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Davenport Dashes to Win at Attica

Davenport Wins at Attica ATTICA, OH (September 2, 2016) Defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion Jonathan Davenport returned to his winning form by taking the feature event on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. Davenport took the lead on lap 14 from Doug Drown, who had led the first 13 circuits.

Dennis Erb Jr. charged from his 12th starting spot to finish second. Doug Drown, the defending track champion at Attica, had the home track fans on their feet for the first part of the race. He eventually came home in third. New track record holder Darrell Lanigan was fourth, and Jimmy Owens; who won the first time the series raced at Attica finished fifth.

Davenport, who is currently second in the series points standings, had not finished the last three LOLMDS events, and was relieved to be back in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “It feels good to be here again! I have to thank Kevin [Rumley] and my guys. They have worked their tails off the last two weeks. Everybody knows we haven’t been running well lately. We aren’t dead, and we are not done yet! We are just going to keep on working to find an edge,” said the 32-year-old racer.

“Man what a race track this is! I just want to thank Troy Baird of Baird Transport, Elite Concrete, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, the Labontes back home at the shop and I also want to say we miss Lee Roy Rumley. He is not here tonight; he is back home building us a new motor.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-09-04T17:29:39-04:00September 4th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Sheppard Scores $17,500 Victory at Lebanon Valley

Captures His First Mr. Dirt Track USA 100

LEBANON-VALLEY (By Mandee Pauch) WEST LEBANON, N.Y – Sept. 1, 2016 – Matt Sheppard made a late race charge by Kenny Tremont Jr. and set his No. 9s machine on cruise control at Lebanon Valley Speedway for the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modified Mr. Dirt Track USA 100.

After Sheppard took a wild ride at Canandaigua on Saturday totaling his car, his team was able to regroup in no time to take the checkers Thursday night and capture the $17,500 victory. “I can’t thank enough people. Bicknell practically built this racecar in a day; the lettering guy lettered it the day we picked it up. Every one of the manufacturers stepped right out,” Sheppard said. “This thing didn’t miss a beat tonight. This is what championships are made of. It was a big turning point from Saturday to tonight. Our season could have gone down hill in a hurry but instead we’re sitting here in victory lane at Lebanon Valley.” (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-05T21:14:15-04:00September 2nd, 2016|Front Page News, National, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD GEARING UP FOR SUNDAY SHOW ON 9/11

Orlando-Speedworld-Logoo-500x226 Orlando SpeedWorld will see stock car racing action for the first time since this past April as the track will host a full program on Sunday, September 11th.

The afternoon of action is being promoted by the Southern Pro-Am Truck Series and will feature the Trucks for 30 laps of feature racing plus an open competition event for Super Stock/Street Stock type cars that will also go for 30 laps. The Bomber cars will be racing divided into a pair of classes for the V-6/V-8 cars and the 4-cylinder machines. The Pro Challenge Series is also on the card along with the Vintage Stocks and Modifieds and the Legend Cars have just been added to the program as well.

The SPATS Trucks will race for 30 laps and $800 to win. The Super Stocks/Street Stocks already have at least a $1700 purse thanks to several sponsors including Manheim Orlando Auto Auction, DWG Enterprises of Melbourne who do all types of floor covering on commercial and residential floors and walls in the Brevard County area, Space Coast Portable Welding of Melbourne and Rex Engineering of Titusville. (more…)

By Scott|2016-09-02T19:11:13-04:00September 1st, 2016|Front Page News, Orlando Speedworld|Comments Off

Wooten and Eunice Shine Brightest in GIS SC5 Runs on August 27!

(August 27, 2016) – The stars may not have littered the sky on a cloud-covered evening. But the stars of the NeSmith Performance Street Stocks shined brightly Saturday evening at Golden Isles Speedway. None was more vivid then Brian Wooten. The B-dub Express topped a stellar field from three states to win the Super Challenge 5 Series 25-lap feature. He led every circuit on the 4/10-mile, red gumbo clay oval.

