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Spangler Sees the Checkers

Eric Spangler earns first World of Outlaws win

082716_WOOL_Merritt LAKE CITY, Mich. – August 26, 2016 – Eric Spangler earns his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series victory Friday night, for the first night of the Keyser Manufacturing Great Lakes Shootout weekend at Merritt Speedway. The Lake City, Mich. native revved his engine all the way to victory lane in front of his home crowd.

The four-time track champion battled a stout 24-car field against the series’ superstars. Spangler led all 25 laps to capture the win and a $6,000 purse. His No. 27 Spangler Heating & Cooling/ Cyclo Products MasterBilt car led the field into the green flag. Setting the pace on the 3/8-mile oval, he never looked back in the caution-free Craftsman Club® feature.

“Wow…great,” said Spangler in front of a packed crowd. “We just picked up this bare frame two weeks ago. Me and my dad put a new motor in it, and we brought this out three weeks later for a feature win. [The car] was fast right out of the box.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-28T18:45:07-04:00August 28th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Home State Sweep

Donny Schatz Wins for Eighth Time at River Cities Speedway

DonnyHome By Tony Veneziano (GRAND FORKS, N.D.) August 26, 2016 — Donny Schatz scored a pair of sweeps on Friday night with the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway in his home state of North Dakota. First, he completed a clean sweep of the night, setting fast time, winning a heat race, winning the dash and winning the 40-lap A-Feature. Second, he completed a sweep of both legs of the Gerdau Northern Tour at River Cities Speedway for 2016.

The win for Schatz was his fourth straight with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at the high-banked, action-packed bullring. In his career, the seven-time and defending Outlaws champion has now won eight times with the series at the track.

“This race team is incredible, it’s not me,” said Schatz of his success at River Cities Speedway. “The things they think of to make this race car better is amazing. I just have a habit of having a dumb way of driving it. I like it laying on the right rear like the late model. It really works, especially here. Sunday at Angell Park, I thought I had the best race car I had ever driven. That thing was awesome, but tonight, it was unbelievable. I think one of my eight-year-old nieces could have won that race in that race car. This race team is on their game. It’s what they do, day in and day out. I’m just the lucky guy that gets to drive it.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-28T18:38:38-04:00August 28th, 2016|Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Bloomquist Takes John Bradshaw Memorial at Ponderosa Speedway

Bloomer at Ponderosa JUNCTION CITY, KY (August 26, 2016) – Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point leader Scott Bloomquist extended his lead in the championship standings by winning the 13th Annual John Bradshaw Memorial at Ponderosa Speedway on Friday Night. It was the first ever visit by the LOLMDS to the Central Kentucky bullring.

Bloomquist led all 50 laps in his Crop Production Services, Reece Monument Company, Mark Martin Automotive, Andy Durham-powered, Sweet-Bloomquist Chassis. Tim McCreadie’s Sweeteners Plus, Longhorn finished second, followed by Dennis Erb Jr. in his Vomac Truck Sales, Black Diamond Chassis.

Bloomquist dominated the competition all night long, first setting fast time in his group, and then easily winning his heat race. He bolted to the lead at the start of the main event and was never seriously challenged all race long.

“The car was nearly perfect. I don’t know if I could find anything wrong with,” said the 52-year-old Hall of Famer who scored his 11th series win of the season. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-28T18:28:20-04:00August 28th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Southern All Star Schedule Busy For September

Hickman SAS Promo FAYETTEVILLE, TN – The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will head into the month of September with four races schedule over the month at three tracks, that all have different characteristics about them,

The series will return to the great fans of west Tennessee as promoter Ricky Spurgeon will have the series back for a Saturday night September 3^rd 40 $4,000 to win event at Thunderhill Raceway in Lawrenceburg, TN. The series returned to the high banked 1/3 mile facility in May after a long absence and local driver Mark Fields of Lawrenceburg, TN., grabbed his first career Southern All Star win and will be back to see if he can make it two wins in a row.

Then on September 17^th the series will return for its second visit of the season to the Casey Moses & Dustin Dunlap promoted Smoky Mt Speedway in Maryville, TN., for a 40 lap $5,000 to win event. The big 4/10^th mile track provides high speed and a lot of action, in the series first visit of the year Winfield, TN., driver Mike Marlar took the win and will be looking to make a clean sweep for the 2016 season. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-23T22:34:54-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

Richards Leads the Charge to Win No. 14

Three Series Drivers Finish on the Podium

081216_WOOL_Delaware DELMAR, Del. – August 11, 2016 – Josh Richards pulled away from the field Thursday night, winning the Fulton Bank 50 at Delaware International Speedway by more than four seconds. The victory was Richards’ 14^th, and with it he earns the $10,000 purse.

Richards’ wins total this season stands three shy of tying Darrell Lanigan for most wins in a single season (17). Not only that, Richards tied Lanigan for most series wins all-time with 72. The win was Richards’ second consecutive trip to victory lane.

“That’s wild,” said Richards about tying the record, receiving a standing ovation from the crowd. “It’s been an incredible season. We’ve had so much fun. You see guys get on these rolls. You just don’t want to mess it up. I’m so blessed to be able to do what I do.”

Kenny Pettyjohn and Amanda Whaley, two Delaware natives, led the 24-car field into the green flag of the 50-lap feature. Though Pettyjohn drew the No. 1 spot earlier in the night, Whaley overtook him within the first few laps; Pettyjohn fell out of the top five. She thereon built a two-second buffer from the field, and she was consistently quicker than the rest of the field by two-tenths of a second. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-12T17:15:39-04:00August 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Bloomquist Banks Big in 30th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial

Bloomer Wins Ralph Latham Memorial UNION, KY (August 11, 2016) – Scott Bloomquist took over the lead on lap five and never looked back as he went on to win the 30th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial on Thursday night at Florence Speedway. The two-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion and current point leader earned $30,000 for his victory. It was his first Ralph Latham Memorial win since 2006.

