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Recording artist and The Voice contestant Trey Rose was on hand to meet with the fans during the pre-race Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest. Trey would also kick off opening ceremonies by singing The National Anthem before a very appreciative crowd. Click https://youtu.be/7Cn8N4W9UCY if you’d like to see the video of his performance. Trey’s appearance at the event was provided by the Sprint Car Bandits series. Special thanks to www.facebook.com/BeesParis and www.facebook.com/DQ14471 (Applebee’s in Paris, TX and Dairy Queen on Lamar Street in Paris) for providing Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest giveaways for fans and kids. Over 100 kids swag bags were given away during Fan Fest. The www.KoolTrikes.com heat race winners were Will Eggimann and Casey Burkham. Burkham won his heat from the 4th starting position, which gave him enough overall points to become the www.FixYourGenerator.com High Points Award recipient – and an additional $100 from Fred Summers, sponsor of the award. The 25-lap series championship feature would fire off with similar fashion of the last series stop at 82 Speedway, that being, the race would go green for a long distance. But on lap 23 disaster struck that all began when the left rear tire on Will Eggimann’s J&J Racing sprinter would somehow slide off its beadlock wheel causing him to lose speed going down the backstretch. Chipper Wood clipped his left side, as did the second place driver of polesitter Casey Burkham, all culminating with the #71 of Colby Estes getting crossed up and upside down just past the apex of corners 3 and 4. During the red flag stoppage, outside front row starter and leader, Michael Day, would not be able to refire after the yellow flag came out to resume the race, forcing Day pitside for the remaining two laps. Meanwhile, Eggimann had dropped pitside after sustaining damage on that backstretch fracas…which suddenly put Dale Wester in prime position to claim the points championship! The event resumed with a torrid 3-car battle up front between Burkham, Stubblefield and Wester. Stubblefield briefly took the lead before Burkham would take command, while Wester would take second place from Stubblefield. But when they crossed the finish line, Burkham would end up taking home $2,100 for the win, with Stubblefield regaining second from Wester on the final lap. When the mud clods quit flying, it appeared that Wester should have finished high enough to claim the Series title – however after adding and re-adding the points totals, Eggimann had garnered 8 more markers than Wester in the final points battle. After the event, Dale Wester was smiling from ear to ear and commented: “I really had fun racing this series. I came to the track tonight with the attitude that I’m just going to do my best, and whatever happens, happens. And it sure was close at the end!” A stunned Eggimann had to be towed into victory lane to receive his championship award – after thinking that his DNF was going to cost him the title. But after he reviewed the points, before and after, he had the following comments to make: “This is the first time in my racing career that I’ve been able to follow a complete series from start to finish, and a lot of that had to do with favorable economics of the Sprint Car Bandits rules package. Between the wing angle and ‘one tire all night’ rules of the ‘Bandits, not only does it make for consistently good racing, but it helps keep all the racer’s budgets regarding consumables in check…and as a byproduct, it even produces consistently competitive races.” Eggimann continues: “All season long, faster cars have been able to advance positions on the tracks that our series go to – so clearly – this series has got a rules package that works for racers and track promoters alike, which is really refreshing when so much of sprint car racing nationwide is being controlled by high budget teams, which is not economically sustainable to the majority of the other teams. I’m thankful for the rules platform that the Sprint Car Bandits has developed, because I’m not a big budget team.” Following Eggimann’s sentiment, Steve Golightly, 8-year executive crew chief on the #74E of Claud Estes III, comments: “Everyone knows that sprint car racing is expensive, and the Estes family regularly fields 3-4 cars at Sprint Car Bandits events. What we have found is that between the strong series purse structure and tire/wing angle rules, we’re able to keep fielding cars without burning up our racing budget.” Golightly continues: “I just took a picture of Claud’s left rear tire after tonight’s feature race. It looks brand new. That tire has 33 laps on it from tonight, plus hot laps – and it’s the same tire we used at the last ‘Bandits event, where we had to run 45 laps due to being in the B-feature. By the time you had hot laps to it, that tire easily has 85 laps on it – and it will be used again at our next ‘Bandits race.” In the past, co-crew chief’s on the Estes cars Doc Miller and Lonnie Bright help keep the family team hitting the track with well-prepared cars at each series event, and their past service is much appreciated. Claud would finish 2019 Series points in 3rd place. 2018 SCB series champion Colby Estes would end up in 5th place this season (after missing the opening night due to family obligations). We would like to thank our 2019 series marketing partners that help enable us to continue to provide quality 360C.I. sprint car racing in the North Texas and surrounding areas: www.SmileysRacing.com, www.FixYourGenerator.com, www.AirPerformanceRockwall.com, www.ShopTheBoss.com, www. UtilityTrailerofDallas.com, www.KoolTrikes.com and www.DarinShort.com. Digital marketing and at-track advertising packages are available for the 2020 racing season with the Sprint Car Bandits series. And if your needs include on-site promotions and out-of-home advertising, the Sprint Car Bandits series has a show car provided by 2019 series champion Will Eggimann. Just shoot off a quick email to SprintCarBandits@Outlook.com with your contact info and we’ll help develop an effective solution for your business. Don’t miss this chance to get your business in front of the loyal fans of the Sprint Car Bandits series and to consumers throughout the region! We would also like to thank the racetrack workers, SCB officials, media members and race fans for their dedication to the series. We are all just cogs on a wheel and it takes every single one of us working together to make it happen – and to sustain it into the future. Speaking of the future, the first round of the 2020 Sprint Car Bandits racing schedule was posted last month, and here is the latest. Tracks interested in hosting an event should email Darin at dssm93@msn.com as soon as possible, as remaining dates are very limited: FRI March 20 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX SAT March 28 – Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale TX SAT April 4 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX SAT April 18 – Abilene Speedway, Abilene TX SAT April 25 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX FRI May 1 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX SAT May 9 – Monarch Motor Speedway, Wichita Falls TX SAT May 30 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX FRI June 12 – Boyd Raceway, Boyd TX SAT June 27 SCB - RAINDATE SAT July 4 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX FRI July 10 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX ~Sprint Car Bandits Summer Break~ FRI September 25 – Boyd Raceway, Boyd TX SAT September 26 – Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale TX SAT October 10 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX SAT October 31 – Monarch Motor Speedway, Wichita Falls TX 10/12/19 Feature Results - Series Finale at 82 Speedway: Position: Car: Driver: Finishing Points: 1 45b - Casey Burkham 150 ($2,100 winner) 2 2s - Colby Stubblefield 142 3 12w - Dale Wester 135 4 74e - Claud Estes III 130 5 17w - Brad Welborn 125 6 02 - Cody Freeman 122 7 2 - Michael Day 119 8 77w - Will Eggimann 116 9 71 - Colby Estes 113 10 47 - Chipper Wood 110 11 74 - DJ Estes 108 12 72 - Daniel Estes 106 13 41m - Steve McMackin 104 14 33h - Mark Huddleston 102 15 33 - Michael Merrell 100 16 v8 - Robert Vetter 98 17 13m - Chance McCrary 65 Compiled Sprint Car Bandits Points for 2019 after 10/12/19 final event at 82 Speedway: Position: Car #: Driver Name: Total Points: 1 77w Will Eggimann 1540 2 12w Dale Wester 1532 3 74e Claud Estes III 1313 4 23j Junior Jenkins 1198 5 71 Colby Estes 1179 6 45b Casey Burkham 1144 7 2 Michael Day 1119 8 74 DJ Estes 943 9 118 Scott Evans 895 10 13m Chance McCrary 892 11 20 Chad Wilson 891 12 15t Marcus Thomas 844 13 72 Daniel Estes 843 14 02 Cody Freeman 777 15 99x Dalton Stevens 722 16 27 Kodey Keimig 693 17 21 Michelle Melton 689 18 47 Chipper Wood 685 19 41m Steve McMackin 618 20 33 Michael Merrell 557 21 80 Josh Hawkins 544 22 64 Mark Zoeller 483 23 v8 Robert Vetter 463 24 44 Jason Howell 417 25 10 Bryan Debrick 371 26 4 Austin Mundie 369 27 01j Jeb Sessums 342 28 2h Tommy Hall 328 29 5J Jeremy Jonas 305 30 5r John Ricketts 300 31 2s Colby Stubblefield 258 32 76 Zane Lawrence 254 33 17 Channin Tankersley 250 34 99b Blake Mallory 238 35 17w Brad Welborn 229 36 8a Koty Adams 218 37 17x Micah Baccus 215 38 33m Mark Huddleston 196 39 57 Chase Parson 190 40 79V Ryan Hall 185 41 04 Kyle Jones 184 42 55 Brad Queen 159 43 45 John Carney II 150 44 17W Harli White 142 45 26 Jacob Harris 142 46 31 Casey Willis 142 47 1X Tim Crawley 135 48 12 Trey Schmidt 135 49 35 Jeff Emerson 135 50 48 Cody Stacy 130 51 4b Austin Burkham 130 52 49 Justin Fifield 125 53 2w Dustyn Welch 125 54 b51 Johnny Brown 122 55 9Z Taylor Courtney 119 56 91 Craig Oates 119 57 3 Willie Reed 116 58 97 Reagan Reed 116 59 92 Jordan Weaver 113 60 9tx Brad Wesp 113 61 8A Alan Myers 110 62 22L Kent Lewis Sr. 106 63 83 Jett Hays 106 64 21p Robbie Price 106 65 07 Bobby Middleton 104 66 57C Chris Schmelzle 102 67 16 Cody Tankersley 100 68 18 Logan Scherb 98 69 18L Dillon Laden 96 70 41 Casey Merrell 96 71 82c Christian Kinnison 92 72 10C Jeremy Campbell 92 73 41 Josh Harner 90 74 35 Chris Hinson 88 75 4t6 Russ Fletcher 65 76 15 Michael Colaluca 65 77 9 Bobby Breen 65 78 52 JD Fry 65 79 79 Charlie McDonald 65 80 12.5 James Griffin 65 81 5X Tyson Hall 65 82 22X Steven Shebester 65 83 7 Jerrod Warhurst 65 84 42p Preston Perlmutter 65 85 88 Terry Easum 65 If you’d like to interact with the Series online, visit Sprint Car Bandits on Facebook, or click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in news, and until we see you at the track next time, be safe and enjoy the remaining racing events in the area. |
| Sprint Car Bandits Finale Ends with Wild Event at 82; 2020 Schedule Posted Garland, TX (10/16/19) Track/Series Publicity & Event Marketing by DarinShort.com. The conclusion of the 4th season of the Sprint Car Bandits® series was held this past Saturday, October 12th at 82 Speedway in Petty, Texas with the running of the $31,500 Paul Peters Memorial event. Going into the final event, the series championship was still up for grabs, with a scant 27 points separated points leader Will Eggimann over Dale Wester, which roughly equated to 5 finishing positions that Wester needed to finish ahead of Eggimann to claim the title. But before we jump right to the center of the cinnamon roll, let’s rewind the night as it unfolded: Cool-ish, yet clear and calm fall weather conditions greeted the fans and 100 race teams assembled in four divisions, after a strong storm system exited the area the day before. |
