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EASTABOGA, Ala — The Newsome/Raceway Parts NetworkNewsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will head back to Senoia Raceway on Aug. 19 for its second appearance of the season at the 3/8-mile oval. The touring series has also added a new weekend to its schedule on Sept. 22-24, and will now sanction the prestigious Alabama State Championships at East Alabama Motor Speedway, which is scheduled on those dates at the high-banked facility in Phenix City, Ala. The series last...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (July 28) — Due to saturated grounds and persistent rain that has fallen much of the day at Golden Isles Speedway, series and track officials have elected to restructure the weekend’s racing schedule for the Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series. All Friday night activities at the facility have been canceled, and the $10,000-to-win race will now pay $5,000 to win, and be staged as a one-day show on Sat., July 29. The joint decision was made by...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — The first of two Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series appearances this season at Senoia Raceway will take place tonight [July 15] at the 3/8-mile oval as some of the top 604 Chevrolet Performance Late Model Series drivers in the country arrive to compete for a $3,000 first-place prize at the Pollard family-promoted facility. Yep…it’s race day! The 40-lap race will be the touring circuit’s ninth event of the season, and Mark Whitener of...more

MARION, Ill. — The excitement in Dalton Dowdy’s voice is apparent as the 16-year-old Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series regular reveals his next adventure behind the wheel of a race car. He’s right now in the midst of competing in the prestigious High Banks Hustle on June 15-17, 2023, at Southern Illinois Raceway in Marion, Ill., a tiny eighth-mile oval where he actually started his racing career. It’s a repeat adventure considering the teenager’s past prowess in...more

NIOTA, Tenn. (June 3) — Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, Tenn., drove 30 minutes from his home and later returned after a 50-lap feature with $5,000 in his pocket for leading from start to finish in a 50-lap Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Friday night at high-banked I-75 Raceway. The Adam Stewart-managed touring series was returning to the track for the first time in a little less than six years, and the high-banked oval has undergone a configuration...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (June 1) — It’s doubleheader time on the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, and for the first time this season the Adam Stewart-managed touring series will stage two separate races at two different tracks in a single weekend. The first stop will be Fri., June 2 at the Shannon Littleton-operated I-75 Raceway in Niota, Tenn., marking the traveling circuit’s return to the oval after an absence of nearly six years. The touring series’ last appearance at...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (May 27) — Gaffney, S.C. driver Dillon Brown became the first two-time winner of the season on the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series and rolled around All-Tech Raceway as the leader for the entire distance Saturday night in the 50-lap Harvey Jones Memorial to pocket a victory worth $10,000 in the third edition of the prestigious race at the half-mile oval. The event honors the memory of a very successful driver who raced well into his 70s, and was a...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (May 13) — Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., has decided to chase the series championship on the 2023 Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, and moved into the points lead for the first time this season with a flag-to-flag victory over Joshua Bishop in the prestigious Gene Maine Memorial Saturday night in front of a good crowd at Needmore Speedway. The fourth edition of the annual event honors the late driver who was a regional favorite that...more

EASTABOGA, Ala — Last November at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., fans were treated to a down-to-the-wire finish between Early Bird 50 winner Jimmy Thomas and his chief challenger Hunter Peacock, and the multi-grooved event featured a side-by-side race to the checkered flag that capped a highly-competitive $10,000-to-win main event at the 3/8-mile oval. Looking back, that night might have been an early signal of a resurgence that is currently underway at the facility, and especially...more

MERIDIAN, Miss. (May 7) — The early afternoon hours were drifting steadily away, and Jason Welshan of Maryville, Tenn., knew he was supposed to be working on his car in the pit area while preparing for the night’s $5,000-to-win House of Hook 50 Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park, where the Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series was scheduled to make its first appearance at the track since May, 2019. Instead, Welshan was sitting on the side of the...more