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25th Anniversary Season For The Sunoco American Late Model Series Begins April 26-27

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25th Anniversary Season For The Sunoco American Late Model Series Begins April 26-27 Posted: 17 Apr 2019 12:00 PM PDT I-96 Speedway to open the 2019 campaign followed by Eldora Speedway CONCORD, NC — Apr. 17, 2019 — The Sunoco American Late Model Series will hit a milestone with the 2019 racing season. The Grayville, IL based series will celebrate its 25th anniversary throughout the calendar year beginning on Friday-Saturday, April 26-27. The DIRTcar Late Model cars and stars of the longest running tour in the Great Lakes region of the United States will kick off their season starting at  I-96 Speedway  (MI) on Friday, April 26. Then it's just over a 210-mile trip to the famed Eldora Speedway  (OH) on Saturday, April 27. Sylvania, OH driver, Casey Noonan comes into the 25th anniversary season as the defending Sunoco American Late Model Series Champion. While not winning an event in 2018, the 39-year-old did record a pair of fourth place finishes with those coming at I-96 Speedway o

UNE 43e SAISON POUR LE VÉTÉRAN CLAUDE LECLERC

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De retour au champion American Canadian Tour  (ACT) UNE 43 e  SAISON POUR LE VÉTÉRAN CLAUDE LECLERC   Lanoraie 8 avril 2019 - Le vétéran pilote Lanorois  Claude Leclerc  confirme son retour à la compétition pour la saison 2019 au volant de la voiture  PROLON #11 . Il sera de nouveau en compétition dans le championnat American Canadian Tour (ACT). Incertain il y a quelques semaines à peine, un récent périple en Virginie pour une épreuve hors-championnat l'a convaincu qu'il avait encore le feu sacré. Lors de ce récent voyage il agissait à titre de chef d'équipe pour un autre pilote québécois,  Jean-Philippe Bergeron lui aussi porte-couleur PROLON  dont la préparation complète de la voiture est aussi sous la responsabilité du vétéran Leclerc.   Pour Claude, la saison s'amorce dès la semaine prochaine, à moins d'un report de dernière minute à cause de la température printanière qui tarde, à la piste d'Oxford dans l'état du Maine. Le calendrier 2019 compte 10 épr

WASH competitions

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The day started on a beautiful note with children coming in from Kibera and Kijiji ready to compete for the price to be won. Three schools were represented during the WASH competition held at Sadili Oval Sports Academy on the 9 th of April. The schools were Ngei primary school, St Catherine, Nazarene and St Stephen. The members of staff from Sadili and the WASH Committee club patrons present introduced themselves led by Kevin Ayuko who also introduced the schools present. Staff from Sadili started by cheering up the children and preparing them for the competitions Lorein Odhiambo teaching them a song on Hand washing and Felix Kipkoech presenting a short poem on the same which they actively engaged in doing the actions and singing along. The children were then given time to prepare their different presentations which the judges were to choose from and the creativity from the children was mind blowing as they had amazing things to showcase. They came up with interesting dramas, poems, so

The Exquisite Milestone

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Staff members during Monday preparation. “Having Joined Sadili Oval at the beginning of Court of Dreams project-Year 3, I have witnessed quite a number of advancements towards making an impact to the target community. Despite the numerous challenges such as the scorching sun and the dust, the long walking distances and other unappealing environmental and physical conditions, Sadili team is determined to ensure that by the end of the project the transformation will have taken root. We have received a great deal of financial support from our donors and management which have been a great motivation for each of us to play their distinguished roles to see to it that the project runs smoothly. As we approach the end of the second quarter of the third year of this project, we take pride on the activities that have already taken place successfully as well as the items we have managed to purchase for use in administration as well as sports and operations. Children showing off their rackets whic

Bruno Purchases King of Dirt Racing Series

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Bruno Purchases King of Dirt Racing Series Series founder Hazer to take on advisory role For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                                                                  KOD-033119-1 Photo credit:  Jeremy McGaffin WEST HAVEN, Vt. – A new era for the King of Dirt Racing Series has begun.  Devil's Bowl Speedway owners Mike and Alayne Bruno and King of Dirt (KOD) founder Rob Hazer have agreed to terms of the sale and transfer of the Northeastern dirt track stock car racing organization, effective immediately. Hazer created the KOD tour in 2015 to elevate teams in the Sportsman Modified division with a professional, affordable, and uncommonly competitive set of special events.  The cars, which utilize the popular and economical General Motors "602" crate engine, typically play a support role for Big Block and Small Block "358" Modifieds at weekly tra

Peterborough Speedway is Ready to Rock for its 2019 Season

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Peterborough Speedway is Ready to Rock for its 2019 Season By Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media Race fans in Central Ontario are waiting and very soon, their patience will be rewarded as Peterborough Speedway's 2019 schedule – with the Country 105 season opener, featuring free spectator grandstand admission – gets underway Saturday, May 18 th . 5 regular home track classes and special guest divisions are set to tackle the venue known as Canada's Toughest 3 rd  of a Mile Paved Oval for a 52 nd  consecutive season of weekly racing action. "It won't be long now before we're waving the green flag to kick-off a new schedule," said track owner and promoter J.P. Josiasse. "Just like the drivers and car owners, our promotional team is going through its pre-season checklist. We're registering cars, arranging sponsorships and taking care of all the final details we'll need to have in place before we swing open the gates to star