In his 25th year of racing, Johnny Bone Jr. of Pea Ridge, Ark., put together a career year on the dirt tracks during the 2011 season. He didn't break his personal season wins record, but his 22 feature wins in 44 starts against some big fields and stiff comeptition was remarkable and earned the 45-year-old the title of USRA RHS Modified National Champion.
The fight for the 2011 USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car National Championship came down to a trio of pilots from Decorah, Iowa, with Mitch Hovden beating out Kyle Falck and Kevin Donlan to claim the 2011 USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car National Championship.
The Mississippi Thunder Speedway will celebrate the 2011 racing season with their annual awards banquet on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Riverport Inn & Suites in Winona.
Geddes Racing Engines has partnered with Western Flyer Race Cars to meet the supply for the demands of drivers competing in B-Mod/HotMod and other similar open-wheel dirt track racing divisions for a powerful yet economic engine solution.
Not only did Brandon Hare compete in more events than any other USRA driver in any division, he also joined an elite group of racers by defending his USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mod National Championship to become a two-time champion this year.
Racing at the Rapid Speedway on Friday nights and Nobles County Speedway on Sundays, Dan Strandberg finished second in points at both tracks but combined his efforts to become the 2011 USRA Hobby Stock National Champion.
Huset's Speedway will honor the 2011 track champions at Royal River Casino in Flandreau, S.D., on Saturday, Nov. 26.
The 2011 Rapid Speedway Championship Banquet held last Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Grand Falls Casino Resort and was a huge success with over 100 more attendees from the 2010 banquet.
The USRA Western Flyer HotMods helped to end out the final racing weekend of the year at the Southern New Mexico Speedway on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11-12, with Greg Gorham piloting to a weekend sweep.
Mineral City Speedway will host its annual awards banquet on Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Willow Ridge Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
After two nights of intense qualifying at the 12th Annual Mesilla Valley Transportation USRA Modified Fall Nationals, Johnny Scott of Las Cruces and Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., led the 24-car field to the green in the 50-lap main event but it was Jason Cummins leading he field to the checkers.
Night #2 of the USRA Modified Fall Nationals picked up a trio of new check-ins to bring the weekend total to 85 USRA RHS Modifieds at the Southern New Mexico Speedway.
It was an all Mesilla Valley front row as Stormy Scott and Fito Gallardo brought Friday night's 26-car, 40-lap USRA Modified Fall Nationals preliminary feature to the green with Scott taking the early race lead.
The 2011 Nobles County Speedway banquet will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Hickory Lodge located in Travel Lodge Worthington, Minn.
The USRA Fall Modified Nationals at the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, N.M., is just one day away with some of the top names in dirt Modified competition entered for their shot at the $10,000 payday.
Karl Chevrolet is celebrating Chevrolet’s 100th Anniversary this week, highlighted with a Centennial Open House this Thursday, Nov. 3.
REAL Racing Wheels has an immediate opening for a full time member of their sales teams.
Twelve new presenters, 27 sessions and a new airline-friendly schedule! That’s what promoters will find when the RPM Promoters Workshops convene Dec. 5-7 in Reno, Nev., for the 27th consecutive year.
Current USRA RHS Modified national points leader Johnny Bone Jr. had a tough decision for Saturday, but he made the right choice as he held off a mid-race challange from Bobby Pearish to headline the 6th Annual Bordertown Casino OctoberFAST at the Springfield Raceway.
Another great fall day greeted a great crowd Saturday as the Southern Iowa Speedway put the wraps on the 2011 racing season with the thrilling conclusion to the 25th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge.