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Francis Gets First Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Win of the Season at Tri-City

PONTOOON BEACH, IL (July 12, 2013) – Steve Francis won his first feature of the season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tonight at Tri-City Speedway. Francis started third in the $10,000 to win “Battle at the Beach”. He took the lead on lap nine and was challenged all the way to the checkers by John Blankenship, who finished second. Trailing Francis and Blankenship to the finish were Chris Simpson, Don O’Neal, and Billy Moyer.

Francis; claimed six series wins last year; recorded his 12th career LOLMDS victory. He also became the 12th different winner on the tour in 2013. Blankenship, in the Coal World’s Energy Rocket stayed within striking distance until the end, and came up just short of his third win of the year. With his second place finish, Blankenship took over the series points lead from Jimmy Owens, who failed to make a lap in the main event due to transmission issues.

“The team worked really hard for this win,” said Francis, who registered his first ever win at Tri-City. “I told Kevin (Gundaker) earlier that I liked the old half-mile better, but not now! We had a meeting this week with Clint (Bowyer) and decided we wanted to finish the season strong, this is a very good start to that goal!” (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-14T16:54:50-04:00July 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Harrison Captures Third Win in the 2013 Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Macon Speedway

071113_MN_Macon MACON, Ill. — July 11, 2013 — In a season that has proven difficult for any driver to score more than one win, Mike Harrison now has three in the 2013 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals as he claimed the victory Thursday night at 1/5th-mile Macon Speedway.

Harrison, of Highland, Ill., started the race from the outside of row two, just behind the front row of Brian Divley and Kenny Wallace. Staying glued to the bottom, Harrison passed Wallace within the first five laps and set his sights on leader Divley. With a restart coming on lap 9, Harrison was right on Divley’s tail. Harrison changed his line and moved to the top of the track to try and get around Divley, who did his best to hold his line but on lap 13 Harrison got a nose under Divley’s right corner and make the pass in turn one on lap 14. (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-14T16:47:55-04:00July 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off

Babb Masters Macon Speedway for Fifth DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour” Victory in 2013

Babb 2 MACON, Ill. – July 11, 2013 – Shannon Babb continued his mid-season dominance Thursday night at Macon Speedway as he rallied from the ninth starting position to lead the second half of the 33rd Annual Herald & Review 100, capturing his fifth checkered flag of the 2013 DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour” season.

Babb, of Moweaqua, Ill., has proven why the three time champion should never be counted out. After starting the season relatively slow by his standards, Babb has scored four wins in seven races since the start of July and was just 50 points behind Brandon Sheppard entering the night.

Babb’s most recent victory would not be handed to him as he started from the inside of row five. Sheppard secured the pole-position but handed the lead over to Brian Shirley early in the feature. Babb reached Shirley and second-place running Kevin Weaver by the race’s halfway point. Shirley was glued to the top and Weaver glued to the bottom, so the faster Babb made the middle lane work for him as he split the two leaders in a daring three-wide pass for the lead. Babb secured the top spot and led the rest of the way to score the $5,000 checkered flag. Sheppard worked his way back to second as he continues to hold onto the points lead. (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-14T16:45:20-04:00July 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off

Richards Turns Back Late Challenge From McCreadie For Seventh Victory Of 2013 Thursday At Red River Co-op Speedway

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Points Leader Triumphant In First-Ever Start At Manitoba Track

WoO_World_of_Outlaws_Logo_Dirt_Late_Models_Late_Model_RacingNewsNetwork_com WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – July 11, 2013 – Josh Richards didn’t take long to master Red River Co-op Speedway.

Making his first-ever start at the four-tenths-mile Canadian oval after missing last year’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series event while racing on the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Richards rolled off the outside pole to score a wire-to-wire victory in Thursday night’s 50-lap Wild West Tour A-Main.

Richards, 25, of Shinnston, W.Va., used some daring moves in lapped traffic late in the race to turn back a furious challenge from Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who ducked underneath Richards several times but ultimately crossed the finish line 3.421 seconds behind in the runner-up spot. (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-14T16:38:57-04:00July 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Donny Schatz Wins His Second Brad Doty Classic at Limaland

Champ Earns 9th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Win of the Year

LIMA, Ohio. – July 11, 2013 – The proverbial Month of Money is here and five-time champion Donny Schatz is heating up, becoming just the second driver to repeat as winner of the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic on Thursday night at Limaland Motorsports Park.

Schatz pulled off a slide job to go around leader Shane Stewart on lap 24 and held off Paul McMahan and points leader Daryn Pittman to the checkered flag for his ninth victory of the season as the top three in the championship standings finished in reverse order on the podium.

Schatz started the night by qualifying 8th in his Tony Stewart Racing STP/Armor All J&J and then winning his heat race. A third-place finish in the dash put him behind Stewart and James McFadden to start the 40-lap A-main, where he fell backwards while struggling with handling due to a full fuel load before beginning his surge to the lead about 10 laps into the feature.