| Sprint Car Bandits Enter 5th Season with Same Drive & Dedication to the Sport Garland TX (10/18/19) by DarinShort.com. You can think about it. You can talk about it. Or you can do it. That famous Nike adage still rings through today similar in the actions of the Sprint Car Bandits series. At the series inception five years ago, we identified a primary concern of sprint car racing, from the fan, track & team standpoint; which was the change in economics associated with the sport after the events of 9/11/01. The impacts of 9/11 were never really addressed across the board (fans, teams and tracks) and it began to take its toll. Specifically, the cost of fuel for teams and fans doubled (from averages pre-9/11 of around $1.50 for gas or diesel), and for quite a while costs were substantially more than double. All the sudden, everyone had a substantially increased cost to attend or participate in an event, which squeezed everyone’s budgets. Yet nothing in the financial model changed – as the tracks alone couldn’t absorb the impact. Fans started saying “hey, it now costs us more to get there and back than the tickets cost” and started factoring that reality in to their decision-making process. The teams felt it even more, which made traveling to events further away less attractive – and feasible. Of course, some of these changes to the matrix weren’t felt across the board nationwide for quite some time, but the majority of tracks have felt its impact. |
Of course, some of these changes to the matrix weren’t felt across the board nationwide for quite some time, but the majority of tracks have felt its impact. Pushing that aside for a moment, we have to factor in that we’re all just cogs on a wheel in this sport. We all need each other for it to work and sustain itself. Fans and teams need racing venues, and the venues need the fans and teams. Paralleling the timeline and economic effects of 9/11 is the fact that there has been a significant increase in the entertainment options available to fans – that tracks didn’t have to contend with in the previous decades. So now the tracks had a double dose of impacts going forward. This means the fan entertainment component had to be addressed, which is one of the primary focus items of the Sprint Car Bandits series. Back in the day, there were enough fans attending sprint car events that in many cases there might only be one support division, and the races would be over early enough for fans to flood the pits to meet their favorite drivers. In many cases now tracks can only swing a quality sprint show by adding several divisions to the racing program, which makes it very hard to connect fans to teams – as they finish later. That’s where the Sprint Car Bandits pre-race Fan Fest comes in. We simply bring the teams to the fans, exactly inverted to the way it was in the past – but it still generates the same result, as fans now can interact with the teams again. That is step one in the fan-focus commitment of the Sprint Car Bandits series. The next step is to address the economic reality of travel expenses. So, the Sprint Car Bandits developed a simple solution – that didn’t require teams to go buy some expensive ‘fix’, like under the hood. We restricted the maximum wing angle to 20° (degrees) and require the left rear tire to be a 92 casing – and that teams must run the same two rear tires throughout the racing program. And not only has it worked, it’s REALLY worked. We have proven that you can run the same set of tires all night because the wing angle rule restricts just enough downforce that doesn’t cause excess wear. That in itself has saved race teams in the Sprint Car Bandits series $1,000’s annually in consumables – which helps to bridge that gap caused by the increased travel expenses of 9/11. But that’s not all. It’s also allowed the cars to be more freed up so faster cars can pass easier – bringing back what fans want: more racing and less follow- the-leader racing. In other words, fans are getting to consistently see more entertaining racing – which helps with fan retention. And if you don’t believe that is an important fan component, you don’t have to look hard to see that this is a constant fan complaint on the forums of sprint car racing today. Here’s a live post on the subject: www.hoseheadforums.com/forum.cfm?ThreadID=113502 If you take a moment to skim the post you will see all kinds of ‘what if they did this’ scenarios, from changing track lengths, engine components, wing sizes; etc. In the opinion of the series, why go through all of that when our rules address pretty much all of it – without having anyone going through the expense of reinventing the wheel. And we’ve proved it with our base rules package, as we have no rules changes in the pipeline for 2020 – nor have we – since series inception five years ago. For race teams that want to be rewarded more for their driving skill and ability to set up a car – not just having a big budget to gain their edge, the Sprint Car Bandits continues to prove its rules work in the results. In the past 29 Sprint Car Bandits events there have been 19 different winners. Not to dog on the WoO by any means, but they’ve complete 67 events in 2019, yet have exactly the same amount of different winners, 19. In addition, we do not penalize top performing drivers in our heat races. We line up feature events straight up by driver’s performance. Yet, that doesn’t mean it’s a ‘gimme’ in the Sprint Car Bandits, as in those same past 29 feature events, the polesitter, or top qualifier didn’t end up winning the feature event 19 times. Our simple and effective rules package (that takes a couple of crew guys about a half hour to make their existing cars ‘rules compliant’ for the Sprint Car Bandits) has essentially opened up this series to just about any engine platform – and it has been proven in driver results. We’ve had teams race with us that have carbureted 360’s under the hood (and competitively, I might add), along with other popular 360 and smaller C.I. configurations – and ALL have found they can be competitive as long as they can drive and set up a car properly. We even know of two teams that are building a LS engine platform for 2020. This all results in one primary statement: you cannot ‘buy’ wins in the Sprint Car Bandits by outspending the competition. Of course, that doesn’t work for all race teams out there, especially the few that are well funded, but the few that are well funded doesn’t generate enough numbers to make the sport sustainable. Our platform has allowed racers of all backgrounds the opportunity to compete with teams of a wide range of budgets. Yet, we’ve had well-funded teams race with the Sprint Car Bandits throughout each season and virtually all of them understand our rules and were very quick to adapt to them. Many commented, on an unsolicited level, immediately after jumping out of their cars how much fun they had racing with our rules package. Click www.SprintCarBandits.com then the rules tab to check out the details of our rules package. We are constantly receiving feedback from teams racing to us regarding how the Sprint Car Bandits purse structure and rules package helps keep them more ‘on track’ with their weekly racing budget. There are areas in the country that have adopted similar rules with great success, primarily in Minnesota and Michigan. Veteran and young drivers alike have found success in the series – and the parity between age/experience ranges was incredible in 2018: 5 features were won by what I call ‘Young Guns’, with 5 features won by experienced drivers and 5 were won by veteran drivers. Then to add even more to the mix, was the fact that there was also a female ‘Young Gun’ winning a feature last year…technically making the Young Guns the overall winners by group last year. Next up, the Sprint Car Bandits understands that just booking events isn’t enough. We are not only hitting on all 8-cylinders in our rules, we also deliver results to our marketing partners, tracks and fans by providing complete pre-race marketing materials, updates and post-event recaps. This gives Series tracks the leg-up to be able to afford to host our events as they’re given the tools to properly promote their event well in advance…which leads to higher fan attendance. Each event, the Series, the Series tracks and teams are out doing it – not just talking about it. The ‘talking about it’ phase took place the previous 10 years to the inception of this series. Now it will be interesting to see if more tracks and series dare to step out of the norm and try to do something positive to affect change, and progress, in their area. On a personal note, nationwide this season I’ve seen more driver press releases out there stating something to the effect of “Bad Draw-Ins Lead to Subpar Weekend Results” or top-notch drivers commenting “this format made me start too far back to win.” Well, some common sense may need to be factored in here. If you can’t pass because the cars are all locked down, is it the format causing the problem – or the car rules they are racing with? Change in this sport moves at a glacial pace, and that’s OK. And for those that support our series, we appreciate the fact that they get it and we’re honored to give them a platform to race with that is not only sustainable, but competitive, fun and a 21st century solution to changing economic times. The first round of the 2020 Sprint Car Bandits racing schedule was posted last month, and here is the latest. Tracks interested in hosting an event should email Darin at dssm93@msn.com as soon as possible, as remaining dates are very limited: FRI March 20 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX SAT March 28 – Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale TX SAT April 4 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX SAT April 18 – Abilene Speedway, Abilene TX SAT April 25 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX FRI May 1 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX SAT May 9 – Monarch Motor Speedway, Wichita Falls TX SAT May 30 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX FRI June 12 – Boyd Raceway, Boyd TX SAT June 27 SCB - RAINDATE SAT July 4 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX FRI July 10 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX ~Sprint Car Bandits Summer Break~ FRI September 25 – Boyd Raceway, Boyd TX SAT September 26 – Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale TX SAT October 10 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX SAT October 31 – Monarch Motor Speedway, Wichita Falls TX Best of luck to all as this season winds down and thank you to everyone that has supported the Sprint Car Bandits series over the years, and if you’d like to interact with the fans, drivers and Series, visit us on Facebook by typing Sprint Car Bandits. |
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pre-race SCB
Fan Fest at
82 Speedway...
pre-race SCB
Fan Fest at
82 Speedway...
Posted 12/8/19 - What a great day at
the Texas Motorsport Expo and Racers
Auction December 7th at the Mesquite
Convention Center & Exhibit Hall!
Super job by everyone at Smiley's
Racing Products for putting on such a
great event!
We appreciated everyone that stopped
by and visited with us about the
exciting 2020 racing season to
come...and to the Texas Sprint Series
and Danny Merrell for bringing such a
cool looking hot rod to display in our
booths!
ICYMI today, here's some pictures of
our combined booth spaces at the
Expo!
Have a GREAT HOLIDAY season to
you all and we can't wait for the 2020
racing season! We have some new
dates being added to our original
schedule that was posted here and at
www.SprintCarBandits.com - we'll be
posting those new dates in the weeks
to come!
the Texas Motorsport Expo and Racers
Auction December 7th at the Mesquite
Convention Center & Exhibit Hall!
Super job by everyone at Smiley's
Racing Products for putting on such a
great event!
We appreciated everyone that stopped
by and visited with us about the
exciting 2020 racing season to
come...and to the Texas Sprint Series
and Danny Merrell for bringing such a
cool looking hot rod to display in our
booths!
ICYMI today, here's some pictures of
our combined booth spaces at the
Expo!
Have a GREAT HOLIDAY season to
you all and we can't wait for the 2020
racing season! We have some new
dates being added to our original
schedule that was posted here and at
www.SprintCarBandits.com - we'll be
posting those new dates in the weeks
to come!
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Sprint Car Bandits 2020 Tour Kicks Off at
Heart O’ Texas – March 20th
Elm Mott, TX (02/11/20) by DarinShort.com. The 360C.I. NCRA Sprint
Car Bandits (SCB) series kicks off the 2020 tour at the 1/4 mile
'bullring' oval of Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) in Waco on Friday,
March 20th with the running of the Gordon Woolley Classic. This
annual event celebrating the life, history and racing career of the First
member of the Heart O' Texas Wall of Fame, Gordon Wooley, kicks off
the sprint car action at the speedway for the 2020 season.
