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EASTABOGA, AL – Pierce McCarter of Gatlinburg, TN earned the pole position on Saturday for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series portion of the 29th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track on Sunday. McCarter earned the pole position for the $3,000-to-win race after driving the Parkway Liquors Longhorn to victory in the first Heat Race. The Ice Bowl is also the first race of the 3rd Annual Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series. Jimmy...more

Crate Racin’ USA officials are pleased to announce a partnership with Willy’s Carburetor and Dyno Shop naming Willy’s as the Official Carburetor for all the divisions racing under the Crate Racin’ USA banner. Competitors are encouraged to give Willy Krup and his team a call to get your car setup with the latest in carburetor technology, and customer service that leads the industry. Willy’s Carburetor & Dyno Shop, LLC is celebrating 35 years in business this year. “We are excited to continue...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will open its 2020 National Tour with a pair of $2,500-to-win 50-lap races on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24 at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA. Current COVID 19 protocol will require special limitations for the races. The races are set to be run with no spectators and each race team will be limited to a driver and up to ten crew members. Social distancing will be required...more

COCHRAN, GA – Cody Overton of Evans, GA checked one off his bucket list with a victory on Saturday night in the 2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series season opener at Cochran Motor Speedway. Overton started on the pole and led all 50 laps in the Midstates Equipment Rocket in a no spectator race broadcast on Speed51.com. “This is the biggest win of my career,” an emotional Overton said in Victory Lane. “My brother has won races all over the country, but I have...more

COCHRAN, GA – Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA home schooled 23 other Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series competitors on Sunday night with a clean sweep of the program at his home track, Cochran Motor Speedway driving the Poole Service Center Rocket. Herrington led all 50 laps for a $2,500 payday, and he was also the Fast Qualifier for the event with a lap around Cochran Motor Speedway in 14.968 seconds. The win was also a tribute to Herrington’s crew, who had to...more

FLOMATON, AL – Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL had his Skinner’s Body Shop Rocket in the right place at the right time to win the Memorial 50 for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series on Saturday night at Tri-County Raceway. Skinner took the lead on lap 49 after the top two drivers in front of him crashed out. Skinner led only the last two laps to pick up the $3,000 top prize with his fourth career Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series win. ...more

Adairsville, GA – Officials with the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Touring Series have added an additional stop to the Annual “Salute to America Nationals” schedule that takes place during the Independence Day/July 4th holiday weekend. The weekend will now start with a $2,000 to win, 40 lap event on Thursday night July 2nd at Clarksville Speedway in Clarksville, TN. The addition of the Thursday night Clarksville stop now makes the weekend a 3-night celebration of...more

SPRING CITY, TN – Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA swept the program by winning the Spring City 50 for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series on Saturday night at Mountain View Raceway.  Herrington led all 50 laps in the Poole’s Service Center Rocket despite losing his power steering on lap ten on the ¼-mile high banked clay oval.                  In addition to leading every lap in the main event, Herrington earned the pole position for the main event on a tr...

ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The three-race Salute To America Nationals is up next for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. Clarksville Speedway in Clarksville, TN is set for Thursday night, Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL is on for Saturday night, and the finale will be at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA on Saturday night. Round 5 of the 2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Dirt Late Model Series on Thursday night at Clarksville Speedway will be a $2,000-to-win...more

ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Crate Racin’ USA and Thunderhill Raceway Park Officials have had to adjust the Inaugural “King of the Hill” event at the high-banked Summertown, TN oval scheduled for August 6th-8th, 2020. Track officials were informed in the last week that two primary sponsors for the inaugural event would be unable to fulfill their commitments to the event due to cutbacks in their marketing because of the COVID 19 global pandemic. After exhausting all avenues to replace those sponsors over...more