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- Peck Upends Smith For Williams Grove Sprints Win, Locke Claims Dirty Deeds 25 for 358s
Mechanicsburg - Invader Justin Peck upended Ryan Smith with a late race pass and went on to win the 25-lap feature for Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night. The victory was the third of Peck's career at the track and was worth $5,000. In the 25-lap Dirty Deeds 25 main for HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprints, Mechanicsburg's Derek Locke took the lead from Cole Young for the victory. Polesitter Buddy Schweibinz zoomed into the lead at the start of the 410 sprint feature with second starter Ryan Smith giving chase. Third starter Peck of Monrovia, Indiana, was trailing in third when Cameron Smith slowed to a stop on the fourth lap. Schweibinz got away from the field when action resumed and entered the backmarkers on the ninth tour. But with 10 laps to go Smith had caught the leader and on lap 18 he drove into the lead with an outside turn two move only to see the pass negated when an untimely caution slowed the pace and placed Schweibinz back on the point. Aboard his mount owned by Don Kreitz Jr., Smith made good on his chances when action resumed and took control by driving across the bottom in the first and second turns. Peck soon followed Smith and took second spot. Smith appeared to be home free, headed for his first win at the track since 2016 when Doug Hammaker rolled his car in the fourth turn with three laps to go, bringing out the red flag. Peck and his team used the open red flag period to make changes on his Rudeen Racing No. 26 and on the restart a blast around the top in the first turn nearly netted him control and gave notice of his new corner speed. And then the next time around Peck made it stick by again rolling the top groove while picking up speed from the middle of the corner to the exit. Smith didn't give up however and just past the white flag he drove his blue racer fully in front of Peck with a low side dive into the first corner. And with that Smith tried to drive up in front of Peck and take his line away but Peck used his mid-corner speed to rally back and prevent him from completing the move. Peck then went on to the victory by .811 seconds. Lance Dewease was third followed by Schweibinz and Brent Marks. Sixth through 10th went to Troy Wagaman Jr., Dylan Norris, Freddie Rahmer, Chase Randall and Aaron Bollinger. Heats went to Smith, Dewease and Peck. Overall fast time was set by Marks with a lap of 16.916 seconds. The start of the Dirty Deeds 25 for 358 sprints was called back when polesitter Jacob Galloway spun in front of the field as he entered the first turn. The restart saw Cole Young take command with fifth starter Derek Locke moving forward. Locke was up to second by lap four but trailed Young by a straightaway. A caution on the eighth lap bunched the field and allowed Locke to work on the leader but it took until lap 20 for him to make the winning pass. It was Locke's 18th career limited sprint win at the oval. Young settled for second by .864 seconds. Austin Reed rode home third followed by Matt Findley and Cody Fletcher. Sixth through 10th went to Hunter Fulton, Steve Wilbur, Chase Gutshall, Brayden Mickley and Brett Wanner. Heats were taken by Young, Fletcher and Locke. Feature Finishes 4/10/26 410 sprint cars, 25 laps: 1. Justin Peck, 2. Ryan Smith, 3. Lance Dewease, 4. Buddy Schweibinz, 5. Brent Marks, 6. Troy Wagaman Jr., 7. Dylan Norris, 8. Freddie Rahmer, 9. Chase Randall, 10. Aaron Bollinger, 11. Tanner Holmes, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Brent Shearer, 14. TJ Stutts, 15. JJ Loss, 16. James Roselli, 17. Chris Frank, 18. Dave Grube, 19. Doug Hammaker, 20. Brock Zearfoss, 21. Cole Knopp, 22. Tim Glatfelter, 23. Troy Fraker, 24. Cameron Smith, 25. Samuel Miller. 358 sprints, 25 laps: 1. Derek Locke, 2. Cole Young, 3. Austin Reed, 4. Matt Findley, 5. Cody Fletcher, 6. Hunter Fulton, 7. Steve Wilbur, 8. Chase Gutshall, 9. Brayden Mickley, 10. Brett Wanner,11. Seth Schnoke, 12. Jacob Galloway, 13. Brock Hammaker, 14. Justin Foster, 15. Logan Spahr, 16. Hank Donovan Jr., 17. Tom Senseney, J r.. 18. Cole Small, 19. Denny Gross, 20. Brandon Reiblich, 21. Adam Carberry, 22. Dave Luther, 23. Eli Tuckey DNS: Will McNeal, Jake Eldreth
- CUMMINS COLLECTS FIRST TERRE HAUTE USAC WIN AT JIM HURTUBISE CLASSIC
Kyle Cummins has accomplished a great deal of notable achievements in his USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship career, chiefly speaking of the 31 career feature victories as well as his series driving championship one year ago.
