November 28, 2023 – Track Enterprises has announced that it will once again promote the long-standing prestigious pre-season SpeedFest event at Crisp Motorsports Park, home of Watermelon Capital Speedway located in Cordele, Georgia. This year, the event will incorporate a new title sponsor, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and their Protect Your Melon [...]
Race fans flocked to the Milwaukee Mile for the return of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the first time since 2009. A packed grandstands witnessed two exciting races with the NASCAR Truck Series Clean Harbors 175 and the ARCA Menards Series Sprecher 150. The stars of the ARCA Menards Series took to the track [...]
The ASA STARS National Tour returns to action on Saturday, September 16 at Toledo Speedway for the 35th running of the Glass City 200. The entry blank for one of the Crown Jewel Events on the annual Toledo Speedway schedule has been released by the track and the ASA STARS National Tour. The 200 lap/100 [...]
The ASA Southern Super Series will head to Crisp Motorsport Park (GA) for the Georgia Spring Nationals 125 on Saturday, April 1st. This will be the first of two point-races for the series at the Watermelon Capital Speedway this year. The drivers will be competing for the $10,000 first-place check on Saturday night under the lights. [...]
California’s Derek Thorn Hoping To Double-Down on Historic Races at Five Flags FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pensacola, FL (February 22, 2023) - After winning the Snowball Derby in December, most fans didn’t know if they would ever see California’s Derek Thorn behind the wheel of a pavement Super Late Model again. Now, the Snowball Derby winner [...]
Cordele, GA (Saturday, January 28, 2023) - A surprise entry to SpeedFest 2023 paid off for Alabama’s Augie Grill during the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour SpeedFest 100 at Watermelon Capital Speedway at Crisp Motorsports Park. The two-time Snowball Derby champion rolled off alongside Hickory Motor Speedway standout, Katie Hettinger to take the green flag Saturday afternoon. [...]
(Cordele, GA) NASCAR wheelman David Ragan is set to compete at SpeedFest 2023 on Saturday, January 28th at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA. The former NASCAR star has two other appearances at SpeedFest, featuring top ten and five finishes in each. The Georgia native last raced at Daytona International Raceway in August of 2022 [...]
BY BRANDON WHITE WWW.ARCARACING.COM OCTOBER 1, 2022 SALEM, Ind. — Dominant performances have become the norm for Sammy Smith in 2022. The status quo remained in place during the Herr’s Snacks 200 at Salem Speedway on Saturday afternoon, as Smith led every lap to claim his eighth victory between the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA [...]
NASHVILLE -- From the time he joined the Superstar Racing Experience in 2021, Bobby Labonte had racked up top-five finishes and finishes on the podium like clockwork. But for all that, the 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion had been missing an SRX checkered flag -- until now. After leading every single lap in the main [...]
DuQUOIN, Ill. — To say that the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds is a special place for Joe Cooksey would be an understatement, times 10. As the crow flies, Cooksey, of Centralia, Illinois, lives just more than 40 miles from the “Magic Mile.” His connection to the famous fairgrounds dirt track in DuQuoin, Illinois, reaches back as [...]
