Hard to believe, but it has been ten years since Atomic (TN) Speedway held a racing event. We all the know the story behind its closure. No sense in rehashing hurt feelings by many of the racing community. I had the opportunity to work at Atomic for five years. That…
Eric Wells of Hazard, Kentucky made the short drive to Ponderosa Speedway and collected $10,000 by winning Saturday’s Southern Nationals Bonus Series event. Wells led flag-t0-flag in capturing the win. Wells started off the night by setting fast time out of 37 qualifiers with a time of 13.346 seconds. Well…
In the last edition of the Quick Six blog, we looked at time management. In this edition, we look at word play and some other recent stories in dirt racing. It’s a good thing people in big time athletics know the difference betweem the words “postponed” and “cancelled”. People in…
Donald McIntosh won the first heat race on Friday night to claim the pole position for Saturday’s Tennessee State Championship race at Crossville Speedway. McIntosh set fast time in the first group in time trials in the Blount Motorsports entry. Brandon Overton won the second heat race. Chris Madden was fast qualifier…
Carolina Clash event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8 at Volunteer Speedway canceled BULLS GAP, Tenn. — After talking with officials from the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series, “Border Wars at The Gap” scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8 at Volunteer Speedway has been canceled due to a conflict with a…
Volusia Speedway Park Suspends Weekly Racing CONCORD, N.C. – Oct. 3, 2016 – While Volusia Speedway Park announced today that they have suspended weekly racing, DIRTcar Nationals will continue as planned at the 1/2-mile Florida dirt oval February 14-25, 2017. “We hate to see this happen to Dirt Life Racing…
This edition of the Quick Six blog looks at time management in the sport. More and more people are paying attention to the time it takes to run programs. Here are some thoughts on that and other time management issues. Regional race series should take a cue from the national…
After taking some time off for a couple of weeks, this week’s Quick Six makes some observations with the latest happenings in dirt racing. Some racing folks have said they feel the uptick in concussions could be caused by the head restraint systems, where a driver is banging his/her head…
The latest edition of the Quick Six blog takes a look at some recent news that has our attention. Here are our views on them. Every track and series should adopt the same rules as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Late Model Series for…
Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals is set to start its 12th season on Saturday night at Wythe Raceway in Wytheville, Virginia. The 2016 edition of the mini-series will have 11 races in 15 nights, up from 10 races in 13 nights since the series started in 2005. This year will see a…
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