“Car did pretty good,” Wooten said of his $2,000 win. “Track was a little off this week. I’m not used to the track being this wet. I don’t like it this wet so I have a little homework to do, but it worked out tonight.”

Rain fell during the day three different times leaving a tacky surface throughout the program. That did not stop Wooten shooting from the pole and then opening the advantage again after a handful of restarts. The regular GIS high flyers were in the house as well as the aces from elsewhere. Richie Stephens, Kyle Livingood, Robert Hicks and Ronnie Newsome rounded out the top five. Justin McRee, Woodstock, Ala., jumped into the Dunn Motorsports High Roller Race Cars house car. The Late Model veteran won his heat, but went backwards some in the main and took seventh.

“They are the best of the best,” Wooten added. “Richie has helped me a tremendous amount and to have Justin start beside me and beat him tonight is just unreal.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-31T13:58:11-04:00August 31st, 2016|Front Page News, Golden Isle Speedway|Comments Off

Eldora GM Calls $16.5-Million Lawsuit Filed Against Tony Stewart, others ‘Meritless’

082916-nascar-Eldora-Tony-Stewart copy.vadapt.664.high.64 (By Joe Menzer @OneMenz) Aug 29, 2016 at 7:09p ET Eldora Speedway general manager Roger Slack reacted sharply to news that the dirt track owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart is being sued for millions of dollars.

Slack said the charges leveled by Scott Bloomquist and four other Late Model drivers, who are seeking some $16.5 million in damages, are “meritless.”

Bloomquist and the drivers, along with team owners R&W Motorsports LLC, Best Performance Motorsports LLC, JR Motorsports LLC, Gary Satterlee and William G. Satterlee & Sons Inc., sued racetrack owner World Racing Group Inc. and its subsidiary, UMP DIRTcar Racing; as well as Ohio’s Eldora Speedway and its owner, Stewart; in Northern New York’s federal court last week.

“Our team at Eldora Speedway is amidst the final days of preparation for the Baltes Classic and the 46th running of the World 100 — our sport’s showcase event,” Slack said in a statement Monday. “As always, we are committed to providing a one-of-a-kind experience for our loyal fans, drivers and race teams. We will not be distracted by news of meritless lawsuits. Our legal team will deal with that and we will comment further at the appropriate time.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-31T13:51:58-04:00August 31st, 2016|Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off

The Famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway up Next for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour

2015 Winchester Winner Jack Smith

Salem, IN. (August 30, 2016) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance will return to action this Sunday on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway as part of the Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival, one of the biggest stock car events held each year in Central Indiana. The weekend will feature exciting racing action from the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS, JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance, Broaster Chicken ICAR Top Speed Modifieds, Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman, CRA Street Stocks, Vores Touring Compacts and Thunder Roadsters. Camping will be available all weekend and there will also be the annual Sunday night party in the pavilion featuring live music.

The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour drivers will be eager to race, there last event was on August 6^th at Spitzer Motor Speedway. The series last two scheduled events on August 13^th at Auto City Speedway and August 20^th at Columbus Motor Speedway were both canceled because of weather. In a rough season affected by weather, the series has lost four events because of weather cancellations so far this season. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-31T02:14:07-04:00August 31st, 2016|CRA Racing Series, Front Page News|Comments Off

MARTELL GETS SURPRISE WIN IN PRO TRUCKS – WRIGHT ALL THE WAY IN V-8 BOMBERS AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

Yogi Berra’s famous words “It ain’t over ’til it’s over” rang true Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway after 50 hard laps of Pro Truck racing.

The evening began a bit on the wet side as it took quite awhile to dry the race track following rain showers that drenched the facility from late morning until around 4 pm. However, with clearing skies looming to the east, promoter Rex Guy waited out the long left-over drizzle and the show went on, although just a bit late getting started.

