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Owensboro, KY Team Finishes The Great Race 2024 in Gardiner, Maine
On Saturday, June 22nd, 140 classic cars rolled out of downtown Owensboro to embark on The Great Race 2024. One of those teams- Team Bluegrass- was a hometown team. The community came out to support Brian Smith and Scott Howard as they set out on their adventure. The duo had not competed in the race before and set a couple of goals for themselves. #1- They wanted to finish. #2- They wanted, at some point over the 2300 mile, 9-day course, score an ACE. Yesterday, they crossed the finish line in Maine having accomplished both.
Jeff Maysey “Dynamite” in Firecracker 30 at Windy Hollow Speedway
Owensboro, KY (July 01 2024)- Windy Hollow Speedway hosted the Firecracker 30 presented by Phillips Enterprises on Sunday night at Windy Hollow Speedway. The event was a $1000-To-Win twin 15-lap feature for the Bomber division. The winner was determined by the best average finishing position in the two features. In...
'The car did better than we did': Nine-day classic car race concludes in Gardiner
GARDINER, Maine — The Great Race, a nine-day classic car rally, concluded in downtown Gardiner on Sunday as antique cars finished the 2,300-mile trek. More than 130 classic cars, including 10 from Maine, started the race on June 22 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Drivers and their navigators traveled the route by following a booklet of precise daily instructions regulating their speed and direction.
Team Apollo Archery Brings Home the Gold
GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! Owensboro, KY was the site of the 2024 Scholastic 3D Archery state 3D tournament, where local competitive archery Team Apollo walked away with three gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal at S3DA’s Kentucky State Championship. Their performance on the archery range on June 7-9, 2024, was an amazing example of some extraordinary young archers. Team Apollo did not just win the gold, silver, and bronze medals, but the team’s Rickalyn Rayburn and Colt Limberis were awarded the honor of Kentucky S3DA Top Gun or Grand Champions in female and male barebow.
G-MAC Announces Academic All-Conference Team
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Nearly 3,000 student-athletes from around the league were officially named to the 2023-24 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference team, that was released Tuesday afternoon. Kentucky Wesleyan recorded 147 honorees, over one-third of the student-athlete population achieved a 3.3 GPA or higher this academic year. All member institutions...
GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY RACE SCHEDULE MOVES INTO JULY WITH ACTION FILLED EVENTS
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Following a busy and action-filled month of June, Grandview Speedway is all set to move into an equally busy and exciting month of July racing schedule. The month begins with a Thunder on the Hill Racing Series event on Tuesday, July 2 with a visit by the powerful 410 Sprint Cars of the Pennsylvania Posse in the 34th running of PA Sprint Car Speed Week. The Speed Week event at Grandview is titled the Hodnett Cup and salutes the late driver who is one of the all-time winningest 410 Sprint drivers in Grandview history.
Three Panthers Named to WGCA Academic All-Scholar Team
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar Team was announced today with 1,497 women's collegiate golfers from 412 programs recognized with this prestigious honor. Audrey Koetter, Avery Shacklette, and Megan Bryan of the Kentucky Wesleyan College women's golf team have each earned a spot on the All-American Scholar Team as announced by the coach's association on Monday afternoon.
POINTS UPDATE: David Gravel Holds Lead Into Busy July
Keep up with the chase for the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car championship. LATEST RACE: Cedar Lake Speedway (June 29) CURRENT POINTS LEADER: With a third-place run at Cedar Lake Speedway – his eighth straight top-10 finish – David Gravel made another small gain on Donny Schatz to now hold a 58-point lead over the 10-time Series champion.
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