Inside Line Promotions – FRESNO, Calif. (May 8, 2023) – Mother Nature didn’t play nice last weekend, wiping out a pair of races during the 11^th annual David Tarter Memorial at Silver Dollar Speedway for Dominic Scelzi.

A busy weekend is on tap for the Scelzi Motorsports driver, who will do double duty on Friday and Saturday at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Classic., during the Peter Murphy Classic. Scelzi will race with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series each night as well as in a 360ci winged sprint car with the Kings of Thunder on Friday and the Sprint Car Challenge Tour on Saturday.

“The Peter Murphy Classic is a special event to me and our family,” he said. “Peter has always been a great friend and ambassador of the sport so it means a lot to run well during his event.”

Scelzi has been successful both during the Peter Murphy Classic as well as at Kings Speedway, where he placed fifth during the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series season opener last month.

Scelzi earned a half dozen feature wins at Kings Speedway in 2021 and he was victorious there once last year, when he posted seven top-five performances.

The last two years have been filled with memorable Peter Murphy Classic moments for Scelzi, who swept the weekend in 2021 – winning the 410 and 360 main event each night during the doubleheader – and won both of the 410 features during the two-day event last year.

“Weekends like those are ones you dream about,” he said. “To sweep both nights in 2021 and then both 410 features last year during the Peter Murphy Classic will always stay with me as special moments in my racing career.”

SEASON STATS –

8 races, 2 wins, 6 top fives, 7 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 8 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Friday and Saturday at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., for the Peter Murphy Classic with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.GaryScelziMotorsports.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicScelzi41

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scelzi41

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Meridian Steel 

Meridian Steel manufactures steel for a variety of uses, including 80 percent of the steel used by Scelzi Enterprises. For more information, visit http://www.MeridianSteel.com.

“Sam at Meridian Steel has been a supporter for us for several years and is tied in with our family business,” Scelzi said. “Not only is he a sponsor of our race team, but he enjoys racing in general. We’re grateful to have his support.”

Scelzi would like to thank Red Rose Transportation, Inc., Scelzi Enterprises, Whipple Superchargers, System 1, Fuel Delivery Services, Inc., Red Line Oil, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Roth Motorsports, K&N Filters, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, NAPA Auto Parts, Todd Jorgensen, Sparco, Allstar Performance, Meridian Steel, Auto Meter, Kenny’s Components and Worldwide Bearings for their continued support.

HERSHEY, PA (May 8, 2023) – When Brock Zearfoss quit his job as a refrigerator mechanic to start his racing career, he leaned on veteran driver Greg Hodnett to mentor him through that journey.

Now, the Jonestown, PA driver has the opportunity to provide that same support for Pennsylvania students trying to navigate their own journeys.

Through his and the World of Outlaws’ partnership with the Milton Hershey School (MHS), Zearfoss, and other Sprint Car drivers, will visit the school to speak with students on May 11 and welcome a student as an honorary crew member at Williams Grove Speedway on May 13.

Milton Hershey School – founded by Milton S. Hershey – is one of the world’s best private schools, where qualifying pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students live on campus and receive an exceptional education with top-tier classes and facilities—with all costs covered.

This is Zearfoss’ second straight year of working with the MHS students. Last year, student Rayshawn Shuler join his team as an honorary crew member during the National Open in October.

“It was a cool experience for both ends I think,” Zearfoss said. “Rayshawn was a big help for us. Just cool to see the excitement he had to join us and be a part of our team for the night. It’s important to engage kids into racing. It’s a cool opportunity Milton Hershey gave Rashawn and the other kids involved and got a chance to go to the races and be a part of teams that night. It is something he still talks about, even a year later. Hopefully we can continue doing something like that.”

That wasn’t the first time Zearfoss has worked with Hershey, though. While working as a refrigerator mechanic – before his racing career – servicing compressors, and dealing with anhydrous ammonia, part of his job involved working on compressors for The Hershey Company. Now, full circle, Zearfoss gets to use his story of quitting that job to follow his dream of being a race car driver as inspiration for the students to follow their own goals.

“[Hopefully] spark an interest or help them understand it is OK to not really know what you want to do,” Zearfoss said. “As long as you have goals, you can achieve whatever you want. It’s all about hard work. Just trying to present the right mindset for kids. I never thought I’d be like what we’re doing right now. Fortunate to be in that situation.”

Along with talking about career focused initiatives, Zearfoss brings another unique perspective as an entrepreneur. Having run his own team for the majority of his career – and entire World of Outlaws career – Zearfoss brings a unique perspective of what it takes to build, run and maintain a business.

“I deal with all the behind-the-scenes stuff too,” Zearfoss said. “It’s just a different way of approaching it. It’s a little more of an entrepreneurship. I think it gives me a little extra to talk about with the kids if they have a dream of owning their own business or something… Just gives me a little bit extra to talk about. The kids that are interested in being an entrepreneur, it might be helpful for them.”

He, along with Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi, Logan Schuchart, and Brent Marks, will visit with the students in the afternoon before going several more drivers at Hersheypark Stadium – initially known as Hershey Stadium Speedway – for the inaugural Hershey Sprint Car Experience. The event (May 11 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.), which is free to everyone, and features meet-and-greets with the drivers, honors the 84th anniversary of the stadium’s racetrack opening.

Then, on Saturday, during the Morgan Cup at Williams Grove, Zearfoss and three other drivers will welcome a student for a hands-on opportunity as an honorary crew member.

“The kids, they’re going to be all ears,” Zearfoss said. “They’re going to be excited. The last time we were there you could see the excitement in the kids’ eyes, whether it was the young kids in the fourth grade or the seniors. It didn’t matter what age they were. They were all excited to see us and see the race cars. Getting excitement in the kids’ faces and getting them engaged around the race car and just engaged in general.

“It’s all about being positive and having a positive mindset for the kids and just encouraging them to do good in life and succeed. If we can come out of the day by doing that and getting the kids engaged and really enjoying what they do and looking forward to succeeding in life and in school, that’s all we can really ask for.”

For more about Milton Hershey School, visit mhskids.com.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Eldora Speedway this weekend, May 5-6, before turning to its Spring Pennsylvania Swing, including Lincoln Speedway on Wednesday, May 10, and Williams Grove Speedway on Friday-Saturday, May 12-13. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every race live on DIRTVis

CHICAGO (May 8, 2023) – When fan favorite TJ Zizzo made his final pass at the 2021 NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis, the second-generation Top Fuel driver knew he needed to make a change if he was going to seriously chase his dream. Zizzo has passionately worked and fought to make a name for himself battling the biggest stars in the NHRA for the past three decades. His efforts have paid off to a limited degree with a strong fan following and a final round appearance in 2020. The return of professional drag racing to Rt. 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. for the Gerber Collision and Glass Rt. 66 NHRA Nationals, May 19-21, has provided Zizzo and his Rust-Oleum backed Top Fuel dragster team, known across the sport as the Rust-Oleum Rocket, the chance to keep the dream alive.

“It’s great to go out to my hometown track again,” said Zizzo. “We haven’t competed there since 2019 and my phone has been ringing off the hook since news came out that the Gerber Collision and Glass Nationals were coming back to town. That’s a big deal to us since so many of our marketing partners are from the Chicagoland area. My family and friends can all go to the races.”

Zizzo Racing readies the Rust-Oleum Rocket at their shop outside Chicago, IL, photo credit Zizzo Racing

One of the latest elements for Zizzo will be the addition of a new race car thanks to a generous offer by NHRA Hall of Fame driver and team owner, Don Schumacher. For years, Zizzo and his team competed on a budget repurposing quality parts and chassis to race with the better funded teams. They made a gallant effort and saw flashes of success. Zizzo feels like his career could now be turning a corner with an updated Top Fuel dragster.

“After St. Louis 2021, we knew we couldn’t keep up with the best in the sport anymore,” said Zizzo. “We really tried hard with our older equipment and car but we knew we needed to change. Don Schumacher reached out to us and offered to build a car that could be competitive.”

The commitment and rededication to racing was not an easy decision for Zizzo, who also owns and operates a thriving auto body and paint business outside of Chicago. He had been able to keep his quality team of crew members intact but investing in a race team was not a decision he took lightly. Luckily, he had the support of his family, his team and long-time marketing partners like Rust-Oleum.

“I hesitated for a long time and it was actually my son, Nick, and my dad, Tony, who ultimately made the decision for us to say, ‘Let’s go ahead and do this’ so we could compete at the very highest level. I also couldn’t have done this without the support and encouragement of my team,” said Zizzo. “Getting everything right goes beyond the parts when it comes to making a difference. In fact, it took us a solid year to get this car ready to go out here and pass. We haven’t had a chance in my entire 30-plus years of driving to have the same equipment that our competitors have. We’ve always been a little behind.”

Recently the team tested at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis and Zizzo was very pleased with the results. The 12,000-horsepower Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster made quick and consistent passes that gave the team the confidence to make the commitment to race in Chicago.

“It was amazing. Just standing on the gas to do a burnout in one of these cars is exciting,” said Zizzo. “There are all new sights and sounds in this Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster and it felt fantastic. This car just went straight down the racetrack. Our old car never did that. I can’t wait to get to Joliet and see what we can do.”

Top Fuel qualifying begins on Friday, May 19, and continues Saturday, May 20. Zizzo and the Rust-Oleum Rocket team will once again host a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning in their pit area which will be a welcome addition to race festivities. Final eliminations for the 16 quickest Top Fuel dragsters will take place on Sunday, May 21 and the race will be broadcast nationally on FS1. Fans can buy tickets to see Zizzo and the Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster at www.nhra.com.

May 8, 2023

A strong mid-race surge for Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team ended with a Lap 192 spin that relegated Burton and the team to a 30^th-place finish in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Burton started the 400-mile race from 25^th place and ran inside the top 20 for a time before ending the first 80-lap Stage where he started, but one lap down.

In the second 80-lap Stage the Motorcraft/Quick Lane crew rejoined the lead lap by taking the wave-around after a caution period for a spin by Aric Almirola at Lap 139. A caution six laps after the restart allowed the team to make a much-needed pit stop, and Burton ended the Stage in 22^nd place.

In the third segment of the race, Burton raced his way inside the top 15 and ran as high as 11^th, but dropped just outside the top 15 just before bringing out the yellow flag with a spin as he tried to avoid another car with just over 70 laps left to run.

Three laps were lost as the crew repaired a damaged toe link on the No. 21 Mustang, and Burton rejoined the race in 30^th place. He held that spot for the remainder of the race.

The No. 21 team now turns its attention to Darlington Raceway’s throwback weekend and next Sunday’s Goodyear 400.
 

TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS:POS.   DRIVER2nd     Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL13rd      William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL15th      Ross Chastain, No. 1 AdventHealth Camaro ZL17th      Chase Elliott, No. 9 UniFirst Camaro ZL110th    Austin Dillon, No. 3 BetMGM Camaro ZL1  TOP-FIVE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: POS.  DRIVER1. Denny Hamlin (Toyota)2. Kyle Larson (Chevrolet)3. William Byron (Chevrolet)4. Bubba Wallace (Toyota)5. Ross Chastain (Chevrolet)

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Darlington Raceway with the Goodyear 400 on Sunday, May 14, at 3 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.                                                                                                                TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 AdventHealth Camaro ZL1Finished: 5th There’s a lot of physical racing out there today, Ross. Like, I mean, there’s lots of contact through the field. What do you attribute that to?“I think everybody is evolving the new car. It’s not so new and we’ve got a good handle on it. There’s times where we’re running 20th-ish and I can’t get by people. Then a couple of restarts and some good adjustments by Phil Surgen and the boys and girls at Trackhouse, we’re back up there fighting for a top-five. Yeah, it’s some of the best drivers in the world and totally equal cars, and putting on heck of good racing.”  Knowing you guys are coming back here for the Playoffs, seeing how aggressive everything was today, do you expect that same level of intensity when you’re back here.“The main thing I’ll focus on is getting our car faster for us and our Advent Health Chevy. It’s still lacking a bit of grip. If we can get the balance good, I feel like we can go. That last run we about nailed it the best we were all day. So, proud of the boys and girls at Trackhouse to do that because that was the money stop and money adjustment. We just need more raw speed and grip. I’m just sliding the front, or the back, too much. Aside from everything else, that’s what I’ll focus on between now and the fall.” Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1Finished: 2nd “I was really loose. I was trying to do what I could to manage it. I was really loose at that end and, yeah, (Denny Hamlin) was just a little better than me at the end. I haven’t seen a replay either, but obviously, he was side-drafting really aggressively like he would but he was touching me, it felt like. It just had me out of control, so I wish we could see what we could do.” Kyle Busch, No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Camaro ZL1Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident at the conclusion of Stage Two. Finished: 35th Kyle, what happened out there? “Just tried to get below the No. 6 (Brad Keselowski) off of (turn) two. I wasn’t quite clear, got clipped and spun out. I feel bad for my guys. We’ve been fighting hard all day long to get ourselves up there and get further up with track position. We finally got it and then all of the cautions kind of came to kind of throw off strategy. We weren’t able to get stage points and then ruined our race there with getting clipped. Just bad luck situations. A lot of guys up there on older tires – you’re trying to get by them, make the most of your stage and then stuff like this keeps happening.”  Chase Elliott, No. 9 UniFirst Camaro ZL1Finished: 7th “I feel fine. We didn’t really show it with the results, but I was excited about how the day went for our No. 9 UniFirst Chevy team. We had a couple of high spots. Got the lead there when we were racing with Kyle (Larson). That’s better than normal for me, so we’ll just try to build on that and get better. We fired off tight there a couple of times and then lost the track position. I thought we were pretty decent again that last run. Ryan (Blaney) and I got together off (turn) four and I hit him pretty good with my right-front, and I don’t think that was doing me any favors.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Action Industries Camaro ZL1Finished: 14th “I felt like we fought hard all day. We got the car closer overall, but we were still kind of fighting back and forth between loose and tight. The No. 16 Action Industries crew did a good job on strategy, making adjustments, and our pitstops were really good. We were able to get some stage points as well. Today was definitely something we can build on.” William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1Finished: 3rd“It was an amazing effort by our No. 24 Liberty University Chevy team. We all but wrecked twice, went three laps down and came back to finish third – it’s just incredible. It’s just a testament to the strength of this race team. The tail wasn’t exactly right there at the end. It was knocked over and the car was really loose towards the end of any longer run. A tough situation, but really happy with that effort. Just a great job by this whole Liberty University Chevy team. They gave us a really hard fight, so good to come home third.” Justin Haley, No. 31 Celsius Camaro ZL1Finished: 18th “We had an up and down day today. We fired off a little tight, but I was pretty optimistic about our No. 31 Celsius Camaro ZL1. Unfortunately, some pit road issues and a flat tire were indicative of our day. My crew chief, Trent (Owens), had a great strategy to get us back on the lead lap, but I felt like the flat tire did some damage early on to the splitter, so we just struggled the rest of the race. We will take a top 20 and head to Darlington next week where we had a great run last year.” Erik Jones, No. 43 Allegiant Camaro ZL1Finished: 21st “It was an okay day for the No. 43 Allegiant Chevy team. Just kind of up and down and kind of a lot of chaos. Got wrecked and ended up just finishing farther back than we wanted. We’ll take it, learn from it, and hopefully be better for next week.”

TEAM CHEVY RACE HIGHLIGHTS:  Stage One ·       Team Chevy drivers took the top-three starting positions in today’s NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, led by William Byron and the No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 team from the pole position. ·       Outside front-row starter Kyle Larson drove his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 to the lead on lap five, but was spun while making the pass on the frontstretch, bringing out the first caution of the race. Making no contact with the wall, Larson was able to come down pit road for four tires and fuel, ultimately restarting at the tail end of the field.  ·       Running steady in the top-10, Byron started the green-flag pit cycle on lap 36 with crew chief Rudy Fugle calling Byron down pit road for four tires, fuel and a round of chassis and air pressure adjustments. Byron was hit with a speeding penalty on pit road entry, forcing the No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 team to return to pit road for a pass-through.  ·       The green-white checkered flew on lap 80 marking the end of Stage One. Daniel Suarez led Team Chevy at the end of the stage in the fifth position.  ·       After restarting in 36th after an early-race accident, Larson drove his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 back up to a 10th-place finish in Stage One.  ·       Team Chevy Stage One: Top-105th      Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Worldwide Express Camaro ZL19th      Ross Chastain, No. 1 AdventHealth Camaro ZL110th    Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1.  Stage Two ·       Driving back up through the field to a top-10 finish in Stage One, crew chief Cliff Daniels brought Larson down pit road for four tires and fuel. The No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 pit crew powered off a fast stop with the team gaining two spots in the race off pit road.  ·       The No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 substitute driver Josh Berry entered the top-10 early in Stage Two. Running steady in the top-10, a multi-car accident took place, involving Team Chevy’s Berry and Erik Jones. Both teams were able to make repairs to their Camaro ZL1’s to return to competition.  ·       Nearing the end of Stage Two, a caution flew on lap 159 to setup a three-lap dash to the end of the stage. With pit strategy coming into play, a handful of drivers came down pit road, while others opted to stay out for track position.  ·       Battling back from an early pit road penalty, crew chief Randall Burnett called Kyle Busch down pit road for a four-tire stop, putting the No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Camaro ZL1 in the 15th-position for the restart.  ·       In the three-lap race to the end of Stage Two, Busch was turned down the backstretch, sustaining damage from contact with the inside wall that ultimately ended the team’s day. The caution – the seventh of the day – brought the race to the conclusion of Stage Two.  ·       The top-nine drivers who opted not to pit at the earlier caution were able to gain valuable stage points from track position gained through pit strategy, including LEGACY MOTOR CLUB teammates Noah Gragson (third) and Erik Jones (fourth), and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon (seventh).  ·       Team Chevy Stage Two: Top-103rd      Noah Gragson, No. 42 Sunseeker Resorts Camaro ZL14th      Erik Jones, No. 43 Allegiant Camaro ZL17th      Austin Dillon, No. 3 BetMGM Camaro ZL19th      Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 Final Stage / Post-Race Notes·       Kyle Larson led Team Chevy to the checkered flag, driving his No. 5 HendrickCars.comCamaro ZL1 to a runner-up finish.    ·       Five drivers from three different Chevrolet teams were represented in the top-10 of the finishing running order including Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson (second), William Byron (third) and Chase Elliott (seventh); Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain (fifth); and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon (10th).  ·       In 12 points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races complete, Chevrolet continues to lead the series in wins (seven), top-fives (28) and top-10s (51).

(5/8/23) Hanford, CA … The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series, presented by NAPA Auto Parts, will head to Kings Speedway on Friday and Saturday, May 12-13th for the highly-anticipated Peter Murphy Classic.  This will be the second trip of the season to the exciting 3/8-mile clay oval located in Hanford, CA. Up for grabs will be a stout $11,000 payday to the winner of Saturday night’s 30-lap headliner finale.   With that kind of money on the line, this two-day extravaganza will reel in the full NARC roster and attract some heavy hitters from outside the region.

“I’m so excited for this weekend,” commented Peter Murphy, promoter of Kings Speedway, “This is a major collaboration with my team here at Kings and all the wonderful sponsors and supporters that contribute to making it happen. It’s always great to have NARC in town; this place has done some fantastic contests. This is a weekend you do not want to miss, and make sure to BRING A FRIEND!“

Originating in 2015, The Peter Murphy Classic, or PMC, is a race honoring Kings Speedway promoter Peter Murphy. Murphy is originally from the Sydney, New South Wales, Australia area but now calls Clovis home. He’s achieved eight NARC 410 Sprint Series wins from 2001 to 2013. Wins with the series include the 2011 Tribute to Gary Patterson and Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial. Murphy has also had a decorated career in Non-Wing competitions throughout the Central Valley.

Friday’s show will also feature the Kings of Thunder 360 sprint cars.  The Sprint Car Challenge Tour 360’s will join the program on Saturday.

Fresno’s Dominic Scelzi is the defending champion of the event after sweeping both nights in an intense open wheel battle in 2022.  The timing of the Peter Murphy Classic might be perfect as Scelzi added his name to the 2023 NARC winner’s list for the first time two-weeks ago at Antioch Speedway. That ended an uncharacteristic long winless streak dating back to May 2022 for the 20-time NARC winner.

“Momentum doesn’t always mean success, but I feel we have to be one of the favorites every single night,” said Scelzi, the two-time defending NARC champion.  “Even if we start deep (in the field), we’ve shown we can win and contend every night.”

“The Peter Murphy Classic has been great for us as we’ve won the last four Peter Murphy 410 races,” Scelzi continued. “We got them both in 2021 and 2022. I just feel confident the more money on the line and the hotter the weather.  My 41 team is ready to go.”

With temperatures expected to be in the 80’s, Scelzi has all the incentives needed to continue his domination of the event.

Other previous winners of the Peter Murphy Classic include Campbell’s Bud Kaeding, Shane Golobic of Fremont, Rutherford’s Rico Abreu, and Texas driver Aaron Reutzel.

A full field of cars is expected to chase the lucrative purse which includes a guaranteed $1000 in starting money for Saturday’s A-Main.

Who to Watch

Current NARC 410 Sprint Car Series championship point leader Corey Day returns to Kings after his triumphant efforts at April 8th NARC season opener at the track. The Clovis teenager has yet to finish off the podium in 2023 and is on a streak of two consecutive second-place results.  He currently holds a 562-549 point advantage over Aromas driver Justin Sanders.  Scelzi is another two points behind.

Jonathan Allard is expected to make his 2023 debut with the NARC series. The three-time series champion, originally from Chico and now calling Waimauku, Auckland, New Zealand home, has four Kings Speedway wins since 2001, including last year’s Morrie Williams Memorial.  He has 41 NARC King of the West victories on his career resume.

Hanford’s D.J. Netto is always a threat to win on his home track.  The 2019 series champion has already enjoyed a pair of 360 victories this season and hopes to carry that hot streak to his first PMC win.  He has six NARC wins to this credit.

Even though Roseville’s Colby Copeland is not chasing NARC championship points, he is a driver to be watched at Kings Speedway.  He “quietly” finished in the runner-up spot at both events of the Peter Murphy Classic last season and always steps up his game at big shows.

Also looking to pocket a big payday are Chase Johnson of Penngrove, Dennis Roth Classic winner Justyn Cox from Roseville, Ryan Bernal from Hollister, current Rookie of the Year point leader Joey Ancona of Concord, Oakley teenager Dylan Bloomfield, Campbell veteran Bud Kaeding, Kaleb Montgomery of Templeton, Sebastopol’s Joel Myers Jr., Tanner Holmes from Oregon, Tucson, Arizona’s Nick Parker, Benicia’s Billy Aton, Sparks, Nevada traveler Bill Smith, and many more!

Fan & Competitor Info

Kings Speedway powered by Keller Motors, is located at the Kings Fairgrounds at 801 S 10th Avenue in Hanford, CA. For ticket information, log on tohttps://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1797/tickets/1325136 for Friday and Saturday at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1797/tickets/1325154 for online purchases.  Additional information is available at: www.racekingsspeedway.com.

The NARC racing format includes qualifying, four 8-lap heat races, an exciting six-lap pole shuffle shuffle, a 12-lap last chance race, and the 30-lap NAPA Auto Parts-sponsored Peter Murphy Classic.

Pit Gates open at 1:00 pm, Front Gates at 4:00, Hot Laps at 5:00, and Racing is scheduled to kick off around 6:00. Be sure to visit Pete’s Pub after the Front Gates opens, and take advantage of special deals on food and beverages before the races start.

