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Chad McDaniel, 34, of Concordia, Kansas, succumbed to injuries suffered while racing during Friday night’s midget race in Knoxville, Iowa. McDaniel was transported to Knoxville Hospital, then airlifted to Mercy … Read More
PDM/Racing Associates JV, a joint venture between PDM Racing, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN and Racing Associates, Inc. of Anthem, AZ, has signed veteran World of Outlaws driver Lucas Wolfe to … Read More
UPDATE Larry Rice passed away at 1:45 PM today at home with family, he was a Dirt Car and Midget champion and co-rookie of year with Rick Mears at the … Read More
Adding to an already stellar lineup of race entitlements during the open-wheel weekend at Richmond International Raceway, track president Doug Fritz announced today that the USAC National Sprint Car Series … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, This might sound a little ghoulish but I am attempting to find information on race fatalities at the old Trenton Speedway. There is one in … Read More
Danny Kladis Danny Kladis, who had the distinction of being the oldest driver and having the earliest start of living Indianapolis 500 competitors, died April 26 in Joliet, Ill. 1946 … Read More
Sammy Swindell put the finishing touches on a perfect week by racing to victory lane in Saturday night's 23rd Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire 50-lap … Read More
Tracy Hines, the 2005 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals champion, moved into position to win it all again with a victory in Thursday night's A feature. Hines was in charge early … Read More
J.J. Yeley passed Jon Stanbrough for second on Lap 5 and chased hard, but there was no catching Sammy Swindell, who won Wednesday night's qualifying feature to close in on … Read More
There was no major press conference, no fireworks, no big deal made of the event. But the event happened anyway. The newest major American open wheel racing series was born, … Read More
Lou Cicconi Jr. couldn’t wait to celebrate. So he yanked the steering wheel, stomped the throttle and began a dizzying series of 360-degree spins — right there in the middle … Read More
After being smoked by his faster NASCAR teammate Kyle Busch all year, an apparently over the hill Tony Stewart can't win without spinning out the leader of a race Tony … Read More
Tony Jones Southern California Sprint Car racing superstar Tony Jones has announced that he will be retiring from racing. The popular star's last race will be the 1st Annual Glenn … Read More
UPDATE Injured USAC driver Cameron Dodson remained in critical condition Friday at Methodist Hospital. Dodson, a 20-year-old from Greenfield, was injured when he was ejected from his passenger car as … Read More
From the too funny department, Tony Stewart's USAC Midget guys recently finished putting together a brand new midget for Levi Jones to drive. We’ve been told it had the first … Read More
UPDATE A reminder that Greg Biffle and Shane Carson will be the featured interviews on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain tonight. 09/20/08 Sprint CUP championship contender, Greg Biffle, will be … Read More
Tony Stewart still has a real anger management problem and needs to seek the help of a shrink before he picks on the wrong person and they knock all his … Read More
Tony Stewart admitted to having an "altercation" with a USAC official during a race Thursday night at O'Reilly Raceway Park. According to the Anderson Herald Bulletin, Stewart knocked a headset … Read More
Tony Stewart won his own charity dirt-track race Wednesday, leading nearly the entire way. Robby Gordon was second in the Old Spice Prelude to the Dream, followed by Clint Bowyer. … Read More
Donny Schatz doesn't have to prove to anyone how good he is behind the wheel. He's won back-to-back World of Outlaws titles, making him the king of dirt tracks. Yet … Read More
Dear AutoRacing1.com, A friend sent me a link to this story, Salem Speedway – When the High-Banks were on the road to Indy written by your Steven Levinson. It's great! … Read More
UPDATE GM officials and Tony Stewart with the new Chevy engine in one of Stewart's USAC midgets Jim Haines/IRL The announcement was made today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by … Read More
Roush-Yates Engines will be the new sole authorized engine rebuilder for the USAC Ford Focus Midget Series. Instituting Roush-Yates Racing Engines as the authorized rebuilder for the Ford engines powering … Read More
Jimmy Vasser, co-owner of PK Racing Technology, will be interviewed live via satellite on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on Sunday night. Brian Carter, World Racing Groups's new CEO, will … Read More
