Brazier Bashes Track Record - "Wins" Sprint Feature Before Rain at Collie

video by Mr Speedway 88

Collie, Western Australia | Nov. 5, 2011 - Nestled in the beautiful forests of Southwestern Australia, Collie Speedway is one of the rare dirt tracks to boast a "Smoke Free" environment. Six time Aussie National Sprintcar Champ, Garry Brazier had the hot hand last weekend breaking the track record in qualifying with a lap of 13.92sec...

Gardner Gasses USCS Sprints Flip Flop 50 at Riverside - Bad Luck for Bruce Jr.

#12 Jerrod Hull In-Car | USCS Sprint Cars Feature #2 | "Dwayne Prince Hits Everyone!"

video by Ross Wece

West Memphis, AR | Nov. 5, 2011 - The Flip Flop 50 at Riverside International Speedway... what a great race format! Two 25 lap Features that fully invert the finishing order from the first race for the second race. Local stud, #1G Cody Gardner from Little Rock, AR charged from 9th on a crazy slick track to take home the big money in the second feature. After finishing 5th in the first race, #12 Jerrod Hull (in-car video) gets run over by "Super Squirrell" #16 Dwayne Prince of Munford, TN...

Most Dangerous Dirt Track in the World? - Fires, Lightning & No Ambulance

videos by High Desert Racing

Las Cruces, New Mexico USA | Nov. 4, 2011 - What the heck is going on at this joint? Southern New Mexico Speedway may be one of the most dangerous places on the planet to race dirt. The top video is from last weekend and shows wonderful bravery by the first arriving safety worker (who charges into the flames to get a driver) but also a ridiculous lack of preparation by officials that resulted in an avoidable loss of race cars. The safety crew tries using water extinguishers on a gas fire, the fire truck takes nearly a full minute to arrive and another 30sec to get the water turned on! The most shocking part of this mess was that track officials chose NOT to send an ambulance to the scene and one of the firemen starts to fight with a driver and has to be restrained!  We at DDTV deeply respect all safety personal for the job they do (as most are unpaid volunteers)... but this was a goat rope.
UPDATE Nov. 9 - 6pm PDT:  The first video was made private (presumably at the tracks request) due to the backlash from fans and racers unhappy with what they witnessed.  We at DDTV hope this report inspired SNMS and other tracks to take fire safety more seriously and supply the proper type and quantity of extinguishers to their safety personnel.  Southern New Mexico Speedway is most assuredly NOT the most dangerous track in the world... but at least we got their attention and they are working to correct the problem.

Zearfoss Zips to National Micro Sprint Title at Linda's

video by Dave Albitz

Jonestown, PA | Nov. 5, 2011 - Brock Zearfoss conquered the 600cc portion of the two day, 22nd Annual Micro Sprint Nationals at Linda's Speedway last weekend. Zearfoss bested a stout field of 29 cars in the feature to take home the title...

Davis Jr. Dominates Open Comp Traditional Sprints at AZ Speedway - Martin Muscles Mini Sprints

video by Mr Hillbilly for AZ Dirt Addictions

Apache Junction, AZ | Nov. 5, 2011 - #50 Charles Davis Jr. takes the Wild West Open Comp Sprint Series win in his first visit to Arizona Speedway. #29 Paul Martin charged to the Mini Sprint victory.

FLASHBACK 1974: Opperman & the IMCA Sprint Winter Nationals at Tampa

Tampa, FL | February 1974 - Jan Opperman, Pancho Carter and seventy five of the best Non-Wing Sprint racers in America challenge the 1/2 mile at the Tampa Fairgrounds in the 54th Annual IMCA Winter Nationals. The International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) was organized in 1915 by J. Alex Sloan, and is currently the oldest active auto racing sanctioning body in the United States. IMCA is currently headquartered in Vinton, Iowa, and features several classes and divisions of weekly racing in six geographical regions of the United States....
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Miracle at Sydney Speedway - Wingless Sprint Racer Survives Viscous Crash

video by Nathan Whitehead

Photo by Chris Priestley 

Sydney, AU | Nov. 6, 2011 - Chris Priestley had an angel with him Saturday night at Tyrepower Sydney Speedway. Priestley took a wicked tumble that broke his belts, ripped off his his head restraint system and nearly ejected him from the car.  Chris was knocked unconscious and sustained injuries to his leg and knee (see photo) but will survive to race another day. You can see the track worker pick up his head restraint from behind the car where it landed. BIG PROPS to the safety crew who were on scene in 7sec!!!
UPDATE: The rumor now is that Chris did not buckle his belts...
UPDATE #2: "...the belts were on and tight and the pics clearly show belts on." - Chris Priestley via Facebook
UPDATE #3: Photo Sequence now added below - click "read more"

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