The NARC 410 Sprint Series, presented by Napa Auto Parts, is the leading 410 Sprint Car tour west of the Rocky Mountains. Since 1960, they have enthralled countless thousands of fans from tracks up and down the Pacific Coast. For more information, visit their website at www.narc410.com or social media pages.

The Peter Murphy Classic can be viewed live on Floracing.com, along with every NARC 410 Sprint Car Series race.

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is also sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires, Floracing.com, and NAPA Auto Parts. Associate and product award sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies-Raymond James Financial, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, D & D Roofing, Diversified Machine Inc., Johnstone Supply, Kaeding Performance Center, Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash, KSE Racing Enterprises, Lifeline LLC, Maxim Racing Products, Mettec Titanium, Pyrotect, Safecraft Safety Equipment, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Scelzi Enterprises, SCI Racing Products, Starr Property Management, Sunnyvalley Bacon, System 1 Ignition, Ultra Lite Brakes, Williams Roofing, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Winters Performance Products.

NARC 410 SPRINT CAR SERIES 
CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS
(AFTER FOUR EVENTS IN 21-RACE SERIES – 5/7/23)

1. Corey Day, Clovis – 562
2. Justin Sanders, Aromas – 549
3. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno – 547
4. Chase Johnson, Penngrove – 540
5. Justyn Cox, Roseville – 534
6. Bud Kaeding, Campbell – 530
7. Shane Golobic, Fremont – 526
8. Ryan Bernal, Roseville – 525
9. Joey Ancona, Concord (R) – 523
10. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley – 508
11. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton (R) – 488
12. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ (R) – 479
13. Billy Aton, Benicia – 456
14. Bill Smith, Sparks, NV – 454
15. Tim Kaeding, San Jose – 402
16. Colby Copeland, Roseville – 394
17. Tanner Holmes, Central Point, OR – 383
18. DJ Netto, Hanford – 374
19. Craig Stidham, Fresno – 369
20. Michael Pombo, Easton – 367

UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 20th – Petaluma Speedway – Salute to First Responders
June 3rd – Placerville Speedway – Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial Race
Fastest Four Days in Motorsports
June 15 – Southern Oregon Speedway (Central Point, OR) – Thursday Night Thunder
June 16 – Douglas County Dirt Track (Roseburg, OR) – Friday Night Frenzy
June 17 – Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR) – Sprint Car Invasion
June 18 – Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA) – Timber Cup

McIntosh retains points lead with back-to-back runners-up, Miller best career finish in P3

PARK CITY, KS (May 6, 2023) – It’s hard to believe now that Chase McDermand’s first start of the 2023 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota season ended with him on the trailer without a spot in the main event. His doubters have since been silenced, as he drove to Victory Lane for the second time in two races Saturday night at 81 Speedway.

His clean sweep of the Series’ first trip to Kansas was completed in exciting fashion after winning Friday night at Humboldt Speedway. McDermand and the Mounce/Stout Motorsports crew showed up to 81 on Saturday, still hungry for more, and got the job done – driving around Series points leader Cannon McIntosh on a restart in the final 10 laps to bag the $4,000 grand prize and McDermand’s third career Xtreme Outlaw victory.

His second win of the season now sets him third in the Series points standings – a far cry from 22nd, where he sat after that first race in Du Quoin back in mid-March.

“To be able to climb back out of the hole we were in early… It means a lot to be able to be able to do that this early in the season,” McDermand said.

Neither Feature win over the weekend was handed to him. Like Friday, McDermand had to pass one of the fastest cars on the track to get the win.

Rolling off the starting grid on the outside pole, McDermand slipped back to fourth in the opening laps but was able to gather it back in after a restart on Lap 11. Two laps and two passes for position later, he had only McIntosh in his sights and made a beeline for his rear bumper.

The field was soon faced with another restart on Lap 18. Though McIntosh was fast and had led the last eight laps, he still could sense the area where he was lacking.

“I could feel it start to struggle on corner exit,” McIntosh said. “I figured at some point, somebody would be coming.”

Lo and behold, the exit of Turn 2 was where McDermand decided to pull the trigger. He got a great jump on the restart and carried a full head of steam through Turns 1-2, zooming past McIntosh on the bottom to take the lead.

“I knew where I was running had been good – a little bit lower into Turn 1 and off of Turn 2,” McDermand said. “I got a really good run there. I was able to get side-by-side with him and then clear him.

“I didn’t want to get too good of a run going into Turn 3, so I had to run low enough to block the slider if it was coming.”

Now with the lead and the laps winding down, McDermand hit the jets and began to pull away from the field. Even a green-white-checkered finish at the end could not slow him down as he cruised to his second win in two nights.

“I was just trying to hit my marks,” McDermand said of his plan for the green-white-checkered finish. “Turns 1-2 I hit it right maybe three-quarters of the time, and the other corners – I just couldn’t get a good run off of 2, so I knew I had to hit that corner right, especially having Cannon and Gavin [Miller] behind me.”

Though he was a bit bummed about having to settle for runner-up two nights in-a-row, McIntosh was happy to retain the points lead with his fourth podium finish in the first five Series races thus far.

“It’s good to come out of here with the points lead and have a consistent weekend,” McIntosh said. “Hopefully, we can continue to do the same thing going into the next races we have.”

Completing the podium was 16-year-old Gavin Miller, who charged from 13th on the grid to third in 25 laps to record his best career Xtreme Outlaw finish in his first full-time season at the controls of a Keith Kunz Motorsports Midget.

“We’re making big gains every single race, and I’m still learning,” Miller said. “It’s crazy to me how far I’ve come so far, only having a year of experience, and not that many races, either.”

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The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota breaks for two weeks before returning to action May 23-24 at Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, NC. Tickets will be available at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track, stream all the action live on DIRTVision.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[2]; 2. 08-Cannon McIntosh[3]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller[13]; 4. 71-Jade Avedisian[1]; 5. 26-Chance Crum[16]; 6. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[10]; 7. 25K-Taylor Reimer[11]; 8. 5D-Zach Daum[7]; 9. 2X-Landon Brooks[8]; 10. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[5]; 11. 28-Ashton Torgerson[9]; 12. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[19]; 13. 7W-Brendon Wiseley[20]; 14. 59-Laci Ferno[12]; 15. 96-Cody Brewer[14]; 16. 07-Scout Spraggins[15]; 17. 52J-Corey Joyner[18]; 18. 7U-Kyle Jones[6]; 19. 1H-Henry Chambers[17]; 20. 58-Daniel Whitley[4]; 21. 21E-Emilio Hoover[22]; 22. 70-Cade Cowles[21]

UNION, Ky. (May 6, 2023) – Ricky Thornton Jr. regained his early season form in winning Saturday night’s 37th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial at the Florence Speedway. In a spectacular race where the top four drivers battled it out for the lead, Thornton pulled away in the last few laps to secure his third Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season. Thornton was the third different leader of the highly contested race as he came from the seventh starting spot to secure the $15,000 victory. Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point leader Hudson O’Neal came home in second with Brandon Overton completing the Big River Steel Podium. Garrett Alberson was one of the contenders for the win as he charged from his 19th starting spot to earn the Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race – finishing fourth. Tim McCreadie, who started 18th rallied for fifth at the end. Jonathan Davenport, the reigning Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 winner started from the pole and bolted to the lead at the start of the race. Davenport pulled away from the field as O’Neal moved past Spencer Hughes for second on the third lap. O’Neal then closed the gap that had developed between himself and Davenport as the two ran two distinctly different lines.  Overton made it a three-way battle for the top spot just as the first caution of the race came out on lap ten. On the restart it took O’Neal just three laps to get by Davenport to become the second different leader of the race. Overton and Thornton both passed Davenport, dropping to fourth in the running order, with 19 laps scored as the caution would come out.  On the restart Thornton had the momentum on the top shelf passing both O’Neal and Overton as he took the lead on lap 23. Bobby Pierce was starting to show his usual Florence Speedway strength against the outside retaining wall as he climbed to third, but just as that happened an issue developed for Pierce forcing him pit side with 24 laps complete. The heated battle would slow once again with 15 laps remaining. On the restart Thornton surged away to a 2.554 second advantage when the checkers fell. It was Thornton’s second career win at Florence after he won the Spring 50 in 2021. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the eighth time in his career, Thornton emerged from the 20RT to the roar of the large crowd. “I told my guys my goal was to come out and win tonight. The car took off after that one restart. I was able to get by Hud [O’Neal] and Brandon [Overton]. I thought it was going to be around the bottom longer than it was. It’s easy to knock the right rear off the car here. You can look at my quarter panel and see that. But at the end I just wanted to keep it off the wall and hit my marks because I knew those other guys were not going to give up. Overall, I am excited to get this win.”  O’Neal will maintain his championship point lead heading into Farmer City and Fairbury next weekend. “I made just one mistake and that is all it took. I let Ricky [Thornton Jr.] and Brandon [Overton] get by me there after that one caution and then Brandon made a mistake, and I got back by him. We just had to be a little conservative there for a while. I was trying to get to Ricky to see if we could do something with him and I just made a costly mistake there in one and two. We are happy with the weekend we had, a win and two seconds is a good weekend for me. I will take that any day. Ricky made very few mistakes up front and that was the difference.” Overton was the only driver among the top three that did not lead a lap during the race. “We’ve got an awesome car. I made all my money running through the middle there. It’s hard for me to run any kind of different lines around the track. As soon as I got up there to run the top, I got into the wall it knocked my helmet crooked and I thought I need to get back down to the bottom. It was a heck of race. Congrats to Ricky [Thornton Jr.] and Hudson [O’Neal] they did a heck of a job man. I just needed 50 more laps you know. But we had an awesome three days of racing.” The winner’s Todd and Vickie Burns-owned, SSI Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, Hoker Trucking, Sub-Surface of Indiana, Dyno-One Inc., Wets Side Tractor Sales, D&E Outside Services, Certified Inspection Service Company, Inc., Sunoco Race Fuels, Bilstein Shocks, Midwest Sheet Metal, and Murty Farms. Completing the top ten were Cory Hedgecock, Jonathan Davenport, Earl Pearson Jr., Devin Moran, and Logan Roberson. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 37th Annual Ralph Latham MemorialSaturday, May 6, 2023Florence Speedway – Union, KY Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A:  Brandon Overton / 15.398 seconds (overall)Fast Time Group B: Spencer Hughes / 15.712 seconds  Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 6. 6JR-Parker Martin[7]; 7. 89-Logan Roberson[9]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[6]; 9. 15-James Rice[8]; 10. 12-Jason Jameson[10]Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 11R-Josh Rice[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]; 5. 23-Cory Hedgecock[5]; 6. 4G-Kody Evans[6]; 7. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]; 8. 68-Adam Stricker[4]; 9. 99S-Bill Sheets[9]; 10. 8A-Curt Addison[10] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 11-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[7]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[9]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 6. 18-Trevor Landrum[3]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 9. 20B-Brad Dyer[10]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4] AP1 Insurance Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 111B-Max Blair[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 4. 7R-Kent Robinson[7]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[9]; 8. 33-Jesse Lay[8]; 9. 13W-David Webb[6]; 10. 33AJ-Austin Lay[10] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 23-Cory Hedgecock[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 68-Adam Stricker[8]; 4. 1G-Devin Gilpin[7]; 5. 4G-Kody Evans[4]; 6. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[6]; 7. 99S-Bill Sheets[10]; 8. 12-Jason Jameson[11]; 9. 8A-Curt Addison[12]; 10. 15-James Rice[9]; 11. 6JR-Parker Martin[3]; 12. (DNS) 89-Logan Roberson UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 2. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]; 3. 18-Trevor Landrum[3]; 4. 33-Jesse Lay[8]; 5. 13W-David Webb[10]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 9. 21H-Robby Hensley[6]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[11]; 11. 33AJ-Austin Lay[12]; 12. (DNS) 20B-Brad Dyer 37th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial Feature Finish (50 Laps):

