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- T.J.’s Notebook: Cody Jacobs Collects Crown Jewel Win as Crew Chief in his Home State
Cody Jacobs spent a lot of time growing up around Eldora Speedway. Saturday night he stood atop the throne with his driver David Gravel in victory lane after winning the 41st Kings Royal.
- Scheffler Doubles PDTR Super Six Late Model Pleasure, Welch Bags Win No. 1, Smith, Sorce, Thompson Register A-main Triumphs
Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha picked up his ninth career Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Late Model A-main triumph in the 30-lap Seubert Calf Ranches 96.5 The Buzz Super Six Late Model main event on ...
- Devin Moran wins $53,000 finale of Silver Dollar Nationals
BRANDON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Devin Moran is $53,000 richer after a triumphant performance on Saturday night with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Huset’s Speedway. Bill Leighton also ...
- King of the Hill duels highlight action at I-90 Speedway
HARTFORD, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A “King of the Hill”, a major wreck in the Late Model Street Stocks, and four more big winners highlighted Saturday night on the dirt at I-90 Speedway. Click on the ...
- Louden Reimert wins 30-lap dirt modified feature at Big Diamond
MINERSVILLE, Pa. — Right out of the gate with the hard racing. A three way battle for third, a tighter pack a little ways back, when Dan Hineline gets turned around on the back stretch and the yellow ...
- Danny Varin Gets It Done at Albany-Saratoga
By Curtis Berleue (Malta, NY) | As the summer months keep rolling on, Danny Varin keeps getting hotter and hotter, earning his second Empire Super Sprints victory in a row and third of the 2024 season on Friday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Pinnacle Pole Award winner Emily VanInwegen and Shawn Donath would bring the field to green, with Donath using the outside to his advantage and leading lap one. As the lap counter clicked lap 5, it was still Donath out in front, with Jordan Poirier in second and Billy VanInwegen in third. By lap 7. Donath had caught the tail of the field and began to work lap traffic with Poirier hot on his heels. A caution on lap 11 for leader Shawn Donath with mechanical issues handed the lead to Poirier. On the ensuing restart Poirier jumped out to the lead. Danny Varin, who had restarted in 6th, got a huge run off turn 2 and by the time he reached turn 3 was in second. The next lap, Varin threw a slide job on Poirier, took the lead and began to check out from the rest of the field. With 5 laps to go, the battle for third began to heat up between Davie Franek and Jason Barney. Barney was able to clear Franek, but just one lap later Matt Tanner slipped past Barney and set his sights on second place running Poirier. With a lap to go, Tanner got by Poirier for second, but it was Varin who crossed the finish line first, by a margin of just over 4 seconds. "What a phenomenal racetrack," said Varin. "That was elbows up, pounding the cushion, slidejob city. We've been leading five features here, and never finished one. This has been a long one coming." "That cushion was treacherous, you try to run it hard but you knew you could jump it, and be over it. You had to be patient, you're leading, and let someone show you their nose before you put everything out there." Matt Tanner crossed the line in second after a last lap pass on Jordan Poirier. "We were pretty bad all night, the guys just kept plugging away at it there," said Tanner. "Even the first 15 laps of this race we weren't that good. Three seconds in a row is starting to get old, but at least we're in the hunt." After spending much of the race running second, Jordan Poirier rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third. "We weren't too good early on, after that yellow the first two laps I was good and then I started getting loose in three and four," said Poirier. "I tried to venture out, I tried to find some other lane and I just couldn't do anything. By the end, I was just trying to block and do something. We're just a tiny bit off or something." 22 cars signed into the pits for action on the night. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Jordan Thomas, Danny Varin and Jordan Poirier. Matt Tanner, Danny Varin and Davie Franek picked up E&V Energy heat race wins, while Dale Gosselin won the We Know Tools - Paul Wehnau Snap-on dash. The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Saturday July 20th at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints). The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design. The ESS Road Ahead: Saturday, July 20 - Fonda Speedway - Fonda, NY ($2,000 to Win Earl Halaquist Memorial) Friday, July 26 - Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Summer Nationals) Saturday, July 27 - Woodhull Raceway - Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win) Full Results: A-Main: 1. 01-Danny Varin[7]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[8]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 4. 87-Jason Barney[12]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 6. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[4]; 7. #79-Jordan Thomas[11]; 8. #88C-Chad Miller[5]; 9. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[1]; 10. #9-Josh Pieniazek[14]; 11. #3Z-John Smith IV[9]; 12. #3G-Dale Gosselin[13]; 13. 3A-Jeff Trombley[10]; 14. 33-Lacey Hanson[15]; 15. 19-Floyd Billington[21]; 16. 29-Dylan Menditto[22]; 17. 22M-Tomy Moreau[17]; 18. 54-Fred Proctor[20]; 19. 12-Alex Bergeron[19]; 20. 13E-Evan Reynolds[16]; 21. 53-Shawn Donath[2]; 22. (DNS) 13T-Trevor Years We Know Tools - Paul Wehnau Snap-on Dash: 1. #3G-Dale Gosselin[1]; 2. #9-Josh Pieniazek[3]; 3. 33-Lacey Hanson[6]; 4. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 5. 22M-Tomy Moreau[5]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[4] E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. 90-Matt Tanner[2]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 3. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 5. #3G-Dale Gosselin[1]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[4]; 7. 12-Alex Bergeron[7]; 8. 29-Dylan Menditto[8] E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 01-Danny Varin[6]; 2. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[1]; 3. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[5]; 4. #88C-Chad Miller[4]; 5. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 6. 22M-Tomy Moreau[3]; 7. 54-Fred Proctor[7] E&V Energy Heat 3: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 2. 3A-Jeff Trombley[2]; 3. #3Z-John Smith IV[5]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[6]; 5. #9-Josh Pieniazek[3]; 6. 33-Lacey Hanson[1]; 7. 19-Floyd Billington[7] Awards & Contingencies: Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #79-Jordan Thomas; #01-Danny Varin; #28-Jordan Poirier E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #90-Matt Tanner; #01-Danny Varin; #28F-Davie Franek Cobra Coaches / Paul Wehnau Snap-on Dash Winner ($125): #3G-Dale Gosselin Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #19EM-Emily VanInwegen A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #87-Jason Barney (+8) Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13E-Evan Reynolds Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #3Z-Johnny Smith Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #01-Danny Varin; #90-Matt Tanner; #28-Jordan Poirier Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #13T-Trevor Years Capital Area Rider Training 15th Place ($250): #19-Floyd Billington
- Shane Golobic wins Speedweek finale at Placerville/ Andy Forsberg brings home championship
Placerville, CA…A dramatic battle for the SCCT Speedweek title came right down to the wire on Saturday, which saw Auburn's Andy Forsberg fend off Oakley's Dylan Bloomfield by four slim points to wrap up the championship. Fremont's Shane Golobic also held off a hard-charging Justin Sanders of Aromas to win a thrilling Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour main event at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night. Colfax driver Ben Wiesz brought home victory in the Nor-Cal Dwarf Car Association feature. The 35-lap SCCT Speedweek finale showcased an entertaining contest with action all over the Placerville Speedway bullring. Golobic jumped out front at the waving of the Ron Stahl green flag, as he looked to make it three wins in a row during SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek. The action behind him was as good as it gets however, with Andy Forsberg and Dylan Bloomfield locked into several battles while going after the overall championship. Plenty of side-by-side racing was seen and positions changed on the the regular during the main event. The Speedweek title also switched hands on several occasions, while the race for the top-spot heated up as well. Aromas driver Justin Sanders closed in on Golobic as lapped traffic came into play. The fight for the race win and the Speedweek victory kept fans on the edge of their seats in the waning laps. Sanders hounded Golobic and looked to find a way past but couldn't get an opening as Golobic grabbed his third Speedweek win in a row. It marked his 16th career SCCT triumph, which ranks number one all-time. Lincoln's Tanner Carrick had also closed in on the front duo over the closing laps and on the final corner, made the move to nip Sanders at the line for second. Sanders, Hanford's Michael Faccinto and High Sierra Industries Dash winner Austin Wood completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Chance Grasty, Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Sean Becker, Dylan Bloomfield, Andy Forsberg and Colby Copeland. As the race wound down, Bloomfield looked to be in position for the SCCT Speedweek title but caught the cushion a couple times and lost just enough spots to allow Forsberg the opportunity. When all was said and done, Forsberg brought home the $3,000 championship by just four points over Bloomfield, and 14-markers ahead of Shane Hopkins, who also gave it a valiant run all week long. Corbin Rueschenberg and Colby Copeland finished fourth and fifth respectively in the week-long race. Dunnigan's Luke Hayes began the evening by earning his first career Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award, pacing the 28-car field with a lap of 11.029. The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will now take an extended break, before resuming things on Saturday September 21st with the annual Adobe Cup at Petaluma Speedway. Placerville Speedway returns to action this coming Saturday July 27th with the annual Carnett Clash. Results Sprint Car Challenge Tour Placerville Speedway July 20, 2024 A Main 35 Laps | 00:33:25.802 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[8]; 5. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 6. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 7. 35-Sean Becker[14]; 8. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[6]; 9. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 10. 5V-Colby Copeland[15]; 11. 21-Shane Hopkins[18]; 12. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[19]; 13. 61-Travis Labat[9]; 14. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 15. 