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Two race tracks in the State of Pennsylvania, Selinsgrove Speedway and Roaring Knob Motorsports Park attempted to hold their opening night races over the weekend. Selinsgrove, in a recently designated ‘yellow’ Snyder County, laid out a meticulous action plan which was duly presented to local, county and state officials. The plan stipulated detailed social distancing procedures and had no front …

The coronavirus is real. We have all seen it on the news, listened to the daily press briefings, debated whether or not it was time to start reopening the economy, and even asked ourselves… do we know anyone who actually has the virus? The Sammons family and the staff of Area Auto Racing News found out that the virus is …

In a year when few races have been completed, Brandon Overton has distinguished himself far above the rest. After sweeping a pair of February races in Georgia, Overton ran three straight Super Late Model races, worst finish, fifth at Tri County (NC) Speedway. That was just a warmup. The next night, Overton won at Lancaster (SC) Speedway, then took the …

Brock Zearfoss was a late entry in the Park Jefferson, South Dakota 410 Sprint race last Saturday, late because, he said, he didn’t feel a 1900 mile trip each way for one race was worth it. Instead, he gave in to the racer’s desire to race and once the Park Jeff race was known to be a defnite ‘go’, he …

The world of business is all about taking calculated risks, and no one knows that more than Paul Cole, who is chomping at the bit to get his third year of racing operations up and running at Land Of Legends Speedway in upstate New York. Cole is hosting a practice Saturday, operating with the best guidance he can summon in …

An innocent night of iRacing fun among racing friends has turned upside down the racing career of Kyle Larson. The NASCAR Cup, 410 Sprint and Midget star made an obscene racial utterance picked up over a live microphone that was then overheard far and wide. Within 24 hours, Larson had apologized, then lost his support from his Cup team owner …

Todd Baer is a racer at Mahoning Valley Speedway and Evergreen Raceway often competing with his son Nick. He is a businessman who owns a water transport trucking company. Baer is also a patriot. When a nearby winery sought to move 7000 gallons of product from its wine cellar to a manufacturing facility that was going to extract its alcohol …

Late last summer, Doug Rose, whose racing involvement included a partnership at Action Track USA Speedway, purchased Bridgeport Speedway. He promptly tore down two of the three tracks on the property including the venerable 5/8ths mile that had been there from the start. Then launched a bold new action plan. Rose built a 4/10s mile, high banked clay oval and had …

In time, the racing world will look back on the term COVID-19 and put it in its rightful place – in the dust bin of history’s great inconveniences. This past weekend, and looking ahead to this coming one, the nation and world are being shaken to the core by an unseen plague that has the potential to linger.For the little …

He was called ‘The Hawaiian’, ‘The Allentown Pimp’, two terms of endearment for a one of a kind man, Danny Serrano. This week the world of auto racing mourns his passing. Danny died as he most likely would have liked, behind a desk in an office of a speedway. Danny was a passionate, hard core race fan, who transformed his …