DIRTcar Northeast Series Take to Brockville Quarter-Mile

Series Competitors Prepare for Short Track after Tackling Syracuse’s “Moody Mile”

BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO – Oct. 11, 2012 – The Thousand Islands RV Fall Nationals gets ready to roll this weekend, Friday, Oct. 12, through Sunday, Oct. 14, at Brockville Ontario Speedway, as three DIRTcar Northeast traveling tours come to a close, and one, the Super DIRTcar Series, gears up for Peak Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts in November.

The Pro Stock Series takes to Brockville’s quarter-mile Friday, the 358-Modified Series Saturday, and the Sportsman Modified and Super DIRTcar Series Sunday. Just coming off of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week in Syracuse, competitors in all four series are ramping up their short-track game after just having spent a week on the longest track they will face this season, the “Moody Mile” at the New York State Fairgrounds.

“We went from the biggest track we run on all year to probably one of the smallest,” said Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified driver Jimmy Phelps, currently second in points for the series. “We’re going to have to try and get ourselves into the short track mode again in a hurry.” (more…)

By |2012-10-11T17:29:38-04:00October 11th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off on DIRTcar Northeast Series Take to Brockville Quarter-Mile

Top Gun Sprints return to Bubba Raceway for the Florida State Sprint Car Championship

The Top Gun Sprints return to Bubba Raceway Park on October 12 & 13, for what looks to be a very action packed weekend. The Florida State Sprint Car Championship will be on the line.

Both nights will be complete shows for the sprint cars. Joining the Sprints on Friday will be the Limited Late Models, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks and Gladiators. It is also Fan Appreciation Night with Raceway Brews (Coors Banquet & Pabst), fountain sodas, hot dogs and popcorn for just ONE DOLLAR.  Saturday the Open Wheel Modified, Hobby Stocks and V8 Thunderstocks will join the sprint cars.

Matt Kurtz has won the last two races at BRP, can he do it again or will Mark Ruel Jr., AJ Maddox, Tony Agin, Robbie Smith, Collin Cabre, Ryan Partin, Shawn Murray, Danny Martin Jr., Tim Grubaugh, Rich Alexander,  Brandon Lineberger, Brandon Grubaugh,  Stephen Darvalics, Kerry Gilbert, Tyler Godwin or Shane Kreidler be able the win the Florida State Championship?

By |2012-10-11T15:06:04-04:00October 11th, 2012|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Top Gun Sprints, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Top Gun Sprints return to Bubba Raceway for the Florida State Sprint Car Championship

Eckert Finally Breaks Into Victory Lane At The Dirt Track At Charlotte In Circle K World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown

CONCORD, NC – Oct. 10, 2012 – Rick Eckert of York, Pa., finally conquered The Dirt Track at Charlotte, breaking into Victory Lane at the four-tenths-mile oval with a powerful performance in Wednesday night’s 50-lap Circle K World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown.

The defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion streaked into the lead on lap 31 when Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., slowed with a blown right-rear tire and never looked back. He kept Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., at arm’s length over the remaining distance to register his second consecutive and fifth overall triumph of 2012 on the national tour.

“We won Charlotte!” exclaimed the 46-year-old Eckert after emerging from his victorious Team Zero by Bloomquist car. “It’s a great feeling because this is an awesome place. We’ve been here a bunch (over the past decade) and we’ve run second, we’ve run third, we’ve run fourth – and we’ve run terrible here too. I’ve always wanted to win here, so now I can take this place off my bucket list.” (more…)

By |2012-10-11T15:02:33-04:00October 11th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off on Eckert Finally Breaks Into Victory Lane At The Dirt Track At Charlotte In Circle K World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown

In ARCA Racing Series Title Chase, Bonus Points Have Impact

(TOLEDO, Ohio) – A review of 2012 results in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards shows that points leader Chris Buescher has edged Frank Kimmel by just 10 race positions over the entire year, but that doesn’t tell the entire story of their championship pursuits.

