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Talladega Short Track, considered to be one of the most iconic racetracks in the Southeast, has been sold to new owners with current Crate Racin’ USA series director Adam Stewart and Hoosier Tire South owner David Miller set to assume the ownership reigns at the third-mile oval that is located across the street from Talladega Superspeedway. A deal has been completed with co-owners Lynn “Preacher” Phillips and Mike and Rita Donahoo to sell the track, and employees have been notified of the...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 24) — Like a big-game outdoorsman chasing a trophy prize to hang on the wall, Senoia, Ga., driver Austin Horton hunted down pole position started and early race leader Christian Hanger for many laps before finally firing the shot that led him to victory lane in a 50-lap Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Saturday night at Talladega Short Track. It was the Whitesburg, Ga., driver’s first-ever victory on the touring series, and...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 23) — Tears streamed from Matt Henderson’s weary, bloodshot eyes and ran steadily down his cheeks as the Loudon, Tenn., driver steered his car slowly to the scales in the infield after claiming a $2,000 victory in a 40-lap Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event that opened the 2021 regular season for the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored touring division Friday night at Talladega Short Track. This wasn’t going to be a normal winner’s circle celebration, and it...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — After two successive weather-related postponements of the annual Rumble on the Gumbo at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway, there’s a new season-opening weekend in town for the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. It will be a weekend doubleheader, and take place in Eastaboga, Ala., as third-mile Talladega Short Track prepares to host three different Crate Racin’ USA divisions April 23-24 as part of its annual NASCAR weekend. Always a...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — For the second weekend in a row, disappointed track and series officials have had to make the difficult call to postpone the Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned Rumble on the Gumbo at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway. The much-anticipated, season-opening event for the Newsome Raceway Parts touring series, which was originally slated to be held April 9-10 and was rescheduled to April 16-17, has been scratched once more due to inclement weather. The giant weekend at...more

MODOC, S.C. (March 20) — At one end of Modoc Speedway’s darkened pit area, Dylan Knowles of Lanett, Ala., was holding his newly-acquired trophy and celebrating a championship sealed down just a few minutes prior at the conclusion of a $10,000-to-win Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series event held March 20 at the semibanked oval. Way down at the other end of the pit area, Jason Welshan of Maryville, Tenn., was standing silently, lamenting the fact that he didn’t win the prestigious title for...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Saturated grounds and predictions for more rain on the way into the Mississippi Delta region has forced postponement of the season-opening Rumble on the Gumbo, which was set to kick off the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event April 9-10, 2021, at Greenville Speedway. The race has been rescheduled to April 16-17 at the quarter-mile oval, and the program will remain the same, featuring a 40-lap event paying $2,000 to win on Friday...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — One title is out of the way with Lanett, Ala., driver Dylan Knowles’ recent crowning as the 2021 Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series champion, and another full schedule is just ahead for drivers who will compete for a national touring series title on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. Those who choose to do so will be receiving their just rewards from a total series points fund that is 20 percent higher than last year, increased...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — The long-awaited start of the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series points chase is fast approaching. A 27-week season, highlighted by a financial boost in year-end points fund awards, will bloom into national championship battles in multiple divisions starting with the week of March 29th through the week ending Oct. 3. Competitors from a steadily-growing list of 37 current sanctioned tracks chase precious points and compete for national titles in five...more

MODOC, S.C. (March 20) — Carrying some early-season momentum from last year’s championship season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, Ga., closed out the Adairsville, Ga-based organization’s 2021 Winter Shootout Series with a $10,000 victory in the Modoc 100 Saturday night at Modoc Raceway. Herrington led from start to finish at the Jim and Ann Cushman-owned facility, and crossed the stripe ahead of Mark Whitener,...more