Other Series Racing

Imagine taking a car that runs on dirt and sticking it on asphalt for a race. Well, that’s what was done this past weekend at Kawartha Speedway. OSCAAR, Kawartha Speedway and Brighton Speedway officials teamed up to put Brighton’s Vanderlaan DIRTcar Pro Late Models on the asphalt Kawartha track as part of the OSCAAR show.

Lucas Luhr is the only American Le Mans Series driver to have won championships in three categories, but would enthusiastically switch to the IZOD IndyCar Series should a full-time opportunity present itself in 2014.

The OSCAAR Super Late Models invade Kawartha Speedway Sunday for the Midas of Orangeville 50 round eight of the 2013 tour and one of only two events at the speedway this season. The series is coming off its first trip to Peterborough Speedway last Saturday night and this weekend marks the bookend of three consecutive weekends in action.

Sunday mark’s the second race of the back half of the 2013 OSCAAR Modified tour and the series’ sophomore trip to Kawartha Speedway. This weekend’s feature event will be 30 laps in length, five laps longer than the previous outing.

To say that Wednesday night was stressful for David Gravel would be an understatement, but in the end it all paid off as he won the opening night of the 53rd Annual FVP Knoxville Nationals at the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. After losing an engine on the last lap of the first heat race he coasted across the line in third to earn a spot in the 25-lap preliminary feature.

Seventeen-year old Clint King is back with Venturini Motorsports (VMS) and ready for action under the lights this weekend at Berlin Raceway in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Primera Plastics 200.

There were no technical penalties issued following the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 4.

Event ticket pricing has been announced by Kawartha Speedway, in association with OSCAAR Racing, for this Sunday’s for this Sunday’s Midas of Orangeville 50 at Kawartha. Admission to the August 11 event which features the OSCAAR Super Late Models, OSCAAR Modifieds, and Brighton Speedway’s Vanderlaan dirt Pro Late Models, will be just $25.

On Oct. 16, 2007, life changed for Charlie Kimball. It was that day that the then-22-year-old's quality of life and blossoming racing career was dealt a blow as he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Rookie seasons almost always have bumps, but Alex Guenette has handled them with apparent ease.