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Tuesdays with TMAC – Time to Head Out!

Tuesdays with TMAC – Time to Head...

Tuesdays with TMAC – Time to Head Out! (Bill W) February 7, 2011 – Terry McCarl will be heading South this week with an eye on getting the 2012 season started in Georgia and Florida. He and the TMAC Motorsports #24 team are finalizing preparations for an ambitious schedule that will tentatively see 90+ races with several sanctioning bodies. He’ll head in much healthier than last season when a serious leg injury suffered in 2010 still hampered him. The schedule...more
Allard 2nd Down Under

Allard 2nd Down Under

Allard 2nd in New Zealand Championship PETERSEN MEDIA: With all of his success in New Zealand, Jonathan Allard still had the 42nd New Zealand Championship at South Island’s Ruapuna Speedway as the race he wanted to win above all others. After all, JA was the defending winner, and was able to adorn the number 1NZ this season. The event got underway on Friday night with a pair of heat races, then concluded Saturday with two more heat races to ultimately put the...more
Kaeding Second in Winter Challenge Finale

Kaeding Second in Winter Challenge...

Kaeding Closes Out Winter Challenge With Second Place Run PETERSEN MEDIA- After opening the Winter Challenge in Canyon, AZ with two podiums finishes, Bud Kaeding closed out the event with a second place finish on the final day of competition. The second stint of the challenge got under way on Thursday evening, and the San Jose, CA native had a solid top five running going with four laps to go. As he ran in the fourth position, Kaeding and another car made...more
Dave Blaney Racing from Sprint Cup to Sprint Car at Volusia Former World of Outlaws champ to tackle UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit

Dave Blaney Racing from Sprint Cup...

CONCORD, N.C. - Feb. 7, 2012 - Dave Blaney will be the latest NASCAR competitor to return to his dirt roots and compete with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series next week at the 41st UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment. Blaney follows a trend of NASCAR stars who were raised on dirt track racing and are eager to return to it. Last year, Tony Stewart claimed his first career World of Outlaws victory in July at Ohsweken (Ontario) Speedway - a...more
Factory Kahne Shocks Continue Winning Ways

Factory Kahne Shocks Continue...

Jason Johnson Stays Red-Hot on Factory Kahne Shocks PETERSEN MEDIA: Over the last three weeks in Australia, drivers utilizing Factory Kahne Shocks have been red hot, and last weekend was no different as Jason Johnson picked up the WSS win in Albany on Saturday night. In what was an action packed feature event, Johnson made a late race pass utilizing the low side of the speedway, and cruised on to the popular victory in front of a capacity crowd on his Factory...more
Ensign Caps 2011 Season With USAC Western States Awards Banquet

Ensign Caps 2011 Season With USAC...

ENSIGN GIVES CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLIONS TO CAR OWNER FINKENBINDER Three months after the final checkered flag flew at Irwindale Speedway, Geoff Ensign’s whirlwind 2011 season finally came to a close in Sacramento at the USAC Western States Awards Ceremony held at Thunder Valley Casino. Already presented with his awards at the Night of Champions in Indianapolis, IN, Ensign was once again center stage, this time capping off his 2011 season at the microphone. Master of...more
Carson McCarl – A New Chapter Awaits!

Carson McCarl – A New Chapter...

Carson McCarl – A New Chapter Awaits! (Bill W) February 6, 2011 –Getting his sprint car start off to a better start in 2011 would have been tough for sixteen year old Carson McCarl. Try winning your first ever competition at Knoxville Raceway and becoming the youngest winner in the track’s storied history. Throw in two more wins and a track championship (again the youngest to ever do so) and you’ve got a heck of a year! The Altoona, Iowa driver will be stepping up...more
Motorsports Ventures, the PAS & WOO bring Outlaws back to So-Cal

Motorsports Ventures, the PAS &...

World of Outlaws invade Perris Auto Speedway for “So-Cal Showdown” on March 10 By Gary Thomas Lake Perris, CA - February 4, 2012…For the first time since 2007 the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will be in action at the Perris Auto Speedway, as the tour makes its return to Southern California on Saturday March 10 for the “So-Cal Showdown.” Chris Morgan of Motorsports Ventures is excited to have the “Greatest Show on Dirt” back in Southern California at the...more
KNIA/KRLS Sprint Car Preview Saturday February 4th

KNIA/KRLS Sprint Car Preview...

New Knoxville GM Toby Kruse, Kevin Swindell, Clint Garner, Dusty Zomer and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Director Bob Baker will join us for part 1 of our 2012 Sprint Car Preview show Saturday January 28, 2012 from 12:30-2pm Central time LIVE on KNIA/KRLS Radio 92.1 FM or streaming live on www.kniakrls.com. Kruse gives good detail on the Friday format change for the 52nd Knoxville Nationals, Swindell talks about his Chili Bowl win and plans for 2012 plus hear what...more
Midwest Open Wheel Association Announces Addition of Two Big Races!

Midwest Open Wheel Association...

(Bill W) February 3, 2012 – The Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) is pumped to announce the addition of a pair of big races for the 2012 season that memorializes two legends of the sport! The First Annual Mary Lee Standridge Memorial will be run at the Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois on Friday, July 27. In addition, the series will make its first foray into the great state of Indiana when it honors the late Earl Gaerte at the Plymouth Speedway in...more
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