It's time for the crown jewel of the Pennsylvania Speedweek Series... The Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway. If last night was any indication of what tonight could bring you definately don't want to miss tonight's show. It's all about the Posse tonight. So if your a sprint car fan. You'll want to be here. PAPosseracing.com will have results after the checkered flag falls this evening. The time trials are slated to begin at 7:45pm.

Be sure to visit our racing forums to chat with other race fans, our photo gallery with the areas largest collection of photos, as well as the video gallery to watch the latest highlights, victory lane coverage in addition to regular special segments.

The 358's will be in action at the 1/3 mile Trail-Way Speedway as part of tonight's Millers Racing Parts Night. TW will also have the Thundercars, Xtreme Stocks, Limited Stocks. PAPosseracing.com will post results of the 358's as soon as they are available tonight. The first heat is slated to begin at 7:30pm.

Greg Trent and Bill McIntyre III will be covering all the action with results and video from Trail-Way Speedway. All the best coverage that you will only find at Posseracing.com.

 MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The 20th  anniversary Mitch Smith Memorial for sprint cars will be presented at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday evening, July 3. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7:45. The winner of the 30-lap feature will earn $10,000, which makes this the richest event of Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek.

The Mitch Smith Memorial was begun in 1989 to honor the memory of the late Linglestown resident, who was one of the all-time greats of Central Pennsylvania sprint car racing.   Smith, the winner of 27 sprint car features at Williams Grove, was elected to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame on the first ballot.

Friday night's program will consist of time trials, qualifying heats, a B-Main and a 30-lap feature for sprint cars. There will be no support division. A fireworks display will also be presented.

Stevie Smith won the first Mitch Smith Memorial on July 3, 1989, exactly 20 years ago tonight.  Smith will be  one of the favorites again this year.  He is the recently crowned Ohio Speedweek champion and comes into the Mitch Smith Memorial with a Pa. Speedweek win at Bedford Speedway on Sunday.
  Brian Montieth opened Speedweek with a victory in the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial at Lincoln Saturday. Four-time All Star champion Chad Kemenah won at Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night and  Montieth was in victory lane at Williams Grove Thursday.

 Other Williams Grove contenders will include current Sutliff Auto Group point leader Todd Shaffer, who won the Mitch Smith Memorial in 1998 and Doug Esh, who won the race last year.  Other former winners who are expected to be in competition tonight include Fred Rahmer, Greg Hodnett, Keith Kauffman and Don Kreitz, Jr. General admission will be $20 for adults, $10 for those between the ages of 13 and 20 with children under 12  admitted free of charge.

  MECHANICSBURG, PA -- After being close on a number of occasions this season, Brian Montieth finally got to victory lane at Williams Grove Speedway after winning the 25-lap Speedweek sprint car feature Thursday night.  Montieth started sixth and moved into the fourth position on lap two while Chris Meleason was pacing the field.

 Meleason started on the pole and beat Fred Rahmer into the first turn.  For the first eleven laps Meleason was able to keep Rahmer at bay.
    A restart following a caution period on lap twelve dramatically altered the outcome of the race. Meleason, who had been running the high side of the race  track to perfection, chose the low line into turn one on the restart.  Rahmer was also intent on taking that inside line and the two collided  with Meleason crashing into the guard rail and Rahmer flipping over it.  Although neither driver was injured, they were unable to continue.

Fred Rahmer and Chris Meleason get together while battling for the lead.(Jeff Hertzler Photo)

 Chad Layton, who was third at the time, was also involved and was forced to pit for repairs. At this point Montieth inherited the lead.  Greg Hodnett stayed within striking distance for the final 14 laps but was never able to challenge Montieth and settled for second place. Mark Smith moved from his 10th starting spot to finish third with Stevie Smith fourth and Daryn Pittman fifth.  Sutliff Auto Group point leader Todd Shaffer was sixth. Justin Henderson earned the Coliseum Hard Charger award by moving from 19th to 7th.  Mike Erdley, Cody Darrah and Alan Krimes completed the top ten.  

After a night off from the action the PA Posse is looking to get things rolling again at Williams Grove Speedway. The Grove will host two nights of action this year starting this evening. This time we are at the heart of Posse Territory which is none other than Williams Grove Speedway. With so many great drivers and teams competing, it's anybodies guess to who will be standing in victory lane at the end of the evening. PAPosseracing.com will have results after the checkered flag falls this evening. The time trials are slated to begin at 7:45pm.

Brian Montieth wins tonight at Williams Grove Speedway

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Bullring Blitz: 

Brandon, SD—July 1, 2009—For the last couple of years, Joey Saldana has been a master of the big, fast half-mile tracks that the World of Outlaws visit. This season he and his team are showing their versatility by winning a number of times on short tracks, those 3/8-mile and shorter. Of his 11 wins this season, seven have come on short tracks.

