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Muskingum County Speedway
Adds RUSH Late Models! RUSH member racers will be able to participate at Muskingum in 2024 and be eligible for all of the programs including the City Chevrolet National Weekly Series Championship, City Chevrolet "Track Pack Bonus" program, and the 3C Graphix “Futures Cup” for those eligible racers. While membership is not mandatory to compete in any RUSH-sanctioned event, membership also includes a $100,000 excess participant accident policy, which is over and above drivers’ health insurance and speedways’ participant accident policy. The City Chevrolet "Track Pack" is offered to all RUSH weekly-sanctioned speedways, and once again in 2024 will award $2,500 that each track's top six member racers will share. The 2024 RUSH member champion at Muskingum will earn $1,000 with $500 for second, $400 for third, $300 for fourth, $200 for fifth, and $100 for sixth. "It was important to give those interested in competing in a Late Model type car the option of also competing in a crate," explained Donnie Moran. "We know building the Crate Late Model division is going to be a process for us at Muskingum, but it was very important to us from the beginning to ensure our racers that they could rely on a strong foundation as far as the technical aspects of Chevrolet Performance crate engine racing and we know RUSH can provide that for us. Although the cars themselves are very similar, open engine racing is very different from crate engine racing and RUSH over the years has established a very intricate system over the years to make sure everyone is competing on a fair and level playing field. Their championship programs as well as all of the other benefits they offer their racers were also a huge plus!" Racers at Muskingum will be able to utilize the Hoosier NLMT2 and NLMT3 for the first six completed events on the rears and for the entire season on the fronts. Following that point, Muskingum will adhere 100% to the RUSH tire rule. Muskingum racers competing in any other RUSH-sanctioned events throughout the region must adhere 100% to the RUSH Tire rules.
2024 Schedule Released
for Muskingum County Speedway April 27: Opening Night
Logan Zarin Wins $2,000
Season Finale at Zanesville!
Duncan Takes First Ever
Morosco Memorial at Muskingum What the field lacked in numbers was more than made up with the quality of the 16 sprint cars who signed in for competition. Sean Rayhall set quick time in ARP Fasteners qualifying to lead group one, then, ironically, former World of Outlaw Rookie of the Year Brandon Wimmer led group 2 with an identical 13.627 second lap. The pair of caution free heat races were won by 2019 tour champion Cole Duncan and third in current tour points Danny Sams III. | full results
Ricky Thornton Jr. Continues
Winning Ways at Muskingum Tim McCreadie came home in second followed by the Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race Max Blair who rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. Blair charged from his 22nd starting spot to earn the honors. Hudson O’Neal was fourth with Devin Moran rounded out the top five drivers. Overton held the lead from the drop of the green flag until Thornton, who started fourth, was able to close the gap on the Georgia racer by lap 24. Overton and Thornton exchanged slide jobs for the lead during the next two laps with Thornton finally able to clear Overton on lap 26 to take over the race lead. Overton, O’Neal, and McCreadie all took turns in second behind Thornton for the next 30 laps, but none of them had anything for the #1-ranked dirt late model driver in the nation. McCreadie was able to clear O’Neal for second by lap 48 after the two had ran several laps neck-and-neck. Thornton’s winning margin over McCreadie was just over two and half seconds at the finish. | more
McCreadie, O’Neal,
and Thornton Claim Muskingum Co. Prelims McCreadie led all 20 laps in the first feature of the night to earn his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season over sixth starting Brandon Overton, Jonathan Davenport, Doug Drown, and Cody Scott who all advanced to Saturday’s main event. O’Neal won the second 20-lap feature taking the lead on lap 13 as race leader Max Blair, who had led the first 12 laps, suffered a left-rear flat tire forcing him to the hot pit. O’Neal then held off Devin Moran for his fourth series win the season. Trailing O’Neal and Moran across the finish line was Ross Robinson, who earned his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series podium. Matt Cosner, Garrett Alberson, and Rob Anderzack all punched their tickets into the 60-lap feature on Saturday. Thornton, the current Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP leader waited until the white flag lap to track down Daulton Wilson, who had led the first 18 circuits. Wilson was second followed by Todd Brennan, who drove from sixth to third at the finish for his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series podium spot. Tyler Carpenter, Tyler Bruening, and Boom Briggs rounded out the top six to advance to Saturday’s main event. | more
Nick Hoffman Captures
$10,000 in Jim Dunn Memorial!
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(February
1, 2024) The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing
Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants is proud to welcome Muskingum
County Speedway as a RUSH Late Model City Chevrolet Weekly Series
track in 2024! The 3/8-mile dirt track located 10 miles north of
Zanesville, Ohio in Dresden will become the westernmost track in
RUSH's footprint. The RUSH Late Models will make their debut at
Muskingum on Saturday, April 27.
(October
7, 2023) The exciting 2023 campaign at Muskingum County
Speedway came to a close earlier tonight in Race-R-Treat at the
Zanesville, Ohio oval. Pennsylvania invader Logan Zarin came out
on top of the Super Late Model finale, as he won from the eighth
starting spot to pocket the $2,000 first place prize money. Finishing
behind his #1Z car at the checkers was a top five that included
runner-up Todd Brennan, Pete Crum, Larry Bellman, and Ryan Markham.
Other winners on the evening included Nathon Loney (Open Wheel Modified),
James Dennis (Sport Mod), Jake Bowman (Mod-Lite), and Chris Dyer
(4-Cylinder). Congrats to all of the winners this year at MCS and
thanks to all of the fans for a great 2023 season!!!
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(August
5, 2023) The Muskingum County Speedway paid special tribute
to the late Louis Morosco on Saturday night with the Ti22 Performance
FAST on Dirt series. Morosco, a racer himself, purchased the land
in 1939 to build Zanesville Speedway, where the Moran family now
operates the facility as we know it today. 
(July
1, 2023) Ricky Thornton Jr. remained unstoppable on Saturday
night at Muskingum County Speedway, scoring his third straight Arizona
Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup victory. Thornton collected $30,000
for his triumph in the Freedom 60. Thornton became the 16th different
driver in the 17 championship points earning events held at the
Moran-family-owned facility since the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series first event there in 2005. Thornton took the lead on lap
26 from Brandon Overton and went unchallenged to the checkered flag.
(Heath Lawson Photo)
(June
30, 2023) Tim McCreadie, Hudson O’Neal and Ricky
Thornton Jr. each won their respective 20-lap preliminary features
on Friday night at Muskingum County Speedway. The top six finishers
in each of the features advance to Saturday night’s Freedom
60 paying $30,000 to win for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
(Heath Lawson Photo) 
(May
20, 2023) Sliding ahead of early leader Brian Shirley after
he tangled with a lapped car, second-starting Nick Hoffman, of Mooresville,
North Carolina, rolled on to the $10,000 XR Workin' Man Series victory
during the 41st Annual 'Jim Dunn Memorial' at Muskingum County Speedway
tonight! The Open Wheel Modified ace, who is in first full season
of Super Late Model competition, beat Tyler Carpenter, Jacob Hawkins,
Gordy Gundaker, and Gregg Satterlee to the checkered flag in the
50-lap main event. A total of 34 Super Late Model competitors showed
up to Zanesville, Ohio this evening and heat races wins went to
Nick Hoffman, Gordy Gundaker, Kyle Bronson, and Brian Shirley, while
the consolation events were captured by Nathon Loney and Clint Keenan.
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