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Steve Casebolt Snares SAS Racing Series 36th Annual Coca-Cola TN Memorial at Cleveland Speedway

Michael Despain, SAS PR – Cleveland, TN (May 18, 2013)- The Southern All Star Racing Series would visit Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN for the second time in 2013 on Saturday evening for the 36th Annual Tennessee Memorial event and Steve Casebolt of Richmond, IN would cash in for a $4,000 payday at the Ronnie Wilkomm promoted facility aboard the D&R Motorsports owned Hicks and Ingle Contracting/B&M Construction/Harrison Redi-Mix sponsored #C9 MasterSbilt Race Car powered by a Race Engine Design power plant.

The win by Casebolt was his first-ever victory with the Southern All Star Racing Series as he became the 159th different series winner in 628 series events and also marked the fifth different winner in six series events so far during the 2013 season.

After the initial start was called back for a spin by Shawn Chastain, Steve Casebolt would jump to the race lead, with Billy Ogle, Jr. nipping at his heels, while Ray Cook and Randy Weaver dueled for the third position. The front four remained the same as Casebolt started working slower traffic on lap 11, while Ogle, Jr., Cook, and Weaver jockeyed for the runner-up spot in a spirited battle. (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-20T19:43:13-04:00May 20th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

Citrus County Speedway Race Finishes for May 18, 2013

FUPS Open Wheeled Modifieds 50 Laps
Car-#	Drivers Name	Home Town	Finish
61	Wayne Jefferson	Pinellas Park	1
10	Travis Roland	Lake Alfred	2
21	Devin McLeod	Zephyrhills	3
1	Herb Neumann Jr.	Inverness	4
25	L. J. Grimm	Seffner	5
53	Doug Miller	Largo	6
127	Kyle Maynard	Weirsdale	7
18	Shane Butler	Bushnell	8
121	Sean Monaghan	Stark	9
72	Norman Dismuke	Alturas	10
75	Bobby Blake	Grande Island	11
99	Cody Stickler	Pinellas Park	12
1	Roger Blevins	Largo	13
22	Josh Todd	Polk City	14
5	Seth Adams	Mulberry	15
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By Scott|2013-05-20T12:55:16-04:00May 20th, 2013|Citrus County Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Open-Wheel Modifieds, Sportsman, Trucks|Comments Off

17-Year-Old Superstar, Chase Elliott Wins Mercy Masters Of The Pros 144 Presented by JEGS.com

Lebanon I-44 Speedway Serves as Hosts for the 2013 JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Season Opener

9elliott Lebanon, Missouri (Saturday, May 18^th, 2013): The third season within the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance began with the biggest and richest paying event in series history on Saturday, May 18th at the fast 3/8s (0.375) mile high-banked paved oval of Lebanon I-44 Speedway, located southwest of St. Louis in Lebanon, Missouri and 17-year-old Chase Elliott made the 11-hour trip from Dawsonville, Georgia worthwhile by picking up the Green Jacket for winning the inaugural Mercy Masters of the Pros 144 Presented by JEGS.com.

“This is really neat, this is one of the coolest trophies I’ve ever got for winning a race.” The Hendrick Motorsports Development Driver remarked in victory lane after winning his fifth career JEGS/CRA race and receiving his Masters Green Jacket for winning the 144-lap event in the Show-Me State. “This means a lot especially with what it symbolizes back home.” He said in reference to the Jacket, which was modeled after the Masters PGA Golf Tournament which is held annually in his home state in Augusta, Georgia. (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-20T12:45:16-04:00May 20th, 2013|CRA Racing Series, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

Ken Schrader win Menards 200 at Toledo

Becomes Oldest Winner in ARCA Racing Series History

schrader_wins (TOLEDO, Ohio) – Ken Schrader won the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Sundayafternoon at Toledo Speedway, making him the oldest winner in ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards history. Schrader started second in his Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet and led 163 laps. The NASCAR veteran took command of the lead early in the race and held off a long side-by-side battle with Grant Enfinger and took the checkered flag while waving to a capacity crowd.