93-Stephen Ingraham[22]; 16. 94-Greg Decaires V[12]; 17. 9-Dustin Freitas[17]; 18. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[21]; 19. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[13]; 20. 8-Aydan Saunders[23]; 21. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 22. 12J-John Clark[16]; 23. 51-Jake Morgan[20]; 24. 2-Cody Spencer[24] B Feature 12 Laps | 00:04:31.312 1. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[2]; 2. 93-Stephen Ingraham[3]; 3. 8-Aydan Saunders[4]; 4. 2-Cody Spencer[5]; 5. 17-Anthony Snow[1]; 6. 85-AJ Alderman[6]; 7. 75-Bill Smith[8]; 8. 81-Gauge Garcia[7] Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:14.106 1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[5]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[6]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 7. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 8. X1-Michael Faccinto[8] Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:03.742 1. 4SA-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 61-Travis Labat[1]; 3. 9L-Luke Hayes[4]; 4. 12J-John Clark[5]; 5. 9-Dustin Freitas[3]; 6. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[6]; 7. 85-AJ Alderman[7] Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:01:56.599 1. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[2]; 3. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[3]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[4]; 5. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 6. 93-Stephen Ingraham[6]; 7. 81-Gauge Garcia[7] Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:01:59.470 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[1]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 3. 35-Sean Becker[5]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 5. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 6. 17-Anthony Snow[3]; 7. 8-Aydan Saunders; 8. 75-Bill Smith[7] Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:02:16.635 1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 94-Greg Decaires V[2]; 3. 5V-Colby Copeland[3]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 5. 51-Jake Morgan[5]; 6. 8-Aydan Saunders[7]; 7. 2-Cody Spencer[6] Qualifying | 00:00:32.799 1. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:11.029[2]; 2. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:11.071[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.092[10]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:11.107[5]; 5. 61-Travis Labat, 00:11.113[1]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:11.120[15]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:11.124[11]; 8. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:11.138[8]; 9. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:11.156[27]; 10. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:11.161[7]; 11. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.173[16]; 12. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:11.175[28]; 13. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:11.180[4]; 14. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:11.233[18]; 15. 17-Anthony Snow, 00:11.272[14]; 16. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:11.337[6]; 17. 12J-John Clark, 00:11.412[12]; 18. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:11.456[17]; 19. 35-Sean Becker, 00:11.510[25]; 20. 51-Jake Morgan, 00:11.565[21]; 21. 33T-Jimmy Trulli, 00:11.588[19]; 22. 93-Stephen Ingraham, 00:11.608[26]; 23. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:11.651[20]; 24. 2-Cody Spencer, 00:11.715[22]; 25. 85-AJ Alderman, 00:11.722[9]; 26. 81-Gauge Garcia, 00:11.935[13]; 27. 75-Bill Smith, 00:11.985[23]; 28. 8-Aydan Saunders, 00:11.985[24] Dwarf Cars 24 Entries A Feature 20 Laps | 00:28:30.073 1. 57N-Ben Wiesz[2]; 2. 31N-Dylan Shrum[6]; 3. 50N-Brenden Shrum[11]; 4. 72N-Mike Reeder[8]; 5. 42N-Isaak Geil[18]; 6. 41N-Brandon Aylesworth[15]; 7. 69N-Cody Shrum[7]; 8. 99N-Gage Meyers[13]; 9. 9N-Kevin Bender[10]; 10. 05N-Tim Dodson[20]; 11. 52N-Chuck Conover[16]; 12. 8N-Aron Mosier[14]; 13. 35R-Patrick Timmons[23]; 14. 57-Hailey Wiesz[19]; 15. 59N-Austin Struthers[1]; 16. 12N-Mike Grenert[22]; 17. 16N-Brian Quilty[5]; 18. 29N-Corey Eaton[4]; 19. 94N-Denny Hannel[17]; 20. 40N-Eric Fromong[24]; 21. 88DD-Travis Day[3]; 22. 76D-Glenn Sciarani[9]; 23. 508N-Steve Costello[21]; 24. 15N-Shawn Whitney[12]
- Moran Earns Career-Best Payday in Silver Dollars Nationals at Huset's
BRANDON, SD (July 20, 2024) - Devin Moran took the lead at the start of the 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass on Saturday night Huset's Speedway and led all 80-laps to pick up a career-best $53,000 for his victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event. It was Moran's first career win in the crown jewel event that was held at I-80 Speedway in Nebraska for 12 years before moving to the South Dakota facility. Moran fought off two former Silver Dollar Nationals winners, Bobby Pierce and Brandon Sheppard, to take the win. Pierce, the Silver Dollar Nationals winner in 2019 and Sheppard who won in 2020 and 2023, trailed Moran across the finish line. Tyler Erb, who started 13th finished fourth with another former Silver Dollar Nationals winner, Tim McCreadie rounding out the top five drivers. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the sixth time this season, Moran celebrated with his team after taking the biggest win of his career. Moran's previous best finish in the race was third in 2022. "I guess this officially is the biggest race I ever won you know. In the last 25 laps I was literally ripping every straightaway. I am out of breath. I knew Bobby and Sheppy were ripping, and I was just doing everything I could to stay in front. I saw Sheppy just keep poking, keep poking. I tried to run on the bottom, but I felt so slow. That was a workout," said the driver who has now recorded 14 consecutive top four finishes since mid-June. "Roger Sellers put his faith in myself and my great crew you know. He got us on board last year and it was a little shaky to start with, but we just kept working and working," said the Dresden, Ohio native who became the tenth different winner of the race that began in 2011. Pierce, who led every lap the previous two preliminary nights came home in second earning a $20,000 payday after he and Sheppard swapped the second spot on several occasions during the race. "I really don't know what more I could have done. Devin was good and I think we just missed a little on the right front set-up. It was kind of bouncing around in the corner and we scared ourselves out when we hot lapped, we kind of had a different set-up on. The track just a got a little more characteristic in it than we thought and going through the corner I guess just how the car bounced is how I went. I had my hands full for a while. It was fun battling with Brandon and Devin. He [Moran] drove a heck of a race there at the very end." Sheppard, who was attempting to become just the second driver to win three Silver Dollar Nationals, rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. He was asked if he could have done anything differently during the 80-lap affair as he collected $10,000 for third. "I don't know. I like to think I should have picked the bottom on that first restart when I got to second. After I got second back later in the race, I picked the bottom where I thought I needed to be, and I didn't take off as good and I bounced coming out the corner. I think I got up on the berm a little bit too much and that allowed Bobby to get back by me. All-in-all we had a good weekend; really it had just awesome balance. It was a pleasure to drive." The winner's Roger Sellers, Double Down Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, C&W Trucking, Lazydays RV, McHugh Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram, CarSourceAuto.com, Red Oak Pub, Smoky Mountain Speedway, Lincoln Smith Racing, Pee Wee's Wrecker Service, Southeastern Equipment, and Haulin' Haskell's. Completing the top ten were Mike Marlar, Hudson O'Neal, Garrett Alberson, Daulton Wilson, and Jonathan Davenport. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Saturday, July 20, 2024 Huset's Speedway - Brandon, SD Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 4. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 6. 07-Ben Sukup[7]; 7. 10-Junior Coover[8]; 8. 37-Scott Ward[10]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 10. (DNS) 93-Cory Lawler 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Feature Finish (80 Laps): Race Statistics Entrants: 26 Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Bobby Pierce Lap Leaders: Devin Moran (Laps 1-80) Wieland Feature Winner: Devin Moran Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Devin Moran Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Devin Moran Margin of Victory: 0.816 seconds Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Clay Harris (Lap 11); Mike Marlar, Curt Schroeder (Lap 32); Ross Robinson (Lap 33); Carson Ferguson (Lap 44); Blair Nothdurft (Lap 62); Jimmy Owens (Lap 67) Series Provisionals: n/a Fast Time Provisional: n/a Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a Track Provisional: n/a Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard Penske Shocks Top 5: Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Tyler Erb, Tim McCreadie Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Mike Marlar (Advanced 12 Positions) PEM 4th Place Feature: Tyler Erb Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Hudson O'Neal Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Ricky Thornton, Jr. MD3 Most Laps Led: Devin Moran (80 Laps) Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tim McCreadie Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr. O'Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Brenden Smith Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Sheppard (Lap 4 | 13.373 seconds) Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Devin Moran Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Ross Robinson Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Chuck Kimble (Devin Moran) ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Ross Robinson (12.834 seconds) Time of Race: 34 minutes 59 seconds Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings: About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Founded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2024, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 63 events across 16 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap. The series receives national exposure through a television package streamed live via FloRacing, with select broadcasts on MAVTV Motorsports Network. The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Marketing Partners 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Partners Include: Advanced Powder Coating, Allstar Performance, Arizona Sport Shirts, ARMSLIST.com, Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Behrent's Performance Warehouse, Big River Steel, Bilstein Shocks, Black Diamond Chassis, Boyd Bilt Fabrication, Brandon Ford, Brodix, Buzz Electric Bicycles, Capital Race Cars, Clements Racing Engines, Coltman Farms Racing, Cornett Racing Engines, Dave Warren Powersports, Deatherage Opticians, Dirt Draft, E3 Spark Plugs, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Fast Shafts, FLORacing, FOX Shocks, General Tire, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Heath Lawson Photography, Hellraizer Jacks, Holmatro, Hoosier Tire, Keyser Manufacturing, Kryptonite Race Cars, Longhorn Chassis, Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV Motorsports Network, MD3, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welders, MSD, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Outerwears, Performance Engineering & Manufacturing (PEM), Penske Racing Shocks, Performance Bodies, Poske's Performance Parts, ProFabrication Headers & Exhaust, Pro Power Racing Engines, ProtectTheHarvest.com, Rocket Chassis, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Slicker Graphics, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Summit Racing Equipment, Thermo-Tec Automotive Products, Todd Steel Buildings, UNOH - University of Northwestern Ohio, Vic Hill Race Engines, Victory Fuel, Whelen Engineering Company, Wieland Metal Services, Wilwood, Xceldyne, and 5150 Race Trailers
