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• Tire-savvy Shaver gets Commonwealth 100 title

  Posted: 04/17/2011, 06:13 pm Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 17) — Steve Shaver’s plan worked to perfection in Sunday afternoon’s rain-delayed NAPA of King William Commonwealth 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway. The 47-year-old veteran from Vienna, W.Va., grabbed Full Story

• Baggett wins at Greenville for first MSCCS triumph

  Posted: 04/17/2011, 05:42 am

  GREENVILLE, Miss. (April 16) — Neil Baggett of Shannon, Miss., became the third consecutive first-time series winner Saturday at Greenville Speedway with a $2,500 triumph on the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series. | Slideshow The Full Story

• Wall grabs SUPR victory at Baton Rouge

  Posted: 04/17/2011, 05:30 am By Bryan Wimberley

  BAKER, La. (April 18) — Chris Wall of Springfield, La., didn't disappoint Saturday in a rare return trip to his home track, rolling to a flag-to-flag victory on the O'Reilly Auto Parts Southern United Professional Racing tour. Wall Full Story

• Henderson captures Jack Starrette Memorial

  Posted: 04/17/2011, 05:24 am

  GROVETOWN, Ga. (April 16) — John Henderson Jr. of Aiken, S.C., took the lead just past the halfway point of the Jack Starrette Memorial and held on for an Ultimate Super Late Model Series victory at Gordon Park Speedway. Henderson Full Story

• Johnson outruns Holmes for Talladega victory

  Posted: 04/17/2011, 05:16 am By Alison Williams

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 16) — Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., overtook polesitter Stacy Holmes of Munford, Ala., with an outside pass amid traffic on the 32nd lap and went on to a $4,000 victory on Hall of Fame weekend at Talladega Full Story

• Smoky Mountain's SAS event belongs to Owens

  Posted: 04/17/2011, 04:58 am

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. (April 16) — Polesitter Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., overtook race-long leader Chad Ogle of Sevierville, Tenn., on the 21st lap and led the rest of the way in the Smoky Mountain Spring 50. Owens earned $5,000 at Full Story

• Henry 3-for-3 after winning from 10th at Attica

  Posted: 04/16/2011, 12:51 am By Brian Liskai

  ATTICA, Ohio (April 15) — Rallying from his fifth-row starting spot, Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, remained unbeaten at Attica Raceway Park after picking up his third straight weekly victory in Friday night's action. Henry has won every Full Story

• Roffers wins at Lawndale for consecutive Clash victories

  Posted: 04/15/2011, 11:46 pm By Alison Williams

  LAWNDALE, N.C. (April 15) — Wisconsin transplant Luke Roffers of Concord, N.C., led all 40 laps Friday night at Cleveland County Speedway to capture his second straight victory on the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series. Roffers, Full Story

• Hubbard impressive in WoO prelims at VMS

  Posted: 04/15/2011, 11:31 pm By Kevin Kovac

  JAMAICA, Va. (April 15) — Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., kicked off the second annual NAPA of King William Commonwealth 100 weekend at Virginia Motor Speedway just like he hoped — with a powerful heat-race victory during Friday Full Story

• Champ ready to resume Western Allstars chase

  Posted: 04/14/2011, 09:55 pm By Kevin Kovac

  The Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series will roar back into action Saturday at Antioch Speedway. No one is more battle-ready for the tour’s grand return to the Pacific Coast’s short-track scene than Golden State star Full Story

• MLRA puts Turner last after controversial race

  Posted: 04/14/2011, 07:37 pm By Todd Turner

  On Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway, David Turner found himself running among the leaders, found himself in multiple scrapes with fellow drivers — and finally found himself listed 24th in the final rundown. Although the long-time driver Full Story

• Looney tries to get over hump in pursuit of title

  Posted: 04/14/2011, 07:30 pm By Joshua Joiner

  When a Dirt Late Model driver dominates at the weekly racing level, the natural progression of the sport suggests that the driver should eventually develop into a winning driver on the regional level. That may seem simple enough in theory, Full Story

• Notes: Jarvis ends hiatus with victory in Delaware

  Posted: 04/14/2011, 04:29 pm

  With Richard Jarvis Jr.'s previous car owner scaling back following the 2009 racing season, and his wife Whitney expecting their first child, the Ocean City, Md., driver decided to take a break from racing in 2010. It didn't take him long Full Story

