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Schatz Claims Historic Win No. 125 with World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series

Larson battles fuel issues, mistakes and defending series champion en route to podium

LAS VEGAS – March 6, 2013 – If the rest of the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series races this season are anything like Wednesday night, fans across the country are in for a treat.

Fighting extreme gusts of wind all night, defending series champion Donny Schatz outlasted future NASCAR star Kyle Larson to garner the opening night at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas. The win was Schatz’s series-leading seventh at the half mile and more significantly, it was his 125^th career World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series feature victory.

“I think it’s more important to be win No. 1 on the season,” he said after becoming only the fourth driver to ever reach the 125-win milestone. “It’s always hardest to get the first win of the season out of the way.”

Schatz started on the pole of the dash after the No. 8 pill – the highest possible – was randomly selected for the third consecutive race to invert the first four rows. However, he was passed by Jason Sides in the closing laps of the dash, giving Sides the pole position for the 30-lap feature.

That didn’t last for long as Schatz rocketed around the high groove to take the lead exiting turn four on the opening lap. He maintained a several car length advantage as Brian Brown battled Sides for the runner-up position during the first eight laps before entering traffic. (more…)

By Scott|2013-03-07T15:28:50-05:00March 7th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

LATE MODEL MANIA Returns Racing to the NEW Lavoina Speedway & Entertainment Complex This Weekend

Lavonia, Georgia – The announcement was made on October 22nd 2012. Buzz was about Lavoina Speedway back in business after almost 3 years in slumber. The response from everyone around it or even far away has been remarkable. Everyone now has been in countdown mode, but the wait is coming to an end. Lavoina Speedway & Entertainment Complex is back and better than ever before. OH yeah did I forget to mention, LATE MODEL MANIA is this weekend!!

Max King and Stan Lester along with Track Manager/Race Director Brad York have joined forces and will breathe life back into the once prominent racing facility beginning this weekend. “Late Model Mania is truly a fragment of the dirt track Americana” said Max King the Co-Owner of the Lavoina Speedway with FASTRAK Founder/CEO Stan Lester. “Max and I want to put Lavonia Speedway back on the map again. I drive by that place twice a day and I can’t help but think what a waste it is for it to be sitting there closed but not anymore. Max and I finally got together and the rest, as they say, is history.” exclaimed Stan Lester. (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-05T21:11:03-04:00March 7th, 2013|Fastrak Late Model Series, Featured, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

ASA’S SKAGIT SPEEDWAY HAS AN EXCITING 2013 SCHEDULE

DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Thursday, March 6, 2013) – Skagit Speedway is gearing up for their 2013 racing season. Once again, they will be racing under the ASA Member Track banner.

Skagit’s 59th season will open on Saturday, April 20 with a full racing program featuring the 410 Sprints, 360 Sprints, Sportsman Sprints and Outlaw Hornets.

Every year, Steve Beitler, Skagit Speedway Promoter, and his staff try to make an improvement to the facility. This season, their focus is more on the fan experience. They are creating a unique fan zone in the infield where fans can upgrade to a pit pass and enjoy the racing action from the infield as well as get an inside look at the teams working in the pits.

Along with their weekly Saturday night program, they will be hosting some well-known events this season.

On Saturday, May 11, Skagit Speedway will host the first ever Summer Thunder Series featuring the 360 Sprint cars. Top drivers from the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada will compete in a four round series. (more…)

By Scott|2013-03-07T02:14:32-05:00March 7th, 2013|ASA Racing, Featured, Front Page News, Racing News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Strong Start Has McCreadie Anxious To Resume Action On World of Outlaws Late Model Series

Tripleheader Weekend March 22-24 In Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee Next Up For National Tour

CONCORD, NC – March 6, 2013 – Tim McCreadie is finally home in upstate New York following a near month-long, season-opening racing odyssey in the Southeast. But as much as the 38-year-old dirt-track star relishes a break in his schedule that provides time to work on his racing equipment and hang out with his girlfriend Karen and toddler son Gavin, he’s admittedly already eyeing his next trip south.

McCreadie is, quite simply, feeling too bullish about the upward trajectory of his racing fortunes to sit idle. He has a smile on his face and a spring in his step as he prepares for the upcoming World of Outlaws Late Model Series tripleheader that features 50-lap, $10,000-to-win A-Mains on March 22 at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark.; March 23 at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Miss.; and March 24 at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tenn.

“I think our team is headed in a positive direction,” said McCreadie, who is in his second season campaigning Warrior Chassis cars bearing the colors of Carl Myers’s Sweeteners Plus Racing operation. “We’re close to where we want to be and that has me excited.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-03-07T02:09:33-05:00March 7th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

M1 Racing’s Acosta Finishes Fourth in Pro Mazda Season Opener

(Photo credit: Pro Mazda photo)
DALLAS, March 5 — Juan Camilo Acosta of M1 Racing got the 2013 season of the Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires off to an exciting and very successful start on Friday when he finished fourth in the first half of a season-opening doubleheader at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

Driving the Dallas, Texas-based team’s immaculate white and yellow No. 11 sponsored by Studio F and Ela, the 22-year-old rookie from Cali, Colombia took the checkered flag just a tick after the podium finishers — Diego Ferreira, Spencer Pigot and Matthew Brabham — while holding off a hard-charging Petri Suvanto in the 12-lap event. (more…)

By Scott|2013-03-06T01:09:18-05:00March 6th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off

ARCA Midwest Tour and ARCA/CRA Super Series First Ever Combined Event at Toledo Speedway

Officials from the ARCA Midwest Tour presented by SCAG Power Equipment and Lester Buildings along with the ARCA/CRA Super Series have released both entries for the “first ever” combination race between the ARCA Midwest Tour and the ARCA/CRA Super Series. Both series, labeled as the leaders in super late model short track racing, will bring an extreme amount of talent together on opening day April 20th at Toledo Speedway.

