Matt Sheppard looks to claim his sixth victory, while Jimmy Phelps looks to repeat breakout SummerFAST success at home track as Super DIRT Week inches closer The Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds will return to Weedsport Speedway for one last time this season, Sept.10-11, for the Cavalcade Weekend. It will include a $7,500-to-win, 60-lap
Bachetti lands $25,500 payday and a guaranteed starting spot at the 50th Running of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week After holding the title of Mr. DIRT Track USA for a year, Andy Bachetti made it clear he wasn’t ready to give it up Saturday night at Lebanon Valley Speedway. The Super DIRTcar Series made
Williamson continues momentum he found during SummerFAST with a needed win as the 50th NAPA Super DIRT Week approaches Mat Williamson came into the 2022 season as the two-time and defending NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week Champion. The expectations were high for the St. Catharines, ON driver. Williamson claimed a Feature victory during DIRTcar
With heavy rain arriving at Ransomville Speedway just before the start of Wednesday’s Super DIRTcar Series Feature, the Summer Nationals 75-lap event was postponed to Thursday, Aug. 25. Gates will open at 6pm (ET) with Hot Lap starting at 7:30pm and the Super DIRTcar Series Feature projected to start at 8pm – followed by the
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,
With 50 days to go, the excitement for the 50th NAPA Super DIRT Week is building among drivers and fans Ask any Big Block Modified driver about NAPA Super DIRT Week and they’ll tell you… “It’s our Super Bowl,” said Super DIRTcar Series star Jimmy Phelps, echoing the sentiment of his competitors. The event, which
The Super DIRTcar Series will make its final trip of the year to Weedsport Speedway for the doubleheader Cavalcade Weekend, Sept. 10-11. The two-day event will see the best Big Block Modified drivers in the country compete for a $7,500 payday on Saturday, Sept. 10, and then a $10,000 top prize and NAPA Super DIRT
One of the biggest weekends in Northeast motorsports will become a special week-long event with the debut of the Super DIRTcar Series SummerFAST, Aug. 16-18. Leading up to the NASCAR Watkins Glen International weekend, the Super DIRTcar Series will run three consecutive races during the week – Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Brewerton Speedway, Wednesday, Aug.
The Super DIRTcar Series returns to Weedsport Speedway for the second time this season with the chance for one driver to claim a guaranteed starting spot in the 50th Running of NAPA Super DIRT Week. The Hall of Fame 100, on Sunday, July 24, will see The Beast of the Northeast battle for 100 laps
Peter Britten has been measuring his season in millimeters. And not only because he’s an Aussie. To him, being off by a “millimeter” with his race car’s setup could mean the difference between winning and far from it. When he and his team unloaded in February for DIRTcar Nationals they were on point. The car
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Super DIRTcar Series travels to Land of Legends Raceway for the season’s first trip to Western New York Mat Williamson looks to hold on to his points lead with Matt Sheppard in hot pursuit, while Justin Haers, Alan Johnson and Tim Fuller look to contend with the Series regulars for
The battle to be king has intensified. Along with crowning a new King of the Blocks at Bridgeport Motorsports Park, Tuesday, May 3, the event will also serve as the 2022 Super DIRTcar Series championship season opener. Becoming an instant fan favorite when the Series first visited the 3/8-mile New Jersey track in 2020 due
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A welcomed thunder will rumble through upstate New York again for the first time in six months when the Super DIRTcar Series returns to Can-Am Speedway on Saturday, April 9. The Thunder on the 1000 Islands in LaFargville will mark The Beast of the Northeast’s first of many Empire State stops this year. Drivers like
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The night is his hour. Suit, shoes, gloves and helmet are donned for the mysteries ahead, the uncertainties of the night. But there is no fear. Behind the wheel of his black machine, its engine angry, spitting fire, he hunts. To many who watch, he’s a hero. To those in his path, another story. He
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up. The two lines from 2005’s “Batman Begins” were meant as a source of inspiration and motivation for the fictional Batman but apply the same to a real-life “Batman.” With three podium finishes and his first golden gator trophy, “The Batman” Peter Britten
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A rumble in the hills will be heard throughout Waverly, Ohio. One they’ve never heard before, created by… the Beasts of the Northeast. After making history at Volusia Speedway Park with five different winners, the Super DIRTcar Series will kick off the championship season with its debut at Atomic Speedway, March 25-26. It’ll also mark
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
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,
DIRTcar Nationals Feature #3 (30 Laps): 1. 88-Mat Williamson[2]; 2. 8H-Max McLaughlin[7]; 3. 21A-Peter Britten[8]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard[6]; 5. 44-Stewart Friesen[1]; 6. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[10]; 7. 1K-Rich Laubach[4]; 8. 30W-Joseph Watson[5]; 9. 99L-Larry Wight[21]; 10. 16X-Dan Creeden[3]; 11. 8S-Rich Scagliotta[9]; 12. 23C-Kyle Coffey[16]; 13. 12S-Darren Smith[12]; 14. 19-Tim Fuller[15]; 15. 3H-Justin Haers[20]; 16. 111-Demetrios Drellos[13]; 17.
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