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Watermelon Capital Speedway officials have announced that 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Kyle Busch will be racing in the 200 lap ARCA/CRA Super Series Super Late Model SpeedFest 2016 event, which will be held on Sunday, January 31 at the Cordele, Ga. raceway.

With only a few feet to spare at the line, Alex Bright held off Joey Saldana at the line to kick off the 30th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals at the Tulsa Expo Raceway in Tulsa, Okla. on a high note, by topping Tuesday’s Warren Cat Qualifying Night for his first Chili Bowl Midget car preliminary score.

With the 53rd annual Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona Int’l Speedway just around the bend, several ARCA Racing Series teams will get a jump-start this weekend at the “World Center of Racing” for two days of open testing this Friday and Saturday, January 15-16.

David Brannon held off the cold and held off a hard charging Donald McIntosh to score the victory in the Sunday’s 25th annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala.

Luis Felipe “Pipo” Derani made a good first impression at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, running the fastest lap of the three-day Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona test, the opening event on the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule.

Oliver Pla led the scoring charts for the second day in a row, joined by three new leaders in other respective IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship classes during practice in the Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Picking up where it left off in 2015, Michael Shank Racing posted the fastest times in Friday’s opening day of the Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.

While the rest of the country deals with cold weather, things are starting to warm up around Cordele, Georgia, as the first group of entries for the upcoming CRA SpeedFest 2016 at Watermelon Capital Speedway have been announced.

Team Penske, which owns more Indy car wins (178) and Indianapolis 500 victories (16) than any team in the sport’s history, has unveiled plans for the year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary in motorsports in 2016.

The eight-race NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Winter Shootout Series begins this week with the 25th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala.