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Last update 14 February 2008 (added Steve's Racing Photo's).

Long overdue for reconstruction. Updates, comments, corrections, and contributions are eagerly sought. Send me email at webmaster@chucko.com to contribute.

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Here are some of my favorite links to other sprint car resources on the net.

Since you can find NASCAR, NHRA, Indy car (both flavors) and F1 racing everywhere on the Web these days, I've listed only sites that provide information about open-wheel dirt track racing. Check the usual indices, such as Yahoo, for those better-known motorsports.

The sites listed here are culled from a stack of suggestions I've received, and the descriptions are my own opinions. If you would like to make a suggestion, or correct some misinformation I've inadvertently displayed here, please write me. I make no guarantees about how soon I'll add new listings, but I'll make corrections at my earliest opportunity.

Racing news

Here are the places where you can satisfy your need for current race news.

US and international racing news

• Gotta get the current buzz on the sprint car scene? News doesn't get any fresher than Hosehead's Sprint Car Photos & News, Allan Holland's up-to-the-minute news and rumors page. Chucko sez bookmark this one!!
• NetPitPass focuses on the US racing scene from an Ohio vantage point.
• TJ Slideways Midwest Sprint Car Racing Page has all the latest news from the US Midwestern sprint car scene.
• The Indianapolis Star newspaper hosts a superb and timely free auto racing news page. All forms of racing are covered, with particular emphasis on the local Indiana racing scene and of course the Indy car circuit(s) and the Indianapolis 500. Race fans, start your browsers here!
• The archive site for the Usenet newsgroup rec.autos.sport.info, Motorsport News International's Web page includes timely race reports from all sorts of racing around the globe, including the World of Outlaws and USAC.

Local and regional news

• Rick Rarer's Ohio/Pennsylvania Sprint Car Racing site offers news, results, and photos from the Ohio and Pennsylvania sprint scenes.

  Race fans in the Rocky Mountain and Western states should have a look at BigWestRacing.com, home of the "Racer's Bar and Grill" forums.

These sanctioning bodies have official World-Wide Web sites.

United States

• The World of Outlaws set the standard by which all other winged sprint car organizations are judged. Here's where you'll find the best sprint car racers in America.
• And the series the Outlaws were outlawed from, the USAC Thunder & Lightning Sprint Car championship, has a page provided by the Insight Marketing Group.
• After a long delay, USAC's own Web page has finally appeared. Look here for the latest on USAC sprint, midget, and Silver Crown racing, on dirt and pavement.
• Primarily a regional tour in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, the All Star Circuit of Champions is a breeding ground for the outlaw stars of tomorrow, and a hotbed of top-notch sprint car racing in its own right.
• The American Sprint Car Series is a spec-head 360 cubic inch winged sprint car series sanctioning races throughout America's midsection, from Montana and North Dakota through eastern Texas, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle, including the 2nd Annual ASCS Nationals at Devil's Bowl, Texas.
• Another spec-head 360 series, the Arizona Sprint Car Association sanctions non-winged racing in southern Arizona, with Manzanita Raceway in Phoenix as their home track.
• Sprint cars in Upstate New York? Better believe it! The Empire Super Sprints tour is making tracks in a region previously known as dirt modified country!
• Another Empire State tour, the Central New York Mini Sprints, organizes mini-sprint races throughout central New York and northern Pennsylvania.
• A sanctioning body with a long history centered in the American Midwest, but with member tracks in 29 states, the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) sanctions sprint car, modified, and stock car racing series for the grassroots oval track racer throughout the US. See their web site for the latest news, rules, and lots more.
• The Interstate Racing Association (IRA) tours the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan.
• Another historic sanctioning body, the National Championship Racing Organization (NCRA) sanctions "Outlaw" and 360 sprint car racing, along with modifieds and late model stocks, from North Dakota to Louisiana.
• For more from the Northern California winged wars, see the Golden State Challenge "King of California" site, or John Padjen Motorsport's Golden State Challenge site.
• Formed from the ashes of the California Racing Association (CRA), the Sprint Car Racing Association (SCRA) commutes between dual "home tracks" in Perris, CA (Perris Auto Speedway) and Phoenix, AZ (Manzanita Speedway). The future of Southern California sprint car racing - and non-winged sprints in particular - can be seen at this web site.
• The great state of Virginia is the home of the Virginia Sprint Series, another spec-head series aiming to keep a tight control on costs.
• Dirt track racers in the north central US, from four-banger stocks to sprint cars, can find a place to race under the WISSOTA banner. The organization's reach stretches from its original home base in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin to the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming.
• Merced (CA) Speedway is the home track of the Renegade 360 Sprints. They're running on asphalt at a variety of Central California speedways.
• The California Sprint Car Civil War Series is a Northern California tour for winged 360s, circulating between Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway, Placerville Speedway, Marysville's Twin Cities Speedway, Petaluma Speedway, and Antioch Speedway. These Civil Wars should be fun to watch!