- Reed captures Lucas Oil Speedway headliner, Garner doubles up on Veterans and Military Appreciation Night at the Races
WHEATLAND, MO. (July 20, 2024) - Robbie Reed took command with six laps remaining and held on for the headline victory on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Reed, of Mexico, Mo., beat Dayton Pursley in the Arctic Food Equipment USRA main event. He earned $1,000 with the victory on Veterans and Military Appreciation Night at the Races Presented by Horton Supply Company. Action began with William Garner earning the an O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature in a makeup of a July 4th rainout. Garner also finished the sweep with the feature win in the regular program. Other feature winners on were Justin Wells (Hermitage Lumber POWRi Late Models) and Ryan Gillmore (Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods. Pursley and reigning track champion Ryan Middaugh started on the front row and traded the lead on four consecutive laps to start the main event. Middaugh finally settled into the top spot after going back in front on lap four and set the pace with Pursley sticking close behind and Chad Lyle lurking in third. By lap 15, the top two had broken away as Robbie Reed moved into third. Reed, who started fifth, erased a two-second deficit over the next few laps and took the lead out of turn four on lap 19, with an outside pass of Middaugh and Pursley in lapped traffic out of turn four. That's when the first caution flew, leaving six laps to settle the outcome. Reed, the 2019 and 2020 track champion, drew away after the restart and went on to beat Pursley by 1.7 seconds at the finish. Paden Phillips rallied for third with Jason Pursley fourth and Dean Wille fifth. "That was a good one," Reed said. "That first six or eight laps, those guys were going. I didn't know if I was gonna be able to get up there to 'em or note. But as we got into traffic, it started working more my way and the car was good." Pursley, who's been impressing since moving up from the USRA B-Mod division a couple of months ago, had his best finish in the USRA Modified class. "I'm still nervous," Pursley said, noting the experienced drivers he was going wheel-to-wheel with. "I grew up watching those guys race. For the fans, I guarantee that race was a blast." Garner doubles up in USRA Stock Cars: William Garner tripled his Lucas Oil Speedway victory total, winning twice in the O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars division. Beck took the regular feature after taking a make-up win from a July 4th postponement to start the program. Pole-starting Derek Brown grabbed command at the outset of the regular Stock Cars with held the lead with Garner, who started seventh, rallying onto his back back bumper by lap 10 as Fennewald followed in third. Garner nudged his way on the inside, past Brown on lap 15, to take the lead coming out of turn four. "I was waiting and just trying to get the right moment," Garner said of the pass for the lead. "I knew I could get a really good drive off (turn) four. I was just biding my time, waiting. The opportunity came up and I just took it." Garner was pulling away until a lap-17 caution, the first yellow of the race, left three laps to determine the winner. But on this night, Garner was not to be denied as he scored the double triumph. He beat Fennewald by 1.4 seconds with Brown settling for third. Earlier, Garner took the July 4th make-up feature as he held off Mason Beck. Jaylen Wettengel started third but grabbed the lead at the start of the 18-lap race that picked up after two completed laps earlier this month. Garner was pressuring him for the lead when a lap-nine caution came out. Mason Beck went from fourth-to-first in just two laps after the restart, finding speed in the high groove. A caution with four laps left wiped out Beck's one-second lead. Garner worked his way around Beck with two to go and held on to prevail by .901 seconds. Wettengel was third and Bryan White fourth. After taking the checkers, Beck took a wild ride into turn two, landing on his roof. For Garner, it was his second feature victory of the season. While pleased with the win, he said he was sorry to see Beck's misfortune. "I'm glad he's OK. You hate to see people tear their stuff up like that," Garner said. Wells wins again in POWRi Late Models: Justin Wells of Aurora continued a season of dominance in the Hermitage Lumber POWRi Late Models, winning for the ninth time in 10 attempts at the speedway. Wells grabbed the lead from Andy Bryant on lap five and never gave it up. Tucker Cox rallied for second with Tommy Cordray third. Bryant started on the pole and led the first four laps before Wells, who began in third, made an outside pass for the lead off turn two on lap five. Wells needed only four laps to put 1.5 seconds between himself and Bryant. That's when the race's first caution flag flew, taking away Wells' margin over Bryant and third-place Tucker Cox. Bryant lost three spots on the restart as Wells restored a widening gap over Cox as the laps ticked by. A lap-15 yellow as sixth-running Alan Westling spun took away a 1.7-second lead. Just as he's been nearly every week, Wells was up to the challenge the rest of the way. He beat Cox by about eight car lengths, or 1.6 seconds, for the victory. JC Morton finished fourth with Bryant fifth. Gillmore goes wire-to-wire USRA B-Mods: Ryan Gillmore of Springfield led from green to checkers in the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod main event, outdistancing Jon Sheets for his second feature win of the season. Overall, it was win No. 12 on the season. "I was running scared. There's a lot of really good cars I was racing with right there," Gillmore said. "I've been treating the car like my job recently. I've been working really hard, every little detail I can. There's some good money on the line coming up here shortly." Gillmore has won five in a row at four different tracks. A $30,000-to-win race is coming up soon at Arrowhead Speedway in Oklahoma that he's gearing up for. Gillmore dominated from the start Saturday as he bolted from his front-row starting spot to a three-second lead just six laps into the feature. At the midpoint on lap 10, he was 3.2 seconds in front of seventh-starting Jon Sheets. Gillmore caught lapped traffic by that point as the race remained green and that did not slow him down as the opened a 4.3-second gap over Sheets by lap 16. Colson Kirk finished third with Logan Smith fourth and Mitchell Franklin fifth. LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (July 21, 2024) Hermitage Lumber POWRi Late Models A Feature - 1. 98W-Justin Wells[3]; 2. 1T-Tucker Cox[2]; 3. 5-Tommy Cordray[6]; 4. 72-JC Morton[4]; 5. 49B-Andy Bryant[1]; 6. 145-Kyle Graves[9]; 7. X15-Bobby Ruff II[11]; 8. 99-Larry Jones[10]; 9. 1A-Bryon Allison[8]; 10. 18-Shawn Eggeman[14]; 11. 20-Alan Westling[7]; 12. 98-Jarrett Ballard[13]; 13. 23-Chad Walter[15]; 14. (DNF) 90-Joe Walkenhorst[12]; 15. (DNF) 21P-Darren Phillips[5] Heat 1 - 1. 49B-Andy Bryant[3]; 2. 5-Tommy Cordray[2]; 3. 72-JC Morton[7]; 4. 20-Alan Westling[8]; 5. 99-Larry Jones[4]; 6. X15-Bobby Ruff II[1]; 7. 18-Shawn Eggeman[6]; 8. 23-Chad Walter[5] Heat 2 - 1. 98W-Justin Wells[1]; 2. 1T-Tucker Cox[6]; 3. 21P-Darren Phillips[7]; 4. 1A-Bryon Allison[5]; 5. 145-Kyle Graves[3]; 6. 90-Joe Walkenhorst[4]; 7. 98-Jarrett Ballard[2] Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds A Feature - 1. 5-Robbie Reed[5]; 2. 10P-Dayton Pursley[1]; 3. 127-Paden Phillips[4]; 4. 38C-Jason Pursley[9]; 5. 68-Dean Wille[16]; 6. 3B-Nic Bidinger[7]; 7. 18-Chad Lyle[3]; 8. 54T-Matthew Day[20]; 9. 03-Jason Sivils[11]; 10. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[6]; 11. 98K-Kenton Allen[13]; 12. 00S-Chris Spalding[15]; 13. 73-Mickey Burrell[10]; 14. 37D-Dakota Dale[17]; 15. 21-Greg Scheffler[19]; 16. 24D-Donnie Fellers[23]; 17. 18JR-Chase Sigg[14]; 18. 88-Jimmy Dowell[21]; 19. 23-Lucas Dobbs[18]; 20. (DNF) 21M-Ryan Middaugh[2]; 21. (DNF) 21W-Tracy Wolf[8]; 22. (DNF) L75-Lane Whitney[12]; 23. (DNF) 92-Daniel Scrogham[22] Heat 1 - 1. 10P-Dayton Pursley[4]; 2. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[1]; 3. 38C-Jason Pursley[3]; 4. L75-Lane Whitney[2]; 5. 18JR-Chase Sigg[7]; 6. 23-Lucas Dobbs[6]; 7. 21-Greg Scheffler[8]; 8. 92-Daniel Scrogham[5] Heat 2 - 1. 18-Chad Lyle[3]; 2. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[7]; 3. 21W-Tracy Wolf[2]; 4. 73-Mickey Burrell[5]; 5. 03-Jason Sivils[8]; 6. 37D-Dakota Dale[4]; 7. 54T-Matthew Day[6]; 8. 88-Jimmy Dowell[1] Heat 3 - 1. 127-Paden Phillips[2]; 2. 5-Robbie Reed[4]; 3. 3B-Nic Bidinger[5]; 4. 98K-Kenton Allen[3]; 5. 00S-Chris Spalding[6]; 6. 68-Dean Wille[7]; 7. (DNF) 24D-Donnie Fellers[1] O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars A Feature (makeup of July 4th) - 1. 7-William Garner[2]; 2. 0F-Mason Beck[9]; 3. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[4]; 4. 41-Bryan White[5]; 5. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[1]; 6. 8M-James McMillin[8]; 7. 74-Rodney Schweizer[17]; 8. 3X-Tony Manley[16]; 9. 24-Blayne McMillin[15]; 10. 83-James Ellis[20]; 11. 00-Nick Whalen[19]; 12. 5K-Steve Herrick[13]; 13. 34-Blake Bolton[14]; 14. 9X-Anthony Manley[23]; 15. (DNF) 22-Dawson Fennewald[18]; 16. (DNF) 05G-Grayson McKiney[12]; 17. (DNF) 7D-Doug Keller[3]; 18. (DNF) 127-Andy Morris[6]; 19. (DNF) 7K-Kyle Hamby[10]; 20. (DNF) 111-Butch Bailey[11]; 21. (DNF) 53-Sam Luehrs[21]; 22. (DNF) 3-Brandon Dixon[22]; 23. (DNF) 23-Kolby Rathbone[24]; 24. (DNF) 66K-Kevin Kaiser[25]; 25. (DNF) 32-Brent Fielder[26]; 26. (DNF) 9H-Nic Hanes[7] A Feature (regular) - 1. 7-William Garner[7]; 2. 21-Johnny Fennewald[3]; 3. 11B-Derek Brown[1]; 4. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[6]; 5. 41-Bryan White[2]; 6. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[4]; 7. 74-Rodney Schweizer[5]; 8. 0F-Mason Beck[18]; 9. 8M-James McMillin[8]; 10. 83-James Ellis[9]; 11. 3X-Tony Manley[14]; 12. 05G-Grayson McKiney[16]; 13. 5K-Steve Herrick[10]; 14. 22-Dawson Fennewald[17]; 15. 34-Blake Bolton[11]; 16. 9X-Anthony Manley[13]; 17. (DNF) 24-Blayne McMillin[12]; 18. (DNF) 00-Nick Whalen[15] Heat 1 - 1. 21-Johnny Fennewald[1]; 2. 11B-Derek Brown[8]; 3. 74-Rodney Schweizer[5]; 4. 83-James Ellis[2]; 5. 