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Southern All Stars finish 2012 season with stops at Cleveland (Nov 17) and Cherokee (Nov 18)

HUNTSVILLE, AL (October 31, 2012)—The 30^th anniversary season of the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series is coming to a close.

The final two stops on the 2012 edition will come on Saturday evening November 17^th at Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN and the Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC on Sunday Afternoon November 18^th.

On Saturday evening November 17^th the Southern All Stars will once again sanction, what is this season the 24^th Annual Gobbler 50, a tribute weekend to the former owner of Cleveland Speedway Joe Lee Johnson. The SAS Late Models will take to the confines of the historical Cleveland Speedway while competing for $5,000 to win. A complete show of Practice, VP Racing Fuels Qualifying, Hoosier Racing Tire Last Chance Showdowns and the 50-lap feature event will close the Cleveland schedule.

On Sunday Afternoon November 18^th the Southern All Stars will conclude their 2012 season at the Lennie Buff owned Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC for the 22^nd Annual Blue/Grey 100. This will be the first appearance by the SAS gang since November of 2008 when the series last sanctioned the event. The SAS Late Models will have a full show of Practice, VP Racing Fuels Group Qualifying, Heat Races, Hoosier Racing Tire Last Chance Showdowns and the 100-lap main event. (more…)

By Scott|2012-11-03T02:51:08-04:00November 3rd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

Hearn, Phelps Vying for Top Spots in Final Rounds of Super DIRTcar Series Season

Competitors prep for series finales during PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals presented by NAPA Auto Parts

CONCORD, N. C. – Nov. 1, 2013 – Anything can happen come race night.

The mantra rings true for any Super DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Series event, but, reeling from Kellogg’s Qualifying Night on Thursday at the PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts and going into Friday’s and Saturday’s feature events, the Modified pits more than ever exude the tension the saying expresses.

The Big-Block Modifieds of the Super DIRTcar Series, along with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and the World of Outlaws Late Models, took on The Dirt Track at Charlotte for preliminary events leading to each series’ season finale. Super DIRTcar Series teams completed most of their qualifying events, including timed hot lap sessions and heat races, for both upcoming features, which take place Friday and Saturday. Race day B-Features and redraws will complete the starting grid for each A-Feature.

The stakes are high as competitors prepare for the last two races of the season. More than 300 series points are on the line the next two days, and Jimmy Phelps, currently second in points, hopes a good starting spot can help him win an ample portion of those points. (more…)

By Scott|2012-11-03T02:46:38-04:00November 3rd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off

Pittman, Gravel Top Kellogg’s Qualifying Night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

Heat races are set for this weekend’s PEAK Motor Oil World Finals Presented by NAPA

CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 1, 2012 – Daryn Pittman and David Gravel each established quick time, but in very different fashions on a chilly Thursday during Kellogg’s Qualifying Night at the Sixth annual PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts.

On a night when the temperature dropped into the low 40s at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, the bundled spectators were treated to 50 drivers qualifying for this weekend’s World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season finale.

Pittman, who went out ninth to set up Friday’s heat race lineups, clocked the top time at 13.047 seconds before Gravel ended the night by laying down the quickest lap at 13.026 as the final qualifier for Saturday’s event.

Pittman rode the cushion around the 4/10-mile oval to post the fastest time and he watched as five other drivers came within six-hundredths of a second from knocking him off the top of the chart.

“Obviously with 50 cars the first goal is to go out there and get in the invert,” Pittman said after his third quick time of the season. “There’s 50 really good sprint cars and probably 30 of the best in the country, so you just start with a small goal of making sure you’re in the invert so you’ve got a chance to win and you try to improve from there.” (more…)

By Scott|2012-11-03T02:40:17-04:00November 3rd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

March Doubleheader Headlines Outlaws in Vegas, Baby!

The World of Outlaws return to Las Vegas on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6-7

LAS VEGAS – Oct. 30, 2012 – Whether slots, blackjack or sprint cars is an interest, the trio will be combined next March when the World of Outlaws STP Series returns to Las Vegas for the Outlaws in Vegas, Baby!

The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host a doubleheader on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6-7, marking the fifth consecutive season and 16 ^th year since 1996 that a World of Outlaws event will be contested on the half mile.