Indeed, Buescher’s sum of finishing positions is a series-low (for full-timers) 105, 10 below Kimmel’s 115. In the standings, that would equate to a difference of 50 points, but Buescher (No. 17 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford) has used additional bonuses to build a more formidable lead over Kimmel (No. 44 ThorSport Racing Toyota) with only two races left this year.

ARCA Racing Series points are awarded not only for finishing places, but also for laps led and top-three qualifying positions. Every lap leader in a race earns five points, and the driver leading the most laps earns five more. In qualifying, the pole winner takes 15 points, followed by 10 for second and five for third. For the points leader, making statements in qualifying has been key in the title chase. (more…)

By |2012-10-10T21:07:32-04:00October 10th, 2012|ARCA, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on In ARCA Racing Series Title Chase, Bonus Points Have Impact

LANCE GATLIN TAKES ASA MEMBER TRACK EAST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY SPEEDNETDIRECT.COM

DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Wednesday, October 10, 2012) – Lance Gatlin was a contender all season long for the ASA Member Track National Championship.  He was going toe-to-toe with Shelby Stroebel as he won the first nine feature events of the season at Lonesome Pine Raceway, an ASA Member Track in Coeburn, VA.  He finished second overall in the standings and won the East Region Championship presented by SpeedNetDirect.com.

“It was a great season, probably the best season I have ever had as far as my racing career goes,” Gatlin said when he found out that he was the East Region Champion. “I really can’t complain with ten wins.”

Gatlin ended the 2012 season with a national average of 4.9374.  He had ten feature wins, 12 top-five and 14 top-ten finishes at the 3/8-mile semi-banked asphalt oval.

“I love the racetrack, it definitely fits my driving style. This is the type of track where you have to race the track and not the drivers, or the track will beat you,” Gatlin said about Lonesome Pine Raceway. “I enjoy racing up there. The competitors I race against are a good group of drivers. We can run side-by-side for many laps and not worry about taking one another out. It has been fun overall and it was a good season.” (more…)

By |2012-10-10T21:03:34-04:00October 10th, 2012|ASA Racing, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on LANCE GATLIN TAKES ASA MEMBER TRACK EAST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY SPEEDNETDIRECT.COM

Whataburger Night of Champions at 5 Flags this Saturday

Well, sometimes the best laid plans go down the drain. Our “Whataburger Night of Champions” was rained out on September 29th, and thus re-scheduled for this Friday Night, October 12th. The same great program is on tap and should bring the 2012 Regular Season to a roaring close. The Allen Turner Series Championship will become official at the conclusion of Friday Night’s Whataburger 100. Likewise for the Open Wheel Modifieds, the West Florida Coatings Sportsmen, and the Butler U Pull-It Bombers, as all Divisions will wrap it up for 2012. Additionally, a sneak preview is still on tap for the Pro Truck Division.

Mother Nature looks to be offering up some perfect Fall like weather for Friday, so we hope you can make it. Be sure to bring your Fan Club Coupon for a shot at this week’s special prize.

By |2012-10-10T20:56:56-04:00October 10th, 2012|5 Flags Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Whataburger Night of Champions at 5 Flags this Saturday

IMCA Modifieds race for $5,000 to win at RPM Fall Nationals

HAYS, Kan. (Oct. 9) – The IMCA Modified main event pays $5,000 to win at RPM Speedway’s sixth annual Fall Nationals Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 11-13.

The Modified feature is a 2013 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier and pays a minimum of $400 to start.

Fall Nationals also boasts a $3,000 check for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods race for $2,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $1,000 and Mach-1 Sport Compacts race for $300.

Minimum start money is $250 for the Stocks, $150 for the SportMods and Hobby Stocks and $50 for the Sport Compacts. Non-qualifier pay is $150 for Modifieds, $100 for Stocks, $75 for SportMods and Hobby Stocks, and $25 for Sport Compacts.

