Bubba Pollard Prevails in Battle of Hometown Stars at Gresham
Two Georgia drivers battled under the lights Saturday night at Jefferson, Georgia's Gresham Motorsports Park, both desperately wheeling their cars to pick up the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco victory in their backyard. In the end, Senoia's Bubba Pollard would win the Racing Radios 125 presented by Schoenfeld Headers after a fierce, but clean, battle with Acworth's T.J. Reaid.
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Jason Johnson cleans house at Cocopah
For the second time in as many nights, Jason Johnson found himself in victory lane at the Cocopah Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real, only this time the check was worth $10,000 to bring his weekend winnings to $13,000 in the first two rounds of the Cocopah Cup Challenge.
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PHILLIPS THREE PEATS WINTER MELTDOWN!!!
Springfield, Missouri ace Terry Phillips captured his third straight 'Winter Meltdown' triumph today at the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico! After starting the 50-lap main event from the outside of the front row by virtue of his prelim win yesterday, Terry dominated the Open Wheel Modified special by leading from flag-to-flag.
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Taylor is Modified champion at record-setting IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals
Jeff Taylor made history during another record-setting IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.
Taylor chased Brandon Blochlinger much of the way before finally catching up and leading the last two laps for the Modified main event win Saturday evening at Boone Speedway. He became the first driver from Arkansas to win a Super Nationals championship in any division.
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Johnson Completes Weekend Sweep
Fresh off a victory Friday night at the Salina Highbanks Speedway, Jason Johnson made it a weekend sweep with a mid-race pass to grab the win at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Steve Francis Dominates COMP Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway
Leading all 100 laps, Steve Francis of Ashland, KY dominated the 20th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 on Saturday Night at Batesville Motor Speedway. Francis, piloting the Valvoline, Barry Wright House Car collected $40,000 for his first win in the crown jewel event sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
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HINES THRILLS WITH LAST-CORNER
"NIGHT BEFORE THE 500" WIN
Clermont, Indiana.......With just a few laps to go in Saturday's 67th "Night Before the 500" Mopar National Midget race, it appeared as though Kyle Larson would hold on for his second straight series win at Lucas Oil Raceway. Tracy Hines had other ideas, however. With a last-ditch surge, the veteran from New Castle, Indiana claimed the top spot exiting turn four on the 50th and final lap to capture his 30th career National Midget victory in breath-taking fashion. A huge crowd saluted the 40-year old as he climbed from the Parker Machinery - Turbines, Inc. #24 Spike/Stanton Toyota.
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Hines Hauls in USAC Midget loot at Dodge City
Tracy Hines continued his winning ways atop Dodge City Raceway Park’s 3/8-mile clay oval by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s non-stop 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget feature event that took a mere 8:19.18 to complete.
After missing Friday’s card to attend Dave Calderwood’s funeral in California, Hines picked off his third consecutive USAC feature win at Dodge City after sweeping both nights of USAC National Sprint Car action last August.
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Jordon “ The Jet” Mallett charges to historic USCS Outlaw Thunder career first win at Carolina
2011 United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear, Rookie of the Year, Jordon “The Jet” Mallett from Greenbrier, Arkansas put his name in the USCS history books by winning his career first USCS presented by Goodyear main event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. Mallett the K&N Filters Pole Position reached the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane in the 30-lap main event after chasing ten-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee for the first sixteen circuits before making his winning pass.
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Three-Peat for Kevin Swindell!
It took a quarter of a century to crown the first back-to-back winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history.
After crowning that champion last January, it only took one more year for a three-peat champion as 22-year-old Kevin Swindell of Germantown, TN, captured his third Golden Driller in a row by wiring the field in Saturday night’s 26th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals championship finale at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.
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Richie Tosh Wins the 16th Annual Schoenfeld Headers Street Stock Championship
Tosh took home the 10K and the bragging rights for winning the 16th Annual Schoenfeld Headers Street Stock Championship. It was in no way an easy win as Tosh had to work his way through the field.
For most of the race it looked like the pole sitter Wayne Brooks had the race won, but a late race mishap knocked Brooks back in the field where he finished 15th.
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Kevin Swindell takes 2nd straight Chili Bowl title
It took 25 years for a back-to-back winner to happen at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire, and it was only fitting that it was a Swindell to do it on the event’s Silver Anniversary.
Kevin Swindell added a Silver Driller to his trophy case that will likely sit beside the Golden Driller he won in 2010, as he held off a late charge from his father and five-time Chili Bowl champ, Sammy, on the final lap to take the victory in the 50-lap main event.
Sammy Swindell notched his third straight podium finish at the QuikTrip Center, while hard-charging New Zealander Michael Pickens overcame an early incident to charge his way back into the third spot. Native Oklahoman Jonathan Beason finished fourth after starting Saturday night in the B Main, and Bryan Clauson, who led the race’s first 12 laps, finished fifth.
