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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com ROME, N.Y. – There is a James Dean-like fascination with the life and times and death of NASCAR Modified champion Richie Evans here in his hometown, where “The Rapid Roman” is remembered as a complex country boy who was too fast to live, too young to die. Winner of nine NASCAR [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32457/feed 6 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:12:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32210
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com It wasn’t so much that Tony Stewart won the 2011 Sprint Cup championship which made his season so remarkable. It was how he did it – with a walk-off victory over second-place Carl Edwards in the final race of the year. Dramatic much? For both what and how he won his third [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32186 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32186#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:08 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32186
Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will return to Tulsa, Okla., to compete in the 2012 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals it was announced Monday. Joining Stewart on his Tony Stewart Racing team at the annual event will be NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., USAC champion Bryan Clauson and 2011 POWRi rookie of [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32186/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31934 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31934#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:10:48 +0000 Larry Woody http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31934
NASHVILLE – A group of investors headed by retired NASCAR star Sterling Marlin was passed over Tuesday by the Metro Fair Board in its search for a new Fairgrounds Speedway operator. The Fair Board chose instead Tony Formosa Jr., who operated the track in 2010. He will operate the 54-year-old facility next year in what is [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31934/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31842 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31842#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:02:00 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31842
RacinToday.com Caleb Armstrong won the 71st running of the Mopar USAC National and Western Midget Series Turkey Night Midget Grand Prix at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale half-mile. The 19-year old from New Castle, Indiana became the tenth different TNGP winner in 13 races at the Speedway since the track opened in 1999. The seventh fastest qualifier in [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31842/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31498 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31498#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:49:23 +0000 Larry Woody http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31498
By Larry Woody | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Retired NASCAR driver Sterling Marlin is interested in acquiring the lease to Nashville’s Fairgrounds Speedway, after fellow driver Bobby Hamilton Jr. gave up after one frustrating season. Hamilton will not continue to operate the track next season, according to Buck Dozier, head of the Metro Fair Board that oversees the city-owned [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31498/feed 4 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31460 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31460#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:00:43 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31460
RacinToday.com In racin’ news today, Sunday, Nov. 13th: On Saturday night, Tony Stewart Racing driver Levi Jones drove his No. 20 Chevrolet/GM Performance Parts/Maxim to a flag-to-flag victory in the 30-lap season finale at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., ending the 2011 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car season with a 99-point advantage over runner-up Chris [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31460/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31303 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31303#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:24:36 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31303
RacinToday.com Donny Schatz won the final two races of the season at the Lowes Foods World Finals presented by Tom’s Snacks, Coca-Cola and Nature’s Own at the Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Schatz backed up his dominating performance on night No. 1 with an exciting restart pass on Kerry Madsen to end [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31303/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30500 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30500#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:21:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30500
RacinToday.com Jason Meyers dominated the night before the 49th Annual Morgan Hughes National Open on Friday night. Meyers led all 25 circuits around the paper clip shaped half mile to score his sixth win of the season, including his second in a row at Williams Grove. “We’ve been looking at the stat columns and the only one we [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30500/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30385 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30385#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:03:51 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30385
RacinToday.com Jason Meyers won Saturday night’s World of Outlaws race in the Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville Speedway. Meyers and his Elite Racing team captured their fifth victory of the year and extended their lead in the point standings. “Wins have been so hard to come by this year,” said Meyers, of Clovis, Calif. “We had a great car [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30385/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30353 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30353#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:07:34 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30353
RacinToday.com Joey Saldana returned to Eldora Speedway, site of some of his greatest victories and scariest crashes, with hopes of winning his second consecutive World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series race since missing nine weeks to injury. Saldana dominated once again, winning for the second time this season at the historic half-mile dirt track in Rossburg, Ohio. Twice [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30353/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30089 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30089#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:34:23 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30089
RacinToday.com Kyle Larson, a 19-year-old Elk Grove, Calif. native picked up his first World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win in one of the season’s biggest races, the Gold Cup Race of Champions. Larson started on the pole of the 40-lap main event and never looked back at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. “Wow,” Larson said as [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30089/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30059 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30059#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:07:55 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30059
RacinToday.com Paul McMahan earned his fourth victory of the 2011 season at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. on Friday night. The Elk Grove, Calif. native made the best of his pole position starting spot to lead all 25 laps. “To get a win here in front of (team co-owners) Dennis and Teresa Roth is huge for this [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30059/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29880 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29880#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:28:20 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29880
RacinToday.com Sam Hafertepe Jr. dominated the 40 lap event at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. to pocket his first career World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win and a $20,000 payday. “This has been a long time coming,” said Hafertepe Jr. “This car is such an awesome machine to run. It’s a dream ride and I am [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29880/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29745 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29745#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:01:15 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29745
RacinToday.com Cody Darrah held off 20-time champion Steve Kinser and Kasey Kahne Racing teammate Brad Sweet for the second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of his career Saturday night at Castrol Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta. In the process, Darrah also won the overall Oil City Cup title. “If I would have been the boss, I would [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29745/feed 0