Matt Sheppard’s record of over 420 career victories had one glaring omission prior to Sunday night. Sheppard had never won Orange County Fair Speedway’s Eastern States 200. He has now, after besting Stewart Friesen in a spellbinding battle between two heavyweights, mesmerizing the big crowd. They ran wheel to wheel, ducked in and out of traffic, lap after lap. But …
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Newsmaker of the Week // Stewart Friesen
With $50,000 on the line Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway in the Short Track Super Series Speed Showcase 200, Stewart Friesen, a racer who is use to winning the richest races, did it again. This time, he executed with no surprises, experienced no difficulties. He just planned a smart race strategy that was easy to implement with a perfectly …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Mat Williamson
Super DIRT Week 2021 will be forever remembered as ‘Super Mat Week’. How could it be noted as anything else? Mat Williamson won the Super DIRT Week 200 for Big Blocks, won the Super DIRT Series Big Block opener Tuesday at Brewerton, and claimed back to back DIRTcar 358 Series races at Weedsport and Brewerton. The only blemish on Williamson’s week? A second …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Carson Macedo
The Williams Grove National Open is among the crown jewels in 410 Sprint racing. It’s one race that can make a 410 racer’s career complete if they win it, or stands out among the missing if they don’t. On Saturday, Carson Macedo ‘completed his career’, figuratively of course, by taking down the win in front of the partisan PA Posse fans …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Andy Jankowiak
Andy Jankowiak’s stunning sweep of the Race Of Champions Weekend at Lake Erie Speedway will go down in the proud 71 year history of the Race Of Champions as one of the all time great triumphs. Lake Erie Speedway is one of several race tracks in the popular Jankowiak’s backyard and the RoC itself is a race Andy’s late father …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Night of Money
These three numbers are the story: $53,000, $30,000. $20,000. They represent the first place prize money amounts paid out to Stewart Friesen for winning the Fonda 200, to Ryan Godown for winning the Grandview Freedom 76’er, and to Justin Peck for winning the Lincoln All Star Dirt Classic. The mega-earnings were each disbursed last Saturday on a night unlike any …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Danny Dietrich
The All Star Circuit Of Champions rolled into Central Pennsylvania for a four-race swing last week. After Tyler Courtney won at Grandview, Cory Eliason took Lincoln, and Williams Grove rained out, the stage was set for a ‘Stars Vs. Posse’ showdown at BAPS Speedway. Another All Stars win would have embarrassed the Posse big time. But along came Danny Dietrich, …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Ron Silk
For the first time since 2005, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series migrated northward to Beech Ridge Speedway in Maine and on this neutral territory, a race of strategy set up a fight to the finish involving Ron Silk and Matt Hirschman. Silk took the checkered, his first of the season. In a year when long time Tour standouts Doug …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Patrick Emerling
He came, he saw, he conquered – twice in two days, and in his own backyard. That was Patrick Emerling’s weekend in the western New York asphalt Modified realm. His dream couple of days started when he won the Race Of Champions Spencer Speedway race Friday night. Then came back the next night to win again, in the NASCAR Whelen …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Brent Marks
When Brent Marks won Saturday night’s World Of Outlaws Sprint Car A-Main At Williams Grove Speedway, it was a winning drive of great significance. Financially, Marks won $20,000 for himself and his race team. Emotionally, his win in the Saturday Summer Nationals was a sorely-needed pick-me-up for the PA Posse Faithful, whose unwavering loyalty to their hometown stars had been tested …
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