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WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINTS NOW PREP F

WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINTS NOW PREP F...

4/4/2011
Scott Pierovich sits atop the USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series standings with Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. slated to host the next event, April 23. Pierovich finished ninth at Madera (Calif.) Speedway Saturday night and is three points ahead of Tony Hunt in the new standings. Hunt, of Lincoln, Calif., captured Saturday night’s 100-lap “Gerhardt Classic” USAC AMSOIL Western and Western Classic Sprint race at Madera. He took the lead from Pierovich on...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: USAC Western States, Non-Winged Sprints
360s HEAD FOR SANTA MARIA SATURDAY

360s HEAD FOR SANTA MARIA SATURDAY...

4/4/2011
Bud Kaeding remains atop the 2011 USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car series standings after last Thursday’s race at Hanford, Calif. was postponed. No new date has been released for the conclusion of the rained-out March 18 event. Kaeding holds a seven-point lead over Greg Alexander going into this Saturday’s race at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway, where the standings are sure to be jumbled. Santa Maria hosted six West Coast 360 races last year and five different winners...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: USAC 360 Sprint Series, Non-Winged Sprints
SPENCER SEEKS RECORD #4 AT HANFORD

SPENCER SEEKS RECORD #4 AT HANFORD...

4/4/2011
Defending AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. will try to set one record and tie another May 7 when the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car series resumes at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Spencer remained undefeated in 2011 USAC/CRA competition Saturday night, winning at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. He hopes to extend his series-opening record victory streak to four at Hanford, while a fourth consecutive win would tie the...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Mike Spencer, USAC/CRA Sprints, Winged Sprints
ELDORA’s “BRANSON/LARSON” RACES TH

ELDORA’s “BRANSON/LARSON” RACES TH...

4/4/2011
This weekend’s Coca-Cola Spring Classic” at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway includes the resumption of the 2011 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series as the “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic” returns to the half-mile dirt oval for its 31st running. Honoring the memory of two of USAC’s all-time Sprint car greats, the two-night racing program includes UMP DIRTcar Modifieds (Saturday) and Stocks (Friday), with 30-lap Sprint car features each night. Damion Gardner of...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Eldora Speedway, USAC National Sprint Cars, Non-Winged Sprints
LASOSKI RELIES ON PATIENCE TO PICK

LASOSKI RELIES ON PATIENCE TO PICK...

4/4/2011
Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 4) – Danny Lasoski is as old school as it gets. The veteran driver hauled more than four hours on Saturday to 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., for the lengthy NCRA season opener, which he won before driving straight home. “You drive all day to the track, race, then haul home,” said Lasoski, who arrived at his shop in Higginsville, Mo., around 6 a.m. “That’s how we used to do it in old days. “Running our own car with how we...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
STARKS RECORDS CAREER-BEST FINISH

STARKS RECORDS CAREER-BEST FINISH...

4/4/2011
Inside Line Promotions – CALISTOGA, Calif. (April 4) – Sometimes weird and crazy works. At least it did for Trey Starks on Saturday at Calistoga Speedway in Calistoga, Calif., where the 15-year-old overcame a couple of wrecks to claim his best career World of Outlaws finish. “It was definitely the most interesting race day I’ve ever had,” said Starks, who drove from 23rd to 13th in the feature. The night started with Starks flipping in hot laps after the left front...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Trey Starks, Winged Sprints
FORLER SPENDS WEEK OFF FOCUSING ON

FORLER SPENDS WEEK OFF FOCUSING ON...

4/4/2011
Inside Line Promotions – LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (April 4) – Logan Forler spent last weekend away from the track, but focused on his sprint car team. The 17-year-old from Lake Havasu City, Ariz., who is competing full-time on the ASCS National Tour, sat down with veteran crew chief Troy Renfro to discuss how to improve the program. “We’re trying to make everything better from the trailer and race car to the organization,” Forler said. “We just want to make sure we can...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Logan Forler, Winged Sprints
TANKERSLEY ENDURES TOUGH WEEKEND I

TANKERSLEY ENDURES TOUGH WEEKEND I...