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Hometown Girl Johanna Long Wins the 43rd Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in True Fairy Tale Fashion-- Schoenfeld Headers Takes Top 5 Finishing Positions
Today, Johanna Long is living the same life of a princess in her hometown of Pensacola, Florida – but it’s reality instead of a fairy tale. Her glass slipper was a firesuit, her coach was a Super Late Model racecar and her moment at the ball took place in victory lane at Five Flags Speedway.
That is because the 18-year-old driver put her name in the record books as the winner of the 43rd Annual Snowball Derby on Sunday evening. Long joins Tammy Jo Kirk as the only female drivers to win the race over its run of over four decades.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
43rd Annual Snowball Derby
December 5, 2010
Five Flags Speedway
Pensacola, Florida
1. Johanna Long
2. Donnie Wilson
3. Scott Hantz
4. Landon Cassill
5. Dennis Schoenfeld
6. Derrick Griffin
7. Mason Mingus
8. Travis Kittleson
9. John Bolen
10. Jimmy Garmon
11. Bubba Pollard
12. Mike Garvey
13. David Stremm
14. Casey Smith
15. Dan Fredrickson
16. Casey Roderick
17. Chase Elliott
18. Johnny VanDoorn
19. Ross Kenseth
20. Grant Enfinger
21. Cale Gale
22. Andy Loden
23. Chris Davidson
24. Jeff Fultz
25. Josh Hamner
26. Ryan Sieg
27. David Ragan
28. Augie Grill
29. Jerry Artuso
30. Dennis Prunty
31. Clay Rogers
32. Korey Ruble
33. Brandon Carlson
34. Ryan Lawler
35. T.J. Reaid
36. Dave Mader III
37. Eddie Mercer
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Stewart wins 20th Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals
Shane Stewart only led one lap to win on his qualifying night. But he proved he was hungry for a more dramatic victory.
The Oklahoma driver won the 20th Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Windstream. The win came in the Lucas Oil ASCS sanctioned event at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, August 7, and was worth $10,000
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“I’m so excited! Winnin’ at Knoxville….I don’t care if it’s a rental car,” Bud Kaeding
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, California nearly led the entire twenty-six lap distance as he claimed the USAC (United States Auto Club) non-wing Knoxville Sprint Nationals. “I’m so excited! Winnin’ at Knoxville….I don’t care if it’s a rental car,” Kaeding shouted to the crowd. The win paid the animated driver $5,000 for his efforts.
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LEWIS SCORES FOURTH CONSECUTIVE COORS LIGHT MONTANA 200 TITLE
Gary Lewis recovered from an incident coming to the initial green flag to start the 20th Annual Coors Light Montana 200 and battled his way back through the field to his fourth consecutive Coors Light Montana 200 championship after a spirited battle in the late going with Alex Lessor, Jason Fraser and Jeff Jefferson.
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Jason Meyers Wins at Tri-State Speedway in Pocola
Jason Meyers continued his strong start to the 2010 season, winning the inaugural World of Outlaws event at Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Oklahoma on Saturday night to earn his series-best fourth A-Feature win of the year.Meyers inherited the lead on the 34th lap when 20-time series champion Steve Kinser had a flat tire while out front on a wild night that saw numerous cautions. Kinser had taken the lead a lap earlier, using a strong restart to power his way around Craig Dollansky, who had led the first 32 circuits.
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EAST BAY SPRINT FIELD “DEMONIZED” AS GARDNER WINS AGAIN!
Damion (The Demon) Gardner of Concord, Calif. remained undefeated in 2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint racing Wednesday night, leading all 30 laps to win the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” finale at East Bay Raceway Park. Gardner and his Pace Lighting/Eagle/Shaver have led all 60 laps of this season’s two feature events after winning wire-to-wire on Monday at the third-mile dirt oval. Starting alongside pole starter Dave Darland, Gardner grabbed the lead exiting turn two on the opening lap and opened up a comfortable margin. A yellow for Robert Ballou’s spin on lap 25 bunched up the field but on the restart Gardner again pulled away for the win. Darland took second ahead of fast qualifier Jerry Coons Jr., Brady Short and defending series champion Levi Jones, who came from 18th starting spot! Gardner takes a 15-point lead over Short into the February 19-20 “Copper on Dirt” at USA Race Park in Tucson, Ariz.
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Don Schoenfeld inducted as a pioneer into the Ozarks Area Racers Assoc. Hall of Fame
These are Legends and Pioneers inducted in the Ozarks Area Racers Association Hall of Fame. They are noted as individuals that have excelled in racing and made vital contributions to make the sport what it is today.