Let’s jump right in to the nuts and bolts:
RACE FANS: Make plans to arrive early at the track to take in the pre-
race Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest! It will take place directly next to the
main ticket window from 6:30pm until about 7:00pm. There, you can
meet the drivers of the Sprint Car Bandits, get selfies, purchase series
racing apparel & merchandise (get them autographed!) and get a
good close look at the cars. SCB Fan Fest is an effort to help sprint
car racing get back to the good ‘ol days when there was generally
more fan interaction with the race teams. Back then it was common for
most of the fans to go to the pits after the races to meet with the
teams, and now in many cases the races at tracks don’t finish in time
to make that feasible. This is an effort to fire back up that interaction
by simply flipping the timing element. Pre-race Fan Fest will take place
at every SCB series event in 2020…as was the case in 2019.
If you’d like to get your series t-shirts prior to Fan Fest, the online
store at www.SprintCarBandits.com has them on sale right now!
TRACK INFO: Heart O' Texas Speedway’s website is www.
HeartOTexasSpeedway.com and their address is 784 N McLennan
Drive Waco, TX 76640 (just north of town right off of I-35); track phone
is 254-829-2294. Action fires up at 8pm on March 20th.
RACE TEAMS: all sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race
starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to
and including 360C.I.) and will receive passing points to determine
their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers
make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to
heading to the track. Mandatory drivers meeting and draw cut-off is at
6:15pm.
The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect. All non-
qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. As in 2019, there is
no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee.
Drivers should go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for
complete rules, purse and procedures information.
The SCB series has a unique rules package that allows teams to use
their current equipment (especially in the engine compartment) yet
curbing nightly tire expense...which helps equalize the competition with
teams of varying budget sizes. The SCB “20° wing angle rule” also
helps by freeing up the cars to be able to pass easier in many cases
that also helps reduce excess tire and engine wear. Our ‘one rear tire
all night long’ rule has saved racers thousands of dollars over the past
four seasons.
All these small, yet effective changes, have been accomplished without
the racers having to purchase something out of the ordinary. And we
essentially haven’t changed the rules since the inception of the series
at the end of 2015.
And let’s face it, since the events of 9/11/2001, a lot of the economics
of the sport of dirt track racing have changed drastically (especially the
cost of travel, track insurance, general crowd sizes, cost of racing
components), yet there really hasn’t been much being done on a
nationwide level to help counteract those economic impacts. We aren’t
trying to say we’ve ‘fixed’ all those impacts, but at least we are doing
something to help curb racer expenses – and it’s working.
Our rules package certainly has made for exciting and unpredictable
racing outcomes – as in the past 32 series events there have been 20
different feature winners!
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news and
where the tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on
Facebook, at www.Facebook.com/SprintCarBandits .
If your business is interested in getting involved with the SCB series,
please email SprintCarBandits@Outlook.com for more information.
There are effective programs available for all sizes of budgets.
If your track is interested in hosting the Sprint Car Bandits, please
email SprintCarBandits@outlook.com as soon as possible. This
schedule is subject to change, so please visit the series website prior
to traveling. New dates will be published when they become available.
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for all series info, and we look forward
to seeing you Friday March 20th when the Sprint Car Bandits tour
returns to Heart O’ Texas Speedway, near Waco, Texas with high-
powered 360C.I. winged Sprint Cars battling on the racy ¼ mile oval
for the first time in 2020!
Heart O’ Texas – March 20th
Elm Mott, TX (02/11/20) by DarinShort.com. The 360C.I. NCRA Sprint
Car Bandits (SCB) series kicks off the 2020 tour at the 1/4 mile
'bullring' oval of Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) in Waco on Friday,
March 20th with the running of the Gordon Woolley Classic. This
annual event celebrating the life, history and racing career of the First
member of the Heart O' Texas Wall of Fame, Gordon Wooley, kicks off
the sprint car action at the speedway for the 2020 season.
Let’s jump right in to the nuts and bolts:
RACE FANS: Make plans to arrive early at the track to take in the pre-
race Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest! It will take place directly next to the
main ticket window from 6:30pm until about 7:00pm. There, you can
meet the drivers of the Sprint Car Bandits, get selfies, purchase series
racing apparel & merchandise (get them autographed!) and get a
good close look at the cars. SCB Fan Fest is an effort to help sprint
car racing get back to the good ‘ol days when there was generally
more fan interaction with the race teams. Back then it was common for
most of the fans to go to the pits after the races to meet with the
teams, and now in many cases the races at tracks don’t finish in time
to make that feasible. This is an effort to fire back up that interaction
by simply flipping the timing element. Pre-race Fan Fest will take place
at every SCB series event in 2020…as was the case in 2019.
If you’d like to get your series t-shirts prior to Fan Fest, the online
store at www.SprintCarBandits.com has them on sale right now!
TRACK INFO: Heart O' Texas Speedway’s website is www.
HeartOTexasSpeedway.com and their address is 784 N McLennan
Drive Waco, TX 76640 (just north of town right off of I-35); track phone
is 254-829-2294. Action fires up at 8pm on March 20th.
RACE TEAMS: all sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race
starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to
and including 360C.I.) and will receive passing points to determine
their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers
make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to
heading to the track. Mandatory drivers meeting and draw cut-off is at
6:15pm.
The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect. All non-
qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. As in 2019, there is
no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee.
Drivers should go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for
complete rules, purse and procedures information.
The SCB series has a unique rules package that allows teams to use
their current equipment (especially in the engine compartment) yet
curbing nightly tire expense...which helps equalize the competition with
teams of varying budget sizes. The SCB “20° wing angle rule” also
helps by freeing up the cars to be able to pass easier in many cases
that also helps reduce excess tire and engine wear. Our ‘one rear tire
all night long’ rule has saved racers thousands of dollars over the past
four seasons.
All these small, yet effective changes, have been accomplished without
the racers having to purchase something out of the ordinary. And we
essentially haven’t changed the rules since the inception of the series
at the end of 2015.
And let’s face it, since the events of 9/11/2001, a lot of the economics
of the sport of dirt track racing have changed drastically (especially the
cost of travel, track insurance, general crowd sizes, cost of racing
components), yet there really hasn’t been much being done on a
nationwide level to help counteract those economic impacts. We aren’t
trying to say we’ve ‘fixed’ all those impacts, but at least we are doing
something to help curb racer expenses – and it’s working.
Our rules package certainly has made for exciting and unpredictable
racing outcomes – as in the past 32 series events there have been 20
different feature winners!
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news and
where the tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on
Facebook, at www.Facebook.com/SprintCarBandits .
If your business is interested in getting involved with the SCB series,
please email SprintCarBandits@Outlook.com for more information.
There are effective programs available for all sizes of budgets.
If your track is interested in hosting the Sprint Car Bandits, please
email SprintCarBandits@outlook.com as soon as possible. This
schedule is subject to change, so please visit the series website prior
to traveling. New dates will be published when they become available.
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for all series info, and we look forward
to seeing you Friday March 20th when the Sprint Car Bandits tour
returns to Heart O’ Texas Speedway, near Waco, Texas with high-
powered 360C.I. winged Sprint Cars battling on the racy ¼ mile oval
for the first time in 2020!
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*2020 SERIES OPENER* 360C.I. SPRINT CAR BANDITS will be RIDIN' THE RAIL AT K-DALE on SATURDAY MARCH 28th – 7pm!
>Regarding the Friday, March 20th HOT Speedway SCB event: The track is temporarily suspending their season due to activity restricting
recommendations being put in place by the city they are located in. Assuming things come back online there relatively soon, the track fully intends on
providing the SCB with a replacement date for the Gordon Woolley Classic at that time. (On an unrelated yet similar note, it's supposed to continue
raining all this week in Waco anyway, including a 80% chance of precip this Thu/Fri, so it had a really good chance of raining out as is.)
BACK TO KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK...
Kennedale, TX (03/16/20) by DarinShort.com. The best 360C.I. powered Sprint Car teams of the region will be assembled to figuratively and literally
shred the black dirt of the ¼ mile KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK on Saturday March 28th at 7pm, when the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) series
presents the running of the 2nd Annual Spring Championship.
Track Promoter Tony Dycus comments: “Last year the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits series brought a great group of cars to Kennedale Speedway Park,
with a huge crowd attending the event, and a non-stop 25-lapper that featured Chad Wilson blasting his way by the lead pair of Jeb Sessums and
eventually Marcus Thomas to put on a convincing win - which was popular with our fans as he's raced at KSP many times. This year we’re giving fans
more of what they want, so we’d added a second date for the SCB in 2020, which will be on Saturday, September 26th. And we’re holding the line on
ticket pricing. Adults can get in to see these events for just $16 so more families can afford to take it in.”
Pit Gates open at 4pm on race day, Saturday March 28th, with racing at 7pm. Grandstands open at 5pm. KSP divisions will round out the very full night
of racing, including IMCA Modifieds, SportMods, Stock Cars & Sport Compact divisions; plus the Factory Stocks and Junior Mini Stocks. The SCB are
slated to run 2nd or 3rd division out for the feature event (determined by when optimum track conditions for sprint cars exist, as all SCB events.).
RACE FANS: Make plans to arrive early at the track to take in the pre-race Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest! It will take place directly next to the main ticket
window from 5:30pm until just about 6pm. There, you can meet the SCB drivers, get selfies, purchase apparel (get them autographed!) and get a good
close look at the cars and put a face to a car number.
SCB Fan Fest is an effort to help sprint car racing get back to the good ‘ol days when there was generally more fan interaction with the race teams.
Back then it was common for most of the fans to go to the pits after the races to meet with the teams, and now in many cases the races at tracks don’t
finish in time to make that feasible. This is an effort to fire back up that interaction by simply flipping the timing element. Pre-race Fan Fest will take
place at every SCB series event again in 2020.
If you’d like to get series t-shirts prior to Fan Fest, the online store at www.SprintCarBandits.com has them for sale right now.
Kennedale Speedway Park (KSP) is located at 6727 Hudson Village Creek Kennedale, TX 76060. Click www.raceKSP.com for complete track details.
You can email raceKSP@yahoo.com or Track Promoter Tony Dycus at Tony.Dycus@yahoo.com if you need additional information. By searching
‘Kennedale Speedway Park’ on Facebook, you can check out the very latest in track updates, pictures and much more.
SPRINT CAR TEAMS: Standard SCB posted rules are in effect. All eligible sprint car teams of 360C.I. or lower must go to www.SprintCarBandits.com
prior to arrival for complete rules and procedures information, so their car is ready for action when they arrive at the track on race day. Eligibility rules
are also posted on the rules page, contact the series with any questions. No entry fee or series membership fee is required; just a $20 draw-in fee.
Draw-in and pit meeting at 5pm, draw closes at 5:30pm, then it’s off to Fan Fest which starts at 5:30pm.
All sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C.I.) and
will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the
series website prior to heading to the track.
The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect (which is posted under 'rules' on the Series website). All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each
receive $100. There is no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers must go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to
arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information.
