National Speed Sport News

FORTH WORTH, Texas - Arkansas native Jack Sullivan wasn't planning to compete in Saturday's Texas World Dirt Track Championship at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track Saturday, but sometimes a little bad luck can turn into a little good luck.

Thanks to a rain out in Arkansas, Sullivan made the trek to Texas and ended up in victory lane after capturing the 40-lap Southern United Professional Racingread more

FORTH WORTH, Texas - Bobby Malchus tried to qualify for features in all three classes during Saturday's Texas World Dirt Track Championship at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, but missed the field in two of the three divisions.

Still, he took care of business in the modified class, coming from fifth starting spot to capture the 40-lap modified feature Saturday on the four-tenths-mile clay oval,read more

FORT WORTH, Texas - Competitors from all over the Midwest converged on the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track Friday for the Texas World Dirt Championships, featuring SUPR late models, modifieds and limited modifieds.

More than 125 modifieds and limited modifieds filled the pits for Friday's qualifying day, with Terry Pritchett taking charge in the modified division.

Pritchett sneaked past Bumper Jonesread more

Modified
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. - The O'Reilly National Championship Racing Ass'n Modified Series returns for its 13th-consecutive season in 2010 with three different venues slated to host seven races.

The season will begin April 3 with a stop at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., which will host four of the seven events this year. Hutchinson (Kan.) Raceway Park will host two events July 2-3 and theread more

GIBSONTON, Fla. - Randy Weaver thought he was going to leave East Bay Raceway Park without a victory after Devin Dixon crossed the finish line first during the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series feature Saturday night.

Instead Weaver walked away with two trophies and the $3,000 winner's share Saturday after Dixon was disqualified for an illegal engine. The engine in Dixon's late model wasread more

Thursday
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Devin Dixon rode the high line to what looked like a convincing victory during Thursday night's 50-lap event for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at East Bay Raceway Park.

The victory was later stripped from Dixon Saturday following post-race technical inspection when his engine was found to be illegal.

As a result, second-place finisher Randy Weaver wasread more

Thursday
BAYTOWN, Texas - Nine-time United States Modified Touring Series National Champion Kelly Shryock opened the season on a winning note, taking Thursday night's USMTS Southern Series race at Houston Raceway Park.

Shryock started outside the front row on the quarter-mile oval, but played the role of chaser early on. Polesitter Mark Dotson led the first lap and Morgan Bagley paced the next 15read more

Feb. 1
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Driving a car that hadn't been on a race track in more than a year, Mike Marlar dominated the opening night of the 34th annual DART Winternationals Feb. 1 en route to victory in the season opener for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Marlar started alongside Tim McCreadie on the front row of the 30-lap event and quickly got the jump on him as the pair raced into turnread more

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. - The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series has launched a new series - titled the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series - for super late models featuring several types of engines.

The series will feature rules that will level the playing field for multiple engines by using weight and spoiler sizes. The series will host races in five states, offering a minimum of $1,000-to-win.

Theread more

GIBSTONTON, Fla. - Don O'Neal took the lead on lap 40 when Scott Bloomquist jumped the cushion in turn one and went on to win the final night of DART Winternationals for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at East Bay Raceway Park.

O'Neal took home $12,000 for winning the second race of the day. Friday's race had been postponed because of rain and was run earlier in the day. Fouth-place finisherread more

GIBSONTON, Fla. - Scott Bloomquist rolled to a dominating victory in the rain-delayed Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature Saturday afternoon at East Bay Raceway Park during the 34th annual DART Winternationals.

Bloomquist started from the front row on the third-mile dirt oval and led all 50 laps, beating Jimmy Owens to the finish by two-car lengths to capture the $10,000 winner's share of theread more

GIBSONTON, Fla. - Earl Pearson, Jr. took the lead heading to the white flag and held off Scott Bloomquist to win Thursday night's $10,000 top prize during Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition during the DART Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park.

Bloomquist started on the front row and quickly asserted himself by building an eight-car-length lead before a crash on lap three erased hisread more

GIBSTONTON, Fla. - Billy Moyer outfoxed reigning World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Josh Richards Wednesday night, capturing his 20th victory at East Bay Raceway Park during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event.

Moyer exchanged the lead with Richards four times over the final six laps of the 30-lap DART Winternationals feature, eventually holding him off to earn $5,000 for the 718thread more

GIBSTONTON, Fla. - Reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Scott Bloomquist put on a clinic Tuesday night at Easy Bay Raceway Park, leading every lap en route to victory on the second night of the 34th annual DART Winternationals.

Bloomquist started the 30-lap feature on the front row alongside 12-time East Bay winner Don O'Neal, but it was Bloomquist who got the jump at the start of theread more

GIBSONTON, Fla. - Driving a race car that hadn't been on a track in more than a year, Mike Marlar dominated the opening night of the 34th annual DART Winternationals Monday en route to victory in the season opener for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

The victory was Marlar's first in the series since 2004, earning him $5,000.

