Driver & Team News – Page 180

Tight Quarters: Kraig Kinser Visits a Trio of Bullrings this Week

Small, smaller and smallest. That’s the only way to describe the three tracks that await Kraig Kinser this week on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series circuit. A pair of quarter-miles and a third-mile are on-tap in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

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White Lightning Motorsports Captures First Podium of Season at Knoxville

Jamie Ball led White Lightning Motorsports to its first podium of the season last Saturday at Knoxville Raceway.

After qualifying sixth quickest and placing fourth in his heat race, Ball started on the inside of the second row for the 360ci feature.

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Bergman Rebounds to Earn Hard Charger Award at Rock ‘N Roll 50

Seth Bergman ended on a high note after kicking off last weekend with a frustrating night.

Bergman earned the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Hard Charger Award on Saturday after rallying from the B Main to a seventh-place result during the Eagle Motorsports Rock ‘N Roll 50 Presented by MyRacePass main event at Riverside International Speedway.

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Tony Stewart Racing Tandem Short-Trackin’ Through Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana

The month of May for the World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series is filled with a schedule of races that challenge even the most accomplished Winged Sprint car superstars.

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Thomas Takes Hard Charger Award During Ronald Laney Memorial

Tyler Thomas ended his first weekend of the season in a sprint car on the right foot.

Thomas picked up the Hard Charger Award last Saturday at Battleground Speedway after rallying from 22nd to 12th during the ASCS Gulf South Region Ronald Laney Memorial.

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Salute to the King Tour and World of Outlaws Visit Wilmot Raceway This Friday

Steve Kinser has extra incentive when the Salute to the King tour makes a trip to Wilmot Raceway this Friday for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series first visit to the dirt track since 2008.

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Weaver Battles Bad Luck During Pair of Races in Oklahoma

There’s bad luck and then there’s extremely bad luck.

Jordan Weaver experienced the latter last weekend during a pair of races in Oklahoma. Weaver was crashed into during a B Main both nights, which resulted in a damaged race car each night and a couple of DNFs.

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Mitchell Roughed Up In Perris

Returning to action with the USAC/CRA Series on Saturday night in Lake Perris, CA, Matt Mitchell had a rough night, that ultimately saw him rebound from last to score a 12th place finish.

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Wild Weekend For Boespflug

Taking part of this first three-race weekend of the year, Chad Boespflug and his Paul Hazen team took their lumps, but the team continued to work hard and capped it off with an eight place finish at the Kokomo Speedway on Sunday night.

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Madsen Wins Again

Ian Madsen continued his strong start to the 2014 campaign as he absolutely dominated the MOWA race in Lincoln, IL on Friday night before recording a seventh place finish at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night.

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Madsen Marvelous at Eldora

Kerry Madsen often refers to Eldora Speedway as being the track that got him hooked on racing in the USA, and over the last few years the Aussie has been very good there, and that trend continued this past weekend.

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Dewease Picks Up First Win With New Team

PETERSEN MEDIA Moving to the seat of the Dietz No. 14 in 2014, Lance Dewease showed steady improvement from each race, and it all culminated on Sunday night as the Fayetteville, PA driver picked up […]

Allard Has Hard Charge In Chico, CA

Jonathan Allard spent his weekend competing at his home track, Silver Dollar Speedway, and though he didn’t qualify well both nights, the Chico, CA driver put on a great display in two feature events, earning hard charger honors both Friday and Saturday as he score finishes of third and sixth place.

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Gregg Doesn’t Let Adversity Slow Him Down

Though Andy Gregg and his GUTS Racing team faced adversity all weekend in Chico, CA, the team did not get discouraged as they fought threw and ultimately ended up with a 15th place finish at the Dave Bradway, Jr Memorial in Chico, CA.

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Eliason and M&S Racing Team Work Out Kinks In First Weekend

Making his first two starts in the M&S Racing No. 27 car over the weekend at the Silver Dollar Speedway, Cory Eliason and his team continued to get the Kingsburg, CA driver more comfortable in the car every time it hit the track.

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