Category: General/Other Sprint-Midget News
COMP Cams Interstate Cup Sprint Car Series Back for 2012
Memphis, Tennessee (02/19/12) – Details have been back worked out for the COMP Cams Interstate Cup to return for its second season in 2012. I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, Arkansas) and Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Arkansas) have teamed up to once again offer a bonus program for Sprint Car teams in the Mid-South area, and [...]
Category: General/Other Sprint-Midget News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Stewart dominates Rumble in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN – January 01, 2012 By: Ron Ware Classic Motorsports With 56 minutes to spare, Tony Stewart squeezed yet another victory into a year that already was reaching mythical proportions. Taking the checkered flag at 11:04 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, the three-time NASCAR champion completed a weekend sweep of the 14th annual [...]
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WAR To Be Staged In 2012
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. WAR will be a non-winged traveling series that will have its inaugural season in 2012 with about fifteen shows at tracks throughout Missouri and Kansas. [...]
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2011 Knoxville Raceway Banquet Doles out $250,000 in Cash and Contingencies!
(Bill W) November 19, 2011 – The Knoxville Raceway banquet was held on Saturday, November 19 at the Grand Ballroom in the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. Headlining the night’s events were an assortment of items for the competitors in addition to their prize money. A total of six chassis, 26 wing packages, two [...]
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Crawley and Gardner share USCS “Flip Flop” spotlight at Riverside in USCS Fall Nationals 2011
West Memphis, AR – November 5, 2011 – The USCS Fall Nationals 2011 presented by Goodyear “Flip Flop 50″ season finale for the United Sprint Car Series winged sprint cars at historic Riverside Speedway on Saturday night produced two different winners. Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas who started 15th in the talent-laden field charged past [...]
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Riverside Int’l Speedway Results 11/5/11
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY! Winged Sprints – Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 9 1G Cody Gardner Little Rock, Ar 0.00 2 7 87 Justin Carver Drummonds , Tn 0.00 3 14 40 Ernie Ainsworth Bartlett , Tn 0.00 4 8 10 Terry Gray Bartlett , Tn 0.00 [...]
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USCS Results from Riverside Speedway 11/4/11
Modifieds – Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 1 17 Chris Moore Coldwater , Ms 0.00 2 2 46X Craig Vaughn Hernando , Ms 0.00 3 7 17M Robert Baker Bryant , Ar 0.00 4 16 24 Kenny Lovins Blytheville , Ar 0.00 5 20 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus , Mo 0.00 6 [...]
Category: General/Other Sprint-Midget News, Open Wheel Modified News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Driver’s from nine states entered for USCS Flip Flop 50 at Riverside on Nov. 4-5th
Atlanta, GA – Wednesday, November 2, 2011 – An impressive group of drivers from 9 states are entered for the 3rd annual United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear “Flip Flop 50” sprint car spectacular at the legendary Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas on this Friday and Saturday, November 4th and 5th. $10,000 is [...]
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Waggoner Grabs Sprint Invaders Cash at Quincy; Michael Long grabs another UMP Modified win!
By Jack Walbring Ben Waggoner, Denny Woodworth, Michael Long,Tanner Klingeleand Kimberly Abbott all scored feature event wins during the Labor Day Sullivan Auctioneers Night at the Races special event. Waggoner led only two laps of the twenty five lap Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders main event but it sure was an impressive two laps. Waggoner [...]
Category: General/Other Sprint-Midget News, Illinois, Quincy Raceway, Sprint Car & Midget News
Sammy Swindell Wins Duel with Davey Heskin To Claim Night #1 of the Knoxville Nationals!
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 10, 2011 – The “Experienced Veteran” vs. the “Young Gun” was on display on the opening night of the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Wednesday. Sammy Swindell was running the Nationals before Davey Heskin was born, but the two put on a show that fans will remember [...]
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Kyle Larson Jumps in Hoffman #69 and Wins Ultimate Challenge!
(Bill W) August 9, 2011 – Kyle Larson doesn’t consider himself a “non-wing” driver, but the Elk Grove, California 19 year old won’t convince the fans who have seen him in action lately. His latest win came at the Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone Company at the Southern Iowa Speedway in [...]
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Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge Tonight!
(Bill W) August 9, 2011 – The place to be is the Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone Company tonight at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa! Racing is scheduled for 7:15 p.m., and drivers are already descending upon Osky for their shot at $15,000 in the highest paying one-night non-wing [...]
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Schedule for National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Activities This Week!
“SIXTY MINUTES IN THE TROSTLE GARAGE WITH…” AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS & KNOXVILLE NATIONALS FAN FAIR FORUMS FILL UP KNOXVILLE, IOWA (July 31, 2011) - This year’s Knoxville Nationals Fan Fair forums and “Sixty Minutes in the Trostle Garage with…“ autograph sessions in the National Sprint Car Museum are taking shape as the August 10-13 Goodyear Knoxville Nationals [...]
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Sammy Swindell Three-Peats at Front Row Challenge!
(Bill W) August 8, 2011 – Sammy Swindell won his third straight Front Row Challenge, but this one was the most lucrative, as the Germantown, Tennessee driver netted $10,000 for the All Star Circuit of Champions win. Swindell led the duration of the 25-lap feature in the Big Game Treestands #1 sprinter to claim the [...]
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Zomer Scores Another Electrifying Win in Last Corner at Knoxville!
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 30, 2011 – Dusty Zomer brought a packed crowd to its feet on Saturday night with a last corner pass of Tyler Walker to record his fourth win of the season, and ninth in his career at the Knoxville Raceway on Candi’s Flowers Night. Defending 360 champion, [...]
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PCRA-SPRINT INVADERS DOUBLEHEADER AT PEORIA SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND
$100 added to Sprint Invaders winners share by Chucks Small Engine Repair (Peoria, IL)Peoria Speedway will be a busy place this weekend as the Pro Crate Racers of America Series makes its’ debut at the track this Saturday night, July 30. On Sunday July 31, the 2nd Annual Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips “Sprint Car Summer [...]
Category: Crate Late Model Series News, General/Other Sprint-Midget News, Illinois, PCRA (Professional Crate Racers of America) Series News, Peoria Speedway, Sprint Car & Midget News
Zomer Rolls to Third Win of Season at Knoxville!
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 23, 2011 – Dusty Zomer raced to his third win of the season, and eighth in his career at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night in the 410 class. Russ Hall captured his second win of the season in the 360 class, while Carson McCarl picked up [...]
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Lasoski Cops #96 and Some Meat on Hy-Vee Night!
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 16, 2011 – Danny Lasoski won for the 96th time on Hy-Vee night at the Marion County Fair Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. In addition to his $3,000 winnings, he also took home a half a beef and a half a hog. Chad Humston won the [...]
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