4/4/2011
Inside Line Promotions – LUFKIN, Texas (April 4) – From jubilation to dejection, Channin Tankersley crawled out of his mangled sprint car on Friday night. The 20-year-old from Highlands, Texas, had just driven from the back to the lead at Heart O’Texas Speedway in Waco, Texas, in search of his first ASCS Gulf South Region win of the season. Unfortunately, a lapped car ended that impending outcome with only a handful of laps remaining. “We had that won,” Tankersley...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Channin Tankersley, Winged Sprints
ARNOLD MOTORSPORTS OPENS SEASON IN

ARNOLD MOTORSPORTS OPENS SEASON IN...

4/4/2011
Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 4) – It was a rough, but promising, start to the season for Arnold Motorsports. Haley and Miranda Arnold kicked off their season last Saturday at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., for the NCRA season opener. Racing against 47 other sprint cars on a gusty evening, the Arnold’s got the kinks out of the way – and had a little fun in the process. Miranda drove from seventh to finish third in her heat race, giving the...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Haley Arnold, Miranda Arnold, Winged Sprints
Landis Lands First ASCS Southwest

Landis Lands First ASCS Southwest...

4/4/2011
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (April 2, 2011) – Calvin Landis nabbed his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by topping Saturday night’s 25-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region main event atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval. The Knoxville, IA, resident by way of native Arizona advanced from the fifth starting position to take his first series win aboard Gary Williams’ Borello-powered Diamond Mechanical/Bandit Racing No. 79 Maxim. Landis beat...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Calvin Landis, Arizona Motorplex, ASCS Southwest Region
Wright Holds on to ASCS Gulf South

Wright Holds on to ASCS Gulf South...

4/4/2011
Lonnie Wheatley, LUFKIN, Texas (April 2, 2011) – Gary Wright picked up his second overall American Sprint Car Series Regional feature win of the year by limping to the checkered flag in Saturday night’s 25-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region main event at the Speedarama Raceway. Working forward from the ninth starting position in his familiar No. 9, Wright raced into the lead on the 15th circuit and then slipped across the finish line in command moments...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Gary Wright, Speedarama Raceway, ASCS Gulf South Region
Brian Brown – Back on Familiar Gro

Brian Brown – Back on Familiar Gro...

4/4/2011
(Bill W) April 4, 2011 – Brian Brown is looking forward to running at a racetrack he won at on two of three occasions in 2010. In total, he has won seven out of fifteen features at the I-80 Speedway near Greenwood, Nebraska. The 3/8 mile oval hosts the ASCS-Midwest series Friday and Saturday night and will pay $3,000 to both nights’ winners. Last Saturday night, the FVP #21 race team headed to 81 Speedway near Wichita, Kansas for a NCRA event. There was little...more
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  • administrator on Apr 04, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/4/2011
Tags: Brian Brown, Winged Sprints
CDR: Low Fuel Steals Victory in Ca

CDR: Low Fuel Steals Victory in Ca...

4/3/2011
A month long stretch of racing in California came to a close on Saturday for the Big Game Treestands #7 team as they took on Calistoga Speedway. With 2011 marking the Outlaws first appearance in the Napa Valley in four years, Dollansky was one of the most recent victors at the facility when he picked up the Harvest Classic victory in 2006. After posting the fastest time in warmups among the 25 sprinters, 'The Crowd Pleaser' carried that speed into qualifying time...more
Craig Dollansky Racing
  • Craig Dollansky Racing on Apr 03, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/3/2011
Tags: Craig Dollansky, Calistoga Speedway, World of Outlaws
HUNT TAKES 100 LAP GERHARDT CLASSI

HUNT TAKES 100 LAP GERHARDT CLASSI...

4/3/2011
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (April 3, 2011) – After a wild back-and-forth duel with Scott Pierovich, Tony Hunt of Lincoln, CA picked up his 52nd career United States Auto Club victory by winning the 100 lap Fred Gerhardt Classic at Madera Speedway. The event marked the first pavement race for the USAC Western Classic Racing Series and the eighth annual running of the Gerhardt Classic. Hunt took over the lead for good from Pierovich on lap 57, leading the final 43 laps to...more
Steven Blakesley
  • Steven Blakesley on Apr 03, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/3/2011
Tags: Geoff Ensign, Brian McClish, Audra Sasselli
Aaron Reutzel rules ASCS Gulf Sout

Aaron Reutzel rules ASCS Gulf Sout...

