North meets South at Big Diamond on June 6

On the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled by VP, North meets South in Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill County.

For the only time this season, the Halmar International North Region and Velocita-USA South Region big-block/small-block Modifieds collide for a combined point event on Tuesday, June 6 at Big Diamond Speedway. The ‘Anthracite Assault’ provides the meeting ground as Modifieds ‘mine for Modified excitement’ in the Keystone State Coal Region.

Headlining the tripleheader program is a 50lap STSS Modified event ($5,000 to win, $1,000 for 10th, $400 to start) offering points toward both the North Region $12,500 championship battle and South Region $10,000 champion’s prize.

Fans will have the opportunity to see some of the regional talent in action at the Minersville 4/10th mile clay oval.

Also on the card: STSS Sportsman (25 laps) paying $1,000 to the winner and the Big Diamond Roadrunner division (15 laps).

*** Three-wide racing, thrilling slide jobs and rim-riding the guardrail with wheelie action is the best way to explain USAC 410 sprint car non-wing racing. You have to see it to believe it.

The leanest and meanest racers from USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series – the nation’s largest group of non-wing openwheel racers – make their annual stop on the east coast for the 2017 version of the “Eastern Storm,” with a five-race series through Pennsylvania.

The action kicks off on Tuesday, June 13 at Bechtelsville’s Grandview Speedway as part of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series, presenting its’ twenty-eighth season. The Annual USAC Jesse Hockett Classic includes a 40-lap, $6,000-towin USAC Wingless Sprint Car feature event along with Grandview’s competitive NASCAR 358 Modifieds – a Grandview Speedway mainstay. The USAC sprints will compete in time trials, qualifying heats and a “B” main leading up to the Jesse Hockett Classic. For the 358 NASCAR Modifieds, they will dual in a series of qualifying events leading up to the 30 lap $3,000 to win feature.

The AMSOIL Eastern Storm tour continues into Abbottstown’s Lincoln Speedway on Wednesday, June 14 with a 30Lap, $6,000-to-win main event, that includes Lincoln Speedway’s 358 Winged Sprint Cars in a full points event paying $1,000 to the winner.

410 Sprint Car ace, Danny Dietrich, of Gettysburg, has made his non-wing intentions known as he chases the first four events of the Eastern Storm, and yes, he will be “wingless” at Grandview Speedway. Dietrich has claimed victories at all of these tracks in winged competition and is anxious to battle wheel-to-wheel with the top non-wing racers in the United States.

Justin Grant, 26, aboard the Sam McGhee Motorsports No. 11, sits at the top of the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car rankings with Chad Boespflug in a close second followed by Chris Windom, and 2015 Grandview Speedway winner Chase Stockon.

General admission ticket pricing for Tuesday, June 13 at Grandview Speedway is $30 for adults, children 6-11 are $10 and kids 5 & under are free. Pit admission pricing is $35 and a license is not required.

*** OneMain Financial will serve as the entitlement sponsor for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash race on Saturday, at Dover International Speedway, track officials announced today.

The “OneMain Financial 200” NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the Monster Mile is the fourth and final Dash 4 Cash race on the 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule. Four NASCAR XFINITY Series drivers, based on stage finishes, will be eligible for a $100,000 bonus at the end of the race.

OneMain Financial, established in 1912 in Baltimore, has extended more than $120 billion in loans to more than 10 million customers throughout the country to help with debt consolidation, home improvement projects, car purchases and more. The company has more than 1,700 branches in 44 states, including three in Delaware, with one in Dover.

The June 2-4 NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Dover International Speedway also includes the “Bar Harbor 200” presented by Sea Watch International NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race this Friday, June 2 and the “AAA 400 Drive for Autism” Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, June 4.

“We’re delighted to add OneMain Financial as an entitlement sponsor to our NASCAR XFINITY Series race,” said Mike Tatoian, Dover International Speedway’s president and CEO. “The Dash 4 Cash format provides an exciting mix of young drivers and veterans racing for a $100,000 bonus and OneMain Financial’s involvement will make the event even more special.”

And if you are into celebrities this news is for you. Gordon Ramsay, the British-born, award-winning chef who has gained international recognition for his original TV productions, will serve as the grand marshal for the “AAA 400 Drive for Autism” Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, June 4 (1 p.m. ET, FS1), track officials announced today.

Ramsay will give the command for the 40 drivers in the “AAA 400 Drive for Autism” field to start their engines before the green flag drops. *** You can be a winner but you do have to enter. It’s been a historic start to the partnership between Arctic Cat, Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) and Donny Schatz. The Outlaws were just in the area for races at Lincoln, Williams Grove and New Egypt Speedways. And this week, the group is adding to the excitement of the 90-plus-event World of Outlaws (WoO) Craftsman Sprint Car Series campaign by launching a promotion to give away a customized, one-of-a-kind Donny Schatz-themed Arctic Cat HDX 700.

Arctic Cat, a world leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and recreational off-highway vehicles, is looking to engage with one of the most passionate fan bases in all of motorsports in conjunction with TSR.

For the next six months, the mission for Schatz and his TSR team will be to continue embracing Arctic Cat’s shared passion to reach greatness without limits. Fans seeking the ultimate limitless ride are encouraged to enter the promotion online at www.arcticcat.com/donnyschatzhdx between now and Oct. 1 for the chance to win the customized all-terrain vehicle by random draw.