Logan Schuchart won a $10,000 pay cheque in the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Six Nations Showdown on Tuesday night at Ohsweken ONT. (Photo by Dale Calnan/image Factor Media).

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Thursday  July 27th 2017

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up. Leo Durocher

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• Frontrow Challenge)Jeff Rens of Rens Trucking will be offering a “BC Bonus” honoring Bryan Clauson at this year’s $20,000 to win 22nd Annual Price Chopper Front Row Challenge presented by Musco Lighting and Searsboro Telephone Company on Monday, August 7 at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa! Rens Trucking is offering yet another contingency to the FRC, offering $425 for 17th place in the main event for the 410’s, and $75 for 17th place in the 305’s. In addition, public donations will be accepted for the “BC Bonus” up until the event! Press Releases7/27
• USAC)In the long, storied history of the United States Auto Club, only 19 individuals have posted their name on an exclusive list of drivers who've captured Silver Crown, National Sprint and National Midget features at a single track during their careers. USAC 7/27
• USAC)One month after a frightening accident during the USAC National Midget event at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway, Chad Boat will make his return behind the wheel for a big week of Midget racing in the nation's heartland Aug. 1 in Fairbury, Neb., Aug. 2 in Beloit, Kans. and Aug. 4-5 at Belleville, Kans. USAC 7/27
• FAST)The teams chasing the titles for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series presented by Ohio Logistics and the JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Championship Series presented by Engine Pro will face off in a big double header weekend Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29. Attica Raceway Park will host the FAST teams Friday as they battle the Ohio Sprint Car Series (OSCS) teams in another round of the North verses South battle for Ohio at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant. The FAST 305 teams will compete for $1,000 to win thanks to Gressman Powersports on Columbus Equipment / Morgan Stanley/American Powersports/Croghan Colonial Bank Night. Gates will open at 5 p.m. with racing under way at 7:45 p.m. Press Releases7/27
• Team ILP)Inside Line Promotions drivers Seth Bergman, Ray Allen Kulhanek, Derek Hagar and Dominic Scelzi each produced a victory during the last week. Bergman claimed an ASCS Red River Region win last Friday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., before he charged from 11th to third place on Sunday at Double X Speedway in California, Mo., with the ASCS Warrior Region. Press Releases7/27
• Joe Trenca)Joe Trenca earned his career-best finish at Ohsweken Speedway on Monday during the Northern Summer Nationals. The Mucci Motorsports driver opened the 360ci winged sprint car event by finishing where he started - fourth - in a heat race to lock into the main event. Press Releases7/27
• Kevin Mingus)While there's still nearly half a season of racing left in 2017, Kevin Mingus has started to look ahead to 2018 and his future racing plans are somewhat up in the air. "(Team owners) Kurt and Martha Huber informed me they wanted to scale back and didn't want to be full-time owners after this year," Mingus said. "They want to spend more time with family and Kurt has his business to run. Right now some of the equipment belongs to my mom and dad and I'm looking at purchasing the rest from Kurt and Martha. I would just need a tow vehicle and a shop to house the carPress Releases7/27
• Alex Hill)Alex Hill capped three nights of racing in five days at her home track by making her second appearance in a 410ci winged sprint car in her career with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series on Tuesday night at Ohsweken Speedway. Hill's evening got off to a solid start when she timed in seventh quickest out of 19 drivers in her group. Press Releases7/27
• NW Focus Midgets)The Northwest Focus Midget Series will be busy this weekend with two races at two different Washington state facilities. Friday, July 28th, will see the tour head to Deming Speedway before taking a trip south to Alger’s Skagit Speedway, on Saturday the 29th. The Skagit date will be the fifth round of the 2017 Summer Challenge. Press Releases7/27
• Susquehanna Speedway Park PA)It will be all about the Kids next Saturday, August 5th at Susquehanna Speedway. Kids Night 2017 will feature lots of on and off track activities for the younger generation as Steph Jones has taken over the Kids Night duties and has a big night in store. “I wanted to bring back what we had at Williams Grove where everything was right there for the kids and they can get around to everything,” Jones said. “I want to get the kids involved because if you look around, you really don’t see a lot of kids in the stands. So hopefully people will come out and bring their kids and we can keep them interested at least for one night.” It certainly won’t come without a lack of effort. Central PA 7/27
• Column)Kurt Taylor Ponders Retirement after 40 Years in Racing" by Richard Golardi Florida Open Wheel7/28
• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)The month of July’s racing festivities at Dodge City Raceway Park come to a wrap in grand style with Friday night’s “Driver Appreciation Night” at the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas. While an expected large crowd will get to watch their favorite drivers walk away with all variety of prizes including the grand prize Hinchman Racing Suit along with additional prizes supplied by Precise Racing Products, BMI, Pistons Auto/Diesel Repair, A&J Trucking, Quint Transportation, Carquest and more, there is still some business to be taken care of. Press Releases7/27
• Perris Auto Speedway CA)The Twenty Second Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals "Presented by All Coast Construction" at  Perris Auto Speedway November 9, 10 & 11, 2017 $25,000 to WIN, $10,000 2nd Place and $5,000 3rd Place $500 to START Saturday Night  40 LAP “A” MAIN Press Releases7/27
• Cory Haas)After a four-year hiatus from racing at Juniata County's big half-mile, Cory Haas and the Trone Outdoor Motorsports team headed to Port Royal during Pennsylvania Speedweek. Before lining up for the feature, Haas stated, "This is probably the best racing surface I've raced on all year. Smooth and wide, what more could you ask for." Press Releases7/27
• Waynesfield Raceway Park OH)Racing returns to Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio this Saturday night, July 29th. The Block Insurance Tough Trucks will take centerstage running for a $400 to win payday. Chris Hicks has dominated the truck class this season with four wins on the year. He currently leads the point standings by 28 over veteran driver Roy Miller. Devon Helmig, Kevin Knittle, and Derick Smith round out the top five, less than 100 points back. A full program of racing will accompany the trucks including the Quest Federal Credit Union Non Wing Sprints, Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints, Satellite Connections UMP Modifieds, and the Indian Lake Outfitter Compacts. The Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints will be running wingless for Saturday’s event.Press Releases7/27
• Thunder On The Hill)From Tulsa to Turkey Night and Sonoma to Charlotte, three-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart has claimed victories at almost every track he’s competed.On Thursday, August 17, Stewart gets the chance to tame one of Pennsylvania’s most popular facilities --the one-third-mile Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville – as Levan Machine and Truck Equipment presents the third annual Thunder Cup: Smoke on the Hill as part of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. And as many have learned, the high banks of Grandview Speedway have taught even the most experienced drivers a lesson or two. So the real question is, Will Tony Stewart tame Grandview, or, will Grandview tame “Smoke” Central PA 7/27

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• Shane Stewart)After a quick trip across the border, the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series is back in the states for two nights of racing in the Midwest. Larson Marks Racing and Shane Stewart head to Hartford (Mich.) Speedway on Friday followed up with Wilmot (Wisc.) Raceway on Saturday. Press Releases7/27
• Wilmot WI/SLS Promotions)When asked to pinpoint what has made him so successful at Wilmot Raceway with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, David Gravel can’t quite put his finger on one specific item. He has made two starts with the Outlaws at the 1/3-mile in Wisconsin and both times he has been victorious at the end of the 40-lapper. Gravel returns to Wilmot Raceway this weekend on Saturday, July 29 for the running of the Badger 40 for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. The event will mark the fifth times the series has visited the track, with Gravel being the only repeat winner. Press Releases7/27
• USAC)A familiar car has a new face this Friday night at Toledo Speedway as veteran driver Joe Liguori has taken over the reins of the Fred Gormly/RPM USAC Silver Crown car for the upcoming Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness "Rollie Beale Classic" on July 28. The Tampa, Florida native has made four USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series presented by TRAXXAS starts this season, all in his own No. 4, including a season-best sixth-place finish in June at Pennsylvania's Williams Grove Speedway. USAC 7/27
• USAC WC)Starting this Friday, July 28th, the cars and stars of the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series are ready to clash for two nights of championship racing. The traditional 360s will open the special doubleheader at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway and will make their first appearance at Petaluma Speedway. With valuable points up for grabs, both events could prove pivotal in the championship chase. USAC 7/27
• Mercer Raceway Park PA)Mercer Raceway Park will host bicycle races for the children this Saturday, July 29. "This will be a fun night at the racetrack," said owner Bill Altman. "It is great to see the friends and family cheering on the future stars!" Altman added, "several of our competitors got their starts riding their bikes at Mercer and other area speedways." This is all made possible by Turn 4 Toilets and Ray's Racing Collectibles. Press Releases7/27

Wednesday  July 26th 2017

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. Mick Jagger

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• Ryan Bowers)Ryan Bowers put on a great show last Saturday when he returned to his home track and charged to a second-place finish at Wagamon's Ogilvie Raceway with the Upper Midwest Sprint Series. "It was a pretty good weekend," he said. "It's always good to come back to this track and see the familiar faces of friends, family and a lot of our sponsors." Press Releases7/26
• Josh Baughman)Josh Baughman earned his second straight top-10 finish in the 360ci winged sprint car class at Knoxville Raceway last Saturday to highlight a busy weekend. "I feel like our 360 program is solid," he said. "We have room to improve, but I think we stand on good ground. We have a way to go with our 410 program. We're working hard at it." Press Releases7/26
• Jason Sides)Jason Sides has spent most of the last week trying to dodge rain drops as wet weather postponed two of the five World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series races in the Northeast. "You're expecting to race and in the middle of the summer it shouldn't be raining," he said. "It is frustrating, although you enjoy a rainout every now and again when you have four or five races in a row." Press Releases7/26
• Zane Lawrence)Zane Lawrence earned another podium finish last Saturday at Battleground Speedway with the ASCS Gulf South Region. Lawrence opened the night by starting on the inside of the second row in a heat race. He advanced one position to finish second, which earned enough points for a spot in the feature redraw. Press Releases7/26
• Dominic Scelzi)Dominic Scelzi recorded his first career feature victory outside of his home state of California on Tuesday evening when he made his debut at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway. Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports backed team kicked off the Sprint Invaders event by charging from sixth to second place during a heat race. That earned a spot in the dash, in which Scelzi advanced from third to second place. The feature redraw lined him up on the outside of the second row for the 25-lap main event. Press Releases7/26
• Harli White)Harli White is excited to return to the 'Sprint Car Capital of the World' this Saturday with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour following her season debut at the famed half-mile oval last weekend. "We went there to test and try things," she said. "We tried some different things to see how the car would feel and react. The whole plan was to get laps and practice before the big shows coming up." Press Releases7/26
• Tony Bruce Jr)Tony Bruce Jr. charged toward the front during both ASCS Warrior Region main events last weekend in Missouri. Bruce Jr. and the Smith Family No. 86 team kicked off the doubleheader on Saturday at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, where maneuvering from seventh to fifth place in a heat race lined Bruce Jr. up 13th in the main event. Press Releases7/26
• Trey Starks)Trey Starks tied his best finish of the season with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series last Friday when he placed 13th at Williams Grove Speedway during the opening night of the Summer Nationals. It also marked his career-best result at the half-mile oval during World of Outlaws competition. Press Releases7/26
• Derek Hagar)Derek Hagar capped a strong weekend by earning his sixth victory of the season last Sunday at Double X Speedway with the ASCS Warrior Region. The night began with Hagar winning a heat race after lining up on the outside of the front row. Press Releases7/26
• Ray Allen Kulhanek)A four-week hiatus from the track failed to cool Ray Allen Kulhanek's recent hot streak as he raced to a dominating win Saturday night at Battleground Speedway. After winning his heat race from the pole, Kulhanek charged from the eighth starting spot to the lead in a handful of laps and he pulled away to capture the night's ASCS Gulf South Region main event. Press Releases7/26
• Jack Dover)Jack Dover is aiming to turn his luck around as two of the biggest weeks of sprint car racing are on the horizon. Dover is diligently preparing for the 360 Knoxville Nationals and 410 Knoxville Nationals, which are held the first two weekends in August at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. Press Releases7/26
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Ohsweken Speedway was jammed with a packed crowd as the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series invaded for the Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown. The DIRTcar Sportsman tour was also in attendance for the first race on the Western Region’s schedule while the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks battled in twin 15-lap Features. When the dust settled, Hanover, Pennsylvania’s Logan Schuchart scored his first career World of Outlaws win at Ohsweken, upsetting defending race winner Donny Schatz of Fargo, North Dakota in the process. Race Results 7/26
• Calistoga Speedway CA)With the 10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic sprint car and midget race at the historic half-mile Calistoga Speedway quickly approaching we are releasing information about the final four newest members inducted into the Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame. In a prior release, we talked about Rendy Boldrini, Duane Bonini, Dave Bradway Jr., and Jack Gordon. This release will focus on Chick Lastire, Jack McAfee, Don Melvin and Galen Unruh. Press Releases7/26
• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)All of southwest Kansas and beyond is abuzz about this Friday night’s “Driver Appreciation Night” event at the state-of-the-art 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval. With drivers doling out tickets to the event to enhance their chances at landing the bigger prizes that will be awarded during the evening, a capacity crowd is expected to fill the grandstands and possibly then some. Press Releases7/26
• Tuesday Night Thunder)It’s less than one week away and the anticipation continues to build for some USAC Midget “Tuesday Night Thunder” at Fairbury, Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway. Even NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship contender Christopher Bell is ready to go play in the dirt during next week’s “Riverside Chevrolet Tuesday Night Thunder at Jefferson County Speedway presented by Westin Packaged Meats and Schmidt’s Sanitation” on Tuesday night, August 1. Press Releases7/26
• J&J Auto Racing)McKenzie, Tenn., based sprint car chassis manufacturer J&J Auto Racing has been running a photography promotion all year long. The message is simple. When you win, post it on social media and use the hashtag #WinWithJ&J. With over 150 wins to-date, it’s safe to assume J&J Auto Racing teams got the memo. In the past two weeks alone, J&J Auto Racing teams have posted 28 victories in over 15 different states and two countries. The brand has seen drivers Donny Schatz and Sam Hafertepe, Jr., go back-to-back in the Kings Royal and Skagit Dirt Cup, respectively. J&J Auto Racing teams are winning across the United States and Canada, in every genre of winged sprint car racing – 410ci, 360ci and 305ci division.Press Releases7/26
• USAC)The half-mile, high-banked paved oval of Toledo Speedway has been a home to USAC racing since the club's inception in 1956. Throughout its 49-race history at the track, Silver Crown cars have paid the famed track on four occasions, and none until this decade. Since 2010, two drivers have been on their proverbial game each and every time they've turned a wheel at Toledo, namely Jerry Coons, Jr. and Kody Swanson. That should be of no surprise to anyone who's eyes and ears have been affixed to the series over the past ten-plus years. In fact, that's been the case most anywhere the series have travelled in the previous decade as the two past series champs head into this Friday night's Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness "Rollie Beale Classic." USAC 7/26
• Paul Pokorski)The up-and-down tempo of the 2017 racing season continued for Paul Pokorski and his Pokorski Motorsports team in Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Sprint Car action at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds last Saturday, July 22. With 26 PDTR Sprint Cars signed in for the night, Pokorski started eighth in the first Sprint Car heat race. Pokorski ran in the eighth spot for the first five laps before a caution flag was displayed for Al Schlafer, who spun in turn one on lap 6.Press Releases7/26
• Paul McMahan)Invading Pennsylvania and Canada over the last week, Paul McMahan’s charge from 20th to 12th during the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup and Lernerville Speedway would highlight the busy week. “We were pretty good at Lernerville and moved forward pretty well,” Paul McMahan said. “At the Grove it was right around the top and we were holding our own but I made a mistake and got over the cushion late and lost a few positions.” Press Releases7/26
• The High Banks)Racing legend Jon Backlund and author Bob Mays will be in attendance for the signing of the new book, The High Banks, Belleville’s Amazing Track and the Men Who Tried to Tame Her, 1910-1997, at the Jefferson County Speedway on Tuesday, August 1st. during the running of Tuesday Night Thunder featuring USAC Midgets. Backlund, a native of Kansas City, Kansas, had a long career on the Belleville High Banks, sweeping the 1971 events and winning the BCRA sprint car championship in process.Press Releases7/26
• Tim Kaeding)Running at Rapid Speedway and Knoxville Raceway over the course of the last week, Tim Kaeding would get back to his winning ways during the Randy Droescher Memorial on Tuesday night. “It was good to get back in victory lane with our 360,” Tim Kaeding said. “Knoxville we just couldn’t get going, so we will get back there this week and try again with the Nationals coming up extremely quick.” Press Releases7/26

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• World of Outlaws)Logan Schuchart hunted down Donny Schatz in heavy lapped traffic and then dominated the second half of the Six Nations Showdown at Ohsweken Speedway for his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win of 2017 on Tuesday night.   The victory was a much-needed confidence boost for Schuchart and his Shark Racing team who had struggled of late. The slick Ohsweken surface was exactly to the liking of the Hanover, Pa. native in the Outlaws only visit to Canada this season. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/26
• Column)Pat & Bruce Eckel have notes from IN & IL inA Typical Weekend 7/26

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• Max Stambaugh)After an impressive charge from 17th to seventh during I-79 Summer Shootout competition at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, “Mad Max” Stambaugh will now move ahead and prepare himself, as well as the familiar Ray Marshall Motorsports entry, for three consecutive nights of action in New York, joining the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions at Outlaw Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway, and Lebanon Valley Speedway on July 28-30, respectively. Press Releases7/26
• NSRA)After taking over a month of time off since the Diamond Cup the Royal Purple NSRA Sprintcars head to Evergreen Speedway on Saturday, July 29th. The Monroe, Washington facility will host the annual Rory Price Memorial and marks the only time in 2017 that the series visits the Evergreen State. Press Releases7/26
• All Stars)For the first and only time in 2017, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will spend a weekend in The Empire State, ready to compete at three different dirt ovals over the course of three straight days, all kicking off on Friday evening, July 28, at the Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, New YorkAll Stars 7/26
• Len Sammons Motorsports Productions)Indoor dirt track auto racing is coming to the northeast in December of 2017! Len Sammons Motorsports Productions will be offering two days of Indoor Auto Racing on a dirt oval to be constructed inside the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, N.J., on Friday and Saturday, December 1-2. “When news of this race leaked out it has created huge excitement in the racing industry,” Len Sammons said. Press Releases7/26
• Hartford MI/SLS Promotions)Sheldon Haudenschild raced three times in the state of Michigan last year and was victorious in two of those starts. One of those wins came at Hartford Speedway. This year, he’ll make just a single appearance in the “Great Lakes State” and looks to continue his success there. Press Releases7/26
• NCRA Sprint Car Bandits)Officials from the Golden Triangle Raceway Park (GTRP) and the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits (SCB) series presented by Blaine's Motor Supply are pleased to announce a big night of racing, set for THIS SATURDAY July 29th at 8pm. An excellent competitor purse of $2,000 to win and $350 just to start is in place. As a matter of fact, all positions from 3rd on back will receive increased driver payback at this event. Joining the 360 C.I. fuel injected winged Sprint Cars will be the GTRP racing divisions: Limited Modifieds, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks, Rookie Limiteds, Dwarf Cars and Mod-Lites. Press Releases7/26
• Scotty Thiel)On Saturday night the Scott Thiel Motorsports team headed to Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, WI to race with the IRA Sprint Car Series. After an eighth place qualifying run, second place finish in the heat and starting fourth in the main event, driver Scotty Thiel battled for the lead multiple times but fell short and captured a second place finish. Press Releases7/26
• OCRS)As the 2017 calendar keeps flipping pages like pancakes during a VFW function, we have already reached the point where the Ameri-Flex / OCRS sprint car series will appear for the third and final time at "Lanny's House", the historic Lawton Speedway. OCRS 7/26
• USAC)Aaron Leffel will try to continue as the 2017 USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget Series leader this Sunday when the series returns to the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway following last Sunday's rainout at the Kokomo oval. The series also has a non-points, special event slated this Saturday at Waynesfield (Ohio) Raceway Park then moves back to Kokomo for a full points program. USAC 7/26

Tuesday  July 25th 2017

I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect. Walter Payton

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• World of Outlaws)Ohsweken Speedway ONT...1 #1S Logan Schuchart 2 #15 Donny Schatz 3 #W20 Greg Wilson 4 #57 Kyle Larson 5 #47X Dylan Westbrook 6 #5 David Gravel 7 #18 Ryan Susice 8 #49 Brad Sweet 9 #11K Kraig Kinser 10 #67X Parker Price-Miller 11 #1A Jacob Allen 12 #9 Daryn Pittman 13 #19 Brent Marks 14 #9X Steve Lyons 15 #2 Shane Stewart 16 #O Max Johnston 17 #87 Jason Barney 18 #10 Mitch Brown 19 #4 Paul McMahan 20 #93 Sheldon Haudenschild 21 #7S Jason Sides 22 #OO Dane Lorenc 23 #35 Jared Zimbardi 24 #13 Clyde Knipp 7/25
• Column)Duane Hancock has pavement sprint car notes from Toledo OH Tri-State Outlook7/25

