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Race chaser since birth | Living life 1 race at time | @ReneeAeriel has my ❤ | @GroveCtyCollege Class of 2000 | Fan of the @nyjets & @YSUMensHoops

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Mike Leone
4 years
Kyle Larson has arrived @SharonSpdwy for the final night of #OhioSpeedweek for the @ASCoC
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Some white #57 from California has arrived @wcsohio making his #OhioSpeedweek debut. Car owner @Paul_Silva57
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Mike Leone
6 years
Making the somber drive back home. Wishing last night was a bad dream. @GregHodnett always seemed larger than racing & life itself & will be sorely missed. 2 months ago Greg messaged me a question...no Greg you weren't bothering me. RIP to a true ambassador of Sprint Car racing
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Mike Leone
7 months
In his 50th year of 410 Sprint Car racing, @4DannySmith parks it in victory lane @SkylineSpeedway for his 1st win of 2023! He did it from the 6th starting spot too!
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Mike Leone
2 years
And @KyleLarsonRacin has arrived @Lernerville for tonight's @ASCoC show
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Mike Leone
7 years
Just a little excitement here as @KyleLarsonRacin wins his 1st ever @lincolnspeedway for his 5th straight 410 Sprint Car win!
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4 years
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Mike Leone
3 years
Can anyone stop @KyleLarsonRacin tonight @wcsohio !? Fresh off a million dollar @NASCAR payday, he'll look for $6000 tonight in his 1st of 3 #OhioSpeedweek @ASCoC races
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Mike Leone
6 years
A lot of non Sprint Car fans complain about how long Sprint races take to run with pushing them off, flipping & such but their 6 heats took 40 mins compared to the Late Model heats which took 70 mins to complete tonight @TheDirtTrack
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Mike Leone
3 years
Unbelievable crowd tonight at Rev for the first ever appearance by the @WorldofOutlaws & first visit to Louisiana in 17 years!
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Mike Leone
7 years
UNBELIEVABLE..Lucas Wolfe flips, makes repairs, restarts at tail, takes the lead on lap 16 & drives off to the 410 Sprint win at Port Royal!
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Mike Leone
6 years
"This is damn cool to win at Attica. I've had several seconds here. I was committed to running the bottom- I'm too damn old to run the top. This is Bryan Clauson's birthday so I parked it for him." @atticaracewyprk @ascoc winner @paulmcmahan
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6 years
Just announced @atticaracewyprk is donating $2000 to Jason Johnson's family!
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Mike Leone
5 years
I've been coming to @EldoraSpeedway for 35 years. How cool is it after all these years to still see Sammy Swindell, Dave Blaney & Jac Haudenschild race last night with the @WorldofOutlaws
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Mike Leone
4 years
Fresh out of high school, Dave Blaney's career is born in 1981 as he stepped into his father Lou's Sprint Car @SharonSpdwy . One year later Dave would win his 1st career Sprint Car race that began the journey of being inducted into the @sprintcarhof in 2014
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Mike Leone
2 years
Yes @KyleLarsonRacin is racing tonight @VolusiaSpeedway as he opens the @WorldofOutlaws season for @Paul_Silva57
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Mike Leone
4 years
Is there a better looking operation in all of Sprint Car racing than @RudeenRacing !?
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4 years
Kyle Larson's celebrates his 1st career @bapsrace win for his 38th overall dirt win of 2020 by capturing the $5100 Kevin Gobrecht Classic for the 410 Sprint Cars aboard the @Paul_Silva57 #57
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Mike Leone
5 years
. @TonyStewart celebrates his 4th career @ASCoC win, worth $5000 after a dominating performance @BubbaRacewayPrk
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Mike Leone
4 years
Good to see @JoeySaldana racing tonight @RaceMCS with the @ASCoC . Joey is aboard the Ed Neumeister/Charlie Fisher #12N . Joey was the 1997 & 1999 #OhioSpeedweek champion & owns 74 career Series wins
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Mike Leone
3 years
. @KyleLarsonRacin will looking for another @ASCoC win tonight @SharonSpdwy after winning from 10th last night @wcsohio
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Mike Leone
1 year
. @Alex_Bowman is a surprise entrant @bapsrace
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Mike Leone
7 years
. @JacobAllen1a celebrates his 1st career 410 Sprint Car win earning $5000 @suskyracing in the @sharkracingWoO #1a for @BobbyAllen1a !
