machine let off a big puff of smoke, and Cox pulled into the infield, and his night was over, early again, this time with engine issues.

“We had something go wrong with our engine from the crash on Friday, and we just over looked it as we put everything back together,” he said. “I have to thank Harley Van Dyke, and Fez for working so hard all weekend to get us to both races, hopefully we can rebound this weekend.”

Justyn and his VanDyke Motorsports team would like to thank Lucas Oil, K&N Products, JRI Shocks, Rodgers Racing Engines, K1 Safety Gear, JRD Endeavors, Sacramento Theatrical Lighting, and College Cyclery for their support during the 2013 season.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-16, Wins-1, Top 5’s-6, Top 10’s-9

ON TAP: Cox and the Van Dyke Motorsports team had planned on following the King of the West Series to Reno, NV but they will make a call later this week as they go through their engine.

STAY CONNECTED: For the latest news on Justyn become a fan of his on facebook at www.facebook.com/JustynCoxRacing or follow him on twitter @justyncox_jc.

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Abreu Third at Petaluma; Takes KWS Points Lead

PETERSEN MEDIA- Rico Abreu continues to run very well with the King of the West Series, as he scored another podium finish on Saturday night, as he tallied a third place finish at the Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma, CA.

Abreu continued to flex his muscle during time trials, as he set the standard early, and ultimately fell to the third quick spot when the session ended.

Starting in the second row of his heat, the Rutherford, CA driver scored a third place finish, good enough to put his Abreu Vineyards/ButlerBuilt/FK Rod Ends backed entry in the dash.

After having the one and two pills taken from him during the grudge draw, Abreu lined up in the fourth spot for the six-lap shootout.

On what was a very hooked up track, Abreu was able to get by Shane Golobic on the start, and scored a third place finish, which put him on the inside of the second row for the 30-lap feature event.

As the race went green, Abreu was hard on the throttle as he worked into the third spot for the first five laps, as he chased down Jonathan Allard, and Willie Croft.

The yellow flew on the fifth lap, and Abreu again got a good restart, and worked in the third spot.

With the track rough in spots, Abreu got out of shape in turns three and four, and lost a spot to Shane Golobic, but he answered back and took the third spot, and chased back after Croft and Allard.

With Allard being penalized two spots on the lap 17 yellow, Abreu took over the second spot, and restarted on the front row.

With Croft getting the jump, Abreu stayed glued to his rear bumper, as they battled through lapped traffic.

With one final shot at Croft on a lap 27 restart, Abreu got back on the throttle too hard, and ‘wheelied’, up, and slipped back to the fourth spot.

Chasing after Golobic again, Abreu would get under him on the last lap, and secured his third podium finish with the series in four races, and took over the points lead.

“We were good in the feature, but I got too excited on the last restart, and did a huge wheelie,” he said. “We’ve been good, I’m just really tired of racing on heavy race tracks, and am hoping it is good and slick this weekend in Reno.”

Friday night, Abreu and his team were in action at the Silver Dollar Speedway, and he tallied a fifth place finish, on what was a blistering fast track.

Rico and his team would like to thank Abreu Vineyards, ButlerBuilt, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld, Keith Kunz Motorsports, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and Factory Kahne Shocks for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-32, Wins-2, Top 5’s-11, Top 10’s-16

ON TAP: Rico and his Abreu Vineyards Racing team will head to the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway this Friday and Saturday night in Fernley, NV for two more KWS races.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with Rico by visiting his website at www.ricoabreuracing.com, ‘liking’ him on facebook at www.facebook.com/ricoabreuracing or following him on twitter @Rico_Abreu.

VIDEO: Be sure to check out http://www.youtube.com/ricoabreuracing for video of Rico, as content is constantly being uploaded!

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Hirst 9th In Petaluma

PETERSEN MEDIA- The Petaluma Speedway wasn’t very kind to Kyle Hirst, as he scratched and clawed his way to a ninth place finish on Saturday night with the King of the West Series.

“You will have these kind of nights with a series like the King of the West, but we will go to work, and hopefully get back up front this weekend,” Hirst said.

The night got off to a rough start for Hirst, as he was off in qualifying, and timed the Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation/3H Cattle machine in 12th quick, just making the heat race inversion.

“We timed in horribly, but we were fortunate enough to make the inversion,” he said.

Starting on the front row of his heat, the Sacramento, CA driver, got the jump, and picked up the heat win, and transferred into the dash, but the car still didn’t feel right to him.

As luck would have it, Hirst ended up with the 8 pill for the dash, and he continued to struggle, as he fought a very tight racecar, and ended up scoring an eight place finish on the hooked up track.

Going to work on his machine before the feature, the Roth Motorsports team threw wholesale changes to their car hoping to get a piece that Hirst could navigate his way to the front in.

Starting in the fourth row, Hirst slowly worked his way inside the top five, as passing was tough on the 3/8 mile track.

Running fifth on a lap 26 restart, Hirst bicycled in turns one and two when they got back underway, and saw a flock of cars get passed, and slipped back to the ninth spot, where he finished.

“We just really struggled with the track being so heavy,” Hirst said. “Sunny and Kyle were busy all night, and we were hoping to escape with a top five, but we bicycled at the end of the night, and slipped back to the ninth spot.”

Kyle and his Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance Center, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support.

2013 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-18, Wins-1, Top 5’s-6, Top-10’s-10

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-30, Wins-1, Top 5’s-9, Top 10’s-18

ON TAP: Hirst and his Roth Motorsports team will now head to the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway in Fernley, NV for two KWS shows this weekend.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with the Roth Motorsports team by visiting www.rothmotorsports83.com. You can also follow Kyle on Twitter @KyleHirstRacing.

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Three WoO Shows in Four Days for Cory Haas ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt’ Invades Central Pennsylvania

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’

Contact: Tyler Altmeyer

altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

York, PA (May 13th, 2013) - Cory Haas will face The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series three times during a four day time span beginning this Wednesday evening, May 15th, at the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. ‘The Greatest Show On Dirt’ will then move on to the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania for two-full evenings of ‘410’ sprint car competition on Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th. York, Pennsylvania’s Cory Haas will go head-to-head with the World of Outlaws during all three programs, as the series makes it’s first appearance in Central Pennsylvania for 2013. Cory Haas is a former winner at both the Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway, and hopes to use some ‘home track advantage’ during all three upcoming programs.

Cory Haas, who pilots the Mike Barshinger owned, Michael Barshinger Builder, Embee & Son, Inc., York P-B Truss, Inc,. no. 11C ‘410’ sprint car regularly in Central Pennsylvania, will first meet the ‘Outlaws’ at the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 15th for the ‘Gettysburg Clash.’ The former Lincoln Speedway ‘358’ sprint car track champion finished fourth (4th) against the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series during last year’s edition of the ‘Gettysburg Clash.’ Haas started the 30-lap main event from the inside of the ninth row, and rallied enough positions to score the top five finish. Cory Haas is a former winner at the ‘Fabulous’ Lincoln Speedway, and currently sits seventh (7th) in the ‘410’ driver standings; on the strength of three (3) top five and seven (7) top ten finishes. The Mike Barshinger ‘11C’ operation hopes to lead the ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ charge against the invading World of Outlaws this Wednesday night, and earn his first career World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory.

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will move on to the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania for two-full nights of competition on Friday and Saturday, May 17th & 18th. Cory Haas is a recent winner at the world-famous half-mile dirt oval; picking up a ‘410’ main event victory at the speedway back on Friday, April 12th. Much like Lincoln Speedway, Cory Haas is a former ‘358’ sprint car track champion at the Williams Grove Speedway, and has been successful against the World of Outlaws at the oval in the past. Haas piloted the Mike Barshinger owned no. 11C ‘410’ sprinter to a tenth (10th) place finish against the series last July.

For more information on these upcoming World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events in Central Pennsylvania, please visit the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series online at www.woosprint.com; or visit the official online homes of Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway at: www.lincolnspeedway.com and www.williamsgrovespeedway.com.

Keep up with everything relating to Cory Haas and the Barshinger ‘11C’ team; right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’ Be sure to also visit the official online home of Cory Haas at www.coryhaas.com. Also, brand new Cory Haas merchandise will be available soon; stay tuned!

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Cory Haas would like to thank all of his current marketing partners including:

Michael Barshinger Builder, Embee & Son, Inc, York P-B Truss, Inc., Thornton Chevrolet, Tailgaters Grill & Drafthouse, Classic Rock Custom Stone, J Henry Plumbing & Heating, Darrah’s Automotive, Trone Outdoor, Tool Shed of America, and ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

 

 

Fourth WoO Win of Year for TK

PETERSEN MEDIA- The most important lap to lead in racing is the last one, and that is exactly the only one Tim Kaeding led on Friday night, as he charged from 13th to win his fourth World of Outlaw feature event on Friday night in Elko, MN.

“It doesn’t matter how long the race is, as long as you lead the last lap, and take home the trophy, that is all that matters,” TK said. “Troy Welty and my guys gave me a great car in the feature, and we were able to get another win for Dennis and Teresa Roth.”

On the paved track that was covered in dirt for this special night, TK rolled off for the scheduled 40-lap feature event in the seventh row.

On what was a very racy track that had two grooves, Kaeding found the top-shelf to his liking as he had his Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation/3H Cattle backed entry glued to the cushion as he picked off cars at will.

“The bottom was good, and started to take rubber, but were really strong up top, and could really make up ground and gain spots,” he explained.

Working into the top three around the 15th lap, TK set his sights on a dueling Craig Dollansky and Kerry Madsen, as the duo fought for the lead in front of the San Jose, CA ‘hotshoe’.

Moving into second on the 30th marker, TK eyed Madsen, and drove around the leader on the 34th lap, and secured the lead as the red flag flew.

Under red, the skies opened, and rains began to fall, and the race was called 6-laps from the finish, and TK was the winner.

“Evidently Mother Nature had seen enough, and wanted to race to be over,” Kaeding said. “We were awesome in the feature, and it is very cool to win an Outlaw race from that far back.”

Moving to the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night, TK looked to pick up another victory on a track he has had success on, and kicked his night of by timing in 11th fastest.

Starting on the front row of his heat, TK scored a second place finish, and wound up starting on the pole of the dash.

A second place finish in the dash put Kaeding and his Roth Motorsports team on the front row for the feature event.

When the race got underway, TK slipped back to the fourth spot, as he did not get off to the start he had hoped.

Working in the fourth spot for much of the race, contact was made with a lapped car in the feature, and Kaeding blew a left rear tire, ending his night, as he was credited with a 21st place finish.

“We were easily a top-five car at Knoxville,” he said. “Though we didn’t get the finish we wanted, they knew we were here, and this Roth Motorsports team is on a roll right now.”

Tim and his Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support in 2013.

2013 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-18, Wins-4, Top 5’s-10, Top 10’s-13.

ON TAP: TK and his Roth Motorsports team will follow the World of Outlaws to Pennsylvania for three races this upcoming week. On Wednesday night they will be at the Lincoln Speedway before a double header at the Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Roth Motorsports by checking out their new website, www.rothmotorsports83.com. You can also follow Tim on Twitter by following @tkaedingracing.

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Matt Mitchell Scores First Win of Year

PETERSEN MEDIA- A rough start to the 2013 season has undoubtedly frustrated Matt Mitchell, but the Yorba Linda, CA driver put the past behind him as he picked up his first win of the season Saturday night during the URA event in Victorville, CA driving for Bobby Ferro.

“It feels great to be back in victory lane,” Mitchell said. “We have had some rotten luck, and it is nice to put a complete night together.”

Making his second stint in the Ferro No. 91, Mitchell kicked the night off by timing in seventh quickest during qualifications.

A second place finish in his heat put Mitchell on the pole for the feature event.

“We had a pretty good car all night, and I was hoping I could get the jump and navigate traffic with no issues,” he said. “They way my season has been going, that was no easy task.”

Getting a monster start, Mitchell was dialed in, and looked to be tough at the Southern California track.

Out front, Mitchell was untouched during the feature, as he hit his marks, and had no serious issues while navigating through traffic.

Running a great race, Mitchell was able celebrate his first win of the season, in only his second start with the veteran car owner.

“I cannot thank Bobby Ferro enough for the chance to drive his car this weekend,” Mitchell said. “We ran together earlier this year and were pretty good, so to pick up the win for him is pretty awesome, and hopefully I can keep this momentum rolling and pick up another one next week.”

Matt Mitchell Racing would like to thank, A.R.T. Enterprises, MPD Racing, Parker Performance Engines, Caliagua, Bell Helmets, and Hedman Hedders for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-13, Wins-1, Top 5’s-1, Top 10’s-5

ON TAP: Matt and his team will now look to tackle the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA on May 18th.

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Rose's Return Delayed for One More Week, Set for Lincoln on Wednesday

Inside Line Promotions - PLAINFIELD, Ind. (May 13, 2013) - The trailer was loaded and Bill Rose was ready to haul to Minnesota last Thursday.

Unfortunately, a last-minute emergency prohibited Rose from returning to World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series action after a broken left arm has sidelined him for much of this season. Rose was slated to compete at the FVP Outlaws at Elko on Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, at the Mediacom Shootout.

"I wanted to race this past weekend so bad, but there are things in life that are more important than racing," Rose said. "I was going to be returning a week early so now this just puts us back on schedule."

Rose will now return to the seat on Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., for the Gettysburg Clash before a weekend doubleheader at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Morgan Cup.

Bill Rose Racing driver David Gravel did race over this past weekend, recording two more top 20s.

After earning a transfer out of the Last Chance Showdown, Gravel placed 20th in the inaugural event at Elko Speedway.

On Saturday, Gravel again was in good position to garner a Last Chance Showdown transfer to the feature when the power steering line blew. He was forced to use his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series provisional and started the feature 25th.

Gravel rallied and nearly picked up his 10th top-10 finish with Bill Rose Racing as he finished 11th. He is seventh in the championship standings.

BILL ROSE RACING QUICK RESULTS -

May 10 - Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn. - Qualifying: 22; Heat race: 7 (6); B Main: 3 (4); Feature: 20 (21).

May 11 - Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa - Qualifying: 24; Heat race: 5 (5); B Main: 20 (4); Feature: 11 (25).

BILL ROSE RACING SEASON STATS -

24 races, 0 wins, 4 tops fives, 9 top 10s, 15 top 15s, 19 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., for the Gettysburg Clash and Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Morgan Cup with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

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Rose would also like to thank Wright Process Systems, Innovative Mold & Machine, Kart Magic, Maxim, Tamar Cars, Keizer Wheels, Vital Signz, Simpson Race Products and DMI for their continued support.

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Podium Weekend for JA

PETERSEN MEDIA: Jonathan Allard spent his weekend battling for the lead in two races, as he scored a pair of top-two finishes over the weekend, highlighted by a win on Friday night at the Silver Dollar Speedway, before a second place finish with the King of the West Series on Saturday night.

“Any time you can celebrate on the front stretch twice in one weekend is a good weekend,” Allard said.

With a lighter car count on hand Friday night at the Silver Dollar Speedway, JA kicked his night off by timing in fourth quick before scoring a third place finish in his heat race.

Starting in the second row for the feature event, Allard quickly worked into the second spot as he chased down early leader, Willie Croft, on what was a lightning fast ¼ mile racing surface.

Getting into lapped traffic by just the fifth marker, Allard’s pursuit of Croft intensified greatly.

“The track was bad fast, and I knew my only shot was in traffic,” he said.

Around the halfway point, Croft got bottled up behind a pair of slower cars, and Allard pounced, as he muscled his Williams Motorsports machine to the lead, and never looked back.

Out in front Allard turned in some blistering lap times, as he picked up his second consecutive win at his home track.

“We have been having some issues with our engine, so we came back up here to get them sorted out, and I think we did,” he said. “My Dad was a huge help, so I cannot thank him and my guys enough.”

Saturday night, JA and the ‘Zero Heroes” were back in action with the King of the West Series as they returned to the Petaluma Speedway for the first time since 2010, a track Allard has had past success.

With 25 cars on hand, Allard continued to show speed at the Bay Area track, as he clicked off the fourth fastest lap during qualifications, putting him in the first heat.

On a very narrow, and greasy track during heat races, Allard maintained his third spot, and went on to finish third, which put him in the dash, and the night’s feature.

Trading his way to the front row during the Grudge Draw, Allard, would take advantage, and pick up the dash win, putting his machine on the front row of the 30-lap feature event, alongside, Willie Croft.

The initial start saw Croft beat JA to the first corner, as he rode in the second spot for the first five laps until the red flew.

The ensuing restart saw Allard jump out to a great start and grab the lead, as him and Croft battled for the next three laps, with Allard again falling into the second spot.

When the caution flew on lap 17, it was deemed Allard jumped the lap five restart, and he was penalized two spots, and dropped back to fourth.

Over the final circuits of the race, the Chico, CA wheel man, worked his way back up to the second spot, and was a bit displeased with the restart that he was penalized on.

“Sometimes you have to live and learn on how the guy you share the front row starts the race, and tonight we got bit, and will learn from it,” he said. “On the other hand it was a really good night for our team, and our engine continues to run strong, which is a great relief.”

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-24, Wins-5, Top 5’s-12, Top 10’s-13.

ON TAP: Jonathan and his Williams Motorsports team will be in action for a pair of events this weekend at the Reno Tahoe Fernley Raceway in Fernley, NV.

STAY CONNECTED: For more information on Jonathan, including upcoming events, pictures, and news please check out www.allardmotorsports.com, or follow JA on twitter @Allard0.

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Andy Gregg Wins For ‘Big R’

PETERSEN MEDIA: After a two-week hiatus from weekly completion at the Placerville Speedway, Andy Gregg defended his win from the last show, as he picked up his second win of the season with an ill friend on his mind.

“It is great to get another win in front of the home crowd,” Gregg said. “And it’s even more special to win after the moment I shared with ‘Big R’, Scott Russell’s father, who unfortunately passed yesterday, prior to Saturday’s event.”

The night itself started out great for Gregg, as he led the way in time trials aboard his Coors Light/LivFast/GUTS Racing No.53, putting him in the third row of the first heat.

A fourth place finish in his heat, transferred him to the feature event, but Gregg’s engine did not sound right, and his crew went to work.

“When we rolled out of the trailer for hot-laps, the engine felt great,” he said. “As the night wore on, it had plenty out power, but it didn’t sound as crisp as it should.”

Going through everything they could think of, they finally discovered an issue with their air-cleaner, so after putting on a fresh K&N air cleaner, Gregg hot lapped quickly with the B main cars, to make sure their issue was resolved, which it was.

Starting in the fourth row on the high-banked ¼ mile facility, Gregg muscled his way up to the third spot in just three laps, when the first caution flag of the evening flew.

On the ensuing restart, Gregg raced his way into the second spot, as he chased down early leader, Joey Magurah, and flew around the outside of him in turn four the grab command of the race on lap four.

Out in front, Gregg was in cruise control as the Meyers and Son Drywall/Ervin Sales Group/K&N Products backed entry was simply in a league of it’s own on Saturday night.

When the dust settled, Gregg climbed from his machine, and celebrated his second win of the season in front of the capacity crowd.

"First of all I want to wish all the Mothers that came here tonight a happy Mother's Day, its great to see another big crowd," said Gregg. "I just really have to thank my sponsors and my crew for everything. We got the motor in the car last night and this Coors Light car was fast tonight. We'll be looking to come back and try it again next week."

With the win, Gregg has now climbed to within three markers of points leader, Andy Forseberg.

Andy would like to thank Coors Light, LivFast Clothing Co., GUTS Racing, Meyers and Son Drywall, Ervin Sales Group, K&N Products, FK Rod Ends, Eagle Motorsports, King Racing Products, BR Motorsports, Hinchman, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and 103.5 The Blaze for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-13, Wins-2, Top 5’s-6, Top 10’s-7

ON TAP: Andy will now return to weekly action at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night. As he looks to take over the points lead, and score another win.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with Andy by following him on twitter @andygregg16x.

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Tarlton Scores First Win of Year

PETERSEN MEDIA- Having a very strong, and consistent start to his season, Tommy Tarlton broke through on Saturday and scored the Rebel Cup Series win at the Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA on Saturday night.

Timing in third quickest, Tarlton got through his heat race where he lined up on the outside of the front row for the 30-lap feature alongside Steven Tiner.

When the green flag dropped, Tarlton hit the loud pedal, and grabbed the lead, and never looked back.

“The track was pretty fast, so I knew the start was crucial if we wanted to win the race,” Tarlton said.

Flawless aboard his Corporate Lending America/Tachi Palace and Casino/Tarlton and Son machine, Tarlton was never challenged for the lead, as passing was tough on the blazing fast 3/8 mile track.

When the checkered flag dropped Tarlton rolled his ‘black-magic’ machine into victory lane.

“We put a new together and it was awesome to drive,” he said. “Paul Baines and the boys have been doing a great job on both cars all year, so its great to reward them win a win.”

Friday night, the Tarlton Racing team was in action at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA, and it did not start out quite the way the team wanted.

Turning in a dismal qualifying effort, Tarlton and his Bandy and Associates/BG Lubricants/All Star Performance entry were behind the eight ball all night.

Starting eighth in his heat, Tarlton was on the wheel as he charged forward to a fourth place finish, putting him in the feature, but he would start in the 18th spot.

With a couple of charges from the rear of the field this season under his belt, Tarlton was poised to turn in another strong performance.

“We just missed it in qualifying, and it put us in the rear all night,” he said. “We had done it a few times already this year, so I knew we could still salvage the night.”

Salvage the night he did, as he again was up on the wheel for the 30-lap feature, going three wide at times, as he ‘bobbed and weaved’ his way through the field, and scored a sixth place finish.

“We had an awesome car in the main on Friday, and it was a blast to charge through the field like that,” he said. “John Prentice (track promoter) does a great job with the track, and it was really fun on Friday.”

Tarlton Racing would like to thank Corporate Lending America, Tachi Palace and Casino, Tarlton and Son, Bandy and Associates, Pro Signs, BG Lubricants, All Star Performance and Astro Titanium for their continued support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-7, Wins-1, Top 5’s-6, Top 10’s-7

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Tommy by visiting www.tommytarlton.com or follow @Tarlton_Racing on Twitter.

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WORLD OF OUTLAWS SERIES PICKS UP THE PACE

BEGINNING AT LINCOLN SPEEDWAY

ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (May 13, 2013) – The World of Outlaws event on the 3/8-mile Lincoln Speedway Wednesday, May 15 marks the beginning of one of Joey Saldana’s favorite weeks. A week filled with races. There are four STP Sprint Car Series races in five days.

“I love driving the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M race car,” said Saldana. “We’re heading into tracks with a lot of racing history and a big fan base and we’re looking forward to getting some good nights of racing under our belts and giving the fans a great show.

“I am looking forward to launching the week’s series at The Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln Speedway even though I haven’t raced there much. We will have to figure out a good set-up during hot laps and hope it is a springboard for a good qualifying run. Pennsylvania has been a hotbed of sprint car racing for decades and it’s exciting to race back East.”

Indeed Lincoln Speedway is celebrating its 60th year of professional auto racing.

Only a few of the current World of Outlaws competitors have a lot of experience at this high-banked clay oval. The Outlaws staged events here from l978 to 1998, and then there was a break in STP Sprint Car Series racing at Lincoln until last year.

So far this season, the Motter Motorsports team has three quick times, two track records, two runner-up finishes in A-Main events and five top five finishes. They are currently fourth in World of Outlaws point standings, hovering between second and fourth for the past 15 races.

“We are just on the cusp of a victory,” said team owner Motter. “We have been very close and I think if we can just get that first win, then the others will follow.”

 

 

Brian Brown – Bid for WoO Win Comes up Just Short at Knoxville!

(Bill W) May 13, 2013 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team will have to wait a little while to get that first win with the World of Outlaws, but they could hold their head’s high after a strong third place run Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. This weekend, finds the team tentatively with the ASCS National Series in Cameron, Missouri on Friday, as well as pulling double duty with the 360 and 410 at Knoxville on Saturday.

Last Friday, was the “FVP Outlaws at Elko” event at the Elko Speedway in Minnesota. You had a good time meeting some folks from FVP in the days leading up to it.

It’s always good to get up there close to our FVP headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota. We had a couple of open houses at a couple of the Factory Motor Parts locations. I always enjoy not only visiting with their customers and employees, but telling them about our team…walking them through the trailer and showing them things about sprint car racing.

Did you feel any heat to perform on Friday with FVP being the title sponsor of the event?

There was a little bit of added pressure there with FVP being the presenting sponsor. I truly believe right now they are doing more for this sport than just about anyone.

Unfortunately, you missed the heat invert by qualifying 19th, and that makes it tough.

We just weren’t really great all night long. We unloaded kind of average really. I don’t think we made the adjustments we needed to between hot laps and qualifying. Once we missed the heat invert and qualified 19th, it made it an uphill battle.

You were sixth in the heat, and then won the B. You pulled off the track early in the feature. Why was that?

We were the best we were all night long in the B, really. We were buried starting 19th in the A. The car wasn’t reacting back there in traffic like we needed it to. It wasn’t good enough to move forward in my opinion, so we called it a day and headed for Knoxville.

Despite coming out late (28th), you registered the third quick time of the night in a stacked 51-car field.

My Charlie Garrett engines ran well, and along with our Maxim chassis, that is the biggest part of our program right now. I’ve said it a hundred times, but everything we do is focused on the Nationals, and you have to lay down a good lap in qualifying.

I don’t think anyone was stronger in the heat race. You started fourth, and ended up winning it, pulling away from everyone.

I was a little worried about being third quick. Ideally you want to be in the top two or starting on the front row of the heat with the Outlaws (11th-20th on Saturday), but it worked out. Winning it from row two was awesome. We’ve been able to come out of that spot three out of the last four nights (including the previous weekend’s events at Eldora) and get a top two finish to get in the Dash. We’re being really aggressive in our heats and getting going. Again, it’s the Knoxville Nationals mentality, when you need to go eighth to fourth.

You also started fourth in the Dash. You rode in second behind Tim Kaeding for a while before passing him and pulling away again. Were you thinking about just finishing second and starting outside row one for the feature?

Unfortunately, the driver isn’t always that smart! We try to win everything, especially in front of the hometown crowd. We really didn’t change anything, and the car got better and better. I don’t think we’ve had that good a car in a long, long time.

It seemed you were really good early in the feature. The car had worked so well in the heat and Dash. I suppose you don’t want to mess with it much.

It can work against you. It makes you less aggressive with setup when things are going that well. You don’t want to mess it up, especially with the Outlaws. As good as we were in the heat and the Dash, we didn’t want to mess with it. We were really good the first eight to ten laps, but it did go away. I didn’t feel as good on the bottom. (Craig) Dollansky got by us, and I was racing with him. I got a big dirt clod to the side of the helmet. It actually knocked off the post that holds my tear-offs.

You dropped back to second and then third when (Donny) Schatz went by. Then Kaeding got you for fourth.

I ran what seemed like the next hundred laps with no tear-offs trying to race through traffic. We had the closed red with seven or eight to go, and I asked the Outlaws if I could change helmets for safety concerns, and they didn’t think it was necessary. I cleaned it up as best I could and went back at it.

You took advantage of the double-file restart and surged to second right away, but another red came out.

We restarted fourth there. I made as many adjustments as I could with the wing. We went from fourth to second there, and at that point, I really felt we had an opportunity to win. Then the red came out, and they went back to the previous lap’s order. We had the open red, and everyone had a chance to work on their cars. At that point, with a single-file restart, we ended up third.

How much of a hindrance was the helmet?

At the end of the day, you can make 35 excuses why you didn’t win, but we got beat by better racecars. Donny Schatz and Craig Dollansky were first and third at the Nationals last year. Those guys are always going to be tough. Donny Schatz showed why he’s the best in the world, and the best at Knoxville. I think it just makes us hungrier to buckle down at Knoxville for the rest of the summer. We’re going to put our nose to the ground. We need to be good for fifty laps in August.

You are right there on the big tracks right now.

But our small track program isn’t where it needs to be. As far as our half-mile program, I don’t feel like there’s anyone better than us. When we get those guys on the ropes, we need to put the nail in the coffin. There will come a time. Believe me; I want to beat these guys as badly as anyone in the world. You can’t dwell on that, and forget how good our team is doing right now, though.

What are you planning on for this weekend?

We’re looking at possibly Cameron (US36 Raceway) with the ASCS National group on Friday, and we’re planning on running both cars at Knoxville Saturday. Our next test with the Outlaws at Knoxville comes up in a month, so we need to go to work on how we’ll beat the 15.

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Brian is definitely knocking on the door for his first WoO win at Knoxville. Dating back to the beginning of 2012, in WoO events he has scored a 4th (April 2012), 3rd (June 2012) and 2nd (Knoxville Nationals 2012) in addition to his third place finish last weekend.

About Casey’s General Stores

Casey’s General Stores is a Fortune-500 company (NASDAQ CASY) operating nearly 1700 convenience stores in 11 states through the Midwest. Known for its “Homemade-To-Go” pizza, sandwiches, donuts and bakery items, Casey’s strives to consistently deliver quality gas, fresh kitchen-prepared food, clean environments and friendly service at every retail location. Casey’s is currently the 12th largest c-store chain and sixth largest pizza chain in the United States.

About FVP

We are very excited to introduce our new line of automotive chemicals, oils and fluids to our product offering. These new products will be available at many retailers across the country. We continue to offer a full line of high quality oil, air, cabin air and fuel filters, plus a complete line of high quality batteries for multiple applications including cars, trucks, SUV’s, commercial and other specialty vehicles. All products are made to OE manufacturer fitment specifications. FVP products are engineered to provide our customers with quality products that are equal or superior in performance to the major national brands at a competitive price. To learn more about our FVP products or to find out where you can have FVP products installed in your vehicle, visit us at www.FVPparts.com! FVP…The Confident Solution

SPLASH

In addition to our line of seasonal safety products, we are very excited to introduce a full line of SPLASH Wiper Blades. Our SafeView Performance Blades fit 95% of the vehicles on the road with quick and easy installation for everyone. The AccuVision Beam Blade offers memory curve steel, which provides uniform pressure for a clear wipe, without the streaks. Look for these great new SPLASH products! Whether it’s keeping your windshield clean or free of ice, protecting your RV, boat or pool from freezing in the winter, or your sidewalk safe to walk on, SPLASH Products are what you need! Check out our new SPLASH website at www.SPLASHWash.com! SPLASH…SEE SAFELY!

Marketing Partner of the Week – Champion Racing Lubricants (Champion Racing 20W50 Motor Oil)

Visit Champion’s new web page at www.ChampionsUseChampion.com! Champion Racing 20W50 Motor Oil is the one that started it all by beating the competition in providing more horsepower, torque, and anti-wear additives than many of the more well known brands of racing oil. Champion Racing 20W50's premium ZDDP anti-wear protection is among the highest in the industry. Champion's exclusive shear stabilizer delivers better film strength and piston ring seal at peak temperatures. Champion Racing 20W50 also delivers more foot-pounds of torque with higher compression than any competitor's brands.

Benefits include: • Provides exceptional low coefficient of friction • Offers film strength and viscosity stability of thicker mono-grades at higher temperatures • Provides upper cylinder anti-wear protection • Increases high-temp oil pressure and compression • Formulated for flat tappet, roll over cams and bearings in turbo and super-charged racing engines • Lowers engine temperature • Compatible with petroleum and other synthetics

Associate Marketing Partner of the Week – Winters Performance Products

Brian says – “We’ve used Winters Rear-ends since we started, along with their drivelines and stops. In fact, the majority of our parts are Winters components. They do a great job, and we are happy to be a part of their operation.”

Winters builds products for the entire racing industry. Their products can be found in NASCAR, Dirt and Pavement Modifieds and Late Models, Bonneville Land Speed Trial Cars, Pulling Tractors, Pike’s Peak Hill Climbers, Off Shore Boats, Dragsters, Midget and Dwarf Cars and 305, 360 and 410 sprint cars. Their products are distributed worldwide through a large dealer network. Winters, located in York, Pennsylvania, has a quality workforce of around 70 helping in the growth and success of the company. Visit them online at www.WintersPerformance.com!

Brian Brown Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Searsboro Telephone Company, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps / impact4800.com, Champion Brands, SPLASH, Ditzfeld Transfer, Maxim Racing, Smiley’s Racing Products, Weld Wheels, Housby Trucks, www.RateWin.com, Arctic Cat, K&N Filters, Hostiowa.net, FSR Race Products, TI64, Fuel-Safe Tanks, Awesome Racewear, Wolfe Eye Clinic, Bell Helmets, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, Vortex Wings, Penray, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Butler Built Seats, AkzoNobel Sikkens, AllDayParts.com, Tru Square, Jack Links, Deli Express, Snap-On Tools, Rod End Supply, KSE Racing Products, Winters Performance Products, Santomauro Racing Products, Cometic Gaskets, Kaeding Performance, Donovan, Magtech, ISC Racers Tape, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Racing Optics, Mothers Wax, Don's Truck Wash, Gardner Farms, Hoosier Tires, GoPro, XYZ Machining, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Peterson Fluid System, Red Devil Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, ADD, 6B Apparel, Zips Energy Seeds, Bosch, NGK, Garrett Racing Engines, MSD and WSIB Insurance for all their support!

 

 

Build it and they will come – and they have!

The Mainline DynoLog Dynamometers All Star Series are proud of what they have achieved since the series kicked off in 2007-08. The series has completed many goals over this short period and continually increases in popularity, always promoting itself in a positive manner.

“At the end of each season I record all our statics and when completed can see in black & white just how much we have achieved. Small steps each year make for big achievements for 360’s overall. It shows just how popular 360 racing has become since drivers have been given an opportunity to promote themselves.” Series Promoter, Mandy Searle says.

• Created history by being the first travelling 360 Series in Australia and are pleased to see other States following suit. • 140 drivers have competed in the Series over the 46 rounds held to date, with 17 new competitors this past season alone. • 62 drivers competed last season in comparison to 28 back in 2007/08. • Teams from every state in Australia have now run with the Series as well as drivers from the United States. • The average car count this season was 22 which was an increase on the previous year. • 12 different race tracks have held rounds with another 2 new venues for the oncoming season. • 3 x $5000 to win All Star Challenges have been run & won. • 3 x Tyson Perez Memorial events have also been run & won. • 19 different drivers have won A Main events. With only 46 A Mains run this highlights how competitive the racing is. • 2 events have been highlighted by a 30 mtr Pro Video Big Screen • Live Audio at all events and results published live on Twitter, Facebook, Sprintcar World and the Sprintcar All Star web site as they happen on race nights.

“When we compare the population in Australia that we have to draw from as opposed to America we see a similar trend taking place to the popularity of 360’s there. What is the old saying used in the Field of Dreams movie – ‘Build it and they will come’ – well I think that also applies with us. We have built it and they are coming!”

 

 

 

KISS Racers Invade “The 'Burg” on Saturday

May 12, 2013 – The 2013 King of Indiana Sprint Series has three races in the books and turns south toward the Lawrenceburg Speedway for their fourth stop this coming Saturday, May 18. As is typical of the KISS series, none of the main events have been won from the front row, each has been captured from further back in the pack, leading to racing that is going to be talked about for awhile.

With two wins already, at Bloomington and Gas City Speedways, and a 41-point lead, Brady Short is making it look like this season's King competition could be a stroll in the park. “But not so fast!” the other racers are saying. They know that the 2009 KISS champion can still be caught, and there is plenty of racing remaining at some very fast race tracks.

Dave Darland, the 2011 champion, sits second in the points and has been running consistently up front in the Phillips DRC. Kokomo Speedway's winner, Robert Ballou, is third, and just behind them in the points are five very tough and very hungry veterans, Hunter Schuerenberg, three-time USAC winner Kevin Thomas Jr., Shane Cottle, Casey Shuman and Jerry Coons Jr. From that perspective, the battle for this year's KISS title is just getting hot.

But the headline still has to be that Brady Short is hot right now. His two victories give him a total of five on his KISS resume and have advanced him to second in series wins, trailing only Jon Stanbrough. With seven KISS events in the last eight years, there hasn't been a repeat winner Lawrenceburg. Stanbrough, Short, Daron Clayton, Nic Faas, Brandon Petty, AJ Anderson, and last year Dave Darland, have scored wins on the fast oval, but no one has done it twice.

Lawrenceburg Speedway's front gate will open at 5:00 pm, the pits at 4:00, with hot laps beginning at 6:00 and racing at 7:00. Adult tickets are $20, tickets for kids 7 to 12 are just $7, and ages 6 and under are admitted free. Pit passes are $30. In addition to the KISS sprint cars series, the racing program includes UMP modifieds and hornets.

KISS Points: 1. Brady Short 520, 2. Dave Darland 479, 3. Robert Ballou 465, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg 312, 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. 430, 6. Shane Cottle 427, 7. Casey Shuman 405, 8. Jerry Coons Jr. 400, 9. Chris Gurley 351, 10. Chad Boespflug 344

2013 KISS SCHEDULE

May 3 Bloomington Speedway – Brady Short May 5 Kokomo Speedway – Robert Ballou May 10 Gas City I-69 Speedway – Brady Short May 18 Lawrenceburg Speedway May 26 Tri-State Speedway June 1 Paragon Speedway July 2 Terre Haute Action Track

 

 

Jeremy Burt is on a roll.

Rowdy, Misty and Shaun also repeat.

Marysville, CA – Grass Valley’s Jeremy Burt is on a roll. The 2007 MRP Winged Sprint Car champion chalked up another wire to wire win at Paul and Kathy Hawes’ Marysville Raceway Park Saturday. Anderson’s Rowdy McClenon won the MRP Wingless Sprint Car portion of the show. Marysville’s Shaun Merritt won the MRP Mini Stock feature and Misty Castleberry repeated as the winner in the Pro 4 main.

Burt is on a terrific roll lately as he has parlayed two consecutive front row starts into two run away victories. Only lapped traffic near half way stood in the point leader’s way Saturday. Even at that, the yellows pretty much fell Burt’s way.

A terrific dice got everybody’s attention late in the race as Yuba City’s Korey Lovell and Grass Valley’s Billy Wallace hooked up in a heart stopping battle for 3rd. The 6th starting Wallace did just about everything he could to get around the 5-time champ, but nothing worked.

As the laps wound down Wallace’s efforts became more desperate but Lovell continued to simply repel the challenges. As the pair raced in lap 19 Wallace got up beside Lovell on the inside. They touched and both cars went spinning in turn 1. Wallace stayed in the gas and motored on out of the situation but Lovell chugged to a stop.

The yellow flag bunched the field for a green-white-checkered finish. Nobody challenged Burt, but Wallace got 2nd from Woodland’s Peter Paulson at the checkers. Sparks Nevada’s Mike Monahan was 4th and Brandon Dozier was 5th. Jimmy Steward and Cort Dozier were the heat race winners.

In Legal Shield Winged Sprint Car qualifying Wallace scooped up the fast time C-note from Legal Shield rep Rod Engberson. Monahan got $100 from sprintcarfan.com for 2nd quick time and Oroville’s Heath Hall picked up an additional $100 for 3rd quick time from Marysville Raceway Park. These were bonuses in addition to the MRP cash purse and weekly Contingency Connection offerings.

McClenon was just as quick off the mark as Burt as he jumped pole sitter Jeremy Hawes when the green was displayed in the MRP Wingless Sprint Car feature. McClenon pulled out to a big lead and seemed headed to an easy victory. But, lapped traffic slowed the leader to such a degree that Hawes made up nearly a straightaway in distance.

Then it got hairy as Hawes was all over McClenon. The pair had everybody in the house on the edge of their seats and they ripped through lapped cars. Then McClenon started to get through lapped traffic a little better than Hawes and, with but a handful of laps remaining, Hawes couldn’t do anything about it. Hawes stayed 2nd. Sacramento’s Tim Sherman Jr. came in 3rd. Hawes and McClenon won the heats.

Merritt’s second visit to victory lane was much like his first. He had ‘em covered. Merritt enjoyed leads of nearly a half lap at times before Marysville’s Howard Law broke through traffic and raced into 2nd. But Law was no match for the Merritt #77. James Foster had a fine run picking up 3rd. Law and Travis Carter were heat race winners.

Misty Castleberry seemed sluggish as the green flag waved for the Pro 4 finale. But after a couple of circuits she found the zone and crushed the competition and won; going away. A brief battle with Matt Beardslee spiced the early laps, but Castleberry was flying and would not be challenged thereafter. Castleberry and Dan Morgan won the heat races.

Next Saturday, the mighty MRP Winged Sprint Cars return and will headline the program. The MRP Wingless Warriors will be back in town and the MRP Mini Stocks will be back. The Pro 4 Sprinters will also be on the card.

Pit Gates open at 3. Grandstands open at 5. Legal Shield qualifying is at 6 PM with races starting at 6:30.

Life’s short. Live it. Race hard.

 

 

FAST Weekend Wrap-Up: Henry Out Duels Andrews for FAST Victory at Fremont; Andrews Moves Into Second Behind Mintz In FAST Points


MAUMEE, OH (5-12-13) by Scott Porter - F.A.S.T. Public Relations

The Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by KS Sales & Service returned to action in Northern Ohio. Yet another soggy Friday afternoon washed out the fifth event (second F.A.S.T. event) of 2013 at Attica Raceway Park. However, a cold, wet forecast didn’t deter Fremont Speedway promoter Rich Farmer from swinging open his gates to faithful fans on Saturday night.

Fans in attendance were treated to a Jim-dandy of a feature event at “The Track That Action Built.” The top eight starting positions were determined by “King of the Hill” match races, which paired drivers in a bracket format of two-car, two-lap dashes. In the finals for the 410 sprints it was Cap Henry and Chris Andrews slugging it out around the 1/3-mile clay oval. The pair raced inches apart from one another and ultimately it was Chris Andrews aboard the Burmeister Racing #16 earning the pole position. The King of the Hill finale was ultimately a prelude for the feature event, where Andrews and Henry would resume their furious battle in lap traffic. The final five laps left fans talking about the near misses as they left the track after Henry held off Andrews' final attempts going on to win his first career feature win at Fremont Speedway.

The second place finish for Andrews vaulted him up three positions in the F.A.S.T. Kistler Cup point standings and he now rests just 30-points back of Craig Mintz. Mintz, the 2009 Fremont/Attica Sprint Title Champion, overcame a rough night in which the Reel-Geese Decoys, Ti22 Performance #09 had to use the B-Main in order to transfer into the feature. Mintz would charge from his 13th starting position to escape the night with an 8th place run. Cole Duncan moved into third place in points just 10-points back of Andrews. Brian Smith and Byron Reed both dropped two spots in points and round out the top-5.

The JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series were also in action at the 1/3-mile Fremont clay oval. One of the hottest sprint car drivers in the country continued his winning ways as Bradner, Ohio’s Nate Dussel picked up his first F.A.S.T. 305 feature win of the season and his fifth feature win of the year. This win jumped Dussel into second place in the championship hunt just 9-markers back of John Ivy who finished in second on Saturday. Bobby Clark dropped to third, but just 12-points out of the lead. Jordan Ryan moved into fourth place thanks to his podium finish, while Dustin Dinan rounds out the top-5.

The Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title will be back in action on Friday, May 17th with the Eric Phillips 25th Anniversary Classic at Attica Raceway Park. During their silver season, Attica’s John Bores & Rex LeJeune will honor Eric Philips, the track’s first promoter in 1988, by running twin features for the F.A.S.T. 410 Sprints with each consisting of 25-laps and both paying out $2,500 to win ($250 to start). The first feature event will award full F.A.S.T. championship points, while the second will be for the cash and glory.

Racing moves onto Fremont Speedway on Saturday, May 18th with Kids Race Into Summer Night. Track promoter Rich Farmer will be distributing tickets to schools around the surrounding counties near Fremont Speedway.

The JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series goes on a hiatus until Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th.

Want more information about the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by KS Sales & Service and the JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series? Visit www.fastondirt.com, like us on Facebook at fb.com/fastondirt or follow @FASTseries on Twitter.

FAST BONUS BUCKS INCREASED FOR TWIN FEATURES AT 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSIC: The Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by KS Sales & Service will help celebrate the silver season at Attica Raceway Park in grand fashion with the running of the Eric Philips 25th Anniversary Classic on Friday, May 17th.

Highlighting the night are twin features for the F.A.S.T. Series highlight the night with each consisting of 25-laps and both paying out $2,500 to win and $250 to start. Only the first feature event for the 410 sprint cars will count towards the $10,000 season-ending championship for the Fremont/Attica Sprint Title. Cash and prestige will be on the line when the cars are pushed off for the second feature of the night. Details about the race format and more bonus cash will soon be released by Attica Raceway Park.

