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Thursday September 21ST - Friday  September 22nd

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Thursay September 21ST Straight to the Point: Grant Sprints to James Dean Classic Win at Gas City...Chelby Hinton Holds Honors in Micro Mania Preliminary Night Win with POWRi Outlaw Micros... Gas Seavey: USAC Midget Point Leader Strikes Another Win at Gas City...

GRANT SCORES USAC SILVER CROWN POLE FOR SATURDAY'S 4-CROWN AT ELDORA

 

Ryan Sellers


Justin Grant scored the pole position for Saturday night’s USAC Silver Crown main event at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway, part of the 41st running of the 4-Crown Nationals Presented By NKTELCO.



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Chelby Hinton Holds Honors in Micro Mania Preliminary Night Win with POWRi Outlaw

Chelby Hinton would lead all twenty-five laps to win Engler Machine and Tool Preliminary Night One of the Lil’ Texas Micro Mania KKM Challenge with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Rush Race Gear to claim his second seasonal league victory after an intense and action-packed feature event.


Windom & Then Some! Big Daddy & CBI Win Again at Eldora

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Death, taxes and Chris Windom/CB Industries winning USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget races at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway That is the itemized list of life’s seemingly inevitabilities that have been certain in recent years, and nobody has proven it more often of late at the 1/2-mile dirt oval than the Canton, Ill. driver and the Mooresville, N.C. based team.


Mike Marlar Captures C.J. Rayburn Memorial Friday Night at Brownstown

Mike Marlar and the late C.J. Rayburn were long time friends and on Friday Night he paid the best tribute he could to one of his racing mentors - winning the 40-lap 2nd Annual C.J. Rayburn Memorial at Brownstown Speedway. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event drew 45 cars to the historic Southern Indiana venue.

 


Braden Chiaramonte Clinches in Micro Mania KKM Challenge Preliminary Night Two Win with POWRi Outlaw Micros 

Braden Chiaramonte would sweep the night to win Rush Race Gear Preliminary Night Two of the Lil’ Texas Micro Mania KKM Challenge with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Rush Race Gear to claim his first seasonal league victory after leading the final eight laps.



 

Gas Seavey: USAC Midget Point Leader Strikes Another Win at Gas City

 

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Back in June, Gas City I-69 Speedway served as the turning point of the 2023 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season for Logan Seavey.


Straight to the Point: Grant Sprints to James Dean Classic Win at Gas City

David Nearpass

Throughout Thursday night’s James Dean Classic at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway, Justin Grant experienced the fluctuating feeling of a season-long USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship battle swaying in the balance.



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Friday  September 22nd........Hard Work, Consistency, and Focus On One Race at a Time Pays off for Harvey Harrison and Team’s Second ChampionshipThursday  September 21ST........BC39 Prelim Night USAC Midget Rosters Revealed...ASA Weekend Preview...ASA Weekend Preview...USAC Sprints, Midgets & Silver Crown, Oh My! Eldora’s 41st 4-Crown Arrives This Weekend...1956 Chevrolet Bel Air, Cruisin' On Main Street...Weekend Preview: Texas Motor Speedway...Wednesday September 20th........PRI Weekly Racing Industry Update...Rock On! James Dean Classic Storylines for Thursday’s USAC Double at Gas City...Runoffs Ready | SCCA Up to Speed...Trans Am Series Race Preview: World Wide Technology Raceway...NASCAR National Series News & Notes - Texas Motor Speedway...Tuesday September 19th.......Short Track Nationals Lives on With Huge Texarkana 67 Payout!...Biggest Field Ever for USAC Silver Crown at Eldora This Weekend!...Major Bounty Posted for USAC “Non-Full-Timers” at Lawrenceburg’s Fall National...IndyCar Legend Tony Kanaan to Kick Off 2023 PRI Show in Indianapolis...Connor Hall Captures First Career NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Championship....A hotly contested NASCAR Cup Playoffs heads to Texas...More Storylines From Toledo...Monday September 18th........SpeedTour to Celebrate Women in Motorsports at VIR...See Who Kissed the Bricks in IMSA’s Return to Indy...Three Takeaways from TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks...Zane Smith secures full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride for 2024...Round of 12 locked in after first elimination drawing in NASCAR Powerball Playoff™...

