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April 15 – Northern All Stars Late Models $2000 to Win UMP Sanctioned

 

ALTOONA, Iowa (Jan. 4) – The deadline to get your reserved tickets for this year’s United States Racing Association awards banquet is Sunday, January 15.

GREENWOOD, Neb. (December 19, 2011) - I-80 Speedway will be hosting the 2nd Annual Silver Dollar Nationals, July 20-21, 2012, featuring Super Late Models and the United States Modified Touring Series.


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VINTON, Iowa (Jan. 24) – A dozen dates are on tap in the third annual JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds. 

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Jan. 24, 2012) – One date has been added and another changed on the 2012 Deery Brothers Summer Series schedule for IMCA Late Models.



 


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24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri is available for lease for the 2012 season on a signed lease as not only a racetrack, but as an entertainment facility and on an annual arrangement.

Knoxville Raceway 2012
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April 14    Practice Night

April 21
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 Thursday, February 16, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX (USMTS Casey’s Cup Qualifier)

Friday, February 17, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX (USMTS National Championship Series)

Saturday, February 18, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX (USMTS National Championship Series)

Friday, March 09, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott, TX (USMTS National Championship Series)

Saturday, March 10, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Cowtown Speedway, Kennedale, TX (USMTS National Championship Series)

Friday, March 16, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, KS (USMTS Casey’s Cup Qualifier)

Saturday, March 17, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, KS (USMTS Casey’s Cup Qualifier)

Friday, March 23, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series LA Raceway, La Monte, MO (USMTS Casey’s Cup Qualifier)

Saturday, March 24, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series I-35 Speedway, Winston, MO (USMTS Casey’s Cup Qualifier)

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, KS - King of America II

Thursday, March 29, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, KS - King of America II

Friday, March 30, 2012 United States Modified Touring Series Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, KS - King of America II

Saturday, March 31, 2012 Farley, Iowa, Speedway Deery Brothers Summer Series Schedule

   
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WHEATLAND, MO (January 26, 2012) - Reserved Seat 2-Day Tickets for the 20th Annual DART Show-Me 100 will go on sale Monday, January 30, 2012.

VINTON, Iowa (January 25, 2012) - Two procedural clarifications should be noted by IMCA drivers and local track scorekeepers for 2012.

VINTON, Iowa (Jan. 24) – A dozen dates are on tap in the third annual JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds. 

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Jan. 24, 2012) – One date has been added and another changed on the 2012 Deery Brothers Summer Series schedule for IMCA Late Models.

DAWSONVILLE, GA (January 24, 2012) – NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Founder and Director Mike Vaughn announced at the series Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday night at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame that he will begin an innovative economical super late model series for the 2013 season around the Chevrolet Performance CT525 Engine.

LEXINGTON, Neb. (Jan. 23) – Sunday night shows at Dawson County Raceway will feature IMCA Mach-1 Sport Compacts this season. 

Danny Rosencrans (January 22, 2012) -- Saturday night January 21 Quincy Raceways held their annual racing banquet at the K of C Hall in Quincy. 

SPRINGFIELD, MO (January 21) - Owners Jerry Hoffman and Doug Bland have announced that the O'Reilly Turkey  Classic presented by Bad Boy Mowers to be held at The Springfield Raceway on Sat March 10th will be sanctioned by the USRA For National Points for the USRA RHS A-Mods.

(Bill W) January 19, 2011 – Kaley Gharst and the Stathy #26 team should be a force to be reckoned with in the next month in Western Australia.

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (January 18, 2012) Tomorrow night’s “Sprint Car 101 – Third Thursday Series” program at the National Sprint Car Museum, featuring Bob Baker interviewing veteran touring sprint car owner Lonny Parsons.

DONNELLSON, IA (Jan. 16, 2011) – The 2012 season will see Lee County Speedway and 34 Raceway work together to provide drivers, fans and crews the best racing possible in southeast Iowa and the first step of that effort comes with an agreement to offer incentives to each track’s weekly drivers.

(Bill W) January 16, 2012 – A successful season that yielded a Knoxville Nationals start, multiple wins, Rookie of the Year at Huset’s Speedway, and a sixth place Knoxville point finish, has Austin McCarl primed for 2012.