The F.A.S.T. organization, along with a generous donation from Andy Shammo of KS Sales & Service, Linda and Laverne Burns of Burns Electric and Underground Utilities will now be awarding a $500 bonus to the F.A.S.T. member driver with the best average finish between both features. Also a $200 bonus will be given out to the driver with the second best average finish. Any ties will be broken by whoever is highest in F.A.S.T. points after the first feature event on Friday, May 17th.

Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series presented by KS Sales & Service Point Standings:

After: 5/11/13

Pl. Car # Driver
Wins Total
Pts. Pts.
Back
1 O9 Craig Mintz 553
2 16 Chris Andrews 523 -30
3 29 Cole Duncan 513 -40
4 2+ Brian Smith 1 508 -45
5 5R Byron Reed 500 -53
6 40DD Caleb Griffith 498 -55
7 53 DJ Foos 480 -73
8 9 Dean Jacobs 468 -85
9 55 Brad Bowman 462 -91
10 9Z Duane Zablocki 460 -93
11 24H Bryan Sebetto 458 -95
12 27P Paige Polyak 422 -131
13 35 Stuart Brubaker 417 -136
14 45L Brian Lay 398 -155
15 5T Travis Philo 381 -172
16 14H Todd Heller 305 -248
17 9X Brandon Martin 223 -330

 

Charging Forward: David Gravel Improves 14 Positions in Knoxville Feature

By DDR Motorsports PR

Watertown, Conn.—May 12, 2013— David Gravel certainly had his work cut out for him on Saturday night at the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, in the Mediacom Shootout. Starting 25th on the grid against one of the strongest fields all year in a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event, he had 25 laps to work his way forward on the famed half-mile. He did exactly that, improving a total of 14 positions over the course of the race to finish just outside of the top-10 in the 11th spot.

After having a power steering line come off while running third early in the B-main, Gravel was forced to take a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series provisional to start the A-Feature. He took his spot on the inside of the 13th row in the Wright Process System/Firetext Reponse/Musco Fuels/JRC Transportation machine under the Bill Rose Racing banner for the 25-lap main event.

“We had a really good race car at Knoxville,” Gravel said. “We were very fast in hot laps and I just messed up qualifying. If you are off in qualifying it really affects the rest of your night. I had a good car in the heat race and just had a bad first few laps and that put me behind. It was unfortunate to have to use a provisional when we know we had a car good enough to not have to use one. That's just how it goes sometimes.”

Gravel steadily worked his way forward in the main event, which was slowed three times, twice for red flags and once for a caution. The yellow flag flew on the sixth circuit, with Gravel gaining a couple of spots on that double-file restart. Just past the halfway point he found himself in the top-15. The final red flag period of the night came on the 19th lap, with Gravel’s crew making some changes to the car during that time. He restarted 13th and gained a spot on both the 21st and 22nd laps to move up to 11th, the spot he would take the checkered flag in.

“On the plus side, it was good to get some laps at Knoxville and I had never been there early in the season before, so to get those laps was pretty important,” he noted. “We’ll go back again next month with the Outlaws and get some more laps and all the laps will help when we go back in August for the Nationals.”

With a season-high 51 cars in the pit area at Knoxville on Saturday, May 11, the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series utilized a five heat race program for the first time in 2013. Gravel finished fifth in the fourth eight-lap heat race, coming up just one spot short of transferring to the main event, as the top-four in each heat moved on.

On Friday, May 10 in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series debut at Elko Speedway in Minnesota, Gravel finished 20th. The race marked his first start in his own car since the season opening events at Volusia Speedway Park in Florida. Carrying the No. 6 for Bill Rose Racing, Gravel timed in 22nd-fastest in qualifying. He finished seventh in the second 10-lap heat, which put him in the B-main. Gravel would come home third in the B-main to earn a spot in the 40-lap A-Feature. The main event was cut short by rain on lap-34.

“It definitely was a difficult night and we had to fight really hard just to get into the feature,” he shared. “In a sense it felt like we were starting from scratch, being back in my own car, while everyone else was running the cars they’ve been in all year. We got better and better as the night went on, but it was not quite enough.”

Gravel, who is currently seventh in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship standings on the strength of 10 top-10 finishes, returns to action this week with the first East Coast Swing of the season for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. The native of Watertown, Conn., will race five times in seven nights at four different tracks.

“We are working hard this week to make sure we are ready for the East Coast Swing,” Gravel said. “It will take us a few more nights to get dialed in with our car, but we are doing our part and will keep learning as we go. It’s going to be nice to race close to home when we are in New York and New Jersey.”

Keep up-to-date with David Gravel and DDR Motorsports by visiting www.DavidGravel89.com. Follow David on Twitter @davidgravel89g and like David on Facebook.

 

Runner-Up in Mediacom Shootout at Knoxville

For the first time since recording a podium finish at the 52nd Annual Knoxville Nationals last August, the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team returned to Knoxville Raceway on Saturday for their first stop of the season at the historic half-mile as part of the Mediacom Shootout.

Set to go in the Sprint Car Capital of the World, a stout field of 51 drivers signed into the pit area as the racing program got underway in qualifying where Dollansky powered the Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim to the 5th fastest lap at 14.890 seconds. Starting outside row two for heat five, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ took third at the green flag and tracked down Rager Phillips in the waning laps to claim 2nd and secure a spot in the dash. A six car inversion draw based off qualifying times then put Dollansky third on the grid for the dash where the Eaton’s Aeroquip Performance Products sponsored sprinter finished 4th.

With only the 25-lap main event remaining, the MobileStar #7 started outside row two and motored past Cody Darrah and Tim Kaeding in the opening laps to run second before a caution on lap 5. When the feature resumed Dollansky worked the middle in turns 1 & 2 and low in 3 & 4 narrowing the gap on Brian Brown until the Eyecon Trail Cameras backed sprinter took the top spot in turn 4 to lead lap 9. ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ then opened up a bit of a lead and began encountering lapped traffic until Donny Schatz worked past Dollansky just prior to a red flag on lap 18. Another accident on the ensuing restart then prompted a single-file restart and with just seven circuits remaining, Dollansky did his best to track down the #15 but took the checkered flag with a solid runner-up performance.

“We were working real well at the beginning of the race and gaining on Brian Brown and got by him on lap 9,” commented Dollansky who moved into 5th in the championship standings. “It was a hard fought battle with the Eyecon Trail Cameras car and came up one spot short. We’ll keep working hard at things. DJ, Sean, and Chevy are doing a great job and work hard.”

The Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team will now travel East where STP World of Outlaws action continues this coming Wednesday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania.

 

 

The Yellow Flag

Just like every other week the car arrived to the track early. While waiting to get in it rained. It stopped just in time for the gates to open. Our pits were a muddy mess but this is dirt track racing. After getting the CTI, CRW, Rod End Supply, Viper Venom Fuels, Speedway Rentals car ready for the night. The boss lady and crew chief was seen socializing with friends.

It would take the track some time to get the surface ready to race on because of the rain. In the heat race Jeff would start 6th and he would have a good run finishing 3rd. When existing the car and talking it over with the crew he stated that the straightaway's were still slick and was hard to get a hold of but the corners were coming around. Shane Smith and Jeff Rohrbaugh (Car Owner/Driver) would keep a close eye on the track to see how it was changing as the night went on.

The SSM #45 L&R Autobody, Rt. 30 Seafood, Viper Venom Fuels, Ken's Jewelry and Coins, Valley Welding, Pa Powder, Delco Signs, Randy and Sue Hines, ABM Farms, and Tranquil Touch would start the feature in 8th place. Rohrbaugh would get a great start passing 5 cars in the first turn. Then getting 1 more down the back straight. After 1 lap we were 2nd but the leader the 11D car got a good start also. Over the next few laps the SSM #45 would track him down. Jeff was looking for the time to make the pass for the lead when on lap 7 the 3rd place car the 2D ( A Rookie ) got a great run and passed us both putting us back to 3rd. Jeff would get back to second right away passing the 11D coming off of the next corner. Just as the leader the 2D was getting to lapped traffic and Jeff was ready to make a move for 1st the caution would come out. There was still time as we were only on lap 11 of the 20 lap feature. On the restart the leader and Jeff got good starts and would race clean and hard over the next 6 laps. Again the 2D was coming up to lap cars and we were all thinking we still had a chance for a win but the caution would fly for the last time. With only 3 laps remaining the #45 would try for the lead but would finish 2nd behind the rookie. After a few disappointing weeks this raised the spirits of the team. The SSM #45 has off next week but will return to action on the 25th at Lincoln again.

 

 

Starks Earns Another Podium to Open Summer Thunder Series at Skagit Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - ALGER, Wash. (May 12, 2013) - Trey Starks categorized the initial round of the Summer Thunder Series a success.

With a great track and solid car count, Starks recorded a podium at the first show of the four-race event at Skagit Speedway on Saturday.

"It was a really cool race track," he said. "It had a top, had a bottom. You could even run through the middle a bit. We had a good car in the main; just the top three, four cars were all fast."

A week after picking up his first victory of the season at the 3/10-mile oval, Starks qualified third quickest of the 31 drivers. With the heat races inverted by four, Starks lined up on the outside of the second row in his 10-lap heat race.

"It was just a tight night of racing," he said. "Tempers were kinda up. Everybody raced hard. We got into it with a guy in the heat for a transfer spot. We battled for a couple of laps and he ran me up to the fence with a dirty slider. It just about junked both of us. That was probably the maddest I've ever been when I've been racing."

Starks dropped to sixth for a couple of laps before picking up a position on the third lap of his heat race. He then regained the fourth and final transfer spot in the closing laps to advance to the 30-lap feature, which he started third.

Starks fell to fourth place on the initial start and battled for a top three for most the event before fading to sixth on Lap 20. He powered into fifth place on Lap 24, advanced to fourth on Lap 27 and moved to third on the ensuing lap.

"We got another podium, which is good," Starks said. "Obviously you're going for the win again, but there are some really good guys this weekend and the field was great."

Starks has recorded three straight top-four finishes since a part failure forced him to crash while running second early in his season opener.

He is set to compete on Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., where he qualified quickest two weeks ago before the program was rained out prior to the heat races.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 11 - Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. - Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 3 (3).

SEASON STATS -

4 races, 1 win, 3 top fives, 4 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 4 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash.

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/treystarks55

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts

VIDEO -

Here is a link to check out highlights from Trey's victory at Skagit Speedway on May 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHzc9tXVaQ&feature=youtu.be

APPAREL -

Starks has men's and women's long-sleeve shirts, t-shirts and hoodies available at any race he attends and at www.TreyStarksRacing.com.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Starks Timber Processing

Starks Timber Processing is a logging business owned by Trey's father, John, who is a third-generation logger. It has been based out of Washington for the last 15 years.

"Starks Timber Processing is what provides me the opportunity to race," Trey said. "It has played a huge role in my life, both on the track and away from it."

Starks would like to thank his sponsors, including Blue Dot Fabrications, BR Motorsports, King Racing Products, SpeedMart and Masco Petroleum for their continued support. INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Bruce Jr. Eyes US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys and Knoxville Raceway

Inside Line Promotions - OWASSO, Okla. (May 12, 2013) - Following a rare weekend off, Tony Bruce Jr. has a lot on his plate this week.

Amidst logistical issues regarding his truck and trailer, Bruce Jr. is also sharing focus on two races with varying degrees of difficulty this weekend. His business - TBJ Promotions - is set for its first race of the season on Friday at US 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., for the 2nd annual US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys, which features the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

"I'm looking forward to going and racing there," he said. "Last year we had to come out of the B Main. We had a pretty good car. Every time we've been there we've had a fast car. Hopefully we can get better track position and win one of our races."

Bruce Jr. claimed the B Main and then charged from 17th to eighth at the inaugural US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys last July. He is again pulling double duty as co-promoter and competitor at the first Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour event since April 6. Bruce Jr. is currently tied for fourth in the standings.

On Saturday, Bruce Jr. and his crew will visit the famed Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for their first test since the Knoxville Nationals last August.

"It's more of just redeeming ourselves from last year," he said. "We led some laps in the 360 Knoxville Nationals on the prelim night and didn't finish how we wanted. We've just got to get up to Knoxville and get some laps."

Bruce Jr. earned the pole of the 20-lap feature on the second preliminary night of the 22nd annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals. He led the first seven laps before dropping to 14th.

"We just faded so bad," Bruce Jr. said. "It was a real big disappointment last year.

"We've got our brand new Roush Yates 360 engine to take over there and shake down. We're going there to get some laps and ultimately to win. Everybody wants to win a race at Knoxville."

SEASON STATS -

14 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 7 top 10s, 13 top 15s, 14 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday, May 17, at US 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., for the US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys.com with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour and Saturday, May 18, at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS -

Website: http://www.tonybrucejr.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonybrucejr

VIDEO -

Here is a link for RacinBoys' footage of Bruce Jr.'s victory at Boyd Raceway on April 26: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wx3nrOFTDyg

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Eagle Motorsports

Eagle Motorsports, formerly known as Eagle Chassis, has fabricated sprint car chassis since 1998. Eagle has been a part of winning three Knoxville Nationals. For more information, visit EagleMotorsports.com.

"Our team is honored to have such a great affiliation with Eagle Motorsports," Bruce Jr. said. "The quality and craftsmanship is second to none in the industry. Top that with great customer service and that's why we chose Eagle Motorsports in 2013."

Bruce Jr. would also like to thank Lubbock Wrecker Service, The Oil Medics, Wheeler Metals, Hinchman Racewear, Smiley's Racing Products, SWE, Maxwell Industries, FK Rod Ends, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Factory Kahne Shocks, DriverWebsites.com, RacinBoys.com, Wilwood, Schoenfield Headers, Hoosier Tires, HRP, Kaeding Performance, Schaeffer Oil, Fuel Safe, Bell Helmets, Four Seasons Radiator, Southern Trailer Works, KSE, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Weld Wheels, ISC Racers Tape and Pressure Tek for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

The Southern Ontario Sprints are set to kick off the 18th season Saturday night at Brighton Speedway.

When the green flag flies at Brighton Speedway this Saturday, May 18th, it will start the race to the 2013 championship for the longest running sprint car series in Canada, the Southern Ontario Sprints.

Back to back champion “General” Lee Ladouceur of Alexandria, Ontario will be looking to make it a three-peat in '13. While always consistently near the top of the results, Lee is still looking for his first win with the SOS.

Saturday will see the SOS at Brighton Speedway for the first time in 2013. However, it won't be the first night at the track for 2012 SOS rookie of the year Charlie Sandercock. Charlie will once again be doing the doubles at Brighton Speedway as he competes weekly in the track's late model stock car division in addition to racing in his 360 sprint car with the SOS.

The level of competition will be high as the drivers of the SOS return to action. Look for former Brighton Speedway winners Glenn Styres, Chris Jones, Keith Dempster, Warren Mahoney and Adam West to be mixing it up with those looking for their first trip to victory lane at Brighton , Bob Crawford, Paul Pekkonen and Brad Lodge

Don't miss the first event of the 2013 SOS season as there will be electricity in the air when the field of open wheeled, high horsepower, winged monsters shake the grand stands at Brighton Speedway.

NOTES:

Drivers and crew are reminded to download and fill out the 2013 membership form in advance for faster registration. http://bit.ly/123RP4X Reminder, scoring transponders are mandatory for all cars in 2013.

The Southern Ontario Sprints would like to thank their 2013 partners: Wiseco Pistons, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, ImageFactor.ca, Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Sanderson’s Automotive and OnDirt.ca

Find The Southern Ontario Sprints online at: www.southernontariosprints.com Follow The Southern Ontario Sprints on Twitter: @sossprints Like The Southern Ontario Sprints on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SouthernOntarioSprints

 

 

A Consistent Weekend for Kraig Kinser at Knoxville & Elko

By Kraig Kinser Racing PR

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—May 12, 2013— Kraig Kinser’s main goal this past weekend at Knoxville Raceway and Elko Speedway was to solidly make the feature each night, complete all the laps and come away with two respectable finishes to make up for a tough weekend at Eldora the previous one. He was able to accomplish this as he finished 15th or better both nights, including gaining eight spots in the main event to come home 13th at Knoxville on Saturday night against the largest field of cars assembled all season.

Kinser lined up 21st at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, on Saturday, May 11, and used a trio of yellow and red flags to methodically work his way forward in an attrition-filled race. The third-generation driver gained a spot at the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap main event and had moved up four positions, just four laps into the race. The first red flag was displayed on the sixth lap, at which point, Kinser found himself in 16th. He would run near that spot for the next 13 laps and used a strong restart following a lap-19 red flag to move into 15th. The native of Bloomington, Ind., would gain two more spots in the late going to cross the line 13th in the Casey’s General Store/Mesilla Valley Transportation Maxim.

“We are getting closer to where we need to be, but are still not quite there yet,” said Kinser. “The competition is just so tough right now with the Outlaws that if you are just a little bit off you are scratching and clawing to make the feature. Looking at the field at Knoxville, it was about half the Knoxville Nationals field there, so that was about as tough as it gets for an early season event at that track.”

The 2005 winner of the Knoxville Nationals opened the night by turning the 26th-fastest lap in time trials with a season-high 51 cars in attendance. Kinser lined up sixth in the first eight-lap heat race, with just the top-four finishers transferring to the A-Feature as a five heat race program was in effect. The third-generation driver got by current series point leader Daryn Pittman and Ian Madsen to finish fourth in the heat race and earn a spot in the 25-lap A-Feature.

Kinser opened the weekend on Friday, May 11 in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series debut at Elko Speedway in Minnesota. The paved three-eighths-mile was covered with dirt and hosted a very strong field of 34 cars and a huge crowd. Kinser was 11th-fastest in time trials and finished third in the third 10-lap heat race to earn a spot in the 40-lap main event. He lined up 16th on a very technical race track and ended up crossing the finish line in 15th, after the race was interrupted by rain on lap-34, which cut the feature short.

“Elko was very unique and a pretty tricky track and you really had to hit your marks,” he shared. “It was great to see such a big crowd and it was unfortunate the rain came there at the end. We might have been able to gain a few more spots if we would have had that last restart, but you never know. The main thing is we were able to complete all the laps and roll the car on the trailer in one piece.”

Next up for the third-generation driver is the first East Coast Swing of the season for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. Five races in seven nights await Kinser and his fellow competitors with three of those races in the sprint car hotbed of Central Pennsylvania. Kinser will enter that stretch of races 12th in the series standings, with eight top-10 finishes thus far in 2013.

“Going to Central Pennsylvania is always a challenge,” noted Kinser. “The guys out there are some of the toughest we face all season and you really have to be on your game, especially in qualifying. Where you time in and start in a heat race can really make or break your whole night. We’ll give it everything we have and hopefully come away with some good finishes.”

Kraig Kinser Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Maxim, Aerodine Composites, Sander Engineering, Integra Shocks, All Star Performance, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bell, KSE Racing Products, ButlerBuilt, Schoenfeld Headers, Donovan Engineering, Fel-Pro, Brodix, Wilwood, Dyer’s, Barnes Systems, Ringer Gloves, Jakes Custom Golf Carts, and Ben Cook Racing Limited for their continued support.

Elko Speedway & Knoxville Raceway Results

Date Time Trials Heat Start Heat Finish Dash Start Dash Finish Feature Start Feature Finish Points

May 10 11th 2nd 3rd N/A N/A 16th 15th 12th

May 11 26th 6th 4th N/A N/A 21st 13th 12th

Keep up with all the action For the latest news on Kraig Kinser, visit http://www.kraigkinser.com, and follow Kraig on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kraigkinser11k and receive live updates from the track each and every race night.

Tune in Listen live to each and every World of Outlaws event on DIRTVision.com with “The Voice of the Outlaws” Johnny Gibson on the call. Visit www.DIRTVision.com for live audio of each and every World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event.

 

 

Croft Cashes In For Fourth Win of Year

PETERSEN MEDIA- During the inaugural running of the ‘Tribute to Baylands’ it was only fitting that Willie Croft picked up his fourth win of the year driving the Tri-C Motorsports No.3c, a car that visited victory lane on many occasions at the Baylands Raceway Park.

“Our goal was to win four or five race this year, and to have four right now is really special,” Croft said. “This racecar is awesome, and I’m so excited to get the Lamar’s in victory lane again.”

Taking to the 3/8’s black gumbo of the Petaluma Speedway, Croft opened his night up by timing his Tri-C Machine/JRI Shocks/NAAKE backed entry in fifth fastest.

Lining up in the second row of his heat, Croft held his position in the third spot on the greasy track, and maintained, putting him in both the dash and feature event.

Finding himself on the front row after the draw, Croft would score a second place finish in the dash, and put his Holey Smokes BBQ/Christian Stover Foundation/ButlerBuilt backed entry on the front row for the 30-lap A main event.

When the green lights flickered, Croft got the jump on Jonathan Allard, and simply checked out on the field.

Pacing the field, Croft was slowed on the fifth lap as he got into traffic due to a red flag.

The ensuing restart saw Jonathan Allard get a great jump, it turned out to be too good, but Croft slipped into the second spot, and went to work on the reigning series champion.

On the eighth lap, Croft got under Allard to grab the lead spot, and worked the tacky track to near perfection.

A pair of late restarts did not phase the Sacramento, CA driver as he was flawless in picking up his second series win of the year, putting him 21st on the all time series win list as it was his fifth career win.

“My guys worked their buts off night in and night out,” he said. “I’ve never driven a car this good, and hopefully we can move on to Reno, NV next week and do it again.”

Friday night, Croft and his team were in action at the Silver Dollar Speedway, where he and Allard opened their weekend up again by putting on a battle for the lead.

Jumping out to an early lead on the lightning fast track, Croft led the first half of the race, until he slipped back to the second spot behind Allard in lapped traffic, and finished in the second spot.

“Overall it was a really good weekend for this team,” he said. “To end up with a pair of top-two finishes is awesome.”

With his second place finish on Friday, Croft sits second in track points, 15 markers behind Sean Becker.

The Tri-C Motorsports team would like to thank Tri-C Machine, JRI Shocks, NAAKE Suspension, Holey Smokes BBQ, The Christian Stover Foundation, ButlerBuilt, Arai, Brown and Miller, Sander Engineering, FK Rod Ends, Hinchman Indy, Schoenfeld, K&N, Smith Precision Products, A.R.T., Kaeding Performance, Dan Olson Products, Vortex Wings, AIC Powdercoating, and GUTS for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-19, Wins-4, Top 5’s-8, Top 10’s-11.

ON TAP: Croft and his team will now head to the Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway in Fernley, NV this Friday and Saturday for a two-night KWS event.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Willie Croft Racing by visiting www.williecroftracing.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @wcroft29.

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TOP TEN FINISH FOR SALDANA AND 71M TEAM AT HISTORIC KNOXVILLE

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 11, 2013) – A large contingent of drivers came to the sprint car capital of the world to compete in the World of Outlaws Mediacom Shootout at Knoxville Raceway.

In August the crown jewel of the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car series, the Knoxville Nationals, will be contested at this track.

Joey Saldana, driver of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M was one of 51 drivers who came to gain track time on the black Iowa soil. Focused not only on winning the event at hand, the 71M team hoped to gain some valuable data for their notebook. With only this event and a Mediacom Shootout in June in Knoxville, every lap around the half-mile track was critical for gaining knowledge for the biggest race of the year.

Saldana was fourth quick in qualifying, covering the hallowed ground of Knoxville Raceway in 14.887 seconds.

For the first time this season in Outlaws competition there were five scheduled heat races. Saldana started fourth in heat four. During heat race action, Saldana made a calculated move for third place, trying to pass Cody Darrah. Darrah slammed the door, making contact with the front of the 71M. Saldana bobbled but was able to gather the car up without losing position and finished fourth, earning a starting spot in the A-Main.

Temperatures were in the mid-40 degree range as the drivers lined up for the A-Main.

Saldana started in the thirteenth position.

The green flew briefly before caution came out with five laps complete as Brad Sweet’s right rear tire lost air pressure.

Back to racing and the red flag was displayed on lap 18 when Tim Kaeding got sideways, and Rager Phillips, with no place to go, took a hard ride and flipped coming off turn four. Phillips was out of the car and okay.

Not even one lap was completed before the red flag waved again when several cars started bouncing and careening off each other on the front stretch. The accident gathered up Sammy Swindell, Jason Sides, Lucas Wolfe, Davey Heskin and Mark Dobmeier. All drivers were okay. Saldana had advanced to the ninth position.

When racing resumed, there was a caution-free run to the end of the 25-lap event.

Saldana finished tenth.

“We were experimenting with some different set-up ideas in the Feature,” said Saldana,

“and they didn’t work very well. It was still a learning experience for us as we learned what direction we didn’t want to go. We lost a position on the very last lap when we got passed on the high side.”

Donny Schatz won the event, Craig Dollansky was second, and Brian Brown was third.

The Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear team heads to Abbottstown, Pa. for the Gettysburg Clash Wednesday, May 15, followed by a doubleheader at Williams Grove May 17-18, and then on to Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y. Sunday.

 

Bonus cash on the line for Attica's Eric Phillips Memorial Twin 25s

ATTICA, Ohio – As part of its 25th anniversary season, Attica Raceway Park will pay tribute to the first promoter of “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant on Friday, May 17th. Eric Phillips was one of the men responsible for bringing racing back to Attica in 1988, and ARP will honor his memory with a huge night of racing on American Powersports of Findlay and Sandusky/Sutton Bank Night.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints will compete in twin 25-lap features, each paying $2,500 to win/$250 to start.

As it is a Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship Series points race, the FAST organization has put up bonus money for its members - $500 to the highest average finish in the two features with $200 for the second highest average. Only the first feature will reward FAST points toward the $10,000 season-ending championship. All ties will be broken by the driver sitting the highest in FAST points after the first feature event on May 17.

“Thanks to the FAST guys and their presenting sponsor Kevin Shammo and KS Sales and Service. Also to Linda and Laverne Burns of Burns Electric and Underground Utilities for stepping up for the bonus money,” said Rex LeJeune, Director of Operations at ARP.

Also, the Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprints will be competing without the use of the nose wings and will be vying for $600 to win in the feature thanks to Hoserville Ohio.

“We wanted to do this with the 305 sprints as a tribute to Eric. He started the ‘Econo Sprint’ division and this is a way to honor that,” said LeJeune.

The Summit Racing Equipment UMP DIRTcar Late Models will also be in competition.

Also on Friday, the Attica Community Garage Sales are going on throughout the town and race fans are encouraged to come early and shop for bargains. And, in the souvenir barn there will be a replica model on display of the track as it was in 1992 with wooden sprint cars built by John Flood and Lloyd Shoup.

“We are also encouraging fans to be in their seats after hot laps for a pre-race ceremony including a video tribute to Eric Phillips,” said LeJeune.

Tickets are $20 for adults; $18 for senior citizens; $10 for teens ages 11-15; and kids 10 and under are free. Pit passes are $30. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing to start at 7:45 p.m.

Also, tickets for the upcoming Kistler Engines Classic on May 31 featuring the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series are still on sale. Call 419-680-5606 or go to www.atticaracewaypark.com to order yours today!

 

 

Strong Night at Elko Yields Podium Finish

After much anticipation and preparation, Elko Speedway just south of Minneapolis was ready to shine in the spotlight on Friday as an abundant amount of dirt transformed the pavement surface. Marking the inaugural STP World of Outlaws event at the facility, Craig Dollansky and the #7 team were eager to hit the track carrying the Aggressive Hydraulics paint scheme.

A beautiful day with a plethora of sunshine saw 34 drivers sign in for competition at the 3/8-mile. Following hotlaps when drivers got a feel for the track, a surface that dried out as qualifying progressed meant an early draw was critical as the Eyecon Trail Cameras Maxim went out eleventh and posted the 12th fastest time. In heat action Dollansky started outside the front row and finished 2nd to transfer into the dash. Luck of the draw for the dash by way of a 6-pill inversion then put the MobileStar #7 on the pole where the driver from nearby Elk River, Minnesota capitalized on the position winning the 8-lap event.

With the race program moved along due to impending weather approaching the area, 'The Crowd Pleaser' started on the pole of the A-Main leading the field to the green. Jumping out to an early lead, the Big Game backed sprinter ran the bottom until the first caution on lap 11. Following another yellow on the ensuing restart, Dollansky held off Kerry Madsen who was running the highside until Madsen took the lead on lap 15.

As the main event continued Dollansky stayed right on the #29 of Madsen as the leaders approached lapped traffic. On lap 30, Dollansky was ready to make a move low but another caution would erase lapped traffic. With just ten circuits remaining, the Eaton's Aeroquip Performance Products Maxim lost the runner-up spot to a hard-charging Tim Kaeding who rim-rided to the lead before a red flag four laps later at which point rain showers forced officials to call the event as Dollansky recorded a podium finish in 3rd.

"The groove was changing and we were searching around seeing where the fastest place was," commented Dollansky. "About 12 laps into the race our motor laid down so we were fortunate to make it to the end. We had a decent car all night long and got ourselves in a good spot for the dash but I wish we could have capitalized on it for Aggressive Hydraulics, Eyecon Trail Cameras, MobileStar, Aeroquip, and everyone that supports our team."

The Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team will now head south for Knoxville Raceway where racing resumes on Saturday.

 

 

LITTLE 500 HALL OF FAME LUNCHEON TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

May 11, 2013 - Anderson, IN - The 24th annual Little 500 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honoring the "Class of 2013" is less than two weeks away and tickets are still available. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 25, 2013.

The 2013 induction ceremony will honor this year's inductees and includes: Tom Schemmer, Lloyd Shores, Mac Steele, and Al Sweeney. The induction ceremony will take place during a luncheon at Anderson Speedway the day of the 65th Pay Less Little 500.

Little 500 Hall of Fame representative, David Sink, explains the importance of the luncheon for the Little 500 Hall of Fame."The luncheon is really the Little 500 Hall of Fame's only fundraiser" explains Sink."I would encourage any race fan, driver, or crew member, who may be at the track the day of the race, to attend. Its really a great event and there are always a ton of former drivers who annually attend. The luncheon is open to everybody. Casual attire is perfectly ok. Every ticket we can sell helps ensure the future of the Little 500 Hall of Fame".

The Little 500 Hall of Fame is dedicated to promoting the history and heritage of the Little 500. Anderson Speedway, Bell Racing Company, the Little 500 Festival, and Big Joe's Event Services are a handful businesses and organizations supporting the 2013 Induction Ceremony.

There are a limited number of tickets still available by calling (765) 288-4587. Tickets are $12 each and reservations must be made by May 20, 2013. There will be no tickets available the day of the luncheon. A meet and greet is scheduled for 11am with lunch at 11:30am followed by the induction ceremonies.

 

 

INAUGURAL FVP OUTLAWS AT ELKO CUT SHORT BY RAIN

ELKO, Minn. (May 10, 2013) – Elko Speedway hosted its first-ever World of Outlaws event Friday night. Built as a paved track, 3200 cubic yards of dirt were brought in and packed down to cover the pavement, making the track 10 feet wider for the greatest show on dirt.

A huge crowd of sprint car fans filled the Major League Baseball-style grandstands for the FVP Outlaws at Elko.

Dan Motter, owner of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M, hosted a large group of family, friends, and business associates at his home state race.

Joey Saldana, driver of the 71M, took to the track halfway through the qualifying order and lapped the Elko 3/8-mile in 12.836 seconds, putting him 14th in the qualifying order while also awarding him pole position in the second heat.

Saldana paced the field in heat two and brought the field down for the green flag.

Saldana was low, Kerry Madsen went high and grabbed the lead with Saldana in hot pursuit in second place. Though Saldana was unable to catch Madsen, he finished in second place, earning a starting berth in the all-important 10-car dash.

After the dash inversion draw, Saldana was consigned to the eighth starting position for the eight-lap event. Soon after the green flew, Saldana was able to power around Brooke Tatnell to take seventh position, maintaining it to the checkered flag.

The dash finish determines the starting positions for the first five rows in the A-Main so Saldana started on the inside of row four. Track conditions became technical with the corners especially tricky, slick on the entrance and tacky on the exit. Two tire-related yellows flew during the Feature, one for Sammy Swindell and one for Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

Kerry Madsen, running a strong second and challenging for the lead, had an engine begin to sour with less than 10 laps to go. Tim Kaeding took the lead with six laps to go, just as Brooke Tatnell brought out the red flag when he ran into trouble and got upside down between turns one and two. Tatnell climbed out of the car and was okay, but Mother Nature stepped in and rain started to fall, forcing World of Outlaws officials to call the event at the end of 34 laps.

Saldana, who had been riding in seventh, finished just outside the top 10, in eleventh place.

“We just missed the set-up tonight,” said a disappointed Saldana. “The car was tight and we kept making adjustments, trying to loosen it up. In the A-Main, it was too loose. I just had to fight it all night long.”

Tim Kaeding won, Kerry Madsen was second and Craig Dollansky was third.

The Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear team will pack up and head to Knoxville, Iowa for the Saturday night Mediacom Shootout.

 

 

MOTHER NATURE WASHES OUT NAPA WCS' MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL

Friday, May 10, 2013 Orrville, Ohio By Mike Swanger

Overnight rains into the morning soaked the grounds of NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway causing Jason and Kristin Flory to cancel the racing card for Friday night. A practice session for all cars is set for Tuesday evening from 5 pm to 8 pm with a $10 charge for the pits while the grandstands will be free. The next racing action at the 3/8 mile oval will be Friday, May 17th with a regular show for the Fisher Performance Sprints, Lias Tire Late Models, NAPA Auto Parts Modifieds, Thrifty Muffler Super Stocks, WQKT Mini Stocks and the Mini Wedges. Gates open at 4 pm and racing goes green at 7:45 pm. Then on Friday, May 24th will be the World of Outlaw Late Models rescheduled back in with a $10,000 to win 50 lap feature. The BOSS Wingless Sprints will also be in action while the Thrifty Muffler Super Stocks will have a regular points night. For more information, check in with the track's website at http://www.waynecountyspeedway.com/

 

 

All Star Sprint/RUSH Late Models canceled; Raindate TBA Pic-A-Part Sportsman to resume Budweiser Title Hunt next Friday, May 17

Sarver, PA (May 10, 2013) After giving us a glimmer of hope after min-morning showers passed through, Mother Nature reared her ugly head again shortly before 5:00 and forced the cancelation of tonight’s All Star Sprint, RUSH Dirt Late Model and Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman triple header. Lernerville Speedway management is working with officials from the All Star Circuit of Champions and the RUSH Dirt Late Model Series on a make-up date; details of which will be released at a later date and time.

The All Star Sprints will make another go at it tomorrow night at nearby Mercer Raceway Park. Log on to their website www.MercerRacewayPark.com for more information or the All Star’s website www.AllStarSprint.com.

The Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman will resume their 2013 season next Friday Night as Fab Four Racing returns to action. Next Friday, May 17 is Armed Forces Night and all service men and women will be admitted FREE in uniform of half-price ($7) with a valid Military ID. It is also Twin State Auto Club Racing Night. To view the entire Lernerville Speedway 2013 schedule, log on to www.Lernerville.com.

 

 

CAP HENRY and Team CHR Hope “Testing in P.A.” Helps Them Grab Numerous All Star Points This Weekend

Last weekend, CAP HENRY and Team CHR departed for western Pennsylvania for the second of three straight weeks in hopes of getting some seat time and laps with the P.A. Posse and local track standouts. Cap said, ”I would love to get a Top 5, a Top 3 and even a victory because we have run so well at these tracks in the past...”

Goal established and accomplished as Cap and Crew won on Friday night (Lernerville Speedway), finished second on Saturday night (Mercer Raceway Park) and snagged a 6th place running for the first time at Roaring Nob Motorsports Complex…needless to say, a great weekend…!

“It was an awesome weekend as A.J. and Andrew had the car driving really good...just hope we get to run as well at Lernerville and Mercer this weekend…”

As it turned out, Mother Nature will win on Friday as Lernerville has been rained out and as of this writing, a reschedule date has not been confirmed…so its off to Mercer for Saturday night’s show…

Team CHR is running full time for the fourth straight year in the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series and continues to look for a couple of more partnerships and sponsors. If you would like to get involved with a forward-thinking, family-owned team who can compete with top-dollar guys at a much better price point, please contact team owner KIT HENRY at: kit@henrymotorsports.com

Cap sits 3rd in All Star National Points behind DALE BLANEY and TIM SHAFFER with DANNY HOLTGRAVER and CALEB HELMS in 4th and 5th.

Follow Cap’s Twitter feed at: www.Twitter.com/CapHenry and all of his season’s progress at www.CapHenryRacing.com

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Team CHR would like to thank the following primary partners: Henry MotorSports Inc., Indy Race Parts, K&N Filters, T-n-T Graphics, FK Rod Ends, The RaceFanNetwork, Team CHR, DGGI Design Group, Life Personnel Development

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Alan Krimes Set for 'Outlaw Tune-Up' at Lincoln Speedway on May 11th World of Outlaws Will Visit Lincoln Speedway for ‘Gettysburg Clash’ on Wednesday, May 15th

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’

Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Denver, PA (May 10th, 2013) - Denver, Pennsylvania’s Alan Krimes has been on a tear thus far in 2013 at the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. The recent Lincoln Speedway winner and track championship contender for 2013 currently sits second (2nd) in the ‘410’ driver standings at the speedway; on the strength of one (1) victory, six (6) top five and nine (9) top ten finishes. The ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ regular has also been ultra-consistent in other parts of Central Pennsylvania, and currently rides fourth (4th) in the Central PA ‘410’ sprint car standings. With bigger paying programs on the horizon at Lincoln Speedway, including a major event next Wednesday evening, there is no better time and opportunity for Alan Krimes to prove to Lincoln Speedway fans, and to the rest of Central Pennsylvania, that he is the ‘real deal.’

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will be making a visit to the ‘Fabulous’ Lincoln Speedway next Wednesday evening, May 15th, for the ‘Gettysburg Clash;’ bringing with them one of the most talented rosters of ‘410’ sprint car competition on the planet. Alan Krimes will practice for the Outlaw invasion this Saturday evening, May 11th; as the Lincoln Speedway will host an ‘Outlaw Tune-Up’ event to help prepare the drivers and teams for the ‘Greatest Show on Dirt.’ The ‘Outlaw Tune-Up’ in the Pigeon Hills will feature a full Outlaws-style format for the ‘410’ sprint cars; including qualifying time trials. Alan Krimes, who pilots the familiar Conestoga Valley Garage no. 87 ‘410’ sprint car, has never won a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event, but hopes to check it off of his bucket list as early as next Wednesday. Krimes finished 11th during last year’s World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series appearance at the Lincoln Speedway; rallying from a 13th row starting position to earn the top twelve finish.

Alan Krimes, and the entire Conestoga Valley Garage ‘87’ program, may make a visit to the Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 12th, for the Mother’s Day Sprint Car Special. The ‘410’ sprint cars will be highlighted with a 25-lap main event paying $3,500 to win. Krimes has not stated officially if the ‘87’ team will make the trip, but with Williams Grove Speedway already cancelling their Friday night, May 10th program; it is likely that Alan Krimes will be seen at Susquehanna on Sunday.

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series ‘Tune-Up’ at the Lincoln Speedway is scheduled to begin at 7:00PM on May 11th; with qualifying time trials set for 7:30PM. For more information on the ‘Tune-Up’ event, or to find additional information regarding the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event at the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 15th; please visit the speedway online at www.lincolnspeedway.com.

The Conestoga Valley Garage ‘87’ team will be a part of all of the action each and every weekend in the heart of ‘Pennsylvania Posse’ territory. Fans can keep up with Alan Krimes during his entire 2013 season - right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’ Or be sure to check out Alan Krimes’ official online home at: www.ak87racing.com

 

 

Races Cancelled Tonight

Due to afternoon rain showers, Limaland Motorsports Park has cancelled the Meet the Drivers Night scheduled for Friday, May 10.

Limaland will return to racing action on Friday, May 17 with the 78th Anniversary Race. The Elwer Fence Sprints, K & N UMP Modifieds and Bud Thunderstocks will all be on the Limaland high banks. Pit gates open at 4:30. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 with hot laps beginning at 6:30. Racing action starts at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the 25th Annual Brad Doty Classic on July 10, featuring the World of Outlaws, are now on sale. Call the ticket hotline at 419-998-3199 to get your seats for this prestigious event. Seating information, plus all the latest news and information about America’s premier quarter-mile dirt track, can be found at www.limaland.com. You can also find Limaland Motorsports Park on Facebook and Twitter.

 

 

Parnelli Jones and Bob Gates to sign iconic racing books at IMME Show

Newburyport, Mass., May 10, 2013 – Motorsports publisher Coastal 181 announced today that Parnelli Jones and co-author Bones Bourcier will be signing their book “As a Matter of Fact I AM Parnelli Jones” at the Indy Motorsports Memorabilia Experience show to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 25th. Saturday is also “Legends Day,” when Parnelli is being honored on the 50th anniversary of his 1963 Indy 500 win.

Additionally, we are pleased to welcome noted author Bob Gates, who will be signing his recent and acclaimed biography of Troy Ruttman, “California Gold,” at the Coastal 181 display. Troy’s daughter Toddy, who was instrumental in providing materials and family recollections for the book, will join Gates.

The popular show, which takes place in the Pagoda Plaza Pavilion, opens at 8 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m. Bob Gates and Toddy Ruttman will be signing their book from noon to 2 p.m. Parnelli and Bones Bourcier will hold with a brief Q&A session at 2:30 p.m. and then sign books for the first 63 people in line.

For those who are unable to attend the show, both titles – along with more than 1000 other motorsports books and DVDs – are available through Coastal 181 at www.coastal181.com or by calling 877-907-8181 toll free.

 

 

HOOSIER HUNDRED MAY INCLUDE 2 FEMALES!

It’s been 32 years since a female driver competed in USAC’s TRAXXAS Silver Crown Series at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. That could change on Thursday night, May 23 when the Hoosier Hundred unfolds at the one-mile dirt Indianapolis oval on its new date.

This year two female drivers are expected to compete in the 100-mile race which switches from its traditional Friday date to Thursday prior to the Indianapolis 500.

Taylor Ferns of Shelby Township, Mich. and Miranda Throckmorton of Avon, Ind. are targeting the Hoosier Hundred for their series dirt-track debuts. The race would be Throckmorton’s first Silver Crown race ever while Ferns competed in three pavement Silver Crown events last year.

Ferns’ eight USAC feature wins top the 24 females who have visited USAC victory lanes through the years and in 2011 she scored a rare USAC driving championship in the D1 Midget Series. The 17-year-old will pilot a car fielded by her father Jim.

Throckmorton is entered in a car fielded by Eddie Sachs Racing and in 2007 she became the first female to post a Sprint race victory in Indiana in a non-USAC-sanctioned race at Paragon Speedway. An 11-year racing veteran, she finished fifth in USAC’s Kenyon Midget Series in 2005.

“I’m looking forward to teaming up with Six-R for this race,” says Ferns, who has done a fair amount of dirt racing. “The Silver Crown car will provide a new challenge for me but with the car and team I have we should have a great shot at a top finish. The race has a fantastic tradition and it’ll be an honor to now be a part of it”

“I’m excited to get my first laps in a Silver Crown car and it’ll be my first trip on a mile race track,” says Throckmorton, who got a taste of the track Wednesday when she rode in the two-seat car piloted by Jack Hewitt. “I picked up a few pointers from Jack,” she admits. “I’ve always looked up to him, ever since he actually provided my first baby bed. It’ll certainly be a learning experience and I just hope to give Eddie (Sachs) and the team a respectable showing.”

The only previous female driver in series history at the Indiana State Fairgrounds was Washington state sprint car driver Cheryl Glass, who participated in the 1982 Hulman Hundred but lasted just nine laps before mechanical woes sent her to the sideline.

 

 

Get Set for Sprint Cars at DCRP!

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 9, 2013) – Sprint Cars take to the Dodge City Raceway Park 3/8-mile clay oval for the first time of 2013 this Saturday night. And it’s something that will be a fairly common occurrence over the balance of the year at the southwest Kansas race track.

Beginning with Saturday’s URSS Sprint Car tilt, Sprint Cars will be featured on eight of the remaining 13 nights of competition at Dodge City Raceway Park. In addition to the URSS Sprint Cars, Saturday night’s slate includes DCRP title chase action for IMCA Modifieds, United Wireless IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and Hornets.