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• KSE Racing Products)From coast to coast victory lane was again filled with drivers an team who chose to equip their cars with KSE Racing Products. Friday night in Mechanicsburg, PA, Brock Zearfoss defended the Williams Grove Speedway for the PA Posse as he used the KSE Racing Products in Aaron Long’s car to win the opening night of the Summer Nationals and grab his first career World of Outlaws feature event win. Press Releases7/25
• Greg DeCaires)Saturday night in Placerville, CA, Greg DeCaires would take another step towards his fifth career Placerville Speedway track championship as he recorded a ninth place finish aboard the Dale Miller Motorsports No. 4SA. A total of 27 sprint cars would check into the ¼ mile bullring on Saturday night, and DeCaires would get his night started off by timing the Dale Miller Plumbing and Septic/Thompson’s Auto Center/RedHawk Casino No. 4SA entry in seventh fastest during qualifying time trials. Press Releases7/25
• IRA)It's fair season in Wisconsin, and this Friday night the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) makes its first appearance at a fair in 2017, as the Winged 410 sprint cars headline Friday night of the Langlade County Fair in Antigo Wisconsin. IRA 7/25
• Jersey Rush)With an unexpected rain storm popping up mid-evening. race officials were forced to postpone Tuesday’s Pioneer Pole Buildings Jersey Rush VII – 410 Sprint Car and Modified double header. The originally scheduled Wednesday rain date is also canceled. The Jersey Rush VII will happen as officials work to re-schedule. With concern for competitors coming such a far distance, the originally scheduled Wednesday rain date will not be used. Press Releases7/25
• USAC)Cody Gallogly has been tabbed to make his debut as the driver of Curtis Williams' Silver Crown car for this Friday's Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness "Rollie Beale Classic" at Toledo Speedway. The Pataskala, Ohio native turns 26 on Wednesday, but it was a few days earlier when Gallogly received as good of an early birthday present as he ever could've imagined. USAC 7/25
• Calistoga Speedway CA)The 10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic sprint car and midget race at the historic half-mile Calistoga Speedway will once again feature some of the best non-wing sprint car and midget drivers. The traditional Labor Day Weekend getaway allows the fans of open-wheel racing a chance to visit the scenic Napa Valley while enjoying some traditional dirt track racing. While the racing on the track is fierce, things will once again get started on Friday night, September 1st, with the 6th Annual Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame Induction dinner and awards banquet. The newest Hall of Fame inductees are as follows; Rendy Boldrini, Duane Bonini, Dave Bradway Jr., Jack Gordon, Chick Lastire, Jack McAfee, Don Melvin and Galen Unruh. This release will focus on the first four honorees. Press Releases7/25
• Caleb Armstrong)Officially closing down the month of July, New Castle, Indiana’s Caleb Armstrong will continue his 2017 Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions campaign with a New York triple-header on July 28-30. Comprised of events at Outlaw Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway and Lebanon Valley Speedway, the three race sweep through The Empire State will award a combined winner’s share equaling $22,000; $5,000 at Outlaw Speedway, $10,000 at Orange County Fair Speedway, and $7,000 at Lebanon Valley Speedway. Armstrong will be a first timer at all three New York ovals, continuing his hunt for an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions main event victory. Press Releases7/25
• Ryan Smith)After what turned into three events in four days, Ryan Smith’s 2017 I-79 Summer Shootout campaign proved to be a success; scoring three consecutive top-ten feature finishes, two within the top-five, as well as an MSD Hard Charger Award after advancing 11 positions on Sunday evening at Tri-City (PA) Raceway Park. Press Releases7/25
• TJ Michael)With the 2017 I-79 Summer Shootout in the books, the “Texas Traveler” T.J. Michael will now begin preparations for a three-day sweep through The Empire State, joining the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions at three different dirt ovals beginning Friday evening, July 28. Press Releases7/25
• Donny Schatz)Surviving a season on the rugged World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman Sprint Car Series tour is a major accomplishment, and achieving the highest levels of success takes a lot of hard work. The Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) team continues to chase new challenges while pursuing its fourth consecutive WoO championship. This week, TSR’s Donny Schatz will look make it six consecutive years with a WoO victory north of the border and also try to add Hartford (Mich.) Speedway and Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway to the list of tracks where he’s scored a WoO win. Press Releases7/25

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• St Francois County Raceway MO)Hello race fans! This is your July 22nd Race Recap for St. Francois County Raceway sponsored by Soaring Eagle Distributing. This race was above the rest on the temperature scale. However, the show did not disappoint. As usual, there was something special going on. Running third for the night was the Sprint Car class. There were 12 Sprint Cars in attendance divided into two heat races. The first heat race had six cars scheduled to start but only five did so. Of those five, the 17* of Robbie Standridge took the win with Kent Buckley finishing in second place in the 87 car. Third place went to the 16g car with Scottie Gretzmacher behind the wheel. Heat race number two had six cars take the green flag with Points Leader Joey Montgomery taking the win in the 35 car. Second place went to the number 3 car with Dustin Adams behind the wheel and Tommy Worley Jr finished in third place in the 7c car. The Sprint Car dash had the top three cars from each heat since there were only two heat race. Finishing out from in the dash, giving him the pole position for the main event was the 87 car with Kent Buckley behind the wheel second place went to Robbie Standridge in the 17* with Dustin Adams finishing in third place in the 3 car. The main event was a 25 lap race with only 5 of the starting 12 cars taking the checkered flag. Of the five, Robbie Standridge finished out front in the 17* car. Second place went to the Hard Charger Award Winner for the night, Chuck Walker in the 55 car. Third place went to Dustin Adams in the 3 car with Luke Hanning finishing in fourth place in the 58h car. Bringing his car across the line in fifth place was the 72 car of Kevin Petty.7/25
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)An impressive 117 cars singed in across four divisions to compete in Ohsweken Speedway’s Burger Barn Northern Summer Nationals, including 31 cars in the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car field which featured NASCAR star Kyle Larson. When the checkered flag waved, it was Larson who claimed the win after a spectacular duel with Parker Price-Miller.Race Results 7/25
• Southern Oregon Speedway)Kyler Barraza scored the victory in the 20 lap Kendall Oil Winged Sprint Car Main Event. This was Barraza's third win of the season, and he increased his lead in the championship race as his three closest rivals didn't finish. Cooper Desbiens drove a great race to finish second in his first visit to the track this year.Race Results 7/25
• USCS)Veteran USCS driver Lance Moss from nearby Cherryville, North Carolina raced his way to his first United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters win of the 2017 season on Friday night at Carolina Speedway in front of a happy home-track crowd. Moss battled with USCS title contender, Jordon Mallett from Greenbrier, Arkansas for the first 25-laps of the contest before making a winning pass on lap twenty-six. on his way to the www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane for the first time this season. Moss, who is always a tough competitor, added this one to a win at Lancaster Speedway in April of 2014 for his career-second USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour win. USCS 7/25

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• ASCS Lucas Oil)A familiar favorite, and a new destination is on deck for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network as the series hits the famed clay of the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa on Saturday, July 29 for Weiler Night at the Races before debuting at Mason City Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 30.ASCS 7/25
• David Gravel)The month of July continues on and David Gravel and his CJB Motorsports team continue to be right in the thick of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series title fight. Fresh off of a strong Kings Royal weekend, the team made its' way to western Pennsylvania and the Lernerville Speedway outside of Sarver for the annual Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup on Tuesday, July 18th. Gravel and the time took home the trophy and the $25,000 pay day. In the 2017 edition, Gravel timed in third before winning his heat race. A fifth-place finish in the Craftsman Club Dash allowed the driver to roll off for the feature in prime position.Press Releases7/25
• Kyle Offil)Kyle Offill had a good weekend that saw him finish 10th on Friday night at Ocean Speedway and 14th at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night after being involved in an early incident. “We ran hard both nights, and it just felt good to be back at the track again,” Kyle Offill said. Press Releases7/25
• Henry Van Dam)Henry Van Dam produced his best result of the season last Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway, where he garnered his first podium finish this year. Van Dam has improved his feature finish during each of the last four races and he has a three-race top-five streak following the runner-up result last Saturday. Press Releases7/25
• Triple Crown Championship)The Triple Crown of Supermodified racing officially opens Saturday at Ohio’s Sandusky Speedway with the running of the annual ISMA Supermodified Hy-Miler Nationals 100 as a part of the Shea Concrete Triple Crown Championship Series presented by ASI Racewear. Consisting of Sandusky’s Hy-Miler, Oswego Speedway’s Budweiser International Classic 200, and New Hampshire’s Star Speedway Classic, the Triple Crown is rich in history and tradition, dating back to 1966 when all three races were first run in the same season. Press Releases7/25
• SCCT)With the season slowly winding down the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Abreu Vineyards is set for its only visit to the state of Nevada this Saturday July 29, as teams and fans head for the Fernley 95A Speedway. Press Releases7/25
• Landon Simon)Clover Motorsports has recruited sprint car driver Landon Simon to compete in the Pennsylvania portion of USAC Midget Week August 13-17. He will drive the Dan Brenner, Mt. Baker Vapor backed Fontana powered Elite Chassis in his first USAC midget week appearance. Press Releases7/25
• Seth Bergman)Seth Bergman returned to Victory Lane last Friday during an ASCS Red River Region event that kicked off a busy weekend. "Our mission every race is to win," he said. "We don't have as many wins as we'd like this year so it was great to capitalize on a great draw, put together a good feature and end the night with a victory."Press Releases7/25
• Travis Rilat)Travis Rilat was on pace to claim his third Jim Albert Memorial Gold Cup title in the last six years last Saturday before a late-race incident ended the night early. After Friday's opening round of the Northwest Challenge Series doubleheader at Castrol Raceway was rained out, Rilat led the Richard Saumure owned team to the sixth quickest qualifying time to start Saturday's finale. Press Releases7/25
• Tony Gualda)Getting caught up in an early tangle that resulted in the loss of his nose wing, Tony Gualda did not get deterred as he managed to rally back to finish 11th with C&M Motorsports on Saturday night at Placerville Speedway. “It was an alright night for us,” Gualda said. “We didn’t time in that well and then I made a mistake on the start of the heat race that kept us out of the redraw and we just were too far back in the main.” Press Releases7/25
• Zane Hendricks)Zane Hendricks is pleased to announce CK Power as the newest sponsor to support Zane Hendricks Racing. "We're excited to have CK Power join us this year," he said. "We hope that we can build a good partnership with them that will continue in the years to come." Press Releases7/25
• Wilmot WI/SLS Promotions)The Badger 40 for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series is coming up this weekend on Saturday, July 29 at Wilmot Raceway in Wisconsin. This year’s event will mark the fifth visit by the series to the track located at the Kenosha County Fairgrounds near the Wisconsin/Illinois border. David Gravel has won each of the last two World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series races at Wilmot and is the only driver who has multiple victories with the series at the track. A strong contingent of local and regional drivers will look to defend their home turf against the Outlaws. This edition of The Breakdown sets the stage for the Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway. Press Releases7/25
• Justin Sanders)Friday night at Ocean Speedway, Justin Sanders used a last lap pass to return to victory lane with the Ocean Sprints pres. by Taco Bravo at Ocean Speedway. DJ Netto and Brad Furr would lead the field to green, as Netto would jump out to the early lead as Furr would have his hands full with point leader, Geoff Ensign.Press Releases7/25
• Richard Vander Weerd)Getting back in the seat after a couple weeks way from racing, Richard Vander Weerd showed no signs of rust on Saturday night as he finished eighth with the USAC/CRA Series at Perris Auto Speedway. “I didn’t get timed in to well, but we rebounded and raced well for the rest of the night I thought,” Vander Weerd said. “The bottom went away in the feature and I was pleased with how we were able to get around the top.” Press Releases7/25
• Austin Liggett)Making his first start with the USAC/CRA Series on Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway, Austin Liggett would have a very strong showing that resulted in a seventh place finish for the Tracy, CA product. “It was nice to make our first 410ci start of the season and really have good speed out of the box,” Liggett said. “We just went a little too far for the feature event and were too good too early and dropped some spots at the end.” Press Releases7/25
• Sean Becker)Climbing aboard the Brian Sperry Racing No. 51 non-wing car on Saturday night in Placerville, CA Sean Becker nearly put together a story book night with the longtime car owner and crew chief but would end up settling for second when the race came to a close. Press Releases7/25
• Tanner Carrick)Tanner Carrick took advantage full advantage of a break in his Keith Kunz Motorsports schedule to return to California and get some sprint car racing in. Fighting steering issues at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Friday night, Carrick would bounce back and finish 10th at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night. “Friday night was a rough one,” Carrick said. “We fought steering issues all night and it made for a long day. Saturday though, we had things figured out and I felt like it went pretty good.” Press Releases7/25
• Sean Becker)As the extremely popular ‘Shark Week’ kicks off worldwide, Roseville, CA driver Sean Becker, also known as ‘The Shark’ got the week kicked off right on Friday night as he worked his way forward to finish a hard fought fifth at Silver Dollar Speedway. “We seem to struggle to get our 360 timed in well, but the speed seems to be there for the feature event and that remained the same on Friday,” Sean Becker said. Press Releases7/25
• DJ Netto)Making a return trip to Ocean Speedway on Friday night to race with the Ocean Sprints pres. by Taco Bravo, DJ Netto looked to be well on his way to his fourth win of the season until he was tripped up in traffic on the last lap and ended up with a fourth place finish. Press Releases7/25
• Steven Tiner)Continuing a hot streak in Placerville, CA during the month of July, Steven Tiner put together another strong night at the ¼ mile facility as he finished fourth on Saturday night. “We have really been strong at Placerville Speedway as of late, and Saturday night we were able to race our way into the redraw and then move forward in the feature event,” Steven Tiner said. Press Releases7/25
• Ian Madsen)Ian Madsen has been the man to beat at Knoxville Raceway as of late. Saturday night, Madsen put on a show as he and Brian Brown battled hard for the win, but in the end Madsen would settle for a second place finish. “It was a really good battle with Brian Brown on Saturday night,” Ian Madsen said. “Obviously we would rather be in victory lane, but we certainly are not hanging our heads with our finish.” Press Releases7/25
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• Brian Brown)Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team picked up their sixth win of the season last Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The win came after some strong runs last week at Eldora’s King’s Royal. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver will head to Jackson Motorplex for their $10,000 to win show this Friday night, and return to Knoxville for both 360 and 410 action Saturday. Press Releases7/25

Monday  July 24th 2017

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. Amelia Earhart

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• All Stars)For the first time since February 11, 2012, and for the second time during his famed career, “Smoke” Tony Stewart is an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions main event winner, this time taming “Dirt’s Monster Half-Mile” at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway to help end the 2017 edition of the I-79 Summer Shootout. Stewart, who started third on the feature grid, took command officially during a lap 23 restart and never looked back, ultimately crossing under the final checkers nearly three seconds ahead of Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo, and Dalton, Ohio's Lee Jacobs. Fortunately for Stewart, lapped traffic also factored in as an advantage, as race leader Tim Shaffer would become tangled with a lapped car, surrendering the point position to the former NASCAR Cup Series champion. All Stars 7/24
• MASS)After a wild night of double-features at South Jersey’s Bridgeport Speedway, the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series had a first-time feature winner and a first repeat victor of the 2017 season in victory lane this past Friday night. Twenty-nine-year-old Bryant Davis of Norwood, PA scored his first career 305 Sprint Car win in the June 17th make-up feature, while Rick Stief of Garnet Valley, PA, who finished second to Davis in the first event, visited victory lane for the second time this season for his efforts in the nightcap A-Main event, making him the first repeat winner of 2017. Race Results 7/24
• NW Challenge Series)J.J. Hickle emerged victorious last Saturday night during the 62nd annual Jim Albert Memorial Gold Cup at Castrol Raceway, where a handful of drivers put on a stout battle at the front of the pack during Canada's oldest oval racing event. Race Results 7/24
• Double X Speedway MO)Making the drive from Marion, Ark. worth every mile, Derek Hagar picked up $3,000 in the 15th annual Clyde Wood Memorial at Double-X Speedway with the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps. Race Results 7/24
• IRA)22 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) 410 sprint car teams signed in for action on the high banks of the Beaver Dam Raceway. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Bill Balog go out first and set a time that no one else could top, earning him fast time honors. Jeremy Schultz would end up second quick followed by Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst. Ben Schmidt and Blake Nimee would qualify in 4th and 5th respectively. IRA 7/24

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• Robbie Price)Following a successful stint aboard the BDS Motorsports machine with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour, Robbie Price returned to the seat of his family owned entry and went on to capture his third win of the year on Saturday night at Skagit Speedway. Press Releases7/24
• SSO)It’s race number ten on the 2017 race season for the Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products as the tour will make their second and final appearance of the season at Wichita Speedway in Wichita Falls, Texas this coming Friday night. Press Releases7/24
• Shane Stewart)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series was scheduled to compete in three nights of racing this past weekend, but Mother Nature had other plans. Thursday night's show at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Penn., was the only event to be completed over the weekend. Friday's Summer Nationals finale event at Williams Grove was postponed just before the start of the main event and Sunday's event at Ransomville (N.Y.) Speedway was completely washed out and postponed as well. Press Releases7/24
• Hartford MI/SLS Promotions)A new challenge awaits the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Hartford Speedway in Michigan on Friday, July 28, as the series takes to the recently re-configured track for the “Battle of Michigan.” The Outlaws have raced at Hartford seven times in the past on the former half-mile, with this trip marking the first on the now-three-eighths-mile. In those seven races, a different driver has visited victory lane each and every time. This edition of The Breakdown sets the stage for the “Battle of Michigan” at Hartford Speedway, which serves as the series only visit of the season to the state of Michigan. Press Releases7/24
• Justin Miller)The Arbor Green Contractors, Hopf Farms, KenJay Fiedler Excavating, Treasures by Tiffany, Meyer Motors, BMG Designs, Glacier Transit and Storage, Richard Wirtz Attorney at Law, CJ Salon, MC’s Pub & Grill, Bane Nelson, L’BRI PURE n’ NATURAL-Camisha Miller and R&H Enterprises, Maxim Chassis powered by Tiry Engines 360, Afco Shocks and American Racer Tires, Miller Family Motorsports (MFM) #15M team was in action the past two Saturdays at the Plymouth Dirt Track. Press Releases7/24
• Riverside Int Speedway AR)Texas Roadhouse Grill is donating 10% of the total dining ticket of all customers who present the attached form to the waitress on Thursday. The donation will be made to Make A Wish Mid South on behalf of Riverside International Speedway. The Riverside show car two-seater will be on display Thursday night, July 27. Please print out the form and come to Texas Roadhouse Grill in Southaven this Thursday, July 27. You will not only be eating at a great restaurant but you will be helping Make A Wish Mid South. There are two forms attached please print as many as you need to share with your neighbors and friends. 7/24
• USAC)Toledo, Ohio has been a home to USAC racing dating back to the club's inception in 1956. Over the past six decades, no driver has won more USAC races in the "Glass City" than did hometown hero, Rollie Beale, who won five USAC Sprint Car races on the half-mile, high-banked paved oval between 1971 and 1976. USAC 7/24
• Robbie Stillwaggon)Robbie Stillwaggon and the Quality Auto Body 89 team headed south this past weekend to compete with the United Sprint Car Series (USCS) at the Carolina and Lancaster Speedways. Earlier this year Stillwaggon competed at both tracks and come home with two wins. Press Releases7/24
• Mark Bitner)Mr. Twister Mark Bitner headed to Bridgeport Speedway to race the Brian Nixon owned Bitner Automotive #202 in the 305 Mid Atlantic Sprint Series. Saturday night’s double feature was a result of a previous rain out earlier this year. In the makeup feature, Bitner started in the 7th position and finished the 20-lap feature event in the 7th position. Press Releases7/24
• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)A shift to Friday night racing is in store for southwest Kansas this weekend with Dodge City Raceway Park hosting the popular “Driver Appreciation Night” event that features a full card of championship chase racing action. And this year’s edition features a new twist with a $500 bonus up for grabs for one of the six drivers that has the most tickets redeemed at the front gate. Press Releases7/24
• US 36 Raceway MO)This Friday Night Boller Motorsports and St Joe Harley Davidson Sponsor the Summer Nationals to US 36 Raceway Dirt Track with the very best in racing action!! ASCS Fire Snorting Sprint Cars roaring around the fast, smooth 3/8th mile high banks at record speeds with $2250 to win! USRA B-Modifieds will be in attendance and always entertain with side by side to the checkers racing action. USRA Stock Cars so competitive they will have you on your feet to see the winner at the line and E-Modifieds who always compete on the highest level will also do battle. Make those plans now to see the race of the year at US 36 Raceway Dirt Track. Pit Gates open at 2 pm, Grandstand Gates open at 6 pm, Hot laps around 7 pm and great racing action at 8 pm!!! Adults $20, Kids 7-12 years of age $10, 6 years of age and under are free with Seniors and Veterans $18 See yall there!!!!!!7/24
• Donny Schatz)Tony Stewart-Curb/Agajanian Racing (TSR) driver Donny Schatz and the Arctic Cat/Ford Performance-backed team embarked on a busy week of action as the World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman Sprint Car Series continued the “Month of Money” with four races scheduled in a six-day stretch. The eight-time and reigning WoO champion added to the momentum from his Kings Royal triumph the previous weekend by winning his sixth career Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania last Tuesday.Press Releases7/24
• Sammy Swindell)Sammy Swindell will tackle a trio of Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions races in New York this weekend. Swindell is teaming up with Jared Zimbardi for the tripleheader, which begins on Friday with Swindell's debut at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee. Swindell will then compete on Saturday at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown and on Sunday at Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon. Press Releases7/24
• Austen Wheatley)Austen Wheatley is aiming for the Washington trifecta this weekend when he will drive his family owned No. 44w during the Bob's Burgers & Brew Summer Nationals with the Northwest Challenge Series. Wheatley has wins this season at two of the three main sprint car tracks in his home state of Washington. Skagit Speedway in Alger - the site of the Summer Nationals this Friday and Saturday - is the only track left on the list this season. Press Releases7/24
• USAC)As the sun sets on the month of July, through the smoke, the rain and the shine, the figurative flagman has displayed the crossed flags on another spectacular racing season. Or perhaps, like Punxsutawney Phil, the flagman has seen his own shadow, indicating the season still has several weeks and months remaining until the winter doldrums set in. USAC 7/24
• Kerry Madsen)Big Game Motorsports driver Kerry Madsen was in contention for a pair of podium finishes last week before running into misfortune. "That's just racing," he said. "We've avoided DNFs for the most part this year, but it happens." Press Releases7/24
• Mark Burch Motorsports)Mark Burch Motorsports put together a pair of stout finishes last weekend in the Midwest, where the team charged from the back to earn a top five in Nebraska before posting a second straight podium at the 'Sprint Car Capital of the World' in Iowa. Press Releases7/24
• Jackson Motorplex MN)A lot of money is on the line this Friday at Jackson Motorplex, which hosts an all sprint car show during the Jackson County Fair presented by ABDO, Eick & Meyers. The 410 Outlaw Sprints Fueled by Casey's General Store will pay $10,000 to the winner with the 24-car A Main paying $700 to start. Heartland Steel RaceSaver 305 Sprints and Heartland Racing Association non-wing sprints presented by HitchDoc, which will pay out $500 to win, will also be on the program. Press Releases7/24
• Brock Zearfoss)For the first time in his young career, the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss beat the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, scoring the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals preliminary main event on Friday, July 21, at Williams Grove Speedway. The pilot of the Aaron Long-owned/H&N Landscaping/ RV 4 Wheel Drive/Leahys Auto Body & Towing/No. 58 was the only Pennsylvania Posse representative inside the top-five against the Greatest Show On Dirt, driving ahead from fourth on the feature grid to earn $8,000 for his efforts. Press Releases7/24
• Danny Dietrich)Continuing a busy stretch of schedule, “Double-D” Danny Dietrich will spend the upcoming week and weekend competing in a variety of events in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York where he will battle not only the Pennsylvania Posse, but also the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions. The Gettysburg native will kick-off his week with Jersey Rush VII at New Egypt (NJ) Speedway on Tuesday, July 25. Press Releases7/24
• Brent Marks)A recent stretch of disappointing finishes which includes a “DNF” at Lernerville Speedway, followed by a “DNQ” during night one of the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway, has left Brent Marks frustrated, but the “Myerstown Missile” will work to rebound during a trio of upcoming World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series starts in Canada, Michigan and Wisconsin. Press Releases7/24

