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COCHRAN, Ga. (Sept. 5) — Vaulting his Chip Vineyard-fielded CVR Race Cars entry to the lead with a third-to-first leap past top challenger Cory Hedgecock and race leader Carson Ferguson on a lap-53 restart, Matt Henderson of Lenoir City, Tenn., strolled into the top spot and went on to secure his biggest-career payday in the $20,000-to-win Chevrolet Performance World Championship Sunday night at Cochran Motor Speedway. Henderson paced the final 22 circuits and pulled away over the closing...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Due to potential date conflicts with rescheduled events at various tracks across the Southeast region, a Sept. 25 appearance for the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., has now been postponed to a later date. The touring series was slated to appear at the Kelly and Mandy Walker-owned facility for a one-day engagement on Sept. 25, 2021, but series and track officials have agreed to postpone that date...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. (Oct. 1) — It’s a pretty safe bet that Lenoir, Tenn., driver Matt Henderson might look back one day and classify his 2021 racing campaign as a dream season, at least to this point of the 34-year-old driver’s successful and still-evolving racing career. Just to make sure, Henderson tallied his 14th victory of the campaign in various events—including his fifth win on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series Friday night in a 37-lap event that...more

POLLARD, Ala. (Oct. 8) — Heading into a Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series doubleheader weekend at Tri-County Speedway, Tanner Collins of Franklin, Ga., had never made an appearance at the Chuck Day-owned facility that’s located near Flomaton, Ala. “Never even laid eyes on the place before this weekend, but I’m liking it pretty good right now,” he said with a good-natured smile after claiming a $2,500 victory in a 40-lap main event Friday night at the 3/8-mile oval....more

POLLARD, Ala. (Oct. 9) — The Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series campaign is winding toward its conclusion with five races remaining on the schedule, and Jimmy Thomas has taken direct aim on the touring circuit’s $10,000 championship with his third victory of the season in a 50-lap event Saturday night at Tri-County Speedway. The Phenix City, Ala., driver earned $3,000 for a green-to-checkered win over a 21-car field after taking the point on the high side...more

GREENWOOD, La. (Oct. 16) — Taking control after a lead-swapping duel on the opening circuit with Maryville, Tenn., driver Jason Welshan, Middleburg, Fla., driver Mark Whitener took the top spot at Boothill Speedway and continued to a $10,000 victory in the 50-lap Battle of Boothill Saturday night at the high-banked oval. He led all but the first trip around the facility and was trailed to the stripe in a 24-car field by Jason Welshan, B.J. Robinson, Tyler Stevens and Jake Knowles. It was...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — After nearly a full season of scratching and clawing for points toward a $10,000 championship on the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, the outcome between current points leader Jimmy Thomas, Jason Welshan, Jake Knowles and Tanner Collins is perched on the brink of a gut-wrenching, nitty-gritty stretch run to the title. Heading into the highly-prestigious, $26,000-to-win Powell Family Memorial scheduled Oct. 21-23 at half-mile All-Tech...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 23) — There were gradual hints through the weekend at the 26th annual Powell Family Memorial, but when Newport, Tenn., driver Jimmy Owens finally served official notification to the field that he was going to be difficult to beat in the 67-lap event Saturday night at All-Tech Raceway, the fourth-place starter did so with a decisive series of first-lap maneuvers that launched him into the lead on the second lap of the prestigious event at the half-mile oval. The early...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 30) — Dillon Brown led from start to finish to claim his first-ever Drydene World Short Track Championship victory in the Fox Factory 604 Pro Late Model division, earning a $4,000 prize in a 30-lapper Saturday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. The DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned event was a collaborative effort with assistance from the Eastaboga, Ala-based Crate Racin’ USA organization, and Brown’s victory was his first in the multi-division annual event at the 4/10-mile...more

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 6) — Check out the postrace statistics from a 75-lap Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series event Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway, and the official lead change category might not read too impressively considering there was a single swap of the point between eventual winner Mark Whitener and runnerup finisher Spencer Hughes at the 3/8-mile oval. It occurred with 23 laps remaining, and was the climactic moment that officially sent...more