Saturday’s card marks the first of five URSS 305-ci Sprint Car events at DCRP, with ensuing rounds of URSS action on June 29, the opening day of Dodge City Days on July 26 and then Championship Night on September 28.

The initial pair of URSS events simply whets the appetite of race fans for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars that ride into town for the much anticipated Boothill Showdown on July 5-6. Tickets for the Boothill Showdown are available at http://dirtcar.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=89.

Another big weekend double of Sprint Car action offers up the wingless forces of the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars on August 23-24 that is the finale of a four-day swing that opens at South Coffeyville’s Mid-America Speedway on August 21 before moving on to 81 Speedway near Wichita on the 22nd.

Saturday’s event marks the fourth round of competition for the URSS Sprint Cars in 2013. Ness City’s Luke Cranston has had the hot hand early on with a win at Oberlin’s Decatur County Speedway last Saturday to go along with runner-up finishes at Liberal on April 27 and Nebraska’s Dawson County Raceway last Sunday to take the early points lead.

Cranston has a ten-point edge over Ray Seemann, a top-five finisher in all three events thus far, with Richie Dewell, Zac Taylor and Dawson County winner Jeff Radcliffe rounding out the current top five. Barry Crane won the season opener at Liberal.

Wichita’s Randy Wilson carries a slim 2-point lead over Mike Lunow into Saturday’s DCRP title chase action for the IMCA Modifieds, with Clay Sellard holding a 4-point edge over Jeff Kaup in the United Wireless IMCA Sport Modified point chase.

Billy Phelps leads the way in for the IMCA Stock Cars, with Jarett Lunow gunning to remain perfect in Hornets after topping the initial pair of events on the inner asphalt oval.

Saturday’s action goes green at 7:30 p.m. General admission for adults is just $12, with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Eighteen scheduled nights of action at Dodge City Raceway Park over the course of 2013 features several special events including the TORC Off Road Trucks in April, the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on July 5-6, a pair of $1,200-to-win IMCA Modified tilts in July along with USAC Sprint Cars on August 23-24 and four rounds of URSS Sprint Car competition along the way.

Dodge City Raceway Park is located on the south edge of Dodge City, KS, on US 283, then 0.9 miles west on US 56, then 0.1 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 620-225-3277 or check www.dodgecityraceway.com.

 

 

URSS Rebels return to DCRP on Saturday night

By the URSS

OBERLIN, Kan. — The United Rebel Sprint Series has a storied history at Dodge City Raceway Park.

Richie Dewell hopes he's able to add his name to the long list of drivers who have won on the 3/8-mile dirt oval after Saturday night. Dewell hasn't had a lot of seat time the last few years, so the early portion of this season has seen him getting readjusted to the car. Still, he is hoping for great things as the Rebels try to tame the track at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“It's kind of what I call my hometown track,” said Dewell, from Fowler. Dewell is coming off a pair of solid outings last weekend. He was eighth at Oberlin and sixth at Lexington, Neb., in a heavily contested field of drivers. “Being two years off and getting going again, there's some new stuff we're trying,” Dewell said. “We're in the trial-and-error stage. But I'm happy with the way the weekend went.”

Dewell is in search of his first URSS career victory, and he'd like nothing more than for that to happen Saturday night. “That would be great,” he said. “But we're hoping for a top-five, to be honest. That's our goal while we try to learn about the new stuff.”

DCRP has hosted the Rebels several times since 2006. In fact, in 28 URSS events at the track, there have been 15 different winners reach victory lane. The track is a fast, 3/8-mile oval, but the unique aspect of it is a wall that runs all the way around the outside of the track.

“In Dodge, it changes so much,” Dewell said about the track. “There's dry spots here and there, and you never know when they will change or where they will be. … That makes it a new challenge every time out.”

More URSS drivers will be in action Saturday at Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton as the URSS-sanctioned Heartland Sprint Series hits the 1/2-mile track. It will be the fourth HSS event this season. Darren Berry, Luke Cranston and Jeff Radcliffe all have claimed wins this year.

For more information about the United Rebel Sprint Series, visit www.unitedrebelsprintseries.com.

For more information about Dodge City Raceway Park, visit www.dodgecityraceway.com.

 

 

RED HOT OCEAN SPRINTS SERIES RETURNS TO ACTION FRIDAY

WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 9, 2013) - The Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo has seen the competition level heating up and the fifth race of the 2013 season this Friday night should be another exciting contest! John Prentice's Ocean Speedway Watsonville will welcome the cars and stars of the West Coast's premiere weekly 360 Sprint Car Series to do battle on the quarter-mile dirt oval.

Stockton's Brad Furr has a strong 25 point advantage over Watsonville's Justin Sanders in the championship points standings, with Sanders coming off a big win in last Friday's feature event. Sanders and Furr have been consistently at the top of all qualifying and race sessions this season and will look to continue that tussle on Friday.

Sanders inherited last week's win after 2012 Ocean Sprints champion Shane Golobic of Fremont spun from a half lap advantage while navigating lapped traffic. The driver of the Keith Day Trucking #22 entry is expected back in action along with two-time Johnny Key Classic winner Tommy Tarlton in the Tarlton & Son #21.

2012 USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car champion Bud Kaeding finished third last weekend with the wings on and is planning a return in the Buster & Ziggy Enterprises #29.

San Jose's Ryan Rusconi has quietly steered the Dynicron Cylinder Heads #98 to third in the points, just eight points behind Sanders. Salinas' Jeremy Chisum is having a career year lurking in fourth in the points after charging from 15th to seventh in last Friday's contest.

Former USAC and CASA asphalt sprint car standout Nick Rescino, Jr. of San Francisco ranks fifth in the tally, after his first finish outside of the top-ten last week.

The balance of the top-ten in the points includes popular Kurt Nelson of Gilroy in the Taco Bravo #72, San Martin's "Cowboy" Craig Smith, top rookie contender Nick Foster, Jr. of San Jose in Wayne Katen's #199, and Morgan Hill's Nicholas Ringo.

Fresno's Koen Shaw and Pleasanton's Nathan Washam, another Rookie of the Year contender, have also appeared in all four Ocean Sprints events to date.

Friday's races for the Ocean Sprints also includes Four Bangers, American Stocks, Ocean Late Models, IMCA Sport Mods, and Wingless Sprints. Adult tickets are just $17 with seniors 65+ $16 and kids ages 6-12 are $15. The family pass for two adults and two children is value priced at just $55. Qualifying will get underway at 6 p.m. with fan gates opening at 4:30 p.m.

The first 200 mothers through the gate on Friday will receive a rose for Mother's Day courtesy of Obie's Nursery.

For more information on the Ocean Sprints log onto http://www.oceansprints.com and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com

Ocean Speedway would like to thank Taco Bravo, Digital Delivery Networks, Nobel Construction, Get Som Sports, Ray Scheidt's Electric, Hoosier Tires West, and Kaeding Performance for their support.

 

 

Mark Burch Motorsports Fields a 410 for Lasoski to Challenge Outlaws

Inside Line Promotions - LINCOLN, Neb. (May 9, 2013) - The poking and prodding worked for Danny Lasoski.

After a successful partnership with Mark Burch Motorsports with 360ci sprint cars the past couple of seasons, Mark Burch is putting a 410ci engine in this weekend for the first time with Lasoski as the pilot.

"I kept talking it up," Lasoski joked. "I think what really sealed the deal is there are a lot of races in the Midwest he couldn't go to because he didn't have a 410. I'm just glad he got a 410."

The first plan of action is to attack the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at the FVP Outlaws at Elko on Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., and Saturday at the Mediacom Shootout hosted by Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.

"We've had success from the time I've gotten in his car in the 360s," Lasoski said. "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity. Mark works really hard with his business and he works really hard for his race team."

While Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series champion, will join the premier sprint car series on its inaugural visit to Elko Speedway, Saturday's event will be a return to home. Lasoski has 98 career feature victories at the famed half mile, including four Knoxville Nationals wins and eight in World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series action.

"We're going to win," he said. "We're not going to run second. We're going to show up and try to win the race."

UP NEXT -

Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., for the FVP Outlaws at Elko and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for the Mediacom Shootout with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: www.MarkBurchMotorsports.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbmotorspt

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"Tim and Tammy Engler have been the cornerstone of the Mark Burch Motorsports operation for many years," Mark Burch said. "Tim's constant dedication and commitment to research and development has continued to help accelerate our need for speed. Engler Fuel Injectors can be found on mini sprints, 305s, 360s and 410s all over the world. Their staff provide efficient order filling and their quality control is second to none. Our team is extremely grateful for the continued support from Engler Machine & Tool, Inc."

Mark Burch Motorsports would also like to thank Engler Machine and Tool, Wolfweld Chassis, King Racing Products, Afco Gas Shocks, Speedway Motors, Speedway Shock Service, Hot Dot, Inc., Wireless Amber Alerts, Driven Racing Oil - by Gibbs, Hoosier Tire, Arrow Truck Sales, Donovan Blocks, Diamond Pistons, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, MSD Ignition, Vortex Wings, S & S Welding, Inc., Lee Power Steering, Gessford Machine, DMI Bulldog Rears, Wulff Pumps.. Schoenfeld Headers, Red Devil Brakes, Total Seal Piston Rings, Dyer's Top Rods, Huggins Cams, Weld Racing Wheels, Goodridge Fluid Transfer Systems, Harris Decals and Awesome Racewear for their continued support.

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Getting Aggressive at Elko

For the first time in twelve years the STP World of Outlaws will sling dirt at a track primarily accustom to pavement racing. The site is Elko Speedway in Minnesota and tomorrow, Craig Dollansky and the rest of the Outlaws will take on the state-of-the-art facility marking the first time the premier sprint car series has put dirt on a racing surface since 2001 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Not only is the event just south of the Twin Cities the closest event on the 2013 schedule to the hometown of Elk River for ‘The Crowd Pleaser’, but the inaugural ‘FVP Outlaws at Elko’ also presents the team an excellent opportunity to showcase additional exposure for Aggressive Hydraulics as the #7 team will sport the catchy blue and black paint scheme that has captured four victories in limited appearances dating back to 2010.

“Aggressive Hydraulics is located in the Minneapolis region not too far from Elko and has been one of our biggest supporters over the past few years,” commented Dollansky. “We appreciate the support Aggressive Hydraulics has given us and look forward to carrying their colors as the primary sponsor at Elko in front of what should be a huge crowd. We are going to have a lot of friends and family in attendance as well so we can’t wait to get to Elko for the first time.”

With customers in all fifty states and products operating in every continent, Aggressive Hydraulics sets a high standard for designing and manufacturing mobile style hydraulic cylinders for numerous industries and applications and has been a supporter of Craig Dollansky Racing since 2008. Check them out online at aggressivehydraulics.com.

Pit gates on Friday are scheduled to open at 2 PM, with hotlaps scheduled for 6:30 before the green flag drops at Elko Speedway for the first time ever at 7:30.

 

 

Rod End Supply Named Title Sponsor of Winged 360 Power Rankings!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 9, 2013) – Rod End Supply has signed on as title sponsor of the Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings, one of the primary divisions of the Open Wheel Power Rankings released each week at www.racinboys.com.

Part of “The Wheatley Collection” series of articles on Racinboys, the Open Wheel Power Rankings are determined by cumulative points based on a sliding scale dependent upon car count at Sprint Car and Midget events across all sanctions and non-sanctions throughout North America.

In addition to the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings, other divisions include Winged 410’s, Non-Wing 410’s, Non-Wing 360’s, Midgets and 305’s. Title sponsor opportunities are still available for several of these, with the latest rankings available at http://www.racinboys.com/2013/05/08/open-wheel-power-rankings-7/.

“I’m thrilled to have Rod End Supply on board with the Winged 360 portion of the Power Rankings,” commented rankings coordinator Lonnie Wheatley. “It’s an honor to have such a highly-respected business within the industry involved with this project.”

Since 1989, Rod End Supply has provided superior products priced competitively, with prompt and courteous service. Rod End Supply has a wide assortment of rod ends, radius rods, and specialty products that fit the needs of anyone involved in all variety of auto racing and performance related industries including farming equipment. More information regarding Rod End Supply is available at www.rodendsupply.com.

After holding down the top spot since April 2, Jason Johnson was replaced at the top of the charts in the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings this week by Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera.

While Johnson took the weekend off in anticipation of the birth of son Jax that arrived Wednesday night, Herrera picked off his first win of the year on Friday night at Beaumont, TX, to run his total of overall top-fives to eight and top-tens to 12. Only Seth Bergman, ranked third, matches Herrera in the top-five column with Herrera’s dozen top-tens atop the charts with fourth-ranked Logan Forler next at 11.

With the first 111 of more than 800 overall scheduled events that will award points, the current top ten in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings are as follows with feature wins in parentheses: 1. Johnny Herrera (1) 186, 2. Jason Johnson (5) 160, 3. Seth Bergman (3) 150, 4. Logan Forler (4) 136, 5. Ray Allen Kulhanek (1) 124, 6. Justin Sanders (1) 109, 7. Roger Crockett (4) 101, 8. Brian Brown (3) 100, 9. Tim Crawley 95, 10. Tony Bruce, Jr. (1) 93.

Another two dozen winged 360 Sprint Car events are on tap for the coming weekend. Following is a listing of the weekend’s scheduled events that will award points towards the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

Friday (May 10):

Bedford Speedway (Bedford, PA) – URC

Black Hills Speedway (Rapid City, SD) - weekly

Limaland Motorsports Park (Lima, OH) – NRA Sprint Invaders

Ocean Speedway (Watsonville, CA) – Ocean Sprint Cars

Timberline Speedway (Cowley, TX) – ASCS Lone Star

Trail-Way Speedway (Hanover, PA) - weekly 358’s

Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA) – weekly 358’s

Saturday (May 11):

81 Speedway (Wichita, KS) – NCRA

Arlington Raceway (Arlington, MN) – weekly

Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)

East Bay Raceway Park (Tampa, FL) – Top Gun Sprints

I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) – weekly

Kings Speedway (Hanford, CA) – Rebel Sprint Cars

Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA) – weekly

Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA) – weekly 358’s

Marysville Raceway Park (Marysville, CA) – weekly

Placerville Speedway (Placerville, CA) – weekly

Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, AR ) – weekly

Selinsgrove Speedway (Selinsgrove, PA) – URC

Skagit Speedway (Alger, WA) – weekly

Texarkana 67 Speedway (Texarkana, AR) – ASCS Lone Star

Woodhull Raceway (Woodhull, NY) – Patriot Sprint Tour

Sunday (May 12):

Double X Speedway (California, MO) – weekly

Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD) - weekly

Comments, questions, or inquiries about the Open Wheel Power Rankings and/or regarding advertising information on The Wheatley Chronicles at www.racinboys.com are welcome at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

 

 

Set Calendars for a Special Night of Racing at Plymouth Speedway

May 9, 2013

(Plymouth, IN) While the Modifieds, USAC Non Wing 600 Sprints, USAC Wing Restrictor 600 Sprints, Super Streets and Thunder Cars are scheduled to race on Northern Indiana's fastest dirt track at Plymouth Speedway this Saturday, May 11, the Earl Gaerte Classic on May 18 is expected to feature a special lineup.

The Earl Gaerte Classic SOD Sprint event will feature Modifieds, Sprints, USAC 600 Wing and USAC Restricted 600 Wing cars which will provide the best racing entertainment on Plymouth Speedway's dirt oval.

Earl Gaerte was an innovator in short track engines and he designed engines that have been in Indianapolis 500 cars and in the cars that are raced on racetracks each Saturday night across America. He passed away in August 2011, but his memory and innovations live on.

Engine Pro presented by Fel-Pro Gaskets is a proud sponsor of this event.

Also coming up on May 18, the 1st Annual Forces Day Poker Run to help sponsor Operation Quiet Comfort and our troops will begin at 11 a.m. ET at the Woodland Inn in South Bend and end at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth. You can pick up a pre-registration form at McDaniel's Harley Davidson in South Bend, Kersting's Harley Davidson in Winamac or at the Woodland Inn in South Bend.

The $30 fee includes one rider, a t-shirt and Winged Outlaw Sprints ticket. The $18 fee may be paid at the gate for non-riders.

In an effort to support our troops, drop off a donation of white crew socks, gallon-size zip-loc bags, individually packaged toothbrushes and travel size toothpaste. These items will be gathered by the Operation Quiet Comfort volunteers and distributed to soldiers.

After the ride, it's race time with the Earl Gaerte Classic at Plymouth Speedway! Gates open at 3 p.m. and the races begin at 7 p.m.

If you need more information, visit www.plymouthspeedway.net or Paula Hale Mooth at 269-580-7856.

There are a lot of great things happening at Plymouth Speedway! Follow along on Twitter @PlymouthSpeed or on Facebook!

 

 

April Showers Bring May Racing for Tracy Hines in USAC Competition

By Tracy Hines Racing PR

NEW CASTLE, Ind.— May 9, 2013— April and the first weekend of May were not the most friendly when it came to weather conditions for Tracy Hines and his fellow USAC competitors. Rain, cold and even snow led to the postponement or cancellation of a total of seven races across the three USAC National Series. With the calendar now fully turned to May, a stop at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., for a USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series event awaits.

Hines is set to compete in the Spring Showdown at Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, May 11 aboard his own Hansen’s Welding Inc. DRC with a Stanton Mopar under the hood. The event will again be co-sanctioned this year by the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series and the Midwest Sprint Car Series.

“With all of the rainouts over the last four or five weeks, we’ve spent more than enough time in the shop and are ready to get to the track,” said Hines. “Haubstadt usually draws a pretty good field of cars and with it being a MSCS race as well, that will certainly add to the car count. Knock on wood, the weather looks great, so it should be a pretty good weekend.”

Last season Hines made three starts in a sprint car at Tri-State Speedway, which is a quarter-mile bullring in Southern Indiana. Two of those races were USAC/MSCS co-sanctioned events. In the spring race, Hines finished 20th, while during Indiana Sprint Week, he came home 19th. The 2002 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series champion crossed the line 17th in the Haubstadt Hustler in the fall. He also made one start in a midget at Tri-State Speedway in 2012, with that coming during Indiana Midget Week with the USAC National Midget Series.

“We didn’t have the best of luck or results at Haubstadt last year and certainly want to make up for that this year,” he noted. “Haubstadt can be a pretty challenging place and you have to be on your toes, especially during the feature when you have a whole field of cars out there on that tight of a track. We have only raced a couple of times on small tracks this year, so we’ll see how our short track program stacks up this weekend.”

Hines was victorious with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series at Tri-State Speedway in 2002. This season, he has made one start on a quarter-mile in a sprint car, with that coming at Gas City I-69 Speedway where he finished eighth on April 26.

The veteran driver raced last weekend at Fremont Speedway in Ohio, with the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS). Hines won the second eight-lap heat race to earn a spot in the 30-lap main event. After an inversion of six was draw, he lined up on the inside of the third row in the fifth spot for the A-Feature. Just two laps into that contest, Hines retired to the pit area with a mechanical problem.

Hines enters this weekend’s race at Tri-State Speedway fifth in the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series standings, following the first five races of the season. He is just 20 markers out of the top spot as he chases his second-career USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series title. The native of New Castle, Ind., has two wins to go along with three top-10 finishes this season.

“May really starts to get us into the heart of the season and that’s the time of the year we have been gearing up for,” Hines stated. “As long as Mother Nature cooperates we’ll get to run each of the three cars in the next few weeks and have races on both the dirt and pavement. It will be good to race more than once a week or once every couple of weeks as has been the case lately and hopefully we can get into a rhythm and stay in a rhythm.”

Tracy Hines Racing would like to thank: Hansen’s Welding Inc., Parker Machinery, Motor City Auto Transport, Turbines, Inc., Afco Racing Products, Daum Crop Insurance, Schoenfeld Headers, Allstar Performance, Kenny’s Components, Race Bumpers and Bell Racing.

For more information on Tracy Hines Racing, visit http://www.tracyhinesracing.com. Follow Tracy on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TracyHinesRacin.

 

 

Inside Line Promotions Adds Another Victory, Several Distinguished Clients

Inside Line Promotions - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 8, 2013) - Inside Line Promotions added a feature victory for the second straight week as Trey Starks earned his first win of the season last Saturday.

Starks led all 25 laps at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., to nab his fourth career victory and second at the 3/10-mile track.

Tony Bruce Jr. recorded two more top-five finishes in Texas to earn his fourth consecutive top five.

Brent Marks extended his streak of heat race victories at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., to seven in a row and he added his 10th top-seven finish of the season.

Bill Rose announced that he has added David Gravel as a full-time driver for Bill Rose Racing with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series.

Inside Line Promotions was proud to add a few more clients, including Big Game Motorsports with World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series drivers Sammy Swindell and Craig Dollansky. Travis Rilat, the 2003 Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour champion, came on board along with John Binz, who is the first micro sprint driver with ILP.

To join Team ILP and be represented by Inside Line Promotions, visitwww.InsideLinePromotions.com or e-mail sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com.

VICTORIES -

Jack Dover - 2 (I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on April 5 and Butler County Speedway in Rising City, Neb., on April 27); Brent Marks - 2 (Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa., on March 9 and March 30); Tony Bruce Jr. - 1 (Boyd Raceway in Boyd, Texas, on April 26) and Trey Starks - 1 (Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., on May 4).

ON THE INTERNET -

Website: www.InsideLinePromotions.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ShawnMiller

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inside-Line-Promotions/151474394906077

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 URA RETURN TO ROUTE 66 MOTORPLEX MAY 11, 2013 FOR “MOMS ARE WINNERS” NIGHT

 

(San Bernardino, CA, May 8, 2013)  This Saturday, the stars of the United Racing Association return to do battle in Round #3 of the Unlimited Sprint Cars at the “Fastest Clay Oval in the High Desert”, located at the San Bernardino Fairgrounds in Victorville, CA.  Also on hand to trade slide jobs will be the Open Competition Dwarf Cars and the U.S. Legend Modifieds.  To celebrate Mother’s Day, Dirt Entertainment, the URA, and Route 66 Motorplex will be offering a $5.00 discount for all moms accompanied by a child.

A stellar field consisting of the finest traditional sprint car drivers on the West Coast is expected to slug it out for bragging rights and a chance to take home $2,550.00 in cold, hard cash at the conclusion of Saturday night’s Unlimited Sprint Car Main Event.  To view the full purse, which is guaranteed and will be paid out in cash at the conclusion of the night’s events, click here.

On April 27^th, the newly re-surfaced Orange Show Stadium played host to the First Annual Robert “Doc” Griffin Memorial race for the URA Unlimited Sprint Cars.  In storybook fashion, Mike Spencer of Temecula, California took home the checkers after a fierce battle with current URA series contenders “The Demon” Damion Gardner of Concord, CA and “Sick” Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, CA.   Spencer, driving for car owner Ron Chaffin and mechanic Bruce Bromme, drove a near perfect race in the Madera Produce, Grubstake Mini Storage, and Kaeding Performance sponsored “Lil Red Sucker” Maxim (#50), which was successfully piloted by Richard Griffin of Silver City, New Mexico, who is the son of the late Robert “Doc” Griffin.  The two Mark Alexander owned, Scott Sales, “Silver Bullet” Spike Chassis entries of Gardner (#4a) and Faas (#4) finished 2^nd and 3^rd, and are now tied for the series point lead.  Currently 3^rd in points is Riverside, California’s David Cardey, who drives the Tom and Laurie Sertich owned, Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror “Moose Racing Mobile” Victory Chassis (#92).   For complete results and standings, click here.

Also slated to return to the Route 66 Motorplex this Saturday are the Open Competition Dwarf Cars.  The Dwarf Cars are scaled-down replicas of 30’s and 40’s coupes, sedans, and pickup trucks. They are powered by 1000 to 1200 cubic centimeter motorcycle engines.  Although small, they produce some major horsepower and provide some monster excitement.  The High Desert warriors will take on a variety of travelers in a dirt track showdown that you won’t want to miss.

This Saturday’s card will be completed by the 2^nd appearance of the U.S. Legends Modifieds, or the “L-Mods” as they are affectionately known in the pits.  These too are scaled-down replicas that represent the glory days of super modified racing across the country from the sixties and seventies era.  These awesome oval track roadsters are powered by spec European Yamaha 1250cc motorcycle engines which must be one hundred percent factory stock.  If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to race a hot rod sideways around a clay oval, this is a very affordable and fun series to get you started.  For more information, stop by the pits after the races and talk with Mel Murphy of Circle Track Performance.  You may also email Mel at mel@circletrackperformance.com or visit www.uslegendcars.com.

Event Information and General Admission Prices:

 

Pit Gates open at 2:00 PM

Front Gates open at 4:30 PM

Hot Laps at 5:00 PM

Qualifying at 6:00 PM

Races at 7:00 PM

 

$15.00 Adults

$10.00 Seniors/Students/ Military (must show I.D.)

$5.00 Children (ages 6-12)

Kids under 5 are FREE!

 

Special Event $5.00 Discount:  All Moms get in for $10.00 with one (1) paid child admission!

 

Parking is always FREE!

 

Camping is always allowed!

 

For more information, please email Doug Bushey at doug@dirtentertainment.com.

To keep up with all of the latest news, results and photos related to Dirt Entertainment, the United Racing Association, Orange Show Stadium and Route 66 Motorplex, please visit our website at: http://www.dirtentertainment.com/ . 

You may also check us out on Facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dirt-Entertainment/220939814588063?fref=ts, or on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/RT66Motorplex

(Twitter handle is @RT66Motorplex)

Dirt Entertainment and the United Racing Association would like to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2013 season, which include Neff Rental, Avi Casino & Resort, Pick-A-Part Auto Recycler, Macro Air Technologies, Rock Auto.com, OneDirt.com, Sprint Car Driving Experience, Sunoco Race Fuels, Circle Track Performance, Trackside Parts, Thomas Motorsports, Trackside Fire & Safety, Hooters, and Firehawk Safety, as well as our supporters Walt Boyd, Paul Colston, Roy Cline, and Rick McCray.

 

Video and DVD productions of the racing events at Orange Show Stadium and Route 66 Motorplex are available from Raceway Video.  For more information on these productions you can contact them via their website at: http://www.racewayvideo.com/.

 

Route 66 Motorplex is located on the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds at 14800 7th Street, Victorville, CA 92395.  From the 15 freeway, take the Roy Rogers/La Paz exit, head East on La Paz, and then turn left (North) onto 7^th Street into the fairgrounds.  

URA Unlimited Sprint Car Standings after April 27, 2013

 

Position               Driver                                  Car #      Hometown                         Points

1 (Tie)                   Nic Faas                                4              Huntington Beach, CA    42

1 (Tie)                   Damion Gardner              4a           Concord, CA                       42

3                              David Cardey                     92           Riverside, CA                     41

4 (Tie)                   Matt Mitchell                     91           Yorba Linda, CA                 25

4 (Tie)                   Kenny Perkins                   0k           Hesperia, CA                      25

4 (Tie)                   Mike Spencer                    50           Temecula, CA                    25

7                              Corey Ballard                     20           Orange, CA                         22

8                              Cody Williams                    44           Yorba Linda, CA                 21

9 (Tie)                   Rip Williams                        3              Yorba Linda, CA                 20          

9 (Tie)                   Austin Williams                 2              Yorba Linda, CA                 20          

 

URA…”THE FUTURE IS UNLIMTED!”

 

Rilat Heading West to Skagit Speedway for Summer Thunder Series Opener

Inside Line Promotions - FORNEY, Texas (May 8, 2013) - Travis Rilat is excited about his opportunity with Richard and Lana Saumure, which enters its second year as the Texan will fly to the Pacific Northwest for a race in the Saumure's No. 39c.

"They have a first-class operation and we get along really well," Rilat said. "We seem to have a lot in common. It's a good partnership slash friendship."

On Friday, Rilat will hop on a plane to head west for the first race of the Summer Thunder Series presented by SpeedMart on Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.

"I love that place," he said. "It's fast, real racy. It's a neat place to go. It's one of the nicer tracks and has a good fan following. It's got a rich history of sprint car racing."

Rilat put together great results at the 3/10-mile oval last season. In addition to winning a preliminary night at the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup, Rilat finished fifth at the 360 Nationals and charged from 22nd to seventh to earn the KSE Hard Charger Award in the first race of a World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series doubleheader.

He expects similar results on Saturday during the first event of the four-race Summer Thunder Series.

"We've got a very competitive team put together and there's no reason we shouldn't have a podium finish," he said.

SEASON STATS -

6 races, 0 wins, 2 top fives, 3 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 6 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., for the first race of the Summer Thunder Series presented by SpeedMart

MEDIA LINKS -

Twitter: www.twitter.com/TravisRilat

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Xtreme Oilfield Technology

Located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada, Xtreme Oilfield Technology began in 2000 by providing general and specialized tank cleaning (door pulls), fluid transfers, well loads and rig work. Xtreme Oilfield Technology has expanded to include body vac units, flushby units, combinations units (vacuum/steamer), water trucks and hydro vac units, and offers equipment rental. For more information, visit XtremeOilfield.ca.

"The people with Xtreme Oilfield Technology are very cool people to hang out with it and we really appreciate their partnership," Rilat said.

Rilat would also like to thank Carlan Services, TriJet Manufacturing Services, Scott Safety, Mat's Oilfield Services, Weld Wheels, Factory Kahne, Shark, Northern Provincial Pipelines, Smiley's Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers and Goodrich among others for their continued support on Richard and Lana Saumure's No. 39c Maxim.

Additionally, Rilat thanks Shop the BOSS, Triple X Race Co., Shark, Weld Wheels, Smiley's Racing Products, KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Hoosier Racing Tire, HRP Wings, Goodrich, Penske Racing Shocks, All Star Auto Reconditioning and everyone who has partnered with his No. 29 Triple X.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Jack Sodeman Jr. Seeks Career First All Star Win this Weekend! Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park On Tap

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’

Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

N. Jackson, OH (May 8th, 2013) - Jack Sodeman Jr. of North Jackson, Ohio will have an opportunity to earn a career-first UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions victory this weekend in Western Pennsylvania. The UNOH All Stars will be making their first Western Pennsylvania swing of the 2013 season this Friday and Saturday, May 10th & 11th; visiting the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday evening, before paying a visit to the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania on Saturday. Jack Sodeman Jr., who pilots the Rudzik Racing, Rudzik Excavating, Economy Tooling no. 94 ‘410’ sprint car, is a former multi-time winner at both Western Pennsylvania ovals; giving the Ohio native a legit shot at making history this weekend. Jack Sodeman Jr.’s most recent ‘410’ sprint car victory was in fact at the Lernerville Speedway earlier this year; occurring during the speedway’s opening night of ‘Fab Four’ competition.

The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will kick off their Western Pennsylvania swing this weekend with a stop at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday, May 10th. Jack Sodeman Jr. has earned multiple victories at the Sarver 4/10’s mile oval, but none during UNOH All Star competition. The recent Lernerville Speedway winner currently sits second (2nd) in the Lernerville Speedway ‘410’ driver standings; on the strength of one victory so far in 2013. Friday night’s UNOH All Star event will act as Jack Sodeman Jr.’s first appearance with the series since leaving the tour in late April. Issues with UNOH All Star management forced the pilot of the Rudzik Racing ‘94’ to leave the tour. Maybe a win is just what Sodeman Jr. needs to help put out the fire. The Lernerville program will be highlighted with a $5,000-to-win main event for the ‘410’ sprinters. For more information, please visit the speedway online at www.lernerville.com.

Jack Sodeman Jr. will continue his weekend with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions on Saturday evening, May 11th, with an appearance at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania. The $5,000-to-win, UNOH All Star ‘410’ program at the Mercer 3/8’s mile oval will end the series’ Western Pennsylvania weekend swing. Like Lernerville Speedway, Jack Sodeman Jr. is a former winner at the Mercer Raceway Park. The former Sharon Speedway ‘410’ sprint car track champion has been ultra-consistent at the Mercer Raceway Park already in 2013; finishing fourth (4th) and fifth (5th), respectively, during his first two starts at the speedway in 2013. Sodeman Jr. will battle head-to-head with former travel mates this weekend including Tim Shaffer, Cap Henry, Danny Holtgraver, Caleb Helms, and current UNOH All Star point leader, Dale Blaney. If things go according to plan, Jack Sodeman Jr. will leave Mercer Raceway Park on Saturday evening $5,000 richer.

For more information on the upcoming UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions’ events at the Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park, please visit the series online at www.allstarsprint.com. Fans who wish to find more information, such as gate times and ticket prices, are invited to visit each track’s official online home at: www.lernerville.com and www.mercerracewaypark.com.

Jack Sodeman Jr. and Rudzik Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Rudzik Excavating/Economy Tooling/Glassmere Fuel Services/PRS Transit/Townsend Gas & Oil/NRP Contractors/Treviscraft/Gressman Powersports/Butlerbuilt/Keizer Wheels/Frankland Rearends/Simpson Racing/FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil/Doug Smith & Weather Capital Sales.

Keep up with Jack Sodeman Jr. during the entire 2013 season and beyond – right here at FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil/Doug Smith & Weather Capital Sales.

Also, take the time to check out Jack Sodeman Jr.’s online home at: www.jacksodeman.com

 

 

TJ Hartman Racing PR - Appreciation!

Puyallup, WA - May 8, 2013...

TJ sat down and reflected on the experience of racing and living in Australia for 4 months. Read what he has to say, and see who made a lasting impression on the 21 year old from Puyallup, WA. by clicking on the following link: http://tjhartmanracing.com/index.php/news/190-tj-hartmans-appreciation The link can also be copied and pasted into your browser and it will take you to the article.

Follow TJ on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tjhartman19 or on TJ's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/tjhartmanracing for the latest information.

Next scheduled stop - Looking Ahead!

TJ Hartman Racing www.TJHartmanRacing.com

2013 Down Under Sponsors -

Western Landscape Supplies - www.westernlandscape.com.au

B&D Racing - https://www.facebook.com/banddracing

Autobarn Browns Plains - http://www.autobarn.com.au/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Autobarn-Browns-Plains/371953672864275

Dog Tyred Kallangur - http://www.dogtyred.com.au/ or https://www.facebook.com/DogTyred.WheelsTyres

Penrite Oils - http://www.penriteoil.com.au/ or https://www.facebook.com/PenriteOil

Home Pride Industries

Brodestar Designs

Eagle Motorsports

QLD Speedway Spares

Gav's Engines - https://www.facebook.com/gavs.engines

Fusion Graphix - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Signs/348568851826074

J&M Racecraft - https://www.facebook.com/pages/JM-Racecraft/353818867975413

Sprintcars Online - http://www.sprintcarsonline.com/

2013 TJHR Sponsors -

A1A BuyNSell

A1A Notary

Motorsports Unlimited

Beckler's Mobile Welding Service - www.becklermobilewelding.com

Hooker Harness - www.HookerHarness.com

Parts Plus of Summit - www.PartsPlus.com

Performance Coatings - www.Performancecoatings.com

Rod End Supply - www.Rodendsupply.com

Simpson Race Products - www.Simpsonraceproducts.com

Astro Titanium - www.Astrotitanium.com

Butlerbuilt Professional Seat Systems - www.Butlerbuilt.net

Santomauro Racing Products

Wesmar Racing Engines - www.WesmarRacing.com

Kinsler Fuel Injection - www.Kinsler.com

www.TJHartmanRacing.com

 

 

Brandon Matus Looks to Defend 'Home Turf' Against UNOH All Stars

UNOH All Stars Will Visit Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park May 10th/11th

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Wampum, PA (May 8th, 2013) - Brandon Matus has upset the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions already once during his young career, and looks to do it again this weekend when the traveling ‘410’ series comes to Matus’ ‘home turf’ in Western Pennsylvania. Brandon Matus, who pilots the Sobczak Electric, Matus Service Center, Miller Masonry no. 13 ‘410’ sprint car regularly in Western Pennsylvania, will go head-to-head with the UNOH All Stars this Friday and Saturday, May 10th & 11th, when they visit the Lernerville Speedway (PA) and Mercer Raceway Park (PA). The UNOH All Stars, lead by series’ point leader and former champion, Dale Blaney, will kick off their upcoming Western Pennsylvania swing at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday, May 10th; followed by an appearance at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 11th. Brandon Matus has plenty of experience at both Western Pennsylvania dirt ovals, and is a former ‘410’ sprint car winner at the Lernerville Speedway. ‘The Wheelman’ also owns one (1) victory during UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions competition; that coming at the Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio during the series’ annual ‘Ohio Sprint Speedweek’ tour. If things go according to plan for the fourth generation sprint car driver, Matus could end the upcoming weekend with three (3) career UNOH All Star victories.

Brandon Matus will first take-on the invading UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions on Friday evening, May 10th, when they visit the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA. Matus has one (1) career feature win at the Sarver oval during ‘410’ sprint car competition; that coming during a ‘Fab Four’ event near the end of 2011 season. Although Brandon Matus has not visited ‘Sheetz Victory Lane’ at the Lernerville Speedway since the 2011 season, ‘The Wheelman’ still manages to stay overly consistent, and finishes inside the top five, and the top ten, on a regular basis. The Friday night ‘National’/ ‘Ohio Region’ UNOH All Star program will be highlighted with a $5,000-to-win main event. For more information, please visit Lernerville Speedway online at www.lernerville.com.

The Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania will be the second stop for Brandon Matus during the upcoming weekend. The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will conclude their first mini-swing of Western Pennsylvania in 2013 on Saturday evening, May 11th, at the Mercer 3/8’s mile oval. Brandon Matus is a regular competitor at the Mercer oval; and has scored multiple top five, and top ten finishes, during Mercer feature competition. A win this Saturday night against the UNOH All Stars would give Matus not only another mark in the UNOH All Star win column, but it would give the youngster his first career Mercer Raceway Park victory. The Saturday night program will feature a $5,000-to-win main event for the ‘410’ sprint cars; awarding ‘National’ and ‘Ohio Region’ points. For more information, please visit Mercer Raceway Park online at www.mercerracewaypark.com.

Each evening will offer a full slate of ‘410’ sprint car competition; packed with time trials, heat races, last chance consolation events, and a $5,000-to-win A-main. Dale Blaney is the current UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions point leader heading into this weekend’s Western Pennsylvania double-header. The events at Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park will both be considered ‘National’ and ‘Ohio Region’ events. For more information on the series, please visit it’s official online home at www.allstarsprint.com. Fans who seek information regarding event ticket prices and gate times, please check out each track’s respective online home: www.lernerville.com and www.mercerracewaypark.com.

Keep up with Brandon Matus, and the entire Matus Service Center ‘13’ team, during their entire 2013 campaign - right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’

 

 

 

Ironwood Builders/Billy Alley #3

April 27th saw the Ironwood Builders/Billy Alley #3 take to the track with the newly formed Nebraska 360 Sprint Series at the Butler County Speedway. Being the inaugural event for the series it was important to the new team to have a good showing. “Butler is a track that I’ve had some success at in the past, I felt really good rolling into the track” Billy said. The new series starts with Time Trials, something very unique for the Nebraska area. “With time trials we knew right away if we had a fast car or not, timing in 10th wasn’t great but the car felt better than 10th.” After time trials the first heat race saw Billy start on the outside of the front row. “In the head the track was still pretty fast, it was a race to the first corner and Jason (Martin) did a good job beating me to it so we settled for 2nd.” The 2nd place finish in the heat race would see Billy start on the outside of the front row for the dash. “In the dash, the car was bad fast, felt great to get in the clean air and see what the car could really do.” After the dash Billy had to draw a number for the redraw in the feature, he pulled the #6 putting him on the outside of row 3 for the “A” feature. After starting the feature in 6th, Billy wasted little time moving up in the feature. “After the first red flag we were up to 3rd and the car felt great.” On the restart the Lincoln, NE native wasted little time getting to the lead, “I think I was in the lead in a couple laps and the car felt the best it has all year and we were clicking off the laps.” Then came lap traffic, on lap 11 in turns 3 & 4 Billy made contact with a lap car that would end his evening early. “Obviously it was great to run up front and click off the laps, we’re very hungry for a victory. It’s not how we wanted to end the night. The car was bad fast, we will get it put back together and get back after it at the next race.” “I can’t thank all the fans that stopped by the trailer after the races and picked up one of our new t-shirts, means a lot to the race team after a disappointing finish.” Up next: 5/11 ???? 5/18 Butler County Speedway, Nebraska 360s Sprint Series We would like to thank our sponsors: Ironwood Builders, Vogt Poured Walls, Carpetland, Klone Farms, Stepping Stone Genetics, K & N Filters, Colby Ridge Popcorn, Astro Buildings, M & K Fence, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Speedway Motors, BUDA, Depicted Image Photography by Jeff White, Troy & Tyler Walvoord Racing

 

Marysville Raceway Park

By Bob Burbach

Open wheels churn the clay Saturday.

Legal Shield qualifying offers $300 extra!

Marysville CA –This week the MRP Winged Sprint Cars will return to Marysville Raceway Park Saturday night. The premiere division at MRP will be back with the MRP Wingless Warriors with the Pro 4 Sprints also being presented during an MRP open wheel extravaganza. The MRP Mini Stocks be back for their 5th point race to add some fendered action to the excitement. This will be one of two races left on the schedule for the winged cars in advance of the annual California Sprint Car Civil War Series Mel Hall Memorial Race. The next two events will award points in the MRP season championship before the break for the “Mel Hall” event.

Last week Grass Valley’s Jeremy Burt jumped into a 9 point lead in the standings with his wire to wire victory in the MRP Winged Sprint Car class. That may not sound like much, but it’s the biggest lead in the point race thus far this season. With 50 points available at each race, Burt’s lead is tenuous at best and there is a gang of competitors still in the hunt. But, a lead is a lead.

While Kelseyville’s Brent Dothage remains Burt’s closest adversary, Spark’s Nevada’s Mike Monahan still figures closely in the mix and lies in 3rd position. Monahan is only 12 points off the pace. Grass Valley’s Billy Wallace grabbed 4th in the title chase last week with a 6th place finish, but still lies a distant 26 points behind leader Burt. A stellar field of cars and stars are expected to slug it out for the honors this Saturday. Look for the “Colfax Comet” Colby Wiesz to return as will 5 time champion of the division Korey Lovell of Yuba City.

Last week veteran driver Heath Hall of Oroville turned up the wick and finished an impressive 2nd in the MRP Winged Sprint Car main event. Hall has filled the seat vacated by injured driver Robbie Hight. Hall won’t be a factor in the title chase as he missed the opening race. But, everybody knows he’s a factor now for main event wins. Hall won the Rich Dozier classic last year at MRP.

Legal Shield Winged Sprint Car Qualifying will post the weekly $100 for quick time, courtesy of Legal Shield representative Rod Engberson. In addition, this week, sprintcarfan.com will post an additional $100 for 2nd quick time and MRP will offer a $100 bonus to 3rd quick time. These bonuses will be offered in addition to the generous MRP cash purse and Contingency Connection extras.

Biggs’ driver Rowdy McClenon is expected to return Saturday to try to hold off a determined Jeremy Hawes of Marysville and stellar rookie contender Cameron Bartlett of Yuba City in the MRP Wingless Sprint Car Series title chase. McClenon has a 13 point lead on Hawes and Bartlett is just 14 markers out of the lead. McClenon won last time out after a stirring duel with Hawes.

Shaun Merritt of Marysville is now 13 points ahead of nearest rival Howard Law in the MRP Mini Stock standings. Law and Merritt have each visited victory lane in their run for the title. But, once again, 4 time champion Misty Castleberry has dusted off her now semi-retired #95 and scooped up two of the four victories available thus far this season. When she has appeared, she has won. Castleberry, however, is not going to run for the title this season. Castleberry is set to run in the MRP Wingless Sprint Car class and the Pro 4 Sprint Car class Saturday. It’s anybody’s guess as to whether she’ll roll out the Mini.

Castleberry swept the Pro 4 program last time out and is 7th in the wingless sprint car standings. The Pro 4 field also includes 4 time champion Tim Maclaughlin of Colusa.

The pit gate opens at 3PM. Grandstands open at 5PM. Hot Laps are at 5:30 with qualifying scheduled for 6. Racing begins at 6:30.

 

 

Attention Turns to US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys for TBJ Promotions

Inside Line Promotions - CAMERON, Mo. (May 8, 2013) - The environment in Victory Lane at the inaugural US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys last year was as electric as the action on the high-banked track.

