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• Hartman ready to give headaches, not get them

  Posted: 03/29/2010, 09:23 am By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 27) — Bart Hartman's World 100 victory last season was nearly spoiled by a poorly timed headache that hit during a heat race at Eldora Speedway. His head ached so bad it was blurring his vision, forcing him Full Story

• Dillon rebounds at 311, gets first Clash victory

  Posted: 03/29/2010, 08:29 am By Alex Cummings

  MADISON, N.C. (March 27) — If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Austin Dillon of Welcome, N.C., followed that maxim on Saturday, rebounding from an afternoon loss with a nighttime victory as he captured his first Carolina Full Story

• Notes: Second-guessing on tires bites Bloomquist

  Posted: 03/28/2010, 02:53 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 27) — Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist has a reputation as one of the savviest drivers when it comes to choosing the correct tire compounds, but second-guessing got the better of him Saturday at the 13th Full Story

• Bold pass lifts Davenport to $25,000 Crate victory

  Posted: 03/28/2010, 12:07 pm By Brian McLeod

  GLENCOE, Ala. (March 27) — Jonathan Davenport overtook polesitter Chris Madden with a daring backstretch pass on the 21st lap at Green Valley Speedway and led the rest of the 100-lapper in Crate Late Model racing's richest event. Full Story

• Shirley's SRRS invasion successful at Clarksville

  Posted: 03/28/2010, 07:12 am

  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (March 27) — Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., was in contention for a victory at Clarksville Speedway in his first outing of the season. He came back and got one two weeks later. Racing to the front from his fifth Full Story

• Knight rallies from 15th for UFO victory at Mercer

  Posted: 03/28/2010, 06:39 am By Rich Berry

  MERCER, Pa. (March 27) — Going ahead on a lap-26 restart, Mike Knight of Ripley, N.Y., completed a rally from his 15th starting spot for a victory in the season-opening UFO Race Championship Series event at Mercer Raceway Park. Knight Full Story

• Breazeale cruises at Whynot, ends skid

  Posted: 03/28/2010, 06:13 am By Bryan Wimberley

  MERIDIAN, Miss. (March 27) — Front-row starter David Breazeale of Four Corners, Miss., reached victory lane in a Mississippi State Championship Challenge event at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday night for the first time in 17 Full Story

• Friendly tips help Francis to Lone Star victory lane

  Posted: 03/28/2010, 05:39 am By Kevin Kovac

  KILGORE, Texas (March 27) — With a little help from a friend, Steve Francis busted out of an early-season funk in Saturday night's 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Lone Star Speedway. Some helpful hints from fellow Full Story

• Speedy Owens freezes Indiana Icebreaker foes

  Posted: 03/27/2010, 11:27 pm By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (March 27) — Everyone knew they were chasing polesitter Jimmy Owens on Saturday night at Brownstown Speedway's Indiana Icebreaker, but for much of the 50-lapper, they didn't know exactly where he was. That's because Full Story

• Madden eyes sweep at GVS Crate Nationals

  Posted: 03/27/2010, 09:22 am

  GLENCOE, Ala. (March 26) — Friday's fast qualifier Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., will be among the top starters for Saturday's GVS Crate Nationals at Green Valley Speedway. Madden, whose 14.62-second lap in time trials topped Full Story

• Parker captures NDRA opener at Westminster

  Posted: 03/27/2010, 07:07 am

  WESTMINSTER, S.C. (March 26) — Third-starting Ron Parker of Lawndale, N.C., slipped under polesitter Timbo Mangum of Lancaster, S.C., on a late-race restart and led the rest of the season-opening NDRA Road Show event for Crate Late Full Story

• Eckert riding high with flag-to-flag win in Texas

  Posted: 03/27/2010, 06:20 am By Kevin Kovac

  HIGHLANDS, Texas (March 26) — Rick Eckert found the smoothest path to victory lane on Friday night at Battleground Speedway. And with that came a coveted postrace visit with Hondo. Eckert, 44, of York, Pa., turned back all challengers Full Story

• Notes: Hartzell trades March Madness for racing

  Posted: 03/24/2010, 02:51 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Just as Saturday night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series program at Screven Motor Speedway was getting ready to begin, Rick Hartzell was sitting in a lawn chair in the Sylvania, Ga., pit area feeling some mixed emotions. The husband Full Story