Marlar started alongside Tim McCreadie on the front row for theread more

Jan. 26
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Jeff Mathews got East Bay Raceway Park's 34th annual Winternationals off to a fast start by leading all 25-laps to win the open-wheel modified feature Jan. 26.

Mathews blasted into the lead from the outside of the second row while Dave Hess, Jr. gave chase. Hess did everything he could to try and catch Mathews, even moving up to the third-mile dirt track's cushion in anread more

MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. - The Dirt Track World Championship won't be returning to Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway this year.
Instead, the 30th annual event will return to West Virginia at West Virginia Motor Speedway Oct. 14-16.

"This was one of the most gut-wrenching decisions I have ever had to make," said Promoter Carl Short. "Not going back to Lawrenceburg was a decision I really hated to make."

Theread more

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Scott Bloomquist roared from eighth starting position to win Thursday night's opener to the Super Bowl of Racing VI at Golden Isles Speedway.

Bloomquist banked $7,500 after taking the lead from teenager Austin Hubbard on the 25th lap. He led the remainder of the 50-lap race on the four-tenths-mile dirt track for his seventh Super Bowl triumph in the six-year history of the event.

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VINTON, Iowa - The International Motor Contest Ass'n is doing away with one of its divisions this year while taking a new approach on a second.

IMCA officials have decided to end the group's brief sanctioning of crate late models. Elsewhere, IMCA will sanction sprint cars running for track titles and in special series, but the sanctioning body will not award state or national points.

"Our bestread more

COLUMBUS, Miss. - William Thomas took the lead on lap 35 and went on to win the 40-lap NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring season opener on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway. 

The victory was the fourth series career win for the third-generation driver.

Thomas started on the outside of the front row and battled for most of the event with early race leader pole sitter Ronnieread more

ROSSBURG, Ohio - Eldora Speedway's major event schedule features the top dirt-based racing sanctioning bodies in the country, including USAC, the World of Outlaws and the UMP Late Models.

The famed World 100 for UMP Late Models will return for its 40th annual running Sept. 10-11, with the winner taking home $43,000.

The Kings Royal will also return under the sanctioning of the World of Outlawsread more

BUCKNER, Mo. - The Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Ass'n features 28 events this year, including at least five that will pay $5,000 to win.

The $6,000-to-win Bud Purkey Memorial will kick off the season at Mid-America Motor Speedway in South Coffeyville, Okla., March 19-20, followed by a trip to Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Neb., April 3.

The biggest weekend of the year will be May 27-29read more

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Montgomery Motor Speedway promoters Bobby and Mark Knox have made sure the historic All American 400 will have a home for the foreseeable future.

The half-mile asphalt oval will play host to the 400-lap super-late-model event Sept. 18. A pro late model event will precede the main event Sept. 17. The event was created by former Montgomery Motor Speedway owner Bob Harmon.

"With allread more

 COLUMBUS, Miss. - William Thomas took the lead on lap 35 and went on to win the 40-lap NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring season opener on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway.

The victory was the fourth series career win for the third-generation driver.

Thomas started on the outside of the front row and battled for most of the event with early race leader polesitter Ronnieread more

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. - The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will sport a 25-race schedule this year, including visits to 15 tracks in five states over 14 weekends.

Six tracks in Mississippi will host 13 series events, Alabama and Florida will each host four events while Georgia and Tennessee will host two events each during the course of the year.

The series will open its season Saturday with aread more

HOUSTON - The southern division of the United States Modified Touring Series will visit 14 dirt tracks in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas this year.

The season begins at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas, the site of what was supposed to be the 2009 season finale. Snow and cold canceled two nights of racing there in December, so those events will be held Feb. 18-20. Theread more

TUCSON, Ariz. - Billy Moyer raced from the pole to lead all 30 laps of Sunday's Wild West Shootout dirt-late-model event at USA Raceway.

Moyer led from the start on the three-eighths-mile dirt track while Jimmy Mars, who won Friday's feature, at the track and Kelly Boen made their way to the front.

But Moyer was the class of the field, romping to his 715th career feature victory and earning $5,000read more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - The 14th annual Ice Bowl dirt-late-model race lived up to its billing Sunday afternoon as unexpected entrant Randall Walker overcame freezing temperatures to pocket the $6,000 winner's prize at the Talladega Short Track.

Walker had no plans to compete in the event until only a few days before the race. Still he led all 50 laps of the third-mile dirt track to claim the victoryread more

TALLADEGA, Ala. - The 14th annual Ice Bowl dirt-late-model race lived up to its billing Sunday afternoon as unexpected entrant Randall Walker overcame freezing temperatures to pocket the $6,000 winner's prize at Talladega Short Track.

Walker had no plans to compete in the event until only a few days before the race, still he led all 50 laps of the third-mile dirt track to claim the victory despiteread more

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - Rich Clouser set fast time in qualifying for the Red Eye 100 Saturday at New Smyrna Speedway and then backed it up with a dominant victory in the super-late-model event

A redraw put Clouser in the fifth position at the start of the 100-lap event, but it didn't take long for him to make his way to the front. Clouser took the lead just past the halfway point and cruised toread more