Category: Racing News

McDowell Captures Fourth Dixie Shootout

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WOODSTOCK, GA (September 29, 2018) – Dale McDowell dominated the Lucas Oil Dixie Shootout on Saturday night at Dixie Speedway. The Georgia native set the Miller Welders overall fast time, won his heat, and led all 50-laps to score his fourth-career win in the annual event.
Jonathan Davenport finished second after making several charges at McDowell throughout the main event. Josh Richards finished in third after yielding second to Davenport on lap 18. Brandon Overton came across the finish line in fourth. Tim McCreadie notched his second-straight top five finish with…

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JOSH TODD OUT-RUNS SUPER LATE MODEL FIELD

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STEVEN O’STEEN INHERITS STREET STOCK WIN AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY
For the first time in recent memory Auburndale Speedway began its racing program Saturday evening with not a cloud in the sky and once the sun set it was a beautiful night for racing.  The pits were jammed with the largest car count of the year and the race teams performed in front of the biggest crowd of the season next to the Night of Destruction.
All in all it would be a late night for everyone.  Hot laps were delayed for nearly…

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Brad Sweet Storms To $20,000 Placerville Payday

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PLACERVILLE, Calif. – Brad Sweet cashed his own $20,000 check on Wednesday night at Placerville Speedway, passing Rico Abreu early and then holding off Sheldon Haudenschild on a green-white-checkered restart to win the 49er Gold Rush Classic presented by Riebes NAPA Auto Parts.

The event, promoted by Sweet himself, was postponed from March 21 due to rain and later renamed, with the winner’s purse being doubled and the feature being extended by nine laps in honor of the miners that discovered gold in California just 10 miles away from the quarter-mile…

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Martin Pelletier Dominates Sportsman Modified Field at Cornwall Motor Speedway

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Martin Pelletier leads all 50-laps to win his second DIRTcar Sportsman series race in 2018
CORNWALL, ONT – September 2, 2018 – Martin Pelletier showed everyone why he was the guy to beat in the northern portion of the DIRTcar Sportsman division as he led all 50 laps in the feature to capture a second win on the tour this season.
‘’I was lucky in the draw, I am not sure I would have been able to pass so many cars as the track was tacky’’ mentioned a humble Pelletier in the…

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Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 Early Entries Begin to Arrive

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Magnolia Motor Speedway Hosts Mega Event on September 20-22
Columbus, Mississippi (09/05/18) – The 2018 edition of the Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway is just over two weeks away and Super Late Model pre-entries are beginning to roll in for the big event.
Former event winners headline some of the early entries, which now includes drivers from eight states.
Defending Champion, Brandon Overton from Evans, Georgia – who is fresh off a $50,000 win in the Hillbilly 100 – headlines the list which also includes former event winners Chris…

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FASTRAK $2,500 to win Dirt Wars at 311 Motor Speedway September 8th

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The FASTRAK Racing Series powered by Chevrolet Performance will hit the high banks of 311 Motor Speedway this Saturday night for $2,500 to win as part of Dirt Wars. The Stars and Cars of FASTRAK will battle it out on the ½-mile Pine Hall, NC speedplant for their share of over $10,000 in purse money. The race is the final tune up before the FASTRAK World Championship weekend, with a weekend purse totaling over $75,000.
Dirt Wars at 311 Motor Speedway will continue Big Money September for the FASTRAK Racing Series powered…

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Pre-entry list unleashed for 20th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree

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SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (Sept. 4)–The 20th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree happens Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-22, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., where the world’s elite Modified and B-Mod drivers will be racing for three nights and more than $150,000 in prize money.
As of Tuesday, Sept. 4, the following drivers are pre-entered, showing car number, driver, hometown, sponsor, chassis and engine builder:
MODIFIEDS
1. 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn., Culver’s/MBCustom/Stoen.
2. 51 Blake Arndt, Brownsdale, Minn., Gappa Automotive/GRT/KSE.
3. 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn., EZ Fabricating/MBCustom/Stoen.
4. 00 Robby Bunkelman, Abbotsford,…

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Weiss Pockets $50,000 Sunoco North/South 100 Payday

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UNION, KY (August 11, 2018) – Ricky Weiss scored the biggest win of his racing career on Saturday night capturing the Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 presented by Lucas Oil at Florence Speedway.
Weiss withstood a battle with Hudson O’Neal in the final ten laps to record his first career crown jewel win and his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory.
Tim McCreadie made a late-race charge to take second from O’Neal. Jimmy Owens finished in fourth and current points leader Jonathan Davenport finished fifth.
O’Neal led the first seven laps…

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53,000 SILVER DOLLARS FOR DAVENPORT

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GREENWOOD, NEBR. (July 21, 2018) – Jonathan Davenport picked up his second-career, Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals victory at I-80 Speedway on Saturday night.
Davenport passed Bobby Pierce for the lead on lap 77 after Pierce began to lose momentum due to mechanical problems under the hood. Pierce’s car ultimately stopped for good on lap 78. Davenport then sailed to the $53,000 victory at the Kosiski Family promoted facility. Ricky Weiss settled for second with Jimmy Owens surviving a three-wide battle on the final lap to finish in the third position. Hudson…

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Davenport Edges Bloomquist in a Photo Finish

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GREENWOOD, NEBR. (July 21, 2018) – Jonathan Davenport picked up his second-career, Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals victory at I-80 Speedway on Saturday night.
Davenport passed Bobby Pierce for the lead on lap 77 after Pierce began to lose momentum due to mechanical problems under the hood. Pierce’s car ultimately stopped for good on lap 78. Davenport then sailed to the $53,000 victory at the Kosiski Family promoted facility. Ricky Weiss settled for second with Jimmy Owens surviving a three-wide battle on the final lap to finish in the third position. Hudson…

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