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Crate Racin' USA entered a new era debuting title sponsorship from Brandon, Miss-based Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts and Rogers Dabbs Chevrolet, and Will Roland of Jasper, Ga., became a first-time feature winner on the organization's Winter Shootout Series with a victory in the 33rd edition of the prestigious Ice Bowl held Jan., 6, 2024, at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala. Overnight rains delayed the start of the Saturday afternoon program by a little over two hours, and except for...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — Matt Henderson was almost apologetic while talking to Caleb Gay during post-race inspection following Saturday night’s fifth annual Sunshine Nationals finale at Volusia Speedway Park. It had been less than 20 minutes since Henderson, of Loudon, Tenn., swept under Dublin, Ga., driver Gay on a late-race restart to win the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series feature and its $10,000 top prize. Henderson, who was making his first-ever...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 25) — Kyle Hardy, Ashton Winger, Tucker Anderson and Drew Kennedy each picked up 25-lap preliminary feature victories Thursday on the opening night of the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series at East Bay Raceway Park. The qualifying feature events for Chevrolet Performance-powered 604 Late Models drew a whopping 91-driver entry list to kick off what is slated to be the final edition of the venerable track’s Florida...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — Veteran driver Riley Hickman didn’t plan on spending the third weekend in January tackling the fifth annual Sunshine Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park. Although he’d finished sixth in the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series-sanctioned Ice Bowl on Jan. 6 at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., Hickman experienced engine trouble and as a result he planned to skip the tour’s second event. But when CVR Race Cars owner Chip...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 25) — Tyler Millwood admits that he’s not a huge fan of points racing. But entering this weekend’s three-night Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series Florida Winternationals opener Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park, there he was just 32 points behind leader Matt Henderson of Loudon, Tenn., and 30 points behind second-place Will Roland of Jasper, Ga., in the miniseries points standings. “It’s really not my thing, but if I got a chance...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 26) — Tucker Anderson, Mario Gresham, Kyle Hardy and Ashton Winger reached victory lane Friday night during the weekend’s second round of Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series preliminary action at East Bay Raceway Park, each pocketing $1,000 for their efforts. Anderson Takes the Opener In a caution-plagued race that didn’t find its rhythm until lap 10, Anderson of Blairsville, Ga., led in flag-to-flag fashion from the pole to win the...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 26) — It’s no secret. The end is near for East Bay Raceway Park. With its scheduled $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned grand finale on Oct. 12 now looming as large as the ever-growing mountain beyond the track’s backstretch, the historic speedway’s days are clearly numbered. Race teams and race fans were put on notice in Sept., 2019, when track president Al Varnadore confirmed hat speedway management had reached an agreement to sell the track to...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 27) — Ashton Winger searched for the right words to say. There were none. The 23-year-old budding star had just finished runner-up to Virginian Kyle Hardy in a whale of a main event at East Bay Raceway Park. The finale of the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series portion of the track’s annual Florida Winternationals was a dandy, with seven official lead changes between Winger and Hardy. There were more than that if you count the number of...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 27) — Saturday night’s Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series finale at East Bay Raceway Park wasn’t necessarily a slugfest. It was more like competitive ballet. It was definitely a battle, but the two main combatants—Kyle Hardy and Ashton Winger—never touched. Despite repeatedly firing sliders at each other through much of the 50-lap main event, they each did so with such deft ability that rather than look like a pair of bloodied boxers...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 27) — If Richie Stephens had never earned the right to go by his nickname “Rocketman” in the past, he certainly earned the moniker during the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series Florida Winternationals finale held Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park. After taking a series provisional to join the 28-car field—which had been whittled down from 91 entries during two days of preliminary action and eight B-mains on Saturday—the...more