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National Championship Racing Association

Johnson Leads NCRA Sprint Tour into Dodge City This Saturday Night!

Leading by a slim fifteen points after six races on the 2012 race schedule, C.J. Johnson of Quinter, Kansas leads the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products sprint car division into their first and only appearance on the season at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas this coming Saturday night.

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Racing Season Winds Down with New Faces in Victory Lane

With one week left in the 2012 Double X Speedway Racing Season, the excitement is still at a high level. The last Sunday night program of the season produced another first time winner for the season.

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“Lightning” McQueen Overcomes Adversity to Claim Another Top 5 Run

Piloting the McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger, Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen encountered several incidents throughout the evening to claim her seventh Top 5 and eighth top 10 run of the season in the August 4 USAC-Western States Midget feature

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Back to School Double this Weekend at CSP!

Back to school time isn’t all bad, as in the case of Canyon Speedway Park it means two full nights of racing action this weekend with the Allscapes Back to School Special this Friday and Saturday.

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Hirst Does The Topless Double

Running with a wing is what Kyle Hirst is known for, but over the weekend the second-generation driver notched two wins with the USAC Western Classic Series as the series invaded the Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday and the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night.

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Darrah Fourth At Final Nationals Tune Up

With a new sponsor, and a new paint scheme, Cody Darrah took advantage of a Sunday night race at the Knoxville Raceway and scored a fourth place finish during his final tune-up at the raceway until the Nationals.

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NCRA at Dodge City Raceway Park this Saturday!

Dodge City Raceway Park hosts another night of high-powered Sprint Car racing action this Saturday night as the NCRA Sprint Car series makes its lone stop of the year at the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas.

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Kyle Larson Jets to Second Ultimate Challenge Victory in a Row!

“Young Money” Kyle Larson lived up to his nickname again, roaring to a second Ultimate Challenge victory in a row on Tuesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The 30-lap victory was worth a cool $15,000 to the Elk Grove, California native and the Hoffman Racing #69 sprint car team.

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Not All Fan Complaints Should Be Discounted…

If you went to a five star restaurant to order prime rib and ended up with a hamburger, should the customer just be happy to be served food…?

Great Lakes Edition: Big Month of Racing in Michigan

USAC, All Stars, ISMA, and more all are racing in Michigan this month, and its important for fans that would like to see these various races closer to home to support the events.

Polyak Looking To Close Out 305 FAST Season

With just a few races remaining in the 305 FAST season, Paige Polyak went into the weekend looking to move into the top 5 in points. Friday, Attica Raceway Park hosted race 8 in the 10 race FAST season.

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Brady Bacon – On the Podium at the 360 Nationals!

Brady Bacon added another feather to his cap at Knoxville Raceway, finishing third on Saturday night at the Knoxville 360 Nationals! It was a solid week for the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver that also included action in Sunday’s “Capitani Classic” with the 410’s at Knoxville. He will head to the Southern Iowa Speedway tonight and tomorrow night for the USAC Ultimate Challenge, where he hopes to climb one spot from his second place finish a year ago.

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Bergman 7th in 360 Nationals C-Main

With the best in the business all gathered at the Knoxville Raceway for the 22ndAnnual Arnold Motors 360 Nationals, Seth Bergman had a frustrating weekend as he ended Saturday night seventh in the C main.

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PITTMAN, DEWEASE, HOLTGRAVER, HODNETT & TRONE FEATURED AT “MEET THE POSSE” FORUM

One of the most popular Knoxville Nationals Fan Fair forums held annually at the National Sprint Car Museum is the Bruce Ellis-moderated “Meet the Posse” program. This year promises to be the same, as the veteran Williams Grove Speedway announcer has lined up Daryn Pittman, Lance Dewease, Danny Holtgraver, Greg Hodnett and his car owner John Trone as his guest panelists. The forum will be held on Friday, August 10, at 3 p.m. in the non-profit museum’s second floor conference center.

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Stewart 3-Peats 360 Nationals

To say Shane Stewart dominated the Arnold Motors 360 Nationals would be an understatement, as he wheeled his Kick-It/Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation/A.R.T. No 57 to his third consecutive 360 Nationals crown, and fourth in the last six years.

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