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Kevin Swindell Wins Chili Bowl Nationals!
Another one of those coveted Golden Driller trophies is going back to Tennessee. This time though, it’s not in Sammy’s hands as Kevin Swindell topped Saturday night’s 50-lap Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals main event that wrapped up a full slate of Rockstar Energy Drink championship feature events atop the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.The 20-year-old from Germantown, TN, led the final 26 rounds to become the youngest winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history, adding a sixth Golden Driller from the prestigious Midget racing event to the Swindell family collection that already includes hardware from his father’s unmatched five wins.
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Curt Spalding runs 10.217 at 132 mph and crushes World Record for 3/8’s mile oval !
That is correct! 10.217 seconds to complete a lap around the Kalamazoo Speedway. The fans went crazy as Curt Spalding stood on top of his cage with arms in the air just after jetting around the speedway. He may have broke the previous 26 year old record just one year ago but Saturday night it was beat by nearly ½ second!
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Randy Havlik - IMCA Super Nationals Champion
Randy Havlik finally won the championship that eluded him 20 years ago at Boone Speedway.
Havlik passed Jay Noteboom, who slowed with mechanical problems on the final lap, to win the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Modified main event on Saturday night.
“This is great. I can’t believe it,” Havlik said, following a euphoric celebration in victory lane with family and crew members. “I just tried to be patient and stay close to Jay.”
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Schatz makes it four in a row at 49th Annual Knoxville Nationals
Donny Schatz finished second four times at the Knoxville Nationals and now he can call himself a four-time champion. It took an extra day but the Fargo, North Dakota, driver made it four in a row, winning the 49th Annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. The win was worth $150,000.
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32nd Annual Belleville Midget Nationals Champion......Bryan Clauson
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind., led the final 18 laps to win Saturday night’s 40-lap Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals championship feature at the Belleville High Banks.
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Kyle Bush in Victory Lane
Anderson, IN (July 27, 2009) – Racing in his fourth race in four days, Kyle Bush started sixth in the CRA Super Series event and worked his way through traffic to take the lead on the 50th lap of the Redbud 300, his first ever race at Anderson Speedway, then held it until the half way break. After the restart Eddie Hoffman inherited the lead as he only took 2 tires. Busch restarted in fifth and retook the lead on lap 190 and stayed to win going away. Rick Turner prevailed in the fierce fight for second, with Aaron Pierce third, Johnny VanDoorn fourth and Chuck Barnes, Jr. fifth.
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Last Lap Pass
Tonight at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas, Billy charged from his 8th starting position to take the lead in the final corner of the final lap from Howard Willis. He went on to lead the last 150 feet to take his first ever O'Reilly MSRA feature win and the biggest triumph of his career to the tune of $2,000. After finishing 2nd in his heat race, he started 8th in the 40 lap feature at the 60 year old facility. Billy would use the low groove to work his way to the front. He would hold down the second spot for last few laps before using a daring move in lapped traffic exiting turn four coming to the checkered to pick up the win in front of an enthusiastic crowd. It marked his second career victory!
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Sizzling Francis Overtakes Moyer To Capture Opening Night Of Inaugural ‘Showdown On The Gulf’ At Deep South Speedway
Steve Francis is riding high on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.
And after capturing Friday night’s 40-lap ‘Showdown on the Gulf’ opener at Deep South Speedway, the red-hot star from Ashland, Ky., has no intention of slowing down.
“I’m just gonna go out and try to win every race we can win,” said Francis, who registered his second straight WoO LMS victory and extended his points lead three races into the tour’s grueling 48-event schedule. “For some reason, I’m relaxed right now and just enjoying going racing.”
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Bud Kaeding wins exciting Copper on Dirt Silver Crown feature
The Manzanita Speedway has always been a place of great success for Bud Kaeding and it continued this past weekend with the 29 year-old driver claiming the opening round of action for the K& N USAC Silver Crown Series at the third annual Sands Chevrolet Copper on Dirt.
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Jerry Coons Jr.
Jerry Coons Jr. made a great tire choice an takes the USAC midget feature win at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track
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Rolling the dice: Saldana chases first win in Las Vegas
Joey Saldana doesn’t get to race in front of his car owner Kasey Kahne very often, but when he does get the opportunity, it is something that he greatly enjoys. Though the NASCAR star is competing on most of the same days as Saldana, he is able to keep up with all of the action from the World of Outlaws online via DIRTvision.com. For the second consecutive event to open the 2009 season, Kahne will be in the pits as Saldana takes to the track on Thursday, February 26 for the series return to The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Gabehart Races to All American 400 Weekend Victory
2008 has seen Chris Gabehart in an unfamiliar role as crew chief for the CRA Super Series season climbing into a car as driver for his first race at the Winchester 400. He set a new Winchester track record and then ran strong until a loss of tire pressure in his right front following the last pit stop forced him to make an unscheduled stop that took him out of contention. For his second start Gabehart was second fast in qualifying, took the lead on the first lap and finished first leading a total of 96 laps to take the 2008 Adam Petty Memorial All American 400 Weekend CRA Super Series 200 to earn the Music City Motorplex’s unique trophy, a Copley Guitar.
