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Firecracker postponed; makeup date still TBA
Posted: 06/29/2008, 08:53 pm By Kevin KovacSARVER, Pa. (June 29) — Mother Nature wouldn’t allow the second annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com to be completed on Sunday. With showers continuing to hit Lernerville Speedway in waves and more still on the Full Story
Notebook: Lawrenceburg upgrades with new oval
Posted: 06/28/2008, 02:48 am By Todd TurnerLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (June 27) — Drivers who've raced in recent years at Lawrenceburg Speedway have gotten used to the improvement of the facilities, including state-of-the-art grandstands and other modern touches around the city-owned Full Story
UMP Summernationals almanac: Saturday, June 28 (Clarksville postponed)
Posted: 06/28/2008, 01:57 am By Todd Turner(Because of the unfavorable weather forecast, the Clarksville event has been postponed to July 19, track and series officials announced.) Series: 13th of 25 races Venue: StormPay.com Speedway, which is paying $10,000 for its 11th annual Full Story
Breathtaking heats highlight Firecracker prelims
Posted: 06/27/2008, 07:31 pm From series reportsSARVER, Pa. (June 27) — If qualifying night at Lernerville Speedway is any indication, the second annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com is going to be a show to remember. Western Pennsylvania’s blockbuster $150,000 Full Story
Erb takes points lead with Lawrenceburg win
Posted: 06/27/2008, 05:54 pm By Todd TurnerLAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (June 27) — Regaining the points lead on the 26-race tour, Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersvile, Ill., led all 40 laps at newly recongifured Lawrenceburg Speedway to win the 12th leg of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. Full Story
Part-time race team aims for full-time success
Posted: 06/27/2008, 11:52 am By Todd TurnerPADUCAH, Ky. — Enjoying his return to Dirt Late Model racing in 2008 after a three-year absence, formerly retired driver Kevin Claycomb captured his first UMP DIRTcar Summernationals victory in nearly eight years Thursday at Paducah Full Story
UMP Summernationals almanac: Friday, June 27
Posted: 06/27/2008, 10:05 am By Todd TurnerSeries: 12th of 25 races Venue: Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, which underwent $3.5 million in renovations in recent years, has been expanded from a quarter-mile layout to 3/8-mile for 2008 with concrete walls around the track. Lawrenceburg Full Story
Notebook: Gas-mashing Claycomb stayed on it
Posted: 06/27/2008, 04:02 am By Todd TurnerPADUCAH, Ky. (June 26) — During his UMP DIRTcar Summernationals victory at Paducah International Raceway, Kevin Claycomb was trying to drive his No. 16c as fast as he could. But after Claycomb stretched his lead in the 40-lap feature Full Story
Unretired Claycomb gets UMP victory at Paducah
Posted: 06/26/2008, 06:02 pm By Todd TurnerPADUCAH, Ky. (June 26) — The whipper-snappers on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals tour at Paducah International Raceway probably wish Kevin Claycomb was still retired. Competing on the grueling circuit for the first time in five years, Full Story
Olson captures NLRA race at Norman County
Posted: 06/26/2008, 05:55 pm From track reportsADA, Minn. (June 25) — Troy Olson of Fargo, N.D., won at Norman County Raceway for his first Northern LateModel Racing Association victory of the season. Olson outran fellow Fargo driver Matt Aukland and Harold Schill of West Fargo, Full Story
UMP Summernationals almanac: Thursday, June 26
Posted: 06/26/2008, 10:14 am By Todd TurnerSeries: 11th of 25 races. Venue: Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway, a high-speed 3/8-mile western Kentucky oval that has hosted Summernationals events for each of the past 12 seasons. Shannon Babb, Don O'Neal and Billy Drake have each Full Story
Column: Hell Tour tempers begin to flare
Posted: 06/26/2008, 09:59 amELDON, Mo. (June 25) — The calendar says we're two weeks deep in the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. A dozen drivers have already logged hundreds of highway miles chasing every tour race. And 10 checkered flags have fallen on nine series Full Story
Babb's bad break lifts Lanigan at Big Diamond