5K-Steve Herrick[6]; 6. 34-Blake Bolton[7]; 7. 9X-Anthony Manley[9]; 8. (DNS) 22-Dawson Fennewald; 9. (DNS) 05G-Grayson McKiney Heat 2 - 1. 41-Bryan White[2]; 2. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[3]; 3. 7-William Garner[4]; 4. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[8]; 5. 8M-James McMillin[9]; 6. 24-Blayne McMillin[7]; 7. 3X-Tony Manley[5]; 8. 00-Nick Whalen[1]; 9. (DNS) 0F-Mason Beck Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods A Feature - 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[1]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[7]; 3. 55-Colson Kirk[3]; 4. 11L-Logan Smith[8]; 5. F1-Mitchell Franklin[5]; 6. 7L-Trevor Drake[9]; 7. 18-JC Morton[4]; 8. 1B-Bobby Williams[10]; 9. 28-Andy Bryant[11]; 10. 56-Hoyt Miller[6]; 11. 83-JC Newell[16]; 12. 7J-Jake Richards[18]; 13. 19-Tanner Kade[2]; 14. C3-Chad Staus[13]; 15. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[17]; 16. 23N-Kenny Nutter[15]; 17. 94C-JT Carroll[14]; 18. 55K-Terry Kirk[19]; 19. 03-Chase Jones[23]; 20. 95-Mason Day[20]; 21. 214-Eric Spreer[24]; 22. (DNF) 711-Scott Drake[12]; 23. (DNF) 3B-Nic Bidinger[22]; 24. (DNF) 2-Quentin Taylor[21] B Feature - 1. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[5]; 2. 7J-Jake Richards[7]; 3. 55K-Terry Kirk[2]; 4. 95-Mason Day[3]; 5. 2-Quentin Taylor[4]; 6. 3B-Nic Bidinger[6]; 7. 03-Chase Jones[8]; 8. 214-Eric Spreer[15]; 9. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[10]; 10. 0K-Tracy Killian[11]; 11. 8S-Clayton Smith[17]; 12. 86R-Trent Rodgers[14]; 13. 8H-Scott Chism[13]; 14. 12-Parker Smith[1]; 15. (DNF) 1RB-Dustin Bray[9]; 16. (DNF) 99T-Eric Turner[12]; 17. (DNF) 20-Blake Wimmer[16] Heat 1 - 1. 19-Tanner Kade[2]; 2. F1-Mitchell Franklin[5]; 3. 94C-JT Carroll[3]; 4. 28-Andy Bryant[9]; 5. 12-Parker Smith[7]; 6. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[8]; 7. 1RB-Dustin Bray[1]; 8. 8H-Scott Chism[4]; 9. 8S-Clayton Smith[6] Heat 2 - 1. 8-Jon Sheets[1]; 2. 7L-Trevor Drake[3]; 3. 1B-Bobby Williams[6]; 4. C3-Chad Staus[7]; 5. 95-Mason Day[5]; 6. 3B-Nic Bidinger[8]; 7. 0K-Tracy Killian[2]; 8. 86R-Trent Rodgers[4] Heat 3 - 1. 55-Colson Kirk[2]; 2. 66-Ryan Gillmore[7]; 3. 711-Scott Drake[4]; 4. 23N-Kenny Nutter[1]; 5. 2-Quentin Taylor[5]; 6. 7J-Jake Richards[6]; 7. 99T-Eric Turner[3]; 8. 214-Eric Spreer[8] Heat 4 - 1. 18-JC Morton[2]; 2. 56-Hoyt Miller[5]; 3. 11L-Logan Smith[7]; 4. 83-JC Newell[4]; 5. 55K-Terry Kirk[3]; 6. 03-Chase Jones[6]; 7. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[1]; 8. 20-Blake Wimmer[8] Fan Appreciation Night up next: The annual Fan Appreciation Night at the Races, with $5 tickets for all adults, seniors and youth is set for next Saturday, July 27th. All kids 5-and-under will be FREE, as usual. The Big Adventure RV Weekly Championship Series will find the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods headlining the action, running a twin 20-lap features. A 10-minute break will be held in between the features with a redraw for invert. Each feature will pay $1,000-to-win. B-Mods will earn track and USRA National points for both features. The always-popular Show-Me Vintage Racing Club Cars also will be on hand as guest class and will be displaying their cars on the midway prior to the event. For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. 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Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. 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- Shane Golobic claims first career Tyler Wolf Memorial victory
Chico, CA…Fremont's Shane Golobic has grabbed several special wins in his Sprint Car career and on Friday night the veteran added another, by scoring the $5,000 top prize at the Tyler Wolf Memorial in Chico. It was Golobic's second consecutive triumph during SCCT Western Speedweek and marked his 15th all-time victory with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour. Special thanks to Demo Mitty of Mittry Construction, along with Gary Perkins and Keith Arellano for bumping up the winners share at the 11th running of the Tyler Wolf Memorial. The Silver Dollar Speedway showcased a terrific atmosphere during the penultimate round of Speedweek and the drivers certainly gave the fans on hand an intriguing feature. Paradise driver John Michael Bunch began the evening by setting a new SCCT track record, before winning the High Sierra Industries Dash. One of the biggest roars of the night came when Bunch decided to take the Tyler Wolf Challenge and forgo his pole position, in favor of heading back to start 19th and have a shot at making some extra cheddar. The 35-lap finale came to the line with Chico's Kenny Allen and Golobic sharing the front row. A big pileup occurred on the opening lap however, and Bunch was among the drivers that needed to head for the work area. Once things got going it was Allen who jumped into the lead impressively and fended off every challenge that Golobic threw his way. The former Silver Dollar Speedway Rookie of the Year hasn't raced much the last couple years and did a fantastic job out front leading some of the top names in California Sprint Car racing. Golobic was patient as always though and waited for the opportunity to pounce, which came on lap 16. With Allen getting a bit tight on the cushion Golobic dove below and grabbed the lead. After that he pulled away from the field but the action behind him was as hot as the weather outside. Dylan Bloomfield and Tanner Carrick were worth the price of admission on this night, battling back and forth for numerous laps. Bloomfield solidified the runner up spot on lap 29 and then began to reel in the leader. The 18-year-old from Oakley looked like a rocket ship as he came after Golobic and when the white flag waved, he was right there. Rounding the final set of corners it looked to be a classic finish, only to have the yellow lights flash on, bringing things to a halt. It set up a two-lap shootout that saw Golobic hit his marks to bring home the win ahead of Bloomfield, Carrick, Justin Sanders and Andy Forsberg. Finishing sixth through 10th were Chance Grasty, Shane Hopkins, Corbin Rueschenberg, Nick Parker and Allen. John Clarke earned the Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Award, while Bunch was able to finish 16th after taking the Tyler Wolf Challenge. Thanks to the graciousness of several people during the night, extra money was added to the hard charger and the 19th place finisher among others. A strong field of 42 cars competed with SCCT on Friday night. Bunch took home a total of $300 for setting the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time to begin the program. The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour finishes off Speedweek tonight at Placerville Speedway. Auburn's Andy Forsberg brings the point lead into the grand finale. He holds a seven-point advantage over a two way tie for second between Dylan Bloomfield and Shane Hopkins. Results Sprint Car Challenge Tour Silver Dollar Speedway Tyler Wolf Memorial July 19, 2024 A Main 35 Laps | 00:42:39.514 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 4. 4SA-Justin Sanders[5]; 5. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 6. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 7. 21-Shane Hopkins[11]; 8. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[9]; 9. 15-Nick Parker[12]; 10. 76K-Kenny Allen[1]; 11. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[14]; 12. 38-Colby Johnson[7]; 13. 2A-Austin Wood[13]; 14. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[18]; 15. 12J-John Clark[22]; 16. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[19]; 17. 01-Nick Larsen[16]; 18. 28-Gauge Garcia[10]; 19. 51-Jake Morgan[15]; 20. 7B-Sean Becker[17]; 21. 55D-Dawson Hammes[20]; 22. X1-Michael Faccinto[21]; 23. 54S-Ryan Bernal[24]; 24. 25S-Seth Standley[23] B Main 12 Laps | 00:11:19.583 1. X1-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 12J-John Clark[4]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley[1]; 4. 54S-Ryan Bernal[11]; 5. 9-Dustin Freitas[14]; 6. 9L-Luke Hayes[3]; 7. 2XM-Max Mittry[9]; 8. 76-Jennifer Osborne[15]; 9. 61-Travis Labat[5]; 10. 7W-Dennis Scherer[13]; 11. 8A-Aydan Saunders[8]; 12. 21M-Michael Ing[6]; 13. 57B-Bobby Butler[10]; 14. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[7]; 15. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr[12] C Feature 10 Laps | 00:02:31.614 1. 9-Dustin Freitas[1]; 2. 76-Jennifer Osborne[6]; 3. 8-William Fielding[5]; 4. 93-Stephen Ingraham[7]; 5. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[9]; 6. 75-Bill Smith[3]; 7. 91J-Justin Henry[2]; 8. 11S-Steel Powell[4]; 9. 5V-Colby Copeland[8] Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:25.427 1. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[2]; 2. 76K-Kenny Allen[1]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 6. 4SA-Justin Sanders[7]; 7. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 8. 38-Colby Johnson[8] Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:03:31.993 1. 38-Colby Johnson[2]; 2. 4SA-Justin Sanders[4]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 4. 15-Nick Parker[3]; 5. 01-Nick Larsen[6]; 6. 9L-Luke Hayes[5]; 7. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[8]; 8. 54S-Ryan Bernal[10]; 9. 9-Dustin Freitas[7]; 10. 8-William Fielding[9]; 11. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[11] Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:11.313 1. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 3. 28-Gauge Garcia[5]; 4. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[2]; 5. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[3]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[8]; 7. 2XM-Max Mittry[6]; 8. 7W-Dennis Scherer[10]; 9. 75-Bill Smith[9]; 10. 93-Stephen Ingraham[7] Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:03:58.163 1. 83T-Tanner Carrick[1]; 2. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 3. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[4]; 4. 2A-Austin Wood[5]; 5. 7B-Sean Becker[7]; 6. 12J-John Clark[9]; 7. 21M-Michael Ing[6]; 8. 57B-Bobby Butler[11]; 9. 91J-Justin Henry[8]; 10. 76-Jennifer Osborne[10]; 11. X1-Michael Faccinto[3] Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:08:21.530 1. 76K-Kenny Allen[1]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 4. 51-Jake Morgan[8]; 5. 55D-Dawson Hammes[9]; 6. 25S-Seth Standley[2]; 7. 8A-Aydan Saunders[10]; 8. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr[7]; 9. 11S-Steel Powell[6]; 10. 5V-Colby Copeland[3] Qualifying A | 00:00:34.000 1. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:11.808[1]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:11.899[14]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:11.949[13]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:11.994[9]; 5. 38-Colby Johnson, 00:12.019[18]; 6. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:12.032[19]; 7. 15-Nick Parker, 00:12.055[10]; 8. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:12.078[12]; 9. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:12.097[11]; 10. 28-Gauge Garcia, 00:12.097[8]; 11. 01-Nick Larsen, 00:12.098[21]; 12. 2XM-Max Mittry, 00:12.136[3]; 13. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:12.176[2]; 14. 93-Stephen Ingraham, 00:12.197[4]; 15. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:12.226[6]; 16. 61-Travis Labat, 00:12.261[16]; 17. 8-William Fielding, 00:12.359[7]; 18. 75-Bill Smith, 00:12.366[20]; 19. 54S-Ryan Bernal, 00:12.369[5]; 20. 7W-Dennis Scherer, 00:12.392[15]; 21. 2S-Jayce Steinberg, 00:12.619[17] Qualifying B | 00:00:43.036 1. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 00:11.676[10]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:11.866[21]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.988[18]; 4. 76K-Kenny Allen, 00:12.000[1]; 5. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:12.036[13]; 6. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:12.046[5]; 7. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:12.079[17]; 8. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:12.088[7]; 9. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:12.104[6]; 10. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:12.132[2]; 11. 21M-Michael Ing, 00:12.178[3]; 12. 11S-Steel Powell, 00:12.230[9]; 13. 7B-Sean Becker, 00:12.279[15]; 14. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr, 00:12.322[14]; 15. 91J-Justin Henry, 00:12.397[16]; 16. 51-Jake Morgan, 00:12.418[12]; 17. 12J-John Clark, 00:12.489[20]; 18. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 00:12.516[19]; 19. 76-Jennifer Osborne, 00:12.535[8]; 20. 8A-Aydan Saunders, 00:12.731[4]; 21. 57B-Bobby Butler, 00:13.012[11]
