Category: Sprint Car & Midget News
World of Outlaws’ Midwest Debut Set for Lone Kentucky Race
There has been a different winner in each of the six previous WoO events at Paducah PADUCAH, Ky. – April 3, 2012 – Put the ponchos away. Following a wet March in California, the World of Outlaws are set to debut in the Midwest, where it has been unseasonably warm and dry compared to the [...]
Category: Kentucky, Paducah Int'l Raceway, Sprint Car & Midget News, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News
Swindell Relies on Patience, Good Luck Charm for First Win
He retakes the World of Outlaws points lead as the top five are separated by only 14 points MERCED, Calif. – March 30, 2012 – There was a special person on the mind of Sammy Swindell as he climbed down from his wing dance on Friday. Swindell’s granddaughter, Zoe, delivered a special message before the [...]
Category: Sprint Car & Midget News, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series At a Glance; Merced Speedway and Calistoga Speedway
MERCED, Calif. – March 26, 2012 – With the last two Saturdays being rained out, the World of Outlaws are looking to build momentum as the initial West Coast swing wraps up this weekend in California. The Outlaws return to Merced Speedway, which was reconfigured from a quarter-mile track to a one-third miler in the [...]
Category: Sprint Car & Midget News, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News
Johnson Motors to ASCS Spring Nationals Victory
Bryan Hulbert- Mesquite, TX (March 24, 2012) – Jason Johnson seems to have hit a hot streak with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV; becoming the first multi feature winner of the2012 season with a victory at the 39th annual ASCS Spring Nationals at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas. [...]
Category: American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Carney Beats the Heat for $3,500 at Lubbock!
LUBBOCK, Texas (March 24, 2012) – John Carney II enjoyed his second consecutive lucrative Saturday night by taking the $3,500 winner’s share in Lady Luck Speedway’s 5th Annual Beat the Heat 25-lap ASCS 305-ci Sprint Car main event. Carney held off Friday night winner Derek Drown throughout to take the winner’s cut, with New Mexico’s [...]
Category: American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Inclement Weather Forces Cancelation of Mini Gold Cup Finale Tonight
Tickets can be exchanged for upcoming events or returned for a refund CHICO, Calif. – March 24, 2012 – Tonight’s World of Outlaws race at Silver Dollar Speedway has been cancelled because of the combination of cold temperatures and the significant amount of rain in the area, which is forecast to move over the track [...]
Category: Sprint Car & Midget News, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News
POWRi Midgets, Micros, UMP Modifieds at Belle-Clair cancelled due to rain
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (March 24, 2012)— POWRi’s Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series and UMP Modifieds event scheduled for Saturday night (March 24) at Belle-Clair Speedway has been cancelled due to rain. Organizers are working to reschedule the Open Wheel Mania Bullring 30s, featuring 30-lap features for all three series. [...]
Category: Belle-Clair Speedway, Illinois, Jacksonville Speedway, Macon Speedway, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Schatz, World of Outlaws Claim Night 1 of the Mini Gold Cup
The four-time Outlaws champion leads all 35 laps to earn his second victory of year CHICO, Calif. – March 23, 2012 – With bragging rights on the line between the World of Outlaws and the California contingent, Friday’s main event couldn’t have set up any better. Donny Schatz, a four-time World of Outlaws champion and [...]
Category: Sprint Car & Midget News, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News
Drown Beats the Heat in Lubbock Opener
LUBBOCK, Texas (March 23, 2012) – Derek Drown kicked off Lady Luck Speedway’s Fifth Annual Beat the Heat season opener by wiring the field in Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS 305-ci Sprint Car feature event. After climbing from sixth to third in his heat race, Drown redrew the front row outside for the feature event and [...]
Category: American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Anderson, Knepper, Kuhn aim for 1st victory of 2012 in POWRi Midgets at Belle-Clair Speedway
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (March 22, 2012)—Brett Anderson, Nick Knepper and Brad Kuhn won features in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series at Belle-Clair Speedway last season and they’ll be aiming for their first victory of 2012 at the 1/5th-mile track Saturday (March 24). The Bullring 30s also has the season-opening event for the POWRi Speedway [...]
Category: Belle-Clair Speedway, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Kasey Kahne Challenge Gearing Up With World of Outlaws
The four-race series will compete in Missouri, Maryland, Indiana and Nebraska CONCORD, N.C. – March 21, 2012 – Race fans, strap in and get ready. In conjunction with SLS Promotions, NASCAR star Kasey Kahne is promoting a four-race event – the “Kasey Kahne Challenge” – across the Midwest and East Coast with the World of [...]
Category: Sprint Car & Midget News, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series News
Kerry Madsen – Chico Up Next!
(Bill W) March 21, 2012 – A racing deal put Kerry Madsen on his lid last Friday night at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. Instead of getting right back out on the track Saturday, rain intervened. The St. Mary’s, New South Wales, Australia native will have to wait until this weekend, when the World [...]
Category: General/Other Sprint-Midget News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Excitement is in the air “Open Wheel Style” at BELLE-VEGAS!
Belle-Clair Speedway Proudly Presents Open Wheel Mania “BULLRING 30’s” this Saturday March 24th. Lucas Oil POWRi Midgets, UMP Modifieds & Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints will hit the high banks with a vengeance. Providing the most exciting wheel to wheel action with plenty of slide jobs, sure to keep the fans on the edge [...]
Category: Belle-Clair Speedway, Illinois, Open Wheel Modified News, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News, U.M.P. DIRTcar Series Modified News
The Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals Awaits the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
Bryan Hulbert – Mesquite, TX (March 20, 2012) – With four rounds of competition in the books the 2012 season for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MavTv turns to the “Lone Star State” for a pair of nights at the famed Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Having hosted the Lucas Oil American Sprint [...]
Category: American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Tuesday’s Top Ten – The Midget Stampede
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 20, 2012) – The Inaugural edition of the POWRi Midget Stampede at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, TX, brings the ol’ Tuesday Top Ten out of hibernation. For exactly how long is anyone’s guess. With the Stampede and St. Patrick’s Day revelry in the books, ten items wrapping up the weekend’s [...]
Category: POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Dave Darland earns $5,000 for victory in POWRi Midget Stampede finale at Cowtown Speedway
KENNEDALE, Texas (March 17, 2012)—Dave Darland passed Rico Abreu for the lead on the opening lap and never relinquished it Saturday, earning $5,000 for his victory in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series’ Midget Stampede at quarter-mile Cowtown Speedway. It was the third POWRi victory of Darland’s illustrious career, which includes multiple national championships [...]
Category: POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Carney Conquers ASCS 305 Sprint Car Shootout
Bryan Hulbert – Las Cruces, NM (March 17, 2012) – After a less than stellar performance on the preliminary night El Paso, Texas racer John Carney II was the driver to beat in Saturday’s 30 lap feature event as the Steward Builders 224 raced to a $6,000 payday at the Southern New Mexico Speedway. “I [...]
Category: American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Wright is Royal at Baytown!!
Cody Morris, BAYTOWN, TEXAS (3-17-2012) – The Griffith Trucking and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region pivoted closer to the Houston metro to showcase the finale of the opening weekend of the 2012 campaign at Baytown, Texas’ Royal Purple Raceway. Several Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour competitors headed south to challenge the rising talents of the [...]
Category: American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) News, Sprint Car & Midget News
