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AUGUST 2008 NEWS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 The O Show banks 40th Annual Hillbilly 100 win at Tyler County Speedway Clanton rolls to convincing victory in Oil Region finale at Tri-City Speedway Rine locks up championship with $10,000 victory at Selinsgrove Speedway Event Images- Selinsgrove, Santa Maria, I-44, Monett, Bedford, Bakersfield Moyer collects Baltes Classic win in World 100 tuneup at Eldora Speedway Kaanta pads points lead with WDRL Series victory at Quad Cities Raceway Roberts, Madden and Franklin take on O'Reilly Southern Allstars East wins Bartels tops 15th Annual Danny Simkins Memorial at Santa Maria Speedwy Phillips captures MARS/DLRA 4-State Championship at Monett Speedway Anderson holds on for thrilling NCRA Series victory at Belleville High Banks Rogers Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series winner at Tazewell Speedway IMCA Champion Frankel collects first Deery Series win at Quincy Raceway Seegert and Berna win, Schueffner champion at Manitowoc County Expo SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 McGuire gets biggest win of career in Lucas Oil Series event at Portsmouth Francis gets second straight World of Outlaws LM win at Tri-City Speedway Phillips back to back with 'Larry Phillips Memorial' victory at I-44 Speedway Smith holds off Simpson for WDRL Series victory at Deer Creek Speedway Tungate takes $5,000 Battle of the Bluegrass Series win at 201 Speedway Weeks beats Franklin in Carolina Clash go at Fayetteville Motor Speedway Berry sweeps annual Four Corners Shootout weekend at Aztec Speedway Floyd survives Mack attack for O'Reilly MSRA Series win at I-30 Speedway Kirkpatrick tops Western Allstars DIRTCar Series at Bakersfield Speedway Kerr notches fourth straight win at his hometown Mountain Raceway Park Smith extends Super Late Model points lead at the Talladega Short Track Sell wins first night of the 'Labor Day Classic' at the Willamette Speedway Stuhler nets McBee/Hays win, Deese champion at Hagerstown Speedway Marlar takes 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model main at Bluegrass Speedway Perry scores second Late Model win of the season at Cleveland Speedway Stutts third straight Super Late Model win at Fort Payne Motor Speedway Long scores round 3 of Victory Lap Challenge at Virginia Motor Speedway Hubert first win this season in ULMA Late Models at Lucas Oil Speedway Nipper wins Top Tracks Challenge at the East Alabama Motor Speedway NCRA Late Models postponed by weather until Monday at 81 Speedway McKinney gets upset Fastrak Northeast Series win at Tri City Speedway FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Francis becomes winningest driver on 2008 WoOLMS at Bedford Speedway Drown captures MACS Jim Shank Memorial victory at Lernerville Speedway Boen holds back Purkey for O'Reilly NCRA Late Model win at 81 Speedway Boggs bags Battle of the Bluegrass bucks at the Mountain Motor Speedway Payne grabs the pole for Larry Phillips Memorial at Lebanon I-44 Speedway Berry scores Four Corners Late Model Shootout opener at Aztec Speedway Sellars battles Thompson for UMP Late Model win at Paducah Intl Raceway Doss collects Sunesis Construction Late Model win at Moler Raceway Park Western Allstar tour makes Holiday weekend stop at Bakersfield Speedway 15th Annual Danny Simkins Memorial on Sunday at Santa Maria Speedway Mars readies for busy Labor Day weekend following pair of main event wins Wallace readies for huge Labor Day Weekend action in Southern Missouri Erb Jr victorious again at I-55; readies for a three-race Labor Day weekend James seventh in Lucas Oil points following Lawrenceburg and Bardstown Conley wows World of Outlaws field at K-C; Conley's prep for Portsmouth Upper Cumberland (Tenn) Dirt Racing Hall of Fame inducts first members THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 Labor Day Weekend tripleheader begins the final points push for Richards Busy Holiday weekend coming up for Covert and the BK Motorsports team Knight looks ahead to big Holiday weekend next in Western Pennsylvania WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 World of Outlaws Series to headline Oil Region Labor Day Classic weekend $10,000 Southern All Stars East 2nd Annual Cherokee Hall of Fame Race Deery Summer Series doubleheader up this weekend at Quincy and Boone Ryun vaults to second in standings, Rollert scores third win in