Warrior Region Renews Sanction with ASCS

by Bryan Hulbert

TULSA, OK | Nov. 26, 2013 - Amid rumors of a possible split between the Warrior Region as the Tulsa, Okla. based American Sprint Car Series, the Missouri arm of the ASCS Nation will remain for the 2014 season.

Talking with Larry about the coming season, the longtime Warrior Region official envisions growing the series both in terms of races, and corporate support, “What I really want to see happen is to begin developing more partnerships with Missouri based companies to help support Sprint Car racing and the drivers and at the same time, bring them into the racing fold. Missouri has always been kind of a hotbed for open wheel racing, and I don’t want to see that diminishing.”

Drake Claims West Coast Late Model Shootout Championship

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YUMA, AZ | Nov. 26, 2013 - Steve Drake of San Luis Obispo held a four point advantage over Pismo Beach’s Tony Toste going into the final weekend of West Coast Late Model Shootout competition at Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, Arizona this past weekend. Heavy rain forced officials to cancel the weekend’s events. The two-day show will not be rescheduled with Steve Drake being crowned the 2013 West Coast Late Model Shootout Champion.

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND AT TYGERBERG RACEWAY!!

Kraaifontein, SA | Nov. 26, 2013 - Tygerberg Raceway will be hosting the DO4SA National Event on Nov. 30th, where-after the South African Champion will be crowned. Ratified by MSA, SASCOC and the Dept Sport & Recreatio, this will be the ONLY recognized SA Championship in the country for Dirt Oval Track Racing in 2013. Any other competitor claiming to be the South African Champion (or SA1) will, therefore, be a fraud (like a false license plate on a road-car which is not registered on the E-Natis system). To be a South African Champion (SA1), your result needs to be registered with the relevant authorities, which will be the case following this prestigious DO4SA event.

Last weekend in the Late Model division, “SIR“ Chris Liebenberg showed everyone why he deserves that national title as he once again was in devastating form and nobody could get remotely close to him. Only Otto Graven and Thys Valentyn managed to hang in there. 

OVAL NATIONALS WINNER DAVE DARLAND HEADED BACK TO THE PAS FOR TURKEY NIGHT!

Perris, CA | Nov. 26, 2013 - Lincoln, Indiana racing superstar Dave Darland, who earlier this month scored the win in the 18th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All Coast Construction at Perris Auto Speedway, is headed back to the Riverside County clay oval for the running of the 73rd Annual Turkey Night Grand Prix on Thanksgiving night. For the Honda USAC Midget show, Darland will be part of three driver team fielded by Josh Ford Motorsports.

By posting the win at the Oval Nationals on November 2nd, Darland became on the second driver (Bud Kaeding is the other) to have won the race three times. In addition to his win in 2013, he also won the event back to back in 2005 and 2006. One of the few drivers to have won all three of USAC’s open wheel division championships (1997 Silver Crown, 1999 Sprint Car and 2001 & 2002 Midget), Darland also won the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale in 1997.

Leftovers Classic at BRP To Be An Early Christmas For Fans And Drivers Alike

Ocala, FL | Nov. 26, 2013 - "What off season?" is the question that has been running around the paddocks and pits of all forms of motorsports and that does not skip over the local short tracks. Bubba Raceway Park will keep the gates open and run a Sunday show right after Thanksgiving with five of the grittiest divisions in Florida running for some cash just three-and-a-half weeks before Christmas!

Chris Bell looks to add POWRi Midgets’ Battle at the Center to long list of victories in 2013

DU QUOIN, Ill. | Nov. 26, 2013 - Chris Bell has been sensational in his first full season driving a Midget, winning the Honda USAC National Midget Dirt championship and four features in a partial schedule in POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets. The 18-year-old from Norman, Okla., will be racing to add the fourth annual Great Clips Battle at the Center, an all-star type non-points event promoted by POWRi, to his list of victories on Dec. 7 on the one-sixth Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center.

“The Battle at the Center is always tough with large car counts and it’s always getting bigger and better,” Bell said. “Your car can get trapped in a hard heat race and get buried in the field. You need some luck. I had a ton of fun last year (finishing 13th in the feature). It’s really a fun race, the track is really fun and (POWRi co-founder) Kenny Brown does an awesome job with the track. It would be a cool race to win.”

Billy Moyer Racing Forms New Partnership with Labonte Racing, Longhorn Chassis, and Kevin Rumley!

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BATESVILLE, AR | Nov. 26, 2013 - Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Billy Moyer, who is coming off a seven-win 2013 season that was highlighted by capturing the inaugural National Dirt Racing League (NDRL) point title, announced today some of his intentions for the upcoming 2014 campaign. After spending most of the past seven years behind the wheel of a Moyer Victory Circle racecar, Billy has formed an exclusive partnership with Bobby Labonte Racing, Longhorn Chassis, and Kevin Rumley to help design a new chassis for the 2014 racing season. Longhorn Chassis, which is based out of Trinity, North Carolina, was founded in 2010 by NASCAR Champion Bobby Labonte, along with his brother and two-time NASCAR Champion, Terry Labonte.