MOORESVILLE, NC (OCT 8, 2020) – Twenty-six cars have filed their early entry as of October 7th for the Heritage Transportation Risk Management “Old North State Nationals” presented by GXS Wraps at Greenville-Pickens (SC) Speedway on October 24-25th.Thus far the entry list reveals a large contingent of Palmetto State drivers taking advantage of the race moving to their home state due to North Ca...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 27, 2020) – CARS Tour and ARCA/CRA Super Series powered by JEGS officials are pleased to announce the approval of the Next-Gen body for competition in their Super Late Model divisions, as well as the JEGS/CRA All-Star Tour presented by Chevrolet Performance Pro Late Model division, beginning with the Thomas Automotive American Freedom 300 at Jennerstown Speedway on July 4...

‘Up And Down Season’ Has McCarty On Verge Of CARS Tour Championship At South Boston Speedway SaturdaySOUTH BOSTON, Va. (October 29, 2019) – By most standards Bobby McCarty’s CARS Tour season has been superb.He’s won twice in 10 starts, had eight top-five finishes and leads the series’ Late Model Stock points race headed into the autosbynelson.com 250 season finale Saturday afternoon at South Bo...

Jesse Dutilly continued a recent hot streak in Super Late Model racing by picking up the victory in Saturday night’s $10,000-to-win Full Throttle 100 at Citrus County Speedway in Inverness, Florida.Dutilly inherited the lead on lap 79 after Mike Bresnahan spun off the front bumper of Stephen Nasse’s car in the apex of turns three and four. Bresnahan was sidelined after the incident despite not...

Stephen Nasse heads to Citrus County Speedway for the Full Throttle Super Late Model 100 with one goal in mind.Winning the race is the sole expectation the veteran super late model driver has for Saturday’s race. With last year’s issues behind him, Nasse knows he has the right crew to compete for the win.“I am going to win the race,” he said. “That is the only expectation. The only reason why w...

INVERNESS, Fla. - Patrick Staropoli has had Saturday’s third running of the Full Throttle 100 at Citrus County Speedway circled on his calendar for a year.Last year Staropoli was running inside the top-five early in the race when the engine in his No. 64 super late model owned by Jim McCoy expired, preventing the team from racing for the $10,000 top prize that was eventually claimed by Wayne An...

INVERNESS, Fla. - Some of the best super late model competitors in the Southeast will invade Citrus County Speedway this Saturday for the third running of the Full Throttle 100.Featuring more than 30 entries, Saturday’s $10,000-to-win event is expected to be the most competitive race of the season at the quarter-mile asphalt oval. Headlining the list of entries received thus far is national sup...

ROUGEMONT, NC (Aug. 26, 2019) - In a pair of intense races, it was only appropriate that deuces went to victory lane in both halves of the Thrifty Tire Center / Puryear Tank Lines Mid-Atlantic Classic on Saturday night at Orange County Speedway. Bobby McCarty piloted his No. 22 to his second win of the season, while Trevor Noles did the same after a second chance following a flat tire during a ...

NEWTON, NC (August 5, 2019) - Magic was in the air on Saturday night as the cars of Dave Marcis and Robert Hamke both returned to Edelbrock Victory Lane at Hickory Motor Speedway. Drivers Ryan Repko (Marcis) and Matt Craig (Hamke) drove their respective throwback liveries to wins in the 3rd Annual Throwback 276 by Baker Distributing, each with their honorees in attendance at the event.SUPER LAT...

THORNBURG, VA (June 24, 2019) - Josh Berry bested the field on Saturday night at Dominion Raceway in the CARS Tour Radley Cadillac & Chevrolet 125, his 16th series win. The victory came after Berry passed his closest rival, Bobby McCarty, for the race lead with 49 laps to go and kept himself within one point of the championship lead. Following Hedgecock Pole Qualifying, McCarty appeared to be t...

