ROSSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 5, 2024) – Eldora Speedway has hired championship-winning USAC driver and motorsports executive Levi Jones as general manager for the World’s Greatest Dirt Track.
The appointment serves as a homecoming for Jones, with the 42-year-old from Olney, Illinois, having raced for Eldora Speedway owner Tony Stewart in the United States Auto Club (USAC) from 2006 until the midpoint of 2013, winning six of his seven USAC championships with Tony Stewart Racing.
SAWALICH ON DIRT: William Sawalich claimed his first victory on dirt two weeks ago at Springfield. Last year, the 17-year-old earned the pole for the race at DuQuoin and finished fifth after suffering damage during the race.
LAST TIME OUT: Sawalich claimed his second-consecutive victory at the Milwaukee Mile last weekend. Sawalich won the pole and led all but two laps on his way to the win. The 17-year-old has won his last four starts across ARCA Menards Series (AMS) – Salem Speedway, Elko Speedway, Springfield Mile, and the Milwaukee Mile. His strong day at Milwaukee helped him gain six points in the ARCA Menards Series East (AMSE) driver standings. He now sits 16 points behind the leader headed into the AMSE season finale at Bristol Motor Speedway in September. (more…)
August 19, 2024 (Concord, NC) – It was a historic day in the ARCA Menards Series when Isabella Robusto and Taylor Reimer finished second and third in Sunday’s event at the Illinois State Fairground’s Springfield dirt mile. (more…)
Elma, N.Y. – (July 28, 2024) – The Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series returns to action this Friday with the running of the Stirling Lubricants Sportsman Shootout at the beautiful Ohsweken Speedway in Central Ontario, Canada.
Lancaster, NY – (June 30, 2024) – The Race of Champions Modified Series made it’s first of two visits to the half-mile Lancaster (NY) Motorplex this past Thursday for the running of the Ol’ Boy Cup VII and when the checkered flag waved on the field, Jack Ely, who has moved from Wall Township, NJ to Northampton, PA, was standing in victory lane after a great performance.
LOUDON, N.H. – SIG SAUER Academy, the premier firearms and tactics training destination for more than two decades, is partnering with New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) and adding their name to the SIG SAUER Academy Dirt Duels on Friday, June 21 at The Flat Track. (more…)
Bear Ridge Speedway “the fastest dirt track in Vermont” is putting together another year of edge-of-your-seat racing entertainment as they celebrate the 57th consecutive season at the Ridge with a banner lineup of events with the return of long-standing sponsors in 2024 C.V. “Butch” Elms with wife April May Preston-Elms continue to host the best short track dirt racing in Vermont, making this one of the few tracks in the United States that has for 57 years always been owned or operated by the same family. (more…)
Port Colborne, Ontario-Canada – (August 31, 2023) – The Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series concludes its season this Sunday, September 3 at the Humberstone Speedway near Port Colborne, Ontario – Canada.
Jordon Cosco of St. Catherines, Ontario was the Series most recent in the 9th Annual Pete Cosco Memorial on Sunday, August 20. (more…)
Port Colborne, Ontario-Canada – (August 14, 2023) – The Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series returns to action Sunday, August 20 for the traditional running of the 9th Annual Pete Cosco Memorial.
The Pete Cosco Memorial has been a staple event for the Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series to honor and pay tribute to “one of the nice guys” in racing. (more…)
Ohsweken, Ontario-Canada – (August 10, 2023) – The Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series will head to the ultra-modern Ohsweken Speedway in Oshweken, Ontario-Canada for it’s first visit of the season this coming Friday night for the JIBS Action Sports Sportsman Shootout. It will be $1,500 Canadian-to-win for the Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman competitors on Friday. (more…)
Speedway, Indiana (May 23, 2023)………The busiest stretch of USAC National racing so far this year arrives this week in Indy leading into Sunday’s 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 and Circle City Raceway, at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Indianapolis has two of those nights, Wednesday and Thursday. (more…)
Lee, NH — In one of the most dramatic and exciting events so far in the young 2023 racing season, the American-Canadian Tour put on a barn-burning performance at New Hampshire’s Center of Speed, Lee USA Speedway on Sunday. With the return of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150 at the 3/8-mile oval came an interesting group of touring regulars, old friends and young greenhorns. (more…)
LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports Films announces today a new five-part documentary series DIRT: THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN SPORT, chronicling legendary dirt track competitors in a wheel-to-wheel battle on dirt tracks across America.
BECHTELSVILLE, PA APRIL 3, 2023 . . . . . . Grandview Speedway is one of just twelve dirt tracks in the country selected to host the inaugural season of the High Limit Sprint Car Series that will take place on Tuesday night, July 25 when Levan Machine & Truck Equipment present the Rich Mar Florist 40 lap, $23,023 to win High Limit 410 Sprints that is part of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series.
Pensacola, FL (March 1, 2023) – Bubba Pollard has been a name synonymous with pavement Super Late Model racing in America for the past two decades. Now fans will be able to see him race with the ASA STARS National Tour, including the Sunshine State 200 on March 10-11 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. (more…)