Following Jason Johnson's thrilling late-race slide job for the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour victory at U.S. 36 Raceway last July, the celebration was interrupted by an argument about driving styles. Expect to see similar passion on and off the track during the 2nd annual US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys on Friday, May 17, which now kicks off the TBJ Promotions schedule.

"Last year we had some nice fireworks in Victory Lane," TBJ Promotions Founder Tony Bruce Jr. said. "Any time you have a good race track that produces good racing like that, tempers flare. It's exciting for the fans to see the drivers give it all on the track and as far as emotions, to give it all after the race."

After starting ninth in last season's 30-lap feature, Johnson was up to sixth place just beyond the halfway point. He advanced to third on Lap 20 and slid Wayne Johnson for the runner-up position on the ensuing lap. Jason Johnson then roared around Seth Bergman, who led the first 21 laps, to capture the lead exiting turn four on Lap 22 en route to the victory.

"I remember Wayne Johnson was a bit upset in Victory Lane with the pass we made for the victory," he said, citing the postrace verbal confrontation.

The wheel-to-wheel racing was overshadowed by the antics after the checkered flag.

"I remember it's a great little venue," Johnson said. "It's high banked and it's real racy. That's probably the best part from a driver's standpoint. You could race around the bottom and the top. I remember it produced some big slide jobs, so that was a lot of fun."

Bruce Jr., who co-promoted the event with Scott Traylor of RacinBoys, claimed the B Main and charged from 17th to eighth in the wild feature.

"Obviously we want to continue to make this an annual deal," he said. "I love that race track and the support the fans give it. It's a driver's race track. You have to get after it there. That's probably why the fans like it. You can't ride at that race track. You have to go all out every lap."

Traylor has been on all sides of the sport, from racing, promoting, announcing and watching as a fan.

"I think rivalries are probably the most important thing in motor sports,' he said. "We need fans and we need competitors. But the things that drive the fans to the grandstands are storylines like we had last year at the US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys."

TICKETS -

Tickets for the US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys are available at a special price at RacinBoys.com. After purchasing tickets online, make sure to print out the receipt and take that to the track for the actual tickets.

RACINBOYS -

RacinBoys is in its fifth year of broadcasting the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour events and its eighth for the prestigious Chili Bowl. In 2012, RacinBoys began offering Pay-Per-View for special races and is expanding that segment in 2013. For more information, visit RacinBoys.com.

TBJ PROMOTIONS -

In its fifth year, TBJ Promotions has five racing events across the Midwest and South in 2013, including: the 5th annual Eagle Motorsports Rock 'N Roll 50 at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. (April 27); the 2nd annual US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys at U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo. (May 17); the 5th annual Steve King Memorial at Jetmore Motorplex in Jetmore, Kan. (May 25); the Hinchman Racewear Eagle Nationals at Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Neb. (June 1); and the Topless at the Ditch at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. (Sept. 7). For more information, visit TBJPromotions.com.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

3rd Annual Barstad Memorial Race Saturday At I-90 Speedway

by Steve Zwemke

HARTFORD, S.D. – Automotive Services, Inc., presents the 3rd annual Loren Barstad Memorial this Saturday night at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, South Dakota. A great field of 360 Sprint Cars is expected to race for the $1500 top prize. The main event features a $10,000 purse.

The winner’s checks have also been increased for this weekend. The Express Copy and Printing Street Stock feature will pay $600 to win. The USRA B-Modified winner’s share has been bumped up to $350. Hobby Stocks will race for a top prize of $225.

Loren Barstad was a fan of all types of racing and the organizers of the 3rd annual Barstad Memorial want to celebrate Loren’s life and love for racing by involving all divisions this season.

T-shirts and hoodies commemorating the 3rd annual Loren Barstad Memorial are available at I-90 Speedway this Saturday. T-shirts cost $15 and hoodies are $30 each. Purchase yours early before your size runs out! All proceeds from the clothing sales go directly into the $10,000 purse to help fund the enhanced payout for Hard Core Speed Shop 360 Sprint Cars.

Adult tickets are $13, $11 for seniors and free for kids 12 and under. Hot laps begin at 6:30 p.m. with heat races set for 7:00 p.m. For more information on the 3rd Annual Loren Barstad Memorial or other events log onto www.i90speedway.com.

 

 

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME (NSCHoF) INDUCTION BANQUET TAKING SHAPE AS INDUCTEES & GUESTS CONFIRM THEIR ATTENDANCE

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 8, 2013) – The twenty-fourth annual National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) induction banquet, set for Saturday afternoon, June 1, is taking shape as 2013 inductees, family members, friends and special guests are beginning to confirm their attendance. Dave Argabright and Pat Sullivan will again emcee the affair which will be held in the Dyer-Hudson Hall on the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville.

According to National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation executive director Bob Baker, “We know for a fact that all four living inductees, Brad Noffsinger, Jeff Bloom, Richard Hoffman and Jean Lynch, will all be here in-person to accept their honors. In addition, we know that the families of deceased inductees Charles ‘Dutch’ Baumann, Art Bisch (Sr.), Andy Linden, Lou Blaney, Harold ‘Red’ Lempelius, and Edd Sheppard will be here to accept on behalf of their loved ones. And, lastly, we know that we will have representatives here to accept on behalf of the late C.W. Van Ranst and the late E.A. ‘Ernie’ Moross. Plus, Friday night will include a fun and informal special reception for past inductees on the museum’s second floor. If you love sprint car racing and its history, you will want to join us in Knoxville on Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1.”

Those wishing to acquire twenty-five-dollar ($25) banquet tickets, just as past NSCHoF inductees Lynn Paxton, Lanny Edwards, Ray Lee Goodwin, Bobby Ward, Ralph Capitani, Bob Trostle, Shane Carson, Allan Brown and Gordon Woolley have done, can contact museum administrative assistant Lori DeMoss at 1-800-874-4488 or via e-mail at ldemoss@sprintcarhof.com.

 

 

DCRP Title Chases Resume on Saturday!

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 8, 2013) – While the United Rebel Sprint Series takes to the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval for the first time of the year this Saturday night, heated championship chase action in four of the track’s five regular divisions only adds more excitement to a full slate of competition.

The URSS 305-ci Sprint Cars are joined on Saturday’s card by the IMCA Modifieds, United Wireless IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and Hornets. Thunder Cars are idle this weekend and return to action at the track’s next scheduled event on June 1.

Saturday’s event marks the fourth round of competition for the URSS Sprint Car ranks with Barry Crane, Luke Cranston and Jeff Radcliffe victorious in the initial three rounds.

For the track’s championship classes, it marks the first night of action since April 20 after this past weekend’s Dodge City Modified Stampede was postponed to July 19-20 by weather.

Saturday’s first official green flag flies at 7:30 p.m. General admission for adults is just $12, with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Wichita’s Randy Wilson is out to the early IMCA Modified track championship points lead with other early leaders including Clay Sellard (IMCA Sport Modifieds), Billy Phelps (IMCA Stock Cars), Cody Davis and Dustin Walker (Thunder Cars) and Jarett Lunow (Hornets).

IMCA Modifieds:

Veteran modified shoe Randy Wilson, a Dodge City Raceway Park track champion in 2008, holds the early points lead by just two markers over Mike Lunow after Cody Gearhart and Brendon Gemmill topped the initial pair of events. Jesse Smith and Beau Davis, both among the top four in 2012 DCRP points, are third and fourth, respectively, with Danny Keller rounding out the current top five.

Feature Winners: Cody Gearhart 1, Brendon Gemmill 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Randy Wilson (Wichita, KS) 270, 2. Mike Lunow (Dodge City, KS) 268, 3. Jesse Smith (Dodge City, KS) 250, 4. Beau Davis (Cheney, KS) 248, 5. Danny Keller (Dodge City, KS) 246, 6. (tie) Trenton Gray (Ulysses, KS) and Jon Herring, Jr. (Woodward, OK) 241, 8. Austin Allen (Goddard, KS) 240, 9. Kale Beavers (Pierceville, KS) 238, 10. Jack Kirchoff (Garden City, KS) 226.

United Wireless IMCA Sport Modifieds:

Slipping to sixth in 2012 track points after claiming the 2011 championship, Clay Sellard is out to the early lead with a slim 4-point advantage over Jeff Kaup with Matthew Crowell and the father-son duo of Mike and Josh Appel rounding out the current top five. Defending track champion Bart Baker is currently ranked sixth.

Feature Winners: Jeff Kaup 1, Clay Sellard 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Clay Sellard (Bucklin, KS) 295, 2. Jeff Kaup (Woodward, OK) 291, 3. Matthew Crowell (Clearwater, KS) 270, 4. Mike Appel (Dodge City, KS) 264, 5. Josh Appel (Dodge City, KS) 259, 6. Bart Baker (Dodge City, KS) 257, 7. Brian May (Spearville, KS) 252, 8. Colby Hagans (Utica, KS) 243, 9. Donald Kaup (Woodward, OK) 232, 10. Toby Witthuhn (Garden City, KS) 226.

IMCA Stock Cars:

Seventh in 2012 track points, Billy Phelps is atop the point charts after the initial two events with a pair of podium finishes. Phelps holds a 13-point advantage over Josh Crombie with Mel Law, Brett Copeland and Keith Riley filling out the current top five. Law and Copeland were third and fourth in 2012 track points.

Feature Winners: Shannon Maughlin 1, Cody Zimmerman 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Billy Phelps (Mooreland, OK) 286, 2. Josh Crombie (Ness City, KS) 273, 3. Mel Law (Dodge City, KS) 255, 4. Brett Copeland (Fowler, KS) 248, 5. Keith Riley (Larned, KS) 245, 6. Dusty Witthuhn (Bazine, KS) 234, 7. (tie) Marlin Hogie (Ulysses, KS) and Justin Temaat (Dodge City, KS) 230, 9. (tie) Shannon Maughlin (Dighton, KS) and Cody Zimmerman (Dighton, KS) 150.

Thunder Cars:

A tie at the top of the point charts between Cody Davis and Dustin Walker will remain until Thunder Cars return to action on June 1. Davis was runner-up to Dan Rogers (currently ranked sixth) in 2012 points while Walker was fifth in points last year.

Feature Winners: Scott Messino 1, Toby Schield 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Cody Davis (Bucklin, KS) and Dustin Walker (Buffalo, OK) 283, 3. Toby Schield (Sublette, KS), 4. Matt O’Hair (Laverne, OK) 267, 5. Scott Messino (Spearville, KS) 262, 6. Dan Rogers (Buffalo, OK) 261, 7. (tie) Bryan Habiger (Ingalls, KS), Kim Frodin (Cimarron, KS) and William Bauer (Ness City, KS) 255, 10. Kevin Tabor (Dodge City, KS) 246.

Hornets:

Out to the early lead after winning the initial pair of events of the season, Jarett Lunow picked off his first win in last year’s season finale yet fell just three points shy of the championship.

Feature Winners: Jarett Lunow 2.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Jarett Lunow (Dodge City, KS) 300, 2. Brandon Bogner (Wright, KS) 290, 3. James Phelps (Mooreland, OK) 279, 4. Marci O’Hair (Laverne, OK) 276, 5. James Nightengale (Dodge City, KS) 267, 6. Gage Barton (Dighton, KS) 135, 7. (tie) Cheryl Copeland (Fowler, KS) and Andy Copeland (Fowler, KS) 132.

After Saturday’s card, the track will sit idle for two weekends before firing back to life with another full card of championship action including IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, Thunder Cars and Hornets on Saturday, June 1.

Eighteen overall nights of action at Dodge City Raceway Park over the course of 2013 includes several special events including the TORC Off Road Trucks in April, the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on July 5-6, a pair of $1,200-to-win IMCA Modified tilts in July along with USAC Sprint Cars on August 23-24 and four rounds of URSS Sprint Car competition along the way.

Dodge City Raceway Park is located on the south edge of Dodge City, KS, on US 283, then 0.9 miles west on US 56, then 0.1 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 620-225-3277 or check www.dodgecityraceway.com.

 

 

Austin McCarl – Dodging a Bullet!

(Bill W) May 8, 2013 – When Austin McCarl’s New Gulf Resources/Excel Therapy Specialists #17A went up in big balls of flame in the season opener at the Knoxville Raceway, most in attendance, including the driver, thought the worst. Alas, there is good news as the culprit was an oil line coming loose, and the Altoona, Iowa driver will be back in action this weekend both at Knoxville and in the opener at the Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota on Sunday.

Early fuel problems meant a rough time trial lap for Austin in Knoxville’s opener. “We went to practice night to work some things out,” he says. “Hot lapping on Saturday felt great. We were sixth quick. We had a fuel pickup problem qualifying and that really put us behind the 8-ball.”

Austin was forced to start 11th in his heat, with the top six transferring to the feature. “We were able to catch some yellows at the right time and move up through there,” he says. “We were able to make it out, which was good. I just needed to get back racing. I hadn’t raced in seven months, so that was good.”

The qualifying time would put the #17A towards the back of the main event starting grid. “We got the car ready to go for the feature,” says Austin. “We started 18th, and Brian (Brown) got me on the start. We made our way up to 13th or so. I was following Brian, and we were coming up to pass the twelfth place car. That’s when things got really hot.”

It was evident something serious was going on. “The cockpit filled with smoke,” says Austin. “I couldn’t see, so I lifted and hit the kill switch. When I did that, it got really hot.”

Austin was relieved later to find out about the oil line issue. “It was a weird deal that no one had seen before,” he says. “We had an oil line come off the pump. It was a return line, that goes to the oil tank. It actually came off. It covered the car and me in oil. Miraculously, I don’t think we hurt the engine. We dodged a bullet there. I thought there would be a big hole in the pan!”

It will be a busy weekend for Austin. He’ll be a crew chief on Friday night before his two evenings of racing. “We’re building a new racecar for Dad this week,” he says. “I’ll crew chief for him at Elko Speedway. Hopefully, we can learn some for my car. Then I’ll run Knoxville and Huset’s. It’s going to be a fun weekend.”

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STEVE KINSER & DONNY SCHATZ Outlaw Champions Aim To Keep Tony Stewart Racing Trending

INDIANAPOLIS (May 8, 2013) – Sometimes the numbers don’t lie, and the facts are just too difficult to ignore. When the World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series makes its debut at a new dirt track, the odds-on favorite to come out on top has to be Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Steve Kinser. And when the Outlaws are competing at historic Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, it’s considered an upset when his TSR teammate Donny Schatz isn’t leading the way.

The Outlaws continue their 12-race month of the May with events at Elko (Minn.) Speedway Friday, the first-ever WoO program at the track, and Saturday in Knoxville, where 132 previous Outlaw A-Features have been contested. Kinser, driver of the TSR No. 11 Bad Boy Buggies/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Performance Maxim, has won more than 50 inaugural WoO races, including the series’ most recent first-time event April 16 at El Paso (Texas) Speedway. Schatz, pilot of the TSR No. 15 STP/Armor All/Chevrolet Performance J&J, earned early season WoO victories at Knoxville in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and has finished first or second in the sport’s biggest race, the Knoxville Nationals, 10 times in the last 11 years.

Friday’s program at Elko will be the Outlaws’ first on the 3/8-mile, high-banked oval. The paved track has been covered with dirt for a number of events this season and will be again this weekend. In three of his four seasons driving for TSR, Kinser has scored inaugural event wins. His first came in July 2010 at Autodrome Drummond in eastern Canada. In September 2011, he was victorious at Antioch (Calif.) Speedway. Three weeks ago, the 20-time WoO champion dominated the action at El Paso Speedway, leading all 30 laps of the main event. Kinser would also like to add another Minnesota triumph to his career WoO A-Feature win total of 575. He won his first race in “The Land of 10,000 Lakes” at North Star Speedway in Minneapolis back in June 1979 and his most recent victory in the state came at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley in September 2011.

The event in Elko won’t be the first time Schatz has competed on a dirt-covered paved surface. The five-time and reigning WoO STP Sprint Car Series champion won the Channellock Challenge at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway back in 2001, when the famed half-mile oval was covered with dirt. The Fargo, N.D., native is looking for a similar outcome a little closer to home this time, and he’s no stranger to winning in Minnesota. Four of his 126 career WoO A-Feature wins have come in Minnesota, including three consecutive stops at Princeton Speedway.

Saturday marks the first of two single-night programs at Knoxville for the Outlaws in 2013. Each will serve as an opportunity to prepare for the 53rd annual FVP Knoxville Nationals in August. Both Kinser, who will be making his 177th Outlaw start at the famed half-mile, dirt oval, and Schatz, who will be making his 75th WoO Knoxville start, have had incredible success on the Marion County Fairgrounds.

Schatz has 15 career wins at the track and enters Saturday with a two-race winning streak there. Last August, on his 35th birthday, he raced from 10th to first to win the SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge and, the following night, led the final 36 laps to claim his sixth career Nationals A-Main crown. Since finishing second in the 2005 Knoxville Nationals A-Main, he has started 32 feature races at Knoxville. His stats from those races include: 12 wins, 26 top-five finishes and 29 top-10s.

Kinser, a 12-time Nationals winner, first turned laps at the Marion County Fairgrounds on Aug. 6, 1977, just four days before his TSR teammate Schatz was born. Kinser scored his first career triumph at the track during his qualifying night at the 1978 Nationals. It was in April 1980, when he won consecutive WoO events and, later that season, he captured his first Nationals championship. He’s won 52 times in WoO competition and ranks third all-time at the track with 58 total wins. In 1987, he won five times and, in 1992, he was a seven-time winner. Saturday, Kinser will be looking to end a Knoxville WoO winless streak that dates back to April 30, 2005.

The TSR teammates spent last weekend at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, where both drivers earned KSE Hard Charger Awards. Schatz picked his up Friday night by racing from 24th to fourth in the 30-lap A-Feature and followed that performance with a third-place finish Saturday. Kinser passed 12 cars in Friday’s A-Feature and advanced eight positions in Saturday’s 30-lap race to earn his first KSE Hard Charger Award of the season.

Heading into this weekend’s action, Daryn Pittman leads the WoO championship standings. Schatz currently ranks third with 2,529 points –

trailing Pittman by 171 points – and has two wins, seven top-fives, and 13 top-10s to date. Kinser holds the ninth position with 2,358 points. He has one win, one top-five and seven top-10s this season, and five of those top-10s have come in the last seven races.

For Friday’s event at Elko Speedway, the pit gates will open at 2 p.m. CDT, with the grandstands opening at 4 p.m. Racing is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. For more details, contact SLS Promotions at (815) 344-2023, or visit www.slspromotions.com.

Saturday at Knoxville, the grandstands will open at 6 p.m. CDT. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. For more details, contact Knoxville Raceway by calling (641) 842-5431, or visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com.

Race fans unable to attend this weekend’s events can catch all of the action on DIRTVision.com. Fans can listen live as Johnny Gibson, “Voice of the Outlaws,” calls the action as he does at all WoO STP Sprint Car Series events on the DIRTVision.com cybercast, as well as on the DIRT Radio Network. Go to www.DIRTVision.com for more information on all the site features, including live results from the track.

Steve Kinser, Driver of the No. 11 TSR/Bad Boy Buggies/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Performance Maxim:

The weekend begins with another first-time race. On more than 50 occasions, you have been the first Outlaw winner at a track. Is there a secret to being a track’s first winner?

“I don’t know if there are many secrets in this sport anymore. It probably has more to do with the fact I’ve raced in so many of the races that were first at track, the law of averages have just worked out in my favor. Honestly, I’ve had the chance to drive some really good cars throughout my career, and you have to show up – not only at a new track but everywhere we race – with a car capable of winning. These races are harder than ever to win and there probably was a time when it may have been a little easier. You have to be able to quickly look at a track – the shape, the dirt consistency, the banking – and come up with a plan. (Crew chief) Scott (Gerkin) and I will talk quite a bit during the night and try to keep up with the track. Experience does play a big part in it, as well, but anytime you go to a new place, everyone has to kind of learn on the fly. I always enjoy racing at new places. I’ve heard some good things about Elko and, hopefully, we’ll be able to get a handle of it pretty quickly and be there at the end.”

After racing at Eldora last weekend, and with Williams Grove Speedway on the schedule for next weekend, how important is it for you and your Bad Boy Buggies team to have a successful night at Knoxville Saturday?

“It’s really important. Our three biggest-paying races are at those tracks. We haven’t been very good at Knoxville the last couple of Nationals and we need to change that. Like Eldora, we only get a couple nights on the track and then we come back later in the summer when you have to be performing really well to give yourself a chance. We didn’t make the A-Main last year in the Nationals and that hadn’t happen since, really, early in my career. We’re looking forward to getting back to that and moving forward. Defining what would be successful might be difficult, as well. We got off to a slow start this season, but seem to have found some things here in the last few weeks that have made us a little more competitive. Our goal is to continue on the plane of improvement. Like all of our races, you have to make a good qualifying lap. You know they’ll have a good field of cars there, so you can’t miss that top-16 in qualifying if you want to have a chance at winning. If we can turn a good lap and get through our heat, that would be a good start.”

Donny Schatz, Driver of the No. 15 TSR/STP/Armor All/Chevrolet Performance J&J:

With Friday’s race at Elko being on a dirt surface that is temporary, do you see that making it more of a challenge than normal to figure out how the track will respond throughout the night?

“I always say dirt is dirt, but we also know that no two dirt tracks can be alike. There are so many variables, from the type of dirt used to what they put in the dirt to either keep the dust down or hold the moisture in. That’s not even taking into account the temperature or the wind. I had the privilege the last three years to work with my family at Red River Valley Speedway and I learned way more than I ever thought I would about dirt. My dad was like a mad scientist just trying to find ways to give the racers the best surface possible. We’ll just have to see how the track holds up. I know they’ve been working on it the past few weeks and, despite dealing with some crazy weather, everything seems to be ready. It’s going to be the same for all the teams. It’s just a matter of finding the fastest way around and paying attention as the night goes on.”

Saturday’s race at Knoxville is one of two races you will have at the track in advance of the Nationals later in August. How important is it for you and your STP team to gather as much information as possible?

“We’re certainly going to follow the same plan we have the past seven or eight years, where we look at this first trip to Knoxville as a test session. It seems like every year we have something new that we are trying to adapt to. We’re on new Hoosier tires this year, so it will be a chance to see how they compare to the Goodyears we ran there the past three years, as well as the Hoosiers we had before that. The biggest thing for our STP team is to keep fine-tuning. We’ve had a solid package with our J&J cars and the motors Ron Shaver has built. We know what to expect, for the most part, but we know the competition is as strong as ever. We’re going there to win the race and try to learn as much as we can to not only help us for the Nationals, but to help us the rest of the season. We’ve got some tough races coming up in Pennsylvania next week and we want to build on a couple of top-five finishes last weekend at Eldora.”

 

 

Summer Thunder Sprintcar Series Kicks Off This Saturday!

The newly formed and much anticipated Summer Thunder Sprintcar Series is set to kick off round 1 this Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. See the best sprint car drivers in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada battle it out on the famous Skagit clay oval. The fist of 4 events to be held at Skagit Speedway will reward the drivers with a $13,000 purse and a 1st place bounty of $2,000, 2nd place $1,200, 3rd place $1,000 and $300 to start the main event.

Skagit Speedway rules for the 360 division will apply for this event. Pit gates open at 10:00am, Pit Passes on sale at 4:00pm, Drivers meeting at 5:00pm. Spectator gates open at 5:30pm and opening ceremonies are at 7:00pm.

This is round 1 of a 4 race series presented by Speedmart. Rounds 2 & 3 will be in conjunction with the Bob’s Burgers & Brew Summer Nationals July 26 & 27 and round 4 will be the kick off event for the Monster Meltdown World of Outlaws weekend August 29th. The series champion will be crowned at the World of Outlaws event.

On the schedule for this weekend also are ther USAC Focus Midgets and the Outlaw Tuner Cars.

Be a part of history this Saturday night May 11th when Skagit Speedway hosts the first ever Summer Thunder Sprintcar Series event! For more info log onto www.skagitspeedway.com

 

 

Equal Footing: Elko & Knoxville Up Next for Kraig Kinser on the Outlaws Trail

By Kraig Kinser Racing PR

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—May 8, 2013— Normally, Elko Speedway in Minnesota, and the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, are polar opposites, as one is paved and the other one of the most historic dirt tracks in all of racing. This weekend, the pair of tracks in the Upper Midwest will have two things in common as Elko Speedway will be covered in dirt and both tracks will host the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. Kraig Kinser will compete at both as he makes his first trip of the season to Minnesota and Iowa, in the Casey’s General Store/Mesilla Valley Transportation Maxim.

The FVP Outlaws at Elko event on Friday, May 10 will serve as the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series debut at Elko Speedway, which is about a half-hour south of Minneapolis. The series then heads south to Iowa, on Saturday, May 11 for the Mediacom Shootout, which is the series first of three visits in 2013 to the legendary oval located at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

“We’re getting closer to that time of the year where we start racing three and four times a week and that’s the part of the schedule I am always anxious for,” said Kinser. “The last few weeks have been challenging with the weather and then we had a tough weekend at Eldora last week, so we’re looking to get back on track this weekend.”

Kinser has one win in the state of Minnesota in his career with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, with that coming in 2008 at North Central Speedway in Brainerd. Elko Speedway will mark the third new track that Kinser has competed in 2013. He has a total of three wins in his career with the series when making his debut at a venue. Elko Speedway will be the fourth track in the state of Minnesota, that Kinser has competed at in his career. Last year, the third-generation driver came home sixth last fall at Deer Creek Speedway.

“I’ve had some good runs over the years in Minnesota, including the win at Brainerd (North Central Speedway),” he said. “We were pretty good at Deer Creek (Speedway) last year and from the sounds of it, we may be able to use a little bit of what worked there at Elko this weekend. This year we race a few more time than normal up there and they usually have pretty good crowds and some loyal fans in Minnesota, so we’re looking forward to it.”

Kinser, who won the 2005 Knoxville Nationals, earned a pair of top-five finishes last season at the half-mile in sprint car racing’s biggest event. He finished third on the second qualifying night and was fourth in the 50-lap finale. The native of Bloomington, Ind., made a total of four starts at Knoxville last season in his family-owned No. 11K.

“We had a strong car at the Nationals last year, so hopefully we can carry some of that momentum into this weekend,” Kinser stated. “Knoxville is definitely a challenging track and it sounds like there is going to be a very good car count, so that puts a premium on qualifying. Right now with how things are, starting up front in a heat race and getting into the dash is very, very important. We’ll do our best to put ourselves in a position for that.”

In his career with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Knoxville, Kinser has made a total of 28 main event starts, including preliminary features. He has a pair of wins to go along with 11 top-10 finishes, of which six are top-five showings. Kinser made his debut at the half-mile with the World of Outlaws in 2001.

Last weekend at the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio, Kinser finished 18th in the finale of the two-night Outlaw Thunder weekend, after starting the feature in the 24th spot as the first alternate. He just missed transferring to the main event in the opener, finishing seventh in the B-main.

Kinser heads into this weekend 12th in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship standings. He has eight top-10 finishes in 2013, including a season-best third-place showing at Volusia Speedway Park in Florida.

Kraig Kinser Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Maxim, Aerodine Composites, Sander Engineering, Integra Shocks, All Star Performance, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bell, KSE Racing Products, ButlerBuilt, Schoenfeld Headers, Donovan Engineering, Fel-Pro, Brodix, Wilwood, Dyer’s, Barnes Systems, Ringer Gloves, Jakes Custom Golf Carts, and Ben Cook Racing Limited for their continued support.

Kraig Kinser By the Numbers: Elko Speedway & Knoxville Raceway 0.375- Miles around Elko Speedway 0.5- Distance around Knoxville Raceway in miles 1- Win in the state of Minnesota in his career- North Central Speedway- 2008 2- Career main event wins at Knoxville 4- Nights of racing in Minnesota this season for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series 6- Total nights of racing for the series at Knoxville this season, including the Knoxville Nationals 8- Top-10 finishes thus far in 2013 13- Average finishing position in 28 career main event with the World of Outlaws at Knoxville 28- Career feature events starts at Knoxville with the series, including preliminary features 253- Miles from Elko Speedway in Minnesota, where the World of Outlaws race on May 10 to Knoxville Raceway in Iowa 659- Miles from Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, where the World of Outlaws competed on May 3–4 to Elko Speedway in Minnesota 2001- Year of first start at Knoxville Raceway with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series 2005- Year of win in the Knoxville Nationals 2246- Points earned this season through May 4 24,930- Dollars earned this season

Keep up with all the action For the latest news on Kraig Kinser, visit http://www.kraigkinser.com, and follow Kraig on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kraigkinser11k and receive live updates from the track each and every race night.

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The Upper Midwest Awaits David Gravel at Elko and Knoxville this Weekend Teams with Bill Rose Racing for Remainder of 2013

By DDR Motorsports PR

WATERTOWN, Conn.—May 8, 2013— For the last few seasons, David Gravel has made just one trip a year to the Upper Midwest to race and that coincided with his annual visit to the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, for the Knoxville Nationals. This year, competing with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, he’ll have a handful of opportunities to race in that part of the country, with the first of those being this weekend with a trip to Minnesota and Iowa. Gravel, who filled-in for the injured Bill Rose for most of the beginning of the 2013 season, has joined forces with the veteran driver and will run as a teammate to Rose for the rest of the season.

This weekend begins for Gravel with the inaugural FVP Outlaws at Elko event for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Elko Speedway in Minnesota, on Friday, May 10. Gravel will then make his first start of 2013 at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, on Saturday, May 11.

“Getting to race twice in a weekend for the second week in a row helps you stay in a rhythm,” said Gravel. “The schedule will really start to pick up in the next few weeks and as a driver, that’s the time of the year you look forward to the most. When that time rolls around, you hope that things are clicking and you have found that right set-up.”

Elko Speedway in a high-banked, three-eighths-mile paved oval that will be covered with dirt for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event. The track hosted the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series last year with dirt covering the historic paved venue. Gravel raced twice in the state of Minnesota, last year with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions, finishing sixth at Jackson Speedway and 11th at Hibbing Raceway. At Jackson, he was the second-fastest qualifier. Elko will mark the 12th track that Gravel has visited for the first time this season.

“I’ve heard the track puts on pretty good races and it will be unique for sure with the dirt covering the paved track up there,” said Gravel. “It should level the playing field since no one has ever been there before. Hopefully we can pick up where we’ve been and continue to have success going to these new tracks.”

Gravel raced at Knoxville Raceway last season during the Knoxville Nationals and also the Sunday prior to the event, in the inaugural Capitani Classic at the half-mile. During the new Friday night portion of the Knoxville Nationals, Gravel finished second in 2012, after leading a number of laps, which marked his best-career finish at Knoxville, and more importantly earned him a spot in the Saturday night finale for the first time in his career. The native of Watertown, Conn., made his Knoxville Nationals debut in 2010, claiming Rookie of the Year honors.

“We’ve never gotten to go to Knoxville in years past in the spring, so that should be a plus for us this time around,” he noted. “This year we’ll race there a couple of times before the Nationals, so that will help us learn a few things and try some combinations so we are ready when we go back in the summer for the Nationals.”

Last weekend at the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio, Gravel qualified fifth and finished seventh in the opener of the two-night Outlaw Thunder weekend. He wrapped up the weekend with a 14th-place finish in the finale. He has raced at four different half-mile with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series this season, beginning with the season opening UNOH DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Florida.

“Knoxville is a fast race track, just like Eldora and you have to keep the car steady,” Gravel stated. “Typically, Knoxville gets pretty slick by the time the feature rolls around, so you have to really have your set-up right. There is always a good field of cars at Knoxville and we’ve had good fields most of the year and that’s what you want to race against, the best competition you can.”

Gravel enters this weekend sixth in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship standings, just 20 markers out of the top-five. He has picked up 10 top-10 finishes, with four of those being top-five performances, including a season-best runner-up finish at Tri-State Speedway in Indiana, on April 20. Gravel returned home to Connecticut this week, before heading back to the Midwest.

“It’s always good to get home for a bit and see my family and also my dogs,” he noted. “Being on the road and racing with the Outlaws, you have to take advantage of getting home when you can. It definitely helps recharge the battery and gets you even more excited to get back to the race track.”

Keep up-to-date with David Gravel and DDR Motorsports by visiting www.DavidGravel89.com. Follow David on Twitter @davidgravel89g and like David on Facebook.

 

 

Tuesdays with TMAC – Eldora Trip Worthwhile!

(Bill W) May 7, 2013 – When Knoxville Raceway rained out, Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio became the nearest destination for Terry McCarl and the TMAC Motorsports #24 team. With a little persuasion from a friend, he decided to make the trip and qualified for both World of Outlaws feature events. The Outlaws come to the Midwest and TMAC will take them on Friday at Elko Speedway near New Market, Minnesota and Saturday at Knoxville.

The Altoona, Iowa driver was once one to beat at the fast high-banked half-mile in Ohio. “We were really fast at Eldora in 2009,” says TMAC. “I had run second a lot of times there. We were finally able to win there during Ohio Speedweek from the sixth row. Then we were able to win the “Knight Before the King’s Royal”. We went out late in the King’s Royal, to qualify, and qualified well. We had to run the B. We started 22nd, but I’m telling you, if it hadn’t laid rubber, I think we had a shot at winning it. As it was, it did, and we were able to get to fifth. We had the fall race handled there and blew a tire.”

TMAC’s injury in 2010 and the switch to Goodyear tires changed things. “That was really the last time I went there,” he says. “I went back a year or so ago, and I was out to lunch on the Goodyears. It was good to get back there. Anyone who wins there earns it. It’s a tough joint to win. When you can conquer it, it’s a great feeling.”

So what brought on the decision to head to Eldora? “I have to admit, I wasn’t that excited about going,” says TMAC. “My confidence was down about running there. Ryan Yager, my friend, said he’d drive and he bought the fuel for us to go. I wouldn’t have gone, but I’m really happy we did. Our results weren’t exactly what we were looking for, but I can’t wait to go back. I know the next time we go, we’ll do a lot better. I shook some cobwebs off that I had since my injury.”

TMAC finished 17th on Friday and 15th on Saturday. “We made the show both nights with a lot of great cars there,” he says. “We need to qualify better, or you’re behind the 8-ball.”

TMAC gained steam as the weekend went. “Friday, we came from 21st to 17th,” he says. “The second day, I was able to pass a lot of cars early (after starting 23rd). I was just kind of tight and running the bottom. I was up to sixteenth early and I got chopped off pretty hard. I ended up getting back up to fifteenth. I’m excited to go back.”

The track proved racy both nights. “It’s such a fun track to run,” says TMAC. “They did a really nice job with the track. The racing was excellent both days, and our good friend, Daryn Pittman was able to win. My confidence is back there, and I can’t wait to go back. I’m glad we went.”

This weekend’s events at Elko Speedway and Knoxville Raceway will be followed up by the season opener at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota making for a three-race weekend. “I’m excited,” says TMAC. “People from Justice Brothers, and the guys from SnowPlow Snow Pushers will be there. The Elko facility is so cool. I recommend that any fan go there. The pits are all concrete. The grandstands are so nice, and behind them, they have a restaurant and sports bar. It’s just a fun place. It’s easy to get to…right off the interstate.”

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This Month in TMAC History!

TMAC has two wins on “Cinco de Mayo”. In 1996, he topped a Huset’s Speedway field driving Brad Gray’s #51. The win came ahead of Travis Cram, Chad Radel, Steve Ballenger and Matt Wasmund. In 2004, he drove Mark Burch’s #1m to a Sprint Invaders victory at the 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa. Ryan Jamison was second, followed by John Schulz, Bobby Hawks and Bobby Mincer.

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Kerry Madsen – Sweet Victory at Eldora!

(Bill W) May 8, 2013 – After a trying early season with the World of Outlaws, the Keneric Racing #29 team celebrated Friday night with their first feature win at the Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio. Though engine woes slowed them Saturday, the win was a confidence builder as they move close to home with events at the Elko Speedway near New Market, Minnesota on Friday, and the Knoxville Raceway in Iowa on Saturday.

Qualifying was a key to Friday’s win. “We went out early and we were third quick,” says Kerry. “We had quick time for a while. We were able to finish fourth in the heat, but we didn’t really feel good about it. We made some adjustments before the Dash.”

Kerry started and finished sixth in the Dash. “Even though we finished where we started, we felt really good in the Dash,” he says. “We left the car alone for the feature race.”

The St. Mary’s, New South Wales native had the fastest car come main event time. “We dropped back to seventh, but eventually we drove by about everyone on the racetrack,” says Kerry. “We were up to second about lap fourteen on a restart, and I got by (Craig) Dollansky about two or three laps later.”

Once out front, he was unchallenged. “I just drove it hard,” says Kerry. “It was pretty straight forward from that point. The cushion was really aggressive. It was pretty quick around the top. Obviously, the track was racy. We were able to pass six cars, and others were able to pass.”

Saturday didn’t go as well. After registering the 19th quick time of the night, Kerry qualified for the feature through his heat, but was an early casualty. “We didn’t qualify well,” he says. “We were too free probably. Unfortunately, after making it through the heat, we had an engine issue.”

Still, getting the win on Friday is something to celebrate for Kerry and the team. “It was a pretty disappointing ending to the weekend, but it was good to have the success and get victory #1 for the season.”

The Keneric Racing #29 team is poised for racing Friday in Minnesota and Saturday at Knoxville. “I’m excited to have a ‘home game’ (Knoxville) this weekend,” says Kerry. “We’re excited to go to Elko. It’s a new place for us, but it’s only three or four hours north.”

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Adam Kekich Hopes to Beat the All Stars on May 10th and 11th UNOH All Stars Set to Visit Lernerville and Mercer this Friday/Saturday

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Hermitage, PA (May 7th, 2013) – Adam Kekich will have an opportunity to put his name in the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions record books this Friday and Saturday, May 10th & 11th; as ‘America’s Series’ is set to invade Western Pennsylvania for the first time in 2013 this weekend for ‘National’/’Ohio Region’ events. The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions ‘410’ sprint cars, lead by current UNOH All Star ‘National,’ ‘Eastern Region,’ and ‘Ohio Region’ point leader, Dale Blaney, will make their way into Adam Kekich’s back yard this weekend with appearances at the Lernerville Speedway (PA) and Mercer Raceway Park (PA). Adam Kekich, who pilots the Kekich Racing, Sunburst Environmental, Tight Seal Glass Block, Hermitage Agway, ‘5K’ sprint car, is a former winner at both Western Pennsylvania short tracks, and understands what he will be up against this Friday and Saturday when the UNOH All Stars roll into town.

“We want to win; end of story” said Adam Kekich about upcoming weekend with the All Stars, “This ‘5K’ team works really hard…we spend countless hours at the shop each and every night; working towards the goal of winning…racing against the UNOH All Stars is a huge honor…they are some of the best drivers in the country, so getting an opportunity to race next to them is a huge honor for us…there have been some locals do really well against the All Stars recently, and even win, so there is no reason why we can’t do the same…hopefully our hard work pays off enough this week…you just never know; we may be able to put ourselves in a great position to win…we have the confidence and the will to do so…all we need now is just a little lucky and timing!”

The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will first visit the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday evening, May 10th, to help kick off their Western Pennsylvania swing. UNOH All Star competitors such as Dale Blaney, Tim Shaffer, Cap Henry, Danny Holtgraver, and Caleb Helms will go head-to-head against some of the best that Lernerville Speedway has to offer; such as Jack Sodeman Jr., Eric Williams, Brian Ellenberger, Scott Priester, and Adam Kekich. Adam Kekich is a recent winner at the Lernerville Speedway during ‘305’ sprint car competition; picking up the ‘Steel City Stampede’ makeup feature win back in early April. The third generation sprint car driver wants to repeat that success at the Sarver 4/10’s mile oval this Friday night, and make another appearance in ‘Sheetz Victory Lane.’ The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions program will feature a $5,000-to-win main event.

On Saturday evening, May 11th, the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will be making a visit to the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Adam Kekich is a weekly ‘410’ sprint car competitor at the Mercer 3/8’s mile oval; and also owns one (1) win at the speedway during ‘410’ sprint car competition. The pilot of the Kekich Racing/Sunburst Environmental, ‘5K’ sprinter has qualified for UNOH All Star main events at the Mercer Raceway Park in the past, but still has yet to check one off in the win column. The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions appearance at ‘MRP’ will be highlighted with a $5,000-to-win main event.

“It’s going to be a fun weekend to say the least” explained Adam Kekich, “We are ready to go…I can’t thank everyone enough for making this all happen…this team; our sponsors; our supporters…everyone plays a huge role and I am lucky to be a part of it…hopefully we can pull into Lernerville and Mercer Raceway Park this weekend on top of our game.”

The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions’ events this weekend at the Lernerville Speedway and the Mercer Raceway Park will feature full programs for the ‘410’ sprint cars; including warm-ups, time trials, heat races, consolation mains (if needed), and a $5,000-to-win main event. Each UNOH All Star program this weekend will award points towards the All Star ‘National’ standings, and All Star ‘Ohio Region’ standings. For more information, please visit the official online home of the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions at www.allstarsprint.com. Fans can also get other information, such as gate times and ticket prices, at each track’s respective online home: www.lernerville.com and www.mercerracewaypark.com.

Keep up with Adam Kekich and the Kekich Racing ‘5K’ team during the entire 2013 season: right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales.’ Be sure to also follow Adam Kekich on all of the available social networks including Facebook and Twitter.

 

 

All Stars, Music and a Special Gift
Mercer, PA (May 7, 2013): Saturday, May 11 will be a special day in the history of Mercer Raceway Park. The festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with a concert presented by Sky Pilot. Then, the racing program will feature the popular UNOH All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars and three of the track's regular classes. Cowboy Brian Steinman will be the guest of honor. He will receive his all-terrain wheelchair during intermission. You won't want to miss this one!
Several of the All Stars regulars have close ties to the local racing scene. Dale Blaney, of Hartford, OH, sits atop the All Stars' National and Ohio Regional points. Aliquippa's Tim Shaffer ranks second nationally and in the top five regionally. Joining the veterans is Pittsburgh's Danny Holtgraver, who won the last time out at the Park. He currently is fourth in the national standings. Others in the top five nationally are Cap Henry, a winner in the area just last week, and Caleb Helms.
Other national talents expected include Danny Smith, Lance Dewease, also a winner in Western PA last weekend, and Randy Hannagan. The father and son duo of Jac and Sheldon Haudenschild will add to the excitement.
Representing the home team will be current points leader Jack Sodeman, Jr., who has a score to settle with the All Stars. He recently defected from the tour over a dispute regarding appearance money. Brandon Matus upset the All Stars during the 2012 Ohio Sprint Speedweek, and he will want to strut his stuff again in victory lane before the partisan crowd. Former All Star regular and past track champ Rod George is back in the saddle of Jim Chappell's potent Sprinter. Defending divisional champion Eric Williams, Scott Priester, Dan Kuriger and Bill Jones, Jr. are just a few of the others who will also carry the colors for the Luxaire Heating & Cooling and New Wilmington Motors.
Brian Ellenberger, a former All Stars and World of Outlaws traveler, and Ed Lynch, Jr., the winningest active driver in Western PA, are also expected.
In addition to the UNOH All Stars, taking the track will be the Bonnell's Collision Center Outlaw Sprint Warriors, the Precise Racing Products Open Stock Cars, and the Eperthener's Auto Wrecking/Ray's Racing Collectibles Mini Stocks. Each of these classes will be racing for points and extra cash!
Remember that the concert will begin at 4, as soon as the gates swing open. Sky Pilot will play until 6. Hot laps will start at 6:30 and qualification runs will begin at 7. Heat racing will immediately follow.
During a break in the action, attention will turn to the frontstretch for a special presentation to Cowboy Steinman. He was an up and coming Sprint Car driver who was severely injured in a racing accident last July. Since his release from acute medical care, he has been confined to a wheelchair. Because it was not feasible for him to use a conventional unit to work on his farm or to visit his friends and former competitors in the pits, Steinman reached out to Trac Fabrication, a company located in nearby Volant, for a motorized all-terrain wheelchair.
Purchase of the custom-built wheelchair was made possible by a grant from the Steve King Foundation and the generosity of the racing community. The foundation has helped nearly a hundred racers, crew members and officials since its inception. It was named in honor of a Kansas Sprint Car driver who perished at the Knoxville Raceway in 2006. The foundation has been by Steinman's side for nearly a year now. Three of its board members, including King's mother, Naomi, and his sister, Danette, will be on hand for this special occasion.
Admission for this memorable night will be just $23 for adults, $21 for seniors (60+), and $9 for students (9-18). Children ages 8 and under are always free at Mercer Raceway Park. The Family Pass will be a tremendous bargain, at only $48. The Family Pass is good for two adults and up to four minors of any age. Pit passes will be $35.
Remember that alerts regarding a cancellation of any racing event at Mercer Raceway Park can be sent to your smart phone or other electronic device. To sign up, all you need to do is to click on the icon for RainedOut.com on the track's website and follow the simple instructions, It only takes a few minutes.
About Mercer Raceway Park: Mercer Raceway Park is a 3/8-mile dirt track located minutes from both Interstate 79 and 80 just off Route 19 on Fairground Road in Mercer, Pa. Dirt track racing and quality family entertainment are presented weekly from late March through late September. For more information, check out www.mercerracewaypark.com, www.twitter.com/mercerraceway, or www.facebook.com/mercerracewaypark.

