Kurt & Kyle Busch and Austin & Ty Dillon To Compete in
All-Star Charity Race Benefitting Feed The Children
Wednesday, June 6 Presented Live by HBO Pay-Per-View®
The eighth annual Prelude To The Dream on Wednesday, June 6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will feature two races within the all-star dirt Late Model race that benefits Feed The Children
A band of brothers will wheel 2,300-pound dirt Late Model stock cars capable of putting out more than 800 horsepower around the half-mile Eldora oval. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Kurt and Kyle Busch will vie for the win and bragging rights among themselves, as will Austin and Ty Dillon, who compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, respectively. (more…)
Phil Richardson of Hermon picked up his first feature win of the season in the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95 Saturday night after passing pole sitter Andy Saunders of Ellsworth on lap 5 of the 35 lap event. Deane Smart of Bradley passed Saunders on the 22nd lap when Saunders was held up momentarily while overlapping slower traffic to take the second spot with Saunders finishing in third. Winterport’s Ryan Deane finished in fourth with Hermon’s Dale Swoboda coming across the stripe in fifth.
In Maine State Lottery Sportsman action, Shane Tatro of Holden returned to the winner’s circle after missing two weeks while waiting for a new motor to be built. Tatro’s win wasn’t easy as he had to fight off a determined Steve Moulton of Holden who finished a close second. D.J. Moody of Prospect finished third, followed by Derek Mingo of Lamoine in fourth and fifth place finisher Mike Overlock of Franklin. (more…)
Scott, Cyr, others to race Devil’s Bowl Speedway Friday in preparation for June 8 event
An all-star pack of stock car drivers will come to Devil’s Bowl Speedway one week early this Friday in preparation for the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series 100 on June 8. Drivers will use the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series J&S Steel Late Model feature at the Carrara Masonry & Concrete/Mobil 1 event on Friday, June 1 to gather notes for the second round of the Vermont State Championship the following week.
The Vermont State Late Model Championship Series opened last Sunday at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre with the 50th annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 100. Nick Sweet took the win after a long mid-race battle with Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott of Berlin, VT. (more…)
DOVER, Del. — The Hendrick Motorsports juggernaut is back — with a vengeance.
Driving away from Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth after a restart with 31 laps left in Sunday’s FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway, Jimmie Johnson made short work of his NASCAR Sprint Cup rivals.
Johnson, who led 289 of the 400 laps, picked up his second victory of the season (in addition to a win in the May 19 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race) and his second victory in the last three points races. Hendrick drivers have now won four straight races, including the All-Star event. (more…)
