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All Star Sprints set to invade this Friday, August 31 along with 305 Sprints & Sportsman/Stocks

Plenty of Action Left of the 2012 Schedule Through September & October

Sarver, PA (August 29, 2012) Led by a triumvirate of former Track Champions, the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints are scheduled to roll into Sarvertown this Friday Night to headline the final Fast Friday of the 2012 season before we switch gears to September Saturday Nights. The All Star Sprints will headline the event with support from the 305 Sprints that call Mercer Raceway Park and Dog Hollow Speedway home and our bread & butter division; the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman.

1993 Track Champion Tim Shaffer, 1991 Track Champion Dale Blaney and 2010 Track Champion Danny Holtgraver will carry the flag for the travelling All Stars. Shaffer leads the overall All Star Point Standings, while Blaney leads the Ohio Region Points. Shaffer also recently reached the 50 win milestone with the All Stars and is sixth all time in All Star Wins. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-30T04:15:25-04:00August 30th, 2012|Artic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Team GDT’s Méndez and Tveter Want to Record Good Showings at Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Aug. 29 — As summer traditionally draws to a close on Labor Day weekend, students all over America are wishing for just a little more vacation time. Young people who have spent the summer training to be professional race car drivers want more time too, whether they’re going back to school or not. They want to earn as many points as possible in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear before the season ends in October. Drivers in this Mazda Road to Indy series, including Team GDT’s two rookies, Andres Méndez and Ryan Tveter, need good showings this weekend in the Star Mazda doubleheader at the Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT, as only two more events remain after this weekend. They face a jam-packed schedule in Baltimore. They’ll have just 30 minutes of track time at 8:40 a.m. Friday morning before qualifications are held at 1:55 p.m. that afternoon. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-30T04:08:51-04:00August 30th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

ASA MEMBER TRACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS IN ACTION THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND

Kevin Ramsell/ASA Racing PR – DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Wednesday, August 29, 2012) – The top six on the leaderboard for the ASA Member Track National Championship will be in action this Labor Day Weekend. The holiday weekend will set the tone for the final month of the 2012 battle.

Current National Championship leader Shelby Stroebel will be looking for his 13^th and 14^th feature wins in the ASA Modified division this Saturday night at Meridian Speedway in Meridian, ID. It was about this time one year ago that Stroebel started his win streak at the quarter-mile asphalt oval. He will be coming into this weekend with a 220-point lead over Rus Ward in the track standings and has a national average of 4.5261. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-30T04:01:37-04:00August 30th, 2012|ASA Racing, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour at Owosso Speedway on Saturday

Salem, IN (August 28, 2012) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance will head back to Michigan for the Big O Classic 100 Presented by JEGS.com at Owosso Speedway located in Ovid, Michigan this Saturday, September 1^st. Saturday’s race at the 3/8’s mile progressively banked oval will be the 12^th race in the 14 race 2012 schedule for the template bodied crate motor late model series sanctioned by Champion Racing Association.

All the top JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour drivers will be there on Saturday including current series point’s leader Daniel Hemric, who has now won seven series features and has finished second in two others in the 11 series events contested to date for the Scott Neal Racing Team. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-28T20:31:01-04:00August 28th, 2012|CRA Racing Series, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

ASA MEMBER TRACKS AND SERIES OFFERING GREAT ENTERTAINMENT OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND

Kevin Ramsell/ASA Racing PR – DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Tuesday, August 28, 2012) – The upcoming Labor Day Weekend holiday will provide a great opportunity for race fans to attend an ASA sanctioned event. Many ASA Member Tracks and two ASA sanctioned series have scheduled events for this weekend.

Here is a preview of what is happening this weekend.

ASA PROAUTOSPORTS – After a summer break, ASA’s premier road course series will be in action on Friday, August 31 through Sunday, September 2 at Inde Motorsports Ranch, an ASA Member Track in Wilcox, AZ. Over 150 cars will be in action from go-karts, open wheel, and stock cars will be racing all weekend long. Action gets underway at 12:30pm on Friday and 8:00am on Saturday & Sunday. www.proautosports.com (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-28T20:23:15-04:00August 28th, 2012|ASA Racing, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

World of Outlaws Return to Calistoga Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 9

The rain-delayed sprint car event is part of the five-race California Outlaw Speedweek

CALISTOGA, Calif. – Aug. 28, 2012 – It’s been a long rain delay, but the patient California sprint car fans are in for a treat in early September.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to the Golden State with a unique California Outlaw Speedweek, featuring five races in as many days. Sandwiched in the middle of the weekend is the lone event at Calistoga Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 9.

The race, which was originally scheduled for March 31, succumbed to heavy rain.

