By JM Hallas Night one lost to fluid, cold and wind. Marion, TX. – San Antonio Raceway hosted one last big blowout bracket race as the racing season draws to a close. The South Texas Winter Shootout had some nice pay outs awaiting the winners in the three classes.(Electronics, Foot Brake, Jr. Dragster) All three classes are in action each day vying for the big purses that are up for grabs. Friday was night racing beginning with an open test session as the sun went down followed by time trials in each class. After the front passed during the day…
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” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Kyle, TX., – The 3/8 mile, D-shaped, paved oval hosted their last race of the year, the Affordable Golf Cars 250, to cap off the season. The seven local classes, plus the Texas All-Star Limited Modified Series, Lone Star Legacy Series and Dwarf Car Racing Series of Texas were all on hand vying for the final points and/or complete championship runs. With some of the points chases already decided, others were tighter than yoga pants at the gym on January 2nd. In the Pro Late Models Bayley Currey has an insurmountable lead over David Lewis(-73),…
By JM Hallas Marion, TX. – It was time again for another ‘Night of Fire’ event on the 1/8 mile, San Antonio Raceway surface. The action was high-lighted by the Texas Outlaw Pro Modified Association(TOPMA), Southwest Superchargers(SWSC) and the Outlaw Fuel Altered Association(OFAA) in some of the wildest, fire breathing racecars around. Also on the nights racing card were the Nogolitas Gear 5.80 and 7.00 index classes. TOPMA is a ‘run what ya brung’ series featuring some of the baddest door slammers on the planet. Current points leader, Steve Wiley, had a rough outing in the Memorial weekend show at SAR when…
By JM Hallas Abilene, Texas – As the 2016 racing season winds towards an end with it’s big shows it’s time for Abilene Speedway’s 22nd Annual Southern Challenge. A race in memory of Ryan Bard, a young New Mexico racer, who tragically lost his life several years ago after a fiery crash. This years event takes on a couple new twists to its format. First, practice night on Thursday includes a ‘Fast Time Challenge.’ This gives drivers the chance to lock themselves in for Saturday’s Big A-main. Drivers in the IMCA Modifieds, Southern Sportmods and Stock Cars, as well as…
By JM Hallas Marion, Texas – With two days of racing in the rear view mirror and the team finals championships already decided, another ‘Gamblers Race’ was on the card with racers vying for extra money to cap off their weekend. Also running were the track operators from the six tracks.(San Antonio, Pine Valley, Edinburg, Little River, Wichita Falls and Amarillo) shooting for bragging rights until next year. The weather conditions once again changed from the previous day, more like Friday. Sunny skies replaced yesterdays cloudy conditions making for much hotter track temperatures. Instead of a tail wind, today it…
By JM Hallas MARION, TX. – With the IHRA Summit Super Series points racing over for the year, it’s time to focus on Division 4 Renegades Team Finals. This invitational event brings together the top points getters from the IHRA Summit Super Series bracket events. Eight tracks make up the Division 4 Renegades, San Antonio Raceway, Little River Dragway, Pine Valley Raceway, Edinburg Raceway, Ben Bruce Memorial Raceway, Amarillo Dragway and Wichita Falls Dragway all out of Texas, plus State Capitol Raceway from Louisiana. Each track brings its best racers in the Electronics (Box), Foot Brake (No-box) and Jr. Dragster classes.…
By JM Hallas FORT WORTH – After a full night of racing in the Limited Modifieds and Factory Stocks, Eight drivers from each class had already claimed their starting spots for the USNDTC event. Brandon Kenny took the win, easily outdistancing the field after taking command at the one-third point. Kale Westover, Gabe Tucker, Derick Grigsby, Tracy Denby jr., Robert Vetter, Dustin Robinson and Jacob Pirkle also finished in qualifying spots for Limited Modifieds. In the Factory Stocks it was Justin Whitehead getting the victory while Jimmy Day, Bo Day, Chris Davis, Jamey Lough, Jason Gore, Casey Lyles and Tim Clonch…
FORT WORTH – As the local tracks points seasons come to an end, Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track hosted the 8th version of the US National Dirt Track Championships. This years event is highlighted by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series Red River Region race on Saturday night. Included on the slate are the Limited Modifieds with over 80 drivers from across the mid-south signed in for battle on the 4/10 mile, semi-banked, dirt oval. Making another appearance are the Factory Stocks, a hybrid Street Stock on asphalt pull offs(slicks). A big field of 50 Factory Stocks, signed in…
By JM Hallas Marion, TX., – It was another big Saturday show at San Antonio Raceway beginning with the second to last round of Summit Super Series bracket racing. Later in the evening it was MOPARS vs. the world show along with the Nogalitos Gear Door Slammers running their 4.90, 5.80 and 7.00 index classes scheduled to race. After losing the August 20th race to rain, drivers in each class only have a couple more chances to pick up points in the chase for the track championships and seatings in the slots up for grabs in the Division 4 Team…
By JM Hallas Marble Falls, Tx. – After two days of qualifying it was finally time for the racers and crews to put it all on the line in the quest for the win, series points and, of course, the payday that comes with the win. The weekend ran the gamut of weather conditions and then emotions on Sunday. Friday is was scorching hot, so hot I saw the devil at the sno-cone stand, Saturday was cloudy, not as hot, but humid(air you could wear), and most did. Then Sunday, after the course was resurfaced overnight(code for rained on it),…