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• Column: Superlatives from Wild West Shootout

  Posted: 01/20/2008, 07:21 pm

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 20) — Superlatives from Central Arizona Raceway's Wild West Shootout, the unsanctioned five-race miniseries Jan. 12-20 at the 3/8-mile track between Phoenix and Tucson: | Wild West Shootout slideshow Best Full Story

• Inside move on restart lifts Anderson in finale

  Posted: 01/20/2008, 05:34 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 20) — Making the most of a restart with five laps remaining, John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., pounced in the inside groove to regain the lead from Jimmy Mars in the finale of Central Arizona's Wild West Shootout. Full Story

• Mars, Sullivan defuse any controversy

  Posted: 01/20/2008, 12:36 am By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — Previous Wild West Shootout feature winners Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark., and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., were taken out of contention in 2008's fourth feature at Central Arizona Raceway when Full Story

• Fresh off '07, Anderson rolling again in Arizona

  Posted: 01/19/2008, 09:39 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 19) — Coming off an impressive 14-victory season, John Anderson didn't want to wait too many races to get rolling again in 2008. Four races seems about right. Taking the lead from Terry Phillips on the 14th Full Story

• Notebook: Parker puts engine woes behind him

  Posted: 01/19/2008, 05:36 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 19) — Engine problems prevented four-time Southwest Dirt Racing Association champion Lonnie Parker Jr. from showing his stuff the first three races of Central Arizona Raceway's Wild West Shootout. His primary Full Story

• Notebook: Five tracks plan partial IMCA slate

  Posted: 01/19/2008, 01:21 pm From series and track reports

  IMCA Sunoco Late Models will run partial weekly schedules at five Iowa race tracks in 2008. National and state points will be awarded at all 15 of those events, at Dubuque Speedway, Farley Speedway, Hancock County Speedway in Britt, Lee Full Story

• Top WoO crew chief anxious for 2008 travels

  Posted: 01/19/2008, 12:40 pm By Kevin Kovac

  Brad Baum was in near total shock when he received the big news from his boss Chub Frank. But as hard as it was for him to believe, it was true. Baum had been announced as the winner of the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Crew Chief Full Story

• Notebook: Clash adds Chase-style playoffs

  Posted: 01/17/2008, 03:39 pm From series reports

  The Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series has taken a page from the NASCAR rulebook and added a chase-style playoff at the end of the 23-race 2008 season. The stretch of Championship Series events is made up of five races paying at least Full Story

• Car battered, Drake bemoans passing points

  Posted: 01/17/2008, 01:44 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 17) — Steve Drake of San Luis Obispo, Calif., won Central Arizona Raceway's inaugural winter miniseries in 2001, but his 2008 visit to the Wild West Shootout didn't get off to a good start. Starting near Full Story

• High-running Kirchoff sneaks around Sullivan

  Posted: 01/17/2008, 12:38 am By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 16) — Eddie Kirchoff never met a cushion he didn't like. With most of Central Arizona Raceway's Wild West Shootout action held during the daytime, the track surface hasn't provided the moist conditions necessary Full Story

• Fielding car for Mars suits Wyoming driver just fine

  Posted: 01/16/2008, 04:28 pm

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 16) — You wouldn't peg Jess Anderson as the traditional car owner of a racing team featuring a successful national standout. First off, he's a Dirt Late Model driver himself. Secondly, at 44, he's younger Full Story

• Notebook: UMP summer slate includes 27 events

  Posted: 01/15/2008, 02:45 pm From staff, series and other reports

  It's time to start setting the GPS unit for this year's United Midwestern Promoters Summernationals. UMP revealed the grueling schedule for the month-long tour with 27 Dirt Late Model races in six states from June 12-July 12. Winning purses Full Story

• Engine swap? No problem for red-hot Mars

  Posted: 01/13/2008, 10:59 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 13) — With yet another victory in a Jess Anderson-owned car, Jimmy Mars is having no problems taming the Wild West. The Menomonie, Wis., polesitter dominated all 35 laps at Central Arizona Raceway for a $5,000 Full Story

