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Saturday, October 4, 2008
 MCCREADIE CAPTURES $40,000 LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL NATIONALS FEATURE WIN AT KNOXVILLE
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From Knoxville Raceway P.R.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa -September 27, 2008- Tim McCreadie of Watertown, New York, won the 5th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Super Clean on Saturday, September 27, at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
The victory was worth $40,000 and he earned every penny with one of the most exciting races ever seen at this speedway in front of a huge and enthusiastic record crowd for this event. The 100-lapper saw drama throughout.
The excitement started before the green flag fell when polesitter and preliminary favorite Darrell Lanigan pulled back to the work area on th...
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
PEARSON POWERS TO $10,000 LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES WIN IN THE ROME RUMBLE
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By James Essex
ROME, Ga. -October 3, 2008- Earl Pearson, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL won his fourth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of 2008 on Friday Night at Rome Speedway as he captured the $10,000 to win "Rome Rumble." Pearson, driving for NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte grabbed the lead for good on lap eight as he went on to a convincing victory. Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA who started seventh climbed to second at the finish; followed by Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN; 16th starting Clint Smith of Senoia, GA; and 24th starting Justin Rattliff of Campbellsville, KY who stormed from the tail to place fifth just ahead of Billy...
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Reaid is GAS Series Five Star Rookie of the Year
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By Allen Hastings
Atlanta, GA - With one event still left in the 2008 Georgia Asphalt Series season, Acworth, Georgia's T.J. Reaid has captured the 2008 GAS Series Five Star Race Bodies Rookie of the Year Championship. Reaid has had a tremendous year with 5 Bearden Oil Company Pole Positions and a win at New Senoia Raceway in August. Reaid only finished out of the top ten two times over the season.
The personable Reaid is in his first year of late model racing. The eighteen year old started his racing career at age 12 moving through the Legends ranks. Reaid comes from a racing family. His father Tony, has race dirt ...
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Myers Captures Made In America Whelen 300 At Martinsville Preece Highest NWMT Finisher In The Race
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Martinsville, VA -September 20, 2008- Ryan Preece (3) led 265 laps in the Made In America Whelen 300 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and
became the youngest driver to earn a win in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Preece finished second overall in the race Saturday,
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour celebrated its 500th race in its tradition-rich history, but it was Burt Myers that stole the show and drove his way to Victory Lane in the Made In America Whelen 300.
Myers became the first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour driver to win the annual combination race with their northern-based counterparts at Martinsville Speedway....
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Almirola Wins Dover Race; Kobyluck Wraps Up Title
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DOVER, DE. -September 19, 2008– Matt Kobyluck won his first NASCAR championship Friday at Dover International Speedway, while Aric Almirola earned the win in his first appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Series East.
Kobyluck, the 38-year-old driver from Uncasville, Conn., clinched the NASCAR Camping World Series East title with his third-place finish in the Sunoco 150. Kobyluck also became the first Native American to win a NASCAR Camping World Series championship. He is a member of the Mohegan Tribal Nation.
The 23-year-old Almirola, a Cuban-American, ran the No. 8 DEI Chevrolet as a one-race substitute for Jeffrey Earnhard...
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Monday, September 22, 2008
MCCREADIE MASTERS 'JACKSON 100' IN FIRST APPEARANCE AT BROWNSTOWN SPEEDWAY
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By James Essex
BROWNSTOWN, Ind. -September 20, 2008- Making his first ever appearance at Brownstown Speedway, Watertown, NY's, Tim McCreadie emerged victorious in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned 29th Annual Jackson 100 on Saturday Night. McCreadie's third LOLMDS win of 2008 earned him $20,000 as he withstood a tremendous battle for the lead all 100 laps of the race. Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN finished second; followed by Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL; Darrell Lanigan of Union, KY; and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY. McCreadie, Owens, Pearson and Francis all led at one stage during the race.
Pearson, t...
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Monday, September 22, 2008
BAKER WINS THE 20TH ANNUAL PIZZA HUT UFO 'PITTSBURGHER 100' IN CLOSE FINISH AT PPMS
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From Ufo Media
PITTSBURGH, PA -September 20, 2008- Steve Baker of Fairmont, WV was the winner of the 20th Annual Pittsburgher 100 at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday night. While the record will show that Baker led all 100 laps in earning the $12,000 winner's share, it was anything short of a normal race where the winner leads every lap. Top five positions exchanged constantly throughout the entire race. But more importantly, Baker held off a late race charge from Davey Johnson. Johnson was up to Baker's door at the white flag, but Baker fought off Johnson's last lap bid, earning every dollar of his winning p...
