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Jason Feger Cruises to Farmer City Summer Nationals Win

Scores his Fourth Straight Podium Finish

070816FegerVL FARMER CITY, Ill. – July 8, 2016 – Jason Feger continued his recent string of success Friday night at Farmer City Raceway as he scored his second DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory in four days.

Feger started back in ninth, but made steady progress through the field and battled past Devin Gilpin with 10 laps to go. Through the end of the feature, Feger held off Ryan Unzicker, who has one win on the season and Tim Manville, who powered forward from a 20th place starting position.

The win was the fourth straight podium finish for Feger on the tour.

Unzicker finished in second with Manville in third, Gilpin in fourth and Billy Moyer in fifth. Series points leader Bobby Pierce closed out the night in sixth. (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-12T15:51:08-04:00July 12th, 2016|Front Page News, World of Outlaws|Comments Off

Bloomquist Takes Grassy Smith Memorial at Cherokee Speedway

2016news_7-8 GAFFNEY, SC (July 8, 2016) – Scott Bloomquist won his third straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event on Friday Night at Cherokee Speedway by leading all but one lap of the main event. After a 4-hour rain delay, the standing room only crowd saw Bloomquist take the win in the Grassy Smith Memorial, also marking his 70th career LOLMDS win.

Casey Roberts came home in second, followed by Johnny Pursley, Brandon Sheppard, and 18th-starting Jonathan Davenport.

Chris Madden managed to lead lap 18, marking the only lead change throughout the long battle between himself and Bloomquist. Madden took the lead in heavy traffic much to the pleasure of his home-track crowd, but under the ensuing caution Madden’s right rear tire went flat and he was forced to pit. He never returned to the track.

“I know we have finished later at some tracks,” said the winner after the race that ended at about 3:20 am local time. “At the start, I kind of just settled in on the bottom. I really couldn’t see where the cushion was. I think we were still fast enough and could have gotten it done.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-12T15:45:04-04:00July 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Schuchart Gets First with Cedar Lake Win

Joins Bill Balog as the Only Other First Time Winner, So Far, in 2016

070916CedarLakeVL NEW RICHMOND, Wisc. – July 8, 2016 – It was not easy but Logan Schuchart did what he had to Friday night at Cedar Lake Speedway to score his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory as he battled past Joey Saldana and held off Donny Schatz to win the FVP Outlaws at Cedar Lake.

Schuchart, who started the feature on the front row with Shane Stewart, jumped out to the lead early but succumbed to Joey Saldana’s charge on a lap seven restart. Schuchart battled back as the two drivers worked their way through traffic and despite strong advances from Donny Schatz late, Schuchart held tough.

“I’m proud of our team. We’ve gotten close a couple of times and I can tell the disappointment when we come back,” Schuchart said. “I told everybody, ‘we’re going to get one of these after a while.’ You know how hard it is racing with the Outlaws and how difficult it is every night, but I believed we were going to get it done and sooner or later it was going to start clicking.

“I promised my little brother, two years ago, he said, ‘how come you don’t win anymore?’ I said, ‘well, what do you want me to do? The next time I win, I’m going to stand on the wing.’ He said, ‘alright.’ So tonight, I had to fulfill that promise to my little brother. That felt great.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-12T15:30:40-04:00July 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Clanton Clobbers Field for Fifth Win

Richards Charges to Second-Place Finish from Ninth

070816_Mason_City MASON CITY, Iowa – July 8, 2016 – Shane Clanton was stronger than stone Friday night, dominating The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series 50-lap feature at Mason City Motor Speedway. Clanton not only solidified his fifth win of the season, but also tied Rick Eckert for fourth all time in career wins (35) in the series.

“Oh man, that car was good,” Clanton said. “It’s pretty special right now. It was a good win here that eluded me the last time I was here [in 2004]. I went a little hard on the tire [then], but tonight we ran a little softer than everyone else, and it was pretty good.”

Clanton, the series defending champion, rose to the top of the track as the green flag waved-on the 24-car field. Within a half of a lap, he reeled-in Eckert with his No. 25 Weldbank Energy/ Coopers Meat Packers Capital car. The long 1/2-mile oval lent enough room for Clanton to separate himself from the pack lap-by-lap. By lap nine in a caution-free feature, Clanton was 2.402 seconds away.

As Eckert began to fade, other drivers took advantage. Eric Wells, who captured his first podium finish the night before, replaced Eckert for the second position. Chad Simpson, following behind Wells in his No. 25s Liebe Trucking/ GATR Truck Center Victory Circle car, followed suit. By lap 15, the podium was spaced by more than one-second between the trio of drivers. (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-12T15:25:00-04:00July 12th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Standerfer in Victory Lane at Macon

The Series Returns to Action on Friday at Farmer City Raceway

0macon-070716-1021 MACON, Ill. – July 7, 2016 – Rodney Standerfer had his hands full during Thursday night’s DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals feature at Macon Speedway Zach Rhodes and Levi Kissinger challenging throughout, but the veteran Standerfer held off both to score his first win of the season.

Standerfer led early, but through two cautions he first had Rhodes on his bumper, looking for a way around on the high side and then Kissinger, battling side-by-side through the middle portion of the race. Standerfer moved from the bottom to the top side and through cautions and traffic managed to keep Kissinger at bay.

“We kept getting them yellows, getting them yellows and I kept thinking, come on!” Standerfer said. “This has been a dream come true.”