RADFORD, VA (May 20, 2019) - The Heritage Truck Centers 250 was the first time the CARS Tour visited Motor Mile Speedway since 2015, and Saturday night's action made up for the long hiatus when Bubba Pollard and Bobby McCarty muscled their way to Edelbrock Victory Lane. For Pollard, it was his third tour win this season and the first for McCarty in nearly a year.SUPER LATE MODEL RECAPMatt Craig...

ALTAMAHAW, NC (May 5, 2019) - Despite his involvement in two separate incidents during the night, Josh Berry executed one of the best performances of his career on Friday night at Ace Speedway, winning The Race At Ace 125 for the CARS Late Model Stock Tour. It was Berry's 15th career victory in the series and an emotional one after his car owner, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., lost his mother just over a...

ROUGEMONT, NC (April 8, 2019) - Adding to his legendary status once again, Lee Pulliam penned another chapter in the history books on Sunday afternoon after winning the $30,000 CARS Tour Old North State Nationals at Orange County Speedway, the richest race in the history of late model stock racing.Pulliam's journey to greatness was no easy feat as dozens of challengers lined up for their chance...

LUCAMA, NC (March 10, 2019) - Brandon Pierce and Bubba Pollard claimed the victories in the opening round of the CARS Tour on Saturday at Southern National Motorsports Park. For Pierce, it was his first series win while Pollard emerged on top after only his second start at the facility.LATE MODEL STOCK RECAPBrandon Pierce started the afternoon in the best shape of anyone after capturing the Hed...

MOORESVILLE, NC (Oct. 3, 2018) -- On the heels of announcing the $30,000 to win Old North State Nationals Late Model Stock race at Orange County Speedway on April 6-7, 2019, the CARS Response Energy Tour is offering a “stimulus program” that will allow competitors to pay for a portion, if not all of their entire race event expenses prior to arrival for the big event via various supporters.   “T...

Mooresville, NC 9/25/18 – History will be made on Saturday, November 23, 2019 when the CARS Response Energy Tour hosts its first ever event on a road course at Dominion Raceway in Thornburg, Virginia. The Late Model Stock Car event, around the 12 turn course, will be a non-points race to close out the 2019 calendar year.​With anticipation building for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series ROVAL race...

ROUGEMONT, NC (Sept. 10, 2018) - The CARS Response Energy Tour beat Mother Nature on Saturday night at Orange County Speedway, completing all 300 scheduled laps of the Thrifty Tire Center / Puryear Tank Lines 300 in record time at the .375-mile facility. Despite the quick showtime, the racing was fierce and resulted in a return to victory lane for one driver, Josh Berry, while Kyle Plott scored...

​MOORESVILLE, NC (September 4, 2018): The CARS Response Energy Tour will make their final visit of the 2018 season to the Orange County Speedway Saturday night for the running of the Puryear Tank Lines 300. The race will wind down the season, leaving just the season finale remaining to be run, nearly two months later, on November 3rd at South Boston Speedway. The Orange County Speedway, despite...

RALEIGH, NC (August 26, 2018) - Sam Mayer is quickly becoming one of America's hottest racing prospects. On Saturday, he won his first career CARS Response Energy Tour race at Wake County Speedway by beating the toughest names in late model stock racing in a two-lap shootout during the tour's inaugural visit to America's Favorite Bullring.Local hero Deac McCaskill started the night from the pol...

NEWTON, NC (Aug. 5, 2018) - In front of another near-capacity crowd and eight NASCAR legends, Brandon Setzer and Josh Berry won their respective halves of the 2nd Annual Throwback 276 at Hickory Motor Speedway on Saturday night. For each driver, the victory represented a triumph against struggles of their own in previous months surrounding CARS Response Energy Tour competition.SUPER LATE MODEL ...

MOORESVILLE, NC (July 30, 2018) - A large contingent of race fans know Hickory Motor Speedway has launched the careers of multiple NASCAR champions and even their crew chiefs and mechanics. Few realized Hickory Motor Speedway was the stomping ground for years of Dr. Jerry Punch, a beloved analyst and pit reporter for ESPN's motorsports coverage since 1984.Punch will be returning to Hickory for ...