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WILLMAR — Charlie Nelson, who was found dead on Saturday in his home that is only blocks from the stock car track, will be honored before Thursday night’s racing program at the KRA Speedway. If anyone is deserving of the laurel “Mr. Racing” in his hometown, Nelson gets...

WILLMAR — Dave Mass of East Bethel got his Fourth of July long weekend off to an impressive start winning two heats and two mains on Thursday at the KRA Speedway at the fairgrounds. Mass swept in both the Super Stock class which has a 16-car feature and the Modifieds which had...

Let me introduce the flyin’ Thell Brothers: Driving the canary-yellow OO is Kyle, age 22 … and piloting the raven 00t, is Keith, age 19. Kyle won the 2013 Wissota Mod-4 points race driving the black car which his little brother now pilots. Thursday night at KRA Speedway,...

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In one crucially important respect, this was a different Dale Earnhardt Jr. In another respect, this was the same Dale Earnhardt Jr. we have known since his childhood. The “different” Dale Jr. was the one who...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. held off a late charge by Denny Hamlin to win his second Daytona 500 late Sunday night at Daytona International Speedway. With a big push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon on the final restart with two laps to go, Earnhardt...

WILLMAR — Four racers proved it was more than good luck taking the checkered on Friday night. Don Eischens (Modifieds), Denis Czech (Midwest Modifieds), Matt Halls (Mod-4) and Dave Read (Street Stock) each repeated on Saturday evening as the KRA Speedway wrapped up its 2013 schedule...

WILLMAR — The points race at the KRA Speedway ended with the Thursday night races before the fairground’s grandstand. The leaders going into the final evening in all seven classes each emerged champion. The tightest points spreads were in Modified where Zach Schultz posted...