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(Photo by Matt Hill) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 9, 2016) – Two faces familiar to Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown Victory Lane stood atop the podium on Saturday during the 2nd edition of the marquee event at Cocopah Speedway. Danny Lasoski, who captured the inaugural title in 2015, led the final 29 laps of the finale to score his first victory of the year. Meanwhile, Shane Stewart, who won back-to-back features entering Saturday, charged from 19th to seventh place to garner...more

(Photo by Bobby McMorris) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 6, 2016) – Mother Nature made her own plans for the midweek race during the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown. Weather postponed the third round of the five-race series at Cocopah Speedway one day until Wednesday, when another brief shower in the middle of the program resulted in an ultra-fast surface for the 43 competitors who battled for the $5,000 top prize on the elbows-up track. Shane Stewart hustled past...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2016) – Ryan Smith continued his momentum during the final week of the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown at Cocopah Speedway. Smith, who was driving an X-1 Race Cars chassis owned by Ryan Linder, advanced into two of the three features during the marquee offseason event in the desert. “The whole Winter Heat down there was pretty good,” Smith said. “With a new team and the first time for Linder with a 410 in...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2016) – Trey Starks saved his best performance for the final race of the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown. Starks scored his first top-10 finish of the season last Saturday at Cocopah Speedway to cap the five-race marquee event. “It was great to end things on a high note,” he said. “We didn’t draw well the entire event and we never could climb out of that hole. Sometimes that’s just how racing goes so you...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2016) – Dale Blaney wrapped up the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown last weekend with a pair of top-five finishes at Cocopah Speedway. That led the Mainstream Holdings, Inc., backed CH Motorsports team to a runner-up finish in the event standings – only eight points behind the champion. “To go out there and be in the midst with (Shane) Stewart, (Daryn) Pittman, (Danny) Lasoski and (Greg) Hodnett, it showed...more

(Photo by Thriller Photography) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2016) – Sam Hafertepe Jr. is excited for a fresh challenge after a frustrating start to the 2016 season in the desert. Hafertepe Jr. will race his midget this week at the 30th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire at Tulsa Expo Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., where he will compete on Tuesday for preliminary action and on Saturday for the finale. “We certainly didn’t have the start to the year...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 11, 2016) – The first two weeks of 2016 were used as a test session for Johnny Herrera, who opened the year at the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown at Cocopah Speedway. “We don’t get to race many 410ci races these days so it was important for us to learn as much as we could,” he said. “The results aren’t what we wanted, but our top goal was accomplished by learning more about our car and the setup adjustments...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 11, 2016) – Chase Johnson is off to a solid start to the new year. Johnson wrapped up the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown on Saturday by advancing into his second feature during the five-race marquee 410ci winged sprint car event at Cocopah Speedway, where more than 45 drivers from across the country and Canada competed. “Our goals were met and we accomplished what we set out to do,” he said. “It was a great...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 11, 2016) – Dominic Scelzi registered his first top-10 finish of the year last Saturday during the final race of the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown at Cocopah Speedway. However, the night was anything but easy for the Roth Motorsports backed team, which hustled to switch to a Danny and George Lasoski owned car that Scelzi piloted last year prior to the start of Saturday’s event. “We had raced at Cocopah...more

(Photo by Jerry Gossel) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 11, 2016) – The 2016 season started like an amusement ride for Seth Bergman at the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown. It was up and down for Bergman, who made the feature out of more than 45 drivers twice during three races at Cocopah Speedway before he was forced to miss the final weekend because of a mechanical problem. “I don’t like the way it ended, but we certainly learned some things,” he said. “It’s good to...more