 

 

Dover Excited for Trip to South Dakota for Two Races This Weekend

Inside Line Promotions - SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (May 7, 2013) - With both of his destinations last weekend cancelled because of weather, Jack Dover spent a relaxing weekend at home.

"We did nothing," he said. "Nothing even in the shop. We were all ready. I just hung out with friends."

With two victories and three top-five finishes in his first four events this season, Dover has his eyes set on two more wins this weekend in South Dakota. He will compete on Saturday at I-90 Speedway in Hartford at the 3rd annual Loren Barstad Memorial and Sunday at Huset's Speedway in Brandon.

"Loren and I were friends and I'm going in memory of him," Dover said. "He just loved the sport and would do anything for anybody."

Dover finished second with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour in his only appearance at I-90 Speedway last season. Sunday will be the first time since 2009 that he will race at Huset's Speedway.

"We ran 410s up there a few times and were always in the top five," he said. "I've never ran a 360 up there, but I don't think it'll be that different."

SEASON STATS -

4 races, 2 wins, 3 top fives, 3 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 4 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Saturday at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D., for the 3rd annual Loren Barstad Memorial and Sunday at Huset's Speedway in Brandon, S.D.

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"Roush Yates Racing Engines gives me the best horsepower out there that anybody could have," Dover said. "The reliability of the engines is unbelievable and the support you get is phenomenal."

Dover would also like to thank Certified Transmission, Home Pride Companies, Inc., Eagle Motorsports, Thorpe's Body Shop, Trail Performance Coatings, Inc., The Oil Medics, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Keizer Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Shaver Racing Engines, Langfeldt Overhead Doors, K&N Filters, FK Rod Ends, DMI, Speedway Motors and Vortex Wings for their continued support.

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES -

Jack Dover Racing is close to being able to compete across the country by returning to the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour, where Dover has finished in the top 10 both seasons he has raced full time with the premier 360 sprint car series. He is also ready to compete with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series en route to his dream of racing in NASCAR. The only variable missing is a reliable truck and trailer. For more information on partnership opportunities, e-mail teamdover@gmail.com.

JACK'S SHOUTOUT -

Jack wants to give a special message to his grandfather, Jack, who recently retired from the veterans hospital in Omaha.

"I want to congratulate him after all these hard years of work," he said. "I hope he can finally relax."

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

FOUR DRIVERS RACE TO WINS IN J&J'S

McKENZIE, TN (May 7) - Danny Holtgraver, Daniel Pestka, Shane Morgan and Tony Grams were victorious last weekend driving J&J Auto Racing Sprint cars at dirt track's in the United States and Australia.

MERCER RACEWAY PARK

Danny Holtgraver picked up his second victory of the season Saturday night driving the B&B Racing No. 45 J&J to the winner's circle at Mercer Raceway Park. The win came one night after Hotlgraver finished second at Lernerville Speedway.

“It feels great to get a win,” admitted Holtgraver following the Mercer triumph. “This team works really hard and they really deserved this win. The year has been really up and down for us. We have had our highs and our lows, but nobody gave up. I can’t thank all of our sponsors and supporters enough. (Car owners) Bryan Grove and Rob Hunter have been behind us one-hundred percent and I can’t thank them enough. We're hoping to comeback next weekend and have similar results with the All-Stars.”

WESTERN SPEEDWAY - 360 SPRINTCAR GOLD CUP

Daniel Pestka came out on top in Saturday's SRA 360 Sprintcar Gold Cup at Western Speedway Hamilton in the No. S27 J&J. He spent most of the race battling inside the top-five before he saw the white flag for the first time. The top two drivers were involved in an accident, and the third-place car lost a motor during the red flag. Pestka led the field to the green and raced back to the finish to score the victory. Darren Hickman finished second in the No. V40 J&J to give J&J the top two spots on the podium.

CAJUN SPRINTERS ASSOCIATION - BATON ROUGE RACEWAY

Shane Morgan has been trying to win a CAJUN Sprinters Association feature at Baton Rouge Speedway in Louisiana for quite a few years. He finally broke through Saturday night and drove his No. 01 J&J to victory.

CAROLINA RACESAVER - FRIENDSHIP SPEEDWAY

Tony Grams earned his first victory of the 2013 season this past Saturday night at Friendship Speedway aboard his No. 22 J&J. The event was the second race of the Carolina RaceSaver Sprint Car Series schedule and second win for J&J. Mike Learaas drove his J&J to victory in the opener.

Grams was joined in the top-five by Brian Carter (No. 6 J&J) who finished fifth and Leraas (No. 77 J&J) came home sixth.

 

 

McQueen Racing Geared Up For Santa Maria

By Robert Haugh

Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen is hoping to gain some positive momentum after some early season woes have bitten the always-formidable McQueen Racing stable. McQueen, a multiple-time race winner and the first woman to win a BCRA Midget championship (2011 BCRA Dirt) and USAC-Western States Midget series championship (2012) will be vying for the win in the McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen in the USAC-Western States event at the 1/3-mile Santa Maria Speedway on Saturday, May 11.

Joining the McQueen Racing stable will be Oklahoma young gun, 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, piloting the McQueen Racing #37 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entry.

Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, with experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, has shown amazing poise and talent in limited Midget in McQueen Racing entries earlier this year. Marcham been seen passing drivers with thousands more laps and experience than he in a Midget, methodically picking off positions before retiring due to miscues by others. Marcham is currently the USAC-Western States Midget series Rookie-of-the-Year points leader.

Marcham has amassed six Championships at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Newcastle, Oklahoma, as well as having claimed both the A-Class and Non-wing A-Mains at the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial/Race4Life in Tulsa in 2012. Thus far in 2013, Marcham has compiled several wins and podium finishes, currently sitting atop the I-44 Riverside Speedway Non-Wing points. Marcham swept the events on April 20 at I-44, claiming the A-mains in both the Non-Wing and A Class. Marcham made his Midget racing debut for McQueen Racing in the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, where he showed poise beyond his years against some of the best racers in the World.

McQueen became the first woman to win a BCRA Midget championship in 2011 when she claimed the BCRA Dirt Midget crown, then claimed the 2012 USAC-Western States Midget championship, amassing four Heat race wins, nine Top 5 runs, three fast time awards and 13 Top 10s in 2012. McQueen currently holds the following five track records: 99 Dirt Track in Stockton, Calistoga Speedway, Petaluma Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway and Orange Show Speedway. McQueen also recently accepted the prestigious Kara Hendrick Spirit award, one of the top awards for women in Motorsports.

McQueen Racing has dedicated the entire 2013 season to Kenny Speck, a McQueen Racing team member who lost his life earlier this year.

McQueen is also the first female owner to boast a win with a female driver when Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker won a USAC Western States Midget Feature in April 2012 at McQueen’s home track of Bakersfield Speedway at the helm of one of McQueen’s potent Spike/Esslinger entries.

McQueen Racing would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors: Lucas Oil Products, Simpson Race Products, Eibach Springs, DMI, Rod End Supply, K&N Filters, Advanced Racing Suspensions, MPD, Ruth Engineering, Jet-Hot Performance Coatings, Butler Built Seating Systems, Schoenfeld Headers, American Fabrication, West Evans Motorsports, Western Open Wheel Racing News and Esslinger Racing Engines by Duane McQueen.

Visit www.shannonmcqueen.com for more information on McQueen Racing.

Select Coatings, RD Marcham Energy, Inc., Simpson Racing Products, Pinnacle Energy Services, Best Western Tulsa Airport, Metals Supermarket Oklahoma City, J & B Digital Graphics and Mud-X support Marcham.

Visit http://marchamracing.com/ for more information on Trey Marcham.

 

 

Patriot Sprint Tour Wings into Woodhull this Weekend

Rich Vleck, ROCHESTER, NY, (May 7, 2013)- The traditional early-season events for the Patriot Sprint Tour continue this weekend with a popular return to most banked track on the circuit.

The Woodhull Raceway will play host to the Patriot Sprint Tour America series for the 10th time this Saturday, the third PST-sanctioned event of this 10th Anniversary season.

Since the first appearance of the series at the Steuben County oval in 2007, each event has been met with wild popularity; and in five of the six seasons the PST was at Woodhull, a certain driver went to Victory Lane.

Chuck Hebing, has won over half of the PST events at Woodhull, including four of the five races in May in his No. 45. Hebing will certainly be a contender again this weekend, but there are some other top names that will not make it easy for him.

Justin Barger is the most recent winner on the PST Tour after his dominating performance last Friday Night at Black Rock Speedway. Barger, the defending PST Canada Champion, also is the most-recent winner at Woodhull after he rim-rode his way to the win last July after starting in eighth.

Defending PST America Champion Scott Kreutter has been strong at Woodhull dating back to his micro sprint days, but has yet to score a win on the highbanks in his 360 sprint. Kreutter was runner-up to Hebing in the spring event last year.

Four-time champion Bryan Howland scored a win at Woodhull in 2011, while 2004 champ George Suprick won there twice in the 90’s. Conversely, 2011 PST Champion Jared Zimbardi has struggled at Woodhull, despite recording three top-five finishes in 11 starts.

A host of drivers with more limited experience at Woodhull include Tommy Wickham, Kevin Ward Jr,. Brad Knab, Derek Jonathan, Clint Ide, Steve Collins, Bruce DeWick, Geoff Quackenbush, Scott Just and Brandan Warner, all of whom look to chase the PST America Championship.

Weekend invaders might include Mitch Brown, Jamie Collard, Shawn Donath, Joe Trenca, Cory Sparks, Tracy Potter, Bob Howard Jr., Jamie Bodo, Tyler Graves and Parker Evans

Racing action gets underway at 6:30 on Saturday Night. For more information, visit www.PatriotSprintTour.com and follow the series all night on Facebook and Twitter.

Patriot History at Woodhull Races: 9 9/1/2007 Chuck Hebing

5/24/2008 Chuck Hebing

5/30/2009 Bobby Breen

7/31/2010 Chuck Hebing

7/31/2010 Dan Shetler

5/21/2011 Chuck Hebing

7/30/2011 Bryan Howland

5/19/2012 Chuck Hebing

7/21/2012 Justin Barger

 

 

Hoosier Hundred

INDIANAPOLIS, In (May 7, 2013)-Arizona’s Jerry Coons, Junior can join Al Unser and the late Jimmy Bryan as the only drivers to win the prestigious Hoosier Hundred three consecutive years when the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series visits the Indiana State Fairgrounds on May 23. Coons qualified third fastest for last year’s race and led the final 86 laps in a dominant victory two nights before the 2012 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first back to back winner of the classic dirt car race in 11 years.

The 2008 USAC Silver Crown champion, Coons returns with the same RW Motorsports team that joined him in victory lane at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in 2011 and 2012. The same team won the 2010 Hoosier Hundred with Shane Hmiel behind the wheel.

Defending USAC Silver Crown champ Bobby East of Brownsburg, Indiana is slated to give Coons a run to the checker as East searches for his first ever mile dirt track win. Olney, Illinois’ Levi Jones is East’s teammate at Tony Stewart racing and a past two-time champion of the series. Levi is still in search of his first one mile dirt track win as well and holds the distinction of having led the most laps in Silver Crown cars at the Indiana State Fairgrounds (156 in three races) without ever scoring a victory on the tricky one mile dirt track.

Other drivers expected include three time Hoosier Hundred (1995, 1996, 2004) winner Dave Darland of Kokomo, Indiana, 2000 USAC Silver Crown champ Tracy Hines of New Castle, Indiana, A.J. Fike of Galesburg, Illinois and Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, California.

Auto racing at the Indiana State Fairgrounds has a lineage that dates back to the early 1900’s including a 24 hour race and the first one mile per minute lap on a closed oval course by Barney Oldfield in 1903. It is thought that perhaps Carl Fisher gained some of the ideas for the future Indianapolis Motor Speedway from his competition days on the one mile fairground track. It wasn’t until 1946 that a true national championship race was held on the fairground mile, and it would be another seven years before the first Hoosier Hundred was contested in September of 1953.

Over the years legends such as Bryan, Sachs, Ward, Foyt, Andretti, Unser, Bettenhausen and Hewitt have all visited victory lane in the Hoosier Hundred. A.J. has the most victories with six, while Big Al is the only driver to ever win four in a row.

The 2013 Hoosier Hundred gets a new look as promoter Bob Sargent of Track Enterprises has moved the race to the former “Carb Day” for the Indianapolis 500, the new date is the Thursday night before the Indianapolis 500. “We felt that this was the right move for the event and gives fans one fantastic stretch of races in about a ten day period, with Indy 500 qualifying the weekend before, a USAC sprint race at Terre Haute on May 22, the Hoosier Hundred on Thursday and Carb Day at the Speedway on Friday”, said Sargent. “A lot of the participants over at the Speedway wanted to come out for the Hoosier Hundred but with the Carb Day festivities and their commitments, couldn’t fit Friday night in at the Fairgrounds.” “I expect that to change with the race now on Thursday and there is no telling who you might see out at the Fairgrounds May 23.”

Tickets for the Hoosier Hundred are now on sale at Ticketmaster or through Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.

 

 

Big Game Motorsports Rallies for Mixed Results at Eldora Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 7, 2013) - It was a weekend at both ends of the spectrum for Big Game Motorsports.

While Big Game Treestands backed Sammy Swindell said he had one of his worst weekends at Eldora Speedway, teammate Craig Dollansky nearly picked up a record-setting World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory in his Eyecon Trail Cameras car during the Outlaw Thunder doubleheader at the famed half-mile track.

In Friday's feature, Dollansky led laps nine through 16 as a tire issue began to surface. Eventual winner Kerry Madsen took the lead just after the midpoint of the race and held off Dollansky amidst traffic in the closing laps.

"We got the lead and about 12 to 13 laps in I thought we were getting a flat left rear tire," he said. "The car was just laying left hard, and I was concerned about making the 30 laps, but in the end we came home second with the car in one piece."

Dollansky's runner-up finish in his Eyecon Trail Cameras car earned him his fourth podium of the season. His next win will move him into a tie for 10 th place on the all-time wins list.

Swindell was on the other end of the scale on Friday, when he qualified 32nd quickest and had a part break early in his heat race - sending him into the wall exiting turn four. The team opted to skip the Last Chance Showdown and use a provisional to tag the back of the main event.

"We were just trying a different motor combination there and it didn't quite pan out," Swindell said after finishing a season-low 20th. "And then we had the other problems in the heat race. It wasn't a good day, but we turned it around there the next night and was quite a bit better."

The Big Game Motorsports drivers each qualified in a spot to put them on the front row of a heat race on Saturday, but both finished third to miss the dash by one position. That relegated Swindell to start 14th and Dollansky 16th in the 30-lap feature.

"In the middle of the pack is always a hard place to be at Eldora," Swindell said. "The car was too tight for the start of the race. After we got to run a few laps, then we gained back what we lost and a few more at the end."

Swindell rallied to place 10th, recording his 11th top-10 finish of the season. Dollansky finished 11th - one spot away from his 11th top 10 of the year.

Swindell ranks fifth in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship standings - only 30 points out of the top three - and Dollansky is seventh in the points.

The Big Game Motorsports drivers will compete with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series in the inaugural FVP Outlaws at Elko Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., and Saturday at the Mediacom Shootout at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.

QUICK RESULTS -

DOLLANSKY:

May 3 - Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio - Qualifying: 9; Heat race: 1 (2); Dash: 3 (3); Feature: 2 (3).

May 4 - Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio - Qualifying: 16; Heat race: 3 (1); Feature: 11 (16).

SWINDELL:

May 3 - Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio - Qualifying: 32; Heat race: 9 (8); B Main: 18 (12); Feature: 20 (25).

May 4 - Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio - Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 3 (2); Feature: 10 (14).

SEASON STATS -

DOLLANSKY : 19 races, 2 wins, 4 top fives, 10 top 10s, 14 top 15s, 18 top 20s

SWINDELL : 19 races, 1 win, 4 top fives, 11 top 10s, 17 top 15s, 19 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., for the FVP Outlaws at Elko and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for the Mediacom Shootout with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

MEDIA LINKS -

Big Game Treestands: www.BigGameTreestands.com

Aggressive Hydraulics: www.AggressiveHydraulics.com

MobileStar: www.MobileStar.us/mobilestarwebsite

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Big_Game_TS

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Game-Treestands/251832101535076?fref=ts

BIG GAME TREESTANDS -

Established in 1977 in Windom, Minn., Big Game Treestands has grown to be a leading company in the outdoor industry. Big Game Treestands offers a Rock Solid™ line of field tested, safety certified above TMA requirements, welded steel stands & free standing elevated platforms that gives you not only a safe and extremely sturdy vantage point, but also reliable all-day comfort at a great value. Large, non-slip standing platforms, top-notch fastening systems, and our innovative pinned, sleeved ladder sections provide the Rock Solid™ stance, twist free climbing, and all around silence that Big Game Treestands® is known for. Non-glare, powder coat finish keeps our products hidden from nature's wary eye.

For over 30 years, it has been our goal and our philosophy to provide the most innovative and practical treestands and hunting accessories in the field. As tradition continues, we are Exceeding Limitations and once again providing new models that challenge Mother Nature. In 2012 Big Game extended the line into Trail Cameras known for the easy to set, great picture quality, and over all great camera Eyecon Trail Cameras exceeds the expectations of consumers. Big Game Treestands® and Eyecon Trail Cameras® offers undeniable quality on time-tested favorites as well as new innovations for 2013.

For more information on Big Game Treestands, visit www.BigGameTreestands.com.

EYECON TRAIL CAMERAS ® -

Eyecon Trail Cameras® are premier trail cameras for hunters and outdoorsmen. The Black Widow Trail Camera, Storm Trail Camera and Quikshot Trail Camera provide a variety of options that are user-friendly with exceptional imaging. To learn more about or purchase Eyecon Trail Cameras®, visit www.EyeconTrailCameras.com.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Kevin Nouse

Kevin Nouse and the R&R Motorsports #4R team are off to a strong start in the 2013 season with 3 top three finishes in 3 starts, including a dominant victory at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday. And according to Nouse, that was the plan from the start. “It doesn’t surprise me at all that we’re off to a strong start” stated Nouse. “All of the pieces are in place to make this team a consistent winner and that’s the ultimate goal. We assembled a strong team over the winter with the right personnel and some great sponsors, and it’s showing with our performance on the track.”

The personnel that Nouse is referring to are his experienced crew, headed by mechanic Tracy Barrick. “Tracy is the cornerstone of this operation when it comes to preparing the car and keeping everything fresh. He pays attention to every detail and I trust him 110% when it comes to knowing if the car is ready to race or not. And we have a great group of crew guys that support Tracy and work very well together, which makes my job much easier on the track.”

Nouse says that a key element to the team’s success so far this season is their strong sponsor support. The team’s major sponsor, Bulls-Eye Express, is a nationwide trucking company based out of York, PA., and their financial support is vital in keeping fresh tires on the car and all of the major components updated. And a large contributor to the car’s performance is Highlands’ Powersports, who is the exclusive Maxim Chassis dealer in PA and is also an official dealer for Factory Kahne Shocks. “The technical support and service that I receive from Highlands’ is incredible and the Highlands’ tuned FK Shocks provide amazing grip and stability in the car” Nouse claims. “We really couldn’t be this competitive without any of our sponsors, so they are all very important pieces of the puzzle.”

In addition to the aforementioned sponsors Bulls-Eye Express, Highlands’ Powersports and Factory Kahne Shocks, the team is also supported by Robert Yocum Financial Planner, Nouse Signs & Graphics, Ultra-Shield Racing Products, Maxim Chassis and K1 Race Gear.

The R&R team will continue to follow their schedule of 20-25 races this season, with their next event scheduled for May 10 at Williams Grove Speedway.

To keep up with the latest news on Kevin Nouse and the R&R Motorsports team, follow Kevin on Facebook or Twitter and check your favorite racing websites often for team media releases.

 

 

STP World of Outlaws Gear Up for Inaugural FVP Outlaws at Elko on Friday

Inside Line Promotions - ELKO, Minn. (May 7, 2013) - A new track presents new challenges and a new opportunity, but mostly, it creates a level playing field.

That's exactly the scenario for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series drivers as they make their inaugural visit to Elko Speedway on Friday for the FVP Outlaws at Elko. It's the first time the 3/8-mile track, which will be covered in dirt, will host the premier sprint car series.

"In the past if you look, I've won at a lot of the new places probably more than anyone else," said veteran Sammy Swindell, who ranks second on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series all-time wins list. "So I hope that continues."

While most drivers on their first visit to a track try to compare it to a different facility they have competed at, Elk River, Minn., native Craig Dollansky has an advantage of watching multiple races at Elko Speedway.

His father and two sons raced on the pavement track, with Craig's youngest, Garrett, winning a legends car race at the high-banked oval.

"It's an awesome facility," Craig Dollansky said. "They've got a beautiful grandstand and a bar area set up, so it should be a great experience for the fans."

The pits open at 2 p.m. and front gates at 4 p.m. with hot laps around 6:30 p.m. and racing at approximately 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS -

Check out the O'Reilly Auto Parts $5 off general admission ticket special. When fans purchase a general admission ticket at a participating O'Reilly Auto Parts store they receive $5 off (adult tickets are $35 or $30 at O'Reilly Auto Parts and child tickets are $15 or $10 at O'Reilly Auto Parts). Children 5 and younger get into the race for free.

For reserved seating ticket information, visit SLSPromotions.com or call 1-815-344-2023 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Central) Monday thru Friday.

Also, spectators can upgrade any ticket to a pit pass for only $10 on race day.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 orsprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

 

World of Outlaws Compete at Knoxville Raceway on May 11

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 7, 2013) – The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, featuring the best winged sprint car drivers in the world, is coming to Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, May 11. Knoxville Raceway’s weekly drivers will compete against the Outlaws to defend their home track, setting the stage for an electrifying preview of the Knoxville Nationals in August.

The Mediacom Shootout World of Outlaws will feature the most competitive events so far this season, as the Knoxville drivers strive to knock off the Outlaws. While it’s rare for a Knoxville driver to be victorious at this level, racing enthusiasts believe the chances for a win this year are higher than ever. There have been 132 World of Outlaws features (not including the Knoxville Nationals) at Knoxville Raceway since 1979, and only twice has a Knoxville weekly competitor walked away with a victory (Lasoski 1993, McCarl 2009).

The Knoxville favorites going into Saturday’s races include Terry McCarl (Outlaws race winner earlier this season in Florida), Brian Brown (finished second at the 2012 Nationals), Bronson Maeschen (2012 Capitani Classic winner), Mark Dobmeier (Outlaws feature winner in 2012 at Huset’s Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (Outlaws feature winner in 2010 at Knoxville Raceway), and Davey Heskin (finished in the top 10 at Nationals twice in the past three years).

The Mediacom Shootout World of Outlaws will be a night of non-stop action as the drivers take to the track at breakneck speeds on the legendary Knoxville half-mile track.

Mediacom Shootout World of Outlaws plus 360's

Saturday, May 11, 6:45 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m., Time Trials at 7:15 p.m.

General Admission - Adults: $30, Teens: $20, Kids: $15

Reserved Seats – Adults: $35, Teens: $22, Kids: $17.50

Pits – $35

1000 N. Lincoln, Knoxville, Iowa 50138

Tickets available at the box office or online at http://knoxvilleraceway.ticketforce.com.

2013 Race Schedule and Tickets

View the race schedule and ticketing information at http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/Schedule.aspx.

About Knoxville Raceway

Since 1954, fans have flocked to Knoxville Raceway to experience the most exhilarating and intense dirt track racing in the world. Top drivers come to Knoxville, Iowa, to compete for prestigious racing titles in events like the Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Championship Cup Series and the Late Model Knoxville Nationals. As the Sprint Car Capital of the World, Knoxville Raceway has developed into a tradition, legacy and leader in dirt track and open wheel racing.

 

 

Ventura Raceway

 OXNARD, CA - Ventura Raceway is back in action this Saturday night May 11, featuring five classes of the best short track racing to be found anywhere. VRA 360 Sprints headline the show this week along with VRA Dwarf Cars, Mod Lites, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. All the drivers in these classes will be going all out to try to improve their season point positions as they race on Ventura's fast red clay oval. Last week's event was the first race featuring the new red clay racing surface and racing was outstanding. This week other classes get their first crack at the new and improved racing surface.

VRA Sprints are back after last week's race that saw past series champion Greg Taylor take his first win in 2013 and the first sprint car win on Ventura's new red clay track. He started 12th and moved to the front to take the win over point leader Guy Woodward. All the top VRA drivers will be here to try to keep Taylor from making it two in a row. Tom Hendricks, Rick Hendrix, John Nock, rising star Luke Boles and many others are scheduled to be here Saturday night to put on great racing for the fans in attendance racing in their 10 lap heats and a 30 lap main event.

VRA Dwarf Cars will be racing in two classes, Seniors and Pros. Leading the field into the racing will be point leaders Mike Lewis in Seniors and Brent Stevens in Pros. These downsized sedans, coupes and trucks put on exciting racing action each time they appear at Ventura Raceway.

Our newest class returns to action this week as well. The full sized V8 powered VRA Hobby Stocks will be in action with point leader Scott Dinger being challenged by Gary Curtis, last race winner Danny Quinn, Tom Stephens Jr., David Heurung and others. So far in 2013 the fans have been treated to exciting racing in this new and growing class.

VRA Sport Compacts will be Saturday night, with point leader and 2012 series champion Zach Peterson leading them into action. He will be going for his third win in 2013 against a field of other racers in their four-cylinder, rear wheel drive cars. Mira Cook, Mike Stanford, James Adler, Andrew Greiman and many others will be trying to gain in the point race and keep Peterson from taking another win.

The last group racing this weekend is our VRA Mod Lites. These dwarf car sized modifieds have been a growing class. Point leader and last race winner Dave Dotson leads them into action. Others scheduled to be racing include Ricky Lewis, Kris Kornder and Jeffrey Fry.

Pit gates open at 12 noon and front gates open at 3:00PM. Preliminary racing action gets under way at 3:30 PM and full on racing gets going at 5:30PM. Admission for this event is $15.00 for adults, $11.00 for Seniors, Military and Juniors with kids 12 and under free with a paid adult admission. For more information, please call Ventura Raceway at (805) 985-5433 from 8 to 5 Monday through Friday or (805) 648-RACE on race day after 11:00 AM.

Like Ventura Raceway on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ventura Raceway/104668839570641?fref=ts

Follow Ventura Raceway on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VenturaRaceway

 

 

When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Gets Going

The World of Outlaws made there first ever trip to El Paso Speedway Park in EL Paso, TX on April 12th. Cody and his Sure Point Medical team were ready to take on the new track on the schedule. Qualifying 10th put them on the front row of heat 1. With a bobble on the start Cody fell back to third where he would finish. Adjusting to the changing race track Cody looked to capitalize on the 30 lap main event. He was working his was way up when he hit a rut in turn one causing his #4 to flip wildly in the corner. He would walk away from his destroyed race car but his night was over.

Paducah, KY was up next on the schedule but rain forced the track to cancel the race scheduled for Friday, April 19th. Saturday nights race was at Tri-State Speedway the high banked quarter mile track located in Haubstadt, IN. Tri State is a track Cody really likes to run, and it showed. The track was very rough from the start of the night. Going out second to qualify he held nothing back and he would end up third out of the 39 drivers entered. Watching a handful of cars turn over after his qualifying effort he knew what to expect for his heat race. After Bacon was late to the grid for their heat, Cody was moved up to the outside front row. He got the jump and with great finesse he worked the track perfectly to get the win. The dash draw would put him in the second starting position where he would finish just behind his former teammate Joey Saldana, someone who he learned a lot from by watching at this track. The anticipation at the drop of the green flag was intense. Cody and Joey made the race exciting for the fans, battling back and forth, throwing slide jobs, and exchanging the lead 4 times. With 24 of 40 laps in the books Cody would enter turn one leading while running the top of the race track when Joey would attempt a slide job, only this time he came up short. Joey hadn’t cleared Cody and he collided into his left side causing Cody to flip off turn two. Unfortunately for both drivers their night was over after the incident. “It was a tough night for everyone on this Sure Point Medical Team. We have been working very hard to get our car just right, I felt like we had a car that could win. It's discouraging to have our night end the way that it did. I hate it for my guys, they work so hard, and for our dedicated sponsors.” Cody says with displeasure.

Heading to one of the tracks Cody lists as his favorites, The Highbanks of Salina, OK. The night kicked off with some complications. After qualifying 16th they had a mechanical issue in the heat race which Cody was unable to finish. Having to start from the 19th position Cody would try to make the best out of his night. On a track where passing was minimal Cody would finish 15th and also receive the nights Hard Charger Award.

Growing up on half miles around the Pennsylvania area Cody and his team were excited to get to Eldora Speedway for two nights of racing action. Qualifying 21st was not what the team was hoping for but they wouldn’t let that get them down. Starting 6th in his heat Cody would pass 2 cars to be locked into the nights A main. Starting in the 20th position Cody did his best to make passes when he could, he ended the night 15th. “The track was unlike what you would expect to see at Eldora, it was really dusty and hard to see all night. Passing was sketchy with it being so hard to see, you just had to make the best out of it.” Cody discusses after the feature.

Digesting the race from the night before the Sage Fruit #4 team discussed what changes they could make to improve on night two at Eldora Speedway. Cody knows qualifying is key to a good night, ending up 7th out of the 34 cars competing would help with the remainder of the night. Finishing 4th in his heat he would start 12th for the 30 lap main event. After struggling and falling back the first half of the race Cody would come back to finish 9th. “We will take everything we have learned from this weekend and apply it to our next trip here this summer. As a team we strive to improve each and every time we hit the track and we continue working towards that goal every night.” Cody says about his Kasey Kahne Racing team, Ty and Justin.

Cody would like to thank his sponsors for all the continued support Sure Point Medical, Sage Fruit, Curb Records, Hendrickcars.com, Factory Kahne Shocks, Freightliner.

Up next the Sure Point team will head to Elko,MN and Knoxville,IA.

 

Teamwork Pays Off

For the first time the World of Outlaws made a stop at El Paso Speedway Park in EL Paso, TX on April 12th. With momentum from a strong West Coast trip Pittman and the whole Great Clips crew were ready to make the best of the one night event. Starting off quick out of the gate qualifying 2nd locked them into the dash. Learning more about the track during the heat they started to have some motor problems. “We thought we were having a motor going—it was just dying in the corner. This altitude we’re running at, it’s just not something we’ve done this year and it takes some getting used to.” The team didn’t let this interfere with their continued goal to win every night. After a solid 3rd place finish in the dash, they had a heated battle for 2nd and 3rd with Craig Dollansky for the second half of the race. Pittman would cross the finish line in 2nd place behind Steve Kinser. “Hat’s off to my guys, we fought back,” Pittman said. “This is the first time we’ve had a streak like this and we are really enjoying it. We’re going to try to keep the top-five streak alive till November.”

Paducah, Kentucky was next on the schedule but with a few inches of rain the show was canceled. It was onto the quarter mile high banked dirt oval, Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN. Overall it was a tough night for the Great Clips team. In the feature Pittman suffered a flat tire after contact with another car. But one positive thing the Kasey Kahne Racing Team took from their 15th place finish was the effort and true meaning of team work this group of guys has together. They made the necessary repairs in record time and got Pittman back out on track to maintain his points in the World of Outlaw standings.

After a trip to Indiana it was onto Pittman’s closest track to home, The Highbanks of Salina, OK. A track he and his fellow teammate Darrah both say is one of there favorites on the tour. When asked about the Salina Highbanks Pittman’s reply was “I love it, one of the best in the country!!” With a hometown crowd and many family members on hand Pittman was looking to really make them proud. Missing the set up a bit in qualifying with a 10th place effort the Sage Fruit #9 team rallied back for a 2nd place heat and dash finish. Pittman started along side of Dollanksy and tried to hold off McMahan but would end up settling for a third place finish in his Factory Kahne Shocks machine. “If you got in at all too hot you get the air off you and get tight and push up,” said Pittman. “It felt like it would kill the motor and it seemed like it would take a lap for it to get wound up again. It felt like you were going to lose spots. As tough as it was to pass, you still had to be on it and hit your marks, make sure you kept clean air on the wing so the car did work as good as possible.” Pittman continued on. “It was awesome to get back to my this close to home and to be in front of my family and friends, those who have really supported my career from the beginning. I really have to thank them for the continued support and this whole Kasey Kahne Racing Team, Kale, Kolten, Mike and Kasey. Without them we wouldn’t be having the year we are.”

Next up on the World of Outlaw schedule was Eldora Speedway. A former Kings Royal winner at the half-mile track Pittman would use this weekend to capitalize on the two night event. Taking in everything they can for there next trip back in July, for the prestigious Kings Royal. Friday night would be a night of learning all they could. The track was a bit different than the normal Eldora, with dust flying as early as the heats it would only get worse. Pittman qualified 17th, finished 5th in his heat and took the checkered flag in the 13th position. Not the night the Great Clips team was used to having but they worked hard to make the improvements they would need for night two. “We continue to learn more every night we unload. All of us guys have a very good chemistry, we work very well together and have a lot of fun. We keep our heads up and use nights like tonight to make us better.” Pittman says about their 13th place finish.

Rallying back from the start of the night, Pittman qualified second out of the 34 cars in attendance for the weekend at Eldora Speedway. After a 4th place finish in his heat, the invert for the dash would put Pittman in the 5th starting position. He would go on to finish 7th, only looking to improve on that finish for the 30 lap A Main event. At the drop of the green Pittman would remain a constant factor just staying amongst the top 5. With a caution coming on lap 12 and lap 14 Pittman would use the double file restarts to his advantage and work the bottom to make passes on the restarts. The final caution of the night came on lap 22. Brown was leading with Schatz running in second. Brown would start on the inside putting Pittman right behind him just where he wanted to be. When the green flag flew he got a great restart and dive bombed to the bottom and finished it off with a slide job in turn one and two to come out with the lead. He pulled a half a straight-away ahead and seven laps later crossed the finish line with ease in the first postion. “I got to give credit where credit its due, Speedway Engines does a great job with our motors. We time trailed really well tonight and our restarts were awesome all night, that made all the difference in the world.” Pittman explains. “I really need to thank Willie Kahne with Factory Kahne Shocks, who did a great job working with us all weekend. Kale, Kolten, and Michael they do a great job and never give up. Its a lot fun to be apart of guys like that, that don’t give up.” Pittman continued. Daryn extended his points lead in the World of Outlaws standings by 124 points.

Daryn would like to thank his sponsors for their continued support Great Clips, Sage Fruit, Curb Records, Hendrickcars.com, Factory Kahne Shocks, and Freightliner.

Up next the team will head north to Elko, MN and then onto Knoxville, IA.

For more information on the team and Daryn visit darynpittman.com or follow him on twitter @darynpittman

 

 

 

Factory Kahne Shocks Sweep Eldora

PETERSEN MEDIA: On one of fastest tracks around, the Eldora Speedway, Factory Kahne shocks got the job done, as Kerry Madsen and Daryn Pitman pulled off the weekend sweep for FK shocks!

After taking the lead at the halfway point on Friday night, Kerry Madsen rode the high, scary, side of the Eldora Speedway to pick his first win of the year, and his first win on Factory Kahne’s.

Saturday night, Daryn Pitman too advantage of a late restart, to slide past Brian Brown in turns one and two, and went on to win by nearly a straightaway! Pitman’s FK shocks have led him to a series leading four victories, and he continues to lead to championship standings.

In Chico, CA on Friday night, Jonathan Allard made the switch to FK 3.1 base valve shocks, and they helped him score his first win of the US season. Allard grabbed the lead on lap eight and never looked back.

Also on Friday night, Kevin Nouse dominated the 358ci feature event at the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. Nouse celebrated the big win with his FK’s tuned by Highlands.

Ryan Bernal picked up an astounding fifth consecutive win on Saturday night. The California hot-shoe was in action at the Placerville Speedway, and used his FK’s to ride the Placerville cushion to perfection!

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2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Wins- 64

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Shaylen Raye Motorsports May 4th Results

(Clear Lake, WA) 5/6/13 by Kelly Hart – Racinghartmedia

The Shaylen Raye Motorsports Sprint Car racing team driven by Travis Jacobson returned to Skagit Speedway last Saturday night for race two of the ambitious 2013 racing schedule. Results were not much different from the first week with the exception of a bad fast qualifying lap.

Driver Travis Jacobson ripped off a nearly perfect 10.982 just missing the track record of 10.972 set a few years ago by World of Outlaws regular Jason Sides. Travis finished fourth in his heat, starting from the back of the field. The team was trying something new with the set-up to see what the car would do under those specific track conditions.

In the main event the car started fourth on the grid. Pole sitter Trey Starks started to fade about ten laps in, and Travis moved past him into second position as race leader Brock Lemley was hooked up and pulling away. Travis had a few opportunities to gain ground with two restarts but had to settle for second place.

Early plans are for the team to take the weekend off and return to action on May 18th at Skagit Speedway to get more laps on the 410 Sprint car before Dirt Cup in late June.

The team has rolled out its new product line of T-shirts, sweatshirts and ladies tank tops. All are on sale before the races outside the main gate and in the pit area, at the hauler before and after the show. Quantities are limited to stock on hand so get yours early.

Shaylen Raye Motorsports is sponsored by Doyle Guffie’s Rallye Auto Sales, Shark Racing Engines, Shaffer Concrete, Wilson Concrete, Performance R/C, Anderson Pressure Washing, Meyer Sign and Advertising, TMM, Heavy D, Barlow Escrow, SpeedMart, Purple Moon Promo, Triple X Race Components, Vic’s Old Gas Pumps, Complete Equipment Maintenance, and McEvoy Oil Company of Bellingham. New for the 2013 campaign, Shaylen Raye Motorsports welcomes aboard 3 new sponsors. Triple E Enterprises, Jet City Equipment and Hyundai, and Scotties Plumbing and Repair.

If you are interested in joining the Shaylen Rae Motorsports team as a sponsor or marketing partner please call Mike Anderson at 360.6610792. Driver Travis Jacobson is available for media interviews by calling 425.754.5939. Racer public relations and media work is available by contacting Racinghartmedia via email Kelly@racinghartmedia.com or khart78@yahoo.com .

 

 

Mintz & Ivy Wearing Bullseyes as FAST Series Returns to Action this Weekend

MAUMEE, OH (5-7-13) by Scott Porter - F.A.S.T. Public Relations

With the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series invading "The Buckeye State" over the weekend the mighty 410 sprint car division was idle at both Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway. Several drivers of the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) presented by KS Sales & Service took the opportunity to spend their downtime with family and friends; however, several did not sit idle over the weekend and raced around Ohio and Pennsylvania. After the short hiatus, the battle for the 2013 Kistler Cup will be re-ignited this weekend with a pair of events in Northern Ohio. Also returning to action will be the JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series.

Things kick off this Friday, May 10th at Attica Raceway Park with "Scouts Night." All Girl Scout, Boy Scout and Scout Leaders in uniform will get free admission into "Ohio's Finest Racing" speed plant for an action packed night of racing. With just one F.A.S.T. event completed at Attica to date, it's tough to claim that anyone in particular has an advantage at the 1/3-mile semi-banked oval. Craig Mintz, Byron Reed and Caleb Griffith (who claimed the UNOH 305/360 Challenge over this past weekend), have all showed signs of being contenders when the green flag flies. Brian Smith outran them all two weeks ago to become the only F.A.S.T. member to visit victory lane at either track (Tim Shaffer and Greg Wilson have won the other two events).

Fremont Speedway track promoter Rich Farmer will add a twist to the traditional format on Saturday, May 11th with "King of the Hill" competitions determining the first four rows of the feature event for both the 410 and 305 sprint cars. With this change the JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series will also run one-lap qualifications. The top-8 fastest qualifiers that transfer out of their heats will run four rounds of two-car, two-lap "King of the Hill" races until one driver is victorious. The winner will have the option of picking either the inside or outside of the front row in their feature. The added twist will place a lot of emphasis on qualifying at "The Track That Action Built."

2009 F.A.S.T. Champ Craig Mintz has been knocking on the door of his first feature win this season and his three podium finishes leaving the Mintz Motorsports #09 nothing to be disappointed in. With the help of a pair of runner-up finishes and a third place run, Mintz has a 34-point lead in the Kistler Cup point standings. Sitting in second place is Brian Smith who is off to a strong start with a win at Attica. He will look to build on his current momentum. Smith finished 5th at Lernervile Speedway this past weekend, and looks to chisel away at Mintz’s lead. 2010 F.A.S.T. Champion Byron Reed sits in fourth place just 6-markers back of Smith. Just 3-points back of Reed is Cole Duncan who looks to make his first ever run at the $10,000 to win F.A.S.T. championship. Chris Andrews, who drove in his first career non-wing event this past weekend and posted a respectable 5th place finish from his 22nd starting position, rounds out the top-5 in points.

Veteran John Ivy leads the JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series points after being victorious in the only event contested so far. Fellow sprint car veteran Bobby Clark sits in second just 5-markers back, while Dustin Dinan holds down third place just 8-points back. One of the hottest 305 drivers in 2013 is Nate Dussel (three "open" feature wins) who sits in fourth, while Alvin Roepke rounds out the top-five.

Want more information about the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by KS Sales & Service and the JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series? Visit www.fastondirt.com, like us on Facebook at fb.com/fastondirt or follow @FASTseries on Twitter.

FAST SERIES AND KS SALES & SERVICE ADD CASH BONUS TO ATTICA’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSIC: The Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by KS Sales & Service will help celebrate the silver season at Attica Raceway Park in grand fashion with the running of the Eric Philips 25th Anniversary Classic on Friday, May 17th. Highlighting the night are twin features for the F.A.S.T. Series highlight the night with each consisting of 25-laps and both paying out $2,500 to win and $250 to start.

Only the first feature event for the 410 sprint cars will count towards the $10,000 season-ending championship for the Fremont/Attica Sprint Title. Cash and prestige will be on the line when the cars are pushed off for the second feature of the night. Details about the race format and more bonus cash will soon be released by Attica Raceway Park.

Bonus cash will be on the line for the 410 sprint car members of the Fremont/Attica Sprint Title thanks to money put up by the F.A.S.T. organization, as well as a generous donation by presenting sponsor KS Sales & Service. A $250 bonus will be up for grabs for whichever F.A.S.T. member posts the highest average finish during the pair of feature events. Also a $100 bonus will be available to the F.A.S.T. member with the second highest finishing average. Any ties will be broken by the driver sitting the highest in F.A.S.T. points after the first feature event on May 17th.

Also in competition will be the UMP DIRTcar Late Models and the 305 Sprint Cars racing without their front nose wings as a tribute to the “Econo Sprint” division that Eric Philips started. Thanks to Hoserville Ohio the 305 Sprint feature will pay $600 to win.

FAST On Dirt, Inc. would like to thank the following contributors to the 2013 Fremont/Attica Sprint Title point fund:

Kistler Racing Products, KS Sales & Service, JLH General Contractors, Engler Machine & Tool, CP-Carillo Pistons, Design Graphics Group Inc., SCS Gearbox, Pukka Inc., Reebar Die Casting, Hoseheads.com, Level Performance, Young's RV Centers, Custom Ink Screenprinting, Avitus Group, Gressman Powersports, Hoserville Ohio, Jon Wright’s Custom Chrome Plating, JD Automotive, Midwest Transportation, Fast Traxxx Electric Slot Car Racing, October Hills Farms, Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway.

