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COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 4) — Three races remain on the Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series scheduled including a $10,000-to-win event scheduled Nov. 2-4, 2023, at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., and all eyes at this point of a season are usually trained on a battle for the series championship. With four victories, a dozen top-five finishes and 14 top-five showings in 18 starts, Middleburg, Fla., driver Mark Whitener has made late-season gazing...more

EASTABOGA, Ala — Crate Racin’ USA officials have released a nine-date schedule for the ninth edition of the organization’s highly-successful Winter Shootout Series, which will begin a couple days before the new year with the traditional $3,000-to-win Hangover scheduled to happen Dec. 29-30, 2023, at high-banked 411 Motor Speedway. The event will count points towards the ’24 Winter Shootout Series championship. The series-opening race is slated at the first of five different tracks in three...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Crate Racin’ USA officials are excited to announce the 2023 Awards Banquet will make a move to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., with the ceremony scheduled to take place at the Music Road Resort and Convention Center on Sat., Jan. 13, 2024. Officials made the move to the tourist destination town after hosting the ceremony the last few years at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Ala. “We appreciate the staff and management at the IMHOF for their help in hosting our...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — The Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will enter its 20th anniversary season in 2024 with a new title sponsor and a significantly-increased points fund as Brandon, Miss-based Rogers Dabbs Chevrolet will assume their new role effective with the first day of the new year, becoming the official parts and engine supplier of the organization. Starting Jan. 1, 2024, the popular touring circuit for Chevrolet Performance 604 Circle Track Engine-powered Late Model race cars will...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Dec. 27) — Saturated grounds and an overnight rain that has continued without interruption has forced cancellation of The Hangover scheduled Dec. 29-30, 2023, at 411 Motor Speedway. The race was slated to kick off the ninth annual Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series with a $3,000-to-win contest, but the inclement weather that has moved into the region, along with predictions for additional rain and cold during the upcoming weekend, has forced the decision. “It has rained...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 15) — The Rogers Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series, which is an annual collaboration with the DIRTcar Racing Pro Late Model division, heads to the Sunshine State this weekend as the nine-date mini-tour visits Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., for its second event of the season. The three-day affair features prelims and qualifying features on Thursday and Friday nights and a 30-lap, $10,000-to-win main event on Saturday. A practice...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — With a large field of entries expected to arrive at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., for the annual Rogers Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series portion of the Florida Winternationals scheduled Jan. 24-27, 2024, at the third-mile oval, track and series officials have collaborated on an adjusted format designed to give as many competitors as possible a chance to race in a qualifying feature event on both Thursday and Friday nights. Rather...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 18) — It didn’t take much to talk Ross Bailes into heading to Volusia Speedway Park for this week’s fifth annual DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned Sunshine Nationals. The request from good friend Augie Burttram, an opportunity to sit in an unfamiliar chassis and the desire to “knock the rust off” before the season gets rolling is all it took to get the Clover, S.C., native to head to Florida for the weekend. Bailes plans to be in the seat of the Big Frog Motorsports-backed...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 19) — Brock Pinkerous unbuckled his safety harness, took off his helmet and climbed atop the roof of his car. Arms raised, checkered flag waving, Pinkerous was welcomed by a rousing round of cheers from the Volusia Speedway Park crowd. Kids. They get all the attention. Pinkerous, of Ellenville, N.Y., was one of four 20-lap, semi-feature winners during Friday’s Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA-sanctioned Winter Shootout Series action at the high-speed,...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 6) — Leading every lap from his pole starting position, Will Roland of Jasper, Ga., dominated Saturday night’s Rogers Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series-sanctioned season opener at Talladega Short Track. Roland turned back a handful of challenges from Loudon, Tenn., driver Cory Hedgecock throughout the 40-lapper, and then survived a pair of late restarts to pick up his first-career Ice Bowl victory in the CRUSA-sanctioned portion of the...more