By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (September 14, 2026) - The season is winding down and points racing is heating up for the Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series this weekend. Two nights of racing are on tap starting Friday night at Thunderbird Speedway followed by a Saturday night visit to Caney Valley Speedway. Seven different drivers have visited victory lane this season, but they are all chasing non-winner Eric Brill of Choctaw who is looking for his

By John Rittenoure (Rickety Roach photo) - ENID, Okla. (September 5, 2026) - It has been six years since Nate Jantz last won a Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series feature. Now the drought has ended. Jantz, who picked up his last Sooner victory on October 3, 2020 at Enid Speedway, returned to Enid Speedway on Saturday and ran away with his fourth career Sooner Series win. Jantz started on the pole and quickly pulled away. Denver Howard passed series poi

By John Rittenoure - ENID, Okla. (August 31, 2026) - What better way to kick off the month of September than attending a night of dirt track racing racing at Enid Speedway. Saturday night, September 5, the gates swing open for a full night stock car racing. The Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series will highlight the night for the fifth time this season along with Factory Stocks, Sport Mods / B-Mods, Hot Shots / Tuners and Bombers racing in regular point

By John Rittenoure (Maxx Ramsey photo) - ENID, Okla. (August 15, 2026) - Callan Hill made history for himself and the Sooner Late Model Series Saturday night at Enid Speedway. Hill won his first ever career feature, in only his third race behind the wheel, and became the youngest driver to win a Sooner Late Model main event. The 12-year-old who calls Lawton, Oklahoma home, gridded seventh in the 20-lap feature and when the green waved started his climb through the field. Hill

By John Rittenoure - ENID, Okla. (August 10, 2026) - The Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series headlines a full night of racing at Enid Speedway on Saturday. Despite some mechanical issues the last couple of races Dakota Dellinger continues to hold down the points lead. However, Eric Brill is only 35 points behind in second. Rookie points leader Ashlee Buck of Roswell, New Mexico, sits in third followed by fellow rookies James Rini in fourth and Randy Sw

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (July 23, 2026) - The Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series returns to Thunderbird Speedway, July 31, August 1, to complete the Hayden Ross Memorial that was rained out on June 27. Friday, July 31, will make-up the rained out show. A second night has been added on Saturday, August 1. Both shows are co-sanctioned with Comp Cams, Revival and Sooner Late Model Series and will pay $5,066 to win the main event each night. The

By John Rittenoure (Rickety Roach photo) - AMARILLO, Texas.. (July 18, 2026) - After missing the first six races of the Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series, Kip Hughes has found himself playing catchup. But the four-time series champion is quickly making up for lost time. Friday Hughes captured his second straight victory at Beaver County Raceway then followed that up with a third win Saturday at Route 66 Motor Speedway. . Hughes started outside second

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (July 15, 2026) - Two nights of racing will take the Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Models from the Oklahoma panhandle to West Texas this weekend. Friday the Sooner Series visits Beaver County Raceway, where a $2,066 payday awaits the winner of the 25-lap main event. It has been two years since the Sooner Series last visited Beaver. Two events took place in 2024 with Jon Herring, Jr. of Woodward and Kip Hughes of Enid picking

By John Rittenoure – ENID, Okla. (July 3, 2026) – The fourth of July weekend started off with a bang for Kip Hughes Friday night at Enid Speedway. The four-time Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series champion blasted into an early lead and raced to his first victory of the season. Pole sitter Christopher Wilhite, Jr. raced side-by-side with outside front row starter Hughes on the opening lap, however, Hughes muscled his way out front. Midway through the 2

By John Rittenoure - ENID, Okla. (June 30, 2026) - Enid Speedway will celebrate Independence Day in a big way this weekend with two nights of racing (July 3-4). The Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Models will race a complete show on Friday and again on Saturday. The Hotshots / Tuners will be racing for added money, and a fireworks display will take place each night. Two Sooner Series shows have been held at Enid this season with wins going to points leader Dak

