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United States Auto Club

HINES AT TOP OF NDC STANDINGS HEADING INTO IOWA

Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. stands atop the 2012 USAC National Drivers Championship standings after posting “top-10” finishes in all five Indiana Midget Week outings this past week.

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WEST COAST SPRINTS AT SANTA MARIA SATURDAY

This Saturday’s “Bud Stanfield Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway finds Bud Kaeding with a healthy 59-point lead over Matt Mitchell in the latest series standings.

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Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets

DMA MIDGET SERIES RESUMES JUNE 30 AT BRADFORD

Defending USAC DMA Midget Champion Joe Krawiec of Bristol, Conn. scored his second consecutive feature win Saturday night at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt., climbing to within 15 points of series leaded Kevin Chaffee.

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USAC D1 Midget Series

USAC/STARS D1 MIDGETS AT GRUNDY COUNTY SATURDAY

The 2012 USAC/STARS D1 Midget Series returns to Grundy County Speedway Saturday night and Patrick WIlda and Jim Anderson will battle for the point lead, separated by just two points going into the race.

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United States Auto Club

IGNITE MIDGETS AT GAS CITY, MONTPELIER AND ELMA

USAC’s Ignite Midgets compete on three fronts this weekend. The Midwest Series visits Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway Friday night and Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway Saturday, while the Northwest Series returns to Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash. Saturday.

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USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series

CRA EYES PERRIS JULY 4, CLASSICS AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY JULY 6

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. and Shauna Hogg of Citrus Heights, Calif. lead their respective USAC Sprint racing series standings going into early-July events.

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Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc.

Rookie Aitken aims to amplify superb start in POWRi National Midgets at Lincoln, Macon

Rookie Garrett Aitken will try to amplify his superb start in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on Friday (June 22) and Macon (Ill.) Speedway on Saturday (June 23).

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Gastineau passes Smith for final lap win at Monett

The Oil Capital Racing Series made its first visit ever to Randy Mooneyham’s Monett Speedway on Sunday night and thanks to Whit Gastineau and Danny Smith, it was a night many of the Show Me state fans won’t soon forget.

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Stewart will return to Plymouth Speedway Aug. 18

NASCAR champ Tony Stewart arrived for a much-anticipated Sprints On Dirt race Saturday at Plymouth Speedway… just in time to watch showers move in and postpone the event.

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Port Royal Speedway

DMI Camera & Autograph Night This Week At Port Royal Speedway

Free pit admission for fans plus pizza prizes, 410 & 305 sprint and late model action

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20th Annual Kouba Memorial Race Highlights Open Wheel Nationals for UMSS

For the fourth year in a row, the Upper Midwest Sprintcar Series (UMSS) will proudly sanction the prestigious 20th Annual Earl & Ethel Kouba Memorial race on Friday night June 29 at the St. Croix Valley Raceway

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Often imitated, never duplicated – UNOH All Stars ready for 30th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek

When former Eldora owner Earl Baltes, former All Star president Bert Emick, promoter Jean Lynch and a handful of Ohio dirt track promoters sat down over 30 years ago and dreamed up the Ohio Sprint Speedweek, they probably had no idea how popular the event would become.

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