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Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 got their 2016 season off to a good start at Cocopah Speedway’s Winter Heat last week. The event encompassed five race nights from January 1 to January 9. The highlight for the Grain Valley, Missouri driver was a fourth place finish last Friday night. The team found good car speed all week after working hard this offseason. Things started pretty well for you on New Year’s Day. We went from third to second in the heat and fifth to fourth in...more

Todd and Susan LaHaise, franchise owners of several Buffalo Wild Wings Bar and Grills in the Upper Midwest, and team owners of the Buffalo Wild Wings #82 sprint car, are pleased to announce the hiring of driver Dusty Zomer for the 2015 racing season. The team plans on running the entire National Sprint League schedule in the Midwest as well as competing at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday nights. Other events in both 410 and 360 sprint car action will also be included in the team’s...more

(Bill W) December 29, 2015 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team eagerly await their 2016 season this Friday night, January 1 at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. This year’s Winter Heat Showdown will again feature five events in nine nights. You have to be excited about starting a new season. -We really are. You never want to see a season end. We had seven wins in 2015, won an Outlaw show (in Tucson, Arizona) and had a decent run at the (Knoxville) Nationals. Other...more

When the opportunity arose to return to Arizona for the Winter Heat Series, Craig Dollansky was eager for the chance especially to join a legendary West Coast team, the Tri-C Machine #3 sprinter owned by Clyde and Marion Lamar. “Jonathan Allard, their primary driver, is a good friend of mine and currently racing in New Zealand so it gave me a chance to join up with their team,” commented Dollansky. “It was good to get in the car and back to racing. Clyde and Marion have a great team and I...more

February 20, 2015 Phoenix, AZ: Something Old, Something New named the weekly column of old facts and new opinions of my late father, Bob Eckert of Allentown, PA. Barry Shultz and later Galen Koller were the editors who printed pop in Keystone Auto News from 1977-84. Father was so flattered by Barry’s offer that he never left despite allure of Area Auto Racing News in Trenton, NJ. Then as now, AARN is The Race Paper around dad’s Delaware Valley backyard. That his column stayed in one spot...more

(Bill W) January 14, 2015 – Following the “Winter Heat” event in Arizona, the Wayne Johnson Racing #77x team will take a brief respite in their Knoxville, Iowa headquarters. Racing in Florida heats up next month and the team will be back on the road. They found speed as the events at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona went on last weekend. One place they couldn’t find any luck with was the draw. Wayne acknowledges that the team learned a lot on the trip. “We learned a lot with the KPC...more

Danny Lasoski executed a last-lap pass in this Schnee Chassis to score the $12,000 top prize during Round 4 of the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown that would aid in his overall series title. Lasoski is the fourth different driver to win a feature during the inaugural event, which wraps up on Saturday with a $12,000-to-win feature and a $4,000 bonus to the overall champion of the five-race event. “We’ve got a really good team,” he said. “It may be a bunch of buddies together, but we have a...more

(Bill W) January 7, 2015 – Each night out is going better for the Wayne Johnson Racing #77x team at the “Winter Heat” event at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. After battling illness during the weekend, Wayne rebounded with a thirteenth place finish Tuesday night as the team adjusts to its new KPC chassis. The Knoxville, Iowa driver will finish up in Yuma this Friday and Saturday night. Things got going on Friday night and Wayne drew the fifth and final row in his heat. “We got together...more

(Bill W) January 5, 2015 – The 2015 race season is underway for the Brian Brown Racing Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team. It was a tough start Friday and Saturday in the “Winter Heat” event at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. After climbing from heat difficulties to sixth place on Friday, an accident ended things early for the Grain Valley, Missouri driver on Saturday. The team will look to rebound tomorrow night, Friday and Saturday. Friday night started out kind of rough didn’t...more

By Colby Gorniewicz, World of Outlaws PR (Somerton, AZ) -- Brian Brown ousted the field in the Yuma Valley Showdown at Cocopah Speedway for his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win in over three years. It was a race where track position was key and Brown had just that by starting on the pole of the 30-lap Feature event. Donny Schatz grabbed his tenth top-five of the season with a runner-up finish. By winning the Craftsman Club® Dash, Brian Brown was awarded the pole...more