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Who’s race is it anyway? NASCAR explains their call on the winner of the 2018 ValleyStar Credit Union 300
Drivers ejected, Retaliation under yellow, three green/white/checkers, a red flag and mass confusion as to who won the race – That’s just in the last 15 minutes of the Late Model Stock race at Martinsville Speedway
The Late Model Stock race took place at Martinsville Speedway last night.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr talks future plans and cool moments following his one-off return to NASCAR last night
Dale Earnhardt Jr is fresh off his one-off return to NASCAR. The 15-time most popular driver has returned for the first time since his full-time retirement following the 2017 racing season.
Leading up the race,
Read MoreThe CARS Tour brought the fireworks to Orange County Speedway
The CARS Tour was scheduled to race at the Orange County Speedway on September 8. With weather in the area, they got the show in at record time.
They were able to get in 150 laps of the CARS Tour late model event.
Read MoreAt age 61, Sterling Marlin is winning races with Parkinsonism; Close to setting all-time win record at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville
Sterling Marlin comes from a time in NASCAR where ‘the men were men and the sheep were scared,’ in his own words. He’s run 748 NASCAR Cup Series races run over 33 years.
Read MoreDeclared winner Kenny Wallace and disqualified winner comment on the inspection
On July 15, Kenny Wallace ventured to Canada to run a late model race. The race took place at Riverside International Speedway in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Kenny Wallace finished 3rd in that event. However, following a post race inspection the 1st and 2nd place finishers were disqualified.
Read MoreCrew member beats in the hood of a race car with a jack handle after the bullring race; Threatens life of the driver and his family
Anderson Speedway hosted a Monday night special this week. ARCA/CRA Super Series Late Models entered the track for the Redbud 400.
The event purse was enlarged over previous showings.
Read MoreDean Jones: “No one except sweet baby Jesus would have kept me from freeing my son from a burning race car.”
An official then wanted the father’s NASCAR license for being on the race track while wearing shorts
Halifax Insurance presented the NASCAR Late Model 100 at South Boston Speedway over the weekend.
Read MoreContact on track results in a fight in the pit lane during the Short Track U.S. Nationals weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway
This weekend multiple asphalt short track racing series have rolled into Bristol Motor Speedway for second annual running of the Short Track U.S. Nationals. The Bristol, TN track is known to push the buttons of drivers,
Read MoreThe owners of Caraway Speedway have cut back their weekly racing program; Placed the famed short track up for sale
Caraway Speedway has cut back to just 6 events for the rest of their 2018 racing campaign. The car counts are down. The longtime family owners have elected to take a page out of the 1981 playbook and scale back events.
Read MoreThere was a pit area altercation at Hickory Motor Speedway last night
Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Raphael Lessard and Brandon Setzer were involved in a short track altercation on Saturday night.
Watch the video of the on-track incident below.
With two laps remaining, Raphael Lessard led Setzer by 2 car lengths.
Read MoreDenny Hamlin short track race results from Langley Speedway
Tonight, Langley Speedway is hosting the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown. The race took a hiatus in recent years. For tonight, it has returned!
View full Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown race results below.
Danny Edwards Jr leads the field to the green flag.
Read MoreKyle Busch: “Those cars are so different than what I grew up driving.”
After a two year absence, the Denny HamlinShort Track Showdown will return. The 200-lap pro-am late model race will be run at Langley Speedway. The Virginia track is a .395-mile asphalt oval.
About a week ago,
Read MoreThe event will run on April 19, 2018 at Langley Speedway
Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch Headline Early Entries for the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown April 19, at Langley Speedway
Tickets on sale Today!
Hampton, Va. (March 2018) – Denny Hamlin’s Short Track Showdown returns after a two-year hiatus to Langley Speedway in Hampton,
Read More16-year-old Canadian driver will make debut at Speedfest
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that 16-year-old Canadian driver Raphael Lessard will pilot the team’s No. 51 Super Late Model in 18 events during the 2018 season. Lessard will make his KBM debut Sunday, Jan. 28 in the ARCA/CRA Super Series SpeedFest at Crisp Motorsports Park in Cordele,
Read MoreJR Motorsports adds Sam Mayer to 2018 Late Model lineup in CARS Tour
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Sam Mayer has been named to JR Motorsports’ championship-winning Late Model program for 2018. The 14-year-old native of Franklin, Wis. will take the seat of the team’s second entry for the season, hoping to continue the run of success the team has had over the past several years.
Read MoreNew Gen 6 Asphalt Late Model body from Five Star Bodies; Josh Richards’ show car shows MD3 Evolution 2
Five Star Bodies have released a new body. The body was introduced yesterday at the PRI show in Indianapolis.
New bodies must be approved with the ABC Committee. This body has yet to be approved.
Read MoreNASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious Late Model Stock Car race will be under the lights at Martinsville Speedway on September 29, 2018
Martinsville, VA (December 4, 2017) — The 2018 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway will be held on Saturday, September 29.
The race –
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