Santos III Wins at Iowa

USAC Mopar Midget National Championship Series

NEWTON, IA.- Bobby Santos continued his hot streak, taking the checkered flag at Iowa Speedway on Friday, June 19th. Mopar Midget points leader Brad Kuhn took a strong second place finish, while Darren Hagan finished the night in third. Fourth place belonged to Brad Sweet, while Jerry Coons Jr. brought home a top five finish.

Cole Carter raced to a sixth place finish, while Shane Hmiel took seventh. Eighth place went to Kevin Swindell, while A.J. Fike was close behind in nineth. Rounding out the top ten was Adam Kramer.

Notable racers that finished outside the top ten were Tracy Hines in 11th, Bryan Olson in 15th, Hines's TSR teammate Levi Jones in 16th, and Bobby East in 17th.

Brad Kuhn leads the points chase with 701 points this season. Behind Kuhn is Jerry Coons Jr. in second with 665 points. Hagan sits in third with 653 points, while the fourth spot belongs to Sweet with 618 points. Rounding out the top five in points is Hines who has 600 points this season.

The USAC Mopar Midgets race at Toledo Speedway (Toledo, OH.) this Friday, July 3rd.

Santos III Wins 60 Lapper at RIR

USAC National Sprint Car Series
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Monday, June 29, 2009



Bobby Santos III picked up his second straight USAC Sprint Car Series win this Friday, June 26th at Richmond International Raceway. Darren Hagan took a hard fought second, while Brad Sweet stayed up front all night, finishing in third. Cole Whitt brought home a fourth place finish, while the always strong Jerry Coons Jr. rounded out the top five.

Sixth place went to the always tough Bobby East. Tony Stewart Racing racer Tracy Hines took a seventh place finish, while his teammate Levi Jones finished the night in eighth. USAC veteran and USAC National Sprint Car Series points leader Dave Darland raced to a nineth place finish, while Henry Clarke rounded out the top ten finishers.

The points race is tight in the USAC National Sprint Car Series. Dave Darland is in first with 664 points this season. Levi Jonesis in the second spot, with 662 points. Jesse Hockett sits in third with 622 points. USAC veteran Jerry Coons is in fourth with 584, while Cole Whitt occupies the fifth place spot with 577 points this season.

Next up for the USAC Sprint Car racers is Winchester Speedway (Winchester, IN.) this coming Thursday, July 2nd. Then the series shifts to Toledo Speedway (Toledo, OH.) on Friday, July 3rd.

Tyler Takes Victory at Richmond

USAC Silver Crown Series
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Monday, June 29, 2009

RICHMOND, VA.-After a few weeks off, the USAC Silver Crown Series returned to action at Richmond International Raceway this past weekend June 26-27.

Brian Tyler took the checkered flag in the feature. Bobby East took a hard fought second place finish, while Cameron Dodson followed in third. Ryan Smith raced to fourth. A.J. Fike held solidly in fifth. After the top five, we have Chet Filip (6th), Jacob Wilson (7th). TSR entry Tracy Hines finished eighth, while nineth went to current USAC Silver Crown series points leader Bud Kaeding. Rounding out the top ten was Jay Drake.

Some notable racers back in the field include: Levi Jones (14th), Jerry Coons Jr. (15th), Josh Wise (16th) and Kody Swanson (17th).

East led 86 of the 100 lap feature, before Tyler took it over for the win. Bud Kaeding sits in the points lead with 111 points this season. Second place goes to TSR entry Tracy Hines with 87, while third belongs to Jesse Hockett with 81 points. Shane Hmiel is close by in fourth with 79, while Jon Stanbrough is in fifth with 74 points on the season.

The USAC Silver Crown racers take a few weeks off, before hitting O'Reilly Raceway Park on July 23rd, to race 100 laps under the lights.

Hornaday Finds Victory Lane In Memphis

Nascar Camping World Truck Series
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Monday, June 29, 2009

MEMPHIS, TN.- Camping World Trucks points leader Ron Hornaday took his Chevy to victory lane once again, this time at Memphis on Saturday, June 27th. Brian Scott worked his way through the field to finish in second place, while third belonged to the No. 24 Toyota of David Starr. Aric Almirola stayed up front all day, earning a fourth place finish. Rounding out the top five finishers was Matt Crafton, in his No. 88 Chevy.