ULMA action American Cancer Society Ride For Life a part NeSmith Chevrolet weekend SRRS, AMP Super Late Model tripleheader weekend is on tap for McCool Geisler finishes Lernerville second in points, 'Jim Shank Memorial' up next Floyd heads to I-30 Speedway this Saturday for O'Reilly MSRA LM action Hall rolls to fifth 2008 win in Crate Late Model action at the DuQuoin Mile TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Portsmouth, $40,000 to win Hillbilly 100 Frankel captures 2008 IMCA J & J Steel Late Model National championship IMCA Late Models on tap at Quincy Raceways during extended Fall Series O'Reilly MSRA Late Model Series invades I-30 Speedway Saturday Night O'Reilly NCRA Late Model Series back in action this Labor Day weekend Southwest Missouri tracks providing dollars for Late Models this weekend Dog Hollow, Tri-City races on tap for Fastrak Northeast Late Model Series NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS set for Whynot Motorsports Park this weekend MONDAY, AUGUST 25 World of Outlaws LMS returns to continue Bedford Speedway's emergence LMR Poll: Who is your pick to win the World 100 at Eldora Speedway? 6th Annual Larry Phillips Memorial set this weekend at the I-44 Speedway 'Humpy' Wheeler to be honored in Hall of Fame 50 at Carolina Speedway Last minute schedule change for O'Reilly NCRA Late Models this weekend World Dirt Racing League getting set for Labor Day weekend doubleheader VMS hosts round 3 of the Victory Lap Late Model $25,000 Challenge series Three big nights of racing added to 2008 schedule at Columbus Speedway Super Late Models back for special Sunday night at Deep South Speedway Frank's sponsor Lester Buildings plans for a prize-filled Tri-City Speedway Payne and Gibson Motorsports leave Dixie battered, Thunder Series next Canadian Late Model driver Levesque dies in water rescue effort in Florida NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series round up for week of August 25 SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Frankel nets feature win and 2008 track championship at Quincy Raceways Looney holds point lead with fourth Late Model victory at Monett Speedway Late pass gives Blair Northeast Fastrak Late Model win at Eriez Speedway SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Owens ends Bloomquist winning streak in 'Bluegrass Classic' at Bardstown The 'Newport Nightmare' nabs 8th Annual Bluegrass Classic at Bardstown Conley celebrates first career World of Outlaws LM victory at K-C Raceway Burgtorf captures O'Reilly MLRA Late Model victory at Lucas Oil Speedway Event Images - O'Reilly MLRA Late Models at Lucas Oil Speedway Arp tops O'Reilly Southern Allstars Bill Ingram Memorial at Dixie Speedway Erb outruns stellar MARS/UMP DIRTCar Challenge field at I-55 Raceway Duty holds off Glaser for third win of 2008 season at Willamette Speedway Pounds dominates the Super Late Model action at Santa Maria Speedway Mathees wins feature after Prochnow is too light at Deer Creek Speedway Rezutek outraces Schueffner in Late Model action at Plymouth Dirt Track Owens collects first checkered flag of 2008 at the new Lakeville Speedway Spence becomes 14th different feature winner at Hagerstown Speedway McRee makes his first visit a winning one at Fort Payne Motor Speedway Vitale nets $2,000 grand prize in 67-lap T&G Thriller at Sunset Speedway Hixson captures Top Track Challenge Series win at Cleveland Speedway Watson grabs McElwain Motors Fastrak LM win at Mercer Raceway Park FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 Miller scores second Lucas Oil LM Series win at Lawrenceburg Speedway Shirley banks $5,000 'USA World 50' win at Paducah International Raceway Blair nets Independent Racing Series win at the Allegany County Speedway Barbara Friedman's Freshmarkets UMPLM winner at Lerverville Speedway Whitney nets Sunesis Construction Late Model win at Moler Raceway Park Arthur takes victory and Late Model points lead at Virginia Motor Speedway Linville grabs fourth Super Late Model feature win at Ponderosa Speedway Hogge claims another crate Late Model feature victory at Ocean Speedway THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 Clanton wins night two of the WoOLMS 'Scorcher' at Volunteer Speedway 'Inaugural Nine' Carolina Clash Championship Series contenders named 'Franklin Flyer' Barnett inducted into Brownstown Speedway Hall of Fame Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series set to invade