Dirt Midget news and photos from the various races, series and drivers of the dirt track racing ladder. Coverage includes; USAC Racing, Chili Bowl Nationals as well as other dirt midget racing series.
Gateway Dirt schedule for the indoor race in downtown St. Louis, Missouri
It’s wintertime but we’re going racing anyway. This weekend, The Dome at America’s Center will host the Gateway Dirt Nationals. Action packed indoor dirt oval racing.
View the full 2018 Gateway Dirt Nationals schedule below.
Three classes are on the ticket this year.
Read MoreCody Sommer: “I haven’t been in a race car in eight years and most people don’t even know I’ve ever been in a race car.”
You can watch the video of the Cody Sommer test session at the Gateway Dirt Nationals below
On Tuesday ahead of the 2016 Gateway Dirt Nationals,
Read MoreBest Performance Motorsports will debut their new dirt midget racing operation this week
Partnership to begin at Gateway Dirt Nationals, November 29 – December 1
INDIANAPOLIS (November 26, 2018) — It was announced today that reigning Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Series Champion Landon Simon will drive for Best Performance Motorsports in 2019.
Read MoreGateway Dirt entries and invites for all three racing divisions have been posted
In less than two weeks, we’re going dirt racing indoors. The Dome at America’s Center is set to host the Gateway Dirt Nationals in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The event is a three day show running from November 29th-December 1st,
Read MoreJeffrey Earnhardt is heading to the dirt tracks
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Jeffrey Earnhardt is set to run the remainder of the 2018 NASCAR Playoffs schedule. He’s currently piloting the #96 for Gaunt Brothers Racing on the asphalt circuit.
Come January, Earnhardt is set to jump behind the wheel of a dirt car.
Read MoreThe Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway race results featuring the USAC National Midget Series
Indianapolis Motor Speedway built a dirt track and scheduled a dirt race ahead of the NASCAR weekend. The bullring dirt track has just concluded the first weekend.
The BC39 is to honor fallen racing driver Bryan Clauson.
Read MoreThe green flag dropped on The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, Indiana………Wednesday’s opening night of the Driven2SaveLives “BC39” presented by NOS Energy Drink began a new era of racing at the Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, set inside turn three of the surrounding world-famous 2.5-mile paved oval.
Read MoreThe staff of the Gateway Dirt Nationals are attempting to talk management of The Dome into allowing more banking for 2018
The first year of the Gateway Dirt Nationals saw a track that was hooked up and full of moisture. Holes in the surface sent cars flying through the air down the front straight while still on the throttle.
Read MoreDetails on the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway dirt track
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will add to its luster as the Racing Capital of the World with the construction of a quarter-mile dirt track inside its famous oval, hosting a United States Auto Club Midget National Championship event during Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered by Florida Georgia Line race week in early September.
Read MoreThe famed speedway began building a dirt track this week
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a paved 2.5-mile rectangular race track. INDYCAR is their bread and butter. However, once per year they welcome the NASCAR Cup Series to the speedway.
In recent years, the race has taken a bit of criticism from the fanbase.
Read MoreTRD President: “It started with Toyota just wanting to grow our presence in grassroots racing. I love midget racing.”
Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and Rico Abreu all started their climb from the Keith Kunz Motorsports platform. From dirt midget racing to NASCAR, Toyota Racing Development has a clear ladder to the top level of stock car racing.
Read MoreKeith Kunz and TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) announced today that TRD will serve as the presenting partner of the Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM) Giveback Classic at Millbridge Speedway on Wednesday, October 31
Chili Bowl Nationals ride up for grabs in the Keith Kunz Give Back Classic at Millbridge
The KKM Giveback Classic is a unique race event open to non-national series drivers of outlaw karts and the winner of the main event will get the ultimate prize for a midget car driver – a ride in a KKM-prepared,
Read MoreLow-buck team gathered crews, sponsors and a few neighbors to help the racer get back on the track the next night
GAS CITY, Ind., May — Fans who saw Parker Frederickson’s sprint car barrel-roll through Turns 3 and 4 at Gas City I-69 Speedway on opening night, Friday, April 20,
Read MorePPM Racing Products partners with Mansfield Motor Speedway and the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals
MANSFIELD,OH. — PPM Racing Products has become the Official Suspension Partner of Mansfield Motor Speedway and the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals in 2018. The Rockwood, TN company is an industry leading, family owned racing parts manufacturer.
Read MoreTire explodes at the Loyet Motorsports race shop
Brad Loyet had a weld break on a bead lock wheel during inflation at the shop. The open wheel racer is out with an arm injury after the tire explosion.
Last week, the crew for Earl Pearson Jr had the exact same thing happen.
Read MoreEmmett Hahn: “We’re not raising prices. There’s no reason too, and we’re not going to hold our grandstand ticket holders feet to the fire.”
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 29, 2018) Mark your calendars! Ticket renewals and new ticket orders for the 33rd Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire begin on Wednesday,
Read MoreMidgets and Open-Wheel Modifieds will compete in unique invitational format
St Louis, Mo — The VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals will continue its rapid rise to must-attend status in the dirt-track world in 2018 with midget racing joining the lineup for the blockbuster event at The Dome at America’s Center in downtown St.
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