SANTA MARIA, CA – JULY 3, 2021… Continuing his assault on the record books, “The Demon” Damion Gardner (Concord, CA) raced to his third AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car victory of the campaign. Driving Mark Alexander’s #1 PerformanceOnline.com / Carman Trucking Spike, Gardner powered by Verne Sweeney on the fourteenth lap,…
Heat 1 – (8 Laps) 1. 22-Gunnar Lucius[2] ; 2. 11T-Jacob Denny[5] ; 3. 8Z-Zack Gingerich[3] ; 4. 01-Ryan Moran[9] ; 5. 42-Cory Guingrich[4] ; 6. 11L-Taylor Nibert[7] ; 7. 2S-Seth Stiefel[6] ; 8. 5-Jody Paul[8] Heat 2 – (8 Laps) 1. 36-Ian Creager[7] ; 2. 2-Kyle Dager[5] ; 3….
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Putnamville, Indiana (July 2, 2021)………”We can’t win all three if we don’t win tonight.” That was the mantra C.J. Leary relayed to crew member Maison Hadley prior to leaving the shop on Thursday morning as the team embarked on this weekend’s three-race USAC AMSOIL…
BRIGHT CAPITALIZES ON MISFORTUNE FOR BIG DIAMOND USAC EC VICTORY By: Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC Pottsville, Pennsylvania (July 2, 2021)………Alex Bright of Collegeville, PA, utilized a late race restart to out duel Tommy Kunsman for his fourth victory of the Rapid Tire Service, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series Presented…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Plymouth, Indiana (July 1, 2021)………On occasion, the backup plan ultimately becomes the master plan. A bad vibration and a broken U-Joint forced driver C.J. Leary and his Michael Motorsports team to pull down the spare car from the trailer for the most recent USAC…
TROY RUTHERFORD SPRINTS TO VICTORY AT VENTURA VENTURA, CA – JUNE 26, 2021… After facing heavy pressure from Austin Liggett, Troy Rutherford raced to the 30-lap victory at Ventura Raceway. Piloting his #11 Trench Shoring / Grimes Rock Maxim, Rutherford earned the seventh $1,500 USAC West Coast Sprint Car win…
SMITH WINS BORDER WAR SHOWDOWN AT 81 By: Ray Cunningham Park City, Kansas (June 26, 2021)………From the “agony of defeat” just one week ago to “the thrill of victory” Saturday night at 81 Speedway, Billings, Missouri’s Wesley Smith was back to where he has been most of the 2021 season,…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Rossburg, Ohio (June 26, 2021)………”I love Eldora.” Those succinct words were spoken by Tyler Courtney following Saturday night’s captivatingly convincing victorious performance in the 50-lap USAC Silver Crown feature at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. It’s easy to see why, and it also seems clear…
SMITH WINS BORDER WAR SHOWDOWN AT 81 By: Ray Cunningham Park City, Kansas (June 26, 2021)………From the “agony of defeat” just one week ago to “the thrill of victory” Saturday night at 81 Speedway, Billings, Missouri’s Wesley Smith was back to where he has been most of the 2021 season,…
USAC MIDWEST REGIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 25, 2021 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in brackets) 1. Tyler Nelson (#88 Nelson) [2], 2. Chett Gehrke (#10 Moore) [4], 3. Jeff Schindler (#11 Schindler) [3], 4. Bryan Stanfill (#75AU Griffiths) [9], 5. Billy Lawless…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (June 20, 2021)………Just six days following his 30th birthday, Kevin Thomas Jr. celebrated another milestone 30th on Sunday night at Pennsylvania’s Bloomsburg Fair Raceway by winning his 30th career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature event in the series’ debut at…
SCHUDY GOES BACK TO BACK IN WILD USAC MWRA FEATURE AT CENTRAL MISSOURI By: Ray Cunningham Warrensburg, Missouri (June 19, 2021)………Saturday night at Central Missouri Speedway, Kory Schudy once again parked it in victory lane for the second week in a row in USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association…
DAMION GARDNER TOPS PERRIS THRILLER PERRIS, CA – JUNE 19, 2021… Taking advantage of a lap 24 restart, “The Demon” Damion Gardner (Concord, CA) powered by Matt Mitchell and led the rest of the way to claim his second win of the year at Perris Auto Speedway. Racing Mark Alexander’s…
