By: Ron Burt If you like fast cars on short tracks, you might want to make the trip to Sandusky Speedways half-mile Saturday, April 27th for the Sprint Car races on the very fast paved track. The Must See Sprint Racing Series presented by Perfit-Parts will join the Maxima Racing Oils MSR Midwest Lights Series…
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•By: Ron Burt We are right in the thick of the racing calendar in the Tri-state. Many tracks have already hosted high dollar races for different classes. Several traveling series are making their way across the Midwest. Racetracks are getting ready locally to hold Mid-season championships. Some will offer large cash pay-outs, and some will…
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•By: Ron Burt The 2023 USAC Indiana Midget Week didn’t disappoint racing fans that attended in person or watched on live stream. Mother nature played nice and 6 of the 7 scheduled events were run. California’s Logan Seavey was crowned this year’s champion. I was happy I was able to catch up with him after…
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•By: Ron Burt This week we are going to meet Oakshade Raceway Dominator Super Stock Driver, Derrick Roseman. Like his father, grandfather and uncles racing is in Derricks blood. Oakshade Raceway has always been the family’s home racetrack. Derrick is in his 4th year of racing. He started out in the compact class, also known…
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•By: Ron Burt Fremont Speedway (The Track That Action Built) just released their 2023 season schedule and it’s a good one for the drivers and race fans. This is the 72nd anniversary of this historic racetrack. Weekly Saturday night shows are normally 410 Winged Sprints, 305 Winged Sprints and Dirt Trucks. The season kicks off…
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•By: Ron Burt January 9-14, 2023, the center of the racing universe is Tulsa, and the 37th Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals for Midgets. Currently the Chili Bowl Nationals has 360 Entries, including 57 A-Feature starters, 82 Rookies, and 5 past Champions from 266 Municipalities across 35 States and 5 countries (USA, Aust., Can., NZ,…
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•By: Ron Burt I must start this week with a big shout-out to 11-year-old Carter Schlenk picking up his 2nd feature win of the year in the Sportsman Division at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon. What 11-year-old do you know spends his or her Saturday nights going 80-90 mph around a dirt oval with 23 other…
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•By: Ron Burt Most tri-state tracks are having season championships. This doesn’t always mean they’re closing for the year. Some of these tracks will run into October and many have big races coming up. This fall and winter I will feature the champions from the different tracks I cover in my column along with pictures.…
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•By: Ron Burt The 4th of July weekend didn’t disappoint race fans. All the tri-state tracks were open except three, Attica and Fremont because of weather and storm damage. Montpelier Speedway took the weekend off. Limaland Motorsports Park kicked off the Independence Day weekend with the annual running of Firecracker Friday. As always, “The Bull…
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•By: Ron Burt USAC Hall of Fame’s newest class was officially inducted Thursday night, June 30th, at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The ceremony took place during the running of Thursday Night Thunder Homecoming featuring Sprints, Midgets & Silver Crown cars. Six USAC greats were inducted this year, Johnny Vance, Joe Shaheen, Ray Nichels, Jay Drake, Galen…