• Notes: 'Underdog' status drives R.J. using CT525

  Posted: 03/24/2010, 10:51 am

  Skeptics of GM's economical all-aluminum CT525 crate engine got a dose of reality last weekend from Hall of Fame driver Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn. Johnson's car, outfitted with the sealed engine that's race-ready for just over Full Story

• Wall tackles another new track on Lucas Oil tour

  Posted: 03/24/2010, 09:37 am By James Essex

  If Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway regular Chad Stapleton had his way, Louisiana racer Chris Wall would make his first career appearance at the quarter-mile oval in southern Indiana wearing Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts jersey. Stapleton Full Story

• Notes: WoO ready to ride high again in Texas

  Posted: 03/23/2010, 08:08 pm By Kevin Kovac

  What's the biggest selling point Battleground Speedway owner Mike Walling has going for him leading into his track's World of Outlaws Late Model Series Lone Star 50 on March 26? That would most certainly be last year's inaugural appearance Full Story

• Dixie youngster's future bright in Morse's No. s5

  Posted: 03/23/2010, 09:41 am By Todd Turner

  Lonnie Morse remembers the first time that Michael Page sat behind the wheel of his Rocket Chassis, rallying from the tail for a seventh-place finish last fall at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga. "I about had a heart attack," the 67-year-old Full Story

• Notes: Lucas Oil fines Madden for illegal tire

  Posted: 03/23/2010, 09:36 am

  The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series stripped Chris Madden of his March 6 runner-up finish and fined him $6,800 for using a chemically-altered tire in a heat race at Volunteer Speedway's Spring Thaw in Bulls Gap, Tenn. Madden, of Gray Court, Full Story

• Wild celebration earns Hubbard fans at Screven

  Posted: 03/23/2010, 09:03 am By Kevin Kovac

  Ah, the exuberance of youth. Austin Hubbard is a talented 18-year-old who's thrilled to be running for a high-profile team on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series — and when he wins a race, he's going to show just how thrilled he Full Story

• Notes: Cooke grabs first win since facial injuries

  Posted: 03/22/2010, 12:58 pm By Rhonda Beck

  GASTONIA, N.C. (March 20) — After suffering serious facial injuries in a November racing accident, Jeff Cooke of Spartanburg, S.C., is glad to be back on the track. Even better, glad to be back in victory lane after winning the NDRA-sanctioned Full Story

• Notes: Wells's Spring 50 chances go up in smoke

  Posted: 03/22/2010, 07:02 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (March 20) — His car and his chance of his biggest victory gone up in smoke, Eric Wells coasted to the Florence Speedway infield on Saturday night, the engine in his No. 18 a mangled mess. The stunned 21-year-old driver Full Story

• Bowen breaks through, captures Trull Memorial

  Posted: 03/21/2010, 07:06 am By Rhonda Beck

  GASTONIA, N.C. (March 20) — Dean Bowen's attempt to run last year's Skyler Trull Memorial at Carolina Speedway ended nearly before it started. “We came last year to this race and got in a little tangle on the first lap," said Full Story

• Streaking Hubbard gets first career WoO victory

  Posted: 03/21/2010, 06:53 am By Kevin Kovac

  SYLVANIA, Ga. (March 20) — Austin Hubbard loves Georgia – and Georgia loves him back. Back in the state where he burst on the national scene with his first major victory two months ago, the 18-year-old sensation from Seaford, Full Story

• Heat is on, but Putnam wins at North Alabama

  Posted: 03/21/2010, 06:37 am By Ben Shelton

  TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 20) — Slipping back to third in the early laps, polesitter Josh Putnam of Killen, Ala., swept around the Rickman brothers at North Alabama Speedway on the eighth lap and led the remainder of the PRO Dirt Car Full Story

• Shamrock 60, $10,000 captured by Davenport

  Posted: 03/20/2010, 11:32 pm

  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (March 20) — Encouraging someone to don an enormous green leprachuan hat in front of a crowd isa tough sell in most cases. But when it comes with more green — in the form of a $10,000 winner's purse — Full Story