The event will lead into the NASCAR weekend at the famed facility, which has featured a different winner in the last five races. Donny Schatz, who is on pace to record his fifth World of Outlaws championship this season, has recorded a series-leading six victories at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Tim Kaeding claimed a thriller in the only race this season with Jason Sides charging from 10^th to second and Steve Kinser from 14^th to third. Chad Kemenah placed fourth and Brian Brown rallied from 21^st to round out the top five.

Special pricing is available for tickets and a free fan pit pass will be awarded for two-day tickets purchased in advance. Tickets can be ordered online by clicking WorldofOutlaws.com/tickets or by calling 877-395-8606.

By Scott|2012-11-03T02:38:06-04:00November 3rd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event Preview: PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts

Season Ends With Spectacular Weekend Nov. 1-3 At The Dirt Track At Charlotte

CONCORD, NC – Oct. 30, 2012 –JUST WIN, BABY: Rick Eckert has experienced a full range of emotions while at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts – everything from the depths of despair (in 2009 when he learned that his longtime car owner, Raye Vest, had passed away) to the heights of exhilaration (last year when he won his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series title in dramatic fashion).

So what’s in store for Eckert when he sets up shop at The Dirt Track for the sixth annual PEAK World Finals Presented by NAPA this week (Nov. 1-3)? With no chance of repeating as champion but a second-place finish in the points standings assured, he would like a stress-free weekend topped by at least one season-ending win.

Eckert, 46, of York, Pa., seems well positioned to end 2012 on a high note during the PEAK World Finals Presented by NAPA, which features 50-lap, $10,000-to-win WoO LMS A-Mains on both Friday (Nov. 2) and Saturday (Nov. 3) evenings. He’s riding a two-race win streak on the national tour, including his first career victory at The Dirt Track just three weeks ago, on Oct. 10, in the Circle K World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown. (more…)

By Scott|2012-10-31T02:42:50-04:00October 31st, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Announces 2013 Schedule

WAYCROSS, GA (October 29, 2012) – After completing another successful season in 2012; where Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN won his second consecutive LOLMDS National Championship; series officials are pleased to announce the 2013 schedule. The premier national touring dirt late model series has 44 confirmed dates in 20 different states on the schedule for 2013. Series officials have worked hard to complete the schedule and release it to the public, so that racers, promoters, and all the great fans of the series can start making plans to attend in 2013. The series completed forty-three (43) events in 2012, with an average of forty-four (44) cars per event. There were fifteen different (15) winners in 2012 with Don O’Neal leading the series with eleven (11) wins.

Heading into 2013, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is ecstatic to work with so many great promoters and confirming all dates on the schedule. The series will have twelve (12) events paying more than $10,000 to win, including several marquee events on the schedule again in 2013. The 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national tour will kick off at the “Clay by the Bay” on February 11th with the six consecutive nights of action packed racing during the 37th Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will again sanction some of the sport’s biggest events such as the Commonwealth 100, Show-Me 100, Silver Dollar Nationals, North/South 100, COMP Cams Topless 100, Hillbilly Hundred, Jackson 100, Knoxville Late Model Nationals and the season finale Dirt Track World Championship. (more…)

By Scott|2012-10-30T01:07:35-04:00October 30th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at a Glance

PEAK Motor Oil World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts

CONCORD, N.C. – Oct. 29, 2012 – Donny Schatz is set to wrap up his fifth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship as the season concludes this weekend at the Sixth annual PEAK Motor Oil World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

Schatz – a four-time champion from 2006-09 – has a 176-point lead over Craig Dollansky, who holds a 39-point advantage on Sammy Swindell for the runner-up position as the event kicks off Thursday with qualifying for the Friday and Saturday races.

Joey Saldana, who is only 36 points behind Swindell, claimed the only other event at The Dirt Track at Charlotte this season.

A variety of exciting things will take place around the facility all weekend as SPEED will also broadcast Saturday’s race beginning at 8 p.m. (Eastern).

