By: Nick Fillman It all started with a phone call on Monday and ended with victory lane photos on Saturday for Timmy Buckwalter of Douglasville, PA as he was able to collect his first Rapid Tire USAC East Coast 360 sprint car win at his weekly home track, Grandview Speedway….
CASA GRANDE, AZ – MAY 18, 2019… After a torrid battle with Jake Swanson and Brody Roa, Stevie Sussex (Tempe, AZ) became the sixth different winner in as many races with the Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car Series. Driving Robbie and Gaye Allen’s #12 ABC Body Shop / PPG…
By: Mark Hann Bradford, Vermont (May 18, 2019)………Will Hull, in dominating fashion, scores first victory of the 2019 season at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford VT. Heat race one (8 laps) had the 18C of Mike Chaffee on pole with 7X of Dan Douville starting second. Under green Chaffee held…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Granite City, Illinois (May 18, 2019)………Rain fell just as cars were pushed off for the start of the semi-feature, forcing cancellation of Saturday’s Brandt “River Town Showdown” program for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship at Tri-City Speedway. A subsequent makeup date…
After fighting off an evening thunderstorm, a stellar field of 31 Rapid Tire USAC East Coast 360 Sprint Cars jammed the pit area at the Big Diamond Speedway for a fantastic night of open wheel racing. Following the top eight redraw, Timmy Buckwalter in his new Gallagher 5g ride, and…
Gas City, IN………Two-time and defending USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget Series Champion Aaron Leffel of Springfield, Ohio captured the 2019 series opener Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway. He passed John Heydenreich on lap 16 and led the final five laps to beat Gunnar Lucius, Heydenreich, Stratton Briggs and…
TULARE, CA – MAY 17, 2019… Securing the lead from Richard Vander Weerd on lap 14, Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA) held off all challengers to win the “Peter Murphy Classic” at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway. For Liggett, the $4,000 USAC West Coast Sprint Car victory was his second win of 2019…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Granite City, Illinois (May 17, 2019)………In a season with so much parity, the first winner of 2019 became the first repeat winner of the season as Chris Windom outdueled Carson Short in a wild Brandt “River Town Showdown” USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Granite City, Illinois (May 17, 2019)………Tyler Courtney’s early-season USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship prowess has been paramount, and with his fourth win in the first six races of the season, he became the first driver to ever accomplish the feat following his…
BAKERSFIELD, CA – MAY 11, 2019… Taking the lead from Troy Rutherford on lap five, “The Demon” Damion Gardner (Concord, CA) scored the $3,000 victory at Bakersfield Speedway. Racing Mark Alexander’s #4 Trench Shoring / All Coast Construction Spike, Gardner became the sixth different winner in as many races with…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Rossburg, Ohio (May 11, 2019)………Over the past two seasons, Tyler Courtney has experienced the feeling of winning in all three of USAC’s National divisions at Eldora Speedway. Perhaps none of those performances were as impressive as the one the Indianapolis, Ind. driver turned in…
VENTURA, CA – MAY 4, 2019… Reclaiming the lead from Jake Swanson on lap 27, Troy Rutherford (Ojai, CA) scored the Saturday night victory at Ventura Raceway. Racing his #11 Trench Shoring / Grimes Rock Maxim with an iron block 360 cubic-inch engine, Rutherford started eleventh and earned his second…
Canton, Illinois (May 4, 2019)………Andy Baugh of Mason City, Ill. won his second-straight Engler USAC Speed2 IMRA Midget feature Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway. Defending series champ Baugh led the first two circuits before Adam Taylor got by to control laps three and four. Baugh fought back to assume…
By: Mark Hann Ellington, Connecticut (May 4, 2019)………Seth Carlson was victorious at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt. for the 2019 season opening race of the USAC Dirt Midget Association. For Carlson, he continued the momentum from his run at the 2019 Chili Bowl in Tulsa, OK. The feature race…
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Toledo, Ohio (April 28, 2019)………Mother Nature may have delayed Sunday’s USAC Silver Crown race at Toledo Speedway by one day, but it still couldn’t keep Kody Swanson out of victory lane as he wired all 100 laps to score his fourth career Hemelgarn Racing/Super…
SANTA MARIA, CA – APRIL 27, 2019… Racing past Cory Elliott on lap 26, Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA) sailed to his second straight USAC Western States Midget triumph. Piloting the family owned #83 Excel Environmental Services / Liggett Trucking Spike, Liggett topped the 30-lap Santa Maria feature over fast qualifier…
SANTA MARIA, CA – APRIL 27, 2019… After winning the companion USAC Western States Midget feature at Santa Maria, Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA) scored his first USAC West Coast Sprint Car victory of 2019. Driving the family owned #83 Excel Environmental Services / Liggett Trucking Maxim, Liggett claimed his eighth…
PEORIA, AZ – APRIL 27, 2019… Starting seventh, Brody Roa (Garden Grove, CA) took the lead from Stevie Sussex on lap 7 and held off all challengers to win the “State 48 Classic” at Canyon Speedway Park. For Roa, the $2,000 Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car victory was the…
Durham, NC……..Chris Lamb of Colfax, N.C. led all 35 laps to win Saturday night’s “Sherry Johnson Memorial” USAC Eastern Speed2 Midget race at Orange County Speedway. Alex Murray was second ahead of Nolan Allison, Jessica Bean and Connor Gross. USAC EASTERN SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2019 – Durham,…
Sapulpa, OK……..Andrew Deal of Caney, Kans. led all but the first lap of Friday night’s 25-lap USAC Wingless Sprints Oklahoma feature at Creek County Speedway. Danny Smith took second ahead of Tim Kent, Cameron Hagin and Johnny Kent. USAC WINGLESS SPRINTS OKLAHOMA RACE RESULTS: April 26, 2019 – Creek County…
Canton, IL………Andy Baugh of Mason City, Ill. opened defense of his USAC IMRA Midget Speed2 title by leading all 20 laps of Saturday night’s feature at Spoon River Speedway. Aaron Leffel, Adam Taylor, Mitchell Davis and Daltyn England trailed at the checkered flag. USAC IMRA SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April…
MERCED, CA – APRIL 20, 2019… Racing past Maria Cofer on the 23rd circuit, Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA) powered to the first USAC Western States Midget win of his career at Merced Speedway. Driving the family owned #83 Excel Environmental Services / Liggett Trucking Spike, Liggett earned $2,000 by claiming…
SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ – APRIL 20, 2019… Regaining the lead from Jake Swanson on lap 29, Logan Seavey (Sutter, CA) topped the “4th Annual Lealand McSpadden Classic” at Arizona Speedway. Piloting Andy Reinbold & Todd Underwood’s #19 AME Electrical / Ross Equipment Rentals Spike, Seavey earned the first Sands…
By: Jenna Shotz DELMAR, DELAWARE (April 18th, 2019)-Chris Allen Jr. scored his first series victory on Wednesday at the ½ mile of Delaware International Speedway with the USAC East Coast Sprint Cars. Bill Unglert had the early lead, holding off Allen’s advances until lap seven. Once Allen found comfort on…
PERRIS, CA – APRIL 13, 2019… Inheriting the lead on lap seventeen, Richard Vander Weerd (Visalia, CA) powered to his first win of the season at Perris Auto Speedway. Driving the family owned #10 Vander Weerd Construction / Stone Gate Development Maxim, Vander Weerd earned his eighth career AMSOIL USAC/CRA…