The Mineral City Speedway in Fort Dodge, Iowa, will host its final event of the 2012 campaign on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, with the 8th Annual Bruce Sommerfeld Memorial and Money Mania on tap at the popular half-mile clay oval.
For the first time in recent memory the Grays Harbor Raceway hosted an event in the month of October and what a fine one it turned out to be.
Craig Hanson emerged victorious in a USRA Modified feature Saturday that saw more twists and turns than a country back road.
Jackie Dalton captured his second of the season-ending Fab Five Springfield Raceway specials Saturday by taking advantage of the only caution on lap 17 in the USRA Modified feature.
With the weather looking bright and excitement in the air it looks as if the 2012 season will come to a close this Saturday, Oct. 6, for the Fall Classic.
Saturday, Oct. 6, will be the final event of the 2012 campaign at Grays Harbor Raceway.
USRA Modifieds will battle for national points on Saturday, Oct. 20, as the Tri-State Speedway hosts their final event of the 2012 season and the 33rd Annual Spooker.
The Springfield Raceway will host Budweiser Octoberfast this Saturday, Oct. 6, and will feature USRA Modifieds in a $500-to-win, $100-to-start feature and USRA B-Mods competing for $300 to win and $40 to start.
For the fourth year in a row, the local dirt-track racing season will wrap up with the Fall Festival at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway.
Another amazing USRA Modified feature took place at Grays Harbor Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 29, as Lawrence O’Conner earned his third win of 2012 which ties him for most wins throughout the campaign.
The Springfield Raceway was back in action Saturday night as USRA Modifieds and USRA B-Mods competed for national points and an exciting overall night of racing highlighted the racing program with over 110 race teams competed.
The final night of the 2012 race season got underway with rainy weather threatening to affect the race program, but as race time neared the rain began to move out of the area and the crowd was treated to some of the best racing of the season.
Grays Harbor Raceway is ready to continue the 2012 campaign with their next race closing out the month of September.
The 12th Annual Larry Phillips Memorial presented by Home Pro of Joplin has been moved from Oct. 13 to Nov. 3. The event will feature Late Models plus support classes.
On Saturday night, Sept. 29, action fires up again at the Springfield Raceway featuring a mechanics race and ladies powder puff on the racing card.
In 2011 the final race of the year was won by the driver who captured the most USRA Modified victories at Sunset Speedway Park.
The final points race of 2012 at the Willamette Speedway closed out in exciting fashion on a cool evening on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Tyler Droste of Waterloo, Iowa, took the lead from Shaun Walski with five laps to go and went on to score the USRA B-Mod victory Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway on the final night of the 14th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree.
The final points race of the 2012 season will take place at Willamette Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 22.
After three consecutive nights of racing getting rained out drivers were anxious to get back on track, and another large crowd turned out to watch the next-to-last night of on-track excitement Friday evening at North Central Arkansas Speedway.