USAC ENGLER IMRA SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2021 – Spoon River Speedway – Canton, Illinois FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. 11H-Abby Hohlbein, 2. 18-Tyler Roth, 3. 42-Kevin Battefeld, 4. 7x-Doug Canham, 5. 24-Bart Andrews, 6. 5-Jake Sollenberger. NT SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. 57-Mark McMahill, 2. 51-Brent Burrows,…
PHILLIPS DOES IT AGAIN WITH DMA AT ALBANY-SARATOGA By: John DaDalt Malta, New York (June 19, 2021)………Two weeks after nailing down his first feature win with the USAC-DMA midgets, Justin Phillips (West Suffield, CT) was back in victory lane after scoring the win at the fast Albany-Saratoga Speedway on Friday…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (June 18, 2021)………New racecar, new engine, new team. For many, those three attributes can serve as obstacles or “kinks” that have to be ironed out in order to find that minute balance between comfortability and competitiveness. Shane Cockrum found that, oh, somewhere…
SANTOS DOUBLES UP WITH SPRINT WIN AT LOR By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Brownsburg, Indiana (June 18, 2021)………Bobby Santos led all 40 laps of Lucas Oil Raceway’s Thursday Night Thunder Homecoming to collect his fourth career sprint car victory at the .686-mile paved oval. The event was a non-points…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (June 17, 2021)………The waiting is the hardest part. While race fans endured a wait of fifty years between the first and second USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car appearances at Pennsylvania’s Selinsgrove Speedway, Justin Grant only had to wait a mere two days…
SANTOS SOARS TO THURSDAY NIGHT MIDGET WIN AT LOR By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Brownsburg, Indiana (June 17, 2021)………Bobby Santos had a night to remember during Thursday Night Thunder Homecoming at Lucas Oil Raceway. Santos (Franklin, Mass.) had won the sprint car feature earlier in the night at the…
REDEMPTION FOR DANNER WITH SELINSGROVE VICTORY By: Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (June 17, 2021)………Briggs Danner of Allentown, Pa. scored his series leading fourth victory of the season at the Selinsgrove Speedway, and conquered the northeastern PA oval for the first time following a dominant performance in May and…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Swedesboro, New Jersey (June 16, 2021)………Robert Ballou’s first career victory in the state of New Jersey during the 2015 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season led him to an Eastern Storm title and, ultimately, a USAC National title late that year. Wednesday night in…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania (June 15, 2021)………Every victory holds significance for a racer. From time to time, there’s something that makes a win even a little more special. That was the case for Justin Grant on Tuesday night in the USAC Eastern Storm opener at Grandview…
CARLSON BRINGS IT ON HOME TO USAC DMA VICTORY AT BEAR RIDGE By: John DaDalt Bradford, Vermont (June 12, 2021)………Seth Carlson (Stafford, CT) capitalized on lapped traffic to pass Will Hull with two laps remaining and take down the feature win in the USAC-DMA midget race at Bear Ridge Speedway…
USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 12, 2021 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 17th USAC Indiana Midget Week – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval FATHEADZ EYEWEAR QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Randall, 19A, Reinbold/Underwood-13.112; 2. Emerson Axsom, 15, Petry-13.215; 3. Jason McDougal, 4, Dalby-13.239; 4. Chris Windom, 89,…
SUPER SCHUDY SAILS TO VICTORY AT I-35 By: Ray Cunningham Winston, Missouri (June 12, 2021)………Twenty-six USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Association Sprint Cars invaded I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo. for a full night of racing Saturday night. When the dust settled, it was Battlefield, Missouri’s Kory Schudy taking the win…