Kansas
Dodge City Raceway ParkHigh Plains Kansas DIRTcar Series May 11, 2024 |
| Josh Leonard of Gibbon, Neb., notched his 11th career High Plains Kansas DIRTcar Series victory, the tops among active series drivers. ... He took the checkers nearly four seconds ahead of runner-up Dusty Leonard. ... Five drivers completed 25 laps. ... The event drew 11 cars to the tour that recently refocused on Kansas racing after a series ownership change. |
Caney Valley SpeedwayApex Healthcare Partners Sooner Series May 11, 2024 |
| The second-starting Godsey, of Edinburgh, Ind., earned $1,000 for his third career tour victory in his first 2024 start. ... Godsey, an infrequent tour visitor, last won on the circuit Oct. 15, 2022, in that season's finale. ... Runner-up Joe Gorby advanced four positions in a race that ran caution-free in seven minutes. ... The frontunners made contact on a lap-21 restart. ... ““On that restart, (Gorby) charged the top and seemed a little tight," Godsey said. "I drove it in across the bottom and slid up. I thought I cleared him, but I didn’t. I quarterpaneled him.” ... Ryan Johnson of Aurora, Mio., rallied from outside the seventh row to round out the top five. ... Nine of 17 starters completed 25 laps. ... Andy Gertstenkorn scratched from the feature. |
Thomas County SpeedwayHigh Plains Kansas DIRTcar Series May 10, 2024 |
| Veteran Delbert Smith of Wichita, Kan., led all 25 laps. ... He took the checkers 1.079 seconds ahead of Josh Leonard. ... Seven drivers completed 25 laps. ... The event came nine days after the track was purchased by Kyler Fetters of Outlaw Productions, who renamed the circuit High Plains Kansas DIRTcar Series in focusing the tour on Kansas. Series founder Jerry Hanson remained as tech inspector while former United Rebel Sprint Series owner Rick Salem will come out of retirement to serve as competition director. |