WHEN

Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 1-3, at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. for the Sixth annual PEAK Motor Oil World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts. The front gate is scheduled to open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 5 p.m. on Thursday. The front gate will open at 3 p.m. and hot laps will start around 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

WHERE

The Dirt Track at Charlotte is located at 5555 Concord Pkwy. South in Concord, N.C. Click on the link for a map ( http://g.co/maps/vqu5p). (more…)

By Scott|2012-10-30T00:51:44-04:00October 30th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

David Payne claims first-career Southern All Stars win at Toccoa Speedway

TOCCOA, GA (October 27, 2012)—David Payne of Murphy, NC led all forty laps at Toccoa (GA) Speedway on October 27^th for his first-career Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series victory, the Georgia State Championships/James Garrison Memorial event.

The win was worth $3,500 for the Tarheel state driver who came to victory lane while driving the Gibson Motorsports, Payne Tire Racing, GW Performance and BASE Racing Fuels sponsored MasterSbilt Race Car. This was Payne’s third event win of 2012 paying $3,000 or more as he claimed the most recent Tarheel 50 at Ray Cook’s Tri-County Race Track on October 4^th an un-sanctioned event and claimed the Southern Regional Racing Series-sanctioned $3,000 victory at Sugar Creek (GA) Raceway on July 7^th.

Payne, who was fourth in 2011 Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series points became the 156^th different winner in the 30 year history of the series that’s held 620 events since 1983. Payne is also the first driver from the state of North Carolina to win a SAS event this season. Rounding out the top-five at Toccoa was Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA, Mike Weeks of Friendsville, TN, Eddie Blackmon of Kennesaw, GA and Gabe Wilson of Waynesville, NC. (more…)

By Scott|2012-10-29T21:06:23-04:00October 29th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

UARA-STARS Celebrate Season Finale at ‘The Rock’

Hendersonville, NC (10/29/12) –While many season regulars are hoping for a solid points day, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Mike Skinner are joining the STARS during the 2012 Championship Weekend at Rockingham Speedway November 2^nd-3^rd.

Since his 2011 Rock appearance with UARA, Wallace Jr. has been turning heads and creating a buzz about his remarkable driving talents in the K&N Pro Series and NASCAR’s Nationwide Series. Returning to the STARS is like a homecoming for Wallace Jr. since he battled and grew up with some of the drivers.

Skinner, on the other hand, has been a spectator to the UARA-STARS throughout this season. His connection with the STARS is through Championship contender Travis Swaim. With Skinner’s experience and well-known background, he was asked by UARA officials to mentor rookie drivers during the last event at ‘The Rock.’ Steve Wallace, Jamey Caudill, and Justin Boston have also entered to run the season finale at the Rock.

Caudill holds the honor of being the driver with the most wins in the UARA record books with 13 wins to his credit. Caudill will be driving the 34 car that has visited victory lane two times at Rockingham in UARA events with Corey LaJoie as the driver. (more…)

By Scott|2012-10-29T20:23:28-04:00October 29th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, UARA-STARS|Comments Off

15-Year-Old Anderson Bowen Scores First Ever JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Win

Thrilling Victory Comes in his Home State

Cordele, Georgia (Saturday, October 27^th, 2012): For 2012 Howie Lettow Memorial Rookie of the Year Presented by Howe Racing Enterprises, 15-year-old Anderson Bowen, the 2012 racing season within the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance was a very successful rookie campaign for the Suwanee, Georgia driver as he finished an impressive third in the final points standings despite not garnering that elusive first win in the series during the points chasing segment of the season.

Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia hosted the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour in a special non-points race; the Watermelon 100 which served as the first half of the Watermelon Twin 100s with the ARCA/CRA Super Series Southern Tour. With no points chasing to worry about, is was all about the race itself for the driver of the #29 Copper Creek Hardware / Chevrolet and the Peach State teenager made the most of the opportunity be scoring his first career JEGS/CRA triumph.

“Finally! We’ve all worked so hard for this and we’re finally here. This feels great. Just wish my car was here too!” Bowen laughed as he conducted his post-race interview minus his car which was being towed to the tech area after colliding with another car that was stopped in turn two after the checkered flag flew. “I really need to thank Scotty (Ellis) for racing me clean the whole time. I don’t think we even touched once the whole race.” He added. (more…)

By Scott|2012-10-29T17:58:36-04:00October 29th, 2012|CRA Racing Series, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off