Dietrich Downs Outlaws Again, Repeats in Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln
PA Posse racer tops World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car stars for second year in a row
ABOTTSTOWN, Pa. – May 16, 2013 – A year after being schooled by the vaunted Pennsylvania Posse at Lincoln Speedway, the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series racers made great strides but still came up short as local star Danny Dietrich powered to victory in the Gettysburg Clash for the second consecutive season.
Last year it was hard to find an Outlaw in the top 10 at Lincoln, this time around Donny Schatz pressured Dietrich for the entire 35 laps before settling for second by about a car length at the checkered flag. Sammy Swindell, Tim Kaeding and Brad Sweet rounded out the top five on the first of four consecutive nights of action for the Outlaws.
Dietrich remained faithful to the bottom of the race track, making Schatz have to use the high side to get around him. Schatz kept pace using the high side early on, but as the bottom proved to be the preferred line he moved down and tried to force Dietrich into a making mistake.
“Just was determined to get the jump on every restart, I screwed up a couple of times, but was able to recover from it,” said Dietrich, of Aspers, Pa. “I saw his nose probably half a dozen times, I was just trying to hit my marks, I figured if I could just hit my marks everything would probably be OK. It just feels real good to beat the best of the best guys in the world.” (more…)
Full Throttle Speedway returns to action on Saturday night May 18th when a host of some of the best Super Late Model Drivers sponsored by, Turner Tree and Landscaping, are expected to come and do battle for 75 Green Flag Laps, on the 3/8-mile high-banked oval. Fans will get an opportunity to meet their favorite Super Late Model drivers and get autographs during the intermission period.
WAYCROSS, GA (May 15, 2013) – Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series heads to the deep south this weekend for the 2nd Annual Bad Boy 98, May 16th through the 18th at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR. This year’s event, sponsored by Bad Boy Mowers, will pay $20,000 win and $1,200 to start the feature event. Activities will get underway on Thursday night with a special open practice session. Then, on Friday night May 17th, there will be LOLMDS Hot Laps, RED BUCK Time Trials and heat races to set the starting field of the 2nd Annual Bad Boy 98. On Saturday night May 18th, there will be a special autograph session for fans to meet all the stars of the LOLMDS, as well as several top regional drivers from around the country. Following the autograph session, there will be two LOLMDS B-Mains to complete the starting field for the 98-lap $20,000 to win feature event. 
RIDGETOP, TN—The Southern Superstars Short Track Series made it’s first stop of the 2013 season at the Highland Rim Speedway in Ridgetop, TN., before a very large and enthusiastic crowd and that got to see what many believe is the best race in series history as veteran Mark Day of Clarksville TN., and up and coming star Davey Coble of Madison, TN., put on a driving exhibition fro the last 18 laps before Day came out on top after the 100 lap slugfest was over.
Mineral Wells, West Virginia – The last time the FASTRAK Racing Series visited “The Speedplant” West Virginia Motor Speedway was in October 2010, Jonathan Davenport won the event and at time the track was 5/8th mile. There has been many changes since the last race, the track was configured to 4/10th a mile, track still made wide enough for exciting “Wild and Wonderful” racing. 
The race proved the same May 11th as 34 FASTRAK Late Models teams “rang the bell” in drastic weather conditions. Where many tracks pulled the plug because of rain early, Lynn Chapman and company at WVMS we’re committed in doing any and everything to get the “Wild and Wonderful 50” for $5,000 to win successful, what a race it was!! 
Jim Rouse, Ocala, FL – After a wash-out on May 11th, Bubba made the call to re-schedule the race for this up-coming week-end and he’s added an extra division! The NeSmith Crate Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds, Bubba Army Hobby Stocks, Rent-N-Roll Gladiators, and now the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks will take to the 3/8 mile for some action. The Bigwheel Race will also be run at Intermission. Don’t miss this big show!
Carol Andrews, Auburndale, FL – We had a good field of cars Saturday Night at Auburndale Speedway, the winners in each division are as follows:
St. Pete’s Bowman grabbed the lead at the start and was followed closely by Cape Coral’s Steve Arnold. Six laps in, L.B. Skaggs got around Wayne Jefferson for third and started closing on Arnold for second. Four laps later, Jefferson and Eric Rudd got together in the middle of the back stretch, sending Jefferson into the wall and ending his night.