Raindate Changed For UMP DIRT Summer Nationals Event At Morgan County Speedway

Morgan County/Macon Doubleheader Now Set For Aug. 15 & 16

MACON, IL – July 3, 2008 – Heavy rain overnight and into the morning inundated the famed Macon Speedway, forcing the postponement of Thursday night’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Herald & Review 100.

It marks the second year in a row that the high-banked, one-fifth-mile track’s marquee extra-distance event has been rescheduled by rain.

The $6,000-to-win Herald & Review 100 will now be run on Sat., Aug. 16, setting up a big weekend doubleheader of rescheduled Summer Nationals dates in Illinois.

UMP DIRTcar director Sam Driggers said that Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., which had its Summer Nationals show washed...

Haubstadt, IN— July 3, 2008—A busy Fourth of July weekend wraps up for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car series with a bang on Sunday, July 6 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana. The event which was originally scheduled for April 19 and postponed by rain will be the second of three consecutive events for the series on ¼-mile tracks over the holiday weekend.

Leading the way to Tri-State Speedway will be current series point leader Donny Schatz who has three consecutive wins and nine overall on the season. The two-time defending series champion has six consecutive Top-10 finishes at Tri-State Speedway, and also has finished in the Top-10 in all 24 events this season., as he chases his third consecutive series title.

Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws...

PHOENIX, AZ – July 3, 2008 – Last Saturday night’s event at the Manzanita Speedway half-mile oval was a milestone moment for the Southwest DIRTcar Late Model Series.

And it was a huge evening for Anthony Madrid, a hometown DIRTcar Modified star who turned his first career dirt Late Model start into an emotional feature win.

Madrid, 32, of Phoenix, pulled off an amazing Southwest DIRTcar Late Model Series debut by capturing the 30-lap tour A-Main on June 28 at the nationally-known Manzanita facility, which hosted the region’s premier tour for the first time since 2004 when it was under the Southwest Dirt Racing Association (SWDRA) banner.

“It was just unreal,” Madrid said of his $2,000 triumph behind the wheel of a Rocket dirt Late Model owned by Phoenix’s Jeff Manka. “The crowd...

By Sam Stoecklin
ULMA Media Relations
Warrensburg, MO
July 3, 2008

Jake Williams, from Lockwood, Missouri, a small community located in south-west Missouri, became the newest driver to visit victory lane with the Advantage Metals Recycling United Late Model Association (ULMA). Each weekend Williams makes the long haul to both LA Raceway in LaMonte, Missouri and Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri. Round trip to each facility for Williams and his unsponsored GRT late model is over 250 miles! He made the long-distance travelling pay off with his first victory last Friday night at the LA Raceway, where he raced his way to the front from his inside row two starting position. Williams raced nose-to-tail several laps for the lead with Jon Binning, Bryon Allison and...

West Memphis, AR— July 3, 2008—The fireworks will continue for the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series on Saturday, July 5 at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas as the ‘Bullring Swing’ continues. The event will mark the ninth consecutive race on a short track for the series and the first this season on a ¼-mile.

The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returned to the always racy ¼-mile last season for the first time in over 25 years, with Daryn Pittman picking up a very emotional win with a number of family members in attendance. The series first competed at the track in 1979 with 20-time series champion Steve Kinser picking up the win in that event. He remains the only driver that has won more than one A-Feature with the...

INDIANAPOLIS (July 3, 2008) – The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series will travel to three states in only four days this week as it prepares to begin the traditional Month of Money this weekend. Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Kraig Kinser is ready to tackle the three-race holiday weekend as the team will kick-off the week on Thursday at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D. On Saturday, Kinser will make his first-ever appearance at Riverside International Speedway (RIS) in West Memphis, Ark. TSR will wrap up the weekend at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., on Sunday.

Kinser and the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/Maxim team invade the 3/8-mile dirt oval of Huset’s Speedway for the second time on Thursday. The 2004 WoO Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year earned a 21st place...

(CAMPBELLSVILLE, KENTUCKY) The Justin Rattliff Racing team competed in a tripleheader racing weekend from June 26-28 and capped off the trio of races with a win on Saturday night, June 28 at the famed Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana! Justin Rattliff won his heat race at the 1/4-mile, semi-banked oval, which earned him the inside second row starting spot for the 10th Annual 'Lee Fleetwood Memorial.' The driver known as the "Rattler" found the point on lap sixteen of the O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass Dirtcar Series feature event, as he swept by leader Victor Lee on the highside. Justin then led the remaining fourteen circuits to record the $3,000 triumph over Lee, Steve Barnett, Greg Johnson, and Tim Tungate.

Earlier in the weekend, Justin entered a pair of UMP...

By Sam Stoecklin
Track Announcer/PR
Warrensburg, MO
July 2, 2008

There is only one place grass-roots race fans will need to be this weekend, and that is watching the best of the best drivers flinging the dirt at Warrensburg’s Central Missouri Speedway (CMS), for the fifth-annual Tom Wilson Memorial BBQ Bowl presented by Kenny’ Tile. Promoters Earl and Susan Walls and their entire crew are busy preparing for the largest-ever race weekend held at the track in its 25-year history. This weekend, spectators will have the rare opportunity to take in two nights of race action as things get underway on Friday, July 4th with a special $1,500-to-Win Street Stock special, night one of Modified qualifying, and a complete fireworks display! On Saturday, July 5th, gates at the high-banked...

