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Dirt track racing lights up Tampa

Wow! There’s a lot of racing to talk about this week. The action got underway at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday. This column will focus on the dirt late models at East Bay Raceway in Tampa, Florida. The Lucas Oil Late Model racing series ran a six-day series. Let’s get right to the races. The early nights don’t have the very large winner’s purses and some of the big name drivers choose to sit out the early races, but as the purses go up so does the competition. Night one on Feb. 5 saw 39 cars take qualifying laps. Shinnston’s Josh Richards set fast time. ...

Race cars rolling at Daytona

We covered all the dirt track events at East Bay Raceway in the last column and there’s still some dirt tracking to be done in Georgia and Florida and we will fill in the blanks in the next few columns. This past Friday the ARCA and NASCAR Monster Energy Cup series rolled into the garages at the World Center of Speed, Daytona International Speedway. I’ll just get into the coverage. The ARCA cars took to the track for practice and qualifying for the Lucas Oil 200. There were a huge number of rookie drivers entered. Natalie Decker set her Venturini Motorsports car on the pole. ...

Responsible timbering makes sense

Improving the health of West Virginia’s State Parks is the objective of Senate Bill SB270 and House Bill HB4082. Gov. Jim Justice appears to be in favor of this legislation. According to State Park officials, West Virginia’s 81,000 acres of forested land within all of the parks are in need of at least $40 million worth of improvements and repairs. At the present time, there has been no timbering or logging in any of the state parks or forests for more than 80 years, with the exception of Kanawha State Forest. In a situation like this, the forest or woods have just overly ...

Dirt tracks in full swing in the south

The dirt tracks in Georgia and Florida are in full swing for the next two weeks. Speedweeks 2018 gets started at Golden Isle Speedway with the Rhino Ag Super Bowl of Racing. This was two nights of Lucas Oil Super Late Model Racing. West Virginia’s own Josh Richards showed why he was last year’s points champion by sweeping both nights of the event. Night one on Feb. 2 saw Josh take his Best Motorsports Rocket Chassis to the lead and he seemed to be the class of the field. There was a spoiler lurking back in the field however. Young Hudson O’Neal was moving up from his 16th ...

Grouse, rabbit and squirrel seasons in

Grouse, rabbit and squirrel seasons in For all practical purposes, the 2017-2018 hunting seasons are nearly over. Winter has set in and cold weather is in the forecast for this weekend. The big game hunting seasons are now history, and the weather picture for next week does not look at all favorable for this area. For hunters who would still like to be in the outdoors, the cottontail rabbit, ruffed grouse and squirrel seasons don’t go out until Feb. 28. This may be a good time to consider going after the cottontail rabbits. Rabbit hunting is not one bit like squirrel hunting. ...

NASCAR season is just around the corner

Engines were roaring around Daytona International Speedway to kick off Speedweeks 2018. The Rolex 24 at Daytona is one of the most important endurance races in the world. It draws drivers from all over the world and every type of racing. There are three groups of different cars that race the same time on the same track. There is approximately 20 mph difference in speed between the classes. This makes for action-packed racing as the faster cars race around the slower classes. This race is sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association. The three divisions are the Daytona ...