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Oakshade Raceway will host the another installment of the Attica/Oakshade Late Model Challenge Series this Saturday, July 11th. Also in action will be the UMP DIRTcar Sportsman, Hot Rod Welding & Engineering Bombers, Compacts and Vintage American Race Cars (VARC). Gates open at 4pm. Hot laps 6pm. Racing at 7pm. Draw ends at 5:45pm. General…

WAUSEON, OH – Three-time defending UMP DIRTcar Late Model Oakshade Raceway track champion Devin Shiels found his way back to victory lane for the first time this season after a dominant performance Saturday night. Shiels, from Britton, Michigan, started on the pole of the 25-lap feature event and led flag to flag. It was already a warm summer…

Rusty Schlenk convincingly picked up his third feature win of the season Saturday night at Oakshade Raceway in the second event of the Attica/Oakshade Late Model Challenge Series sponsored by Napa of Archbold, Bryan and Wauseon, Dirt Nerds Podcast and Soldier Boy Productions. Schlenk started on the pole of the 25-lap UMP DIRTcar Late Model main event and jumped out to a…

Oakshade Raceway will host the second installment of the Attica/Oakshade Late Model Challenge Series this Saturday, June 27th. Also in action will be the UMP DIRTcar Sportsman, Bombers & Compacts. Gates open at 4pm. Hot laps 6pm. Racing at 7pm. Draw ends at 5:45pm. General admission is $14.00 ages 12 & up. 6-11 $5.00. All…

WAUSEON, OH – Saturday night Oakshade Raceway welcomed fans to the grandstands for the first time in 2020 thanks to the easing of some restrictions from the health department. A decent crowd, practicing social distancing, was treated to some great racing action in the 31st Barney Oldfield Memorial Race with Parkersburg, West Virginia's Tyler Carpenter…

Oakshade Raceway welcomes fans for the first time in 2020 with the 31st Annual Barney Oldfield Race paying $4,500 to win and $250 to start for UMP DIRTcar Late Models. UMP DIRTcar Sportsman, Bombers and Compacts will also be back in action. All in attendance are being asked to adhere to the State’s social…

We finally got the news we have been waiting for. The Fulton County Health Department has informed us we will be permitted to have grandstand race fans starting this weekend (Saturday, June 20th) with the Barney Oldfield Race. However, we will be limited to 50% of our capacity with social distancing between groups. All…

WAUSEON, OH – For the third week in a row, Oakshade Raceway ran a full racing program without a grandstand crowd due to health department's restrictions because of Covid-19. Fans missed out seeing some intense action that included defending track champion Devin Shiels getting turned up on his lid in his heat race and Adrian, Michigan's Jake Rendel earning his very…

Once again we can have no general admission spectators for tonight's ( Saturday, June 13th) full racing program of UMP Late Models, UMP Sportsman, Bombers and Compacts. No general admission tickets will be sold. Pit passes will be sold at the main pit gate and the back walk through gate. All pit passes are $30.00…

WAUSEON, OH – Rusty Schlenk earned his second consecutive feature win at Oakshade Raceway, which was hosting racing action for a second week without fans in the grandstands on Saturday night due to restrictions from the local health department. Veteran racer Hillard Miller started from the pole of the UMP Late Model feature and led the first handful of laps with…

A full slate of racing in on tap for Saturday, June 6 with UMP Late Models, UMP Sportsman, Hot Rod Welding & Engineering Bombers and Compacts with much of the same restrictions as last weekend (listed in this post). Unfortunately we still are not permitted to have fans in the grandstands. More details will…

WAUSEON, OH – Oakshade Raceway finally kicked off the 2020 race season on Saturday night with a full field of competitors, but with no grandstand spectators per health department guidelines due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though no spectators were there to witness it, Rusty Schlenk was able put on a clinic and dominated the very first Oakshade Raceway feature event…