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USAC OPENS 2013 SCHEDULE WITH FLORIDA MIDGETS, SPRINTS
The Sunshine State opens USAC’s 2013 racing calendar with the National Midgets and AMSOIL National Sprints competing during the week leading up to the famed Daytona 500.
Month: December 2012
Driver & Team News
Madsen Masters Archerfield Speedway
After engine issues forced him out of competition just two weeks ago, Ian Madsen returned to action on Saturday night and picked up the second win of the season, as he survived a wild night at the Archerfield Speedway in Brisbane.
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OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY: BEST WISHES TO KEN AND CHERYL
Glenn Styres and the staff at Ohsweken Speedway would like to express their gratitude and well wishes to Ken and Cheryl Pelkie, who recently retired from their positions at the track.
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Increased Speedweek Prize Pool Sees Nominations Roll In
Online nominations are beginning to roll in for the Speedweek component of the 2012-13 ENZED World Series Sprintcars Championship, thanks in large part to an additional $7,500 mini-series prize pool.
Driver & Team News
Loyet Motorsports Prepares Four Car Field at Chili Bowl
Loyet Motorsports will enter four Spike/Esslinger-powered midgets in 2013 Chili Bowl Nationals held at Tulsa Expo Raceway in Tulsa, Okla. January 8-12, 2013. Each entry represents a headlining sponsor of the Loyet Motorsports team: Vacuworx Global, Miller Truck Lines, Tulsa Pipeline Expo and Loyet Landscape Maintenance.
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Shane Stewart Puts On A Clinic at Sydney
In the best race so far of our new season, American Shane Stewart has come down under and taken out the 2012 Skidz 4 Kidz in front of thousands of smiling young faces.
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Lasker Wins Feature, Gilbert Wins 2012 East Bay Championship
Gene Lasker won the sprint car feature Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park. Tim George, Tony Agin, Kerry Gilbert, and Rebecca George rounded out the top five. Gilbert won the 2012 East Bay Raceway Park track championship.
RPM Speedway (TX)
Three Texas RaceSaver Sprint Series Tracks Adjust Tire Rule for 2013
The RaceSaver® Sprint Series allows for each sanctioned track to mandate right rear tire (RR) rules, as long as the tire has a durometer reading of a minimum of 35.
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Steele Wins at Showtime
Dave Steele won the sprint car feature Saturday night at Showtime Speedway. Ray Bragg, Troy Decaire, Johnny Gilbertson, and Keith Butler rounded out the top five.
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Smoke Wins at DuQuoin
Tony Stewart won the “Battle at the Center” Saturday night featuring the POWRi midget car series at the Southern Illinois Center.
United Sprint Car Series
USCS Speedweek 2013 stops at Talladega Short Track on June 30th
Mark your calendars racers and fans, the United Sprint Car Series winged sprint cars will return to the venue that started it all in 1997. The series held its first event at the famed Talladega Short Track 1/3 mile Alabama red clay oval on April 25, 1997. On Thursday, May 30, 2013 the USCS Sprint Speedweek 2013 makes its fourth round (of six) stop at the oval located across the street from Talladega Super Speedway.
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Kick-It Charity Kickball comes to the Chili Bowl
A wild success at the Knoxville Nationals and another great success at the Western World, the Jeff Gordon Charities Kick-it Kickball Game to help in the fight to against childhood cancer is coming to the 27th running of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire.
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USCS Winged Sprint Cars invade Atlanta Motor Speedway on August 30th
The United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint cars are set to invade Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia on Friday, August 30th. The event is part of Atlanta Motor Speedway’s annual Labor Day weekend race date on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. The winged warriors of the USCS will light up the night immediately following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session with a 50-lap USCS winged sprint car main event on the quarter-mile paved AMS “Thunder Ring,” located on the front stretch oval of the speedway.
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MAY 18TH TULARE RACE ADDED TO AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE
Series Director Chris Kearns has announced an addition to the 2013 Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Schedule. On May 18th, the traditional 410 sprints will compete at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway, making a total of 23 events on the calendar. The tenth USAC/CRA season will kickoff on March 1st with the two day “Copper On Dirt” at Canyon Speedway Park.
Northern Auto Racing Club
Compton on KWS Tonight
This week’s holiday episode of “KWS Tonight” is presented by Hoosier Racing Tire and includes a phone interview with renowned ‘Track Chaser’ Randy Lewis and an in-studio sit down with reigning King of the West Series Rookie of the Year Chad Compton, as well as a sneak peak at the first few races of the 2013 season.