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ROME, Ga. (April 15) — Rome Speedway reopened its doors after a one-year absence and fans poured through the facility’s gates in large numbers to welcome back the high-banked track to a sport that holds the storied place in high regard, and Dillon Brown of Gaffney, S.C., grabbed a $10,000 victory Saturday night in the Thunder in the Mountain 50 as the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series competed for the first time at the historic facility. The track has been owned...more

A practice session is scheduled tonight [April 14, 2023] prior to the upcoming Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned Thunder in the Mountain scheduled April 15 at the Swims family-operated Rome Speedway. Practice sessions will take place from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., and all divisions are welcomed. Pit gates open for practice at 4 p.m., and the first car will hit the dirt at 6 p.m. Pit gates on race day will open at 3 p.m., and grandstand gates at 4 p.m....more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 11) — Due to the overall success of Crate Racin’ USA’s E-Z-GO $100,000+ Challenge events, and high car counts that have been consistently turning out for these races on the schedule, series officials have decided to add a non-qualifiers event at each race on the circuit during the rest of the ’23 racing season. There are nine events remaining on the schedule for the collection of races that pay [at least] $10,000 to win, and the bonus “series within a series” also...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 7) — Dressed in blue and white after a recent makeover and upgrade to its vaunted grandstands and concrete retaining walls, Rome Speedway will roar back to life Sat., April 15, 2023, after a one-year closure with the much-anticipated appearance of the Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series! Drivers from the Eastaboga, Ala-based traveling series will compete in their second race on a 24-event schedule as Thunder in the Mountain receives a...more

COCHRAN, Ga. (April 1) — With a little assistance from an old friend, Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., visited another old friend—Cochran Motor Speedway—and posted a $10,000 victory in the 50-lap No Foolin’ Foray as the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series opened its 24-race campaign at the 3/8-mile oval. Like most race car drivers in the early months of the current rain-plagued season, Bronson has been mostly inactive in the past month as inclement weather plays havoc...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (March 22) — The highly-anticipated Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series is poised to begin its ’23 racing season for competitors in the four different divisions that are part of the Eastaboga, Ala-based sanctioning organization: 604 Late Model, 602 Late Model Sportsman, Street Stocks and Modified Sportsman. Drivers in those respective divisions will begin the points-collecting season the week of Monday, March 27, and end their their quest at the end of the week of Monday,...more

SEYMOUR, Tenn. (Feb. 18) — After participating in most of the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series campaign during the early months of the ’23 racing season, Knoxville, Tenn., driver Hayden Cardwell arrived for the final round of the eighth edition of the miniseries at his home track, and posted a solid runnerup finish in a 24-car field during the annual Sweetheart held Saturday afternoon on a racy track surface at 411 Motor Speedway. It was the first-year anniversary of an appointment as...more

Cory Hedgecock Earns Sweetheart Victory SEYMOUR, Tenn. (Feb. 18) — Making a move underneath Hayden Cardwell on the 31st circuit after a side-by-side battle between the pair during an afternoon event at 411 Motor Speedway, Loudon, Tenn., driver Cory Hedgecock secured a $3,023 victory in the annual Sweetheart event at the 4/10-mile oval. The 40-lap race served as the season finale for the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series, and was added to the miniseries schedule after the prestigious...more

GIBSONTON, Fla. (Jan. 26) — Cory Hedgecock took over the Crate Racin’ USA Winter Shootout Series points lead with a victory in a 30-lap Late Model feature Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park, and the victory couldn’t have come at a more satisfying time for the Loudon, Tenn., driver. Hedgecock was last year’s champion on the miniseries, and he’s also a two-time titlist on the organization’s regular touring series, claiming that crown in back-to-back seasons during 2016 and 2017. His...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Crate Racin’ USA’s Winter Shootout Series will head towards East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., starting with an open practice session scheduled Wed., Jan. 25, 2023, as drivers prepare for three days of Florida Winternationals racing action scheduled Jan. 26-28 at the famed third-mile oval. Drivers in the 604 Late Model division at the “Clay by the Bay” will compete for a $2,500 prize the first two nights at the facility, and the three-day extravaganza will conclude...more