Australia and New Zealand

• Australia's biggest sprint car organization is the World Series Sprintcars. This is where Aussie stars Max Dumesny and Brooke Tatnell play, and where America's stars go to practice when the US circuit is taking its winter vacation!

There are a surprising number of sprint car race tracks on the Web, and more are coming. Write me and let me know of your favorites.

United States and Canada

Don't forget to check out the California Tracks page!

• What better track to start with than the home of the most prestigious race in all of sprint car racing, Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway? Get your ticket order form for the Knoxville Nationals here, and check out the schedule, results, and photos from the best known half mile in all of sprint car racing!
• The home of the Pennsylvania Posse, Williams Grove (PA) Speedway, has news, schedules, points standings, and more. This historic half mile stands ready to break new ground into the next millenium.
• Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, located near Pittsburgh, hosts a variety of dirt track racing on "Dirt's Monster 1/2 Mile".
• The birthplace of the World of Outlaws, Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, continues in their 24th season.
• Wayne County (OH) Speedway, a 3/8 mile oval, races 360 sprints on a weekly basis, and hosts occasional All-Star sprint car races as well.
• Lincoln, Nebraska's Eagle Raceway hosts winged 360 sprints and IMCA modifieds on a weekly basis, and annual visits by the World of Outlaws tour.

Believe it or not, some race teams actually have time to build World-Wide Web sites! Check out the following teams and drivers, and please support them in any way you can.

Race teams

• The Moose Racing team owned by Tom and Laurie Sertich runs the #92 sprint car on the SCRA circuit with young Californian Danny Sheridan at the wheel in 2001.
• Among the San Jose (CA) Speedway regulars with a web page is Larkin Motorsports. The Larkin #53 is a 360 cubic inch sprinter wheeled by driver/crewman Norm Merrill, and sponsored by Country Rogue Construction.
• The Robenalt Racing Team runs 410 and 360 sprint cars in Ohio, primarily at Flag City Motorsports Park. Driver Bruce Robenalt, owner Dorothy and crew chief Rob are looking for sponsors -- please give them your support!
• Ty Hawkins drives the Hawkins Motorsports #3 in the 360 division at Placerville (California) Speedway, and with the California Sprint Car Civil War Series. And the Vacaville-based team also fields sprint cars for Joey Magaruh and Ron Myska at Placerville. Catch them if you can!
• Streeter Racing is a family team based in Santa Rosa, CA, with teenaged driver Matt Streeter at the wheel of the #74 USAC/BCRA midget (that is, when he's not attending high school in Salt Lake City!). Matt finished 3rd in the BCRA points race in 1998. While you're there, don't miss the John D. Streeter Memorial page, a tribute to Matt's dad, who passed away in February 1999.

Race drivers

• Sarah Fisher is one of a handful of female drivers disproving the notion that it takes big cojones to race sprint cars, and now Indy cars!
• Oklahoma City's Shane Carson is one of the stars of the NCRA, and a potential winner anywhere he unloads the #12$ car owned by James Helms.
• Five-time North Island (New Zealand) midget champion Graham Standring shows that Americans don't have a lock on all the dirt driving talent!
• 1997-'98-'99 IMCA Sprint Car Champion Johnny "Baja" Miller hails from Burleson, Texas. Watch for Johnny at Boyd Raceway and North Texas Motor Speedway, and other Texas tracks.

