By BILL UTTER The news many did not want to hear became official this past week when Kenny Tremont announced he will call it a career at the end of the season. Tremont has been a top runner for a long-time but he feels his body is telling him that he has had enough. He discussed retiring at the end …

By STEVE BARRICK There was one joyful Victory Lane scene Thursday after the Eldora Million was over and Logan Schuchart arrived. Schuchart was elated, climbing on the roof of the Drydene No. 1S, fists pumping. He was some kind of pumped up. “I don’t usually get nervous before a race, but I was before this one and almost psyched myself …

By STEVE BARRICK Matt Sheppard may have won the Super DIRT Series 75 at Orange County Fair Speedway on Wednesday, July 5, but the man who put on the show was the track’s all time winningest driver, Brett Hearn. Hearn was in his element after this race, smiling broadly to those who dropped by his pit area to offer their …

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By LEN SAMMONS Paulie Colagiovanni’s dream is to one day race a 410 Sprint Car full-time, but he lives in upstate New York that’s far from their Central Pa. home base. This season, however, he’s done some major traveling to compete with Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet’s new High Limit Series. “It definitely built memories and it builds up a …

By LEN SAMMONS  Late in Saturday’s non-stop feature at Lincoln Speedway, Brent Marks sat third behind race leader Danny Dietrich andchallenger Anthony Macri. Entering turn three, Marks went for it all and pulled off a stunning third to first slider. “I wasn’t able to move around like I wanted to with all the lapped cars. I saw an opportunity in …

By LEN SAMMONS Major League baseball games in New York City and Philadelphia were postponed on Wednesday night because of poor air quality levels from wildfires in Quebec, Canada. Weekly racing, however, at Pa.’s Kutztown Action Track went on as scheduled.While Kutztown co-promoters Richard Tobias and Doug Rose saw an decrease in attendance, car counts remained solid in all four …

By STEVE BARRICK A ruling by the Town of Kirkwood (NY) at its Tuesday May 20, 2023 work session that rescinded a developer’s prior application to rezone the Five Mile Speedway site has provided an opportunity for track owner Andrew Harpell to continue racing operations through this summer. “The plan had been rescinded. It’s being changed, and a revised site …

Racing This Friday Cancelled – Racing To Resume On New Clay Friday, June 9th By STEVE BARRICK Gary Palmer had long dreamed of widening and enlarging Accord Speedway, the place that has become his life’s work. His off-season goal was to reconfigure the track, built in 1962, to make it wider, racier, more competitive, more fan friendly. Unfortunately, Palmer’s well …

AREA AUTO RACING NEWS HEADLINES  FROM THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2023 “Last Lap Mat” Williamson Takes Two Volusia DIRT Modified Features With Last Lap Passes; Claims First  ‘Big Gator’ Invincible Matt Hirschman Wins All Four New Smyrna Open Tour Mod Races, Takes High Point Honors Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Parks JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet In Daytona 500 Victory Lane East Coast …