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Spring Fling season opener last weekend produced nine feature winners By John Rittenoure, MEEKER, Okla. (March 12, 2018) - Red Dirt Raceway opened the gates on the 2018 racing season last weekend with a two-day show, a full field of competitors, and nine drivers picking up victories. The Sooner Limited Modified Series opened their season on Saturday with a field of 27 drivers. Robert Elliott of Clinton picked up the first night victory but could not repeat as Kale Westover of Blair won on...more

MEEKER, Okla. (March 26, 2018) - After two weeks of racing, and a weekend off, Red Dirt Raceway returns to Friday night racing this week. Highlighting the night will be the season opener for the USAC sanctioned Wingless Sprints of Oklahoma. This series has created a lot of interest around the state and a good field of competitors are expected for the first show under the USAC banner. Friday’s show is the first of five USAC wingless sprint shows scheduled for Red Dirt Raceway in 2018. Sport...more

Racing returns to Red Dirt Raceway this weekend with micro sprints and non-wing sprints By John Rittenoure, MEEKER, Okla. (August 27, 2018) - Over the past two months all has been quiet at Red Dirt Raceway as the track was on summer break. Now racing returns to the quarter-mile oval this weekend with a two-day show that kicks off a fall schedule that will see racing weekly racing through October 20.  The NOW600 National Micro Sprint tour returns on Saturday for the East/West Showdown and a...more

USAC Non-Wing Sprints back for more on Friday By John Rittenoure, MEEKER, Okla. (September 3, 2018) - Andrew Deal of Caney, Kansas and Oklahoma City racer Tanner Conn had fans on the edge of their seats Sunday evening at Red Dirt Raceway as the two continually swapped the lead in the USAC Non-Wing sprint 50-lap feature atop the Red Dirt Raceway quarter mile oval. Conn was the early leader until Deal closed in midway through the race. After several laps of lead changes as the two swapped the...more

Results!!! It was a great day of racing at Red Dirt Raceway - Meeker, OK today as we made up the rain-out from Friday night. We had an awesome field of cars and even had multiple Hornets on the track making some really fast laps! Both the Sport Mods and Pure Stocks went into BONUS money territory as the Pure Stocks had 20 cars and paid $300 to winner Justin McBride while the Sport Mods topped out at 25 cars with winner Jared Baird taking home a cool $500 and all 25 feature starters taking home...more

USAC Wingless Sprints, Pure Stocks, Sport Mods and Micros on tap for Friday By John Rittenoure, MEEKER, Okla. (September 10, 2018) - Wet conditions forced officials to cancel last Friday’s USAC Wingless Sprints of Oklahoma show at Red Dirt Raceway. But the good news is the USAC sprints will be back this Friday night for the Red Dirt Derby. Series points leader Brett Wilson of Coweta, a previous winner at Red Dirt Raceway, suffered a blown engine when the series was here last on Sept. 2. He...more

Sport Mod, Pure Stock, Mini Stock, Micros and Dirt Mini Late Models/Mini Mods/Dwarfs are on tap for this Friday, September 28th By John Rittenoure, MEEKER, Okla. (September 24, 2018) - Fall has arrived and that means it is time for the Fall Nationals at Red Dirt Raceway. On Friday night Sport Mods and Pure Stocks will battle on the fast Red Dirt quarter mile. They will be joined by the open-wheel winged restricted micros, 600cc non-wing micros, Hornets, Mini-Stocks and the popular Dirt Mini...more

A healthy crowd was on hand to witness a great night of racing at Red Dirt Raceway - Meeker, OK for our Fall Nationals! The race track was very fast as cooler temps kept the moisture pumping to the top of the racing surface all evening! We are going to keep this "write up" pretty short as we have to get on the road for a family function today but we do want to recognize our winners.... Kevin McSperitt Jr topped Mini Stock action while Daison Pursley Racing looked more like a fighter pilot as...more

Two days of racing are on tap for Red Dirt Raceway USAC wingless sprints run Friday, OCRS Sprints here on Sunday MEEKER, Okla. (October 1, 2018) - Two days of racing are on tap for this weekend at Red Dirt Raceway. On Friday the USAC Wingless Sprints of Oklahoma return for their final event of the season. Three-time winner Brett Wilson of Coweta is leading the points chase and will be looking to wrap up his first championship title. Wilson will have to earn enough points keep second place...more

Our last Friday night points race of the season was a dandy as our racers continue to put on steller shows! Every once in awhile I get to sit back for a few minutes and watch a race...Last night I did that a few times and it amazes me how good our drivers are and how good the racing is on a regular basis at Red Dirt Raceway - Meeker, OK! I have said it before and here it goes again------> I think we have(and getting better/tougher) the best crop of drivers and the toughest weekly show in this...more