“We rained out earlier there this year and to go back and make that show up should be great for the fans out there and it’ll be good for all of us to get in there and get some racing done,” said Craig Dollansky, who won at Calistoga Speedway in 2006.

The 59^th annual Gold Cup kicks off the Speedweek Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 6-8, at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. The teams will then head approximately 130 miles southeast toward the coast for the event at Calistoga Speedway before wrapping up the California schedule on Monday, Sept. 10, at Antioch Speedway in Antioch. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-28T20:05:03-04:00August 28th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Young Chris Buescher, Veteran Frank Kimmel Take Intense ARCA Title Fight to DuQuoin’s “Magic Mile” Dirt Labor Day Monday Sept. 3

(TOLEDO, Ohio) – Nineteen-year-old Chris Buescher and 50-year-old veteran Frank Kimmel are preparing to take the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards championship title fight to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile dirt Labor Day Monday, September 3 for the 60th running of the Southern Illinois 100. With just three races remaining on the 2012 tour – DuQuoin, Salem (Sept. 15) and Kansas (Oct. 19) – the stakes could not be higher for both.

Buescher, who won at Madison Int’l Speedway last Sunday, increased his point lead to 60 points over Kimmel headed to DuQuoin. However, Kimmel dominated with a convincing victory on the Springfield mile dirt two weeks ago, and heads to DuQuoin as a five time winner of the Southern Illinois 100 presented by Federated Car Care. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-28T15:55:46-04:00August 28th, 2012|ARCA, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Coffey Shoots For First-Ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series Win In Tour’s Inaugural Visit To Little Valley Speedway

Wednesday (Aug. 29) Event Brings Series Regular To New York Track Where He Captured The Only Victory Of His Dirt Late Model Career

LITTLE VALLEY, NY – Aug. 27, 2012 – Vic Coffey has endured enough heartbreak in his pursuit of an A-Main triumph on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. He’s ready to break down the door to Victory Lane – now.

There might not be a better track for Coffey to take his next shot at a World of Outlaws checkered flag than Little Valley Speedway, which hosts the national tour for the first time on Wednesday night (Aug. 29). The half-mile fairgrounds oval is, of course, the site of the only feature win of Coffey’s dirt Late Model career to date.

“I really like that place,” said Coffey, who captured an unsanctioned dirt Late Model event at Little Valley on Sept. 9, 2007. “I won the first time I ever ran there and we’ve been good every time we’ve been there since then, so I’m definitely looking forward to the Outlaw show. If there’s a track where I feel good about our chances of finally knocking off one of these Outlaw races, it’s Little Valley.” (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-28T15:52:57-04:00August 28th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Late Models, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at a Glance

Grays Harbor Raceway, Skagit Speedway, Willamette Speedway

ELMA, Wash. – Aug. 27, 2012 – The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series make its lone visit to the Northwest during the next week.

On Wednesday, Grays Harbor Raceway hosts its first race since 2008. The 3/8-mile track has featured a different winner in each of the past eight World of Outlaws events.

The series then heads to Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., on Friday and Saturday. There have been 12 different winners in 19 Outlaws races at the 3/10 mile.

The World of Outlaws visit Willamette Speedway in Lebanon on Monday, Sept. 3, for its only event this season in Oregon. It is also the first career Outlaws race at the newly renovated third-mile oval.

WHEN

Wednesday, Aug. 29, at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash. The front gate is scheduled to open at 4 p.m. with racing set for 6:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. The front gate is scheduled to open at 5 p.m. with racing set for 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 3, at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. The front gate is scheduled to open at 4 p.m. with racing around 6 p.m. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-27T23:17:23-04:00August 27th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Sprint Cars, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Super DIRTcar Series Invade Rolling Wheels Sunday for Stars & Stripes 100

Friday is Last Chance to Get FREE Fan Pit Pass; Outlaws Stars McCreadie, Fuller Confirmed to take on Big-Block Bests

ELBRIDGE, N. Y. – August 27, 2012 – The first 150-point race of the Super DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Series will see some of the division’s best talent taking on “The Fast Track” at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park for the Labor Day Classic Stars & Stripes 100 Sunday, Sept. 2. With the stakes getting higher and the competition getting tougher, the Big-Block Modifieds are sure to put on an earth-shattering 100-lap spectacular show over Labor Day Weekend. All tickets purchased before Friday, Aug. 31, include a FREE Fan Pit Pass, so fans who want to enter driver pits should act fast to receive this great value.

World of Outlaws Late Model Series superstars and local favorites Tim McCreadie and Tim Fuller, both of Watertown, N. Y., are both confirmed competitors in Sunday’s Super DIRTcar Series 100-lapper. (more…)

By Scott|2012-08-27T16:40:38-04:00August 27th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series, Upcoming Events|Comments Off