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GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 5) — The laps were steadily winding down Friday night at East Bay Raceway Park, and not a caution flag had yet appeared. The race had an apparent rhythm, and it looked and felt like one might not come out, and that’s when Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., tightened his grip on the steering wheel in his Barry Wright Race Cars-built machine. “It was time to go elbows up, because it didn’t look like we were going to get a caution to help us close the gap, or to have a...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 6) — The scoreboard flashed the 45th lap of 50 scheduled trips around third-mile East Bay Raceway Park, and Kyle Hardy of Linden, Va., was heading to what he later termed his biggest-career victory in a 50-lap Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series event that served as part of the annual Florida Winternationals at the semibanked track. He knew it wasn’t going to be a cakewalk toward the $5,000 first-place prize, because Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., who was fresh...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (Feb. 6) — When the 2021 version of the increasingly-popular Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series was announced in early December, it was a schedule that promised more events than any previous season in the 6-year history of the miniseries. It also seemed to promise that it might draw more interest than has ever been witnessed in the five previous years it has been held. Nine races, and a $2,500 championship on the line, and the possibility of enough excitement and drama to...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (Feb. 24) — A dismal weather forecast combined with currently wet grounds at Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway has forced postponement of the 17th annual Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic weekend scheduled Feb. 25-27 at the 3/8-mile oval, which was scheduled to include a $4,000-to-win show for the Adairsville, Ga-based Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series. The Crate Racin' USA portion of the program will be rescheduled at the high-banked oval, and an official announcement regarding...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Despite repeated efforts without success to find a suitable makeup date, Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Winter Shootout Series officials and Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway track promoter William Scogin have agreed to cancel the Crate Late Model portion of the annual Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic that was scheduled to take place at the 3/8-mile oval. The original date of the event was Feb. 25-27, and it was going to mark the organization’s first-ever involvement with the...more

MODOC, S.C. (March 20) — Carrying some early-season momentum from last year’s championship season on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, Ga., closed out the Adairsville, Ga-based organization’s 2021 Winter Shootout Series with a $10,000 victory in the Modoc 100 Saturday night at Modoc Raceway. Herrington led from start to finish at the Jim and Ann Cushman-owned facility, and crossed the stripe ahead of Mark Whitener,...more

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — The long-awaited start of the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series points chase is fast approaching. A 27-week season, highlighted by a financial boost in year-end points fund awards, will bloom into national championship battles in multiple divisions starting with the week of March 29th through the week ending Oct. 3. Competitors from a steadily-growing list of 37 current sanctioned tracks chase precious points and compete for national titles in five...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

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

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