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Bright and Danner Split “Twin 15’s” at Bloomsburg

4/15/2022

Bloomsburg, PA. April 14th, 2022. Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC. Following persistent afternoon rain, wind, and cool temperatures the Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, Presented by Capitol Renegade completed our second event of the 2022 racing season, with a bit of a twist as the series completed twin fifteen lap feature events. With the early season date of the show, Thursday schedule, and uncertain weather, 10 USAC East Coast sprint car series teams entered the pit area at the...more

Tags: Alex Bright, Briggs Danner, Bloomsburg Fairgrounds

Danner Strikes First! Captures Season Opener at Br...

4/2/2022

Swedesboro, NJ. April 2nd, 2022, Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC. Briggs Danner of Allentown, Pennsylvania kicked off the 2022 Rapid Tire, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series presented by Capitol Renegade, the same way he did during the 2021 campaign by striking first and picking up the season opening win at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park. Tommy Kunsman Jr and Bruce Buckwalter Jr would lead the field to green for the first feature event of the 2022 season, with 2021 series champion Alex Bright taking...more

Tags: Briggs Danner, Bridgeport Motorsports Park, USAC Dirt

2022 USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Season Preview

3/12/2022

Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC Heading into the 2022 Rapid Tire Services, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, presented by Capitol Renegade season, there are no shortage of chances to check out the series across the northeast. Over 30 dates from New Jersey, to Virginia make up the series scheduled with plenty of special events across the season. But in addition to the dates and events, the series continues to grow stronger each year with drivers and teams continuing to up their game as non-wing sprint...more

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

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

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