- Pierce Goes Back-to-Back in Preliminary Action at Huset's
BRANDON, SD (July 19, 2024) - Bobby Pierce held off a hard-charging Devin Moran in the final laps to win back-to-back with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Huset's Speedway. Pierce was in control from the start of Friday's 40-lap main event but a stumble in turn four allowed Moran to close in the final laps. Pierce would cross the finish line in first for his seventh win in his last eight starts. Moran finished in second by 0.615 seconds as he recorded his 13th consecutive top four finish. Tim McCreadie rounded out the Big River Steel Podium with his third place run after passing Daulton Wilson on the final lap dropping Wilson to fourth at the finish. Current Lucas Oil Late Model Championship points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. rounded out the top five. For the second night in a row, Pierce jumped out to the lead this time from the Victory Fuel pole. McCreadie moved into second on lap one and stayed behind Pierce for several laps until Wilson took the runner-up spot away from McCreadie on lap 20. Wilson held the runner-up spot behind Pierce until lap 28 when Moran was able to clear him. At that point, Moran was several car lengths back from Pierce until Pierce rode the berm on lap 33 allowing Moran to cut a full second off his lead. Pierce was able to hold off Moran in the closing laps to pick up his second straight win at Huset's. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane, for the 19th time in his career, Pierce had to breathe a sigh of relief after a heart-stopping moment in turn four that nearly cost him the race. "It woke me up, that's for sure," said the Oakwood, Illinois driver whose sizable lead nearly evaporated with seven laps to go. "It was getting choppy on entrance in three and I think I just bottomed out, and when it started, I couldn't get it back and was stuck up there for a second. I didn't think I was ever going to get out. I finally realized it was Devin [Moran] in second and I didn't know what he had on for tires, but whatever he did he was gaining on us for sure and he was the best car at the end, so we got lucky." Moran, who has not finished outside of the top four in any race since June 20th at Lernerville, came home in second. "We were running fourth at about the halfway point. I kept trying to look at the scoreboard, but you are always on the wheel here. I got by Daulton [Wilson] and then a few laps later I was able to get by Timmy [McCreadie]. When Bobby got up on that cushion, I thought I had a real chance to catch him. We were good off turn two and I was able to gain more ground on him. Our car was more maneuverable I think at end than he [Pierce] was. I can't wait for Saturday night," said Moran who will be seeking his first career Silver Dollar Nationals. McCreadie was able to sneak by Wilson on the final lap to get to third. "We were good early and then we got shuffled back a few spots on those restarts. We were able to finally get rolling again there at the end. We just needed it to stay green longer than it did there a couple of times. I was able to roll to the outside of the 18D car there on the last lap. We are getting closer. Hopefully Saturday night we can bring home a win for the team and all the sponsors." The winner's Bobby Pierce Racing, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Low Voltage Solutions, Hoker Trucking, Churchill Transport, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Rio Grande Waste Services, Toyota of Danville, Collins Brothers Towing, Carnaghi Towing and Repair, Ted Brown's Quality Paint and Body Shop, Olde Tyme Ice Cream, A Plus Vacuum, Leka Tree Service, and VP Race Fuels. Completing the top ten were Brandon Sheppard, Garrett Alberson, Blair Nothdurft, Brendan Smith, and Hudson O'Neal. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Friday, July 19, 2024 Huset's Speedway - Brandon, SD Allstar Performance Time Trials Overall Fast Time: Bobby Pierce | 12.8024 seconds Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[4]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 7. 93F-Carson Ferguson[8]; 8. 37-Scott Ward[7]; 9. 10-Junior Coover[9] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 5. 111-Max Blair[7]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 8. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 9. (DNS) 93-Cory Lawler Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 3. 25C-Chad Simpson[2]; 4. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 5. 71-Hudson O'Neal[7]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 8. 07-Ben Sukup[8] 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Feature Finish (40 Laps): Race Statistics Entrants: 26 Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Bobby Pierce Lap Leaders: Bobby Pierce (Laps 1-40) Wieland Feature Winner: Bobby Pierce Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a Margin of Victory: 0.615 seconds Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Jimmy Owens, Tyler Erb (Lap 8); Curt Schroeder, Scott Ward, Cory Lawler, Mike Marlar (Lap 9); Curt Schroeder (Lap 15); Ross Robinson (Lap 17) Series Provisionals: n/a Fast Time Provisional: n/a Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a Track Provisional: n/a Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Bobby Pierce, Devin Moran, Tim McCreadie Penske Shocks Top 5: Bobby Pierce, Devin Moran, Tim McCreadie, Daulton Wilson, Ricky Thornton, Jr. Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Advanced 8 Positions) PEM 4th Place Feature: Daulton Wilson Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Garrett Alberson Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Max Blair MD3 Most Laps Led: Bobby Pierce (40 Laps) Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tim McCreadie Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr. O'Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Bobby Pierce (Lap 4 | 13.056 seconds) Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Devin Moran Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Drake Troutman Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Bob Pierce (Bobby Pierce) ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Racing Engines Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Devin Moran (13.0591 seconds) Time of Race: 29 minutes 31 seconds 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Point Standings After Night 2: 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Saturday B-Main Lineup | All Cars Transfer: 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Saturday A-Main Lineup: About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Founded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2024, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 63 events across 16 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap. The series receives national exposure through a television package streamed live via FloRacing, with select broadcasts on MAVTV Motorsports Network. The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Marketing Partners 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Partners Include: Advanced Powder Coating, Allstar Performance, Arizona Sport Shirts, ARMSLIST.com, Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Behrent's Performance Warehouse, Big River Steel, Bilstein Shocks, Black Diamond Chassis, Boyd Bilt Fabrication, Brandon Ford, Brodix, Buzz Electric Bicycles, Capital Race Cars, Clements Racing Engines, Coltman Farms Racing, Cornett Racing Engines, Dave Warren Powersports, Deatherage Opticians, Dirt Draft, E3 Spark Plugs, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Fast Shafts, FLORacing, FOX Shocks, General Tire, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Heath Lawson Photography, Hellraizer Jacks, Holmatro, Hoosier Tire, Keyser Manufacturing, Kryptonite Race Cars, Longhorn Chassis, Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV Motorsports Network, MD3, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welders, MSD, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Outerwears, Performance Engineering & Manufacturing (PEM), Penske Racing Shocks, Performance Bodies, Poske's Performance Parts, ProFabrication Headers & Exhaust, Pro Power Racing Engines, ProtectTheHarvest.com, Rocket Chassis, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Slicker Graphics, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Summit Racing Equipment, Thermo-Tec Automotive Products, Todd Steel Buildings, UNOH - University of Northwestern Ohio, Vic Hill Race Engines, Victory Fuel, Whelen Engineering Company, Wieland Metal Services, Wilwood, Xceldyne, and 5150 Race Trailers
- ROOKIE BRENT SEXTON HAS SEASON-BEST USAC/CRA FINISH AT PERRIS - RACING VENTURA THIS SATURDAY
