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COLUMN: GIVING THANKS FOR THE 2020 RACING SEASON

By Steven Blakesley | November 25, 2020

The challenges of 2020 will make this a year we will never forget. Despite the difficulties, we can look back at the 2020 racing season with many things to be thankful for as we reflect over the Thanksgiving holiday. I am thankful to have announced at over 40 race events, thanks largely to the efforts…

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JEREMY DOSS CASHES IN ON ANOTHER BULLRING WIN IN THE SPEARS MODIFIED SERIES

By Short Track Live | November 23, 2020

(November 23, 2020 by Kevin Peters) – Jeremy Doss has a reputation at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (NV). The driver from Upper Lake, CA knows where the payoff is, and that is Victory Lane. True to that reputation, Doss found himself in that exact location Saturday night in the “Optima Batteries 75…

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DEREK THORN HITS THE JACKPOT WITH SEVENTH SIN CITY SRL WIN

By Short Track Live | November 22, 2020

(November 22, 2020 by Kevin Peters) – Derek Thorn had been looking for a customized Retro Custom Metals designed trophy for half a dozen years. In 2019, he finally got that trophy, in this same event. Saturday night, at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thorn got his second one, in dominating fashion. Thorn…

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THORSON CLOSES USAC MIDGET SEASON THE SAME WAY HE STARTED IT: IN VICTORY LANE

By Steven Blakesley | November 22, 2020

(November 22, 2020 from USAC PR) – From Ocala, Fla. to Merced, Calif., the 2020 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget season concluded in the same manner it began – with Tanner Thorson’s presence in victory lane. Photo by Rich Forman Of all his great performances in 2020, Thorson very well may have saved his…

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IT’S ALL MESERAULL IN MERCED’S USAC MIDGET DEBUT

By Short Track Live | November 21, 2020

(November 20, 2020 from USAC PR) – For Thomas Meseraull, that coveted first points-paying race victory with the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets was two decades in the making when he notched win number one in October. Photo by Rich Forman Just a month and change later, Meseraull was celebrating victory number two on Friday…

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ON THE RADAR: RACES TO BE THANKFUL FOR ON THE WEST COAST

By Steven Blakesley | November 19, 2020

(November 19, 2020) – As the racing world continues to navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic, short track fans on the West Coast will have a lot to be thankful for this weekend. Racing on both dirt and asphalt will be featured in Short Track Live’s On the Radar! Friday November 20 Merced Speedway hosts night #1…

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NEWS & NOTES: SRL SOUTHWEST TOUR IN VEGAS THIS SATURDAY

By Short Track Live | November 19, 2020

(November 19, 2020 by Kevin Peters) – Event: The “Retro Custom Metals 137” is round number eight of nine, in the 2020 championship season, and will take place at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is typically the championship event for the series, but because of Covid-19, an event was added to the…

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KOFOID OUTDUELS LARSON FOR BAKO WIN; WINDOM LEADS STANDINGS BY 1

By Short Track Live | November 18, 2020

(November 18, 2020 from USAC PR) – Coming up through the ranks in the earliest years of his racing career, Buddy Kofoid idolized Kyle Larson. In recent years, Kofoid has gotten the opportunity to compete head-to-head with Larson on occasion in midgets and sprint cars.  Photo by Rich Forman In Tuesday night’s NOS Energy Drink…

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TITLE RACE FOR USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL MIDGETS CONVERGES ON BAKERSFIELD

By Steven Blakesley | November 17, 2020

(November 17, 2020 from USAC PR) – Three drivers – Chris Windom, Tyler Courtney and Tanner Thorson – will fight it out for the right to earn the coveted title of 2020 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget champion this Tuesday night, November 17, in the NOS Energy Drink November Classic at California’s Bakersfield Speedway.…

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BUDDY KOFOID CONQUERS WESTERN WORLD MIDGETS

By Short Track Live | November 15, 2020

(November 15, 2020 from USAC PR) – Three-hundred-sixty-four nights earlier, Buddy Kofoid arrived at Arizona Speedway’s Western World Championships as a newcomer to the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget wars when he made his first series start in the event, finishing 22nd. Photo by Rich Forman Three-hundred-sixty-four nights later, Buddy Kofoid became a Western World…

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