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for all series info, and we look forward to seeing you Saturday March 28th when the Sprint Car Bandits series
electrifies the ¼ mile oval of Kennedale Speedway Park for the first of two 2020 events!
>Regarding the Friday, March 20th HOT Speedway SCB event: The track is temporarily suspending their season due to activity restricting
recommendations being put in place by the city they are located in. Assuming things come back online there relatively soon, the track fully intends on
providing the SCB with a replacement date for the Gordon Woolley Classic at that time. (On an unrelated yet similar note, it's supposed to continue
raining all this week in Waco anyway, including a 80% chance of precip this Thu/Fri, so it had a really good chance of raining out as is.)
BACK TO KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK...
Kennedale, TX (03/16/20) by DarinShort.com. The best 360C.I. powered Sprint Car teams of the region will be assembled to figuratively and literally
shred the black dirt of the ¼ mile KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK on Saturday March 28th at 7pm, when the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) series
presents the running of the 2nd Annual Spring Championship.
Track Promoter Tony Dycus comments: “Last year the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits series brought a great group of cars to Kennedale Speedway Park,
with a huge crowd attending the event, and a non-stop 25-lapper that featured Chad Wilson blasting his way by the lead pair of Jeb Sessums and
eventually Marcus Thomas to put on a convincing win - which was popular with our fans as he's raced at KSP many times. This year we’re giving fans
more of what they want, so we’d added a second date for the SCB in 2020, which will be on Saturday, September 26th. And we’re holding the line on
ticket pricing. Adults can get in to see these events for just $16 so more families can afford to take it in.”
Pit Gates open at 4pm on race day, Saturday March 28th, with racing at 7pm. Grandstands open at 5pm. KSP divisions will round out the very full night
of racing, including IMCA Modifieds, SportMods, Stock Cars & Sport Compact divisions; plus the Factory Stocks and Junior Mini Stocks. The SCB are
slated to run 2nd or 3rd division out for the feature event (determined by when optimum track conditions for sprint cars exist, as all SCB events.).
RACE FANS: Make plans to arrive early at the track to take in the pre-race Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest! It will take place directly next to the main ticket
window from 5:30pm until just about 6pm. There, you can meet the SCB drivers, get selfies, purchase apparel (get them autographed!) and get a good
close look at the cars and put a face to a car number.
SCB Fan Fest is an effort to help sprint car racing get back to the good ‘ol days when there was generally more fan interaction with the race teams.
Back then it was common for most of the fans to go to the pits after the races to meet with the teams, and now in many cases the races at tracks don’t
finish in time to make that feasible. This is an effort to fire back up that interaction by simply flipping the timing element. Pre-race Fan Fest will take
place at every SCB series event again in 2020.
If you’d like to get series t-shirts prior to Fan Fest, the online store at www.SprintCarBandits.com has them for sale right now.
Kennedale Speedway Park (KSP) is located at 6727 Hudson Village Creek Kennedale, TX 76060. Click www.raceKSP.com for complete track details.
You can email raceKSP@yahoo.com or Track Promoter Tony Dycus at Tony.Dycus@yahoo.com if you need additional information. By searching
‘Kennedale Speedway Park’ on Facebook, you can check out the very latest in track updates, pictures and much more.
SPRINT CAR TEAMS: Standard SCB posted rules are in effect. All eligible sprint car teams of 360C.I. or lower must go to www.SprintCarBandits.com
prior to arrival for complete rules and procedures information, so their car is ready for action when they arrive at the track on race day. Eligibility rules
are also posted on the rules page, contact the series with any questions. No entry fee or series membership fee is required; just a $20 draw-in fee.
Draw-in and pit meeting at 5pm, draw closes at 5:30pm, then it’s off to Fan Fest which starts at 5:30pm.
All sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C.I.) and
will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the
series website prior to heading to the track.
The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect (which is posted under 'rules' on the Series website). All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each
receive $100. There is no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers must go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to
arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information.
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for all series info, and we look forward to seeing you Saturday March 28th when the Sprint Car Bandits series
electrifies the ¼ mile oval of Kennedale Speedway Park for the first of two 2020 events!
| POSTED 3/16/20: >Regarding the Friday, March 20th HOT Speedway SCB event: The track is temporarily suspending their season due to activity restricting recommendations being put in place by the city they are located in. Assuming things come back online there relatively soon, the track fully intends on providing the SCB with a replacement date for the Gordon Woolley Classic at that time. (On an unrelated yet similar note, it's supposed to continue raining all this week in Waco anyway, including a 80% chance of precip this Thu/Fri, so it had a really good chance of raining out as is.) |
| POSTED 3/16/20: >Regarding the Friday, March 20th HOT Speedway SCB event: The track is temporarily suspending their season due to activity restricting recommendations being put in place by the city they are located in. Assuming things come back online there relatively soon, the track fully intends on providing the SCB with a replacement date for the Gordon Woolley Classic at that time. (On an unrelated yet similar note, it's supposed to continue raining all this week in Waco anyway, including a 80% chance of precip this Thu/Fri, so it had a really good chance of raining out as is.) |
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| NEWS FLASH POSTED 4/30/20: ATTENTION SPRINT CAR BANDITS TEAMS, FANS, TRACK WORKERS & SPONSORS: >As you all know, I normally don't like to launch events until they're 100% complete with flyer & details. However the MAY 9th event is going to be a PRE-REGISTER event with the top 35 in 2019 SCB final point standings being allowed to register first. There is also going to be a limit of 35 sprint cars allowed to enter. Since things are now moving forward at a geometric pace, here's what I'd really appreciate all of you doing: -Please like and share this post to everyone has the heads-up that these events are in the pipeline and just around the corner! -Please save asking your questions to me right now so I can get the Monarch event materials and registration page built and launched -Assuming things go as planned the rest of today, I plan to OPEN pre-registration for May 9 to the top 35 in 2019 Sprint Car Bandits final points standings at 8AM tomorrow (FRIDAY) until NOON. Then at that point, I'll open up registration to anyone else that is SCB legal for this event. -Final 2019 Sprint Car Bandits points are located at: https://www.sprintcarbandits.com/results.html THANK YOU for your patience and understanding while I get everything built today and SCB teams: please be ready to register for the May 9th event between 8AM-NOON tomorrow (link will be provided at that time), so you don't get left out. Until then, I'm going to get back at it - but I at least wanted you all to know WE ARE RACING...and kicking it all off NEXT SATURDAY at Monarch Motor Speedway! ...Then we'll be off to LoneStar Speedway on Sat. May 16th and 82 Speedway on Sat. June 30th...and also note that our postponed event at KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK is rescheduled for Sat. June 27! |
| POSTED 3/25/20: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FRIDAY JUNE 27, 2020 |
| SPRINT CAR BANDITS “PANHANDLE 25” at MONARCH SAT. MAY 9, 7pm! >PLUS HUGE TRIPLE HEADER for 3 USRA Divisions! Wichita Falls, TX (5/1/20) by DarinShort.com. Race fans and teams that have been to the new Monarch Motor Speedway (west side of Wichita Falls) know that it features incredible dirt track racing with state-of-the-art facilities. And for the second straight year, a blockbuster event is taking place at the ¼ mile ultra-fast speed plant featuring some of the best dirt track racers in the region with the running of the Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) “PANHANDLE 25” 360C.I. Shootout, paying $2,000 to win and $300/start. PLUS! The $1,000 to win Limited Modified Madness, $1,000 to win Factory Stock Fracas and $500 to win Tuners Brawl will all be taking place on this one special night - Saturday, May 9th at 7pm! Note that the Sprint Cars will be racing 1st or 2nd division our for the feature events. :30 Second Rewind from the 2019 SCB Monarch event: An unforgettable night of wild in-your-face action would take place after overnight storms made for a total slurp-fest on the racing surface with elbows-up high speed drama taking place in every division all night long. The SCB feature event saw Will Eggimann (2019 SCB series champion) wrestle the lead away from John Carney II and Tim Crawley. Eggimann would lead til the 2-to-go flags were waved when a lapped car got crossed up and started flipping in front of the lead pack, resulting in Eggimann’s top wing being torn off the car. During the red, with just two laps to go, Eggimann and team decided it was not a safe idea to restart the event sans top wing leading the field…so he went pit-side and John Carney II would take home the $2,000 winners prize, with Harli White driving the wheels off her #17w sprinter coming from 21st to 2nd after a first-lap skirmish. RACE FANS: Advance discount tickets are available through the end of May 8th (night before the event), by clicking www.SprintCarBandits.com and then tap the top flashing link on the home page, and within about a minute – and fee free – you’ll have your tickets to this awesome event! Note that with social distancing measures in effect we are bound to selling only 25% of the track grandstand capacity – so get your tickets now in case they sell out you…so you won’t miss out! at 35 for this event, and early registration opens on 5/1/20 at 8am-12pm for the top 35 drivers in 2019 SCB series points. The remainder of the field will be set by all remaining drivers that choose to compete in this event that are SCB legal. If you are not part of the early entry teams, you are urged to get your team registered as close to 12:01pm as possible on Friday May 1st, as we’ve received calls from sprint teams as far away as 9 hours from Wichita Falls expressing interest to join us. Adult tickets on the day of the race (assuming there are tickets remaining) are $20 (ages 11-54), while kids (ages 6-11) are $5 and Seniors/Active Military are $15. Pit passes on May 9th are $35. Directions to Monarch Motor Speedway from I-44 in Wichita Falls: Go 4 Miles West on Hwy 287, Exit FM369 North 0.7 Miles. On Facebook find them at @MonarchMotorSpeedway and their new website is www.MMSdirt.com – so make sure to check out all of the great events scheduled there this season. Advance discount tickets are available at www.SprintCarBandits.com through May 8th. EVENT DETAILS: Pits Open 3pm, Grandstands 5:30pm (practice social distancing at all times), Pit Meeting/Draw Cutoff 6pm, Hot Laps by 7pm & Racing to Follow, Drivers Must Buy a Pit Pass for Each/ Division they are Racing In. Driver Registration Required ALL RACE TEAMS in ALL DIVISIONS: Pre-entry for this event is required. Just go to www.SprintCarBandits.com then click the flashing 5/9 event link at the top of the page and you can get yourself entered in about a minute. Registration is open through the night before the event date, it is $35 for