October 2012 – Page 3 – TJSlideways.com

Best of the Weekend…

The first edition of the best of the weekend blog entry…

Sheldon Haudenschild. - Jan Dunlap Photo

On the poll…how late do you race?

This week’s on the poll question asks readers how late in the season do they attend races outdoors?

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DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede postponed until April 13, 2013

Dreary conditions and light but steady rain has forced the postponement of tonight’s conclusion of the Fourth Annual DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede. Tomorrow’s forecast suggests equally cold & wet conditions forcing the rain date to be moved to Saturday, April 13.

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Alexander Wins at Ventura

Greg Alexander won the Ventura Racing Association sprint car feature Saturday night at Ventura Raceway. Brian Camarillo, Don Gansen, Justin Kierce, and Jeremy Ellertson rounded out the top five.

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Pigdon Takes The Spoils In The Opening MMS Civil 360 Series Round

Eighteen, 360 sprintcars made it to the Hillside Narrogin Speedway on Saturday night for a spectacular opening round of the MMS Civil Sprintcar power Series.

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Atkinson Wins at Sydney

Ben Atkinson has scored a win in the club show final tonight at Sydney Speedway. Atkinson lead home Peter Bourke with Jackson Delamont home third.

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Farr Wins Speedway City Opener

Last night the Speedway City season opened up with the best field of Sprintcars ever assembled for a season beginning “Club Show” with 22 cars in the pit area and it was one of the interstate invaders who captured the win as Robbie Farr took home the money in round 1 of the Revolution Racegear Track Championship. After trailing early race leader Brad Keller Farr took command just prior to the half way mark and went on to claim a convincing win over Keller and defending Track Champion Luke Dillon.

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Archerfield Speedway

Round 3 Of KRE Sprintcar Track Championship Rescheduled at Brisbane

Rain crossing the Brisbane area late on Saturday afternoon has forced the rescheduling of Round 3 of the KRE Race Engines Sprintcar Track Championship at Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway to next Saturday night November 3.

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SST Rained Out at 85 Speedway

The second attempt to contest the Sprint Series of Texas event at 85 Speedway ended the same way as last week with the event being rained out. The event will not be rescheduled.

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Drew Heistand Wins Midget Feature at Candy Bowl VIII

– The 8th Annual Candy Bowl at the Susquehanna Speedway Park presented by J&K Salvage of York on Saturday, October 27 found many racers at the Newberrytown oval. Drew Heistand of Wrightsville won the exciting 20-lap wingless ARDC Midgets holding off second and third place finishers Bruce Buckwalter Jr. and Ryan Greth over the waning stages of the race.

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HURRICANE SANDY FORECAST POSTPONES HAGERSTOWN’S BRAWL IN THE FALL

Postponed by rain in the past and last year by a Trick or Treat snow storm, but today, with the edge of Hurricane Sandy ready to move into the Hagerstown before race time today, there is no way of completing the Brawl in the Fall program as scheduled.

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A Pair of Top-10 Finishes for Tracy Hines at Canyon Speedway Park

Consistency has been a key element for Tracy Hines this season with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series. He continued that trend over the weekend as he finished among the Top-10 in each of the two nights of the Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.

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Blue Collar Bash Produces First-Ever Female A-Feature Winner and Oldest Winner

Blue Collar Bash produced the first-ever female A-Feature winner and the oldest known driver to capture an A-Feature on the legendary .500 mile clay oval. Paige Polyak drove a determined race to capture the 305 Sprint trophy.

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