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NEW WORLD RECORD! CURT SPALDING CLICKS OFF A 10.715 LAP AT KALAMAZOO SPEEDWAY BREAKING RANDY SWEETS RECORD SETTING LAP OVER 2O YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE FASTEST RECORDED LAP ON A 3/8's MILE OVAL.
Many of you may know that Curt runs on both dirt and asphalt throughout the midwest, but on this Saturday night he would take the #111 dirt late model to the famous Kalamazoo Speedway. The event is named "Call of the Wild" as this night there are simply no rules and any car over 96" wheelbase can run - wedge bodies, billboards, wings, can all be found on this night.
He ran a 10.715 lap (yes that's correct!) to break the 10.746 lap of Randy Sweet set back in 1985. "Unbeliveable! We've never done anything like this on a dirt car before and had no idea we could even get close, let alone break the record", stated Curt after climbing through the cage top to exit the dirt billboarded machine. "It sounded like fun and I'm always up for something new, so late Thursday night we removed the roof and started assembling a board for this show", Curt added. He took a few hours off Friday evening... to go run 2nd in the #1 modified for Jeff Sayles at Hartford, then back to work on the dirt late! They finished the ride up Saturday and off the Kzoo and a new record! "Unbelieveable we're standing here and no way could we have done this without the crew help, thanks to everyone involved!"
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Robby Arnold wins the 13th Annual Schoenfeld Headers Mid-America Street Stock Championship!
1 49 Robby Arnold
2 15X Herndon
3 87K Salter
4 14G Scruggs
5 11X Tosh
6 9W Wagster
7 35 Kelley
8 18 Cooper
9 16 Hendrix
10 66 Grizzle
11 30 Darnell
12 68 Walsh
13 36 Woods
14 43N New
15 29 Mann
16 54 Cook
17 48 Barham
18 6M Milliken
19 60 Knight
20 1A McGinty
21 6 Taylor
22 11 Brown
23 L2 Korkis
24 66 Duvall
25 7 Parks
26 46 Lack
27 2S Smith
28 28 Weaver
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Dillon's mid-race charge leads to Wythe biggie
Making perhaps his last start on dirt before making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut the following weekend, Austin Dillon of Welcome, N.C., made a fourth-to-first charge just after the midpoint of the 75-lap fifth annual Pro Late Model Nationals at Wythe Raceway and raced to a $10,000 Fastrak Racing Series victory.
Dillon, the grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, made a power move outside turn one on lap 45 to overtake Lee Cooper and Shannon Buckingham, then disposed of leader Royce Bray on the next lap at the half-mile oval and led the rest of the way. Bray, of Hull, Ga., finished second with Buckingham, of Morristown, Tenn., settling for third.
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McCreadie leads all the way, wins Topless 100
The 34-year-old racer from Watertown, N.Y., remedied that by leading 100 laps at Batesville Motor Speedway to capture the 16th annual Comp Cams Topless 100, earning a career-high $25,000 payday and adding another notch in his Late Model belt. Starting outside the front row, McCreadie was in control most of the way, although he faced an early challenge from polesitter Jimmy Mars and a mid-lap pass from Brady Smith on a lap-64 restart. But McCreadie fought off Mars and quickly answered Smith's turn-two move to cruise the final 35 laps in front of an overflowing hillside crowd at the 3/8-mile Ozark oval.
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KNOXVILLE NATIONALS TRIUMPH - Schatz surges to three-peat at Knoxville Nationals
Donny Schatz promised he wouldn't leaving Iowa without his third straight Knoxville Nationals title. He delivered.
Schatz overtook Jason Meyers with five laps to go and surged to victory at the Knoxville Nationals on Saturday night, joining Steve Kinser as the only drivers to win sprint car's biggest race three years in a row.
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Kinser Tames Traffic: Wins at Charter Raceway Park
Steve Kinser has been involved in countless races over the years in which the outcome has been determined by lapped traffic. He has come out on the winning side of those events more times than he can remember, but also has been on the short end of the stick, most of which he does remember. On Saturday night, he masterfully used lapped traffic to his advantage as he picked up a thrilling win in the finale of the Badger Classic at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Francis Sets Modern-Era World of Outlaws Late Model Series Win Standard With Victory In Alltel Ohio Speedweek Finale At Eriez Speedway
Steve Francis made World of Outlaws Late Model Series history on Sunday night at Eriez Speedway.
