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Portsmouth Raceway Park once again hosted The Dean Knittel Memorial Saturday Night. For the second straight year, Myerstown, PA's Brent Marks captured the Tezos All-Star Circuit of Champions Winged Sprint Car race which paid $22,554 to win. Wheelersburg's RJ Conley took the checkers in the 3rd Annual Charlie Swartz Classic Super Late Model Feature which paid $5,000. The 6th Annual Dean Knittel Memorial presented by Barbour Auto Parts, Roger Hemming Contractors, All of Her Creations, The...more

Saturday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park Roots Child Care Center presented an evening of racing in which Rod Conley, Evyian Terry, Ervin Vance, and Steven Partin all picked up wins in their respective features. Conley was dominant in The Giovanni's Pizza Wholesale Division. The Wheelersburg native and former PRP Track Champion led every lap of his heat and every lap of the feature. In the 25-lap A-Main, Conley fended off Kirk Phillips, RJ Conley, Kenny Christy, and Kevin Wagner. Polesitter...more

This past Saturday Portsmouth Raceway Park hosted Jackie Boggs Night for The Kids presented by LA Hawk Resources and 4B Motorsports. RJ Conley, Ervin Vance, Robbie Lewis, and Mikey Howard all recorded feature wins in their respective divisions. While children ages 12 and under received free general admission and many were fortunate enough to win a scooter or bicycle, the drivers on the track had to earn their winnings, and Late Model driver RJ Conley did just that for the fourth time in five...more

Martinsville, IN's Ricky Thornton Jr. collected $25,000 for a couple evenings of work at Portsmouth Raceway Park, as PRP enjoyed two nights of exciting racing over Labor Day Weekend with big money on the line both evenings for Super Late Models. Thornton grabbed Friday's Boone Coleman Memorial "Gator 50" presented by Berndt-Murfin Insurance then followed that up by winning Saturday's River Days Rumble 50 presented by Pepsi, Army, and Roots Child Care Center. Friday's race paid $10,000 and...more

Portsmouth Raceway Park officially wrapped up its 33rd season this past Saturday with Meet The Drivers Night presented by On The Esplanade Laser Center & Medical Spa. Brandon Fouts, Ervin Vance, Robbie Lewis, and Joshua Harrington picked up wins in their respective divisions while Kirk Phillips, Vance, Evyian Terry, and Jeromy Brady all captured track championships in their classes. Besides enjoying an evening of racing and crowning the 2023 track champs, PRP also said goodbye to longtime...more

Longtime Portsmouth Raceway Park Flagman Bob Smith recently announced his retirement after 33 seasons of service at the Coleman-Family owned facility. "He means a lot to us," PRP's Jenny Coleman said. "He was devoted to our family business and we appreciate him and all the time he gave up to stand on that flag stand and later be in the tower." Smith started working at PRP during the track's first full season in 1991. "We had a lot of good crowds, and it was a special place to work," Smith...more

Fayetteville, NC's Daulton Wilson grabbed the checkers Friday evening at Portsmouth Raceway Park's Annual Boone Coleman Memorial Gator 50 presented by Berndt-Murfin Insurance and other area businesses, which paid $7,500 to win. Wilson qualified second, won his heat, started the feature on the pole, and would lead all 50 laps en route to his first-ever win in The Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series Fueled by VP Racing Fuels. Garrett Alberson charged from 12th to finish second. Seth...more

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (August 31, 2024) – An unfavorable afternoon forecast, including a strong chance for severe thunderstorms, has forced Portsmouth Raceway Park and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials to cancel Saturday’s River Days Rumble. The event will not be rescheduled. The stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will shift their focus to the 56th Annual Hillbilly Hundred - Presented by Arizona Sport Shirts, Sunday, September 1, at Tyler County Speedway. America’s oldest...more

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO (July 30, 2022)– The Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Northern Series and the Brucebilt Performance Parts Iron-Man Open Wheel Modified Northern Series would visit Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, OH on Saturday evening for the 11th Annual Boone Coleman Gator 50. Brandon Fouts of Kite, KY would lead all fifty laps on his way to his third Boone Coleman Memorial Gator 50 $5,000 victory with the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Northern Series and K.C. Burdette of Parkersburg, WV...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