Driver & Team News – Page 183

SALDANA EARNS QUICK TIME AT SPONSOR’S HOMETOWN TRACK, WINS FEATURE WIRE TO WIRE, AND TAKES POINT LEAD

The Motter Motorsports team spent yesterday touring sponsor HE&M Saw’s Pryor, Oklahoma facility and meeting their employee family.

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Taylor Ferns Back in a 410-Winged Sprint Car at Atomic Speedway this Weekend

While driving a 410-winged sprint car is not exactly like riding a bike, it’s still a skill set that once learned is not easily forgotten. After climbing aboard one of the nearly 900-horsepower machines for the first time in 2010, Taylor Ferns expanded her racing horizons to include USAC National midgets, USAC Silver Crown cars and stock cars in the following years, and is now adding winged sprint car racing back to her on-track endeavors.

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Larson Marks Racing to Debut with All-Stars in Pennsylvania

Larson Marks Racing will be on track for the first time this weekend. The team, founded in November 2013, will make its first start with the All-Star Circuit of Champions in the Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway with driver Shane Stewart.

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Tracy Hines Targets Becoming a Member of the 1,000 Club in USAC

The United States Automobile Club (USAC) has been sanctioned races for nearly 60 years and only one driver in that span has reached the 1,000 National feature event start plateau.

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Tony Stewart Racing Teammates Tackle Highbanks in Oklahoma, Missouri

The final weekend of April marks the World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series’ first stop in America’s Heartland.

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Kraig Kinser Climbs Salina Highbanks Speedway & I-55 this Weekend

Last weekend, Kraig Kinser raced on a high-banked track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Texas. Next weekend he’ll do that same at Eldora Speedway in Ohio. How about this weekend? That’s right — another pair of steeply banked ovals for the third-generation driver, as the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series heads to Salina Highbanks Speedway in Oklahoma, followed by a visit to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Missouri.

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Wednesdays with Wayne – Finding Speed at Devil’s Bowl!

The Wayne Johnson Racing #77x may not have had the results they were looking for at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas last weekend, but they had a fast racecar.

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Brady Bacon – MOWA Win at Granite City Highlights Strong Weekend!

A big 410 winged win with the Midwest Open Wheel Association at Tri-City Speedway near Granite City, Illinois highlighted the weekend for Brady Bacon.

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Tankersley Finishes Sixth at Heart O’Texas Speedway and Gator Motorplex

Channin Tankersley scored a pair of sixth-place finishes last weekend in his season debut with Marvin and Peggy Pearson.

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Big Game Motorsports Driver Dollansky Loses Tire at Knoxville Season Opener

A slow start met an unfortunate end for Big Game Motorsports driver Craig Dollansky last Saturday during the season opener at Knoxville Raceway.

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Knoxville Opening Night Win Turns Rough Week Around

After crashes Wednesday and Friday night, Ian Madsen went out and dominated the opening night at the Knoxville Raceway, giving him an early boost in what many are calling the toughest weekly show ever at the historic speedway.

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Dills Places Seventh at Cottage Grove Speedway in Sprint Car Debut

Patrick Dills learned a lot during his sprint car debut last Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway.

Dills opened the Northwest Extreme Sprints action on the quarter-mile oval by qualifying fourth quickest, which earned him a spot in the dash.

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Driver & Team News

J&J TEAMS WIN ALL ACROSS THE MAP

It was a busy weekend of Sprint car racing all around the globe and a number of J&J Auto Racing drivers were busy picking up wins on dirt tracks both in the United States and Australia.

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Tuesdays with TMAC – Crazy Knoxville Opener!

The season opener at the Knoxville Raceway didn’t disappoint, and Terry McCarl was in the middle of it all, laying down quick time and checkering fifth in the feature. The stiff competition will be there all summer long, but the seven-time track champion will be ready week in and week out.

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Pleasing Easter Trail for Anderson

Despite the 2013-14 season being one of limited appearances, Grant Anderson was able to cap the season with a pleasing top-three overall finish in the final Easter Sprintcar Trail point standings.

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