With a victory in the 50-lap finale of Alltel Ohio Speedweek, Francis set a new modern-era (2004-present) WoO LMS win standard. His 17th career triumph on the tour broke him out of a three-way tie atop the win list with Scott Bloomquist and Rick Eckert.
Francis, 40, of Ashland, Ky., earned $10,250 for his second win in four Alltel Ohio Speedweek events. The defending WoO LMS champion also captured the opening event, on July 24 at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio.
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Good to be King: Daryn Pittman Wins 25th Annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway
Daryn Pittman has been searching for a spark all season long, as he has been close a number of times to breaking through for his first win of the campaign. He has had a number of strong runs cut short by bad luck, but that all changed on Sunday night as a fast race car and a little good fortune found him, as he was victorious in the 25th Annual Kings Royal at the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
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STEVE ARPIN TO RUN USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES in RICHMOND, VA
Steve Arpin and Carl Edwards/R.E. Technologies Racing will travel to Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia this Friday and Saturday, June 27th-28th for a USAC Silver Crown event on the paved oval. Steve will be wheeling the #35 car in his first ever asphalt race and first time in a Silver Crown car. " I'm looking forward to getting some more time in this car and on asphalt in the practice sessions Friday and Saturday. We hope to build up enough momentum to be a competitive force by the end of the day Saturday. This is my first time in this style of race car and we are going to take advantage of the time we have to gain all the experience I can, said Steve".
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Flag-to-flag Clint Smith dominates Port Royal
Clint Smith brought his recent World of Outlaws Late Model Series struggles to a resounding end as the Great Northern Tour opened. With one of the most dominant performances on the tour this season, Smith cruised out front from flag-to-flag to record his first victory of 2008 in a 40-lapper at Port Royal Speedway.
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CRAWLEY CHARGES O�REILLY USCS SPEEDWEEK ROUND SIX WIN AT NORTH ALABAMA
In what was possibly the most exciting final 10 laps of an O’Reilly United Sprint Car main event or in all of sprint car racing ever, Benton, Arkansas’ fastest citizen, Tim Crawley charged to his third O’Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 feature win on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway. Crawley, who started ninth in the field made contact with the wall early in the race on lap four and spun out. He then charged from the rear of the talented field back to the front to pass six-time series Champion, Terry Gray in the final corner for the win.
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Steve Kinser Wins at Rolling Wheels
Steve Kinser has an impressive and unmatched record at most of the tracks on the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule, and one that really stands out above the rest is Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, New York. The 20-time series champion had made 25 starts at the sprawling 5/8-mile facility entering Monday night’s event and had finished in the Top-10 in each and every one of those. He kept this streak going on Memorial Day, as he picked up his 10th A-Feature win at the track and the 545th of his career.
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T-Mac pockets $10,000 for victory at La Salle
Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., outdueled Brady Smith at La Salle Speedway for his second Dirt Late Model victory of 2008 and his first on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series since 2005. McCreadie took the lead for good on lap 26 after a lengthy side-by-side battle with Smith and collected the $10,000 winner's purse at the high-banked quarter-mile oval.
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Kinser Wins at Williams Grove
There were a lot of firsts on Thursday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was the first Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at the famed half-mile since a brand new Musco light system was installed. It also was the first event of the season that the cameras from SPEED were on hand for, to capture all of the action for broadcast on May 31. Last but certainly not least, it was Steve Kinser’s first series win of the 2008 season.
The 20-time series champion led the final seven laps to take home the $8,000 top prize in the first of two consecutive nights of racing for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at the hallowed track. Both nights of racing will be taped for broadcast on SPEED.
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Babb Makes Car Owner Clint Bowyer’s Saturday Night Even Better With First WoO LMS Victory Of ’08 At Lebanon I-44 Speedway
Shannon Babb gave his boss even more reason to smile on Saturday night.
On the same night that his famous car owner Clint Bowyer was triumphant in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition at Richmond International Raceway, Babb authored a flawless drive to victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘All-State Insurance 40’ at Lebanon I-44 Speedway.
Babb, 34, of Moweaqua, Ill., advanced from the fourth starting spot to pass Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for the lead on lap 12 and then never looked back. Driving a new Traiger Grills/Chevrolet Rocket car that had never before seen action, Babb repelled a late-race challenge from Eckert and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., to score his first WoO LMS win of the 2008 season.
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Payne sails at Lakeside
Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., led all 40 laps at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., for a May 7 midweek victory on the O'Reilly MLRA tour. Payne has won both MLRA events this season.
