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Sprint Car & Midget News
9/5/2008 The American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region will get its championship weekend of events under way a day later than planned, as wet grounds have forced the postponement of Friday night's scheduled event at the Butler County Motorplex in Rising City, NE.  (Rising City, )

9/5/2008 The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will wrap up the Gold Rush Tour for 2008 with the 55th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico , California , September 4-6.  (Chico, )

9/5/2008 The season has begun to wind down for the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions and with just 3 events left; Dale Blaney currently has regained control of the top spot over Lance Dewease making for a dog-fight over the last 3 events.  (Fremont, )

9/5/2008 The breakdown of the lucrative $250,000 point fund for the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters for the 2009 season has been determined. 

9/4/2008 Puyallup, Wash. driver Mitch Olson had run at Skagit Speedway with his 410 sprint car a number of times this year, preparing to race against some of the world’s best sprint car racers when they come. A sixth place finish in June’s Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup was a good start.  (Burlington, )

9/4/2008 The 55th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico , California is just around the corner for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, on September 4-6.  (Chico, )

9/4/2008 Jason Meyers used a second-place finish on Sunday night at Skagit Speedway, along with setting fast time to cut nine more points off Donny Schatz’s lead in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship standings. 

9/4/2008 The 55th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway is just around the corner for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, September 4-6.  (Chico, )

9/4/2008 The United Rebel Sprint Series will return to McCook Speedway on Sunday, September 21.  (McCook, )

9/4/2008 The Northeastern Midget Association will run its 900th feature Friday night, Sept. 13th at Lee USA Speedway. The milestone comes in the club’s 57th season.  (Lee, )

9/4/2008 The "Kansas City King of the Wings" and Midget Classic takes to the track this Saturday night, September 6, at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri!  (Grain Valley, )

9/4/2008 It appears that the monsoon season is coming to an end and for auto racing fans it is about time. Manzanita Speedway has suffered through one of the wettest monsoon season in years with several races being scrubbed because of rain or flooding.  (Phoenix, )

9/4/2008 The ASCS Patriots started off 2008 at the famed Fulton Speedway; but before the feature could hit the track, a downpour pushed the 25-lap event to this Saturday, forming a double dose of the wonderful winged things.  (Fulton, )

9/4/2008 The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz season championship hangs in the balance as the series takes to a pair of Michigan ovals this weekend to conclude the season's championship points chase.  (Hartford, )

9/4/2008 After a Phoenix washout this past weekend, the American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region fires back to action with Saturday night's event at Tucson's United Sports Arizona (USA) Race Park.  (Tucson, )

9/4/2008 The American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region is set to put the wraps on the 2008 season with a pair of events in Nebraska over this coming weekend.  (Rising City, )

9/4/2008 The Discount Tire Co. American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region kicks off a busy month of racing action by taking to Manzanita Speedway's 1/3-mile clay oval this Saturday for the Phoenix track's Fan Appreciation Night.  (Phoenix, )

9/4/2008 It will be 21 years to the day…This Friday night the 25th Anniversary Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) will make its return to the high banks of the Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y.  (West Lebanon, )

9/4/2008 The “Kansas City King of the Wings” and Midget Classic takes to the track this Saturday night, September 6, at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri!  (Grain Valley, )

9/3/2008 After Saturday night’s attempt at racing at the Knoxville Raceway ended in a fizzle, Wayne Johnson lent a little sizzle to the festivities at the Lake Ozark Speedway Nationals near Eldon, Missouri on Sunday.  (Knoxville, )

9/3/2008 Canadian Ford Focus Midget pilot Brendan Langlois claimed the feature victory this past Saturday evening in the United States Auto Club (USAC) California Pavement Ford Focus Midget event held at Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah.  (West Valley City, )

9/3/2008 Some consistency is setting in with the Big Game Treestands #24 team as they embark on their western tour with the World of Outlaws.  (Burlington, )

9/3/2008 Six time Northeastern Midget Association champion Dave Humphrey has been elected to the National Midget Hall of Fame.  (Sun Prairie, )

9/3/2008 JoJo Helberg of Rohnert Park, Calif. has taken the point lead away from defending Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champion Ryan Burdett and looks forward to this Saturday night’s series finale at Salt Lake City, Utah.  (West Valley City, )

9/3/2008 The 2008 King of Indiana Sprint Series Champion’s Helmet was presented to four-time series champion Jon Stanbrough at Lawrenceburg Speedway, Saturday night.  (Lawrenceburg, )

9/2/2008 USAC Carolina Ford Focus Series results for Tuesday, September 2, 2008 from Concord Motorsports Park.  (Concord, )

9/2/2008 Jason Meyers used a second-place finish on Sunday night at Skagit Speedway, along with setting fast time to cut nine more points off Donny Schatz’s lead in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship standings.  (Burlington, )

9/2/2008 Six drivers earned Earl’s Fast Qualifier honors in USAC racing this past week and two races this coming weekend will offer valuable points toward 2008 Earl’s Fast Qualifier championships.  (Ventura, )

9/2/2008 Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. retained his lead in the USAC K & N Silver Crown Championship standings Sunday night, finishing seventh in the “Ted Horn 100” despite a final-lap spin.  (DuQuoin, )

9/2/2008 It is with regret that I must announce that I, along with Black Swamp Media Group, will no longer be providing PR, Marketing, Graphic Design, and Web Site Services for the All Star Circuit of Champions. 

