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After winning three of four Short Track Super Series Dirt Modified races the week before at All-Tech Raceway, Matt Sheppard headed for Volusia Park Speedway Park with a rare opportunity: the next time he won a feature, it would be the 500th of his driving career.    And that’s exactly what Sheppard did, winning the Wednesday night Super DIRT Series race. …

TOP HEADLINES Matt Sheppard Wins 500th Career Feature On Night One At Volusia; Takes 501 Next Night; Mat Williamson Wins One But Takes Big Gator Trophy Justin Grant, CJ Leary Take USAC Sprint “Winter Games” Victories Wins At Ocala; Logan Seavey Doubles Down In Volusia USAC Sprints Kyle Larson, Tyler Courtney Claim High Limit Sprint Car Wins At East Bay Over Big …

Chad Criswell Light On Scale, Disqualified From Williams Grove 358 Sprint Car Win After Track Went The Extra Distance For His Team By STEPHEN BUBB Friday night, at Williams Grove Speedway, Chad Criswell edged out Derek Locke to become the first repeat 2023 358 Sprint Car feature winner. Or so it appeared. Twenty minutes later, after several attempts to weigh …

The Racing Went On In Phoenixville, PA On Wednesday After Fugitive Was Apprehended Nearby Earlier In Day By STEVE BARRICK Racing went on as usual on Wednesday, September 13 at the Montgomery County Quarter Midget Racing Association track in Phoenixville, PA after an escaped convict was captured nearby after a manhunt that lasted nearly two weeks. The apprehension avoided a potentially …

Billy Pauch Family Trifecta Night At Kutztown By MARK TIDERMAN Wednesday night’s show at the Kutztown, PA  Action Track USA was dubbed Pauch Trifecta Night. It was a nice tribute to the Pauch family for their 65 year commitment to racing. There were three generations of the historic family racing on the same night at the same track. Billy Sr. …

By LEN SAMMONS When the Pa.’s Clinton County Speedway announced on Friday (August 11) that they were moving the starting time up two hours for Saturday’s 410 Sprint car race because of impending weather, Dale Blaney could have easily cancelled his plans to make the trip east from his home in Hartford, Ohio. Instead, proving he still has the will …

By BILL UTTER The news many did not want to hear became official this past week when Kenny Tremont announced he will call it a career at the end of the season. Tremont has been a top runner for a long-time but he feels his body is telling him that he has had enough. He discussed retiring at the end …

By STEVE BARRICK There was one joyful Victory Lane scene Thursday after the Eldora Million was over and Logan Schuchart arrived. Schuchart was elated, climbing on the roof of the Drydene No. 1S, fists pumping. He was some kind of pumped up. “I don’t usually get nervous before a race, but I was before this one and almost psyched myself …

By STEVE BARRICK Matt Sheppard may have won the Super DIRT Series 75 at Orange County Fair Speedway on Wednesday, July 5, but the man who put on the show was the track’s all time winningest driver, Brett Hearn. Hearn was in his element after this race, smiling broadly to those who dropped by his pit area to offer their …