Race Statistics Entrants: 41Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Jonathan DavenportLap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-12); Hudson O’Neal (Laps 13-22); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 23-50)Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/aBrandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/aMargin of Victory: 2.553 secondsGorsuch Performance Solutions Cautions: Max Blair (Lap 10); Josh Rice (Lap 19); Daulton Wilson, Tyler Erb (Lap 24); Tyler Erb, Ross Robinson (Lap 35)Series Provisionals: Tyler Bruening; Ross RobinsonFast Time Provisional: n/aSeries Emergency Provisionals: Logan Roberson; Boom BriggsTrack Provisional: Jesse LayBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Brandon OvertonPenske Shocks Top 5: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Overton, Garrett Alberson, Tim McCreadieTodd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Garrett Alberson (Advanced 15 Positions)Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Jonathan DavenportDeatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Jimmy OwensEarnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (28 Laps)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Hudson O’Neal O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Max BlairEtchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Lap 13 – 16.645 seconds)MD3 Tough Break of the Race: Bobby PierceOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Burroughs (Ricky Thornton, Jr.)ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Race EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Hudson O’Neal (15.5827seconds)Time of Race: 26 minutes 24 seconds The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:

UNION, Ky. (May 6, 2023) – Ricky Thornton Jr. regained his early season form in winning Saturday night’s 37th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial at the Florence Speedway. In a spectacular race where the top four drivers battled it out for the lead, Thornton pulled away in the last few laps to secure his third Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season. Thornton was the third different leader of the highly contested race as he came from the seventh starting spot to secure the $15,000 victory. Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point leader Hudson O’Neal came home in second with Brandon Overton completing the Big River Steel Podium. Garrett Alberson was one of the contenders for the win as he charged from his 19th starting spot to earn the Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race – finishing fourth. Tim McCreadie, who started 18th rallied for fifth at the end. Jonathan Davenport, the reigning Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 winner started from the pole and bolted to the lead at the start of the race. Davenport pulled away from the field as O’Neal moved past Spencer Hughes for second on the third lap. O’Neal then closed the gap that had developed between himself and Davenport as the two ran two distinctly different lines.  Overton made it a three-way battle for the top spot just as the first caution of the race came out on lap ten. On the restart it took O’Neal just three laps to get by Davenport to become the second different leader of the race. Overton and Thornton both passed Davenport, dropping to fourth in the running order, with 19 laps scored as the caution would come out.  On the restart Thornton had the momentum on the top shelf passing both O’Neal and Overton as he took the lead on lap 23. Bobby Pierce was starting to show his usual Florence Speedway strength against the outside retaining wall as he climbed to third, but just as that happened an issue developed for Pierce forcing him pit side with 24 laps complete. The heated battle would slow once again with 15 laps remaining. On the restart Thornton surged away to a 2.554 second advantage when the checkers fell. It was Thornton’s second career win at Florence after he won the Spring 50 in 2021. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the eighth time in his career, Thornton emerged from the 20RT to the roar of the large crowd. “I told my guys my goal was to come out and win tonight. The car took off after that one restart. I was able to get by Hud [O’Neal] and Brandon [Overton]. I thought it was going to be around the bottom longer than it was. It’s easy to knock the right rear off the car here. You can look at my quarter panel and see that. But at the end I just wanted to keep it off the wall and hit my marks because I knew those other guys were not going to give up. Overall, I am excited to get this win.”  O’Neal will maintain his championship point lead heading into Farmer City and Fairbury next weekend. “I made just one mistake and that is all it took. I let Ricky [Thornton Jr.] and Brandon [Overton] get by me there after that one caution and then Brandon made a mistake, and I got back by him. We just had to be a little conservative there for a while. I was trying to get to Ricky to see if we could do something with him and I just made a costly mistake there in one and two. We are happy with the weekend we had, a win and two seconds is a good weekend for me. I will take that any day. Ricky made very few mistakes up front and that was the difference.” Overton was the only driver among the top three that did not lead a lap during the race. “We’ve got an awesome car. I made all my money running through the middle there. It’s hard for me to run any kind of different lines around the track. As soon as I got up there to run the top, I got into the wall it knocked my helmet crooked and I thought I need to get back down to the bottom. It was a heck of race. Congrats to Ricky [Thornton Jr.] and Hudson [O’Neal] they did a heck of a job man. I just needed 50 more laps you know. But we had an awesome three days of racing.” The winner’s Todd and Vickie Burns-owned, SSI Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, Hoker Trucking, Sub-Surface of Indiana, Dyno-One Inc., Wets Side Tractor Sales, D&E Outside Services, Certified Inspection Service Company, Inc., Sunoco Race Fuels, Bilstein Shocks, Midwest Sheet Metal, and Murty Farms. Completing the top ten were Cory Hedgecock, Jonathan Davenport, Earl Pearson Jr., Devin Moran, and Logan Roberson. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 37th Annual Ralph Latham MemorialSaturday, May 6, 2023Florence Speedway – Union, KY Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A:  Brandon Overton / 15.398 seconds (overall)Fast Time Group B: Spencer Hughes / 15.712 seconds  Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 6. 6JR-Parker Martin[7]; 7. 89-Logan Roberson[9]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[6]; 9. 15-James Rice[8]; 10. 12-Jason Jameson[10]Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 11R-Josh Rice[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]; 5. 23-Cory Hedgecock[5]; 6. 4G-Kody Evans[6]; 7. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]; 8. 68-Adam Stricker[4]; 9. 99S-Bill Sheets[9]; 10. 8A-Curt Addison[10] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 11-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[7]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[9]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 6. 18-Trevor Landrum[3]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 9. 20B-Brad Dyer[10]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4] AP1 Insurance Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 111B-Max Blair[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 4. 7R-Kent Robinson[7]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[9]; 8. 33-Jesse Lay[8]; 9. 13W-David Webb[6]; 10. 33AJ-Austin Lay[10] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 23-Cory Hedgecock[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 68-Adam Stricker[8]; 4. 1G-Devin Gilpin[7]; 5. 4G-Kody Evans[4]; 6. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[6]; 7. 99S-Bill Sheets[10]; 8. 12-Jason Jameson[11]; 9. 8A-Curt Addison[12]; 10. 15-James Rice[9]; 11. 6JR-Parker Martin[3]; 12. (DNS) 89-Logan Roberson UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 2. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]; 3. 18-Trevor Landrum[3]; 4. 33-Jesse Lay[8]; 5. 13W-David Webb[10]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 9. 21H-Robby Hensley[6]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[11]; 11. 33AJ-Austin Lay[12]; 12. (DNS) 20B-Brad Dyer 37th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial Feature Finish (50 Laps):

Race Statistics Entrants: 41Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Jonathan DavenportLap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-12); Hudson O’Neal (Laps 13-22); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 23-50)Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/aBrandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/aMargin of Victory: 2.553 secondsGorsuch Performance Solutions Cautions: Max Blair (Lap 10); Josh Rice (Lap 19); Daulton Wilson, Tyler Erb (Lap 24); Tyler Erb, Ross Robinson (Lap 35)Series Provisionals: Tyler Bruening; Ross RobinsonFast Time Provisional: n/aSeries Emergency Provisionals: Logan Roberson; Boom BriggsTrack Provisional: Jesse LayBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Brandon OvertonPenske Shocks Top 5: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Overton, Garrett Alberson, Tim McCreadieTodd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Garrett Alberson (Advanced 15 Positions)Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Jonathan DavenportDeatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Jimmy OwensEarnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (28 Laps)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Hudson O’Neal O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Max BlairEtchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Lap 13 – 16.645 seconds)MD3 Tough Break of the Race: Bobby PierceOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Burroughs (Ricky Thornton, Jr.)ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Race EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Hudson O’Neal (15.5827seconds)Time of Race: 26 minutes 24 seconds The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 6, 2023) – The dream season of ascending Progressive American Flat Track star Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) continued with his convincing victory in Saturday night’s inaugural Ventura Short Track at Ventura Raceway in Ventura, California. As impressive as he was a year ago as a Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle rookie, Daniels has taken his game to the next level in 2023. The prodigious teenager extended his unblemished run of firsts and seconds this season with a calm and controlled performance en route to the top step on the box at the scenic ocean-adjacent venue. Daniels’ teammate, JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT), shot off the line in first but held the position for less than a single quick circulation of the 1/5-mile clay oval. Beach did well to keep Daniels honest after being dropped to second and even reeled him back in at one point. But the relentless perfection of the title leader gradually stacked up to a near one-second advantage by the time the Main Event was seven minutes deep, with reigning champion Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Rogers Racing/SDI Racing FTR750) significantly further back in third. Just when the podium order seemed all but academic, a red-flag reset occurred after Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) came out the worst of an accordion-style crash that marred the multi-rider fight for fourth. Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 JMC Motorsports/Fairway Ford Indian FTR750) got into the back of Johnny Lewis (No. 10 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650), leading directly to Robinson’s spill. The fallen Robinson was subsequently clipped by Sammy Halbert (No. 69 Dodge Bros. Racing/Martin Trucking Harley-Davidson XR750) forcing a stoppage in the action. But even after Beach, Mees, and the field being given a second chance, little changed at the front following the staggered restart. Daniels simply went back to piling up his advantage, ultimately scooping up a third win of the year to go with his three runner-ups. Beach completed the Estenson Racing Yamaha 1-2, while Mees managed to score podium points on a night he never really felt at home on the track. Likewise, two-time Grand National Champion Briar Bauman (No. 3 Parts Plus/Jacob Companies KTM 890 Duke) came away with fourth after running as low as ninth early. Lewis held on for his second top five of the season in fifth, followed closely to the line by Halbert and Bauman’s younger sibling, Bronson Bauman (No. 37 Fastrack Racing/2 Wheelz KTM 890 Duke). Kolby Carlile (No. 36 G&G Racing/Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT-07) picked up his best result of the season in eighth, while Davis Fisher (No. 67 Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing Indian FTR750) and Vanderkooi rounded out the top ten. As a result of the third triumph of his sophomore campaign, Daniels tightened his grip on the title fight. He opened his lead to 24 points over Mees (138-114) a third of the way into the season, while Beach moved back ahead of Bauman for third (97-94). Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER Like Daniels, Kody Kopp (No. 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-F) earned the third win of his 2023 season as he continued his Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER title defense in stellar fashion. However, in contrast to his twin victory cruises at the DAYTONA double opener, Kopp was pushed to the brink by a hungry Chase Saathoff (No. 88 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R) under the lights at Ventura Raceway. After a handful of hectic early laps, the two shook free from Saathoff’s Turner Racing teammates, Morgen Mischler (No. 13 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R) and Trent Lowe (No. 48 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R). From that point on, the race became a two-rider duel for top honors. While Kopp controlled the bulk of the tense contest from the front, the Honda pilot threw in a few late haymakers, including a skittering, crisscrossing double lead change that got the fans on their feet with less than 30 seconds remaining on the clock. But a last-lap encore wasn’t in the cards, as a minor moment on Saathoff’s part with two laps to go allowed Kopp just enough air to power to the checkered flag firework-free. Kopp said, “Chase is a helluva competitor. He was my fiercest rival and competitor growing up on 85s, 250s, and 450s. Man, that was probably the most fun race I’ve ever had – we were squaring each other up. I hope it was a fun one to watch.” Mischler held off Kopp’s charging teammate, Max Whale (No. 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-F), to pick up his second consecutive podium, while Estenson Racing Yamaha’s Trevor Brunner (No. 21 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) charged his way forward to fifth after getting off the line in ninth. Dallas winner Lowe came home sixth, while Brunner’s Estenson Racing Yamaha teammate, Tom Drane (No. 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F), took seventh. Cole Frederickson (No. 151 Lehmann Racing/Miller Tree Service Honda CRF450R) fifth eighth, followed by Justin Jones (No. 91 NRC Racing/Elder Trucking KTM 450 SX-F). Kopp’s closest title rival, Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 D&D Racing/Certified KTM 450 SX-F) was the final rider in the top ten. That allowed Kopp to press his advantage up to a healthy 19 points (127-108) with Whale third at 102 and the on-form Saathoff fourth with 97. Next Up: Progressive American Flat Track will conclude its two-weekend California swing by going directly from the season’s final Short Track into its first Mile with the Legendary Sacramento Mile at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California, on Saturday, May 13. Visit https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7818909/the-mission-foods-legendary-sacramento-mile-powered-by-law-tigers–sacramento-sacramento-mile to secure your tickets today. For those that can’t catch the live action from the circuit, FansChoice.tv is the live streaming home of Progressive AFT. Sign up now and catch every second of on-track action starting with Practice & Qualifying and ending with the Victory Podium at the end of the night at https://www.fanschoice.tv. FOX Sports coverage of the Ventura Short Track, featuring in-depth features and thrilling onboard cameras, will premiere on FS1 on Saturday, May 13, at 2:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. PT).