Both series have agreed to combine on two occasions with the first event kicking off at Toledo and the following event taking place at Madison International Speedway in Oregon WI on August 11th.

“Steve and I have worked very hard with Glenn Luckett and RJ Scott to make sure we can successfully bring together both series without any major changes. This is a historic movement in short track racing by bringing the two series together and we look forward to what the future holds. Our relationship with ARCA is forming very nicely and we are proud to be a part of such a great event with such a fine organization,” said series President, Tim Olson. (more…)

By Scott|2013-03-06T00:16:01-05:00March 6th, 2013|Featured|Comments Off

Restart!

Jim Rouse, BRP Media Ocala, FL- This week we’ll try it again after most tracks cancelled racing plans due to the uncomfortable cold. Bubba Raceway Park will now open 2013 up with the Late Models, Hobby Stocks, all-new E-Mods, Thunder Stocks, and Gladiators.

The Late Models 2012 season was the most competitive in recent history and this race will be the 75th points-paying event since the reconversion back to dirt in 2008! Mark Whitener will go to work defending his 2012 title while home-town hero Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. will look for yet another win at his playground. Christian Augspurger took home a big-money race last season and knows there’s more to reach- in fact, there’s a chance to be crowned the youngest champion of the division by a few years. Bo Allen and Bryan Bernhardt will try to break the curse and visit Coors Light Winner’s Circle but Jeff Mathews and Richard Ferry will try to put a few more checkmarks in the “W” column. The main question is yet to be answered, however: Can anyone stop Whitener and Lloyd?

Many people are saying that the most competitive division in the Southeast United States right now is the Florida Street Stocks and when you have 10- yes, 10- drivers that can win on any given night and finish, well, 10th the next night it’s tough to argue. Drivers like Brian Hansford and Scotty Kay, Jr. made names for themselves last year as did “Ragin” Rodney Wright. You can never count out the last 2 Bubba Raceway Park champions in Tim Powers and Trevor Gamble or hired guns Kevin Durden, Mike Tovet, Grady Christian, and 16-year old Devin Walker. Add Tim Gay, Brian Morgan, and Mike Stalnaker to the mix and you have 12 of the best drivers in the business right now! (more…)

By Scott|2013-03-06T00:13:39-05:00March 6th, 2013|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

Jared Landers Tames Cherokee Speedway While Taking Second-Straight March Madness Event

(March 4, 2013)—Jared Landers of Batesville, AR made a clean sweep of the 2013 edition of March Madness at Cherokee Speedway on Sunday Evening March 3rd co-sanctioned by the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series and the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series.

This was back to back March Madness wins for the driver of the Clint Bowyer Motorsports entry. This was also Landers’ first-career Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series victory as he opened the 31st year of competition for SAS leading all 60 laps of the main event for the $10,000 payday after starting in fourth spot. Landers also became the 158th different winner in series history.

Landers came to victory lane while driving the PEAK Motor Oil, Crawford Supply, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Georgia Boot and Mark Martin Chevrolet sponsored Barry Wright Race Car. This was a one-two finish for Barry Wright Race Cars as Steve Francis of Ashland, KY finished second in the #15 BWRC mount. Third place finisher was defending series Champion Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN who drove the Cornett Racing Engines powered GRT Race Car. Fourth and fifth was AES Racing teammates Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA and Dennis Franklin of Gaffney, SC.

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By Scott|2013-03-06T00:10:24-05:00March 6th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

UARA-STARS Host a Matinee Season Opener at SNMP

Hendersonville, NC (03/04/13) –United Auto Racing Association (UARA) will kick off their season opener at 2pm this Saturday, March 9^th at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, NC. with their customary 150 lap late model special event. Drivers can finally dust off those abandon helmets and suit up for the matinee show. The event will consist of old rivals, brothers, and young rookies battling it out to quench that first victory of the season.

The UARA-STARS will have an action packed season opener with competitor gates opening at 7am and their tech inspection starting at 7:30am. Fans can head to the Motorsports Park around 11am to check out the final practice of the STARS and see which driver turns the quickest lap during qualifying for the Sunoco Pole at 12:30pm. The green flag will drop at 2pm.

Over the past twelve years, Southern National has been on four of the UARA’s seasons. The series had their first event July 26^th, 2003 with Denny Hamlin taking home the win, along with the pole. Two seasons later, the series returned in September 2005 and crowned Jamey Caudill as their winner with Matt McCall on the pole. The last two visits were in April of 2006 and 2007 when Caudill took home both wins and both poles. During 2007, Caudill set a new record for the series at SNMP with a 15.293 sec. lap at the last UARA visit there on April 14, 2007. Will Caudill be there this weekend to defend his UARA record? We will find out soon. (more…)