CONCORD, NC – July 1, 2008 –

SUPER SWING: From the massive 55-car field that opened the swing on June 17 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway to the spectacular heat-race action that ended up closing it on June 27 during the Firecracker 100 weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., the World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Great Northern Tour’ was a smashing success.

Yes, the ‘Great Northern Tour’ did end in anticlimactic fashion when two days of showers forced the postponement of the $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 to Tues., July 29, but the six races that were completed provided plenty of memorable moments for the Northeast’s fans.

The WoO LMS visited five tracks for the first time during the ‘Great Northern Tour’ and it was embraced warmly by spectators at every stop. The only...

story by: Steve Hixson

(7/01/08) – Just about two weeks ago it was the MAGIC 8 count, and so again according to the calendar it's 4th of July weekend, and unless your in Cleveland, Tennessee it's dirt Super Late Model race time. Once again the schedule has it as MONEYTIME (or more steroided events) from tracks around the country as there are seven (7) $10,000. to-WIN races on the National RANKINGS guidelined schedule, beginning Thursday with the RUMBLE series on the planet Mars in Wisconsin. As far as us getting alittle ahead of ourselves... not really much to spill about this weekend in the National RANKINGS week 19. The M.O.B. (Moyer, Owens and Bloomquist) are actually in the same boat as last week, since the $40,000. rain-out peeked in Sarver, Pennsylvania, Saturday and Sunday....

JACKSONVILLE, IL – July 2, 2008 – Unrelenting rain forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Morgan County Speedway.

The 40-lap, $6,000-to-win show has been rescheduled for Mon., July 7 – a scheduled off-day on the Summer Nationals slate.

Two light showers – one that delayed the start of hot laps, and another midway through the Super Late Model time trials – slowed the program but weren’t enough to stop it. Officials finally had to throw in the towel, however, when the rain intensified around 8:40 p.m. as the surface of the high-banked, quarter-mile oval was being run in. Strong thunderstorms moved into the area shortly thereafter.

Thirty-five Super Late Models were signed in for Wednesday night’s competition. Just over half the field had...

BULLS GAP, Tenn. — The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will be in action at Volunteer Speedway over the Fourth of July holiday weekend for the $10,000-to-win Toyota Tundra 60 presented by Rusty Wallace Toyota of Morristown on Saturday, July 5, with many of the top names in dirt late model racing expected to be present. Racing is also scheduled in the "Courtesy Chevrolet" Crate Late Model and "Rusty Wallace Toyota" Hobby Stock divisions.

Headlining the list of drivers expected to be in action is Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn.; Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn.; Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla. (2005, '06 and '07 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national champion, driving for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor Bobby Labonte); Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C.; Steve Casebolt...

Buckner, MO (July 1st, 2008)-The O'Reilly MLRA presented by Lucas Oil is set to light up the night sky with three huge races this Independence Day weekend. The first stop on the tour will take teams to the beautiful I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska on Wednesday night, July 2nd. This event is the make up for the previously postponed Alphabet Soup race which rained out Memorial Day Weekend. The second stop will see the MLRA visit the 24 Raceway in Moberly, MO on Thursday night July 3rd. The final leg of the weekend takes place at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri on Friday night July 4th for another $3,000 to win show.

The 50 lap-$5,000 to win main event at the I-80 Speedway will showcase drivers from four traveling dirt late model series: the...

Batesville, Arkansas (7/02/08) – Over the past week, Billy Moyer Jr. and Jr. Motorsports have been quite busy as they criss-crossed the Midwest and Southeast at various events with his #21jr Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer/Runion Racing Engine Super Late Model

Billy raced at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas on Friday, June 27th. He once again drew a large number at the pill draw, but was able to charge from an 8th starting position to a 3rd place finish. Via his 3rd place finish in the heat race, he earned a 5th starting position for the feature. Moyer Jr. would maintain the spot throughout the event, and record a 5th place finish at the checkered flag. Saturday night's event at I-30 Speedway was rained out.

On Wednesday, June 25th, he followed the UMP Summernational tour...

PEORIA, IL – July 1, 2008 – By Kellen Burns/DIRTcar Racing P.R. -

Winning certainly never gets old for Pinconning, Mich.’s Jeep VanWormer.

The 33-year-old driver enjoyed another UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals triumph on Tuesday night, visiting RacingJunk.com Victory Lane for the second time on the 2008 tour at Peoria Speedway.

VanWormer hopes that his checkered flag sets him off on a strong run down the Summer Nationals homestretch.

“Hopefully we can win the rest of them (Summer Nationals events),” remarked the chauffeur of the popular No. 55, who sits fourth in the tour’s points standings. “That wouldn’t hurt my feelings a bit.”

VanWormer saw things go his way early in the evening, using a strong qualifying run and heat-race victory to position himself on the inside of the...