May 6, 2023

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang are set to start 25^th in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway. 

Burton took that spot with a lap at 174.955 miles per hour in Saturday’s qualifying session. 

His qualifying speed was faster than his best speed in practice, where he was 11^th on the speed chart, turning a lap at 173.639 mph. He posted that on the second of 16 laps he ran in the session.

Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 is set to get the green flag just after 2 p.m. (3 p.m. Eastern Time) with TV coverage on FOX Sports 1.
 
Stage breaks in the 267-lap, 400-mile race are planned for Laps 80 and 165. 
 

NASCAR CUP SERIES KANSAS SPEEDWAY ADVENT HEALTH 400  WILLIAM BYRON TAKES POLE POSITION AT KANSAS SPEEDWAYTeam Chevy to Start One-Two-Three

• William Byron (No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1) posted a lap of 30.133 seconds, at 179.206 mph, to capture the pole position for tomorrow’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.  • The pole win is Byron’s second of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, and his 10th career pole in 192 starts in NASCAR’s premier series.  • All 10 of Byron’s career NASCAR Cup Series poles have been captured at 10 different race tracks.  • This marks Chevrolet’s fourth NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season; the manufacturer’s 13th NCS pole at Kansas Speedway (series-best); and its 738th all-time in NASCAR’s premier series (series-best).  • FS1 will broadcast the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 on Sunday, May 7, at 3 p.m. ET. Live coverage can also be found on the MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUP:  POS.   DRIVER1st      William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL12nd     Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL13rd      Ross Chastain, No. 1 AdventHealth Camaro ZL19th      Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Worldwide Express Camaro ZL1  TOP-FIVE UNOFFICIAL STARTING LINEUP:  POS.  DRIVER1.        William Byron (Chevrolet)2.        Kyle Larson (Chevrolet)3.        Ross Chastain (Chevrolet)4.        Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota)5.        Tyler Reddick (Toyota) WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 – Pole Winner Quotes TELL US ABOUT YOUR RUN THERE THAT BROUGHT YOUR 10TH CAREER NASCAR CUP SERIES POLE. “Yeah, it feels great. It feels really good to get a pole. Kansas (Speedway) is where I got my first truck win and that was really exciting, and I’ve never won here again (laughs). Hopefully tomorrow can be a little bit better. We’ve been kind of inching up on it in the Cup Series at this race track. We had good runs here last year – leading the race in the spring and got a flat tire, and then finished I think sixth in the fall race. So we’ve been pretty good here, it’s just a matter of putting it all together and hopefully tomorrow is the day.”  LAST TIME WE WERE AT A TRADITIONAL 1.5-MILE RACE TRACK WAS LAS VEGAS AND YOU GOT THE WIN THERE. WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE CHEVROLET AND YOUR TEAM SPECIFICALLY JUST FOUND ON THE 1.5-MILE TRACKS BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR? “I don’t know. I feel like we’ve just worked really hard on the 1.5-mile tracks. We’ve gotten a better understanding of this racecar as a whole and I think the 1.5-mile tracks show that – just the fine details, the understanding of the setup, what makes speed, what the tire needs through simulation. I think we’re just kind of inching up on it. I think Las Vegas (Motor Speedway) was honestly surprising of how good we were there. Today, we missed the balance a little bit off the truck, but we were able to find it by the end of qualifying. I would say our best run there, balance-wise, was that final run and it was good enough, speed-wise, for the pole.  Just kind of feel like at this race track, in particular, we still need to work on the balance overnight. But in Vegas, we pretty much hit it off the truck and had a really good weekend.”  IS THERE DAMAGE ON YOUR CAR FROM HITTING THE WALL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPAIR? “I hope not. It looked pretty good, didn’t it (laughs)?  No, I think it’s fine. It sounds like it was all good. I kind of drug the wall just being a dummy the second lap of practice. Drove in to run the top and just carried way too much speed. But yeah, it seems like the car is fine. The toe wasn’t bent or anything, so that’s all you really worry about with these cars. We can kind of polish up the quarter panel just to make it look nice, so we have a nice little paint scheme come Sunday.”  LAST YEAR, 23XI AND TOYOTA WAS STRONG HERE. IS THIS A STATEMENT FROM HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS TODAY TO TAKE THE FIRST TWO SPOTS? “I don’t really think statements are made until Sunday, but yeah certainly. We want to have a good Sunday.. that’s what pays. We just have to put it together for 400 miles. Those guys are always pretty good on the long runs, especially here. So I think just working on long run pace and just trying to put the whole race together like we did at Las Vegas (Motor Speedway).  At Vegas, the good thing was that we had short, middle and long run speed. The long run speed was honestly probably the best aspect, so that’s what we’ve worked really hard on this week.”

HUMBOLDT, KS (May 5, 2023) – To win, Chase McDermand was going to have to drive around the fastest car on the racetrack. He’d tried once before and failed, but with the laps winding down and his patience wearing thin, he knew it was time to pull out his best move.

A slide-job maneuver in Turns 1-2 on Lap 22 was exactly what McDermand was looking for in his pursuit of race-long leader Ashton Torgerson. McDermand pitched the car hard to the left getting into Turn 1 on the bottom and stomped the throttle, drifting up into Torgerson’s lane to take the position.

A smooth line around the bottom groove in Turns 3-4 sealed the pass for McDermand, and from there on out, it was his race to lose. Torgerson faded back to third while Cannon McIntosh did all he could to reel-in the leader in the final laps, but McDermand was too fast out front as he crossed the stripe to bag the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota Feature win Friday night at Humboldt Speedway.

“The last restart, I was watching [Tanner] Thorson and seeing what he was telling [Torgerson] to do,” McDermand, 22, of Springfield, IL, said. “I just figured he was going to try and block my line or something and he didn’t, so I just kept making sure I hit my marks.

“I was able to move a little closer every lap [after] the last restart, and we pulled it off.”

Torgerson, 16, of Glendale, AZ, was aboard the Tanner Thorson Racing #28 in his Xtreme Outlaw Series debut, back at the controls of a Midget for the first time since suffering injury at the Chili Bowl Nationals in January. He led the first 21 circuits of the race from the outside pole and had yet to be seriously challenged for the lead until McDermand came knocking.

“Ran the top pretty much the entire race and felt good up there, then McDermand showed me a line down there,” Torgerson said. “We were racing off of four, side-by-side; I should’ve moved down and took the lane.”

After several cautions and two red-flag periods, the race’s final restart took the green on Lap 19 with Torgerson holding strong out front. That’s when McDermand decided to pull the trigger, using his inside lane speed to his advantage and made the move for the lead.

But in getting to the position to be able to contend for the lead, McDermand had some prior work to take care of. He rolled off the starting grid P5 and did not initially like how his car was handling, so a few in-car shock adjustments were needed.

“I’m really glad we did have those red flags and the yellows,” McDermand said. “I got to think about exactly what the changes I was making were going to do to the car under the red. Under the yellows, it just gave me some opportunities to just play with it a bit more and fine-tune it.”

Once the car came in how he wanted it, McDermand was hooked-up. He took the lead with eight laps left and proceeded to drive away from the second-place, which by five-to-go, McIntosh had fought his way into from ninth on the starting grid.

“I was able to make a lot of ground on restarts and just carry more speed than other guys on the start,” McIntosh said. “Once we got going, we were pretty good; I think McDermand was just a little better than us, overall.”

Torgerson completed the podium, while Thomas Meseraull got back into the Xtreme Outlaw top-five with a fourth-place run from 12th on the grid. Daniel Whitley put the Abacus Racing #58 across the stripe in fifth for his first career Xtreme Outlaw top-five.

UP NEXT

The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets are back in action Saturday night, May 6, for another $4,000-to-win program at Humboldt’s sister track – 81 Speedway in Park City, KS. Tickets will be on sale at the gate. If you can’t make it to the track to watch, stream all the action live on DIRTVision.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[5]; 2. 08-Cannon McIntosh[9]; 3. 28-Ashton Torgerson[2]; 4. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[12]; 5. 58-Daniel Whitley[7]; 6. 71-Jade Avedisian[3]; 7. 97-Gavin Miller[8]; 8. 5D-Zach Daum[18]; 9. 26-Chance Crum[4]; 10. 22T-Don Droud Jr[15]; 11. 25K-Taylor Reimer[17]; 12. 59-Laci Ferno[21]; 13. 07-Scout Spraggins[20]; 14. 7W-Brendon Wiseley[16]; 15. 7U-Kyle Jones[14]; 16. 91S-Jeff Stasa[10]; 17. 2X-Landon Brooks[1]; 18. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[13]; 19. 21E-Emilio Hoover[11]; 20. 91-Lance Bennett[19]; 21. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[6]; 22. (DNS) 17X-Kurt Stellhorn

Schuchart snags fourth Eldora triumph in thrilling #LetsRaceTwo opener

ROSSBURG, OH (May 5, 2023) – Logan Schuchart wasn’t surprised when Rico Abreu slid ahead of him coming to the white flag Friday night at Eldora Speedway.

Nine years on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour has taught him someone is always lurking. The nation’s top Sprint Car drivers are prepared to pounce on the smallest mistake. Even though he’d led every lap entering the final one, Schuchart still didn’t expect to go unchallenged. What matters is the response to the challenge. Composure can be the difference between celebrating a win and settling for second.

This experience and expectation allowed the 10th year veteran to stay poised and map out his answer to Abreu’s slider. Schuchart executed a perfect response slide job of his own in Turn 1 and held off Abreu’s last gasp in the final set of corners to claim his first checkered flag of 2023.

“I was kind of expecting it sooner,” Schuchart said of Abreu’s bid for the lead. “I felt pretty confident that when he did drive across in front of me I knew that it was going to be hard for him to keep speed or block me into (Turn) one that I could kind of wait for him for a second coming out of (Turn) four and down the front stretch to make a move or decide what I was going to do. I know he wanted to get right back to the top, and I just kind of had to short slide him and park it in front of him because it was going to be very tough to drive back down off of (Turn) one and drive across the racetrack. I’m just happy to get this thing in Victory Lane.”

The trip to Victory Lane was Schuchart’s 36th with The Greatest Show on Dirt, equaling him with Bixby, OK’s Shane Stewart for 19th on the all-time Series win list. Schuchart now owns four triumphs at Eldora, which sits tied with Jackson Motorplex and The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the tracks he’s won the most at with the World of Outlaws.

Schuchart is also tied as the winningest Pennsylvanian at Eldora in World of Outlaws competition. He, Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa, PA), and Brent Marks (Myerstown, PA) all own four wins apiece.

Perhaps most importantly, Schuchart knocked the first win of the season monkey from his back. With seven top fives, including three podiums heading into Friday, the speed of the Shark Racing #1S had unquestionably been there. But with a zero in the win column, pressure had begun to build.

“It’s definitely huge to get that pressure off your back,” Schuchart admitted. “I feel just as good as anybody out here. I feel like we have the team to compete at the highest level and compete at the top. It’s just making those calls. Sometimes it’s me putting the wrong setup in the thing like last week at Haubstadt. It’s just learning and trial and error over the years of making these things right.”