Also, a very special thanks to all of our contingency award sponsors:

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, Henry Motorsports, Fuel Safe, Productive Tools & Equipment, Hinchman Indy Racewear, OC Shocks, J&J Auto Racing, Kear's Speed Shop, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, King Racing Products, Kinsler Fuel Injection, KSE Racing Products, Linder's Speed Equipment, Outerwears Performance Products, Pro Shocks, R2C Performance Products, Rocket Headers, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, Ti22 Performance, Weld Racing Wheels, Wings Unlimited, SpeedMeetsArt.com, Golden Graphics & Design and Zemco Headers.

 

 

2 Nights of Racing Brings A Top 10

5-4-2013 The Sunburst Environmental Service sprint car team had a busy weekend. The festivities started Friday Night when the team made the tow to Lernerville Speedway.

A bad pill draw set Adam to start the 2nd heat race in the 8th spot. Very little bite in the track surface made passing very difficult, and the 5k ended up finishing 6th, missing the transfer to the feature by just 1 spot. Adam lined up 2nd for the B main and lead every lap to set him up for a 16th place starting position in the feature. The track continued to slick off, and Adam brought his machine home in the same spot he started. "There just wasn't any grip out there, pretty much follow the leader tonight", Adam said later.

Saturday brought another chance at Mercer Raceway Park. The crew was optimistic as last weeks set up looked like it was just the ticket before he got tangled up in traffic and ended the night early. The heat race found the 5K starting 2nd, and Adam held that spot to the checkers. "The track was a bit rough in the turns" Adam said, "but there is plenty of grip".

Set to start the feature in the 4th spot, the crew watched to see if the crew would groom the track at the intermission, and when the grader came out, business picked up in the pits as the team made some big changes to the set up. Adam dropped a few sports on the start and settled into 7th where he would finish the race. "We wanted to start tight" team owner Mike Kekich said after the race. "we expected the track to blow off early". "Looks like we went too far, we are still figuring out these new spec tires for this year". "We learned a lot tonight" Adam added, "we'll be good for the All Star show next weekend".

 

 

Mother’s Day Race for the Cure Saturday at CSP!

Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (May 6, 2013) – A trio of drivers will try to extend winning streaks as another full night of wild racing action is on tap for the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval near Phoenix with Saturday night’s Third Annual Mother’s Day Race for the Cure.

Saturday’s card, which follows an open practice session on Wednesday night from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., is headlined by the IMCA Modifieds along with the LoanMart CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Cars, Viper Smart Start Pure Stocks, Dwarf Cars and Renegades.

Jason Noll, Josh Shipley and Bo Partain each try to add another notch to the victory column when Saturday’s Third Annual Mother’s Day Race for the Cure goes green at 7:00 p.m.

In the IMCA Modified ranks, Jason Noll will be gunning for his third consecutive CSP triumph after topping the most recent pair of events on March 1 and April 6. With his two wins, Noll has closed to within two points of January 30 Winter Challenge winner Anthony Madrid in track championship points.

While Madrid holds a slim advantage over Noll, the balance of the top five includes Ricky Thornton, Jr., Jay Foster and George Fronsman.

While Noll tries to make it three in a row, Josh Shipley shoots for his fourth consecutive LoanMart CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Car win after topping the initial three events of the season.

Perfect in the Challenge Cup Sprint Car ranks, Shipley is out to the early points lead ahead of Johnny Shelton, Jr., with Jacob Hawkins, Kiley Fellars and Dean Colquette rounding out the current top five.

Noll’s pair of triumphs and Shipley’s three-peat are no match for Bo Partain, who holds the longest win streak of all with four consecutive Viper Smart Start Pure Stock triumphs.

Partain went three-for-three in Winter Challenge action before capturing the season points opening event on April 6 for Pure Stocks in front of Ryan Eaden, Chris McCurdy, Jr., Steve Shumaker and Lee Morrell. Challenger Engines has upped the winner’s share for Saturday’s Pure Stock feature to $600.

John Romero topped the season opening event for the Renegades on April 6 with Dwarf Cars set to appear at CSP for the first time of the year.

Tickets for Saturday’s Third Mother’s Day Race for the Cure at CSP are $15, with a $2 discount for Military, Seniors and Students. Children ages 7-12 are $6, with children 6 and under admitted free. VIP passes are available for $20.

Hotel Information can be found at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/fan-info/lodging/ or by calling the Holiday Inn Express at 623-853-1313.

To keep up on all the latest news and happenings, sign up for Canyon Speedway E-News. The track update registration can be found at the top of the www.canyonspeedwaypark.com home page.

The entire 2013 Canyon Schedule can be previewed online at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/schedule/.

Discounted CSP season passes are also available by calling the track office at 602-258-7223. Season ticket packages can be viewed at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/tickets/season-passes/.

Canyon Speedway Park is located in north Peoria, AZ, off Lake Pleasant Parkway, then 1.3 miles west on Carefree Highway. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-RACE(7223) or check online at www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.

 

 

Sprint Cars at DCRP this Weekend!

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 6, 2013) – Sprint Cars will sling the Dodge City Raceway Park clay for the first time this season when the United Rebel Sprint Series takes to the 3/8-mile on Saturday night.

Along with the URSS Sprint Cars, Saturday’s card will also include championship chase action for the IMCA Modifieds, United Wireless IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and Hornets.

Saturday’s action goes green at 7:30 p.m. General admission for adults is just $12, with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

The first of four URSS stops at DCRP in 2013, Saturday’s card marks the fourth round of competition for the 305-ci Sprint Cars thus far.

Barry Crane of Ulysses, KS, topped the URSS Kansas opener at Liberal on April 27 with Ness City’s Luke Cranston and Hill City’s Jeff Radcliffe splitting victory honors this past weekend at Oberlin, KS, and Lexington, NE.

The URSS Sprint Cars made a pair of stops at Dodge City Raceway Park in 2012 with Colorado champion Jake Bubak victorious in the first outing before veteran Wichita shoe Mike Peters topped the season-ending event. Dodge City’s Brian Herbert is the reigning URSS champion.

While Sprint Cars attack the 3/8-mile oval for the first time of the year, Randy Wilson, Clay Sellard, Billy Phelps and Jarett Lunow will lead the way into Saturday’s championship chase action.

Wilson has posted a pair of fifth place finishes to jump into the early IMCA Modified points lead by just two points over Mike Lunow, while Clay Sellard’s opening day triumph has him in the top spot in IMCA Sport Modifieds by just four points over April 20 winner Jeff Kaup.

Billy Phelps has posted a pair of podium finishes to take the early IMCA Stock Car points lead while Jarett Lunow is two-for-two in Hornet action on the inner asphalt oval.

After Saturday’s card, the track will sit idle for two weekends before firing back to life with another full card of championship action including IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, Thunder Cars and Hornets on Saturday, June 1.

Eighteen overall nights of action at Dodge City Raceway Park over the course of 2013 includes several special events including the TORC Off Road Trucks in April, the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on July 5-6, a pair of $1,200-to-win IMCA Modified tilts in July along with USAC Sprint Cars on August 23-24 and four rounds of URSS Sprint Car competition along the way.

Dodge City Raceway Park is located on the south edge of Dodge City, KS, on US 283, then 0.9 miles west on US 56, then 0.1 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 620-225-3277 or check www.dodgecityraceway.com.

 

 

Gas City I69 Speedway Next Challenge for KISS Racers

May 6, 2013 – With the first two events of the 2013 King of Indiana Sprint Series in the books, the attention turns to Gas City's I69 powerplant. The top non-wing sprint car racers in the Hoosier state unload at the quarter-mile this Friday and the war for the King's crown is getting hot.

With his victory at Bloomington Speedway, Friday, and a fifth place finish at Kokomo Speedway on Sunday, Brady Short is on top of the points by a narrow margin. Sunday's winner, Robert Ballou is only 12 points behind, with Levi Jones just a single point further back. Ballou had an eight place finish at Bloomington, while Jones earned seventh at Bloomington and second a Kokomo. Hunter Schuerenberg took second at Bloomington and eleventh at Kokomo, and is only 28 points out of the lead. Dave Darland makes up the top-5 following a third at Kokomo and 12th at Bloomington.

The anomaly that most fans will quickly notice in these standings is the absence of six-time KISS champion Jon Stanbrough's name from that list. Short and Darland are the only drivers to out-point Stanbrough in KISS competition since 2006. Unfortunately, when Stanbrough struggled with his new ride for this year, the team decided it was necessary to go their separate ways. Stanbrough skipped Sunday's Kokomo race, but promised he would be back in a different car this coming weekend.

Looking at the record book, Dave Darland has won the last two KISS events at the Gas City facility. Bryan Clauson collected his only KISS win at Gas City in 2009, and Stanbrough won the two races before that. Among the racers, Gas City's oval is both liked and hated. Some drivers admit that even though they haven't done well there, they respect it and understand that they need to step up big time when they tow through the gates. Friday is a prime opportunity to do just that, against the toughest competition in the state.

Gas City's Speedway is located on Highway 2, a 1/4 mile west of I-69 at Exit 59. Grandstand admission for the KISS program is only $20, kids 7 - 12 are $5, and ages 6 and under are free with a paying adult; pit passes are $30. The program will include Gas City's UMP modifieds and thunder cars. The track opens at 4:00, with racing beginning at 7:30. More information is available at www.gascityi69speedway.com.

KISS Points: 1. Brady Short 340, 2. Robert Ballou 328, 3. Levi Jones 327, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg 312, 5. Dave Darland 304, 6. Shane Cottle 296, 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. 290, 8. Casey Shuman 280, 9.Jerry Coons Jr. 272, 10. Wes McIntyre 250

Lawrenceburg Speedway will host the fourth KISS stop on Saturday, May 18. The racing moves to Tri-State Speedway on May 26, with the final events at Paragon Speedway on June 1 and the Terre Haute Action Track on July 2.

2013 KISS SCHEDULE

May 3 Bloomington Speedway – Brady Short May 5 Kokomo Speedway – Robert Ballou May 10 Gas City I-69 Speedway May 18 Lawrenceburg Speedway May 26 Tri-State Speedway June 1 Paragon Speedway July 2 Terre Haute Action Track

 

 

NO RACING AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND – RACING RETURNS MAY 18TH!

(Perris, CA, May 6, 2013) There is no racing at Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday, May 11th. Racing will return on May 18th with the Amsoil OilTwins.com PASSCAR Stock Series. The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars will return for the annual Salute to Indy on May 25th and Night of Destruction #2 will be on June 8th.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

Camping for all events at The PAS is available for $25.00 per night. The campground will open at noon the day before each event. Tailgating in the spectator parking lot will begin at 1:00 PM for all PAS events as well.

The entire 2013 PAS schedule is listed at the end of this release.

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2012 season. 1-800LoanMart, 777 Racecars, Aaron's, Ahern Rentals, All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, CamGuard, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Comfort Inn, Day Construction, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Edelbrok, Frazee Paint, HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, K&N Engineering, McMahon’s RV, OneDirt.com, P.I.P.E., Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Prolong Super Lubricants, Running Waters Hospice, Scott Sales, Snap-on, Soboba Casino, Sprint Car Driving Experience, Square H, Swedish Speed, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley Auto Salvage, White Nuckl USA and Zanzabuku Sports Lounge.

To keep up with all of the latest Perris Auto Speedway news, photos, gossip and receive special offers, sign up at The PAS Facebook site at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php - !/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/11387679868

You can also keep up with the latest news and receive special offers from The PAS Twitter site: http://twitter.com/perrisautospdwy.

Video and DVD productions of all racing events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Loudpedal Productions. For more information on these productions you can contact them by calling (805) 844-3854, E-mailing mailto:trtruex@gmail.com or you can visit the web site http://www.loudpedalvideo.com/

Fans can participate for free in The PAS 2013 Fantasy League at: http://www.shorttrackin.com/. There are separate divisions for the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and the Amsoil OilTwins.com PASSCAR classes of the LoanMart Street Stocks, Pick-A-Part American Factory Stocks and the Modifieds. Players can compete in as many divisions as they like. The winner of the USAC/CRA game will win a 20-lap ($240.00 value) driving session on the famous PAS half-mile clay oval courtesy of the Sprint Car Driving Experience. The winner of the Modified group will take receive a $50.00 gift certificate for Amsoil products from The Oil Twins. More prizes will be announced as they come in.

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.

racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment

 

 

Marks Nabs Seventh Straight Heat Race Win at Lincoln Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (May 6, 2013) - It was another solid weekend for Brent Marks, who extended his unprecedented streak.

Marks recorded his seventh consecutive heat race victory - and his track-best eighth overall - on Saturday at Lincoln Speedway to highlight a weekend with two more top 15s.

It started on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., where Marks finished fourth in his heat race to garner the eighth starting position for the 25-lap feature.

"Our car was pretty good all night long," he said. "(The track) wasn't very racy. It rubbered up on the bottom for the second week in a row. I was one of few drivers trying to make the top work, trying to run where nobody else was. We were about to run up there to the top five a couple of times. It was very tough to pass and it was pretty much you finished where you started."

Marks ended seventh to earn his 10th top-seven finish this season. He now ranks fourth in the Williams Grove Speedway standings.

After qualifying 11th to open the 10th annual Weldon Sterner Memorial at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, Marks was put on the pole of his heat race. He led the distance en route to another heat win.

"It gets your confidence up in a heat race," he said. "It's very important to get qualified and put yourself in position for the feature. By winning all these heat races is able to put us in position."

For the second straight night, Marks started the main event on the outside of the fourth row. He was up to seventh on Lap 3 of the special 33-lap race when disaster struck.

"I just overdrove the car and just lost it," he said. "I tried to gas it up and keep going, but the motor just stalled on me. That just set us behind, especially on a heavy track."

After restarting at the back of the pack - 24th - Marks rallied to finish 12th, which was only the fourth race this season that he didn't end in the top 10.

"Unfortunate I made a mistake early in the feature and spun out," he said. "I had to come from the back and was only able to salvage 12th out of it. We didn't have a very good race car, but I felt like we had a top-10 race car."

Marks will return to Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Lincoln Speedway on Saturday for a pair of tuneups for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series before concluding the weekend on Sunday at Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pa.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 3 - Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 7 (8).

May 4 - Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa. - Qualifying; 11; Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 12 (8).

SEASON STATS -

17 races, 2 wins, 5 top fives, 13 top 10s, 15 top 15s, 16 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Saturday at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pa.; and Sunday at Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pa.

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: www.BrentMarksRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brent_Marks

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brentmarksracing?fref=ts

VIDEO -

Here is a link to a highlights package by PaPosseRacing.com of Marks' win at Lincoln Speedway on March 30: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZvZdKZCk4

Here is a link to a highlights package by PaPosseRacing.com of Marks' win at Lincoln Speedway on March 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zlz27Ec4jA

APPAREL -

Marks has a variety of apparel, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, long-sleeve shirts, hats and stickers. The apparel is located in front of the truck at Williams Grove Speedway and at T-shirt Alley at Lincoln Speedway each weekend.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Creekside Auto Sales

Located in Dover, Pa., Creekside Auto Sales is a used car dealership.

"Creekside Auto Sales jumped on board with the team this year and we're very excited to have them partner with us," Marks said.

Marks would also like to thank BAPS Auto Paint and Supply, Fredericksburg Eagle Hotel, Russell Heller Builder, TJ's Body Shop, KC Automotive, Wolf Run Landscaping, Glenna Straley Hair Design, Sprint Aces, Robison Racing Products, KSE Racing Products, Penske Racing Shocks, Triple X Race Co., MEMTEC Services and special thanks to Tim Spangler and Jake's Carts for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

 

 

Triple X

In racing, peaking at the right time can make all the difference in the world. With the World of Outlaws due in for a tripleheader in two weeks, Brian Montieth’s racing program has done a 180 degrees turn, as the driver of the Premier Auto Works #21 Triple X won for the second straight weekend at Lincoln Speedway to claim the $6,900 winner’s share of the Weldon Sterner Memorial. JB Cunningham made it a Triple X sweep of Lincoln by winning the 358 feature. Jeremy Burt won in his Triple X in California. Kyle Miller spearheaded a Triple X domination of Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon. Brock Lemley and Zach McCabe took their Triple X chassis to victory at Skagit Speedway and Danny Mumaw opened the weekend with a Friday night win in Ohio.

Winning ways have returned to the Premier Auto Works camp, with Brian Montieth parking the Jerry Parrish owned #21 Triple X in victory lane this weekend at Lincoln Speedway. With $6,900 on the line for the winner of the Weldon Sterner Memorial, Montieth took the lead from fellow Team Triple X driver and new Lincoln Speedway track record holder Fred Rahmer to score the big win. The victory was Brian’s third of the season and continues the strong run for Triple X in the state of PA.

Give Jeremy Burt the outside pole position and clean air and watch out: the former Marysville Raceway Park track champion will be near impossible to beat, as proved by his second win of the year on Saturday night. Burt found a line around the outside of Marysville Raceway Park that only his Triple X could navigate to score the wire to wire win and stretch his early season advantage in the point standings.

JB Cunningham can now add Lincoln Speedway to his victory list after taking the 20 lap 358 feature win on Saturday. JB led every lap for his first career triumph at Lincoln, after many previous conquests of other area tracks in his Triple X Chassis.

The pairing of Brock Lemley and Valliant Racing has been working to near perfection, as the Bellingham, WA driver brought the team another victory on Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. Doing double duty at the 3/10 mile clay oval, Lemley led every lap of the 410 feature to score win #2 on the year in their XXX chassis. This was on the heels of a second place performance earlier in the night during the 360 main event.

Year after year, race after race, all Kyle Miller does is win. This proved true once again at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday night, as Miller led the NWWT regulars to another victory in wingless action in his Triple X, his seventh career win at Cottage Grove without a wing and ninth career NWWT triumph. Miller’s win came in front of a Triple X dominated race, with five of the top six finishers (Sterling Kane, Pat Canfield, Bill Winsley and Kyle Mehner) running Triple X chassis. The win completed a clean sweep for Miller, who set quick time and won his dash and heat as well.

Danny Mumaw found victory lane for the first time this year with a wire to wire win at Wayne County Speedway in Ohio. Mumaw dominated in clean air, leading every lap of the main with a full straightaway advantage at times in his Triple X.

Arlington, WA driver Zach McCabe is now 2 for 2 on the season following his win Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. McCabe led all 20 laps of the Sportsman main event, continuing his undefeated streak in his brand new Triple X chassis.

 

 

Covington Bad Fast in Lawton, But Ends up 9th

PETERSEN MEDIA- Though the scorer’s sheet shows him with a ninth place finish in Lawton, OK, Matt Covington was the show on Saturday night, but contact with a lapped car on the last lap ruing the Glenpool, OK driver’s night and he ended up with a ninth place finish.

Lining up in the sixth row for the feature event, Matt Covington committed himself to the high-side and it worked for him, as he was the class of the field during the third round of Sooner Regional competition.

On a very fast track, Covington wasted no time moving his T&L Foundry/Triple X/Winters machine towards the front as he was quickly battling the likes of Mike Goodman, Danny Wood, and Jae Martens.

In thick traffic, Covington continued to run the top, as he got up to the lead, but as the top began to slow down, he was unable to make his pass for the lead stick, and he settled into second, as he and Danny Wood battled.

On the final lap while running in the third spot, Covington looked to make something happen, and went back to the top to get around a lapped car, but as he did, the slower car drifted up the track, and knock Covington off the track, but he kept his foot in it, did a 360, and crossed the stripe in the ninth spot.

“If we had any luck, we would have a couple of wins right now, but unfortunately it has been a rough start to the year,” he said. “Jason Martin has been helping us out, and he is helping out a ton, and really has us going in the right direction.”

To start the night, Covington drew a high pill, and put him in the back of his heat on a very locked down surface, but a fourth place finish was enough to put him in the feature event.

Matt and his Covington Racing team would like to thank T&L Foundry, Triple X Chassis, Winters, Brodix, C.G. Martin Company, Factor 1 Racing, All-Star Performance, Outlaw Wings, Pro Shocks, DMI Components, Keizer Wheels, ButlerBuilt, Simpson Race Products, GME Steering, Wesmar Racing Engines, and Schoenfeld Headers for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-11, Wins-0, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-6

ON TAP: Matt will be at the Timberline Speedway on Friday night, before heading to Sixty-Seven Texarkana on Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: For all the latest news of Matt Covington, visit his website, www.mattcovingtonracing.com, like him on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Covington-Racing-wwwmattcovingtonracingcom/154701427982961, or follow him on twitter, @mattcovington11.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

For more information contact sales@petersenmediainc.com, by phone at 916-342-3424, visit www.petersenmediainc.com, www.facebook.com/PetersenMedia, or follow www.twitter.com/petersen_Media.

 

 

 

Dewease Makes History; Christens Roaring Knob With Last Lap Pass

PETERSEN MEDIA: In it’s 15 year history, the Roaring Knob Motorplex had never hosted a sprint car race. Sunday night they held their first one and were treated to a great one as Lance Dewease made a last lap pass to become the tracks first ever sprint car winner.

"That was a hell of a race going on there," exclaimed the 47-year-old Fayetteville, Pa. great. "I wished it was a little easier than we made it, but Tim (Shaffer) and those guys are a bunch of good racers.”

Lining his Lelands.com/Conduit Connections/Pasquirellos Auto Shop No. 27 up on the front row of the feature event, Dewease shot out to an early lead, as Tim Shaffer trailed him early.

Cautions plagued the early portion of the race, but Dewease still sat on the point, though Shaffer began challenging him for the top spot, as he used the high-side of the track.

“My guys were telling me he was coming on the top, but I was really good on the bottom, so I figured if he was good enough, he could get around me,” he explained.

On the ninth lap, Shaffer got past Dewease, but Dewease didn’t let him out of his sights, as he stalked him aboard his Penske Shocks/Wings Unlimited/Brown and Miller Racing Solutions mount.

In traffic on lap 13, Dewease slipped back to third, as Logan Schucart got him for the second spot, but Dewease answered back on the 20th circuit as he got past Schucart, and then looked to give it everything he had to chase down Shaffer who had a ½ straight lead.

On the 24th lap, Dewease had closed in on Shaffer, and began trying to get around him by using every line he could, but was unable to get around him.

With the white flag waving, Dewease chased Shaffer into turn one, and instead of trying to top, Dewease dove back low, and pulled alongside the leader, and made the pass stick entering three, and exited four earning his first victory of the year.

"I didn't even realize it was the final lap," revealed Dewease. "We were in traffic so hard there. I was really nice on the bottom. I didn't think those guys could stay tight and if they got slowed up a little and unable to run the top. I was shocked Tim moved to the top and left the bottom open. Once he went outside, I just dove to the bottom and it worked out. I'm really happy for Mike Heffner. He's not here tonight, but is going to be real happy about this win. We haven't had the year we wanted. The tire change put us behind, but we're slowly gaining on it."

Dewease was also in action on Friday and Saturday where he scored an eight place finish Friday at Williams grove, and a sixth place finish Saturday night at Lincoln.

Dewease and his Heffner Racing team would like to thank Lelands.com, Conduit Connections, Pasquirellos Auto Shop, Penske Racing Shocks, Wings Unlimited, Brown and Miller Racings Solutions, Keizer Wheels, DMI Racing Components, Schoenfeld Headers, Hanks Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Viper Venom fuels, ATL Fuel Cells, Schaeffer Racing Oils, Astro Titanium, Tom Shockey Collision, Kirkey Racing Seats, Michael Graphics, Valley Forge Inc., Bell Helmets, WRT Web Designs, and WRT SpeedWerx for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-22, Wins-1, Top 5’s-8, Top 10’s-18

ON TAP: The Heffner Racing team is now scheduled for a triple header weekend, as they will be at the Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, the Lincoln Speedway on Saturday and at Susquehanna Speedway Park on Sunday.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with Lance by visiting his website, www.lancedewease.com, or liking his Facebook Page, Lance Dewease Motorsports.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media specializes in motorsports media constructing news releases, as well as constructing email lists to keep sponsors, and fans up to date. Petersen Media also utilizes today's Social Media networks to provide trackside updates to fans and sponsors, and can customize packages to fit your team's needs.

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Mitchell 11th in Perris

PETERSEN MEDIA- Back in action with the USAC/CRA Series, Matt Mitchell saw some improvement as he scored an 11th place finish on Saturday night.

Hitting the Perris Auto Speedway, Mitchell started his night off by timing his A.R.T./MPD Racing/Parker Performance Engines machine in 11th fastest, putting him in the second row of his heat.

Starting fourth in the second heat, the Yorba Linda, CA driver rode the high-side of the PAS to a second place heat finish, putting him in the feature event, where he would start of the sixth row.

When the green light flashed, Mitchell began battling with the likes of RJ Johnson, and Mike Martin.

With passing tough on the hooked up track, the trio swapped positions all race long, with Mitchell finally getting the better of it.

In the 11th spot, Mitchell also hooked up in a battle with hard charging Bud Kaeding and Richard Vander Weerd.

Getting as high up as the ninth spot, Mitchell would slip back to the 11th spot.

With the race coming to a close, Mitchell began to charge on 10th running, David Cardey.

Working on Cardey for the 10th spot, Mitchell ran out of time, and ended his night in the 11th spot.

“We were a lot better then we have been,” Mitchell said. “We timed in much better, but we need to be even better, so we can give ourselves a shot, and start a little closer to the front.”

Matt Mitchell Racing would like to thank, A.R.T. Enterprises, MPD Racing, Parker Performance Engines, Caliagua, Bell Helmets, and Hedman Hedders for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-12, Wins-0, Top 5’s-0, Top 10’s-4

ON TAP: Matt and his team will now look to tackle the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA on May 18th.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

For more information contact sales@petersenmediainc.com, by phone at 916-342-3424, visit www.petersenmediainc.com, www.facebook.com/PetersenMedia, or follow www.twitter.com/petersen_Media.

 

 

Netto Sixth at Ocean

PETERSEN MEDIA: A week after engine issues plagued him at the Placerville Speedway, DJ Netto and his Netto Racing team were back in action this past weekend however, it was at a 360ci race in Watsonville, CA with their 410 engines being check out.

“We opted to get our 410’s checked out, so we took our 360, and went to the Ocean Speedway on Friday night,” Netto said.

A very competitive 360 weekly series, Netto made the most of his draw, as he was the last car out during qualifications, and timed in seventh fastest, putting him on the front row of his heat.

Taking full advantage of his front row starting spot, Netto took the early lead, and never looked back, as he won the heat going away, and put his Netto Ag/Penny Newman Grain/Bogies Auto Parts entry in the feature event.

With the ‘0’ pill being drawn for the feature event invert, Netto would line his No. 88N machine up in the fourth row of the 30-lap feature.

Jumping into the top-five, Netto would have his hands full for the final 20-laps of the feature, as he worked around the ¼ mile track with no brakes.

“We lost brakes on lap-10, and that made it tough because the track was right on the bottom,” he said.

Doing what he could to hang on, Netto held his own, and ended up finishing in the sixth spot.

“I think we had a better car then our results show for sure,” Netto said. “The brake issues was huge, and made it tough, but I’ll take the sixth and look forward.”

DJ and his Netto Racing team would like to thank Netto Agriculture, Penny Newman Grain, Bogies Auto Parts, and Vande Pol Enterprises for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-13, Wins-0, Top 5’s-2, Top 10’s-4

ON TAP: DJ and his Netto Motorsports will be back in action this coming Friday night at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with DJ and his team by following him on twitter @DJNetto88.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

For more information contact sales@petersenmediainc.com, by phone at 916-342-3424, visit www.petersenmediainc.com, www.facebook.com/PetersenMedia, or follow www.twitter.com/petersen_Media.

 

 

Tommy Second at Ocean

PETERSEN MEDIA- Making his season debut at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA on Friday night, Tommy Tarlton made a late race charge and came up just short of the win, as he settled for a second place finish.

“We had a great racecar, and were right there for the win,” Tarlton said. “Driver made a mistake early, but the car was there, and I had a blast.”

The Easton, CA driver started his Friday night off by timing his Corporate Lending America/Tachi Palace and Casino/Tarlton and Son entry in with the third fastest lap, putting him in the second row of his heat.

As luck would have it, the front row of his heat jumped the start, so Tarlton found himself on the front row, and went on to pick up a very convincing win.

With the ‘0’ invert pill being pulled for the 30-lap feature event, Tarlton lined his Bandy and Associates/Pro Signs/BG Lubricants backed machine up in the second row.

Running in the third spot early in the feature, ‘the terminator’ nearly lost the handle of his machine, but was able to save it, though he lost several spots, and dropped back to eighth.

Back in eighth, Tarlton was hard on the loud pedal, as he was the fastest car on the track and clawed his way up to the third spot, behind Shane Golobic and Justin Sanders with just eight laps to go.

On the 23rd lap, Golobic spun out of the lead, and Tommy sat behind two lapped on the restart.

Sanders got a great jump and pulled to nearly a straightaway lead over Tarlton, but he finally cleared them, and did his best to track down Sanders.

Coming out of turn four, Tarlton nearly pulled off the last lap heroics, but came up just short of the win, and crossed the stripe in the second spot.

“I wish we would have had a clean shot on Sanders during that final restart, because I think we would have had something for him,” he said. “My guys did great, and our car is awesome right now.”

Tarlton Racing would like to thank Corporate Lending America, Tachi Palace and Casino, Tarlton and Son, Bandy and Associates, Pro Signs, BG Lubricants, All Star Performance and Astro Titanium for their continued support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-5, Wins-0, Top 5’s-5, Top 10’s-5

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Tommy by visiting www.tommytarlton.com or follow @Tarlton_Racing on Twitter.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media specializes in motorsports media constructing news releases, as well as constructing email lists to keep sponsors, and fans up to date. Petersen media also utilizes today's Social Media networks to provide trackside updates to fans and sponsors, and can customize packages to fit your team’s needs.

For more information contact Sales@petersenmediainc.com, 916-342-3424, visit www.petersenmediainc.com, www.facebook.com/PetersenMedia or follow @Petersen_Media on twitter.

 

 

With Mother Nature’s Help, NCRA Sprints Back in Action This Saturday Night!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas - Just as she has with much of the race nation thus far in 2013, Mother Nature has put a delay to the second race of the season for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products 360 sprint car division as she has twice delayed racing action. The tour looks for cooperation from Mother Nature this coming Saturday night as they once again attempt to get the second race of the season in at 81 Speedway in Park City.

Leading the point standings after his victory in the $5000 to win season opener back on March 30th and not expected to be in the field this coming weekend is Jason Johnson of Eunice, Louisiana. Don Droud, Jr., Seth Bergman, Mike Peters and Danny Wood round out the top five in the point standings with Johnny Herrera, Jeremy Campbell, Josh Hodges, Lucas Wolfe and Dustin Morgan round out positions six through tenth.

This event will be the second of four scheduled appearances at 81 Speedway and will pay the standard $2000 to win, $300 to start for the nights feature finale.

Tour regulars expected include the above mentioned Peters and Campbell as well as three-time and defending tour champion C.J. Johnson, Jason Martin, J.D. Johnson, Kirby Robe, Luke Cranston, Jon Freeman, Jeff Stasa and Jake Martens. Close to thirty cars are expected.

Gates open at 5:00 PM with racing action set for a 7:00 PM start time.

81 Speedway is located north of Wichita on I-135 to exit 16, then .7 mile west on 77th St. in Park City. For more race and ticket information contact the 81 Speedway office (316) 755-1781.

Since 1971 the NCRA has sanctioned dirt track races across the Great Plains with the series currently sanctioning five other divisions. They include modifieds, southern sport modifieds, late models, 360 sprint cars, 305 sprint cars and new mod lites. The 2013 season for the National Championship Racing Association is the 43rd anniversary season with races scheduled at sixteen different race tracks across Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri.

2013 Current NCRA 360 Sprint Point Standings:

1) Jason Johnson, 300, 2) Don Droud, Jr. 295, 3) Seth Bergman 290, 4) Mike Peters 280, 5) Danny Wood 275, 6) Johnny Herrera 270, 7) Jeremy Campbell, Joshua Hodges, Lucas Wolfe, Dustin Morgan 260.

2013 NCRA 360 Sprint Schedule:

March 30 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas Jason Johnson

May 11 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

May 24 RPM Speedway/Hays, Kansas

June 16 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

June 4 Great American Dirt Track/Jetmore, Kansas

July 13 Kansas State Fairgrounds/Hutchinson, Kansas

Aug 17 Mid-Nebraska Speedway/Doniphan, Nebraska

Sept 1 Belleville High Banks/Belleville, Kansas

Sept 7 Junction Motor Speedway/McCool, Nebraska

Sept 8 Eagle Raceway/Eagle, Nebraska

Sept 28 Kansas State Fairgrounds/Hutchinson, Kansas

Sept 29 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

 

 

Rough Start for Wimmer

PETERSEN MEDIA: Making his 2013 with Destiny Motorsports, Brandon Wimmer didn’t quite have the weekend he was hoping for during two nights of action against the World of Outlaws at the Eldora Speedway.

“For starters, it was a tough show to begin with, and it was even that much more of a tough show the first night out with a new team,” Wimmer said.

Focusing on getting comfortable in the Destiny Motorports machine, and on the same page as crew chief, Scott Benic, Brandon’s qualifying effort was sub par, as they chased the car in hot-laps.

“In hot-laps, I didn’t feel very good in the car, so Scott Benic and the guys made some wholesale changes prior to qualifying, and they helped, but we were still a little off,” he said.

Heat race action saw Wimmer line the Mondak Portables/Rick Rogers Constructions/Eagle Motorsports machine up in the ninth spot, and an eight place finish put him in the B.

During the B, Brandon admitted the car felt the best it did all night, as he scored an eighth place finish in the B from his 14th starting spot, and hoped they were on to something for Saturday night.

Taking what they learned from Friday night, the struggles continued on Saturday early.

“I really thought we would start off much better on Saturday night, but it really felt like it was just sliding sideways, and not forward, and that really had us scratching our heads.”

Struggling through his heat, and the B, the team through whatever they could at their machine to get it better, and nothing seemed to work as Wimmer scored a 12th place finish in the LCQ.

“We all sat down after the races on Saturday and seems like everyone is in agreement to try something new next week, so we are going to put together another chassis, and see if that helps,” he said. “Other than that, I really have to thank Rick Rogers for giving me a shot in his car, and Scott Benic and all of his guys for working their tales off all weekend trying to get this right.”

Destiny Motorsports would like to thank Mondak Portables, Rick Rogers Construction, Eagle Motorsports, Speedmart, Wesmar Racing Engines, Driver Websites, and Benic Enterprises for their support through the 2013 season.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-11, Wins-0, Top 5’s-0, Top 10’s-0

ON TAP: Brandon and the Destiny Motorsports team will be back in action this weekend at the Lernerville Speedway and the Mercer Raceway Park.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated Brandon Wimmer and Destiny Motorsports by connecting via social media, www.facebook.com/destinymotorsports, and on Twitter, @DestinyMS9. You can also check us out on the web at www.destinymotorsportsinc.com.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

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Rough Eldora Debut for Madsen

PETERSEN MEDIA- An unusual weather system rolled into Iowa over the weekend cancelling the race in Knoxville, so Ian Madsen and his KCP Racing team opted to make the trip to the Eldora Speedway, however a crash on Friday night sidelined the team for Saturday’s event.

“I had never been to Eldora, so it seemed like a great opportunity for us, unfortunately we had an axle break, and that was the rest of our weekend,” he said.

Friday night opened up great for the Sydney, NSW native as he timed in his Nehring Construction/Team Kline Electric/Logan Contractors Supply machine in seventh quickest, against the 39 cars that were checked in.

Heat race action saw Madsen start and finish in the third spot, transferring him into the feature event, but did not qualify him for the night’s dash, so we would ultimately line up in the 12th spot for the 30-lap feature event.

When the race went green, Madsen was quick, as he was inside the top-10 early in the feature, as he worked the high grove of the high-speed track.

However, the race would be short-lived for the 2013 Scott Darley Memorial winner, as a broken rear axle on the 14th lap, sent him upside down in a big way, and his night, and weekend was done.

“We were having a pretty good run, and all of the sudden the axle went, and we were wrecking,” he said “Our main focus this year is weekly at Knoxville, so with the damage, we decided to head back home.”

Ian and his KCP Racing team would like to thank Nehring Construction, Team Kline Electric, Logan Contractors Supply, Royal Flooring, Greenland Homes of Iowa, Stepping Stone Genetics, Quality Traffic Control, Factory Kahne, Rider Racing Engines, JRS Excavating, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance, Smith Precision Products, Moose Blocks, Speedway Motors, Watson’s Express Transport, and Kustom Concrete Pumping for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-14, Wins-3, Top-5’s- 6, Top 10’s-7

ON TAP: Ian and his KCP Racing team will now set their sites on the Knoxville Raceway this Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: To keep up with Ian make sure you follow him on twitter by clicking over to www.twitter.com/IanMadsen. You can also visit the teams website at www.kcpracing.com.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

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Abreu Wins the Bradway

PETERSEN MEDIA- Saturday night was another big night for young Rico Abreu, as he picked up one of the biggest wins of his career as he won the 23rd Annual Dave Bradway Jr Memorial at the Silver Dollar Speedway to back up a third place finish on Friday night.

“Wow,” Abreu said. “To win this race is huge. We were a second place car tonight, but we were in the right place at the right time, and to win this race is pretty cool.”

Starting alongside teammate, Shane Stewart, Abreu settled into the second spot, as he shadowed Stewart’s every move.

Able to hang with Stewart in turns one and two, Abreu seemed to lose just a little ground exiting turn four, lap after lap, on the extremely slick surface.

Pulling up next to Stewart at times, Abreu was never able to get his Abreu Vineyards/ButlerBuilt/FK Rod Ends backed entry around the Bixby, OK driver.

Facing pressure from Andy Gregg for the second spot, Abreu saw Stewart’s lead grow as he finally shook Gregg for the second spot.

With just eight laps to go, Abreu got a huge break, as leader, Shane Stewart, pulled into the infield with mechanical woes.

Leading the final eight laps, Abreu would not be denied as he pulled into victory lane, by way of donuts, celebrating the big win.

“I can’t thank Paul Silva and my guys for putting together a new car this week, and getting it dialed in to win this race. We essentially had both cars up front, and that’s a huge testament to our team.”

Abreu had quite the night on Saturday night as he opened the night up by timing in with quick time, and wining the night’s dash.

On Friday night, Abreu and team were at the Silver Dollar Speedway shaking down their new A.R.T. Chassis, and had a great night.

Timing in fifth fastest, Abreu scored a third place finish in his heat, putting him on the front row of the feature.

Battling with Stewart in the feature, Abreu slipped back to the third spot, where he would finish, opening up what would be a very memorable weekend.

Rico and his team would like to thank Abreu Vineyards, ButlerBuilt, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld, Keith Kunz Motorsports, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and Factory Kahne Shocks for their support.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-30, Wins-2, Top 5’s-9, Top 10’s-14

ON TAP: Rico and his Abreu Vineyards Racing team will be in Friday night at the Silver Dollar Speedway before heading to the Petaluma Speedway with the King of the West Series on Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with Rico by visiting his website at www.ricoabreuracing.com, ‘liking’ him on facebook at www.facebook.com/ricoabreuracing or following him on twitter @Rico_Abreu.

VIDEO: Be sure to check out http://www.youtube.com/ricoabreuracing for video of Rico, as content is constantly being uploaded!

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

 

 

Not Eldora Trip TK Was Hoping for

PETERSEN MEDIA- In action at the high-banked Eldora Speedway for the weekend, Tim Kaeding and his Roth Motorsports looked to keep up to their strong start to the season, however it wasn’t in the cards as they were behind the eight-ball all weekend.

Kicking the weekend off on Friday night, TK timed his Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation/3H Cattle backed entry in 14th quickest, putting him on the front row for his heat race.

Starting on the pole of his heat, the San Jose, CA wheel-man slipped into the second spot behind Tim Shaffer, as he worked the middle of the historic ½ mile.

A second place finish put TK in the feature, and the Dash where he lined up in the last row of the six-lap shoot out.

Falling back to the 10th spot on the initial lap, TK felt something wrong with the engine, and pulled his machine into the pit area, and was credited with a 10th place finish.

Lining up for the feature in the 10th spot, TK took the green flag, and pulled back into the pit area, as the engine still was not to his liking, and he was scored 24th.

“We had a vibration, that we could not figure out all night, “ Kaeding said. “We haven’t really had any issues with our engine program all year, so it’s unfortunate it happened here.

Working through the day on Saturday, TK and team were back in action on Saturday night, and TK’s early pill draw came back to haunt him as he wound up 23rd fastest aboard his Mobil1/FK Rod Ends/Weld Wheels machine.

Starting and finishing sixth in his heat, TK was forced to go through the LCQ for a final shot at making the feature.

Lining up in the second row, TK got to the third spot, as he pounded the top of the Eldora Speedway, looking to make his way into the feature event.

His third place finish put him in the show, but he was scheduled to start the feature in the 11th row.

Starting 22nd for 30-laps around the Eldora Speedway, TK still didn’t’ seem to have the speed he had hoped for, as he clawed his way to a sixteenth finish when the race came to a close.

“I love this place, and wish we could have ran a little better,” he said. “My guys worked their tails off all weekend to get us faster, but we are bound to have an off weekend here and there. We will put this behind us, and look forward to Elko and Knoxville.”

Tim and his Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support in 2013.

2013 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-16, Wins-3, Top 5’s-9, Top 10’s-12.

ON TAP: TK and his Roth Motorsports team will follow the World of Outlaws to Elko, Minnesota on Friday night, before heading to the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Roth Motorsports by checking out their new website, www.rothmotorsports83.com. You can also follow Tim on Twitter by following @tkaedingracing.

 

 

Danny Holtgraver Earns Victory at Mercer Raceway Park - UNOH All Stars Back On Track May 10th & 11th UNOH All Stars Set To Visit Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park During Upcoming Weekend

By Tyler Altmeyer: ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ Contact: Tyler Altmeyer altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915

Pittsburgh, PA (May 6th, 2013) - Danny Holtgraver found victory lane for the second time in 2013 this past Saturday evening, May 4th, at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania; picking up the 25-lap, ‘410’ main event victory during ‘Saturday Night Live!’ weekly competition. The pilot of the B&R Racing, Berlin Natural Bakery, Canton Erectors, Alternative Power Sources, DKW Transport, no. 45 ‘410’ sprint car would hold off lap-after-lap charges by fellow UNOH All Star traveler, Cap Henry, and former Mercer Raceway Park ‘410’ Sprint Car Track Champion, Eric Williams, for the Mercer victory. The win was Holtgraver’s first during ‘410’ sprint car competition in 2013. The first-year driver of the B&R Racing ‘45’ earned his first victory of 2013 back in February during ‘360’ sprint car competition at the East Bay Raceway Park near Tampa, Florida.

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native kicked-off his recent weekend in Western Pennsylvania with a runner-up finish at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday evening, May 3rd during ‘Fab Four’ weekly competition. The former Lernerville Speedway ‘410’ Sprint Car Track Champion actually lead a vast majority of the 25-lap, ‘410’ sprint car main event on Friday night at the Sarver oval; but would surrender the lead to eventual winner, Cap Henry, during the white flag lap. Danny Holtgraver remains winless at the Lernerville Speedway oval so far in 2013, but will have an opportunity to change that statistic this weekend.

“Feels great to get a win!” said Danny Holtgraver, “This team works really hard and they really deserved this win...the year has been really up and down for us...we have had our highs and we have had our lows....but nobody gave up...each night we figure out what we need to do to make us better and forget about the results... it’s obviously starting to pay off and we are having fun again...I can’t thank all of our sponsors and supporters enough...Bryan Grove and Rob Hunter have been behind us one-hundred percent and I can’t thank them enough...hopefully we can go back to Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park this weekend for the All Star shows and repeat success!”

Danny Holtgraver, and the B&R Racing ‘45’ team lead by veteran crew leader, Brian Kemenah, will be heading back to Western Pennsylvania this Friday and Saturday, May 10th & 11th, for two more rounds of ‘410’ sprint car competition; only this time, with a little more on the line. The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will be invading the western half of ‘The Keystone State’ this weekend; bringing with them a large lineup of nationally known competitors such as Tim Shaffer, Dale Blaney, and Danny Holtgraver. The ever-popular traveling ‘410’ sprint car series will roll into Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania on Friday night, May 10th; followed by an appearance at the Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 11th. Both UNOH All Star programs will feature a $5,000-to-win main event. Danny Holtgraver is a former UNOH All Star winner at the Lernerville Speedway, and currently owns three (3) total UNOH All Star victories.

