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Allen, White take TWDTC Qualifiers Fri 3/4/11
Texas World Dirt Track Championship @ Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, 3/4-5, 2011 By J M Hallas Fort Worth, Tx.(March 4th, 2011) The 4/10 mile semi-banked dirt oval at Texas Motor speedway played host to its annual Texas World Dirt Track Championships. Over 200 Modifieds and Limited Modifieds took to the track Friday night in [...]
St. Louis Racing Fans Set for Biggest Opener of American Short Track Season at I-55 Raceway
DIRTCar ‘Party in Pevely’ Features Eight Divisions of Racing Slated for March 24-26 PEVELY, Mo. – March 3, 2011 – The 2011 racing season in St. Louis comes to life March 24-26 with the DIRTcar Roundup – better known as the “Party in Pevely” – at storied I-55 Raceway. One of the largest events in [...]
Opportunity knocks, Whittington answers with USMTS triumph at Royal Purple Raceway
BAYTOWN, Texas (Feb. 19) – John O Whittington took advantage of an early-race caution flag, then beat Kelly Shryock to the finish line to score the victory in Saturday afternoon’s USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy main event at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. From the outside of the [...]
Hagen Tops Bully Dog Qualifier at the Chili Bowl
Defending Race Winner Sammy Swindell Crashes While Leading… Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 14, 2010) – The 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals started out in unpredictable fashion on Tuesday night. That trend continued to escalate with Thursday night’s Bully Dog Qualifying main event as the leader got tangled up in traffic two laps [...]
Outlaw Motor Speedway NASCAR sanction
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — NASCAR racing is taking a historic step into Oklahoma in 2010, as Outlaw Motor Speedway, a 3/8th-mile clay oval near Muskogee, Okla., becomes the first track in The Sooner State to gain NASCAR sanction. The track becomes part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, NASCAR’s national championship program for weekly racers, and [...]
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Qualifying Nights Unveiled!
252 Entries Divvied Up Over Four Qualifying Nights Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 23, 2009) – You can feel it in the air. No, not that chill that’s settling in over much of the country. Rather, it’s the anticipation; mounting as the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals draws ever closer with each passing [...]
Kenny Wallace Saddles Up For The Wild West Shootout
Kevin Montgomery – Tucson, AZ (December 24th, 2009) – Subtly humming words from the song “Desperado”, Kenny Wallace waited patiently for his U-Haul truck that he just rented from a local Charlotte location. Inspired by the song, a thought came to mind and “Herman” sprung into action. He picked up the phone and in a [...]
I-37 Raceway 5/15/09
By J M Hallas Pleasanton, Tx., (May 15th, 2009) Action resumed on Pleasanton’s I-37 Speedway Friday night, with the Outlaw Modifieds back on the racing card. Also in action on the ¼ mile semi-banked dirt oval were the IMCA Southern Sportmods, Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Front-Runners As the green waved on [...]
Lone Star 100, World of Outlaws Late Model Series @ Battleground Speedway, 3/20-21/09
By J M Hallas Thunder on the coast Highland, Tx.,(March 20th, 2009) For the first time since 2004 the World of Outlaws hit the Texas state line, with last race date held at at Lone Star Speedway(Kilgore). New Battleground Speedway promoter, Mike Walling wanted to do something special for the reopening of the track which [...]
Texas Winter Challenge, USMTS @ Texana Raceway Park, 11/22/08
By J M Hallas As the Inaugural USMTS Texas Winter Challenge concluded on Texana Raceway Park’s 5/16 semi-banked clay oval. Three new late arrivals found their way to the tightly packed pit area and Mother Nature provided a much nicer day. Qualifying for both classes was the same as previous nights, with heats and B-mains [...]
Texana Raceway Park gears up for Modified Invasion
Texana Raceway Park gears up for Modified Invasion By J M Hallas and Monty Chamberlain Inaugural “Texas Winter Challenge,” November,. 20th-22ndEdna, Tx., (November 18, 2008) This weekend Texana Raceway Parkʼs 5/16 semi-banked clay oval becomes the hub of activity as the United States Modified Touring Series(USMTS), Southern Series rolls into town. Action kicks off on [...]
Championship Night @ I-37 Raceway, 9-26-08
By J M Hallas Pleasanton, Tx.,(Sept. 26th, 2008) As the night kicked off at Pleasanton’s I-37 Raceway, all but one points battle was still up for grabs. The local class championships were all still on the line for the Super Stocks, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks while in the IMCA Modified class Greg Dinsmore held [...]