Category: Recap

LEGEND’S LAND: Matt Sheppard wins SummerFAST finale at Land of Legends, event championship

August 19, 2022

Sheppard became the inaugural SummerFAST champion Thursdsay night, while Adam Pierson lands first podium finish of the season Eight-time and defending Super DIRTcar Series champion Matt Sheppard proved again Thursday night at Land of Legends Raceway why he’s a champion. Consistency. Winning consistency. During the inaugural Super DIRTcar Series SummerFAST speedweek event, Sheppard finished third

“SUPER” MATT STRIKES BACK: Matt Sheppard captures fourth season win on second night of SummerFAST at Brewerton Speedway

August 17, 2022

Matt Sheppard bounces back after third place finish at Weedsport, holding off local talent Tom Sears Jr. Matt Sheppard left the first night of SummerFAST at Weedsport Speedway Monday night wanting more. Twenty-four hours later, he got it. Sheppard, of Waterloo, NY, came back on night number two of SummerFAST at Brewerton Speedway, Tuesday night,

HOME SWEET HOME: Jimmy Phelps opens SummerFAST with Weedsport win

August 16, 2022

Phelps ended a nearly three-year drought without a Super DIRTcar Series points-paying win Monday night at Heinke-Baldwin Racing’s home track Jimmy Phelps broke multiple winless streaks and locked himself into the 50th Running of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week at Weedsport Speedway Monday night. The inaugural Super DIRTcar Series SummerFAST event – four straight

Double Trouble: Matt Sheppard becomes season’s first driver to win back-to-back Features with Orange County victory

July 29, 2022

Anthony Perrego scores second place with a solid performance on his home track, while Max McLaughlin rounds out the podium in third Eight-time and defending Super DIRTcar Series Champion Matt Sheppard became the first driver of the 2022 season to score back-to-back Feature wins when he crossed the finish line at Orange County Fair Speedway

SUPERMAN CONTINUES: Sheppard Wins Series’ return to Big Diamond

July 14, 2022

Stewart Friesen wins battle against Ryan Godown to round out the podium, while Alex Yankowski adds second top-10 finish of rookie season After a 13-year hiatus from competing at Big Diamond Speedway, the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds finally returned. Though it was an uncommon occurrence until tonight for the Series to pull into

ON POINT: McLaughlin makes late race pass to take home first points-paying victory at Land of Legends

July 1, 2022

Haers led the pack for most of the race but couldn’t hold off McLaughlin, while Sheppard charged from 11th-place to a podium finish and claimed the points lead Max McLaughlin exited his Big Block Modified and banged on the roof before enthusiastically jumping to the ground to celebrate with his crew members liked he just

RECAPTURING THE FLAG: Mahaney Repeats Magic at Home Track on Flat Front Left Tire

June 25, 2022

Marc Johnson posts solid second-place finish and Mat Williamson becomes new Super DIRTcar Series points leader Nine months after jumping atop the roof of his #35 Big Block Modified at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Mike Mahaney found himself doing so again Friday night. He’d conquered the Massive Malta Weekend at Albany-Saratoga Speedway last September, earning his first

PRACTICE MAKES PAYDAYS: Lombardo Outduels Series Regulars for First Career Tour Victory

May 31, 2022

Bachetti led early before transmission issues send him to the infield, Williamson finishes fourth, narrowing Friesen’s points lead LJ Lombardo has seen his fair share of laps around the high banks of Lebanon Valley Speedway as a weekly double-duty driver at the half-mile oval. But one thing he’d yet to see was a big-time win

POWER AT THE PORT: Friesen Dominates Heroes Remembered 100 at Weedsport

May 30, 2022

Mahaney Battles from 10th to Second, Rudolph Finishes Third to Round-Out the Podium WEEDSPORT, NY – May 29, 2022 – Back-to-back runner-up finishes in the first two races of the season set Stewart Friesen atop the Super DIRTcar Series standings, but his hunger for more still remained. He showed up to Weedsport Speedway Sunday night and

SUPERMAN RETURNS: Sheppard Dominates Thunder on the Thousand Islands at Can-Am

May 19, 2022

McLaughlin surges 18th-4th, Friesen’s runner-up makes him new Series points leader Matt Sheppard stood in Victory Lane where he has many times before after winning the Thunder on the Thousand Islands Super DIRTcar Series event at Can-Am Speedway Wednesday night, making himself $7,500 richer. After posting a DNF in his last race with the Series

