Sheldon Haudenschild suited up and got behind the wheel with a heavy heart Saturday night. He and his wife Zan sadly lost their beloved dog Pella in the morning after giving her a full and fun life over the years. Haudenschild fought through a flood of emotion to come and do his job with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series at Plymouth Dirt Track. And he not only showed up; he won one for Pella.
For Raisin City, California’s Mitchel Moles, Red Hill Raceway officially became a home away from home this weekend. After winning Friday night’s feature at the Sumner, Illinois 3/8-mile dirt oval, Moles backed it up on Saturday night to win the inaugural Illinois Sprint Car Championship, co-sanctioned by both the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series.
Coming into 2026 with a handful of victories already under his belt, Christian Bruno has elevated his game to another level. On Friday night at Pennsylvania’s Selinsgrove Speedway, he took it up another notch with his third consecutive USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Presented by Baer Den Farms feature victory.
For decades, the Burleys have been synonymous with victory at Ransomville Speedway thanks to Todd Burley’s four 358 Modified track championships in the 2000s. Friday night, it was Todd’s son Spencer Burley’s turn to carry on the legacy, this time in sprint car racing
In sickness and in health, Mitchel Moles has had quite the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season thus far in 2026. During Friday night’s Illinois Sprint Car Championship weekend opener at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois, Moles set a new career high in USAC National Sprint Car wins for a season with his third triumph of the year after fending off an attack from Jadon Rogers down the stretch to the checkered.
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