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Swindell Announces Retirement
Monday, 25 Aug, 2014 – 17:36 | Comments Off on Swindell Announces Retirement
Swindell Announces Retirement

Veteran sprint car driver Sammy Swindell announced his retirement, effective immediately, on Monday.
Swindell is a three-time World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series champion who won 294 races. The Memphis, Tenn., area native was one …

Schatz Reigns At Knoxville Nationals
Sunday, 10 Aug, 2014 – 6:34 | Comments Off on Schatz Reigns At Knoxville Nationals
Schatz Reigns At Knoxville Nationals

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Donny Schatz  continued his dominance of sprint car racing’s biggest event on Saturday night when he won the Knoxville Nationals for the eighth time in nine years.
Schatz is now just three wins away from tying …

Madsen Takes Crown At Kings Royal
Sunday, 13 Jul, 2014 – 7:59 | Comments Off on Madsen Takes Crown At Kings Royal
Madsen Takes Crown At Kings Royal

Kerry Madsen won the prestigious Kings Royal sprint car race, one of the most coveted prizes on the World of Outlaws STP Series schedule, on Saturday night.
“I just want to thank Eldora Speedway for just …

Schatz Moves Into Even More Elite Company
Saturday, 28 Jun, 2014 – 8:04 | Comments Off on Schatz Moves Into Even More Elite Company
Schatz Moves Into Even More Elite Company

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Donny Schatz keeps making history.
Only two other people have done what five-time champion Schatz did at 34 Raceway Friday night – become a 154-race winner in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series.
In scoring …

King Kinser Will Get A Royal Send Off In 2014
Wednesday, 12 Feb, 2014 – 18:34 | Comments Off on King Kinser Will Get A Royal Send Off In 2014
King Kinser Will Get A Royal Send Off In 2014

In the mid-1980s, a guy from the advertising department at the newspaper I worked for in Colorado came to my desk and asked if I was going to the local dirt track that weekend. When …

Clauson Captures 2014 Chili Bowl Championship
Sunday, 19 Jan, 2014 – 8:54 | Comments Off on Clauson Captures 2014 Chili Bowl Championship
Clauson Captures 2014 Chili Bowl Championship

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Bryan Clauson won the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals on Friday night in Tulsa, Okla.
To win the 2014 Golden Driller trophy, Clauson had to hold off four-time and defending champion Kevin Swindell, who finished second …

Clauson Tops Chili Bowl On Friday
Saturday, 18 Jan, 2014 – 8:40 | Comments Off on Clauson Tops Chili Bowl On Friday
Clauson Tops Chili Bowl On Friday

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Breaking a streak of three, first-time preliminary night winners, Bryan Clauson “railroaded” the field en route to his second career prelim victory during Friday’s Vacuworx Global Qualifying Night at the 28th annual Lucas Oil Chili …

First-Timers Continue To Rule At 2014 Chili Bowl
Friday, 17 Jan, 2014 – 8:16 | Comments Off on First-Timers Continue To Rule At 2014 Chili Bowl
First-Timers Continue To Rule At 2014 Chili Bowl

The checkered flag waved on a first-time preliminary winner for the third consecutive evening during the Chili Bowl Nationals Thursday, as Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell posted a flag-to-flag/25-lap victory in the John Christner Trucking Qualifying Night …

Young Fetcho To Become Taylor Swift Of Racing?
Thursday, 16 Jan, 2014 – 13:11 | Comments Off on Young Fetcho To Become Taylor Swift Of Racing?
Young Fetcho To Become Taylor Swift Of Racing?

By Larry Woody | Senior Writer
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NASHVILLE – Teen-age racer Dylan Fetcho hopes Scott Borchetta can do for his racing career what he’s done for Taylor Swift’s singing career.
Borchetta, founder and owner of Big …

NASCAR’s Jimmy Elledge To Dip Into Chili Bowl
Thursday, 16 Jan, 2014 – 12:31 | Comments Off on NASCAR’s Jimmy Elledge To Dip Into Chili Bowl
NASCAR’s Jimmy Elledge To Dip Into Chili Bowl

By Len Hayward | Senior Correspondent
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TULSA, Okla.  – Jimmy Elledge’s experience driving a Midget is vastly different than his time spent working as a crew chief and mechanic in NASCAR’s top series.
 That hasn’t stopped …