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Megan Erwin Makes History With Feature Win

7/22/2018

History was made at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday night as a woman became the first to win a feature in the Street Stock division and a Hornet driver had his first career wins. There were 104 cars in attendance. Megan Erwin started from the eighth position and worked her way up the field to become the first woman to claim a UMP Street feature win at the track. Erwin jumped on the high side to make her way to the front, taking the lead near the midway part of the race. Earlier in the...more

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Rine Wins Exciting B-Mod Feature

5/19/2019

It was opening night on Saturday after two consecutive rain outs to start the season. It was a beautiful night for stock car racing as 86 drivers were in attendance. The B-Mod feature provided the most excitement of the night. On the opening lap, John Nethery rolled his car in turns one and two. Five other drivers were involved in the crash. Everyone was fine. After getting the wreck cleaned up, Benji Rine and Ed Roley put on a show. The drivers exchanged leads several time before Rine...more

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Bradham wins $550 B-Mod Feature

5/26/2019

It was a special night at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday night. The UMP B-Mods raced in a $550 to win feature. The B-Mods put on a show. Everett Bradham, the defending track champion, took the early lead. Jacob Wilkinson, Ed Roley, and Deece Schwartz battled up front with Bradham. The leaders got caught up in lapped traffic and Roley made a pass on the last lap. Bradham took the lead back and earned the victory. Tommy Sheppard, Jr jumped out front and won the Modified feature. The...more

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Carmichael, Jr. Wins Winged Late Model Feature On...

6/2/2019

It was a beautiful night for racing at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday night. 58 drivers were in attendance at the track. The Winged Late Models put on a show in their feature event. Mike Staggs jumped out to an early lead However, two cars came to a stop on the track and brought out the caution. On the restart, Marvin Burton claimed the lead. Staggs made a pass for the lead on lap seven that was negated by another caution. Burton, Staggs, Kenny Carmichael, Jr., and Chad Evans...more

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Deece Schwartz Becomes 1st Fourth Generation Drive...

6/9/2019

History was made at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday night. Deece Schwartz won the B-Mod feature and became the first fourth generation driver to win a regularly scheduled feature event. His Great-Grandfather Jim, Grandfather Denny and Father Danny had previously won features at the track. Nick Miller started on the pole for the feature event and jumped out to the lead. Miller led most of the way despite four caution flags bunching up the field. Schwartz started behind Miller and was in...more

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Lauritson Wins Exciting Hornet Feature

6/30/2019

After two consecutive rain outs, the Charleston Speedway was back in action on Saturday night. It was a hot night and storms threatened to come in from the northeast, but held off. In the hornet feature, four drivers were battling for the lead. David Lauritson, Mason Lynch, Alex Wilson, and Eldon Hemken were putting on a show up front. Lauritson gained an advantage and pulled out front. On lap 6, Wilson was trying to go to the highside while in second, was clipped, and flipped his car...more

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Denny Schwartz Wins Neal Tire A-Mod Special

7/14/2019

It was a special night at the Charleston Speedway as there was a Neal Tire $700 to win feature for the Modifieds. History was made during the race as the Schwartz family became the first to have three generations win a feature event in the same season. Thirty Modifieds were on hand for the main event. Randy Shuman was the fastest qualifier of the evening and won his heat race. Other heat winners were Denny Schwartz, Danny Schwartz and Scott Justice. Wil Prater won an exciting Consi...more

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BJ Deal Wins Exciting B-Mod Feature

8/4/2019

A triumphant return, a scary roll over, and a new track record were part of the night at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday. A fast track made for great racing action. BJ Deal made his first trip to the track this year a memorable one as he claimed the B-Mod Feature. Deal was able to win the race from the fifth starting position. Ed Roley was the early leader before Deal passed him for the win. The Factory Stock heat race was halted on the second lap as Randy Smyser was turned sideways on...more

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Smyser Returns After Roll-Over Last Week To Win Fa...

8/11/2019

Autograph night proved to be an exciting evening as a driver returned from a scary roll-over last week to claim a feature victory at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday. Randy Smyser won the Factory Stock feature after rolling his car in a heat race last week. Dylan Wiltermood led the entire race before Smyser passed him in the final turn to claim the victory. In the Modified feature, Kasey Schrock took an early lead before having to leave the track after breaking. Tyler Weiss took over the...more

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Prater Wins First Ever Modified Feature

8/18/2019

A fast track made for some great racing action at the Charleston Speedway on Saturday. The evening saw a driver get his first feature win, a track qualifying record broken, and one tied. Wil Prater found victory lane for the first time in the Modified feature. Denny Schwartz made an early push for the lead but hit the wall trying to pass Prater on the backstretch. Prater held off Ed Roley for the win. It was a great night for Nick Miller in the B-Mod division as the Charleston driver tied...more

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