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Andy Forsberg Takes Night #1 of Silver Cup at Chico

What a way to kick off the new season at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. Night one of the Silver Cup Race of Champions presented by Feather Falls Casino, Riebe’s Auto Parts, Pepsi, Hoosier Tire and Coors Light saw an impressive 101 cars line the pit area Friday night.

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Joey Saldana Has Successful Surgery on Broken Left Hand: Expects to be Ready for Event at Tri-State Speedway on April 10

Joey Saldana had successful surgery today on his broken left hand in Indianapolis to insert 10 screws and a plate to help regain full range of motion, following a very hard crash last Saturday night at Volunteer Speedway after getting caught up in a chain reaction accident after an early race red flag.

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BCRA Midgets Revving Into Dirt Opener This Sunday, March 28

The famed Bay Cities Racing Association 2010 Midget series begins its 67th season of racing this Sunday, March 28 at the smooth and fast 1/3-mile Chowchilla Speedway in Chowchilla, CA.

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SERIES LEADER POWER TOPS FIRST DAY IN ST. PETERSBURG

IZOD IndyCar Series points leader Will Power, who won the season opener two weeks ago in Brazil, topped the lap time chart on another temporary street circuit March 26 at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with a best of 1 minute, 2.3200 seconds (103.979 mph) in a Team Penske machine.

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SFI Decertifies Impact Racing Equipment

In a shocking announcement on Friday the SFI Foundation, Inc. terminated contracts of participation with Impact Racing. The termination was brought when SFI found counterfeit labels and patches indicating products that were certified by the non-profit safety organization.

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WEATHER BLACK FLAGS TUNE-N-TEST OPPORTUNITY

Thursday evening’s onslaught of winter like weather and sub-freezing temperatures have severely hampered track preparation activities and has prompted Eldora Speedway officials to cancel Saturday’s planned tune and test session.

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Lernerville Opener Rained Out

The season opening event scheduled for Friday March 26th, 2010 at Lernerville Speedway was rained out. Opening night has been rescheduled for Friday April 2nd.

ARDC KICKS OFF THEIR 71st SEASON OF EXCITING WINGLESS MIDGET CAR RACING

Everyone remembers the winner of opening day and the club champion but when you win both you become the benchmark everyone trys to reach. That is why ARDC Champion Frank Polimeda has such a big smile on his face.

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RAIN HALTS HICKORY FORD FOCUSES, Acton Takes Young Guns Exhibition

Rain halted the USAC Ford Focus event after the heat races Thursday night.

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Rain Stops Hmiel at Hickory

After sweeping Wednesday night’s USAC National Midget event at Hickory Motor Speedway Shane Hmiel was on his way to another big night after setting quick time and winning his heat race Thursday.

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Sirromet Support Qld Sprintcar Tri-City Shootout; Nominations Pass The Forty Mark

Sirromet, the prestigious and iconic Qld Life-Style-Wine Company headquartered at Mt Cotton just south of Brisbane, is the latest in an impressive list of supporters to back the Qld Sprintcar Tri-City Shootout to be held over three nights across the Easter long weekend.

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‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’ ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS TO DRIVE PACE CAR AT 2010 INDIANAPOLIS 500

Robin Roberts, anchor of the Emmy-winning morning news program “Good Morning America” on ABC, will drive the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Pace Car to lead the field of 33 drivers to the start of the 2010 Indianapolis 500 on May 30 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Year: 2010