After splitting time with Volunteer Speedway the last two seasons, 411 Motor Speedway will return to weekly racing in 2019. The Seymour, Tennessee track released its 2019 schedule which sees racing nearly every week from late March though November. Mitch McCarter, the owner of 411 Motor Speedway, leased Volunteer Speedway…
Driver Casey Roberts is out as the driver of the Blount Motorsports ride. The announcement came via a press release Friday afternoon. Roberts was tabbed to take over the BMS ride a year ago to replace the departing Donald McIntosh. The Toccoa, Georgia driver closed his race team to drive…
Hall of Fame driver Skip Arp has decided to hang up his helmet for the last time. In a statement released by Arp on Wednesday, he said it was time to call it a career after 40 years of racing. The Georgetown, Tennessee driver was one of the top dirt…
Eddie Carrier Jr. took an emotional Butterball Woolridge Memorial win at Richmond Raceway. It was Carrier’s first career win at the Richmond, Kentucky speedway. Thirty-nine late models from across the region signed in for the $10,059 to win race sanctioned by the Schaeffer’s Iron Man Championship Series. Jason Jameson set…
The Southern Nationals Bonus Series and Iron Man Late Model Series co-sanctioned the 10th annual Buddy Rogers Memorial at Tazewell Speedway on Sunday night. The race honored the late Rogers who was a multi-time track champion at Tazewell Speedway and other tracks across East Tennessee. When the night was over,…
We are in the heart of big money races on the dirt late model schedule. The newest edition of the Quick Six looks at some big events. While it may seem strange to have a Bristol race weekend without a visit to Volunteer Speedway, the decision to cancel the Scorcher…
Anthony White took the first to take the checkers in winning the 2nd annual Dylan Kennedy Memorial at Wartburg Speedway on Saturday night. White also won last year’s event. White topped 29 limited late models in time trials. He also won the dash race to earn the pole for the…
The newest edition of the Quick Six blog looks at a variety is topics including copycats in racing, steelhead late models, and more. Racing has always been a copycat sport, especially among the different series. Everything from formats to names to 4-wide salutes have been copied. Now, other series are copying…
The Smoky Mountain Speedway Hall of Fame is excited to announce the 2018 class that will be inducted on Saturday, August 25 at the speedway. Committee members recently met to discuss numerous candidates in three categories: drivers, contributors, and asphalt driver. The committee received numerous public nominations as well as…
When the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returns to Smoky Mountain Speedway this Saturday, a familiar face will be roaming the pit area. It will not be a driver. Instead, it will be a Knoxville resident serving as a series official. Royce Fout has served as an official with…
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