- Karter Sarff Shines in ‘Slidejob City’ Victory with POWRi West Midgets at I-44
Karter Sarff would set the standard in an instant classic at I-44 Speedway, earning his first career win with the POWRi West Midget League in stand-alone feature competition.
- Cole Duncan takes FAST checkers at Atomic
Cole Duncan won the FAST 30 lap feature at Atomic Speedway Saturday night. Duncan was chased by Ricky Peterson, Bryan Nuckles, Danny Smith and Tyler Gunn.
- Ryan Smith pulls out the win at Port Royal
Ryan Smith chased down Chase Dietz then swapped the lead and pulled out the win for the 69k Saturday at Port Royal Speedway. Following Smith at the stripe was Dietz, Troy Wagaman, Brent Marks and Lance Dewease.
- Kofoid Tops Gravel in I-55 Thriller for Weekend Sweep
PEVELY, MO (April 11, 2026) – The best want to beat the best. That’s how any competitor in any sport rises to the highest level. They don’t settle. They summon every ounce of talent they
- Cap Henry edges Lucius for Attica All Star win
In most sports, it can come down to who makes a mistake first to determine a winner. That was the case Saturday, April 11 as Attica Raceway Park kicked off the 2026 season with the NAPA Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Valvoline Oil for the Core and Main Spring Nationals presented by Advanced Drainage Systems, Construction Equipment and Supply, Erie Black Top, Smith Paving.
- DANNER RIM RIDES TO JUSTIN OWEN MEMORIAL SCORE
Briggs Danner rode the rim of Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway to perfection during Saturday night’s third annual Justin Owen Memorial Presented by Tempstar.
- Chris Martin Wins Salina Highbanks for First American Sprint Car Series Triumph Since 2018
A last-minute decision trip to race in Oklahoma turned out well for Chris Martin Saturday night. The 28-year-old Iowa native and younger brother Cameron Martin loaded up their haulers and hit the road just before noon on Saturday and made the 430-plus-mile trip south to Salina Highbanks Speedway to compete with the American Sprint Car Series and ASCS Sooner Region.
- DOBIE OUTDUELS HOWARD FOR USCS NORTH vs. SOUTH SHOOTOUT AT I-75
Devon Dobie of Wapakoneta, OH traded the lead twice with the defending Hoosier Racing Tire United Sprint Car Series Presented By XC Gear National Champion Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS to win Night 2 of the North vs. South Shootout at I-75 Raceway on Saturday night.
- SOGGY CONDITIONS PREVENTS WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY’S ACTION
With Wayne County Speedway's grounds already wet, Friday afternoon into evening showers soaked it the more and made the conditions of the 3/8 dirt mile oval to wet to work into shape and be raceable for good and safe racing for Saturday nights scheduled racing, so for the second week in a row, Orrville's Historic Oval will sit and wait until next Saturday night.
- Paragon, Brownstown to host special late model events next weekend
Paragon Speedway and Brownstown Speedway will both be hosting $10,000-to-win Northern Allstars Late Model Dirt Series events next weekend.
- What to know: USAC National Sprint Cars at Lawrenceburg and Terre Haute
What you need to know as USAC National Sprint Cars head to Indiana for a doubleheader at Lawrenceburg Speedway and Terre Haute Action Track.
- Double Up! The Burg & Terre Haute Host USAC Sprints April 11-12
Two of USAC’s most oft-visited dirt tracks are on the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship slate this weekend in the state of Indiana. Both of which present some of the fastest and most ...
- Can-Am Speedway season opener for SuperDirt cancelled due to poor weather
LaFargeville, N.Y. — This weekend’s two-day, 2026 season opener at the Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville has been cancelled due to bad weather and poor track conditions. The Thunder in the 1000 Islands ...