Schrader pitted on lap 129 and came out second behind Josh Williams, who stayed on the track while most of the rest of the front runners pitted. Schrader, driving the No. 52, quickly got around Williams and got the front — and stayed there. Schrader is 10 days shy of his 58thbirthday.Enfinger cut a right front tire late in the race and finished 15th. Mason Mingus, who entered the race second in points, placed second with Frank Kimmel third, Justin Boston fourth and Matt Tifft fifth.

“I love it,” Schrader said in Victory Lane. “That’s five (at Toledo). We’ll take it. But, now, it means nothing because we have to go to Elko. “Schrader’s Federated Car Care team celebrated in victory lane. It was his fifth win at Toledo Speedway and 16th all-time ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards win. After Enfinger’s car slowed, Schrader had a huge lead as Mingus was his closest competitor, but was a good distance away. “We were just making laps at that point,” Schrader said. “We knew we had a big lead. We just had to keep it out front.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-20T12:32:15-04:00May 20th, 2013|ARCA, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

Blankenship Banks Biggest Win of Career in Bad Boy 98 at Batesville

JohnBlankenshipCar LOCUST GROVE, AR (May 18, 2013) – John Blankenship took home the biggest win of his racing career tonight at Batesville Motor Speedway. Blankenship won $20,000 by winning the Second Annual Bad Boy 98 sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, and marked the first series win for him this year. Blankenship pulled away at the end to score a convincing win over Brady Smith, Steve Francis, Billy Moyer and Jimmy Owens.

While Blankenship enjoyed the fruits of the win, Dennis Erb Jr. was left with what could have been. Erb led the first 67 laps of the race until smoke bellowed from his number 28 car forcing him pitside. Erb and Blankenship had put on a side-by-side battle for the top spot for most of the race until that point. Blankenship then ran away with the race as he went unchallenged over the last 30 laps of the event.

“I have to thank all of my crew, Tom Buckingham and everyone else, this is the biggest win we have ever had,” exclaimed Blankenship in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “That was quite a race for the lead between Dennis and me, and then I saw smoke out of his car and I knew he was in trouble. This Rocket Chassis car has been good all year long, we have been knocking on the door for a big win like this since last year, and tonight it finally happened.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-20T12:18:56-04:00May 20th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Schatz Slips Past Hodnett in Final Corner, Wins Williams Grove Thriller

Defending champ drives to fourth World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Victory of ’13

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – May 17, 2013 – Donny Schatz caught and passed Greg Hodnett in the final corner on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway to win his fourth World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event of the season in thrilling fashion.

Schatz, who started 12th, picked off series points leader Daryn Pittman and two of Pennsylvania’s fiercest competitors, Fred Rahmer and Hodnett, over the final three laps to win at the historic central Pennsylvania venue for the 17th time in his career.

The lead was never safe in the 25-lap feature event. Paul McMahan started on the pole and led the first 10 laps before Hodnett worked his way to the front to complete Lap 11 just as caution came out. Hodnett tried to pull away on the restart but McMahan, Rahmer and Pittman stayed in close pursuit. It looked as if the vaunted PA Posse with Hodnett and Rahmer was going to deal the Outlaws their second consecutive defeat in as many nights before Schatz ran them both down on the last lap, surprising Rahmer by going to the outside in turns 1 and 2, then setting up Hodnett in turn 3, passing under him in turn 4 and charging down the long front stretch to absolutely stun the huge crowd.

“Man to lead the last lap is important and I got Greg at just the right time, he went to the bottom to protect it and I wasn’t about to lose that way,” said Schatz, driver of the Tony Stewart Racing STP/Armor All J&J. “I gave it everything I had tonight, it worked. A lot of nights it doesn’t.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-20T12:03:38-04:00May 20th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Dietrich Downs Outlaws Again, Repeats in Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln

PA Posse racer tops World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car stars for second year in a row

ABOTTSTOWN, Pa. – May 16, 2013 – A year after being schooled by the vaunted Pennsylvania Posse at Lincoln Speedway, the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series racers made great strides but still came up short as local star Danny Dietrich powered to victory in the Gettysburg Clash for the second consecutive season.