Billy Moyer wins night one of the Wild West Shootout. Photo by Mike Ruefer


Iowa driver 15K Justin Kay Wheatland, IA raced his way to place 11th in Tucson.
Photo by Mike Ruefer

TUCSON, Ariz (January 14) – Having picked up three wins at the Wild West Shootout in 2011, including the $10,000-to-win Bill Cheesborg Memorial finale, it didn’t take long for Billy Moyer to return to victory lane in 2012. Drawing the pole after a dominating heat race performance, the Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer scored his eighth career series win by leading all 30-laps of the opening nights main event.


Jeff Stasa flips his midget and takes time while its coming down to take time
and look at the camera. Dennis Krieger Imagery
Photo


Tonight Kevin Swindell makes history at the Chili Bowl by being the first 3 peat winner in the races 26 year history...... Finishing 2nd was his father Sammy and Kyle Larson was third..

TULSA, Okla. (January 14, 2012) – It took a quarter of a century to crown the first back-to-back winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history.

PEORIA, IL (January 14, 2011) - Peoria Speedway is proud to announce our 2012 schedule of events, including the introduction of the “Budweiser UMP Super Late Model Series”.

TULSA, Okla. (January 14, 2012) – Prior to last year, no driver had ever been able to pull off back-to-back Chili Bowl triumphs at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.


Cory Kruseman made the long haul from California to Oklahoma a profitable won by winning the final night qualifying feature.. This insures him a spot in the feature on Sat. night..

TULSA, Okla. (January 13, 2012) – Two-time Chili Bowl champion Cory Kruseman made his way back to the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway victory lane by topping Friday night’s 25-lap Vacuworx International qualifying feature at the 26th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.

WINSTON, MO (January 13, 2012) - Mike and Kyle Johnson have been hard at work this offseason making sure that everyone who attends I-35 Speedway has a great time. Everything from renovations, to new traveling classes and bands...yes that's right BANDS!!!

KNOXVILLE, IOWA  (January 13, 2012) - Friday Night events at the 52nd Goodyear Knoxville Nationals will be much different than in years past, Knoxville Raceway officials announced today.

(Bill W) January 12, 2012 – A few changes are in store for the 17th Annual Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge and the 11th Annual Casey’s General Stores USAC Ultimate Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone Company.  The biggest change will be more racing for the fans, while ticket prices remain the same as always!

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (Jan. 12) – Nine more events have been added to the calendar for the mud-slinging open-wheel machines of the United States Modified Touring Series, bringing the total to 84 nights of intense USMTS action in for the 2012 racing season.


The Swindell family affair with the track at Tulsa continues again tonight, this time with Kevin winning the feature in a resounding fashion..

TULSA, Okla. (January 12, 2012) – Last January, Kevin Swindell became the first back-to-back winner in a quarter century of Chili Bowl Nationals competition at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.


Ned Fry who is running a brand new midget this year at the Chili Bowl caught on fire and I think Ned, probably wishes his last name was not FRY.  He was not injured but he got his uniform pretty burnt.

TULSA, Okla. (January 11, 2012) – Sammy Swindell kept up his winning ways at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway by topping Wednesday night’s 25-lap River Spirit Casino Qualifier “A” Main event at the 26th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.

SPRINGFIELD, MO. (January 11, 2011) - Springfield Raceway owners Jerry Hoffman and Doug Bland have announced their tenative 2012 season schedule with another season of action on the track named"The Quick-Quarter" which provides side by side racing no matter what class and plenty of action.

KNOXVILLE, IOWA  (January 10, 2012) - Next weekend's 40th Lucas Oil Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway's Sungold Stadium in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, is the final qualifier for Americans for this year's Knoxville World Challenge during the 52nd Goodyear Knoxville Nationals.

WHEATLAND, MO (January 11, 2012) - General admission tickets for the 20th Annual DART Show-Me 100, which will be held May 24-26, will go on sale this weekend.