ASA Weekend Preview

A championship will be decided for one ASA-branded regional tour and a penultimate race will be held for another in two different parts of the country.Find out more below with our ASA Weekend Preview.


POWRi SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS RETURN TO IMPERIAL VALLEY RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY 

  For the first time in seven weeks, the POWRI Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series will return to action when it visits the Imperial Valley Raceway this Saturday night, September 23rd.  The long delay came about when the last race, which was scheduled for August 19th at Perris Auto Speedway, was canceled when Mother Nature unleashed her wrath on Southern California via Hurricane Hillary.


Winchester 400 Up Next – Entry Blank Posted

The ASA STARS National Tour returns to action on Sunday, October 15 at Winchester Speedway for the 52nd running of the Winchester 400. The entry blank for one of Super Late Model racing’s biggest races is now available.


NASCAR National Series News & Notes - Texas Motor Speedway
Runoffs Ready | SCCA Up to Speed

Starting in 2024, Spec MX-5 (SMX) will become an SCCA Runoffs class. From mid-season race groupings to more, here's what that means...


PRI Weekly Racing Industry Update


CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINTS RETURN TO BOBBY MICHNOWICZ’S PLAYGROUND, THE VENTURA RACEWAY, SATURDAY

 ) There is bad news brewing for the competitors in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series heading into this Saturday night’s race at Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway.  The bad news is that five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz will be on hand.


Connor Hall Captures First Career NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Championship

 After winning his opening 11 races of the season at Langley Speedway, 26-year-old Connor Hall captured his first NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championship.


indyCar Legend Tony Kanaan to Kick Off 2023 PRI Show in Indianapolis

Racing icon Tony Kanaan will welcome attendees to the biggest three days in motorsports business as the headline guest at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show’s annual Grand Opening Breakfast on December 7 in Indianapolis.


Tight-Knit Paul Miller Racing Clinches Second GTD Championship


It’s a rare feat in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for a team to clinch a class championship before the final race of the season. But that’s exactly what Paul Miller Racing just accomplished.

Short Track Nationals Lives on With Huge Texarkana 67 Payout!

The storied Short Track Nationals lives on. 

And in a big way as well, with a $20,000 winner’s share up for grabs at the prestigious ASCS-sanctioned Winged 360-ci Sprint Car event that takes place at Texarkana 67 Speedway on October 5-7.


Zane Smith secures full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride for 2024 

  Through a partnership between Trackhouse Racing and Spire Motorsports, reigning NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Zane Smith will drive full time in the NASCAR Cup Series next season, the teams announced in a joint press conference Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. 


Round of 12 locked in after first elimination drawing in NASCAR Powerball Playoff™

The field of semi-finalists in the race to $1 million has narrowed by four after the first elimination drawing in the NASCAR Powerball Playoff™. NASCAR® and Powerball® announced today, during the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the 12 semi-finalists who have advanced in the playoff for a chance to win a VIP trip to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway and the $1 million grand prize


SpeedTour to Celebrate Women in Motorsports at VIR

Parella Motorsports Holdings (PMH), the parent company that hosts SpeedTour events, is planning a special celebration of women in motorsports during the upcoming VIR Gold Cup SpeedTour weekend, October 5-8


 

Hard Work, Consistency, and Focus On One Race at a Time Pays off for Harvey Harrison and Team’s Second Championship

Entering the 2023 Super Cup Stock Car Series season, the strategy for the Harrison’s Motorsports team was simply racing at one of their home tracks that was first on the schedule.  One consistent result after another and 2016 champion Harvey Harrison was in the driver seat for claiming another title when Veterans Classic weekend arrived at Shenandoah Speedway in September.