Sunday  July 23rd 2017

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain

11:50pm

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• Column)It was a dark and stormy night by Danny Burton Hoosier Race Report 7/23
• ASCS Warrior)Making the drive from Marion, Ark. worth every mile, Derek Hagar picked up $3,000 in the 15th annual Clyde Wood Memorial at Double X Speedway with the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps.ASCS 7/23
• Plymouth Dirt Track Racing WI)On a night which showcased numerous hotly contested battles on the track and provided an ample opportunity for young autograph seekers to get up close and personal with their favorite drivers in the pit area, three seasoned veterans, a top candidate for breakthrough driver of the year and one of the youngest PDTR competitors captured A-main event victories Saturday, July 22, in Plymouth Dirt Track Racing action at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds. Race Results 7/23
• All  Stars)After opening the 2017 I-79 Summer Shootout with a runner-up finish at Eriez (PA) Speedway on Friday evening, the “Steel City Outlaw” Tim Shaffer did one better on Sunday night by winning round two at Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, Pennsylvania. The Arctic Cat All Star victory, Shaffer’s third of the 2017 season and second ever at Tri-City Raceway Park, was earned in dominating fashion; leading all 30 circuits around the Venango County, 1/2-mile oval, ultimately holding off a pair of fellow former Arctic Cat All Star champions, Chad Kemenah and Dale Blaney. All Stars 7/23
• MTS)Lake Odessa MI...1 #10s Jay Steinbach 2 #0 Steve Irwin 3 #49t Gregg Dalman 4 #19 Joe Bares 5 #11l Travis Lacombe 6 #42 Ty Tilton 7 #2 Mike Galdaja 8 #3a Mike Austraukus 9 #0c Chris Vanderwulle 10 #16 Austin Neimire 11 #5m Mike Moore 12 #13 Ian Hunter 13 #00 Joey Irwin 14 #26 John Watson 15 #5 Mark Irwin 16 #89 Chris Pobanz 17 #91l Alexis Adgate 18 #4 Tom Davies 19 #4t Christy Graham 7/23
• GLSS/NRA)Lake Odessa MI...1 #85 Dustin Daggett 2 #11R Chase Ridenour 3 #99 John Schulz 4 #22 Shawn Murray 5 #20I Kelsey Ivy 6 #7 Joe Swanson 7 #49T Gregg Dalman 8 #31 Andy Teunessen 9 #19S Jay Steinbach 10 #19J Linden Jones 11 #23 Devon Dobie 12 #27 Brad Lamberson 13 #84 Kyle Poortenga 14 #23G Joe Geibe 15 #3 Kyle Locke 16 #77 Andrew Scheid 17 #58 Tony Bures 18 #2 Kyle Sauder 19 #89 Chris Pobanz 20 #17 Jared Horstman 7/23

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• World of Outlaws)The Big "R" Outlaw Shootout presented by Budweiser at Ransomville Speedway has been postponed due to persistent rain in Niagara Country. The event will be rescheduled for October - day to to be announced at a later date. Tickets and armbands for today's event will be honored at Ransomville Speedway for the rain date. No cash refunds will be given at ticket gates or office. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues to Ontario, Canada for the Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown at Oshweken Speedway on Tuesday, July 25.7/23

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• The Champion Racing Oil/BR Motorsports Central PA Sprint Cars only had two shows scheduled for the weekend with both at Williams Grove Speedway against the World of Outlaws. Brock Zearfoss came away from the Friday night show with his first career World of Outlaws win and his 2nd Champion Racing Oil/BR Motorsports Central PA Sprint Cars win of 2017. The Saturday night show was rained out right before the feature event and will be run when the World of Outlaws return in September.Champion Racing Oil/BR Motorsports Central PA Sprints  7/23
• Patriots)In his final season of racing under his own operation, Bryan Howland has continued to have success running with the Patriot Sprint Tour picking up his third win in 2017 at the Woodhull Raceway. Local favorite, Steve Collins started on the pole and got out to an early advantage over second place running Howland. From the start, no one would have anything for Collins having almost a straightaway lead from the rest of the field. Race Results 7/23
• Placerville Speedway CA)One week after losing the lead on a late restart Roseville’s Sean Becker earned redemption by getting around Buddy Kofoid in traffic coming for the white flag to score his third Placerville Speedway victory of the season in thrilling fashion on Saturday night. Race Results 7/23
• Column)Ron Rodda has notes from Silver Dollar Speedway CA From the Grandstand7/23
• NOSA)The Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Cars made their third appearance of the season at Devils Lake Speedway Saturday night in front of a huge crowd. The night highlighted a rare double header, which featured both the NOSA Sprints and NLRA Late Models. Wade Nygaard collected his series leading 13th career NOSA win at Devils Lake after starting in the fourth position. Race Results 7/23

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• USAC)Heavy weather forced cancellation of Sunday night's USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget race at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. The series now looks toward a non-points special event July 29 at Waynesfield (Ohio) Raceway Park.7/23
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Ohsweken Speedway is set to host two of its biggest event sof the season this Monday and Tuesday, July 24 and 25 night as Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Larson and four-time Knoxville Nationals champion Danny Lasoski are set to tackle the Six Nations 3/8-mile clay oval. Press Releases7/23
• EMMR)The 43rd Eastern Museum of Motor Racing Annual Convention is August 11th through 13th, 2017. This year’s convention will honor the late Harry Fletcher. Harry had many notable drivers throughout his racing career; Diz Dean, Johnny Grum, Stevie Smith, Sr., Harry’s son, Bobby Fletcher, and grandson, Cody. In 1997, he was named Adams County Farmer of the Year. Harry and his family shared their love of racing and farming with their friends and community. He was one of a kind. Central PA7/23

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• OCRS)The 2017 racing season has been anything but routine for Robert Sellers. Health and mechanical issues have sidelined the two-time defending AmeriFlex / OCRS champion for the past three shows. But Saturday Sellers looked like his old self as he easily won his first $1,500-to-win AmeriFlex / OCRS feature of the season at Oklahoma Sports Park. OCRS 7/23
• UMSS)A warm summer evening with fantastic weather brought out a large crowd and a good turnout of UMSS winged sprint cars for the 6th Annual Davey Tabor Memorial at the Ogilvie Raceway on Saturday July 22. Following another entertaining 25 lap feature, Derrik Lusk of Jackson made it back-to-back wins in UMSS competition to become the sixth different driver to win a Tabor Memorial title. Lusk also moved a little bit further ahead of Chris Graf in the Midwest Power Equipment/GRP Motorsports series of nine races with a second and now two wins in the first three eventsRace Results 7/23
• UMSS)The warm summer evenings continued in July, as a large crowd came out to watch the UMSS Traditional sprints and their winged counterparts put on a show at the Ogilvie Raceway for the running of the 6th Annual Davey Tabor Memorial. A familiar face sat in Rock Auto Victory Lane at the conclusion of the 25 lap nonstop feature race. Jeremy Kerzman from Gray Eagle led flag-to-flag for his fourth TSCS win of the season, his second win at the Big O in a non-winged sprint car, and his eighth career victory in a Traditional sprint on Saturday night July 22. Kerzman also became the sixth different Traditional sprint car driver to earn a Tabor Memorial title. The win paid Kerzman $434. Race Results 7/23
• Lincoln Park Speedway IN)Hammer down dirt race tracks are a test of man, mettle and machinery. Such was the case Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway as a lightning fast racing surface tested the race drivers on hand. AJ Hopkins bested 17 other sprint car pilots in dominant fashion, topping Kevin Thomas Jr. by nearly a straightaway after a late race caution. Race Results 7/23
• SSO)Steven Shebester took the lead at the start then held off a fast-closing Joe Wood, Jr. at the end to claim the Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car presented by Smiley’s Racing Products feature Saturday night at Elk City Speedway in Elk City, Oklahoma. Shebester and Tristan Oakes started on the front row for the twenty-five-lap feature with Shebester taking the lead as the green flag fell. Race Results 7/23
• NCRA/ASCS Red River)Brian Bell made the long tow from his Galloway, Tennessee home to claim victory as the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products/Bank of Oklahoma American Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products Red River Region Showdown competed at 81 Speedway in Park City on Saturday night. Race Results 7/23
• SOD)Joe Swanson won a hard fought battle with Jay Steinebach to win Saturday’s Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash at Butler Motor Speedway. Swanson (Etna Green, Indiana) started from the pole, but a lap one red for a Shebly Bilton and Andy Chehowski crash on the back straightaway, and a quick caution for Tyler Bearden’s spin halted action quickly.Race Results 7/23
• Susquehanna Speedway PA)Kenny Edkin just isn’t letting up. The young Marysville, PA racer stormed from his 12th starting spot to capture his second consecutive and fifth overall Credit Connection Auto Sales Super Sportsman feature Saturday at Susquehanna Speedway. Central PA 7/23
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)A second-place starting position was all Dylan Westbrook needed to pick up his sixth straight win in the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars division at Ohsweken Speedway. Westbrook took the lead from pole-sitter Alex Hill following a lap 1 caution and was able to hold it following a lap 2 red flag which saw Jamie Turner’s car flip on its side. Race Results 7/23
• POWRi WAR)Returning to his hometown, Chris Windom picked up his third win in three opportunities with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints on Satuday night at Spoon River Speedway. The race was a non-stop 25 lapper at top speed on the high-banked speed plant. Race Results 7/23
• ASCS/NCRA)With traffic playing to his advantage, Tennessee's Brian Bell charged to his sixth victory of the 2017 racing season, and first with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Red River Region presented by Smiley's Racing Products.ASCS 7/23
• ASCS Warrior)Runner-up Friday night at Creek County Speedway gave-way to victory on Saturday at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. as Kyle Bellm held off the No. 28 of Johnathan Cornell for his fifth career triumph with the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps.ASCS 7/23
• ASCS Gulf South)Bringing his career win total to 26 with the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region, Ray Allen Kulhanek parked it at Battleground Speedway for season win No. 4, and second in as many starts at the Highlands, Texas oval.ASCS 7/23
• ASCS Frontier)Proving unstoppable in the Rush Concrete Pumping No. 2L, Logan Forler picked up the weekend sweep at the Rumble in the Desert at Idaho's Atomic Motor Raceway with the Brodix ASCS Frontier Region.ASCS 7/23

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• Wayne County Speedway OH)For the first time since April 29th and May 6th, rain stopped any chance of racing action at NAPA Wayne County Speedway Saturday night that was to feature the 3rd annual Buckeye Late Model Dirt Week and the Don Gross Memorial along with the Fisher Performance Sprints, the Lowes Super Stocks and the WQKT 104.5 Mini Stocks. Heavy rains in the early morning that continued intermittently throughout the late morning and early afternoon with chance of pop up storms for the late afternoon until night, made promoters Jason and Kristin Flory reluctantly to call off the racing program. A date for the Don Gross Memorial is still being considered. Press Releases7/23

2:35am

RESULTS...

• SOD)Butler MI...1 #7J Joe Swanson 2 #10S Jay Steinebach 3 #16 Ryan Ruhl 4 #27B Boston Mead 5 #41 Tom Shinderle 6 #0 Steve Irwin 7 #4T Josh Turner 8 #5B Chad Blonde 9 #1A Mark Aldrich 10 #19Z Douglas Zimmerman 11 #49T Gregg Dalman 12 #7Z Zach Hampton 13 #9E Tim Evilsizer 14 #21T Tony Chehowski 15 #10J Chris Jones 16 #8 Justin Ward 17 #27K Ryan Kirkendall 18 #58 Tony Bures 19 #47 Robert Bullock 20 #39 Tyler Rankin 21 #6 Tyler Bearden 22 #27 Shelby Bilton 23 #20A Andy Chehowski 7/23
• Grays Harbor Raceway WA)1 #9R Reese Goetz 2 #33V Henry Van Dam 3 #91 Chase Goetz 4 #0J Jay Cole 5 #33S Lance Sargent 6 #97R Jason Reed 7 #15 Jeff Dunlap 8 #24 Tyler Anderson 9 #8x John Stuart  7/23
• GLSS/NRA)Merritt MI...1 #17 Jared Horstman 2 #2F Matt Foos 3 #2 Kyle Sauder 4 #23 Devon Dobie 5 #85 Dustin Daggett 6 #99 John Schulz 7 #27 Brad Lamberson 8 #3A Mike Astrauskas 9 #77 Andrew Scheid 10 #20I Kelsey Ivy 11 #89 Chris Pobanz 12 #23G Joe Geibe 13 #3T Tank Brakenberry 14 #34 Darren Orth 15 #19 Dustin Carl 16 #84 Kyle Poortenga 17 #22 Shawn Murray 18 #19J Linden Jones 19 #24 Eric Smith 20 #11R Chase Ridenour 21 #2T Ralph Brakenberry 7/23
• Badger)Sycamore Speedway IL...1 #3 Robbie Ray 2 #4 Brad Greenup 3 #1 Scott Hatton 4 #2A Austin Archdale 5 #43 Buddy Luebke 6 #7 Brian Peterson 7 #21K Kurt Mayhew 8 #53 Aaron Schuck 9 #9S Mike Stroik 10 #59 John Smith 11 #9 Randy Reed 12 #2 Zach Boden 13 #83 Kurt Mueller 14 #3L Marty Saso 15 #28 Jason Allen 16 #66 Laura Smith 17 #71G Jake Goeglein 7/23
• Eagle Raceway NE)IMCA...1 #1 Doug Lovegrove 2 #12 Tyler Drueke 3 #91 Adam Gullion 4 #100 Clint Benson 5 #57B Boyd Peterson 6 #35 Trevor Grossenbacher 7 #47 Cody Ledger 8 #14G Gene Ackland 9 #93 Ryan King 10 #7KX Toby Chapman 11 #83 Austin McLean 12 #1B Brandon Horton 13 #03 Shayle Bade 14 #1R Matt Richards 15 #0 Chase Weiler 16 #8G Jimmy Grasso 17 #22 Kaleb Johnson 18 #12N Neil Nickolite 19 #4W Nathan Weiler 20 #23 Brandon Bosma 7/23
• BCRA)Marysville CA...1 #11E Cory Elliott 2 #57 Maria Cofer 3 #1 Floyd Alvis 4 #19 Michael Faccinto 5 #35W Nate Wait 6 #74 J.R. Williams 7 #28 Alex Schutte 8 #33 Mason Daniel 7/23
• USAC CRA)Perris CA...1 #51 RJ Johnson 2 #92 Jake Swanson 3 #4 Damion Gardner 4 #5m Max Adams 5 #91R Brody Roa 6 #2 Austin Williams 7 #83 Austin Liggett 8 #10 Richard Vanderweerd 9 #12 Ronnie Gardner 10 #4s Mike Spencer 11 #17v Danny Faria Jr 12 #19 Stevie Sussex 13 #21 AJ Bender 14 #42 Chad Boespflug 15 #88 Jace Vanderweerd 16 #4G Chris Gansen 17 #98 Jeremy Ellertson 18 #28m Matt McCarthy 19 #98v Verne Sweeney 20 #73 Matt Mitchell 21 #23 Greg Alexander 22 #7k Bruce St James 23 #5 Logan Williams USAC 7/23
• UMSS)Ogilvie Raceway MN...1 #2 Derrik Lusk 2 #64 Ryan Bowers 3 #20G Chris Graf 4 #50 Chase Viebrock 5 #36 Jason Tostenson 6 #03 Jamey Ogston 7 #17B Ryan Bickett 8 #9 Jared Goerges 9 #1 Dean Brown 10 #91A Reed Allex 11 #462 Val Urman 12 #14K Victoria Knutson 13 #N1 Ty Sampair 14 #62 Ronnie Erickson 15 #22 Jeff Pellersels 16 #95 Trevor Redding 17 #77 Kevin Bradwell 18 #7M Bob McVitty 7/23
• WI WingLESS)Wilmot WI...1 #70 Chris Klemko 2 #71S Doug Schenck 3 #91 Derek Crane 4 #18 Nick Petska 5 #96.5 Rod Colburn 6 #2 Jordan Mattson 7 #93 Travis Mahoney 8 #89 George Gaertner 9 #20 Natalie Klemko 10 #12 Sean Swim 11 #48 Tim Cox 12 #7C Chris Howerton 13 #38 Allen Hafford 14 #54 Scott Grissom 7/23
• Knoxville Raceway IA)Brian Brown returned to Knoxville after a two-week absence and came away the 410 victor at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. Sawyer Phillips took the 360 feature and Matthew Stelzer was the victor in the 305 division with 3M as the title sponsor for the night. BillW's Knoxville News 7/23
• Placerville Speedway CA)360...1 #88N Sean Becker 2 #4S Buddy Kofoid 3 #22 Shane Golobic 4 #94 Steven Tiner 5 #14X Marcus Dumesny 6 #1R Ryan Robinson 7 #19 Chase Majdic 8 #7 Kalib Henry 9 #4SA Greg DeCaires 10 #83T Tanner Carrick 11 #7C Tony Gualda 12 #14 D.J. Freitas 13 #77 Mike Benson 14 #2K Kyle Offill 15 #85 C.J. Humphreys 16 #38 Colby Johnson 17 #5 Kirt Organ 18 #45 Jake Morgan 19 #25 Justin Johnson 20 #33T Jimmy Trulli 7/23
• IRA)Beaver Dam WI...1 #17B Bill Balog 2 #64 Scotty Thiel 3 #23 Russel Borland 4 #73 Ben Schmidt 5 #02 Mike Reinke 6 #2W Scotty Neitzel 7 #79 Blake Nimee 8 #85M Steve Meyer 9 #53W Bill Wirth 10 #19 Todd Daun 11 #1M Phillip Mock 12 #99 Kyle Marten 13 #7 Scott Uttech 14 #68 Dave Uttech 15 #0 Johnny Fahl 16 #25 Jake Blackhurst 17 #41 Dennis Spitz 18 #4K Kris Spitz 19 #23D Trey Datweiler 20 #10w Bill Rose 21 #5J Jeremy Schultz 22 #14AJ Wayne Modjeski 7/23
• ASCS Red River/NCRA)Pizza Express of Oklahoma A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 23B-Brian Bell, [5]; 2. 8-Alex Sewell, [2]; 3. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, [9]; 4. 11G-Mike Goodman, [6]; 5. 1X-Don Droud Jr, [3]; 6. 1J-Danny Jennings, [10]; 7. 21R-Andrew Deal, [7]; 8. 91-Jeff Stasa, [4]; 9. 26M-Fred Mattox, [15]; 10. 85-Forrest Sutherland, [12]; 11. 20G-Jake Greider, [16]; 12. 72-Ray Seemann, [1]; 13. 44-Jared Sewell, [14]; 14. 81-Jon Freeman, [13]; 15. 57-TJ Artz, [11]; 16. 224-John Carney II, [8] Heat 1: 1. 91-Jeff Stasa, [2]; 2. 23B-Brian Bell, [4]; 3. 21R-Andrew Deal, [1]; 4. 72-Ray Seemann, [3]; 5. 11G-Mike Goodman, [6]; 6. 85-Forrest Sutherland, [5]; 7. 81-Jon Freeman, [7]; 8. 26M-Fred Mattox, [8] Heat 2: 1. 224-John Carney II, [1]; 2. 8-Alex Sewell, [3]; 3. 1X-Don Droud Jr, [5]; 4. 1J-Danny Jennings, [2]; 5. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, [6]; 6. 57-TJ Artz, [8]; 7. 44-Jared Sewell, [4]; 8. 20G-Jake Greider, [7]7/23
• Skagit Speedway WA)The Budweiser 360 Sprint Cars made their final appearance before next week’s $10k to win Bob’s Burgers & Brew Summer Nationals, with Robbie Price standing tall in victory lane at the end of the night at Skagit Speedway. Joining Robbie in collecting top honors were Michael Bollinger, Kevin Smith and Brian Michelson.  Race Results 7/23
• URC)Davie “No Panic” Franek continued his dominance over the state of Delaware picking up his 6th win of the season and his 3rd win of the Capitol Renegade United Racing Club 2017 season. Franek also picked up valuable points on leader Curt Michael for the 2017 URC Championship. URC 7/23
• USAC ARDC)USAC Speed2 DMA Midget Champion Adam Pierson of Bradford, Vt. led all 20 laps to win Friday night's USAC Regional Midget feature presented by ARDC at Big Diamond Speedway. The win was Pierson's first in USAC/ARDC action as he beat new point leader Alex Bright, Trevor Kobylarz, Shawn Jackson and Ryan Greth. USAC 7/23
• Patriots)Woodhull NY...A-Verdi Storage Containers Patriot Sprint Tour Quick Results A Main: 1) 51- BRYAN HOWLAND (3) 2) 47- Kyle Drum 3) 67- Steve Collins 4) 30 Scott Goodrich 5) 1HD- Cory Sparks 6) 22- Jonathan Preston 7) 3A- Jeff Trombley 8) 79- Jordan Thomas 9) 48jr- Darryl Ruggles 10) 35- Jared Zimbardi 11) 22r- Mike Koehler 12) 36- Steve Doell 13) 2- Steve Hutchinson Jr 14) 10LC- Kelly Hebing 15) 87- George Suprick 16) X- Dan Bennett 17) 81- Derek Jonathan 18) 17z- Josh Azzi 19) 54J- David Just 20) 121- Will Glover 21) 1Q- Thomas Radivoy 22) 87*- Jason Barney Heat 1: 1) 67- Steve Collins 2) 48jr- Darryl Ruggles 3) 79- Jordan Thomas 4) 22r- Mike Koehler 5) 87- George Suprick 6) 1Q- Thomas Radivoy 7) 10LC- Kelly Hebing 8) 121- Will Glover Heat 2: 1) 3A- Jeff Trombley 2) 47- Kyle Drum 3) 22- Jonathan Preston 4) 30- Scott Goodrich 5) 54j- David Just 6) 36- Steve Doell Heat 3: 1) 1HD- Cory Sparks 2) 51- Bryan Howland 3) 35- Jared Zimbardi 4) X- Dan Bennett 5) 2- Steve Hutchinson Jr 6) 81- Derek Jonathan 7) 17z- Josh Azzi Evingham Site Excavation Dash: 1) 22r-Mike Koehler 2) 35- Jared Zimbardi 3) 11- Scott Goodrich 4) Scott Just 5) X- Dan Bennett 6) 87- George Suprick 7/23

PRESS...