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (June 22, 2026) - The Sooner Late Model Series returns to Thunderbird Speedway this Friday and Saturday for the annual Hayden Ross Memorial. In what is a co-sanctioned event, the Sooner Series will join the Comp Cams All-American Super Dirt Series and the Revival Super Dirt Series for two days of racing. Friday night $5,066 is on the line for the feature winner with $10,066 up for grabs on Saturday. Due to the event format that will follow Co

'By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (June 19, 2026) - Saturday's Sooner Late Model Series event at Caney Valley Speedway is rained out. Rain this past week has left the facility too wet. The Sooner Late Model Series returns to action next weekend, June 26-27, at Thunderbird Speedway for the Hayden Ross Memorial.

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (June 16, 2026) - Dakota Dellinger of Hutchinson, Kansas will be racing to protect his slim points lead over Oklahoman Eric Brill when the Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series visit Caney Valley Speedway on Saturday. With four top five finishes, including one victory, in six events, Dellinger is holding a 200 point lead over Brill. Rookie Ashley Buck, of Roswell, New Mexico, sits in third and leads the Rookie of the Yea

By John Rittenoure (Rickety Roach photo) - KELLYVILLE, Okla. (May 30, 2026) - Numerous yellow flags hampered Saturday’s Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series feature at Creek County Speedway, but Christopher Wilhite, Jr. stayed in control throughout race to win his second Sooner Series career victory. Wilhite felt he had a good setup for the tight quarter-mile oval. “It was good all night long,” Wilhite said of his cars handling. “It was super balanced a

By John Rittenoure (Kelten Weaver photo) - MUSKOGEE, Okla. (May 29, 2026) - It has been awhile since Brandon Morton raced on a half-mile. But you would not have known it by watching Friday at Thunderbird Speedway. Morton started on the pole of the 20-lap main, thanks to the redraw, then quickly jumped out front and went the distance to win his first career Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series feature. “That is the first time I have been on as half-mile

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (May 28, 2026) - Ashlee Buck has a strong desire to drive a race car. A desire so strong that Ashlee and her father make the drive from their home in Roswell, New Mexico to race with the Sooner Late Model Series. A routine racing trip for the Bucks is at least eight hours. Many times eight hours is not even close. That was evident after a recent visit to Humboldt, Kansas. “We are from Southeast New Mexico,” said Ashlee. “It was 13 hours to Hu

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (May 25, 2026) - Thunderbird Speedway and Creek County Speedway will host Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series events this weekend. After two rainouts in April, Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee will try again to get their season underway on Friday with the Sooner Late Model Series. Last year Thunderbird held four Sooner events all of which were won by hometown favorite and 2024 champion Eli Ross. Racing is sla

By John Rittenoure (Rickety Roach photo) - PARK CITY, Kans. (May 16, 2026) - Extra money was on the line at Saturdays Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series Lonnie Smith Memorial at 81 Speedway, and Eli Ross took home a good share of it. The Smith family honored Lonnie, who passed away in 2015 after 40 years in racing, with added money in the Sooner late model payout plus lap money and several contingency items. And a lot of it made its way to Oklahoma th

By John Rittenoure (Rickety Roach photo) - HUMBOLDT, Kans. (May 15, 2026) - It did not take long for Eli Ross to find his way to the front of Friday nights Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series feature at Humboldt Speedway. Ross was patient as he chased early leader William Nusser. But on lap 6 Ross made his move around Nusser for the lead and raced to his second victory of the season. “I was making sure I was not over driving,” Ross said of his run in e

By John Rittenoure - TULSA, Okla. (May 7, 2026) - Two nights of Hayden Ross Motorsports Foundation Sooner Late Model Series racing is coming to southern Kansas on May 15-16. Humboldt Speedway will kick things off on Friday, May 15, followed by the 2nd annual Lonnie Smith Memorial on Saturday, May 16, at 81 Speedway. Racing gets underway at Humboldt at 8 p.m. Topless late models will be allowed but not required. Pits open at 5, grandstands at 6, and racing begins at 8. Last ye