RYAN’S KINGDOM: Hometown hero Godown scores first Super DIRTcar Series win at Bridgeport Motorsports Park

May 4, 2022

New Jersey driver holds off hard-charging Stewart Friesen for $7,500 triumph Ryan Godown has accomplished plenty of wins throughout his career, but a Super DIRTcar Series victory eluded him for years. However, in a 75-lap showdown Tuesday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in the Big Block Modified series’ lone stop this season in New Jersey,

THE BIG GATOR: Jimmy Phelps conquers DIRTcar Nationals for first title, win

February 20, 2022

In 26 years with the Super DIRTcar Series, Jimmy Phelps has seen and experienced it all. But an occurrence Saturday night left him shocked and speechless. He earned his first DIRTcar Nationals win – worth $6,000 – and claimed the 2022 Big Gator Championship after leading green to checkered in the 50-lap finale at Volusia

MAD FOR GATORS: Max McLaughlin scores second DIRTcar Nationals win, Big Gator points lead

February 19, 2022

The first three times Max McLaughlin asked Volusia Speedway Park for its iconic gator trophy this week it said “no.” With every “no,” frustration grew. A third; an eight; and then a second. The latter, causing dejection to take over his posture. Friday night, during the fourth round of DIRTcar Nationals Super DIRTcar Series action,

UNDER PRESSURE: Williamson uses Super DIRT Week pressure to claim third DIRTcar Nationals victory

February 18, 2022

Mat Williamson felt the pressure of NAPA Super DIRT Week Thursday evening. But that pressure had nothing to do with the October event. He and his Buzz Chew Racing team were 1,200 miles south of where it’s even held. It was the third of five straight days of Super DIRTcar Series racing at Volusia Speedway

‘WE GOT A GATAH!’: Britten edges Phelps by 0.025 seconds for first DIRTcar Nationals win

February 17, 2022

The hunger in Peter Britten was visible. Wild and untamed. He threw his Big Block Modified into every corner with an anger, scaring any rut more than it intimidated him. Tuesday night, it cost him a win. Wednesday night, a different story. However, just as hellaciously entertaining. When the white flag was revealed during the

VICTOR FREEZE: Stewart Friesen wins barn burner over Peter Britten at DIRTcar Nationals

February 16, 2022

Ripped from the pages of the greatest fiction stories, like those featuring epic duels between Mr. Freeze and Batman, Stewart Friesen and Peter Britten created a live-action duel of epic proportions at Volusia Speedway Park. However, there were no fancy gadgets or corny catchphrases, just two hellacious 800hp Big Block Modifieds wheeled by men throwing

THRUSTERS ENGAGE: Brett “The Jet” Hearn claims emotional victory during NGK NTK World Finals

November 7, 2021

CONCORD, NC – Brett Hearn looked to the sea of phone lights and emphatic fans in near shock. His head fell to the roof of his #20 Big Block Modified and stayed there for a couple of seconds, fists clinched. The Hall of Famer has more than 100 Super DIRTcar Series win, more than 400

ONE FOR GRANDPA: Alex Yankowski Shocks the Dirt Racing World at NGK NTK World of Outlaws World Finals

November 6, 2021

CONCORD, NC – One thing was going through seventeen-year-old Alex Yankowski’s mind as he crossed the finish line at The Dirt Track at Charlotte to win his first-career Super DIRTcar Series Feature in his second-career star during the NGK NTK World Finals: “My grandfather. That’s it.” Sadly, Yankowski’s grandfather passed away Friday morning. “It was

MARVELOUS MAT: Canadian Sensation Mat Williamson Wins Second Consecutive Billy Whittaker Cars 200 at NAPA Super DIRT Week

October 11, 2021

Mat Williamson won his second $50,000 NAPA Super DIRT Week Billy Whittaker Cars 200 championship in historic fashion. The prestigious win puts him in the same category as Stewart Friesen, Billy Decker, Brett Hearn, Merv Treichler, and Buzzie Reutimann as the only drivers to win back-to-back Billy Whittaker Cars 200s. The Franklin Flyer Billy Decker,

LAST CALL: Four Drivers Locked Into Racing’s Biggest Party, NAPA Super DIRT Week’s Billy Whittaker Cars 200

October 10, 2021

OSWEGO, NY – The final positions for the 49th NAPA Super DIRT Week Billy Whittaker Cars 200 for the Super DIRTcar Series have been filled in. Two St. Lawrence Radiology Last Chance Showdowns decided the fate of all the drivers on the outside looking in. Keith Flach won the first showdown over Erick Rudolph who