• Davie Franek)Could we be witnessing the change of the URC guard? Davie “No Panic” Franek has been on a roll lately, and I don’t mean just in 2017. Franek who is the 2014 and 2016 URC Champion has become one of the best 360-winged sprint car drivers in the nation and was ranked 4th in 2016 according to the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers. Press Releases7/23
• USAC)Rain forced cancellation of Saturday night's USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget race at Momtpelier Motor Speedway. The next series race is Sunday night at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway.7/23
• USAC)Rain has forced cancellation of tonight's USAC Speed2 IMRA Midget race at 34 Raceway. The series continues August 5 at Burlington.7/23
• World of Outlaws)Due to rain, the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series was unable to run the Feature during the second and final night of the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway. Since the full schedule of events was completed up to the Feature, no refunds will be granted. The Feature will be run when the Series returns to the track for the Champion Racing Oil National Open on Thursday, September 28. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues to Ransomville, NY on Sunday, July 23 for The Big R Outlaw Shootout presented by Budweiser at Ransomville Speedway before heading to Ontario, Canada on Tuesday, July 25 for the Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown at Oshweken Speedway.7/23
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)All qualifying events were complete Saturday night when rain hit Williams Grove Speedway during the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals. After waiting for 30 minutes, and with rain still falling, Williams Grove and World of Outlaws officials decided to postpone the 30-lap, $20,000 to win Sprint car feature to the opening night of the National Open, which is Thursday night September 28. Central PA7/23
• Jersey Rush)It’s closer then you think. The Pioneer Pole Building Jersey Rush VII will return to the New Egypt Speedway Tuesday night, July 25 with many of the top drivers of the 410 sprints joining a long list of modified stars in this wildly popular 410 Sprint & Modified doubleheader. Gates open at 5 PM with racing taking the green flag at 7:30 PM. Be sure to come to New Egypt Speedway early and be of the pre-race Pit Party where YOU may visit the pits, meet the drivers and get an up close look at the race cars prior to racing action. The pre-race Pit Party is absolutely free. In the event of rain, Wednesday night July 26 will be the rain date and carry a 7:30 PM starting time.Central PA7/23
• All Stars)Periods of morning and afternoon rain forced Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway and Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions officials to postpone Saturday night's visit to P.P.M.S. for round two of the I-79 Summer Shootout. The event has been rescheduled and will be held on Monday evening, July 24, officially concluding the 2017 I-79 Summer Shootout. Please visit Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway live on the Web at www.ppms.com for more details pertaining to Monday’s program. Tony Stewart is confirmed to be in action with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions. The I-79 Summer Shootout will continue on Sunday evening, July 23, at Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Tri-City officials will allow teams to pull into the pit area upon arrival on Sunday. The mandatory drivers meeting will take shape at 5:00pm; hot laps will follow at 5:30pm. Additional information can be found online at www.tricityracewaypark.com. Current Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Standings (July 22, 2017): 1. Chad Kemenah - 3546 2. Ryan Smith - 3274 3. Caleb Armstrong - 3250 4. Caleb Helms - 3146 5. Max Stambaugh - 2980 6. T.J. Michael - 2777 7. Brandon Spithaler - 2705 8. Tim Shaffer - 2666 9. Brandon Matus - 2622 10. Tyler Esh - 2619 7/23
• 34 Raceway IA)One would have thought that the excessive heat warnings was the reason why 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa cancelled Saturday, July 22nd's action. But that wasn't the case.A strong thunderstorm early Saturday morning dumped over an inch of rain on the grounds, which forced officials to cancel the nights racing action. WT Gabeline & Sons Trucking night at the races will be made up at a date to be announced. 34 Raceway will try to get back to racing next Saturday, July 29th, with Fleck Sales Night. The WT Gabeline & Sons Trucking 305 Sprints, Victory Lane Suspensions IMCA Modifieds, Pepsi IMCA Stock Cars, Casebine Credit Union IMCA SportMods, Sunoco Fuel Mod Lites, and Sonny's Market 4-Cylinders will all be in action. Pit gates will open at 4:30 PM, the grandstands at 5 PM, hot laps at 6:30 PM, and racing at 7 PM. Grandstand admission will be $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (60+) and students, with kids 10 & under FREE! Pit passes will be $25. For more information about 34 Raceway you can visit the tracks website at www.34raceway.com, like them of Facebook, or download their new AP on your cell phone.7/23

Saturday  July 22nd 2017

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. George Carlin

11:45am

RESULTS...

• ASCS Frontier)Adding to his resume of ASCS victories, Logan Forler parked the Rush Concrete Pumping No. 2L in Rod End Supply Victory Lane for the first time with the Brodix ASCS Frontier Region to open up the Rumble in the Desert at Atomic Motor Raceway on Friday night.ASCS 7/22
• ASCS Red River)Putting on a show for the fans at Creek County Speedway, Washington's Seth Bergman held off the last lap charge of Missouri's Kyle Bellm to win with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Red River Region presented by Smiley's Racing Products.ASCS 7/22
• POWRi WAR)Making his second start of the season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints, Chris Windom made it two for two with a win Friday night at the Champaign County Fairgrounds Speedway fresh off of his NASCAR Truck start at Eldora Speedway this week. Race Results 7/22
• USCS)USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters Winged Sprint Cars At Carolina Speedway on Friday, July 21,2017 A-Main 1 - (30 Laps) 1. 23-Lance Moss[2] ; 2. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon[3] ; 3. 47-Eric Riggins Jr.[6] ; 4. 14-Jordon Mallett[4] ; 5. 10m-Morgan Turpen[9] ; 6. 10-Terry Gray[5] ; 7. 43-Terry Witherspoon[11] ; 8. 1x-Scott Hunter[13] ; 9. 38-Tony Agin[12] ; 10. 67m-Jake McLain[19] ; 11. 67-Brian Thomas[15] ; 12. 59III-Johnny Petrozelle[8] ; 13. 5w-Ryan Coniam[18] ; 14. 83-Bob Auld[10] ; 15. 33-Joe Larkin[20] ; 16. 58-Nathan Emig[14] ; 17. 8-Dan Jones[1] ; 18. 99-Tanner Witherspoon[17] ; 19. 07-Johnny Bridges[7] ; 20. 21b-Brandon McLain[16 USCS 7/22
• All Stars)Utilizing patience and a late race restart, Lockbourne, Ohio’s Cole Duncan parked himself back in Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory lane, this time earning $5,000 at Eriez (PA) Speedway to officially open the 2017 edition of I-79 Summer Shootout weekend in Western Pennsylvania. All Stars 7/22
• World of Outlaws)Jonestown, PA-native Brock Zearfoss scored his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win during the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals opener, ringing in the first Posse win of the season in the ongoing Outlaws versus Pennsylvania Posse battle. David Gravel came in second after a strong battle for the lead with Lance Dewease, who ultimately went into the wall and flipped with nine laps to go. Defending Champion Donny Schatz completed the podium. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/22
• Attica Raceway Park OH)Fairland, Indiana’s Cale Thomas scored his first career 410 winged sprint car win Friday, July 21 at Attica Raceway Park. Thomas passed D.J. Foos with 10 laps to go and drove to the win on Central Ohio Farmers/Smith Family Foods/Baumann Auto Group Night. Race Results 7/22
• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)Penngrove’s Michael Kofoid electrified a near capacity crowd of 2,000 fans by winning the 25-lap 360 sprint car main event Friday night. With the triumph, the fifteen-year-old now becomes the youngest driver to win a winged 360 sprint car race in the history of the Silver Dollar Speedway. “It feels good to get a win here,” said Kofoid. “I want to thank all these fans who came out tonight and I hope it was a good show.” Race Results 7/22
• Accord Speedway NY)WRWD Radio NEWS Sprint Cars: Larry McVay, Tom Radivoy, Jeremy Quick, Brett Graham, Eric Jennings, Bob Tersillo, Corey Wood, Larry Ricci, Heidi Hedin, Andrew Davis, Gary Huston 7/22

PRESS...

• Fremont Speedway OH)Tonights races have been rained out. All Family Fun Night events will be moved to August 5th. We'll be back in action July 28th.7/22
• SOD)As of 10:45 AM, Sprints On Dirt is racing at Butler Motor Speedway tonight. For our rained out friends to the south, Butler is just 2 hours from Fremont Speedway. Follow SOD on Facebook for updates or sign up to get rain out texts at www.sprintsondirt.com.7/22
• CRASH PAD)If you don't have one, You Should. STUFF HAPPENS and a bad landing during a crash can helicopter you out to the end of your racing season. This simple seat insert Reduces Spinal Compression Forces in a crash. SIT ON IT... There's no reason not to. Dealers, Info, Ordering www.802solutions.com 7/22
• Waynesfield Raceway Park PA)Due to heavy rains received overnight and a line of rain approaching the track, officials have been forced to cancel the July 22nd racing program. The Waynesfield Raceway Park Kart track will be in action tomorrow with a full program of karts. Gates open at 9:30AM with racing at 12:30PM. Waynesfield Raceway Park will be back in action next Saturday night, July 29th with a full program of racing. The Quest Federal Credit Union Non Wings, Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints, Satellite Connections UMP Modifieds, Block Insurance Tough Trucks, and the Indian Lake Outfitter Compacts will be in action. The Tough Trucks will be running for $400 to win. The AMSA MinI Sprints will be taking the wings off for Saturday's racing. All DARF members will receive half price admission to the grandstands. Get the latest Waynesfield Raceway Park information online at www.waynesfieldracewaypark.net, on Facebook by liking Waynesfield Raceway Park, and by following @OfficialWRP on Twitter. 7/22

1:20am

RESULTS...

• Ocean Speedway CA)360...1 #17 Justin Sanders 2 #22 Shane Golobic 3 #3C D.J. Netto 4 #2 Brad Furr 5 #44 Geoff Ensign 6 #57 Dustin Golobic 7 #21X Cole Macedo 8 #14 Marcus Dumesny 9 #10 Mathew Moles 10 #2K Kyle Offill 11 #72W Kurt Nelson 12 #25Z Jason Chisum 13 #88 Koen Shaw 14 #8 Jeremy Chisum 15 #58 Jerry Bonnema 16 #33 Eric Humphries 17 #6D Josh Chisum 18 #10X Anthony Simone 19 #07 Richard Fajardo 20 #38 Colby Johnson 21 #99 Wayne Katen 7/22
• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)360..1 #4S Michael Kofoid 2 #21 Michael Ing 3 #19 Chase Majdic 4 #92 Andy Forsberg 5 #75 Sean Becker 6 #88 Brad Bumgarner 7 #74 Kyle Hirst 8 #94 Steven Tiner 9 #5 Kirt Organ 10 #7H Jake Haulot 11 #38N Mark Tabor Jr. 12 #15 Brandon Powell 13 #12J John Clark 14 #16AUS Daniel Keen 15 #9 Peter Paulson 16 #83T Tanner Carrick 17 #98M Jeremy Wilson 18 #49 Mike Monahan 19 #8 Jim Richardson 20 #5V Michael Keen 21 #54 Kevin Lovell 7/22
• POWRi WAR)Chris Windom wins at Champaign County Speedway IL over Clouser, Grant, Babb, Simon. 7/22
• Limaland Motorsports Park OH)The only thing hotter than the weather was the racing at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday night. CJ Leary won the Non Wing Sprint feature in his first ever visit to the 1/4 Mile of Thunder. Marion, Indiana's Randy Lines grabbed the K&N Filters UMP modified feature win, and Lima's own Justin Long won the Bud Thunderstock A Main.  Race Results 7/22
• Trail Way Speedway PA)Mike Bittinger raced to his second win of the season in the 25-lap 358 sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night. “It’s warm out, but I’m not quite as warm as I was the last time I was here,” quipped the Abbottstown driver after exiting his Apple Automotive/Big Mike’s Crabhouse/Three Hogs Barbecue #12 in victory lane. Central PA7/22
• ASCS Red River)Sapulpa OK...1 #23 Seth Bergman 2 #14K Kyle Bellm 3 #23B Brian Bell 4 #8 Alex Sewell 5 #224 John Carney 6 #22 Sean McClelland 7 #11G Mike Goodman 8 #21R Andrew Deal 9 #52 Blake Hahn 10 #31 Casey Wills 11 #85 Forrest Sutherland 12 #20G Jake Greider 13 #9$ Kyle Clark 14 #44 Jared Sewell 15 #42 Andy McElhannon 16 #8M Kade Morton 17 #53 Brett Wilson 18 #26M Fred Mattox 19 #7M Chance Morton 20 #23A Travis Ashwood 21 #54 Will Scribner7/22
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)When Brock Zearfoss first drove Aaron Long’s No. 58, he didn’t qualify for the World of Outlaws race at Williams Grove Speedway in May. But, it was a much different outcome Friday night as Zearfoss steered the car to victory in a wild 25-lap main event. His first career series victory was worth $8,000 as he held off some of the Outlaws best. “I was either going out of the park or winning this,” said Zearfoss in victory lane. Central PA7/22

Friday  July 21st 2017

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway

11:50pm

RESULTS...

• ARDC)Big Diamond Speedway PA...1 76e Adam Piersen 2 77 Alex Bright 3 14 Trevor kobylarz 4 7j Shawn Jackson 5 4 Ryan Greth 6 23M Keny Miller 7 5 PJ Gargiulo 8 35 Andrew Layser 9 57 Jason Rice 10 21 Randy Mausteller 11 24 Jay Hartman 12 46K Kenney Johnson 13 46 Brett Arndt 14 12 Josh Heckman 7/21
• All Stars)Erie PA...1 #22C Cole Duncan 2 #49X Tim Shaffer 3 #20N Hunter Schuerenberg 4 #39 Spencer Bayston 5 #59 Ryan Smith 6 #17 Carson Macedo 7 #22 Brandon Spithaler 8 #D4 Danny Holtgraver 9 #14 Tony Stewart 10 #10H Chad Kemenah 11 #35Z Jared Zimbardi 12 #8 Dean Jacobs 13 #5 Dylan Cisney 14 #33M Max Stambaugh 15 #7C Caleb Armstrong 16 #13 Brandon Matus 17 #35 Tyler Esh 18 #81 Lee Jacobs 19 #O8 Dan Kuriger 20 #8M TJ Michael 21 #4N Jim Morris 22 #46 Michael Bauer 23 #23JR Jack Sodeman Jr. 24 #87 Jason Barney 25 #23 Darren Pifer7/21
• World of Outlaws)Williams Grove Speedway PA...1 #58 Brock Zearfoss 2 #5 David Gravel 3 #15 Donny Schatz 4 #49 Brad Sweet 5 #9 Daryn Pittman 6 #21 Brian Montieth 7 #25 Aaron Ott 8 #11 T.J. Stutts 9 #51 Freddie Rahmer 10 #27 Greg Hodnett 11 #24 Lucas Wolfe 12 #7S Jason Sides 13 #44 Trey Starks 14 #17 Jac Haudenschild 15 #11K Kraig Kinser 16 #1S Logan Schuchart 17 #39M Anthony Macri 18 #4 Paul McMahan 19 #41 Jason Johnson 20 #3H James McFadden 21 #69K Lance Dewease 22 #48 Danny Dietrich 23 #93 Sheldon Haudenschild 24 #1 Dale Blaney 25 #1A Jacob Allen 26 #2 Shane Stewart 27 #44W Rodney Westhafer 7/21
• GLSS/NRA)Auburn MI...1 #17 Jared Horstman 2 #2I Matt Foos 3 #2 Kyle Sauder 4 #49T Gregg Dalman 5 #85 Dustin Daggett 6 #23 Devon Dobie 7 #99 John Schulz 8 #11R Chase Ridenour 9 #31 Andy Teunessen 10 #3A Mike Astrauskas 11 #89 Chris Pobanz 12 #10H Cody Howard 13 #23G Joe Geibe 14 #84 Kyle Poortenga 15 #3T Tank Brakenberry 16 #2T Ralph Brakenberry 17 #22 Shawn Murray 18 #19J Linden Jones 19 #34 Darren Orth 20 #31A Tanner Astrauskas 21 #24 Eric Smith 7/21
• Attica Raceway Park FL)1 #91 Cale Thomas 2 #5R Byron Reed 3 #23 DJ Foos 4 #83 Broc Martin 5 #16 Chris Andrews 6 #4 Cap Henry 7 #5T Travis Philo 8 #35 Stuart Brubaker 9 #45L Brian Lay 10 #9Z Duane Zablocki 11 #7 Shawn Valenti 12 #8J Jess Stiger 13 #9 Jordan Ryan 14 #22M Dan McCarron 15 #17M Max McGhee 16 #45 Trevor Baker 17 #92 Sam Ashworth 18 #3J Trey Jacobs 19 #5X Justin Peck 20 #60 Jody Keegan 7/21
• MASS)Spirit Speedway NJ...1 #15b Bryant Davis 2 #9s Rick Stief 3 #44 Dave Brown 4 #70 Eddie Wagner 5 #18 Tim Tanner 6 #77j Jeff Geiges 7 #202 Mark Bitner 8 #28 Tommy Carberry 9 #11 Austin Bishop 10 #23 Sam Lieberman 11 #4 Bobby Butler 12 #5z Zack Burd 13 #115 Dean Conk Jr 14 #43w John Webster 15 #1 Tom Carberry Sr 16 #10j Jamie Kostic 17 #12 Joe Kay 18 #99 Stef Carberry 19 #57v Dave Bonner 7/21
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)1 #47x Dylan Westbrook 2 #49 Scott Kreutter 3 #0 Max Johnston 4 #10b Mitch Brown 5 #14h Jim Huppunen 6 #77x Alex Hill 7 #91 Ryan Turner 8 #38 Tyler Hendricks 9 #01k Mikey Kruchka 10 #1-10 Jake Brown 11 #97 Cory Turner 12 #9 Steve Lyons 13 #90 Travis Cunningham 14 #22 Shawn Sliter 15 #6 Curtis Gartly 16 #67x Parker Price-Miller 17 #2w Lee Winger 18 #11 Jamie Turner 19 #27z Stan Zanchin7/21

5:20pm

RESULTS...

• USAC)From 2006 through the early part of the 2010s, Lucas Oil Raceway was Bobby Santos' jam. It was a place that had become special to the Franklin, Massachusetts driver, for it was there that he scored his first career USAC Silver Crown and National Sprint Car victories. Along the way, he tallied enough of them at LOR to place him within the top-five on the track's all-time USAC win list. USAC 7/21

PRESS...

• IMCA)IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through July 20 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars – 1. Marcus Thomas, Corsicana, Texas, 773; 2. Justin Fifield, Mes­quite, Texas, 740; 3. Kyle Ganoe, Thompsontown, Pa., and John Ricketts, Burleson, Texas, both 736; 5. Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, S.D., 711; 6. Zach Newlin, Millerstown, Pa., 704; 7. Rob­ert Vetter, Wolfe City, Texas, 700; 8. Trevor Serbus, Olivia, Minn., 689; 9. Tyler Russell, Abbott, Texas, 682; 10. Drew Ritchey, EverettPress Releases7/21
• Kyle Bellm)After a pair of idle weekends, Nixa, Missouri’s Kyle Bellm and the Resource Asset Management Solutions (RAMS) No. 14k Sprint Car team fire back to action in a big way with three races this weekend. The weekend triple for Bellm and the PPG Automotive Finishes/Colorvision team kicks off with ASCS Red River action Friday night at Creek County Speedway near Tulsa, OK. From there, action shifts back to Missouri for a pair of ASCS Warior Region events at Eldon’s Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday night and then California’s Double X Speedway on Sunday night. Press Releases7/21
• Team ILP)Inside Line Promotions drivers Kerry Madsen, Derek Hagar and Zac Taylor each produced a feature victory last weekend. Madsen led Big Game Motorsports to his third consecutive World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series win a week ago Thursday during the opening night of the Kings Royal weekend at Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio. Press Releases7/21
• Andee Beierle)Andee Beierle made big strides racing in front of her family and friends during a weekend of competition close to her Bismarck, N.D., home. Beierle and BDS Motorsports raced into the A Main last Friday and Saturday with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour at Black Hills Speedway, which hosted the Rushmore Rumble. Press Releases7/21
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)Ohsweken Speedway is excited to welcome Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series multi-time winner Kyle Larson for two big nights of Sprint Car racing at the 3/8-mile clay oval on Monday July 24 in the Burger Barn Northern Summer Nationals and Tuesday July 25 in the Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series. Ohsweken officials are, however, disappointed to announce Rico Abreu has withdrawn from his commitment to race at both events. Press Releases7/21
• NW Focus Midgets)The Northwest Focus Midget Series heads to Sunset Speedway Park on Saturday, July 22nd. This will be the one and only appearance the series makes to the “Banks Bullring” in 2017 and is the second occasion they’ve visited the state of Oregon during the current campaign. It also marks the fourth race of the Summer Challenge and is the fifty-lap Heroes Race presented by Design 500 and Lady Eagle. Press Releases7/21

Thursday  July 20th 2017

"There is love, there is work......but there is only one heart" Edgar Degas

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• Column)Duane Hancock has notes from the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway and Mansfield Raceway OH Tri-State Outlook7/20
• King of the Wing)Kalamazoo MI...7/20...1 99 Troy Decaire 2 42 Jason Blonde 3 88 Jason Conn 4 22 Derek Snyder 5 51T Tristin Spiers 6 25J John Geisler 7 12 Ron Larson 8 27 Nick Landon 35 Christopher Randolph 10 44 Teddy Albert 11 68 Mike Anderson 12 1 Randy Sweet 7/20
• USAC)USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP (presented by TRAXXAS) RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2017 - Brownsburg, Indiana - Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis - "Rich Vogler USAC Hall of Fame Classic"  FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bobby Santos, 2. Tanner Swanson, 3. Aaron Pierce, 4. Kody Swanson, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Justin Grant, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. David Byrne, 9. Davey Hamilton Jr., 10. Annie BriedingerUSAC 7/20
• USAC)Slipping past a bicycling Ronnie Gardner on the lap 23 restart, Michael Faccinto (Hanford, California) scored last Saturday’s “Jack London Hall of Fame Race” at Petaluma Speedway. Co-sanctioned with BCRA, the 30-lap triumph was Faccinto’s first Light Up The World Beverages USAC Western States Midget victory of the season. Frankie Guerrini, Alex Schutte, Shannon McQueen, and Danny Carroll rounded out the top-five drivers. USAC 7/20

