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ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 21) — There are no guarantees that Cory Hedgecock would have won his first two Powell Family Memorial starts at All-Tech Raceway had he not had a couple of untimely miscues. The only thing that’s certain is that he did indeed fall short in both 2020 and 2022. No worries. The Loudon, Tenn., driver took care of business during this year’s 28th annual version of the race at the Wendell and Patty Durrance-promoted facility. Leading 60 of 67 laps, Hedgecock cruised—most of...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 20) — Unheralded Tyler Clem and back-to-back Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series Winter Shootout Series champion Cory Hedgecock will lead the field to the green flag to start Saturday’s Powell Family Memorial at All-Tech Raceway. Clem, of Pinellas Park, Fla. — Friday’s overall fast qualifier and winner of the first heat at the sprawling half-mile just south of Lake City — will start from the pole in Saturday’s 67-lap, $28,000-to-win main...more

Waynesville, GA - Golden Isles Speedway and Crate Racin' USA officials are once again faced with unfavorable weather conditions heading into a big weekend of racing, and have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2023 Showdown on the Coast for the Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series. "With heavy rains overnight, and more forecasted the next couple of days, we have to consider the travel for teams and financial responsibility the track takes on with a large scale event", stated Crate...more

Tazewell, TN – Crate Racin’ USA and Tazewell Speedway officials have made the decision to cancel this weekend’s Marvin Ford Memorial $10,000 to win event due to cold temperatures and sustained winds following showers and a cold front moving through the area. With temps forecasted to dip into the 30s, speedway and series officials are concerned with the conditions that will face race fans and teams. While the event is not going to be made up during the 2023 season, details on a makeup event in...more

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