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GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 26) — It’s no secret. The end is near for East Bay Raceway Park. With its scheduled $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned grand finale on Oct. 12 now looming as large as the ever-growing mountain beyond the track’s backstretch, the historic speedway’s days are clearly numbered. Race teams and race fans were put on notice in Sept., 2019, when track president Al Varnadore confirmed hat speedway management had reached an agreement to sell the track to...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 26) — Tucker Anderson, Mario Gresham, Kyle Hardy and Ashton Winger reached victory lane Friday night during the weekend’s second round of Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series preliminary action at East Bay Raceway Park, each pocketing $1,000 for their efforts. Anderson Takes the Opener In a caution-plagued race that didn’t find its rhythm until lap 10, Anderson of Blairsville, Ga., led in flag-to-flag fashion from the pole to win the...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 25) — Tyler Millwood admits that he’s not a huge fan of points racing. But entering this weekend’s three-night Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series Florida Winternationals opener Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park, there he was just 32 points behind leader Matt Henderson of Loudon, Tenn., and 30 points behind second-place Will Roland of Jasper, Ga., in the miniseries points standings. “It’s really not my thing, but if I got a chance...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 25) — Kyle Hardy, Ashton Winger, Tucker Anderson and Drew Kennedy each picked up 25-lap preliminary feature victories Thursday on the opening night of the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series at East Bay Raceway Park. The qualifying feature events for Chevrolet Performance-powered 604 Late Models drew a whopping 91-driver entry list to kick off what is slated to be the final edition of the venerable track’s Florida...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — Veteran driver Riley Hickman didn’t plan on spending the third weekend in January tackling the fifth annual Sunshine Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park. Although he’d finished sixth in the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series-sanctioned Ice Bowl on Jan. 6 at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., Hickman experienced engine trouble and as a result he planned to skip the tour’s second event. But when CVR Race Cars owner Chip...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 20) — Matt Henderson was almost apologetic while talking to Caleb Gay during post-race inspection following Saturday night’s fifth annual Sunshine Nationals finale at Volusia Speedway Park. It had been less than 20 minutes since Henderson, of Loudon, Tenn., swept under Dublin, Ga., driver Gay on a late-race restart to win the Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series feature and its $10,000 top prize. Henderson, who was making his first-ever...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 19) — Brock Pinkerous unbuckled his safety harness, took off his helmet and climbed atop the roof of his car. Arms raised, checkered flag waving, Pinkerous was welcomed by a rousing round of cheers from the Volusia Speedway Park crowd. Kids. They get all the attention. Pinkerous, of Ellenville, N.Y., was one of four 20-lap, semi-feature winners during Friday’s Rogers-Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA-sanctioned Winter Shootout Series action at the high-speed,...more

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 18) — It didn’t take much to talk Ross Bailes into heading to Volusia Speedway Park for this week’s fifth annual DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned Sunshine Nationals. The request from good friend Augie Burttram, an opportunity to sit in an unfamiliar chassis and the desire to “knock the rust off” before the season gets rolling is all it took to get the Clover, S.C., native to head to Florida for the weekend. Bailes plans to be in the seat of the Big Frog Motorsports-backed...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — With a large field of entries expected to arrive at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., for the annual Rogers Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series portion of the Florida Winternationals scheduled Jan. 24-27, 2024, at the third-mile oval, track and series officials have collaborated on an adjusted format designed to give as many competitors as possible a chance to race in a qualifying feature event on both Thursday and Friday nights. Rather...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 15) — The Rogers Dabbs Performance Parts Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series, which is an annual collaboration with the DIRTcar Racing Pro Late Model division, heads to the Sunshine State this weekend as the nine-date mini-tour visits Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., for its second event of the season. The three-day affair features prelims and qualifying features on Thursday and Friday nights and a 30-lap, $10,000-to-win main event on Saturday. A practice...more