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• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)Selinsgrove Speedway will present the two-day 17th Annual Mach 1 Chassis National Open for 360 sprint cars Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30. The prestigious Keystone 360 Sprint National Weekend also includes the Lelands.com 360 Sprint Car National Friday, July 28, at Williams Grove Speedway paying $3,000 to win. More than $50,000 in prize money has been posted for the weekend’s three 360 sprint car races. Central PA 7/20
• USAC CRA)This Saturday, July 22nd, the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series are back in action at Perris Auto Speedway. Promoted by Don Kazarian, the eighth point race will also feature the PAS Senior Sprint Cars and PAS Young Gun Sprint Cars. Located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds in Perris, California, the spectator gates at "America's Premier Dirt Track" will open at 5:00pm and racing is scheduled for 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.perrisautospeedway.com or call 951.940.0134.
• Patriots)For the second time this season, the A-Verdi Storage Containers Patriot Sprint Tour will be returning to the Woodhull Raceway this Saturday, July 22. The tour visited the Steuben County facility in May when Bryan Howland picked up the win over Steve Collins and George Suprick. Press Releases7/20

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• NCRA)With high temperatures and excessive heat index, the scheduled start time for this Saturday night’s National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products/American Bank of Oklahoma American Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products sprint car challenge at 81 Speedway in Park City has been moved to an 8:00 PM start time. Also on the race card will be the NCRA mod-lite division as well as the tracks weekly divisions of rookie modifieds, hornets and cruisers. Admission prices are $12 for adults ages 12 and up while all ages eleven and under will be admitted into the grandstands for FREE. All pit passes are just $30. 81 Speedway is located north of Wichita on I-135 to exit 16, then 0.7 mile west on 77th street in Park City. For more race information contact the speedway office (316) 755-1781 and get daily updates by accessing their official facebook page: Race 81 Speedway and don’t forget to check out their new website www.race81speedway.com. 7/20
• Shane Stewart)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series heads back to the Northeast this week for three nights of racing. Larson Marks Racing and Shane Stewart will be competing at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg Friday and Saturday for the Summer Nationals followed up by Ransomville (N.Y.) Speedway on Sunday.Press Releases7/20
• Matt Covington)Matt Covington scored a pair of 4th place finishes during the doubleheader weekend with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour at Black Hills Speedway. Friday night’s pill draw dealt Covington the 9th starting position in his heat. However, he was able to capitalize on the bad luck by charging to the front for the win in his XXX Chassis/ A-Rock Materials mount. He earned the FSR Radiator High Point Driver of the Night award as a result. The redraw proved to be more favorable, landing Matt in the 4th starting position for the feature. Press Releases7/20
• SOD)This Saturday, Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP racers head to Butler Motor Speedway for the second race of the Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash. Litchfield’s Chad Blonde drove from 6th to win the first 2017 BB race, the Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash WW III presented by Jim Coffey & Son Plumbing & Heating, feature on June 17th over Ryan Ruhl and Thomas Schinderle. Press Releases7/20
• Oswego Speedway NY)In one of Oswego Speedway’s premiere events this season, a full field of Novelis Supermodifieds and Pathfinder Bank SBS are expected to compete for over $20,000 in prize money in this Saturday night’s ‘Mr. Supermodified’ and “Mr. Small Block Supermodified’ championships. Press Releases7/20
• Matt Campbell)Every young race car driver dreams of being able to compete with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. The 2016 National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year is no different. “I’m really looking forward to running those guys. They are the best the business,” Campbell said. Press Releases7/20
• James McFadden)After spending the past week on the road, McFadden and the Highlands racing team will return ‘home’ this weekend as Williams Grove hosts its annual ‘Summer Nationals’ sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Press Releases7/20
• Caleb Armstrong)Heading into a busy weekend in Western Pennsylvania, Caleb Armstrong sits a strong third in Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champion point standings. This weekend, the ‘7C’ and the rest of the All Stars will make three starts in The Keystone State starting Friday at Eriez Speedway in Erie. Saturday night the series returns to the monster half mile at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway before concluding the weekend Sunday at Tri-City Raceway in Franklin. Press Releases7/20
• Cory Haas)With Friday night’s action at Williams Grove rained out, Cory Haas and the Trone Outdoor Motorsports team were only in action at the Lincoln Speedway this past weekend. On an elbow up racing surface, Haas fought his way forward to his seventh top-five finish of the season. Haas has been strong at Lincoln all season, but now must focus on improving at Williams Grove this weekend as the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series comes to town for the annual ‘Summer Nationals’ Friday and Saturday. Press Releases7/20
• Waynesfield Raceway Park OH)After a week-long break, racing returns to Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio this Saturday night, July 22nd. The Quest Federal Credit Union Non Wing sprints will headline the program running for $1200 to win. For the first time this season, Waynesfield will join forces with Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio to double down on the money giving drivers a chance to walk away with $2400 on the weekend. Press Releases7/20

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• Rapid Speedway SD)360 sprints 7/18...1 3 Tim Kaeding 2 14 Jody Rosenboom 3 24BH Justin Henderson 4 17 Lee Goos 5 22 Shawn Murray 6 7 Kaley Gharst 7 25 Dylan Peterson 8 17B Ryan Bickett 9 23 Joe Riedel 10 101 Chuck McGillivray 11 51A Elliot Amdahl 12 10J Justin Jacobsma 7/20

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• MASS)Returning back the “fastest dirt track in the east” after a sensational feature finish two weeks ago, the Engler Machine and Tool Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series prepares for a double-feature event this Friday night at Bridgeport Speedway. The Racesaver/IMCA 305 division will make-up a rained-out A-Main event which was postponed from its original June 17th date, as well as a fully scheduled night of racing. Pit gates are scheduled to open at 5:30 with heat races set to hit the track at 8:00. Press Releases7/20
• Paul Pokorski)After enduring a string of relatively unremarkable weekends of action, Paul Pokorski and his Pokorski Motorsports team returned to form with a strong second-place finish in Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car action at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth on Saturday, July 15.Press Releases7/20
• Wilmot WI/SLS Promotions)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series hits the track at Wilmot Raceway in Wisconsin on Saturday, July 29 for the running of the Badger 40. The event will mark the fifth visit to Wilmot, dating back to 2006. Press Releases7/20
• ASCS Frontier)After two weeks of intense competition with the National Tour, the Brodix Frontier Region of the American Sprint Car Series continues their summer marathon run as it enters a third straight week of competition with its debut at Atomic Motor Raceway. ASCS 7/20
• Column)Ron Rodda has NW Speedweek notes in From the Grandstand 7/20
• Brody Roa)After making the main event in all five of his starts at “Indiana Sprint Week,” Garden Grove, California’s Brody Roa will continue his pursuit of the 2017 USAC/CRA Sprint Car Championship this Saturday night, July 22nd, at Perris Auto Speedway. Spectator gates at the Riverside County half-mile clay oval will open at 5:00 PM and racing will begin at 7:00. Press Releases7/20
• Kevin Swindell)Kevin Swindell Racing showcased some great moments throughout a busy week in Ohio. The Swindell Speed Lab backed team opened the action a week ago Tuesday at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, where Spencer Bayston qualified 12 th quickest in his group before advancing from fourth to third place during a heat race to lock into the Brad Doty Classic main event. He started the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series A Main on the outside of the ninth row. Press Releases7/20
• Harli White)Harli White recorded back-to-back top-10 finishes last weekend for the first time this season with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. White posted results of sixth and eighth, respectively, during the Rushmore Rumble at Black Hills Speedway. The event began on Friday when White made her debut at the track by taking advantage of a low pill draw. Press Releases7/20
• Southern Oregon Speedway)Southern Oregon Speedway is hosting a big $3,000 to win Wingless 360 Sprint Car race on August 26th. It's the Cascade Sprint Car Challenge, presented by Herz Precision Parts, and it's offering the biggest winner's prize for a wingless race in Oregon this year. That kind of prize money is sure to attract some top notch talent, and it's already gotten the attention of Kyler Barraza. Press Releases7/20
• Alex Hill)Alex Hill returned to sprint car competition for the first time in approximately seven weeks last Friday night when she posted a top-10 finish at Ohsweken Speedway. The 17-year-old had just been cleared to return to racing after having been sidelined because of a concussion suffered in a crash at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 27. Press Releases7/20
• Josh Baughman)Josh Baughman has shifted his focus solely to the Knoxville Nationals. Baughman is Knoxville Raceway bound to compete at the famed half-mile oval in Knoxville, Iowa, each of the next four weekends. Press Releases7/20
• Travis Rilat)Travis Rilat is hungry to return to Victory Lane during the famed Jim Albert Memorial Gold Cup for the first time since he claimed his second straight title in 2013. Rilat and car owner Richard Saumure will return to Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, this Friday and Saturday for Canada's oldest oval racing event. Press Releases7/20
• NW Challenge Series)The Northwest Challenge Series makes its lone international visit of the season this weekend in Canada. Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, will host the 62nd annual Jim Albert Memorial Gold Cup - Canada's oldest oval racing event - this Friday and Saturday when a variety of top-notch drivers from Western Canada, the Northwest and Montana will invade the 3/8-mile oval for Friday's $2,000-to-win show and Saturday's $4,000-to-win finale. Press Releases7/20
• DHR Suspension)Nine DHR Suspension clients captured a feature victory last weekend. Joe B. Miller opened the action by scoring a POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Cars non-wing triumph on Friday at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. Press Releases7/20
• WSS)The Wingless Sprint Series makes their 2017 debut at Sunset Speedway Park this Saturday, July 22nd. The tour will be apart of the Open Wheel Frenzy at the "Banks Bullring". It is the fourth different facility that the WSS has visited this season. Press Releases7/20
• Eldora Speedway OH)Built in 2015, Eldora Speedway’s state-of-the-art infield care center has intervened in a variety injuries and ailments. Liz Denlinger, R.N., Emergency Department Nursing Director at Miami Valley Hospital, can relate. Press Releases7/20
• All Stars)After a weekend break to allow teams the opportunity to compete in the 34th Annual Kings Royal at Eldora (OH) Speedway, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will return to competition beginning Friday evening, July 21, with the second edition of the I-79 Summer Shootout in Western Pennsylvania. The three-race swing will feature Arctic Cat All Star action at three different facilities over the course of three straight days, each awarding a $5,000 top prize, as well as full points toward the 2017 Arctic Cat All Star championship. All Stars 7/20
• Kody Swanson)Welcome to the sixth installment of “11 Questions with…”! At the end of each segment the current week’s driver will get to decide what the 11th question will be for the next guest. Simple and entertaining. Today I have race car driver Kody Swanson. Kody is a husband, father, and two-time USAC Silver Crown Champion. Let’s get to know a little more about him. Press Releases7/20
• POWRi)This weekend's action at Tri-City Speedway, Belle-Clair Speedway and Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 have been canceled due to a multiple-day excessive heat advisory for the St. Louis area. From the National Weather Service St. Louis Office: "A major heat wave has unfolded on Tuesday and has gripped the area through Saturday. Dangerous levels of heat are forecast with the most oppressive conditions occurring Thursday through Saturday when highs will range from 99 to 105 degrees, and afternoon/early evening heat index values will be from 105-115. The St. Louis metro region will experience the most dangerous heat levels throughout the area." Press Releases7/20

Tuesday  July 18th 2017

One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it. Hunter S. Thompson

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• World of Outlaws)Eight-time Series Champion and current points leader Donny Schatz scored his fifth Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup win at Lernerville Speedway after a heated battle with Sheldon Haudenschild left the Rookie of the Year contender flipping off the wall on the front stretch outside turn four. "It's been a good week," said Schatz, fresh off his Kings Royal win at Eldora Speedway just last Saturday. "This race team is incredible, what they do. When they get the race car good, you get in that zone, and they fine tune things and just keep making strides and making it better. It's good to have that feeling for sure." DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/18
• Lernerville Speedway PA)For 35 laps, Sheldon Haudenschild appeared to be primed for his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series A-Main win, but a late race caution and ensuing restart ended up in heartbreak for the Child of the Wild Child. With Donny in the catbird seat, Sheldon jumped the cushion in turn four and became the latest victim of the wall of the front straightaway. With five laps to go and restarting with the lead, Donny Schatz is nearly impossible to beat and he drove away to his fifth career Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup victory and a $25,000 payday just days after a $50,000 Kings Royal victory at Eldora Speedway. Race Results 7/18
• Photos)More weekend photos are in SpeedShotz 7/18

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• SSO)The second of eight straight weekends of racing action for the Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products continues this coming Saturday night as the tour will make their second and final appearance of the season at Elk City Speedway in Elk City, Oklahoma. Press Releases7/18
• USAC)Johnny Vance's stealth black Beast with its golden yellow lettering and shimmering cherry red wheels was one of those cars that always caught your attention, even as it sat still in the pit area. Though it had been four years since the Aristocrat Products USAC Silver Crown car had competed in an event, there was always that suspicion that the Dayton, Ohio-based beauty out of Dayton, Ohio would roll out of the trailer and make its return to an event somewhere along the line. USAC 7/18
• IRA)This Saturday, July 22nd, the cars and stars of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association return to the high banked 1/3rd mile Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. In recent times Beaver Dam has been dominated by Bill Balog who has won on 7 of his last 9 appearances at Beaver Dam Raceway including the 2016 World of Outlaws event. Hometown hero Scotty Neitzel will be trying hard to dethrone Balog as the King of Beaver Dam, as will another hometown driver and king in his own right, the King Of the Sherm Nation, Jeremy Schultz.IRA 7/18
• David Gravel)Many sprint car racers count former driver Brad Doty among their personal heroes. The driver was injured in a terrible crash in 1988. Since then, the affable Ohio native has gone on to enjoy a successful broadcasting career as well as being a promoter of the race that bears his name. All throughout the pit area, any driver will tell you that a win in the "Doty" is to be counted among the highlights of a career. CJB Motorsports driver David Gravel can now add that accomplishment to his career. Press Releases7/18

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• Austen Wheatley)The Western Sprint Tour Speedweek was a week of what could have been for Austen Wheatley, whose night was hampered by a parts problem during three of four nights. The best night for Wheatley, who was driving for Doug Rutz, was the first night he joined the Speedweek last Wednesday at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. Wheatley qualified 13th quickest and advanced a position to finish second in a heat race. That missed a spot in the dash by only one position and lined him up seventh in the main event. Press Releases7/18
• Perris Auto Speedway CA)Much to the delight of fans and to the chagrin of USAC/CRA Series drivers, a strong contingent of cars will be coming from Arizona and a top driver from Indiana will be flying in to take on the locals this Saturday night, July 22nd, at the “Southern California Home of Major League Sprint Car Racing,” Perris Auto Speedway. In addition to the stars and cars from the West Coast’s number one sprint car series, The PAS Senior & Young Gun Sprint Cars will also be on the program. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will begin at 7:00. Press Releases7/18
• Silver Dollar Speedway CA)This Friday night, July 21st, the Silver Dollar Speedway will host FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT. Each fan will be admitted into the front grandstand for just $1.00. That is correct, just $1.00 per person! This Friday night’s show will feature winged 360 sprint cars, Earl’s Plumbing Hobby Stocks, Street Stocks, Economy Winged Sprint Cars and non-wing 600’s. On top of the five-division show, the annual demonstration by the Butte County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team will take place during intermission. Press Releases7/18
• NW Speedweek)Speedweek Northwest 2017 would be the twentieth installment in the long and storied history of the summer series. It would feature some of the best 360 Sprint Car drivers in the western United States, and abroad, battling at some of the country’s best facilities. Thirty-two cars would make at least one appearance in the six races representing the American states of Oregon, Washington, and California, the Canadian province of British Columbia, the New Zealand region of Canterbury, and the Australian states of Western Australia and Victoria. Press Releases7/18
• Patriots)Dylan Westbrook may have lost the battle to Steve Poirier but won the war as he was crowned the 2017 Patriot Sprint Tour Canadian Champion at the Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday Night. Rain was in the area so the Patriot A-Main got pushed ahead of all the other divisions to ensure a PST Canadian Champion would be crowned that night. Two points separated Westbrook and Jared Zimbardi with the championship being awarded to the highest finisher after the 30 lap A Main. Race Results 7/18
• Placerville Speedway CA)An exciting and action-packed month will come to a close at Placerville Speedway this Saturday night when the 11th Red Hawk Casino point race of the season is presented at the quarter-mile. This Saturday July 22 marks the fifth overall event in what has been a busy month of racing. Divisions set to tackle the El Dorado County Fairgrounds bullring include the Thompson’s Auto Group Winged 360 Sprint Cars, Ltd. Late Models, Pure Stocks, Wingless Spec Sprints and Vintage Hard Tops. Press Releases7/18
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)Selinsgrove Speedway swings back into action at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, July 22, with a four division show featuring the 360 sprint cars, super late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners on Sunbury Eagles Club Night. Track gates will open at 5 p.m. Both the 360 sprint cars and super late models will compete in 25-lap main events paying $2,000 to win. Central PA. 7/18
• Johnny Herrera)Johnny Herrera scored a second-place finish on Saturday night after overcoming mechanical problems the previous evening at Black Hills Speedway during a Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour doubleheader. Herrera's weekend at the Rushmore Rumble appeared to be off to a solid start on Friday evening when he raced from sixth to third place in his heat race before his engine began to sour. Press Releases7/18
• Zac Taylor)Zac Taylor was on a mission last Saturday at I-76 Speedway, where he dominated to score his fourth win of the season. Taylor won his heat race after starting fourth to open the night. He then led every lap and at times had over half a track lead in his family-owned 305ci sprint car during the A Main. Press Releases7/18
• USAC)Each generation provides a group of racers who stand out amongst the crowd in regards to their prowess on certain types of surfaces, distances and the types of car. In the decade of the 2010s, a trio of drivers have maintained a stranglehold of Brownsburg, Indiana's Lucas Oil Raceway each time the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series presented by TRAXXAS has made the trip to the .686-mile paved oval west of Indy where they head to this Thursday night, July 20 for the "Rich Vogler/USAC Hall of Fame Classic." USAC 7/18
• Sammy Swindell)A mechanical problem hampered last week for Sammy Swindell, who entered the busy week in Ohio with high expectations before he ended it by taking advantage of a unique opportunity. Swindell and car owner A.G. Rains made their 410ci winged sprint car season debut on Tuesday during the Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park in Attica with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Press Releases7/18
• Jack Dover)Jack Dover is recovering well following a wild ride last Saturday at Eagle Raceway. Dover, who was driving for Chris Roseland during the 305ci winged sprint car event, charged from ninth to third place during a heat race at the high-banked oval. That lined him up on the outside of the sixth row for the main event. Press Releases7/18
• Joe Trenca)Joe Trenca has a pair of World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series events on the horizon. The Mucci Motorsports competitor will compete with the 'Greatest Show on Dirt' this Sunday at Ransomville Speedway in Ransomville, N.Y., for The Big "R" Outlaw Shootout and next Tuesday at Ohsweken Speedway in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada, for the Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown. Press Releases7/18
• Zane Hendricks)Zane Hendricks had a rocket of a race car throughout the first half of the main event during both nights of last weekend's POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets Series doubleheader at Valley Speedway. "We had a lot of speed, but we didn't get the end results that we wanted," he said. Press Releases7/18
• Trey Starks)Trey Starks has a lot of confidence entering the Summer Nationals this Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Starks and the Gobrecht Motorsports team scored a Pennsylvania Speedweek victory during the most recent visit to the half-mile oval in Mechanicsburg, Pa., after posting a pair of sixth-place results at the track earlier this season. Press Releases7/18
• Dominic Scelzi)Dominic Scelzi is pleased with the speed his family owned, Roth Motorsports supported team showcased throughout a pair of premier World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series events in Ohio last week. "I'm happy with our speed," he said. "At the end of the day we did a good job." Press Releases7/18
• Henry Van Dam)Henry Van Dam picked up his second straight top-five finish and his best result of the season last Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway during the final night of the Western Sprint Tour Speedweek. "Overall we did fairly well," he said. "I felt like we had a fast car. We went out late to qualify and the track had slowed down, but we felt good about our qualifying lap." Press Releases7/18
• Robbie Price)Climbing aboard the potent BDS Motorsports No. 1 to take on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, SD over the weekend, Robbie Price would fare well as he earned two Top-10 finishes. Press Releases7/18
• Mark Burch Motorsports)Danny Lasoski guided Mark Burch Motorsports to a podium finish last Saturday at Knoxville Raceway as the team prepares for a run at the 360 Knoxville Nationals title next month. Press Releases7/18
• KSE Racing Products)With the ‘Month of Money’ off and running, KSE Racing Products are helping drivers cash in, as Donny Schatz led a KSE Racing Products sweep during King’s Royal Weekend. The highly renowned event got off to a wet start on Thursday night as rain delayed to start to the Joker’s Wild preliminary night. Kerry Madsen flexed his muscle in the feature event as he simply dominated en route to the win. Friday night would see Christopher Bell flex his muscle in the Tony Stewart Racing No. 14 entry, and on Saturday night Schatz was crowned King with the help of KSE Racing Products. Press Releases7/18
• NCRA)Fresh off two nights of racing action which is the Hutchinson Grand Nationals, the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products sprint car division will be back in action this coming Saturday night at 81 Speedway in Park City. This time the series will be joined by the American Bank of Oklahoma American Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products Red River Region for the “NCRA/ASCS Shootout.” Press Releases7/18
• Seth Bergman)Seth Bergman recorded a pair of top 10s, including a podium finish, last weekend during a Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour doubleheader at Black Hills Speedway. Bergman kicked off the Rushmore Rumble on Friday by advancing from fourth to third place in a heat race. That earned enough points to lock into the feature redraw, in which Bergman pulled the No. 2 to start the main event on the outside of the front row. Press Releases7/18
• Jackson Motorplex MN)Jackson Motorplex officials are excited to announce that the half-mile oval will host an all sprint car show on Friday, July 28, during the Jackson County Fair presented by ABDO, Eick & Meyers. The 410 Outlaw Sprints Fueled by Casey's General Store will pay $10,000 to the winner with the 24-car A Main paying $700 to start. Heartland Steel RaceSaver 305 Sprints and Heartland Racing Association non-wing sprints presented by HitchDoc, which will pay out $500 to win, will also be on the program. Press Releases7/18
• Derek Hagar)Derek Hagar swept the night last Saturday at Crowley's Ridge Raceway, where he captured a heat race before claiming his fifth main event of the season. "We had a good draw that put us in a good position for the heat race and that set up our night," he said. Press Releases7/18
• Giovanni Scelzi)Giovanni Scelzi recorded his career-best result at Ocean Speedway last Saturday to regain the lead in the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series championship standings with only four races remaining this season. Scelzi and the Roth Motorsports team opened the night by qualifying seventh quickest at the bullring. Scelzi then maneuvered from third to win a heat race and earn a spot in the dash. He finished where he started - sixth - in the dash to start the main event on the outside of the third row. Press Releases7/18
• Jason Sides)Jason Sides is eager to look ahead following a frustrating week in Ohio. "I don't know the last time we missed three races in a row," he said. "We just sucked. I can't explain it any more than that." Press Releases7/18
• Cody Lamar)Getting up to Placerville Speedway for a weekly point show on Saturday night, Cody Lamar would pick up a Top-10 as he finished in the seventh spot on the ¼ mile bullring. “It was a pretty good night overall,” Cody Lamar said. “We had good speed all night long, and we were able to move forward in the feature.” Press Releases7/18
• Kerry Madsen)Big Game Motorsports driver Kerry Madsen opened the famed Kings Royal tripleheader by earning his third consecutive World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series feature victory last Thursday at Eldora Speedway. It marked the first time he has accomplished that feat and the sixth triumph of the season for the Muddy sponsored team. Press Releases7/18
• Jarrett Soares)Competing with both the Civil War Series presented by Flowmaster as well as the King of the West Fujitsu Racing Series over the weekend in Watsonville, CA, Jarrett Soares was happy with how both nights of racing went. “Friday night was really good for us because we got our 360ci engine running right again, and on Saturday night we ran well, and I really got comfortable maneuvering around a slick track in our heat, but we just missed the dash by one spot and started deep.” Press Releases7/18
• Lucas Ashe)July has been a busy month out West. Lucas Ashe has been one of the many who has taken advantage of the opportunity to race so much, including a successful stint during Speedweek Northwest. “It has been really nice to race so much as of late,” Lucas Ashe said. “It is really helping me out to get so much seat time, and I think that is spilling out into our results.” Press Releases7/18
• Eldora Speedway OH)The charismatic, colorful and prolific Jack Hewitt, a 43-time winner across six different divisions at Eldora Speedway, has been named Grand Marshal for Wednesday’s fifth annual Eldora Dirt Derby NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race. Hewitt, a native of nearby Troy, Ohio, has earned feature victories in every major division in which he has competed at Eldora, including USAC midgets, sprint cars and Silver Crown cars; Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions sprint cars; and UMP late models and modifieds. Press Releases7/18
• Hartford MI/SLS Promotions)The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will hit the track at Hartford Speedway on Friday, July 28 for the “Battle of Michigan.” The event will mark the series eighth overall visit to the track and first since the surface was re-configured during this past off-season to a three-eighths-mile. It will also be the series only visit of the year to the state of Michigan. Press Releases7/18
• Justyn Cox)Justyn Cox traveled to the Pacific Northwest last week for Speedweek, and came home with the hardware as he was crowned the 2017 Speedweek Northwest Champion following the six-day, six-race schedule. “It was a busy week, but we really had some fun with it,” Justyn Cox said. “We were able to get another Speedweek win, and ran well enough to earn the Speedweek Championship which is really special considering all of the past champions.” Press Releases7/18
• Tanner Carrick)Looking to shaking a string of recent bad luck, Tanner Carrick had an up and down weekend at Valley Speedway with the Keith Kunz Motorsports team that saw him finish 13th on Friday night before mechanical issues knocked him out of the show while running inside the Top-10 on Saturday. Press Releases7/18

