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by John Rittenoure - PARK CITY, Kans. (September 11, 2021) - It was a night to remember Saturday at 81 Speedway. Most importantly was taking time to remember those that lost their lives 20 years ago on 9-11. It was also a night of racing that many 81 Speedway attendees will remember, especially if you are Terry Easum. Easum picked up his 2nd AmeriFlex / OCRS IMCA Sprint Car career victory on the famed Kansas 3/8’s mile oval located just north of Wichita. Easum bolted into the early lead from...more

After winning three races on his way to a Midweek Money Series championship in 2023, Kyle Larson quickly kickstarted his 2024 campaign with High Limit Racing in similar fashion - winning the season opener on Tuesday at Tampa, Florida's East Bay Raceway Park. Originally scheduled for Monday and postponed to Tuesday afternoon due to rain, 56 High Limit Sprint Cars returned to complete the C-Main, FK Rod Ends Dash, B-Main, and 25-lap, $10,000-to-win, $1,000-to-start A-Main. Earning the pole...more

Inside Line Promotions – BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2024) – The opening weekend of the season was a success for Big Game Motorsports and driver David Gravel. The team captured its first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory of the year and produced three top fives during the four-race Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals hosted by Volusia Speedway Park. That was good enough to garner the big gator trophy as the event champion for the second time in the last three...more

Bryce Norris has made a slight shift in his plans and is set to invade Iowa this weekend to compete in the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series season opener. The two-day event kicks off on Friday night at 34 Raceway (West Burlington, Iowa) and concludes on Saturday with the second round of the Morning Sun Farm Implement Sprint Car Clash. "We're looking to gain as much 410 Winged Sprint Car experience as we can this year, and looking forward to competing in the IRA opener in Iowa" Norris said....more

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