Newsmaker of the Week // Alex Yankowski

A long Super DIRTcar Series season concluded last week with the World Finals at The Dirt Track At Charlotte, and the man of the hour was Alex Yankowski.

The 22-year-old from Covington Township, PA went from fourth to the lead halfway through Friday’s feature and edged out rival Mat Williamson by 0.038 seconds to go down in the record books as the youngest series champion in history.

Charlotte was perhaps the place Yankowski put his name on the map. In 2021, as a spry 17-year-old, Yankowski defeated the “Beasts Of The Northeast” in just his second start. Fast forward five years and now Alex Yankowski is making news again as a champion!