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By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR (Portsmouth, OH) -- Josh Richards returned to Lucas Oil Victory Lane on Saturday night by winning the Independence 60 at Portsmouth Raceway Park. It was Richards' fourth series win of the season and his first at Portsmouth Raceway Park since July of 2008 when he drove a car owned by Ernie Davis. Richards helmed the Eric and Kelly Brock, Best Performance Motorsports, Rocket at the event - leading all 60 laps for the win. Tim McCreadie; in the Sweeteners Plus,...more

Batavia, OHIO (September 2, 2022) – The forecast for rain showers through the day, with locally heavy rainfall possible, has forced the cancellation of Saturday night’s Pepsi River Days Rumble presented by Huntington Drum Company at Portsmouth Raceway Park. The event will not be rescheduled. Sunday’s 54th running of the Hillbilly Hundred presented by Arizona Sports Shirts at Tyler County Speedway is still on schedule. America’s oldest running dirt late model crown jewel event includes a...more

By Lucas Oil LAte Model Series PR (Portsmouth, OH) -- Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship point leader, Tim McCreadie, won his second consecutive series race as he took the top spot in the River Days Rumble – presented by Pepsi on Saturday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. McCreadie’s win was his fifth this season. Devin Moran finished second to McCreadie with Ricky Thornton Jr., Tyler Erb, and Jimmy Owens rounding out the top five. Kyle Bronson led the first four laps of the...more

By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR (Portsmouth, OH) -- Ricky Thornton Jr. topped off his first full-year running with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series as he snuck by race leader Brandon Overton on a lap 83 restart on Saturday Night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. The 2021 Eibach Springs Rookie-of-the-Year winner went on to score the biggest win of his racing career by capturing the 41st Annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by Optima Batteries. Thornton pulled away from...more

By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR (Batavia, OH) -- The stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will return to action June 13th-15th for three action-packed events at three different venues, across three states. The weekend will ignite on Thursday, June 13th, with a visit to Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Thursday's Dunn-Benson Ford Wayne Gray Sr. Memorial - Presented by GETSCO will be a complete program of: Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 50-lap,...more

By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR (Portsmouth, OH) -- Jonathan Davenport continued his Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series winning streak on Friday Night in the Independence 50 at Portsmouth Raceway Park. With 36 laps in the books, Kyle Bronson moved past Tim McCreadie to hold on to the second position for the remainder of the race. McCreadie led the first eight laps, but came home in third followed by a first-time visitor to Portsmouth Raceway Park, Spencer Hughes. Tyler Erb rounded out the top...more

By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR (Portsmouth, OH) -- On the day he celebrated his 20th birthday, Hudson O'Neal drove to victory on Saturday Night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. He overtook Jimmy Owens on Lap 37 on his way to taking the win in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned Bob Miller Memorial River Days Rumble - presented by Pepsi. After grabbing the lead, O'Neal withstood a caution with one lap to go to become the 18th different winner this season, and he notched his first win...more

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO (June 18, 2022)– The Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Northern Series would visit Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, OH for the first time in series history on Saturday evening for the 2nd Annual Charlie Swartz Classic and Michael Chilton of Salvisa, KY would lead all forty laps on his way to a $5,000 payday. The victory for Chilton would be his first of the season with the tour and his ninth career Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series victory and would come behind the wheel...more

SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (June 13, 2022) – The Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Northern Series will be back in action on Saturday June 18 at Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, OH for the 2nd Annual Charlie Swartz Classic, paying $5,000 to win and $450 to start. The event is part of the 5th Annual Dean Knittel Memorial that will pay $20,554 to win and will serve as the 2022 Ohio Sprint Speedweek finale for the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car tour. The 2nd Annual Charlie Swartz Classic...more

Batavia, OH (June 27, 2022) – Celebrate family, Independence, and Freedom with four days of racing action at three facilities. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will visit Florence Speedway on Thursday, June 30th, Portsmouth Raceway Park on Friday, July 1st, and Muskingum County Speedway on Saturday and Sunday, July 2nd and 3rd. On Thursday, June 30th, race teams will vie for a $15,000 top prize in the postponed 36th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial at Florence Speedway in Union, KY. The pit...more