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Wallace edges Knowles on final lap at Talladega
EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 26) — It appeared that rain and threatening weather might be the only thing to stop Tony Knowles from notching his first career O'Reilly Southern All Star Series victory on NASCAR weekend at Talladega Short Track. But with a last-lap pass, it turned out fellow front-row starter Wendell Wallace, a former Dirt Track World Champion, denied the Tyrone, Ga., victory his biggest career victory. Wallace pocketed $5,000 on a night when rain twice delayed racing action and pushed the start of the feature past midnight. |
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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Blake Miller, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Josh Ford, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Davey Pombo, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Alex Schutte, 12. Austin Mero, 13. Alan Ballard, 14. J Hicks, 15. Eric Severson, 16. Jordan Hermansader, 17. Luis Espinoza, 18. Henry Clarke, 19. Royal Adderson, 20. Kenny Perkins, 21. Ross Millar, 22. Todd Hunsaker. NT
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ELDORA SPEEDWAY
ROSSBURG, OH (April 26) – If Joey Saldana had gone any faster Saturday night at Eldora Speedway, he would have needed a pilot’s license, as the Brownsburg (IN) Bullet literally decimated a talented field of 37 winged All Star Sprints. Jon Henry duplicated last week’s Moser UMP-DirtCar Modified victory with a surprise pass on Jerry Bowersock in the late stages, while former Advance Auto Parts Stock Car champion Mike Dirksen completed the tripleheader program with a victory lane visit.
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Colossal: Foes can't stop Francis in 100-lapper
There was simply no stopping Steve Francis in Saturday night’s Circle K Colossal 100 at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. With a flawless performance behind the wheel of Dale Beitler’s Reliable Painting/Valvoline Rocket No. 19, Francis dominated the entire distance to score his first career win in the $200,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series event.
“The car was just absolutely phenomenal tonight,” said Francis, who earned $50,000 for breaking Scott Bloomquist’s two-year ownership of victory lane in the blockbuster race. “We never even had to run a lap hard. We had a lot left if we needed to go. That’s just unbelievable to get a car that good against this level of competition.”
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Race results: January 31 - February 2, 2008
Thursday - Saturday, Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2008 - ASCS Winternationals, Tampa, FL
The Inside Scoop:
The 2008 race season started off with a bang! Bobbi and I made our way back from Australia, landed in the good ole USA on Tuesday and met up with The Shop Motorsports team on Wednesday in Tampa, FL, to go over the car and get a little practice in. It's good to be home!
Racing action kicked off Thursday for the 2008 Winternationals and the first night of the ASCS National Tour Point Series. We started 3rd in the 4th heat and ran 2nd, just behind Kenny Adams. Our 12th place starting spot in the feature was not what we had hoped for, but we worked up to 6th and were pleased with a top 10 finish, especially since we had a little trouble with the smaller right rear tire.
Friday's action had us starting 5th in the 4th heat, finishing 2nd. The top 8 cars redrew for the A Feature starting spot, so we started in the 7th position. We were pleased with our 2nd place finish. I chased Terry McCarl, but the feature was a green to checker and the opportunity to get a win just wasn't there.
Thursday and Friday's action left us in a great position - 2nd in Winternational points and starting the main event on Saturday on the outside front row. I can now tell you what a perfect race car feels like; the team had The Shop Motorsports/ King Racing/ Pope Transportation/ Custom Equipment Designs #41 dialed in! She was sweet! When the green flag dropped I surged past Gary Wright and took off to lead all 40 laps. The feature did have three cautions, the last one on lap 30. The last 10 laps were fun as I had 5 lapped cars between us and 2nd place.
Great victory to start off the year and very pleased to win the Ronald Laney Memorial race. Ronald was someone I looked up to as a kid and it was an honor to win the race.
Special thanks to a great bunch of sponsors and friends that made the trek to Florida for the race: David and Joy, Pope Transportation; Chuck and Justin, CED, Inc. Also, it was great to have Dad and Uncle
James with us too.
Overall, just a great weekend! Bobbi and I are happy to be back!
- Jason & Crew
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Schatz Wins World of Outlaws Title for Second Consecutive Season
Donny Schatz earned his second consecutive World of Outlaws title, over the weekend after earning two Top-Five finishes in the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway.
The native of Fargo, North Dakota finished the season with a series best 19 A-Feature wins. He won at 14 different tracks, in 11 states, as well in Canada, in the World of Outlaws inaugural visit to Castrol Raceway in Edmonton. He won five televised races, including two during the inaugural “SuperClean Summer of Money” on ESPN2, in addition to three victories on SPEED. He finished the season with 70 career World of Outlaws A-Feature wins, which have him tied for sixth all-time with former World of Outlaws champion Dave Blaney.
