Don’t ever count David Gravel out.
August 11, 2025 Springfield, IL-Second generation race driver Shane Cockrum spends his days as a first responder in his Benton, Illinois home but many weekends are spent behind the wheel of a sprint car or a USAC Silver Crown champ car. The Franklin County Fire Chief has three champ car wins on the Illinois dirt miles, two at Du Quoin and one at Springfield. This year, Cockrum teams with long time USAC car owner Hans Lein in search of a second Bettenhausen trophy. Cockrum is part of a stellar field that rolls into the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Saturday for the 62nd Bettenhausen 100.
USAC Big Cars Heading for Springfield
Springfield, IL August 6, 2025- It’s less than two weeks until the rumble of USAC’s Silver Crown dirt championship will bounce off the massive Illinois State Fair grandstand, as the 62nd Bettenhausen 100 takes center stage Saturday, August 16. The Bettenhausen continues a tradition of championship dirt car racing on the last Saturday of the fair that goes back to 1934. A full field of the mighty uprights is expected to enter the grounds on August 16.
RICHMOND, Va. (Aug. 6, 2025) – Richmond Raceway announced today that the NASCAR Youth Series presented by Cook Out will showcase the sport’s stars of tomorrow August 14-16. Drivers ages 5-16 will race in the drift and bus parking lots near Laburnum Lot C, providing fans with even more action leading up to the Cook Out 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race on Saturday. This event is FREE for spectators.
Wiscasset Speedway returned to action on Saturday night with an action-packed Group 2 program that included the lightning-fast NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites.
The racing action kicked off with the first of two 30-lap features for the Portland Glass Strictly Streets. Brady Romano took off with the early lead, but trouble was on the horizon as Scott Eck and Landon Tapley collided, resulting in a caution. Romano remained strong on the restart but Ben Burgess was on the move, overtaking the lead on lap 10 as Joe Harriman followed in succession. Burgess maintained command following a mid-race restart, picking up his second win of the season in the division. Joe Harriman and Chuck Wagstaff (1st career podium) followed, completing the top 3.
Holland, N.Y. – (July 21, 2025) – The Race of Champions Modified Series is set to make its highly anticipated return to the high banks of Holland International Speedway this Saturday, July 26, for the only stop of the season at the historic Western New York oval.
Headlining the night will be “The Transitowne 100,” a 100-lap showdown sure to deliver the trademark intensity fans have come to expect from the Series.
One of the biggest events on the Kubota High Limit Racing schedule will stream LIVE on FloRacing July 16-17 when the world’s top Sprint Car drivers storm into Eldora Speedway for the Joker’s Jackpot. The event launches a massive week of Sprint Car racing at “The World’s Greatest Dirt Track” during Kings Royal week.
DALLAS (July 9, 2025) – The NASCAR Cup Series goes coast-to-coast next week, competing in Northern California on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway and then traveling 2,900 miles eastward to the shores of Delaware for next Sunday’s race at Dover Motor Speedway.
In between, Christopher Bell, driver of the No. 20 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing, will spend Wednesday and Thursday, July 16-17, in Rossburg, Ohio, at the famed Eldora Speedway where he will compete in the first two nights of the 42nd annual Kings Royal, one of sprint car racing’s crown-jewel events.
BECHTELSVILLE, PA JULY 1, 2025 . . . . . Heavy rain on Monday night that saturated the grounds and the forecast of rain joined by high winds, severe weather and potential flooding in the early evening hours has forced the decision to cancel the Tuesday night, July 1 Pennsylvania 410 Sprint Speed Week event joined by the 358 Modifieds. It is with great disappointment that we had to make this decision as this event is always the highlight of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. At this time there are no plans to reschedule this event due to the already full schedule of racing the balance of the year.
AUSTIN, TX – (July 1, 2025) – FloSports is taking Kubota High Limit Racing to new heights with a special co-broadcast on FloRacing and FS1 live from the historic Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. The broadcast – produced by FloSports – will introduce the best dirt racing on the planet to its widest audience in history, as FloSports and High Limit Racing continue to focus on growing the sport of winged sprint car racing. Kubota High Limit Racing’s Joker’s Jackpot at Eldora Speedway will air live Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 PM ET.
