Speedway Digest

Taking advantage of the misfortune for points leader Justin Sanders, Fresno’s Dominic Scelzi won his second Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo feature on Friday night. Scelzi earned fast-time then placed himself in position to capitalize when Sanders slowed suddenly from the lead in the 30-lap contest, surrendering the top position with an apparent rear-end issue. Scelzi’s win was part of a five-division affair at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds dirt track.

Brentwood’s Blake Bower dominated Friday’s Western Midget Racing presented by Masters Design and Construction main event at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway on the way to his fifth win of the season. Bower’s victory opens a doubleheader weekend for the stock production powered Midget series with Petaluma on tap for Saturday night.

Macon Speedway officials as well as those from the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Cars and POWRi have announced the cancelation of the Saturday, July 31 event at the track. Steady rainfall hit the area around 7:00 and isn’t expected to stop until the afternoon hours. Macon Speedway will next...

Two-thirds of the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals field for the 31st Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway has been set. Sixteen drivers have punched their ticket in by way of the four Showdown Features Friday night – the rest will be seeded into one of two Last Chance Showdown events on Saturday.

Round seven of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week presented by Smiley’s Racing Products found the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network as the newly built Tulsa Speedway, where Sapulpa’s Blake Hahn charged through the field from 16th to his fifth victory of the season.

Stafford Speedway hosted another round of Stafford Weekly Racing on Friday, July 30th with Open Modified cars in the house for the Bud Light Open 80. Todd Owen scored his first SK Modified® win of the 2021 season, Zack Robinson took down his first career Late Model feature win, Nick Anglace notched his second SK Light win of 2021, Devon Jencik became a first time winner at Stafford in the Limited Late Model feature, and Travis Hydar took down his second Street Stock win of the 2021 season.

Open Modified cars returned to Stafford Motor Speedway for the third of four visits during the 2021 season on Friday, July 30th for the Bud Light Open 80. Chase Dowling took the lead from Ryan Preece on lap-53 and drove away from the field to win the Bud Light 80 and take home contingency bonuses of $1,000 from GAF Roofing, $500 from New England Racing Fuel, and $500 from Rayner Real Estate to push his winner’s check up to $5,500.

This coming Saturday, July 31, Macon Speedway is scheduled to host one of its biggest shows of the year, featuring the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Cars and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets. The rare doubleheader show was first held in 2019 at the track. Three other classes will also race.

NHRA and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona have announced the dates of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season opener of the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Presented By ProtectTheHarvest.com as Feb. 17-20. As is tradition at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the NHRA Winternationals will kick off the...

Rette Jones Racing (RJR) confirmed today the addition of this weekend’s ARCA Menards Series (AMS) race at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway to the team’s 2021 schedule with NASCAR rookie Kris Wright at the helm. Wright will tackle his fourth career ARCA Menards Series short track race, but first with the Mooresville,...

Extreme E, the new electric off-road motorracing series, can today reveal it has reached an agreement in principle with Sardinian officials to host the fourth event of its opening season, the Island X Prix, from 23-24 October. The move to the Italian island follows the series’ decision to postpone its...

Professional off-road racer Keegan Kincaid returns to action in the Championship Off-Road Pro 2 class this weekend at Dirt City Motorplex, the fourth of six events on the 2021 calendar. Kincaid will aim to extend his 12-point championship lead at a track where he posted two podium finishes last year.

Perhaps it is only fitting. The Next Gen car rolls into NASCAR Cup Series competition in 2022 with an expanding group of Next Gen team owners; from a successful 40-year old entrepreneur to former drivers and current competitors to an NBA legend and a Grammy winner - all creating a new-look ownership landscape in the sport’s premier series.

The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix and the Grand Ole Opry are excited to announce The Oak Ridge Boys will be headlining the Grand Ole Prix show on Sunday night following the race. Members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the legendary Oaks will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary as members of the Opry next weekend. Alan Jackson is unable to perform due to tour-related travel logistics.

Ahead of IndyCar’s return to Nashville, Tennessee for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, Big Machine Distillery is paying homage to Nashville’s earliest known IndyCar race in 1911 with the debut of Borchetta Bourbon, a limited release, cask-strength, single barrel bourbon. Big Machine Distillery is owned by music mogul...

The biggest event of the season, the 51ST Annual Freedom 76, is quickly approaching at Grandview Speedway. With at least $30,000 up for grabs for the winner of the 76-lap race featuring many of the top names in dirt track Modified competition, interest will be running high. As is the...

A force to be reckoned with; Ryan Timms was the fourth different driver to lead the way after charging through the field from 11th on Thursday night at 81-Speedway to claim his fourth career victory with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network on night six of Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week presented by Smiley’s Racing Products.

The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and titanium jewelry brand Tijey announced today an extension of their partnership that will bring a new trophy to the EuroNASCAR 2 championship in addition to the current prizes offered by the Italian company. 2021 marks the third season of the partnership between EuroNASCAR and Tijey.

Rev Racing NASCAR Drive for Diversity Development Driver Nick Sanchez, driver of the No. 2 Max Siegel Incorporated Chevrolet will head to Winchester Speedway in search of his first win of the season. Sanchez has only finished outside the top-five three times since his breakout race at Talladega in April....

Virginia Motor Speedway will return to racing this Saturday, July 31st, and host week 9 of the Dirt Series Championship weekly racing season. The night will feature all four of the speedway's Dirt Series Championship weekly divisions in action. See the Victory Lap Pro Late Models, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified, and Collision One Limited Stock Cars in some exciting side-by-side racing!