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GRIFFIN WINS CHEVY SUPER SERIES SEASON OPENER AT TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK

Dingus Griffin of Ohatchee, AL celebrates his $3,000 victory on Saturday night in the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series season opener at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Tommy Pope Construction Special. (Heath Lawson Photo)

EASTABOGA, AL – Dingus Griffin of Ohatchee, AL drove the Tommy Pope Construction Special to victory on Saturday night in the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series season opener at Talladega Short Track. After starting third, Griffin took the lead on lap three and never looked back to take the $3,000 win.

“This is a big win for us, as we have worked some long hours during the last week just to get the car ready,” Griffin said. “I have to thank Tommy Pope for giving me this opportunity because I haven’t been racing a lot, and I only raced one time last year. This was a great car to drive tonight.”

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN started sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Special and finished second after an exciting battle with Jake Knowles of Tyrone, GA, who took the third spot in the Cedartown Electric Rocket. Knowles was the fast qualifier among the 25 entrants with a lap of 13.347 seconds around the ¼-mile clay oval. (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-26T15:56:22-04:00March 26th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, Race Results|Comments Off

Don O’Neal Wins Indiana Icebreaker

ONeal 14 BROWNSTOWN, IN (March 22, 2014) – Don O’Neal raced to his fifth career Indiana Icebreaker win on Saturday Night at Brownstown Speedway. It was O’Neal’s first triumph for Clint Bowyer Racing and his 34th Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory and his 54th career win at Brownstown Speedway. O’Neal took the lead from Eddie Carrier, Jr. on lap eleven and led the remainder of the race. Carrier finished second followed by Steve Francis, Scott Bloomquist, and Kent Robinson. The 50-lap feature went caution-free.

“It’s always good to come here and win at Brownstown. This is where I started my Late Model career and it’s the first time I have won here in a Barry Wright Race Car. I want to thank the fans for coming out tonight. I would say they saw a great feature race. I have to thank Clint Bowyer, Lance and Barry Wright, my crew chief Jeremy Justice, and everybody else on the crew. The car was phenomenal!” exclaimed O’Neal in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “I have to thank all of my sponsors, Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil, Crawford Supply, Traeger Grills, Cometic Gasket, Ohlins, Georgia Boot and Clements Racing Engines.” (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-26T15:51:37-04:00March 26th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Race Results|Comments Off

COKER TOPS LEGEND CARS AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD – HINDMAN HOLDS ON IN STRICTLY STOCKS

orlandospeedworld800 Week number three of the 2014 season saw plenty of action at Orlando SpeedWorld as the weather finally felt more “Florida like” than the first pair of race nights.

Darin Coker made the trip up from the Southwest part of the State along with teammate Keith Sinkula and they ended up one-two in the 25-Lap Legend Car feature. Robbie Lyons, the previous weeks’ winner, grabbed the early advantage and did everything he could to hold off an early charge by Sinkula who took second from Dave Gleason on lap four. David Owen looped his car to bring out the caution on lap seven and was sent to the rear of the field for the restart. As the field took the green flag again, Coker slipped by his teammate and took off after Lyons. After some really good racing, Coker pulled ahead on lap 14 bringing Sinkula with him. A lap 17 caution for a Mark Bibeau spin didn’t slow Coker as he became the third Legend Car feature winner in as many weeks. Sinkula came home second with Lyons third and Bibeau recovered to take fourth spot ahead of Whitney Poole, who made her first Legend Car start a good one driving Owen’s back up car. Bob Lyons took sixth with Gleason and Owen rounding out the finishers although neither was still running at the end. (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-26T15:43:03-04:00March 26th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Orlando Speedworld, Race Results|Comments Off

Auburndale Speedway Results from March 22, 2014

Carol Andrews – Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway we had 18 Sportsman cars ready to take the green flag. The winners are as follows:

Sportsman

1-#157 Jason Rendell

2-#03 George Gorham Jr

3-#11 Charlie Brown

4-#97 Sam Cressman

5-#58 Steve Barnes

6-#129 Bobby Mobley

7-#10 Ted Helms

8-#86 Jamie Castleberry

9-#71 Earl Beckner

10-#88 Roger Blevins

11-#00 Shawn Harper

12-#32 Shelton Bowers

13-#98 Sandy Lee

14-#38 Ron Gusterson

15-#17 Jessica Green

16-#56 Brandon Morris

DQ#M5 Matt McCrary

DNS#29 Joe Dowdy (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-25T14:19:16-04:00March 25th, 2014|Auburndale Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Doug Horton Wins Late Model Feature And She Said Yes At East Bay Raceway Park

Horton-Winner-3-22-14 Tampa, FL – It was once again another weather perfect night for the Late Models, Gagel’s Open Wheel Modifieds, Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks, Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and the Florida Old Time Modifieds.