Lawrenceburg, Bardstown NASCAR driver Newman files first entry for October 8 Southern Showdown Southern All Stars teams return to Dixie Speedway for Bill Ingram Memorial Mid-Atlantic Championship Series announces alterations to '08 schedule UFo soars into Roaring Knob for the "King of the Knob" on September 6th Ontario Dirt Late Models invade Ohsweken Speedway Friday, August 29th Extreme Wireless Super Late Models on tap at Jackson Motor Speedway MSCCS Bullring 'BRAWL' at Columbus Speedway on this Saturday night Lebanon I-44 Speedway is preparing for 6th annual Larry Phillips Memorial WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 Owens scores first World of Outlaws win in 'Scorcher' at Volunteer Spdway Mars sweeps the Late Model action at Manitowoc County Expo Speedway Frank still looks to bust out of slump after visit to Screven Motor Speedway Richards encouraged by top-5 finish down south at Screven Motor Spdway Walking on air, Knight wins first-ever IRS Series event at Eriez Speedway West breaks down Sprint/Late Model barriers with Canadian Late Models Voodoo Motorsports resumes MSCCS action at Columbus this Saturday A season of uncertainty for Barbara and Forbes Field Motorsports team NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series round up for week of August 18 Big bucks on the line at the Fifth Annual 'Scorcher' at Volunteer Speedway TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 8th Annual Bluegrass Classic on August 23rd at the Bluegrass Speedway I-44 heads to September season specials featuring Larry Phillips Memorial Southwest Missouri tracks working together to make special events better Super Late Model racing heats up in September at Paducah Int'l Raceway SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Phillips dominates at Sedalia to claim the Missouri State Fair Championship Madden nets Robert 'Pop' Pursley Memorial victory at Cherokee Speedway Essary holds off Looney for Late Model feature victory at Monett Speedway Bailey scores first IMCA Late Model win of the season at Quincy Raceways SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 McCreadie grabs biggest career win in Topless 100 at Batesville Speedway Francis resumes World of Outlaws hot streak at Screven Motor Speedway Hogge thunders to sixth '08 Western Allstars win at Silver Dollar Speedway Williams gets Southwest Dirtcar Series victory at Prescott Valley Speedway Swayngim collects third Late Model win of season at Willamette Speedway Doar races to first Late Model win of the season at Cedar Lake Speedway Busha, Smith and Cline win triple 20s features at the Talladega Short Track Drown fights off Berner and Markham for victory at Wayne Co. Speedway Foss tops Valley Trailer Wissota Late Models at the Deer Creek Speedway Scheffler feature win extends Late Model points lead at Plymouth Dirt Track Durboraw back in the saddle with 71st career win at Hagerstown Speedway Stutts takes Super Late Model feature win at Fort Payne Motor Speedway Barker gets first ULMA Late Model win of 2008 at the Lucas Oil Speedway Stephens handles Eiland in feature win at East Alabama Motor Speedway Arthur tops in Victory Lap Late Model feature at Virginia Motor Speedway Booher and Blair score Fastrak Late Model wins at Mercer Raceway Park FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 COMP Cams Topless 100 format changed due to inclement weather Friday Rain pushes remainder of World of Outlaws event at Fayetteville to Oct. 7 Hogge grabs sixth Western Allstars feature win at Silver Dollar Speedway Carrier Jr wins Victor "Ike" Moler Memorial event at Moler Raceway Park Brindle Top Tracks Challenge Series winner at North Georgia Speedway Miley wins, Ferree clinches second straight title at Lernerville Speedway Lester takes second Late Model win of the season at Lakeville Speedway Cole flag to flag in second victory of '08 at Paducah International Raceway Bland scores Good Neighbor Pharmacy SLM win at Ponderosa Speedway Troutman beats competition in Maryland Clash at Allegany Co. Speedway Lucas Oil Late Model Series hands down penalties from North/South 100 THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 Georgia's Clanton & Smith look to extend WoOLMS success in home state UMP DIRTcar Update: '08 Summer Nationals officially closes this weekend Southwest DIRTcar Late Models rolling again at Prescott Valley Raceway Wallace looks for 2nd Topless 100 win this weekend at Batesville Speedway Cook gets 