January 29th and 30th.  Allan Wakeling brought home back to back wins over the weekend in his XXX Chassis, taking the prestigious “Salute to Goodie” and “Gold Cup” race wins at Ruapuna Speedway in Christchurch, New Zealand. On Friday night, Wakeling led the final eight laps to grab his first win of the year, then followed it up by making a daring mid race pass on Saturday night to secure the back to back victories. The eight time New Zealand national champion now looks to collect number nine heading into next weekend’s New Zealand championship.

January 30th.  Darren Sutton took his XXX chassis to victory lane at Coates Hire Bunbury Speedway in Western Australia on Saturday night. From his fifth place starting position, Sutton quickly ascended to second place, then used a late restart to take the lead en route to his first non-wing sprint car victory. Congratulations to Darren and the entire team at Sutton SpeedSport!

January 23rd.  Richard Morgan won his first career main event, leading all 25 laps of action at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway in Australia. Starting outside pole for the feature event, Morgan ran out to a dominating lead, eclipsing the field at the final flag by 1.5 seconds in his Morgan Metalcorp #54 XXX. Team XXX loves being a part of drivers first wins! Congratulations Richard!

January 4th.  Congratulations go out to Brent Aprile, who won the wingless sprint car main event on January 4th at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway in his XXX chassis.

January 9th.  Ryan Jones and his XXX chassis are THE force to be reckoned with in Australia’s 360 scene. Already a back to back state and national champion, Jones won the Speedway City Nationals title for the second time in his young career on Saturday night with little challenge. Ryan next looks to add his first 410 victory to his record, as he prepares for the Grand Annual Sprint Car Classic this month.

January 2nd.  In only his 4th time ever running a Microsprint, Victorian Rod Barker gets a podium finish at the 2009/2010 Australian Microsprint Title at Portland's Southern 500 Speedway.  Starting 8th in the main, Rod moved his way to 3rd racing past some of the top drivers in AU.  In Rod's own words ... "Mate, I'm still pinching myself".
Congratulations Rod on a great run.

Dec 11th.  Clearly marking his name into the Australian Speedcar history books, Newcastle's Matt Smith raced to victory on Saturday night at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway in round three of the KC Tools Speedcar Track Championship!  Not only claiming his maiden feature victory and the first xXx Midget Chassis win in Australia in his first night in the car in AUS; the 19-year old also took out the A Main on the actual 75th anniversary of Speedcar racing in the country.  Read full story ...

Oct 18th.  Robert Ballou, winner of the XXX 1000th Chassis Giveaway, put his new car to great use by taking home the $5,000 to win season finale at Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday, October 18th. In an afternoon race, Ballou outdueled Brady Short for 30 laps to take the win, rolling around the high side of the jet black track with his XXX chassis on the way to victory lane.

November 28th.  Saturday night Ryan Jones showed everyone why he wears the Aus 1 on the tail tank of his immaculate Leith Kahl Cabinet Makers XXX Chassis as he defeated the best 360ci Sprintcar drivers in the country as he completely dominated round 1 of the 360 Sprintcar All Stars at the Murray Bridge Speedway. Following the heat races Jones was the equal top qualifier with former Parramatta Track Champion Troy Little and after starting on the outside of the front row he proceeded to lead the entire 30 lap final winning the event in emphatic style.  Read full story ...

November 21st.  After both Jerry Coons, Jr., and Brady Bacon posted dominant wins in preliminary action, the debate raged as to which would reign supreme in Saturday night's 42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships presented by Old Tucson Studios non-wing finale at USA Raceway.

When all was said and done, the $5,000 winner's share and victory hardware was loaded in a rig headed back to Oklahoma, as the "Broken Arrow Bandit" led all 30 circuits and slipped away to a straightaway lead in the closing stages of the season-ending event for the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region.

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November 20th.  While Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Brady Bacon has adapted quite nicely to the winged Sprint Car ranks in 2009, his propensity for success in the wingless ranks is difficult to deny.
 The 19-year-old started Friday night's 25-lap Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region five rows deep, but it didn't take long for Bacon to make his way to the front. Taking command on the eleventh round, Bacon went on to take the checkered flag with more than an eight-second margin between himself and runner-up Jeremy Sherman. The 2009 Sprint Bandits TNT champion earned a front row outside starting position in Saturday night's $5,000-to-win non-wing main event with the triumph.
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November 14th.  Brady Bacon took home the grand prize, a $7,000 check, at Cowtown Speedway’s November Sprint Shootout on Saturday. Bacon parlayed a front row starting position to the biggest feature win of his winged sprint car career. The win was Bacon’s 8th in a XXX chassis in 2009.

November 13th.  Travis Rilat found winner’s circle again, topping the Cowtown Speedway field in Friday night’s preliminary action. Rilat, consistently one of the fastest cars all weekend, started 8th in his prelim and worked his way forward early to capture the victory. Rilat tagged a second place finish to fellow Team XXX member Brady Bacon to his win in the Saturday night finale.

