Driver & Team News – Page 187

Jessica Bean Kicks-off “Finish the Fight” Against Cancer Season at Anderson Speedway April 27

Last year’s American Cancer Society Motorsports Champion for Making Strides Against Breast, Jessica Bean, returns to help “Finish the Fight” in 2014. Bean will again carry the ACS Making Strides logos and colors on her Mel Kenyon Series car.

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Tracy Hines Looks to Add to Win Total at Eldora this Weekend

The list of past winners at Eldora Speedway is a venerable ‘Who’s Who’ of the racing world. Tracy Hines is part of this prestigious list and is among a select group of open wheel drivers that has double digit wins at the legendary track.

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Midget Ace Kyle Hamilton set to Challenge Glen Niebel Classic at Anderson Speedway

Fans of pavement midget racing are familiar with the name Kyle Hamilton. On Sunday April 27, the 2009 USSA Midget Series Champion will introduce himself to pavement sprint car fans at the Glen Niebel Classic at Anderson Speedway in the Sprint Car Challenge Series Built by the UAW.

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Outlaws Return to Historic Devil’s Bowl Speedway

Never in a million years could Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Steve Kinser have thought a March trip to Texas back in the spring of 1978 would be such a historic weekend for short-track racing.

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Inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown Announces Race Format and More

The inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown will utilize a unique racing format for its four-day event in 2015.

Cocopah Speedway Director of Operations Greg Burgess and Event Competition Director Tommie Estes decided on a format that will reward passing every time a driver hits the 3/8-mile track during the 410ci sprint car extravaganza next Jan. 2-3 and Jan. 9-10.

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Lakeside Speedway Hosts McCarthy Auto Group KC Klassic on May 8

TBJ Promotions and RacinBoys are bringing the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour to Lakeside Speedway on May 8 for only the third time ever.

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Andretti Autosport Short Track and Helberg Motorsports Team Up

Andretti Autosport Short Track is proud to announce they are teaming up with Helberg Motorsports for the Glen Niebel Classic (April 27, 2014), Little 500 (May 24, 2014) and Breast Cancer 50 (October 4, 2014).

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Ashlea Albertson set to run for Mel Kenyon Midget Series Rookie of the Year

By Eric Bunn (Lebanon, IN) Ashlea Albertson joins the Mel Kenyon Midget Series this year with her sights set on the Simpson World Indy Rookie of the Year title. After three years of racing quarter […]

Big Game Motorsports Driver Craig Dollansky Opens Season with Podium Finish

It was a long five months for Big Game Motorsports driver Craig Dollansky, who returned to a sprint car last weekend for the first time since the end of last season.

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Dills to Make Sprint Car Debut This Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway

Imagination will meet reality this weekend as Patrick Dills makes his sprint car debut.

Dills has spent countless hours playing the World of Outlaws Playstation video game between kage kart races throughout the years.

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Personal Reasons Cause Kaeding To Head Home

Due to some personal issues, Tim Kaeding has opted to step away from the Roth Motorsports team and head back to his native California effective immediately

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WORLD OF OUTLAWS RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS AT DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY WHERE SALDANAS ARE ONLY FATHER, SON TO HAVE WON

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car teams will return to their roots Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, at Devil’s Bowl Speedway for the Texas Outlaw Nationals presented by American Racing Custom Wheels.

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Tankersley Headed to Heart O’ Texas Speedway and Gator Motorplex This Weekend

Channin Tankersley will be in a new ride when he tackles the ASCS Gulf South Region doubleheader this weekend.

Tankersley will pilot a sprint car for Marvin and Peggy Pearson this Friday at Heart O’Texas Speedway in Waco, Texas, and on Saturday at Gator Motorplex in Willis, Texas, for the 3rd annual Nolan Wren Memorial.

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Driver & Team News

MOSS, BRIDGES, AND MORGAN TAKE WINS IN J&J’S

It was a J&J Auto Racing sweep in the Spring Speed Xplosion event this past weekend with Johnny Bridges winning night one and Lance Moss scoring his first-ever victory in night two. Shane Morgan also joined the victory parade for J&J by winning the Southern Outlaw Sprinters feature event in Mississippi.

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Brandon Wimmer – Schedule Picking Up!

Brandon Wimmer and the Hammer Motorsports #24H led by Randy and Lisa Hammer are starting their 2014 campaign in Ohio. The team began Friday, April 4 at Attica Raceway Park and suffered a tire issue that resulted in a DNF. The next two weeks, they’ll be competing locally in anticipation of the May 2 and 3 arrival of the World of Outlaws at Eldora Speedway near Rossburg.

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