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Modified legend Kenny Brightbill is a fixture at Super DIRT Week, catching up with lifelong friends and checking out the latest in racing technology. But one can’t help but get the feeling that the 1988 Super DIRT Week modified winner would love just one more ride. “It’s mostly out of my system, I guess,” said the one-time king of the…
Midget Hall Of Famer Tommy Astone, 70
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Friday, 17 April 2020 06:34
INDIANAPOLIS – Tommy Astone, a 2018 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductee and seven-time USAC National Midget Series winner who finished second in points in both 1973 and 1974, passed away on April 14 at the age of 70. First emerging as a star in BCRA Midgets during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Fresno, Calif., native…
Western New York Star Ed Ortiz, 88
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Friday, 17 April 2020 06:50
WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – Ed Ortiz, a popular Western New York racer in the 1960s and ’70s, passed away on April 16. He was 88. Ortiz, from Ransomville, N.Y., was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 1999. Ortiz was the ringleader of the Ransomville Slo-Pokes, a group of 15 street racers who carved out the original Ransomville…
Two More USAC Sprint Events Postponed
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Friday, 17 April 2020 07:07
SPEEDWAY, Ind. – The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car doubleheader weekend, originally scheduled for May 1 at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and May 2 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., has been postponed. The postponements come amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic occurring around the world. USAC and Track Enterprises, the promoter of both races,…
Trans-Am Team Owner Helping Battle COVID-19
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Friday, 17 April 2020 08:00
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – COVID-19 has put most Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli drivers, teams, fans and the industry on hold from the pursuit of competition. However, Trans-Am sponsor 3-Dimensional Services Group is flatout, defining and coordinating its response to the U.S. government’s call for assistance to manufacture medical supplies for COVID-19 patients. Located near Detroit in Rochester Hills, Mich.,…
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