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• Ian Madsen)Taking part in as many ‘Month of Money’ events as they can with the World of Outlaws, Ian Madsen and the KCP Racing team re geared up to follow the World of Outlaws to Lernerville Speedway tonight following a successful Kings Royal Weekend. Press Releases7/18
• OCRS)After last weekends doubleheader gave way to soggy grounds and coupled with the scheduled break prior to the weekend, the teams of the Ameri-Flex / OCRS sprint car series are anxious to get back to slinging dirt. The venue this Saturday night will be the 4/10-mile oval of the Oklahoma Sports Park on the outskirts of the city of Ada.OCRS  7/18
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• Max Stambaugh)After entering Eldora Speedway’s famed Kings Royal for the first time in his career, highlighting the weekend with a B-main start on the final night of competition, “Mad Max” Stambaugh will now return to Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions commitments and join “America’s Series” for the second annual I-79 Summer Shootout on July 21-23; three events in three days at three different facilities. Press Releases7/18
• TJ Michael)The “Texas Traveler” T.J. Michael will be more than busy during his upcoming weekend of competition, as the Plano, Texas, native prepares for three straight days of Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions action in Western Pennsylvania; a mini-schedule consisting of three events at three different facilities. Press Releases7/18
• Ryan Smith)After an impressive performance during the 34 Annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on July 15, advancing 19 positions to score a top-five finish for Coldren Motorsports after having to race through the evening’s Last Chance Showdown, the “Kunkletown Kid” Ryan Smith will now revert his attention back to Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions competition and prepare for the second ever I-79 Summer Shootout through Western Pennsylvania. Press Releases7/18
• Kevin Thomas Jr)After being robbed of his second victory of the week at Tri-State Speedway, Kevin Thomas Jr. raced his way to a 5th place finish at Lincoln Park Speedway, where he claimed the 2017 USAC Indiana Sprint Week Championship over race winner Robert Ballou. Press Releases7/18
• Mitchell Faccinto)Mitchell Faccinto ended up 2nd in overall points after a successful week with the ASCS Northwest Region series during Oregon Speedweek. The week didn’t come without struggles, however. Faccinto was looking at all top five finishes for the week before part failures. A DNF at Willamette Speedway, due to a muffle coming off while running third, and a rear-end coming apart while running second during the first night at Cottage Grove Speedway, would get Faccinto down. In six night’s consecutive nights of racing, Faccinto posted three podium finishes, alongside a top five. Press Releases7/18
• Michael Faccinto)The eldest of Faccintos, Michael, put the MF Motorsports/ CP-Carrillo/SPIKE/Chevy in victory lane Saturday evening at Petaluma Speedway during USAC/BCRA midget action. Faccinto started 7th on a heavy racetrack, and was able to get a solid run early in the race, to find himself in the top 3 with 21 laps remaining. The Hanford, California native, made quick moves on the second-place car taking over the spot and setting his sights on the leader. Faccinto passed Ronnie Gardner for the lead, after Gardner’s machine biked up, allowing Faccinto to take over the top spot. Press Releases7/18
• Carson Macedo)Lemoore, California native, Carson Macedo, scored two victories over the weekend with the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA), posting consecutive wins at Lincoln Speedway and Fairbury American Legion Speedway (F.A.L.S.) Press Releases7/18
• Spencer Bayston)Spencer Bayston, of Lebanon, Indiana, scores a win on the final night of the Inaugural “Thunder in the Valley” event with the POWRi midgets. Bayston was the high point guy and led every lap from the fall of the green flag to the waving of the checkers. Press Releases7/18
• Team Turner)Team Turner Racing had a busy weekend of 360 Sprint Car racing with all three cars in action and two drivers pulling off a tripleheader. At the end of the weekend, the team accomplished four top-10 finishes in seven collective starts. Jamie, Ryan and Cory were all in action at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday, July 14 for weekly Friday Night Excitement. After a Heat Race win, Cory turned in a ninth-place finish in the Feature aboard his KT Tobacco/Silo Wireless No.97. Press Releases7/18

3:30am

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• Photos)More weekend photos are in SpeedShotz 7/18
• Column)Danny Burton has Putnamville Indiana Sprint Week notes Hoosier Race Report 7/18
• Column)Pat & Bruce Eckel have the end of Indiana Sprint Week A Typical Weekend7/18
• USCS)Two-time USCS National Champion, Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee battled to her ninth United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters win of the 2017 season on Friday night at Travelers Rest Speedway in front of a large crowd that bought tickets in the rain and then endured a rain delay to see the series drivers compete. Turpen, who started third, charged under K&N Filters Pole Position starter and 2015 USCS Rookie of the Year, Nick Snyder from Marco Island, Florida as the duo entered turn three on the seventh lap to take the lead and never looked back on her way to the www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane.USCS 7/18
• NW Speedweek)Cottage Grove Speedway would host the sixth and final leg of Speedweek Northwest 2017 on Saturday, July 15th. It was the second straight night that the series raced at the historic ¼-mile clay oval. Twenty-four teams were in attendance with teams representing the American states of Oregon, Washington, and California, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia, the New Zealand region of Canterbury, and the Australian state of Western Australia. Race Results 7/18
• St Francois County Raceway MO)The third class for the night was the Sprint Car class. There were 14 cars in attendance divided into two heat races. The first heat race had seven cars take the green flag with Joey Montgomery taking the win in the 35 car with Dustin Adams finishing in second place in the 3 car. Third place went to the 16g car with Scottie Gretzmacher behind the wheel.Race Results 7/18

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• Flip It For Good)Three-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart is issuing a challenge to fans attending the 57th Annual 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store at Knoxville Raceway (Iowa). Last July, Stewart and 561 fans attending the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway set a new Guinness World Record for the “Largest game of heads or tails”. The competition was a fundraiser for Stewart’s named foundation that provides grants benefitting children, animals and drivers. Press Releases7/18
• Adam Kekich)7/17/2017 – The teams visit to Sharon Speedway for the Lou Blaney Memorial was bittersweet. “It’s always great to come back to where I got started in Sprint Cars” Adam commented, “but we missed the set-up by a country mile tonight”. The 5K machine missed the transfer to the feature event by one spot, and struggled to move forward in the B Main. “With 45 cars in the pits tonight, we knew it was going to be a challenge to make the show” team owner Mike Kekich said, “this was just not our night”. Next up the team paid a visit to the famed Lernerville Speedway to prepare for the upcoming visit from the World Of Outlaws for the Don Martine Memorial Silver Cup. After laying down the quickest circuit in hot laps, Adam lined the McCandless Ford machine up to start his heat race from the 4th spot and finished in 3rd. Feature time came with the 5K starting in the 8th spot, and when the checkers flew Adam crossed the finish line in 5th. “Much better tonight” Adam said as he climbed from the car. “I am looking forward to taking on the big teams later this week”.7/18

Monday  July 17th 2017

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance? Phyllis Diller

9:50pm

RESULTS...

• CRSA)It was three weeks since the Super Gen Products/Champion Power Equipment CRSA Sprint Tour were last able to compete. The rainy 2017 Summer has truly made its appearance on the original racing schedule for the tour. It forced consecutive cancellations of races at Afton Motorsports Park, Fonda Speedway, and Penn Can Speedway. Finally, one of the nation's finest tours of 305 sprint car competitors were finally able to roll back into motion at Orange County Fair Speedway Saturday evening. Race Results 7/17
• Oswego Speedway NY)Dave Shullick Jr. continued his dominance of Oswego Speedway's Novelis Supermodified division this past Saturday night after taking advantage of misfortune for race leaders Dan Connors Jr. and Brandon Bellinger to pick up his fourth victory of the season with the Nicotra Racing No. 2 machine. Race Results 7/17
• Tri-State Speedway IN)Another chapter of Indiana Sprint Week played out in front of the large exuberant crowd in attendance at Tri-State Speedway Saturday night. The 30 lap USAC Sprint Car feature provided an exciting climax to the sprint car portion of the program. A rousing cheer greeted Kyle Cummins in victory lane. Race Results 7/17
• Park Jefferson Speedway SD)On a race day with temperatures touching 98 and a heat index of 101, the racing action was just as hot as the final 2 features had last lap passes to end an exciting night of racing courtesy of Motor Parts Central and Central Automotive Machine.Race Results 7/17
• IRA)22 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) sprint car teams signed in to compete in the Norm Nelson Classic at the Historic Angell Park Speedway. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Bill Balog take quick time over Jeremy Schultz and Paul Nienhiser. Scotty Thiel and and Scotty Neitzel rounded out the top 5. IRA 7/17
• BMP Speedway MT)J.J. Hickle, Mike McCord, Cory Craver and Dennis Hurd each captured a feature victory last Saturday at BMP Speedway. Hickle and McCord were first-time winners at the 3/8-mile dirt oval this season while Craver produced his track-best fifth triumph and Hurd registered his second straight trip to Victory Lane. Race Results 7/17

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• Donny Schatz)Tony Stewart couldn’t have written a better script than what played out over the weekend in the 34th annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. One of the crown jewels in Sprint car racing was won by Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz in front of a record crowd at the facility in which Stewart takes incredible pride. Press Releases7/17
• Brent Marks)An Ohio swing consisting of four separate programs over a five-day span ended well for World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year contender Brent Marks. Marks, pilot of the Brent Marks Racing/M&M Painting & Construction/BAPS Auto Paint & Supply/Eagle Hotel/No. 19, earned a top-ten finish, as well as two KSE Hard Charger Awards during his travels throughout The Buckeye State, highlighting the entire weekend by qualifying for the $50,000-to-win, Kings Royal A-main on Saturday evening at Eldora Speedway. Press Releases7/17
• Brock Zearfoss)Continuing a trend of recent successes in Central Pennsylvania, one of which an eighth place performance at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, July 15, the “Jonestown Jet” Brock Zearfoss ended his recent stretch of competition with a podium run on Sunday evening, July 16, at Susquehanna Speedway, crossing under the final checkers third in the BAPS Night running order. The York County oval has been kind to Zearfoss in 2017, also finishing fourth on Sunday, April 9. Press Releases7/17
• Danny Dietrich)In hopes of earning all four major prizes up for grabs during the next six days, “Double-D” Danny Dietrich will join the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions during the next segment of his 2017 campaign, all launching Tuesday evening, July 18, during the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania. Press Releases7/17
• Jackson Motorplex MN)Jackson Motorplex welcomes the return of the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360ci winged sprint cars for a $1,500-to-win main event to this Friday's program, which also features tight races in the championship standings during GDF Bobcat/Ag Builders Night. Press Releases7/17
• Tony Gualda)Tony Gualda continues to get stronger at Placerville Speedway. One week removed from a podium finish, the Hollister, CA driver was in action and finished in the sixth position after getting turned on the second lap and going to the back of the pack. “It was a really good night for us,” Tony Gualda said. “It’s nice to continue to gain confidence and run up front in this C&M Motorsports no. 7c car.” Press Releases7/17
• Willie Croft)Making the tow to Ocean Speedway over the weekend for the 7th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic, Willie Croft would take a bad tumble during the Dash on Friday night that essentially ended his night before finishing 13th on Friday night. “It was a tough weekend,” Willie Croft said. “We flipped pretty good in the Dash on Friday night and that essentially ended our night, and then Saturday night we just really couldn’t get going anywhere after the track work.” Press Releases7/17
• Greg DeCaires)Continuing to vie for the Placerville Speedway championship, Greg DeCaires and the Dale Miller Motorsports team picked up a fifth place finish at the ¼ mile for the second consecutive weekend. Timing the Dale Miller Plumbing and Septic/Thompson’s Auto Center/RedHawk Casino backed No. 4SA machine in fifth fastest in time trials on a slick Placerville Speedway surface, DeCaires would line up in the second row of his heat race. Press Releases7/17
• Cory Eliason)Cory Eliason and Antaya Motorsports continued to have great speed at Ocean Speedway. Taking part in the 7th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic, Eliason would rebound from a Dash tumble to finish fifth on Friday night with the Civil War Series, before contact while racing for the lead on Saturday night would end his night early. Press Releases7/17
• DJ Netto)After some time to regroup after a busy Fourth of July race weekend, DJ Netto and the Tri-C Motorsports team had a nice weekend in Watsonville, CA that saw the team finish third on Friday night with the Civil War Series and fifth on Saturday night with the King of the West Series during the 7th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic.Press Releases7/17
• Sean Watts)Sean Watts and the WRS team returned to action on Saturday night in Watsonville, CA as they took part in the 7th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic in Watsonville, CA. “We got off to an okay start in time trials, and I was out to an early lead in the heat race, but I lost the handle and our night kind of followed suit,” Sean Watts said. Press Releases7/17
• Scotty Thiel)The Scott Thiel Motorsports team headed out Saturday morning for a double header weekend with the IRA sprint car series. First stop was at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, IL and then following up with a trip to Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, WI. After a strong run Saturday that lead Thiel to a podium finish, it would set the mood to drive to Victory Lane on Sunday at Sun Prairie! Press Releases7/17
• Tim Kaeding)Tim Kaeding at the Lunstra Motorsports team had a great weekend that saw the team win their second consecutive race at Jackson Motorplex before finishing fourth at Knoxville Raceway with the 410 and sixth with the 360. “It was great to get this Lunstra Motorsports team back in victory lane,” Tim Kaeding said. “We got a chance to get back to Knoxville on Saturday and still have some work to do, so we will get back there this weekend and keep at it.” Press Releases7/17
• Steven Tiner)Taking part in four Speedweek Northwest Events and a weekly Placerville Speedway show, Steven Tiner had a very successful week that saw him pocket his second win of the season and land on the podium three additional times. “It was a pretty good week for our team,” Steven Tiner said. “We got the chance to head up to Oregon and run a few races and have some success, and we made a long trip home worth it by grabbing our second win of the season on Saturday.” Press Releases7/17
• Kyle Hirst)Driver Kyle Hirst showed his strength over the weekend participating in the Howard Kaeding Classic at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, California. On Friday evening, Hirst and his Roth team went up against the Civil War 360 Series. Qualifying 5th out of the 28 car field, Hirst finished first in his heat and third in the dash. Hirst went on to win the A-Main Event for his 7th win of the year aboard the Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock machine. Press Releases7/17

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• USAC)Separated by just 23 points entering Sunday night's Indiana Sprint Week presented by Camping World feature at Lincoln Park Speedway, Kevin Thomas, Jr. and Robert Ballou each knew what was on the line. Win the race and the points will take care of themselves is the motto you'll often hear, but as the race wore on, the two ISW title contenders would find themselves on two separate paths: Ballou with a stranglehold up front and Thomas attempting to overcome a tumultuous beginning that, at one point, had him teetering on the edge of squandering the title.USAC 7/17
• URSS)A night earlier, Andy Shouse joked that he needed more laps around the dirt oval at RPM Speedway in Hays since he hadn’t raced there for several years. Apparently, Shouse is a quick learner. On Sunday night, the 305 sprint car driver from Mustang, Okla., walked away with a victory and $2000 in the ninth Wheatshocker Nationals in Hays. He also took home the Custom Pit Boss Smoker Grille presented by Lance Pittman of S&W Supply for being the high point driver of the Wheatshocker weekend. Race Results 7/17
• URSS)Steven Richardson has been so close to winning the Wheatshocker Nationals in the past. He remembers that race all too well from 2015. “About a foot or so,” the Liberal sprint car driver said about finishing second to Zach Blurton in a photo finish. Race Results 7/17
• Double X Speedway MO)Sunday night thunder rolled into Double-X Speedway again on Sunday night and was sponsored by the California Sonic. The action on the track was almost as hot as the temperature in the air. In the winged sprint cars, Jonathan Cornell came home victorious after having mechanical issues in hot laps. Passing early leader Lanny Carpenter just before the 10th circuit was complete it looked as if Cornell was on cruise control in claiming the win. Race Results 7/17

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• Shane Stewart)Larson Marks Racing and Shane Stewart wrapped up the second weekend of the Month of Money this past weekend at Eldora Speedway. The Kings Royal, one of the crown jewel events of the season, was a trying weekend for the LMR team, with a sixth-place effort on the opening night highlighting the outing.Press Releases7/17
• Paul McMahan)After a busy week of racing in Ohio, the busy ‘Month of Money’ cruises on this week as Paul McMahan and Destiny Motorsports are slated for three races in Pennsylvania and one race in New York. “We were just off all week it seemed like,” Paul McMahan. “We had a couple weeks of good finishes coming into a busy stretch and we were hoping it could continue, but it was a struggle at both Attica Raceway Park and Eldora Speedway.” Press Releases7/17
• Salina OK/SLS Promotions)Tickets are now on sale for the Twister Showdown, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, Okla., on Saturday, October 21. Tickets can be purchased online at slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by calling SLS Promotions at 815-344-2023. Press Releases7/17
• Kansas City KS/SLS Promotions)Tickets are now on sale for the FVP Platinum Battery Shootout, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series event at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas on Friday, October 20 and can be purchased online at slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by calling SLS Promotions at 815-344-2023. The event is being run in conjunction with the NASCAR weekend at Kansas Speedway, which is less than 10 miles from Lakeside Speedway. Press Releases7/17
• Triple Crown Championship)As the first “major” of the Shea Concrete Triple Crown Championship Series presented by ASI Racewear prepares to take the green at Oswego Speedway this Saturday, we take an in-depth look at the TCCS players set to take on the $10,000 to win Mr. Novelis Supermodified – worth double TCCS points. Press Releases7/17
• World of Outlaws)When a race fan hears "Knoxville" one thing immediately comes to mind: the 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals, the largest Sprint Car event held annually at Knoxville Raceway in early August, this year from August 9-12. The small town of Knoxville that sits 40 miles southeast of the state capitol of Iowa has a population of just over 7,000 people. When the the racing industry descends on this small town, the population nearly triples for what is referred to as the "Super Bowl" of 410 Sprint Car racing at Knoxville Raceway. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/17
• World of Outlaws)Drivers and teams look to be the strongest of them all when the Ironman 55 is all said and done. A two-night event on Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Missouri is the longest Feature event of the year on the 90-plus events schedule for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series. DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/17