Hornaday leads the points race with 1,713 points this season. Matt Crafton is second with 1,637, while the third spot belongs to Mike Skinner with 1,579. Todd Bodine sits in fourth place with 1,564, while David Starr stands in fifth with 1,482 points on the season.

The Camping World Trucks take a few weeks off, but return to action at Kentucky Speedway. They will race the Built Ford Tough 225 presented by the Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers on Saturday, July 18th. You can catch the race on the Speed Channel, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Busch Wins in Nationwide Action

Nascar Nationwide Series
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Monday, June 29, 2009

LOUDON, N.H.-Nascar Nationwide points leader Kyle Busch found victory lane at N.H. on Saturday. Taking second was the always strong (now first time Sprint Cup winner) Joey Logano. The No. 88 Go Daddy.com sponsored Chevy of Brad Keselowski came home in third. No. 1 Mike Bliss had a strong run, taking a fourth place showing, while Nationwide veteran Kevin Harvick rounds out the top five finishers.

The points race is heating up in the Nationwide Series. Kyle Busch is leading the points race with 2,581 points this season. Behind Busch is Carl Edwards in second with 2,419 points. In third place sits Keselowski with 2,338 points. Fourth place belongs to Jason Leffler with 2,261 points, while Logano rounds out the top five in points with 2,040 points this season.

Next the Nationwide racers go to Daytona International Speedway to take part in the Subway Jalapeno 250 powered by Coca-Cola on Friday, July 3rd. All the action gets started at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Logano Wins 1st In Rain at N.H.

Nascar Sprint Cup Series
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Monday, June 29, 2009

LOUDON, N.H.- Nascar rookie Joey Logano made all the right moves to seel up the first victory of his young Nascar career. The win at New Hampshire made Logano the youngest driver to ever win a Sprint Cup Series race. Taking a hard fought second place finish was the No. 24 Dupont sponsored machine of Jeff Gordan. The No. 2 Miller Lite racer of Kurt Busch came away with third.

David Reutimann raced his way through the field most of the day to take a fourth place finish, while Tony Stewart rounded out the top five in his Old Spice/Office Depot sponsored Chevy.

Hendrick Motorsports dominated the race. Jeff Gordan found the top spot and stayed their consistantly throughout the race, behind four great pit stops by the Dupont crew. The No. 2 of Kurt Busch and Gordan battled back and forth for the top spot throughout the day. Tony Stewart hung with the leaders, shooting to the lead on some occasions.

When the rains came, Logano played his cards right and emerged victorious. This is only one of many wins to come for this promising rookie.

Tony Stewart still holds the top spot in the points race with 2,524 points. Jeff Gordan is right on his heel in second place with 2,455. In third is Gordan's Hendrick teammate Jimmie Johnson with 2,355 points. In fourth is the No. 2 of Kurt Busch with 2,254 points, while Carl Edwards stands in fifth with 2, 157 points on the year.

The Sprint Cup Series head south, racing the Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola on Saturday, July 4th live from Daytona International Speedway. You can catch all the racing action on TNT, starting at 7:30 p.m.

MCS Racers Light It Up at Gas City

Turner wins 2 features in one night

Written By: Matt "Night" Rider


GAS CITY, IN.- Gas City (I-69) Speedway was the place for some great racing action on Friday, June 26th. The program featured USAC Ford Focus Midgets, UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks, Thunder Cars, and 600 Micro Sprints. A hand full of micro sprint racers from Miami County Speedway helped put on a great show for the Gas City fans.

Greenfield native No. 9L Ryan Langston held off a hard-charging second place micro of No. 94 Andrew Peters to win the A-Main for the 600 micros. After the victory, Langston said, "It feels good to come up here and get a win. I started off on the bottom, but didn't feel like i was gaining ground on the leader. After the red flag, I moved up, and raced the high side." Third belonged to MCS racer No. 83 Wes McIntire.

Street stock racer Ervin Turner (Marion, IN.) stole the show, winning two features and one heat race in his No. 1 street stock machine. Turner open the night's action by winning the make up UMP Modified feature from Friday, June 19th. Then Turner won the last feature of the night. After his big night of racing, Turner said, "Two feature wins in one night. It feels good. That's ten feature wins this year." The No. R1 street stock of Ryan Ramseyer took second place honors, while No. 1N Jimmy Nutter came home in third.

