Competing on the most challenging sprint car circuit in the world, it’s only fitting that David Gravel will race this weekend in the Ironman 55, the longest and probably the most grueling race of the year for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. This season marks the fifth edition of the Ironman 55 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., just outside of St. Louis.
There are only two events all season in which Kraig Kinser and his fellow World of OutlawsSTP Sprint Car Series counterparts get to race 50 or more laps. One is next week when the series invades the famed Knoxville Raceway for the FVP Knoxville Nationals, and the other is this weekend, when the best sprint car drivers in the world tackle the high-banked bullring in Pevely, Mo., for the longest event of the season, the Ironman 55.
Some nights go your way, and other nights you just want to forget. Sunday night at Sunset Speedway for the KDR Motorsports team was one of the ones that they’d like to forget.
The bad luck would continue for Tolton Motorsports as Bobby Tolton would fail to start the OSCAAR Modified feature at Sunset Speedway on Sunday night due to mechanical problems.
The OSCAAR Super Late Models and OSCAAR Modifieds will make their first of three trips to Peterborough Speedway this season on Saturday August 3 as part of the Chase for the Colours.
Dwayne Baker (No.48 Baker Performance Plus/Zancor Homes) utilized the final restart of the evening to make a lap 47 pass by Shane Maginnis (No.03 Budd´s GMC) to win his second OSCAAR Super Late Model feature of the season.
Sean Cronan wouldn't have the night that he would've hoped for following his success at Sunset Speedway last June as he would experience mechanical problems during the feature.
Gary McLean (No.8 McLean Industrial Design) never relinquished the lead after starting on the pole for the OSCAAR Modified tour 30-lap A-Main at Sunset Speedway on Sunday night. The win at Sunset was McLean´s second this season, and his second victory on the tour in 2013.
Josh Berry won the Last Chance Qualifier race while Austin Cindric outbattled Corey LaJoie for the second spot after a spirited side-by-side battle over the closing laps. Berry and Cindric will compete in the Clash Main Event at Bowman Gray Stadium
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was made available to the media on Wednesday prior to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Corey LaJoie is filling in for the injured Brad Keselowski tonight in the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, driving the No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
