National Speed Sport News

CHICO, Calif. - There are not too many events in any form of auto racing that have been around as long as the Gold Cup Race of Champions, especially on the West Coast.

The 57th annual edition of the event is set for Thursday-Saturday for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at the always racy Silver Dollar Speedway.

New to the Gold Cup in 2010, every driver will compete on all three nights, withread more

FRANKLIN, Pa. - Darrell Lanigan ended several years of frustration at Tri-City Speedway by winning Sunday's rain-delayed World of Outlaws Late Model Series Oil Region Labor Day Classic.

Lanigan roared off the outside pole, assuming the lead at the start of the 50-lap feature, and never looked back aboard his GottaRace.com Rocket. He controlled the entire distance, keeping Clint Smith at bay enread more

ALGER, Wash. - The battle between Steve Kinser and Joey Saldana for the World of Outlaws championship grew a little tighter Saturday night at Skagit Speedway.

The pair traded the lead multiple times with Kinser taking the $20,000 triumph at the three-tenths-mile oval and shaving Saldana's point lead to just six markers.

Kinser led the first three laps from the pole before Saldana charged around himread more

 ALGER, Wash. - Jac Haudenschild won a thrilling battle with Tim Kaeding to triumph on night one of the two-day World of Outlaws stop at Skagit Speedway Friday night.

Officially, the pair swapped the lead four times on the three-eighths-mile dirt track, but the pair traded slide jobs at both ends of the track throughout the 30-lap feature.

Haudenschild won for the third time this season, but theread more

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - Danny Lasoski ended a 77-race winless streak with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Sept. 1 at Cottage Grove Speedway.

Lasoski posted his fourth victory at the quarter-mile oval after taking the lead from Craig Dollansky on lap 23 and leading the remainder of the 40-lap contest for the 87th WoO triumph of his career, but first since July 2009.

"This feels great," saidread more

EDMONTON, Alberta - After having some bad luck Friday night in the opener of the Oil City Cup at Castrol Raceway, and losing a significant amount of points in the battle for the World of Outlaws title, Joey Saldana rebounded in Saturday's finale with his 12th victory of the season.

Saldana slid past Sam Hafertepe, Jr. in turn four in lapped traffic on the 30th lap to take the lead, after nearlyread more

EDMONTON, Alberta - Jason Meyers used a victory Friday night at Castrol Raceway during the annual World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Gold Rush Tour to gain significant ground on series point leaders Joey Saldana and Steve Kinser.

Meyers took the lead on the 16th lap thanks to a slide job on Steve Kinser in turn four and led the rest of the 35-lap event for his 44th World of Outlaws Sprint Carread more

Aug. 23
DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec - Darrell Lanigan continued his spectacular World of Outlaws Late Model Series season by rolling to his sixth victory of the year Aug. 23 at Autodrome Drummond.

The victory allowed Lanigan to pull within 12 points of defending series champion and point-leader Josh Richards, who has led the standings for the last 25 events.

"The track was excellent tonight," saidread more

MINOT, N.D. - Craig Dollansky overcame his share of adversity to win Saturday night's World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature at Nodak Speedway.

Dollansky's third victory of the season came on the final night of a two-day program at the three-eighths-mile dirt track.

Scheduled to start fourth, Dollansky was penalized two spots prior to the start of the race for being late to the staging area. Heread more

MINOT, N.D. - Joey Saldana edged Steve Kinser in the closest finish of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season in the opener of a two-day show Friday night at Nodak Speedway.

The series point leader edged Kinser by .018 second in a photo finish to earn his 11th feature triumph of the season.

Saldana led on the white-flag lap, with Kinser sliding past coming off turn four to take the top spot.read more

ELBRIDGE, N.Y. - Darrell Lanigan might have hummed the chorus of that old country song "Close Enough To Perfect For Me" as he headed for his victory lane interview following Thursday night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series 50-lap feature at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park.

He didn't quite take the series point lead and he didn't lead every lap, but he did just about everything else perfectly inread more

KNOXVILLE, Iowa
Racers are frustrating.

They complain that it costs too much to race or the purses aren't high enough, but when someone tries to effect change, they have every reason in the world not to listen - even a little bit.

Friday at Knoxville Raceway an engine meeting hosted by engine builder Ron Shaver and driver Donny Schatz drew promoters, drivers and engine builders from throughout theread more

LIVERPOOL, Pa.
It's been a long time since the Knoxville Nationals trophy came back to Pennsylvania.

In fact it has been 20 years. I don't know if that streak will end during the 50th anniversary Knoxville Nationals this week, but anything is possible.

In 1990, Bobby Allen won the 30th annual Knoxville Nationals and brought the trophy back to Hanover. "Scruffy" earned $35,000 by holding back Sammyread more

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. - Tim McCreadie kicked off the 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by U.S. Steel Corp. with a victory in the Thursday's 40-lap DIRTcar UMP late-model event at Cedar Lake Speedway.

McCreadie started from the pole and led the distance in his Sweeteners Plus Rocket, earning $5,000 and a guaranteed starting spot in Saturday's USA Nationals finale that pays $50,000 to the winner.

Defenread more

ELDON, Mo. - Terry Phillips wired the MARS DIRTcar Late Model Series field at Lake Ozark Speedway en route to his series-best seventh victory of the year Saturday night.

