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Croft Clips Drain at Placerville

Back in action at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night, Willie Croft saw a strong start to his feature event quickly deflate as he got into a drain in turns one and two, and cut down his left front tire.

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Blown Oil Line Rips Victory Away From Mitchell

Yorba Linda, CA pilot, Matt Mitchell had Saturday night’s USAC/CRA event at the Perris Auto Speedway in command until a blown oil line with three laps to go, knocked him out of the feature, and ripped the lead from him, that he held for 26 laps.

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Covington 11th with ASCS National Tour at Salina

A wild Southern Iowa Speedweek closed with disappointing results for Matt Covington, but the Glenpool, OK driver returned to action on Saturday night with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour, and turned in a performance he was happy with.

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Scelzi 5th at Watsonville

Hoping to lock into next weekends Johnny Key Classic at the Ocean Speedway, Dominic Scelzi came up a little short, as he finished fifth on Friday night in Watsonville, CA, and will have to race his way into next Saturday’s 50-lap feature event.

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Andy Gregg Scores 7th Win of Season

Continuing to have a career year in 2013, Andy Gregg scored his seventh win of the season, and second of year at the Silver Dollar Speedway, on Friday night aboard his Coors Light/LivFast/GUTS Racing No.53 before having issues on Saturday night at the Placerville Speedway in Scott Russell’s 14R.

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Tarlton 14th at Ocean Speedway

In action at the Ocean Speedway on Friday night, Tommy Tarlton looked to lock himself into this weekend’s Johnny key Classic 50-lap feature event, but a the Easton, CA driver fought a tight racecar and ended up scoring a 14th place finish.

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Abreu Charges to Midget Win in Lincoln, IL

After spending a week piloting his winged 410ci sprint car, Rico Abreu spent his weekend back aboard a Keith Kunz midget, and the 21-year-old pilot found victory lane on Friday night in Lincoln, IL.

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Tiner Stays Consistent, Second and Fourth Place Finishes

Continuing to put himself in position to capture his first win of the 2013, Steven Tiner came oh-so-close again last weekend as he scored a second place finish at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA before charging to a fourth place finish at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday night.

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Cox Continues Midwest Swing; Scores Three Top-10’s

Back in action in the Midwest following Southern Iowa Speedweek, Justyn Cox and his Van Dyke Motorsports team were in action for a trio of races against the Sprint Invader’s where Cox tallied three top-10’s including a third place finish on Friday night in Bloomfield, IA.

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Hirst Sixth in Final Johnny Key Classic Tune-Up

Already locking himself into this weekend’s Johnny Key Classic Feature at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA, Kyle Hirst and his Roth Motorsports team were in action at the track on Friday night

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KOKOMO HOSTS THE 2ND “SMACKDOWN”

Hometown hero Dave Darland, who actually lives in nearby Lincoln, Ind., enters this week’s 2nd “Sprint Car Smackdown” at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway as one of the favorites

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HONDA MIDGETS EYE SEPTEMBER 21 “4-CROWN”

The September 21 “4-Crown Nationals” is next up for the Honda USAC National Midget Series and Christopher Bell’s point lead has slipped to 37 over Bryan Clauson after Sunday night’s “Cornfest” 30-lapper at Sun Prairie, Wisc. where Clauson won and Bell was seventh.

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5-HORSE RACE EYES DuQUOIN SEPTEMBER 1

A five-horse-race for the TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown Championship has developed after the series produced its sixth different winner in six races following Saturday’s “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

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CRA GEARS UP FOR CALISTOGA

Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” is next up for the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint cars August 31-September 1 and Damion Gardner, fresh from a record 194-mph run at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, continues to enjoy a comfortable point lead.

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4-RACE SOUTHWEST “FREEDOM TOUR” IN MID-AMERICA

The “Freedom Tour” takes USAC’s Southwest Sprint Cars to Oklahoma and Kansas this weekend with four races slated, all specified as “special events” without series points attached.

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