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BATMAN 2.0: Refocus on Race Team Key to Britten’s 2021

WEEDSPORT, NY – Peter Britten hit the reset button at the end of 2020. New equipment. New focus. New level of confidence.  It’s already paid off in the first four races of the Super DIRTcar Series 2021 season with one top-five and three top-10s, giving the Australian valuable momentum with a lucrative Memorial Day weekend

FULL POWER: Fuller Crowned King of the Big Blocks at Bridgeport

SWEDESBORO, NJ – With his first win since 2018, Tim Fuller, hero of the North Country, took over the race lead at the halfway point and never looked back. If he had looked back, Fuller would have seen the looming shadow of Stewart Friesen getting larger but after relegating Max McLaughlin to third, the #44

DOTTING THE I’s AND CROSSING THE SWORDS: Friesen Doubles Up at Thunder Valley

BRISTOL, TN – Stewart Friesen went two-for-two with the Super DIRTcar Series Big Blocks at Bristol Motor Speedway, picking up his second $10,000 grand prize of the historic weekend Sunday afternoon. The victory was also his third Series win in a row – the first driver to accomplish that feat. The Halmar #44 finished ahead

OFF THE TOP: Friesen cuts through the field to win Super DIRTcar debut at Bristol

BRISTOL, TN – Stewart Friesen added to his list of Hall of Fame-worthy accomplishments Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, winning the Super DIRTcar Series’ debut at “The Last Great Colosseum.” He did so in a gladiator fashion worthy of the iconic sword he was awarded after piloting his Halmar Racing #44 chariot from eighth

THUNDERCLAP: Friesen Brings the Noise and Tames The Nasty Track

LaFARGEVILLE, NY – Stewart Friesen, from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, wheeled his way to the front and picked up a healthy $7,500 for a night’s work. The #44 flashed across Can-Am Speedway’s start/finish line just ahead of Tim Fuller, who led the most laps. Lightning Larry Wight, from Phoenix, NY, brought the #99L home third.  Max McLaughlin,

Super DIRTcar Series Who’s Who: Who is Back and Who is New?

WEEDSPORT, NY – Big Blocks are being tuned to perfection across the Northeast. The first whiffs of VP Racing Fuel are hitting noses and brand new Hoosier Racing Tires are getting loaded up in preparation for the Super DIRTcar Series tour to begin this Saturday, April 10, at Can-Am Speedway.  Seventeen elite drivers are going

FULL BORE: Can-Am Speedway Geared Up for Thunder in the Thousand Islands

LAFARGVILLE, NY – On Saturday, April 10 the Super DIRTcar Series launches the 2021 championship points chase at Can-Am Speedway with the $7,500-to-win Thunder in the Thousand Islands 100.  Series stars like Canadian hero and defending champion Mat Williamson, seven-time champion Matt Sheppard, and many more premier Series drivers will be on hand to make

Big Block Modified Legend ‘Jumpin’ Jack Johnson Passes Away

WEEDSPORT, NY — The Super DIRTcar Series and all of the dirt racing community are mourning the loss of four-time Series champion Jack Johnson.  Johnson, who passed away on Thursday at 76 years old, easily ranks among the all-time greatest Big Block Modified drivers, and for many race fans and former competitors, he is the

FAIRGROUND SPECTACULAR: Super DIRTcar Series Invades Pennsylvania’s Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Raceway Sept. 1 for Huge $10,000-to-win Event

BLOOMSBURG, PA – On Wednesday, Sept. 1, the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds will storm into Pennsylvania for a 100-lap, $10,000-to-win spectacular at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Raceway.  The Bloomsburg Fair is entering its 166th edition in 2021 and its first Super DIRTcar Series race. Recently, the fair built a 3/8-mile race track inside of

EVERY RACE COUNTS: Hoosier Racing Tire Weekly Championship Keeps Expanded $45,000 Purse

WEEDSPORT, NY – DIRTcar Racing and Hoosier Tire will retain the expanded overall $45,000 purse for 2021 and beyond. With the $8,000 overall purse increase last year across the four DIRTcar Northeast divisions — Big Blocks, 358 Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds and Pro Stocks — the top-20 drivers in each division will continue to be recognized

50th DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator Championship Goes to McLaughlin

BARBERVILLE, FL – Max McLaughlin walked into Volusia Speedway Park with one mission —  win races. He captured one victory, three top-fives and four top-10s to take the 50th DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator championship for the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds. The banner win came with a dose of redemption that had been on

FLAT OUT: Maresca Motors to First Career Super DIRTcar Series Win

BARBERVILLE, FL – Michael Maresca stomped his throttle at the drop of the green flag and drove wheel-to-wheel with seven-time Volusia Speedway Park winner and three-time Big Gator champion Matt Sheppard to capture his first career Super DIRTcar Series Feature win. The Pierrepont, NY driver of the #7MM is the pride of the North Country