Qualifying for the two headlining classes was scrapped and starting positions for both the 50-lap Pro Truck race and the 40-lapper for the V-8 Bombers were determined by a pill draw. For the trucks it was local driver Cody McDuffie using his front row starting spot to zip out to a comfortable lead at the drop of the green while Michael Goddard, Cody Martell, Becca Monopoli and Danny Anderson settled into some nose-to-tail racing behind him. Monopoli became the first driver to make a move as she passed Martell for third on lap ten. From there it was green flag racing as the trucks became spread out all over the speedway with McDuffie putting laps on a number of drivers before the first caution flag came out on lap 35 as it appeared second-running Goddard got into one of the lapped machines with the result a whole bunch of torn off sheet metal on the right side of his racer. (more…)

By Scott|2016-09-02T18:59:01-04:00August 31st, 2016|Auburndale Speedway, Front Page News|Comments Off

Runaway Richards

Pulls Away to Capture Win No. 17, Tying Single Season Record

082816_WOOLM_Merritt LAKE CITY, Mich. – August 28, 2016 – Josh Richards won the Keyser Manufacturing Great Lakes Shootout decisively Sunday night at Merritt Speedway. With his 17^th trip to victory lane, Richards tied the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series record for most wins in a season.

“We got to win six or seven, and we’ve had a phenomenal year,” Richards said. “It’s just crazy to think we’ve had ten wins since then. The track moved around quite a bit, more than I thought. I thought the bottom was going to be better than the top. The top had just enough brown where I was a little too tight early. But once the tires got to speed it was a lot better. I was just trying to get through lapped traffic the best I could, catch the brown, and it was a lot of fun racing. I can’t thank Merritt enough for holding us out another day.” (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-05T21:14:15-04:00August 30th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models, National|Comments Off

Donny Schatz Wins Gerdau Magic City Showdown for Fifth Straight Year at Nodak Speedway

NodakWin (Tony Veneziano) MINOT, N.D. — August 28, 2016 — It took Donny Schatz until his seventh start to win at his home track of Nodak Speedway in Minot, North Dakota with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. Since that victory in 2012, he been undefeated in the Gerdau Magic City Showdown. Schatz extended his win streak at Nodak Speedway to five, after leading flag-to-flag on Sunday night at the three-eighths-mile.

Schatz started second and on the initial start ran second to pole sitter Logan Schuchart, but the first caution flag of the night flew before the lap was complete. That led to a complete restart and on the second start, Schatz was able to dive under Schuchart on the front straightaway to officially lead the first lap. Schatz was in traffic just five laps into the race and like his win on Friday night at River Cities Speedway, he masterfully weaved his way through the lapped machines.

“They are all special and they are all good,” said Schatz of his five wins at Nodak Speedway. “The trophies here are awesome and so are the people. Everything about this place is great. I’ll tell you what’s really great, and that is this race team. These guys (on my crew) deserve to be standing here. The race car they prepare each day is incredible. I’m the lucky guy that gets to drive it and looks good. Their hard work is what pays off and gets us to victory lane.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-30T17:34:23-04:00August 30th, 2016|Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Bloomquist Wins Lawrenceburg’s Whiskey City 60

Bloomquist at Lawrenceburg LAWRENCEBURG, IN (August 27, 2016) – For the second night in a row Scott Bloomquist led every lap of a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event, winning Saturday night’s Whiskey City 60 at Lawrenceburg Speedway. His win at Lawrenceburg was his 12th series win of the season as he continues to stand atop the championship standings.

Earl Pearson Jr.; in the Dunn-Benson Ford/Lucas Oil/Longhorn Chassis; finished second, followed by Brandon Sheppard in the Best Performance Motorsports/Rocket Chassis. Completing the top five were Gregg Satterlee, and Dennis Erb Jr.

Bloomquist set a new track record for Late Models at Lawrenceburg in Miller Welders Time Trials, then went on to dominate his heat race, before finally capturing his second career win at the facility. “I lost my power steering near the end. We didn’t dare get up on that cushion. We could lean on it, but without power steering it’s extremely difficult to drive these cars. It takes about everything you have. I am glad that one’s over!” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-28T19:12:22-04:00August 28th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

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