Driver & Team News – Page 220

Tony Stewart Racing Driver Looking To Cap Historic Season in Memorable Fashion

Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Donny Schatz is in the midst of a career-best World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series season, and he’s looking to close it out in miraculous style by becoming the first driver in WoO history to overcome a points deficit entering the final weekend and win a WoO championship.

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DJ Netto to Pilot Van Dyke 5H at Cocopah Speedway

With the California season over, DJ Netto has agreed to pilot the Van Dyke Motorsports No. 5H at the Cocopah Speedway this weekend against the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

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Brandon Hahn Caps Weekend with Top 15 at Southern New Mexico Speedway

Last weekend featured two drastically different nights for Brandon Hahn with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

Hahn kicked off the weekend on Friday at El Paso Speedway Park in El Paso, Texas, by dropping from fourth to fifth place in his heat race. That sent him to the B Main, which transferred the top six to the main event.

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Dover Had His Best Career Season With 15 Wins and 24 Top Fives in 45 Races

Jack Dover set an extremely high goal to kick off the season.

He aimed for 20 feature wins and without some bad luck and questionable officiating calls, Dover would have hit that mark for the first time in his career.

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Forler Rallies From B Mains to Top 10s With Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour

Logan Forler’s two nights of action with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour last weekend mirrored each other.

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Felker Wins Best Appearing Car and Kevin Doty Award at Badger Banquet

Andrew Felker has spent the past couple of weeks running around.

While the team hasn’t competed since the middle of October, they have remained busy.

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Baughman Ends Season With Violent Crash at El Paso Speedway Park

It certainly wasn’t the way Josh Baughman wanted to end his season.

Baughman wrapped up his year last Friday at El Paso Speedway Park with a violent flip on the opening lap of the feature. The crash destroyed his race car and knocked him out in the process.

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Hagar Garners First Career USCS Outlaw Thunder National Championship

Derek Hagar is a national championship winning driver.

Hagar secured his first career national title and his second championship of the year last weekend with a pair of top 10s during USCS action at Riverside International Speedway.

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Heartland Raceway + Cross = Success

Heartland Raceway, located on the Victorian-NSW border, is becoming quite a successful track for Jeremy Cross. Last Saturday night for the opening round of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series, he recorded his second feature-race win there from as many starts at the track.

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TK Scores 16th Win of 2013

Running double duty over the weekend at the Stockton Dirt Track, Tim Kaeding scored his 16th win of the season by way of his 360 win before charging from ninth to fifth in the King of the West feature event.

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Matt Covington Scores Two Top Fives in Southwest

Following the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour to the Southwest to close out the 2013 season, Matt Covington had a nice weekend, as he tallied two fourth place finishes as he was in action in El Paso, TX and Las Cruces, NM.

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Reutzel Fifth at El Paso

Climbing aboard the Bob and Christie Miller owned machine with a hurt tailbone over the weekend, Aaron Reutzel seemed to be un phased, as he showed speed at both the El Paso Speedway Park and the Southern New Mexico Speedway.

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Mitchell 18th at Oval Nationals

With the USAC National Tour invading his home track, the Perris Auto Speedway for the Oval Nationals, Matt Mitchell hoped to turn in a strong performance, but on Saturday night, the Yorba Linda, CA driver struggled at times and ended up finishing in the 18th spot.

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Gregg sixth in 360, DNF in 410

Competing in both the 360 and 410 races on Saturday night in Stockton, CA, Andy Gregg scored a sixth place finish aboard Scott Russell’s No. 14R 360ci machine before he got caught up in a mid race incident in his own 410ci entry ending his night.

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Croft Captures Third in KWS Standings

Climbing aboard his own Willie Croft Racing No. 29 entry to close out the King of the West season on Saturday night, Willie Croft’ 10th place finish earned him third place overall in the 2013 King of the West point standings.

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