The ownership team at the Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn. has been very aggressive in their efforts to bring major dirt late model events to that track. Likewise, the National Dirt Racing League under the leadership of owner John Kennedy and series director Kelley Carlton have aggressively worked to…
Add one more track to the list of those around the east Tennessee region that is undergoing change. Chattanooga area Boyd’s Speedway will be under new management when the 2014 season gets underway in the Cabin Fever event on February 1st. David Duplissey and Dale McDowell have assumed ownership of…
As part of their season ending banquet held on Saturday night in Knoxville, the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series released a tentative 17 race schedule for 2014 that includes eight events to be held in east Tennessee. Most notably, four races on the tour are scheduled to take place at the…
The Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series assembled on Saturday evening at the Bearden Banquet Hall in Knoxville to celebrate their 2013 season. Awards and money were doled out to several drivers, crew members and supporters of the series from the past year. New series announcer Ray Tennyson stated that the…
Tazewell Speedway has released their 2014 schedule. As in past years, the schedule is loaded with all kinds of special events and double features for its own divisions. Twenty-eight dates are on the schedule for the 1/3-mile speed plant. The season kicks off Saturday, March 22 with the fifth annual…
According to a story posted by the Cleveland Daily Banner on December 18th, a Chattanooga area real estate development firm appears poised to take possession of the property where the historic Cleveland Speedway currently sits. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chattanooga could decide the track’s fate as early as Thursday…
*Turn 2 Blog is the newest addition to InsideDirtRacing.com. In this regular feature, site operators Michael Moats and Richard Allen will take turns offering their thoughts on the east Tennessee dirt racing topics of the day. The 2013 racing season around east Tennessee was one filled with newsworthy events. In…
Jimmy Owens was just crowned the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion for the third consecutive year. It’s not a mere coincidence that such a feat has occurred. Behind Owens’ tremendous success, that has not only included those titles but also wins in virtually every major dirt late model…
The future of Cleveland Speedway remains uncertain. However, there appears to be at least some reason for optimism among East Tennessee fans and racers for the historic track. A hearing had been scheduled for December 12th in the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court in Chattanooga where bids were to be accepted for the…
East Tennessee racing fans will have to wait a little longer to find out the fate of the Cleveland Speedway. Action had been scheduled to take place in the bankruptcy court in Chattanooga on Thursday, December 12. However, that action has been delayed until next week. The scheduled date of hearings for that…