In the USAC Ford Focus Midgets, Cincinnati's No. 33 Ronnie Wuerdeman took the checkered flag. "I went four years without a win," Wuerdeman explained. "Then I came here (Gas City I-69 Speedway) last April and got my first win in four years. We came back with a vengence. Good win plus my family surprised me by coming here to watch me race. " Taking second place was No. 22 Joe Liguori, while third went to No. 38 Jimmy Simpson.

There was a battle for the win in the UMP Modified A-Main. It came down to No. 25 Bub Patrick and No. 88 Scotty Orr. Patrick passed Orr for the feature win. "It always feels good to win. The highlight was passing Scotty Orr on the last lap," Patrick said. No. 4M Brandon McComas rounded out the top three finishers.

Rounding out the 5 awesome features is the Thunder Car A-Main. No. 12x Josh Owens found victory lane, winning the Thunder Car A-Main. Right behind Owens, was No. 36 DJ Holt in second, while third place went to the No. oo Thunder Car of Bryan Martin.

Next Friday, July 3rd, the Gas City I-69 Speedway hosts Non-wing sprints, UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks, and Thunder Cars. Hot laps start around 7 p.m. Miami County Speedway returns to action on Saturday, July 4th with the regular program of Juniors, Nonwing, Restrictors, Open (Wing) classes, all under the bright lights of Miami County Speedway. Hot laps start around 7 p.m. Heat races will follow hot laps.

Hot Night of Racing at Miami County Speedway

Written By: Matt "Night" Rider

PERU, IN- An estimated eighty-three micro sprints showed up to do battle on the dirt oval, as Miami County Speedway celebrated the yearly Miami County Fair Race on Wednesday night. The hot night of racing featured some local and well known racers (Rodney Stealy, Shane "The Throttle" Cottle and Stephanie Mockler) from all over the state, as well as some premier chassis builders (Concept, Morock, and Fastrax (FTX) Chassises)in the state.

Taking the Nonwing B-Main feature win was Argos racer No. 93 Tyler Stump. Behind Stump was the No. 91 Nonwing of Ryan Kline, while Amboy native Laine Hite took third place. Kokomo's Todd Kirkman drove to victory in the Wing B-Main. No. 38 Jimmy Wood took second, while No. 42 Connor Donelson came home third.

Kokomo native Parker Price-Miller found victory lane, winning the Junior A-Main. "It felt great to win tonight. My heat race was the best I've run. I had good competition from the No. 11 junior of Sam McGee," said Price-Miller. Parker went on to explain, "I want to dedicate this win to my Grandpa Jerry. They put six stints in his heart today, because they thought he had a heart attack last night." Price Miller added, "I'm taking the trophy to the hospital to give it to him." Second place went to No. 11 McGee, while No. 22 Justin Weir raced to a third place finish.

Todd Kirkman, Kokomo, held of a hard-charging Stephanie Mockler to emerge victorious in the Nonwing A-Main. After the hard fought win, Kirkman said, "I won eighteen features last season, and I've been working my butt off to win one this season. This win has been a long time coming," said Kirkman. After Mockler's second place finish, we find the No. 69H of Stuart Hanft in third place.

Kokomo racer Garrett Miller sealed up another A-Main victory in the restrictor class. After the victory, Miller said, "The track was fast tonight. I was getting it done on the high side where I always run." Logan Martin raced to a second place finish in his No. 08 restrictor sprint, while Mentone's Barbie Kimmel rounded out the top three in third.


McCordsville racer Wes McIntire won the Wing A-Main. After the big win, McIntire said, "It felt great to win tonight. I've had trouble the last three weeks, and it finally felt good to get one (win) under my belt." Following McIntire was No. 3 Braylon Fitzpatrick in second, while No. 52M Stephanie Mockler brought home a top three finish.

The final feature of the night was the Slingshot class. The Slingshots are a new micro sprint series that are trying to build up some excitement, in hopes that they can start their own series in the future. Warsaw native Jason O'Hara raced his No. 119 Slingshot to victory, beating fellow Slingshotter No. 86 David Rapp. After the win, O'Hara said, "It's great to win considering it was hot out there tonight."

The micro sprints return to action Friday, June 26th, as they travel to Gas City Speedway in Gas City, IN. for the 600 Challenge.