all cars in all divisions – however – early entered drivers get their $35 pit pass for free on 5/9 (effectively meaning there is no actual entry fee). Any drivers not pre- entering will be charged a $50 late entry fee upon their arrival on race day (if open spots are still available), plus they’ll have to purchase their pit pass for $35. Drivers choosing to compete in more than one division can do so by simply purchasing an additional pit pass per each division they are competing in (register your second division car now, but purchase your pit passes on race night). SPRINT RACE TEAMS: all sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C.I.) and will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to heading to the track. Purse structure for the SCB “PANHANDLE 25” championship feature: $2,000 – 1,000 – 600 – 500 – 400 – 390 – 380 – 370 – 360 – 350 – 340 – 330 – 320 – 310 – 300…to 20th. All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. There is no series membership or license fee and just a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers are required to go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information. RaceCeivers and Transponders (yellow Westhold) are required. Mufflers are not required for this event. The Limited Modified Madness and Factory Stock Fracas features event are 20 laps: The full purse will be posted early next week and is $1,000 to win and $100 to start. There is a $20 draw fee due at sign in. RaceCeivers and Transponders (yellow Westhold) are required. USRA Limited Modified & USRA Factory Stock car rules are in effect and USRA points will be awarded. Drivers not holding a USRA license can purchase a temp license upon their arrival for $10. $30 to any non-qualifier or non-starter. Mufflers not required. Tuners Brawl feature event is 15 laps: The full purse will be posted early next week and is $500 to win and $60 to start. RaceCeivers and Transponders (yellow Westhold) are required. USRA Tuner car rules are in effect and USRA points will be awarded. Drivers not holding a USRA license can purchase a temp license upon their arrival for $10. $30 to any non-qualifier or non-starter. The SCB series has a unique rules package that allows teams to use their current equipment (especially in the engine compartment) yet curbing nightly tire expense...which helps equalize the competition with teams of varying budget sizes. The SCB “20° wing angle rule” also helps by freeing up the cars to be able to pass easier in many cases that also helps reduce excess tire and engine wear. Our ‘one rear tire all night long’ rule has not only saved racers thousands of dollars over the past four years, but to date, we’ve yet to have one tire fail (blow) due to excess tire wear in any feature race we’ve held. All these small, yet effective changes, have been accomplished without the racers having to purchase something out of the ordinary. And we essentially haven’t changed the rules since the inception of the series at the end of 2015. And let’s face it, since the events of 9/11/2001 – and now as of late, a lot of the economics of the sport of dirt track racing have changed drastically (especially the cost of travel, track insurance, general crowd sizes, cost of racing components), yet there really hasn’t been much being done on a nationwide level to help counteract those economic impacts. We aren’t trying to say we’ve ‘fixed’ all those impacts, but at least we are doing something to help curb racer expenses – and it’s working. Our rules package certainly has made for exciting and unpredictable racing outcomes – as there were 18 different feature winners in the past 28 series events! Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news SCB tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on Facebook, at www.Facebook. com/SprintCarBandits . If your business is interested in getting involved with the SCB series, please email SprintCarBandits@Outlook.com for more information. There are effective programs available for all sizes of budgets. We look forward to seeing you Saturday, May 9th when the Sprint Car Bandits 360C.I. “PANHANDLE 25” Sprint Shootout returns to Monarch Motor Speedway in Wichita Falls with high-powered winged Sprint Cars battling on the racy 1/4 mile speed plant, paired with a wild night of racing in the Monarch USRA Divisions! |
| POSTED 5/9/20: STACKED FIELD of Sprint Car Bandits Series Teams set to BATTLE IT OUT in the PANHANDLE 25 at Monarch Motor Speedway – SATURDAY, MAY 9, 7pm, 76° & DRY TODAY, not windy - LET'S GO RACING! The 360C.I. Sprint Car Bandits series will be racing a full program along with the USRA LTD MODS, FS & TUNERS! Sprint Car registration is closed – a HUGE field of sprint car teams from 6 states will be here! Grandstand Tickets on sale at ticket window only, at 5:30pm! Those that purchased advance tickets can access grandstand 30 minutes early, at 5pm tonight. Here are a BUNCH of top-line info items for each event - so please read on before asking a question that is already answered right here - - - thanks in advance, because we are jammed getting everything ready for your arrival! - Track is located 4 miles west of I-44 in Wichita Falls on Hwy 287, then head north about 3/4 mile on FM369. 7300 Kiel Lane Wichita Falls, TX. Click MMSdirt.com for track info. SATURDAY MAY 9th Racing at 7pm featuring the $2,100/win and $300/start Sprint Car Bandits series! Weather forecast: 76 degrees and dry. Adult G.A. (ages 12-54) JUST $20! Seniors (age 55+) or First Responders $15. Kids 6-11 are $5. Pit passes $35 (age 6-11 pits are $15). ADVANCE TICKET holders get to access the grandstands 30 minutes early on Saturday at 5pm (advance ticket sales now closed)! PLUS USRA POINTS RACE: $1,000 to win each Factory Stocks & Limited Modifieds; plus $500/win TUNERS! Sprint Car entry to this event is closed, as we are capped off entries – a PACKED field of sprint car racers from 6 states will be here...see entry list below! USRA divisions can still enter, but if your team didn’t pre-enter, they will have to pay a $50 late fee (plus buy their pit pass) tonight. -USRA DIVISION DRIVERS: Make sure you purchase your license ahead of time as tracks are no longer allowed to issue them. Go to www. USRAracing.com/register and get them. A $10 temp license will be available at the track. USRA points race. Cars in the USRA divisions that didn’t pre-enter must pay a $50 entry fee upon their arrival. -MMS points divisions, GET YOUR CAR REGISTERED for the season before coming to the track! All cars racing Friday must be registered at MMS before racing. Go to www.MMSdirt.com then click the rules/registration page and you’ll be all set up in a few minutes. We have great food in the concession stand, so come hungry and we'll fix you up - and at family-affordable prices! Make sure to read our new ‘text food ordering’ system signs near the concession stand…fans loved the new service last week! We now sell adult beverages, and no outside food/drink coolers are allowed inside the ticket gate. No one likes rain at outdoor sporting events. But if the races rain out before the completion of the heat races, hold on to your ticket stub, as it will be valid for the next scheduled race of same ticket price value (in other words, if tickets that night were $15, the next event you will have a $15 credit when you redeem your ticket stub from the previous event). The exact same procedure will be in effect regarding pit passes. If the races rain out after the heat races, the event is considered complete, and any remaining races will not be rescheduled and all drivers will receive start money for their scheduled division that night (for any of the feature events that rained out). There will be no grandstand tickets valid for a future date if races are rained out after the completion of the heat races, as it is considered a complete show. Division rules are posted at the Monarch Motor Speedway Facebook page, and www.MMSdirt.com Join us TONIGHT SATURDAY MAY 9th* for a GREAT NIGHT of family fun, featuring the 360C.I. Sprint Car Bandits series on Saturday! Note that sprint car registration is capped off and closed. Here are the confirmed and paid registrations in the Sprint Car Bandits series for the Panhandle 25 at Monarch Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 9th at 7pm: 9 Chase Randall Waco TX 23 Junior Jenkins, Greenville, TX j2 Rusty Pipes Lubbock, TX 45 David Luckie Lubbock, TX 88 Terry Easum Tulsa, OK 2 Michael Day Greenville, TX 41 Joshua Harner Alvarado, TX 41m Steve McMackin Greenville, TX 17 Channin Tankersley Dayton, TX 5 Kyle McCutcheon Alamogordo, NM 42p Preston Perlmutter San Antonio, TX 4 Austin Mundie Dallas, TX 99B John Ricketts Burleson, TX 7 Jerrad Warhurst Joshua, TX 74e Claud Estes III Godley, TX 71 Colby Estes Godley, TX 74 DJ Estes Mansfield, TX 12 Dale Wester Ovilla, TX 1s Brandon Long Kokomo, IN 4 Caleb Padgett, Madisonville, TX 20 Chad Wilson N. Richland Hills, TX 32K, Chris Kelly, Oklahoma City, OK 33K, JT Kelly, Oklahoma City, OK 31 Mason Smith Wichita Falls, TX 04 Kyle Jones Joshua, TX 13m Chance McCrary Farmersville, TX 55b Brandon Anderson Glenpool, OK 41 Casey Merrell Ft. Worth, TX 83 Jett Hays Rhome, TX v8 Robert Vetter, Wolfe City, TX 5$ Danny Smith Sapulpa, OK 9$ Kyle Clark Sapulpa, OK 41B Lucas Boxwell Willow Park, TX 82c, Christian Kinnison Denton, TX B52 Brayden Voigt Wichita Falls, TX 15 Jase Randolph Bixby, OK 74B Jake Bubak Arvada, CO 64 Mark Zoeller Rockett, TX 45b Casey Burkham, Combine, TX 1x Tim Crawley Benton, Arkansas 17w Harli White, Lindsay OK Purse structures for tonight, May 9th are listed here: Purse structure for the SCB “PANHANDLE 25” championship feature: $2,100 – 1,200 – 600 – 500 – 400 – 390 – 380 – 370 – 360 – 350 – 340 – 330 – 320 – 310 – 300…to 20th. All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. There is no series membership or license fee and just a $20 nightly draw fee. $100 to non-starters or non-qualifiers. Drivers are required to go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information. No Mufflers required, RaceCeivers and Transponders (yellow Westhold) are required. Plus $100 Hard Charger award from Jeremy Pipes. Plus $100 to win from Jeremy Pipes (included above). Plus $200 for 2nd place from Harli White Racing (included above). The Limited Modified Madness and Factory Stock Fracas features event are 20 laps: $1,000 – 600 – 400 – 300 – 225 – 200 – 175 – 150 – 125 – 100…to start. There is a $20 draw fee due at sign in. No Mufflers required, RaceCeivers and Transponders (yellow Westhold) are required. USRA Limited Modified & USRA Factory Stock car rules are in effect and USRA points will be awarded. Drivers not holding a USRA license can purchase a temp license upon their arrival for $10. $30 to any non-qualifier or non-starter. Tuners Brawl feature event is 15 laps: $500 – 300 – 200 – 150 – 140 – 130 – 120 – 110 – 100 – 90 – 80 – 70 – 60…to start. No Mufflers required, RaceCeivers and Transponders (yellow Westhold) are required. USRA Tuner car rules are in effect and USRA points will be awarded. Drivers not holding a USRA license can purchase a temp license upon their arrival for $10. $30 to any non-qualifier or non-starter. |
| THIS SATURDAY MAY 16th - JOIN US at LoneStar Speedway for the Roughneck 25 for the Sprint Car Bandits series! PLUS the high-powered LoneStar Modifieds, Limiteds, Factory Stocks and FWD 4 Cylinders will round out the 5-division program.. (Local classes no entry or registration fees and all 'Bandits rules and procedures apply.) Transponders required in all classes (including SCB) except 4 Cyl. Rentals are $15. RaceCeivers required as well. Sprint Car Bandits Roughneck 25 feature payback: $2,000 - 1,000 - 600 - 500 - 400 - 390 - 380 - 370 - 360 - 350 - 340 - 330 - 320 - 310 - 300...to 20th. Any non-qualifier or non-starter receives $100. No SCB series registration, pre-entry or license fee. $20 draw fee. All cars must be SCB legal. Drivers must read rules at series website prior to coming to the track. Pits open at 4:00 Draw ends at 6:15 Drivers meeting at 6:45 (SCB 6:30) Hot laps 7:00 Racing starts at 8:00 General Admission: Adults. $18 Kids 5- 11. $5 Under 5 in Grandstands are free Seniors and Veterans $16 Pit passes $35 VIsit www.SprintCarBandits.com and www.LoneStarSpeedway.com for series/track rules and info. |
