Driver & Team News – Page 171

Allard Wins Again In Chico Before Tire Gives Way in Tulare

Jonathan Allard and his Tri-C Motorsports team seem to be gelling, as they won at the Silver Dollar Speedway for the second week in a row on Friday night before a late flat tire knocked them out of the Saturday night King of the West race in Tulare, CA.

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Bergman Charges From Ninth to Capture First Northwest Win Since 2010

Seth Bergman’s return to his home state opened with a trip to Victory Lane on Saturday at Skagit Speedway.

Bergman charged from ninth to record his first win in Washington since 2010, which was also the year of his most recent visit to Skagit Speedway.

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Kyle Hirst Scores Tulare KWS Win

Saturday night at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, CA, King of the West point leader, Kyle Hirst broke through and picked up his first KWS win, and second overall for the 2014 season.

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Graves Motorsports Earns First Podium Finish of Season at Boyd Raceway

Things are starting to align for Graves Motorsports, which has picked up four consecutive top 10s.

Driver Kolt Walker guided the team to its first podium of the season last weekend and after a pair of top-eight results with the ASCS Lone Star Region, Graves Motorsports is third in the championship standings and only 43 points out of the lead.

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Shannon “Lightning” McQueen Returns to Victory Lane

Returning to action at one of the fastest tracks in the West, Bakersfield’s Shannon “Lightning” McQueen continued her 2014 racing season with a near clean sweep on May 17 at the Bay Cities Racing Association event at the 3/8-mile Stockton 99 Dirt Track in Stockton at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

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SALDANA ON THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIR SPEEDWAY PODIUM WITH SECOND PLACE FINISH

After three days of action-packed racing against the Pennsylvania Posse, the World of Outlaws traveled to Orange County Fair Speedway, the oldest continuously operated dirt track in the United States.

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Bright Garners ARDC Runner-Up Honors at New Egypt Speedway

Alex Bright capped another successful weekend with a runner-up finish on Saturday at New Egypt Speedway.

Bright rallied from 10th to place second during the ARDC Midgets event, which marked his 13th top five of the season.

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Bryan Clauson and Byrd Racing Team Up for the Indy 500 in 2015

Johnathan Byrd Racing announced on Friday that they will field an entry for Bryan Clauson in the 2015 Indianapolis 500.

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KICK-IT JOINS LARSON MARKS RACING FOR 2014 SEASON

Charitable foundation to be co-primary sponsor with GoPro for the Knoxville Nationals…

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Mark Dobmeier – Looking for Speed after Knoxville Top 10!

Mark Dobmeier and the Dobmeier/Lunstra #13 team are searching for speed after a charge from row eight to tenth last Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway.

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Wednesdays with Wayne – Double Duty this Weekend!

The Wayne Johnson Racing #77x team will have their hands full this weekend at Knoxville when they run both the 410 and 360 classes Saturday night. The team is coming off good qualifying efforts with the World of Outlaws at Jacksonville (IL) Speedway and Wilmot (WI) Raceway.

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Tankersley Strives for First Career ASCS Gulf South Region Championship

For the first time in as long as he can remember and possibly ever, Channin Tankersley leads the ASCS Gulf South Region championship standings.

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JACOBS, MORGAN, AND MORO SCORE WINS FOR J&J

The results continued last weekend for J&J Auto Racing teams headlined by Lee Jacobs earning his first All-Star Circuit of Champions feature win. Shane Morgan captured his fourth 2014 victory and Matt Moro made it two in a row at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

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TRI-STATE VICTOR: McMahan and CJB Grab Second Win of 2014

Paul McMahan parked his #51 Bairs Tree Service/ Nyce, Crete & Landis Block & Concrete/ All Star Performance sprinter early at Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway.

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Larson Marks Racing Invades Pennsylvania fo Three-Race Eastern Tour

Larson Marks Racing can already add the title World of Outlaws STP Series winner to their resume. In their first-career outing with sprint car racing’s elite series, Larson Marks Racing and driver Shane Stewart led all 30 laps at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio to claim the win.

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