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Podcast featuring Dain Naida, Jeff Swindell, and Rich Farmer

This week’s edition of the TJSlideways Podcast features Dain Naida with his plans to run the FAST series for 2014, Jeff Swindell to preview his upcoming effort for 2014 along with some discussion about sprint car safety, and Rich Farmer to discuss the 2014 season at Fremont Speedway.

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Brian Brown – Season Launches This Week in Yuma!

It’s time for the Brian Brown Racing Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team to hit the road for 2014! The team is coming off its most successful season to date, having won sixteen times.

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Wood Headed to Cocopah Speedway This Weekend to Start Season

With an ambitious schedule on tap, Cole Wood will start his sprint car season this weekend at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz.

The Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour’s season-opening event on Friday and Saturday will be the first two of a variety of big races that Wood is ready to tackle during his busy season and it couldn’t start at a better place.

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Madsen Scores World Series Win In Australia

Returning to his native Australia on the heels of a red-hot start in the United States, Kerry Madsen and his Keneric Racing team had a strong weekend at the Motorplex as they scored the win on Friday night before a second place finish closed out the weekend on Saturday in Kwinana, AU.

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RacinBoys Providing Live Pay-Per-View of This Weekend’s ASCS National Tour Opener

When sprint cars grace the warm Arizona air this weekend at Cocopah Speedway, RacinBoys will be broadcasting live video to showcase the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour’s season-opening event across the world.

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Van Dam Aims for Fun in 2014, Set for Variety of Races Across the Country

Henry Van Dam is taking a different approach to his race schedule this season.

For the first time in nearly a decade Van Dam won’t be chasing points with any sprint car series or track. Instead, Van Dam will be chasing fun and pursuing his passion across the country.

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Hafertepe Jr. Starts Season on Sour Note in the Sunshine State

Sam Hafertepe Jr. was never more excited to leave the state of Florida than after last weekend.

His season-opening, three-week trip to “The Sunshine State” was capped by a frustrating weekend at East Bay Raceway Park for the 38th annual Winter Nationals featuring the 13th annual Ronald Laney Memorial.

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Blake Hahn Competing for Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Rookie of the Year

After a successful partnership last season, Blake Hahn and Old School Racin’ are hopping on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour full time in 2014.

“That’s the plan right now,” Hahn said. “We’re going to start it out and I’m pretty positive we’re going to go the whole year. We got our second car built this week.”

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Big Game Motorsports Driver Swindell Aims to Improve Handling

Although the season-opening event didn’t end as planned for Big Game Motorsports driver Sammy Swindell, his Big Game Treestands team made strides in learning what to improve.

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Haudenschild Charges To 7th at East Bay

Jac Haudenschild and his Destiny Motorsports team fought hard all week long at the East Bay Raceway Park, and when the checkered flag flew on the three day event Saturday night, the Wooster, OH crossed the stripe in the seventh spot, after the starting the 40-lap feature event in the 18th spot.

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Carson McCarl Finishes 5th in B at Ronald Laney Memorial

Kicking his season off at the East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL over the weekend, Carson McCarl and his Mastell Brothers Racing team showed some speed, and when the weekend came to a close, McCarl finished fifth in the Saturday night B.

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Bruce Jr. Opens 2014 Campaign This Weekend at Cocopah Cup Challenge

Tony Bruce Jr. is a lot more comfortable heading into this year’s season-opening event this weekend than he was a year ago.

At this point last season, Bruce Jr. had a new engine and chassis combination, which took the One 8 Motorsports team longer than they expected to adapt. Once it clicked, Bruce Jr. was a contender on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

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The Cushion Kicks Off First Live Broadcast With Copper On Dirt!

As the 2014 On-Demand section of TheCushion.com begins to fill out, fans can look forward to the first Live Broadcast coming up on February 28 and March 1st as the cameras will be rolling at Canyon Speedway Park for the historic Copper On Dirt.

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Copper on Dirt this Weekend at CSP!

The action will be intense atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval this weekend as the Phoenix-area track hosts the 7th Annual Copper on Dirt on Friday and Saturday after an open practice session on Thursday night.

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AMSOIL SPRINTS EYE APRIL 5 RACE AT LAWRENCEBURG

Defending two-time AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. will continue his pursuit of a third consecutive series championship when the series resumes April 5 at the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway. Clauson won last September’s race at the 3/8-mile dirt oval.

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