I-30 Speedway Offers up TNT Front Row Challenge!
April 21, 2010 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 21, 2010) – Two weekends of traditional Sprint Car racing in Texas and Arkansas are just around the corner for the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Series.
And when wingless, 410-ci Sprint Cars hit the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval in Little Rock, AR, on Saturday night, May 8, for the first time in over a quarter of a century, some extra dollars will be up for grabs in the form of the TNT Front Row Challenge.
Jan Howard Scores Top Five At Riverside International Speedway
April 20, 2010 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Marion, Arkansas (04/20/10) –Jan Howard picked up another top five finish over the weekend as he competed in the Weekly Racing Series Event at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas against a stout field of competitors.
I-30 Speedway To Host Thursday Night Test N Tune
March 11, 2010 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
I-30 Speedway will have a Test N’ Tune Thursday afternoon. Gates will open at 10:30am and we will test from noon until 3pm. FREE admission at the front gate and $10 pit passes. Races for Thursday night start at 7:30.
I-30 Speedway 600 Nationals This Weekend – $9,000 to Win!
March 9, 2010 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 8, 2010) – NASCAR annually kicks off its season with the biggest race of the year, so it’s only fitting that the nation’s best Micro Sprint Car competitors kick off the 2010 season with a premier event.
Top Micro Sprint Car racers from throughout the nation will flock to Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway over the next couple of days for this weekend’s Fourth Annual 600 Nationals, which now offers up a whopping winner’s share of $9,000.
This weekend’s event is a makeup of the card originally scheduled for last September 17-19, only to be nixed by Mother Nature.
Tim Crawley Has Big Plans For The 2010 Racing Season
March 4, 2010 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Competition is the one part of auto racing that brings more drivers and fans to the sport than any other factor in the business. Sometimes, that same competition can lead to friendships and partnerships that will lead two competitors into a winning combination. This has been the case for Benton, Arkansas sprint car racer Tim Crawley.
Several Arkansas Tracks Holding “Play Day’s” This Weekend
March 4, 2010 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is that time of the year again! It is time to fire up those motors and to let the mud fly! The action begins in the Natural State this coming weekend as several tracks will hold their “Play Day’s” starting Saturday. We have a full list of tracks who are running this weekend below.
Saturday: Batesville Motor Speedway, I-30 Speedway, Northeast Arkansas Speedway
Sunday: Beebe Speedway
If your track is not listed, email us a Media@ArkansasDirtRacing.net and we will get you fixed up!
2009 I-30 SPEEDWAY AWARDS BANQUET!!
December 2, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
2009 I-30 SPEEDWAY AWARDS BANQUET!!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010
SHERWOOD FOREST ~ 501-835-8909
1111 WEST MARYLAND (OFF HWY 107)
SHERWOOD, AR
COME ON OUT FOR AN EVENING OF SOCIALIZING, DINNER, AWARDS AND DANCING!!
$3000 Possible in MODS @USCS Fall Natls. Fri.-Sat. 11/13-14
November 11, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Rislone USCS MODS WRS points: FRIDAY NIGHT 25-Laps $750 to win….$1000 TO WIN TOPLESS FRI. ENTRY FEE= $40
Friday night: Time Trials and Qualifying races Fast Time Award = $100 Rislone Power Dash $100 to win
Friday Night Feature Payoff: 750, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 135, 120, 110, 100 & $100 thru last place. B-Main: Transfers then $40 thru last.
$250 BONUS TO WIN TOPLESS = $1000 to win!
Against All Odds – Bruce Goes Back-to-Back in Short Track Nationals!
November 10, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (November 7, 2009) – Tony Bruce, Jr., of Liberal, KS, overcame all variety of odds to pocket the hefty $15,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 22nd Annual O’Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires 40-lap championship finale atop I-30 Speedway’s high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval.
Bruce survived some unpredictable opening laps that had the capacity crowd abuzz, took command on the fifth round and then worked traffic to perfection in the final stages to secure his first Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters triumph of the season.
The Cajun Rages on Short Track Nationals Night Two!
November 8, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (November 6, 2009) – For the second night in a row at I-30 Speedway’s 22nd Annual O’Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires, it was a past event winner gracing victory lane as Jason Johnson captured his fourth Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters triumph of the season in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature.
“The Ragin’ Cajun” chased down race-long leader Tim Crawley for the point on the 19th round and paced the final circuits for his ninth overall ASCS feature win of the year aboard Lanny Row’s Wesmar-powered The Shop Motorsports No. 41 Eagle.
Wayne Johnson Wins Short Track Nationals Opener!
November 8, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (November 5, 2009) – Oklahoma native Wayne Johnson held off a furious last-lap bid from “Slammin’” Sammy Swindell to top Thursday’s opening night of I-30 Speedway’s 22nd Annual O’Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires.
While Swindell surged ahead in the final pair of corners of the 25-lapper atop the high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval, Johnson powered off the low side of turn four and wheelied underneath the checkered flag of Joe Clay, Jr., for his second Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters triumph of the season by little more than a car-length.
Short Track Nationals – 22 Starters for the 22nd!
November 8, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (November 3, 2009) – Since the inception of I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals in 1988, the Saturday night championship feature grid has always been built upon 20 starters. That’s something that is about to change for 2009.
With a record field of entries expected to converge upon Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway this coming weekend for the 22nd edition of the O’Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires even after a week’s rain delay, track promoter Tracey Clay has opted to add an additional starter or two to make for a 22-car starting field in Saturday night’s 22nd Annual STN championship finale.
$50k USCS Fall Nationals Riverside NOV. 13th-14th $Detail$
October 28, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
$50,000 USCS Fall Nationals
Riverside Int. Speedway – November 13th and 14th 2009
22nd Annual Short Track Nationals Postponed Until Nov. 4-7
October 28, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Due to excessive rains and more forecasted, the 22nd Annual O’Reilly Short Track Nationals Presented By Hoosier Racing Tires has been rescheduled for Wednesday-Saturday, November 4th-7th at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas. With over an inch of rain already falling this week and possibly as much as four inches of rain forecasted for Thursday and Friday, the staff wanted to make a decision in advance to save fans and racers, time and money.
I-30 Speedway Results 10-24-2009
October 25, 2009 by Luke Matheson · Leave a Comment
Come inside for the full results from I-30 Speedway
