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15-year-old Kyle Benjamin takes ARCA checkers at Salem

(SALEM, Ind.) – It’s been a big year for the number 15 in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.

Fifteen-year-old Kyle Benjamin won his second race of the season Saturday, winning the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic presented by Federated Car Care at the Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery. Benjamin, fittingly, was driving the No. 15, which has now visited victory lane six times on the season for Venturini Motorsports.

Benjamin grabbed the lead from fellow teenager Kyle Weatherman on lap 192 of the 200 laps race and held on for the win in the No. 15 Renton Coil Springs-Cometic Chevrolet.

“I was hoping nothing broke and a caution wouldn’t come out,” the Easley, S.C. native said.

Weatherman, in the St. Charles Glass-United Nissan Dodge, finished second for the second consecutive race. He took the lead from Benjamin on the last caution when the No. 15 pitted for two tires. Weatherman stayed on the track.

“We got two tires and a few of the guys I was racing against stayed out,” Benjamin said. “It was a great call by my crew chief, Kevin Reed. Tires are so big here. Kyle was hard to pass for about five laps, but once the tires came to me, I knew I could get by him.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T15:28:13-04:00September 16th, 2013|ARCA, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Full Throttle Speedway News

BRADENTON – A hard rain brought an abrupt end to the racing action at the Full Throttle Speedway Saturdaynight. Still, the sudden showers failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the fans and drivers. All of the preliminary races and two of the nine scheduled feature races were completed before the change in the weather forced the cancellation of the remaining race action.

Prior to the prelims, Michael Atwell of Naples turned in the fastest qualifying time for the feature events. Atwell circled the 3/8ths of a mile track in an impressive 16.151 seconds in the Sportsman category. Atwell also had the second fastest time when he completed his second lap in 16.221 seconds.

Before the rains came, four 6-lap preliminary races were completed. A fast paced Dwarf Car race had John Bailey of Sarasota taking the checkered flag ahead of Larry Hubbard III of Sarasota and Roger Richmond of Port Charlotte. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T15:16:26-04:00September 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Full Throttle Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Citrus County Speedway Race Results for September 14th, 2013


	FUPS Late Models		Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Home Town	Finish
84	Wayne Anderson	Wildwood	1
33	Daniel Webster (Fast Qualifier)	Brooksville	2
4	Randy Anderson	Wildwood	3
30	Jesse Dutilly	Brandenton	4
28	Billy Bigley Jr.	Naples	5
12	David Green	Ft. Pierce	6
00	Anthony Cataldi	Umatilla	7
128	Dylan Bigley	Naples	8
98	Herb Neumann Jr.	Inverness	9
85	Ricky Anderson	Wildwood	10 (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T15:07:21-04:00September 16th, 2013|Citrus County Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results|Comments Off

Ian Madsen Earns First World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Win

091413_DeerCreekVL_web SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – Sept. 14, 2013 – Ian Madsen cruised to the first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of his career on Saturday night at Deer Creek Speedway’s Clash at the Creek.

The Australia native and brother of Kerry Madsen was chasing Craig Dollansky in the early going at the 3/8-mile banked oval when Dollansky’s car had a mechanical issue on lap 6 of the 35-lap main event. Ian Madsen surged into the lead as Dollansky pulled into the infield, then he had to hold off championship leader Daryn Pittman on two restarts in a light rain.

Both times Madsen pulled away from Pittman to finally earn his first series victory, and together with Kerry become only the fifth set of brothers to win World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series races. The Madsens join Bobby and Joey Allen, Dave and Dale Blaney, Kenny and Dean Jacobs, and Sammy and Jeff Swindell as brothers with World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car wins.

Pittman advanced from fifth to second in the Kasey Kahne Racing Great Clips GF1 to increase his lead in the overall championship standings to 70 points with eight A-mains remaining in the season. Paul McMahan was quickest in qualifying for the 16th time this season and finished right behind Pittman in third. Steve Kinser and Joey Saldana rounded out the top five. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T15:06:31-04:00September 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Young Guns Shine At Bubba Raceway Park

Ocala, FL- The NeSmith Crate Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, TQ Late Models, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators all put on a show for the ages at Bubba Raceway Park.

The TQ Late Models opened up the program with John Hopke jumping to the early lead. Terry Wright would steal it away on lap three as Hopke would have a right rear tire go flat. A few cautions early kept the field tight, but Terry Wright would never look back as he took home a big win over David Rader. Dalton Hopke slipped out of four at the end which allowed John Hopke to jump into third over Dalton. Jerry Heflin rounded out the top five.

