All Star Sprints set to invade this Friday, August 31 along with 305 Sprints & Sportsman/Stocks
Plenty of Action Left of the 2012 Schedule Through September & October
Sarver, PA (August 29, 2012) Led by a triumvirate of former Track Champions, the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints are scheduled to roll into Sarvertown this Friday Night to headline the final Fast Friday of the 2012 season before we switch gears to September Saturday Nights. The All Star Sprints will headline the event with support from the 305 Sprints that call Mercer Raceway Park and Dog Hollow Speedway home and our bread & butter division; the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman.
1993 Track Champion Tim Shaffer, 1991 Track Champion Dale Blaney and 2010 Track Champion Danny Holtgraver will carry the flag for the travelling All Stars. Shaffer leads the overall All Star Point Standings, while Blaney leads the Ohio Region Points. Shaffer also recently reached the 50 win milestone with the All Stars and is sixth all time in All Star Wins. (more…)
BALTIMORE, Aug. 29 — As summer traditionally draws to a close on Labor Day weekend, students all over America are wishing for just a little more vacation time. Young people who have spent the summer training to be professional race car drivers want more time too, whether they’re going back to school or not. They want to earn as many points as possible in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear before the season ends in October. Drivers in this Mazda Road to Indy series, including Team GDT’s two rookies, Andres Méndez and Ryan Tveter, need good showings this weekend in the Star Mazda doubleheader at the Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT, as only two more events remain after this weekend. They face a jam-packed schedule in Baltimore. They’ll have just 30 minutes of track time at 8:40 a.m. Friday morning before qualifications are held at 1:55 p.m. that afternoon.
Kevin Ramsell/ASA Racing PR – DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Wednesday, August 29, 2012) – The top six on the leaderboard for the ASA Member Track National Championship will be in action this Labor Day Weekend. The holiday weekend will set the tone for the final month of the 2012 battle.
(TOLEDO, Ohio) – For the most part, the tracks on the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards tour are all brand new to Chase Elliott.
No. 33 Ruud Chevrolet News and Notes
CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division race scheduled for this weekend at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS has been adjusted to be the one-day $2,500-to-win 7th Annual Coca-Cola 50 this Saturday night. The $2,000-to-win Black Ice 40 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS remains on the schedule for Sunday night.
HUNTSVILLE, AL (August 26, 2012)—For the first time since June of 2006, the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series will make an appearance to the ‘Bad Fast’ Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN for the Fourth annual running of the Buddy Rogers Memorial, a Labor Day Holiday Weekend Classic on Sunday Night September 2nd.
BEATRICE, Neb. (Aug. 28) – Five IMCA divisions are on the Friday, Aug. 31 Nebraska State Championships card at Beatrice Speedway.
The Top Gun Sprints made their first visit of 2012 to North Florida Speedway on Saturday August 25, 2012. There were 17 cars at the track to give fans three heat races and a 25 lap feature race. Scott Anderson in the 47 car had the pole with Tyler Godwin in the 38T on the outside for the start of the BLISTEIN heat race. Tyler took the lead on the start and the win. The 3A of AJ Maddox had the pole for the BROWN MILLER heat race, with Tim Grubaugh in the 5 car on the outside. On the start AJ took the lead and never looked back and took the win. Mark Ruel Jr. in the 83 car had the pole with Danny Martin in the 82 for the start of the DMI heat race. On the start Mark and Danny got together and Danny was finished for the heat. That moved Ryan Partin to front row, on the restart Ryan took the lead and the heat win.