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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will open its 2020 National Tour with a pair of $2,500-to-win 50-lap races on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24 at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA. Current COVID 19 protocol will require special limitations for the races. The races are set to be run with no spectators and each race team will be limited to a driver and up to ten crew members. Social distancing will be required...more

COCHRAN, GA – Cody Overton of Evans, GA checked one off his bucket list with a victory on Saturday night in the 2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series season opener at Cochran Motor Speedway. Overton started on the pole and led all 50 laps in the Midstates Equipment Rocket in a no spectator race broadcast on Speed51.com. “This is the biggest win of my career,” an emotional Overton said in Victory Lane. “My brother has won races all over the country, but I have...more

COCHRAN, GA – Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA home schooled 23 other Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series competitors on Sunday night with a clean sweep of the program at his home track, Cochran Motor Speedway driving the Poole Service Center Rocket. Herrington led all 50 laps for a $2,500 payday, and he was also the Fast Qualifier for the event with a lap around Cochran Motor Speedway in 14.968 seconds. The win was also a tribute to Herrington’s crew, who had to...more

ADAIRSVILLE, GA – This weekend is the biggest race of the year for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series with the largest purse ever paid. Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA will host the $20,000-to-win $600-to-start 16th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The payout for the 16th Annual 75-lap Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race is as follows: 1. $20,000; 2. $7,500; 3. $5,000; 4. $2,500; 5. $2,000;...more

COCHRAN, GA – Michael Page of Villa Rica, GA won his ten-lap heat race in the Troy Baird Racing Special on Saturday night to earn the pole position for the $20,000-to-win 16th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series that will be held Sunday night at Cochran Motor Speedway. The top two finishers in the six ten lap KRC Heat Races transferred into the Big Show. Page won the sixth heat to earn the pole and Zach Sise...more

Adairsville, GA – Officials at Cochran Motor Speedway along with the Crate Racin’ USA staff have made the decision to postpone the Street Stock World Championship and New Year’s Bash event set for December 31st through January 2nd, 2021. “Weather forecasts over the last few days have not improved and have actually pushed the possibility of rain into Saturday as well as heavy rain Thursday and Friday,” stated Crate Racin’ USA Series Director Adam Stewart. “Chris Martin and I talked and decided...more

Eastaboga, AL – Crate Racin’ USA Officials have updated/amended the tire rule and tire limits for this weekend’s Chevrolet Performance World Championship event at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA. Competitors will be required to utilize the Crate Racin’ USA D-55 or Hoosier HTS 1600 compound tire on the rear of their cars for all events throughout the weekend. Along with the required rear tire compound, competitors will be allowed 6 total tires for the event, one more than the mandated 5...more