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Lanigan Opens 2012 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Season With $20,700 ‘Winter Freeze’ Victory At Screven Motor Speedway

Posted by Admin | Mon, Feb 13 2012 No Comments

SYLVANIA, GA – Feb. 11, 2012 – What a difference a year makes.

Almost exactly 12 months after missing the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener due to a medical issue, Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., kicked off the national tour’s 2012 schedule with a convincing victory in Saturday night’s inaugural 60-lap ‘Winter Freeze’ event at Screven Motor Speedway.

Lanigan, 40, grabbed the lead from Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., on lap 13 and paced all but one circuit over the remaining distance to secure a…

Tags: Darrell Lanigan, Dirt, Dirt Late Model, dirt racing, dirt track, Dirt Track Racing, GA, Georgia, Kentucky, KY, Screven Motor Speedway, Super Late Model, Sylvania, Union, WOO, WOOLMS, World of Outlaws, World of Outlaws Late Model Series, World of Outlaws Late Models

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Over $200,000 In Purse Money, Points Fund And Two Extra Starting Positions Up For Grabs At The 36th Annual Dart Winternationals

Posted by Admin | Mon, Feb 6 2012 No Comments

Officials from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are excited to announce that the 36^thAnnual DART Winternationals, being held Feb 12-18^th at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL, will pay out over $200,000 in purse money alone for the week. This year’s events at the famed “Clay by the Bay” will start on Sunday night Feb 12^th with an open practice session for racers to shake down their cars in preparation for the week-long event.

For the 7^th straight year…

Tags: DART, DART Winternationals, Dirt Late Model, Dirt Late Models, dirt racing, dirt track, East Bay Raceway Park, FL, Florida, Gibsonton, LOLMDS, lucas oil, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Super Late Model, Winternationals

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Michael Shank Racing Wins Rolex 24 At Daytona; Ford Sweeps Podium

Posted by Admin | Mon, Jan 30 2012 No Comments

A total of 58 cars began the 50th anniversary Rolex 24 at Daytona, but there could be only one winner.

After trying to win this race since 2004 and coming up empty eight times, team owner Michael Shank took his eponymous team to Victory Lane on the strength of a heroic three-hour final stint by NASCAR star AJ Allmendinger, who is also one of his partners in a new Indy car venture.

Allmendinger’s driving partners were former CART teammate Justin Wilson, Ozz Negri and John…

Tags: 24 Hours of Daytona, Andy Lally, Daytona, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Prototype, FL, Florida, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford Racing, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, GT, Justin Wilson, Magnus Racing, Michael Shank, Michael Shank Racing, Porsche, Rolex 24 at Daytona

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IHRA Announces First-ever Summit Racing SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship

Posted by Admin | Mon, Jan 23 2012 No Comments

Over the past 10 years the fastest growing and most lucrative grassroots drag racing program in the sport has been the International Hot Rod Association’s Summit Racing SuperSeries.

Designed as a championship program for bracket racers around the world, the Summit SuperSeries has crowned nearly two dozen champions and awarded over $1 million in cash and prizes since 2002 and now, through the continued partnership of Summit Racing Equipment, the IHRA is pleased to announce a brand new Summit SuperSeries program for Junior Dragster racers beginning…

Tags: Drag, drag racing, Dragster, Dragsters, IHRA, IHRA Junior Dragster, IHRA Junior Dragsters, IHRA Summit Raicng SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship, International Hot Rod Association, Junior Dragster, Junior Dragster World Championship, Racing, Summit, Summit Racing, Summit Racing SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship

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Dreams For Sale At Barrett-Jackson

Posted by Admin | Mon, Jan 16 2012 No Comments

Passionate car collector brings his award-winnng ’40 Ford coupe hot rod that he created himself plus other vintage gems to the Scottsdale auction.