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Mike Leone
4 years
The great Doug Wolfgang awaits to be pushed off in Bob Weikert's #29 Sprint Car. Safety sure has come a long ways
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Mike Leone
5 years
. @KyleLarsonRacin celebrates his 9th career @ASCoC win worth $5000 to open #OhioSpeedweek @atticaracewyprk
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Mike Leone
5 years
One of the best looking Sprint Cars is the Allebach/Faigle #5w driven by @LucasWolfe5w . He awaits @ASCoC motor heat @BubbaRacewayPrk
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Mike Leone
1 year
Just announced at the drivers meeting, weekly @PortRoyalSpdway purses in 2023... 410 Sprints: $5000 to win, $1000 for 10th, $500 to start & $200 tow. Super Late Models: $4000 to win, $400 to start & $200 tow.
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Mike Leone
7 years
"I wish I could go full-time Sprint Car racing with @Paul_Silva57 but Sunday's kind of takes up my time" @KyleLarsonRacin
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Mike Leone
5 years
. @TimShaffer49 aboard the Johnny Mackison/ @lee_stauffer ride here @PortRoyalSpdway for the Night Before the 50 with the @ASCoC
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Mike Leone
3 months
9 years ago today, Greg Hodnett picked up the @ASCoC win aboard the @HeffnerRacing #27 at Volusia during the @DIRTcarNats . Sure do miss Greg 😞
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Mike Leone
2 years
Georgia's Eric Gunderson in the See Deez Nutz entry with @uscsracing at Hendry County
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Mike Leone
4 years
Seeing Sprint Cars in a motel parking lot makes it feel like racing is back
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Mike Leone
8 years
Mob scene in victory lane as @kaseykahne wins his 1st career race @lincolnspeedway
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Mike Leone
3 years
Just an absolute tremendous night of @WorldofOutlaws racing in their first appearance to The Rev! Caution-free for their entire program; 3 different feature leaders with 5 lead changes; SRO crowd & one of the best electrifying atmospheres I've seen in awhile. Perfect victory lane
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Mike Leone
4 years
"This is win #38 . I'm hoping for 50. We've been fortunate to win a lot of memorial races this yr. To win the Kevin Gobrecht Classic is special & maybe one day when I'm a @WorldofOutlaws rookie I can win the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial Rookie of the Year!" @bapsrace winner Kyle Larson
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Mike Leone
4 years
This is actually a Street Stock competitor at Chatham, Louisiana
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Mike Leone
3 years
One of the most bad ass Sprint Car operations is the @Tarlton_Racing #21
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Mike Leone
6 years
"I really struggled here early in my career. The track was great. You could rim rid in turn 2, run the bottom & even right through the middle. This one is for @GregHodnett . He was a good friend of mine." @Lernerville @WorldofOutlaws winner @BradSweet49
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Mike Leone
5 years
Then you have this...
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Mike Leone
7 years
Joey Saldana wins @ASCoC in his 1st night back in a Sprint Car & his return to @wcsohio for the 1st time since winning in 1999!
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Mike Leone
3 years
. @NASCAR winner @Alex_Bowman is making his western Pennsylvania Sprint Car debut tonight @TriCityRaceway
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Mike Leone
2 years
Looks like to be the last race for the historic bridge @WilliamsGrove
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Mike Leone
6 years
. @haud93 is the 2017 @WorldofOutlaws rookie of the year
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Mike Leone
4 years
Hell of a run by Jason Sides. After starting 21st & going to the work area twice early on, Sides chargers to a 7th place finish in the WoO Sprint feature @Lernerville
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Mike Leone
4 years
Kyle Larson won $6900 last night @lincolnspeedway for his 37th win of the year & will go after $5100 tonight @bapsrace
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Mike Leone
3 years
New car for @BrianBrown21 tonight @VolusiaSpeedway with the @WorldofOutlaws after a scary heat race crash last night
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Mike Leone
3 years
. @TimMccreadie celebrates the $7000 @DIRTcar_Racing Super Late Model @DIRTcarNats opening win @VolusiaSpeedway
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4 years
"I've been doing this 35 years & I've never seen an opening day crowd like this. It's all about the fans. This is a Tuscarora 50 crowd. 46 cars is unbelievable. I love this place- I met my wife here." @LanceDewease who earned $925 for getting the hard charger going 16th to 4th!