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Finally the champion
After two near-misses, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., wrapped up a championship on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2007. Francis compiled four victories and 27 top-five finishes en route to winning more than $143,000 in purse money. He'll get an additional $100,000 at the Dec. 6 banquet for his championship.
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Spring Clash 150 Weekend
Music City Motorplex
Nathan Haseleu Wins Squeaker
Nathan Haseleu raced side by side with his friend and fellow northern driver Josh Vadnais for the last 10 laps of the CRA Super Series Spring Clash 150 before beating Vadnais to the line from the fourth turn to win. Russell Fleeman finished a close third as he was pushing up to get into the mix trying to find a way to pass the for the lead. Dennis Schoenfield came from 30th to finish fourth and Chris Gabehart finished fifth.
"I don't think I breathed the last couple of laps." Haseleu stated. "He got inside of us and we kind of bumped a couple of times, he even led a little bit, but he raced me clean."
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Opening-Lap Surge Propels Babb To Fourth Win Of '07 Saturday At Hagerstown Speedway
Shannon Babb has proven to be a quick study on the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series.
With his flag-to-flag victory in Saturday night’s 26th annual ‘Conococheague 50’ at Hagerstown Speedway, the Moweaqua, Ill., star was triumphant in his first career start at a track for the third time on this year’s tour.
Babb, 33, didn’t exactly expect his latest WoO LMS success, however.
“We didn’t have our hopes up real high coming in here,” said Babb, who previously won WoO LMS events in his first-ever visits to Virginia Motor Speedway (April 14) and Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (April 17). “I talked to (three-time WoO LMS champ) Billy (Moyer) and a couple other guys during the week and they said we’d probably be in trouble (finding a comfortable setup), so I knew we had to change a lot of things to make our car suitable for the racetrack.
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Wallace Claims 14th Annual O’Reilly Show Me 100
West Plains, MO (May 27th, 2006) – After finishing in the second spot in the 2005 edition of the O’Reilly Show Me 100, Wendell Wallace from Batesville, Arkansas set his sights on the 2006 crown as his course of redemption. At the conclusion of Saturday night’s festivities for the 14th Annual O’Reilly Show Me 100, Wallace clinched redemption in his hands, as well as a $40,000 check, after he topped the 100 lap feature event.
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Winner Austin Dillon with Grandfather Richard Childress
It seemed as if history sort of “stood still” for a moment, at the Lowes Motor Speedway Dirt Track this past Friday night, as the FASTRAK Late Model series came to town. The “Goodyear-FASTRAK Challenge” was about to prove itself ”fan worthy” once and for all in front of a “sold out” crowd of more than 14,000 fans. Although the Woo sprints were intended to be the “main attraction” the FASTRAK Late Models won the hearts of the fans. A few fans might have left after the sprint main event, but the 11,000 plus that stayed, witnessed the best race of their lives, as many fans said afterwards.,
Austin Dillon, son of Mike Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress, took the checkers for his first ever dirt late model win. Childress was quoted in Victory Lane as saying “folks, this is REAL racing. I don't think I've been any more nervous trying to win the Daytona 500," Childress said with pride. "Seeing the black No. 3 back up there and my family running it, it's just great. He did a great job tonight and I'm proud of Austin."
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Clint Smith Cools Off Babb With Powerful Victory At Kamp Motor Speedway
Clint Smith registered a pretty satisfying victory in Saturday night’s ‘Boswell Brawl 50’ at Kamp Motor Speedway.
With his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series win of the 2007 season, Smith cooled off the streaking Shannon Babb, got some revenge on his good buddy Chris Madden and regained a share of the tour points lead.
“It was a great night for us on a great track,” bottom-lined Smith, a 42-year-old veteran from Senoia, Ga. “This was our first time racing here, and all I can say is this was one racy track.”
Smith, who started second, outgunned the polesitting Babb for the lead at the initial green flag and never looked back. He survived two late-race caution flags to record his seventh career WoO LMS win by about three car lengths over Gray Court, S.C.’s Madden, whose final-lap bid between turns three and four fell short.
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Red-Hot Babb Gives Locals Something To Cheer About In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At Farmer City Raceway
Shannon Babb gave the locals what they came to see.
The Moweaqua, Ill., native defended his home turf well on Friday night, scoring a powerful flag-to-flag victory in the ‘Farmer City 50’ at the venerable Farmer City Raceway.
It was the third win in the last four World of Outlaws Late Model Series events for Babb, who departed Farmer City – a quarter-mile fairgrounds oval at which he raced often early in his career – with sole possession of the tour points lead.
“It’s always nice to win close to home,” said Babb, who is the only repeat winner this season through eight WoO LMS A-Mains. “When it’s a big show, it’s even better.”