Schuchart’s path to victory began quickly. The Hanover, PA native lined up third on the grid aboard the Drydene/DuraMAX machine with Brad Sweet and Abreu in front of him. Both Sweet and Abreu opted for the cushion in the first set of corners when the green flew. Schuchart decided to roll the middle and sailed by the top two.

From there, Schuchart maintained a decent advantage throughout the race. He was never able to pull too far ahead but kept those behind him at bay.

Meanwhile, a war erupted for spots within the top five as Abreu, Sweet, and Donny Schatz swapped spots in the early going. The Big E was in tip top shape allowing that trio to utilize many lanes as they battled for the runner-up spot. Even with racing each other, Schuchart stayed within their sights.

It wasn’t until Abreu fully established control of second that he was able to really begin to chip away at Schuchart’s advantage. Traffic helped Abreu have that one last chance as the white flag flew, but he didn’t quite have enough to hold back Schuchart after swiping the lead briefly. Schuchart felt appreciative that it was Abreu who offered the challenge and grateful he was able to best him.

“Rico is a class act guy on and off the track,” Schuchart said. “Him and Ricky Warner make a great team. They’re really tough to beat right now. They’re really fast everywhere we go.”

Abreu settled for second aboard the Rico Abreu Racing #24. The St. Helena, CA native continues to flex his early season muscle with his third World of Outlaws podium of the season and the 31st of his career. With Schuchart’s execution on the final lap, Abreu didn’t feel he could’ve done much more in search of the win.

“I was just waiting for him to slip one time,” Abreu explained. “I knew it was getting down to the wire there. It just comes down to a matter of sticking that last corner and him taking my lane away just startled my car a little bit to get back down to get a run. It was just smart racing on his end. Our car was unbelievable tonight.”

Rounding out the top three was 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz. The 45 year old looked smooth all race and appeared he may challenge for the win. But traffic in his lanes slowed Schatz enough to keep him from the top of the board. The third-place effort marked his first podium of the season and the 741st of his career.

“We were kind of hanging on there at the end, but I kind of knew that about 10 laps in,” Schatz said. “I had to get the wing back to stay with them. We can work from there. It’s a respectable finish for the night and gives us an opportunity for tomorrow.”

Completing the top five was Brad Sweet and David Gravel. With Carson Macedo finishing sixth, Sweet trimmed Macedo’s points lead down to only eight markers.

The night’s KSE Racing Hard Charger was Kyle Larson with a 22nd to 10th drive aboard Paul Silva’s #57. 

Early in the night Logan Schuchart collected his third Simpson Performance Products QuickTime Award of the year and the 34th of his career.

CASE #No1EngineOil Heat One was topped by Brad Sweet (222nd of career). NOS Energy Drink Heats Two through Four were claimed by Sheldon Haudenschild (81st of career), Logan Schuchart (105th of career), and Donny Schatz (506th of career).

The MicroLite Last Chance Showdown victory went to Kraig Kinser.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars return to Eldora Speedway on Saturday (May 6) for night two of #LetsRaceTwo. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch all the action live on DIRTVision.

RESULTS:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 5. 2-David Gravel[10]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen[13]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 10. 57-Kyle Larson[22]; 11. 39M-Anthony Macri[11]; 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 13. 5-Spencer Bayston[16]; 14. 29-Parker Price Miller[14]; 15. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[20]; 16. 21-Brian Brown[19]; 17. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[9]; 18. 71-Cory Eliason[15]; 19. 19-Brent Marks[18]; 20. 4-Chris Windom[24]; 21. 13-Justin Peck[17]; 22. 42-Sye Lynch[23]; 23. 7S-Robbie Price[12]; 24. 101-Kraig Kinser[21]

GRAND FORKS, ND (May 3, 2023) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will make its first trip of 2023 to North Dakota and Minnesota when the calendar turns to June.

The journey will bring The Greatest Show on Dirt back to River Cities Speedway, in Grand Forks, ND, for its 30th visit to the 1/4-mile bullring, on Friday, June 2. Then, the Series will make its debut at the 3/8-mile Ogilvie Raceway, in Ogilvie, MN, on Saturday, June 3.

There have been five different winners in the last six races at River Cities – four-time and reigning champion Brad Sweet is the sole repeat winner in that time (2021, 2022). Ten-time Series champion Donny Schatz, of Fargo, ND, holds the most World of Outlaws wins at the track with 13.

What you need to know:

RIVER CITIES, JUNE 2 (Gerdau presents the 1st Leg of the Northern Tour)
Track:
1/4­-mile in Grand Forks, ND

Times (CT):
2 p.m. Pit Gates open
5 p.m. Grandstand Gates open
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps/Qualifying
-Racing to follow

Tickets: Available HERE

Previous winners:
2022 – Carson Macedo on June 3, Brad Sweet on Aug. 26
2021 – Brad Sweet on Aug. 25
2020 –Kyle Larson on Aug. 21
2019 – Logan Schuchart on June 7, Donny Schatz on Aug. 16
2018 – Donny Schatz on June 15, Donny Schatz on Aug. 17
2017 – David Gravel on June 16, Donny Schatz on Aug. 18
2016 – Donny Schatz on June 17, Donny Schatz on Aug. 26
2015 – Donny Schatz on June 19, Donny Schatz on Aug. 21
2014 – Donny Schatz on June 20, Daryn Pittman on Aug. 15
2013 – Cody Darrah on June 21, Donny Schatz on Aug. 16
2012 – Kraig Kinser on June 15, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 17
2011 – Craig Dollansky on June 17, Craig Dollansky on June 18, Steve Kinser on Aug. 19
2010 – Steve Kinser on June 19, Joey Saldana on June 20
2009 – Donny Schatz on June 19, Craig Dollansky on Aug. 21
2008 – Donny Schatz on June 27
2007 – Joey Saldana on June 29

OGILVIE, JUNE 3 (‘Big O’ Showdown)
Track:
3/8-mile in Ogilvie, MN

Times (CT):
2 p.m. Pit Gate open
4 p.m. Grandstands open
6:30 p.m. Hot Laps/Qualifying
-Racing to follow

Jones atop points standings, Torgerson teams with Thorson for Fri-Sat swing

HUMBOLDT, KS (May 3, 2023) – The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyotadives into its debut in Kansas this weekend with a Friday-Saturday doubleheader, May 5-6, at Humboldt Speedway and 81 Speedway.

The field will compete for $4,000 grand prizes on both nights, joined by Non-Wing Sprint Cars and Factory Stocks at Humboldt on Friday, then the Sprint Cars and 316 Mods at 81 on Saturday.

Though the Xtreme Outlaw Series has yet to visit either venue, both tracks have hosted Midget competition in the past. Both POWRi and USAC have taken their national Midget series to each and put on programs that showcase the speed Midgets are capable of. At 3/8 of a mile, 81 Speedway will take over as the biggest track the Series has visited since its inception last year.

Tickets for each event will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track, stream all the action live on your personal devices with a FAST PASS subscription to DIRTVision.

Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:

NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN – After posting back-to-back top-five finishes in the last two Series races, Kyle Jones has taken over the points lead by 13 over Cannon McIntosh.

Jones, 29, of Kennedale, TX, put his Spike/Stanton, PDIDiesel.com #7U on the podium in the Saturday night portion of the Xtreme Outlaw Showdown in Du Quoin back in March, then followed that up with a fourth-place run at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 three weeks ago.

He and the Trifecta Motorsports team now ride into Humboldt Speedway on Friday where they competed together in 2020, resulting in a 13th-to-ninth charge for Jones in his first start at the track.

ON THE RISE – Cannon McIntosh jumped a total of six spots in the Series points standings after his second win of the season three weeks ago at I-55, and now rides 13 points behind leader Kyle Jones in second place.

McIntosh, of Bixby, OK, has been keeping his skills sharp in the downtime this season, wheeling a Micro Sprint on a weekly basis at Millbridge Speedway for his team’s Micro program at Dave Mac-Barnhill Motorsports. Five Feature wins there already this year has proved its benefits for the 20yr-old Toyota Racing Development driver as he continues the chase for his first national Midget series championship.

Read Also – COMMITTED TO SUCCESS: Cannon McIntosh Continues To Build On Career Success With Xtreme Outlaws

McIntosh has previously visited Humboldt on multiple occasions, last making the trip out in 2020, where he finished 11th in a POWRi event during his tenure with Keith Kunz Motorsports. Prior to that, he made starts in 2019 (DNF), and recorded his best finish there in 2017 – a fifth-place run with his family team, then known as Dave Mac Motorsports.

THE CLIMB BACK – Making her debut at both venues this weekend, Jade Avedisian has some work to do to reclaim the Series points lead after dropping back to third in the standings three weeks ago.

The 16yr-old Californian struggled at I-55, fading back to 16th from her seventh-place starting spot and giving up the points lead she held coming into the race. Historically, I-55 has not been Avedisian’s cup of tea, but Humboldt and 81 will be clean slates. She’s yet to compete in any capacity at either venue, which gives her a brand-new opportunity for redemption this weekend.

Though she’s raced on big 1/4-miles like Humboldt before, Saturday will be her first Xtreme Outlaw start on a 3/8-mile track. The Series has yet to visit a track larger in distance than the 1/3-mile of I-55.

BACK IN THE SADDLE – Climbing back behind the wheel of a Midget for the first time since January, Ashton Torgerson has teamed with Tanner Thorson Racing this weekend to take on the Kansas doubleheader.

Torgerson, 16, of Glendale, AZ, was injured in a scary incident at the Chili Bowl Nationals in January where he was ejected from the seat of his car after flipping several times down the backstretch. Torgerson sat out for several weeks to recover but has since made multiple Micro Sprint and Winged Sprint Car starts in his efforts to get back in the racing groove. Friday at Humboldt will be his first official Midget start since the night of his accident.

Like several others in the field, Torgerson will be making his first appearance with the Xtreme Outlaws, as well as his debut at both tracks.

BEEN THERE, RACED THAT – While several competitors will be making their Midget debut at Humboldt this weekend, Zach Daum will be one of the veterans in the field with prior experience.

Like McIntosh, Daum raced the POWRi event at Humboldt in 2020, and finished fourth behind Daison Pursley, Kaylee Bryson and winner Buddy Kofoid.

Daum, of Pocahontas, IL, moved up five spots in the Series standings after a runner-up finish to McIntosh at I-55 three weeks ago. He now sits sixth – 57 points back of leader Jones in pursuit of his second consecutive Xtreme Outlaw points championship.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

When and where
• Friday, May 5 at Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, KS
• Saturday, May 6 at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS

On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
Twitter – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG

Live broadcast
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com. Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month.

Current championship points standings (view full standings)
1. Kyle Jones (628pts); 2. Cannon McIntosh 615pts (-13); 3. Jade Avedisian 606pts (-22); 4. Landon Brooks 590pts (-38); 5. Gavin Miller 578pts (-50); 6. Zach Daum 571pts (-57); 7. Ethan Mitchell 566pts (-62); 8. Chance Crum 561pts (-67); 9. Chase McDermand 541pts (-87); 10. Taylor Reimer 521pts (-107).

