Category: Recap

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2nd Straight Rite Aid 200 Big-Block Pole To Tim Fuller

Syracuse, NY — October 8, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing Northeast PR Director North country standout Tim Fuller from Edwards, N.Y. continued at speed on the Syracuse Mile, capturing his second straight Integra Shocks Fast Time award Thursday to secure the pole-position start for the Super DIRTcar Series Rite Aid 200 Presented By

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Rain Keeps Syracuse Mile Under Cover For One More Day

Syracuse, NY — October 7, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing Northeast PR Director*Jay Fish Photo Post card weather conditions a day earlier at the New York State Fairgrounds did a 360 overnight forcing an early cancellation of all track activity schedule on day two of Super DIRT Week XXXVIII on the oh so

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Sheppard Captures 5th Series Show In Great Canadian Tour Finale At Drummond

Drummondville, QUE — September 20, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Pat Leclerc Photo Matt Sheppard had two strikes riding against him when he arrived at Autodrome Drummond on Sunday, yet he still came up swinging and never looked back on his way to scoring a tour-best fifth Super DIRTcar Series victory

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Rain & Cold Force Delay Of ‘Race Mania 5’ Friday At Autodrome Drummond

Drummondville, QUE — September 18, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director The combination of morning rain, heavy winds and unseasonably cold temperatures forecast throughout the evening convinced track officials to throw in the towel early on Friday, postponing the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified portion of ‘Dream Weekend Race Mania 5’

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Series Points Leader Brett Hearn Rallies At RWR For 3rd Series Win In ’09

Elbridge, NY — September 7, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Bill Moore Sr. Photo It was deja-vous all over again for Matt Sheppard as an almost certain Super DIRTcar Series victory once more slipped from his grasp for the second straight night. On an extended Labor Day Weekend that opened with

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Late Pass Gives Billy Decker 2nd Straight Series Win Sunday At Cayuga County

Weedsport, NY — September 6, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Bill Moore Sr. Photo What a difference two years can make. Yet the past two weeks alone have been enough to change the outlook of reigning Mr. DIRTcar points king Billy Decker as he captured his second straight Super DIRTcar Series

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Decker Back In Form With $17,500 Tour Triumph Thursday At Lebanon Valley

West Lebanon, NY — August 27, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Mark Brown Photo After a month and a half of misfortune, reigning Mr. DIRTcar points king Billy Decker was finally on the receiving end as he cashed in on the $17,500 top prize following his second career win in the

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Phelps Finds Success With Latest Super DIRTcar Series Victory In Canada

Cornwall, ONT — August 23, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Rick Young Photo Central New York chauffeur Jimmy Phelps ended a year-long drought Sunday night as he captured his first Super DIRTcar Series victory of the season in the headline Akwesasne Mohawk Casino International 100 at Cornwall Motor Speedway.

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Sheppard Sensational With 4th Super DIRTcar Series Win Friday At Can-Am

LaFargeville, NY — August 21, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Rick Young Photo ‘Super Matt’ Sheppard continued to set the Big-Block world ablaze as he dominated the Super DIRTcar Series ‘End of Summer Spectacular’ presented by Dig Safely New York in flag-to-flag fashion Friday night at Can-Am Motorsports Park.

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Fuller Outlasts Rain, Tomkins & Phelps To Cop Thrilling Canandaigua Series Win

Canandaigua, NY — August 8, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Alex Bruce Photo Its been two years since Tim Fuller last won a Super DIRTcar Series race and two decades since car owners Steve Hastings and Joe Knoth teamed up to garner a first-place trophy on the Northeast’s top tour for

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‘Super Matt’ Sheppard Cops 2nd Straight Super DIRTcar Series Win At Brewerton

Brewerton, NY — August 7, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Chris Marks Photo The 2009 Super DIRTcar Series has suddenly turned into the ‘Super Matt’ Series as Matt Sheppard dominated the Northeast premier Big-Block Modified tour for the second straight race, climbing to the top in the ‘Summit Motors 100’ Friday

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Sheppard Captures 2nd Series Win In Merrittville Wilkens Memorial

Thorold, ONT — August 3, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Alex Bruce Photo Second-generation standout Matt Sheppard continued his torrid pace around the Northeast Big-Block Modified circuit, scoring his second Super DIRTcar Series victory of the season Monday night at Merrittville Speedway in the 17th Trevor Wilkens Memorial 100 presented by

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Ryan Phelps Rolls On to Score Historic DIRTcar All-Star 100 Victory Worth $20,000

Weedsport, NY — July 19, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Bill Moore Photo All eyes were on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds for the richest event in 54 years of racing in Weedsport and when the curtain finally dropped Sunday evening on the inaugural edition of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend it was rising

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Ryan Phelps Brightest In ‘All-Star 50’ Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Show

Weedsport, NY — July 18, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Bill Moore Photo The Saturday night Super DIRTcar Series show may have only been a preliminary performance, yet the precursor to the All-Star 100 on Sunday at Cayuga County Fair Speedway certainly provided an early glimpse of what is in store

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DIRTcar All-Star Weekend Opening Day Action Stalled By Rain

Weedsport, NY — July 17, 2009 — By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director Late afternoon rain Friday and the forecast of further precipitation in the evening forced track officials to cancel all speedway activity scheduled on opening day of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds.

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Rain Cancels Sunday Super DIRTcar Series Show At Cornwall

Cornwall, ONT — July 12, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Rick Young Photo: Pat O’Brien For a second straight day, rain forced cancellation of Super DIRTcar Series activity in the 2nd Annual ‘Great Canadian Tour,’ with Cornwall Motor Speedway the latest victim on Sunday as the Big-Block Modifieds attempted to run

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Rain Dumps On Super DIRTcar Series Show Saturday At Drummond

Drummondville, QUE — July 11, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director With two rounds of the Super DIRTcar Series already in the record books north of the border, rain finally intervened Saturday afternoon forcing cancellation of the third leg in the Great Canadian Tour slated for Autodrome Drummond.

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Decker Tops Big Super DIRTcar Field For 1st Career Granby Triumph

Granby, QUE — July 10, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Sylvain Buisson Photo For the second straight night a late-race caution period lengthened the Super DIRTcar Series main event. And for the second consecutive show it was veteran open-wheel pilots Brett Hearn and Billy Decker dicing it out tooth and nail