(Lakeside, CA, July 18, 2024) Avanti Windows and Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car rookie driver Brent Sexton scored his best series finish of the season when he placed ninth in the 30-lap main event last Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. This Saturday, Sexton and his 20-year-old son Grant will head to the Ventura Raceway for the Ultimate Sprint Car Series, presented by Inland Rigging, "Surecam Showdown." Flying solo last week as Grant was home ill, Sexton, 52, began the night with a 17.482 lap in qualifying. That was the 14th fastest of the cars on hand. He followed that up with an eighth-place finish in his 10-lap heat. Needless to say, the night was not going the way he had planned. Sexton was slated to start the 30-lap main event in the 13th starting position. Then things began to improve. Before a lap was officially recorded, he moved up a couple of spots due to the extracurricular activities of some of the others in the field before a lap was completed. When things finally got sorted out, Sexton, driving the flashy white and fluorescent orange #22 Triple X Chassis powered by a former Rico Abreu Shaver 360, was very racy and was battling in the top 10. Sexton got hooked up in a great side-by-side duel with Yucca Valley, California veteran Jeff Dyer. The two have raced against each other for years in the lightning sprints and they kept the crowd entertained by racing side by side for nearly ten thrilling laps. In the end, Lakeside, California-based Sexton avoided the chaos and brought the #22 car home ninth. It was his first USAC/CRA top 10 of 2024 and his second-best lifetime series finish. The only better one came on June 10, 2023, when he made his debut in the series at Perris and shocked everyone by coming home sixth. "I think I was up to starting sixth when the race got going," Sexton laughed about last Saturday's main. "There was a lot of attrition, and that helped. Also, staying out of the wrecks helped a lot. I am happy with it. I will take it and get ready for this week's race." "The biggest kick for me was the battle I had with Jeff Dyer," Sexton said. "We raced side by side for a lot of laps. We have raced against each other for years in lightning sprint cars, so it was a lot of fun racing hard with him on Saturday." Unfortunately, Dyer was involved in a serious crash when another car flipped and landed on top of him near the end of the race. The blow knocked Dyer out, and his foot pushed the pedal down. He hit the wall with a Titanic force and then flipped. While he quickly regained consciousness, it took EMTs quite some time to get him out of the car as they were immobilizing an arm he broke in the crash. Sitting in his car, Sexton was worried about his friend. "I was sitting in the car and heard over the radio it was Jeff," Sexton recalled. "It was taking some time to get him out, so it was kind of scary and worrisome wondering what was wrong and why it was taking so long. It was a relief when they said it was an arm injury and they were just being careful getting him out." Sexton is a three-time Lightning Sprint Car Series champion, and he still dabbles with the smaller cars when he does not have a full-size sprint car series race. In fact, he won a SoCal Lightning Sprint Car Series race on San Diego County's Barona Speedway on May 25th. However, he has the time of his life in the full-size cars and wishes he had made the jump up a long time ago. "I am having so much fun," Sexton said when asked about driving the larger, more powerful cars. "I wish I would have bitten the bullet and done it before so I could have raced against some of the legends. Guys like David Cardey, Rickie Gaunt, and others." The wily veteran, who is third in the USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year standings, is 13th in the season-long championship points chase after 10 of 23 races. Sexton Will make the transition from the big half-mile at Perris to the 1/5-mile Ventura oval this Saturday. It will be his third race in the USCS. His best finish so far was a 10th at Ventura on June 1st. His other outing in the club came in May at the Bakersfield Speedway. Unfortunately, he left that one early after slapping the turn 4 wall and finishing 20th. He goes into Saturday's dirt track war 22nd in USCS points. Saturday will be Grant's first race since a July 6th affair at the Santa Maria Speedway. That night, he was knocked out of the main event on lap two and finished 20th. He was slated to compete at Perris last week but scratched due to feeling under the weather. In his first three appearances with the USCS, the 2023 USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year has a third, a fifth, and a 16th-place finish. He will be in a tie for 15th when he arrives at the beachside oval on Saturday. Spectator gates for Saturday's USCS race at Ventura will open at 3:00 p.m., with racing at 5:30. Adult tickets are $22.00. Seniors 60 and over, military with ID, and students with an ID get in for $18.00. Children 12 and under are free when they are accompanied by an adult. The track is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/, and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. Sexton Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2024 season possible. East County Electric Works, Keys Brothers, BR Motorsports, Maxima Oil, Automated Interiors, Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Troy Dirt. If you or your company are interested in becoming a marketing partner with Sexton Gatlin Racing in 2024, please call (619) 454-6945 or E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Brent Sexton 2024 Results 2/24/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 3/1/24 Imperial Valley Raceway SoCal Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 3/2/24 Imperial Valley Raceway SoCal Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 3/8/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 12th A Main 3/9/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 16th A Main 3/16/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 3/23/24 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 4/6/24 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 17th A Main 4/20/24 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Cars 25th A Main 4/20/24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main 4/27/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 16th A Main 5/18/24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main 5/25/24 Barona Speedway SoCal Lightning Sprints 1st A Main 6/1/24 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 10th A Main 6/8/24 Barona Speedway SoCal Lightning Sprints 5th A Main 6/22/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7/6/24 Santa Maria Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 7/13/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main Grant Sexton 2024 Results 2/24/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 3/8/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 9th A Main 3/9/24 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprint Cars 5th A Main 3/16/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 21st A Main 3/23/24 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 16th A Main 4/6/24 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 11th A Main 4/20/24 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Cars 16th A Main 4/27/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 19th A Main 5/11/24 Barona Speedway So Cal Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 5/18/24 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Car Series 5th A Main 6/1/24 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 6/22/24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main 7/6/24 Santa Maria Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 20th A Main Braydin Collie 2024 Results 7/6/24 Santa Maria Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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- Battle for Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Continues at Huset's
BATAVIA, Ohio (July 19, 2024) - The 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass will be the next event in the chase for the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup. Ricky Thornton Jr. leads a close battle for the Arizona Sports Shirts Crown Jewel Cup by just 40 points over Jonathan Davenport. Devin Moran is 90 points behind the leader in third, followed by Tim McCreadie and Mike Marlar. The mini-series within the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule consists of fourteen (14) events that pay $30,000 or more to the winner. Drivers with perfect attendance on the tour will earn points in these fourteen (14) events based on their respective finishes. The driver that earns the most points at the fourteen (14) Crown Jewel Cup events will be crowned the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Champion - earning a $15,000 cash bonus at the year-end awards banquet. The drivers who finish second through fifth in the Crown Jewel Cup standings will earn $6,000, $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000 in cash, respectively for a total point fund of $30,000 for these fourteen (14) events. Arizona Sport Shirts will continue to have a presence at all Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events as the Official Merchandise Provider for the series along with their extensive online store at https://www.gottarace.com/collections/lucas-oil-late-model-dirt-series For the latest news, results, championship standings and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, please visit www.lucasdirt.com. 2024 Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Schedule: Date - Track - City, State - To Win - Winner Sat. May 11 - Fairbury Speedway - Fairbury, IL - $30,000 - Devin Moran Sat. May 25 - Lucas Oil Speedway - Wheatland, MO - $50,000 - Jonathan Davenport Sat. Jun. 15 - Smoky Mountain Speedway - Maryville, TN - $50,000 - Brandon Overton Sat. Jun. 22 - Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, PA - $50,000 - Ricky Thornton Jr. Sat. Jul. 20 - Huset's Speedway - Brandon, SD - $53,000 Sat. Aug. 10 - Florence Speedway - Union, KY - $75,000 Sat. Aug. 17 - Batesville Motor Speedway - Batesville, AR - $50,000 Sat. Aug. 24 - Port Royal Speedway - Port Royal, PA - $50,000 Sun. Sep. 1 - Tyler County Speedway - Middlebourne, WV - $30,000 Sat. Sep. 21 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA - $50,000 Sat. Sep. 28 - Brownstown Speedway - Brownstown, IN - $50,000 Sat. Oct. 5 - Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway - Imperial, PA - $50,000 Sat. Oct. 12 - East Bay Raceway Park - Tampa, FL - $50,000 Sat. Oct. 19 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH - $100,000 About Arizona Sports Shirts: Founded more than four decades ago, Arizona Sport Shirts has provided bold, unique, and effective apparel for race teams, businesses, and special events. Today, Arizona Sport Shirts continues its commitment to providing cutting edge apparel and merchandise found nowhere else. More information on Arizona Sport Shirts, including online ordering details, is available at: www.ArizonaSportShirts.com. About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Founded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2024, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 63 events across 16 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap. The series receives national exposure through a television package streamed live via FloRacing, with select broadcasts on MAVTV Motorsports Network. The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Marketing Partners 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Partners Include: Advanced Powder Coating, Allstar Performance, Arizona Sport Shirts, ARMSLIST.com, Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Behrent's Performance Warehouse, Big River Steel, Bilstein Shocks, Black Diamond Chassis, Boyd Bilt Fabrication, Brandon Ford, Brodix, Buzz Electric Bicycles, Capital Race Cars, Clements Racing Engines, Coltman Farms Racing, Cornett Racing Engines, Dave Warren Powersports, Deatherage Opticians, Dirt Draft, E3 Spark Plugs, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Fast Shafts, FLORacing, FOX Shocks, General Tire, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Heath Lawson Photography, Hellraizer Jacks, Holmatro, Hoosier Tire, Keyser Manufacturing, Longhorn Chassis, Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV Motorsports Network, MD3, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welders, MSD, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Outerwears, Performance Engineering & Manufacturing (PEM), Penske Racing Shocks, Performance Bodies, Poske's Performance Parts, ProFabrication Headers & Exhaust, Pro Power Racing Engines, ProtectTheHarvest.com, Rocket Chassis, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Slicker Graphics, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Summit Racing Equipment, Thermo-Tec Automotive Products, Todd Steel Buildings, UNOH - University of Northwestern Ohio, Vic Hill Race Engines, Victory Fuel, Whelen Engineering Company, Wieland Metal Services, Wilwood, Xceldyne, and 5150 Race Trailers
