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Wimmer Shakes Down New Car For Speedweek

After destroying a car at the World of Outlaw race in Kokomo, IN, Brandon Wimmer and his Destiny Motorsports team put a new Triple X Chassis together, and shook it down over this past weekend, in preparations for the upcoming Ohio Speedweek.

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LaSalle Speedway Hosts World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series on June 28

Although he hasn’t spent much time competing at LaSalle Speedway, Joey Saldana looks forward to the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series return on Friday, June 28.

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WoO STP Sprint Car Series Drivers Excited for First Visit to I-94 Speedway on Saturday

The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series will make its inaugural visit to a facility for the fourth time this season on Saturday at I-94 Speedway as part of the Gerdau Northern Tour.

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SALDANA AND 71M TEAM MAKING PLANS FOR GRAND FORKS AND FERGUS FALLS

The next ‘at bat’ for Motter Equipment Fatheadz Eyewear 71M driver Joey Saldana and the World of Outlaws is Friday, June 21 at River Cities Speedway.

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Madsen Runs Fourth with the World of Outlaws

Taking on the World of Outlaws at his home track, the Knoxville Raceway, Ian Madsen continued his successful 2013 campaign as he tallied a fourth place finish.

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Abreu Has Speed During Indiana Midget Week

Fresh off of POWRi midget week in Illinois, Rico Abreu and his Keith Kunz Motorsports team headed to Indiana for the ever popular, USAC National Midget Series Indiana Midget Week.

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DJ Netto Sixth at Pombo Sargent Classic

DJ Netto was back in action at the Kings Speedway on Saturday night taking on both the Rebel Cup Series and the Civil War Seires during the Pombo Sargent Classic, and the youngster tallied a sixth place finish.

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“Lightning” McQueen Claims Top 5 Run at Petaluma Speedway

Finally ending a recent stretch of bad luck, Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen claimed a hard-earned fourth-place finish on Saturday, June 15 at the USAC-Western States/BCRA co-sanctioned event at the 3/8-mile Petaluma Speedway against an ultra-competitive 24-car field.

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Big Game Motorsports Powers to Four Combined Top 10s in Impressive Weekend

Big Game Motorsports is definitely hitting its stride as Craig Dollansky and Sammy Swindell each captured a pair of top-10 finishes last weekend with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series.

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Marks Records Pair of Top 10s and Near Victory During Challenging Week

It was an up-and-down week for Brent Marks.

It began on Wednesday at Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J., where Marks qualified 12th quickest and was in staging for his heat race when fellow competitor Jason Leffler sustained a life-ending crash at the 5/8-mile track. The event was cancelled.

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Bruce Jr. Rallies to Earn Two Top Fives During Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek

Last weekend could have been really, really ugly.

Instead, Tony Bruce Jr. salvaged the first half of the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek by gaining 29 positions in the features to end with a pair of top fives and a 12th-place finish in a trio of events.

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Top-five result concludes season

The 2012-13 season came to an end for Danny Reidy last Saturday night at Archerfield Speedway in Queensland, and it saw him finish one spot shy of the podium in the 14th and final round of the KRE Sprintcar Series.

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Another Top-Ten at Knoxville

World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series action headed to Knoxville, Iowa on Saturday as teams had the final opportunity to prepare for the prestigious Knoxville Nationals in August. For Craig Dollansky and the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team they aimed to build on their runner-up performance during the first visit to Knoxville Raceway last month after leading 9 of the 25 feature laps.

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Cox 16th at Pombo-Sargent Classic

Justyn Cox had one of those weekends he will gladly forget about. After a frustrating crash in hotlaps on Friday night ended his night, the Sacramento, CA driver slipped to a 16th place finish Saturday night in Hanford, CA.

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Wheatley Will Return from 10-Week Break for Skagit Speedway’s Dirt Cup

It’s been a long 10 weeks out of the driver seat for Austen Wheatley.

After spending most of the past couple months focusing on his business, Wheatley will return to the track this weekend for the 42nd annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway – a $20,000-to-win event Thursday through Saturday in Alger, Wash

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