- Fourteen-year-old Jett Barnes strikes for Gold Star GMC Sprint Car victory at Watsonville Speedway
Watsonville, CA…Visalia's Jett Barnes and Redding's Max Mittry put forth a crowd-pleasing performance on Friday night at Watsonville Speedway. When all was done and dusted it was Barnes fending off Mittry to grab his first career Gold Star GMC Sprint Car triumph at the quarter mile. Fellow winners on Friday evening included Cody Burke with the IMCA Modifieds, Austin VanHoff with the Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods, Joe Gallaher with the R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks and Eric Weisler with the SSSP South Bay Dwarf Cars. Barnes and Mittry led the field to green in the 25-lap Gold Star GMC Sprint Car finale. After a couple of laps, it was Barnes who settled into the lead. Mittry came to life after a handful of circuits however and closed right up on the tail tank of the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14. After hounding the leader for a few circuits Mittry made his move on lap 13 to scoop up the top spot as the crowd came to its feet. The reigning SCCT Speedweek champion was in search of career win number one and looked solid, but Barnes wasn't done just yet. The youngster found the high side in turns one and two, creating monster runs in his pursuit of the lead. With just five laps remaining Barnes shot back around for the top spot and held off Mittry to the Ed Entz checkered flag. It capped a strong three week run for Barnes at Watsonville Speedway, where he scored the Keith Day Company Fast Time Award on three straight occasions and podiumed each race. Completing the top five behind him and Mittry were Kaleb Montgomery, Dominic Gorden and Jake Haulot. Adrianna Demartini brought home the Taco Bravo Hard Charger Award. Past IMCA Modified champ Cody Burke of Salinas led all 25 laps in the main event during their season debut on Friday. Burke hit his marks down low each time and held off a relentless Andrew Pierce for the win. Pierce, Troy Foulger, Logan Drake and Nick Decarlo followed him across the line. The Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods put on a fantastic main event for the fans last night. With track conditions in superb shape the 20-lapper saw multiple different leaders and a race that wasn't decided till the very end. Kingsburg driver Todd Carlock led the early stages in his No7 mount until having a moment midway through the contest. The always fast Jason Ryan Jr. then held the point over the second half of the race as he, Bo Crebs and Austin VanHoff battled it out. Lapped traffic created a hectic finish that saw VanHoff take full advantage and pick the right spots to move out front. He led the final couple of circuits to claim the exciting triumph over Ryan, Tanner Thomas, Crebs and Emali VanHoff. The R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks acted as the night cap on Friday and saw multi time track champion Joe Gallaher pick up a close win at the finish. Fan Favorite Adriane Frost led early until Gallaher rocketed by for the lead. As things began to play out it was Gallaher, Frost and Lilly Mead racing close together up front. The veteran Gallaher had to be perfect over the closing stages as Mead found another gear and came after him quickly. Gallaher never faltered though and narrowly beat out Mead coming to the checkered flag. Frost, Dwayne Short and Dakota Keldsen rounded out the top five. The Security Shoring and Steel Plates Dwarf Cars made their season debut on Friday. Danny Wagner dominated the contest only to have mechanical issues three laps shy of the finish. Eric Weisler took advantage and motored off to win over Jason Lazzerini and John Durden. Watsonville Speedway returns to action this coming Friday April 11th with a five-division program featuring by the traveling Ultimate Sprint Car Series Non-Wingers. Results Ocean Speedway April 3, 2026 Gold Star GMC Sprint Cars: 1. 14-Jett Barnes[1]; 2. 2XM-Max Mittry[2]; 3. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[4]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 5. 7H-Jake Haulot[7]; 6. 29-Bud Kaeding[5]; 7. 3D-Caleb Debem[9]; 8. 14E-Mariah Ede[8]; 9. 25Z-Jason Chisum[11]; 10. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[14]; 11. 29C-Cole Croft[13]; 12. 34B-Glenn Bryan[15]; 13. 93-Landon Henry[3]; 14. 24S-Izaak Sharp[12]; 15. (DNF) 17-Jesse Schlotfeldt[10] IMCA Modifieds: 1. 20-Cody Burke[1]; 2. 