Newsmaker of the Week // Mike Gular

There are many driver-owners in racing who wear those two hats by choice. Friday night’s 358 Modified feature winner of Big Diamond Speedway’s season opener, Mike Gular, is not among them. Gular was thrust into race car ownership when his long time car owner Terry Fasnacht died. The passing of his owner and friend left Gular uncertain about his ability to carry on alone.

But he has. After running in Port Royal’s Modified opener, Gular was front and center at Big Diamond last Friday night, driving to a convincing, and high paying, win in the track’s Thaw Brawl, doing so with the number 53 on his car, a numerical designation his late father before him used.

For riding through challenging times and prevailing with finesse, Mike Gular is a Newsmaker!