Toyota Feature winners (2 drivers)
2 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports)
1 win – Jade Avedisian (Keith Kunz Motorsports)

Toyota Feature laps led (6 drivers)
26 laps – Thomas Meseraull
22 laps – Shane Cottle
19 laps – Cannon McIntosh
18 laps – Zach Daum
14 laps – Jade Avedisian
1 lap – Chase McDermand

Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (2 drivers)
2 awards – Ethan Mitchell
1 awards – Cannon McIntosh

Heat Race winners (13 drivers)
2 wins – Jade Avedisian
1 win – Austin Barnhill, Shane Cottle, Gavin Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Corbin Rueschenberg, Nick Drake, Kyle Jones, Chance Crum, Rico Abreu, Cannon McIntosh, Chase McDermand, Zach Daum

High-points honors (3 drivers)
1 honor – Gavin Miller, Chance Crum, Rico Abreu

Last Chance Showdown wins (5 drivers)
1 win – Kyle Jones, Landon Brooks, Karter Sarff, Howard Moore, Ryan Timms

DIRTVision Hard Charger Awards (3 drivers)
1 award – Mitchel Moles, Chase Johnson, Ryan Timms

Podium finishes (8 drivers)
2 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
1 podium – Shane Cottle, Thomas Meseraull, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Kyle Jones, Zach Daum, Ryan Timms

Top-10 finishes (21 drivers)
3 top-10s – Kyle Jones
2 top-10s – Jade Avedisian, Landon Brooks, Gavin Miller, Ethan Mitchell, Zach Daum, Corbin Rueschenberg, Chase McDermand
1 top-10 – Shane Cottle, Chance Crum, Thomas Meseraull, Cannon McIntosh, Mitchel Moles, Taylor Reimer, Chase Johnson, Austin Barnhill, Daniel Adler, Sam Johnson, Ryan Timms, Rico Abreu

2023 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 10 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
2. Sat, March 11 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Jade Avedisian (1)
3. Fri, April 14 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Cannon McIntosh (2)

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Jones atop points standings, Torgerson teams with Thorson for Fri-Sat swing

HUMBOLDT, KS (May 3, 2023) – The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyotadives into its debut in Kansas this weekend with a Friday-Saturday doubleheader, May 5-6, at Humboldt Speedway and 81 Speedway.

The field will compete for $4,000 grand prizes on both nights, joined by Non-Wing Sprint Cars and Factory Stocks at Humboldt on Friday, then the Sprint Cars and 316 Mods at 81 on Saturday.

Though the Xtreme Outlaw Series has yet to visit either venue, both tracks have hosted Midget competition in the past. Both POWRi and USAC have taken their national Midget series to each and put on programs that showcase the speed Midgets are capable of. At 3/8 of a mile, 81 Speedway will take over as the biggest track the Series has visited since its inception last year.

Tickets for each event will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track, stream all the action live on your personal devices with a FAST PASS subscription to DIRTVision.

Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:

NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN – After posting back-to-back top-five finishes in the last two Series races, Kyle Jones has taken over the points lead by 13 over Cannon McIntosh.

Jones, 29, of Kennedale, TX, put his Spike/Stanton, PDIDiesel.com #7U on the podium in the Saturday night portion of the Xtreme Outlaw Showdown in Du Quoin back in March, then followed that up with a fourth-place run at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 three weeks ago.

He and the Trifecta Motorsports team now ride into Humboldt Speedway on Friday where they competed together in 2020, resulting in a 13th-to-ninth charge for Jones in his first start at the track.

ON THE RISE – Cannon McIntosh jumped a total of six spots in the Series points standings after his second win of the season three weeks ago at I-55, and now rides 13 points behind leader Kyle Jones in second place.

McIntosh, of Bixby, OK, has been keeping his skills sharp in the downtime this season, wheeling a Micro Sprint on a weekly basis at Millbridge Speedway for his team’s Micro program at Dave Mac-Barnhill Motorsports. Five Feature wins there already this year has proved its benefits for the 20yr-old Toyota Racing Development driver as he continues the chase for his first national Midget series championship.

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McIntosh has previously visited Humboldt on multiple occasions, last making the trip out in 2020, where he finished 11th in a POWRi event during his tenure with Keith Kunz Motorsports. Prior to that, he made starts in 2019 (DNF), and recorded his best finish there in 2017 – a fifth-place run with his family team, then known as Dave Mac Motorsports.

THE CLIMB BACK – Making her debut at both venues this weekend, Jade Avedisian has some work to do to reclaim the Series points lead after dropping back to third in the standings three weeks ago.

The 16yr-old Californian struggled at I-55, fading back to 16th from her seventh-place starting spot and giving up the points lead she held coming into the race. Historically, I-55 has not been Avedisian’s cup of tea, but Humboldt and 81 will be clean slates. She’s yet to compete in any capacity at either venue, which gives her a brand-new opportunity for redemption this weekend.

Though she’s raced on big 1/4-miles like Humboldt before, Saturday will be her first Xtreme Outlaw start on a 3/8-mile track. The Series has yet to visit a track larger in distance than the 1/3-mile of I-55.

BACK IN THE SADDLE – Climbing back behind the wheel of a Midget for the first time since January, Ashton Torgerson has teamed with Tanner Thorson Racing this weekend to take on the Kansas doubleheader.

Torgerson, 16, of Glendale, AZ, was injured in a scary incident at the Chili Bowl Nationals in January where he was ejected from the seat of his car after flipping several times down the backstretch. Torgerson sat out for several weeks to recover but has since made multiple Micro Sprint and Winged Sprint Car starts in his efforts to get back in the racing groove. Friday at Humboldt will be his first official Midget start since the night of his accident.

Like several others in the field, Torgerson will be making his first appearance with the Xtreme Outlaws, as well as his debut at both tracks.

BEEN THERE, RACED THAT – While several competitors will be making their Midget debut at Humboldt this weekend, Zach Daum will be one of the veterans in the field with prior experience.

Like McIntosh, Daum raced the POWRi event at Humboldt in 2020, and finished fourth behind Daison Pursley, Kaylee Bryson and winner Buddy Kofoid.

Daum, of Pocahontas, IL, moved up five spots in the Series standings after a runner-up finish to McIntosh at I-55 three weeks ago. He now sits sixth – 57 points back of leader Jones in pursuit of his second consecutive Xtreme Outlaw points championship.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

When and where
• Friday, May 5 at Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, KS
• Saturday, May 6 at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS

On the internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota
Twitter – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG

Live broadcast
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com. Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month.

Current championship points standings (view full standings)
1. Kyle Jones (628pts); 2. Cannon McIntosh 615pts (-13); 3. Jade Avedisian 606pts (-22); 4. Landon Brooks 590pts (-38); 5. Gavin Miller 578pts (-50); 6. Zach Daum 571pts (-57); 7. Ethan Mitchell 566pts (-62); 8. Chance Crum 561pts (-67); 9. Chase McDermand 541pts (-87); 10. Taylor Reimer 521pts (-107).

Toyota Feature winners (2 drivers)
2 wins – Cannon McIntosh (Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports)
1 win – Jade Avedisian (Keith Kunz Motorsports)

Toyota Feature laps led (6 drivers)
26 laps – Thomas Meseraull
22 laps – Shane Cottle
19 laps – Cannon McIntosh
18 laps – Zach Daum
14 laps – Jade Avedisian
1 lap – Chase McDermand

Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (2 drivers)
2 awards – Ethan Mitchell
1 awards – Cannon McIntosh

Heat Race winners (13 drivers)
2 wins – Jade Avedisian
1 win – Austin Barnhill, Shane Cottle, Gavin Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Corbin Rueschenberg, Nick Drake, Kyle Jones, Chance Crum, Rico Abreu, Cannon McIntosh, Chase McDermand, Zach Daum

High-points honors (3 drivers)
1 honor – Gavin Miller, Chance Crum, Rico Abreu

Last Chance Showdown wins (5 drivers)
1 win – Kyle Jones, Landon Brooks, Karter Sarff, Howard Moore, Ryan Timms

DIRTVision Hard Charger Awards (3 drivers)
1 award – Mitchel Moles, Chase Johnson, Ryan Timms

Podium finishes (8 drivers)
2 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
1 podium – Shane Cottle, Thomas Meseraull, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Kyle Jones, Zach Daum, Ryan Timms

Top-10 finishes (21 drivers)
3 top-10s – Kyle Jones
2 top-10s – Jade Avedisian, Landon Brooks, Gavin Miller, Ethan Mitchell, Zach Daum, Corbin Rueschenberg, Chase McDermand
1 top-10 – Shane Cottle, Chance Crum, Thomas Meseraull, Cannon McIntosh, Mitchel Moles, Taylor Reimer, Chase Johnson, Austin Barnhill, Daniel Adler, Sam Johnson, Ryan Timms, Rico Abreu

2023 Schedule & Winners – Race No. Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, March 10 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
2. Sat, March 11 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Jade Avedisian (1)
3. Fri, April 14 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Cannon McIntosh (2)

BATAVIA, Ohio (May 3, 2023) – As previously announced, Carl Short’s 43rd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP will take place at the iconic Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on October 19-21. Camping reservations and advance tickets to this mega event are available now. This year’s Dirt Track World Championship will offer ticket packages as a purchasing option. Patrons will have the ability to purchase tickets in any of the following ways: 3-Day reserved seat package (same seat all three nights).3-Day general admission package (GA ticket – no reserved seat).2-Day (Fri/Sat) reserved seat package (same seat both nights).2-Day (Fri/Sat) general admission package (GA ticket – no reserved seat).Saturday only ticket.Friday only ticket.Thursday only ticket. Pit passes will follow the above method – available in 3-Day, 2-Day and single day options. Pit pass upgrades are also available on the day of the show and can be added to any reserved/ general admission ticket for an additional fee. If attending more than one day of the 43rd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP, fans are encouraged to consider a package to save money and time in ticket lines. To view the Eldora Speedway seating chart or to purchase tickets online, visit: https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/event/2023_dtwc/

The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP will conclude at the 43rd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP. Following a series of bonus rounds at varying points throughout the season, four drivers will enter the season finale at Eldora Speedway with an equal opportunity at becoming the 2023 Lucas Oil National Champion. In addition to the revitalized championship format, more than $470,000 has been added to the championship point fund, bringing the grand total for the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP to just over $1,000,000. The 2023 Lucas Oil National Champion will earn an industry record of $200,000 – meaning if one of the Big River Steel Big Four drivers can win the 43rd Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP ($100,000 to win) they would garner $300,000 in a single night. For the latest news, results, championship standings and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, please visit www.lucasdirt.com.

