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ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown, TN will host the $7,500-towin $400-to-start King of the Hill 60 this Friday night and Saturday night for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series National Tour. One of the largest fields is expected for this new event for the 2020 season. The payout for the two-day show is as follows: 1. $7500, 2. $3500, 3. $2500, 4. $1750, 5. $1500, 6. $1150, 7. $1050, 8. $900, 9. $800, 10. $750, 11. $600, 12. $550, 13. $500, 14....more

Adairsville, GA – North Alabama Speedway and Crate Racin’ USA Officials have mutually agreed to postpone this weekend’s “King of Crate” event due to unfavorable forecasts resulting from the impending storms/hurricane(s). Track and Series officials consulted with and reviewed the local and national forecasts and the chances of getting both nights of the event completed were unfavorable and the decision was made to keep race teams from making unnecessary travel. Heavy rains have already fell...more

COCHRAN, GA – Michael Page of Villa Rica, GA won his ten-lap heat race in the Troy Baird Racing Special on Saturday night to earn the pole position for the $20,000-to-win 16th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series that will be held Sunday night at Cochran Motor Speedway. The top two finishers in the six ten lap KRC Heat Races transferred into the Big Show. Page won the sixth heat to earn the pole and Zach Sise...more

COCHRAN, GA – Michael Page of Villa Rica, GA drove the Troy Baird Racing Special to the biggest win of his career on Sunday night by capturing the 16th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race, the Golden Globe Trophy, and the $20,000 check at Cochran Motor Speedway for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. Page took the lead on lap 15 and then held off a late race challenge from the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series point...more

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (Sept. 11) — Jimmy Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., knew he had a shot to run well at North Alabama Speedway in his Scorpion Race Cars-chassied entry as the two-night King of Crate event opened at the 3/8-mile oval. He figured he’d be happy with a top-five finish in a strong field of 35 entries. Instead, he drove completely away from that field after starting from the pole, and finished well ahead of Jeremy Shaw, who won one of the two King of Crate races at the facility last year....more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. — The bitterly sad news hit the short track racing world like an unexpected gut punch, and it’s since had a significant effect on the sport that reaches far and wide ever since it happened on June 7, 1995. That was the date when a small Piper Cherokee negotiating its way through foggy skies crashed in a swamp near Gainesville, Fla., taking away the lives of several members of driver James Powell III’s family, including his parents James “Buddy” Powell and Elizabeth Powell,...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 25) — Two days before securing the biggest victory of his career, and just one day before the race was originally scheduled to happen, Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., stood in the pit area under overcast skies and reflected on the meaning of the 25th edition of the Powell Family Memorial at All-Tech Raceway. “This race definitely ain’t just about $25,000,” Whitener said of the 67-lapper that honors the memory of six members of former driver James Powell III’s family,...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31) — It wasn’t very difficult to pick out John Ruggiero Jr.’s entry as the Crate Late Model portion of the Drydene World Short Track Championship took place Saturday night at the Dirt Track at Charlotte, which is located across the street from 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway. That was his stark white No. 44 car sitting at the front of a 26-car field that was culled from a strong entry listed that reached 50 drivers, and Ruggiero was notable for a number of reasons, not...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

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