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Breaking Down The Top Ten: The Champion, Alex Brig...

2/5/2022

After finishing fourth in 2020 series points, Alex Bright and his Hummer Motorsports team were primed to come with a full out assault on the 2021 Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, Presented by Capitol Renegade, and the results were nothing short of extraordinary. By now, the story has been told and regaled a number of times, not only from local media, but from the national spotlight as well. A season long, blow for blow, duel between Alex Bright and Briggs Danner for the 2021...more

Tags: Alex Bright, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

Breaking Down The Top 10: 2nd, Briggs Danner

2/5/2022

Following a first ever start, and first ever victory for Briggs Danner and the Gallagher Racing team at the end of the 2020 Season, expectations were high for the team as they entered 2021. But, nobody could have expected the amount of success, and the points battle that would occur throughout the 2021 season. The team picked up exactly where they left off in 2020, picking up the series opening win at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park, and winning three of the first six events of the season,...more

Tags: Briggs Danner, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

Breaking Down The Top 10: 3rd, Damon Paul

2/5/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC. Stony Point, New York driver Damon Paul came onto the scene in 2021 making his first ever starts behind the wheel of a sprint car on opening night at the Bridgeport Speedway. The veteran driver of Slingshots, Speedstr’s, and established winner of big micro sprint events, teamed up with legendary driver, and owner Lou Cicconi for the 2021 Season. Paul and the Cicconi team came out of the gates swinging as they rattled off three consecutive top ten runs to start the...more

Tags: Damon Paul, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

Breaking Down The Top Ten: 4th, Nash Ely

2/5/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC 2021 was the official rookie season for established micro sprint driver Nash Ely, who made his debut behind the wheel of a sprint car for the closing handful of events at the tail end of the 2020 season. Ely, whose family has a long history of racing, especially sprint car racing, is the latest generation to begin to make his mark in the racing world. Ely ended up competing in twenty-two of the series twenty-three events, missing only the event at the Orange County Fair...more

Tags: USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars, 360 Sprints - Non-Winged

Breaking Down The Top Ten 5th: Bruce Buckwalter Jr

2/5/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC. For the second straight year Bruce Buckwalter Jr followed a large portion of the Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, presented by Capitol Renegade Schedule. While Bruce and his team are no strangers to non-wing racing, making a full blown switch from one discipline to another can lead to growing pains. But for 2021 Bruce and team sound their stride as they began to get more and more acclimated to running a full blown sprint car. The Buckwalter team ended up...more

Tags: Bruce Buckwalter, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

USAC East Coast Well Represented at 2022 Tulsa Sho...

1/2/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series The 2022 Tulsa Shootout in Tulsa, OK saw a record number of entrants with 1,661 entrants across the six divisions of micro sprints that were in competition across the week long event. With names of the massive NASCAR stage like Bell, Busch, Creed, Moffit, to major micro sprint stars like Joe B Miller, Flud, and many many more, drivers from the Rapid Tire Service, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, Presented by Capitol Renedage were well...more

Tags: Alex Bright, Tommy Kunsman, Joey Amantea

Breaking Down The Top Ten: 6th, Kenny Miller lll

1/2/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars. Coming off of an impressive debut during the 2020 season that saw Kenny Miller lll, collect two victories in short succession, the team return to the series trail in 2021 primed for more opportunities at victories, and an attempt at Rookie of The Year honors. The first half of the season was one of ups and downs as Miller found success on some nights, with some unfortunate luck occurring on others. Miller and team made a switch from an older style DRC...more

Tags: Kenny Miller, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

Breaking Down The Top Ten: 7th, Steven Drevicki

1/2/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars The 2021 season for Reading, PA’s Steven Drevicki was one of trials and tribulations as the defending champion, and three time series champion, looked to continue his success with the Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, Presented by Capitol Renegade Series. Drevicki also made a number of 410 sprint car starts with the USAC National Sprint cars both on the east coast and in the mid-west. Drevicki and team started out the year strong with a...more

Tags: Steven Drevicki, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

Breaking Down The Top 10: 8th, Joey Amantea

1/2/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Joey Amantea came onto the scene a handful of times with the Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series in 2020, as part of a development program with another team. After making a few starts throughout the year, coming into the fall months, Amantea and team purchased the car they had been running and ventured out on their own. Amantea immediately found success with the father son pairing, in an epic performance in September at the Bridgeport...more

Tags: Joey Amantea, USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars

USAC East Coast Announces Format Changes For 2022...

12/19/2021

Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC, December 21st, 2021. Following team discussion during the Performance Racing Industry Show about parity within the series, The Rapid Tire Services, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, Presented by Capitol Renegade will have a slightly different format for the 2022 racing season. For the 2022 season, ALL events will feature an open draw for heat race starting position, which has been the standard operating procedure since the series inception, and will not change for the...more

Tags: USAC Dirt, USAC East Coast Sprint Cars, 360 Sprints - Non-Winged

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