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Portsmouth Raceway Park hosted The 7th Annual Dean Knittel Memorial Presented by Roger Hemming Contractor LLC Saturday Night. St. Helena, CA’s Rico Abreu picked up the victory in The Kubota High Limit 410 Winged Sprint Car Series Race, which paid $25,554 to win and dished out a total purse of over $80,000. Drivers from Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Illinois, Canada, and Australia were on hand to compete in The Dean Knittel...more

Longtime Portsmouth Raceway Park Flagman Bob Smith recently announced his retirement after 33 seasons of service at the Coleman-Family owned facility. "He means a lot to us," PRP's Jenny Coleman said. "He was devoted to our family business and we appreciate him and all the time he gave up to stand on that flag stand and later be in the tower." Smith started working at PRP during the track's first full season in 1991. "We had a lot of good crowds, and it was a special place to work," Smith...more

Portsmouth Raceway Park was back in action this past Saturday racing Modifieds, Limited Lates, Sport Mods, and Crown Vics on an evening presented by Roots Child Care Center. PRP fans witnessed seven features, as the rain-shortened, June 1st program was ran prior to the start of the regularly-scheduled events. Parkersburg, WV's KC Burdette won both Modified Features including the 10th Annual Cletus Classic. West Portsmouth's Mark Hall won both Crown Vic A-Mains. Portsmouth's Danny Hamilton...more

Portsmouth Raceway Park opened its season on Saturday, June 1st but rain showers forced the evening to be cut short. After a weekend off, PRP will return to action on Saturday, June 15th. The track's 34th season will pick back up with the continuation of the events from June 1st, highlighted by The 10th Annual Cletus Classic Presented by Crabtree's Carpet and Flooring. The field for that race was set earlier this month as the Heat Races were ran prior to the rain showers. Quick Qualifier KC...more

Portsmouth Raceway Park officially wrapped up its 33rd season this past Saturday with Meet The Drivers Night presented by On The Esplanade Laser Center & Medical Spa. Brandon Fouts, Ervin Vance, Robbie Lewis, and Joshua Harrington picked up wins in their respective divisions while Kirk Phillips, Vance, Evyian Terry, and Jeromy Brady all captured track championships in their classes. Besides enjoying an evening of racing and crowning the 2023 track champs, PRP also said goodbye to longtime...more

Martinsville, IN's Ricky Thornton Jr. collected $25,000 for a couple evenings of work at Portsmouth Raceway Park, as PRP enjoyed two nights of exciting racing over Labor Day Weekend with big money on the line both evenings for Super Late Models. Thornton grabbed Friday's Boone Coleman Memorial "Gator 50" presented by Berndt-Murfin Insurance then followed that up by winning Saturday's River Days Rumble 50 presented by Pepsi, Army, and Roots Child Care Center. Friday's race paid $10,000 and...more

This past Saturday Portsmouth Raceway Park hosted Jackie Boggs Night for The Kids presented by LA Hawk Resources and 4B Motorsports. RJ Conley, Ervin Vance, Robbie Lewis, and Mikey Howard all recorded feature wins in their respective divisions. While children ages 12 and under received free general admission and many were fortunate enough to win a scooter or bicycle, the drivers on the track had to earn their winnings, and Late Model driver RJ Conley did just that for the fourth time in five...more

Saturday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park Roots Child Care Center presented an evening of racing in which Rod Conley, Evyian Terry, Ervin Vance, and Steven Partin all picked up wins in their respective features. Conley was dominant in The Giovanni's Pizza Wholesale Division. The Wheelersburg native and former PRP Track Champion led every lap of his heat and every lap of the feature. In the 25-lap A-Main, Conley fended off Kirk Phillips, RJ Conley, Kenny Christy, and Kevin Wagner. Polesitter...more

Portsmouth Raceway Park hosted the annual Mod Squad Spectacular presented by Lemley Motorsports on Saturday. Parkersburg, WV's KC Burdette took the checkers in the $3,000-to-win Modified Feature. Cole Duncan made a last-lap pass to win the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association 410 Winged Sprint Car A-Main. Coal Grove's John Melvin returned from a two-year hiatus to prevail in the Limited Lates, and Minford's Brandon Colley nabbed his first-ever PRP Feature win in the Sport Mods. Burdette was...more

Portsmouth Raceway Park once again hosted The Dean Knittel Memorial Saturday Night. For the second straight year, Myerstown, PA's Brent Marks captured the Tezos All-Star Circuit of Champions Winged Sprint Car race which paid $22,554 to win. Wheelersburg's RJ Conley took the checkers in the 3rd Annual Charlie Swartz Classic Super Late Model Feature which paid $5,000. The 6th Annual Dean Knittel Memorial presented by Barbour Auto Parts, Roger Hemming Contractors, All of Her Creations, The...more