February 2022
Alabama
Fort Payne Motor SpeedwayUnited Championship Racing Alliance February 26, 2022 |
| Brent Rhodes of Crossville, Ala., earned $3,000 for his UCRA victory and richest win of his career. ... Rhodes led 40 laps. ... Runner-up Kenny Kizzar, the reigning UCRA champion, finished 0.616 of a second behind at the finish. ... Eight of 15 starters completed 40 laps. ... Logan Palmer crossed the line fourth but was disqualified for failing to report to postrace technical inspection. ... Booger Brooks won the 602 Crate feature. |
Tri-County SpeedwayCrate Racin’ USA non-touring February 26, 2022 |
| The polesitting Brantley led 25 laps. ... Brent Cartwright won the 602 Crate Late Model feature over Shawn McLeod. |
Moulton SpeedwayCrate Racin’ USA non-touring February 25, 2022 |
| Haden Duncan won the 602 Crate feature over Cruz Wallace. |
Moulton SpeedwayCrate Racin’ USA non-touring February 18, 2022 |
| Austin Steele won the six-car 602 Crate Late Model feature. |
Moulton SpeedwayUnsanctioned Crates (604) February 11, 2022 |
| Newman topped a seven-car field. ... Haden Duncan won the 602 feature. |
Moulton SpeedwayUnsanctioned Crates (604) February 6, 2022 |
| Mitchell earned $3,000 in the second annual Winter Breeze Classic. ... Weather pushed the schedule for the two-day event back 24 hours with the six-car feature event held Sunday. |
Arizona
Cocopah SpeedwaySouthwest Dirt Racing Association February 19, 2022 |
| Shaw, of Ham Lake, Minn., completed a sweep of the SWDRA weekend at Cocopah. ... The fifth-starting Shaw took the lead from Steve Stutlz on the eighth lap. ... Seven drivers completed 25 laps. ... Lance White scratched from the feature, which started 10 cars. |
Cocopah SpeedwaySouthwest Dirt Racing Association February 18, 2022 |
| Shaw, of Ham Lake, Minn., earned $1,000 in the first of two weekend SWDRA events at Cocopah. ... The outside front-row starter led all 25 laps and captured his 26th career series event (the Minnesota regularly winters in Arizona). ... Runner-up Steve Stultz was a half-lap back at the finish. ... Four drivers finished on the lead lap. ... The event drew 10 cars. |
Canyon Speedway ParkSouthwest Dirt Racing Association February 6, 2022 |
| Morris, of Queen Creek, Ariz., notched his first career SWDRA victory in outrunning Saturday's winner Don Shaw. ... Morris started sixth in the 14-car field. |
Canyon Speedway ParkSouthwest Dirt Racing Association February 5, 2022 |
| Shaw, the Ham Lake, Minn., racer who has a winter home in Arizona, earned $1,000 for his 25th career SWDRA victory. ... Shaw started sixth and runner-up Austin Kuehl started eighth. ... Jeff Schildmeyer started on the pole. ... The event drew 13 cars but Lance White scratched from the feature. ... Paul Rios and Crai Parker weren't running at the finish. |
Florida
Southern RacewayUnsanctioned Crates (602) February 26, 2022 |
| Joiner earned $1,500 after being back in the driver's seat for the first time in nearly a year. ... “The driver was a little rusty and made a mistake while leading Friday night," Joiner said, "but I got redemption on Saturday night with a win." |
North Florida SpeedwayUnsanctioned Limiteds February 26, 2022 |
| The event drew 19 cars, including runner-up Todd Cooney from Iowa, who competed earlier in the month during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks events. |
Southern RacewayUnsanctioned Crates (602) February 25, 2022 |
| Barnhill took the lead from Joiner near the halfway point for a $1,000 victory, the opener of a two-race weekend. |
North Florida SpeedwayUnsanctioned Crates (602) February 25, 2022 |
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Southern RacewayUnsanctioned Crates (604) February 19, 2022 |
| Joiner, of Milton, Fla., earned $3,000 with a victory at his hometown track. ... He picked up an additional $250 for fast time and $250 for winning the dash. ... “It was a perfect debut for the new Capital Race Car. We built this thing from the ground up from a bare chassis, which we hadn’t done before. We swept the night,” Joiner said. “It was also cool to be racing on the same track in the same division as Jesse (Enterkin) for the first time in over two years. I hate he had some bad luck there, but still managed a solid night.” |
East Bay Raceway ParkCrate Racin’ USA Crates (602) February 6, 2022 |
| Earning $2,500 in the finale, Stephens completed a three-race sweep of 602 Crates during East Bay's Winternationals. ... The feature was halted by rain Saturday night and completed Sunday. |
East Bay Raceway ParkCrate Racin’ USA Crates (602) February 4, 2022 |
| Stephens won in Winternationals action for the second straight night. |
East Bay Raceway ParkCrate Racin’ USA Crates (602) February 3, 2022 |
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Georgia
Lavonia SpeedwayGM Performance 602 Series February 19, 2022 |