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Monday, September 22, 2008
ARTHUR HAS $16,500 PAYDAY IN VICTORY LAP LATE MODELS AT VIRGINIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
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By Dave Seay
JAMAICA, VA -September 20, 2008- It came down to the final four laps of the 40 Lap Victory Lap Late Model feature to decide the 2008 Championship. With the crowd at their feet Walker Arthur of Forest, VA held off a late race challenge by Stevie Long of Mechanicsville, MD to take round 4 of the Victory Lap Late Model $25,000 Challenge presented by BB&T and the 2008 Victory Lap Late Model Championship at Bill Sawyer's Virginia Motor Speedway. The win netted Arthur $16,500.00, $10,000 for the Championship, a $5000 bonus for winning two of the four Challenge races and $1500 for the Fall Classic win.
Stevie Long a...
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Craig Dollansky Medical Update
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By Tony Veneziano,
World of Outlaws PR Director
Rossburg, OH — September 20, 2008 — Craig Dollansky suffered a compound fracture in his upper right arm on Friday night in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at Eldora Speedway, after being involved in a wicked wreck in turn one with Jason Meyers and Tim Shaffer on the 24th lap of the 30-lap event.
Dollansky was taken to a local hospital before being transported to the Dayton, Ohio hospital, where he was set to undergo surgery on his right arm this afternoon. The recovery time is expected to be six to eight weeks.
The native of Elk Riv...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Kimmel Comes Home for Salem Victory Parade
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By Don Radebaugh,
ARCA PR/Media
SALEM, IN –SEPTEMBER 13, 2008- ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran Frank Kimmel gave his hometown fans exactly what they came to see – a victory in the Eddie Gilstrap Motors 200 by Advance Auto Parts Saturday night at Salem Speedway.
However, it turned out to be much more than just another win for the local Clarksville, Indiana legend.
“This one’s pretty emotional,” said Kimmel in victory lane. “It’s been more than four years since we’ve won here, and to do it here at home means more than I can say. It’s also my dad’s birthday; h...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
WALLACE WINS FIRST NIGHT OF THE MSRA DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP AT POINSETT COUNTY
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By Ben Shelton
HARRISBURG, Ark. -September 12, 2008- Night #1 of the 2nd Annual O'Reilly MSRA Dirt Track Championship was held last night at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas with Wendell Wallace winning a thriller over Dane Dacus.
The 2nd Annual O'Reilly MSRA Dirt Track Championship was originally scheduled to be a two day show with double heats on Friday night and consolation events and the a-main on Saturday night. However, with a threatening forecast for Saturday night courtesy of the remnants of Hurricane Ike, the O'Reilly MSRA staff and Poinsett County Raceway staff decided to modify the format. The re...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Georgia’s Shane Clanton Collects Over $41,000 For First Career World 100 Triumph At Eldora
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By Kevin Kovac,
UMP DIRTcar Racing Public Relations
ROSSBURG, OH – Sept. 6, 2008 – Shane Clanton didn’t have to deal with any challengers on the final circuit of his triumphant run in Saturday night’s 38th annual UMP DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway.
Nevertheless, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series standout from Locust Grove, Ga., had some trouble completing the most important half-mile of his racing career.
"On the last lap I had a guy down in turn three telling me I had a big lead, so I actually got a little teary-eyed," said Clanton, who held nearly a full st...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Haudenschild Grabs Third Gold Cup; Picks up $50,000 for Victory
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By Tony Veneziano,
World of Outlaws PR Director
Chico, CA — September 6, 2008 — Jac Haudenschild certainly knows how to put on a show in the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway. Just one night after a runner-up finish in which he used every inch of the race track as battled Jason Meyers for the win, he put on another show on Saturday night first tracking down Meyers and then, holding off a furious late race charge by Craig Dollansky to earn his third career victory in the famed event, which again paid $50,000 to win this season.
Haudenschild started third and patiently shadowed Dollans...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Meyers Rolls to Win on Second Night of Gold Cup
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By Tony Veneziano,
World of Outlaws PR Director
Chico, CA — September 5, 2008 — Looking to get a leg up on the competition for the 55th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California, Jason Meyers and his team competed in the Mini Gold Cup at the high-banked ¼-mile back in March. He won that event and learned a number of things that paid off on Friday night as he was victorious on the second preliminary night of the Gold Cup and earned a front row starting spot for the 40-lap $50,000-to win finale on Saturday night.
Meyers lined up second on Friday night and shot to the le...
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Andy Johnson Takes NASCAR Late Model Championship, Chevy White wins 125 Lap feature at Music City Motorplex
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By Motor City Motorplex Staff
Nashville, Tennessee - August 30, 2008 – Andy Johnson from Mount Juliet, Tn. went into the last NASCAR points event with what proved to be an unsurmountable 88 point lead over rookie Dillon Oliver from Bowling Green, Ky. Oliver in a tight battle with former Champion Mark Day from Clarksville, TN had a tough night and fell to 3rd in the points, still quite an accomplishment for the rookie. Another rookie, Michael House from Murfreesboro was fast time for the night and was presented with a $75 gift certificate from Full Throttle racing parts. Chevy WhiteX, from Columbia led the last 75 laps to claim the v...
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