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Update: The Michigan Dirt Cup Modified Tour has scheduled an informational meeting for racers in the Clare/Mt. Pleasant area. This meeting will be held at Chippewa Lanes located at 1200 S. Mission St. in Mt. Pleasant, MI on Sunday, February 27 at 1 PM. The series has races tentatively scheduled at Michigan dirt tracks including: Mt. Pleasant, Winston, Cherry, I-96, Owendale, Hartford and Butler.. For more information on The 2011 Michigan Dirt Cup Modified Tour please call 616-755-1508 or...Continue reading "MI Dirt Cup Modified Tour Schedules Meetings"
Article Courtesy of Kyle Doyle. Despite a twelfth place qualifying effort and an uncharacteristic departure in the second round of eliminations at the NHRA season finale in Pomona, CA, Rislone Top Alcohol racer Bill Reichert was able to hang on to his points lead and capture an unprecedented fifth NHRA Top Alcohol Championship. Reichert's 12th-place qualifying effort, 5.362 @ 265.80mph, marked the first time in 15 races that he qualified in the bottom half of the field, and only the third time...Continue reading "Reichert Captures Fifth Consecutive NHRA Title!"
Jason Meyers Crowned 2010 World Of Outlaws Champion! Article By John McLellan. One of the most exciting World of Outlaws seasons came to a close on Sunday night, November 7. The WoO Annual Awards Banquet was held at The Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, North Carolina. The fifteen Outlaw racers who followed the entire series this year shared in the largest point fund in short track racing, one that totaled well over a half-a-million dollars in cash and prizes. The 2010 WoO championship went to...
BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 25, 2010) - Hall of Fame driver, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN, scored his 500th win on Saturday Night, capturing the 31st Annual Jackson 100, sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, at Brownstown (IN) Speedway. Bloomquist earned $20,000 for the victory in the annual event (his third). Bloomquist took the lead on lap four after starting third. He finished ahead of four time winner, Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN. Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN., Matt...
Stewart Snares Second Consecutive Ohsweken Win From a report by Tommy Goudge of Ohsweken Speedway (9-18-'10)Another chapter entered the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals record book on Saturday night, and Shane Stewart's name is again featured prominently. Stewart led all but 2 of the 35 feature race laps and survived 5 caution flags on Saturday night to take a second Nationals win in succession, and the $10,000 prize. Former 2-time Nationals champion Steve Poirier challenged Stewart for much of...Continue reading "Stewart Wins Canadian Sprint Car Nationals!"
Article Courtesy Of Z.I.M. CAYUGA, ONTARIO (September 16, 2010) - It was deja vu for Kevin Wicke's K&K/CVR Race Team this past weekend at Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports Park as they repeated their 2009 feat, capturing the 2010 points championship by a mere two points over the Top Dragster of Scott Wildgust from Wartburg, Ontario. Two thirds of the way through the six-race season, Wicke was on the outside looking in, sitting in fifth position. A semi-final finish in Grand Bend moved...Continue reading "Kevin Wicke Repeats Quick 32 Champion Win!"
Moyer Completes 2010 Sweep Of Eldora Speedway's Crown Jewels With Sixth Career World 100 Victory! ROSSBURG, OH - Sept. 11, 2010 - Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., completed a lucrative sweep of this season's two crown-jewel dirt Late Model events at Eldora Speedway, charging forward from the 23rd starting spot on Saturday night to win the prestigious DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned World 100 for an unprecedented sixth time. The 52-year-old Moyer's $43,000-plus triumph in the 40th annual spectacular came...
Chico, CA - September 11, 2010 - A Golden State native, Jason Meyers, has wanted to win the Gold Cup Race of Champions since the first time he raced in the legendary classic at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. Saturday night Jason did just that, as he added his name to the illustrious list of Gold Cup winners, scoring the $50,000 top prize and the biggest win of his career. Meyers started on the pole and battled fellow Californian Paul McMahan for most of the 40-lap contest. Early...
August 27 - Solon Springs, WI driver, Brady Smith, found Hartford (MI) Motor Speedway to his liking, grabbing the feature win in The Lane 46 Presented By K&N Filters in his first ever visit to the track. Smith was forced to transfer to the ALMS sanctioned 46 lap main event by winning the B-feature after finishing short of a transfer position in his heat. Advancing from the 19th starting slot, "The Prodigy" worked his way to the front, passing Curtis Roberts to take the lead on lap...
The 2010 running of the Knoxville Nationals marks the 50th anniversary of Sprint Car racing's most prestigious event. To celebrate this milestone, Allstar Performance has teamed with Elite Racing and driver Jason Meyers to unveil a special Knoxville-only paint scheme on the teams' Outlaw Sprint Car. The car was unveiled at a press conference held Tuesday afternoon at The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, which is headquartered at the legendary Knoxville, IA track. Dave Argabright, famed racing...