4/2/2011
Leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Aaron Reutzel took full advantage of an idle weekend for the Lucas Oil ASCS National series by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 30-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region main event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway. The 20-year-old from Clute, TX, made a late-race move around Brandon Berryman for the lead to claim his second career ASCS Gulf South triumph aboard Kenny Reutzel’s Simpson Race Products No. 87...more
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  • Admin Account on Oct 25, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/2/2011
Tags: Aaron Reutzel, Heart O' Texas Speedway, ASCS Gulf South Region
TK Motorsports heads to Anderson,

TK Motorsports heads to Anderson,...

4/1/2011
(April 1, 2011) — This weekend, the new USAC Pavement Sprint Car series will make it’s debut at Anderson Speedway’s “Glen Niebel Classic.” With the USAC National Sprint car’s going to a “Dirt Only” schedule for the 2011 season, it left an opening for the rise of the Pavement Sprint car series, which will feature 10 events in it’s first year. The “Glen Niebel Classic” is a storied event, held at Anderson Speedway annually for many years in conjunction with the USAC...more
Kody Swanson
  • Kody Swanson on Apr 01, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/1/2011
Tags: Tanner Swanson, Kody Swanson, Anderson Speedway
ASCS Sprints on Dirt MAHLE/Clevite

ASCS Sprints on Dirt MAHLE/Clevite...

4/1/2011
TULSA, Okla. (March 31, 2011) - The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP is excited to announce that the MAHLE/Clevite Short Track Challenge is scheduled again for 2011. The challenge will consist of a total of eight races that drivers will be able to earn extra winnings as they compete in these select events. This point fund is an addition to the standard race purse each event pays out and the season long championship point fund that Engine Pro and ARP...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 01, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/1/2011
Tags: ASCS Sprints on Dirt, Winged Sprints
GRAYS HARBOR RACEWAY AND SKAGIT SP

GRAYS HARBOR RACEWAY AND SKAGIT SP...

4/1/2011
from ASCS Northwest, TULSA, Okla. (March 31, 2011) - Good things often come in pairs; that's exactly what has happened for the ASCS Northwest Regional Tour. The season opening weekend at Skagit Speedway has now been joined by Grays Harbor Raceway. Promoters Jerry Schram (GHR) and Steve Beitler (Skagit), working with ASCS Northwest Regional Series director Greg Burgess, plan to hold this special event the first weekend in May. "By adding a second event it will draw...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 01, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/1/2011
Tags: Grays Harbor Raceway, ASCS Northwest Region, Winged Sprints
Cottage Grove Speedway - Welcome B

Cottage Grove Speedway - Welcome B...

4/1/2011
from ASCS Northwest, TULSA, Okla. (March 31, 2011) - After a year off, Cottage Grove Speedway will again be part of Northwest Speedweek. In 2011, the Bully Dog Performance ASCS Northwest Speedweek presented By Contingency Connection will race six straight nights at five different tracks. Race teams will all be looking for their share of the $6,000 point fund for the week of racing from July 11-16. The week will make its traditional Monday night start at Southern...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 01, 2011
  • Article Date: 4/1/2011
Tags: Cottage Grove Speedway, ASCS Northwest Region, Winged Sprints
Excess storm damage forces further

Excess storm damage forces further...

3/31/2011
2011 season will now open with double header Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 PLACERVILLE, CA – On Thursday afternoon, heavy equipment operators continued to work with Handy Racing Promotions and members of the El Dorado County Fairgrounds to prepare Placerville Speedway for Saturday’s season opener. As of Thursday, it was determined that extensive repair of the facility’s underground drainage structure is required due to severe damage from the recent...more
Bill Sullivan
  • Bill Sullivan on Mar 31, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/31/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
New video with Work'N Woody on KWS

New video with Work'N Woody on KWS...

3/31/2011
The KWS Production Crew has uploaded a new video featuring Eric Malies of Work’N Woody at http://www.kwssprints.com Malies will also be a guest next Wednesday evening on King of the West Tonight at 7pm pacific time. Work’N Woody was built by Art Malies in 1978 and was originally operated by he and wife Carol of Carmichael, California. Woody then traveled the California highways supporting the now defunct Northern Auto Racing Club for a number of years, until hitting...more
Gary Thomas
  • Gary Thomas on Mar 31, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/31/2011
Tags: Golden State King of the West Sprints, Winged Sprints
Lucas Oil ASCS to Sanction 33rd An

Lucas Oil ASCS to Sanction 33rd An...