(Bill W) January 11, 2011 – With one year under its belt, the newest 410 sprint car series in the Midwest is surging into 2012 with plenty of steam.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 11) – Their on-track accomplishments last season netted 2012 competitor’s licenses for a quartet of IMCA drivers, courtesy of SuperFlow.


TULSA, Okla. (January 10, 2012) – Coming off a remarkable breakthrough season in 2011, Kyle Larson added yet another notch to the win column by topping Tuesday night’s 25-lap Warren CAT Qualifying feature event to kick off the 26th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.

PEORIA, IL (January 10, 2012) - The 2012 racing schedule is being finalized for Peoria Speedway and will be released this Saturday, January 14 at the Allen Automotive Trade Show at Expo Gardens in Peoria. There will be a major announcement on Saturday as well, with very exciting news coming from promoter Curt Mottaz.


Ned Fry Airs out his new midget ride at the 26th Chili Bowl in Tulsa
Photo by Dave Hill

TULSA, Okla. (January 10, 2012) – The Bowl Season isn’t quite done yet, as the 26th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals kicks off tonight at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway with the first of four qualifying nights as well as the Fourth Annual Vacuworx International Race of Champions.

KNOXVILLE, IOWA  (January 10, 2012)  -  Donna Wilson, author of “The Offy Killer – The Chet Wilson Story,” will sign copies of her recently released book in the National Sprint Car Museum’s booth this Saturday during the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Car Nationals in Tulsa.  Donna, Chet’s daughter, will be joined by Chet’s brother Jerry and one of Chet’s drivers, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Harold Leep, from 1 until 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. 

SPRINGFIELD, IL (January 8, 2011) – Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., and Mike Harrison of Highland, Ill., shared the spotlight during Saturday night’s 28th annual DIRTcar Racing UMP ‘Night of Champions’ Awards Banquet inside the Springfield Crowne Plaza Hotel’s ballroom.


Knoxville regular Davey Heskin trying his hand behind the wheel of a midget
during the 2012 Chili bowl...Photo by Dave Hill

BUCKNER, MO (January 9, 2012) - The 24th season of racing for the Lucas Oil MLRA is right around the corner. Promoters, Cowboy and Harriett Chancellor, have been hard at work scheduling events over the last few months.

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (Jan. 6) – Officials at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., have announced that their Modified division will be sanctioned by the United States Racing Association beginning with the 2012 racing season as part of the track’s weekly Saturday night racing program.

TULSA, Okla. (January 6, 2012) – The Chili Bowl Nationals has long been known as a gathering place of the best of the best from all forms of racing, from the upper echelons of the sport to the grassroots level.

TULSA, Okla. (January 4, 2012) – Bob Berryhill has been an influence at the Chili Bowl Nationals since its inception in 1987, with his Original Chili Bowl food company sponsoring the fledgling event in its formative years.

WHEATLAND, MO (January 4, 2011) - Lucas Oil Speedway will be participating in both the Bodee's Racers Auction and Trade Show and the Ozark's Area Racers Reunion this weekend at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex.

ALTOONA, Iowa (Jan. 4) – The deadline to get your reserved tickets for this year’s United States Racing Association awards banquet is Sunday, January 15.

SEDALIA, MO (January 2, 2012) - With non-winged sprint car racing becoming more popular in Missouri, sprint car drivers Tony Crank and Andy Korte have partnered up to found Wingless Auto Racing.

HUMBOLDT, Kan. (Jan. 1) –- Race fans can start snatching up tickets for the King of America Modified Nationals II beginning this Tuesday, Jan. 3.

 


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Columbus Junction, Iowa

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Corning, Iowa

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Bloomfield, Iowa

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Boone, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Missouri

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Warrensburg, Missouri

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Lebanon, Missouri

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Wheatland Missouri

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Memphis, Missouri

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Illinois

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Macon, Illinois

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Macomb, Illinois

Peoria Speedway
Peoria, Illinois

Quad City Raceway

East Moline, Illinois

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Brownstown IL

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Macomb, IL

 


Nebraska

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Culbertson Speedway
Culbertson, Nebraska

Eagle Raceway
Eagle, NE

 


Kansas

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Oberlin, KS

 


Minnesota

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Spring Valley, MN

 



Florida

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Tampa, Florida


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