Holtgraver, who is a full-time traveler with the UNOH All Stars in 2013, will enter the upcoming weekend fourth (4th) in the current UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions ‘National’ standings. The upcoming Western Pennsylvania swing will not only award points towards the ‘National’ standings, but also the ‘Ohio Region’ standings. Holtgraver currently rides fourteenth (14th) in the respective ‘Ohio Region’ point chase. For more information on the upcoming UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions programs in Western Pennsylvania, please visit the series online at www.allstarsprint.com. Additional news and information can also be found at each track’s respective online home: www.lernerville.com and www.mercerracewaypark.com.

“The upcoming weekend should be a lot of fun.” explained Danny Holtgraver, “We have a lot of momentum on our side now so hopefully we can use that to our advantage...I know Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park very well and we have a really solid history there...hopefully we can race at those two tracks this weekend and get two wins for our hometown fans, supporters, and sponsors.”

News and information relating to Danny Holtgraver and B&R Racing will be posted regularly right here at ‘FullyInjected.com Presented by Schaeffer’s Racing Oil & Weather Capital Sales’ during the entire 2013 season. Be sure to check out the official online home of Danny Holtgraver at www.dannyholtgraver.com; as well as keep up with the Pittsburgh native via social networks including twitter: @holtgraverd4 and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DannyHoltgraverMotorsports

 

 

Hirst Stout in Chico

PETERSEN MEDIA- Though he came up short of winning the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial at the Silver Dollar Speedway, Kyle Hirst thrilled the crowd all weekend long as he scored a second place finish on Saturday night one night after charging from 14th to score a fourth place finish.

“This Roth Motorsports team is really in a groove right now,” Hirst said. “We have been on some very slick tracks the last few weeks, and have really been awesome.”

With Dave Bradway so close to his family before his passing, Hirst has always wanted to win the coveted race.

Timing in fourth fastest during qualifications on Saturday night, Hirst would score a third place finish in heat race action, locking himself into the feature event, and also into the dash based on his qualifying time.

Starting seventh in the dash, KH electrified the crowd as he put on a charge to the front aboard his Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation/3H Cattle backed entry.

Shooting up to the third spot, Hirst looked to be the man to beat heading into the 40-lap feature event.

Roaring to action when the green flag dropped, Hirst hooked up immediately in an entertaining battle with Andy Gregg and Jonathan Allard, as they battled for third through fifth.

Working the top in one and two, and rolling the bottom in three and four, Hirst was able to keep the duo within striking distance, as he held the third spot much of the race, despite their strongest efforts.

Working up to second running, Rico Abreu’s, rear bumper in traffic, Hirst was unable to get around him, as he threw everything he had at him.

Late in the race, Hirst would take over the second spot, as the race leader, Shane Stewart pulled into the infield with issues.

Unable to chase down Abreu over the final eight laps, Hirst found himself on the front stretch again with the King of the West Series.

“It’s awesome to see Rico win this race, though it’s a race I really want to win,” he said. “We were good in the dash, and I thought we would be pretty good in the feature, but Rico and Shane Stewart were just better.”

Friday night, KH put on a display for the Silver Dollar Speedway fans, as he charged his way from the back to a top five finish for the second week in a row on Friday night.

Qualifying 14th quickest, Hirst lined up in the 14th spot, and wasted to time moving forward as he jumped into the sixth spot in just two laps.

Continuing to work his way forward, Hirst actually worked into the second spot late, but a yellow negated the pass, and he ended up with a fourth place finish.

“Overall it was a great weekend for us,” he said. “To be a contender after starting 14th on Friday is an awesome feeling, and I can’t wait to get back in this thing next week.”

Kyle and his Roth Motorsports team would like to thank Roth Enterprises, HR Livestock Transportation, 3H Cattle, Mobil1, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Kent Performance Center, Kaeding Performance, and Astro Titanium for their support.

2013 ROTH MOTORSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-17, Wins-1, Top 5’s-6, Top-10’s-9.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Starts-29, Wins-1, Top 5’s-9, Top 10’s-17.

ON TAP: Hirst and his Roth Motorsports team will be in action on Saturday night at the Petaluma Speedway as they take their one-point series lead into round four.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with the Roth Motorsports team by visiting www.rothmotorsports83.com. You can also follow Kyle on Twitter @KyleHirstRacing.

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Big Weekend for JA

PETERSEN MEDIA: Despite a few weeks of struggles, Jonathan Allard and his Williams Motorsports team kept working away on their car and it paid of this past weekend as Allard scored his first win of the 2013 US season on Friday night, before scoring a second place finish at the Dave Bradway Jr, Memorial on Saturday night.

“We had been plenty bad at times,” Allard said. “We would get a little angry with each other, but Ashley and the boys kept digging away and we had a great weekend.”

Friday night saw Allard in action for a weekly show at the Silver Dollar Speedway.

With 27 cars on hand, JA set the standard in time trials, as he set quick time with a time of 11.881 seconds.

A second place finish to Peter Murphy in his heat, put Allard in the feature event, and the four pill put him in the second row of the feature event.

Stuck in the fourth spot when the green flag waved, Allard pounced on a battle between Rico Abreu and Shane Stewart and drove to the second spot.

With young Dominic Scelzi in the lead, Allard wasted no time getting past him, as he lid the young charger on the tenth lap to take over the lead, and never look back.

Out in front, Allard clicked off near perfect laps, as he picked up his first win of the year.

“It’s great to get a win back home,” he said. “It’s been a rough start to the year, and I have to dedicate this win to my brother, Stephen, he was riding with us tonight for sure,”

Saturday night, Allard was back in action looking to pick up his sixth Dave Bradway, Jr Memorial race win against the King of the West Series at the Silver Dollar Speedway.

With a monster field of cars on hand, Allard was fast again early, as he timed in with the third fastest lap during qualifications.

Lining up fourth in his heat, the Chico, CA product, flexed his muscle, and powered himself to a heat race win, where he would put his Williams Motorsports machine in the night’s dash, and 40-lap feature event.

The vaunted eight pill put JA in the last row of the feature event, though on the very racy track, he would advance three positions, and start in the fifth spot for the feature.

When the 40-lap slugfest went green, Allard hooked up in a torrid battle with Andy Gregg and Kyle Hirst as the trio fought over the third spot.

With a blanket over the duo Allard would find himself sneaking up to the third spot, late in the race.

Chasing after Rico Abreu, Allard would inherit the second spot when leader, Shane Stewart pulled off, but he was unable to do anything with Abreu.

“It’s great to be up front again,” JA said. “We are a strong team, and it’s nice to show it. It’s great to win, and be back up on the front stretch with the KWS series.”

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-22, Wins-4, Top 5’s-10, Top 10’s-11.

ON TAP: Jonathan and his Williams Motorsports team will be in action for a pair of events this weekend back at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Friday night, and at the Petaluma Speedway on Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: For more information on Jonathan, including upcoming events, pictures, and news please check out www.allardmotorsports.com, or follow JA on twitter @Allard0.

 

 

Stewart’s Second Bradway Slips Away

PETERSEN MEDIA- For 32 laps on Saturday night, Shane Stewart was in a league of his own as he dominated most of the Dave Bradway Jr, Memorial race at the Silver Dollar Speedway, but a broken U-joint forced his Silva Motorsports No.57 machine in the infield for the final eight laps.

“It is a huge bummer to have a car that good, and have something break,” Stewart said. “Paul Silva gave me a great car, and I guess it’s a good feeling knowing I had a car good enough to win a Chico, a place that has had my number at times.”

Stewart was one of the strongest cars all night long, as he opened the night up by timing his Lucas Oil Products/A.R.T. Speed Equipment/Pro Bilt Construction machine in fifth fastest.

Lining up in the second row of his heat, Stewart quickly jumped to the lead, and never looked back, as he picked up the important heat win to lock himself in the dash.

Starting on the front row, alongside his teammate for the weekend, Rico Abreu, Stewart slipped back to the second spot, and chased Abreu across the stripe, putting his machine on the front row for the 40-lap feature event.

When the green light’s flickered on for the finale, Stewart quickly gunned to the lead as he rode the cushion in turns one and tow, and pedaled the bottom in three and four.

Seemingly in a league of his own, Stewart carved his way through lapped traffic to near perfection, and was solid on his restarts.

With just eight laps remaining, disaster struck for Stewart, as his U-joint broke, and he pulled his machine into the infield, handing his lead to Abreu.

“We were awesome, and it’s a bummer not to win such a big race, but it is pretty cool to see Rico Abreu win his first weekend out with A.R.T. Chassis.”

Friday night, Stewart was also in action at the Silver Dollar Speedway and he opened the night up by timing his Palmero Properties/Finley Farms/Car and Fleet backed machine in second fastest.

A fourth place finish in his heat, put him in the feature event, where he started in the second row.

Battling with Rico Abreu for the second spot, Stewart slipped back to the third spot, when Allard got by both him and Abreu.

Getting past Dominic Scelzi in the middle of the feature, Stewart would settle for the second spot.

The Silva Motorsports team thanks Lucas Oil Products, A.R.T. Speed Equipment, Pro Bilt Construction, Palmero Properties, Finley Farms, Car and Fleet, Stepping Stone Genetics, FK Rod Ends, OMP Racing, Wesmar Racing Engines, Amerikote, XYZ, Hoosier Tire, Pro Shocks, Banshee Graphics, Dan Olson Products, K&N Filters, RE Technologies, Weld, Schoenfeld Headers, Butlerbuilt Seats, Vortex Wings, CP Pistons, Cometic Gaskets, Huggins Cams, BR Ignitioneering, Blackwell Consolidation, and Petersen Media for their partnership in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS- Starts-30, Wins-6, Top 5’s-14, Top 10’s-18.

ON TAP: Shane will now return to action on May 17th in Attica, OH and May 18th in Plymouth, IN aboard the Joe Gaerte owned No. 3g.

PETERSEN MEDIA: Petersen Media is a promotional agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other promotional needs. Petersen Media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, to boost awareness.

 

 

Rose Ready to Return After Announcing Gravel Added Full Time to BRR

Inside Line Promotions - ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 6, 2013) - Bill Rose is full of announcements lately.

On the public address system Friday at Eldora Speedway, Rose declared that David Gravel would be in a second car for Bill Rose Racing for the rest of the season with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series.

On Monday, Rose said he will return to the seat a week earlier than anticipated. After being sidelined from a broken arm sustained in the season-opening weekend and a short return last month, Rose said physical therapy has done wonders with his left arm and he will return this weekend when the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series competes at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., on Friday for the FVP Outlaws at Elko.

"I was actually going to start back at Lincoln Speedway the following week, but this thing has come together pretty quick," Rose said of his deal to keep Gravel with Bill Rose Racing.

Gravel has four top-five finishes, nine top 10s and 14 top 15s this season, including two more over the weekend at the famed Eldora Speedway. He ranks sixth in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series and has helped Bill Rose Racing to seventh in the owner points.

"We're teaming up with his car owner that way he can run the rest of the year," Rose said. "That way he can run for Rookie of the Year and run for points. I think it's just going to work out really well for both of us. He'll take care of the pressure of keeping the points up and I can just go out and race."

On Friday at the half-mile track, Gravel qualified fifth quickest and finished third to earn a spot in the dash. The invert placed him fourth for the six-lap dash, a race which he battled an ill-handling car and dropped to eighth.

"We had the car way too loose in the dash," Rose said. "At Eldora if you don't have your stuff right, you're messed up already."

Gravel rallied in the 30-lap feature to finish seventh, which was his fifth consecutive top 10.

A hole in the opening turn plagued the team on Saturday at Eldora Speedway, where Gravel qualified 18th to narrowly miss the heat race inversion.

"The car kept bottoming out," Rose said. "We raised the car and it just killed the forward drive in the car."

After missing out on advancing through his heat race by one position, Gravel was relegated to the Last Chance Showdown. He finished second to Tony Stewart to earn a transfer to the feature, which Gravel started 18th.

He picked up a handful of positions to finish 14th in the main event.

"Definitely a solid weekend," Rose said. "It's racing with the best. I'm definitely happy with everything."

BILL ROSE RACING QUICK RESULTS -

May 3 - Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio - Qualifying: 5; Heat race: 3 (3); Dash: 8 (4); Feature: 7 (8).

May 4 - Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio - Qualifying: 18; Heat race: 6 (5); B Main: 2 (2); Feature: 14 (18).

BILL ROSE RACING SEASON STATS -

22 races, 0 wins, 4 tops fives, 9 top 10s, 14 top 15s, 17 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., for the FVP Outlaws at Elko and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for the Mediacom Shootout with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

VIDEO -

Here is a great video by LTD Productions featuring Bill Rose Racing driver David Gravel at Tri-State Speedway on April 20: http://youtu.be/rF2OxGW_ZQ0

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"I drove for Robin Dawkins last year in Australia," Rose said. "We spent some time hanging out at Kart Magic and had a blast. The place is full of exciting things to do and I've heard they are adding more."

Rose would also like to thank FireTextResponse.com, Wright Process Systems, Innovative Mold & Machine, Maxim, Tamar Cars, Keizer Wheels, Vital Signz, Simpson Race Products and DMI for their continued support.

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Willie Croft 10th at the Bradway

PETERSEN MEDIA- With his early 2013 success at the Silver Dollar Speedway, Willie Croft was looking to have a big weekend at the track as he tallied a 10th place finish during the 23rd Annual Dave Bradway Jr, Memorial on Saturday night.

“Both nights we really had pretty good cars early, but unfortunately both nights they went away towards the end of the night, but we will take a top-10, and keep our eyes on the big picture with the King of the West Series.”

With 41 cars on hand, Croft timed his Tri-C Machine/JRI Shocks/NAAKE backed machine in 10th quickest, putting him in the second heat.

Starting on the front row of his heat, Croft motored away from the field, and won his heat race going away, putting him in the dash, and solidly in the feature event.

Ending up with the six pill in the dash draw, Croft would struggle a bit in the dash, and ended up finishing in the eighth spot, putting him in the fourth row for the 40-lap feature.

“We tried some stuff in the dash since the track was pretty different compared to anything we’ve seen there this year, and we weren’t very good,” he explained.

On the super-slick Silver Dollar Speedway, Croft had a great start, and worked his way up into the fifth spot, as he battled with Kyle Hirst and Jonathan Allard.

As the laps wound down, and a little rubber started to get laid down on the track, Croft’s machine began to get ‘tight’ on him, and he slipped back towards the end of the show.

“We were awesome in the slick, but got caught outside of the rubber, and slipped back,” he said.

When the dust settled, Croft found himself with a 10th place finish.

Friday night, Croft, who is second in championship points at the track, was in action for the weekly show preceding the KWS event.

With 27 cars on hand, Croft opened the night up by timing in seventh fastest.

A third place heat race finish put Croft in the feature event where he lined up in the sixth spot.

Running in the top five early in the feature, Croft’s car went south in a hurry, and he pulled off as it really became a handful.

“Overall it was a decent weekend, but hopefully this coming week we can get back up towards the front.”

The Tri-C Motorsports team would like to thank Tri-C Machine, JRI Shocks, NAAKE Suspension, Holey Smokes BBQ, The Christian Stover Foundation, ButlerBuilt, Arai, Brown and Miller, Sander Engineering, FK Rod Ends, Hinchman Indy, Schoenfeld, K&N, Smith Precision Products, A.R.T., Kaeding Performance, Dan Olson Products, Vortex Wings, AIC Powdercoating, and GUTS for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-17, Wins-3, Top 5’s-6, Top 10’s-9.

ON TAP: Croft will be back at the Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday night before heading out to the Petaluma Speedway on Saturday night with the King of the West Series.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay connected with Willie Croft Racing by visiting www.williecroftracing.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @wcroft29.

 

 

Cox Tallies Two Top-10’s in Chico

PETERSEN MEDIA: Bolting a 410ci power-plant inside the frame rails of his Van Dyke Motorsports No. 5h, Justyn Cox made the best of his first starts with the bigger engine package since 2011, and scored a pair of seventh place finishes at the Silver Dollar Speedway.

“It had been a couple of years since I had a 410ci engine under my hood, and I have to admit, they are a blast to drive.”

Shaking down the fresh Rodgers Racing Engine on Friday night during a weekly show at the Silver Dollar Speedway, Cox got off to a sluggish start as a late qualifying draw saw him time in 14th fastest.

Putting his Lucas Oil/K&N/JRI Shocks backed machine on the front row of his heat race, Cox got the jump and ran away with his heat, putting him in the feature event.

“We were really good in our heat, so I was looking forward to the feature, as I knew we were going to start pretty far back,” he said.

Lining up 13th in the feature event, Cox slowly worked his way inside the top-10, as he worked his way around the bottom of the track in one and two, and raced around the cushion in three and four.

Sitting in the 8th spot on a lap 17 restart, the Clarksburg, CA driver got past Willie Croft and Dominic Scelzi to jump into the sixth spot, before he got Sean Becker for fifth with just four laps to go.

Crossing the line in the fifth spot, it was deemed Cox jumped the lap 17 restart, and he was pushed back two positions, and ended up seventh.

“I’m not sure why I got penalized,” Cox said. “The only thing I can think of, is I wasn’t nose to tail, but I did not pass anyone before the cone, so I figured that was okay as there was no drivers meeting. Aside from that, we had a great car, and to come from 13th, and essentially run fifth or seventh is pretty good with a new engine.”

Following the shake down on Friday, Cox and his team were back at the Silver Dollar Speedway for the 23rd Annual Dave Bradway Jr, Memorial Race against the King of the West Series.

With an unforeseen rain shower blanketing the speedway prior to qualifications, Cox was worried about his low pill he drew.

It ended up working out for him, as he timed in eighth fastest against a very stout field of cars.

Lining up third in his heat, Cox was able to slide past Carson Macedo for the second spot, as he chased after Dominic Scelzi.

Settling for second, Cox transferred into the feature event, where he would line up in the fifth row.

With the preferred line being to high-side in one and two, Cox did not get the jump he had hoped for, and slipped back to the 13th spot.

On the extremely slick track, Cox made up ground after the initial start, and worked his way up to tenth by the time the first caution waved.

Running inside the 10th spot much of the race, Cox made a big move on Willie Croft and Craigh Stidham to grab a pair of positions down the front stretch, as he found a bit of moisture and took the eight spot.

Running in eight for the waning laps, Cox would end up seventh as the leader broke.

“Overall it was a great learning weekend for us with the 410,” he said. “The 5h team is as strong as ever, and I have a lot of confidence strapping in every night right now.”

Justyn and his VanDyke Motorsports team would like to thank Lucas Oil, K&N Products, JRI Shocks, Rodgers Racing Engines, K1 Safety Gear, JRD Endeavors, Sacramento Theatrical Lighting, and College Cyclery for their support during the 2013 season.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-14, Wins-1, Top 5’s-6, Top 10’s-9

ON TAP: Cox and the Van Dyke Motorsports team will potentially be in action at the Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday night, and will follow the King of the West Series to the Petaluma Speedway on Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: For the latest news on Justyn become a fan of his on facebook at www.facebook.com/JustynCoxRacing or follow him on twitter @justyncox_jc.

 

 

Gregg Fourth at ‘Bradway’

PETERSEN MEDIA: Bouncing back from a dismal weekend, Andy Gregg scored a fourth place finish at the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial in Chico, CA against the King of the West Series.

“When we keep our nose clean or don’t have any engine trouble, we have been pretty fast all year,” Gregg said. “After having some bad luck Friday it’s nice to come out and score a good finish in a huge race.”

After waiting out a quick rain shower prior to qualifications, Gregg ended up timing in his Coors Light/LivFast/GUTS Racing No. 53 in sixth quickest.

Starting in the second row of his heat, the Placerville, CA driver would grab a second place finish, and earn a spot in the feature event, and also the dash.

Following the ‘grudge’ draw, Gregg would line up in the fifth spot , before scoring a fourth place finish, putting his Meyers and Son Drywall/Ervin Sales Group/K&N Products machine in the second row for the 40-lap feature event.

When the race went green, Gregg instantly hooked up in a torrid battle for third with Kyle Hirst and Jonathan Allard.

Getting the third spot on the jump, Gregg worked the bottom of the speedway as Hirst and Allard pressured from the top shelf.

Slipping to fourth on the third lap, Gregg missed the bottom in three and four, and Allard got him as he slipped back to the fourth spot.

Continuing to battle with Allard, and Hirst, Gregg would continue to bounce back and forth from third and fourth.

Getting into the third spot, Gregg would charge up to battle with Rico Abreu for second, and actually grabbed the second spot briefly.

On the ultra slick track, Gregg would see Allard and Hirst both get back around him, as he dropped back into the fifth spot late in the race.

Keeping them both within striking distance, Gregg would end up scoring a fourth place finish as a leader dropped out late in the race.

“We were awesome in the feature,” Gregg said. “Going wheel to wheel with the likes of Kyle Hirst, Jonathan Allard, and Rico Abreu really says a lot about how we are running right now. Unfortunately we lost a couple of spots late, but we are not hanging our heads.”

Friday night, Gregg and his team were in action for the weekly show at the Silver Dollar Speedway, and a MSD Ignition Box, plagued him, and he was unable to start the feature event.

Andy would like to thank Coors Light, LivFast Clothing Co., GUTS Racing, Meyers and Son Drywall, Ervin Sales Group, K&N Products, FK Rod Ends, Eagle Motorsports, King Racing Products, BR Motorsports, Hinchman, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and 103.5 The Blaze for their support in 2013.

2013 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-12, Wins-1, Top 5’s-5, Top 10’s-5

ON TAP: Andy will now return to weekly action at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night.

STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with Andy by following him on twitter @andygregg16x.

 

 

The One That Got Away

We would like to say congrats to Jeff and his Friday night team on their win at Trailways. We ended up having a down then up then down again night this week. The crew spent the week in the garage again looking for our lack of horse power. In warm ups the car was lacking still and the team went into action changing the ignition system. Jeff Rohrbaugh would line up 3rd in the heat race and would finish 2nd. As soon as he arrived in the pits he informed us the car was not fixed. This is 3 weeks in a row the team went looking for anything that would kill the power. More changes were made and even the engine builder Jim Travis from Travis Racing Engines went back to his shop and returned with the fix. The CTI, CRW, Rod End Supply, Viper Venom Fuels, Speedway Rentals #45 would start the feature 10th and at the drop of the green Jeff would make a move going into turn 1 and get 3 cars coming off of turn 2. We had a great racing surface as there was racing low and high. Over the next few laps Jeff drove the L&R Autobody, Rt. 30 Seafood, Viper Venom Fuels, Ken's Jewelry and Coins, Valley Welding, Pa Powder, Delco Signs, Randy and Sue Hines, ABM Farms, and Tranquil Touch picking off cars 1 by 1. A lap 10 caution would find the #45 in 3rd. The next 9 laps had the team jumping up and down on top of the trailer as Jeff would get 2nd with 4 laps to go. then coming to take the white flag The #45 would get under the leader at the flag stand with 1 lap to go. Jeff and the leader would be closing on the back of the field Jeff and the other car entered the turn side by side with the #45 on the bottom when the guy on top cut down chopping Jeff off. Jeff got spun out. Jeff had the line and only needed 3 more corners to give us our 2nd win of the year at Lincoln. The #45 would go to the rear and finish 20th. This would cost us a 100 difference in points. We would fall to 2nd in season totals, 30 points out of 1st. So we found our power problem and will return next week to try again. Its good to know we can get the track and we have the car to race for the win. Have a great week, see you again on Saturday.

 

Brian Brown – Surprise Eldora Trip Builds Confidence for King’s Royal!

(Bill W) May 6, 2013 – It wasn’t the plan, but with Knoxville Raceway weathered out, the Brian Brown Racing Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team headed to the famed Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio for two nights with the World of Outlaws last weekend. The result was a solid sixth place run on Friday, and an even better showing on Saturday. Brian led most of the way before finishing second. This weekend, he’ll take on the WoO again at ELKO Speedway in New Market, Minnesota and at Knoxville.

This gave you some track time before July’s King’s Royal, didn’t it?

Every time I hit that track, I get more and more comfortable. It really fits my driving style. We were fourth quick, thanks to Charlie Garrett supplying us with some great engines. Eldora is definitely a horsepower track.

Friday night, both nights I guess, you were fourth quick. Then you guaranteed a Dash spot by driving from fourth to second in the heat.

Fourth quick is not ideal, because you have to really race your way into the Dash. We were able to go from fourth to second in the heat, which got us there. It’s good to know you aren’t just qualifying well, but racing well. It was good to be one of the few cars passing in the heats.

You ran from fifth to fourth in the Dash. What kind of changes did you make on the car for the feature?

The Maxim was handling well all night. We didn’t make many adjustments. Maybe we should have adjusted a little more for the feature. We didn’t get going well on the original start, and we fell back to seventh or eighth.

Still, you were able to get back into the top five for a while.

We were able to get back into fourth on a restart. Then we had another one with about ten to go, and we just had a little trouble getting going on the restarts all night really. We lost two or three spots and ended up sixth. To still be in the hunt was good. If we were better on the restarts, and had the car a little better, I think we had a top three car all night long.

What did you do differently for Saturday night?

Chad Morgan, my crew chief, and Charlie Garrett, my engine builder worked all day Saturday on the engines, trying to get them to take off a little better. They really worked hard. I feel I have the best crew chief and the best engine builder in the country. That helped us in qualifying and in the heat again.

You duplicated your efforts, qualifying fourth quick and running second in the heat. This time you won the Dash after starting in the second row.

It’s a good feeling to know that you don’t race with these guys a lot, and you see this track a lot less than they do, and you can still be up front in a position to win the race.

You shot out to the lead and it looked like Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz were on you for a while.

Our car was pretty good. We took off really well. We could run the top like we needed to. We were able to fend off some challenges from Brad Sweet and Schatz a couple times. We were in a good position to win.

You opened up a nice lead before the last restart.

Sweet had blown up. It seemed every restart, we were pulling away. The second to last restart, we put a straightaway lead on the field between laps 12 and 22. I felt at the time that we were making really good laps.

There was one last double-file restart late in the race, and Daryn Pittman took off from the second row.

There was a yellow with eight to go. These restarts right now…the leader is almost at a disadvantage. You have to take off at the white line and the leader fires first. The guys in the second row sometimes have an advantage in that way. I don’t think I got a bad start, I think Pittman just had a perfect one and got by us. He got out there in clean air, and he got away.

Still second has to give you a lot of confidence in going back for the King’s Royal in July.

It was unfortunate to be that strong and not win. That’s disappointing, but in another sense, Chad Morgan and Travis Marsch are working their tails off. Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Searsboro Telephone Company…we’re as strong as we’ve ever been. I feel going back…we are definitely strong enough to win the King’s Royal. This weekend was huge for our confidence.

You have to be pumped for the FVP event at ELKO on Friday, and for Knoxville!

We’re excited to get up there for the “FVP Outlaws at ELKO”. It’s only about 20 miles from our Eagan, Minnesota corporate headquarters and we’ll have a lot of customers and employees there. I’m really proud FVP came on board and sponsored the race. They’ve been with us for five years. They’ve stepped up to sponsor the Knoxville Nationals. I don’t know of anyone giving to the sport of sprint car racing. It’s a great time if you need an air filter, fuel filter or battery to go to FVPParts.com. It’s awesome what they’re doing for our sport. Getting to Knoxville Saturday cannot come quick enough either.

Follow Brian on the Web, Twitter and Facebook!

Follow Brian at his website located at www.BrianBrownRacing.com!

Also keep up with FVP, Casey’s and Brian on Facebook and Twitter at the following links…

Twitter Links – @BrianBrown21, @FVPRacing, @CaseysGenStores

Facebook Links

Brian Brown Racing – www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Brown-Racing/200630163294222

Casey’s General Stores – www.facebook.com/pages/Caseys-General-Stores/112073528804354

FVP Racing - http://www.facebook.com/FVPRacing?ref=ts&fref=ts

Other Web site info

Casey's: www.caseys.com

FVP: www.fvpparts.com

Brown’s Bits

Brian’s previous best finish at Eldora was his fifth place finish in last year’s “Knight Before the King’s Royal”. Joey Saldana won that event over Greg Wilson, Dale Blaney and Craig Dollansky.

About Casey’s General Stores

Casey’s General Stores is a Fortune-500 company (NASDAQ CASY) operating nearly 1700 convenience stores in 11 states through the Midwest. Known for its “Homemade-To-Go” pizza, sandwiches, donuts and bakery items, Casey’s strives to consistently deliver quality gas, fresh kitchen-prepared food, clean environments and friendly service at every retail location. Casey’s is currently the 12th largest c-store chain and sixth largest pizza chain in the United States.

About FVP

We are very excited to introduce our new line of automotive chemicals, oils and fluids to our product offering. These new products will be available at many retailers across the country. We continue to offer a full line of high quality oil, air, cabin air and fuel filters, plus a complete line of high quality batteries for multiple applications including cars, trucks, SUV’s, commercial and other specialty vehicles. All products are made to OE manufacturer fitment specifications. FVP products are engineered to provide our customers with quality products that are equal or superior in performance to the major national brands at a competitive price. To learn more about our FVP products or to find out where you can have FVP products installed in your vehicle, visit us at www.FVPparts.com! FVP…The Confident Solution

SPLASH

In addition to our line of seasonal safety products, we are very excited to introduce a full line of SPLASH Wiper Blades. Our SafeView Performance Blades fit 95% of the vehicles on the road with quick and easy installation for everyone. The AccuVision Beam Blade offers memory curve steel, which provides uniform pressure for a clear wipe, without the streaks. Look for these great new SPLASH products! Whether it’s keeping your windshield clean or free of ice, protecting your RV, boat or pool from freezing in the winter, or your sidewalk safe to walk on, SPLASH Products are what you need! Check out our new SPLASH website at www.SPLASHWash.com! SPLASH…SEE SAFELY!

Marketing Partner of the Week – Impact Signs Awnings Wraps / impact4800.com

Brian says – “David and Julie Goodson have a great family there. They also make sure our trailer looks great with the graphics they provide. We’re proud to represent them.”

The goal at Impact Sign and Lighting is to make selecting the right sign and lighting for your business a simple process for you. Impact can design, create, and install virtually any type of sign on awnings, poles, buildings and much more including racecars, of course! They will work with you from conception to completion and make sure you are completely satisfied. We'll give you personalized service, expert consultation, quick turnarounds, and reasonable pricing. Impact Sign and Lighting are responsible for the graphics on the Brian Brown Racing #21. Visit them on the web at www.Impact4800.com!

Associate Marketing Partner of the Week – KSE Racing Products

Brian says – “We switched to KSE at the beginning of 2010. Dave and all the guys down there build a great product, and I couldn’t be happier. The car steers as good as ever.”

Based in White House, Tennessee, KSE Racing Products offers a variety of products including Filter Reservoir Tank Assemblies, Power Steering Gears and Pumps, H.P.D. Water Pumps, Tandem Fuel Pumps, Fluids and more. To receive a catalog, visit their website at www.KSE-Racing.com!

Brian Brown Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Searsboro Telephone Company, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps / impact4800.com, Champion Brands, SPLASH, Ditzfeld Transfer, Maxim Racing, Smiley’s Racing Products, Weld Wheels, Housby Trucks, www.RateWin.com, Arctic Cat, K&N Filters, Hostiowa.net, FSR Race Products, TI64, Fuel-Safe Tanks, Awesome Racewear, Wolfe Eye Clinic, Bell Helmets, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, Vortex Wings, Penray, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Butler Built Seats, AkzoNobel Sikkens, AllDayParts.com, Tru Square, Jack Links, Deli Express, Snap-On Tools, Rod End Supply, KSE Racing Products, Winters Performance Products, Santomauro Racing Products, Cometic Gaskets, Kaeding Performance, Donovan, Magtech, ISC Racers Tape, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Racing Optics, Mothers Wax, Don's Truck Wash, Gardner Farms, Hoosier Tires, GoPro, XYZ Machining, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Peterson Fluid System, Red Devil Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, ADD, 6B Apparel, Zips Energy Seeds, Bosch, NGK, Garrett Racing Engines, MSD and WSIB Insurance for all their support!

 

 

Bruce Jr. Earns Fourth Consecutive Top-Five Finish in Texas Regional Action

Inside Line Promotions - HIGHLANDS, Texas (May 5, 2013) - For the second weekend in a row, Mother Nature derailed TBJ Promotions' first event of the season - the Eagle Motorsports Rock 'N Roll 50.

And for the second weekend in a row, TBJ Promotions Founder Tony Bruce Jr. found himself in Texas competing in ASCS regional action. Once again, Bruce Jr. recorded a pair of top-five finishes with the ASCS Gulf South Region to make that four consecutive top fives.

"It was a pretty solid weekend for us," he said. "It was unfortunate that we got rained out at the Eagle Motorsports Rock 'N Roll 50, but we found a couple of races we could fill our schedule with and took advantage of an off weekend with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour."

Bruce Jr. opened the weekend on Friday at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, where he finished 17th with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour a month earlier.

"We were pretty decent in the heat race, but it was really wet and hard to pass," said Bruce Jr., who finished fourth in his heat. "It lined us up a little bit deep in the field."

Bruce Jr. started 12th in the feature at the quarter-mile track, where he worked his way into the top three before a restart in the closing laps.

"We were able to actually get all the way to third," he said. "On the last restart I just missed the bottom. I was trying to go after (Aaron) Reutzel there for second. I just missed the bottom and slipped up, let two cars by me.

"We were pretty terrible at Beaumont earlier this year with the National Tour race. We made a lot of changes and have kinda gotten the car figured out. It was a pretty solid night for us there at Beaumont."

Bruce Jr. overcame a challenging heat race on Saturday at Battleground Speedway, where he again rallied for a top five in the feature.

"We just absolutely missed it in the heat race," he said. "I think we missed it setup-wise and driver-wise. I didn't get a good start. I was running third by the first corner. I just spun the tires on the bottom."

After dropping from the pole position to fourth in his heat race, Bruce Jr. started the main event in 14th.

"We made the changes that we needed to," he said. "I refocused myself and kind of got my mind together. It was a really good run for us. We had the car working really well and I felt like I made all the right moves that I needed to.

"Halfway through the race the track took a little rubber on the bottom, but you could still work the top of (turns) three and four around the cushion. We were able to pin some guys down in the rubber behind lapped traffic. I think experience allowed us to just make those moves and make them aggressively and pick off those spots."

Bruce Jr. is taking this weekend off from competition before returning on Friday, May 17, at the US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys.com at US 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. It is the next scheduled TBJ Promotions event as well.

QUICK RESULTS -

April 26 - Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas - Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 5 (12).

April 27 - Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas - Heat race: 4 (1); Feature: 4 (14).

SEASON STATS -

14 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 7 top 10s, 13 top 15s, 14 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Friday, May 17, at US 36 Raceway near Cameron, Mo., for the US 36 Nationals Presented by RacinBoys.com with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour and Saturday, May 18, at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS -

Website: http://www.tonybrucejr.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonybrucejr

VIDEO -

Here is a link for RacinBoys' footage of Bruce Jr.'s victory at Boyd Raceway on April 26: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wx3nrOFTDyg

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - Wheeler Metals

Established in 1968, Wheeler Metals is a sheet metal business that offers a variety of products for professional and amateur builders. Wheeler Metals has three locations in Muskogee, Okla., Rogers, Ark., and Springfield, Mo. For more information, visit www.WheelerMetals.com.

"When I moved to the Tulsa area a few years back we built a brand new shop," Bruce Jr. said. "We always strive as a race team to find the best products for the situation and that was no different selecting the company to build our building. Wheeler Metals was the perfect fit for our needs. From 10x10 pole barns to 100x100 full metal buildings, they have it all. I challenge anyone to find a building company that will work the customers' need like they do."

Bruce Jr. would also like to thank Lubbock Wrecker Service, The Oil Medics, Hinchman Racewear, Eagle Motorsports, Smiley's Racing Products, SWE, Maxwell Industries, FK Rod Ends, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Factory Kahne Shocks, DriverWebsites.com, RacinBoys.com, Wilwood, Schoenfield Headers, Hoosier Tires, HRP, Kaeding Performance, Schaeffer Oil, Fuel Safe, Bell Helmets, Four Seasons Radiator, Southern Trailer Works, KSE, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Weld Wheels, ISC Racers Tape and Pressure Tek for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations, media management and merchandising services for sprint car teams. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and your sponsors' return on investment.

To meet the media relations needs of your team, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or sprintcarreporter@yahoo.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit www.insidelinepromotions.com.

 

 

Another weekend, another podium

The podium run for Danny Reidy continued last Saturday night at Archerfield Speedway during the 11th round of the KRE Sprintcar Series, after he picked up his third consecutive podium finish.

On the back of podium finishes in his last two starts – the Gold Cup at Lismore Speedway and the Queensland Title at Maryborough Speedway – Reidy finished in third place on the podium behind winner James McFadden and second place Darren Jensen.

After starting from position nine in the field, Reidy worked his way through the field to be in podium contention by the one–third stage of the 35–lap event, and after a consistent run ended up with third–place finish on the podium.

“It was great to be able to continue our run of podium finishes,” expressed the NQ # 5 Desert Palms Resort in Alice Springs supported J&J driver. “We didn’t qualify too well earlier in the night, but to fight our way back and finish the night on the podium was very satisfying.”

Reidy’s night started by setting the 12th fastest lap in time trials and then followed that up by finishing fifth and first from his two heat races after starting from the middle of the pack. He had gained enough points to earn a spot in the top–six dash, and started from position six – which was where he finished. Due to the highest point scorer, James McFadden, opting to take the position 14 challenge, which earned him extra prize money if he ended up winning, inverted the field and also added an extra five laps to the feature race distance, Reidy started from position nine in the field.

The next appearance for Reidy will be this Saturday night’s (May 11) 12th KRE Series round at Archerfield Speedway.

The Reidy Racing team would like to thank Desert Palms Resort in Alice Springs, Camden Neon Signs, P&M Motor Body Repairs, Gonzo’s Race Pipes and Inglis Race Engines for all of their 2012–13 season support.

To find out more about Danny Reidy visit his website www.dannyreidy.com.

 

 

Near Top-Ten in Outlaw Thunder Finale

After recording their sixth straight top-ten with a runner-up performance on Friday, Craig Dollansky and the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team capped Outlaw Thunder weekend at Eldora Speedway on Saturday with their second of five STP World of Outlaws scheduled events in 2013 at the big half-mile located outside Rossburg, Ohio.

Set to go with 34 drivers signed into the pit area, Dollansky turned the 16th fastest time in qualifying at 13.414 seconds. Sixteen cars inverted into four heats then put the Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim on the pole of heat four. In the 8-lap heat race, Dollansky lost a couple of spots on the initial start and finished third just missing out on a spot in the dash.

In the 30-lap A-Main the MobileStar #7 took the green flag from outside row eight. After working his way past four cars in the opening two circuits, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ dropped one spot to run thirteenth by lap 5. Following a pair of cautions on lap 12 & 14, the Elk River, Minnesota native continued battling until lap 21 when the Big Game Treestands backed sprinter cracked the top-ten but another yellow negated him to eleventh for the restart. With just eight circuits remaining, Dollansky worked to try move back into the top-ten but ended up taking the checkered flag in 11th.

The Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team will now return to the shop in Windom, Minnesota before action resumes this Friday, May 10th, for the first time ever at Elko Speedway just south of Minneapolis.

 

 

Starks Captures First Victory of the Season in Double Duty at Skagit Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - ALGER, Wash. (May 5, 2013) - A new month brought a new opportunity for Trey Starks.

Facing no chance of rain for the first time this season, Starks opened the month of May with double duty at Skagit Speedway on Saturday. He led all 25 laps to claim his first feature victory of the season in his first 360-ci event and he finished fourth in the 410-ci race.

"It's nice that the first actual race we got to run we won," he said after his fourth career win and second at Skagit.

After a handful of rainouts and a parts failure in the opening laps of his only race this season, Starks entered Saturday at the 3/10-mile track on a mission. He qualified fourth quick and finished second in his heat race, which put him on the pole of the feature.

Starks fell to second in the opening turn, but rallied to regain the lead entering turn three.

"I cut under him coming off (turn) two and finished him in (turns) three and four," Starks said. "The only trouble was going to be lapped traffic and it was no trouble."

A handful of cautions bunched the field up several times, including one with approximately five laps remaining, but Starks hit his marks consistently and ended up lapping all but the top six drivers.

He then climbed into his 410 sprint car for the 25-lap feature in that class, which he also started on the pole after qualifying fourth and placing fourth in his heat race.

"We had some power steering trouble," he said. "It was tough battling. I was holding on as long as I could. I was at the car's will. I was trying to run a smooth line, trying to salvage what I could."

Starks dropped to second on the opening lap. He fell to third place on Lap 10 and to fourth on Lap 11. Starks faded to fifth place for two laps before reclaiming the fourth position for the final five laps.

"It was a really good night to pick up a win and two top fives," he said. "Like I said last week, maybe we'll get some good karma after having the bad luck with the rain and crash to start the season."

Starks will return to Skagit Speedway on Saturday to compete in the first of the four-race Summer Thunder Series presented by SpeedMart.

QUICK RESULTS -

May 4 - Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. (410-ci sprint) - Qualifying: 4; Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 4 (1).

May 4 - Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. (360-ci sprint) - Qualifying: 4; Heat race: 2 (3); Feature: 1 (1).

SEASON STATS -

3 races, 1 win, 2 top fives, 3 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 3 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., for the first race of the Summer Thunder Series presented by SpeedMart

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HOME STATE RACE FOR TEAM OWNER MOTTER IN MINNESOTA;

SALDANA LOOKING TO CONTINUE FAMILY TRADITION IN KNOXVILLE

ELKO, Minn. (May 5, 2013) – When the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car teams unload their powerful winged vehicles at Elko Speedway Friday May 10, they will be scored evenly at this high-banked 3/8 mile oval: no wins, no losses.

It will be the first time the Outlaws will have competed at this facility. In other forms of racing, the track is known for two and three-wide racing.

“It’s always exciting to race at a new venue and we look forward to putting on a good show for some fans who don’t often have an opportunity to see us race,” said Joey Saldana, driver of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M sprint car. “We also consider this a sort of home track for Dan Motter who owns this team. It is an opportunity for him to bring some of his friends, family and business associates.”

Motter, who owns Motter Equipment, a global supplier of mining and construction equipment and component part for surface mining and construction industries, has corporate offices in Pengilly, Minn.

This season marks Motter’s return to the sport after a 15-year hiatus. After fielding a team for some of sprint car racing’s best drivers in the 1990s, he retired from ownership in 1997, returning this year with a seasoned crew, first-rate equipment and a driver he feels can win the coveted championship.

“Dan has the passion for this sport and he jumped in head first to start the team up again this season,” continued Saldana. “We are trying to get him the results he deserves.”

When the race at Elko Speedway wraps Friday night, the tour will pack up and head to Knoxville, Iowa for the Mediacom Shootout Saturday.

“The Knoxville race in August is our Indy 500,” said Saldana. “So it’s important to get as many laps as you can on this track prior to the big event to build your notebook and data base to give you tune-up and set-up information for reference.

“My dad won the Knoxville Nationals in 1970 and I’d love to put my name in the history books as well. We have finished second at this event three times but haven’t won it yet.

“It’s definitely on my ‘to do’ list.”

The second generation driver won on the black Iowa soil in June of 2006 and definitely knows his way around the half-mile Knoxville Raceway oval.

“Winning the trophy Saturday in Knoxville would be a great tune-up for the Nationals in August.”

 

 

David Gravel Finishes Seventh in Opener at Eldora During Outlaw Thunder Weekend

By DDR Motorsports PR

WATERTOWN, Conn.—May 5, 2013— It’s hard to believe it had been since last July that David Gravel had taken to the high banks of the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio. After Mother Nature halted a couple of scheduled trips to the half-mile last fall, the native of Watertown, Conn., made his first two starts of 2013 at the historic oval this past weekend. He finished seventh in the opener of the two-night Outlaw Thunder weekend to earn his third-career top-10 finish with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Eldora.

The Outlaw Thunder weekend was the first of three separate trips the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will make to Eldora Speedway this season. Gravel plans to race in all of those events, which equate to five total nights of racing for the series at the track, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

In the opener on Friday, May 3 at Eldora, Gravel lined up eighth for the main event aboard the Wright Process Systems/Firetext Response/JRC Transportation Maxim for Bill Rose Racing and ran among the top-10 for the duration of the 30-lap contest. The first stoppage of the night occurred just before the halfway point, when the red flag flew on lap-14. Gravel restarted eighth following that and was in the same position as the laps wound down. A pair of yellow flags would come out on the 21st circuit, and the East Coast racer found himself in seventh at that point and would cross the finish line in that same spot.

