TUCSON, AZ – The 2018 race season is officially underway for Team Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd.  Three consecutive nights of racing at Tucson Speedway concluded Saturday  with the 5th annual Chilly Willy Super Late Model event.  Brandon Carlson, making his official Chilly Willy debut finished 14th, while Darrell Midgley drove the back-up car to a…

EDMONTON, AB – All Alberta race tracks have now released their 2018 race schedules.  Drayton Valley Speedway was first out of the gate releasing its oval schedule back in December.  Over the past few weeks, Edmonton, Rimbey, Drumheller and Sangudo track officials released their oval race dates for the upcoming season.  Looking at the newly…

DAYTONA BEACH, FL (February 16) – For the second year in a row a Canadian will be competing in the “Great American Race”.  DJ Kennington will roll off the grid in 30th when the green flag drops on Sunday for the 60th running of the Daytona 500.  “I’m one of the fortunate ones to have…

EDSON, AB – When you’ve been competing under the same rulebook for more than a decade, implementing major rule changes is not an easy task.  The Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series has released its updated 2018 rulebook.  “Yes there are some tweaks to the rulebook,” says NPP Series announcer Gord Craig, “tires, chassis and…

TUCSON, AZ – Team NPP is back on the track in Arizona this weekend.  Canada’s Darrell Midgley looks to play spoiler Saturday night at Tucson Speedway as the race for the 2018 track championship begins in the Super Late Model Class.  “This is the first time I’ve raced at their season opener,” says the Sidney,…

TUCSON, AZ (March 3) – A top-10 finish capped off what was an extremely frustrating weekend for Team NPP in southern Arizona.  Darrell Midgley drove the Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd./Alien Race Cars #81 Dodge to an 8th place finish Saturday night at Tucson Speedway’s 2018 season opener.  “It’s not much to brag about,” exclaims the…

AVONDALE, AZ – DJ Kennington will provide Canadian content to the big NASCAR race at ISM Raceway (formally Phoenix International Raceway) this weekend in Arizona.  Kennington will drive the Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd/Clark Construction #96 Toyota in the Ticket Guardian 500 on Sunday.  The car is prepared out of the Canadian owned Gaunt Brothers Racing…

AVONDALE, AZ (March 11) – In only his 7th start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Canada’s DJ Kennington finished 31st at ISM Raceway (formally Phoenix International Raceway) Sunday afternoon.  The Ticket Guardian 500 was Kenningtons 20th official NASCAR start in the Copper State. Since 2007, Kennington has raced in all of NASCAR’s racing…

EDMONTON, AB – The Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series has released four more race dates for its upcoming 2018 race season.  NPP Series announcer Gord Craig says two of the most important dates on any race schedule will be held at the same track.  “The season opening and season championship weekends will both be…

BRISTOL, TN – Canada’s DJ Kennington and the Gaunt Brothers Racing team will be competing this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway in honor of the Humbolt Broncos.  “It’s an awful tragedy,” says the St. Thomas, Ontario driver, “being a hockey player myself (goaltender) and loving the game, its unimaginable what happened.”  A huge Humbolt Bronco’s…