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USAC Silver Crown Contenders Emerge at Springfield, Head for DuQuoin Mile Race

by Mike
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Silver Crown Cars set for Saturday afternoon affair in DuQuoin (Allen Horcher Photo)

August 25, 2025-DuQuoin, IL-The August 16 Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield, run in high heat and humidity, saw several contenders for victory emerge in the USAC Silver Crown Series event.  The Bettenhausen was the first of two traditional one-mile dirt track races on the schedule.  The second and final mile race is also a daytime event on Saturday, August 30 when the Ted Horn 100 is contested at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds.  The Springfield race saw several potential first-time winners on the Illinois mile.

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Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Vincent Apple Head to COTA Finale

by Mike
Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Vincent Apple Head to COTA Finale

Jake Drew Looks To Lock Down Rookie, Young Guns Championships, Joined by Boris Said Jr., TA2 Series Newcomer Vincent Apple

HIGH POINT, N.C. (Oct. 31, 2024) – A pair of season-long championships are on the line in the Silver Hare Racing camp as it heads to the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series finale Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

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Michael McDowell & Horizon Hobby Head Back to the Kansas Heartland

by Mike
Michael McDowell & Horizon Hobby Head Back to the Kansas Heartland

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (September 25, 2024) – Michael McDowell and the No. 34 team are back in the Heartland this weekend to take on the Kansas Speedway.

McDowell returns to Kansas after an 11th-place run at the Bristol Night Race and is looking to improve on his Top-10 finish from the Kansas spring race earlier this year. His 10th-place result was his best career-finish at the 1.5-mile Speedway.

Horizon Hobby is back on the No. 34 this weekend, highlighting over 50 local hobby stores across the country, on the hood of the Ford Mustang Dark Horse. By forging strong relationships with RC hobby enthusiasts, retailers, and manufacturers around the world, Horizon Hobby has built the best brands in the industry. (more…)

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Michael McDowell and Benebone Head to The Glen, Searching for a Road Course Win

by Mike
Michael McDowell and Benebone Head to The Glen, Searching for a Road Course Win

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (September 10, 2024) – The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Finger Lakes of Upstate New York and Watkins Glen International for road course racing this weekend.

Michael McDowell returns to his road racing roots, looking for another solid finish. So far this season, the No. 34 has had two Top-5s on road courses, a 2nd place at Sonoma and a 5th place at the Chicago Street Race. (more…)

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Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr. Head North of the Border

by Mike
Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr. Head North of the Border

HIGH POINT, N.C. (Aug. 27, 2024) – After having to wait eight weeks between rounds eight and nine of the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series, the Silver Hare Racing team and its driver duo of Jake Drew and Boris Said Jr. welcome the much more agreeable turnaround of just eight days between last Friday’s round nine at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International and this Saturday’s round 10 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario.

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Race Of Champions “Family Of Series” Head To Chemung Speedrome For Traditional “Tribute To Ed Mcguire” Night Saturday, July 20, 2024

by Mike
Race Of Champions “Family Of Series” Head To Chemung Speedrome For Traditional “Tribute To Ed Mcguire” Night Saturday, July 20, 2024

Chemung, NY – (July 15, 2024) – The Race of Champions “Family of Series” will head to Chemung (NY) Speedrome this Saturday, July 20 for the running what has become one of it’s highlighted traditional programs of the season in the “Tribute to Ed McGuire”.

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Matt Hirschman & Lou Strohl Head To Islip 300 Riding Momentum Of Big Weekend Modified Victories

by Lou Modestino
Matt Hirschman & Lou Strohl Head To Islip 300 Riding Momentum Of Big Weekend Modified Victories
It was a successful racing weekend for two veteran drivers out of Pennsylvania, “Money” Matt Hirschman scored his ninth career win in the John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout at Caraway, NC Speedway, while Lou Strohl was victorious in the Tom Wanick Jr. Memorial King of the Green event at Evergreen, Pa. Raceway. Both drivers hope to ride a wave of momentum into the 7th annual Islip 300 this Saturday November 11th at Riverhead Raceway.

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CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs Head to South Florida For Penultimate Race

by Mike
CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs Head to South Florida For Penultimate Race

After two weeks to regroup and go over strategy, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competitors are headed to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200, the Playoffs’ Round of 8 finale (Saturday, October 21 at 12 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio) to decide who will make the Championship 4 Round and race for the title in Phoenix.

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George Bessette, Jr. & Brian Sullivan Head Into NAPA Championship Night at Stafford Tied In SK Light Standings

by Lou Modestino
George Bessette, Jr. & Brian Sullivan Head Into NAPA Championship Night at Stafford Tied In SK Light Standings

(Stafford Springs, CT)—With NAPA Championship Night on the horizon for this Friday, September 29th at Stafford Speedway, the fight for the SK Light championship will come down to the #39 Lasco Roofing and Sheet Metal team of George Bessette, Jr. and the #46 Monaco Ford team of Brian Sullivan.

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