| 5/16 UPDATE: POSTPONED TIL OCTOBER DUE TO WEATHER, OUR NEXT SCB EVENT IS 5/30 AT 82 SPEEDWAY |
| 2nd Annual Sprint Car Bandits 82 Speedway TEXOMA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS – SAT. MAY 30, 8pm! Petty, TX (05/19/20) by DarinShort.com. 82 Speedway in Petty Texas, AKA “The Land of the XL” will host the best 360C.I. powered Sprint Car teams of the region with 2nd running of the Texoma Sprint Car Championships featuring the NCRA 360C.I. Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) series presented by BasicE-Commerce.com. The series also negotiated an XL-size competitor purse of $2,000 to win and $300 just to take the green flag in the 25-lapper. Track Promoter Tracy Peters comments: “the Sprint Car Bandits bring a quality field of drivers – and us, along with our fans really enjoy the high-speed thrill show they put on at 82 Speedway. When you pair up our 60-70’ wide progressive banked racing surface and the high-quality sprint car teams of the ‘Bandits, you’re guaranteed to see a great race. And we’re holding the line on ticket pricing. Adults can get in to see this event for just $18 so more families can afford to take it in.” 82 Speedway is known as the ‘Land of the XL’ and features a super-wide multi-groove progressive banking surface that is .26 miles in distance on the pole and exactly a 3/10 mile on the top groove of the speedway. There is even a run-off area around the entire racing surface which helps assist drivers that might develop a problem during a race. Since it’s the first sprint car event of the season at 82, pit Gates open early at 4pm on race day (82 Speedway teams - please arrive early to get registered if you haven’t already at www.82speedway.com), hot laps are slated around 7:30pm with racing at 8pm. Grandstands open at 6:30pm. 82 Speedway divisions will round out the very full night of racing, including the Texas Wing Modified Association, USRA Limited Mods and Factory Stocks; plus the Eco Stocks, Eco Mods, Texas Stocks & FWD/Tuners. (Modifieds are scheduled off.) The SCB are slated to run 3rd division out for the feature event. All divisions have a great posted competitor purse (see below). 82 Speedway divisions Draw Cutoff/Pit Meeting at 7pm (all cars will draw for heat race starting position, all heats earn finishing and passing points, features are straight up), Track Packing 7:30 & Hot Laps with Racing to follow immediately. Grandstand admission Adults $18 (ages 12-64), Kids ages 6-11 $5, Seniors/Military $13. Any outside food/drink cooler brought into main grandstand area (size of 12-pack, no glass containers) are $5 (same as 2019). Pits are $35. Pit access for ages 5 and under is $15. Anyone under the age of 18 entering the pit area must complete an annual minor's release form prior to entering. If you’ve yet to visit 82 Speedway, it is much closer to DFW than a lot of people think and is NOT the old Paris Speedway southeast of Paris. As a point of reference, including a quick fuel stop, you can get from the intersection of Bass Pro Shops/I-30/Bush in Garland to 82 Speedway in 80 minutes. 82 Speedway is about 15 minutes WEST of PARIS, located on Hwy 82 on the east edge of Petty, TX. The address is 16369 US Hwy 82 Petty, TX 75470. Here's the purse structure for Saturday May 30th at 82 Speedway. Working RaceCeivers and transponders are required in ALL racing divisions: Sprint Car Bandits ‘Texoma Championship’ A-feature purse (25 laps): $2,000 – 1,000 – 600 – 500 – 400 – 390 – 380 – 370 – 360 – 350 (10th) – 340 – 330 – 320 – 310 – 300…to start. $100 each to all eligible NQ’s or non-starters. SCB draw cutoff/pit meeting at 6:30pm. There is no SCB entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers must go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules and procedures information…which will all be in effect. All SCB teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C.I.) and will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. Again, all drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to heading to the track. Mufflers not required. RaceCeivers and Transponders (Westhold yellow) required. Draw cutoff and mandatory drivers meeting at 6:45pm. USRA Factory Stocks, USRA Limited Modifieds & Texas Stock Features: $500 – 300 – 200 – 160 – 120 – 100 – 90 – 80 – 70 – 60…to start. Purse is guaranteed for each division that has 12 or more cars signing in for racing. If there 11 or fewer cars in these divisions, their feature payback starts with 2nd place and continues from there (as was the case in 2019). Mufflers not required. RaceCeivers and Transponders (Westhold yellow) required. Texas Wing Modified Association purse and rules in effect, visit http://www.texaswingmodifiedassociation.com/ for more series information. Eco Mods & Eco Stocks (same purse structure each division: $300 – 200 – 160 – 120 – 100 – 80 – 70 – 60 – 50…to start. Purse is guaranteed for each division that has 12 or more cars signing in for racing. If there 11 or fewer cars in these divisions, the feature payback starts with 2nd place and continues from there (as was the case in 2019). Mufflers not required. RaceCeivers and Transponders (Westhold yellow) required. Front Wheel Drive Tuner Division feature: $150 – 100 – 80 – 60 – 30…to start. USRA Tuner car rules are in effect for this division. Mufflers not required. RaceCeivers and Transponders (Westhold yellow) required. Drivers competing in USRA divisions must be licensed. Go to www.USRAracing.com to get your Modified, Factory Stock or Limited Modified licensed, as the track can no longer sell USRA licenses on race night – you can only purchase a temporary license at the track on race night. Transponder rentals are $15 (with ID, any damage done to transponders is drivers liability). Annual car registration is $40. RaceCeivers are not available as a rental...but they are required, as are transponders. Reserved pit spaces are available for the season, which can be purchased (along with car registration) at www.82Speedway.com then click the ‘driver registration’ button on the upper left of the home page. Click www.82Speedway.com for all division rules. No one likes rain on race day. But here is the track policy if, and when, it intervenes. If the races rain out before the completion of the heat races, hold on to your ticket stub, as it will be valid for the next scheduled race of same ticket price value (in other words, if tickets that night were $15, the next event you will have a $15 credit when you redeem your ticket stub from the previous event). The exact same procedure will be in effect regarding pit passes. If the races rain out after the heat races, the event is considered complete, and any remaining races will not be rescheduled and all drivers will receive start money for their scheduled division that night (for any of the feature events that rained out). There will be no grandstand tickets valid for a future date if races are rained out after the completion of heat races. Transponders and RaceCeivers required for all divisions. (Transponder rental available at pit window. 82 Speedway uses Westhold transponders.) All non-touring division cars must be registered at 82 Speedway each year. There is a $40 annual registration fee for each 82 Speedway division cars you enter to compete in. **RACE TEAMS: 82 Speedway generally does not require you to change gearing to race here if you are usually racing on ¼-mile track! When the track was originally built it was advertised as a 3/8 mile. Now that it has been reconfigured by Tracy, it is nearly an exact .26 miles on the pole and 3/10 mile if you're racing the top groove (as the racing surface is 60+ feet wide!). Keep up with the latest track news by clicking www.82Speedway.com or @82Speedway on Facebook.com. |
| Kennedale, TX (06/27/20) by DarinShort.com. The best 360C.I. powered Sprint Car teams of the region will be assembled to figuratively and literally shred the black dirt of the ¼ mile KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK *TODAY* Saturday June 27th at 7pm, when the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) series presents the running of "Ridin' the Rail at K-dale". For those of you that were at this event last year, you already know what it means, as eventual race winner Chad Wilson Motorsports would ride the top rail around KSP and pass by the front row starters in the non-stop 25-lap championship feature event. Track Promoter Tony Dycus comments: “Last year the NCRA Sprint Car Bandits series brought a great group of cars to Kennedale Speedway Park, with a huge crowd attending the event, and a non-stop 25-lapper that featured Chad Wilson blasting his way by the lead pair of Jeb Sessums and eventually Marcus Thomas to put on a convincing win - which was popular with our fans as he's raced at KSP many times. This year we’re giving fans more of what they want, so we’d added a second date for the SCB in 2020, which will be on Saturday, September 26th. And we’re holding the line on ticket pricing. Adults can get in to see these events for just $16 so more families can afford to take it in.” Pit Gates open at 4pm on race day, Saturday June 27th, with racing at 7pm. Grandstands open at 5pm. Adult GA to this huge event is just $16! Kids are $5, Seniors just $10, and all pit passes are $35. KSP divisions will round out the very full night of racing, including IMCA Modifieds, SportMods, Stock Cars & Sport Compact divisions; plus the Factory Stocks and Junior Mini Stocks. The SCB are slated to run 2nd division out for the feature event (determined by when optimum track conditions for sprint cars exist, as all SCB events.). Note that Tarrant County is currently requiring face masks be worn at events such as this (same as Dallas County). The track will have them available if you forget yours for a small fee. Kennedale Speedway Park (KSP) is located at 6727 Hudson Village Creek Kennedale, TX 76060. Click www.raceKSP.com for complete track details. You can email raceKSP@yahoo.com or Track Promoter Tony Dycus at Tony.Dycus@yahoo.com if you need additional information. By searching ‘Kennedale Speedway Park’ on Facebook, you can check out the very latest in track updates, pictures and much more. SPRINT CAR TEAMS: Standard SCB posted rules are in effect. All eligible sprint car teams of 360C.I. or lower must go to www. SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules and procedures information, so their car is ready for action when they arrive at the track on race day. Eligibility rules are also posted on the rules page, contact the series with any questions. No entry fee or series membership fee is required; just a $20 draw-in fee. Draw-in and pit meeting at 5:30pm. Draw closes at 5:45pm. Mufflers ARE required for SCB teams at this event. All sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C. I.) and will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to heading to the track. The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect (which is posted under 'rules' on the Series website). All non-qualifiers or non- starters will each receive $100. There is no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers must go to www. SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information. Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for all series info, and we look forward to seeing you *TONIGHT* Saturday June 27th when the Sprint Car Bandits series electrifies the ¼ mile oval of Kennedale Speedway Park for the first of two 2020 events! |
| POSTED 6/28/20: What a battle at Kennedale Speedway Park! Jeb Sessums passes race leader Chad Wilson (with a banged up RR after contact with the wall) on lap 23, and Wilson through a huge slider in lapped traffic and cleared Sessums to take home the thrilling win! Sessums and Tankersley rounded out the top 3. What a thrilling night of racing and we will be back at KSP late September! We also had our first flip victim of the season tonight when Colby Estes got hard into the corner 3 and flipped. Colby was ok. Join us next Saturday when the SCB heads to 82 Speedway for the Flags and Fireworks 25! Thanks to everyone that supported this event and to Bo Rawdon and the track crew of doing a brilliant job on track prep! It was also GREAT being at the track and enjoying a NORMAL evening of FUN in this country WITHOUT any of the worries of the world right now. It was just the MEDICINE our Series, the fans, race teams and the track operators needed! Special thanks to Don Cook for providing video coverage of the event! Details posted at our FB page and at www.SprintCarBandits.com |
