Good to be King: Daryn Pittman Wins 25th Annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway
Daryn Pittman has been searching for a spark all season long, as he has been close a number of times to breaking through for his first win of the campaign. He has had a number of strong runs cut short by bad luck, but that all changed on Sunday night as a fast race car and a little good fortune found him, as he was victorious in the 25th Annual Kings Royal at the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
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STEVE ARPIN TO RUN USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES in RICHMOND, VA
Steve Arpin and Carl Edwards/R.E. Technologies Racing will travel to Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia this Friday and Saturday, June 27th-28th for a USAC Silver Crown event on the paved oval. Steve will be wheeling the #35 car in his first ever asphalt race and first time in a Silver Crown car. " I'm looking forward to getting some more time in this car and on asphalt in the practice sessions Friday and Saturday. We hope to build up enough momentum to be a competitive force by the end of the day Saturday. This is my first time in this style of race car and we are going to take advantage of the time we have to gain all the experience I can, said Steve".
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Flag-to-flag Clint Smith dominates Port Royal
Clint Smith brought his recent World of Outlaws Late Model Series struggles to a resounding end as the Great Northern Tour opened. With one of the most dominant performances on the tour this season, Smith cruised out front from flag-to-flag to record his first victory of 2008 in a 40-lapper at Port Royal Speedway.
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CRAWLEY CHARGES O�REILLY USCS SPEEDWEEK ROUND SIX WIN AT NORTH ALABAMA
In what was possibly the most exciting final 10 laps of an O’Reilly United Sprint Car main event or in all of sprint car racing ever, Benton, Arkansas’ fastest citizen, Tim Crawley charged to his third O’Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 feature win on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway. Crawley, who started ninth in the field made contact with the wall early in the race on lap four and spun out. He then charged from the rear of the talented field back to the front to pass six-time series Champion, Terry Gray in the final corner for the win.
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Steve Kinser Wins at Rolling Wheels
Steve Kinser has an impressive and unmatched record at most of the tracks on the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule, and one that really stands out above the rest is Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, New York. The 20-time series champion had made 25 starts at the sprawling 5/8-mile facility entering Monday night’s event and had finished in the Top-10 in each and every one of those. He kept this streak going on Memorial Day, as he picked up his 10th A-Feature win at the track and the 545th of his career.
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T-Mac pockets $10,000 for victory at La Salle
Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., outdueled Brady Smith at La Salle Speedway for his second Dirt Late Model victory of 2008 and his first on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series since 2005. McCreadie took the lead for good on lap 26 after a lengthy side-by-side battle with Smith and collected the $10,000 winner's purse at the high-banked quarter-mile oval.
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Kinser Wins at Williams Grove
There were a lot of firsts on Thursday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was the first Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at the famed half-mile since a brand new Musco light system was installed. It also was the first event of the season that the cameras from SPEED were on hand for, to capture all of the action for broadcast on May 31. Last but certainly not least, it was Steve Kinser’s first series win of the 2008 season.
The 20-time series champion led the final seven laps to take home the $8,000 top prize in the first of two consecutive nights of racing for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at the hallowed track. Both nights of racing will be taped for broadcast on SPEED.
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Babb Makes Car Owner Clint Bowyer’s Saturday Night Even Better With First WoO LMS Victory Of ’08 At Lebanon I-44 Speedway
Shannon Babb gave his boss even more reason to smile on Saturday night.
On the same night that his famous car owner Clint Bowyer was triumphant in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition at Richmond International Raceway, Babb authored a flawless drive to victory in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘All-State Insurance 40’ at Lebanon I-44 Speedway.
Babb, 34, of Moweaqua, Ill., advanced from the fourth starting spot to pass Rick Eckert of York, Pa., for the lead on lap 12 and then never looked back. Driving a new Traiger Grills/Chevrolet Rocket car that had never before seen action, Babb repelled a late-race challenge from Eckert and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., to score his first WoO LMS win of the 2008 season.
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Payne sails at Lakeside
Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., led all 40 laps at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., for a May 7 midweek victory on the O'Reilly MLRA tour. Payne has won both MLRA events this season.