3/31/2011
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 31, 2011) – Yet another marquee event has been added to the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National slate, as the series will invade Minnesota for the 33rd Annual Jackson Nationals on August 19-20. It will mark the first time for the Lucas Oil ASCS National series to sanction the history-rich event atop the high-banked, ½-mile Jackson Speedway clay oval in Jackson, MN. With the addition of the Jackson Nationals to the...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Mar 31, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/31/2011
Tags: ASCS National, Winged Sprints
RAMOS SETS AMBITIOUS USAC PAVEMENT

RAMOS SETS AMBITIOUS USAC PAVEMENT...

3/31/2011
CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA (March 31, 2011) – 17 year-old Luis Ramos III has announced his 2011 schedule driving the #21 USAC Sprint Car for Kaplan-Gennuso Racing throughout the United States. Ramos, who finished second in the 2010 USAC Western Sprint Car Series, will race in the 15 race series for the championship while also racing all six USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car races at Lucas Oil Speedway in Indianapolis. Ramos has been racing since he was five years old, ascending...more
Steven Blakesley
  • Steven Blakesley on Mar 31, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/31/2011
Tags: Luis Ramos, All American Speedway, Anderson Speedway
Strange ready for Merced Outlaws a

Strange ready for Merced Outlaws a...

3/30/2011
By Bill Sullivan/Sullivan Images Media ELK GROVE, CA – It looks as if Mother Nature is going to permit the Northern California racing season to get back to action this coming weekend and Elk Grove’s Billy Strange is ready to roll back into action. Strange is planning on racing in both 410 cubic inch competition as well as 360 competition in the weekend to come. On Friday night, April 1 there will be no time fooling around as Strange will compete with the best drivers...more
Bill Sullivan
  • Bill Sullivan on Mar 30, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/30/2011
Tags: Billy Strange, Winged Sprints
BGR Fire & Tune Video

BGR Fire & Tune Video

3/30/2011
After 3 hard days of set up the 6 G of Bryan Gossel Racing " BGR " . with the HELP from the South Dakota Jones Marlon and Ryan and the 6 G team it sits race ready ! here the link to all the photos on luvracin.com http://luvracin1.smugmug.com/BGR-6-G-SPRINTER-2011/BGR-6-G-RACE-READY-03-26-11/16401381_9BP8f#1233656965_heUgn Have a great racin day Jerry G.
Jerry D. Gossel
  • Jerry D. Gossel on Mar 30, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/30/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Arnold Motorsports Season Opener

Arnold Motorsports Season Opener

3/30/2011
Arnold Motorsports press release 3-28 Haley Arnold, Miranda Arnold | March 28, 2011 by Shawn Miller Inside Line Promotions – SEDALIA, Mo. (March 28) – They’ve had plenty of time to wait. On Saturday, Arnold Motorsports opens the 2011 campaign at a familiar track – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., with the NCRA. Miranda and Haley Arnold have fond memories of the 3/8th-mile oval, where they each recorded a top-10 finish last October. “It was a fun little fast track,” said...more
Haley Arnold
  • Haley Arnold on Mar 30, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/30/2011
Tags: Haley Arnold, Miranda Arnold, 81 Speedway
MUSEUM TO HOST “SALUTE TO GIL SONN

MUSEUM TO HOST “SALUTE TO GIL SONN...

3/30/2011
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (March 30, 2011) - The National Sprint Car Museum’s “Sprint Car 101” Third Thursday Series will continue on Thursday, April 21, with a “Salute to Gil Sonner”. The free and open-to-the-public program will be held from 7 until 9 p.m. on the museum’s second floor and it will honor the 1986 Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame inductee and veteran Strange Performance/Casey’s General Stores sprint car #47 owner/mechanic from Des Moines. According to museum...more
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
  • National Sprint Car Hall of Fame on Mar 31, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/30/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Wednesdays with Wayne – Devil’s Bo

Wednesdays with Wayne – Devil’s Bo...

3/30/2011
(Bill W) March 30, 2011 – It was a successful debut for the new team of driver Wayne Johnson and Owner/Mechanic Bryan Sundby at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas. An opening night sixth place run with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series led to a run up front in the finale before an admitted driver error ended the night after running into a tractor tire. Sundby last teamed with Glenn Crossno’s non-wing #38 on the left coast and has worked in the past with...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on Mar 31, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/30/2011
Tags: Wayne Johnson, Devil's Bowl Speedway, ASCS National
Hafertepe Scores Emotional Win at

Hafertepe Scores Emotional Win at...