November 12th.  Justin Melton grabbed a big late season 600 win in Kennedale, Texas last Thursday night as he topped the $1500 to win A Feature at Cowtown Speedway. After trailing fellow team XXX member Aaron Reutzel, Melton took the lead over late race in his XXX 600 chassis en route to taking the top honors. Keep an eye out on Melton, Reutzel and the many other XXX chassis drivers the next few nights as Cowtown Speedway hosts the November Sprint Shootout, with $7,000 on the line for the sprint car winner on Saturday night.

October 31st.  Last Saturday night Murray Bridge resident Ryan Jones put on a 360ci Sprintcar racing clinic as he claimed the opening round of the 2009/10 Speedway City Track Championship. After starting from the front row Ryan led the entire journey defeating his nearest rival by a clear half a lap.

October 24th.  After taking second at last weekend’s USAC/CRA event, Jimmy Crawford took things to the next level by winning the $5,000 A Feature at Ventura Raceway in California. Holding off the likes of Jesse Hockett and Mike Spencer, Crawford led three separate times in his XXX Chassis en route to the victory. Crawford is the owner / operator of “Twister X”, an authorized XXX chassis dealer in Southern California.

October 24th.  Rafe Essary broke winless drought by winning the final Oil Capital Racing Series main of the year, topping the OCRS field at Enid Speedway Park in Enid, OK. The 48 year old Essary led all 25 laps of the A Feature in his XXX chassis, navigating the slick black track with ease.

October 17th and 18th.  Billy Aton was a man on a mission this past weekend. Aton started things off with the main event win at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville CA on Friday night, sealing up the season championship in the process. The next night, Aton traveled to Marysville Raceway Park where he pulled off a clean sweep, winning his first heat from the front row, his second heat from dead last, then leading all 30 laps of the $2,000 to win feature. Aton now boasts 11 Main wins on the year, almost as many heat race triumphs, and is in line to lock up his second season championship next weekend at Antioch Speedway. 

October 10th.  Jeremy Burt grabbed his fifth win of the year on Saturday night, besting a stout field of 360 sprints at Marysville Raceway Park in California. Using ASCS format rules, Burt was a force to be reckoned with all night, battling with Kyle Hirst and Team XXX member Andy Forsberg in heavy lapped traffic throughout the main before taking the lead with two laps left. Burt completed his awesome run with no right front shock, as it had been knocked off in the midst of lapped cars. 

October 2nd.  Brent Swift has enjoyed his best season of racing a full size sprint, as he took his XXX chassis to the Fall Nationals preliminary night victory at Brill Motor Speedway in Meeker, OK on October 2nd . Swift’s win was his third of the year, and fourth for that XXX chassis overall as Koby Barksdale took it to victory lane earlier this season.

September 25th.  Billy Aton has had a banner year in his XXX chassis. On the cusp of capturing the season points titles at Ocean Speedway and Antioch Speedway in his XXX wingless spec sprint, Aton picked up his ninth victory of the year on Friday night, 9/25 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA. Congratulations Billy on your fine 2009!

September 26th.  Jeremy Burt is now a four time winner in 2009, racing to his second victory at Antioch Speedway in California on Saturday night. Starting outside row number four in the feature, Burt planted his car on the cushion and made his way to the front of the pack with little challenge. Congratulations Jeremy on your winged 360 success with your XXX chassis this season.

September 26th.  Kyle Miller scored a $2,500 dollar payday at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday night as he took home the win in the 50 lap Northwest Wingless Championship race. Starting inside row two, Miller dueled with Dale Smith early and often during the main, pulling ahead in the end by navigating his XXX chassis brilliantly through traffic. Miller will look to take home the first ever IXL Metal Conditioner Northwest Wingless Tour Championship this coming weekend at Lebanon Speedway in Oregon.

September 26th.  DJ Estes rolled to his second victory in the month of September, beating 39 other winged 600 in his XXX at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, TX. Estes’ win came as an upset to large crowd at the track, as Estes became the first new winner in the winged 600 division in the past 12 races, snapping an 11 race win streak by Jeb Sessums.

September 25th.  Quinton Benson is enjoying late season success in his XXX 600. After winning the A-Class (stock) feature at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Missouri last Saturday night (9/19), Benson made it back to back wins by taking home the feature win this past Friday night as well. Benson looked to make it a three-peat, but tangled with a lapped car while leading the feature Saturday night the 26th.

September 26th.  Mike Herrington is now a two time winner in 2009, picking off his second Cajun Sprinters Association win at Pike County Speedway in Belle Chase, Louisiana. The win solidifies Herrington’s spot in the top 5 in points standings, with an outside chance of taking the title with few races left in his season.

