By: Ron Burt
The past two weeks the weather has stopped racing for the year in our area. A few drivers took their cars to Kentucky and Tennessee for high dollar races. Some of the Sprint and Midget drivers are getting ready to race indoors for Midget and Micro races. The youth will have Quarter Midget Racing coming up in Columbus, at the Ohio State Fairgrounds at “The Hog Barn”. There will be 6 Winter National events starting November 18th and the last race in the series will be February 24th. Quarter Midgets are a great way to introduce your children to the sport of racing. Locally Quarter Midgets race in Toledo at the Lucas Co. Fairgrounds in the summer.
Area racetracks are getting ready for their awards banquets. Oakshade Raceway will be handing out awards November 18th at the Fulton Building at the fairgrounds from 1-4PM. They award the top 10 in each class. Here are the top 3 in each. UMP DIRTcar Late Models 1st Devin Shiels 2nd Colin Shipley and 3rd Casey Noonan. UMP DIRTcar Sportsman 1st Josh Robertson 2nd Carter Schlenk and 3rd Kolin Schilt. Dominator Super Stocks 1st Justin Gamber 2nd Bubba Cundick and 3rd Adam Noonan. Sport Compacts 1st Eric Carr 2nd Brandon Paskan 3rd James Stamper. Rookie of The Year Awards go to, UMP DIRTcar Late Model Carter Murday, UMP DIRTcar Sportsman Kolin Schilt, Dominator Super Stocks Alex Krall and Sport Compacts Mark Prather.
Area Late Model Ace, Rusty Schlenk debuted his newest #91, but it’s not a Late Model. He’s built a beautiful fast UMP Modified and it already has found it’s way to victory lane on a recent trip to Kentucky’s Mountain Motor Complex.
FloRacing announced that High Limit Racing, founded and owned by NASCAR champion Kyle Larson and five-time World of Outlaws champion Brad Sweet, is expanding in 2024. The formerly named High Limit Sprint Car Series is adding events and increasing driver payouts while broadening its partnership with FloSports. The midweek race series will evolve into a 50-plus race night schedule across the country and increase driver payouts to more than $5 million.
To support the series, High Limit Racing entered a multi-year media agreement with FloSports, which has taken a minority equity stake in the new venture and will continue to stream live race events while also producing original content on FloRacing, its Motorsports vertical.
The new season of the High Limit Racing will reward drivers with bigger payouts and unprecedented flexibility with no restrictions on the amount of non-High Limit races they can compete in. The series also will set dedicated “off-weekends” to allow teams to continue to participate in sprint car racing’s crown jewel events.
High Limit Racing will award a point fund of $1 million with the champion team and driver winning $250,000. Similar to its 2023 season, High Limit Racing will have a Midweek Money Series within the national tour awarding a separate $100,000 total point fund.
Sweet will compete in every event and pursue his first High Limit Racing championship with the Kasey Kahne Racing NAPA No. 49 team. Larson, crowned the midweek series champion earlier this month, will continue to compete in select events while also pursuing a NASCAR Cup Series championship and an Indianapolis 500 victory in 2024.
Until next week, keep your wheels down! You can contact the The Left Turn at www.ohiosportsblitz@yahoo.com