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Mike Leone
7 years
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Mike Leone
6 years
The amount of respect that the fellow racers have for Lance Dewease & the love from fans in central PA is something special. Really just have to appreciate what Lance, Donnie & Davey Brown Sr are doing in the twilight of their careers
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Mike Leone
1 year
New look for @Rico_Abreu as he makes his 2023 @WorldofOutlaws debut today @lincolnspeedway
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Mike Leone
4 years
Haven't gotten to see @CBellRacing do much Sprint Car racing this year but he's here @PortRoyalSpdway for night 1 with the @ASCoC
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Mike Leone
2 years
Good to see @parker_pm9 back behind the wheel of the @Sam_Mcghee11 tonight @WilliamsGrove
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Mike Leone
2 years
. @LucasWolfe5w has unloaded for his 2022 debut today @PortRoyalSpdway
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Mike Leone
2 years
. @CBellRacing celebrates the $8000 Jason Leffler Memorial win for the @USACNation Midgets at DuQuoin
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Mike Leone
4 years
. @LucasWolfe5w always competes in the Don Martin Memorial @Lernerville for the @WorldofOutlaws
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Mike Leone
5 years
. @DonnySchatz has traded wings for fenders @DIRTcarNats
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2 years
. @KyleLarsonRacin beat the @WorldofOutlaws here @atticaracewyprk in May for $10,000. Tonight he'll look for $15,000 in the @braddoty18 classic
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Mike Leone
7 years
. @JoeySaldana in victory lane for the $10,000 @dirtclassic victory following his 73rd career @ASCoC win!
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Mike Leone
7 years
Well look who just rolled into @EldoraSpeedway for the @WorldofOutlaws events
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Mike Leone
6 years
. @TimShaffer49 won $27,000 in a 410 Sprint last night @lincolnspeedway for the @dirtclassic . Today he's in a @RUSHLM & will start 2nd in the 1st B main @PAMotorSpeedway
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Mike Leone
4 years
Kyle Larson fends off a late race charge by 10th starting Danny Dietrich to win the $5100 Kevin Gobrecht Classic for 410 Sprints @bapsrace . Gio Scelzi a close 3rd. Good run by Lucas Wolfe in 4th. Rico Abreu 12th to 4th
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Mike Leone
5 years
Atta boy @4DannySmith ...getting the 1st win of the year out of the way on night 1 of 2019 even with a broken shock & running the streak to 45 straight years of winning a Sprint Car feature!
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Mike Leone
4 years
Gotta love this operation! @SlingerSpeedway
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Mike Leone
1 year
. @AnthonyMacri7 celebrates his first 410 Sprint Car win of 2023 & 2nd of his career @bapsrace worth $5000
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Mike Leone
6 years
. @DarynPittman has made it to @PortRoyalSpdway for tonight's @ascoc show after being rained out this morning in Haubstadt, IN with the @WorldofOutlaws
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Mike Leone
6 years
Sickening, pathetic & embarrassing...that's my thoughts on what's supposed to be "The Great American Race". Sad!
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Mike Leone
6 years
"There's no better feeling. When you beat the Posse you beat the best in the business regionally. When you have a teammate like @DonnySchatz you can learn a lot. He's a really good friend & mentor to me." @bapsrace victor @TonyStewart after his 3rd career @ASCoC win
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Mike Leone
4 years
Another day, another dirt race for Kyle Larson. Tonight it's @atticaracewyprk with @WorldofOutlaws for the @braddoty18 Classic
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Mike Leone
5 years
Some engine heat to warm everyone up back North courtesy of @TonyStewart in the @TonyStewart_Rcg #14 for the @ASCoC opener @BubbaRacewayPrk
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Mike Leone
7 years
So on Monday night both @TonyStewart & @KyleLarsonRacin win on the dirt in Sprint Cars about 5 hours apart!