- Shane Golobic surges to 14th career SCCT win on Thursday at Marysville Raceway
Marysville, CA…Shane Golobic made his first start of SCCT Speedweek count on Thursday night at Marysville Raceway, as he drove to his 14th career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph. With the win the Fremont native now moves back out front all by himself as the all-time leader in SCCT victories. "It's nice to get a win during our first start of SCCT Speedweek here in Marysville," Golobic said following the race. "It was a tricky track tonight, but luckily, we were able to get out front and set the pace. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into Chico tomorrow and Placerville on Saturday." SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek Round two and three winner Colby Copeland jumped out front at the waving of the green flag in the 35-lapper. Early on Harrisburg, Oregon driver Tyler Thompson hounded the rear of the VSR No. 5v, as he looked for his second victory of Speedweek. Lapped traffic created some excitement during the opening stages of the feature and on lap 10, Shane Golobic went two for one, getting by both Thompson and Golobic in one fell swoop. Several yellows slowed the flow of the contest after that, but through it all, Golobic remained calm, cool and collected. The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17w had his way with things out front and went on to cross under the Darin Stahl checkered flag for victory. Auburn's Andy Forsberg made a late pass to secure the runner up position and in doing so, became the brand new SCCT season long point leader. It also marked his third podium of SCCT Speedweek. Thompson, Shane Hopkins and Dylan Bloomfield rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 in the main event were Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Tanner Carrick, who came from 17th to sixth over Copeland, Nick Parker, Dawson Hammes and Steel Powell. With four rounds complete in SCCT Speedweek, Colby Copeland continues to lead the standings by 13-points over Tyler Thompson. Forsberg sits 15-digits back in third, with Shane Hopkins 19-points behind in fourth. Dylan Bloomfield rounds out the top-five. The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on Friday. The event marks the annual Tyler Wolf Memorial. Results Sprint Car Challenge Tour Marysville Raceway July 18, 2024 A Main 35 Laps | 00:35:12.257 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[9]; 3. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[6]; 5. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[14]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[17]; 7. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 8. 15-Nick Parker[10]; 9. 55D-Dawson Hammes[12]; 10. 11S-Steel Powell[7]; 11. 8-William Fielding[16]; 12. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[21]; 13. 25S-Seth Standley[13]; 14. 61-Travis Labat[8]; 15. 88-Brad Bumgarner[20]; 16. 46-Jeremy Wilson[22]; 17. 12J-John Clark[19]; 18. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr[24]; 19. 54-Carson Hall[15]; 20. 91J-John Sullivan[23]; 21. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[4]; 22. 6W-Billy Wallace[18]; 23. X1-Michael Faccinto[5]; 24. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[11] Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:25.871 1. 5V-Colby Copeland[4]; 2. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[1]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[8]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[6]; 5. X1-Michael Faccinto[2]; 6. 21-Shane Hopkins[3]; 7. 11S-Steel Powell[7]; 8. 61-Travis Labat[5] Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:07:21.438 1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[4]; 2. 61-Travis Labat[2]; 3. 55D-Dawson Hammes[1]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[5]; 5. 6W-Billy Wallace[3]; 6. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[6] Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:02:22.047 1. X1-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 3. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[4]; 4. 54-Carson Hall[5]; 5. 12J-John Clark[3]; 6. 46-Jeremy Wilson[6] Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:04:29.698 1. 21-Shane Hopkins[1]; 2. 15-Nick Parker[2]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley[3]; 4. 8-William Fielding[5]; 5. 11S-Steel Powell[4]; 6. 91J-John Sullivan[6] Heat 4 10 Laps 1. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 2. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[1]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 5. 88-Brad Bumgarner[3]; 6. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr[6] Qualifying | 00:00:25.487 1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:12.616[4]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:12.697[3]; 3. 11S-Steel Powell, 00:12.730[1]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:12.776[6]; 5. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 00:12.824[2]; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:12.931[10]; 7. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:12.983[13]; 8. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr, 00:13.014[12]; 9. 61-Travis Labat, 00:13.057[8]; 10. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:13.084[17]; 11. 15-Nick Parker, 00:13.108[11]; 12. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:13.156[21]; 13. 6W-Billy Wallace, 00:13.179[5]; 14. 12J-John Clark, 00:13.215[15]; 15. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:13.238[19]; 16. 88-Brad Bumgarner, 00:13.338[16]; 17. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:13.356[9]; 18. 54-Carson Hall, 00:13.357[22]; 19. 8-William Fielding, 00:13.482[20]; 20. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:13.530[18]; 21. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:13.733[23]; 22. 46-Jeremy Wilson, 00:13.844[14]; 23. 91J-John Sullivan, 00:14.029[7]; 24. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr, 00:14.527[24]
- Pierce Earns First Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Win of '24 at Huset's
BRANDON, SD (July 18, 2024) - Bobby Pierce led wire-to-wire on Thursday night at Huset's Speedway as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicked off the three-day, 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals - Presented by MyRacePass. Pierce's win was his first of 2024 with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - scoring the $10,000 victory for his sixth win in his last seven late model feature starts. The win is Pierce's 21st overall in 2024. Pierce was in control for all 40 laps as he beat fellow Illinois driver and defending Silver Dollar Nationals winner Brandon Sheppard to the checkers by 2.224 seconds. Daulton Wilson, the Victory Fuel polesitter finished in third rounding out the Big River Steel Podium. Devin Moran was fourth followed by Hudson O'Neal, whose two-race Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win streak was snapped, in fifth. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 18th time in his career, the 2019 Silver Dollar Nationals winner who finished second a year-ago to Sheppard is looking for a $53,000 payday on Saturday night. "I don't know what it is, but I was beat up last year after the race and I am again. You have got to stay on the wheel I think like literally the whole time around this racetrack with how it's shaped and with how the banking flattens off in certain spots. The second you relax is when you push and make a mistake, things happen very fast here. It's very mentally challenging because you come off the corners in turn four and it tightens up. The only time I got the wall was off of turn four down the straightaway." Sheppard, a two-time winner of the Silver Dollar Nationals, took over second from Wilson on lap four and trailed Pierce the rest of the way. "The engine got a little bit more on the warmer side than I like it. Thanks to Huset's Speedway for giving us a great racetrack tonight. We had a pretty good car all night long, we didn't qualify as good as we needed to. We've been working on this thing trying to get a little bit better. We keep finishing second to Bobby. His stuff is really good right now and hats off to them guys, they do a really good job." Wilson who held the second spot for the first three circuits of the race, which saw only one caution flag slow the action, rounded out the Big River Steel Podium. "This is a big deal for us. This place has definitely kicked my butt over the years. We were probably the only one on hard tires tonight, so we messed up a little bit there. My guys have been busting their tails and to get a night under our belt on hard tires is not a bad thing either so to be up here is a great thing." The winner's Bobby Pierce Racing, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Low Voltage Solutions, Hoker Trucking, Churchill Transport, Toyota of Danville, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Rio Grande Waste Service, Collins Brothers Towing, A Plus Vacuum, Leka Tree Service, Carnaghi Towing and Repair, and Ted Brown's Quality Paint and Body Shop. Completing the top ten were Tim McCreadie, Drake Troutman, Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton Jr., and Carson Ferguson. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Thursday, July 18, 2024 Huset's Speedway - Brandon, SD Allstar Performance Time Trials Overall Fast Time: Daulton Wilson | 13.4955 seconds Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 7. 111-Max Blair[7]; 8. 07-Ben Sukup[8]; 9. 10-Junior Coover[9] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 5. 25C-Chad Simpson[6]; 6. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[5]; 7. 93-Cory Lawler[7]; 8. 15C-Curt Schroeder[8] Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal[2]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[5]; 7. