NASCAR made their intermediate tracks a lot better in 2019; Short tracks suffered; NASCAR is already looking to fix it
For 2020, NASCAR brought in a new rules package. The aim was to bunch up the field and create more passing opportunities.
They increased downforce dramatically. The front spiltter size was increased as was the height of the rear spoiler.
Read MoreFour ARCA Series in 2020; NASCAR K&N Pro Series becomes ARCA Menards Series
For years, ARCA operated independent of NASCAR. Yet, ARCA was very much a part of the stock car racing ladder. Names like 7-time champion Jimmie Johnson came through the division and countless others.
In April 2018,
Read MoreThe Throwback 276 brought fireworks to the bullring racetrack
On Saturday night, the CARS Super Late Model Tour unloaded at Hickory Motor Speedway. The 0.363-mile bullring in Hickory, North Carolina hosted the Throwback 276.
Watch the Bubba Pollard fight video below.
Matt Craig started from the pole position and controlled the majority of the event.
Read MoreJonathan Brown vs Jason Myers: Drivers run backwards on track in rage
Let’s see why they call it The Madhouse.
Bowman Gray Stadium is something else. The track is a 1/4-mile bullring oval located in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Saturday night’s show at ‘The Madhouse’ erupted the grandstands.
Read MoreA test session for Kyle Busch alleged a violation of curfew; Track says they had permission; Other issues include payments
Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville and Speedway Motorsports, Inc. are in the middle if attempting to gather funds from Metro. Those funds will be spent on capital investments in the Nashville short track.
Read MoreNASCAR President, Steve Phelps: “I think we chased a new fan at the expense of an existing fan. We’ll never do that again.”
Steve Phelps went to his first race with his dad at the age of 5. The Vermont short track racing scene gave him the bug.
He signed with NASCAR in their New York sponsorship department.
Read MoreCrew chief stormed on the race track, tossed a radio at a car then climbed in the window before the driver took off and shook him out of his moving race car
NASCAR will not allow Forrest Reynolds to participate in any NASCAR sanctioned events without a licence. Additionally, Reynolds is ineligible to attain a NASCAR licence until next year.
Read MoreLee Pulliam vs Phillip Morris at the NASCAR short track
South Boston Speedway hosted a Twin-75 NASCAR late model event on Saturday afternoon. The second of the two brought fireworks.
With five laps remaining in the event, there was a battle at the front of the field. Peyton Sellers,
Read MoreShort track racing returns to NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series schedule
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 3, 2019) – NASCAR today announced the 2020 schedules for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series™ and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series™, and both include a return to race tracks that were part of the original schedule for each series – venues that have been absent from the respective slates for more than a decade.
Read MoreKenseth will return to the ‘World’s Fastest Quarter Mile Oval’
Cambridge, Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth grew up racing the short tracks in the hills of the state.
“My first car – what might be considered a sportsman – was a 1981 Camaro that Todd Kropf had driven to championships at Madison and Columbus 151 Speedway.
Read MoreKelley Earnhardt: “I could have been something big on the race track.”
It’s long been rumored and speculated that in the early stages of the Earnhardt children’s racing career, Kelley was the one who had the most potential.
However, she climbed out of the racing seat and went into a different role within the racing industry.
Read MoreLOLMDS series director Rick Schwallie explains the flat tire rules
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announced a new tire rule at the start of the 2019 racing season. They announced it at the drivers meeting during the first race of the season last week at Golden Isles Speedway.
Read MoreMarcus Smith on the 2020 NASCAR schedule, Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville and the 2019 NASCAR rules package
Short track racing has become all but absent in the highest level of stock car racing. A series that came to be on the short tracks of the South have gone a very different direction in the last 20 years.
Read More16 year old Adam Lemke signed to JR Motorsports for a 2019 run in the CARS Late Model Stock Series
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 2018) – Adam Lemke has been named as a driver for JR Motorsports’ championship-winning Late Model program for 2019. The 16-year-old native of Hollister, Calif. will take the seat of the team’s second Chevrolet for the season and will compete alongside 2017 CARS Late Model Stock Car Series champion Josh Berry.
Read MoreFive Flags Speedway results from the 2018 Snowball Derby in Pensacola, Florida
Today, the Snowball Derby is set to take the green on the 1/2-mile oval. 5 Flags Speedway hosts the asphalt super late model event in Pensacola, Florida.
View full 2018 Snowball Derby race results below.
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Harrison Burton and Cole Butcher will lead the field to the green flag.
Read MoreLess than 24 hours ago, the track was underwater; Now, they’re going racing
The Snowball Derby is hosted at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. The track saw a torrential downpour on Saturday. Due to the rain the Snowflake 100 has been postponed until next Saturday.
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It was more than a little participation.
Read MoreCarl Schultz, Five Star Bodies CEO releases a letter to the racing community
Short track racing on any surface is likely to bring drama to the surface. Typically, that means on track action. In this case, the drama has extended to the board room.
Since 2013, Five Star Bodies has been attempting to release a gen-6 body for asphalt late model racing.
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