In a close race for second at the finish, it was Don O’Neal in the Clint Bowyer Racing/Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil, Club 29 taking the runner-up spot. He was just ahead of Dennis Erb Jr. in the Vomac Truck Sales/Black Diamond, Bobby Pierce in the Allgayer Inc./Bob Pierce Race Car, and Jared Landers in the Crop Production Services/Sweet-Bloomquist entry.

Bloomquist had to hold off a furious charge from O’Neal, Erb and Pierce at the end to get the job done. “I got the signal they were gaining on me towards the end. I didn’t want to get on top of that cushion. You can’t take a chance of messing up and getting into the fence. I stayed right in the middle even in the slick. I can’t say enough about Randy Sweet and all of my other sponsors,” said Bloomquist who maintains the points lead with his series-leading 10th win of the season. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-12T17:04:45-04:00August 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Tim Kaeding Takes Knoxville Nationals by Storm on Night 2

Outlaw Jason Johnson Takes the Night in Points Standings

081116KnoxvillePostKaeding KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Aug. 11, 2016 – Night two of the 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores was more than a race to the finish on the A-Main; it was a race in time to beat the impending storms. And Tim Kaeding nailed it. “King of California” Kaeding took to Victory Lane just before severe thunderstorms storms descended on Knoxville.

“I’ve got to give this one to B.C.,” said Kaeding, dedicating his win to Bryan Clauson. “Here’s another one towards your 200. I grew up racing with his Dad. Just a great family and a hell of a racecar driver.” It was an emotional night with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. leading the field under parade laps driving Bryan Clauson’s 17W.

Thursday’s 25-lap A-Main is Kaeding’s third career Knoxville Nationals preliminary feature. “It’s so unbelievable,” said Kaeding. “We’ve struggled so bad here at Knoxville the last few years, especially in this 3[K] car. We had a win taken away last year, because we had a muffler that was tampered with more than anything. You know, we’ve been fast. We just haven’t been as fast as we need to be, so for us to be able to come out tonight and win prelim night at Knoxville is a feat within itself.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-12T16:57:58-04:00August 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Brian Campbell Conquers Extreme Heat and Kalamazoo to get the Win

13895293_10153610786620981_5695891591646634084_n-Copy-718x415 Salem, IN (August 11, 2016) – Veteran Michigan racer Brian Campbell overcame the extreme heat on Wednesday night and a tough battle with NASCAR Xfinity Series points leader Erik Jones to grab the win in the Kalamazoo Klash 125 as part of the Kalamazoo Klash XXIV at the famed Kalamazoo Speedway. On a day that saw heat index’s rise to over 105 degrees, the real battle was on the track as Brian Campbell put on a show with Jones to finally take the lead on lap 89 and go on and score his second ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS win of the season and his 20^thcareer series victory.

“It felt like a 125 laps of qualifying tonight, we never let up and there was no time to breathe tonight,” said Campbell, in victory lane. “At the beginning it was just mediocre and then it really started to get fast towards the middle, and I never let up. I’m telling you, I never took a breath. It was a good clean race and a great battle with Erik, obviously where he is in his career, he’s one of the best!” (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-12T16:52:54-04:00August 12th, 2016|CRA Racing Series, Front Page News|Comments Off

Rust wins thriller at 25th annual Harris Clash

Rust-VL WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (Aug. 9) – Joel Rust had the greatest seat for the best race in the house for most of 25 laps Tuesday night at Hamilton County Speedway.

Little did he know, a short time later it would lead the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified driver to a victory lane celebration as the winner of the Harris Clash.

Rust, who started inside of row two, chased front row starters Chris Abelson and Kelly Shryock for all but three-quarters of a lap in the 25^th annual event. Contact between the front-runners allowed Rust to escape to the first Harris Clash win of his career.

Abelson built an early lead while Shryock pursued multiple car-lengths behind him. Shryock closed to within a car-length by lap 10 and searched high and low to work past the leader.

While the former Clash winners engaged in a battle for the lead, Rust cut a half-straightaway deficit into just a couple car-lengths in the waning laps.

Contact between Abelson and Shryock forced Abelson into a spin in the middle of turns one and two just after the field had taken the white flag.

Shryock slowed after the contact while Rust slipped between them and emerged down the back stretch as the leader. He led the final half lap on his way to victory and a $2,000 payday. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-10T14:45:08-04:00August 10th, 2016|Front Page News, IMCA|Comments Off

Tomkins Makes Last Lap Stunner at Weedsport

Captures His First Super DIRTcar Series Victory Since 2008

TOMKINS_Weedsport (Mandee Pauch) WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – Aug. 9, 2016 – Just when everyone thought the race was over it was Gary Tomkins who made a last lap pass over Erick Rudolph to capture the Super DIRTcar Series Hall of Fame 100 at Weedsport Speedway and take home the $10,000 paycheck.

“That last restart the tires didn’t feel right so I went to the bottom, got my rhythm back and caught back up to Erick,” Tomkins said in victory lane. “I stuck it into one that one time and it stuck and I thought ‘oh boy here we go.’ I thought maybe if Erick gave me room on the front stretch we could do it and he did.”

Rudolph and Stewart Friesen brought the 30-car field to the initial green.

Rudolph held on strong to position No. 1 over Friesen as Friesen worked the outside lane to chase him down. (more…)

By Scott|2016-08-10T13:55:26-04:00August 10th, 2016|Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off