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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