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NORMAN Park, Ga. (Nov. 20) — Jimmy Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., entered the final weekend on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series Saturday night at Needmore Speedway with three Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series victories under his belt, and trailing Jason Welshan by 22 points in a hotly-contested championship chase. Using a business-like efficiency through the weekend and ending the year in dream-like fashion, he...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 20) — If the late Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray were still alive and holding a microphone this weekend at Needmore Speedway’s traditional Early Bird event, he would probably use his career-defining trademark phrase to describe the sizzling Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series points battle that will be decided Nov. 20 in a 50-lapper at the Kelly and Mandy Walker-owned facility: Holy Cow! Six points. That’s not much. It’s the miniscule amount...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 29) — Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series drivers descended upon Needmore Speedway Friday night to compete for a $2,000 prize in the opening event of the season-ending Early Bird doubleheader weekend, and with a series title hanging like a carrot in front of his eyes and facing a 22-point disadvantage to Jason Welshan entering the championship-deciding weekend, pole position starter Jimmy Thomas took off like a hungry rabbit and rolled to a...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 19) — Jake Knowles of Rome, Ga., has been chasing a championship for most of the season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, and will enter the season-ending doubleheader weekend slated Nov. 19-20, 2021, at Needmore Speedway as one of four contenders for the title. All season long, his mother Cindy Dalton Knowles has been involved with a far more important battle in her life after a breast cancer diagnosis almost a year ago...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — During a 21-event season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, four determined drivers have battled fiercely for the $10,000 series championship, and especially during the final half of a long and arduous campaign. Rarely separated by many points in their back-and-forth, nip-and-tuck battle for the prestigious crown, Jason Welshan, Jimmy Thomas, Jake Knowles and Rookie of the Year candidate Tanner Collins have become friends, traded...more

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 6) — Check out the postrace statistics from a 75-lap Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway, and the official lead change category might not read too impressively considering there was a single swap of the point between eventual winner Mark Whitener and runnerup finisher Spencer Hughes at the 3/8-mile oval. It occurred with 23 laps remaining, and was the climactic moment that officially sent...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 30) — Dillon Brown led from start to finish to claim his first-ever Drydene World Short Track Championship victory in the Fox Factory 604 Pro Late Model division, earning a $4,000 prize in a 30-lapper Saturday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. The DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned event was a collaborative effort with assistance from the Eastaboga, Ala-based Crate Racin’ USA organization, and Brown’s victory was his first in the multi-division annual event at the 4/10-mile...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 23) — There were gradual hints through the weekend at the 26th annual Powell Family Memorial, but when Newport, Tenn., driver Jimmy Owens finally served official notification to the field that he was going to be difficult to beat in the 67-lap event Saturday night at All-Tech Raceway, the fourth-place starter did so with a decisive series of first-lap maneuvers that launched him into the lead on the second lap of the prestigious event at the half-mile oval. The early...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — After nearly a full season of scratching and clawing for points toward a $10,000 championship on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, the outcome between current points leader Jimmy Thomas, Jason Welshan, Jake Knowles and Tanner Collins is perched on the brink of a gut-wrenching, nitty-gritty stretch run to the title. Heading into the highly-prestigious, $26,000-to-win Powell Family Memorial scheduled Oct. 21-23 at half-mile All-Tech...more

GREENWOOD, La. (Oct. 16) — Taking control after a lead-swapping duel on the opening circuit with Maryville, Tenn., driver Jason Welshan, Middleburg, Fla., driver Mark Whitener took the top spot at Boothill Speedway and continued to a $10,000 victory in the 50-lap Battle of Boothill Saturday night at the high-banked oval. He led all but the first trip around the facility and was trailed to the stripe in a 24-car field by Jason Welshan, B.J. Robinson, Tyler Stevens and Jake Knowles. It was...more