Billy Ogle Jr. Stuns Scorcher Field at Volunteer Speedway
BULLS GAP, TN (August 23, 2012) – Billy Ogle Jr. of Knoxville, TN pulled off a stunning win on Thursday Night at Volunteer Speedway in the 9th Annual Reece Monument Scorcher 50. Ogle passed race leader, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN on lap 46 and went on to capture his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win, worth $10,000.
The 50-lap race went caution-free as Ogle and Bloomquist put on a dazzling display of driving talent. Bloomquist led the first 21 circuits of the race until Ogle made the pass on the bottom on the next lap. Ogle, Bloomquist, and Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN raced down to the wire in a tightly contested race.
Even after Bloomquist got by him, Ogle never gave up. He chased the leader back down and eventually overtook the Hall-of-Famer with four laps to go on his way to the biggest win of his 25-year career. (more…)
SONOMA, Calif., Aug. 23 — Justin Bell would like nothing better than to put Paul Brown/Tiger Racing’s eBay Motors No. 50 Ford Mustang Boss 302S on the podium on Saturday in the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge season finale at Sonoma.
Gibsonton, FL – Aug 23, 2012 – East Bay fans attending the race scheduled for Sept. 1 will be encouraged to donate to the Torres family to assist in medical costs and living assistance. In Nov. of 2011, then two year old Alayna Torres was diagnosed with medullary epithelioma, a rare and extremely aggressive cancer. Alayna is currently undergoing daily radiation treatment and will soon begin chemotherapy to treat tumors on her spine, lungs and her pelvic area.
Salem, IN (August 23, 2012) – Jay Niewiek, the 2010 and 2011 winner of the Cometic Gasket Hardcharger Season Award, continues to lead the 2012 Cometic Gasket Hardcharger standings after nine ARCA/CRA Super Series events so far this season, but series rookie Nate Caruth has closed to within two positions of catching Neiwiek with only four events left in the 2012 series schedule. Niewiek has gained 69 positions so far this season, while Caruth has now gained 67 positions including gaining five positions at the series last event at Dixie Motor Speedway on August 3rd were Niewiek suffered a rare DNF and lost two positions.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 22 schedule of events show nine events featuring a double-feature Friday night show, and a pair of big money Saturday night races. There are a plethora of point battles from the top of the standings throughout the Top 20.
(TOLEDO, Ohio) – Two major league milestones will meet in the small, sleepy southern Illinois town of DuQuoin Labor Day weekend.
Sarver, PA (August 22, 2012) An entire year’s worth of blood, sweat and tears will come to a mudslinging crescendo Friday Night as the Budweiser Chase for the 2012 Track Championships comes to a close this Friday, August 24. Jared Miley has already secured the Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Model Track Championship and Brian Swartzlander is seemingly just a pair of green flags away from his seventh Track Championship in the Diehl Auto Group DIRTcar Modifieds. But, the Ti22 Performance DIRTcar Sprint and Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman Track Championships will be decided on the Action Track.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Wednesday, August 22, 2012) – The old adage that you must win the battle in order to win the war could best describe the ASA Member Track National Championship. Right now, many of the contenders at the ASA sanctioned tracks are trying to position themselves not only to win the track championship but also to have a chance at being the fifth ASA Member Track National Champion.
ELBRIDGE, N. Y. – August 22, 2012 – The World of Outlaws invade “The Fast Track” at