The amazing Red Farmer just keeps on racing — and winning. Farmer, whose age is debatable, won the season-opening crate-late-model feature at the Talladega Short Track in his native Alabama.
Farmer, who says he doesn’t even know how old he is, has been reported to have been born in 1928 or 1932 depending on where you read it. Either way, he’s pushing 80 years old.
With 163 cars in eight divisions for the opener at the quarter-mile oval, the founding member of the Alabama Gang set the pace throughout the crate-late-model event, which was the opening race for the NeSmith Weekly Racing Series.

• West Coast sprint-car fans, have you missed veteran driver Mike Kirby? If so, check out a late-model race at Perris Auto Speedway, where Kirby was leading the standings just a few weeks into the season.
Kirby owns 61 victories in SCRA, CRA and USAC-CRA sprint-car competition, ranking him ninth all-time on the region’s winner’s list in the non-winged sprint-car division.
The Torrance, Calif., racer began his career racing stock cars at Ascot Park and returned to the fendered machines after the 2006 season.

• Do you miss races at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway, formerly North Carolina Speedway? Well, the first big race for new owner Andy Hillenburg is scheduled May 4 at the 1.017-mile tri-oval. The ARCA RE/MAX Series will sanction the Carolina 500k, a 312-lap event, which will return big-time stock-car racing to the track for the first time since 2004.
The only previous ARCA race at The Rock was June 10, 1973, with Chargin’ Charlie Glotzbach taking the victory. Now 69, Glotzbach has hinted that he would like to compete in the Carolina 500k, if he were able to land a quality ride.
More than 50 teams are expected to compete for starting positions in the field. Many of the teams will take part in a test session at the track this weekend (March 20-21).
Tickets for the event range from $20 for infield to $35 for frontstretch grandstand seats. For  information on Rockingham Speedway, check out www.rockinghamspeedway.com.

• With the new-generation USAC Silver Crown Series car sacked — at least for this year — series regular Aaron Pierce is going stock-car racing. Pierce will drive a late-model stock car for Muller Motorsports, competing primarily in the CRA Super Series. Longtime late-model crew chief Bill Rievley will call the shots on Pierce’s machine as he races for rookie of the year honors with CRA.
Pierce, who won twice in the Silver Crown division and works full time for the Bob Bondurant School of Performance Driving, will be among those in the field when CRA kicks off its season with the All American 150 at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tenn., March 29.

• Speaking of the historic Tennessee State Fairgrounds oval, racing will continue at the high-banked, five-eighths-mile oval for at least another two seasons.
While there had been plenty of doubt about the track during the off season, the Tennessee State Fair Board recently extending a lease agreement to LJ & J Enterprises through the end of the 2009 calendar year.
Joe Mattioli continues as president for LJ & J/Motorplex, but has tabbed Ron Jennett to take over as general manager of the facility, with former GM Norm Partin remaining as a consultant. Music City Motorplex opens with the afore-mentioned All American 150 March 29.
Racing was first held on the site in 1904 when it was a mile dirt track.