Racing World With Dwight Allen
Saturdays 10 to Noon

The program covers all racing, from the grass roots local tracks to the national racing scene, with emphasis on the development of today's local drivers into tomorrow's professional driving champions. Special features include news from World of Outlaws, NASCAR, CART, IRL, NHRA and IHRA. 

 

The local track segments are complimented by featured guests such as Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart, Robert Yates, and Darrel Waltrip of NASCAR; Sam Hornish, Jr. of the IRL, and Kenny Bernstein of the NHRA.

Dwight is also joined in the studio each week by a rotating panel of local racing experts and drivers.

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Racing World Weekly Schedule Saturday - 10 am to Noon- Listen Live
  • 10:05 to 10:15 - The Attica Raceway Park Report with promoter Rex LeJune

  • 10:15 to 10:30 - Fremont Speedway spotlighting track announcer Bryan Liski

  • 10:30 to 10:45 - Inside NASCAR by Jeff Cheatum of the Woods Brothers Racing Team

  • 10:45 to 11:00 - What's happening at the Eldora Speedway via promoter Larry Kemp

  • 11:05 to 11:15 - Waynesfield Motor Sports Park Report

  • 11:15 to 11:30 - Inside the Hen House with Lisa Hammer presenting a woman's point of view.

  • 11:30 to 11:45 - The Late Model Story told by Rick Eshelman

  • 11:45 to 12:00 - Our Special Guest Segment from NASCAR, ARCA, USAC to the World of Outlaws/All-stars

 

 

 

 

 

Yahoo! Sports - NASCAR News
Hornish gets new crew chief (AP)
Travis Geisler replaced Chris Carrier as crew chief for rookie Sam Hornish Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Tuesday.
Penalties put off another day (AP)
NASCAR will wait another day before issuing penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide Series teams, who were caught trying to cheat during a postrace test last weekend.
3 NASCAR tracks swap dates in 2009 (AP)
Ladies and gentlemen, rearrange your calendars!
NASCAR announces 2009 schedules (PA SportsTicker)
NASCAR on Tuesday unveiled its 2009 schedules, which feature realigned dates for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck series slates.
Nationwide Series to race at Iowa Speedway (AP)
The Iowa Speedway in Newton will host a NASCAR Nationwide Series race next season. Track officials announced Tuesday that the 250-lap race will be held Aug. 1. Landing a Nationwide Series race is a major coup for the track, which was designed by Rusty Wallace. The yet-to-be named race is the second from a major circuit on the track's 2009 schedule, joining the Indy Racing League's Iowa 250.
Dixon to race in ALMS at Atlanta (AP)
Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series points leader Scott Dixon will team with former Indy winner Gil de Ferran in the 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Oct. 4. It's the 10th race this season in the American Le Mans Series and will be Dixon's first Petit Le Mans since 1999. Dixon, going for his second IndyCar championship, has won six races this season for Ganassi Racing.
Could Jeff Gordon really miss the Chase? (PA SportsTicker)
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Edwards closes in on Busch with win at Michigan (AP)

Jeff Gordon pulls into the garage area during the NASCAR 3M Performance 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. Gordon cut a tire from a bump with Jimmie Johnson and hit the wall, sending him to the garage for repairs. He finished 42nd and fell from sixth to ninth in the standings.

Carl Edwards looked in his mirrors and saw the guy he had to beat.



Yahoo! Sports - IRL News
2008 Indy Racing League schedule and standings (AP)
March 29 -- GAINSCO Auto Insurance 300, Homestead, Fla. (Scott Dixon)
Marco Andretti ready to step up his game (AP)
Making it big in open-wheel racing is hard enough. Doing it in the shadow of a famous father can add to the pressure.
Castroneves in danger of first winless season (AP)
Helio Castroneves wishes he and Scott Dixon would stop meeting like this.
Dixon captures Meijer Indy 300 (PA SportsTicker)
Dixon gets sixth win -- barely (AP)
Scott Dixon is having one of those near-perfect seasons, and it's more than a little frustrating for the guy trying to chase him down.
Auto racing star Dixon wins Meijer Indy 300 (AFP)
Scott Dixon won the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway, tying teammate Dan Wheldon for most victories in a single season on the IndyCar Series circuit with his sixth.
Kentucky Speedway sale could be done by October (AP)
Jerry Carroll's last race as owner of the Kentucky Speedway marked the first sellout in the IndyCar Series' nine visits to the track.

 
 

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