September 19th.  Better late than never was the motto for Andy Shouse in the Bishop Racing Components / XXX chassis #27 at Oklahoma Sports Park in Ada, OK on Saturday night. Running with the Oil Capital Racing Series, Shouse spent the majority of the race running down race leader Danny Jennings before making his move going into turn three of the final lap. Shouse used a slidejob on Jennings, then won the drag race to the finish by only a couple feet. Congratulations Andy!

September 19th.  What more can be said about Kelsey Carpenter? The dream season for our valued XXX employee ended on Saturday night with his 10th main event win and second straight season championship in his Dri-Eaz sponsored #27c XXX. The Saturday night win came easily, as Carpenter won his scramble then led all 20 laps of the feature to close out his career in the Sportsman Sprint division at Skagit Speedway in Alger, WA. Keep your eyes on Kelsey in 2010 as he moves up to the 360 sprint ranks full time.

September 18th.  Brock Zearfoss took his XXX 600 to victory lane for the second time in 2009, topping the field at Linda’s Speedway in Jonestown, PA on Friday night. Starting outside row one, Zearfoss powered his way into turn one, and was clear into the lead exiting the first set of turns on his way to a comfortable win. Zearfoss capped his weekend with a 18th to 8th run on an extremely dry-slick Path Valley Speedway on Saturday night for their 600 Nationals. Congratulations Brock, Kevin, and the entire crew!

September 19th.  After picking up his XXX 600 in late spring, Dan Henning took his car to victory lane in the Season Finale for the Miniakota Microsprint tour at Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, MN on Saturday night. The win garnered Henning $500 for his efforts. Henning was a rocket ship, repeatedly motoring away from the second and third place cars as he led every lap of the feature.

September 19th.  “Wild” Billy Aton grabbed his eighth wingless spec sprint victory of 2009 on Saturday night, besting the field at Antioch Speedway in California. The night was marred with wild crashes in the division, with multiple drivers flipping hard enough to require visits to the local hospital. Aton managed to miss all the carnage and bring home the win, virtually locking up the points title in the process. 

September 19th.  Shane Broers capped his sophomore season at Skagit Speedway off with a win, leading from lap eight all the way to lap 25 with little adversity as he scored his second triumph of 2009. Broers, driving his Shark powered XXX chassis, was running second when race leader Brian Kirkpatrick pulled off the track, handing him the top spot and the eventual win.

September 19th.  Sean MacDonnel and the Gee & Gee Racing #4 XXX Sportsman Sprint team took home win number 4 on championship night at Castrol Raceway in Alberta. The win moved MacDonnel into second place in the final points standings, as XXX chassis swept the top three places, with the season title going to Colton Ackerstrom followed by MacDonnel then Justin Beinert.

September 19th.  Quinton Benson takes his XXX 600 Mini Sprint to victory at. Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, Sweet Springs MO.

September 12th.  Flashback to early June. Seth Hespe sat 5th in points in the Ford Focus Midget division at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, WA. He had just picked up his all new XXX Midget Racer Kit. Now, mid September, Hespe has been crowned champion of the division on the strength of four race wins, culminating with his season championship night win at Grays Harbor Raceway on Saturday. Team XXX could not be more proud of Seth!

September 12th.  Chuck "Cobra" Hebing is enjoying a late season surge in ESS competition, winning his third race of the year at Merrittville Speedway in Thorold, ONT. After scoring a victory last Friday night, Hebing stayed with his "back to the basics" plan for car setup and it worked like a charm, giving the New York native another triumph on Saturday night in his Roush-Yates powered XXX chassis.

September 12th.  Travis Rutz has scored many major triumphs in his native Canada, with a Gold Cup Victory and Alberta Sprint Tour title to his credit. So it comes as no surprise to see Rutz take this weekend's 360 victory at Castrol Raceway in Alberta in a brand new XXX chassis that had never hit the track until Saturday night. Rutz's win gears him up for three nights of competition at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, looking to continue the success XXX chassis have had at the prestigious Canadian Sprint Car Nationals.

September 5th.  Brady Bacon and the Tel-Star Communications #99 XXX proved how a good driver with good equipment can win anywhere, anytime. Driving a 305 Sprint for the first time, Bacon bested the field of 35 to win the Labor Day weekend show at Lake Ozark Speedway in Missouri. Austin Alumbaugh took the BRE house car to second place, giving XXX a 1-2 sweep in the division at the Sunday night show.

September 5th.  Chuck Hebing shook off some of the miserable luck he's had in 2009 to win his second main of the year, as the "Cobra" struck for the win at Autodrome Granby in Granby, Quebec with the Empire Super Sprints Friday night. Piloting a Roush-Yates Ford 360 powerplant, Cobra battled past the leader on the sixteenth circuit to grab the victory after masterfully navigating slower traffic.

September 5th.  Patrick Bourke's hot streak extended this past weekend as he blew the doors off the competition in URSS action at Diamond Mountain Speedway in Vernal, UT on Saturday night. Starting 8th, Bourke blistered his way up the field to take the lead on lap five en route to his fourth victory in six tries with his XXX chassis.

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