There is a benefit to entering the 37th annual Short Track Nationals early, and that is about to expire as the early entry deadline is Friday, October 25.
Drivers who enter before the Friday deadline will receive a weekend pit pass with their $100 entry fee. After that date, the entry is $150 and will not include a pit pass. Online registration is at https://tinyurl.com/32etz9rx.
Moving the needle to 31 entries for the $ 20,000-to-win affair, the latest group of drivers includes Kasey Kahne, who finished the 2024 season 14th in Kabota High Limit standings, as well as Oklahoma’s Harli White, who remains the only woman ever to top the American Sprint Car Series National Tour.
Returning to his own car a little over a month ago, Tennessee’s Howard Moore will be on hand, along with Vado Speedway Park regular Aydan Saunders.
STN Entries (as of October 24, 2024)
1 – Brenham Crouch (Lubbock, TX)
2 – Brekton Crouch (Lubbock, TX)
2X – Colby Stubblefield (Seagoville, TX)
J2 – John Carney II (El Paso, TX)
5H – Harli White (Lindsay, OK)
6 – Cody Garder (Benton, AR)
6G – TBA
7s – Landon Crawley (Benton, AR)
8 – Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX)
8A – Aydan Saunders (El Paso, TX)
9 – Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA)
15H – Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX)
21 – Michelle Parson (Abilene, TX)
22 – Rees Moran (Tulsa, OK)
23 – Brian Bell (Somerville, TN)
23G – Garet Williamson (Columbia, MO)
23J – Junior Jenkins (Greenville, TX)
24 – Elijah Gile (Phoenix, AZ)
24X – TBA
25B – Blaine Baxter (Liberty Hills, TX)
36 – Jason Martin (Liberal, KS)
37 – Ayden Gatewood (Caruthersville, MO)
40 – Howard Moore (Memphis, TN)
44 – Jason Howell (Ft. Worth, TX)
47 – Dale Howard (Byhalia, MS)
55 – Chris Windom (Canton, IL)
79 – Kyle Jones (Kennedale, TX)
79G – Gage Montgomery (Fredericktown, MO)
88 – Austin McCarl (Altoona, IA)
95 – Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK)
99X – Dalton Stevens (Scurry, TX)
Still under ASCS sanction, the 2024 edition is an Elite Outlaw event; however, for Short Track Nationals, engine rules will conform to those put in place by the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars and World of Outlaws weight rule (1,425lbs).
Right Rear can be a Hoosier D15A, Medium, or Medium 1. Left Rear must be a Hoosier Tire.
All other rules will conform to the American Sprint Car Series National Tour.
ASCS Series Director Lonnie Wheatley and Competition Director Cody Cordell will direct and manage the two-day event.
Practice will take place on Thursday, October 31. Saturday’s final will include a fireworks show. Camping is available on property. Spots are first come, first served and do not have any utility hookups.
Tickets are available for purchase in advance at https://www.67speedwayoftexarkana.com/schedules or at the gate the day of the race. General Admissions is $25 per day for adults, $5 for youth (6-11), and free for kids five and under. Pits are $40 per day.
Texarkana 67 Speedway is located at 16041 US-67 in Texarkana, Ark. For more information, log onto https://www.67speedwayoftexarkana.com or call (903) 417-4477. Fans not able to attend can watch the event live on http://www.floracing.com.
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Quick Check:
What: 37th Short Track Nationals
Where: Texarkana 67 Speedway (Texarkana, Ark.)
When: November 1-2, 2-24
2024 Event Format:
Friday’s preliminary event will be contested under a derivative of the ASCS National Tour format, with group qualifying establishing heat race lineups with an invert of four in each heat race.
The Friday preliminary will conclude with “Twin 20’s”, a pair of $1,500-to-win 20-lap “A” Main events. The top two from each of the “Twin 20’s” will be locked into Saturday night’s “Dash for Cash” and the championship main event.
Friday events points accumulated will be carried over to Saturday night, with another set of heats utilizing passing points added to the Friday total to set the championship feature lineups. The top two in combined points from Friday night and the Saturday heat races with join Friday’s four lock-ins in the Pack Building Materials “Dash for Cash”. The next eight in points will occupy STN championship feature positions 7-14 with the balance of the field in “B” and “C” Mains. Three will transfer from both “B” Mains to set the 20-car feature field.
The Past STN Winners (All previous events contested at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway):
2023-Rained Out
2022-Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
2021-Blake Hahn
2020–Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
2019-Blake Hahn
2018-Blake Hahn
2017-Sammy Swindell
2016-Sammy Swindell
2015-Rained Out
2014-Christopher Bell
2013-Sammy Swindell
2012-Paul McMahan
2011-Sammy Swindell
2010-Brad Sweet
2009-Tony Bruce, Jr.
2008-Tony Bruce, Jr.
2007-Jason Meyers
2006-Jason Johnson
2005-Tim Montgomery
2004-Gary Wright
2003-Gary Wright
2002-Paul McMahan
2001-Jason Sides
2000-Mike Ward
1999-Gary Wright
1998-Tim Crawley
1997-Wayne Johnson
1996-Pete Butler
1995-Gary Wright
1994-Terry Gray
1993-John Gerloff
1992-Rained Out
1991-Steve Kinser
1990-Sammy Swindell
1989-Steve Kinser
1988-Steve Kinser
The Purse:
STN Finale: 1st – $20,000, 2nd – $5,000, 3rd – $2,500, 4th – $2,200, 5th – $2,000, 6th -$1,700, 7th – $1,600, 8th – $1,500, 9th – $1,450, 10th – $1,350, 11th – $1,300, 12th – $1,200, 13th -$1,150, 14th – $1,100, 15th – $1,000, 16th – $1,000, 17th- $1,000, 18th – $1,000, 19th – $1,000, 20th -$1,000.
STN Preliminary “Twin 20’s”: 1st – $1,500, 2nd $750, 3rd – $650, 4th – $625, 5th – $600, 6th – $550, 7th – $525, 8th – $500, 9th – $450, 10th – $400, 11th – $350, 12th – $325, 13th – $300, 14th – $275, 15th – $250, 16th – $250, 17th – $250, 18th – $250, 19th – $250, 20th