Kissinger finished in second with Ray Walsh in third, Josh Harris in fourth and the previous night’s winner, Kenny Wallace, in fifth. (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-12T15:18:28-04:00July 12th, 2016|Front Page News, World of Outlaws|Comments Off

Casey Roberts Doubles Up On SAS Races At Senoia & Cochran

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series spent the July 4th weekend in the Peach State of Georgia and Toccoa, GA., driver Casey Roberts picked up his second & third wins the season as he took the win in the Roscoe Smith Classic at the Senoia Raceway in front of a full house Saturday night. Roberts battled side by side and swapped the lead with Riley Hickman until Roberts took over the top spot for good on lap 11 as Roberts slid under Hickman and then checked out of the rest of the field to get the win, the 7th of his Southern All Star career.

Finishing in the second spot was Michael Page of Douglasville, GA., who got around Hickman at the halfway point for his first top five of the season with the series, third place went to Hickman who continues to led the series point’s, fourth to Tyler Millwood of Kingston, GA., and fifth went to Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN.

Finishing in the sixth spot in the caution free 44 lap event honoring his dad was Clint Smith of Senoia, GA., seventh to Austin Horton of Senoia, GA., eighth Cody King of McDonough, GA., ninth to Skylar Marlar of Winfield, TN., and tenth Joe Armistead of Senoia, GA. (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-12T02:14:27-04:00July 6th, 2016|Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

Brad Sweet Has a Good Night at Badlands Motor Speedway

Chips Away at Donny Schatz’s Points Lead

070216BadlandsPost BRANDON, S.D. – July 2, 2016 – Brad Sweet led early and led often at Badlands Motor Speedway on Saturday night as he found luck and persevered to score his seventh World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

Sweet, who took the checkered flag at the track for the first time in his career, lost the lead to Rico Abreu on lap 10. When Abreu got too low on the track and caught a tire barrier sending him flipping on to the front straight, Sweet regained the lead. Through a couple of close calls, it was smooth sailing to the end.

Sweet’s win is his first since May 13 at Plymouth Speedway.

“It feels good. This team needed that win – we’ve been in a bit of a slump,” Sweet said. “We just haven’t been able to compete for wins over the last 10 or 15 races. We started out the season really strong and then kind of fell off there. So it’s nice to get back to victory lane and give these guys some confidence.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-05T17:03:48-04:00July 5th, 2016|Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Bloomquist Takes Third Straight Lucas Oil Win at Portsmouth

Bloomquist at Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH, OH (July 2, 2016) Scott Bloomquist rolled to his third straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory at Portsmouth Raceway Park on Saturday Night. In front of a massive crowd, Bloomquist led all 60 laps of the Independence 60, and now holds a 20-point lead over Jonathan Davenport in the Lucas Oil Championship Standings.

Jared Landers came from seventh to finish second in the Lance Landers Motorsports/Crop Production Services/Sweet-Bloomquist entry. Steve Francis finished third in the Optima Batteries/Tim Logan Racing/Black Diamond Chassis. Completing the top five were Tim McCreadie and former track champion, Rod Conley.

“Everyone has to be pretty tired after driving back home from a race in Kentucky last night. We tore the whole right side of the body off the car last night, so we went back to get this one ready. We have got two good cars now. This is the car I wanted to run here to get ready for the DTWC later this year,” said Bloomquist in Lucas Oil Victory Lane.

“I think we are pretty happy with where we are at. I didn’t realize until later that we broke the track record in qualifying. This car can just get around this track so well. It was good to see Jared come in second. I wasn’t worried with that caution with two laps to go. It was getting a little difficult to pass.” (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-05T16:56:24-04:00July 5th, 2016|Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Summer Nationals to Join Mars Late Model DIRTcar Series at Springfield Raceway

Event Rescheduled for Sept. 17 Following Rain out this Week

070216SpringfieldRescheduleGraphic SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – July 2, 2016 – The rained out Summer Nationals event at Springfield Raceway, originally scheduled for June 30, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17 in a special event that will pair the tour with the Mars Late Model DIRTcar Series.

The event, sponsored by Greenlawn Funeral Home, will be a combined show and marks the first time the Summer Nationals has joined the Mars Late Models.

“We are glad to have the opportunity to return to Springfield Raceway and excited to join the Mars Late Models for this special event,” said DIRTcar’s Sam Driggers.

All pit armbands purchased for the Summer Nationals event on June 30 will be honored for the makeup event or for any event at Springfield Raceway.

Follow the Summer Nationals and Summit Modified Nationals on Twitter at Twitter.com/SummerNationals or on Facebook at Facebook.com/SummerNationals. Stay up-to-date with the latest news from the series throughout the lead up and the summer on the series’ websites at TheHellTour.com and ModifiedNationals.com. (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-05T16:52:32-04:00July 5th, 2016|Front Page News, Late Models, MARS DIRTcar Series|Comments Off

Brian Bielong Scores Summit Modified Nationals Win at Fayette County

The Series Returns to Action on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55

070116MNFayettePhoto BROWNSTOWN, Ill. – July 1, 2016 – Brian Bielong held off Mike Harrison at Fayette County Speedway on Friday night to score the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win.

Bielong started on the pole and fought much of the feature side-by-side with the reigning Summit Modified Nationals champion, Harrison.

With Bielong running the high line and Harrison on the bottom, Harrison nearly edged him at the halfway point. As the two drivers worked their way through traffic late, Harrison again tried to edge Bielong, but he could not close the deal.

Bielong scored his first Summit Modfied Nationals victory of the season with Harrison in second, Levi Kissinger in third and Nick Hoffman, the current series points leader in fourth.

The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals returns to action on Saturday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. (more…)

By Scott|2016-07-05T16:44:45-04:00July 5th, 2016|Front Page News, World of Outlaws|Comments Off