Another USAC classic bites the dust
After being held in November, including this past Thursday, in conjunction with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visit to Phoenix Int’l Raceway the past few seasons, word is that the … Read More
Category: USAC
14 year old driver tops USAC Ford Focus series
Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle development driver Keegan Walmer ended his inaugural USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Car Series season on Thursday night (November 26), posting the fastest qualifying time in … Read More
Forty years ago it was Woodstock and Andretti
Forty years ago, two very different festivals: Forty years ago this week, more than 400,000 people descended upon Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y., for a music festival … Read More
Mario Andretti and Donny Schatz to unveil No. 15 Car
Andretti's No. 2 1969 Indy 500 winning Brawner Hawk On the dirt tracks that year he also drove the No. 2 STP car winning 100-mile races at Nazareth, Springfield and … Read More
Tyler, Toyota Win Richmond Silver Crown
Brian Tyler took the lead on Lap 87 of 100 and went on to give Toyota its first USAC Silver Crown victory of the 2009 campaign Saturday night at the … Read More
Driver dies after crash in USAC race in Iowa
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
Larry Rice very sick
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
Richmond Int’l Raceway names event sponsor
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
Jimmy Reece died at Trenton Speedway in 1958
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
1946 Indianapolis 500 starter Kladis dies at 92
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
Swindell wins Chili Bowl
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
Chili Bowl: Tracy Hines takes Thursday’s A feature
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
Swindell prevails at Chili Bowl prelim, McCreadie hurt
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
A new open wheel series is born
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
Cicconi Jr. smokes Tony Stewart
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
Classless Stewart spins out leader in route to victory
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
Sprint Car ace Tony Jones retires
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
USAC driver badly hurt in highway accident
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
Stewart’s Midget goes for a swim
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
USAC fines hot-head Tony Stewart $10,000
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
Stewart admits to altercation with USAC official
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
Stewart wins feature in ‘Prelude to the Dream’
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
Salem Speedway – When the High-Banks were on the road to Indy
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
Chevrolet to announce new Midget Racing engine
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