GRANBY, QUE – The exciting 25 lap Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) Friday night at Autodrome Granby came down to a lap 23 restart with leader Chuck Hebing and Steve Poirier ready to take the green on the double file restart. What happened at the drop of the green…
ELBRIDGE, NY – Ontario, NY’s Chuck Hebing, known as the “Cobra”, put on a driving clinic Saturday night at the Rolling Wheels Raceway Park winning the final night of the Sprint Car Summer Shootout. The current Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) point leader started 14th and without an aid…
ELBRIDGE, NY – It looked like Jessica Zemken’s second run in her 360 sprinter in Central, NY was going to end in victory lane Friday night at the Rolling Wheels Raceway Park. However, a combination of lapped traffic and a better lane was key to Steve Poirier getting around the…
FULTON, NY – The Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints have not been in competition at the Fulton Speedway since May of 2006. Two attempts have been made over the past two seasons with this past Saturday night’s rain date finally allowing the series to return to the high banks. At…
FULTONVILLE, NY – Even with all of his feature wins and championships, Bobby Varin still did something on Friday night at the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park that he had never done before. The Sharon Springs, N.Y., native joined Lance Yonge as the only two drivers to ever score Lucas Oil…
MACH 1 CHASSIS 360/358 SPRINT CHALLENGE: $3,000 Aaron Ott, Lance Dewease, Pat Cannon, Logan Schuchart, Curt Michael, Mark Smith, Niki Young, Jason Clauss, Gerard McIntyre Jr., Bryn Gohn, Chad Trout, Dave Ely, Rory Janney, Steve Storrie, Glendon Forsythe, Nathan Berwanger, Jay Galloway, Mike Bittinger, Logan Wagner, Kevin Ward Jr., Kevin…
WEEDSPORT, NY – To say Sunday nights victory for Lance Yonge at the New Cayuga County Speedway was desperately needed might be stretching it a bit, but for the Penn Yan, NY veteran it was welcomed. Holding off Jason Barney for the entire 25 lap A-Main Yonge took the checkered…
DUNDEE, NY – Chuck Hebing continued his hot streak on Friday night at the Black Rock Speedway as the veteran driver from Ontario, N.Y., captured his third win of the season and his second consecutive Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) victory in the 25-lap A-Main event. Hebing drove his…
VERNON, NY – Chuck Hebing has made a habit out of dramatic finishes at the Utica-Rome Speedway. On Sunday night he chalked up another one in the 25-lap Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS)/SUNY Canton Series A-Main event. Hebing, of Ontario, N.Y., used slower traffic on lap 24 to drive…
LAFARGEVILLE, NY – Steve Poirier has had his fair share of tough luck in 2011 but as of late all things seem to be heading in the right direction for the defending Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) series champion. On Friday night at the Can-Am Motorsports Park, the three-time…
Northern Summer Nationals Results: 6/25/11, South Buxton Raceway, Merlin, Ontario. Jones-Brown Insurance A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Keith Dempster (5), 2. Jared Zimbardi (35), 3. Glenn Styres (0), 4. Bryan Howland (51), 5. Warren Mahoney (25), 6. Kyle Patrick (33k), 7. Ken Mackey (25M), 8. Lee Ladouceur (51L), 9. Jamie Collard…
WEST LEBANON, NY – Before Saturday’s Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint event at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, Chuck Hebing had never laid his eyes on the prestigious, half-mile high-banked oval. One couldn’t tell that in the 25-lap Herrington Farms/Camara Slate A-Main event as he looked like he turned hundreds of…
AKWESASNE, NY. – Steve Poirier’s up and down year continued with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) on Friday night at the Mohawk International Raceway. Fortunately for the three-time champion, it was time for the upswing as he captured his fourth career win (three in a row) at the…
Drummondville, Que – If you ask Port Leyden, NY’s Kevin Ward Jr. what his favorite track is, I’m sure he will quickly respond Autodrome Drummond. The seventeen year old, 2010 rookie of the year with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS), took to the extreme outside lane to sprint…
GRANBY, QUE – Taking his first career Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) victory Friday night at Autodrome Granby was South Onondaga, NY’s Shawn Donath. The driver of the Doug Emery Motorsports #33 passed crowd favorite Alain Bergeron on lap 14 and won by a comfortable margin in front a…
VERNON, NY – Steve Poirier lost last September’s race at the Utica-Rome Speedway in the final lap of the event when Chuck Hebing slid up in front of him as they exited turn four. This past Sunday Poirier was not going to be denied as he held off the challenges…
FONDA, NY – Justin Barger has been the man to beat over the past three seasons at the Fonda Speedway whenever the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints invade the track. Barger won the events in 2007, 2008 and he swept both races in 2010. He added to that total Saturday…
DUNDEE, NY – You couldn’t help notice the enthusiastic celebration in victory lane by Middletown, Delaware’s JJ Grasso after he won the Spring Sprint Nationals held this past Saturday evening at the Black Rock Speedway. Not only was the $2,500 payday a nice reward but winning at a track that…
LAFARGEVILLE, NY – Unlike many of the other drivers in Saturday night’s Riverside Bar and Grill, Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) A-Main event at the Can-Am Motorsports Park, Alain Bergeron had already turned competitive laps during the 2011 season. The St. Pie, PQ, native towed south a few weeks…
WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – In a wild night of Sprint Car action at the Cayuga County Fair Speedway, Randy Hannagan scored his first ever New York state Sprint car victory in the New York 360 Challenge. Hannagan made a last lap pass of Daryn Pittman en route to the $3,000 win….
FONDA, N.Y. – Justin Barger started the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint season with a win at the Fonda Speedway and he capped off the regular season with a win at that same Montgomery County oval this past Saturday night. The Montrose, N.Y., native briefly gave up the lead to…
By Tommy Goudge (September 18, 2010) – Another chapter entered the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals record book on Saturday night, and Shane Stewart’s name is again featured prominently. Stewart led all but 2 of the 35 feature race laps on Saturday night to take a second Nationals win in succession,…
Ohsweken, ON – (Friday September 17th, 2010) – Glenn Styres and Dustin Daggett were victorious on Saturday night during the Twin-15’s during the Night Before the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway. By virtue of winning the features both Styres and Daggett are guaranteed a starting spot in Saturday’s…
VERNON, NY – Chuck Hebing’s night started with a spin in his heat race. From that point forward everything got a lot better. He went on to qualify from his heat race for the A-Main. From there he won the dash and then he went out and passed the current…
LAFARGEVILLE, NY – After a strong performance last weekend in Quebec, Steve Poirier brought his winning ways back to New York. The St. Mathieu de Beloeil, PQ., star earned his fifth Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint win of the season at the Can-Am Motorsports Park in the 25-lap A-Main event….