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Wallace edges Knowles on final lap at Talladega
EASTABOGA, Ala. (April 26) — It appeared that rain and threatening weather might be the only thing to stop Tony Knowles from notching his first career O'Reilly Southern All Star Series victory on NASCAR weekend at Talladega Short Track. But with a last-lap pass, it turned out fellow front-row starter Wendell Wallace, a former Dirt Track World Champion, denied the Tyrone, Ga., victory his biggest career victory. Wallace pocketed $5,000 on a night when rain twice delayed racing action and pushed the start of the feature past midnight. |
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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Blake Miller, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Josh Ford, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Davey Pombo, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Alex Schutte, 12. Austin Mero, 13. Alan Ballard, 14. J Hicks, 15. Eric Severson, 16. Jordan Hermansader, 17. Luis Espinoza, 18. Henry Clarke, 19. Royal Adderson, 20. Kenny Perkins, 21. Ross Millar, 22. Todd Hunsaker. NT
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ELDORA SPEEDWAY
ROSSBURG, OH (April 26) – If Joey Saldana had gone any faster Saturday night at Eldora Speedway, he would have needed a pilot’s license, as the Brownsburg (IN) Bullet literally decimated a talented field of 37 winged All Star Sprints. Jon Henry duplicated last week’s Moser UMP-DirtCar Modified victory with a surprise pass on Jerry Bowersock in the late stages, while former Advance Auto Parts Stock Car champion Mike Dirksen completed the tripleheader program with a victory lane visit.
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Colossal: Foes can't stop Francis in 100-lapper
There was simply no stopping Steve Francis in Saturday night’s Circle K Colossal 100 at the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. With a flawless performance behind the wheel of Dale Beitler’s Reliable Painting/Valvoline Rocket No. 19, Francis dominated the entire distance to score his first career win in the $200,000 World of Outlaws Late Model Series event.
“The car was just absolutely phenomenal tonight,” said Francis, who earned $50,000 for breaking Scott Bloomquist’s two-year ownership of victory lane in the blockbuster race. “We never even had to run a lap hard. We had a lot left if we needed to go. That’s just unbelievable to get a car that good against this level of competition.”
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Race results: January 31 - February 2, 2008
Thursday - Saturday, Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2008 - ASCS Winternationals, Tampa, FL
The Inside Scoop:
The 2008 race season started off with a bang! Bobbi and I made our way back from Australia, landed in the good ole USA on Tuesday and met up with The Shop Motorsports team on Wednesday in Tampa, FL, to go over the car and get a little practice in. It's good to be home!
Racing action kicked off Thursday for the 2008 Winternationals and the first night of the ASCS National Tour Point Series. We started 3rd in the 4th heat and ran 2nd, just behind Kenny Adams. Our 12th place starting spot in the feature was not what we had hoped for, but we worked up to 6th and were pleased with a top 10 finish, especially since we had a little trouble with the smaller right rear tire.
Friday's action had us starting 5th in the 4th heat, finishing 2nd. The top 8 cars redrew for the A Feature starting spot, so we started in the 7th position. We were pleased with our 2nd place finish. I chased Terry McCarl, but the feature was a green to checker and the opportunity to get a win just wasn't there.
Thursday and Friday's action left us in a great position - 2nd in Winternational points and starting the main event on Saturday on the outside front row. I can now tell you what a perfect race car feels like; the team had The Shop Motorsports/ King Racing/ Pope Transportation/ Custom Equipment Designs #41 dialed in! She was sweet! When the green flag dropped I surged past Gary Wright and took off to lead all 40 laps. The feature did have three cautions, the last one on lap 30. The last 10 laps were fun as I had 5 lapped cars between us and 2nd place.
Great victory to start off the year and very pleased to win the Ronald Laney Memorial race. Ronald was someone I looked up to as a kid and it was an honor to win the race.
Special thanks to a great bunch of sponsors and friends that made the trek to Florida for the race: David and Joy, Pope Transportation; Chuck and Justin, CED, Inc. Also, it was great to have Dad and Uncle
James with us too.
Overall, just a great weekend! Bobbi and I are happy to be back!
- Jason & Crew
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Schatz Wins World of Outlaws Title for Second Consecutive Season
Donny Schatz earned his second consecutive World of Outlaws title, over the weekend after earning two Top-Five finishes in the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway.
The native of Fargo, North Dakota finished the season with a series best 19 A-Feature wins. He won at 14 different tracks, in 11 states, as well in Canada, in the World of Outlaws inaugural visit to Castrol Raceway in Edmonton. He won five televised races, including two during the inaugural “SuperClean Summer of Money” on ESPN2, in addition to three victories on SPEED. He finished the season with 70 career World of Outlaws A-Feature wins, which have him tied for sixth all-time with former World of Outlaws champion Dave Blaney.
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Finally the champion
After two near-misses, Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., wrapped up a championship on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2007. Francis compiled four victories and 27 top-five finishes en route to winning more than $143,000 in purse money. He'll get an additional $100,000 at the Dec. 6 banquet for his championship.