| David Smith won the inaugural GM Performance 602 Series feature, earning $1,525. ... Shun Thomas led all 20 laps of the Limited Late Model feature in the Spring Natty for a victory over Kenny Collins and Drew Collins. |
Screven Motor Speedway602 Bandit Series February 5, 2022 |
| Caleb Gay overtook Matt Henderson on the eighth lap and led the rest of the way for a $5,000 victory in the 602 Bandit Series opener. ... Sixteen of 24 starters were running at the finish. |
Boyd's SpeedwayUnsanctioned Crates (604) February 5, 2022 |
| Booger Brooks won the 602 Crate Late Model feature. ... Both races came on the undercard of Sam Seawright's $5,000 Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Series victory. |
Louisiana
Thunder Valley SpeedwayCrate Racin’ USA non-touring February 19, 2022 |
| Litton earned $1,777 in the inaugural Darty Smith Memorial. ... The race paid tribute to Henry “Darty” Smith, a former racer and owner of Henry's Auto Salvage who died Oct. 31, 2020. ... He sponsored drivers including standouts Kenny Merchant, Timothy Culp and Morgan Bagley and also promoted 171 Speedway in Leesville, La., in 2016. ... His son Cortland Smith continues the family's racing legacy as a stock car racer and volunteer crewman for Bagley. |
North Carolina
Fayetteville Motor SpeedwayUnsanctioned Limiteds February 26, 2022 |
| The pole-starting Mitchell, of Pine Level, N.C., led all the way to earn $5,000 in a Limited Late Model special. ... Runner-up Michael Rouse improve eight positions. ... Fifth-starting Matthew Nance fell back as far as 10th and rallied back to finish fourth. ... Prelims were held the previous night with Mitchell, Hunter Bailey and Cy Nelms Jr. winning heat races. |
Fayetteville Motor SpeedwayMid-East 602 Crate Late Model Series February 26, 2022 |
| Winning for the second night in a row, Parker, of Raeford, N.C., earned $1,500. ... Parker started from the pole and finished 2.470 seconds ahead of Koehler. ... Brandon Hall and Nathan Walker won consolation races. ... The final night of Fayetteville's four-night North Carolina Speedweek drew 30 cars. ... Sixteen cars finished on the lead lap. |
Fayetteville Motor SpeedwayMid-East 602 Crate Late Model Series February 25, 2022 |
| Third-starting Parker finished 2.099 seconds ahead of Blackwell, who started sixth. ...Sixteen of the 21 starters completed 20 laps. ... A.J. Belanger of Vander, N.C., was the fast quallifier among 31 entries. ... Matthew Nance and John Carroll won consolation races. ... It was the third night of Fayetteville's North Carolina Speedweeks. |
Fayetteville Motor SpeedwayMid-East 602 Crate Late Model Series February 24, 2022 |
| The second night of Fayetteville's North Carolina Speedweek drew 25 cars. ... Leading all 15 laps, Mintz, of Hopkins, S.C., finished 1.279 seconds ahead of Mills. ... Milliken, Blackwell and Roberson won heats. |
Fayetteville Motor SpeedwayMid-East 602 Crate Late Model Series February 23, 2022 |
| Matthew Nance was named the winner March 3 after Zach Cox was disqualified because his tires failed postrace lab tests. ... Cox, of Lumberton, N.C., had finished 4.028 seconds ahead of Nance. ... Cox, Carroll and Nance won heats. ... The opening night of four straight Mid-East 602 Series races at Fayetteville drew 21 entries. |
Carolina SpeedwayCagle Automotive Blue Ridge Outlaw Late Models February 19, 2022 |
| Mangum's victory was his first on the tour since 2016, also at Carolina Speedway. ... Mangum, the 2015 series champion, also set fast time and won the dash to pick up an extra $400. ... Mangum and runner-up Matthew Nance were the only drivers on the lead lap and only four drivers were running at the finish. ... Mangum led all 30 laps. |
Tennessee
Duck River Raceway ParkUnsanctioned Supers February 20, 2022 |
| Winchester, Tenn.'s Hanger led all 30 laps, earning $3,000 for his first career Winterfest triumph. ... He finished 1.914 seconds ahead of Hindman in a race slowed by nine cautions, eight in the first 12 laps. ... Eleven cars completed 30 laps. ... Sam Seawright slowed exiting turn four on an early restart, triggering a four-car tangle. ... The event, the first under new owners Russell and Angie Boothe, drew 28 Super Late Model entries. ... William Bankenship (604) and Booger Brooks (602) were Crate Late Model winners. |
411 Motor SpeedwayUnsanctioned Crates (604) February 19, 2022 |
| Making his debut for Rusty Webb Racing, the pole-starting Hayden Cardwell of Knoxville, Tenn., led all 30 laps to win on the undercard of Cory Hedgecock's $5,000 Sweetheart victory in Super Late Model action. ... Fifth-place finisher Tucker Anderson started 14th. ... Addison Cardwell won the 602 Crate Late Model feature. |
Texas
Big O SpeedwayUnsanctioned Crates (604) February 19, 2022 |
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