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EASTABOGA, Ala. (Nov. 22) — The annual Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned World Championship has been held at several different facilities over its long and storied history, but in recent years has found a home at Cochran Motor Speedway. Now the annual event that pays $20,000 to the winner is changing once again, but the location of the race will remain the same. What will be adjusted is the format for the race, which will provide an interesting twist to...more

NORMAN PARK, Ga. (Nov. 19) — After completion of seven races at six different tracks during a season that started way back in mid-April at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway, the stage is set for an eighth and final battle to determine the ’22 season champion on Crate Racin’ USA’s popular E-Z-GO Challenge Series at the season-ending Early Bird 50 tonight at the Kelly and Mandy Walker-operated Needmore Speedway. The “series within a series” makes up a portion of the overall Newsome/Raceway Parts...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series competitors will arrive at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., Nov. 17-19, 2022, for the annual Early Bird at the Kelly and Mandy Walker-owned speedplant, and it will be the touring circuit’s third visit of the season to the 3/8-mile oval. The $10,000-to win event, which will be the next-to-last race of the season for the touring series and also serve as the season finale for the E-Z-GO $100,000+ Challenge...more

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 12) — Trading the lead with Macon, Ga., driver Hunter Peacock on an eye-widening seven different occasions during a 75-lap event, veteran competitor Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., emerged victorious after a tough battle in a $10,000-to-win Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Embroiled in a back-and-forth duel on an extremely-raceable track surface, Johnson emerged from the mid-race brouhaha...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — A weather-related postponement of a $10,000-to-win Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event slated Nov. 3-5, 2022, at Magnolia Motor Speedway has set up three successive weekends of racing to conclude the season for the Adam Stewart-managed touring series. The weather-affected event at the 3/8-mile oval has been rescheduled to Nov. 10-12 at the Johnny Stokes-promoted and prepared facility, which is known for excellent racing on a usually-slippery...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 22) — Donnie Chappell knows what the annual Powell Family Memorial at All-Tech Raceway means to race fans across the country, and the Jacksonville, Fla., driver wanted to do something extra special for the recent 27th version of the event. Chappell is a regular participant in the annual Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series-sanctioned contest, and occasionally competes in other races with the Eastaboga, Ala-based organization. Thinking back to a...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 29) — Making an infrequent appearance in a Gary Shurling Motorsports-fielded entry and steering a brand new Rocket Chassis entry on its maiden voyage, Union, S.C., driver Trent Ivey charged through the first four rows of a 26-car starting field and posted a $4,000 victory in the DIRTcar Racing 604 Fox Factory Pro Late Model portion of the World Short Track Championship Saturday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Ivey took the lead for good on the 19th of 30 circuits in a...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Oct. 31) — Three races remain on the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, and the next stop for competitors on the Adam Stewart-managed touring circuit will be a $10,000-to-win event scheduled Nov. 3-5, 2022, at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss. It’s the second annual version of the event, which drew a strong 58-car field during the inaugural edition of the race last year. The field whittled itself down to a spicy Mark Whitener-Spencer Hughes...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 28) — Drivers Colby Quick, Ricky Greene, Jamison McBride and Dillon Brown registered heat race victories Friday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, and the field was set for the 604 Fox Factory Pro Late Model portion of the DIRTcar-sanctioned World Short Track Championship at the 4/10-mile oval. Two last-chance events were also held, and those were won by Layton Sullivan and Benji Hicks. The main event for the 604 Late Model division—one of 10 classes featured during the...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 27) — The second day of the World Short Track Championships scheduled Oct. 27-29, 2022, at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway has dawned with blue skies and sunny weather as Crate Racin’ USA combines with DIRTcar Racing to present two of the Eastaboga, Ala-based organization’s most popular classes as part of a 10-division program featuring weekly racers from across the country. Stephen Pedulla kicked off the festivities last night with a victory in a 20-lap 604 Late...more