Babb dominated the feature, blasting off the outside pole to lead the entire distance in his Car City/J&J Steel Rayburn No. 18. He was fast enough to stay a step ahead of three-time WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., who made a late bid but settled for second place in his Banner Valley Hauling Rayburn No. 21.
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The inside scoop:
On Friday we ran the ASCS Coastal Regional race in Hattiesburg, MS. We had a good night, finishing with a clean sweep. We started the heat 4th and won it; started the dash 2nd and won it then sat on the pole for the feature and brought the checkered flag home. It was a fun night and our second feature win in a row.
Saturday night we hoped to continue the streak. We got off to a good start; we started the heat in the 4th position and won it. We started the dash 6th and worked up to 3rd; the same position from where we started the feature. Once the green flag dropped I found the grove and waved good bye. Around lap 18 while maneuvering lapped cars I got held up and lost the lead but did hold on to the number two spot.
This weekend we are off to two ASCS national point races: Texarkana on Friday and Little Rock on Saturday. Come see us if you are in the neighborhood otherwise stop by our web site when you can.
- Jason & crew
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Babb Perfect At Lernerville
Shannon Babb didn’t begin the 2007 season with a plan to chase the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship.
But after making Tuesday night’s 50-lap ‘Showdown in Sarvertown’ at Lernerville Speedway his second straight victory on the tour, Babb just might have to consider becoming a WoO regular for the first time in his career.
Babb, 32, of Moweaqua, Ill., not only became the first repeat winner in six events on this year’s 360 OTC WoO LMS, but also vaulted into a tie for the tour points lead with Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.
“My plans right now are kind of iffy,” said Babb, whose third career 360 OTC WoO LMS triumph came just three days after he won at Virginia Motor Speedway. “I’d like to run the (UMP DIRTcar Racing) Summernationals, but I’ve done that a couple times and won it (in 2005 and 2006), so it may be time for me to move on.
“I’m confident my car is right and we have the equipment to do this (Outlaws) deal,” he continued. “And I usually have a good last half of the season, so if I’m up in the points (after more 360 OTC WoO LMS events), we’re gonna strongly think about (competing for the title).”
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Bulls Gap, TN — RACE REPORT: Saldana Swipes Thriller at Volunteer Speedway
The fans at Volunteer Speedway had been waiting a long time for a World of Outlaws event. They received one on Saturday night, and it was one of the best races in the history of the track, as Joey Saldana picked up his second straight win and third of the season, in a thrilling battle with Tim Shaffer and Donny Schatz.
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Steve Francis Wins Second Consecutive 'Early Bird Classic' at KLMS!
CALVERT CITY, KY (March 17, 2007)-Steve Francis of Ashland, KY scored his second consecutive “Early Bird Classic” victory on Saturday Night at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway. The 39 year old driver grabbed the lead from defending Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway track champion Terry English on lap 21 and stormed away from the field to pick up the $10,000 payday. Francis was driving the Tim Logan Racing/Morehead Auto Truck Parts Sales/Rick’s Body Shop/J&M Grafix/Russell Baker Racing Engines/Rocket Monte Carlo. Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR came from the 17th starting spot to finish second in his Car City/Pro Power Engines/C.J. Rayburn Monte Carlo. Taking third was Terry English of Benton, KY in his AAA Fence, Inc/ARC Racing Engines/C.J. Rayburn Monte Carlo with Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, WI coming in fourth in his Miller Brothers Coal/Pro Power Engines/C.J. Rayburn Ford Fusion and Brian Harris of Davenport, IA finished fifth in his Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation/Reynolds Motor Company/MasterSbilt Grand Prix. A total of 48 cars were on hand for the 3rd Annual event.
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TERRY PHILLIPS
Winner of the 4-State Championship in 1990,1997,2003,2005
Winner of Octoberfest in 1993, 1997, 2001
Winner of the 1995 Route 66 Showdown Joplin, Mo.
Winner of the 1995 16th Annual Spooker Ft. Smith, Ar.
Winner of the 1999 7th Annual Show Me 100 West Plains, Mo.
Winner of the 2001 and 2003 Show Me 100 Race Of Champions West Plains, Mo.
Winner of the 2003 MLRA/WDRL/NCRA Pump & Pantry Doniphan, Ne.
Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Justin Stanfill Modified Feature West Plains, Mo.
Winner of the 2005 100,000 Modified Feature Batesville, Ar.
Winner of the 2005 2nd Annual Xtream Super Nationals Modified Feature Oklahoma City, Ok.
78 MLRA Feature Wins
55 MARS Feature Wins
1994 and 1996 MLRA CHAMPION
2000, 2004, and 2005 MARS CHAMPION
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Thanks for your patience.
Our webpage expansion is coming along, but rather slower than we had hoped. However, if you will continue to bear with us, we are continuing to expand our site!!!!!
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