Category: Racing News

Clancy Jr. Picking Up Speed Four Races into 2017 Season

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(July 14, 2017) – DuroByte Motorsports and 14 year old driver Michael Clancy Jr. have had a rough start to their 2017 racing season in their first three events with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance, their results have not shown how good the team and Clancy Jr. have been with three DNF’s in those first three events. The team showed it can prepare fast racecars for Clancy Jr., when at the 5th Annual Masters of the Pro’s 144 at Lebanon I-44 Speedway on July 3rd, Clancy Jr.…

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LAURENS COUNTY SPEEDWAY IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ULTIMATE OFFICIALS

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CARNESVILLE, GA – This Saturday night the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series South East Tour will return to Laurens County Speedway in Laurens, SC for the first time since 2011 for the $4,014-to-win, $400-to-start Ronnie Brookshire Memorial Race. It will also be a special homecoming for most of the ULTIMATE SE Officials.
The complete payout for the ULTIMATE SE Ronnie Brookshire Memorial Race will be as follows: 1. $4,014; 2. $2,000; 3. $1,350; 4. $1,000; 5. $875; 6. $775; 7. $700; 8. $600; 9. $500; 10. $450; 11. $425; 12. $400;…

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Permatex TAFC/Follow A Dream Team Reaches Semifinals at Norwalk

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MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (May 27, 2017) – The Permatex Top Alcohol Funny Car/ Follow A Dream reaped a strong semifinal finish at this past weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio.
With rain on Friday shortening the number of qualifying efforts from three to two, driver Phil Burkart qualified ninth for the event.
Burkart reached the semifinals and faced Andy Bohl. While Burkart had a better reaction time (0.053 vs. Bohl’s 0.074), his Chevrolet Camaro spun the tires about 200 feet into the run, allowing Bohl to take the win.
Burkart…

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Wallace Survives Tough Battle to get Parallax Power Supply Redbud 400 Victory

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Salem, IN (June 26, 2017) – To say Saturday night’s Parallax Power Supply Redbud 400 Presented by Mitch Smith Auto Service and Perfecto at Anderson Speedway was a battle would be an understatement, is was a war, as two of the best short track racers in the country battled it out over the last portion of the event, including a final five lap shoot out that settled the war with former NASCAR competitor Stephen Wallace getting the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS win over 2016 CARS Super Late Model…

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OWNBEY RACES TO ULTIMATE SE NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY WIN

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CHATSWORTH, GA – John Ownbey of Cleveland, TN drove to his second career ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series South East Region win on Saturday night at North Georgia Speedway. Ownbey held of a hard charging Michael Page of Hardeeville, GA to take the victory worth $4,000.
ULTIMATE SE championship contender Jason Welshan of Maryville, TN finished third in the Hidden Hollow Motorsports Longhorn, and ULTIMATE SE point leader and Autolite/Fram/DirtOnDirt.com Rookie of the Year point leader Tyler Millwood of Cartersville, GA took the fourth spot.
Just 17 points separate the top two…

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Donald McIntosh Get First Career Southern All Star Win At Smoky Mt

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MARYVILLE, TN-The list of Southern All Stars winners gained a new name Saturday night at the Smoky Mt Speedway as Donald McIntosh got his first career win in the Big Daddy 500 sponsored by Tennessee RV Supercenter, , but it was not easy as he battled with Chris Ferguson of Mt Holly, NC., and Skip Arp of Georgetown, TN, all night long as these three cars worked in and out of lapped traffic battling for the lead until McIntosh put his car out front for good on lap 22 of…

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JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Set to Open 2017 Season at Bristol Motor Speedway

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Salem, IN (May 16, 2017) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance is set to kick off its 2017 season with the with the WCIParts.com 100 as part of the inaugural Short Track U.S. Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway Presented by Vore’s Welding this coming weekend, May 19th, 20th and 21st. More than 400 race cars split among six classes are expected to be in competition during the three-day event, including racing in Super Late Models, JEGS Pro/Crate Late Models, Late Model Stocks, Modifieds, Street Stocks and Compacts.
The…

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Baer Field Motorsports Park CRA Event Canceled Because of Weather

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Salem, IN (May 5, 2017) – Baer Field Motorsports Park has been forced to cancel this weekend’s Spring Break Out event because of flooded grounds throughout the facility. The event was originally scheduled for last weekend, but heavy rains postponed the event until this weekend, but again heavy rains on top of already saturated ground has caused localized flooding in the area.
“This is heartbreaking to have to cancel for this weekend,” remarked Dave Muzzillo, Promoter at Baer Field Motorsports Park. “We’ve really worked hard the last two weeks to have…

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SWIMS FAMILY PUTS UP $37,000 FOR ULTIMATE LATE MODELS AT DIXIE AND ROME

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CARNESVILLE, GA – The first family of Georgia racing promoters, the Swims Family, will put up $37,000 in prize money this weekend in a pair of 40-lap $4,000-to-win, $400-to-start ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series South East Region races. Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA is in action on Saturday night, and Rome Speedway in Rome, GA has the race on Sunday night.
The complete payout for each race is as follows: 1. $4,000; 2. $2,000; 3. $1,350; 4. $1,000; 5. $875; 6. $775; 7. $700; 8. $600; 9. $500; 10. $450; 11.…

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SHANE GOLOBIC STRIKES GOLD AT PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY

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(By Lance Jennings) MARCH 30, 2017… Running the outside line, “Sugar” Shane Golobic (Fremont, California) won last Saturday’s “Outlaw Showdown” at Placerville Speedway. Taking the lead from Ronnie Gardner on lap eighteen, Golobic earned his fourth career Light Up The World Beverages USAC Western States Midget triumph. Gardner, Cory Elliott, Courtney Crone, and Alex Schutte rounded out the top-five drivers.
Starting third, Shane Golobic gave chase after early leader Schutte and the second running Gardner. While both drivers favored the bottom line, Golobic powered Matt Wood’s #17G Elk Grove Ford /…

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