Category: Racing News

Premier Regional Touring Series Makes Mark on the Deep South

Scott

HUNTSVILLE, AL  – Series Director Charles Raymond Evans III and
The ULTIMATE Deep South Super Late Model Series are finally ready to unveil the
inaugural season’s schedule. 

With the massive
support found for this first season of competition, it has made the ULTIMATE
brand the premier regional Super Late Model Series in the South. 

Starting at ECM
Speedway and progressing to the season ending 3 race $10,000 to win and $1,000
to start weekend at 105 Speedway, the Series has put Late Model racing back on
the map in this region. 

Included on the
schedule is a race in every state…

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Southern All Stars Release 2019 Dates

Scott

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series
presented by MaxFab preliminary schedule has 20 dates confirmed for the 2019
season with a few more dates to be added in the coming days as 2019 looks to be
one of the busiest years for the series.

The series will open the
2019 season on Sunday afternoon March 3rd at The Cherokee Speedway
in Gaffney, SC., for the 16th Annual March Madness paying $12,000 to
win.  This race has been a traditional
opener for the series for 15 years and always draws good car counts and crowds
to this event.

The…

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NASCAR Hall Of Famer Glen Wood, 93

Scott

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Glen Wood, a founding member of Wood Brothers Racing and an inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, has died. He was 93 years old.
Wood Brothers Racing announced Wood’s passing on Twitter Friday morning.

“This is a difficult day for all of us at Ford Motor Co.,” said Edsel B. Ford II, member of the board of directors for the Ford Motor Co. “Glen Wood was the founding patriarch of the oldest continuously operating NASCAR Cup Series team and we consider Wood Brothers Racing a part of our…

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RACECAR ENGINEERING ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY 2019 ‘VENDOR COLLEGE’ EVENT

Scott

(Lakeland, Florida – January 2, 2019) Racecar Engineering™ has announced that they will be hosting a ‘Vendor College’ for all local, regional, and visiting racers and race teams during the racing action of Speedweeks®* 2019. This exclusive event will take place at Racecar Engineering™, 8126 US Highway 98 North, Lakeland, Florida on Sunday February 10, 2019 from 9AM until 5PM.
Racecar Engineering™ has planned this event during the second weekend in February, after the some of the racing dust has almost settled. They have set aside one day during Speedweeks®* to…

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Hoosier Racing Tire Weekly Championship Purse Revealed for DIRTcar Northeast Divisions

Scott

CONCORD, NC – January 11, 2019 – Since 1957, Hoosier Racing Tire has developed and manufactured racing tires for thousands of race cars.  DIRTcar Northeast is proud to carry their name and logo throughout the Northeast and Canada on Big-Block Modifieds, 358 Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds, and Pro Stocks at dozens of race tracks. DIRTcar Northeast is proud to announce that in 2019, at the Racing Tire will hand out $36,750 to the top weekly racers at the end of the season.
The Hoosier Racing Tire Weekly Championship takes into account each…

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Speed51.com becomes Official Video Home for FASTRAK and ULTIMATE

Scott

Carnesville, GA — FASTRAK Companies International, LLC and Speed51 have announced a partnership that will make Speed51 the Official Video Home of the FASTRAK Racing Series and all regions of the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series. In the 2019 season, FASTRAK Racing Series powered by Chevrolet Performance rookies will be chasing the “Speed51 FASTRAK Rookie of the Year award”. Select FASTRAK and ULTIMATE events will be live streamed on Speed51 network, which fans can subscribe to. Additionally, Speed51 will offer Pay-per-view options of marquee races throughout the 2019 season.
“We are…

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FASTRAK Season finale at Screven; November 16th and 17th

Scott

The FASTRAK Racing Series powered by Chevrolet Performance is set for the final two races of the 2018 season. The season will conclude with a Friday-Saturday doubleheader at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, GA. The 2018 Champion will be crowned while drivers compete for their share of over $25,000 in total purse money on November 16th and 17th. The Chevrolet Performance Late Models of FASTRAK will battle 40 laps for $2,000 to win on Friday the 16th and 50 laps for $3,000 to win on Saturday the 17th.
Matthew Nance, of…

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NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

Scott

It’s once again that time of year as Auburndale Speedway switches from the regular stock car racing format to the craziness of the “Night of Destruction II” this Saturday night.
As always, the School Bus Figure-8 race will highlight the wide variety of events that will take place. Also highlighting the evening will be a first-ever RV-Camper Demolition Derby along with a Front Wheel Drive Demo Derby, Chain Race, Flag Pole Race, Skid Car Race, Motorcycle stunts and a whole lot more.
Grandstand gates will be opening at 3 pm at which…

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DIRTvision FWD/Hornets Swarm Over The Dirt Track at Charlotte

Scott

CONCORD, NC —
The DIRTvision FWD/Hornets showed up in droves and swarmed The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the Driven Racing Oil World Short Track Championship. Driver Jonathan Sarrat won the first and fourth Feature races, while Eddie McGrew and Robert Arch aced Features two and three. The Hornets thrilled the crowd with two, three, and four-wide racing all across the .400-mile Carolina clay racing surface.
Jonathan Sarratt won two 15-lap Features: ““We’ve won a lot of races and ran in a lot of lapped traffic. We just figured out how to…

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