The entire Sport Compact program complements test and tune for all other divisions Thursday, Oct. 11. Gates open at 7 p.m.

Heats and qualifying features start at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12. Last-chance features and main events start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. (more…)

By |2012-10-10T02:57:45-04:00October 10th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, IMCA|Comments Off on IMCA Modifieds race for $5,000 to win at RPM Fall Nationals

Team GDT to Test Four Drivers Wed. and Thurs. on IMS’s Road Course

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 9 — Team GDT will be looking for “velocidad” (speed in Spanish) as the Dallas-based team takes a decidedly Hispanic approach to the second annual Chris Griffis Memorial Test tomorrow and Thursday on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

It will be the first time the team has fielded cars in any event at the Brickyard, and the first time any of the four drivers it will test there have driven at IMS, one of the most famous racetracks in the world.

The team’s full-season driver in the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, Andres Méndez of Bogotá, Colombia, will be there with his No. 53 sponsored by DataFile Internacional S.A. and Grupo Kriterion.  He’ll be joined by two drivers from Mexico’s LATAM Challenge Formula 2000 Series Powered by Volkswagen: point leader Francisco Cerullo of Venezuela and second-place driver (and 2009 champion) André Solano of Costa Rica. Rounding out the team’s driver roster at the test will be Juan Camilo Acosta of Cali, Colombia, who competes in the Panam GP series and even won that series’ most recent race. (more…)

By |2012-10-10T02:46:33-04:00October 10th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off on Team GDT to Test Four Drivers Wed. and Thurs. on IMS’s Road Course

Campi Returns to Desoto for FUPS Win

Anthony Campi returned to The Florida United Promoters Series Saturday night and put on show as he picked his way through the field using the outside lane. Starting outside the third row after the draw, the outside lane failed to advance at the start. Stephen Nasse took advantage of his P1 starting position and took off to be unchallenged for 71 laps until Campi ran him down. Picking off the competition one by one he took command and was on his way to his first FUPS victory of 2012. The race was caution free until lap 88 when Jonthan Guy and points leader Steve Dorer touched getting into turn one, the both spun and backed in to the wall doing heavy damage to both, Dorer would be finished for the night. Once they restarted it was clear sailing for Campi, Nasse held on for 2nd followed by Jesse Dutilly, Michael Smith & Anthony Sergi rounding out the top five.

The series will move to Auburndale on Sat. Oct. 20th. for more info please go to www.floridaunitedpromoterslatemodelseries.com

By |2012-10-10T02:43:12-04:00October 10th, 2012|DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Campi Returns to Desoto for FUPS Win

Excitement Building for Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship, Live Concert and More Sponsors Added

Waycross, GA (October 9, 2012) – The excitement is building for what is expected to be one of the biggest dirt late model events of the year. The 32nd Annual Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship featuring Borrowed Blue will take place at Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, Ohio on October 18th, 19th and 20th. This year’s event will have the largest purse in the history of the event with over $200,000 up for grabs during the three day weekend. Not only will the winner of the prestigious trophy take home a cool $50,000 and the feature event paying $2,000 to start, there also is a Non-qualifiers race paying $3,000 to the winner and an open wheel modified feature event paying $3,000 to the winner.

Several companies have come on board to partner with the LOLMDS and Carl Short to help make the DTWC one of the biggest events of the year. In addition to Red Buck sponsoring the Fast Time Award and paying $100 to the fastest qualifier, Michael Rigsby and his company Dirt on Dirt.com has agreed to sponsor the fast time award also and pay an additional $1,000 to the driver that sets the fastest lap in qualifying. A large staff of folks from Dirtondirt.com will be at the event covering everything as it happens providing fans and racers in depth stories and coverage of this year’s Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship featuring Borrowed Blue. (more…)

By |2012-10-10T02:21:07-04:00October 10th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off on Excitement Building for Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship, Live Concert and More Sponsors Added