Trenton, NJ – Maude Sammons, the first lady of Area Auto Racing News, passed away early Sunday morning, six weeks short of her 96th birthday. After battling dementia in recent years, she died in her sleep in a nursing home. Maude and her husband, Leonard J. Sammons Jr. who passed away in May of 1991, started Area Auto Racing News …
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TOP HEADLINES Sweet, Gravel, Courtney & Haudenschild Claim World of Outlaw Openers At Volusia; Gravel Gets Third ‘Big Gator’ Sheppard Takes Three Out Of Four On STSS Sunshine Swing; Friesen Fastest In $10,000 Finale Defending Champion Silk Smooths Over NASCAR Modified Tour Opener For Second Straight Year Six Winners In Six Races Send Off Lucas Oil Late Model Winternationals At …
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In 2023, Ron Silk used his victory over Justin Bonsignore in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour opener at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway to launch towards his second title. Fast forward to 2024 and it was like déjà vu all over again as a late race restart set up a fight to the finish between the top two Tour combatants with …
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TOP HEADLINES All-Tech Lucas Late Model Win Saturday Worth $15,000 For Tim McCreadie; Ricky Thornton (2), Hudson O’Neal Also Score Davie Franek Wins Hendry County USCS 360 Sprint Opener; First Win Since Serious Knoxville Crash Annual Racing Extravaganza Show At York Fairgrounds Showcases Central PA Racing In A Big Way Denny Hamlin Prevails In Cup Busch Light Clash At LA Coliseum – …
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From adversity, victory! Just six months removed from suffering serious arm injuries in a Sprint Car crash at Knoxville Raceway, Davie Franek was ready to go racing again. His objective was Central Florida, where a series of 360 and 410 Sprint races over a three week period are a test for any racer and race team. Franek first ran three …
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TOP HEADLINES Dramatic Indoor Auto Racing Series Gambler’s Classic Won By Andy Jankowiak After Ryan Flores, Tanner VanDoren Tangle On Last Lap Dirt Northeast Modified Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024 Inductees Headed By Jimmy Horton, Gary Tomkins Thrilling Volusia USCS 360 Sprint Wins Earned By Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Ryan Timms Ransomville Speedway Hires Dave DiPetro, Sr. As …
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Andy Jankowiak puts every ounce of his energy developing and refining his TQ Midget for the Indoor Auto Racing Series winter races. Among those events, the Gambler’s Classic in Atlantic City, NJ is the race he covets above all the rest. This past Saturday, Andy J won the Gambler’s Classic for the fourth time in his career and in a most …
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TOP HEADLINES PPB Motorsports Show A Huge Success; Megan Williams Crowned Ms. Motorsports 2024 World Of Outlaws Late Models Kick Off 2024 Season At Volusia; Devin Moran, Hudson O’Neal Score Feature Victories Sixty-Three Year Old Jon Kellner To Return To Grandview Mods For First Time In Ten Years Bubba Pollard Fast, Wins Super Late Model Race In Cordele, Georgia Bob Weikert’s Legacy …
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A big part of the 2024 PPB Motorsports Racecar & Trade Show was the gracious weekend tribute to the late Bob Weikert, whose life and times were celebrated by his two sons Ike and Todd and by many of the Sprint Car drivers who won races in the Weikert No. 29 Sprint Cars. The Weikert family continued to make news when …
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TOP HEADLINES Ken Schrader, Jimmy Spencer, Bob Weikert Tribute, Aqua Duck Ms. Motorsports Pageant Among Attractions At PPB Motorsports Racecar & Trade Show This Weekend In Oaks, PA AARN Staffer Evan Canfield Honored As EMPA Photographer Of The Year; Ace Lane, Jr. Enshrined Into EMPA Hall Of Fame Logan Seavey Races To Chili Bowl Golden Driller Win For Second Consecutive Year Brett Hearn, Billy …
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