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2021 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

By Short Track Live | December 24, 2020

(December 24, 2020 from USAC PR) – Eighteen total races – 16 toward the championship – and nine California racetracks lie ahead for the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series during the 2021 season. Photo by Devin Mayo Five of those dates are slated for the seaside oval of Ventura Raceway, which will contest both the…

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WESTERN MIDGET RACING UNVEILS 2021 SLATE OF EVENTS

By Steven Blakesley | December 24, 2020

WATSONVILLE, CALIF. (December 24, 2020) – The 2021 Western Midget Racing schedule has been released with five different venues across California and Arizona that will play host to the fastest growing dirt open wheel series in the west. The series will visit Adobe Mountain Speedway, Ventura Raceway, Ocean Speedway, Petaluma Speedway, and a fifth venue…

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DOSS AND THORN SCORE SRL WINS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS AT KERN COUNTY RACEWAY

By Short Track Live | December 21, 2020

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (December 21, 2020 from Kevin Peters) – Derek Thorn and Jeremy Doss scored victories and championships Saturday night at Kern County Raceway as the season wrapped up for both the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour and SPEARS Modified Series. Thorn took home his eighth victory of the season and 49th career SRL triumph, to…

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IEST GOES EAST, SIGNED FOR SIX RACES WITH DGR-CROSLEY

By Short Track Live | December 18, 2020

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 18, 2020) – DGR-Crosley announced today that 17-year-old up and coming stock car driver Joey Iest, of Madera, Calif., will join its driver development program competing in six ARCA Menards Series East races in 2021, with the potential for other events to be added. Photo by Jason Wedehase Iest started racing in 2012 at…

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ARCA MENARDS SERIES WEST 2021 SCHEDULE SET FOR NINE RACES

By Short Track Live | December 18, 2020

Temperance, MI – (December 18, 2020) – The schedule for the ARCA Menards Series West has been set, featuring nine races on tracks ranging from a quarter-mile at All-American Speedway to the one-mile Phoenix Raceway oval and a pair of road course races. The West opener – a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series…

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DOSS AND SECORD BATTLE FOR SPEARS MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP AT KERN COUNTY RACEWAY

By Short Track Live | December 17, 2020

(December 17, 2020 from Kevin Peters) – In what has been one of the most hotly contested championship battles in SPEARS Modified Series presented by Lucas Oil (formerly Lucas Oil Modified Series) history, the fight will come down to the season finale at Kern County Raceway (CA) on December 19th. The “COMP Cams 60 presented…

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NEWS AND NOTES SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES FINALE AT KERN COUNTY RACEWAY

By Short Track Live | December 17, 2020

(December 17, 2020 from Kevin Peters) – Event: The “FAST 110 presented by COMP Cams” is the final event of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series 20th season. The ninth championship event of the season was added after Covid-19 restrictions wiped out a large portion of the first half of the schedule. The event was…

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NARC RELEASES 2021 KING OF THE WEST SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE

By Short Track Live | December 11, 2020

(December 11, 2020 from KWS PR & Jim Allen) – The Northern Auto Racing Club has rolled out its 2021 King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series schedule, featuring 20 racing events at 10 different dirt tracks throughout California. Photo by Joe Shivak The series, which will feature Fujitsu General as the title sponsor, is…

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DELTA SPEEDWAY UNVEILS 2021 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

By Steven Blakesley | December 9, 2020

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (December 9, 2020) – Dirt will continue to fly in Stockton in 2021, with the 35th season of Micro Sprint racing planned at the Delta Speedway. The 1/7th mile oval at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds has unveiled a 16-race slate for the upcoming campaign. Promoters Bob & Tiffanie Panella will again present…

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A TEN YEAR SNOWBALL DERBY JOURNEY FOR DEREK THORN

By Steven Blakesley | December 6, 2020

A story that began in 2011 may reach its pinnacle in 2020, as Derek Thorn prepares to roll off the grid as the polesitter of Sunday’s 53rd Snowball Derby. Photos by Sal Sigala, Jr. In 2011, Thorn came into the most prestigious Super Late Model race in America as a driver on the rise. He finished…

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