Category: Recap

Syracuse, NY — October 11, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Bill Moore Photo  Already a Super DIRT Week champion in the Sportsman and 358-Modified ranks, Matt Sheppard mastered the Moody Mile once again on Sunday afternoon, taking advantage of a soft tire by leader Jimmy Phelps with 10 laps to go

Elbridge, NY — October 10, 2009 – By Kevin Kovac, DIRTcar Racing PR Chad Brachmann punched his ticket into the World’s Richest Big-Block Modified Race with a victory on Saturday night at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park. The Sanborn, N.Y., resident captured the 25-lap DIRTcar Big-Block Modified ‘Win & You’re In’ feature before a standing-room-only crowd,

Syracuse, NY — October 9, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing Northeast PR Director Intermittent rain throughout the afternoon and extremely wet track conditions on Friday forced officials to cancel the program scheduled for day four of Super DIRT Week XXXVIII at the New York State Fairgrounds.

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

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

Elbridge, NY — September 26, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Bill Moore Jr. Photo Three weeks earlier Matt Sheppard had paced the field for 87 laps at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park and came away empty. Saturday night Sheppard led the final 57 circuits and this time it was good enough to

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

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’

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.