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Spring Clash 150 Weekend
Music City Motorplex
Nathan Haseleu Wins Squeaker
Nathan Haseleu raced side by side with his friend and fellow northern driver Josh Vadnais for the last 10 laps of the CRA Super Series Spring Clash 150 before beating Vadnais to the line from the fourth turn to win. Russell Fleeman finished a close third as he was pushing up to get into the mix trying to find a way to pass the for the lead. Dennis Schoenfield came from 30th to finish fourth and Chris Gabehart finished fifth.
"I don't think I breathed the last couple of laps." Haseleu stated. "He got inside of us and we kind of bumped a couple of times, he even led a little bit, but he raced me clean."
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Opening-Lap Surge Propels Babb To Fourth Win Of '07 Saturday At Hagerstown Speedway
Shannon Babb has proven to be a quick study on the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series.
With his flag-to-flag victory in Saturday night’s 26th annual ‘Conococheague 50’ at Hagerstown Speedway, the Moweaqua, Ill., star was triumphant in his first career start at a track for the third time on this year’s tour.
Babb, 33, didn’t exactly expect his latest WoO LMS success, however.
“We didn’t have our hopes up real high coming in here,” said Babb, who previously won WoO LMS events in his first-ever visits to Virginia Motor Speedway (April 14) and Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (April 17). “I talked to (three-time WoO LMS champ) Billy (Moyer) and a couple other guys during the week and they said we’d probably be in trouble (finding a comfortable setup), so I knew we had to change a lot of things to make our car suitable for the racetrack.
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Wallace Claims 14th Annual O’Reilly Show Me 100
West Plains, MO (May 27th, 2006) – After finishing in the second spot in the 2005 edition of the O’Reilly Show Me 100, Wendell Wallace from Batesville, Arkansas set his sights on the 2006 crown as his course of redemption. At the conclusion of Saturday night’s festivities for the 14th Annual O’Reilly Show Me 100, Wallace clinched redemption in his hands, as well as a $40,000 check, after he topped the 100 lap feature event.
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Winner Austin Dillon with Grandfather Richard Childress
It seemed as if history sort of “stood still” for a moment, at the Lowes Motor Speedway Dirt Track this past Friday night, as the FASTRAK Late Model series came to town. The “Goodyear-FASTRAK Challenge” was about to prove itself ”fan worthy” once and for all in front of a “sold out” crowd of more than 14,000 fans. Although the Woo sprints were intended to be the “main attraction” the FASTRAK Late Models won the hearts of the fans. A few fans might have left after the sprint main event, but the 11,000 plus that stayed, witnessed the best race of their lives, as many fans said afterwards.,
Austin Dillon, son of Mike Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress, took the checkers for his first ever dirt late model win. Childress was quoted in Victory Lane as saying “folks, this is REAL racing. I don't think I've been any more nervous trying to win the Daytona 500," Childress said with pride. "Seeing the black No. 3 back up there and my family running it, it's just great. He did a great job tonight and I'm proud of Austin."
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Clint Smith Cools Off Babb With Powerful Victory At Kamp Motor Speedway
Clint Smith registered a pretty satisfying victory in Saturday night’s ‘Boswell Brawl 50’ at Kamp Motor Speedway.
With his first World of Outlaws Late Model Series win of the 2007 season, Smith cooled off the streaking Shannon Babb, got some revenge on his good buddy Chris Madden and regained a share of the tour points lead.
“It was a great night for us on a great track,” bottom-lined Smith, a 42-year-old veteran from Senoia, Ga. “This was our first time racing here, and all I can say is this was one racy track.”
Smith, who started second, outgunned the polesitting Babb for the lead at the initial green flag and never looked back. He survived two late-race caution flags to record his seventh career WoO LMS win by about three car lengths over Gray Court, S.C.’s Madden, whose final-lap bid between turns three and four fell short.
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Red-Hot Babb Gives Locals Something To Cheer About In World of Outlaws Late Model Series Event At Farmer City Raceway
Shannon Babb gave the locals what they came to see.
The Moweaqua, Ill., native defended his home turf well on Friday night, scoring a powerful flag-to-flag victory in the ‘Farmer City 50’ at the venerable Farmer City Raceway.
It was the third win in the last four World of Outlaws Late Model Series events for Babb, who departed Farmer City – a quarter-mile fairgrounds oval at which he raced often early in his career – with sole possession of the tour points lead.
“It’s always nice to win close to home,” said Babb, who is the only repeat winner this season through eight WoO LMS A-Mains. “When it’s a big show, it’s even better.”
Babb dominated the feature, blasting off the outside pole to lead the entire distance in his Car City/J&J Steel Rayburn No. 18. He was fast enough to stay a step ahead of three-time WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., who made a late bid but settled for second place in his Banner Valley Hauling Rayburn No. 21.