Lots of guys finally get their dream cars, the ones they lusted after when they were young but couldn’t afford. Of course, Barrett-Jackson makes those dreams come true whenever it holds an auction, as it’s doing next week for its 41st year in Scottsdale.

Many times, that special collector car (or truck) is eventually discovered – the right model, the right year, the right…

Tags: '40 Ford, 1940 Ford, Arizona, auction, Auto Auction, AZ, Barrett-Jackson, Collector Car, Collector Car Auction, Collector Cars, Ford, Scottsdale, Westworld

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The 26th Annual Chili Bowl Takes Place This Week

Posted by Admin | Tue, Jan 10 2012 No Comments

Tulsa — The “super bowl” of midget racing gets underway on Tusday at the QuikTrip Center.

The 26th Chili Bowl Nationals will host more than 250 race teams from 32 different states and five countries. Practice took place all day Monday.

Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart is back, looking for his third Chili Bowl title. Kevin Swindell is trying to do the unthinkable — capture his third straight crown.

“The racing, it don’t get any better than this right here,”…

Tags: 26th Annual Chil Bowl Midget Nationals, 26th Chili Bowl, 26th Chili Bowl Nationals, Chili Bowl, dirt racing, Indoor Dirt Racing, Indoor Midget Dirt Racing, Indoor Midget Racing, Indoor Midgets, Indoor Racing, Midget, Midget Dirt Racing, Midget Racing, Midgets, OK, Oklahoma, QuikTrip Center, Racing, Tulsa

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PASS To Return All American To 400 Laps At Nashville

Posted by Admin | Tue, Jan 3 2012 No Comments

Officials from the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, TN have announced a major addition to the 2012 racing schedule.

The PASS South Super Late Models will stage a 400 lap event on Saturday, October 6^th at the historic .596 mile Tennessee oval. The race will be highlighted by a return to its traditional 400 lap distance and will pay $22,000 to the winner. There will be an additional $20 per lap awarded to the race leader which could push the winner’s total to $30,000.

“We are…

Tags: All American 400, late model, Late Models, Nashville, Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, PASS, PASS South, Pro All Stars Series, Pro All Stars Series South, Super Late Model, Super Late Models

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Safety Seminars Highlight Third IMIS Show

Posted by Admin | Mon, Dec 5 2011 No Comments

December’s International Motorsports Industry Show takes center stage as the latest in the whirlwind of off-season trade shows, from Dec. 8-10 at Indianapolis’ Indiana Convention Center.

Show times run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST on the Thursday and Friday, and 10 to 4 on Saturday. The third IMIS show expects to attract more than 20,000 attendees from the motorsports business.

Several hundred exhibitors will be set up and displayed, featuring designers, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and other…

Tags: IMIS, IN, Indiana, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, International Motorsports Industry Show, Safety, Trade Show

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Big Or Small, PRI Trade Show Has Something For Everyone

Posted by Admin | Thu, Dec 1 2011 No Comments

In recent years, it hasn’t been unusual to see every team in NASCAR’s Chase attend the PRI Trade Show looking for the latest and most creative technology available that might just give them the slightest edge to put them over the top. And as those teams bring budgets that can range up to – and sometimes even more than $100 million a year, it would be easy to get the notion that the PRI Trade Show is best suited to make the rich get richer…yet, surprisingly,…

Tags: FL, Florida, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Performance Racing Industry, Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, PRI, PRI Trade Show

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FAST XFI 101 Class At PRI Trade Show

Posted by Admin | Mon, Nov 21 2011 No Comments

Memphis, TN – The next XFI 101 course from FAST and EFI University is scheduled for November 30th, 2011, in conjunction with the Performance Racing Industry Show (PRI) in Orlando, FL.

Scheduled specifically to accommodate attendees of the 2011 edition of the PRI trade show, the final FAST XFI 101 course of the year is set for Wednesday, November 30th, at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center. This is the day before the PRI show begins at the same location. The class is open to both new and experienced end…