Double header is first two of five scheduled Eldora races in 2023ROSSBURG, OH (May 2, 2023) – Eldora Speedway has been a staple of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car tour since its debut in 1978, and that trend will continue this weekend.“The Big E” will elevate its status as the most visited track in World of Outlaws history when The Greatest Show on Dirtreturns for #LetsRaceTwo Friday-Saturday, May 5-6. Eldora’s 230 races stand atop the list of tracks that the World of Outlaws have invaded, and that number will grow to 232 as Eldora continues to cement its significance in Sprint Car Racing history.Fans will see the top Winged Warriors and Non-Wing Warriors battling both nights as well with the United States Auto Club (USAC) Non-Wing Sprint Cars accompanying the World of Outlaws for the weekend.Let’s look at some of the weekend’s top storylines:CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE: The trio atop the World of Outlaws standings – Carson Macedo, Brad Sweet, and David Gravel – will carry their tight battle into Eldora, where they’ve all found success.Macedo leads the charge with six consecutive top fives entering the weekend aboard the Jason Johnson Racing #41. Eldora has been especially kind to Macedo in recent years. In his last 10 visits, the Lemoore, CA native has posted five podiums, a 4.4 average finish, and a pair of victories.Sweet and his Kasey Kahne Racing crew trail Macedo by only 12 markers. “The Big Cat” has visited Eldora Victory Lane on three occasions with the World of Outlaws, including two Kings Royals (’13 & ’19). While his recent results aren’t quite on par with Macedo, Sweet still has managed a trio of top fives in his last four starts at the Rossburg, OH oval.A DNF this past Saturday put Gravel 48 points out of the lead, but Eldora is a prime facility for the Big Game Motorsports driver to make up ground. Four of Gravel’s 80 career Series victories have occurred at “The House that Earl Built” including two last July. The Watertown, CT native also topped the All-Star Circuit of Champions’ Governor’s Reign for a $52,000 payday in 2020.LACK OF BACK TO BACK: Eldora has given fans a variety of winners over the last few years. In the track’s last 16 races, no driver has won consecutive trophies, even though four competitors have claimed more than one main event during that stretch.The man who will have the chance to break the trend this Friday is St. Helena, CA’s Rico Abreu. The 31-year-old topped last September’s BeFour the Crowns Showdown to collect his 10th career Series victory. Abreu has already won twice this season (Lincoln Speedway & 81 Speedway), and one more tally in the win column would be his personal best for one season with The Greatest Show on Dirt.ELDORA EXCELLENCE: It’s fitting that the most recent driver to go back-to-back at Eldora is the one who has dominated the ‘The Big E” over stints of his career – Donny Schatz.The 10-time Series champion has claimed a whopping 17 Eldora triumphs during his tenure with the World of Outlaws. It’s the third winningest track on his record, and only Steve Kinser (41 wins) and Sammy Swindell (30 wins) have been more successful at Eldora. During one remarkable stretch from 2016 to 2019, Schatz topped nine of 16 Eldora Features.This weekend presents Schatz with an opportunity to shake off a recent slump aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing #15.SHARK STRENGTH: Eldora Speedway is a track that the Shark Racing duo of Logan Schuchart and Jacob Allen have found plenty of success at during their nine years on the tour.Schuchart has been especially strong. The Hanover, PA native has made three trips to Eldora Victory Lane – most recently in September of 2021. Schuchart has also podiumed in 10 of his last 24 Series appearances. He enters the weekend fourth in points.Allen has also been plenty productive. Of his 126 career top 10s, 10 of them have come at Eldora Speedway including a pair of top fives. Allen is fresh off his fifth best finish of the season and hopes to build more momentum at a track where he’s had speed in the past.BAYSTON’S PROGRESS: Eldora proved to be a struggle for Spencer Bayston in the early part of his career, but he’s turned that narrative around.In his first eight World of Outlaws starts at Eldora, Bayston wasn’t able to tally a top 10. In the six starts he’s made since, the CJB Motorsports pilot has missed the top 10 only twice and posted a best finish of fourth on two occasions. The Lebanon, IN native looks to continue improving and stand on the podium at least once this weekend. Bayston is also a former Eldora winner – topping a 2017 USAC Midget race at the track.EVERYBODY AT THE BIG E: On top of the strong crop of World of Outlaws full-timers, #LetsRaceTwo is expected to attract many more talented gassers.Last July, Brent Marks filled his wallet at Eldora by winning both The Historical Big One ($100,000) and Kings Royal ($175,000). Four of Marks’ 12 career World of Outlaws wins have come at Eldora (33%).Tyler Courtney is stout no matter the kind of vehicle he’s in at Eldora. “Sunshine” has racked up 13 wins at the half-mile between Winged Sprint Cars, Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Midgets, and Silver Crown Cars. Among those is a Kings Royal triumph – currently his lone World of Outlaws victory.Even Lance Dewease and the Kreitz Racing crew plan to depart from the porch in Pennsylvania to make the trip one state west. More invaders expected include Justin Peck, Buddy Kofoid, Anthony Macri, and many more.Local talents including the likes of Travis Philo, Cole Duncan, and others could also contend for impressive finishes.For tickets to #LetsRaceTwo, CLICK HERE.If you can’t make it to the track, catch all of the action on DIRTVision.THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCEWHEN AND WHEREFriday and Saturday May 5-6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OHON THE INTERNETWorld of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Twitter – @WorldofOutlaws Instagram – @WoOSprint Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsSprintCarSeries YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com – Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/monthCURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (15/81 Races)1. 41 – Carson Macedo (2110PTS) 2. 49 – Brad Sweet (-12PTS) 3. 2 – David Gravel (-48PTS) 4. 1S – Logan Schuchart (-74PTS) 5. 11 – Michael Kofoid (-94PTS) 6. 17 – Sheldon Haudenschild (-130PTS) 7. 83 – James McFadden (-182PTS) 8. 18 – Gio Scelzi (-190PTS) 9. 15 – Donny Schatz (-194PTS) 10. 5 – Spencer Bayston (-194PTS)NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (8 Drivers):4 wins – David Gravel (Big Game Motorsports #2)3 wins – Brad Sweet (Kasey Kahne Racing #49)2 wins – James McFadden (Roth Motorsports #83), Rico Abreu (Rico Abreu Racing #24)1 win – Carson Macedo (Jason Johnson Racing #41), Buddy Kofoid (CMS Racing #11), Sheldon Haudenschild (Stenhouse Jr./Marshall Racing #17), Brady Bacon (TKH Motorsports #21)FEATURE LAPS LED (13 Drivers):92 laps – David Gravel79 laps – Brad Sweet63 laps – Carson Macedo60 laps – James McFadden46 laps – Buddy Kofoid43 laps – Rico Abreu37 laps – Sheldon Haudenschild15 laps – Logan Schuchart10 laps – Anthony Macri, Cory Eliason9 laps – Gio Scelzi, Brent Marks3 laps – Brady BaconSIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (9 Drivers):5 QuickTimes – Carson Macedo2 QuickTimes – David Gravel, Logan Schuchart1 QuickTime – Anthony Macri, Brian Brown, Donny Schatz, Buddy Kofoid, Rico Abreu, Gio ScelziHEAT RACE WINNERS (19 Drivers):8 Heat Wins – David Gravel, Carson Macedo6 Heat Wins – Buddy Kofoid4 Heat Wins – Brent Marks, Brad Sweet3 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild, Gio Scelzi2 Heat Wins – Spencer Bayston, Jacob Allen, Parker Price-Miller1 Heat Win – James McFadden, Brian Brown, Donny Schatz, Danny Dietrich, Freddie Rahmer, Rico Abreu, Brock Zearfoss, Cory EliasonTOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (28 Drivers):11 Dashes – David Gravel, Carson Macedo10 Dashes – Brad Sweet9 Dashes – Logan Schuchart6 Dashes – Buddy Kofoid, Jacob Allen, Gio Scelzi, Sheldon Haudenschild 5 Dashes – Spencer Bayston4 Dashes – Brent Marks, Rico Abreu, Donny Schatz3 Dashes – James McFadden, Brock Zearfoss2 Dashes – Brian Brown, Danny Dietrich, Cory Eliason, Parker Price-Miller, Robbie Price 1 Dash – Anthony Macri, Justin Peck, Kasey Kahne, Freddie Rahmer, Devon Borden, Garet Williamson, Aaron Reutzel, Tyler Courtney, Brady BaconMICROLITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (13 Drivers):1 LCS Win – Brock Zearfoss, Parker Price-Miller, Sheldon Haudenschild, Gio Scelzi, Noah Gass, Hunter Schuerenberg, James McFadden, Wayne Johnson, Ryan Timms, Ayrton Gennetten, Robbie Price, Spencer Bayston, Logan SchuchartKSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (12 Drivers):2 Hard Chargers – Brock Zearfoss, James McFadden, Tyler Courtney1 Hard Charger – Donny Schatz, Gio Scelzi, Robbie Price, David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, Justin Peck, Blake Hahn, Buddy Kofoid, Joe B. MillerPODIUM FINISHES (17 Drivers):8 Podiums – Brad Sweet7 Podiums – David Gravel5 Podiums – Carson Macedo4 Podiums – Buddy Kofoid3 Podiums – James McFadden, Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild2 Podiums – Jacob Allen, Rico Abreu1 Podium – Danny Dietrich, Brian Brown, Kasey Kahne, Devon Borden, Spencer Bayston, Brent Marks, Parker Price-Miller, Brady BaconTOP 10 FINISHES (30 Drivers):15 Top 10s – Carson Macedo13 Top 10s – Brad Sweet12 Top 10s – David Gravel, Logan Schuchart10 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild, Michael Kofoid9 Top 10s – Gio Scelzi8 Top 10s – Spencer Bayston, James McFadden6 Top 10s – Rico Abreu5 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Justin Peck4 Top 10s – Brent Marks, Jacob Allen, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Courtney2 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Brian Brown, Danny Dietrich, Brock Zearfoss, Blake Hahn, Brady Bacon, Cory Eliason1 Top 10 – Robbie Price, Zeb Wise, Devon Borden, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Parker Price-Miller, Joe B. Miller, Hunter Schuerenberg 2023 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)1. Fri, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)2. Fri, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2)3. Sat, Feb 11* / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / James McFadden (1)4. Sun, March 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)5. Mon, March 6 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (3)6. Sat, March 18 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Rico Abreu (1)7. Fri, March 24 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Buddy Kofoid (1)8. Sat, March 25 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Brad Sweet (1)9. Fri, March 31 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / Brad Sweet (2)10. Sat, April 1 / Devil’s Bowl Speedway / Mesquite, TX / James McFadden (2)11. Fri, April 7 / U.S. 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)12. Sat, April 8 / 81 Speedway / Wichita, KS / Rico Abreu (2)13. Fri, April 14 / Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (3)14. Fri, April 28 / Tri-City Speedway / Granite City, IL / David Gravel (4)15. Sat, April 29 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Brady Bacon (1)

A massive purse, camping, corn hole tournament, wine tour, and more make up the marquee event weekend

FOUNTAIN CITY, WI – May 2, 2023 – When Mississippi Thunder Speedway promoter Tyrone Lingenfelter and his team created the Dairyland Showdown in 2021, he knew it would be a marquee event for the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models.  

What he didn’t realize was how fast it would grow. 

In two years, the Wisconsin event has gone from a two-day show to an epic three-day spectacular and one of the highest paydays on the Series schedule. The third annual Dairyland Showdown on May 4-6 will pay a total weekend purse of $264,000, including a $50,000-to-win finale on Saturday, May 6. 

That Saturday winner’s share was one of Lingenfelter’s initial goals. 

“I shouldn’t say I didn’t think we’d get to this point; I just didn’t know how fast it would be,” Lingenfelter said. “Our goal was to someday get to fifty-thousand to win. It’s pretty cool that we could do that in the second year already.  

“I think it just goes out as a thank you to the fans and drivers that have supported the event. It’s grown every single year. We get more campers each year. Our driver count went up the first two years, and I expect it to go up even more again this year.” 

While racing highlights the three-day event, it’s only the beginning of what fans can expect.  

One aspect that’s grown since the event’s inception is camping, which has led to more activities to supplement the on-track action. 

“The camping aspect gives you the opportunity to have a guaranteed fan base because they’re there all weekend long,” Lingenfelter said. “It’s part of the reason we started doing all of the events we have. We have the golf tournament, the corn hole tournament, and the wine tour. We want to make sure everyone that comes here for the weekend gets the biggest bang for their buck, not just on the track but off. 

“I think the biggest way of doing that is keeping everybody busy all weekend long.” 

While many events across the country have held golf and cornhole tournaments, the geography of the Wisconsin/Minnesota border allows for something different—a wine tour. 

It’s the second year, fans can enjoy a tour of the area’s wineries, giving them another option while they wait for racing to start. 

“The wine tour was actually Hailey Towner’s idea,” Lingenfelter said. “She works in the office with us. We have a couple of wineries that are pretty close by. It seemed like a really good idea. Last year was the first year of it, and it went really well and this year we’ve already got more people signed up. 

“It seems to be well-received by a lot of drivers. It’s like, ‘Hey, my wife wants to come along, and now she’s got something she’s looking forward to on Saturday.’ That’s where I think we’ve gotten the most uptick from fans.” 

The racing and off-track activities allowed for the Dairyland Showdown to grow to where it is in its third year. But Lingenfelter and his crew are also excited because fans in the upper Midwest can start their season off with a bang, he said. 

“People are going to get the opportunity to come out right off the bat and see a big $50,000-to-win show,” Lingenfelter said. “The World of Outlaws Late Models, the best drivers in the country, are going to be in their backyard, and I’m just pleased that we’re the ones to be able to host it. 

“We’ve had a lot of anticipation. A lot of things we’ve been working up to. It’s pretty exciting for us to be able to start things off with a bang. It’s almost like our Daytona 500.” 

The World of Outlaws CASE Late Models head to Mississippi Thunder Speedway for the third annual Dairyland Showdown on May 4-6, including the second $50,000-to-win payday of the 2023 season.