| 2nd Annual Sprint Car Bandits "Flags & Fireworks 25" to Light Up 82 Speedway! Petty, TX (6/29/20) by DarinShort.com. Last year the Sprint Car Bandits® series and 82 Speedway came up with a unique program to commemorate the 4th of July called the ‘Flags and Fireworks 25’ and it ended up being a huge hit with the fans and race teams. The event returns to 82 Speedway on Saturday July 4th at 8pm. The track is located about 15 minutes west of Paris, directly on Hwy 82 Petty Texas. The event will pay $2,000 to win and down to $300/start for the Sprint Car Bandits feature. During intermission, we'll bring out all the cars* on the track (all divisions) after the heats with their flags waving from the cockpits to parade around the track while we play 4th of July music through the stands while we BLOW UP a bunch of fireworks from the infield! *Note that there are no passengers allowed in the cars during the Flag Parade and drivers must be fully suited up and belted in ALL cars. In addition to the Winged 360C.I. SCB Sprint Cars, the Texas Wing Modified Association will have a complete program. Plus there will be a full night of racing in the 82 Speedway divisions: USRA Limited Modifieds, Factory Stocks ($1,000 to win) and Tuners; plus Texas Stocks, Eco Stocks and Eco Mods ($1,000 to win). (Note USRA Mods will be OFF 7/4.) Adult G.A. to this huge event is just $20!!! Kids 6-11 $5, Seniors/Military $15. Pits $35 (Pits ages 5 & Under $15). Sprint Cars will race 3rd out in running order. If you’ve yet to visit 82 Speedway, it is much closer to DFW than a lot of people think and is NOT the old Paris Speedway southeast of Paris. As a point of reference, including a quick fuel stop, you can get from the intersection of Bass Pro Shops/I-30/Bush in Garland to 82 Speedway in 80 minutes. TRACK DIRECTIONS: Track is located about 1 mile east of Petty Texas right on Hwy 82, which is about 20 minutes east of Bonham and 15 minutes west of Paris. 16369 US Hwy 82 Petty, TX 75470. For track and details, go to www.82speedway.com or on www.Facebook.com/82Speedway . Please do not rely on GPS to get you to the track doorstep: go exactly 1 mile east of the Petty Texas turnoff on Hwy 82, and look to the right and you will see the track, and the entrance is right at the huge shop building with the checkered flag roof. I like to refer to 82 Speedway as ‘The Land of the XL.’ Translated, everything is XL size, such as the 60’ racing surface that is .26 miles on the pole (1/4 mile) then in the groove right at 1/3 mile. There are no walls around the entire track – with lots of runoff space wherever you’re racing, which leads to less tore up equipment. Over-sized grandstands that each have 0% obstructed viewing from whatever spot you choose to view from. Huge spectator and pit parking areas will greet everyone on their arrival. Oh ya, then there’s the track owners, Shelley and Tracy Peters who are some of the nicest people you’ll ever come across. Bottom line, if you haven’t been there, here’s your chance on Saturday July 4th! Depending on the heat of the sun that day, the first green flag is set for around 8pm. Click www.82Speedway.com for more details, and interact on Facebook at 82 Speedway Here’s the purse structure for the SCB championship feature: $2,000 – 1,000 – 600 – 500 – 400 – 390 – 380 – 370 – 360 – 350 – 340 – 330 – 320 – 310 – 300…to start. All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. There is no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers should go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information. Mufflers are not required at this event. Factory Stock 4th of July Special - 20 laps: $1,000 - 500 – 300 – 200 – 160 – 120 – 100 – 90 – 80 – 70 – 60…to start. Transponders & RaceCeivers are required. Track transponder rentals are $15 nightly. No muffler rule. See details below. We WILL be teching cars, so make sure to read our division rules posted at www.82speedway.com Econo-Mod 4th of July Special: $1,000 - 500 - 300 – 200 – 160 – 120 – 100 – 80 – 70 – 60 – 50…to start. Transponders & RaceCeivers are required. Track transponder rentals are $15 nightly. No muffler rule. See details below. IF your local track's Eco-Mod rules slightly vary from ours posted at www.82speedway.com please bring your local track rules with you for tech. We WILL be teching cars! Texas Stocks & Limited Modifieds (same purse structure, each division): $500 – 300 – 200 – 160 – 120 – 100 – 90 – 80 – 70 – 60…to start. Transponders & RaceCeivers are required. Track transponder rentals are $15 nightly. No muffler rule. See details below. Econo-Stocks: $300 – 200 – 160 – 120 – 100 – 80 – 70 – 60 – 50…to start. Transponders & RaceCeivers are required. Track transponder rentals are $15 nightly. No muffler rule. See details below. Tuners: $150 – 100 – 80 – 70 – 60 – 30…to start. The Tuners are new and payback is guaranteed regardless of car count. Transponders & RaceCeivers are required. Track transponder rentals are $15 nightly. No muffler rule. Details immediately below. Texas Wing Modified Association: Go to www.TexasWingModifiedAssociation.com for complete rules, procedures and purse structure. All cars in all divisions must be registered with the track for the season. Annual driver registration is $40 (not for touring/series teams) and can be done ahead of time at www.82Speedway.com by clicking the 'driver registration' button on the top left of the homepage. 82 Speedway non-qualifiers or non-starters will receive $30 each in all divisions. If a driver chooses to compete in more than one division on the same night, the driver must purchase an additional pit pass per division entered. On regularly scheduled events, if 11 or fewer cars in a division are signed in (except Modifieds which are 14, and Tuners which have no minimum), the posted purse structure for that division on that night will start at 2nd place pay and continue down from that point on. Rain out policy. If the races rain out before the completion of the heat races, hold on to your ticket stub, as it will be valid for the next scheduled race of same ticket price value (in other words, if tickets that night were $15, the next event you will have a $15 credit when you redeem your ticket stub from the previous event). The exact same procedure will be in effect regarding pit passes. If the races rain out after the heat races, the event is considered complete, and any remaining races will not be rescheduled and all drivers will receive start money for their scheduled division that night (for any of the feature events that rained out). There will be no grandstand tickets valid for a future date if races are rained out after the completion of heat races. Westhold transponders and RaceCeivers required in all racing divisions. Track rentals are available. Click www.82Speedway.com or www.Facebook.com/82Speedway for more track details, schedules and news. Thanks to Shelley and Tracy Peters & staff for bringing us all such a FANtastic place to enjoy quality dirt track racing events! Let's all get REVVED UP for what's going to be a GREAT WEEKEND of racing action on the 4th of July Holiday at 82 Speedway - just 15 minutes west of Paris, Texas right on Hwy 82! |
Elm Mott, TX (07/03/20) by DarinShort.com. The 360C.I. NCRA Sprint Car Bandits (SCB) series 2020 tour continues at the 1/4 mile 'bullring' oval of Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) in Waco on Friday, July 10th with the running of the Muscular Dystrophy Association ‘Muscling in the Dirt’ night. This is the final event before the scheduled Summer Break for the Sprint Car Bandits series, so don’t miss it! This season has been filled with thrilling events and great turnouts, and we expect another night of fun on July 10th at HOT! TRACK INFO: Heart O' Texas Speedway’s website is www.HeartOTexasSpeedway.com and their address is 784 N McLennan Drive Waco, TX 76640 (just north of town right off of I-35); track phone is 254-829-2294. Action fires up at 8pm on July 10th. RACE TEAMS: all sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C.I.) and will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to heading to the track. Mandatory drivers meeting and draw cut-off is at 6:15pm. The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect. All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. As in 2019, there is no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers should go to www.SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information. The SCB series has a unique rules package that allows teams to use their current equipment (especially in the engine compartment) yet curbing nightly tire expense...which helps equalize the competition with teams of varying budget sizes. The SCB “20° wing angle rule” also helps by freeing up the cars to be able to pass easier in many cases that also helps reduce excess tire and engine wear. Our ‘one rear tire all night long’ rule has saved racers thousands of dollars over the past four seasons. All these small, yet effective changes, have been accomplished without the racers having to purchase something out of the ordinary. And we essentially haven’t changed the rules since the inception of the series at the end of 2015. And let’s face it, since the events of 9/11/2001, a lot of the economics of the sport of dirt track racing have changed drastically (especially the cost of travel, track insurance, general crowd sizes, cost of racing components), yet there really hasn’t been much being done on a nationwide level to help counteract those economic impacts. We aren’t trying to say we’ve ‘fixed’ all those impacts, but at least we are doing something to help curb racer expenses – and it’s working. Our rules package certainly has made for exciting and unpredictable racing outcomes – as in the past 35 series events there have been 21 different feature winners! Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news and where the tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on Facebook, at www. Facebook.com/SprintCarBandits . If your business is interested in getting involved with the SCB series, please email SprintCarBandits@Outlook.com for more information. There are effective programs available for all sizes of budgets. If your track is interested in hosting the Sprint Car Bandits, please email SprintCarBandits@outlook.com as soon as possible. This schedule is subject to change, so please visit the series website prior to traveling. New dates will be published when they become available. Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for all series info, and we look forward to seeing you Friday July 10th when the Sprint Car Bandits tour returns to Heart O’ Texas Speedway, near Waco, Texas with high-powered 360C.I. winged Sprint Cars battling on the racy ¼ mile oval for the first time in 2020! |
