Off to a hot start in 2013 in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season, Scott rookie contender Mason Mingus and his Win-Tron Racing team look to stretch the momentum into Friday afternoon’s International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250 from Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
In motorsports, those responsible for delivering fascinating experiences and inspiring new supporters are often the race car drivers themselves, which is no surprise given the intense atmosphere and often dangerous surroundings they encounter between the green and checkered flags.
Frank Kimmel's unique in ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards' history, as a nine-time champion. But Kimmel falls in step with the masses when it comes to this weekend's venue, the Talladega Superspeedway.
Ryan Gifford scored his first victory in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series (NKNPS) East last Thursday night at Richmond International Raceway (RIR), in the Blue Ox 100. Gifford became the fourth different driver to win for Rev Racing since the organization began to field cars for the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program in 2010, and this became win 11 out of 44 starts in the series for the team.
Brian Weber, CEO of BeBevCo., who developed the KOMA Unwind relaxation drink and other energy products, walked away from a wild incident at Bowman-Gray (N.C.) Stadium during Saturday night’s season-opener in the Modified Division.
After earning his ninth top-10 finish of the season with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Oklahoma on Saturday, April 27, David Gravel will be a guest on the TJSlideways.com Live show tonight as he gears up for a two-night event at the famed Eldora Speedway in Ohio, this coming weekend.
Salem Speedway record-holder Frank Kimmel was bitten twice by "short-track surprises" in the last 10 laps of Sunday's Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 presented by Crosley Radio, which knocked him into a battle-scarred sixth-place finish.
Simply put, David Gravel had a battle on his hands all night at Salina Highbanks Speedway in the World of Outlaw STP Sprint Car Series event on Saturday, April 27. First, he took on a blazing fast surface that was even quicker due to Mother Nature dumping quite a bit of rain in the area over a two-day period.
It’s starting to feel like the movie Groundhog Day for Tracy Hines and his fellow USAC competitors, as rainouts continue to dominate the early part of the season. After getting in a full show with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series on Friday, April 26 at Gas City Speedway in Indiana, the originally scheduled event on Saturday, April 27 at Lincoln Park Speedway was interrupted by rain after the first heat race, while the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series event on Sunday, April 28 at the Terre Haute Action Track fell to rain.
