As the racing season swings into action, the 2023 Appalachian Mountain Speedweek is ready to “Rock and Roll”. “I can hardly believe we are less than two months away!”, enthusiastic series director, Jim Bernheisel stated. “Racers are beginning to commit to the entire week and even after his devastating hauler fire, Andrew Yoder was the very first to sign up.” A complete listing o...
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Mooresville, NC (February 7, 2023) - Carson Brown announced today that he is teaming up with Delk Marlar Racing to run a partial 604 Dirt Late Model schedule in 2023. In a partnership established by Hornaday Development, the team will be led by World of Outlaws Champion, Mike Marlar, and will take on its first season of 604 Crate Late Model racing starting this spring. “The move to 604 Dirt Late ...
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TULSA, Okla. (January 11, 2023) – Rico Abreu used a last-lap pass to take the lead from fellow Toyota driver Mitchel Moles in winning his sixth consecutive Smiley’s Racing Products Qualifying Night feature at the 37th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals. The victory is Abreu’s eighth preliminary night feature win in the last nine years, all coming in a Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota. With the...
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(Macon, IL) The world’s fastest 1/5-mile dirt oval will have new ownership at the helm in 2023. Macon Speedway, located in Macon, IL, has been under the leadership of Bob Sargent as owner/promoter since 1985, when he took the reins from original owner Wayne Webb. In 2007, Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart, and Kenny Wallace joined Sargent as speedway co-owners. Built in 1946, Macon Speedway’s 78th...
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THERE ARE MANY aspects about the state of New Jersey that result in the world happening inside the state lines to be overlooked and underestimated. It’s not often fans hear about lucrative purses or exciting racing action in the abundant headlines surrounding dirt track racing. Overlooked and underestimated have not only defined the location but also New Jersey driver Ryan Simmons.Coming from a r...
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GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 23 — Matt Westfall of Pleasant Hill, Ohio repeated his winning ways of Friday night by posting his third non-wing 410 sprint car feature victory of the season at Gas City I-69 Speedway Saturday night. He earned $3,000 for winning the 25-lap main event during the second half of the two-day, fourth annual Fall Festival of Speed, which put an exclamation point on the 2022 s...
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MECHANICSBURG, PA - October 22, 2022 - A historic edition of the 60th annual Champion Racing Oil National Open played host to a historic happening on Saturday night. Going back to the fountain of youth, 57-year-old Lance Dewease held off two of the fastest rising PA Posse stars and a slew of full-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series drivers to win his fifth-career Nationa...
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OCTOBER 20, 2022 - BRUNSWICK, GA – Dirt Empire Magazine will be shifting to a bi-monthly production schedule in 2023. Multiple factors have contributed to this change. “We’ve been in business for two years now,” owner and publisher, Adam Cornell said. “I’ve always believed in being willing to make course corrections along the way to refine what we’re doing. Shifting to a bi-monthly production ...
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FRANK COATES, of Hodges, South Carolina, may not be known by fans and competitors throughout the country but he has been a force at speedways in the Palmetto State for over four decades. At any dirt track in the state of South Carolina, when his red and white 21 Ford rolls through the gate everyone knows he will be in the hunt for the win. Pride of South Carolina Now 66 years old, Coates ha...
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BRUNSWICK, GA – Dirt Empire Magazine is expanding its national retail distribution by adding select Barnes & Noble stores across the United States with the roll out of Issue #11 in September 2022. Dirt Empire Magazine is a print publication that covers automotive circle and oval dirt track racing, including sprint cars, late models, modifieds, pro stocks, street stocks and karts. It was fo...
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