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SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. (July 31) — Hohenwald, Tenn., driver Oakley Johns started the 2021 racing season with his eyes firmly focused on winning the Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series championship in the 604 Late Model division, and although his advantage isn’t a big one, he’s currently leading the standings in the season-long chase for the $10,000 title, and 462 different drivers have accumulated points towards the crown. Through July 31, Johns has accumulated 15 victories in 31 starts in Weekly...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Persistent rain has forced a change in plans for this weekend’s appearance of the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series scheduled July 29-31 at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, Tenn. A practice session was completed July 29, but the first night of racing action July 30 at the steeply-banked oval has fallen victim to the weather, washing out KRC Power Steering heat races and the Boyd-Bilt Fabrication qualifying session. The 60-lap King of the...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — After a mid-summer break over the Fourth of July weekend, the E-Z-GO $100,000+ Challenge will swing back into the motorsports spotlight on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series as the steeply-banked layout at Thunderhill Raceway Park gets ready to host the touring circuit for the annual King of the Hill event slated July 29-31, 2021, at the Jason Walker-promoted oval in Summertown, Tenn. The $10,000-to-win event, which is also part of the...more

Crate Racin’ USA Officials have updated/amended the tire limit for this weekend’s “King of the Hill” event at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, TN. Competitors will be allowed 6 total tires for the event, one more than the mandated 5 issued for touring events through the end of 2021. The 4 tires used for Qualifying, Heat Races, and B-Mains will be marked in pre-race tech. Two additional tires will be allowed for the Feature event on Saturday. Any other tires changed would result in the...more

COCHRAN, Ga. (July 4) — Pearson Lee Williams has a lengthy family pedigree when it comes to racing in his home region, and the Dublin, Ga., driver pleased a partisan crowd with his second-career victory on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series circuit in a 50-lap event that concluded a scheduled four-race holiday trek across the region for the Eastaboga, Ala-based touring circuit. Williams staged an exuberant display in victory lane, whipping around the...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (July 3) — A model of consistency for most of the season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, Jimmy Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., finally broke into the win column on the Eastaboga, Ala-based organization with a hard-fought victory in a 50-lap event that served as the second completed contest in the four-race Salute to America Nationals during the Fourth of July weekend. The win was his first of the season on the touring circuit, and...more

DANVILLE, Ala. (July 2) — Christian Hanger has been mostly absent from the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series this season while competing in the Super Late Model ranks, but he didn’t forget how to drive a race car powered by a 604 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine and wheeled a 7-year-old MasterSbilt-chassied entry to a flag-to-flag victory in a 40-lap event Friday night during the annual Salute to America Nationals at Moulton Speedway. It was the...more

Effective June 28, 2021, competitors at all Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series Touring events will be limited to a total of 5 tires to use for the event. The 4 tires used for Qualifying, Heat Races, and B-Mains will be marked in pre-race tech. One additional right rear tire will be allowed, which can be changed before the feature. Any other tires changed from the remaining 3 would result in the competitor starting on the tail of the next event whether that be a Heat Race, B-Main or...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — The Fourth of July holiday weekend is just around the bend, and a few signs are already appearing on fireworks stands warning that inventories might be shorter than usual due to the ongoing raw materials and labor issues affecting supply chains across the country. Perhaps so, but there will likely be no lack of fireworks during the nation’s holiday stretch on the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned Salute to America Nationals, which...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (May 28) — Jim Rogers of Statesboro, Ga., knew he’d made a mistake, and the results of his miscue were quite spectacular during Memorial Day weekend as the opening segment of the two-day Harvey Jones Memorial took place at All-Tech Raceway. It was a night of action featuring heat races and qualifying, and Rogers perhaps provided a little too much action for his own good. Attempting to make the field during Boyd-Bilt Fabrication time trials for the Newsome Raceway...more