First feature of the night belonged to the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks with Thomas Burnside and Billy Barstow winning their heats early on. For the Feature it was Barstow and David Barwick,II making up the front row. The green waved and Barstow would lead the first six laps until coming from the twelfth starting spot was Tim Gay. Gay took over on lap seven until the first caution would come out for Chris Graebner who slowed down on the track with mechanical issues ending his night. Gay would lead again until the final caution came out with just two laps remaining as Kenny Eberly spun in turn two. Gay would then go on to lead the final laps and pick up his second feature win of the year. Tim Gay had problems in his heat race earlier on in the evening burning up the rear end gear he said in Victory Lane. His crew thrashed to get it fixed and all the hard work paid off with a win tonight Gay also stated. Rounding out the top five were Billy Barstow, Thomas Burnside, David Barwick, II and Buck Woodhouse. (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-25T14:16:27-04:00March 25th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Auburndale Speedway results from March 15, 2014

Carol Andrews – We had a good night of racing ar Auburndale Speedway on Saturday night. We had 14 TBARA Sprints take the green flag for there feature race, sorry they have not given me there finishing order to post. In the other classes the winners are as follows:

Mini Stocks

1-#5 Eugene Davidson

2-#53 T J Tanner

3-#3 Danny Leet

4-#70 Dillon Canova

5-#15 Kristin Clements

6-#68 Jermiah Frere

7-#96 Glenn Swanson

8-#01 Chuck Harrison Sr.

N/S 332 Marvin Lee

V-8 Bombers

1-#1 Mike Pitts

2-#56 James Wright III

3-#110 George Gorham Jr

4-#23 Brandon Duchscherer

5-#42 Bubba Edwards (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-18T16:00:00-04:00March 18th, 2014|Auburndale Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Wright Motorsports Gets on the Podium In IMSA GT3 Cup Doubleheader at Sebring

Sebring SEBRING, Fla. — Three of the five Wright Motorsports drivers entered in the season-opening doubleheader for the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Series earned podium finishes.

The twin 45-minute races presented by Yokohama were held Thursday and Friday at Sebring International Raceway as part of the 62nd annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida.

The Batavia, Ohio-based team won both the driver and team championships in the series the last two years.

Kasey Kuhlman won the Masters class for drivers 45 and over in the Platinum division and finished a strong fourth overall in Friday morning’s race, which went non-stop. Based out of Cincinnati, he drives the Kuhlsport #15.

John Baker of New York City finished second in the Gold Cup class on Friday while Kristin Treager of Tulsa, Okla., was third in that division on Thursday. Treager’s Porsche is sponsored by the Sheehan Racing Team, Women’s Sports Foundation, Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation and Boston Avenue Law PLLC. (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-17T16:53:44-04:00March 17th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

AJ Maddox Wins East Bay Sprints At East Bay Raceway Park

Maddox-3-15-14-Winner Tampa, FL – It was another beautiful evening as the East Bay Sprints made their first appearance of the 2014 Season. Also racing were the V8 Warriors, Limited Late Models and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.

First feature of the night went to the V8 Warriors. Winning their heats early on were Ryan Lisak and Kevin Cassaday. For the feature it would be Henry Wiley and Cassaday making up the front row. When the green waved it was Cassaday quickly jumping out front and taking the lead for the first three laps until Raymond Vann took over on lap four. On lap seven Vann had Jimmy Baker battling as the two were side by side at the line. On lap eight it was Wiley spinning in turn four bringing out the first caution of the race. Then on lap thirteen Mike Wilson would try to take over the second spot away from Baker only to find himself as the second caution would come out as Wilson spun in turn four. When the checkered waved Vann would pick up the win with Baker, Cassaday, Lisak and Tim Stoffel rounding out the top five. (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-16T16:30:54-04:00March 16th, 2014|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Abreu Claims First World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Victory

Californian cruised into victory lane at Thunderbowl Raceway

031514_RICO_WINS TULARE, Calif. – March 15, 2014 – Rico Abreu earned the biggest victory of his career on Saturdaynight when he powered to the checkered flag at Thunderbowl Raceway for his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory.

Abreu took the lead from Terry McCarl on lap eight, and then had to hold off veterans McCarl and Joey Saldana to earn the victory.

Rookie Logan Schuchart followed up a strong run on Friday night by eventually finishing second after making a daring late pass to the outside of McCarl on the banked one-third mile dirt oval. McCarl, who set quick time and then became the first driver to benefit from the “0” being pulled in the dash draw, settled for third after coming back from a near wreck on a restart. Sammy Swindell finished a season-best fourth while two-time event winner in 2014, Brad Sweet, was fifth.

Abreu made the pass on McCarl for the lead on lap 8 in turn one in his Abreu Vineyards #24. Abreu then had to defend the position on a restart for the first time on lap 11 after Cody Darrah brought out a red with a wreck in turn one. (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-16T16:19:40-04:00March 16th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Courtney Force Eyeing Turnaround In Florida

Courtney Force is hoping to break out of her slump this weekend in Gainesville, Fla. (NHRA Photo)

National Speed Sport News, GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Funny Car standout Courtney Force has watched her John Force Racing teammates start the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in impressive fashion.

Her legendary father, John, has kept the momentum from his 16th Funny Car world championship a year ago, winning the first race of the season and grabbing the points lead. Robert Hight posted a final round appearance in Phoenix and sits second in points, while Force’s sister, Brittany, advanced to her first career final round in Phoenix as well.

Meanwhile, Courtney is still searching for her first round win, something she hopes comes this weekend at the tradition-rich Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 13-16, at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville.

Things haven’t exactly gone as planned for the ultra-popular Force and her 8,000-horsepower Traxxas Ford Mustang Funny Car, but she knows things can change quickly in the world of 300-mph Funny Cars.

“In this sport it’s easy to be on top one weekend hoisting a Wally and out in the first round the week after,” Force said. “That’s why it’s important to stay positive because things can always turn around at the next event. My Traxxas Ford Mustang team is ready and excited to go to Gainesville and I have high hopes after testing we will be able to start turning things around.” (more…)

By Scott|2014-03-12T03:16:49-04:00March 12th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

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