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The B.O.S.S. non wing sprints show scheduled for Saturday, June 1st has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 10th after the original date was canceled due to severe storms. It would have been the first time in almost 20 years that sprint cars raced on the famed 3/8 mile oval. Now we will have to wait…

It was a few weeks later than anticipated, but Oakshade Raceway finally kicked off the 2019 racing season on Saturday night despite some soggy areas on the grounds that had yet to have a chance to dry out from all the rain over that past few weeks. That didn't seem to bother the fans nor the racers for what turned…

After three consecutive rain outs to start this year, Oakshade Raceway hopes to finally kick off the 2019 race season this Saturday with a full racing program of UMP Late Models, UMP Sportsman, Hot Rod Welding & Engineering Bombers and Napa of Swanton Compacts. Gates open 4pm, hot laps at 6pm and racing is scheduled…

Oakshade Raceway has released its 2019 event schedule featuring weekly Saturday night racing starting with the Bill Reckner Memorial season opener on Saturday, April 27! The schedule is highlighted by several notable events including the much anticipated return of sprint cars to the 3/8 mile oval on June 1 with the B.O.S.S. wingless sprints. The…

Oakshade Raceway wrapped up the 2018 race season with a memorable night that even included outhouse racing. It turned out to be a pretty good night for UMP Late Model driver Steve Kester who won an exciting feature race shortly after crashing and rolling over in the outhouse races which his team managed to win. After…

The Bomber class took center stage Saturday night at Oakshade for the $1,000 to win Papa Boiler Hot Rod Welding & Engineering Bomber Spectacular. As the night's main event, the Bomber Spectacular A Main was first to roll out on to the track after intermission. Toledo, Ohio's Rich Riffe started on the outside of the second…

Several championships weren't decided until the final checkered flag of the night in each class on Saturday's Oakshade Raceway's Season Championship Night. The only championship that wasn't close was in the UMP Late Model class that saw Devin Shiels cap off his second consecutive track championship unofficially with a feature win. It only took Devin Shiels…

The UMP Modifieds made their third and final visit of the season to Oakshade Raceway under gloomy skies on Saturday night. The rain held off and Wauseon Ohio's Brad Eitniear drove his way to the feature win. The night started off with the make up Hot Rod Welding & Engineering Bomber B Main that was washed…

The final American Late Model Series (ALMS) event of the season at Oakshade Raceway produced some incredible racing action in which Rusty Schlenk had to overcome adversity to earn the $2,000 pay day. Just making the 30-lap ALMS feature proved to be quite a feat. Ryan Missler and Rusty Schlenk had an epic battle for the…

Another great field of cars filled the pits for Wauseon Machine & Manufacturing Night at Oakshade Raceway on Saturday with Matt Miller earning his first feature win of 2018 at Oakshade. Despite threatening skies and reports of rain all around the area, the racing action rolled on with the first of the Wauseon Machine & Manufacturing…

Thirty-two UMP Late Models filled the pits at Oakshade Raceway for Saturday evening's AmeriGas Night. Rusty Schlenk came out on top and picked up his fourth Oakshade Raceway feature win of the year. At the start of the 25-lap AmeriGas UMP Late Model feature, outside pole-sitter Chris Sands grabbed the lead with last week's feature…

Saturday night was Evergreen FFA/Alumni Night at Oakshade Raceway in which defending Oakshade Raceway UMP Late Model track champion Devin Shiels found his way to victory lane for the first time in 2018. The win increased his lead in a very tight point battle going into the final stretch of races. Shiels, out of Britton, Michigan,…