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(Image Credit: Ashley Allinson) Bryan Hulbert – MEEKER, Okla. (April 8, 2022) Leading start to finish on Friday night, Oklahoma’s Steven Shebester topped the field of 23 at Red Dirt Raceway in the debut event for the United Sprint League. Able to cut through traffic with ease as Johnny Kent chased in the No. 55, the final five laps saw things get interesting as Steven’s nearly three-second lead was cut to just over a second. Threading needles with less than three to go, the race’s lone caution...more

2022 Schedule Release!!! The 2022 Red Dirt Raceway - Meeker, OK schedule looks to keep many of our trademark events along with a few additions and adjustments! Pure Stocks have undergone a name change to Factory Stocks and will continue to join Sport Modifieds/B-Mods, Non-Wing Micros, Hornet/Tuners, and Winged Sprint Cars as our anchor divisions. Dwarf Cars, Turf Tire Micros, Mini Mods, Flat Track Motorcycles and others will also take part in multiple shows at the 1/4 mile oval. KARTS have...more

Speedway, Indiana .........USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets will embark on their largest schedule of events in over three decades when the series hits the trail for the start of their 65th season on Feb. 7-8 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., the opening night of Winter Dirt Games XI. The series schedule has grown to 39 events for the 2020 campaign, the most events on the slate since 1988. It's a schedule which includes a mix of first-time venues and returns to tracks after lengthy...more

(Photo Credit: Mike Howard) MEEKER, Okla. (November 15, 2023) - Entering the 2024 season, the National Open Wheel 600 Series (NOW600), Red Dirt Raceway (Meeker, OK) and I-44 Riverside Speedway (Oklahoma City, OK) have established a set of rules for the ever growing Turf Tire class in the region. The NOW600 Turf Tire class will be apart of weekly racing at Red Dirt Raceway on Friday nights and I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday nights in Oklahoma while obtaining NOW600 points between the two...more

(Mike Howard photo) John Rittenoure - MEEKER, Okla. (October 14, 2023) - A season high 46 drivers signed-in for Saturday’s AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories Sprint Car event and Joe Wood, Jr. charged to victory in the 33-lap Pat Suchy Memorial main event. The feature was run 33 laps in honor long time car owner Pat Suchy who put the numbers 33 on his cars. Danny Smith drove off the pole into the early lead but gave way to Wood, Jr on lap 29. Wood started 10th and climbed his way through traffic...more

(Mike Howard photo) John Rittenoure - MEEKER, Okla. (October 7, 2023) - Driving in his first late model event on Friday night, modified racer Tanner Mullens did not expect to visit victory lane and was surprised when he did. Mullens surely was not expect a repeat of Friday night, but it happened as the Kansas competitor raced to his second Complete Well Testing Sooner Late Model Series on Saturday. This time it happened at Red Dirt Raceway. Mullens started outside pole sitter Damian Patocka...more

By USAC Media (Meeker, OK) -- Saturated grounds, coupled with more early morning precipitation on race day, has forced cancellation of Tuesday Night Thunder featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship on July 11 at Meeker, Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway. Nearly 10 inches of rain has fallen at the track since last Thursday and another 2.5 inches of accumulation overnight has made conditions at the 1/4-mile dirt oval unraceable for this evening. The Red Dirt event was to be the...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Speedway, IN) -- Midsummer brings the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season back to life. Mid-America Midget Week is the stage upon which our midget racing brethren will compete July 11-15 across three states with four events in a span of five nights in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Starting at the southernmost point of the week is Tuesday Night Thunder on July 11 at Meeker, Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway. Then, we point north up to Beloit,...more

(Jeff Taylor Photo) John Rittenoure - MEEKER, Okla. (June 23, 2023) - Over the last month Rees Moran has been hard to beat. That was clearly evident during Friday’s AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories Sprint Car event at Red Dirt Raceway. Not even a 40-lap feature was too much for the young Oklahoman. Moran won the Mike Peters Freedom 40 Classic leading all but one lap on the way to capturing his second straight and third win of the season. “My crew chief has this thing running on rails,”Moran said...more

(NOW600 at Red Dirt Raceway | June 9, 2023 | Image Credit: Ashley Allinson) Bryan Hulbert – MEEKER, Okla. (June 9, 2023) Round 3 of Sooner 600 Week rolled into Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla. on Friday with Baron Silva adding his name to the list of A-Class winners. Jett Nunley continued his dominance of Restricted, and Chris Cochran made his return to Victory Lane with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division. Back to the top of the podium for...more