It looks to be a great night of racing in Elbridge, New York, where the World of Outlaws sprint car tour rolls in for a mid-week spectacle. Enjoy the updates, and keep the comments coming. Dirt Track Digest coverage of the World of Outlaws at Rolling Wheels Raceway
VERNON, NY- Sometimes things seem to happen for a reason or seem from a Hollywood script and this past Sunday evening at Utica-Rome Speedway, it was one of those nights. The speedway was honoring former driver J.J. Michaels and longtime family friend and relative Jimmy Phelps came in searching for his first ever Utica-Rome Speedway win and when the checkered flag dropped at the end of the 50 lap main event, it was a reunion between the Michaels family and Phelps as they celebrated his win in victory lane. The hard fought win was worth $5,000. Tim Fuller jumped to…More
By ERICH NEUHAUS FONDA (5/12/12) – It’s official – Fonda Speedway is under a “deep freeze”. Stewart Friesen won his fourth-straight modified feature at the Track of Champions, weaving his way from a 14th place start to take control on lap 22 when he went to the outside of turns two, three and four to pass Ronnie Johnson on frontstretch and never looked back. “Getting a win or two is one thing, trying to stay on top is another thing,” said Friesen. “We have a really competitive team. We don’t like losing much and when you have a racecar like…More
Canandaigua, NY – May 12, 2012 – Dave Roberts, Canandaigua Motorsports Park Correspondent Matt Sheppard of Waterloo, NY won his 24th career DIRTcar Big-Block Modified feature at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday night before a good crowd at the Ontario County Fairgrounds. It was Mothers of Racing Night with the first 200 moms through the grandstand gate getting a rose. It was also Scout Night as several local scouts and scoutmasters helped celebrate Mothers Day with an evening out at the popular routes 5 & 20 oval. Sheppard slipped by leader Justin Haers on lap 26 and went on to…More
New Egypt, NJ (May 12, 2012) – Danny Bouc of Pipersville, NJ & Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, NJ were Modified feature winners at New Egypt Speedway Saturday night in the Mother’s Day events sponsored by K & A Excavating. Bouc won his career first in the make up 20 lap feature held over from April 28th. In the regularly scheduled 30 lap event, Pauch broke his string of bad luck by getting to the front quickly and holding off several challenges for his 106th career win at the speedway. “Finally I have won a regular feature event, exclaimed a very…More
(JAY FISH PHOTO) FULTON, NY May 12, 2012 (By Dave Medler) – Crowd favorite Pat Ward out of Genoa, New York said after Saturday nights Tracey Road Equipment Big Block Modified feature, that the young guys are getting tougher and tougher to beat on a weekly basis with their equipment and talent. When the checkers flew at the end of 35 laps, Ward showed he has no signs of slowing down anytime soon as he parked his Gypsum Express, Stadium International Trucks/LJL Kevlar Race Engines/ Bicknell/No.42p in victory lane. Ward took the lead on lap 20 from Matt Hulsizer and…More
BECHTELSVILLE, PA Four feature races produced four first time winners in the Whelen Engineering NASCAR sanctioned stock car racing events at Grandview Speedway on Saturday night. Doug Manmiller and Meme DeSantis won the 30-lap NASCAR 358 Modified features while Lou Egrie Sr. took top honors in the 20-lap Late Model feature and Craig Whitmoyer was tops in the 25-lapper for Sportsman. Brad Missimer went to the front in the first 30-lap Modified feature of the evening and held the top spot until two thirds of the feature had been completed. The 21st lap had several cautions that eliminated a few…More
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by Adam Ross – with help from top secret correspondents. With so much going on in our industry every week it can be hard to stay informed, but we do our best. This blog is dedicated to the things that we think our friends would want to hear about. Before we get into what made this weekend’s newsworthy segment we again want to ask for your help. We want to cover every track that hosts dirt modified events – whether it’s dirt or asphalt. If your favorite track doesn’t get the coverage it deserves, please email me at adamrossenterprises@gmail.com ,…More
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – April 7, 2012 – The first weekend in April marked the earliest season-opening in Canandaigua Motorsports Park history, a perfect time for ‘Land of Legends’ lifer Danny Johnson to once again rattle the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified record book at the hallowed Ontario County Fairgrounds half-mile on Saturday night in front of a packed house of sun-drenched fans. Buckled in behind the wheel of the blue #27J Page Trucking-Honeoye Auto Parts-Waste Management/Bicknell entry equipped with a Mike Mastin-prepared powerplant, Johnson dominated the 2nd Annual Jan Corcoran Memorial to kick off the 2012 Super DIRTcar Series points…More
ELBRIDGE, N.Y. – May 3, 2012 – It’s simply known as “The Fast Track” and for good reason. Rolling Wheels Raceway Park is a semi-banked, 5/8th-mile oval, making it the biggest track on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule. The Outlaws will compete at the monster track twice this season, including Wednesday, May 16, in the Finger Lakes Speedfest. “It’s a big, wide-open track,” Kraig Kinser said. “You’ve got to have a good setup and you’re engine has to be working well there.” It’s the first of four races in New York. The World of Outlaws return to…More
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director CONCORD, NC – May 9, 2012 – Could Brandon Sheppard be the next Josh Richards? The rising young star – and the dirt Late Model world – is ready to find out. Sheppard, 19, of New Berlin, Ill., was hired on Monday to drive the Rocket Chassis house car, giving him a golden opportunity to make his mark on the national scene in a high-profile ride that Richards recently vacated to pursue a NASCAR career. Rocket Chassis co-owner Mark Richards, whose race team reached championship heights on the World of Outlaws Late Model…More
La Salle, IL (May 12, 2012) – Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN continued his recent hot streak on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour by winning for the third time in his last four races. O’Neal grabbed the lead at the start of the race. He cruised to the $10,000 victory in the Jeff’s Engine Masters-sponsored Spring Shootout at La Salle (IL) Speedway. O’Neal has now won seven series events in 2012. Defending series champion and current point’s leader Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN battled with Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA to grab the runner-up spot. Steve Francis…More
Danny Johnson, of Rochester, N.Y., received top honors for winning his fifth overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels DIRTcar 358-Modified Series championship in the Mike Payne-owned Bicknell. David Hebert, of St. Damase, Quebec, raced to the top of the weekly Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified standings.