Sunday  July 16th 2017

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be. Jimmy Johnson

11:50pm

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• Column)Danny Burton has more Indiana Sprint Week notes Hoosier Race Report7/16
• The Champion Racing Oil/BR Motorsports Central PA Sprint Cars were rained out at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night. Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway Glenndon Forsythe won his first series race of the 2017 season. At Port Royal Speedway it was Lance Dewease running his season win total up to eight with the feature win.  Sunday at Susquehanna Speedway Lucas Wolfe ran his win total to eight too with a last lap pass of race leader Greg Hodnett.Champion Racing Oil/BR Motorsports Central PA Sprints7/16
• Photos)Loads of weekend photos are in SpeedShotz 7/16
• POWRi)Spencer Bayston of Lebanon, Indiana outlasted teammate Tanner Thorson to capture his sixth career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory in the second night of the Inaugural Thunder in the Valley. Thorson took the opening night of the Inaugural Thunder in the Valley and vied for the $1000 bonus paid to the driver who swept the weekend in their respective division, but came up one spot short. The Thunder in the Valley featured the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League and the POWRi Lucas Allstar Midget League, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Race Results 7/16
• Mansfield Raceway OH)The top three finishers in Sundays' Triple Crown 410 Sprint feature were: 1st Rico Abreu, 2nd: Spencer Bayston; 3rd: Carson Macedo. Shane Cottle captured the Triple Crown traditional sprint feature 7/16
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2017 - Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park Speedway - "Indiana Sprint Week" - Presented by Camping World FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Brady Short, 5. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 6. Justin Grant, 7. Josh Hodges, 8. Aaron Farney, 9. Chris Windom, 10. Dave Darland USAC 7/16
• NOSA)Fargo ND...1 #9N Wade Nygaard 2 #21K Thomas Kennedy 3 #2A Austin Pierce 4 #0 Nick Omdahl 5 #17B Ryan Bickett 6 #8 Casey Mack 7 #8H Jade Hastings 8 #31 Shane Roemeling 9 #82 Eric Lutz 10 #99 Jordan Graham 11 #13 Ty Hanten 12 #20A Jordan Adams 13 #6N Greg Nikitenko 14 #4J Lee Grosz 15 #6 Zach Wilde 16 #4M Cale Mack 17 #91M Jackson Moffett 18 #3M Marcus Rothenbacher 19 #14N H.J. Norman 20 #6A Terry Arneson 21 #27X Trevor Mell 22 #55 sam miller 23 #26 Blake Egeland 24 #14 Tom Egeland 25 #47 Sabrina Hockenson 7/16
• IRA)Sun Prairie WI...1 #64 Scotty Thiel 2 #5J Jeremy Schultz 3 #17B Bill Balog 4 #2W Scotty Neitzel 5 #9 Paul Neinheiser 6 #02 Mike Reinke 7 #99 Kyle Marten 8 #26 Tayler Malsam 9 #1M Phillip Mock 10 #85M Steve Meyer 11 #65 Jordan Goldesberry 12 #23 Russel Borland 13 #14AJ Wayne Modjeski 14 #7 Scott Uttech 15 #73 Ben Schmidt 16 #4K Kris Spitz 17 #0 Johnny Fahl 18 #12 Mike Decker 19 #19 Todd Daun 20 #68 Dave Uttech 21 #41 Dennis Spitz 22 #18 Keith Fellner 7/16
• Susquehanna Speedway PA)Lucas Wolfe used a last lap, turn two pass to capture the win in Sunday night’s 30-lap BAPS Auto Paints and Supplies 410 Sprint Series feature at Susquehanna Speedway. Kenny Edkin continued his dream season in the Credit Connection Auto Sales Super Sportsman as he turned an impressive run into his series leading fourth feature win of the season. Central PA. 7/16
• Badger)Sun Prairie WI...1 #3 Robbie Ray 2 #1 Scott Hatton 3 #4 Brad Greenup 4 #53 Aaron Schuck 5 #2 Zach Boden 6 #71 Kyle Koch 7 #9S Mike Stroik 8 #9 Randy Reed 9 #04 Don Bigelow 10 #6 Laura Smith 11 #97 Tim Vargo 12 #43 Buddy Luebke 13 #9K Kevin Olson 14 #71G Jake Goeglein 15 #17K Caitlin Krieske 16 #66 Jim Fuerst 17 #21K Kurt Mayhew 18 #12D Bryce Dunn 7/16
• URSS)Hays KS...1 #27 Andy Shouse 2 #2j Zach Blurton 3 #33 Koby Walters 4 #50 Jed Werner 5 #9x Jake Bubak 6 #83 Austin McLean 7 #49x Luke Cranston 8 #911 Ty Williams 9 #20b Nate Berry 10 #0 Steven Richardson 11 #11 Keefe Hemel 12 #6 Kaden Taylor 13 #28 Tracey Hill 14 #17 Todd Plemons 15 #7x Brandon Anderson 16 #8j Brandy Jones 17 #9d Lance Davis 18 #45 Lonnie Cox 19 #97 Brian Herbert 20 #21x Taylor Velasquez 7/16

10:30pm

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• UMSS/TSCS)The weather was hot, but so was the racing action in the UMSS Traditional Sprint Car Series as they made their second and final appearance of the season at the Rice Lake Speedway on Saturday evening July 15 on Kids Night at the track. An autograph session was held prior to the races, and following another very good 25 lap feature race for the Traditional sprints, those kids who got Mike Mueller's autograph early in the evening ended up getting the feature winner's signature. Mueller picked up his first win of the season and seventh career TSCS victory, as he visited Rock Auto Victory Lane with a borrowed engine in his familiar #87 non-winged sprint car. Race Results 7/16
• Patriots)Steve Poirier Wins at Cornwall Motor Speedway but Dylan Westbrook Wins The 2017 PST Canada Championship PST Quick Results A Main: STEVE POIRIER (2), 2) 47x- Dylan Westbrook 3) 35- Jared Zimbardi 4) 10-Mitch Brown 5) 97- Cory Turner 6) 20fm- Jordan Poirier 7) 51L- Lee Ladouceur 8) 42w- Rick Wilson 9) 15aw- April Wilson 10) 123- Yan Bilodeau 11) 11j- Chris Jones 12) 98- Paul Pekkonen 13) 51N- Guillaume Neiderer 14) 1-10- Jake Brown 15) 91- Ryan Turner Heat 1: 1) 10- Mitch Brown 2) 123- Yan Bilodeau 3) 47x- Dylan Westbrook 4) 42w- Rick Wilson 5) 91- Ryan Turner 6) 1-10- Jake Brown 7) 98- Paul Pekkonen 8) 51N0 Guillaume Neiderer Heat 2: 1) 28fm- Steve Poirier 2) 35- Jared Zimbardi 3) 97- Cory Turner 4) 51L- Lee Ladouceur 5) 20fm- Jordan Poirier 6) 11j- Chris Jones 7) 15- April Wilson PST Canadian Champion: 47x- Dylan Westbrook 7/16
• 34 Raceway IA)Saturday was Sonny's Market night at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, as it was another weekly points event. On this night three drivers won their first feature of the season at the track, one of them earned their first career. Then four others picked up their multiple wins of the season at the track. Race Results 7/16
• SOD)Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP 2001 champion Steve Irwin drove his familiar Flying Zero, Krieger Engine powered Maxim to the win in the exciting MAHLE/Clevite Beyond Limits Challenge Race #3 at Crystal Motor Speedway last night. Race Results 7/16
• Placerville Speedway CA)Taking full advantage of a late caution Visalia’s Steven Tiner slid under race long leader Sean Becker during the double-file restart and went on to grab his second Thompson’s Auto Group Winged 360 Sprint Car win of 2017 on Saturday night. Race Results 7/16
• USAC)Dillon Morley of Moline, Ill. led the final six laps of Saturday night's 20-lap USAC Speed2 IMRA Midget race at Spoon River Speedway. Andy Baugh finished second ahead of Adam Taylor, Jeremy Hull and Shane Morgan. Mitchell Davis led the first 14 laps. USAC 7/16
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)A total of 125 cars filled the pit area on Friday for Emergency Services and Sponsor Night presented by Strickland’s GMC at Ohsweken Speedway. When the final checkered flag waved, it was Dylan Westbrook, Mack DeMan, Ryan Dinning, Brandon Janssens, and Cody Sommerville who stood in the Lucas Oil Victory Lane. KOOL KIDZ/CORR-PAK 360 SPRINT CARS Dylan Westbrook continued his dominance Friday, picking up his fifth consecutive win in the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car division. Race Results 7/16
• IRA/MOWA)39 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA)/Neal Tire Midwest Open Wheel Association(MOWA) teams signed in for action at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway for the first sprint car race at the facility in 15 years. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo set quick time over Paul Nienhiser and Blake Nimee. Scotty Thiel would qualify in 4th and Brad Loyet was 5th. IRA 7/16
• VSS)Virginia Sprint Series Race #14 Saturday July 15th 2017 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series Eastside Speedway Waynesboro, Va. Troy Severin Second No More Troy Severin was fast Friday in Carolina and came through the field for another second place finish but that was just a preview of Saturday were he would lead the way for his first win ever. Heats kicked off the night where Mike Keeton and Troy Severin lead the way before it was off to the feature where they paced the field to green. Troy was out first and keeping Keeton at bay as Daren Bolac and Mike Lerass were chasing them down. Leraas got by Bolac and went after Keeton but went in to turn one too hot and spun ending his chance for the night. With the green out again Severin stayed smooth and fast on the bottom as he had been and streaked under the waving checkered flag for win number one with Keeton close behind. At the stripe it was Troy Severin, Mike Keeton, Tom Humphries, Daren Bolac, Tony Harris, Anthony Linkenhoker, Bill Rice, Chris Ware, Neil Sandridge, Charlie Ware, French Grimes jr., Mike Leraas and Brian Lawson. The Virginia Sprint Series takes off next weekend before heading to Shenandoah Speedway on Saturday July 29th. Thank you for your support Jim Haines Virginia Sprint Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series 7/16
• VSS)Virginia Sprint Series Race#13 Friday July 14th 2017 Dixieland Speedway Elizabeth City, NC. IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series Tony Harris Faster Than lightning The second Fast Friday race of the year down by the shore is always a weather wonder and with the hot and humid days it brings on the threat of storms. Lightning was all around but Tony Harris showed he was quicker than the lighting and beat the storms to the checkered flag for his third win of the year. As the drivers meeting was taking place the sky’s looked mean with lighting everywhere and not far off so the track promoter agreed to scrap heat races. He also flipped his race line up to get the traveling sprinters to the feature first and with that Charlie Ware and Daren Bolac paced the field with the electric filed air flashing all around. Bolac shot to the lead and was trying to hide as he was being chased by Anthony Linkenhoker, Tony Harris. Bolac was on it but car problems started to creep in and at half way with Harris now in second Bolac got together with another car and ended his night. Tony Harris now paced the field with Troy Severin making it to second and Brian Lawson getting by Mike Leraas and Anthony Linkenhoker. Harris continued to lead as Severin was closing in but laps ran out and Tony Harris was a three time winner. At the line it was Tony Harris, Troy Severin, Brian Lawson, Mike Leraas, Anthony Linkenhoker, Chris Ware, Charlie Ware, Bill Rice, Mike Keeton, Daren Bolac and French Grimes jr. This next day it was off to Eastside Speedway for the second race of the weekend on Saturday night. 7/16
• NCRA)It was a weekend to remember in many ways for Danny Jennings as the Norman, Oklahoma driver dominated the two-race weekend, climaxing with the event championship victory as the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products sprint car division tackled the big half-mile fairgrounds oval of the Kansas State Fairgrounds for the 61st running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Hutchinson Grand Nationals presented by Midwest Super Store. Race Results 7/16
• Civil War)Friday night in Watsonville, CA, Kyle Hirst used a lap 14 restart to take the lead from Michael Kofoid during the opening night of the 7th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic presented by Al’s Roofing Supply and went on to score his second consecutive win during the Civil War Series presented by Flowmaster portion of the marquee weekend. Race Results 7/16
• PDTR WI)Plymouth Dirt Track Racing honored those that keep the sport of auto racing alive on Fan Appreciation Night Saturday, July 15 at the Sheboygan County Fair Grounds third-mile clay oval and considering the high level of entertainment on the track, the bulk of the healthy crowd on hand left appreciative of what they saw. Race Results 7/16
• Jersey Rush)The date is quickly closing in. Get ready for the “Rush of the Season” returning to the New Egypt Speedway on Tuesday night, July 25 with a spectacular 410 Sprint and Modified doubleheader. The Jersey Rush VII is again presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings with gates opening at 5 PM and race time set for 7:30 PM. Don’t forget to come early and take part in the pre-race pit party where you can visit the pits, meet the drivers, see the cars prior to the start of the race. Central PA. 7/16

1:30pm

RESULTS...

• ASCS Lucas Oil)Runner-up on Friday night turned to Victory on Saturday night as Aaron Reutzel picked up his fifth win of the season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network on Night 2 of the 2017 Rushmore Rumble at Black Hills Speedway. The win also closed the point's gap between Aaron Reutzel and leader, Sam Hafertepe, Jr to only 38 markers.ASCS 7/16
• USAC)Daniel Anderson led all 20 laps to win Saturday night's USAC Speed2 Western Midget race at the Ventura Raceway. Series overall point leader Jesse Love IV took second ahead of dirt point leader Adam Lemke, Mike Leach Sr. and Tom Paterson. USAC 7/16
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)The ninth annual Jeff’s Auto Body & Recycling Center Driver & Fan Appreciation Night Saturday at Selinsgrove Speedway offered plenty of giveaways for race fans, FREE child and student general admission plus bonus money for the top three finishers in the 360 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners. Central PA. 7/16
• NARC/KWS)Buddy Kofoid secured his first ever King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series feature victory Saturday night, capturing the exciting 30-lap Howard Kaeding Classic at Ocean Speedway. The 15-year old driver pocketed $5,000 for his efforts, a commemorative racing helmet and a permanent spot on the HK Classic perpetual trophy for his nights work. His winning efforts came aboard the potent Dan Simpson/Gary Silva Ranches sprinter and made him the ninth different winner in 12 events this season. KoW/NARC 7/16
• Patriots)Jared Zimbardi took advantage of starting on the pole and led all 25 laps but it was not easy as he had to hold off point leader, Dylan Westbrook who came home second. It was his first Patriot Sprint Tour Canadian series win of 2017, and his fifth overall on the season. Race Results 7/16
• USAC)As soon as the yellow light switched on for the final caution period of the evening, Kyle Cummins devised a plan. It was a plan born out of necessity that Cummins felt served as his best bet to compete for a victory in the closing laps of Saturday night's penultimate Indiana Sprint Week presented by Camping World round at Tri-State Speedway.  USAC 7/16
• World of Outlaws)Donny Schatz turned in a perfect score card and walked away with a $50,000 check after dominating the 34th annual Kings Royal for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series at Eldora Speedway on Saturday night. Schatz set fast time in qualifying and then won his heat from the fifth starting position following the traditional Kings Royal heat race inversion.   Schatz's win in Heat 1 put him sixth on the starting grid. He wasted no time at all jumping forward. He took the lead from polesitter and Kings Royal rookie Cole Duncan on lap 14 and never looked back. Schatz lead was as big as six seconds and he crossed the finish line 3.966 seconds ahead of teammate Christopher Bell.  DIRT/World of Outlaws 7/16

PRESS...

• Port Royal Speedway PA)Advanced reserved seat tickets for the $50,000 to win, 50th annual Tuscarora 50 for sprint cars sanctioned by the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars at Port Royal Speedway on September 9 will go on sale as of August 1, 2017. Advanced reserved seats will be available for the price of $35, regardless of age, (which includes the price of general admission) in the following aluminum grandstand sections and rows: Sections A – G, Rows 6 – 19 Sections H – O, Rows 12 – 16 Central PA. 7/16
• Port Royal Speedway PA)As Port Royal Speedway honors veteran Mike Wagner with the Living Legends Dream Race coming up on Saturday, July 29, so to will some of the key players in his sprint car racing career. Wagner will meet and greet fans behind the grandstand from 5 – 6 pm on the night of the race and several car owners whose seat he was able to grace during his 30-plus year career will join him. Central PA. 7/16
• Williams Grove Speedway PA)Williams Grove Speedway will present the two-day Champion Racing Oil World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Summer Nationals this Friday and Saturday night, July 21 and 22, at 7:30 pm. Lineups both nights will be set using time trials with Friday’s feature going 25-laps in distance, paying $8,000 to win. Central PA. 7/16

2:45am

RESULTS...

