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Buzz Wendzel, Salt Lake City, UT (September 5, 2010) After spending most of my Saturday at Miller Motorsports Park (MMP @ Grantsville, UT) attending the Bike Fest 2010 Bonneville Vintage GP/AHRMA motorcycle show and races, I almost reluctantly headed back into Salt Lake City to gear up for an evening of USAC oval-track racing at Rocky Mountain Raceway (RMR @ West Valley City, UT).
RMR mandates transponders on all the race cars and then uses the services of MyLaps Sports Timing... [Read More]
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (September 4, 2010) R.J. Johnson collected his third American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region feature win of the year by topping Saturday's opening night of the annual Hank Arnold Memorial at USA Raceway.
The Phoenix shoe advanced from fourth to take top honors in the 30-lapper aboard the Mountain Valley Performance Ford-powered Michael Brothers No. 77m Sherman chassis.
Johnson was chased to the stripe by 13th-starter Stevie Sussex,... [Read More]
Steve Kinser and Joey Saldana have been neck and neck for most of the season in the World of Outlaws championship standings, as well as on the track and off the track in most statistical categories. That battle got even closer Saturday night at Skagit Speedway, as the duo traded the lead a couple of times at the high-banked three-tenths-mile bullring, with Kinser coming out on top in the $20,000 finale of the two-day show to... [Read More]
URSETTA TAKES WIN AND CHAMPIONSHIP AT I-76 SPEEDWAY
By: Geoff Briggs
As the Summer Season gets closer to the end, the Championship battles are starting to finalize.
Angie Hayes jumped out to the early lead in the IMCA Modified feature, but Brett Smith got around Hayes. Dominic Ursetta powered his way into second and took the lead. Once Ursetta took the lead, he opened up a huge gap and powered his way to victory. Smith was second over Hayes, Brad Shelton and... [Read More]
After a long hiatus of competing in the opening night of the prestigious Gold Cup, the fabled Bay Cities Racing Association “Mighty Midgets” continues its 67th season of racing on Wednesday, September 8 when they take to the beautiful 1/4-mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA to open up the 57th Annual Gold Cup.
Expected entries in the $1,000-to-win, $175-to-start, feature event include an arsenal past champions and race winners including National Sprint Car Hall of Fame... [Read More]
Jac Haudenschild and Tim Kaeding are certainly two of the most exciting drivers to ever climb into a sprint car, and on Friday night at Skagit Speedway in Washington, the pair lived up to this moniker, as they battled tooth and nail in heavy traffic in the opener of the World of Outlaws two-day event at the high-banked three-tenths-mile bullring.
Officially they traded the lead four times, but in one stretch... [Read More]
Skagit Speedway in Washington was one of the tracks that hosted the World of Outlaws during the inaugural 1978 season and also the next year as well, and after a couple of hiatuses, the track has now become a staple during the Gold Rush Tour, with the series visiting the high-banked three-tenths-mile bullring each and every year since 2006. That tradition will continue this week, as the World of Outlaws visit the track... [Read More]
EUREKA, CALIFORNIA (September 2, 2010) – Joe McDonald drove to one of his biggest career victories on Saturday night, dominating the main event over a 12 car field for the Sportsman division at Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, Calif.
The win was a nice preview of things to come with the Redwood Acres Raceway Fall Spectacular with the Airport Auto Brokers Late Model Series coming up September 25 and 26.
Behind the wheel of the #09 Humbolt County McDonalds... [Read More]
ROAD RUNNERS
Fast Time –16.506 Harry Hatton; Trophy Dash A.Ben Hawk; B. John Richardson; C. Dave Bauer; Heat - A) Eric Chaney; B) Nathan Seward; C) John Richardson; D). Dave Bauer; Main - 1) Tim Stoddard; 2) Harry Hatton;3) Norm Vanderhof; 4) Eric Chaney; 5) Ron Hunter.; 6) Darryl Krumm; 7) Darin Meeks; 8) Garret Rupert; 9) Ben Hawk; 10) Steve Roth. B Main - 1) Jason Thomas; 2) Nathan Seward; 3) Kevin Cramer; 4) John Richardson;5) Eric Harris.. C Main – 1) Joey Murfin; 2)... [Read More]
MERIDIAN, Idaho — Emotion and adrenaline are working overtime Labor Day weekend at ASA-sanctioned Meridian Speedway.
The big boys return Saturday night for one of the final races on the Carbon X Rocky Mountain Challenge Series late model tour with the Pepsi Gem State 75.
Also on the card Saturday is the Austin Christopherson Memorial 50 for the Domino's Pizza Legends, another pivotal points race in the ESI Express ASA Modifieds, the Mini Stocks, Tates Rents Hornets... [Read More]
VENTURA, CA – AUGUST 31, 2010… With a break lasting over a month, the VRA Sprint Car Series capped off their night with a wild 30-lap main event. Featuring five official lead changes by four different drivers, Quartz Hill's Steve Conrad became the ninth different winner at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway.
Sharing the front row of the twenty car field were Camarillo drivers Brent Camarillo and "The Rocket" Ronnie Case. With both drivers looking for their first victory of the year,... [Read More]
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