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DRUMRIGHT, Okla. (April 17, 2023) - 81 Speedway and Dodge City Raceway Park are set to open the 2023 season for the United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing this coming weekend. A special Thursday night event will kick things off at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas as the rebels join the United States Modified Touring Series at the lightning fast 3/8 mile oval. Pits will open at 3pm with Hot Laps getting underway at 6:30pm and Racing at 7pm. Taking Friday night off,...more

(Image Credit: David Smith, Jr.) Bryan Hulbert – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 20, 2023) Kicking off the 2023 season in Victory Lane, Jordan Knight captured Thursday’s victory with the United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford at 81 Speedway. Starting on the pole and holding the point, Knight was chased to the finish by Zach Blurton. Third went to Ty Williams, followed by Jeremy Campbell and Jake Martens to make up the top five. The United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 11, 2023) – Big Game Motorsports rebounded in a big way last weekend. The team kicked off a pair of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series races in the Midwest on Friday at U.S. 36 Raceway near Osborn, Mo., where David Gravel qualified fifth quickest. A heat race win earned a spot into the dash and Gravel gained two positions to finish fifth, lining the No. 2 sprint car up on the outside of the second row in the...more

By John Rittenoure - PARK CITY, Kans. (May 21, 2022) - It took eight events, but a repeat winner has finally emerged on the AmeriFlex / OCRS IMCA Sprint Car tour. Steven Shebester, who won the March 4 season opener at Red Dirt Raceway, fought his way past a determined Kyle Clark and went on to win the 25-lap feature in a combined event with the Drive to Zero United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Saturday at 81 Speedway. Shebester started outside front row and gunned into...more

For two-plus years, the hype around Corey Day's future has continuously been building; and somehow, he continuously lives up to it. On Sunday at RPM Speedway in Crandall, TX, the 18-year-old sensation earned his first-career Kubota High Limit Racing victory in his ninth try with the young series; and he did it in simply spectacular fashion. After starting fourth and fading to fifth, the Clovis, California native used all of his experience from racing bullrings back home to propel the Jason...more

(Photo by Trent Gower Photography/World of Outlaws) Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 2, 2024) – David Gravel guided Big Game Motorsports to its second straight runner-up result last Saturday during the World of Outlaws Wichita Sprint Car Showdown at 81 Speedway. The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series weekend was cut in half after Friday’s show at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Okla., was cancelled because of high winds. Gravel was efficient throughout...more

Bryan Hulbert - DRUMRIGHT, Okla. (July 13, 2022) Gearing up for seven races over ten days across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, the 2022 Lucas Oil ASCS Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek takes place July 21-30 and features an increase nightly payout for teams. Focusing more on the middle and back of the field, the increase starts at fourth place with each position's payout increased $100 over the 2021 payout, for an increase of nearly $15,000 in overall purse money across the seven night stretch. The...more

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (July 25, 2022) Two nights in the books in Arkansas with Tim Crawley and Wayne Johnson finding Victory Lane to kick off the 2022 ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek, a Sunday and Monday to rehydrate will give way to five consecutive nights across Oklahoma and Kansas Rescheduled from last Thursday’s rainout, action resumes at Tulsa Speedway on Tuesday, July 26. Tickets and Pit Passes from last week’s postponement will be honored. Two nights in Kansas, Wednesday’s action...more

(Image Credit: Rob Kocak) Bryan Hulbert – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 2, 2022) A battle down to the final turn at 81-Speedway with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region presented by Smiley’s Racing Products, Blake Hahn held off the last corner slide job from Ryan Timms for his first victory of the 2022 season, and ninth with the series. Holding off Hahn through restarts and traffic from the start, it was slower traffic that brought Hahn to the back bumper of the No. 5t. Squeezing by...more

(Photo by Trent Gower Photography) Inside Line Promotions – ELDON, Mo. (June 3, 2020) – Four Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions races are on tap for Dominic Scelzi. The Cometic Gasket Thunder Through the Plains presented by Hercules Tires begins on Thursday at Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla., before shifting to Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on Friday. Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha, Okla., hosts a race on Saturday with a Sunday event at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan.,...more