15P-Andrew Pearce[4]; 3. 49-Troy Foulger[6]; 4. 111-Logan Drake[9]; 5. 17-Nick DeCarlo[8]; 6. 43-Steve Pemberton[12]; 7. 77-Fred Lind[15]; 8. 828-Matt Kampfraat[11]; 9. 01-Raymond Keldsen Jr[13]; 10. 6-Jim Pettit II[7]; 11. 22-Robert Marsh[10]; 12. 25G-Randy Shafer[14]; 13. 7-Katelyn Robertson[3]; 14. 46N-Jonathan Hagio[2]; 15. 2-Bobby Hogge III[5] Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods: 1. 44-Austin VanHoff[2]; 2. 52-Jason Ryan Jr[6]; 3. 22T-Tanner Thomas[8]; 4. 168-Bo Crebs[11]; 5. 4M-Emali VanHoff[9]; 6. 11D-Danny Wagner[10]; 7. 96M-Jim DiGiovanni[5]; 8. NO7-Todd Carlock[1]; 9. 39-Steven Allee[7]; 10. 7K-Kennzzie Brown[18]; 11. 55F-Shane Freeman[3]; 12. 42B-Max Baggett[4]; 13. 6K-Mike Kofnovec Jr[19]; 14. 15-David Crocker[17]; 15. 6S-Mike Kofnovec SR[14]; 16. 89-Duane Bieser[15]; 17. 22W-Charlie Hunter[20]; 18. 96-Kaden Perez[16]; 19. 5-Carson Schnell[12]; 20. (DNS) 22S-Connor Solis R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks: 1. 1-Joe Gallaher[2]; 2. 16-Lilly Mead[4]; 3. 22-Adriane Frost[1]; 4. 27S-Dwayne Short[5]; 5. 03-Dakota Keldsen[8]; 6. 73B-Brady Muller[6]; 7. X2-William Gallaher[9]; 8. 44-Jamie Magana[11]; 9. 08-Wayne Reeder[7]; 10. 511-Elizabeth Geary[10]; 11. X1-Bobby Gallaher[3] Watsonville Speedway is located on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville, California with the physical address being 2601 East Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA 95076. Info can be found at www.watsonvillespeedway.com or by liking the track on Facebook by searching Watsonville Speedway.
- Mike Lisowski claims Big Diamond Speedway season opening "Thaw Brawl"
(Minersville, Pa. 4-3-26) Big Diamond Speedway opened up its 54th season of "Racing in God's Country" as the action officially got underway Friday evening with the "Thaw Brawl" which saw a nicely filled pit area and a packed grandstand of race hungry fans in attendance. And, for those ardent fans of the popular Schuylkill County dirt oval the anticipation was worth the off-season wait as all classes displayed some intense and blazing competition. Heading up the list of winners was local favorite Mike Lisowski of Minersville who took home the $4054 winner's check in the 25-lap BQ Concrete 358 Modified feature. For the second straight year Colin Cox of Perkasie scored the victory in the USS Achey Inc. 602 Crate Sportsman. In the Red White and Blue Autos Inc. Roadrunners defending champion Alex Schoffstall of Llewelyn snagged a close verdict and scoring a career first win in the Big Creek Concrete Rookie 602 Crate Sportsman was Branch Dale's Kevin Fitzpatrick. By luck of the draw the starting grid for the Modified feature placed Ryan Watt and Lisowski on the front row and at the drop of Shawn Maulhall's race commencing green it would be Watt blasting into the early lead with Lisowski in tow. It didn't take long to get into a quick rhythm either as the first 13 laps were reeled off caution free and during that span Watt was setting a torrid pace but all the while he was having to fend off a hard charging Lisowski who repeatedly tried to find an opening to get by. Watt, though, stayed vigilant in keeping his lead despite the ongoing effort of Lisowski. For Lisowski, the moment of opportunity finally arrived in the form of a caution. With 13 laps in the books the yellow waved for Dom Buffalino who stopped in Turn 2 with a right rear flat. On the ensuing restart Lisowski was able to out-maneuver Watt and thrust his way to the top spot. And once in front there would be no looking back as he continued to keep steady and would have no worries either as he kept a safe enough distance from the pack en route to the very popular win. "Without a restart I wasn't sure I could have gotten around him (Watt). The track was so fast, and Ryan was so savvy and so good and he's always hard to get around in clean air like that," said Lisowski. "Drawing good certainly helped and we weren't very good after the heat race and we went to work on the car, and it made a big difference. We put a new shock package on this car, and it was really good tonight." As Lisowski was preserving the lead, behind him was plenty of moving and shaking. Not long after Watt surrendered the lead he was soon facing off against the likes of Jared Umbenauer and reigning division champ Louden Reimert. That trio battled close for several laps before Umbenhauer and Reimert both got by Watt. Umbenhauer took control of second and although he was