• Notes: Smoky Mountain team prepares for SAS

  Posted: 04/14/2011, 03:52 pm

  After struggling in recent years, Smoky Mountain Speedway hopes that a new tag-teaming partnership of owners can help turn things around at the Maryville, Tenn., oval. The historic track that hosted NASCAR events in the 1960s on Saturday Full Story

• Surprising first victory quite gratifying for Texan

  Posted: 04/13/2011, 03:41 pm By Joshua Joiner

  As a relative newcomer to Dirt Late Model racing, Allen Murray wasn’t expecting to win any races early in his first full season of competition. Making races and scoring top-10 finishes was the main goal for the 37-year-old driver, Full Story

• Notes: Madden heads to VMS in role of favorite

  Posted: 04/13/2011, 03:21 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Who stacks up as the favorite to win the second annual NAPA of King William Commonwealth 100 this weekend (April 15-16) at Virginia Motor Speedway? That lofty status undoubtedly belongs to Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., the winner of Full Story

• Illinois redhead gets hot start in rookie campaign

  Posted: 04/12/2011, 05:13 pm By Todd Turner

  Younger brothers are often stuck with hand-me-down sweatshirts, a banana-seat bicycle or a cast-off baseball mitt. But Mike Spatola's hand-me-down from older brother Kenny — a full-fledged open-wheel modified team — helped potentially Full Story

• Bargetzi, Highland driver and owner, dies at 75

  Posted: 04/11/2011, 06:07 pm By Todd Turner

  Vicki Bargetzi knew her father loved his children, but she also knew it was unlikely that Chris Bargetzi would buy her an on-time birthday gift because the retired machinist's prime focus was usually on dirt track racing. "If you asked Full Story

• WoO's Promoter of Year anxious for Commonwealth 100

  Posted: 04/11/2011, 09:26 am By Kevin Kovac

  There's a host of reasons for Virginia Motor Speedway owner Bill Sawyer's selection as the 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Promoter of the Year, but three undoubtedly stand out. No. 1: Sawyer's racetrack, a showplace half-mile Full Story

• Hawkins wins at Tyler following Dohm's demise

  Posted: 04/11/2011, 08:32 am

  MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. (April 9) — Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., led a top-three sweep by Bobby Lake Motorsports after race-long leader Tim Dohm slowed with three laps remaining in the UFO Race Championship-sanctioned Topless 51 Full Story

• Hometown driver grabs first Deery win at Quincy

  Posted: 04/11/2011, 07:10 am

  QUINCY, Ill. (April 10) — Fans at Quincy Raceway got to applaud the exploits of another hometown hero in Sunday’s Deery Brothers Summer Series feature. Matt Bailey won for the first time in his IMCA Late Model tour career, Full Story

• Owens races to $5,000 victory on familiar oval

  Posted: 04/11/2011, 06:41 am By Robert Walden

  BULLS GAP, Tenn. (April 10) — Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., slipped under Mark Douglas of Knoxville, Tenn., on the 23rd of 50 laps Sunday and earned a $5,000 unsanctioned victory on the familiar high banks of Volunteer Speedway. ”This Full Story

• Miller earns $3,000 for Winchester victory

  Posted: 04/10/2011, 01:04 pm By Connie Putnam

  WINCHESTER, Tenn. (April 9) — Daniel Miller of Shelbyville, Tenn., inherited the lead after a series of early cautions Saturday at Winchester Speedway to earn a $3,000 unsanctioned victories on the three-track Tennessee Super Series. Miller Full Story

• Brindle dominates North Georgia for first victory

  Posted: 04/10/2011, 12:14 pm

  CHATSWORTH, Ga. (April 9, 2011) – After running well in early-season events around the Southeast, rookie driver Chip Brindle returned to his home track of North Georgia Speedway Saturday night and scored his first Super Late Model Full Story

• Byars continues first-time MSCSS streak

  Posted: 04/10/2011, 12:13 pm

  MERIDIAN, Miss. (April 9) — The Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series continued a streak of first-time winners Saturday with Klint Byars of Carrollton, Miss., grabbing a checkered flag at Whynot Motorsports Park. The 23-year-old Full Story