• Notebook: Glaser just misses historic victory

  Posted: 01/13/2008, 11:27 am By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 12) — After losing his power steering during a lap-two caution at Central Arizona Raceway, Trevor Glaser of Tangent, Ore., wasn't having the easiest time guiding his new Trak-Star Race Car during the first Full Story

• Explosion on restart lifts Mars to Arizona victory

  Posted: 01/12/2008, 09:15 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 12) — That Jimmy Mars made a dazzling move on a lap-16 restart, spoiling Trevor Glaser's chances for a victory in the first leg of Central Arizona Raceway's Wild West Shootout, didn't surprise fellow Wisconsin Full Story

• Wallace climbing back into GRT house car

  Posted: 01/12/2008, 11:10 am From team reports

  Former Dirt Track World Champion Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., plans to sit in a familiar seat in 2008: behind the wheel of the GRT Race Cars house car. Wallace, who piloted the Greenbrier, Ark.-chassis manufacturer's research-and-development Full Story

• Notebook: Racers tune up at Central Arizona

  Posted: 01/12/2008, 12:41 am By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 11) — Mike Tahtinen walked over to a fellow Arizona driver's pit stall at Central Arizona Raceway and saw what he expected from a Super Late Model fresh off the wet racing surface following an early practice Full Story

• Central Arizona draws 40 for Wild West practice

  Posted: 01/11/2008, 07:56 pm By Todd Turner

  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 11) — More than 40 Late Model drivers from 14 states and Canada unloaded for practice on Friday night for the week-long Wild West Shootout at Central Arizona Raceway. The unsanctioned action kicks off on Saturday Full Story

• Notebook: Top crew chief back behind the wheel

  Posted: 01/09/2008, 03:48 pm By Todd Turner

  Jason Fitzgerald of Jacksonville, Fla., will focus on turning steering wheels instead of turning wrenches in 2008. The 32-year-old Fitzgerald, who spent the past two years as crew chief for three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Full Story

• Babb's Bowyer-backed ride begins at East Bay

  Posted: 01/09/2008, 12:28 pm From staff and team reports

  Two-time Dirt Track World Champion Shannon Babb is the latest dirt racer to make a key connection with the highest levels of NASCAR racing. The Moweaqua, Ill., driver has been hired by Clint Bowyer Racing to field a Dirt Late Model for Full Story

• Bray captures crate feature at Talladega

  Posted: 01/07/2008, 10:23 pm By Roby Helm

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 6) — Royce Bray of Hull, Ga., won the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 2008 season opener and the $3,000 top prize in the 40-lap main event at Talladega Short Track's Ice Bowl XVII. Starting third, Bray Full Story

• Column: Mayse proves himself worthy at TST

  Posted: 01/07/2008, 06:06 pm

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 6) — Perhaps Bobby Mayse will forgive me, but count me among his doubters before Sunday's Ice Bowl XVII Super Late Model feature at Talladega Short Track. Slideshow | Race story Although Mayse was on the Full Story

• Unheralded Mayse wins Ice Bowl XVII (updated)

  Posted: 01/06/2008, 05:08 pm By Todd Turner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 6) — Bobby Mayse of Harrison, Tenn., went to bed Saturday night knowing he'd be starting on the pole for the Super Late Model portion of Talladega Short Track's Ice Bowl XVII. A great starting position for the Full Story

• Rookie Peacock on pole for Ice Bowl crate race

  Posted: 01/06/2008, 10:17 am By Roby Helm

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 5) — Georgia drivers Hunter Peacock of Macon and Chip Brindle of Chatsworth earned front-row starting spots for Sunday’s NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 50-lap $3,000-to-win main event at the Talladega Full Story

• Can spec-engine cars win despite changes?

  Posted: 01/05/2008, 11:34 pm By Todd Turner

  EASTABOGA, Ala. (Jan. 5) — With spec-engine cars winning frequently at Talladega Short Track in recent years — including last year's Ice Bowl with Billy Mayo — the track decided to take away an advantage typically given Full Story