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EASTABOGA, Ala. (July 28) — A dismal weather forecast with a high percentage of rain predicted for the coming weekend has forced postponement of a $4,000-to-win Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event scheduled July 30, 2022, at steeply-banked Thunderhill Raceway Park. The decision was agreed upon between track promoter Jason Walker and series manager Adam Stewart, and a makeup date has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3, during Labor Day weekend. “We’ve got some...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (July 2) — Extending his current points lead on the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series and in the midst of a season that has just produced back-to-back victories through the touring circuit’s first 11 events, Maryville, Tenn., driver Jason Welshan rolled to victory lane Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in a 50-lap contest that served as the second night of the Salute to America Nationals weekend on the Adam Stewart-managed organization. Fresh...more

SEYMOUR, Tenn. (June 25) — There were 11 circuits remaining in the 71-lap J.T. Kerr Memorial Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway when the race’s 11th of 13 caution flags slowed the action. The intensity cranked up just a notch, and two more cautions over the final circuits added more suspense, including one with a mere two laps to go. Pacing the field as he had from the start of the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event, and slowly circling the...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — The laps were dwindling away in a highly-competitive 50-lap Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series event Sunday afternoon at East Bay Raceway Park when veteran driver Keith Nosbisch cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger, heading to the top side of the third-mile oval to sweep past race leader Wil Herrington enroute to a $5,000 victory at the famed oval. The race was the fifth completed event on the 2022 version of the eight-race miniseries that was originally...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 4) — Logan Roberson of Waynesboro, Va., was sitting in his car on the frontstretch after finishing second in a 30-lapper on the second night of a three-race Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series weekend tripleheader at East Bay Raceway Park. He reached to turn the ignition switch to the off position, removed his belts and harnesses, sat back for a few minutes to decompress from the high-speed racing that had just been completed at the third-mile oval, and looked briefly...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 3) — Kyle Hardy closed out last year’s version of the three-race Florida Winternationals with a bang, sealing a $5,000 victory in the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series weekend finale at East Bay Raceway Park. He returned to the third-mile facility Thursday night to open the ’22 version of the weekend tripleheader in the same Chuck and Rosie Bowie-fielded entry, and fired yet another shot with his second victory in a row at the highly-competitive oval. “That’s two in...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 21) — Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., kicked off the third edition of the DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned Sunshine Nationals with a $1,500 victory in a 25-lap event Friday afternoon at the half-mile oval, wheeling a brand new Savage Chassis entry to the checkered flag in the opening event of a planned three-day race weekend that also awarded points toward the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series championship. It happened a day later than planned after a late night and a...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Coming off extremely cold temperatures in the annual season-opening Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., three days in the sun now awaits competitors on the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series as the third edition of the DIRTcar-sanctioned Sunshine Nationals hits the stage Jan. 20-22, 2022, at half-mile Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. Three separate nights of action featuring cars powered by 604 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engines will...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 8) — Cory Hedgecock knew when the team unloaded their Black Diamond Chassis entry on the first morning of the three-day Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track that their Eagle Racing Engines-powered machine was going to provide a fast ride during the weekend. He made a few practice laps on a day when rain interrupted activities for a few hours, and those trips around the third-mile facility gave an inkling of what might come the rest of the weekend for the Loudon, Tenn.,...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — The season-opening Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series event scheduled Jan. 1, 2022, as part of the traditional Hangover at 411 Motor Speedway has been canceled in a mutual decision between series director Adam Stewart and track promoter Mitch McCarter. A dismal weather forecast has placed the track’s management into scramble mode, and McCarter has revised the schedule and moved the entire event to a one-day show on Friday, Dec., 31, 2021, in hopes of beating the weather...more