within reach of Lisowski, he could not get close enough to challenge and settled for a solid runner-up. For Reimert it was much of the same while tagging closely behind Umbenhauer. Watt took fourth while Alex Yankoski rounded out the top five. In the 602 Crate Sportsman feature Christopher Buffalino drew the pole position and with that wasted little time in taking charge of the field once the action got underway. Buffalino continued to look solid too, until a caution with seven laps to go would see Cox line up alongside him and on the restart he vaulted past him and into the lead where he would stay for the remainder of the race. The win netted him $1054. Ryan Graver did a great job of steering through traffic and after an intense battle with Brennan Chapman he slotted his way into second place over the waning laps but would not be able to advance from there as Cox had him and everyone else covered. By taking the win in the Roadrunner feature, Alex Schoffstall continues to define his career as one of the premier chauffeurs of Big Diamond Speedway and not only with the popular full-fender division but overall, among all drivers. His victory upped his all-time class leading wins to 38. Taking the lead on lap two of the 20-lap contest Schoffstall was up on the wheel lap after lap as he had relentless opposition bearing down on him from Mike Reichert, Terry Kramer and Joe Bassinisky. Regardless of the onslaught Schoffstall never wavered. Then in a thrilling last lap fight to the finish Bassininsky stepped up and made a valiant effort to squeeze inside of Schoffstall but his hard fought effort came up a half car length short. In the Rookie 602 Crate Sportsman main there's no doubt that April 3, 2026, will forever be etched in the mind of Kevin Fitzpatririck as he not only earned his career first win but added also to the family legacy of winners at the speedway. Fitzpatrick zipped by early leader Payton Renninger at the completion of lap two and remained steadfast the remaining distance. Keeping close tabs was second place finisher Devin Whitmoyer, who, like Fitzpatrick, is part of a strong racing heritage and displayed outstanding skills for his first time out. 358 Modified finish (25 laps): 1. Mike Lisowski, 2. Jared Umbenhauer, 3. Louden Reimert, 4. Ryan Watt, 5. Alex Yankowski, 6. Alex Payne, 7. Tim Buckwalter, 8. Anthony Perrego, 9. Brett Kressley, 10. Duane Howard, 11. Brandon Edgar, 12. Jax Yohn, 13. Kevin Beach Jr., 14. Heath Metzger, 15. Kevin Olenick, 16. Alex Tonklin, 17. Billy Osmon, 18. Matt Stangle, 19. Dom Buffalino, 20. Wayne Witmer, 21. Ron Haring Jr., 22. Rick Laubach, 23. Jack Butler, 24. Mike Burrows DNQ: Cody Manmiller, WB James, Alan Rudalavage, Cliff Quinn, Logan Watt 602 Crate Modified finish (20 laps): 1. Colin Cox, 2. Ryan Graver, 3. Brennan Chapman, 4. Teague Miller, 5. Christopher Buffalino, 6. Mikey Schneck Jr., 7. Logan Starr, 8. Dakota Kohler, 9. Mike Stofflet, 10. Michael Samony, 11. Gavin Gardner, 12. Kevin Brady, 13. Reice Widger, 14. Trevor Bixlor, 15. Matt Martino, 16. Ralph Melee, 17. Zach Steffey, 18. Tyler Vidal, 19. John Redner, 20. Aaron Weaver, 21. Tajae Adams, 22. Ryan Conrad, 23. McKenzi Smith, 25. Stev Hughes DNQ: Nick Hamm, Mrk Behm, Dylan Cappel, Jimmy Leiby, Dennis Graber Roadrunners finish (20 laps): 1. Alex Schoffstall, 2. Joe Bassininsky, 3. Terry Kramer, 4. TJ Fitzpatrick, 5. Johnathan Trumbo, 6. Jim Kost, 7. Tod Roth Jr., 8. Mike Reichert, 9. Matt Ney, 10. Blaine Fritz, 11. Bryan Johnson, 12. Jarod Bassininsky Rookie 602 Crate Modified finish (15 laps): 1. Kevin Fitzpatrick, 2. Devin Whitmoyer, 3. Mason Harakel, 4. Payton Renninger, 5. Lucas Weil, 6. Josh Metzler, 7. Zach Moyer, 8. Marcello Caminiti
- Jett Barnes takes Watsonville checkers
Watsonville,CA (April 3,2026)- Jett Barnes won the 25 lap feature at Watsonville Speedway Friday night over Max Mittry, Kaleb Montgomery, Dominic Gordon and Jake Haulot. Ocean 360 Sprint Cars Gold Star GMC A Feature 1
- SATURDAY’S PARAGON USAC SPRINT CAR CHUCK AMATI CLASSIC RAINED OUT
This Saturday’s April 4 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway has been rained out.
- JG TAKES CHARGE AT RED HILL FOR 2ND STRAIGHT USAC SPRINT WIN
…Since winning in Ocala, Florida in February, Justin Grant had to wait 48 more days and nights until he received his next shot at backing up his latest USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship triumph.
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