956 Chevrolet Bel Air, Cruisin' On Main Street

Our featured classified this week is this 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air priced at $92,500.


USAC Sprints, Midgets & Silver Crown, Oh My! Eldora’s 41st 4-Crown Arrives This Weekend

Jack Reitz

here’s only one time per year where you can catch all three USAC National divisions on one track on one weekend at one time.USAC Silver Crown, USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars and USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets.  Oh my!



dOWN TO THE WIRE: Eldora’s 4-Crown to determine $80,000 All Star Team Championship in closest battle in Series history

It has been a long road to the 2023 Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 team championship, but the battle is far from over, as two teams are still in the hunt for the $80,000 payday, which will be determined in Eldora Speedway’s coveted 4-Crown Nationals on Saturday, September 23. The championship points finale, the Series’ second appearance of the season at the “World’s Greatest Dirt Track,” will not only crown an All Star champion, but also award a $10,000 payday, officially capping All Star competition in the Buckeye State for 2023.Trans Am Series Race Preview: World Wide Technology Raceway


World Wide Technology Raceway PREVIEW

The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli returns to the St. Louis area for the first time in 38 years when the Gateway SpeedTour pulls into World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, just minutes from the famed Gateway Arch. The series raced on the same property in 1985,


Lucas Oil Late Models Set for Record Paying Jackson 100 Weekend

The stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will converge in Brownstown, Ind. this Friday, and Saturday for one of the biggest weekends in Brownstown Speedway’s storied history.


 

 

Weekend Preview: Texas Motor Speedway

The NASCAR Cup Series Playoff contenders show up at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on the USA Network, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) so competitively balanced even they can’t predict an odds-on favorite as they start the Playoffs’ three-race Round of 12.


BC39 Prelim Night USAC Midget Rosters Revealed

The preliminary night driver rosters for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 have been revealed for the September 27-28-29-30 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


Rev Up Your Engines: Hutch Games Teams Up with NASCAR to Unleash a New Standalone Mobile Game

  Hutch, the renowned automotive mobile game developer behind hit titles such as F1 Clash and Top Drives, has announced a new partnership with NASCAR. The partnership will see Hutch develop a new standalone title for mobile, combining the studio's expertise in creating automotive games with NASCAR’s world renowned brand.


Event Preview: Gateway SpeedTour with SVRA and Trans Am

 

The Gateway SpeedTour brings the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli to World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR), September 22-23. Featuring on-track action from some of the top road racing series in America, the event will feature even more cars in the Hagerty Cars and Caffeine Car Show, which will include a 70th birthday celebration for Corvette.


 

What’s the Point of It All? Many Championships Still Up for Grabs

 

“Like every year in IMSA, it is down to the final race: Petit Le Mans.”  Filipe Albuquerque’s concise assessment of the top prototype class title tussle in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship rings true once again in 2023


Rock On! James Dean Classic Storylines for Thursday’s USAC Double at Gas City

Indy Racing Images

Double the series. Double the action. Double the fun! That’s how the agenda rolls each year in late September at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway when the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National join together for a rare doubleheader.



More Storylines From Toledo

Toledo Speedway played host to a number of special guests at the Glass City 200, paying tribute to both the history of the tracks marquee event as well as the return of the ASA brand to Northwest Ohio.


A hotly contested NASCAR Cup Playoffs heads to Texas


Major Bounty Posted for USAC “Non-Full-Timers” at Lawrenceburg’s Fall National

David Campbell

USAC regulars have gone undefeated all season in AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competition with full-time series drivers and teams winning every event run thus far in 2023


Biggest Field Ever for USAC Silver Crown at Eldora This Weekend

Josh James

A record-high field of 37 USAC Silver Crown drivers and cars are entered for the 41st running of the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway this Friday-Saturday, September 22-23.


See Who Kissed the Bricks in IMSA’s Return to Indy


Three Takeaways from TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks

 The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship celebrated its return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an action-packed TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks.



 

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