Race Pro Weekly has confirmed that defending Glen Ridge Motorsports Park champion Bobby Varin has been seriously injured in a skiing accident. Varin's injuries are not life-threatening, but he did break two vertebrae. Reports are that Varin plans on racing this season, but he will definitely miss some time. Mark Flach suffered similar injuries to his neck in an accident at Canandaigua last season, and his doctors have informed him to sit out the 2014 season.
Ransomville Speedway, Merrittville Speedway, and Humberstone Speedway have announced the return of the Tri-Track Series in 2014. A schedule and purse structure will be announced shortly.
Speaking of Humberstone Speedway, they've been added to the 358 DIRTcar Series on July 1st. This will be the first time the 358 DIRTcar Series will invade Humberstone.
Kyle Hieber has announced he will be making the jump to big-blocks in 2014. Hieber, who's ran part-time in sportsman at Bridgeport Speedway in recent years, will return to Bridgeport to compete in their premier division.
Accord Speedway and Penn Can Speedway have released their 2014 schedules (and have been updated on the master schedule--link to the left of the page). Here are some dates of note for each track...
Accord:
April 11 Opening Night
August 5 Short Track Super Series "Battle of the Bullring" 52 laps $5,200 to win
September 12 Championship Night
September 19 "King of the Catskills" 100 laps $6,000 to win
October 4 "Wreckage in the Catskills" Open Competition/Run Whatcha Brung
November 29 "The Gobbler" 50 laps $5,000 to win
Penn Can:
April 18 Opening Night
June 10 RoC Dirt Tour "Clash at the Can" 60 laps $4,000 to win
July 11 Twin 20s
August 12 Short Track Super Series "Hot Summer Night" 50 laps $5,000 to win
September 5 Championship Night
October 17 "King of the Can" 50 laps $5,000 to win
Quebec stars Daniel Nadeau and Yan Bussiere are the latest big-block drivers to confirm their plans for Volusia Speedway. Here's a quick look at what we've compiled already for Volusia's DIRTcar Nationals.
TEN Billy VanInwegen
07 Tim Kerr
1wgc Stewart Friesen
3 Justin Haers
3A Kevin Albert
5 Jimmy Horton
6 Mat Williamson
7 Rick Laubach
7z Dale Planck
8 Rich Scagliotta
8R Rob Bellinger
9s Matt Sheppard
20 Brett Hearn
21 Yan Bussiere
21A Peter Britten
21K Randy Chrysler
T21 Roger Chrysler
22c Mario Clair
22J Jeremy Wilder
55 Anthony Perrego
64 Daniel Nadeau
74 J.R. Heffner
98H Jimmy Phelps
323 Neal Williams
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