9/2/2008 September will be a busy month for the non-profit National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum (NSCHoF&M) Foundation, as it will be conducting fundraisers from California to Pennsylvania. 

9/2/2008 With Hurricane Gustav bearing down upon the nation's Gulf Coast and authorities already mandating widespread evacuations, the third and final round of the American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region's Weekend of Speed scheduled for 105 Speedway in Cleveland, TX, on Sunday night has been cancelled.  (Cleveland, )

9/2/2008 The rescheduled Back To School Bash featuring the Kids bicycle races, the Street Stock 50, Modifieds, Sportsman, Mini Stock, Pure Stocks, 4 Cylinder Bombers, Figure 8's and V8 Thunder Stock Rookies managed to get practice in but was hampered in getting up to full steam due to intermittent showers.  (Inverness, )

9/2/2008 Jordan Goldesberry’s career will be taking another turn in 2009. The 17-year old Springfield, Illinois native will take on “The Best of the Midwest” with the O’Reilly Midwest All Star Series and will compete for the 2009 Rookie of the Year honors. 

9/2/2008 A busy stretch of four races in four days will wrap up for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on Tuesday, September 2 at Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon as the 2008 edition of the Gold Rush Tour continues.  (Cottage Grove, )

9/2/2008 Brad Loyet was released from Beaver Memorial Hospital, Saturday morning after being held overnight for observation.  (Beaver Dam, )

9/2/2008 The September 5th TBARA Outlaw Winged Sprints Billy Yuma/Bob Luscomb Memorial has been cancelled.  (Orlando, )

9/2/2008 Racing will return to the ½ mile dirt oval in Findlay, Ohio on Sunday, September 7.  (Findlay, )

9/1/2008 Kraig Kinser of Bloomington, IN, found his grove, as he drove the Tony Stewart, Bass Pro Shop #20 Sprint car to victory, claiming the $10,000 to win Feature event at the Grays Harbor Speedway in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaw Sprint Series, as they celebrated Labor Day in Elma, WA.  (Elma, )

9/1/2008 Kenny Adams lit the fuse on the high-banks of Deep South Speedway to score the win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts ASCS Sprint Car main event.  (Loxley, )

9/1/2008 Kraig Kinser has had his fair share of ups and downs this season as he returned to full-time competition with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.  (Elma, )

9/1/2008 John Hall and his Left Turn Enterprises racing team finished out the Knoxville Championship Cup Series season at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on Saturday, August 30.  (Knoxville, )

9/1/2008 USAC’s Carolina and California Dirt Ford Focus Series continue this week, with races at Concord, N.C. Tuesday, Dillon, S.C. Saturday and Ventura, Calif. Saturday.  (Concord, )

9/1/2008 Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. takes a 92-point lead into this Saturday night’s Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.  (Ventura, )

9/1/2008 Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. posted a pair of “top-10” finishes in Saturday and Sunday races at Calistoga, Calif. and emerged with a healthy 138-point lead over Scott Pierovich in the latest USAC Western Midget Series standings. 

9/1/2008 Tracy Hines continues to lead the USAC Mopar National Midget standings as the series prepares for the September 12 “Toyota Challenge” finale at O’Reilly Raceway Park. The series also competes September 13 at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.  (Indianapolis, )

9/1/2008 In the Mustang Salliz Micro Sprint Division Todd Reusser of Minerva took home the victory in the third annual Mike Borawiec Sr. Memorial Race.  (Deerfield, )

9/1/2008 The Southern Ontario Sprints capped off their 2008 points chase on Labour Day weekend. Ryan Hunsinger had an impressive weekend taking home the win on Saturday night in the make-up feature from July 12th and then backing it up with a win on Sunday night on his birthday. 

9/1/2008 Making his final Wright One Construction 360 Series start of the season Campbell’s Bud Kaeding drove the Werbach Motorsports No. 20 sprinter to a fourth place finish on Friday night at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway.  (Watsonville, )

8/31/2008 When the best in the business come, making the A-Feature is no easy task. Steve Kilcup did just that on Sunday night at Skagit Speedway when he qualified for the A-Feature with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.  (Burlington, )

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