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Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval, circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
The High Limit Racing series, currently known as the Kubota High Limit Racing Series for sponsorship reasons, is an American touring sprint car racing series. It was founded in 2022 by five-time World of Outlaws sprint car series champion Brad Sweet and former NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson.
Like sprint cars, supermodifieds do not have starters, batteries, or transmissions, and are push-started. The combination of high power, light weight, and high cornering ability allows supermodifieds to average over 120 mph (190 km/h) on a 1/2-mile oval and 150 mph (240 km/h) on a 1-mile (1.6 km) oval, with top speeds over 190 mph (310 km/h).
Trevis Indy Car, 1961. Floyd Trevis of Youngstown, Ohio was an American builder of racing cars and sprint cars. [1] Cars built by Trevis competed in FIA World Championship (Indy 500 only) and USAC events from 1951 to 1961. [1] [2] As a builder of sprint cars, Trevis provided the vehicles for a great number of champions.
US Legend Cars International of Charlotte, North Carolina, created the Legends series (while they were named 600 Motorsports) as a way of attracting more and younger people into racing with affordable cars. The cars were designed to be 5/8-scale 1930s and 1940s coupes and sedans cars raced in the past in the NASCAR Modified Tour. They all have ...
After the sale, Boundless (now known as DIRT Motorsports) completed a series of acquisitions of race tracks and added late model racing under the WoO name and big block modified racing, and began signing teams to a new concept where a set number of teams would appear at every race, earning special bonuses (the "Mean 15" for the Sprint Car Series).
The track was built in 1950 as a venue for midget car racing which was popular at the time. [4] Four area tracks were scheduled for weekly racing from Thursday to Sunday nights and Riverside was designed as the Saturday night option. [4] The first night on June 10 had 45 midget cars entered but it rained out being rescheduled for June 17. [4]
Mark E. Smith (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional racing driver with experience in sprint car and stock car racing.He last competed in the United Sprint Car Series and part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports.