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EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 7) — Jason Welshan is known to sometimes work round-the-clock hours as he continues to build his Savage Race Cars brand into a potential car-building powerhouse in his home region, so it was an overdue respite when the Maryville, Tenn., driver and his wife Leanne took time for a week-long winter vacation to Cape Coral, Fla. That trip was extended when the originally-scheduled Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series-sanctioned Hangover at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour,...more

EASTABOGA, AL (Thursday, January 5th - Saturday, January 7th, 2023) - Photos from the 32nd Annual Ice Bowl at the Talladega Short Track held January 5-7, 2023! Ray Cook collected his third Talladega Short Track Ice Bowl Victory in the 32nd Running of the event presented by Racecar Engineering! Cook would overcome two early race incidents and work his way through the field passing Sam Seawright with 8 laps remaining when Seawright would blow a right rear tire. Chris Jones would finish second,...more

Eastaboga, AL – Crate Racin’ USA officials have released the 2023 Winter Shootout Series schedule, which serves as a “mini-series” of events that run prior to the start of the regular Touring Division season. The 2023 Winter Shootout Series schedule will see all events on the mini tour take place in the month of January, with scheduled events coinciding with long-time winter/off-season staples at their respective facilities. The 2023 Winter Shootout Series will bring in the New Year with...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 19) — A dramatic points battle for the E-Z-GO $100,000+ Challenge championship was on the horizon entering the Early Bird 50 Saturday night at Needmore Speedway, and Phenix City, Ala., driver Jimmy Thomas held a tight-fisted, 20-point edge over Jason Welshan in a tense duel for the $5,000 title as the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series arrived at the 3/8-mile oval. Rain was close and reportedly on the way according to radar reports, and that...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Nov. 23) — The annual Crate Racin’ USA World Championship event scheduled Nov. 24-26, 2022, at Cochran Motor Speedway, which was to have been the final race of the season on the schedule for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, has been canceled due to predicted inclement weather over the next few days. It will not be rescheduled, and the joint decision was made between track promoter Chris Martin and series director Adam Stewart. “Unfortunately...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Nov. 22) — The annual Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned World Championship has been held at several different facilities over its long and storied history, but in recent years has found a home at Cochran Motor Speedway. Now the annual event that pays $20,000 to the winner is changing once again, but the location of the race will remain the same. What will be adjusted is the format for the race, which will provide an interesting twist to...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 19) — After completion of seven races at six different tracks during a season that started way back in mid-April at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway, the stage is set for an eighth and final battle to determine the ’22 season champion on Crate Racin’ USA’s popular E-Z-GO Challenge Series at the season-ending Early Bird 50 tonight at the Kelly and Mandy Walker-operated Needmore Speedway. The “series within a series” makes up a portion of the overall Newsome/Raceway Parts...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series competitors will arrive at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., Nov. 17-19, 2022, for the annual Early Bird at the Kelly and Mandy Walker-owned speedplant, and it will be the touring circuit’s third visit of the season to the 3/8-mile oval. The $10,000-to win event, which will be the next-to-last race of the season for the touring series and also serve as the season finale for the E-Z-GO $100,000+ Challenge...more

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 12) — Trading the lead with Macon, Ga., driver Hunter Peacock on an eye-widening seven different occasions during a 75-lap event, veteran competitor Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., emerged victorious after a tough battle in a $10,000-to-win Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Embroiled in a back-and-forth duel on an extremely-raceable track surface, Johnson emerged from the mid-race brouhaha...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — A weather-related postponement of a $10,000-to-win Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event slated Nov. 3-5, 2022, at Magnolia Motor Speedway has set up three successive weekends of racing to conclude the season for the Adam Stewart-managed touring series. The weather-affected event at the 3/8-mile oval has been rescheduled to Nov. 10-12 at the Johnny Stokes-promoted and prepared facility, which is known for excellent racing on a usually-slippery...more