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The inside scoop:
On Friday we ran the ASCS Coastal Regional race in Hattiesburg, MS. We had a good night, finishing with a clean sweep. We started the heat 4th and won it; started the dash 2nd and won it then sat on the pole for the feature and brought the checkered flag home. It was a fun night and our second feature win in a row.
Saturday night we hoped to continue the streak. We got off to a good start; we started the heat in the 4th position and won it. We started the dash 6th and worked up to 3rd; the same position from where we started the feature. Once the green flag dropped I found the grove and waved good bye. Around lap 18 while maneuvering lapped cars I got held up and lost the lead but did hold on to the number two spot.
This weekend we are off to two ASCS national point races: Texarkana on Friday and Little Rock on Saturday. Come see us if you are in the neighborhood otherwise stop by our web site when you can.
- Jason & crew
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Babb Perfect At Lernerville
Shannon Babb didn’t begin the 2007 season with a plan to chase the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship.
But after making Tuesday night’s 50-lap ‘Showdown in Sarvertown’ at Lernerville Speedway his second straight victory on the tour, Babb just might have to consider becoming a WoO regular for the first time in his career.
Babb, 32, of Moweaqua, Ill., not only became the first repeat winner in six events on this year’s 360 OTC WoO LMS, but also vaulted into a tie for the tour points lead with Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.
“My plans right now are kind of iffy,” said Babb, whose third career 360 OTC WoO LMS triumph came just three days after he won at Virginia Motor Speedway. “I’d like to run the (UMP DIRTcar Racing) Summernationals, but I’ve done that a couple times and won it (in 2005 and 2006), so it may be time for me to move on.
“I’m confident my car is right and we have the equipment to do this (Outlaws) deal,” he continued. “And I usually have a good last half of the season, so if I’m up in the points (after more 360 OTC WoO LMS events), we’re gonna strongly think about (competing for the title).”
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Bulls Gap, TN — RACE REPORT: Saldana Swipes Thriller at Volunteer Speedway
The fans at Volunteer Speedway had been waiting a long time for a World of Outlaws event. They received one on Saturday night, and it was one of the best races in the history of the track, as Joey Saldana picked up his second straight win and third of the season, in a thrilling battle with Tim Shaffer and Donny Schatz.
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Steve Francis Wins Second Consecutive 'Early Bird Classic' at KLMS!
CALVERT CITY, KY (March 17, 2007)-Steve Francis of Ashland, KY scored his second consecutive “Early Bird Classic” victory on Saturday Night at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway. The 39 year old driver grabbed the lead from defending Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway track champion Terry English on lap 21 and stormed away from the field to pick up the $10,000 payday. Francis was driving the Tim Logan Racing/Morehead Auto Truck Parts Sales/Rick’s Body Shop/J&M Grafix/Russell Baker Racing Engines/Rocket Monte Carlo. Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR came from the 17th starting spot to finish second in his Car City/Pro Power Engines/C.J. Rayburn Monte Carlo. Taking third was Terry English of Benton, KY in his AAA Fence, Inc/ARC Racing Engines/C.J. Rayburn Monte Carlo with Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, WI coming in fourth in his Miller Brothers Coal/Pro Power Engines/C.J. Rayburn Ford Fusion and Brian Harris of Davenport, IA finished fifth in his Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation/Reynolds Motor Company/MasterSbilt Grand Prix. A total of 48 cars were on hand for the 3rd Annual event.
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TERRY PHILLIPS
Winner of the 4-State Championship in 1990,1997,2003,2005
Winner of Octoberfest in 1993, 1997, 2001
Winner of the 1995 Route 66 Showdown Joplin, Mo.
Winner of the 1995 16th Annual Spooker Ft. Smith, Ar.
Winner of the 1999 7th Annual Show Me 100 West Plains, Mo.
Winner of the 2001 and 2003 Show Me 100 Race Of Champions West Plains, Mo.
Winner of the 2003 MLRA/WDRL/NCRA Pump & Pantry Doniphan, Ne.
Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Justin Stanfill Modified Feature West Plains, Mo.
Winner of the 2005 100,000 Modified Feature Batesville, Ar.
Winner of the 2005 2nd Annual Xtream Super Nationals Modified Feature Oklahoma City, Ok.
78 MLRA Feature Wins
55 MARS Feature Wins
1994 and 1996 MLRA CHAMPION
2000, 2004, and 2005 MARS CHAMPION
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Thanks for your patience.
Our webpage expansion is coming along, but rather slower than we had hoped. However, if you will continue to bear with us, we are continuing to expand our site!!!!!
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