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ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — The Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will be appearing May 8, 2021, at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., where a $10,000 first-place prize awaits the winner of the second edition of the Gene Maine Memorial at the 3/8-mile oval. Drivers are set to converge on the Kelly and Mandy Walker-owned track, which is promoted by Chance Smith. The one-day show (with a practice session scheduled Fri., May 7), is expected to draw a stout field...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — The second edition of the Gene Maine Memorial will take place May 8, 2021, at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., and the one-day show will feature competitors from the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. The race will pay $10,000 to the winner, and will be the third event in a slightly-revised, 25-event season for the Adairsville, Ga-based sanctioning body. It’ll also be the third event for the newly-established E-Z-GO Challenge...more

Talladega Short Track, considered to be one of the most iconic racetracks in the Southeast, has been sold to new owners with current Crate Racin’ USA series director Adam Stewart and Hoosier Tire South owner David Miller set to assume the ownership reigns at the third-mile oval that is located across the street from Talladega Superspeedway. A deal has been completed with co-owners Lynn “Preacher” Phillips and Mike and Rita Donahoo to sell the track, and employees have been notified of the...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 24) — Like a big-game outdoorsman chasing a trophy prize to hang on the wall, Senoia, Ga., driver Austin Horton hunted down pole position started and early race leader Christian Hanger for many laps before finally firing the shot that led him to victory lane in a 50-lap Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Saturday night at Talladega Short Track. It was the Whitesburg, Ga., driver’s first-ever victory on the touring series, and...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 23) — Tears streamed from Matt Henderson’s weary, bloodshot eyes and ran steadily down his cheeks as the Loudon, Tenn., driver steered his car slowly to the scales in the infield after claiming a $2,000 victory in a 40-lap Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event that opened the 2021 regular season for the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored touring division Friday night at Talladega Short Track. This wasn’t going to be a normal winner’s circle celebration, and it...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — After two successive weather-related postponements of the annual Rumble on the Gumbo at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway, there’s a new season-opening weekend in town for the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. It will be a weekend doubleheader, and take place in Eastaboga, Ala., as third-mile Talladega Short Track prepares to host three different Crate Racin’ USA divisions April 23-24 as part of its annual NASCAR weekend. Always a...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — For the second weekend in a row, disappointed track and series officials have had to make the difficult call to postpone the Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned Rumble on the Gumbo at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway. The much-anticipated, season-opening event for the Newsome Raceway Parts touring series, which was originally slated to be held April 9-10 and was rescheduled to April 16-17, has been scratched once more due to inclement weather. The giant weekend at...more

MODOC, S.C. (March 20) — At one end of Modoc Speedway’s darkened pit area, Dylan Knowles of Lanett, Ala., was holding his newly-acquired trophy and celebrating a championship sealed down just a few minutes prior at the conclusion of a $10,000-to-win Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series event held March 20 at the semibanked oval. Way down at the other end of the pit area, Jason Welshan of Maryville, Tenn., was standing silently, lamenting the fact that he didn’t win the prestigious title for...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Saturated grounds and predictions for more rain on the way into the Mississippi Delta region has forced postponement of the season-opening Rumble on the Gumbo, which was set to kick off the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event April 9-10, 2021, at Greenville Speedway. The race has been rescheduled to April 16-17 at the quarter-mile oval, and the program will remain the same, featuring a 40-lap event paying $2,000 to win on Friday...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — One title is out of the way with Lanett, Ala., driver Dylan Knowles’ recent crowning as the 2021 Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series champion, and another full schedule is just ahead for drivers who will compete for a national touring series title on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. Those who choose to do so will be receiving their just rewards from a total series points fund that is 20 percent higher than last year, increased...more