3/30/2011
Sam Hafertepe Jr. scored the biggest win of his young career this past weekend as he charged to a comeback victory with The Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour in The Spring Nationals at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Hafertepe nearly swept the weekend at his home town track as he scored a 2nd place finish in the preliminary feature on Friday night. Hafertepe rolled off the trailer fast on his opening night as he won his heat race from the pole after he held off a determined charge...more
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  • administrator on Mar 30, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/30/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
New KWS "Behind the Wheel" segment

New KWS "Behind the Wheel" segment...

3/29/2011
The latest installment of “Behind the Wheel” has been uploaded to the Golden State King of the West Sprint Car Series website at http://www.kwssprints.com This week’s featured driver is Placerville’s Andy Gregg, who will be competing with KWS this season aboard the Bret Ervin Racing, Seven Industries No. 53 sprinter. Last year saw Gregg come close to scoring his first Golden State 410 Series victory in July at the Santa Maria Speedway, before finishing third at the...more
Gary Thomas
  • Gary Thomas on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Andy Gregg, Winged Sprints
GERHARDT CLASSIC TO START USAC WES

GERHARDT CLASSIC TO START USAC WES...

3/29/2011
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (March 29, 2011) – After a highly successful debut for the USAC Western Classic Racing Series at Silver Dollar Speedway, the series will move on to the pavement for the 100 lap “Fred Gerhardt Classic” at Madera Speedway on Saturday night. The feature will not only be the first of eight pavement races for the series but also serve as the opener for the 14 round USAC Western Sprint Car Series. The eight pavement races for the USAC Western Classic...more
Steven Blakesley
  • Steven Blakesley on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Scott Pierovich, Tony Hunt, Luis Ramos
FYI- Hanford WOO makeup cancelled

FYI- Hanford WOO makeup cancelled...

3/29/2011
World of Outlaws & USAC West Coast 360 makeup date cancelled for Thursday at Kings Speedway Hanford, CA – March 29, 2011…The World of Outlaws make-up date for this Thursday night at the Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway has been cancelled. Due to recent storms Kings Speedway and the Fair Management have been forced to cancel the completion of the World of Outlaws and USAC West Coast 360 event that was scheduled for Thursday. Information will be out soon regarding any...more
Gary Thomas
  • Gary Thomas on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Simpson Racing to begin season at

Simpson Racing to begin season at...

3/29/2011
Dan Simpson Racing ready to begin season at home track with Golden State King of the West Sprint Car Series opener on April 9 By Gary Thomas Rio Vista, CA – March 29, 2011…The Dan Simpson Racing team is geared up to kick off a new year with a new series, as the Golden State King of the West 410 Sprints get set to begin its inaugural campaign on Saturday April 9 at the Antioch Speedway. Not only will the KWS Series be a new venture for the team, but Dan Simpson Racing...more
Gary Thomas
  • Gary Thomas on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
King of the West Tonight debuts th

King of the West Tonight debuts th...

3/29/2011
King of the West Tonight debuts this Wednesday at 7pm with guests Dan Simpson and Evan Suggs Closing in on the season opener for the Golden State King of the West Sprint Car Series a new internet video web show known as “King of the West Tonight” will debut this Wednesday March 30 at 7pm West Coast time. The show will be hosted by Gary Thomas and George Hague and will air on Wednesday night’s at 7 throughout the season at http://www.kwssprints.com/webcast Golden State...more
Gary Thomas
  • Gary Thomas on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Placerville opens fast and furious

Placerville opens fast and furious...

3/29/2011
[b Winged Sprint Cars, Pure Stocks and Dirt Solutions Late Model Series highlight opener] [i Press Release from Handy Racing Promotions] PLACERVILLE, CA (3-28-11) – The wings are donning new color schemes on the fire breathing sprint cars, the dents and wrinkles have been removed from the sheet metal of the stock cars and the fire suits are back from the cleaners. It's time to go dirt track racing in the sierra foothills this weekend as the famed Placerville Speedway...more
Bill Sullivan
  • Bill Sullivan on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Sprint Invaders Shake-Up Dashes Pr

Sprint Invaders Shake-Up Dashes Pr...

