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TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (Aug. 28) — Three appearances. Three feature starts. Three wins. Those are the impressive statistics that have made Lenoir City, Tenn., driver Matt Henderson the leading winner this season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. It was news which appeared to surprise the driver of the CVR Race Cars house car after he led every circuit to claim the checkered flag on the second night of the King of Crate weekend doubleheader Saturday night...more

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (Aug. 27) — Adding another victory to a steadily-growing sheet of successful outings during the 2021 racing season, Lenoir City, Tenn., driver Matt Henderson claimed a flag-to-flag victory in a 30-lap Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event that opened the fifth edition of the King of Crate weekend Friday night at North Alabama Speedway. If you’re keeping score, it was Henderson’s 11th victory of the season in various events, and his second...more

Eastaboga, AL – Crate Racin’ USA Officials have updated/amended the tire rule and tire limits for this weekend’s Chevrolet Performance World Championship event at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA. Competitors will be required to utilize the Crate Racin’ USA D-55 or Hoosier HTS 1600 compound tire on the rear of their cars for all events throughout the weekend. Along with the required rear tire compound, competitors will be allowed 6 total tires for the event, one more than the mandated 5...more

SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. (July 31) — Hohenwald, Tenn., driver Oakley Johns started the 2021 racing season with his eyes firmly focused on winning the Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series championship in the 604 Late Model division, and although his advantage isn’t a big one, he’s currently leading the standings in the season-long chase for the $10,000 title, and 462 different drivers have accumulated points towards the crown. Through July 31, Johns has accumulated 15 victories in 31 starts in Weekly...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Persistent rain has forced a change in plans for this weekend’s appearance of the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series scheduled July 29-31 at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, Tenn. A practice session was completed July 29, but the first night of racing action July 30 at the steeply-banked oval has fallen victim to the weather, washing out KRC Power Steering heat races and the Boyd-Bilt Fabrication qualifying session. The 60-lap King of the...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — After a mid-summer break over the Fourth of July weekend, the E-Z-GO $100,000+ Challenge will swing back into the motorsports spotlight on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series as the steeply-banked layout at Thunderhill Raceway Park gets ready to host the touring circuit for the annual King of the Hill event slated July 29-31, 2021, at the Jason Walker-promoted oval in Summertown, Tenn. The $10,000-to-win event, which is also part of the...more

Crate Racin’ USA Officials have updated/amended the tire limit for this weekend’s “King of the Hill” event at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, TN. Competitors will be allowed 6 total tires for the event, one more than the mandated 5 issued for touring events through the end of 2021. The 4 tires used for Qualifying, Heat Races, and B-Mains will be marked in pre-race tech. Two additional tires will be allowed for the Feature event on Saturday. Any other tires changed would result in the...more

COCHRAN, Ga. (July 4) — Pearson Lee Williams has a lengthy family pedigree when it comes to racing in his home region, and the Dublin, Ga., driver pleased a partisan crowd with his second-career victory on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series circuit in a 50-lap event that concluded a scheduled four-race holiday trek across the region for the Eastaboga, Ala-based touring circuit. Williams staged an exuberant display in victory lane, whipping around the...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (July 3) — A model of consistency for most of the season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, Jimmy Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., finally broke into the win column on the Eastaboga, Ala-based organization with a hard-fought victory in a 50-lap event that served as the second completed contest in the four-race Salute to America Nationals during the Fourth of July weekend. The win was his first of the season on the touring circuit, and...more

DANVILLE, Ala. (July 2) — Christian Hanger has been mostly absent from the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series this season while competing in the Super Late Model ranks, but he didn’t forget how to drive a race car powered by a 604 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine and wheeled a 7-year-old MasterSbilt-chassied entry to a flag-to-flag victory in a 40-lap event Friday night during the annual Salute to America Nationals at Moulton Speedway. It was the...more