Posted: 06/26/2008, 08:41 am By Kevin KovacMINERSVILLE, Pa. (June 25) — Everything is going Darrell Lanigan’s way on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. Proof positive came midweek at Big Diamond Raceway, where Lanigan continued his surge to the top of the tour’s Full Story
Notebook: O'Neal misses golden opportunity
Posted: 06/26/2008, 02:22 am By Todd TurnerELDON, Mo. (June 25) — Don O'Neal's part-time starts on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals circuit haven't been up to the usual standards of the 2004 series champion. The Martinsville, Ind., driver had a good chance to turn things around Full Story
Moyer breaks through for Lake Ozark victory
Posted: 06/25/2008, 05:50 pm By Todd TurnerELDON, Mo. (June 25) — Top-five finishes don't satisfy Billy Moyer. After five straight finishes of fourth or better on the 26-race UMP DIRTcar Summernationals tour without a victory, the winningest all-time series driver from Batesville, Full Story
Canandaigua gives Kid Rocket another WoO win
Posted: 06/25/2008, 10:30 am By Kevin KovacCANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (June 24) — This time Josh Richards made it look easy. Two days after pulling off a dramatic, come-from-behind victory in Canada, Richards rolled to a dominant flag-to-flag win before a standing-room-only crowd in Full Story
UMP Summernationals almanac: Wednesday, June 25
Posted: 06/25/2008, 10:09 am By Todd TurnerSeries: 10th of 25 races. Venue: Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo., which is hosting its first-ever Summernationals race after last year's scheduled debut was rained out. The track doesn't run UMP Late Models weekly but runs a Crate Late Full Story
Shirley slips past Moyer for last-lap UMP victory
Posted: 06/24/2008, 07:48 pm By Todd TurnerSEDALIA, Mo. (June 24) — Although Brian Shirley led the point standings on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals after eight races, he'd yet to visit victory lane on the 26-race tour. The 27-year-old driver from Chatham, Ill., remedied Full Story
Former champ welcomes UMP tour to Sedalia
Posted: 06/24/2008, 06:49 pm By Todd TurnerSEDALIA, Mo. (June 24) — With the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals coming to Missouri's State Fair Speedway, Chris Smyser of Lancaster, Mo., welcomes the touring drivers as the half-mile oval's reigning champion, even if his weekly Late Full Story
UMP Summernationals almanac: Tuesday, June 24
Posted: 06/23/2008, 10:10 pm By Todd TurnerSeries: Ninth of 25 races. Venue: State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Mo., a huge half-mile fairgrounds oval that's the westernmost series race of 2008. The track was the second-to-last event on the rain-plagued 1992 Summernationals with Billy Full Story
Dellinger notches Fastrak Northeast victory at Dog Hollow
Posted: 06/23/2008, 08:04 pm From series reportsSTRONGSTOWN, Pa. (June 20) — Reigning Fastrak Racing Series Northeast champion Alan Dellinger of Hermitage, Pa., earned $1,200 for a flag-to-flag, 25-lap victory at Dog Hollow Speedway. Dellinger became the third different winner Full Story
Dillon outruns Rogers, wins $2,000 at Volunteer
Posted: 06/23/2008, 07:41 pm By Robert WaldenBULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 21) — Austin Dillon, the grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, grabbed his first Super Late Model victory at Volunteer Speedway in the 40-lap Showdown at the Gap. The 18-year-old driver Full Story
Les Essary overcomes Comer for West Plains victory
Posted: 06/23/2008, 04:51 pm From series reportsWEST PLAINS, Mo. (June 21) — Lesley Essary of Crane, Mo., overtook race-long leader Chuck Comer in a late-race duel at West Plains Motor Speedway for his third Show-Me Racin' Series victory of the season. Comer, who started outside Full Story
King outruns Michael for SRRS win at Winchester
Posted: 06/23/2008, 03:50 pm From series reportsWINCHESTER, Tenn. (June 21) — Brandon King of Decatur, Ala., led all the way in Winchester Speedway's Rebel 50 for his second Southern Regional Racing Series victory of the season. King earned $3,000. Fellow Alabama driver Byron Michael Full Story
Buckingham earns $2,000 Fastrak win at Bulls Gap
Posted: 06/23/2008, 03:38 pm By Robert WaldenBULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 21) — Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn., overtook Ty Dillon midway through a 40-lap Fastrak Racing Series event at Volunteer Speedway and led the rest of the way for $2,000 victory. “We kind of had Full Story