3/29/2011
(Bill W) March 29, 2011 – The Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders are pleased to announce that R2C Performance Products will present the Shake-Up Dashes for the series in 2011. Each dash winner in 2011 will receive a $100 gift certificate from R2C Performance Products. In addition, the Sprint Invaders champion will receive a complete R2C Air System for their sprint car ($900 value)! About R2C Performance Filters The ability to provide the highest quality products isn't...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on Mar 30, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Sprint Invaders, Winged Sprints
Preseason Update

Preseason Update

3/29/2011
I would like to thank all of those who made our 2nd Annual Jamie & Larry Ball Fundraiser a success. The entire fundraiser went great and it will help us put the finishing touches on our cars for the 2011 racing season. I have posted some new pictures in the photos section of the fundraiser and the 2011 cars. Also make sure you check out the 2011 racing schedule. I just recently updated it with the latest races. Thanks for checking in. We are looking forward to our...more
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  • administrator on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Tuesdays with TMAC – Kosama of Alt

Tuesdays with TMAC – Kosama of Alt...

3/29/2011
Tuesdays with TMAC – Kosama of Altoona Aboard For Two Nights! (Bill W) March 29, 2011 – Kosama of Altoona, Iowa is the latest to take advantage of Terry McCarl’s nightly sponsors for the TMAC Motorsports team. The fitness club will be sponsoring two nights at Knoxville Raceway, May 14 and July 9. The sponsorship will not only cover the VerMeer Racing #55, but also the T-MAC Motorsports #17A driven by Austin McCarl. TMAC’s wife Lori has benefited from the Kosama...more
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  • administrator on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Terry McCarl, Winged Sprints
Keizer Wheels Weekend Warriors!

Keizer Wheels Weekend Warriors!

3/29/2011
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Inc. From big cars to small Keizer wheels found itself in victory lane all over this past weekend. Sam Hafertepe Jr. picked up the Big Devils bowl win this past weekend. Congrats to Plumbfast. Tony Roney found victory with in his Midget at the Powri Mini magic Mile alongside the consistently dominant 600 driver Ryan Langston for the Dean King Memorial at De Quoin Ill. Out east continued domination with Brent Marks taking the 410...more
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  • administrator on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Three in a Row: Kraig Kinser Wraps

Three in a Row: Kraig Kinser Wraps...

3/29/2011
Granger, IA—March 28, 2011—Competing on consecutive nights at different tracks is what has made the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series one of the most challenging circuits in motorsports, with the drivers testing their mettle and versatility on countless nights over the course of the nearly 70-race campaign. Kraig Kinser will have the chance this week to compete at three vastly different tracks on three consecutive nights to wrap up the 2011 California Spring Break...more
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  • administrator on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Kraig Kinser, World of Outlaws, Winged Sprints
Tornado Alley – WFO in 2011!

Tornado Alley – WFO in 2011!

3/29/2011
(Bill W) March 29, 2011 – The time is this weekend for Billy Alley. He’ll be hitting 81 Speedway near Wichita, Kansas with the NCRA in the Billy Alley Enterprises #22 machine. He is stoked to get going after several events in 2010 kept his racing to a minimum. His schedule includes more shows this season, and he intends on getting back to fulfilling the high expectations he puts on himself. The Lincoln, Nebraska driver knows the sprint car world is about “What have...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Billy Alley, Winged Sprints
360s RETURN TO HANFORD THURSDAY TO

360s RETURN TO HANFORD THURSDAY TO...

3/29/2011
The USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Cars return to Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Thursday night to complete an event interrupted by rain on March 18. Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. leads the series standings by seven points over Greg Alexander after winning the March 19 opener at Tulare, Calif. Thursday’s Hanford activities will include a 360 Sprint semi and feature event. Kaeding and Alexander each won heat races during the March 18 abbreviated Hanford...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: USAC 360 Sprint Series, Non-Winged Sprints
EAST EYES SUNDAY’S PAVEMENT SPRINT

EAST EYES SUNDAY’S PAVEMENT SPRINT...

3/29/2011
Bobby East is the winningest USAC driver in Anderson (Ind.) Speedway history and Sunday he will seek a ninth USAC victory at the quarter-mile paved oval in the debut of USAC’s brand-new Pavement Sprint Car Series. East was the first driver to enter the “Glen Niebel Classic,” a race he won in 2009, the last time it was held. Last year, he also won a 100-lap USAC National Midget race at the track. Tracy Hines, who finished second to East in the 2009 classic, is also...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Anderson Speedway, Non-Winged Sprints
MADERA’S “GERHARDT CLASSIC” OPENS

MADERA’S “GERHARDT CLASSIC” OPENS...

