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EASTABOGA, Ala. — The first of two Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series appearances this season at Senoia Raceway will take place tonight [July 15] at the 3/8-mile oval as some of the top 604 Chevrolet Performance Late Model Series drivers in the country arrive to compete for a $3,000 first-place prize at the Pollard family-promoted facility. Yep…it’s race day! The 40-lap race will be the touring circuit’s ninth event of the season, and Mark Whitener of...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (July 28) — Due to saturated grounds and persistent rain that has fallen much of the day at Golden Isles Speedway, series and track officials have elected to restructure the weekend’s racing schedule for the Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. All Friday night activities at the facility have been canceled, and the $10,000-to-win race will now pay $5,000 to win, and be staged as a one-day show on Sat., July 29. The joint decision was made by...more

EASTABOGA, Ala — The Newsome/Raceway Parts NetworkNewsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will head back to Senoia Raceway on Aug. 19 for its second appearance of the season at the 3/8-mile oval. The touring series has also added a new weekend to its schedule on Sept. 22-24, and will now sanction the prestigious Alabama State Championships at East Alabama Motor Speedway, which is scheduled on those dates at the high-banked facility in Phenix City, Ala. The series last...more

Tazewell, TN – Crate Racin’ USA and Tazewell Speedway officials have made the decision to cancel this weekend’s Marvin Ford Memorial $10,000 to win event due to cold temperatures and sustained winds following showers and a cold front moving through the area. With temps forecasted to dip into the 30s, speedway and series officials are concerned with the conditions that will face race fans and teams. While the event is not going to be made up during the 2023 season, details on a makeup event in...more

Waynesville, GA - Golden Isles Speedway and Crate Racin' USA officials are once again faced with unfavorable weather conditions heading into a big weekend of racing, and have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2023 Showdown on the Coast for the Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series. "With heavy rains overnight, and more forecasted the next couple of days, we have to consider the travel for teams and financial responsibility the track takes on with a large scale event", stated Crate...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 20) — Unheralded Tyler Clem and back-to-back Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series Winter Shootout Series champion Cory Hedgecock will lead the field to the green flag to start Saturday’s Powell Family Memorial at All-Tech Raceway. Clem, of Pinellas Park, Fla. — Friday’s overall fast qualifier and winner of the first heat at the sprawling half-mile just south of Lake City — will start from the pole in Saturday’s 67-lap, $28,000-to-win main...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 21) — There are no guarantees that Cory Hedgecock would have won his first two Powell Family Memorial starts at All-Tech Raceway had he not had a couple of untimely miscues. The only thing that’s certain is that he did indeed fall short in both 2020 and 2022. No worries. The Loudon, Tenn., driver took care of business during this year’s 28th annual version of the race at the Wendell and Patty Durrance-promoted facility. Leading 60 of 67 laps, Hedgecock cruised—most of...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 21) — During the middle stages of the prestigious $28,000-to-win Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned Powell Family Memorial Saturday night at All-Tech Raceway, eventual winner Cory Hedgecock and was heading the pack at the massive half-mile oval. Behind him were some of the best racers in the country in the division, and all were searching for the top prize on a well-prepared track surface that was providing lots of racing...more

CONCORD, NC — Variety. Few words better describe the World Short Track Championship, the mega, 10-division event on tap Oct. 26-28 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. More than 200 drivers are expected to converge in Concord, N.C., at the 4/10-mile oval just 17 miles from the heart of North Carolina’s Queen City. The eighth annual showcase pits the nation’s best weekly racers against each other in a chase for more than $120,000 in purse money. With Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin' USA...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 26) — Gaffney, S.C., driver Dillon Brown opened the eighth edition of the annual World Short Track Championship at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with a flag-to-flag victory over a 20-car field in the Fox Factory Pro Late Model All-Star Invitational Thursday night at the 4/10-mile oval. The race weekend for the popular 604 Chevrolet Performance Late Model division is a collaboration between DIRTcar Racing and Crate Racin’ USA, and is a non-points weekend for the latter...more