Last year it was hard to find an Outlaw in the top 10 at Lincoln, this time around Donny Schatz pressured Dietrich for the entire 35 laps before settling for second by about a car length at the checkered flag. Sammy Swindell, Tim Kaeding and Brad Sweet rounded out the top five on the first of four consecutive nights of action for the Outlaws.

Dietrich remained faithful to the bottom of the race track, making Schatz have to use the high side to get around him. Schatz kept pace using the high side early on, but as the bottom proved to be the preferred line he moved down and tried to force Dietrich into a making mistake.

“Just was determined to get the jump on every restart, I screwed up a couple of times, but was able to recover from it,” said Dietrich, of Aspers, Pa. “I saw his nose probably half a dozen times, I was just trying to hit my marks, I figured if I could just hit my marks everything would probably be OK. It just feels real good to beat the best of the best guys in the world.” (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-17T14:29:22-04:00May 17th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Heads to Batesville Motor Speedway May 16th-18th for “Bad Boy 98”

WAYCROSS, GA (May 15, 2013) – Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series heads to the deep south this weekend for the 2nd Annual Bad Boy 98, May 16th through the 18th at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR. This year’s event, sponsored by Bad Boy Mowers, will pay $20,000 win and $1,200 to start the feature event. Activities will get underway on Thursday night with a special open practice session. Then, on Friday night May 17th, there will be LOLMDS Hot Laps, RED BUCK Time Trials and heat races to set the starting field of the 2nd Annual Bad Boy 98. On Saturday night May 18th, there will be a special autograph session for fans to meet all the stars of the LOLMDS, as well as several top regional drivers from around the country. Following the autograph session, there will be two LOLMDS B-Mains to complete the starting field for the 98-lap $20,000 to win feature event. (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-16T00:08:47-04:00May 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series|Comments Off

Plenty of Talent to Battle for the Win in Saturday’s Mercy “Masters of the Pros”

Already 42 Entries to Date(Salem, IN.) – A stout field of cars and drivers is already entered for this coming Saturday’s Mercy “Masters of the Pros” 144 event that will be held at Lebanon I-44 Speedway, located in Lebanon, Missouri. This will be the biggest event to date for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance with the winner taking home a series record $8000 plus a signature green jacket, similar to the one that is known for adorning the champion of golf’s Masters event, along with the coveted signature winner’s trophy from JEGS presented to each series event winner. This event will be the highest paying Pro Late Model event in the country during the 2013 race season.

The event, which has already attracted 42 entries to date, will feature some of the best late model drivers in the country along with the best from the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour and the best of the Lebanon I-44 Speedway O’Reilly Auto Parts Late Models. There is a strong NASCAR flavor with this event with Hendricks Motorsports Development driver Chase Elliott entered, the son of NASCAR Legend Bill Elliott, who will also be on hand as the Grand Marshall of the event. (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-14T23:45:46-04:00May 14th, 2013|CRA Racing Series, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off

Mark Day Wins A Classic In Southern Superstars First Visit To Highland Rim

RIDGETOP, TN—The Southern Superstars Short Track Series made it’s first stop of the 2013 season at the Highland Rim Speedway in Ridgetop, TN., before a very large and enthusiastic crowd and that got to see what many believe is the best race in series history as veteran Mark Day of Clarksville TN., and up and coming star Davey Coble of Madison, TN., put on a driving exhibition fro the last 18 laps before Day came out on top after the 100 lap slugfest was over.

The action got started in qualifying at Justin Ashburn of White House, TN., set fast time and won the Lynch Tree Service Fast Qualifier award as he turned the ¼ mile track in 12.324 second, with Day setting second quick, Chase Oliver third, Coble fourth and T W Fisher rounding out the top five qualifiers. (more…)

By Scott|2013-05-14T14:28:55-04:00May 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Southern All Stars|Comments Off