Mark Burgtorf pressured Phillips early in the 35-lap event, but he couldn't stop Phillips from collecting the $3,000 winner's share. Burgtorf finished second at the third-mile dirt oval ahead of Brandon McCormick, Al Purkey andread more

PEVELY, Mo. - After 55 laps of I-55 Raceway the second annual Ironman 55 came down to the final few feet of the third-mile oval with Jason Meyers prevailing over Lucas Wolfe in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event.

Wolfe used a huge slide job coming off turn four to take the lead on the 55th and final lap, but Meyers won a drag race down the front straightaway by a mere .092 second, whichread more

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. - Scott Bloomquist fought through all obstacles to win a record-tying fifth USA Nationals trophy Saturday night at Cedar Lake Speedway.

Nothing could stop the superstar driver from Mooresburg, Tenn., from pocketing the $50,000 top prize in the 23rd annual event presented by the U.S. Steel Corporation.

He came back from an early spin, a late-race pit stop and a penalty for movingread more

PEVELY, Mo. - Tim Shaffer has been the hottest driver in all of racing over the last week. Heading into the opener of the Ironman 55 weekend Friday night at I-55 Raceway, the veteran had won in four-straight starts over a six-day span.

He extended that streak to five-consecutive wins in seven days, as he was victorious in the opener of the two-day event at the high-banked third-mile bullring.

Shafferead more

SHAWANO, Wis. - Twenty-one years after falling short in the first World of Outlaws Late Model Series event held at Shawano Speedway, Billy Moyer found his way to victory lane Aug 4.

As part of the first incarnation of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series (1988-89) run under late WoO Sprint Car Series founder Ted Johnson, the series visited the half-mile clay oval on June 5, 1989. Moyer fell shortread more

FULTON, N.Y. - Steve Kinser has won at a lot of race tracks, but Aug. 3 he added Fulton Speedway to the list, picking up his seventh World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series triumph of the season.

Kinser started second and chased early leader Doug Esh for the first dozen laps of the three-eighths-mile oval. Kinser took the lead on lap 13 and paced the remainder of the 30-lap distance to score the 559thread more

THOROLD, Ontario - Matt Sheppard continued his charge to the Super DIRTcar Series championship with his series-best fifth victory of the season Monday at Merrittville Speedway during the Bob St. Amand, Sr. Memorial 100.

Veteran open-wheel driver Steve Paine sprinted ahead at the start. Tour regulars Lance Willix II (lap five) and Michael Storms (lap 26) slowed to bring out a pair of early cautionsread more

HARRISBURG, N.C.
Joey Saldana has won 31 races in the past two seasons driving for Kasey Kahne Racing, but during an appearance on Michael Knight's Race Reporters Internet radio show this past week, Saldana revealed that the team has not had a new engine in more than two years.

Saldana said the team continues to run Mopar engines, which it utilized when Mopar sponsored it in 2008. The engines areread more

Sunday
OHSWEKEN, Ontario - Donny Schatz led all 30 laps to win Sunday night's rain-delayed finale of a two-night stand for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at Ohsweken Speedway.
Schatz started on the pole and led the full distance en route to a $10,000 triumph on the three-eighths-mile oval. It was Schatz's first victory at Ohsweken, his third of the season and the 103rd of his WoOread more

Sunday
HAMMETT, Pa. - Josh Richards ended a month-long victory drought Sunday night, rolling to a convincing victory in the finale of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Ohio/Pennsylvania Speedweek at Eriez Speedway.

The tour's defending champion and current points leader had little trouble Sunday. He stormed by early leader Gregg Satterlee on lap 11 and simply drove away from the field. Heread more

Saturday
ZANESVILLE, Ohio - Darrell Lanigan returned to his winning ways Saturday night at Muskingum County Speedway, dominating the Pepsi 50 for his third victory in four starts during the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Ohio/Pennsylvania Speedweek.

The 2008 WoO LMS champion was flawless in the national tour's fourth annual event at Ronnie Moran's three-eighths-mile oval. He raced off theread more

OHSWEKEN, Ontario - Jason Sides really isn't sure what makes him so good at Ohsweken Speedway in Canada, but every single time he has been to the track he has been in contention for victory with the World of Outlaws.

He added to his stellar record at the three-eighths-mile on Friday night, as he dominated the 30-lap contest score his third victory in four starts at the track located in Glenn Styresread more

ATTICA, Ohio - Rick Eckert went from rags to riches in the course of one memorable evening at Attica Raceway Park.

Just hours after a blown engine during time trials left him contemplating his immediate future on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Eckert drove his backup car to a come-from-behind victory in the 50-lap Ohio/Pennsylvania Speedweek event Friday night at the third-mile oval.

Eckertread more

Friday
OHSWEKEN, Ontario - Jason Sides really isn't sure what makes him so good at Ohsweken Speedway in Canada, but every single time he has been to the track he has been in contention for victory with the World of Outlaws.

He added to his stellar record at the three-eighths-mile track Friday night as he dominated the 30-lap contest to score his third victory in four starts at the track located inread more

Thursday
HARTFORD, Ohio - It appears luck is finally on the side of former World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Darrell Lanigan.

Lanigan picked up his second-straight series victory Thursday night at Sharon Speedway thanks to two lucky breaks with less than 10 laps left in the rain-delayed 50-lap event.

The first break came on lap 43 when defending series champion Josh Richards was trying toread more

Who would have guessed the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series point leader is using engines that are two years old?

Saldana revealed during an appearance on Michael Knight's Race Reporters Internet radio show last night that his team is using Mopar engines that are two years old.

Saldana said much of the reason for using the older engines, which are frequently rebuilt by Rick Long at Speedwayread more