Scorpion Racing Products Modifieds kicked it off with Roger Crouse shooting to the lead from fourth starting position. Rich Pratt would slow from fourth on lap fourteen and the resulting caution put Jeff Mathews in the pits as well; Crouse, Bryan Bernhardt, and Shane Nichols would restart as the top three with eleven to go. Mathews and Bernhardt would put on a mega fight, but Crouse won by a straightaway over Mathews and Bernhardt, respectively. Nichols and Scott Kurtzner completed the top five. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T14:57:51-04:00September 16th, 2013|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Sheppard Continues Mastery Of Belle-Clair Speedway With Run From Eighth To Victory In ‘Photobilly 50’

Wins Second Straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series Race, Third Consecutive Major Event At Illinois Bullring

091313_BelleClairVL BELLEVILLE, IL – Sept. 13, 2013 – Brandon Sheppard has Belle-Clair Speedway figured out.

The fast-rising 20-year-old star from New Berlin, Ill., continued his mastery of the unique one-fifth-mile bullring on Friday night, marching forward from the eighth starting spot to capture the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Photobilly 50’ for the second consecutive year.

It was the third straight major-event victory at Belle-Clair for Sheppard, who also won the demanding track’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals A-Main earlier this year en route to being crowned the ‘Hell Tour’ champion for the first time in his career.

“We got our stuff really good here,” said Sheppard, who picked up a $10,050 check for winning a race run in memory of late Belle-Clair track photographer Charles Haffer Jr. “Actually tonight was the best we’ve had it out of all three times we’ve won here. We were able to maneuver around a lot.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T14:55:13-04:00September 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results|Comments Off

Schueller tops Friday Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature at Farley

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 13) – Jason Schueller led most of the way and pulled ahead late in winning Friday’s Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour presented by XSAN feature at Farley Speedway.

The $1,500 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified series victory came during the Yankee Dirt Track Classic and put Schueller on the ballot for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.

Mark Elliott qualified from his “B” feature and advanced 15 spots to second while new series point leader Mike Van Genderen was third. Mark Schulte and Jerry Luloff rounded out the top five.

Schulte drew the outside front row start and led the first two circuits. The third starting Schueller was alongside and ahead by the width of his bumper when the next lap was scored, then began to pull away before a lap seven caution tightened the field back up. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T14:50:54-04:00September 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, IMCA, Race Results|Comments Off

Simpson is fastest in big Deery field at Yankee

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 13) – A driver who is no stranger to victory lane at Farley Speedway won his career first Deery Brothers Summer Series feature there Friday night.

Chad Simpson raced his way from his “B” feature to the $3,000 checkers in the IMCA Late Model main event. A season-best 54 cars were entered in the Yankee Dirt Track Classic show, the 14^th of 17 tour events this season.

Tommy Elston started on the pole and led the first 18 of 40 laps. Denny Eckrich ran second most of that time before catching Elston and running in front the next three times around the half-mile dirt oval.

That’s when Simpson took over. After winning the second “B” and starting 14th in the big show, Simpson shot into the lead on lap 22, just before the first caution came out.

He was running comfortably in front with the final yellow waved with three to go and bunched the field back up.

Eckrich got the better of Elston in their battle for second but neither could make up any distance on Simpson. Ron Klein and Jason Rauen completed the top five; Klein’s fourth place finish was his Deery career best. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T14:51:36-04:00September 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, IMCA, Race Results|Comments Off

Schatz Earns 20th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Win of 2013

Five-time champ reaches his single-season milestone at Clay County

SPENCER, Iowa – Sept. 13, 2013 – Donny Schatz is running out of milestones to accomplish in his career. On Friday night at Clay County Fair Speedway, he reached another mark when he earned his 20th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the year, the first time he’s reached that plateau in a season.

The victory was also the 144th of his career, moving the five-time series champion and seven-time Knoxville Nationals winner to within nine wins of Mark Kinser for third all-time.

It wasn’t easy, though. Schatz was chased to the checkered flag by a resurgent Joey Saldana after Mark Dobmeier pushed him in the early going before settling for third.

Championship leader Daryn Pittman minimized the point damage from Schatz’s victory by finishing fourth after starting 11th. Jason Sides was strong throughout the feature and rounded out the top five.

After a couple of attempts at the original start polesitter Kerry Madsen jumped out to the lead, but it was Schatz who used his position on the outside of the front row to charge in front as the first lap was completed. The North Dakotan then went on to lead the next 29 laps to claim the win. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-16T14:21:37-04:00September 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

More Action From Bubba Raceway Park

09142013-2 Jim Rouse, Ocala, FL- The Nesmith Weekly Crate Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, TQ Late Models, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators will all put their skills to the test this week-end and see who can grab a trophy.

Bryan Bernhardt currently leads our track Crate Late Model points with Jeff Mathews and 11-year old Tyler Clem barreling down on him. Those two sit within 30 points, while fourth placed Carter Stokes and fifth placed Billy Holmes are still alive in a tight championship fight. Bernhardt and Mathews have stolen the wins, but Clem is closing in on history.

Charlie O’Neill continues to lead the Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds, but three-time race winner on the season and four-time division champion Jeff Mathews is closing in. Scott Kurtzner and Bryan Bernhardt sit within 35 points and are both capable of a win, while Rich Pratt and 72-year old Buzzie Reutimann both have wins and also sit within one race of the championship lead. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-13T16:30:58-04:00September 13th, 2013|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off