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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

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

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

Blankenship Reaches Mountaintop Of Dirt Late Model Racing With Career-First Victory In DIRTcar UMP-Sanctioned World 100 At Eldora Speedway

West Virginia Driver Charges Forward From 12^th Starting Spot For $46,000 Triumph

090713_World100VL ROSSBURG, OH – Sept. 7, 2013 – Welcome to the elite, John Blankenship.

The 32-year-old driver from Williamson, W.Va., reached the mountaintop of dirt Late Model racing on Saturday night, racing forward from the 12^th starting spot to capture the 43^rd annual DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway.

Blankenship passed Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., for the lead on lap 53 and never looked back. He secured the biggest win of his decade-long racing career – a star-making triumph worth $46,000 – by reaching the checkered flag 1.757 seconds ahead of Union, Ky.’s Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., whose late bid to finally put the World 100 on his resume fell short.

A low-key racer who has come of age as a championship contender this season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Blankenship kept an even keel during his Victory Lane celebration with his father/car owner Don and crew. He had a hard time grasping the significance of what he had accomplished in front of a massive crowd that ranked as one of the largest in the history of the historic high-banked, half-mile oval. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-10T01:47:51-04:00September 10th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Race Results, World of Outlaws|Comments Off

Kyle Larson Powers to World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Win at Antioch

Holds off Allard, Kaeding for California podium sweep at second consecutive event

090813_Antioch_top3_w ANTIOCH, Calif. – Sept. 8, 2013 – Kyle Larson held off Jonathan Allard to lead a Golden State podium sweepon Sunday night at Antioch Speedway for his second World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season and the fourth series win of his career.

California natives Tim Kaeding and Kyle Hirst were third and fourth in their Roth Motorsports cars while Chad Kemenah was the top-finishing World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series racer in fifth. The event marked the end of the Gold Rush Tour, which was comprised of eight races in 10 nights.

Larson, one of racing’s fastest rising star’s, earned the pole for the 30-lap A-main after dominating the dash. He led the field to green and worked the low side of the track early. After a caution with eight laps down, Larson started testing the top groove but was forced to constantly defend attacks from Allard. Late in the race the groove moved back down to the bottom and Larson was quick to shift. Allard and Kaeding tightened the gap in the final laps, but neither was able to make a charge for the lead. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-10T01:43:31-04:00September 10th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Smith, Czarapata, Pruitt, VanDenBerg are Saturday Night Super Nationals Champions

1208568_515468461864595_881397669_n-590x393 BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7) – Dylan Smith heads the list of first-time champions crowned Saturday night at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s.

Smith led the last 10 circuits in winning the Modified main event at Boone Speedway. Restarts erased each of Chris Mills’ big leads and helped open the door for Smith, who then had to hold off Jon Snyder following a late restart.

“I knew if we could stay in the top four we’d have a shot at it in the end,” said Smith, who earned $5,800 for his efforts, including a $3,800 Speedway Motors Weekly Racing bonus. “I really didn’t want to see that yellow come with two laps to go but it all worked out.”

Keith White and Shawn Kilgore completed the top four. Kilgore had started 15^th. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-10T01:30:58-04:00September 10th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off

McCreadie & Lanigan Bag $5,000 Victories On Second World 100 Preliminary Night At Eldora Speedway

090613_TMacVL ROSSBURG, OH – Sept. 6, 2013 – Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., scored $5,000 triumphs in the Twin 25-lap features that highlighted Friday night’s second preliminary program of the 43^rd annual DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway.

Both World of Outlaws Late Model Series regulars took advantage of front-row starting spots to lead their respective headliners from flag-to-flag, but their roads to Victory Lane were far from easy.

McCreadie, 39, recorded his long-awaited first career dirt Late Model win at the high-banked, half-mile oval in the event reserved for the evening’s odd-number qualifiers. He grabbed the lead from the pole position at the initial green flag and was never headed in a caution-free race, but he barely outlasted the late-charging Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., who swiped the runner-up spot from Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich., on the final lap.

Lanigan, 43, raced off the outside pole to capture the feature for the even-number qualifiers after surviving mid-race challenges from John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., and Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., and outrunning fellow WoO LMS traveler Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., in the final circuits. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-07T16:47:58-04:00September 7th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Saldana Captures His First World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Victory of the Season

Earns win to kick off 60th Gold Cup weekend at Silver Dollar Speedway

CHICO, Calif. – Sept. 6, 2013 – Joey Saldana drove his Motter Equipment machine to the lead with seven laps to go on Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway then held on to win his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series race of the season and kick off the 60th Gold Cup Race of Champions weekend in style.

Pole-sitter Jason Sides led twice and held onto second as Andy Forsberg, an ecstatic local racer, was cheered by the partial California crowd after earning the third spot on the podium. Shane Stewart recouped from a wreck on Wednesday night at Cottage Grove Speedway to finish fourth while Tim Kaeding, winner of the previous two World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car events, was fifth after charging from 19th to earn the KSE Hard Charger Award.

Sides started on the pole of the 30-lap feature event and worked the bottom while second-place running Brad Sweet worked the top side of the high-banked quarter-mile oval. On lap four, following a restart, Sweet got the drive he needed off of turn two to take the lead. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-07T16:37:53-04:00September 7th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

VanWormer & Clanton Open World 100 Weekend With Victories In Twin 25-Lap A-Features Thursday Night At Eldora Speedway

090513_EldoraClanNew ROSSBURG, OH – Sept. 5, 2013 – Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich., and Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., opened the newly expanded World 100 weekend with victories in Thursday night’s Twin 25-lap features at Eldora Speedway.

With the DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned event’s 112-car field split in half by time-trial results, VanWormer captured the caution-free first A-Main for odd-numbered qualifiers and Clanton added another flourish to his sparkling record at the Big E in the nightcap reserved for even-numbered qualifiers. Both drivers cashed $5,000 paychecks for their triumphs.

A fan favorite well known for his hard-charging style on the high-banked, half-mile Eldora oval, VanWormer vaulted from the third starting spot to the lead at the initial start of the first feature and never looked back. He led every lap of a race that was completed in just under seven-and-a-half minutes. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-07T16:12:40-04:00September 7th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Kaeding Conquers Cottage Grove for Second Victory in a Row

Californian earns 9th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car win of the season

090513_COTTAGEGROVE_650x400 COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. – Sept. 4, 2013 – Tim Kaeding brought the fans to their feet with a run from fifth-to-first on Wednesday night at Cottage Grove Speedway for his second consecutive World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory on the Gold Rush Tour and ninth series win overall this season.

Kaeding and the Roth Motorsports entry battled their way past Cody Darrah for the lead on lap 15 and held off Kyle Larson to the checkered flag in the 40-lap feature.

World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship leader Daryn Pittman was third with pole-sitter Joey Saldana in fourth and Donny Schatz in fifth.

Saldana led the opening laps by working the bottom of the track before Darrah took a few laps to get his speed going around the top as he blazed to a solid lead coming off of turn four on lap three for the lead.

The top line took off dropping Saldana a few positions over the next few laps while Larson and Kaeding both ran behind Darrah on the top of the quarter-mile oval. (more…)

By Scott|2013-09-07T16:08:14-04:00September 7th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

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

West Virginia Driver Charges Forward From 12th Starting Spot For $46,000 Triumph

Holds off Allard, Kaeding for California podium sweep at second consecutive event

Earns win to kick off 60th Gold Cup weekend at Silver Dollar Speedway

Californian earns 9th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car win of the season

West Virginia Driver Charges Forward From 12^th Starting Spot For $46,000 Triumph