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ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Crate Racin’ USA has released the 2021 schedule of events for the 4th Annual Newsome Raceway Parts Winter Shootout Series for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Models. The schedule has nine races in four different states with two $10,000-to-win races. The 2021 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series begins with the 30th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL on January 7-10. There will be two days of open practice...more

HICKORY, NC – Crate Racin’ USA announced the 2021 E-Z-GO $100,000 Challenge schedule of events for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series at the CARS Racing Show. The nine-race series will feature one $20,000-to-win event and eight $10,000-to-win races from Crate Racin’ USA’s Winter Shootout Series and National Touring Series. The E-Z-GO $100.000 Challenge Series begins on January 1-2 with the $10,000-to-win New Year’s Battlefield Bash at Cochran Motor Speedway in...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Heading into its 17th season of competition, the Adairsville, Ga-based Crate Racin' USA organization will soon embark on a growth-oriented campaign that will help continue and expand the company's leadership role across the country for Chevrolet Performance 604 Late Model competitors. The long-standing Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series highlights the 2021 racing season with 22 events at 13 different tracks in six states. The season opens April...more

LOXLEY, AL – Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA put the icing on his 2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series National Championship cake with a $10,000 victory in the Deep South 100 on Saturday night at Deep South Speedway. Herrington led 92 laps of the race in the 5m Construction Rocket. “We were fortunate that we guessed right with our tire choices, and we might have also had a lot of luck the way those tires were going down for others late in the race,” Herrington...more

LOXLEY, AL – Jake Rainey of Hiram, GA will start the Harrod Logging Special from the pole position on Saturday night for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series 2020 season finale, the $10,000-to-win Deep South 100 at Deep South Speedway. Rainey was the Boyd Built Fabricators Fast Qualifier and won the first ten-lap KRC Power Steering Heat Race. The second-generation driver set a new track record in Boyd Built Fabricators Group Qualifying on Friday night with a lap...more

ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will travel to Deep South Speedway in Loxley, AL for its 2020 season finale with a $10,000-to-win 100-lap extravaganza this Friday and Saturday night. It will be the first visit to Deep South Speedway in 13 years, and a return to one of the most dramatic races in the series’ 16-year history. A St. Patrick’s Day 75-lap race on March 17, 2007 showed why three-time Crate Racin’ USA National Champion Ronnie...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 24) — Four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Earl Pearson Jr. took advantage of an opportunity to race a little closer to his home in Jacksonville, Fla., when he competed and finished second in the 25th edition of the Powell Family Memorial held in late October at All-Tech Raceway. Not only was it a rare non-Florida Speedweeks appearance in his home state, it also marked Pearson’s first-ever appearance behind the wheel of a 604 Crate Late Model. The...more

Tech Bulletin for Deep South 100 at Deep South Speedway – Loxley, AL Crate Racin’ USA Officials have released the following info for the Deep South 100 scheduled for November 20th and 21st at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, AL. Tires: Along with the Crate Racin’ USA Hoosier D21 and D55, officials will be allowing the Hoosier LSB 70 as a Right Rear only option for the Feature event ONLY. This tire will only be available at the Crate Racin’ USA Series Trailer on Friday and Saturday of the event....more

COLUMBUS, MS – Randall Beckwith of Kilmichael, MS found a centerpiece for his trophy case after driving the Beckwith Forestry Service Rocket to his first career Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series win on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Beckwith found the inside groove to his liking and took the lead on lap 25 for a $3,000 victory. “I’ve raced a lot of these Crate Racin’ USA races through the years, and I always wanted one of those Gold Helmet Trophies,”...more

COLUMBUS, MS – Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA not only picked up his fifth Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series win of the season on Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway driving the 5m Construction Rocket, but he also clinched the $10,000 2020 National Championship. Herrington’s win combined with a 17th-place finish for Corey Dunn of Milledgeville, GA gave Herrington a 200-point lead in the National point standings. If Herrington could not run the last two...more