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A Dream Victory for Justin Grant at Turkey Night
Saturday, November 26, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Ventura, California (November 26, 2022)………”It's a dream come true to win the Turkey Night Grand Prix.” Justin Grant’s dream became a reality at California’s Ventura Raceway as he charged, withstood, battled, banged and tussled for 98 laps en route to victory during Saturday more »
Buddy Kofoid Wins Thirteen, Prevails Once Again at Merced
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Merced, California (November 23, 2022)………When all else fails, head to the top! Buddy Kofoid successfully put this theory to the test en route to victory during Wednesday night’s penultimate round of the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season at California’s Merced Speedway. more »
Carson Macedo Makes it a First at Merced, Kofoid Clinches USAC Midget Title
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Merced, California (November 22, 2022)………An Australian team, a New Zealand chassis and an American driver. Those three ingredients combined to make up the perfect formula for Carson Macedo’s first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory on Tuesday night at more »
Buddy Kofoid Collects $32,000 Hangtown 100 Victory at Placerville
Saturday, November 19, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Placerville, California (November 19, 2022)………Buddy Kofoid pocketed the biggest payday of his USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship career on Saturday night at California’s Placerville Speedway. The Penngrove, Calif. native pocketed a total of $32,000 by virtue of scoring both the 100-lap more »
Buddy Kofoid Scores Home Track Victory at Hangtown Night Two
Friday, November 18, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Placerville, California (November 18, 2022)………Buddy Kofoid makes no bones about it. He wanted to be the one to deliver Keith Kunz Motorsport its record-breaking 134th USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship entrant victory. However, a full day later, Kofoid took solace in his more »
Keith Kunz is USAC Midgets' Winningest Entrant After Tanner Carrick's Victory at Placerville
Thursday, November 17, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Placerville, California (November 17, 2022)………No individual or team has been more synonymous with winning USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature events in this era than Keith Kunz Motorsports. When Tanner Carrick crossed the finish line at the conclusion of Thursday night’s Hangtown more »
Thomas Meseraull Scores Bakersfield's November Classic
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Bakersfield, California (November 15, 2022)………Twenty-two years ago, a teenage Thomas Meseraull stood in victory lane at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway after winning his very first USAC-sanctioned feature race in the Western States Midget division. Twenty-two years later, the San Jose, Calif. native stood in more »
26th Perris Oval Nationals Results and Stories
Saturday, November 5, 2022
11/5/22 Perris Auto Speedway Perris, CA 26th Perris Oval Nationals USAC National Sprint Cars USAC-CRA 36 cars Six drivers locked themselves into the Dash with their point totals from the two preliminary nights. They more »
Donny Schatz Wins Season Opener and Sason Finale in 2022 with World of Oultaws
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Brad Sweet and Kasey Kahne Racing Clinch Fourth Consecutive World of Outlaws Championship CONCORD, NC - November 5, 2022 - The 2022 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series campaign will end exactly how it started - with Donny Schatz standing in Victory Lane. After topping the season-opening DIRTcar Nationals more »
Donny Schatz Strikes Again in Charlotte; Takes World Finals Prelim
Friday, November 4, 2022
Brad Sweet Extends Championship Lead Entering Saturday's Season Finale CONCORD, NC - November 4, 2022 - Where Donny Schatz is good, Donny Schatz is great. The 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion has proven that on multiple occasions in 2022 with the latest coming in Friday's Feature at The Dirt Track more »
26th Perris Oval Nationals Night #2 Results and Stories
Friday, November 4, 2022
11/4/22 Perris Auto Speedway Perris, CA 26th Perris Oval Nationals USAC National Sprint Cars USAC-CRA 38 cars CJ Leary (25th car out to time) set quick time for the second night in a row more »
26th Perris Oval Nationals Night #1 Results and Stories
Thursday, November 3, 2022
11/3/22 Perris Auto Speedway Perris, CA USAC National Sprint Cars USAC-CRA 40 cars CJ Leary (10th car out to time) set quick time over the field with a lap of 16.347 seconds. Brady Bacon (32nd car out) more »
World Finals Finish Hands Redemption-Filled Victory to Logan Schuchart and Shark Racing
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Carson Macedo's Perfect Night Ruined by Nozzle Line Fitting with Two Laps Left at The Dirt Track at Charlotte CONCORD, NC - November 2, 2022 - The Dirt Track at Charlotte was quite cruel to Logan Schuchart and Shark Racing in 2021, but she's doing her best to mend that relationship and it started more »
Jake Swanson Delivers Western World Perfection for Team AZ at Cocopah
Saturday, October 29, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Somerton, Arizona (October 29, 2022)………Perhaps it was an omen. Perhaps he had a statement to make. Perhaps it was simply his moment. Perhaps it was all of the above. But one night following a second-place qualifying run and a runner-up finish in the feature, Jake Swanson more »
Jason Martin Parks It During Fuzzy's Fall Fling at Creek County Speedway
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (October 29, 2022) A season-long battle to the finish, Jason Martin finally parked his No. 36 in Victory Lane during the 2022 season finale for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network at Creek County Speedway. “Nothing like waiting more »
Emerson Axsom Wins First USAC Sprint Race in Eight Months at Western World Night #1
Friday, October 28, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Somerton, Arizona (October 28, 2022)………More often than not, the most preferred method of ending a drought isn’t one that involves heading straight into the desert. However, Emerson Axsom found the arid surroundings of southwestern Arizona quite replenishing on Friday night during the 55th more »
Lance Dewease Banks $75,000 with Fifth Career National Open Title
Saturday, October 22, 2022
57-Year-Old is First Driver to Win Williams Grove Crown Jewel Across Four Decades MECHANICSBURG, PA - October 22, 2022 - A historic edition of the 60th annual Champion Racing Oil National Open played host to a historic happening on Saturday night. Going back to the fountain of youth, 57-year-old Lance more »
Swanson and Swanson: Tanner Wins, Kody the Champ in USAC Silver Crown Season Swansong at IRP
Saturday, October 22, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Brownsburg, Indiana (October 22, 2022)………The Brothers Swanson corralled all the USAC Silver Crown headlines during Championship Saturday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. While Tanner Swanson took the feature victory in the 100-lap battle of the Kingsburg, Calif. siblings, it was Kody Swanson more »
Bobby Santos III Scools 'Em, Is Class of IRP Midget Field
Saturday, October 22, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Brownsburg, Indiana (October 22, 2022)………Bobby Santos completed his pavement midget season at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in the exact same manner he started it – standing in victory lane. Five months after kicking off the year with a triumph in May, the more »
Jade Avedisian Becomes Two-Time Winner; Zach Daum Inaugural Midget Champion in Wild Finale at I-44
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Daum & teams ready CB Industries backup minutes before green flag, drives 23rd-to-ninth OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oct. 15, 2022 – When the pressure turned up, the heroes emerged Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway. It was a nail-biting conclusion to the inaugural season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series more »