Shane Hiester made it 2 straight Cup wins this time on the Short Track. Running the Dupont#24 Shane scored 3 segment wins, on way to his 3rd Cup checkered flag of the year. Just 6 pieces of track behind Jim Levan scored 5 segment wins coming in a close 2nd. Billy Decker scored 1 segment win, his 3rd top 5 finish of the year for a 3rd place run. Making his 1st Cup start Tim “BigT” Bowers scored 2 segment wins turning in a good 4th place finish. Only 6 pieces of track behind Sheldon Hiester scored 1 segment win for a 5th place finish [Read more…]

The number 13 wasn’t bad luck to Jeff Gordon as the Cup stars returned to racing on the 8 lane Super Speedway at Randy’s Raceway. The Dupont # 24 was strong in the early going winning his 1st 6 segments on way to his 2nd win in this class. Less than 1 lap behind Ricky Craven piloted the Budweiser # 50 to 3 segment wins for a runner up finish. Dale Earnhardt Jr. made a rare appearance in his Busch car # 81 running steady all night winning 1 segment. Craven and Earnhardt Jr. did finish in a tie but give the spot to Craven because of more segment wins. [Read more…]

It was the 8th annual 40 lap Sprint car event and Kenny Gilmore again dominated this race winning all 8 segments on way to the win. Mark Williams scored 5 segment wins turning in 2nd place run. Sheldon Hiester had a good run scoring 2 segment wins for a 3rd place finish. Shane Hiester was steady all night coming home 4th.Toby Reinhard had his best Sprint car run turning in a good 5th place finish. [Read more…]

Racing action returned to the Tri-Oval at Randy’s Raceway for the 1st time this season and Shane Hiester ended a long string of top 5 runs with his 1st Cup win. Shane scored 3 segment wins on lanes 1 – 3 on way to the checked flag. Only 1 lap behind Sheldon Hiester turned in his best Cup finish of the year with a 2nd place effort, winning 3 segments. Bob Amore also turned in his best run of the year coming home with a steady 3rd place finish. Only 7 pieces of track behind Fred McCullough made his 1st Cup start, winning 2 segments for a good 4th place finish. [Read more…]

Cup action moved to the fast 8 laner, and Jim Levan scored his 2nd straight Cup win. Jim scored 4 segment wins on lanes 2-5 on way to the win. Only 20 pieces of track behind Randy Haydt won 5 segments for a runner up finish. Shane Hiester continued his nice string of top 5’s with a steady 3rd place effort. Only 1 lap behind Sheldon Hiester scored 2 segment wins to finish 4th. Scott Bender turned in a season best 5th place finish. [Read more…]

Jim Levan scored his 1st Cup win of the year Tuesday night running on the Short-Track. Jim won 4 segments on way to the win. Shane Hiester turned in a solid run winning 2 segments on lanes 1 & 6 for a runner up finish. Just 2 pieces of track behind Billy Decker scored 2 segment wins turning in a good 3rd place finish. Randy Haydt had his 2 race win streak snapped, but still turned in a consistent 4th place finish. Sheldon Hiester also was very steady as he closed out the top 5. [Read more…]

Cup racing moved to the Short track for race 2 of the season and Randy Haydt drove his Skoal Bandit #33 to a sweep for his 2nd win of the year. Billy Decker turned in a solid run with his Nestle’s Crunch #32, winning 4 segments to come home 2nd. Sheldon Hiester scored 3 segment wins finishing 3rd. [Read more…]

It was the season opener for the Cup cars Tuesday night and Randy Haydt ran the Skoal Bandit #33 to the win. Randy scored 4 segment wins, on way to the win. Less than 1 lap off the pace Shane Hiester scored 2 segment wins to collect a 2nd place finish. [Read more…]

This years sprint car season also was a very competitive class as the point title was won by only 7 points, and other spots in the top 5 were not decided until the final race:

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After the 1st 4 races you might have thought the battle for the point title would have been settled, as Mark Williams started the season winning the 1st 4 races in convincing fashion. Mark also recorded 3 other top 5 finishes capping off a strong season to win the Sprint car point championship, by only 7 points. [Read more…]

This year’s Cup season turned out to be a very competitive season. A total of 24 drivers tried their hand, and a good group of  8 Rookies turning laps. For the 2nd year it was a 9-race season with races run on all 3 tracks. Turning his 1st Cup championship Randy Haydt scored 4 wins and 7 top 5 finishes on way to a well-deserved title. Doing everything but win, Shane Hiester scored 7 top 5 finishes, including 5 finishes 2nd or 3rd, to turn in a solid 2nd place finish in the final standings. [Read more…]