Anthony Macri reaffirmed his standing as Central Pennsylvania’s go-to-guy when the the stakes are highest in 410 Sprint racing when he won Port Royal Speedway’s rich Tuscarora 50 Saturday night. Macri set the stage when he won the first of two preliminary nights Thursday, then drove a spectacular race coming back, through traffic, to win a total of $71,000 over …
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Newsmaker of the Week // Grandview Speedway
Wins are lauded, successful promotions applauded. That’s the good side of racing news. There is another side of the sport, that, while undeniably sad, is no less potent in eliciting powerful emotion. This past week, the news that Grandview Speedway track owner Theresa Rogers had accepted an offer to sell the speedway property to Copart, whose expressed purpose is to …
Read More »This Week in AARN // September 6, 2022
TOP HEADLINES Grandview Speedway’s Acceptance Of Sale Offer Sends Shock Wave Throughout Racing World Dave Shullick, Jr. Takes Oswego Supermodified Classic With Last Lap Pass Of Fuel Starved Michael Barnes Andy Bachetti Wins Rich Super DIRT Series Lebanon Valley Mod Race, Earns $25,500 Stewart Friesen Outruns Matt Sheppard To Claim Utica-Rome Halmar Elite Series 50, Earns $25,000 Kenny Tremont Races To …
Read More »This Week in AARN // August 30, 2022
TOP HEADLINES Earl Pearson Ends Lucas Oil LM Two Year Win Drought With $50,000 Port Royal ‘Rumble By The River’ Score Andrew Krause Romps To Wall Stadium Modified Memorial Race Honoring His Late Father For Third Time In Four Runnings Justin Peck Goes Three-For-Six In Week-Long All Star Eastern Swing; Danny Dietrich Takes Pair, Anthony Macri Also Scores NWMT Mods Travel …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Justin Peck
The whirlwind five-day, six-race All Star Circuit Of Champions swing through Pennsylvania and New Jersey was a career week for Justin Peck. Peck won races at Bloomsburg, Bridgeport and Lincoln, missing only at Williams Grove and Bedford. He solidified his standing in the All Star Series points and made up ground on leader Tyler Courtney. Two of his three wins were …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Craig Lutz
Thompson Motor Speedway’s 150-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race left many with frayed nerves, but driver Craig Lutz and car owner Danny Watts couldn’t have been happier. The team won the race and in so doing, put Lutz back in Victory Lane in an NWMT event for the first time in three years and car owner Watts for the first …
Read More »This Week in AARN // August 23, 2022
TOP HEADLINES Woody Pitkat Wins Thrilling Stafford Open Tour Mod Race; Takes Third Straight Win In Five Race Series Brent Marks, Justin Peck Claim All Star Sprint Wins In Central New York Swing Craig Lutz Upsets NASCAR Tour Mod Field At Thompson Speedway Billy VanInwegen’s OCFS Mod Win Puts Him In Saturday Final Four $30,000 Mod Title Fight With Matt …
Read More »This Week in AARN // August 16, 2022
TOP HEADLINES Donny Schatz Rides To 11th Knoxville Nationals Sprint Car Victory, First For A Ford Powered Car Logan Schuchart, Jacob Allen Win Knoxville Wed., Thurs. Prelims For PA’s Shark Racing Matt Sheppard Sweeps Orange County Features, Including $17,500 Thurs. Anniversary Score Grandview’s Forrest Rogers Memorial Race Is Claimed By Brett Kressley Lancaster’s RoC Modified Ol’ Boy Cup Is All Patrick Emerling’s …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Donny Schatz
For the eleventh time in his incredible driving career, Donny Schatz has won the Knoxville Nationals. He did so while in the midst of several consecutive frustrating seasons. He came from way off the pace in the first half of the race to pass car after car, and finally got the job done with a slider-to-end-all-sliders to take the lead …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway
Bucking the trend of the bad news of race tracks closing, North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway was reborn last week, featuring a two race mid-week asphalt Modified racing program. Ryan Newman and Matt Hirschman were the Modified race winners and Paulie Hartwig, III swept the Sportsman races. While the winners celebrated, the real winners were the fans of the North Wilkesboro region, …
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