3/29/2011
Saturday’s “Gerhardt Classic” at the Madera (Calif.) Speedway opens the 2011 USAC Western Sprint Car Series and serves as round two of the brand-new Western Classic Racing Series championship, which opened March 11 at Chico, Calif. Bill Rose of Plainfield, Ind. won the Chico opener but Madera’s pavement should provide some new point lead challengers, including four-time USAC Western Sprint Car Champion Tony Hunt, who made his non-wing dirt Sprint debut at Chico and has...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: USAC Western States, Non-Winged Sprints
SPENCER EYES “TRIPLE” AT PERRIS SA

SPENCER EYES “TRIPLE” AT PERRIS SA...

3/29/2011
Mike Spencer will try to remain undefeated in AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car competition this season when the series returns to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway Saturday night for the “Relay for Life Giveaway and Fundraiser.” Spencer, of Temecula, Calif., won the series opener at Perris and added a 30-lap victory last Saturday night at Victorville (Calif.) Raceway Park. He sits 24 points ahead of David Cardey and Blake Miller in quest of a record fourth consecutive series...more
USAC Sprints
  • USAC Sprints on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Mike Spencer, Perris Auto Speedway, USAC/CRA Sprints
ASCS Southwest Wingin’ it Saturday

ASCS Southwest Wingin’ it Saturday...

3/29/2011
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 28, 2011) – After kicking off the 2011 season in conjunction with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series with February’s Copper on Dirt classic, the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region fires back to life with this Saturday night’s tilt atop Tucson’s 3/8-mile USA Raceway. Saturday’s card marks the first of three consecutive USA Raceway outings for the winged Sprint Cars of the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region,...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: ASCS Southwest Region, Winged Sprints
ASCS Sooner Season Opener Saturday

ASCS Sooner Season Opener Saturday...

3/29/2011
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 28, 2011) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region kicks off its eleventh year of competition by taking to the 3/10-mile, semi-banked Mid-America Speedway dirt oval in South Coffeyville, OK, this Saturday night. Saturday’s card kicks off a slate of 15 ASCS Sooner Region events at eight different tracks throughout Oklahoma and beyond in 2011. After an absence of two years, the ASCS Sooner Region returned to Mid-America...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: Mid-America Speedway, ASCS Sooner Region, Winged Sprints
ASCS Gulf South Set for HOT-Speeda

ASCS Gulf South Set for HOT-Speeda...

3/29/2011
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 28, 2011) – After kicking off the 2011 season on the opening weekend of March, the Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region resumes action with a pair of events this weekend in Waco, TX and Lufkin, TX. On Friday night, the ASCS Gulf South forces take to Waco’s high-banked, ¼-mile Heart O’ Texas Speedway for a $3,000-to-win affair before moving on to Lufkin’s Speedarama Raceway for a $2,000-to-win tilt on Saturday night. The...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/29/2011
Tags: ASCS Gulf South Region, Winged Sprints
The Hunt for a Championship

The Hunt for a Championship

3/28/2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Silver Dollar Speedway THE HUNT FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS THIS FRIDAY by Troy Hennig CHICO, CA - MARCH 28, 2011...The Wells Fargo / Riebes Auto Parts / Hoosier Tire/ Coors Light / Pepsi Friday night point championship season begins this Friday, April 1, at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. A diverse field of 410-winged sprint cars, dirt modifieds, street stocks and wingless sprints will all converge at the quarter-mile clay oval speedway for...more
troy hennig
  • troy hennig on Mar 28, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/28/2011
Tags: Winged Sprints
Brady Bacon – Up Front at Devil’s

Brady Bacon – Up Front at Devil’s...

3/28/2011
(Bill W) March 28, 2011 – Brady Bacon has made a habit of charging through the feature packs this season, but it is a habit he would like to avoid. Starting up front once in awhile makes things easier. After charging from 18th to 3rd in Friday’s prelim, Saturday’s finale at Devil’s Bowl Speedway with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series saw him start in row three and challenge for a win. Unfortunately, a fuel line nozzle came loose, resulting in a DNF. This week, the...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on Mar 29, 2011
  • Article Date: 3/28/2011
Tags: Brady Bacon, Devil's Bowl Speedway, ASCS National
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