Yes, there are sprint car racing museums!

• Overlooking Turn Two of the Knoxville (IA) Raceway, the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum couldn't be located in a more appropriate place! Well worth a visit if you're in town for the Nationals, or you can stop by on the Web any time.

These are the other businesses who keep the cars on the track, the drivers out of the hospital, and the fans happy.

Racing supplies

Please patronize these suppliers when you're in need of parts or supplies, whether you're a race car mechanic or speedway promoter.

• One of the most famous short-track racing engine builders in the country, Gaerte Engines, is now on the web. If you haven't heard of them already, just look under the hood of America's most successful sprint cars!
• JRG Media offers a complete array of multimedia products and services, including racing clip art collections and WWW page design. Their corporate site is at http://www.jrgmedia.com/.
• Kaeding Performance Center is the race shop run by the legendary Kaeding racing family in Campbell, California. While their specialty is sprint cars, parts and motors, they also sell a variety of speed parts for everything from street cars to drag boats. Catch up on the history of 3 generations of sprint car race winners while you're here!

Racing photographers

My Web page wouldn't be nearly as interesting without the photos provided by these ace shutterbugs. Please be sure to patronize them, or at least ask them for permission when re-using photos from their sites. Like most race drivers, most race photographers aren't exactly rolling in cash, so please don't steal their work!

• Tear-Off Heaven Fotos is a family outfit run by Steve and Kim Lafond. The Lafonds are die-hard race fans, and it shows in Steve's photos! I am indebted to the Lafonds for many of the photos seen on my pages.
• Another family operation, this one a pair of brothers, M&M Photos covers anything that moves... in circles... in California. Mark and Matt Sublett are a pair of race photographers just starting to make a name for themselves. Check out their page and see why!
• West Coast photographer Jim O'Brien's JD Photographics web site offers photography from the World of Outlaws, USAC, BCRA, and other forms of racing, and beyond!
• Steve's Racing Photo's focuses (pun intended) primarily on Northern California racing. Have a look at Steve LaMothe's work and see what you think.

Memorabilia and fan clothing

Here's stuff to read, wear, look at, and play with while you're waiting for the next race.

• Moose Racing's Souvenir Trailer offers clothing, custom jewelry, race-themed gift wrap and picture frames, and lots more. Help support the Moose Racing #92 SCRA sprint car!

Several other sprint car fans have Web pages about their favorite form of racing. Here are a few.

• Want to find out where to see some good ol' fashioned dirt track racing, including stocks, modifieds and of course sprints and midgets? Check out Tom's Down Home American Racing Page. Tom hails from Arkansas, but has listings for tracks across the US, links, and lots more!
• Dan Hendricks's Sprint Car Racing Home Page makes up in enthusiasm whatever it might lack in content.
• Short Track Racers on the Internet, a member of the Chasin' Racin' family of sites, is another great photo-filled feast for the eyes! Here the focus is on all kinds of oval track racing, including the asphalt variety. But there's no shortage of sprint, midget and Silver Crown action. Chucko sez check it out!
• Silicon Valley fans should check out the San Jose Speedway News page, an unofficial news-and-happenings page from a fan's perspective. Check out the message board too!

These are the best racing links pages I know of.

• Nothing here at present... drop me a note if you want to suggest one!

This area covers anything that doesn't already have a category. Got a link that should go here? Drop me a note.

Credits

Page layout and text copyright © 1994-2002 Chuck Fry. Unless otherwise stated, all photos this page are by Steve Lafond, and are copyright © 1993-2002 Tear-Off Heaven Fotos.

See the full copyright notice for details.

A sincere thank you to the many people who contributed to these links, and to those whose web pages I scanned for the best of the best.