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Thistledown shifts 10 stakes to Fridays
Thistledown plans to run 10 of its 17 stakes this year on Fridays, while its signature race, the Grade 3 Ohio Derby, will be part of a proposed two-day pick three and daily double while remaining a Saturday race in early July, officials with the Cleveland-area track announced Thursday.

Northwestern senior Alspach on track for success
Alspach looking to continue on 'Road to Indy' Paul Alspach said he was introduced to auto racing before he learned how to talk.

Dillon, Naset learn on the fly
Ty Dillon, 19, the grandson of six-time Sprint Cup championship team owner Richard Childress, and Scott Naset, his crew chief, are finding success in racing.

Mooneyham earns award from dirt-car promoters
Randy Mooneyham, owner/promoter of the Monett Speedway, was stunned by the United Midwestern Promoters last Saturday night. And, buttons popping, Mooneyham forever will be grateful.

Merlene Davis: Comments sought on proposals for signature piece at Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden
Beginning Feb. 10, all of us will get to help decide which signature piece of art will define the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden. Artists from Lexington, Ohio, California and New York have submitted scaled models of pieces they hope will be chosen as the magnet to draw visitors to the area to explore Murphy's life as well as other black jockeys.

Greenville man going into Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame
During the normal work week, Butch Krieger is an account manager for Plumbers Supply Company in Louisville. But fans of tractor pulls, truck pulls and drag racing know the Greenville resident for another job he performs.

GRANDAM: Series teleconference: Shank and Allmendinger
An interview with: MICHAEL SHANK and A.J. ALLMENDINGER DP podium: A.J. Allmendinger celebrates with Michael Shank Photo by: Eric Gilbert HERB BRANHAM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our GRAND-AM teleconference. We're looking back at the 50th Anniversary running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Great race, fantastic race. It obviously lived up to the billing, the prior billing of the event. We're ...

Jan. 30: On zip lines and foreign drivers
Question: Seeing, and soon to experience, the zip line at NFL Fan Zone, I can’t help but wonder if IMS is looking at a similar zip line at the Speedway. Even at $20-25 a pop, it would be a great addition to qualification days and particularly Carb Day. Maybe even the morning of the race. While you couldn’t locate it over the track, it could sip over Gasoline Alley in full view of the main ...

USA Cycling Cyclocross Championships - 2012 Roundup
Powers and Compton win elite crowns as cyclo-cross national championships close Jeremy Powers (Easthampton, Mass./Rapha-Focus) and Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Rabobank-Giant) took home elite national titles as the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships concluded Sunday with thousands fans watching live both in person and on line.