6th win of '08 at Toccoa; heads West to Batesville this weekend James heads West to Batesville Speedway for $40,000 to win Topless 100 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East/West weekend 21 preview WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 16th Annual Comp Cams Topless 100 next for Lucas Oil Late Model Series Cherokee Speedway 3rd Annual $5,000 to win 'Pop Pursley Memorial' next Papenhausen pumped for Western Allstar event at Silver Dollar Speedway Knight has quiet weekend but receives good news in Alltel All-Star Contest Frye battles Virginia Motor Speedway, sits fifth in the MACS point standings Magnolia Motor Speedway preps for Late Models and Monster show event Southern Showdown Late Model race kicks off Bank of America 500 week Top Tracks doubleheader at this weekend at North Georgia and Cleveland TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 MLRA rolls into the Diamond of Dirt Tracks for the final time of 2008 season NCRA Late Models September 1 event cancelled at Heartland Park Topeka Poll: Who's your pick for the Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway? O'Reilly Southern All Stars East makes minor schedule and event changes Pennsylvania outlaw drivers Eckert & Frank know how to win at Fayetteville Frank focuses on strong finish to World of Outlaws Late Models Campaign Moyer Jr. snares pair of top ten finishes last weekend in MSRA LM action Breazeale and Voodoo Motorsports head to the Topless 100 at Batesville Beard grabs fourth win of '08 season with MSRA at Poinsett Co. Speedway Johnston set for 16th Annual Topless 100 weekend at Batesville Speedway NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Round Up for week of August 11 Next stop for ULMA Late Model drivers is the Missouri State Fair Speedway Tri-City added to Fastrak Northeast Late Model Series Labor Day weekend Double Fastrak Late Model features this weekend at Mercer Raceway Park MONDAY, AUGUST 11 McLaughlin pads series point lead with Deery win at Iowa State Fairgrounds O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass Series cancels sanctioning for Brownstown SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 Frankel builds J&J Steel IMCA Late Model points lead at Quincy Raceways SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 Miller in a thriller in taking $50,000 'North/South 100' at Florence Speedway Madden smokes field in 29th Annual 'USA 100' at Virginia Motor Speedway Plessinger wins Shorty Bowers/Bull Durham race at Hagerstown Speedway Beard dominates O'Reilly MSRA Late Models at Poinsett County Raceway Whiseant tops Mitchell in AMP Late Model action at Monticello Speedway Boyd wins first outlaw Late Model feature of 2008 at Willamette Speedway Sass scores first checkers in Late Model action at Deer Creek Speedway Gibson takes second Late Model feature win of '08 at Cleveland Speedway Cline picks up second Super Late Model feature at Talladega Short Track Wells withstands late race surge to top UMP Late Models at I-44 Speedway Shafer holds off Perivolaris for Late Model victory at Petaluma Speedway Rezutek used the high groove in Late Model victory at Plymouth Dirt Track Eiland outduels Stephens for feature win at East Alabama Motor Speedway Lindberg collects second Coors Light Late Model win at Sunset Speedway Powell keeps pace in Fastrak Nat'l points with win at Mercer Raceway Park FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 Payne paces 95 car field in qualifying on Friday night at Florence Speedway Kerr captures Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series win at Boyd's Speedway Weaver grabs Southern Regional Racing Series win at Crossville Raceway Stovall rockets to first O'Reilly MSRA Late Model win at Malden Speedway Super sub Flinner wins a Late Model barn burner at Lernerville Speedway McPherson gets win, closes on championship at North Georgia Speedway Boggs beats Oliver to collect his eighth feature win at Rocky Top Raceway Flory races low groove for second late model victory at Lakeville Speedway Tindal scores fourth UMP Late Model win at Paducah International Raceway Naeyaert tops Late Model main event at Manitowoc County Expo Speedway Sheppard Jr takes Late Model main event victory at Farmer City Raceway Whitney gets Sunesis Construction Late Model win at Moler Raceway Park THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 Young Australian enjoys time as crewman for Clint Smith on WoO Series DeFrance gets Deery victory after Spaw DQ at Hawkeye Downs Speedway Wallace strong in Badger State of Wisconsin; preps for Florence Speedway Mars Racing readies for Florence Speedway following ultra-busy weekend Victory at Eriez, Runner-up at McKean County puts smile on Knight's face Robinson takes Dixieland Speedway checkered flag in dominating fashion Floyd returns to O'Reilly MSRA action this weekend at Malden & Poinsett Wood prepares for Carolina-Georgia O'Reilly Southern All Stars weekend Ferguson Racing heading to Cherokee for Southern All Stars East event WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 Spaw tops IMCA Deery Summer Series field at Hawkeye Downs Speedway Owens chases Moyer while Bloomquist loses ground in National Rankings Doar jumps to the top position, Boen enters top 10 in the Central Rankings Mayea holds lead over Hogge, Glaser and Drake in the Western Rankings Blair continues hot streak, moves past Carrier Jr to lead Northern Rankings TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 Moyer outduels Birkhofer for $10,000 feature win at West Liberty Raceway A Final Push: Can Francis rally to defend World of Outlaws Championship? $50,000 to win Sunoco 26th Annual North/South 100 at Florence Speedway Ross scores Ontario Dirt Late Model Civic Holiday Challenge points crown The dog days of summer are here, AMP ready to go topless at Monticello O'Reilly MSRA Series invades Missouri and Arkansas for pair of big events 'Flyin' Ryun becomes newest winner in ULMA LM competition last weekend Miley claims third Lernerville win, battles the World of Outlaws through Ohio Duty set to race with Western Allstars Series at the Silver Dollar Speedway McCool had an action packed race night at the North Alabama Speedway Breazeale last minute decision to race at North Alabama Speedway wise NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Round Up for week of August 4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Dohm wins in Ufo Late Model/Earl Hill Memorial at Tyler County Speedway Phillips controls O'Reilly NCRA Late Model field at Heartland Park Topeka Miley rockets to third UMP Late Model feature win at Lernerville Speedway Briggs nets ODLM Civic Holiday Challenge win at Humberstone Speedway Woodworth sweeps J&J Steel IMCA Late Model mains at Quincy Raceway SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Hartman takes second Lucas Oil Late Model win at Hagerstown Speedway Marlar grabs My Old Kentucky Home Shootout win at Bluegrass Speedway Phillips crowned King of the Hill in MLRA event at Junction Motor Speedway Ferri captures Civic Holiday Challenge OLM opener at Merrittville Speedway Schlenk paces Sunoco American Late Model Series at Oakshade Raceway Rainey wins $10K in wild NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Pike County Speedway Larson defeats Mathees in NASCAR Late Models at Cedar Lake Speedway Boyd collects outlaw Late Model main event victory at Willamette Speedway Drake scores third main event victory of the year at Santa Maria Speedway Chastain conquers Super Late Model competition at Cleveland Speedway Prochnow races the high side for Late Model win at Deer Creek Speedway McWilliams paces Late Model division on Saturday at Florence Speedway Drown outguns Flory in Late Model action at the Wayne County Speedway Maupin cruises to second Super Late Model victory at Volunteer Speedway Nipper nips National Late Model Series at East Alabama Motor Speedway Blair continues stellar season with firstever victory at Mercer Raceway Park FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 Brady wins the 'Masters' make up feature Friday at Cedar Lake Speedway Pearson Jr scores Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 'Winchester Shootout' Blair rockets to John Bradshaw Memorial victory at Ponderosa Speedway Anderson tops first night of the MLRA action at Junction Motor Speedway Essary captures Show Me Racin Series victory at Outlaw Motor Speedway Troutman wins Rock-Winchester Challenge at Allegany County Speedway Boggs seventh victory clinches track championship at Rocky Top Raceway Hanestad tops Doar in NASCAR Late Model thriller at Cedar Lake Spdway Pickelheimer Jr get his first ever feature event win at Moler Raceway Park Jensema claims third feature win of the year at Manitowoc Expo Speedway Lonas hammers home third LM feature win at the new Lakeville Speedway
JULY 2008 NEWS
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