EDMONTON, AB. – Planning for the 2012 race season of the Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series is well underway. “The goal right now is to have a tentative schedule released before the end of the year,” says NPP Series announcer and media relations director Gord Craig, ” we hope to have a few sponsor…

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Alberta’s racing scene has been dealt a nasty blow. Bridge County Raceway, Western Canada’s fastest dirt track, is shutting its doors after 20 seasons of racing. In a weekend press release, owners James and Cathy Hadnagy indicate that their business partner and track founder George Mercer has decided to retire and spend…

EDMONTON, AB – The month of October has not been kind for two Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series competitors. Both Kevin Wheeler and Jason Beaulieu are nursing cracked and broken bones in separate off-season motocross incidents in their home provinces. Wheeler crashed hard at an Alberta Oldtimers Motocross Association event on the Thanksgiving Holiday…