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Mike Leone
6 years
. @carson_macedo heads for @WorldofOutlaws motor heat as he's set for his debut in the @KLRteam #22 for the @World_Finals @TheDirtTrack
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Mike Leone
8 years
Good to see @Rico_Abreu make his @WorldofOutlaws season debut tonight at Vegas
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2 years
16 year old Midget racer @BrenhamCrouch is making his 410 Sprint debut @lincolnspeedway tonight
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Mike Leone
3 years
The @BigGameMotorspt #2 of @DavidGravel is one sharp looking Sprint Car! He makes his season debut tonight at Volusia with the @ASCoC
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Dave Blaney passes Sheldon Haudenschild on the last lap @SharonSpdwy to win his 1st @WorldofOutlaws feature since 1997! Haud holds on for 2nd. Carson Macedo, David Gravel & Brad Sweet were 3rd through 5th
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6 years
. @Haudenschild_17 in victory lane @VolusiaSpeedway after his 1st career @WorldofOutlaws win, worth $10,000. It's his 2nd win in FL also winning an @ASCoC race @BubbaRacewayPrk for @SJMRacing17
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4 years
You could say this was a popular win for @Haudenschild_17 as the @WorldofOutlaws returned here to @wcsohio after 35 years!
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2 years
. @dannydietrich celebrates his 1st career @atticaracewyprk victory worth $6000. It was Dietrich's 2nd career #OhioSpeedweek victory & the 16th of his career with the @ASCoC
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Mike Leone
9 years
Not your typical Sprint Car towing operation. That's Dave Fleming @Sports_Speedway http://t.co/q8Jw7piRDI
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Mike Leone
3 years
. @1sam91 is aboard Pete Grove's #70 here @atticaracewyprk for night 1 of @ASCoC
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Mike Leone
3 years
. @LanceDewease fires the @KreitzRacing69K after making the long tow from Pennsylvania to @ArizonaSpeedway for @WingShootout
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Mike Leone
4 years
Here's Dave Blaney in victory lane on July 3, 1982 at Mercer- one week after his first career Sprint Car win. This was during a stretch of 4 straight wins for Dave at Mercer.
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5 years
I drove through snow most of the way to @lincolnspeedway today. And even though it's sunny & 47 here we're currently under red for a Legend Car accident for drivers with the last names Snow & Blizzard. Can't make that up. Both are ok
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Mike Leone
3 years
Sure to good to see an 🍎 Chevrolet #12 Sprint Car at the track. @Jmackison1080 is behind the wheel @bapsrace
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5 years
I've been going to races for 37 years & rainouts still aren't any easier the older I get. I still pout like I did as a kid when my grandparents would get on me about doing that. Someone said to me this weekend "don't ya get tired of traveling" & I said "no not yet".
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Mike Leone
5 years
Now that's old school racing at its finest...
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Mike Leone
3 months
New look for @dannydietrich in his 2024 410 debut with the @WorldofOutlaws as he returns to Volusia after running here in January with the 360s
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Mike Leone
6 years
WOW what a race @PortRoyalSpdway ! Dave Blaney passes Greg Hodnett on lap 15 then holds off a last lap, turn 4 slide job from 10th starting Lucas Wolfe to win the 410 Sprint Feature! Hodnett 3rd over Anthony Macri & Dylan Cisney
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Mike Leone
4 years
"The Ohio Traveler" Rick Ferkel broadslides through the turns on the old half-mile @SharonSpdwy (Spekis Brothers photo)
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This is about as old school as it gets for modern day Super Late Model racing. Mike Hammerle always makes the pilgrimage to FL in February
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. @LSchuchart1s celebrates 1st @WorldofOutlaws win of 2020 & the 17th of his career, worth $10,000 at Volusia for the @DIRTcarNats
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. @KraigKinser has the throwback @SteveKinser_Rcg scheme here @TheDirtTrack for the @WorldofOutlaws season finale weekend
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6 years
Veteran Sprint Car racer @4DannySmith is making his 1st ever @cbnationals appearance
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4 years
. @BuckeyeBullet10 is back @PortRoyalSpdway for the 2nd time this year
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3 years
Just so cool...takes me back to the 90s
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