• Dodge City Raceway Park KS)In the DCRP Sprint Car feature, Turpin, Oklahoma’s Velasquez gunned into the lead at the outset and led a three-car breakaway along with Tyler Knight and Luke Cranston en route to his first win of the year aboard the Fronk Oil Co./Bearcat Well Service No. 21x Maxim. Race Results 7/16
• Must See Racing)Saturday night, the McCune family completed the task they set out to accomplish two weeks ago in Must See Racing Sprint Car Series competition, finishing one-two in the Buckeye State Shootout at Midvale Speedway. Leading the way was two-time defending series champion Jimmy McCune, who took the lead on lap 11 of the 40-lap main event and never looked back en route to his milestone 20th-career series win. Race Results 7/16
• USAC)LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2017 – Petaluma, California – Petaluma Speedway – “Jack London Hall of Fame Race” – Co-sanctioned with BCRA FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael Faccinto, 2. Frankie Guerrini, 3. Alex Scutte, 4. Shannon McQueen, 5. Danny Carroll, 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Cory Elliott, 8. Maria Cofer, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Floyd AlvisUSAC 7/16
• USAC)Seth Carlson of Brimfield, Mass. led all 20 laps to win Saturday night's 20-lap "double points" USAC Speed2 DMA Midget race at Bear Ridge Speedway. Derek O'Hearn finished second ahead of Joe Krawiec, Adam Whitney and Jeff Horn. USAC 7/16
• Knoxville Raceway IA)410 RESULTS A main, 20 Laps, No Time: 1. Mark Dobmeier (2); 2. Terry McCarl (3); 3. Danny Lasoski (5); 4. Tim Kaeding (12); 5. Dustin Selvage (7); 6. Dakota Hendrickson (17); 7. Matt Juhl (10); 8. Josh Schneiderman (8); 9. Scott Bogucki (19); 10. Tasker Phillips (20) 360 RESULTS A main, 18 Laps, No Time: 1. Clint Garner (3); 2. Jamie Ball (5); 3. Ryan Giles (8); 4. Matt Moro (7); 5. Calvin Landis (1); 6. Tim Kaeding (12); 7. Nate Van Haaften (9); 8. Tyler Groenendyk (2); 9. Jason Martin (16); 10. Chris Martin (13);BillW's Knoxville News7/16
• IRA/MOWA)Fairbury IL...1 #3G Carson Macedo 2 #17B Bill Balog 3 #64 Scotty Thiel 4 #9 Paul Neinheiser 5 #5J Jeremy Schultz 6 #26 Tayler Malsam 7 #79 Blake Nimee 8 #22 Brett Triplett 9 #4KK Kody Kinser 10 #4K Kris Spitz 11 #7 Scott Uttech 12 #10V Matt Vandervere 13 #4 Danny Smith 14 #14AJ Wayne Modjeski 15 #1MM Jim Moughan 16 #79J Jacob Patton 17 #23D Trey Datweiler 18 #52F Logan Faucon 19 #10S Jeremy Standrige 20 #68 Dave Uttech 21 #65 Jordan Goldesberry 22 #05 Brad Loyet 23 #44 AJ Bruns 24 #2W Scotty Neitzel 7/16
• Petaluma Speedway CA)360...1#3f Ronnie Gardner 2 #63 Geoff Ensign 3 #101 Klint Simpson 4 #7h Jake Haulot 5 #9 Bret Barney 6 #11e Cory Elliott 7 #9x Peter Paulson 8 #57 Billy Butler 9 #67 Britton Bock 10 #52 David Lindt 11 #3 Bill Cornwell 7/16
• ASCS Lucas Oil)7/15/2017 at Black Hills Speedway A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, [2]; 2. 45X-Johnny Herrera, [5]; 3. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [6]; 4. 95-Matt Covington, [1]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn, [7]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [3]; 7. 23-Seth Bergman, [4]; 8. 17W-Harli White, [12]; 9. 27DD-David Hoiness, [16]; 10. 1-Robbie Price, [13]; 11. 99-Skylar Gee, [9]; 12. 9A-Clint Anderson, [15]; 13. 24M-Rich Martin, [14]; 14. 11-Mindy McCord, [10]; 15. 3-Mike Pennel, [20]; 16. 4-Adam Speckman, [25]; 17. 7-Mike Sires, [21]; 18. (DNF) 77-Damon McCune, [18]; 19. (DNF) 88-Travis Reber, [19]; 20. (DNF) 14-Ben Holmberg, [17]; 21. (DNF) 41A-Andee Beierle, [24]; 22. (DNF) 8-Randy Dolberg, [22]; 23. (DNF) 75-D.J. Brink, [8]; 24. (DNF) 33-Robert DeHaan, [11]; 25. (DNF) 66-Lany Reber, [23] 7/16
• Ventura Speedway CA)1 #55 Kyle Smith 2 #0K Kenny Perkins 3 #24 Guy Woodward 4 #96 Charlie Butcher 5 #39 Kyle Edwards 6 #15 Rick Hendrix 7 #98 Jeremy Ellertson 8 #2k Max Guilford 9 #93 Reed Broschart 10 #9 Johnny Shelton Jr.7/16
• World of Outlaws)Kings Royal Eldora Speedway OH...1 #15 Donny Schatz 2 #14 Christopher Bell 3 #49 Brad Sweet 4 #12N Cole Duncan 5 #O7 Ryan Smith 6 #81 Lee Jacobs 7 #10H Chad Kemenah 8 #9 Daryn Pittman 9 #11K Kraig Kinser 10 #93 Sheldon Haudenschild 11 #24 Rico Abreu 12 #1S Logan Schuchart 13 #2M Kerry Madsen 14 #18 Ian Madsen 15 #2 Shane Stewart 16 #71 Joey Saldana 17 #5 David Gravel 18 #21 Brian Brown 19 #39 Sammy Swindell 20 #7S Jason Sides 21 #3H James McFadden 22 #17 Jac Haudenschild 23 #19 Brent Marks 24 #49X Tim Shaffer 7/16
• URRSS)Hays KS...1 #27 Andy Shouse 2 #50 Jed Werner 3 #33 Koby Walters 4 #2j Zach Blurton 5 #83 Austin McLean 6 #911 Ty Williams 7 #17 Todd Plemons 8 #9d Lance Davis 9 #12 Darren Berry 10 #97 Brian Herbert 11 #20b Nate Berry 12 #11 Keefe Hemel 13 #75 Nick Nichols 14 #0 Steven Richardson 15 #7 Shane Sundquist 16 #33k Aaron Ploussard 17 #9x Jake Bubak 18 #6 Kaden Taylor 19 #7x Brandon Anderson 7/16
• URC)Fonda NY...1 #1hd Cory Sparks 2 #5g Curt Michael 3 #00 Danny Varin 4 #90 Matt Tanner 5 #00v Bobby Varin 6 #99 Mike Kiser 7 #89 Robbie Stillwaggon 8 #9 Josh Pieniazek 9 #56 Chris Coyle 10 #10 Joe Kata 11 #30 Scott Goodrich 12 #706 Mark Sasso 7/16
• USAC)Indiana Sprint Week Haubstadt IN...1 #3R Kyle Cummins 2 #9K Kevin Thomas Jr. 3 #23C Tyler Courtney 4 #11 Justin Grant 5 #5B Thomas Meseraull 6 #12 Robert Ballou 7 #18 Jarett Andretti 8 #69 Chad Boespflug 9 #17GP Ryan Bernal 10 #21 Carson Short 11 #5 Chris Windom 12 #30 CJ Leary 13 #11P Brady Short 14 #91R Brody Roa 15 #32 Chase Stockon 16 #81 Jon Stanbrough 17 #23 Brian Karraker 18 #74X Josh Hodges 19 #15F Aaron Farney 20 #4B Donny Brackett 21 #71P Dave Darland 22 #3 Dakota Jackson 23 #61M Stephen Schnapf USAC 7/16
• East Bay Raceway Park FL)Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Sprints (15-lap feature) 1. 23d Dylan Colding 2. 21 Justin Webster 3. 9 Billy Boyd, Jr. 4. 12b Bryan Eckley 5. 22 Johnny Gilbertson 6. 02 Gene Lasker 7. 3k Guy Bos 8. 55 Kurt Taylor 9. 11b Billy Bridges 10. 13 John Kahl 11. 96 Nikki Voisey 12. 44a Mike Steinruck 13. 83 Bob Auld (DNS) 7/16
• NARC/KWS)Ocean Speedway CA...1 #4S Buddy Kofoid 2 #121 Justin Sanders 3 #22 Shane Golobic 4 #83 Kyle Hirst 5 #3C D.J. Netto 6 #83JR Giovanni Scelzi 7 #92 Andy Forsberg 8 #73 Jonathan Allard 9 #3 Craig Stidham 10 #68 Chase Johnson 11 #25 Bobby McMahan 12 #0 Bud Kaeding 13 #29 Willie Croft 14 #57 Dustin Golobic 15 #98 Sean Watts 16 #72W Kurt Nelson 17 #12 Jarrett Soares 18 #7 Brent Bjork 19 #2K Eric Rossi 20 #20 Cory Eliason 21 #4 Burt Foland Jr 22 #69 Brent Kaeding 7/16
• NCRA)Hutchinson KS...1 #1J Danny Jennings 2 #10C JEREMY CAMPBELL 3 #81 JON FREEMAN 4 #91 JEFF STASA 5 #1X DON DROUD JR 6 #88 Craig Dollansky 7 #7 MICHELLE DECKER 8 #20G JAKE GREIDER 9 #26M Fred Mattox 10 #98 JD JOHNSON 11 #85 FORREST SUTHERLAND 12 #72 RAY SEEMANN 7/16
• Selinsgrove Speedway PA)1 #1 Mark Smith 2 #47c Adam Carberry 3 #1W Eric Tomecek 4 #28F Davie Franek 5 #99K Cody Keller 6 #35L Chad Layton 7 #13 Ryan Higgins 8 #19 Kevin Nouse 9 #56 Nate Snyder 10 #C4 Jim Shuster 11 #76 Larry Kelleher 12 #22m Nyle Berkes 13 #66 Ryan Kissinger 14 #49s Mallie Shuster 15 #22 Troy Betts 16 #669 Brandon McGough 17 #80m Dan Richcreek 18 #29S Derek Steward 19 #2t Michael Thomas 20 #73b Brett Michalski 21 #29 Jason Shultz 22 #77 Derek Locke 7/16
• Port Royal Speedway PA)A couple of dirt track racing legends scored the 410 sprint and super late model mains at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night, with Lance Dewease taking the sprint main and Gary Stuhler scoring the late model feature. Impressively in the sprint car main, the top five finishers of Dewease, Greg Hodnett, Lucas Wolfe, Dylan Cisney and Blane Heimbach started ninth, eighth, 10th, 11th and 19th, respectivelyCentral PA. 7/16
• Grays Harbor Raceway WA)1 #79K Kelsey Carpenter 2 #22D Devin Barnes 3 #23 Michael Millard 4 #7K Kevin Kirkpatrick 5 #14 Bailey Sucich 6 #22X Trevor Cook 7 #33 Bill Rude 7/16
• POWRi Midgets)Grain Valley MO...1 #97 SPENCER BAYSTON 2 #67 TANNER THORSON 3 #5D ZACH DAUM 4 #9K KYLE SCHUETT 5 #8J JONATHAN BEASON 6 #4A LOGAN SEAVEY 7 #27 TUCKER KLAASMEYER 8 #37 ANDREW FELKER 9 #28K KOREY SCHUDY 10 #3N JAKE NEUMAN 11 #67K HOLLY SHELTON 12 #7U JOE B MILLER 13 #6A AIDAN ROOSEVANS 14 #3 DUSTIN GILBERT 15 #77W JOEY WIRTH 16 #OO GRADY CHANDLER 17 #98 CLINTON BOYLES 18 #97K JODIE ROBINSON 19 #22 ANDY MALPOCKER 20 #44 WESTLEY SMITH 21 #71 RYAN ROBINSON 22 #27Z ZANE HENDRICKS 23 #71K TANNER CARRICK 24 #9 MATT MOORE 25 #28 ACE MCCARTHY 7/16
• POWRi WAR)Grain Valley MO...1 #11W WYATT BURKS 2 #38 CODY BAKER 3 #5D ZACH DAUM 4 #65 CHRIS PARKINSON 5 #51B JOE B MILLER 6 #24H TY HULSEY 7 #78 ROB CAHO 8 #99 KOREY WEYANT 9 #21 RYAN KITCHEN 10 #93X TAYLOR WALTON 11 #7JR JD BLACK 12 #21C CHRIS DESSELLE 13 #8D TERRY BABB 14 #23 BRENT FASSE 15 #24C CRAIG CARROLL 16 #27 DANNY THOMAN 17 #70 PETER PALAZZOLO 18 #41 BRAD WYATT 19 #77 CLINTON BOYLES 7/16
• Eagle Raceway NE)IMCA...1 #7KX Toby Chapman 2 #35 Trevor Grossenbacher 3 #0 Chase Weiler 4 #1R Matt Richards 5 #03 Shayle Bade 6 #100 Clint Benson 7 #1 Doug Lovegrove 8 #4W Nathan Weiler 9 #93 Ryan King 10 #57B Boyd Peterson 11 #17 Dan Satriano 12 #8G Jimmy Grasso 13 #00 Gregg Bolte 14 #12N Neil Nickolite 15 #14G Gene Ackland 16 #4X Jason Danley 17 #91 Adam Gullion 18 #18 Terry Richards 19 #84 Jack Dover 20 #12 Tyler Drueke 7/16
• New Egypt Speedway NJ)NEWS Sprints...1 #4F Ryan Godown 2 #75 Billy Pauch Jr. 3 #85 Lee Nardelli 4 #02 Rich Mellor 5 #83 Larry McVay 6 #74 Duane Nixon 7 #56 Jermain Godshall 8 #8 Larry Drake 9 #3H Heidi Hedin 7/16
• USAC)Korbyn Hayslett of Troy, Ohio led all 25 laps of Saturday night's USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget race at Montpelier Motor Speedway. Stratton Briggs, Alex Watson, Aaron Leffel and Mike Hessel rounded out the "top-five." USAC 7/16
• Lincoln Speedway PA)York’s Glenndon Forsythe added his name to the 2017 Lincoln winner’s list by claiming the John Gleim Excavating 25-lap feature for 410 sprint cars on Saturday night. Handicapping placed Forsythe on the outside of Dwayne Gutshall on the front row for the start. He grabbed the lead entering the first turn and led every lap. Central PA 7/16
• Mercer Raceway Park PA)Michael Bauer's third win of the season in the Precise Racing Products 410 Sprint Cars propelled him into a one-point lead over the defending Mercer Raceway Park Champion, Jack Sodeman, Jr. "We race to win, we don't race for the points, but it is defintely great to have a points battle with Jack (Sodeman, Jr.), I have the utmost respect for Jack, he was one of my heroes when I was in the 305 division, and he still is." Race Results 7/16
• Patriots)Patriot Sprint Tour Quick Results- Brockville Ontario Speedway A Main: 1) 35- JARED ZIMBARDI (5) 2) 47x- Dylan Westbrook 3) 28fm-Steve Poirier 4) 97- Cory Turner 5) 10- Mitch Brown 6) 91- Ryan Turner 7) 51L- Lee Ladouceur 8) 2- Steve Hutchinson Jr 9) 11j- Chris Jones 10) 1-10- Jake Brown 11) 123- Yan Bilodeau 12) 15aw- April Wilson 13) 98- Paul Pekkonen 14) 42w- Rick Wilson 15) 17- Sammy Reakes Heat 1: 1) 42w- Rick Wilson 2) 91- Ryan Turner 3) 97- Cory Turner 4) 35- Jared Zimbardi 5) 123- Yan Bilodeau 6) 11- Chris Jones 7) 2- Steve Hutchinson Jr 8) 98- Paul Pekkonen Heat 2: 1) 1-10- Jake Brown 2) 10- Mitch Brown 3) 28fm- Steve Poirier 4) 17- Sammy Reakes IV 5) 47x- Dylan Westbrook 6) 51- Lee Ladouceur 7) 15aw- April Wilson Evingham Site Excavation Dash: 1) 17- Sammy Reakes 2) 123- Yan Bilodeau 3) 51L- Lee Ladouceur 4) 2- Steven Hutchinson Jr 5) 15aw- April Wilson 6) 11j-Chris Jones 7/16

Saturday  July 15th 2017

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”  Bernard M. Baruch

10:45pm

RESULTS...

• Photos)Steve Koletar shots from Indiana Sprintweek at Bloomington Speedway are in SpeedShotz 7/15
• NW Challenge Series)J.J. Hickle used a late-race pass to score his first career Northwest Challenge Series feature victory on Friday at Electric City Speedway. Hickle got the call to fill in for championship points leader Travis Rilat in Richard Saumure's No. 39c and he made the most of the opportunity by maneuvering from sixth to claim the win. Race Results 7/15
• Column)Danny Burton has Indiana Sprint Week Bloomington notes Hoosier Race Report7/15
• NCRA)Night one of the 61st annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Hutchinson Grand Nationals presented by Midwest Super Store is in the books as the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson hosted Friday night action atop the famed half-mile oval. He Thumper and Street Stock divisions competed in a full program while the AAAA/Rookie/IMCA modifieds as well as the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products sprint, modified and late model divisions all competed in dual heat races to set up last chance and championship feature lineups. Race Results 7/15
• USAC)Chris Lamb of Greensboro, N.C. won Friday night;s 50-lap USAC Speed2 Eastern Midget race at Wake County Speedway. He took the lead from Jessica Bean on lap 14 and led the rest of the way. Bean, who led the first 13 laps, finished second ahead of Jake Garcia, Jake Trainor and Sam Hatfield. Saturday's scheduled race at Kenly, N.C. has been cancelled due to rain. USAC 7/15
• ASCS Gulf South)Mother Nature wins again with the Griffith Truck and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region, as rain has put an end to events slated for July 15, 2017 at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas. The series will return to competition on August 18 at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco and South Texas Speedway in Corpus Christi on August 19. For continued updates on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the seven regional tours that make up the over 150 races across the ASCS Nation in 2017, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com. 7/15

12:45pm

RESULTS...

• Photos)Carey Akin shots from Indiana Sprintweek at Bloomington Speedway are in SpeedShotz 7/15
• River Cities Speedway ND)Jade Hastings claimed his first career win at River Cities Speedway Friday night as he topped a stout field of 26 Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints. Hastings took the lead on lap eight and held off the field restart after restart to park his No. 8H machine in RydellCars.com Victory Lane. Race Results 7/15
• NW Speedweek)Cottage Grove Speedway would be the next location of the 2017 Speedweek Northwest series on Friday, July 14th. The historic ¼-mile clay oval would host the fifth race of the series and the first of two consecutive nights to close out the week. Twenty-two cars were on hand representing the American states of Oregon, Washington, and California as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia, the Canterbury region of New Zealand, and the Australian state of Western Australia. Race Results 7/15
• SOD)Chad Blonde picked up his fourth Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP feature win of 2017 Friday night. It was his second King Engine Bearings King of Michigan series win at Hartford Motor Speedway and gives him a commanding lead in the KoM points. Race Results 7/15
• USAC)Indiana Sprint Week at Bloomington Speedway is pretty much where it began for Kevin Thomas, Jr. five years ago. Fourteen USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car wins and five Indiana Sprint Week victories later, the Cullman, Alabama native finally made a return visit to Bloomington victory lane, leading the final 28 laps of Friday night's 29th Annual "Sheldon Kinser Memorial" to score his second series victory of the year and vaulting him into the ISW presented by Camping World point lead with two events remaining. USAC 7/15
• FAST 305)Mother Nature finally cooperated for the JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Championship Series presented by Engine Pro Friday, July 14 as 24 race teams signed in to tackle the high banks of Limaland Motorsports Park. And while John Ivy took the checkered flag in the 25 lap feature event, a post race inspection was halted by the owners of his race team, and thus Castalia, Ohio’s Jordan Ryan earned the victory. Race Results 7/15
• USAC)Adam Lemke of Hollister, Calif. gabbed Friday night's 20-lap USAC Speed2 Western US Midget race at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park. Jesse Love IV was second ahead of Ashley Hazelton, Max Guilford and Tom Paterson. USAC 7/15
• SSO)Joe Wood, Jr. survived a mid-race battle with Jake Martens and worked lapped traffic to perfection in the latter portion of the race to claim the “Freedom 40” Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products feature finale Friday night at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Oklahoma. Race Results 7/15
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3:00am

RESULTS...

• Photos)Paul Arch, Julia Johnson & Tommy Hein shots from Night 2 at Eldora Speedway are in SpeedShotz 7/15
• River Cities Speedway ND)NOSA...1 #8H Jade Hastings 2 #9N Wade Nygaard 3 #2A Austin Pierce 4 #20A Jordan Adams 5 #10T Bob Martin 6 #13T Ty Hanten 7 #14 Tom Egeland 8 #0 Nick Omdahl 9 #26 Blake Egeland 10 #51 Alex Larson 11 #35 Brenden Wilde 12 #6 Zach Wilde 13 #7 Trent Stengl 14 #4M Cale Mack 15 #91M Jackson Moffett 16 #12 Brayden Pengilly 17 #99 Jordan Graham 18 #24 Jon Sorenson 19 #6N Greg Nikitenko 20 #27X Trevor Mell 21 #22 Tanner Wisk 22 #31 Shane Roemeling 23 #8 Casey Mack 7/15
• Ocean Speedway CA)Civil War...1 #83 Kyle Hirst 2 #4S Michael Kofoid 3 #3C D.J. Netto 4 #17 Justin Sanders 5 #20 Cory Eliason 6 #22 Shane Golobic 7 #0 Bud Kaeding 8 #73 Jonathan Allard 9 #21X Cole Macedo 10 #58 Jerry Bonnema 11 #14 Marcus Dumesny 12 #44 Geoff Ensign 13 #8 Jeremy Chisum 14 #2K Eric Rossi 15 #25Z Jason Chisum 16 #12 Jarrett Soares 17 #6D Josh Chisum 18 #4 Burt Foland 19 #11E Cory Elliott 20 #2 Brad Furr 21 #88 Koen Shaw 22 #29 Willie Croft 7/15
• ASCS Lucas Oil)Rapid City SD...1 #15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 2 #87 Aaron Reutzel 3 #23 Seth Bergman 4 #95 Matt Covington 5 #99 Skylar Gee 6 #17W Harli White 7 #1 Robbie Price 8 #2C Wayne Johnson 9 #45x Johnny Herrera 10 #27DD David Hoiness 11 #24M Rich Martin 12 #11 Mindy McCord 13 #7 Mike Sires 14 #9A Clint Anderson 15 #41A Andee Beierle 16 #33 Robert DeHaan 17 #4 Adam Speckman 18 #52 Blake Hahn 19 #8X Randy Dolberg 20 #2K Kevin Ingle 21 #66 Lany Reber 22 #0J Jeremy McCune 23 #75 DJ Brink ASCS7/15
• Ohsweken Speedway ONT)1 #47x Dylan Westbrook 2 #10b Mitch Brown 3 #49 Scott Kreutter 4 #01k Mikey Kruchka 5 #14h Jim Huppunen 6 #1-10 Jake Brown 7 #38 Tyler Hendricks 8 #22 Shawn Sliter 9 #97 Cory Turner 10 #77x Alex Hill 11 #11 Jamie Turner 12 #91 Ryan Turner 13 #6 Curtis Gartly 14 #9 Steve Lyons 15 #90 Travis Cunningham 16 #2w Lee Winger 17 #21 Roger Lauzon7/15
• World of Outlaws)Christopher Bell took the lead from Brad Sweet in turn three and then held off a surging Donny Schatz on a restart with nine laps to go to win the Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on Friday night. Bell, who lined up for the 30-lap main event in third, had to be perfect on the race's only restart with less than 10 laps to go as the eight-time Outlaw Champion threw everything he had at the 22-year-old Norman, OK native who was driving the No.14 Tony Stewart Racing-Curb/Agajanian entry. DIRT/World of Outlaws7/15
• POWRi Midgets)Tanner Thorson of Minden, Nevada charged from a seventh place starting position, battling Andrew Felker and Zach Daum for the win, to claim his 15th career victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in the opening night of the Inaugural Thunder in the Valley. The Thunder in the Valley featured both the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League and the POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget League, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Thorson's Thunder in the Valley win is his third of 2017. Race Results 7/15
• POWRi WAR)Grain Valley MO...1 #51B JOE B MILLER 2 #5D Zach Daum 3 #38 CODY BAKER 4 #11W WYATT BURKS 5 #99 KOREY WEYANT 6 #77 CLINTON BOYLES 7 #65 CHRIS PARKINSON 8 #78 ROB CAHO 9 #24H TY HULSEY 10 #51 MITCHELL MOORE 11 #77H ROB HOCKETT 12 #27 DANNY THOMAN 13 #93X TAYLOR WALTON 14 #70 PETER PALAZZOLO 15 #41 BRAD WYATT 16 #27X TUCKER KLAASMEYER 17 #21C CHRIS DESSELLE 18 #15B QUINTON BENSON 19 #50 CHRIS COCHRAN 20 #88 CHAD TYE 7/15
• Lernerville Speedway PA)1 #23J Jack Sodeman Jr 2 #2 A.J. Flick 3 #55 Gary Kriess Jr 4 #7K Dan Shetler 5 #5K Adam Kekich 6 #40x Cory Good 7 #98 Carl Bowser 8 #51 John Garvin Jr 9 #42 Sye Lynch 10 #4X Rod George 11 #C1 Clay Riney 12 #40 George Hobaugh 13 #33 Brent Matus 14 #27 Zach Morrow 15 #91 Sadie Siegel 16 #13 Brandon Matus 17 #4K Bill Kiley 18 #4N Jimmy Morris 19 #23X Caitlin Chaffman 20 #23 Darren Pifer 21 #22 Ralph Engel Jr 22 #08 Dan Kuriger 7/15
• Jackson Motorplex MN)Tim Kaeding and Dan Paplow each picked up their second victory while Chris Duffy, Roger Nielsen and Brandon Halverson scored their first triumphs of the season at Jackson Motorplex on Friday during ASI Night. Kaeding charged from seventh to capture his second straight 410 Sprints Fueled by Casey's General Store A Main. Mark Dobmeier maneuvered from sixth to a runner-up result, which regained him the lead in the championship standings. Scott Winters placed third with Brooke Tatnell fourth and Travis Whitney fifth. Race Results 7/15
• MOWA)Lincoln IL...1 #3G Carson Macedo 2 #5 Brad Loyet 3 #22 Brett Tripplet 4 #79 Blake Nimee 5 #83 Aaron Andruskevitch 6 #3A Dustin Adam 7 #77U Chris Urish 8 #4K Kody Kinser 9 #25 Jake Blackhurst 10 #42 Cory Bruns 11 #10S Jeremy Standridge 12 #26 Taylor Malsen 13 #57 George Crawford 14 #9 Paul Nienhiser 15 #1MX Phillip Mock 16 #85 Mike Terry 17 #52F Logan Faucon 18 #1M Jim Moughn 19 #4 Danny Smith 20 #47 Jimmy Hurley 21 #44 AJ Bruns 22 #29 Joey Moughn 23 #79J Jacob Patton 24 #07 Jacob Wilson 7/15
• USAC)AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2017 - Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway - 29th "Sheldon Kinser Memorial" - "Indiana Sprint Week" - Presented by Camping World FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. 2. Chad Boespflug, 3. Tyler Thomas, 4. Lee Underwood, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Jeff Bland, Jr., 7. Chris Windom, 8. Tyler Courtney, 9. Chase Stockon, 10. Brady Short
• Limaland Motorsports Park OH)After a month of rainouts, Limaland Motorsports Park finally beat Mother Nature with a full FAST Friday night presented by Homeland Technology Group. The JLH General Contracters FAST 305 series invaded the high banks of Limaland, with No.11x-Jordan Ryan picking up the win. Race Results 7/15

PRESS...

• Williams Grove Speedway PA)The sprint car races at Williams Grove Speedway were rained out on Friday night, July 14 just as motor starts were taking place. A poorly timed and placed thunderstorm caused the cancellation. A make-up date for the K1 RaceGear 358 Sprint Summer Series program that was slated as part of the event will be announced at a future time. 7/15
• Aaron Reutzel)Aaron Reutzel keeps grinding away in the Lucas Oil ASCS National championship points chase, posting another pair of top five finishes in last weekend’s Grizzly Nationals at Belgrade, Montana’s Gallatin Speedway to close to within 50 points of the lead in the $60,000 title chase. Press Releases7/15
• IMCA)IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through July 13 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars – 1. Marcus Thomas, Corsicana, Texas, 770; 2. John Ricketts, Burleson, Texas, 736; 3. Justin Fifield, Mesquite, Texas, 732; 4. Kyle Ganoe, Thompsontown, Pa., 729; 5. Robert Vetter, Wolfe City, Texas, 679; 6. Zach Newlin, Millerstown, Pa., 665; 7. Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, S.D., 659; 8. Tyler Russell, Abbott, Texas, 652; 9. Drew Ritchey, Everett, Pa., 631; 10. Blake Baccus, Crandall, Texas, 619; Press Releases7/15