Month: November 2009

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Larson embarks on 30th Pacific Coast Nationals

November 11, 2009…With engine issues this past Saturday putting an early end to his maiden Short Track Nationals voyage Elk Grove, CA’s Kyle Larson will now gear-up for this weekends running of the USAC National and USAC/CRA sanctioned Pacific Coast Nationals at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway. […]

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Top Gun Sprintcar Series

Top Gun Series Heads to Ocala

The Top Gun Sprint Car Series will be at Ocala Speedway Friday, November 13th. This will be the eighth and final race of the 2009 season. In its first season the TGSCS has had over 50 different teams compete with the series. […]

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Midwest All Star Series

O’Reilly Midwest All Stars up the stakes in 2009

2009 was another break out season for the O’Reilly Midwest All Stars. In its third season of racing action the series the competition was fiercer that ever. The exhilarating schedule featured fifteen show stopping races with ten different drivers celebrating at the end of the night in Victory Lane. At the beginning of the season the point standings were up for grabs and the top spot changed several times, but towards the end of the season a familiar face emerged as Jerrod Hull celebrated his third title. […]

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World of Outlaws

By the Numbers: 2009 World of Outlaws Season

2009 was one of the most competitive season’s in World of Outlaws history, with the closest ever three-way battle for the title between Donny Schatz, Jason Meyers and Joey Saldana. In the end, Schatz picked up his fourth consecutive title by just 19 points over Meyers, making it the closest finish in World of Outlaws history. […]

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Brandon Wimmer – Making the Show in Charlotte!

Brandon Wimmer accomplished what most drivers couldn’t at the World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway last weekend with the World of Outlaws. He made both sprint car main events. The accomplishment was made all the more impressive when you factor in that he was teaming with Miles Hill and his #07x team for the very first time. […]

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USCS Fall Nationals season finale Friday and Saturday

Riverside International Speedway’s Hensley Suzuki USCS Fall Nationals presented by Union Auto Parts www.uscsnationals.com this Friday, November 13th and Saturday, November 14th has got it all for people who like to see fast race cars go in circles on a tacky action-packed one quarter mile Gumbo clay oval. There should be enough door-to-door and wheel-to-wheel adrenaline-pumping action for even the most avid race fan with a total of over 400 laps of racing in five divisions. Drivers from at least nine states are expected to compete for the $50,000 in prize money during the two nights. […]

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J&J RACERS TRIUMPH IN AUSTRALIA WHILE SCHATZ EARNS ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP

McKENZIE, TN – With Sprint car action all across the world last weekend, J&J Auto Racing teams found a way to secure many of the headlines. Robbie Farr, Bryan Mann and Jamie Maiolo took J&J Auto Racing cars to victory lane in Australia while Donny Schatz captured his fourth consecutive World of Outlaws title at the World Finals near Charlotte and Lane Whittington secured another CAJUN Sprinters Association championship. […]

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Schatz, Bruce, and Clauson Win With Benic

Donny Schatz capped off another strong season by becoming only the 2nd driver in history with 4 consecutive World of Outlaws Championships, all on AFCO by BENIC Shocks. Schatz also won his 4th consecutive Knoxville Nationals and had 12 WoO wins, 39 top 5’s and 54 top 10’s during the ’09 campaign. Congratulations to Donny, Ricky, Shane and the entire TSR team on another great season! […]

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Wednesdays with Wayne – $10,000 Man!

November 11, 2009 – Wayne Johnson fell one tick short of winning his second Short Track Nationals, but the $10,000 he received for second isn’t bad either. The Knoxville, Iowa driver had the FattFro #14AJ singing all weekend, and won his preliminary feature as well. […]

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TJ’s Take on Jim Nace

It’s amazing how through Motorsports people can feel a connection to someone they have rarely or never seen in person or ever met personally. In 1987 I made my first trip to Central Pennsylvania for a two day World of Outlaws show at Williams Grove Speedway. With the Outlaw regulars I had seen a handful of the Central Pa. teams before at Eldora, but one car in particular caught my eye. It was a white car with brown trip and gold lettering for “Camel Express” carrying number 26. […]