MANSFIELD — The green flag will drop Saturday at Mansfield Speedway for the first time in six years. The .440-mile dirt track on the city’s north side will roar back to life Saturday for the Comeback Classic. The $5,000-to-win, 30-lap main event will feature the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP. The […]
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Central Ohio Motocross kicks off the season at new Mansfield Speedway
MANSFIELD — Layne Cape spent about 10 minutes hosing down his ATV with a power washer after whipping around the new motocross track at the Mansfield Speedway. The mud wasn’t completely gone, but he decided it was good enough. He had a second race on the horizon. “It was pretty cool, other than it being really […]
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Opening Day draws near for Mansfield Speedway
MANSFIELD — Mother Nature refuses to cooperate, but Mansfield Speedway owner Matt Tifft and his team won’t be deterred. The dirt oval on the city’s north side will roar back to life in less than three months and Tifft, a former NASCAR driver and team owner who purchased the property last year, can’t wait for […]
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Let’s go more than racing, boys! … Diversified plans progressing at revived Mansfield Speedway
MANSFIELD — NASCAR racing legend Darrell Waltrip developed his own catch phrase as a television analyst when the green flag dropped at the start of a race. “Boogity, boogity, boogity. Let’s go racin’, boys!” the retired driver would thunder into the microphone. Matt Tifft can’t wait to see that same green flag drop at his […]
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Racing reimagined: New owners share ambitious vision for Mansfield Speedway
MANSFIELD — Call the event at Mansfield Speedway on Thursday more of a re-imagining moment, rather than a ground-breaking ceremony. It was aided by a smile of Mother Nature on a race track she has not always treated kindly under past owners on the city’s north side for the past six-plus decades. Bright sunshine and […]
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City officials applaud Tiffts’ purchase of historic Mansfield Speedway
MANSFIELD – Former NASCAR driver and entrepreneur Matt Tifft, along with his wife Jordan Tifft, have officially acquired Mansfield Speedway, setting in motion a high-impact revitalization of one of Ohio’s most iconic motorsports venues. Once a national stage for racing, Mansfield Speedway had been sitting dormant — until now. The Tifft family plans to transform the 178-acre property into […]