“We wanted to come away with a top-10 finish and were able to do that on the first night,” said Gravel. “Qualifying and track position is so important at Eldora and we were able to time in among the top-five and got a little help getting in the dash. Right now, with how tough the competition is, you definitely have to make the most of a top-10 starting spot and we did that against a very strong field on Friday night.”

The 20-year-old opened the Outlaw Thunder weekend at Eldora by recording the fifth-fastest lap in time trials, with a stout 39-car field in attendance. He both started and finished third in the first eight-lap heat race, which earned him a spot in the dash. With an inversion of eight for the dash, Gravel lined up fourth and would come home eighth, which put him on the outside of the fourth row for the A-Feature.

On Saturday, May 4 in the finale of the Outlaw Thunder weekend, Gravel finished 14th, after taking the green flag for the 30-lapper in the 18th spot. He began the night by timing in 18th-fastest of the 34 cars in attendance. Gravel finished sixth in the second eight-lap heat race, coming up just one position short of transferring to the main event, which put him in the B-main, where he finished second to earn a spot in the main event.

“We were just a little bit off,” he shared. “We gained a few spots in the feature, but weren’t quite where we needed to be with the car. We learned a few things and should be better when we go back to Eldora in July for the Kings Royal. That’s a place where if you are just a little off, you are really battling and that’s what we were up against.”

Gravel, who is currently sixth in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship standings on the strength of 10 top-10 and four top-five finishes, returns to action next weekend at Elko Speedway in Minnesota and the legendary Knoxville Raceway in Iowa.

“It sounds like it’s going to be a pretty neat event at Elko, with them covering the track with dirt,” he said. “We were hoping to race at Knoxville a couple of weeks ago and were delayed a day at Salina (Oklahoma) due to rain, so it will be good to get some laps there next weekend with the Outlaws. Any laps we get can at Knoxville prior to the Nationals will help us come August.”

Keep up-to-date with David Gravel and DDR Motorsports by visiting www.DavidGravel89.com. Follow David on Twitter @davidgravel89g and like David on Facebook.

 

Holtgraver Wins All Stars Tune-un at Mercer Raceway Park; Riggs, Batcher, Schwartzmiller, Frankenberry and Scoville also Victorious

Mercer, PA (May 4, 2013): Pittsburgh's Danny Holtgraver won the tune-up for next week's UNOH All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprint Car event at Mercer Raceway Park.

The Tugboat, Lonny Riggs, docked in victory lane for the Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds. Jerry Batcher made his first appearance of the season a memorable one, capturing his heat and the feature in the Mini Stocks, now sponsored by Eperthener's Auto Wrecking and Ray's Racing Collectibles. Bob Schwartzmiller also doubled up in the Precise Racing Products Stock Cars. Fourteen-year-old Tyler Frankenberry blew past STARS Modified Lite National Champion Josh May on his way to the win in the Big Daddy's Speed Center and Rock Concrete promoted class. Taking the final checkers of the night, in the Bonnell's Collision Center Outlaw Sprint Warriors, was Jason Scoville.

"We needed that one big time," Holtgraver gushed after his victory. He was shut out after taking the checkers in the Ronald Laney Memorial at East Bay Raceway Park, back in February. Holtgraver, who was exceptionally good in traffic, noted "when Eric (Williams) was leading, I could get to him and stay right with him, but it could have gone either way." After Holtgraver took the lead with just a few laps remaining, he was glad that he did not encounter too much traffic, as fellow All Star Cap Henry was on the march.

Eric Williams and Danny Holtgraver waged an intense battle for the first nine laps of the 410 Sprint Car feature event, presented by Luxaire Heating & Cooling and New Wilmington Motors. Holtgraver led until lap four, when Williams powered off turn two with the lead. Williams then opened up a few car lengths advantage over the local All Star, but Holtgraver chased him down in traffic. The pair swapped positions everywhere but on the scoreboard as they diced through heavy traffic.

Williams kept the point through a pair of cautions for minor incidents. However, Holtgraver was always close, looking for his chance to pounce. That came on lap 19, when he dove low through turn two. Williams seemed to lose his concentration, as Cap Henry executed a similar pass in turn three one lap later. WIlliams was in danger of losing another spot to Rod George, who was making his first start for Jim Chappell. Williams gathered himself up again to regain the position for the final few laps.

Holtgraver scored the popular win, with another All Star invader in second, Henry. Williams finished ahead of George and Jack Sodeman, Jr. Dan Kuriger led the second quintet to the stripe. Joining him were Adam Kekich, Scott Priester, Carl Bowser and Bill Jones, Jr.

The three heat victories went to Bowser, Sodeman and Henry. The track eliminated the B Main, so that all cars could start the feature.

Lonny Riggs rode the cushion to the lead on the opening lap and he did not look back in the Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds. He opened up a comfortable advantage over Kyle Fink over the first half of the event. After a brief stoppage for a collision involving Shayne Izzo and J.R. MCGinley in turn two, Andy Paden shot from fourth to second on the restart. Fink faded fast, and soon retired with a flat right rear tire.

Riggs continued to lead, but Paden challenged him with two laps remaining. Riggs caught a break on the last lap, though, as Paden slid over the edge of the back chute, losing valuable ground. Riggs reported that last week's pesky miss came back in his engine late in the race, which allowed Paden to close in on him.

Jeff Schaffer held off hard-charging Frankie Guidace for third. Matt Reeher crossed in fifth with his Mopar entry.

Positions six through ten belonged to J.R. McGinley, Makayla Guidace, Tommy Marshall, III, Shawn Fleeger and rookie Eric Beggs. That was his second top ten in two outings.

Heat wins were scored by Schaffer and McGinley.

In the Mini Stock feature, it took very little time for Jerry Batcher to show his dominance. He opened up a big lead on the very first lap and cruised to an easy win over Mike McConnell. Last week's winner, Jamey Lee, grabbed third. Defending champion Steve Longwell, Jr. was fourth and fifth went to Caleb Hickok.

The next five finishers were Tyler Fulton, Dan Bish, Rudy Troples, Evan Kornbau and Patricia Riffe.

The preliminaries for the Eperthener's Auto Wrecking and Ray's Racing Collectibles Mini Stocks belonged to Batcher and Lee.

The Precise Racing Products Stock Car feature winner was Bob Schwartzmiller, who went wire to wire. Schwartzmiller heard Andy Thompson a couple of times, but he thought that it was two-time champion Rusty Moore. Moore took third, after pitting early in the race for a mechanical problem. Late-arriving A.J. Flick was fourth, just a spot ahead of Leigh Wheeler.

Charlie McMillen, Curt Bish and Brandon Johnston completed the field.

The lone heat race win went to Schwartzmiller.

Tyler Frankenberry graced victory lane at the Park for the first time in hois brief career. The teen dedicated the win to his late grandfather, who passed several months ago. Frankenberry raced past veteran Iowa racer Josh May on his way to victory. Bill STivason and Cory Webb were the remaining finishers, as attrition was high in the division backed by Big Daddy's Speed Center and Rock Concrete.

Josh Deems, Jacob Bova, Taylor Smith, Cody Bova, Darrin Gallagher, Shane Pfeuffer and Kotie Kirkbride did not complete the event.

The heat winners were Stivason and Pfeuffer.

In the Bonnell's Collision Center Outlaw Sprint Warriors, Jason Scoville was closing in on leader C.J. Jones when the unthinkable happened. Jones flipped in turn one, handing the lead to Scoville with 12 laps in the books. Jones was not hurt.

Scoville raced out front the rest of the way for his first victory of the season. Joe McEwen, the defending champ, ran a smooth race for the second spot. Last week's winner, Michael Bauer rallied for third. Greg Dobransky and Jimmy Morris completed the top five.

Thomas Sanders, Jacob Gomola, Andy Feil, Richard Lawson and Tyler Graves were the next five finishers. It was Lawson's first race in the division after spending years in the Modified Lites.

Morris and Feil scored in the preliminaries.

Remember that next week's program will feature the UNOH All Stars Circuit of Champion Sprint Cars. The 358 Modifieds and the Modified Lites will have the night off. The Stock Cars will operate under the Open Stock rules. Points will be awarded for the Outlaw Sprint Warriors, Stock Cars and Mini Stocks. Local band, Sky Pilot, will perform before the races. Special guest Cowboy Brian Steinman will get his new motorized all-terrain wheelchair, which was made possible by a grant from the Steve King Foundation and the generosity of the racing community.

Luxaire Heating & Cooling/New Wilmington Motors 410 Sprint Cars: Danny Holtgraver, Cap Henry, Eric Williams, Rod George, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Dan Kuriger, Adam Kekich, Scott Priester, Carl Bowser, Bill Jones, Jr., Stuart Williams, Chris Best, Bob McMillen, Francis Sesco, Dennis Wagner, Caleb Helms, Brandon Matus, Brian Smith, Mike Miller, John McCracken, Brent Matus, Ralph Spithaler, Jimmy Light.

Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds: Lonny Riggs, Andy Paden, Jeff Schaffer, Frankie Guidace, Matt Reeher, J.R. McGinley, Makayla Guidace, Tommy Marshall, III, Shawn Fleeger, Eric Beggs, Kyle Fink, Jimmy Holden, Shayne Izzo, Max Smoker, Clyde Gumpp.

Eperthener's Auto Wrecking/Ray's Racing Collectibles Mini Stocks: Jerry Batcher, Mike McConnell, Jamey Lee, Steve Longwell, Jr., Caleb Hickok, Tyler Fulton, Dan Bish, Rudy Troples, Evan Kornbau, Patricia Riffe, Josh Eakman, Shane Shoo, Shane Smith, Max Paden, Pete Blazak, Matt Cwynar, Steve Longwell, Sr., Tim Callahan (DNS).

Precise Racing Products Stock Cars: Bob Schwartzmiller, Andy Thompson, Rusty Moore, A.J. Flick, Leigh Wheeler, Charlie McMillen, Curt Bish, Brandon Johnston.

Big Daddy's Speed Center/Rock Concrete Modified Lites: Tyler Frankenberry, Josh May, Bill Stivason, Cory Webb, Josh Deems, Jacob Bova, Taylor Smith, Cody Bova, Darrin Gallagher, Shane Pfeuffer, Kotie Kirkbride.

Bonnell's Collision Center Outlaw Sprint Warriors: Jason Scoville, Joe McEwen, Michael Bauer, Greg Dobransky, Jimmy Morris, Thomas Sanders, Jacob Gomola, Andy Feil, Richard Lawson, Tyler Graves, Joe Siembida, Rob Felix, C.J. Jones, Jeff Goodman, Jacob Lagastee, Harold Braden.

 

St, Croix Valley Raceway

Old Man Winter is proving to be especially stubborn this spring. For the second consecutive week, officials at St, Croix Valley Raceway were forced to delay the opening of the racing season in deference to a winter season that is making a historic push past May Day. After a short burst of “instant summer” last weekend finally allowed the snow to completely melt away, and bolster hopes of a May 3 opening, yet another storm blasted the area, briefly covering the track in a fresh blanket of the heavenly ice crystals. The lingering winter weather now has track officials eyeing Saturday, May 11 for the season opener, the scheduled date for Bullring Blast #1, the first of two WISSOTA Late Model events at The Valley. Four of the tracks regular classes – Future Fours, Pure Stocks, UMSS Micro Sprints and UMSS Traditional Sprints – will join the visiting open Modifieds and WISSOTA Late Models for the $1200-to-win special event lid lifter. The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds will open their season at The Valley the following Friday, May 17, as part of “you be the driver” night, where fans have a chance to drive their personal vehicles on the track after the races. Looking further ahead on the schedule, the first appearance of the winged sprint cars is set for Friday, May 24, as the UMSS Sprints headline Thunder in the Valley #1 and the second annual Davey Tabor Memorial – UMSS’s tribute to one of the area’s most passionate sprint car fans and longtime team owner. Additional information on the season opener and other events can be found on the track’s website, www.SCVRaceway.com, as well as their Facebook page.

 

QUICK TIME AND TOP FIVE FINISH IN A-MAIN FOR 71M TEAM AT ELDORA;

CAR OWNER MOTTER MOURNS LOSS OF HIS FATHER

ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 4, 2013) – After a disappointing end to their evening caused by debris on the racetrack Friday night, World of Outlaws driver Joey Saldana was passionate about getting back into the rhythm that had historically vaulted him to the top of the STP Sprint Car class at Eldora Speedway.

And the driver of the Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M immediately settled into his customary ‘Big E’ mojo, leading off with the quickest circuit (13.444 seconds) in hot laps and then kicking it up a notch to set quick time in qualifying with a 13.185-second lap around the famed half-mile track.

Starting fourth in the first heat race of the night, Saldana made his way to second place by lap two. On lap five, the yellow came out for Tony Stewart who rolled to a stop on the front stretch. Stewart did not restart and retired to his trailer. On the restart, Donny Schatz got by Saldana and the Brownsburg Bullet finished in third place.

Saldana would now be assigned a starting position in the all-important dash, based on an inversion draw. The No. 6 pill was drawn assigning the 71M driver to the sixth starting position.

“We had a good car last night and we’ve got a good car tonight,” said Saldana prior to climbing into his car for the dash. “We hope for a better outcome tonight.”

The track was wide and there was action all over the track which made for some thrilling moves during the dash including a great pass by Saldana riding the top of the track to pass Daryn Pittman. Saldana finished sixth, transferring to the sixth starting spot in the 30-lap A-Main.

Pole position starter Brian Brown took the lead when the green flew in the Feature. On lap five, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Daryn Pittman and Saldana had a three-wide battle for fifth. Saldana got the best run and took the position. The yellow came out on lap 12 when Hafertepe got up against the wall. Leader Brown stopped on the front straight, misunderstanding the World of Outlaws radio call. He thought they called ‘red flag.’ After some deliberation, Outlaws officials awarded Brown his lead restart position.

Two laps later second place driver Brad Sweet began to slow and coasted to a stop on the front straight. He did not return to race action. Saldana maintained fifth position.

There was one more yellow when Sheldon Haudenschild spun in turn four with eight laps to go. Back to green and Saldana battled to the checkered flag finishing fifth.

Daryn Pittman won the event, Brian Brown was second, and Donny Schatz was third.

Car owner Dan Motter, who had originally planned to be at Eldora for the doubleheader, listened to the races on DIRTVision from Minnesota with a heavy heart. Early this morning his father passed away, with his family by his side, as they had been for the past week.

“My dad used to come with us to Eldora back in the 1990s,” said Motter. “I will miss him tremendously. He was an extraordinary man.

“I want to take a minute to thank all of those in the World of Outlaws community who sent their condolences and prayers following the passing of my father this morning.”

 

 

Justin Barger Bests Field at Patriot Sprint Tour Birthday Bash at Black Rock

Rich Vleck, DUNDEE, NY, (May 3, 2013)- 10 years ago, when the Patriot Sprint Tour began, Justin Barger was a up-and-coming teenager that still had a lot to learn about sprint car racing; but on Friday Night, the 10th Anniversary of the first Patriot Sprint, event, he put on a clinic to reinforce why he one of the best in the Northeast.

Barger, of Montrose, NY, led all 25 laps of the Patriot Sprint Tour America Series opener at Black Rock Speedway for his fourth career win at the 4/10-mile oval. Barger was able to keep a healthy lead throughout, even though some late-race restarts made his task a little more tenuous.

“We pretty much nailed it from the beginning tonight, we didn’t change too much,” declared Barger in Victory Lane. “I love coming to this race track, you can move around a lot even for a small race track. It is pretty racey.”

The defending PST Canada Series Champion won his heat race from the outside pole, easily qualifying him for the A-Main redraw, where he once again drew a starting spot on the outside of the front row. At Starter Scott Hixson’s green flag, Barger used his momentum on the top to move around Polesitter Bruce DeWick off the second corner and set sail around the speedway.

By the fifth lap, the Carillo Rods/ JE Pistons/ King Motorsports No. 5 was already in lapped traffic, but it did not seem to phase him as he continued to grow his advantage over the DeWick, Scott Kreutter, Jason Barney and Robbie Stillwaggon, the four drivers that would covet the runner-up position at a point in the feature.

Stillwaggon had command of second place and was making ground on the bottom line when a caution flag on lap 23 for contact between Chuck Hebing and Clint Ide. This would result in one last restart that Barger would have to endure.

“I didn’t like to see the last yellow or red (for a Steve Collins soft tip on to his side),” noted Barger. “Robbie drove up next to me on that last caution and I had already seen that his wing was in his trunk so I knew he was sliding around there so I just rode out the last few laps.”

In the final two laps, Stillwaggon was solid on the bottom, but did not have enough time to get the drive built up that he needed to contend for the win. Barger would hold on for the win by three car lengths.

“This is pretty cool 10 years later,” added Barger in reference to the anniversary of the first Patriot Sprint event. “That race was by my girlfriend’s father (Tom Taber), so this is pretty special.”

With the win, Barger has now extended his streak of top-five finishes at BRS to seven straight.

Robbie Stillwaggon was pleased with his runner-up showing at a track where in his last appearance there did not qualify for the feature; the run was especially gratifying for the Burlington, NJ driver after starting back in seventh place.

For the second week in a row, as well as the second-straight race at Black Rock, Jason Barney completed the podium in third. The Constantia, NY driver noted afterwards that he played it safe with his setup which inhibited his ability to chase after the win, or even hang on to second place.

The battle from fourth place on back was ever-changing, but Jared Zimbardi was able to drive up from eighth starting position to hold on to the position. Zimbardi looked impressive winning his heat race after starting in fourth, as did Bryan Howland, who rounded out the top five.

Scott Kreutter faded back to sixth, just ahead of Tommy Wickham, who lost two spots on the final lap to place seventh. Original Pizza Logs Four Laps of Fame crossed in eighth while nine-time BRS winner George Suprick was ninth. Brad Knab would complete the top 10.

Brandan Warner and Dave Just were unable to start the feature as engine failures in their respective heat races would knock them out of competition on a beautiful spring evening.

For more information, visit www.PatriotSprintTour.com.

Patriot Sprint Tour America Series Results: 5/3/13, Black Rock Speedway, Dundee, NY.

A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Justin Barger (5), 2. Robbie Stillwaggon (89), 3. Jason Barney (87*), 4. Jared Zimbardi (35), 5. Bryan Howland (51), 6. Scott Kreutter (52), 7. Tommy Wickham (75), 8. Kevin Ward Jr. (13), 9. George Suprick (87), 10. Brad Knab (38), 11. Derek Jonathan (81), 12. Vinnie Vitale (X1), 13. Clint Ide (3), 14. Chuck Hebing (45), 15. Steve Collins (67), 16. Dave Wickham (80), 17. Bruce DeWick (22D), 18. Geoff Quackenbush (25), 19. Scott Just (54JX), DNS: Dave Just (54J), 21. Brandan Warner (10B).

Lap Leaders- Barger 1-25.

Original Pizza Logs Four Laps of Fame Dash (4 Laps)- Ward, Hebing, Collins, Suprick, Knab, Jonathan.

Heats (8 Laps Each)- Race 1: Barger, Stillwaggon, Barney, T. Wickham, Vitale, Ide, Warner.

Race 2: Zimbardi, DeWick, Hebing, Knab, Jonathan, D. Just, D. Wickham.

Race 3: Howland, Ward, Kreutter, Collins, Suprick, Quackenbush, S. Just.

 

 

Runner-Up at Eldora Opener

Following their second triumph of the season in Oklahoma last weekend, the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team traveled East to open up the month of May on Friday at Eldora Speedway in Ohio. In 70 previous appearances dating back to 1996, Craig Dollansky most recently raced to victory at ‘The Big E’ in 2008 and last season recorded two top-fives in the four races contested.

With a strong field of 39 drivers signed in for battle, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ made the most of a late draw in qualifying by stopping the clock 9th fastest at 13.325 seconds. Heat race competition then put the MobileStar Maxim outside the front row where Dollansky raced to the win to earn a spot in the dash. After an 8-pill inversion draw, the Elk River, Minnesota native started third and finished in the same position in the 6-lap event.

In the 30-lap A-Main the Aggressive Hydraulics backed sprinter lined up inside row two. When the green flag waved on the main event Dollansky quickly claimed the runner-up spot by turn one. After leader Brad Sweet broke on lap 9, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ assumed the top spot and opened up a two second lead by lap 11. Following a red flag three circuits later, the Eaton’s Aeroquip Performance Products #7 chose the outside for the double-file restart and brought the field back to green but a hard-charging Kerry Madsen dove low in turn one on lap 17 to steal the lead. The final caution came on lap 20 and with just ten to go, Dollansky held the runner-up spot behind Madsen racing to the checkered flag with a top-five finish in 2nd.

“I felt like I was getting a flat left rear tire but it held in there and got us to the end,” commented Dollansky. “Kerry had a good car and drove a good race. To come home second in this group of cars with the level of competition is a strong run. We would have loved to get a win but have something to build on for tonight.”

The Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team returns to Eldora Speedway tonight for the Outlaw Thunder finale.

Be sure to download the newest May wallpaper from the Media Room on DollanskyRacing.com that catches Dollansky hard on the gas at Tri-State Speedway in Indiana.

 

 

SALDANA’S STELLAR PERFORMANCE IN QUALIFYING AND HEAT RACE

ENDS ON A SOUR NOTE ON NIGHT ONE OF ELDORA OUTLAWS ACTION

ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 3, 2013) – While some of the nation was under a blanket of fresh fallen snow, Chamber of Commerce weather prevailed at the famed Eldora Speedway with temperatures in the low 70s and a slight breeze. The World of Outlaws event tonight, the first of a two-night stand, drew 39 gladiators vying for glory at Eldora, including NASCAR Talladega fly-in drivers Kyle Larson and Tony Stewart, who owns the track.

Continuing his history of outstanding performance at the ‘Big E’, Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M driver Joey Saldana captured the No. 2 qualifying position, negotiating the half-mile track in 13.186 seconds.

Saldana continued to dazzle in heat race number two where he started in the fourth position, but he wasn’t there long. In lap one, the 71M driver made a big move, putting all four wheels over the top, passing first and second place Tim Kaeding and Kyle Larson in spectacular fashion to take the lead. Saldana never looked back, continuing to pull away from the pack, capturing the heat win.

“I grew up watching my Dad race here,” said Saldana, “and it’s always been one of my favorite tracks. It’s a fun place to race.

“Our team owner Dan Motter is at home with his father who is not doing well. We have heavy hearts and send lots of prayers to the Motter family. We would like to make them proud by doing well tonight. It would be very special.”

The dash inversion draw was the No. 8 pill, which relegated Saldana to the No. 7 starting position for this important race, not what he was hoping for. At the end of the six lap dash, Saldana was seventh, and would start seventh for the A-Main.

The 30-lap Feature had its share of drama. Brad Sweet, who won the pole and led the race stretching out to a 1.6-second lead, suddenly pulled off the track and into the pits with a broken sparkplug before the half-way mark. The red flag flew with 16 laps to go when Ian Madsen suffered a mechanical problem that caused him to flip between turns three and four. Madsen was okay. During the red flag delay, the No. 2 Feature starter Sam Hafertepe, Jr. pulled to the trailer with an overheating engine.

Saldana was battling for fifth position late in the race when a piece of debris from the track knocked a fuel nozzle line and the water temperature gauge fitting loose, forcing the 71M to retire from the race finishing in 21st position.

“This really stings,” said Saldana. “We had a strong running car all night long and then to have a freak incident like this put you on the trailer is disheartening. We know our set-up was good tonight and we are looking for a good run here tomorrow.”

Kerry Madsen won the night’s A-Main, followed by second place Craig Dollansky and third place Paul McMahan.

 

 

BCRA Driver Profiles- David Goodwill

Current BCRA point’s leader David Goodwill, has been racing for 25 years. He started in 1981 racing twin-engine go-karts and, has tasted success at every level. David, a dentist in Napa, California, is married to Suzie Goodwill, has four children and even though he looks rather young, also has nine grandchildren. While David’s children were younger, time was not available to fully commit to running full time, so David’s success and opportunities were limited, however, David’s passion for racing was strong. As his children grew older, and with his family’s blessing, David was able to devote more time to racing, and moved from go-karts to 600cc micros. In 1994 David began racing micros at Delta Speedway in Stockton, CA. He won his share of features, and set a new track record. In 1998 David was asked to drive a BCRA midget lite for John Gudgell. David won the 1998 BCRA Midget Lite Championship as a rookie. Unfortunately John Gudgell developed some serious health issues and mid-way through the 1999 BCRA Midget Lite season was forced to discontinue racing. Ted Hunting stepped up and offered David a ride for the remainder of the ‘99 Season. In 2000 David started racing Spec Sprints. His main track was Antioch Speedway in Antioch California. It was then that David was really able to spend the time and resources needed, and success came quickly. David became a feature driver on NCMA schedule. Wherever NMCA went, on either dirt or pavement, David was usually the driver you had to beat. David has won ten NCMA Championships on both dirt and pavement. In 2009, NCMA chose to only run pavement races, David responded by winning the 2009, 2010 and 2011 NCMA Series Championships. In 2012, he won his unprecedented fourth consecutive NCMA Championship. He completed this feat by winning multiple feature events at all three NCMA tracks. In 2012, David also competed full time in the BCRA Midget Pavement Series. He drove the potent Arata Brothers Racing beautiful #88 Midget. He won at Madera, and usually finished in the top three at every event. He finished 2nd in points last year. For 2013, David, again with help from the Arata Brothers Racing, is racing his own Beast Midget, powered by a Bob Wirth Mopar, tuned by Don Kiser. David set fast time at both pavement events so far, and finished a close 2nd in both events as well. It looks like history is repeating itself, for the Pavement Series Championship, David looks like the driver the others will have to beat. As everyone knows, winning a single championship, let alone ten, is never a singular endeavor. Much help is needed in money, hours and mostly support from family and friends. David is no different. He has wonderful sponsors: Lito Auto Body, Matco Tools, Storck's Garage, Napa Auto Parts, Permatex, C-Magic, Piner's Welding Supply, Sign Dimensions, & Miyamo. David would also like to thank the following individuals for their assistance with David’s racing efforts: Jeff and Anthony Arata, Mike and Roz Sheppherd, Gil Meacham, and Scott Hankins. Last but certainly not least; David would like to say a special thanks to his longtime friend and crew chief Don Kiser. Look for David and his #88 Beast Mopar at a BCRA race soon. For more information about David Goodwill go www.davidgoodwill.com.

 

 

CAP HENRY and Team CHR Back to P.A. to get Extra Seat Time with “the Posse” and Hometown Heroes during Triple Header Weekend

Every time Team CHR and CAP HENRY roll across the Pennsylvania line, there is a mixed feeling of comfort and uneasiness. The latter comes from the fact that the tracks are tough and the competition at each track is tougher. The comforting side is that they are growing their friends and fan base and are constantly asked, “Are you guys running this weekend at…….?”

This weekend, the All Star schedule takes a rest so Cap and Crew are heading back into Pennsylvania for a triple header weekend which will give them seat time and grab some new fans along the way. The famous “P.A. Posse” will be represented in some form as well as some great local short track heroes who are always tough on their “home track” at Lernerville Speedway, Mercer Raceway Park and Roaring Nob Motorsports Complex…

"It’s going to be a great opportunity for us to get some testing in before the All Stars return next Friday and Saturday”, Cap said while loading up for the drive. “Our goal is to grab Top 5 runs all three nights and I would love to get a win while we are there…I already have a feature win at Mercer so it would be nice to do well there again…”

Pennsylvania fans love their racing and they love their drivers too but they have embraced this small family-owned team from northern Ohio as well. Sunday’s visit to Roaring Nob will be a “first ever for sprint cars with a $4,000 to win”.

“Depending on who shows up and how strong the local guys are, we will learn a lot…and it sure would be nice to get a win at Lernerville because we always strong…if you haven’t done so, follow us on Twitter this weekend and cheer us on!”

Team CHR is running full time for the fourth straight year in the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series and continues to look for a couple of more partnerships and sponsors. If you would like to get involved with a forward-thinking, family-owned team who can compete with top-dollar guys at a much better price point, please contact team owner KIT HENRY at: kit@henrymotorsports.com

Cap sits 3rd in All Star National Points behind DALE BLANEY and TIM SHAFFER with DANNY HOLTGRAVER and CALEB HELMS in 4th and 5th.

Follow Cap’s Twitter feed at: www.Twitter.com/CapHenry and all of his season’s progress at www.CapHenryRacing.com

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FILLMORE'S MIKE KERTCHER CAPTURES A NIGHT OF DEUCE

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[FILLMORE, WIS.]- May 3, 2013- Mike Kertscher driver of the #80K, Captain Jim Yacht Sales, River Back Farms, Paul Brunton Motorsports, Meyer D Crop Consulting, Larry Schneider Insurance, DW Schneider Engineering, CD Signs, Sign Me Up, Fastenal of Plymouth, Fire Escape, My Cap Cam rolled into the Beaver Dam Raceway Park for the Interstate Racing Associations (IRA) season

opener on Saturday April 27, 2013. Kertscher pushed off for his hot lap session and made a few changes to the sprinter after track conditions proved to be a bit choppy. He was successful with the changes and qualified second with a 13.208 lap and finished second in heat race two for the night. The team continued to dial in the #80K after track changes were made. The Captain Jim Yacht Sales 410 sprinter was once again ready to be track-side for the A-main where he started in the third spot. The field saluted the fans and they took the green flag and Kertscher found where his car worked quickly and was battling for the lead. After a caution flag flew for the #2W of Scotty Neitzel; Neitzel retired to the pit area for the evening and left the #80K in the lead.

The field re-started and Kertscher was moving quickly through lap traffic. The laps were closing in and the #17B of Bill Balog was chasing the #80K for the lead. As the #80K crossed at the checkers it was a photo finish and Kertscher would be scored by only an IRA record finish of .009 a deuce for the night . To watch the finish please click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh7FebQ2N64

Kertscher climbed from the cock-pit and stated "Thank you to all of the fans who came out tonight to the opener it was a long winter and we were all ready to do some racing. Our car was good and I need to thank my team for their hard work throughout the off season and tonight and each of my sponsors for their support. Tonight was a night of deuces for sure, and I am looking forward to the next race at Wilmot Raceway!" Kertscher will return to the track on Saturday, May 4th at the Wilmot Raceway as the reigning 410 Sprint Car Track Champion.

The race track is located at the Kenosha County Fairgrounds and to follow Kertschers #80K Captain Jim Yacht Sales, River Back Farms, Paul Brunton Motorsports, Meyer D Crop Consulting, Larry Schneider Insurance, DW Schneider Engineering, CD Signs, Sign Me Up, Fastenal of Plymouth, Fire Escape, My Cap Cam team visit: www.80kmike.com for the latest news and highlights.

 

 

Dirt Track Racing Continues Saturday at Plymouth Speedway!

(Plymouth, IN) It was a successful start to the dirt track season last week at Plymouth Speedway and more action is set for this Saturday night!

Help celebrate Cinco De Mayo a day early with a margarita and the running of Modifieds, Super Streets, Pure Thunderstocks, USAC 600 sprints and USAC 600 Restricted Winged Sprints at Northern Indiana’s fastest ...dirt track.

Gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. ET.

Beginning Saturday, purchase a chance to win a 24’ Team Spirit trailer, worth $9,000!

“It’s got everything,” said Walt Barns, owner of Techworks Trailer Sales. “LED lights, roof vents, aluminum wheels, cabinets and more.”

He adds, “We are happy to be able to do this with Plymouth Speedway. I was at the track last week and the racing was unbelievable. I love dirt track racing and this season should be exciting.”

The racing season is just getting started. Join us as Fel-Pro Performance Gaskets proudly presents the Earl Gaerte Classic on May 18 where the Outlaw Winged Sprint Cars will run circuits around the track. On June 29, the Race4Life spectacular will feature USAC 600 Sprints, both Wing and Non-Wing for Open and Restrictors at Plymouth Speedway.

For more information about any of the races and ticket prices, visit www.plymouthspeedway.net, or visit the Plymouth Speedway Facebook page or Twitter feed.

 

 

Tough Sledding Getting The 2013 UMSS Season Underway
By: Greg Parent, UMSS Media Director (5-3-13)

With winter weather still persisting, the first four shows on the 2013 Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS) winged sprint schedule have fallen victim to rain, snow and cold that has plagued the Midwest area during the past month. The popular winged sprint car series will now attempt to kick off their season with a double header weekend on Friday May 24 for the running of the 2nd Annual Davey Tabor Memorial at the St. Croix Valley Raceway and on Saturday May 25 at the Rice Lake Speedway. The UMSS Traditional non-winged sprints will also be part of each program, as they make their first-ever appearance at the Rice Lake Speedway.

Following a weekend off for the much-anticipated IRA Sprint Tour at St. Croix Valley Raceway on Friday May 31, Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday June 1, and at the Eagle Valley Raceway on Sunday June 2, the UMSS winged sprints will be back in action again on Friday June 7 at the Princeton Speedway for the 12th Annual Billy Anderson Memorial paying the winner $1,200 courtesy of some sponsorship help from GRP Motorsports. The lone appearance of the season at the Ogilvie Raceway will see the winged warriors at the fast 3/8 mile track on Saturday June 8 for the Big O Sprint Showdown. The month of June will round out action for the UMSS sprints with the two-day Open Wheel Nationals at St. Croix Valley Raceway. The Friday night preliminary feature will pay $1,000 to win, and if 40 or more cars are on hand there will be two features each paying $1,000 to win. The Saturday night championship feature will pay a whopping $5,000 to win and $500 to start. This will be the largest payout at a UMSS race so far, as the 2nd Annual Open Wheel Nationals will be one of the premier races on the UMSS schedule as well as one of the top shows here in our area along with other long-standing and traditionally great events like the Kouba Memorial and Richert Memorial.

"Last year we got off to a tough start as well, as we were only able to complete two full shows by the end of May," stated UMSS President Ron Bernhagen. "The weather straightened out rather nicely after that and we went on a run of eighteen straight races to finish out our season, so I am hopeful we will see a similar type of streak put together this year," concluded Bernhagen. So far, no additional races have been added to the schedule. The UMSS schedules about two dozen shows knowing that some will fall victim to the weather. If the weather woes continue, one or two additional shows may have to be added to the schedule, as the series would like to race about 20 events during the season. Fans can always keep track of the UMSS on their website at www.umsprints.com or by becoming a friend of their Facebook page.

2013 UMSS Winged Sprint Schedule (as updated 5-1-13)

Friday, May 24 St. Croix Valley Raceway - 2nd Annual Davey Tabor Memorial*
Saturday, May 25 Rice Lake Speedway - Double Dare Sprint Special
Friday, June 7 Princeton Speedway - 12th Annual Billy Anderson Memorial*
Saturday, June 8 Ogilvie Raceway - Big O Sprint Showdown
Friday, June 28 St. Croix Valley Raceway - 2nd Annual Open Wheel Nationals
Saturday, June 29 St. Croix Valley Raceway - 2nd Annual Open Wheel Nationals*
Saturday, July 6 Hibbing Raceway - 3rd Annual Rumble on the Range
Sunday, July 7 Proctor Speedway - 2nd Annual Twin Ports Sprint Special
Friday, July 26 St. Croix Valley Raceway - Thunder in the Valley
Saturday, July 27 Cedar Lake Speedway - Summer Sprint Special
Thursday, August 15 KRA Speedway - King of KRA Sprint Challenge
Friday, August 16 Princeton Speedway - Kouba Memorial Night 1*
Saturday, August 17 St. Croix Valley Raceway - 21st Annual Kouba Memorial*
Saturday, August 24 Viking Speedway - Viking Sprint Special
Saturday, August 31 North Central Speedway - 12th Annual Mighty Axe Nationals
Sunday, September 1 North Central Speedway - 12th Annual Mighty Axe Nationals
Monday, September 2 Granite City Speedway - 2nd Annual Granite City Sprintacular
Saturday, September 7 Cedar Lake Speedway - 13th Annual Richert Memorial with IRA Sprints*
Friday, October 4 Elko Speedway - 3rd Annual Fall Dirt Nationals
Saturday, October 5 Elko Speedway - 3rd Annual Fall Dirt Nationals*

*UMSS Six Pack Series Race.

 

 

SPRING SHOWDOWN AND MORE!

Haubstadt, IN - May 2, 2013. Tri-State Speedway will host the non wing sprint cars Saturday May 11th for the first time this season. The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series will share the spotlight that evening with the United States Auto Club. The co-sanctioned event will attract the best sprint car drivers from throughout the Midwest and beyond. The 30 lap main event will pay $5,000 to the winner!

The very first “Spring Showdown” featuring the two sprint car sanctioning bodies was held at the Haubstadt oval in 2012. Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, MO, outran Levi Jones and Kevin Thomas Jr. to win that inaugural event. It was a winning combination with talented drivers that follow both series placing in the top ten for the final rundown. Drivers with a previous history of racing at the track used that experience to do very well.

The defending MSCS Champion is Jon Stanbrough. The defending USAC Sprint Car Champion is Brian Clauson. This will be the first race of the season for MSCS so it is a very important stop to drivers needing to place well in order to pursue the series points championship. It is a full points race for MSCS licensed drivers. The USAC Points battle is already underway.

It is very early in the season but the USAC title chase could be between as many as five or more drivers. The battle is shaping up to be a contest between Hunter Schuerenberg, Chase Stockon, Brian Clauson, Brady Bacon, and Tracy Hines. Dave Darland, Kevin Thomas Jr, and Robert Ballou are also poised and already in position to be factors as the season continues to unfold!

Chase Stockon won the last 2 events in which MSCS drivers were involved last season. He won the Harvest Cup at Tri-State Speedway to finish out the 2012 MSCS campaign. Chase also won a co-sanctioned race at Lawrenceburg Speedway the previous weekend. He led the most laps of any driver competing in MSCS last season. Chase Stockon and Kyle Cummins were the only drivers to win two MSCS features during the 2012 season.

Warm ups and hot laps for the competitors begin at 6 o’clock with qualifying to follow. The program will be conducted using the USAC format. The Passing points system used by MSCS normally will not be in use. Racing is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m. Haubstadt is located in the Central Time Zone.

One of the biggest sprint car races for the season at Tri-State Speedway is this very first non wing promotion. The challenge, the money, and the prestige are all on the line. The “Spring Showdown” between USAC and MSCS will have it all and perhaps more!

The UMP Dirt Car Open Wheel Modifieds will also be racing at Tri-State Speedway on May 11th. Trent Young won the feature for the mod class at the opener for the speedway in April. Twenty nine cars and drivers were in the pits to compete. At least five of those drivers were still in the hunt during the final few laps.

For Immediate Release: Provided as News and Information for MSCS.

 

 

Preview for Month of May for NCRA!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – May 2, 2013 - If you are a race fan then you know the “month of May” means it is the “month of racing” and that is true pertaining to all six divisions for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products racing series. Below are the “Month of May” highlights for each of the series divisions consisting of 360 sprints, 305 sprints, modified, sport mods, late models and new mod-lites.

360 Sprint Car Division:

Two events are slated for the “Thunder and Lightening” division of the 360 sprint cars. First up will be the twice rescheduled event at 81 Speedway in Park City on Saturday night, May 11th. This event was postponed from April 27th and moved again from the May 4th makeup date. This will be the second race on the 2013 race season and second out of four at the home of the series, 81 Speedway.

Then on Friday night, May 24th it will be the 3rd annual “Sprint Car Mania” at RPM Speedway in Hays, Kansas. Now retired Garry Lee Maier won the inaugural event back in 2011 while last year’s version was cancelled due to rain during hot laps.

Modified Division:

For the first time in six years the series modified division will travel to Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma to kick off the Memorial Day weekend on Friday night, May 24 in the only event slated for the tour during the Month of May. Ryan Gustin took home the $5000 to win season opener at 81 Speedway back on April 6th for his first ever victory with the series.

305 Sprint Car Division:

The NCRA 305 sprint car division will open their second season on Saturday night, May 26th for their first of three appearances at the Great American Dirt Track in Jetmore, Kansas.

Late Model Division:

“The gladiators” of the series late model tour will kick off their 30th season with two events slated over the Memorial Day weekend. As is customary for the tour, the 2013 season will kick off on Saturday night, May 25th at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool, Nebraska before heading south to Park City and 81 Speedway on Sunday night, May 26th.

Sport Mod Division:

The busiest division for the month of May will occur in the Bob Howard PDC and Mopar NCRA southern sport modified division as four races are slated, all be it one of them to kick the month of June but a double header weekend nonetheless.

The tour will make their second appearance in as many events at 81 Speedway on Saturday night, May 25th to kick off a Memorial holiday weekend double header. Then on Sunday night it will be on to “The Hummer,” Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas for the “Whitworth Memorial Special” that will pay $2000 to win as part of the sport mod/B-Mod challenge. Scott Drake won this event last year.

For the second year in a row and third time in four years the tour will have an “I-40 West” double header weekend, kicking off on Friday night, May 31st at Elk City Speedway in Elk, City, Oklahoma. Then on Saturday night the tour will head west to Bill Worthen’s Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas. Donnie Raney and Willie Smith (2009), Todd Decker and Robert Elliott (2010) and Travis Johnson (2012) have all one features at Elk City Speedway while Kelly Cross (2010, 2011 ) and Johnson (2012) have both won sport mod features at Route 66 Motor Speedway.

Mod-Lite Division:

Closing out the month of May will be the newest division added to the NCRA, the mod-lite’s. Growing popular in northern Kansas and out east, this division will pay $500 and will kick off their season on Friday night, May 31st at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri.

More detailed race information for each event will be released the week before each slated event. The above May preview for all things NCRA will give all fans and drivers of the series a chance to mark their calendar and ready themselves for series action. The 2013 race season is the 43rd consecutive year the series has sanctioned dirt track races throughout the Midwest. More race series information, including rules for all divisions, schedules, point standings and more can be found on the series official website www.racencra.com. For more information on the NCRA you can also contact them (316) 755-1781.

May 11 NCRA 360 Sprints 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

May 24 NCRA 360 Sprints RPM Speedway/Hays, Kansas

May 24 NCRA Modifieds Mid-America Speedway/South Coffeyville, Oklahoma

May 25 NCRA Sport Mods 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

May 25 NCRA 305 Sprints Great American Dirt Track/Jetmore, Kansas

May 25 NCRA Late Models Junction Motor Speedway/McCool, Nebraska

May 26 NCRA Sport Mods Humboldt Speedway/Humboldt, Kansas

May 26 NCRA Late Models 81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

May 31 NCRA Mod-Lites Valley Speedway/Grain Valley, Missouri

May 31 NCRA Sport Mods Elk City Speedway/Elk City, Oklahoma

June 1 NCRA Sport Mods Route 66 Motor Speedway/Amarillo, Texas

 

 

 Paige Polyak

Knowing the jump to 410s from the 305s wasn't going to be easy, Paige Polyak has had a huge monkey on her back as well since making the move. Looking to shake the monkey off her back, the Polyak Motorsports team hit Attica Raceway Park last Friday and Fremont Speedway last Saturday. With 29 cars at Attica, the top 4 from the heat races moved on to the A Main. Starting 5th in the 3rd heat, Paige avoided a flipping Kyle Sauder on the start of the heat. Missing the set-up a bit, Paige missed the transfer spot by one. Rolling off 3rd in the B Main, Paige quickly raced into 2nd. Coming around 3 and 4 on the first lap, Paige's right front tire flew off, ending her night. It was determined the wheel bearing failed in just its 4th night on it, adding to the list of bad luck to start the season. With 33 cars on hand Saturday at Fremont Speedway, Paige qualified in 16th quick for the night. Once again the top 4 moved into the A Main via the heat race. When the line ups were posted, Paige would start right in the middle of a stout 4th heat. Getting a great start, Paige raced nose to tail with Byron Reed as smoke started blowing from the 27 machine. Flying past Reed on the top side, to take over 2nd, she set sail on leader, Chris Andrews. Paige finished a solid 2nd in her heat, moving into the A. The smoke was from excess oil blowing out of the oil tank. Missing the inversion by one, Paige would roll off 9th in the A Main. On the start, Paige got bottled up on the low side, dropping to 13th. With a few laps in the books, things settled down and Paige started to move forward. Moving into the top 10 at the half-way point, Paige would engage in a great battle with Dean Jacobs for 9th. Lap after lap they battled, holding their positions. Ju