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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 .
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 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.
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
17 th
Annual Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge and the 11 th
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
TULSA, Okla. (January 10, 2012) –
The Bowl Season isn’t
quite done yet, as the 26 th
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
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.
Race fans can start snatching up tickets for the King of America Modified
Nationals II beginning this Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Photographers
Dave
Hill Dennis Krieger Mike Ruefer John Vass
Tim Moran
Pat Denklau Joe Orth PhotosDanny
Howk Photos
Chris Bork
Tracks Covered By
Iowa
Clarke County
Speedway Osceola, Iowa
Davenport Speedway Davenport, Iowa
Lee County Speedway
Donnellson, Iowa
CJ Raceway Columbus Junction, Iowa
Adams County Speedway
Corning, Iowa
Bloomfield Speedway Bloomfield, Iowa
Boone Raceway
Boone, Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Independence Motorspeedway
Independence, IowaKnoxville Raceway Marshalltown Speedway
Marshalltown, IowaJackson
County Speedway
Maquoketa, Iowa
Southern Iowa Speedway Oskaloosa, Iowa
Shelby County Speedway
Missouri
24 Raceway Moberly, Missouri
Central Missouri Speedway Warrensburg, Missouri
Lebanon Midway
Lucas Oil Speedway Wheatland Missouri
Scotland County Speedway Memphis, Missouri
Springfield
Raceway Springfield,
Missouri
State Fair Speedway
Illinois
Macon Speedway Macon, Illinois Macomb Raceway
Macomb, Illinois
Peoria Speedway Peoria, Illinois
Quad City Raceway East Moline, IllinoisQuincy Raceway LaSalle Raceway LaSalle, Illinois
Morgan County Speedway Jacksonville, IL
Kankakee County Speedway
Kankakee, IL
Fayette County Speedway Brownstown IL Spring
Creek Speedway
Nebraska
Dawson County Speedway Lexington, Nebraska
McCook Speedway McCook, Nebraska
Junction Motor Speedway Eagle Raceway
Kansas
RMP Speedway
Oberlin, KS
Minnesota
Chateau Raceway
Deer Creek Speedway
Series
United Rebel Sprint Series
Midwest LateModel Racing Association
United Late Model Association
MARS DIRTcar Series
DONNELLSON,
IA (Jan. 16, 2011) – 
WINSTON,
MO (January 13, 2012) - 
BUCKNER, MO (January 9, 2012) - 
HUMBOLDT, Kan. (Jan. 1) –-