| Adams Picks Up First Sprint Car Bandits Win at 82 Speedway; Heart O’ Texas Set for This Friday Garland TX (07/06/20) by DarinShort.com. Fireworks, a full moon and a wide-open racetrack greeted fans and teams on the 4th of July 2nd Annual Flags & Fireworks 25 at 82 Speedway in Petty, Texas. And when all of the wild and highly unpredictable action atop the wide expanses of 82 Speedway had come to a conclusion, 4th place starter, Haughton Louisiana’s Kody Adams, would find his way to the Sprint Car Bandits (SCB) series victory lane for the first time in his career. Race Rewind: In the first heat race, an advancing Chipper Woods would make hard impact with the wall coming out of corner four and flipped coming to a rest with a mangled car – and Chipper a left shoulder injury. We checked in with Chipper yesterday and he was in good spirits, but still in a lot of pain. Everyone at the Sprint Car Bandits family of teams, fans and series officials wish him a speedy recovery. Resuming with heat race #1, Dale Wester would make a huge power move on the top shelf of corner 4 from his 4th place starting position and would take an impressive heat race win. Heat race #2 featured Casey Burkham (starting 2nd) and Koty Adams (starting 4th) finishing first and second – and would also find themselves eventually battling for the lead in the feature later on in the evening. Chad Wilson (May 30th SCB feature winner at 82 Speedway) would fire off in 7th position and drive his way up to 3rd, amassing enough passing points to become the second highest qualifier for the feature event. Louisiana racer Richard Reynolds would take command of heat race #3 and never looked back taking the win. Slated to start 4th was Chance McCrary, who would encounter engine woes earlier in the evening and scratched for the event. During intermission, several Sprint Car Bandits teams dawned flags on their cars and participated in the ‘Flags & Fireworks’ special program along with a huge fireworks display and lots of patriotic music. We’d like to thank those drivers for their participation – as the fans totally enjoyed it. Dale Wester would earn the top points getter honors for the championship feature event, with Chad Wilson, Casey Burkham and Koty Adams rounding out the top 4 starters. After a spectacular 4-wide parade lap with fireworks ablaze in the sky, North Richland Hills Texas sprint pilot Chad Wilson would set his own blazing trail on the top shelf of the ‘Land of the XL’ and quickly finding himself with lapped traffic on lap 5. Then disaster struck. Wilson entered corner #1 with Daniel Estes on the high side, the pair would make contact sending the #20 of Wilson spinning and the #72 of Estes flipping wildly outside the racing surface. Estes would emerge from the crash unscathed – but his car wasn’t as lucky. Wilson would find himself relegated to resume the event in 20th. When the event resumed, fans had one eye focused on the new battle at the front of the field between Burkham and Adams, and their other eye watching Wilson slice and dice his way through the field. It was then that Richard Reynolds would find his black #5 spinning at the bottom of corner #1, right at the same time as a thundering herd of ‘Bandits drivers were battling side- by-side resulting in a big pileup, and Wilson and Jordan Rupe would find their night coming to an end. This was Rupe’s first-ever SCB event, and it was an unfortunate end to both of those driver’s night. But this event was far from over at that point. The race would resume and the battle up front raged with Koty Adams leading for several laps and Casey Burkham, Michael Day and Claud Estes III stalking through lapped traffic. Burkham would blast by Adams to take the lead around lap 17 when a car spun into the infield of corner #4 bringing out the yellow. The final laps were contested without stoppage and Koty Adams would find himself in SCB victory lane for the first time, with Michael Day finishing a solid 2nd, Claud Estes III in 3rd and Casey Burkham in 4th. Feature Results – Flags and Fireworks 25 at 82 Speedway 7/4/20: 16 – Koty Adams (started 4th) 2 – Michael Day (started 7th) 74e – Claud Estes III (started 5th) 45b – Casey Burkham 35 – Jeff Emerson 23 – Junior Jenkins 12w – Dale Wester 82c – Christian Kinnison 16b – Blake Baccus 6m – Blake Mallory 35k – Dylan McCann 7 – Jarrod Warhurst b52 – Brayden Voigt 33 – Michael Merrell 41 – Casey Merrell 41b – Lucas Boxwell 41j – Joshua Harner 20 – Chad Wilson 5 – Richard Reynolds 86 – Jordan Rupe 72 – Daniel Estes 47 – Chipper Wood (DNS) 13m – Chance McCrary (DNS) Thank you to all the fans, staff, teams, sponsors and 82 Speedway for hosting such a fun and exciting 4th of July event! Next up for the Sprint Car Bandits is the Muscular Dystrophy Association ‘Muscling in the Dirt 25’ at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Elm Mott, TX (just north of Waco directly on I-35) this coming Friday, July 10th. This is the final event before the scheduled Summer Break for the Sprint Car Bandits series, so don’t miss it! This season has been filled with thrilling events and great turnouts, and we expect another night of fun on July 10th at HOT! TRACK INFO: Heart O' Texas Speedway’s website is www. HeartOTexasSpeedway.com and their address is 784 N McLennan Drive Waco, TX 76640 (just north of town right off of I-35); track phone is 254-829-2294. Action fires up at 8pm on July 10th. RACE TEAMS: all sprint car teams that sign in will draw for heat race starting positions, regardless of their engine C.I. displacement (up to and including 360C.I.) and will receive passing points to determine their straight-up from points feature race starting position. All drivers make sure to read the posted rules at the series website prior to heading to the track. Mandatory drivers meeting and draw cut-off is at 6:15pm. The standard posted SCB purse and rules are in effect. All non-qualifiers or non-starters will each receive $100. As in 2019, there is no entry fee, no series membership fee and a $20 nightly draw fee. Drivers should go to www. SprintCarBandits.com prior to arrival for complete rules, purse and procedures information. Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news and where the tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on Facebook, at www.Facebook. com/SprintCarBandits . We look forward to seeing you Friday July 10th when the Sprint Car Bandits tour returns to Heart O’ Texas Speedway, near Waco, Texas with high-powered 360C.I. winged Sprint Cars battling on the racy ¼ mile oval for the first time in 2020! |
| JULY 10, 2020 NEWS FLASH: The 'Muscling in the Dirt' Sprint Car Bandits series event at HOT Speedway *THIS FRIDAY* now pays the winner $2,000 - special thanks to Fred Summers of FAITH, FAMILY & FAST for the purse bump! THANK YOU to Davis's Drug & Alcohol Testing for putting up $100 to Friday night's Hard Charger in the Sprint Car Bandits feature race at HOT Speedway! THANK YOU to Monarch Motor Speedway's MONSTERS AT MONARCH 8/7 & 8/9 for adding to the 2nd place finisher so that it now pays $1,000 tonight! |
| POSTED 7/11/20: THANK YOU to everyone that supported last night's Sprint Car Bandits series Muscling in the Dirt MDA Night at HOT Speedway! Click https://youtu.be/EqGZmeuRLyU for video! SPECIAL THANKS once again to our event sponsors: Fred Summers of FAITH, FAMILY & FAST (1st place sponsor), Monarch Motor Speedway's MONSTERS AT MONARCH event on August 7 & 9 (2nd place sponsor) and Davis's Drug & Alcohol Testing (Hard Charger award, recipient Jerrad Warhurst)! Here's the SCB Race Rewind: Tankersley Wrestles His Way from Sixth to Thrilling $2,000 'Bandits Victory at HOT! Elm Mott, TX (7/11/20) by DarinShort.com. A 23-car Sprint Car Bandits series field loaded with talent would assemble on a hot summer night at HOT Speedway located at the north side of Waco Texas for the running of the Muscling Up The Dirt MDA Night. 6th place starter Channin Tankersley Racing would wrestle his way to the lead after a lap 16 restart and hold off a very hard charging Casey Burkham and Claud Estes III to take the $2,000 winners share back to the northern Houston suburbs. Tankersley would cross the checkers with a scant one car length to spare. Earlier in the evening, tons of racing would take place in the Air Performance Heating and Air Conditioning qualifying heat races. 7th place heat race #2 starter Dale Wester would race his way past several drivers to garner the top qualifying spot for the feature event. The second highest points-getter was Preston Perlmutter after starting heat race #1 in the 6th position. Casey Burkham would collect the 3rd highest passing points after starting 8th behind Perlmutter in the same heat race. The fourth highest points-getter was Claud Estes III after winning heat #2 from his third starting spot. Tankersley would win his heat race from the pole - setting a dizzying pace of 11.69 seconds around the Heart O' Texas dirt oval...yet he only garnered enough points to start the feature event in 6th - as there were so many drivers that loaded up in passing points in their heats. Daniel Estes would become the night's only non-starter after he developed engine woes while leading his heat race. |
The 22-car starting field would get all of the Heart 'O Texas Speedway fans on their feet during the 4-wide salute parade lap and when the green flag flew, the first 16 laps whizzed right by with frenetic 3- and even 4-wide racing from the bottom to the top of track promoter Selby Holder's Heart O' Texas Speedway. Selby and the HOT track prep crew had the track prepped for full-tilt all night long, which was a real feat with the hot and blustery weather conditions. Up until that point Dale Wester was blasting his way through lapped traffic (from lap 6 to 16) with Burkham, Estes and Tankersley each in close pursuit while trading sliders for position while they all continued to negotiate lapped traffic. It was full-scale pandemonium out there! On the restart, Wester would slide slightly high entering corner one with the trio of Tankersley, Estes and Burkham blasting by on the bottom side, with Tankersley taking the lead, and as soon as that took place Estes would take command of the lead - only to be overtaken by Tankersley in the next corner! It was a wild sequence of events that only lasted the span of about 5 seconds - as the SCB teams were still setting a blistering pace atop the Heart O' Texas banked oval. After the event's 2nd and final caution on lap 19 for a quick spin out, Tankersley would vault out to lead the field but when the field encountered lapped traffic on the final lap Burkham and Estes III would close the gap to one car length at Tankersley would reach the checkers first. This event continues the streak of every single 2020 season Sprint Car Bandits feature events containing at least one lead change - which is a real feat with the quality of teams assembled for our events this year. And it's a real testament to the SCB series rules that continue to prove that a more sustainable way of racing sprint cars is possible - and without costing the racers added expense along the way. As a matter of fact, our 'one rear tire rule all night long' paired with our 20° wing angle rule has saved SCB series racers each thousands of dollars along the way - and we're really proud of that fact. It also has resulted in faster cars being able to pass easier - as evidenced once again last night. EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to Kathy Graham who sung a cappella in the SCB pit meeting "I'm Proud to Be an American" - which was a fitting and beautiful testament of the difficult times our nation is currently facing. Please take a moment to watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/michael.merrell.64/videos/3088360844578886/ Also, THANK YOU to www.facebook.com/Charliedoneitcreations for building a beautiful SCB feature winner award and for his work with the Central Texas MDA. On that note, we enter our scheduled SCB Summer Break, which allows our teams and fans that like to travel around (specifically up north) the opportunity of doing so, without missing a beat down here - and gives time for the hot weather season to pass down here. Our next scheduled SCB event will be at KENNEDALE SPEEDWAY PARK on Saturday, September 26th. Also be watching for more Series news, as we are also in the process of negotiating addition Fall 2020 SCB series events. THANK YOU once again for everyone's support at this point in the season! Be safe out there and we look forward to seeing everyone soon when the Fall 2020 SCB season fires back up at KSP! Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for more news and info. A-feature results, Heart O' Texas Speedway Sprint Car Bandits 7/10/20: 1- Channin Tankersley (from 6th) 2- Casey Burkham (from 3rd) 3- Claud Estes III (from 4th) 4- John Ricketts (from 9th) 5- Marcus Thomas 6- Michael Day 7- Dale Wester 8- Colby Estes 9- Preston Perlmutter 10- Rodney Henderson (in his SCB series debut) 11- Austin Saunders 12- Kodey Keimig 13- Jerrad Warhurst (Davis Drug & Alcohol Testing Hard Charger Winner) 14- Todd Lovett (in his SCB series debut) 15- Mark Zoeller 16- Chance McCrary 17- Cody Stacy 18- Blake Mallory 19- Christian Kinnison 20- Junior Jenkins 21- Michael Merrell 22- Austin Burkham 23- Daniel Estes (DNS) |