“We didn’t start very well, the car started way too tight,” said Schatz, of Fargo, N.D. “The longer we went the better we got. Paul was good on restarts and was really good off of the bottom, but once we got speed built up we were better than him.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-14T16:35:55-04:00July 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Bubba Raceway Park Returns To Action With 360 Sprints On Tap

Jim Rouse, Ocala, FL- The Bubba Army 360 Sprint Cars return to the 3/8 mile in Ocala this week-end, as do all the fans and employees after a well deserved week-end off to enjoy with friends and family. The Hobby Stocks and Limited Late Models will join them, and the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks will battle for a $500 prize. There is also a Kid’s Bike Race scheduled.

Robbie Smith has yet to win at the 3/8 mile, but he is our current points leader- if only be eight points- over “The Captain” Tony Agin who is also winless. In fact, the whole top 5 is winless as both of our winners (Matt Kurtz and Danny Martin, Jr.) have been hit-or-miss in 2013. Terry Witherspoon sits twenty-two out, but has rookie Andy Cobb breathing down his neck with just two points separating them. AJ Maddox is mired thirty-seven back after some bad luck, but it may be a hit-or-miss year if Kurtz and Martin are the ones to go by.

Tyler Clem, still happy to have a double digit age, is the Limited Late Models points leader with a runner-up finish to Tim Powers and a win last time out. Clem can’t breathe easy as Jason Pope is just eleven back and Chuck Jackson rides a further eleven down the board. Powers is fourth, fifty-eight back, and Nevin Gainey sits fifth with half of Clem’s tally as his points score. (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-11T21:06:29-04:00July 11th, 2013|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

Different Driver Brings Deery Series Win Streak to West Liberty

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (July 8) – The last time West Liberty Raceway hosted a Deery Brothers Summer Series event, Brian Harris sped to a record-tying fourth straight IMCA Late Model tour victory.

When the green flag flies Tuesday night, Justin Kay will try to motor to his third in a row.

Now second to Harris in the tour point standings, Kay won his career first Deery feature on July 2 at Independence Motor Speedway, then followed up with win number two on July 5 at Davenport Speedway.

“It’s been neat to win but that’s not something we think about when we go to the track,” said Kay, who ran third behind Harris and Andy Eckrich in the June 18 show at West Liberty. “It’s fun to read about over the winter but right now we’re just racing and having fun.”

The July 9 feature at West Liberty, the 10^th of 17 series events this season, pays $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. (more…)

By Scott|2013-07-09T14:55:14-04:00July 9th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, IMCA|Comments Off

Two Nights of Racing at Bronson Speedway

This weekend Bronson Speedway will host the rescheduled rain out from May 11th for the FL United Promoters Series and on Friday night they will run the make up for their rained out show from June 29th.” This will be a great opportunity for the FUPS teams to dial in their hot rods on Friday night to get ready for the 50 lappers on Saturday” stated series director Rick Williams.

Friday Night’s Racing schedule will have Sportsman, Pure Stock, Strictly Stock, Pro Truck, Legends, Bandolaros, Spectator Race and BIG WHEELS. Pit Gate Opens for Parking/Scales/Tires @ 4:30PM.

**Early Arrivals will be allowed to Park Haulers in Pits** Grandstand and Sign In/ Registration Opens @ 5:30PM
Pit Fee Admission $25.00, Practice @ 6:00PM,Racing Starts @ 8PM **Overnight Parking Permitted.

Saturday’s show presented by Tuffy’s Tire & Auto Center of Jonesville will feature the FL United Promoters Series double 50 lap races for the Alan Jay Automotive Group Pro Trucks and the Racecar Engineering Sportsman along with the Legends, Bandolaros, Pure Stocks, Strictly Stocks, and a 2nd night for the Kid’s Big Wheels. Pit gates opens at 12pm. racing at 7:00pm. For more info follow us at www.floridaunitedpromotersseries.com

By Scott|2013-07-09T14:43:41-04:00July 9th, 2013|Featured, Florida United Promoters Series, Front Page News, Sportsman, Trucks|Comments Off

Stars and Stripes 40 Up for Southern All Star Racing Series at Cleveland Speedway July 13

Fayetteville, TN- July 4, 2013- The Southern All Star Racing Series will continue a busy month of July when it makes its third visit of the 2013 racing season to the 1/3 mile semi-banked clay oval known as Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN for the Stars and Stripes 40, paying $4,000 to the winner and $300 to start on Saturday July 13.

Along with the Stars and Stripes 40 for the Southern All Star Racing Series and other local racing divisions, Cleveland Speedway will also present a huge fireworks display during the evening. It would also be a great opportunity for race teams that are headed north to Wytheville, VA to start Ray Cook’s Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals on July 15 to get a race in on the way to begin this series.

The Southern All Star Racing Series event at Cleveland Speedway on Saturday July 13 will feature a complete program of practice, WhitePerformance.com A-B Group Time Trials, PPM Racing Products Last Chance Showdowns, and will conclude with the 40 lap, $4,000 to win Stars and Stripes 40 A-Main. Joining the Southern All Star Racing Series in action at Cleveland Speedway on Saturday July 13 will be the track’s Steel Head/Limited Late Model, Crate Late Model, A-Hobby, B-Hobby, and Pony/FWD divisions. (more…)