This weekend he'll have a chance to compete twice more on high-banked bullrings, as the World of Outlaws open the Independence Day weekend on Friday, July 3 at Huset's Speedway in South Dakota, followed by a stop at Eagle Raceway in Nebraska on Saturday, July 4. He was victorious last weekend on a tight, high-banked short track at U.S. 36 Raceway in Missouri.

“We've been pretty good on the short tracks this year,” said Saldana. “Hopefully we can continue that at Sioux Falls (Huset's Speedway) and Eagle (Raceway). If we can continue to improve on our qualifying positions, then we'll put ourselves in a position to win. That's what you need to do out here is be in a position to win each night.”

MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The 2009 version of Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek is at hand and Williams Grove Speedway will host two Speedweek races this year. The Speedweek events at Williams Grove are scheduled for Thursday evening, July 2, and Friday evening, July 3. Both nights will include time trials, qualifying heats, a B-main and a feature race. Thursday night's feature will be 25 laps in distance and will pay $5000 to win. Friday night's Mitch Smith Memorial will be 30 laps and will be worth $10,000 to win. A fireworks display will be presented each night.   

Both race nights at Williams Grove will be for sprint cars only with no support division scheduled. Qualifying is slated to begin at 7:45 on Thursday and again on Friday. Although this will be the first time two Speedweek events have been run on successive nights at Williams Grove, it will be the second time the historic speedway has hosted two Speedweek races in the same year.

Eagle, NE—July 1, 2009—The World of Outlaws will celebrate the Fourth of July in style this weekend, as the series heads to the always racy Eagle Raceway in Nebraska for the annual running of the Eagle Nationals at the high-banked 1/3-mile bullring on Saturday. It will mark the series lone visit of the 2009 campaign to the Cornhusker state.

Craig Dollansky was victorious at the track last season, taking the lead from 20-time series champion Steve Kinser on the fourth lap and holding him off for the remainder of the 40-lap event to score his third career triumph at Eagle Raceway.

Kinser has won 24 times in his career with the World of Outlaws at the track, including 15 A-Feature events. His most recent victory at the track came in 2005.

The 2009 PA Speedweek Series moves south of the border to the very fast and exciting Hagerstown Speedway. The fire breathing, mud slinging 410 sprint cars will invade Late Model country with a blaze of speed tonight at the exciting half mile. Will Fred Rahmer, Keith Kauffman Cody Darrah be able to break into the win column tonight or will Stevie Smith add to his win total? Hagerstown Speedway has not thrown in the towel yet due to the weather yet. Just be sure to bring the umbrella just in case. PAPosseracing.com will have results of the 410 sprints this evening. The hot laps are slated to begin at 7:30pm.

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THUNDER ON THE HILL BEATS MOTHER NATURE,
, DUANE HOWARD TOPS MODIFIED FIELD AT GRANDVIEW TUESDAY

BECHTELSVILLE,  PA    . . . . . . . .It was a night of many winners, especially for the big crowd of race fans who braved the bad weather conditions that hovered around the Grandview Speedway on Tuesday evening.    Despite rain, hail and severe thunder storms, the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series presented by Lee Myles Transmissions and  Auto Care beat all the odds and completed the scheduled Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series and 358 Modified Double header program.  The show started on time with time trials, six heat races and two consolations completed well before 9 PM.  But then the rain began to fall forcing a one hour delay.  Never-the-less, the show was completed at 11:32 PM with Chad Kemenah  of Finley, Ohio pocketing the $5,000 winner's share for the 35 lap sprint feature as Duane Howard won the night cap, the twenty-five lap 358  Modified feature.

The 2009 Pennsylvania Speedweek Series now makes a U turn and goes East to Grandview Speedway. The speedway will put on a fantastic show in with the PA Posse competing for big money in the third round of PA Speedweek Series. The 358 Modifieds will also be part of tonight's program. PAPosseracing.com will have results of the 410 sprints this evening. The program is slated to begin at 7:30pm.

Chad Kemenah wins tonight at Grandview.(PA Posse Photo)

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Brandon, SD-- June 29, 2009—After Mother Nature was victorious in the World of Outlaws first scheduled event of the season at Huset's Speedway in South Dakota back in early May, the series returns to the high-banked bullring on Friday, July 3 to kick off the Holiday weekend with a full night of racing. The event will be the first of six consecutive races on tracks 3/8-mile or smaller as the schedule really picks up in the next week and a half.

Craig Dollansky won both of the World of Outlaws races at Huset's Speedway last season. In the last eight races at the track, there have been seven different winners, with Dollansky the only repeat victor in that span. Dating back to the World of Outlaws debut at the track in 1983, 11 different drives have picked up wins with the series.

Steve Kinser, the 20-time series champion has won six times with the series at the track to lead all current active drivers. His most recent victory at Huset's came in 2003.