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson[3] 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Feature Finish (40 Laps): Race Statistics Entrants: 25 Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Daulton Wilson Lap Leaders: Bobby Pierce (Laps 1-40) Wieland Feature Winner: Hudson O'Neal Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a Margin of Victory: 2.224 seconds Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Debris (Lap 23) Series Provisionals: n/a Fast Time Provisional: n/a Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a Track Provisional: n/a Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Daulton Wilson Penske Shocks Top 5: Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Daulton Wilson, Devin Moran, Hudson O'Neal Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Garrett Alberson (Advanced 7 Positions) PEM 4th Place Feature: Devin Moran Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Drake Troutman Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Chad Simpson MD3 Most Laps Led: Bobby Pierce (40 Laps) Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O'Neal Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr. O'Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Bobby Pierce (Lap 1 | 13.164 seconds) Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Devin Moran Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Mike Marlar Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Bob Pierce (Bobby Pierce) ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Racing Engines Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Bobby Pierce (13.1250 seconds) Time of Race: 12 minutes 34 seconds 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Point Standings After Night 1: About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Founded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2024, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 63 events across 16 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap. The series receives national exposure through a television package streamed live via FloRacing, with select broadcasts on MAVTV Motorsports Network. The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Marketing Partners 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Partners Include: Advanced Powder Coating, Allstar Performance, Arizona Sport Shirts, ARMSLIST.com, Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Behrent's Performance Warehouse, Big River Steel, Bilstein Shocks, Black Diamond Chassis, Boyd Bilt Fabrication, Brandon Ford, Brodix, Buzz Electric Bicycles, Capital Race Cars, Clements Racing Engines, Coltman Farms Racing, Cornett Racing Engines, Dave Warren Powersports, Deatherage Opticians, Dirt Draft, E3 Spark Plugs, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Fast Shafts, FLORacing, FOX Shocks, General Tire, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Heath Lawson Photography, Hellraizer Jacks, Holmatro, Hoosier Tire, Keyser Manufacturing, Kryptonite Race Cars, Longhorn Chassis, Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV Motorsports Network, MD3, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welders, MSD, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Outerwears, Performance Engineering & Manufacturing (PEM), Penske Racing Shocks, Performance Bodies, Poske's Performance Parts, ProFabrication Headers & Exhaust, Pro Power Racing Engines, ProtectTheHarvest.com, Rocket Chassis, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Slicker Graphics, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Summit Racing Equipment, Thermo-Tec Automotive Products, Todd Steel Buildings, UNOH - University of Northwestern Ohio, Vic Hill Race Engines, Victory Fuel, Whelen Engineering Company, Wieland Metal Services, Wilwood, Xceldyne, and 5150 Race Trailers
- EDDIE TAFOYA JR. GOES FROM THE BACK TO SEVENTH IN PERRIS USAC/CRA RACE - VENTURA THIS WEEK
(Chino, CA, July 17, 2024) After an early program set back in hot laps, Eddie Tafoya Jr. had an impressive recovery by going from 15th to seventh to capture the "In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner Hard Charger Award" at last Saturday's Avanti Windows and Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at Perris Auto Speedway. This week, the veteran racer will head to the Ventura Raceway for the Ultimate Sprint Car Series event presented by Inland Rigging. Tafoya, who turned 27 a few days before the race, was coming into the night after an eighth-place finish on the same half-mile clay oval three weeks earlier. Bolstering his effort in the pits on the evening was Zac Bozanich. While Tafoya had worked with Bozanich on the Tom and Christy Dunkel Inland Rigging #17T, it was the first time the award-winning crew chief was helping Tafoya with his family-owned #51T. Unfortunately, things did not get off to a good start in hot laps. Tafoya, who lives in Chino Hills, California, had a big vibration in the car. Turns out the rear end of his car was letting go. He quickly returned to the pits where the crew swarmed over the machine to get it back on the track. "The first lap of hot laps, I had a real bad vibration coming out of two," Tafoya lamented. "I pulled her back into the pits and figured out the whole rear plate was cracked, the gears were stripped, and it started throwing the lower shaft out of it. At that point, it was kind of a scramble time to try and get the spare one off the wall. Luckily we got that done before the heat races. It put us behind the eight-ball, but we made the best of it." "I trust all the equipment we have," Tafoya continued when asked if that affected his focus for the remainder of the night. "All of our spares are real good. We didn't know that rear end was a thicker wall tubing. So, our bleeders did not work. I was out of luck on the bleeders for the rest of the night. That kind of sucked." While the team did get it changed for the heat races, they could not do it in time for qualifying. Thus, Tafoya had to start at the back of the eight-car field in the second heat race. He moved forward to finish sixth. Then, the personable driver had to start last in the 16-car, 30-lap main event. That is when things turned around. In a main that had more than its share of chaos, Tafoya, who is seldom involved in any of the mayhem, used his track savvy to avoid getting tangled up in any of the wrecks. "When you are starting back there, you kind of pick your battles," Tafoya stated. "You know when to go and when not to go. Luckily, I could see those pileups coming from a mile away. I did my best to stay out of them, and luckily it worked out." "I felt really good," Tafoya said when asked if he thought he had a car that could have been a contender if he started closer to the front. "When Tommy (eventual winner Tommy Malcolm) went by me, I did not really want to mess with him too much. I felt I was not too far off his pace, and the same with AJ (second-place finisher AJ Bender). I feel if we could have been up there closer to the front on the start we could have fought for a podium position. When the checkers ended the race, Tafoya crawled out of the car in seventh place. It was his sixth top 10 finish in nine USAC/CRA starts in 2024. The result also kept him seventh in the series championship standings heading into a busy month of August that will see races on the 10th at Santa Maria, the 17th at Perris and the 31st at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway. Tafoya enjoyed having Bozanich work on the car in the pit area. In his years working with Brody Roa, Bozanich captured the coveted USAC/CRA Crew Chief of the Year Award one season and was the champion crew chief in 2023. Needless to say, Tafoya would not mind working with him again in the future. "We are definitely on the same page when it comes to setup stuff," Tafoya said. "It is easy to work with someone when you are both thinking the same about the car and are not butting heads. It is definitely easier when you are making decisions. It was the first time he helped on the #51T. I try to get as much help as I can whenever I can. So, hopefully, it works out a few more times this year and he can be with us." This Saturday, Tafoya will make the 100-mile track to the Ventura Raceway, which is located on the beach at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, to drive his own #51T car. At the first USCS race at the track on June 1st, he led the field into turn one after the green flag. However, his steering broke, and he slammed into the turn-one wall and tipped over. That left him with a 23rd-place finish. While the June 1st race result at Ventura was not to his liking, Tafoya has done well at the track in the past in USAC/CRA competition. His best showing at Ventura came in May 2022, when he set the fastest qualifying time and finished fifth in the main event. "I feel good," the 2019 USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year responded when asked about this week's race at the beach. "The time before we ran good, and at Turkey Night (last November) we were winning heat races and qualifiers. So, I definitely feel good going back there on Saturday." Tafoya's best finish in the first four races with the USCS was a second at Santa Maria on June 15th. He enters Saturday's fray fifth in series points. Spectator gates for Saturday's USCS race at Ventura will open at 3:00 p.m., with racing at 5:30. Adult tickets are $22.00. Seniors 60 and over, military with ID, and students with an ID get in for $18.00. Children 12 and under are free when they are accompanied by an adult. The track is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/, and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the City of Perris. The track website is https://santamariaspeedway.net/. Friendly Tafoya is always happy to meet the fans in the pits after every race. He will sign autographs, pose for photos, and sell his beautiful 2024 team shirts. For fans who cannot attend the races, the team shirts are available at www.specialty-fasteners.com. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. Tafoya and the #51T team would like to thank Specialty Fasteners, Inland Rigging, BR Motorsports, King Racing Products, Gasper Transportation, CMI Precision Machining, Owen's Insurance Services, Keen Concrete, DRC Chassis, and Rider Racing Engines for supporting its racing program. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2024 USAC National Results January 11 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Midget Nationals 22nd A Main January 14 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Midget Nationals 7th D Main February 24 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 21st A Main March 9 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprints 13th A Main March 10 Imperial Valley Raceway Imperial Valley 360/410 Sprints 17th A Main March 16 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 16th A Main March 23 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 12th A Main April 6 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main April 20 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Cars 22nd A Main April 27th Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main May 11th Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway USCS Sprint Cars Rained Out May 18 Bakersfield Speedway USCS Sprint Cars 20th A Main May 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cas Series 8th A Main June 1 Ventura Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 23rd A Main June 5 Lawrenceburg Speedway 410 Sprint Cars 8th A Main June 6 Lincoln Park Speedway 410 Sprint Cars 12th A Main June 7 Bloomington Speedway 410 Sprint Cars 6th B Main June 8 Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main June 15 Santa Maria Raceway USCS Sprint Cars 2nd A Main June 22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main July 13 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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