FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2020 – Mitch McCarter (411 Motor Speedway), Roger Sellers (Smoky Mountain Speedway), Gary Hall (Tazewell Speedway), and Landon Stallard (Volunteer Speedway) have collectively decided to suspend operations for at least 30 days in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The group will closely monitor the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRASSTOWN, NC (March 18, 2020)—Officials with Boyd’s Speedway, Senoia Raceway and the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Sunoco Race Fuels have announced the postponement of this weekend’s events due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the best interest of the communities, and racing families, and after…
BATAVIA, OH (March 16, 2020) – In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials announce the postponement of events for 30 days. This postponement includes events at Atomic Speedway, Brownstown Speedway, 411 Motor Speedway, and Talladega Short Track. The series hopes to resume…
*Turn 2 Blog is a regular feature on InsideDirtRacing.com. Here, site operators Michael Moats and Richard Allen take turns offering their thoughts on the dirt racing topics of the day from east Tennessee and beyond. Richard: Well, there is no way we could have predicted that we would be in…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Season Opener Update for Boyd’s and Senoia BRASSTOWN, NC (March 15, 2020)—The Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Sunoco Race Fuels would like to give an update regarding the season openers at Boyd’s Speedway March 20th and Senoia Raceway on March 21st.…
According to a press release sent on Saturday, March 14, longtime Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series general manager Lynn Acklin has passed away. The release stated: “It is with a heavy heart to let my racing family know that long time GM of the Southern All Stars Lynn Acklin…
November of 2019 proved to be a time of significant change for racer Pearson Lee Williams. Going into that month he was serving as a crew member helping to prepare cars for driver Brandon Overton on the Rum Runner Racing team. By the end of that month he had been…
The winter of 2019-2020 saw the return of the Xtreme DIRTcar Series as a short series set in the months of November through February. But as those who follow Dirt Late Model racing know, the life of any series is certainly not guaranteed, particularly a start-up series, even one with…
Along with the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series the Smoky Mountain Speedway also staged racing in the Limited Late Model and Sportsman Late Model divisions. At the end of the night, it was Cory Hedgecock and Jed Emert who left the Maryville, TN track as victors. Cory…
Following a Friday night run at middle Tennessee’s Duck River Raceway Park, the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series moved to the eastern third of the Volunteer State to contest the $12,000-to-win Tennessee Tipoff event. When all was said and done, it was Mike Marlar who left Smoky…
