PERRIS, CA – JULY 13, 2019… After temperatures reached triple digits, fast qualifier “The Demon” Damion Gardner (Concord, CA) raced to victory at Perris Auto Speedway. Piloting Mark Alexander’s #4 Trench Shoring / All Coast Construction Spike, Gardner reclaimed the lead for good on lap 24 from “The Big Game…
Fairbury, Nebraska (July 13, 2019)………Only one driver has reached the six-win mark in a single USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget season faster than Tyler Courtney has this season. That was none other than Rich Vogler who reached six in his 13th race in 1978 and in his 14th race…
Canton, Illinois (July 6, 2019)………Andy Baugh returned to his winning ways in Saturday night’s USAC Engler IMRA Speed2 Midget event at Spoon River Speedway. Baugh, the defending series champ out of Mason City, Ill., earned his fourth IMRA win at Spoon River in 2019 after moving to the lead past…
Raleigh, North Carolina (July 12, 2019)………Connor Gross led all 35 laps to score a decisive victory in Friday’s USAC Eastern Speed2 Midget feature at Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, N.C. For Gross (Asbury, N.J.), it was his second victory of the season two weeks following his first Virginia’s Dominion Raceway….
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Fairbury, Nebraska (July 12, 2019)………Just three races into their new relationship, Jason McDougal and FMR Racing appear to be the perfect match. McDougal joined the team in late June, and by mid-July, the pair hit paydirt in Friday’s Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship presented…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Meeker, Oklahoma (July 9, 2019)………Logan Seavey has seemingly turned himself into Mr. Midget Week this year after capturing recent Indiana Midget Week and Illinois Midget Week titles in the month of June. In the “Tuesday Night Thunder” Mid-America Midget Week opener at Red Dirt…
Canton, Illinois (July 6, 2019)………Patrick Bruns led all 20 laps to capture his first USAC Speed2 IMRA Midget victory of the season Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway. Bruns (Champaign, Ill.), a veteran of starts in USAC Silver Crown, National Sprint and National Midget series, became the third different IMRA…
Knoxville, Iowa (July 6, 2019)………As it turned out, Brady Bacon’s show of strength in Friday’s opener was just the warm-up act for what was in store during Saturday night’s inaugural Brandt Professional Agriculture “Corn Belt Nationals” finale at Knoxville Raceway. The two-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion from Broken…
SANTA MARIA, CA – JULY 6, 2019… Racing past Chris Gansen on the second lap, Brody Roa (Garden Grove, CA) ran away from the field to win his second “Doug Fort Memorial” at Santa Maria Raceway. Driving the BR Performance #91R HD Industries / Burris Racing Maxim, Roa scored his…
Knoxville, Iowa (July 5, 2019)………Following qualifying, Brady Bacon and the Dynamics, Inc. team certainly had their work cut out for them. On the second of two qualifying laps, the engine began to sound sour. Immediately after pulling into the infield pit area, the team immediately went to work to swap…
By: Nick Fillman/USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Fultonville, New York (June 30, 2019)………“The Edge” Eddie Strada from Lake Ariel, PA was able to grab his first Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series victory of the year after re-passing and holding off Steven Drevicki to take the checkers. Strada…
Canton, Illinois (June 29, 2019)………Korey Weyant emerged victorious following a furious five-car battle at the front, leading all 20 laps to win Saturday’s USAC Speed2 Engler IMRA Midget feature at Spoon River Speedway. Weyant (Springfield, Ill.) ended series point leader Andy Baugh’s three-race win streak at Spoon River. Baugh (Mason…
Montpelier, IN……..Stratton Briggs of Anna, Ohio passed Gunnar Lucius on lap 14 and led the rest of Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget race at Montpelier Motor Speedway. Cory Guingrich took second at the checkered flag ahead of Aaron Leffel, Alex Watson and Jacob Denney. USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Joliet, Illinois (June 29, 2019)………Not that Kyle Larson needs any extra motivation when he straps into a Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian midget, but any little bit that’s added to the equation just makes it that much more difficult for the competition. In the Ollie’s Bargain…
PERRIS, CA – JUNE 29, 2019… Making his fourth start, Richard Vander Weerd (Visalia, CA) regained the lead from “The Demon” Damion Gardner on lap sixteen and sprinted to his second win of the campaign. Piloting the family owned #10 Vander Weerd Construction / Stone Gate Development Maxim, Richard claimed…
By: Mark Hann Bradford, Vermont (June 29, 2019)………Will Hull of Plainfield VT, took down win number four of the 2019 race season in his number three USAC DMA, Seals-it sponsored, Skip Matczak owned dirt midget. Heat race one (8 laps) started with the 23 of Tim West on pole and…
Spotsylvania, Virginia (June 29, 2019)………Connor Gross and Neal Allison raced to victories on a double feature night for the USAC Speed2 Eastern Midgets Saturday at Dominion Raceway in Spotsylvania, Va. Gross (Asbury, N.J.) led all 25 laps to score the win in the first feature of the night, his first…
Ada, Oklahoma (June 29, 2019)………It took five races into the 2019 season but defending USAC Wingless Sprints Oklahoma champion Brett Wilson is back in victory lane following Saturday night’s triumph in the series’ lone visit to Oklahoma Sports Park in Ada, Oklahoma this season. Wilson, of Sapulpa, Okla., took over…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Oregon, Wisconsin (June 28, 2019)………There was a moment captured during practice of Friday’s Bytec “Dairyland 100” that perfectly encapsulated the character of Kody Swanson and his will to do what it takes to win. With his helmet still strapped on, the four-time USAC Silver…
VENTURA, CA – JUNE 22, 2019… Making his first start of the campaign, Robby Josett (Santa Clarita, CA) outdueled Robert Dalby, Jake Swanson, and Ben Worth to win at Ventura Raceway. Driving Keith Ford’s #73K Naturipe / Sun Valley AG Transport TCR, Josett reclaimed the lead on the tenth circuit…
By: Mark Hann Malta, New York (June 21, 2019)………Will Hull of Plainfield Vt. rolled into the famed Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta N.Y. looking to maintain his series point lead and left doing just that. Hull, in his No. 3 Seals-it sponsored Skip Matczak-owned USAC DMA midget, scored win number three…
Sapulpa, Oklahoma………Danny Smith (Sapulpa, Okla.), aboard his own orange No. 5$, dominated all 25 laps of Friday’s USAC Wingless Sprints Oklahoma feature at Creek County Speedway. For Smith, it was his first series victory of the year after winning a series-high four features in 2018, including one at Creek County….
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Port Royal, Pennsylvania (June 15, 2019)………For Tyler Courtney, the date of June 15th and the location of Port Royal Speedway means more than just another stop on the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car tour. For Port Royal was the half-mile dirt oval where his…
Gas City, Indiana (June 14, 2019)………Chett Gehrke (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) captured the victory in Friday’s USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget feature at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway. Gehrke got by Alex Watson (Columbus, Ohio) on a lap five restart and lead the remaining 16 laps to seal the deal for…
By: Mark Hann Bradford, Vermont (June 15, 2019)………Will Hull, in his Seals-it-sponsored USAC DMA midget, was able to outrun the rain and fellow competitors to once again grab the victory at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, VT. Heat race one (8 laps) began with the 23 of Tim West on…