Officials from RL Promotions have announced that the previously scheduled April 6-7 season openers have been postponed. The season opener at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway will now be Friday, April 13, and the season opener at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway will now be Saturday, April 14.

Officials from RL Promotions have announced that the previously scheduled April 7 season opener has been postponed to next Saturday, April 13. The 2007 season opener will be the first points race for the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series featuring USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, Outlaw Hobbys and Hornets.

The start to the 2007 racing season at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway will have to wait one more week. After heavy rainfall on Wednesday night and throughout Thursday and Friday, officials at RL Promotions have been forced to pull the plug on Saturday’s inaugural Frost Buster at the 3/8-mile clay oval speedplant.

The 2007 racing season at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., is set to kick off this Saturday, March 31, with the inaugural Frost Buster.

Officials from the United States Racing Association (USRA) have announced an increase in the winner’s share of the purse at headline events for the USRA Late Models during the 2007 season. In all there are 12 events that were formerly announced as $2,000-to-win shows will now carry a $3,000 top prize instead.

The 2007 racing season is getting closer and yo'ull have a chance to check out some of the hottest looking race cars in Southeast Iowa and Northern Missouri at the Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, this Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18.

Officials from RL Promotions and the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., have announced a tentative schedule of events for the 2007 racing season at the 4/10-mile semi-banked clay oval.

Officials from the United States Racing Association (USRA) have released a tentative schedule of events for the inaugural season for the USRA Late Models. The 2007 season will mark the first time that the high-powered division will compete under the USRA banner, and all events will carry a top prize of $2,000 to win.

On Friday night, Jan. 5, RL Promotions honored the drivers from three tracks at the Hotel Ottumwa (Iowa) with a large crowd on hand for the awards celebration. Family, friends and sponsors were on hand to see Nathan Wood take home a truckload of hardware, including a special award from promoter Todd Staley who presented Wood with the first-ever RL Promotions Driver of the Year Award.

On the heels of wrapping up their most successful racing season to date, officials from the United States Racing Association (USRA) have released the rules to govern five USRA-sanctioned racing divisions, effective January 1, 2007.

The staff, family, friends, racers and sponsors of the USMTS, USRA and RL Promotions wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Ed Sheckler. Ed passed away at his home in Monmouth, Ill., early Tuesday morning from complications of liver cancer.

Officials from RL Promotions have announced the date and location for this year's tripleheader post-season awards banquet for three racetracks: the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway, Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., and the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.