May 2011 – Page 2 – TJSlideways.com

WATSONVILLE, SANTA MARIA NEXT FOR CRA SPRINTS

Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, Calif. sits atop the 2011 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car standings after his victory in last Saturday night’s 30-lap “Salute to Indy” feature at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

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SANTA MARIA HOSTS 360 SPRINTS SATURDAY

Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway hosts this Saturday night’s USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car event and Ryan Bernal takes a 31-point lead over Richard VanderWeerd into the second of five scheduled Santa Maria races this season.

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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at a Glance

Belleville (Kan.) High Banks and Lakeside (Kansas City, Kan.) Speedway

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Port Royal Speedway

The Demon Is Coming To Port Royal, USAC Invades This Week!

A Demon is coming to Port Royal Speedway! And he’ll hit with a storm for sure!

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Fremont Speedway dedicates hall of fame and museum

As part of its 60th Anniversary celebration Fremont Speedway dedicated its new Hall of Fame and Museum building Saturday, May 28, with hundreds of fans, hall of fame inductees and family members in attendance.

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First Annual Ontario Topless Sprints Event Set For August 26th at Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario

The first annual Ontario Topless Sprints event is shaping up nicely as Sponsors and Marketing Partners begin to sign on for this inaugural event to be held on Friday, August 26th at the Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario.

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ENHANCED & EXPANDED “STILL WIDE OPEN” BY BRAD DOTY NOW AVAILABLE AT THE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM STORE

The enhanced and expanded edition of “Still Wide Open” by National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Brad Doty, with award-winning journalist Dave Argabright, is now available in the National Sprint Car Museum store.

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NASCAR super star Kasey Kahne to compete during Ohio Sprint Speedweek

NASCAR Sprint Cup star Kasey Kahne
will strap into a 1,400-pound, 900 horsepower sprint car and compete at
several shows during the 29th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek with the
O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champion Sprint Car Series.

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POWRi Midgets headed for Fayette County, Peoria, with Badger Midgets, New Zealand’s Pickens

The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series will have an expanded field of competition in its events at Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Ill., on June 3 and Peoria (Ill.) Speedway on June 4, racing with the co-sanctioning Badger Midget Auto Racing Association plus New Zealand Midget champion Michael Pickens.

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RUSS WOOD WINS A WILD ONE AT WATERFORD ISMA OPENER

“It’s a win, we’ll take it,” said seven time ISMA Champion Russ Wood, as he peered through the dense fog to the crowd, with an apology and a shrug of the shoulders for a rough night of racing on Memorial Day Weekend at the Waterford Speedbowl.

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Crawley charges to “Sunday of Speed” USCS Speedweek win at Greenville

Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas raced the #88 Ward Racing, Lucas Oil and Boatersports sponsored winged sprint car to his second United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear Speedweek 2011 win in two nights at what has to be one of his favorite tracks on Sunday night at Greenville Speedway.

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Justin Barger Continues Fonda Dominance in Lucas Oil ESS Main-Event

Justin Barger has been the man to beat over the past three seasons at the Fonda Speedway whenever the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints invade the track.

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WHELDON WINS 100th ANNIVERSARY INDIANAPOLIS 500 AS HILDEBRAND CRASHES ON FINAL LAP

JR Hildebrand stood beside A crumpled car and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to discern just what transpired on the final lap of the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500.

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CANNON WINS SPRINT CAR THRILLER OVER SCHUCHART

In the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Central PA 358 Sprint
Car Series, defending champion Pat Cannon of Etters dueled with current
series point leader Logan Schuchart of Hanover before making a late-race
pass for the victory in Saturday night’s suspenseful 25-lap main event at
Selinsgrove Speedway.

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2011 King of the West Golden State Sprint Car Series

Tim Kaeding claims Golden State King of the West Sprints win number three for 2011

Current Golden State King of the West Sprint Car point leader Tim Kaeding of San Jose was able to add to his advantage in the series standings on Sunday night, racing to his third victory of the season in the annual Salute to Walt Ross at the famed Calistoga Speedway.

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