Danny Dietrich is coming off a dream week as the driver of Gary Kauffman’s 410 Sprint. This past week, the Gettysburg, PA, based standout beat the World Of Outlaws on the 3/8ths mile Bridgeport Speedway, won the first leg of the Weikert Memorial at Port Royal, was overall champion of the two day Weikert event and finished second at Williams …
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Beating the best 410 Sprint drivers in the world is a daunting task. But when the World Of Outlaws invade Central Pennsylvania as they do three times every year, the traveling pros are fair game for the PA Posse. In three races last week, Lance Dewease whipped the Outlaws – Wednesday at Lincoln and Saturday at Williams Grove, winning two of …
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Doug Coby and MSR Racing are on top of their game. The formidable multi-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series championship winning team won this past weekend’s Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway. This high profile race is a particular favorite for Coby who took control of the race, then held off a late race challenge by Craig Lutz to preserve …
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A perfect record! That’s what Matt Sheppard wrapped up following his Tuesday Short Track Super Series feature win at Delaware International Speedway. That race victory completed an amazing streak of five wins in five races at five different tracks in three states – all during the month of April. Summarized, Matt Sheppard did not lose a race during April. And …
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When Ryan Smith drove Michael Heffner’s 360 Sprint into the winners’ circle at Port Royal Speedway, emotions were deep and varied. This was no ordinary win for the driver or the car owner. Rather this was Smith’s first victory behind the wheel of one of Heffner’s cars – and the first for the car owner since the tragic death last September …
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By their nature, auto racing track operators are a fiercely independent lot. They face innumerable challenges by being unafraid and standing on their own two feet. That’s why the announcement of the formation of the New Hampshire Short Track Racing Association (NHSTRA) is such a remarkable event. Lee, Claremont, Monadnock, Star, and Hudson, five once independent tracks, are now a …
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Cory Eliason is a fresh-faced, 27 year old kid with enough talent to have won a pair of World Of Outlaws A-Mains in his native California last year. Now, he is taking aim on the 2019 All Star Circuit Of Championship. In the All Star season opener at Virginia Motor Speedway last Thursday, Eliason raced Kevin Rudeen’s Washington State-based car …
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Two top drivers added to their impressive resumes of recent accomplishments over last weekend, continuing their prowess for making big news. Justin Bonsignore won his fifth straight NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race Sunday at Thompson (CT) Speedway and in the process got his title-defending season on track. Bonsignore’s win was his fifth straight Mod tour win at Thompson, an all …
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Billy Pauch is flying high, just as he has been for over forty years, as one of the winningest Modified drivers of all time and one of the most popular. Pauch builds and maintains his own cars and races them just as hard as he did when he first got into Modifieds in 1978. At Bridgeport Speedway Saturday, a high …
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When Brett Hearn strode into the Orange County Fairgrounds Arena Saturday night, he received a response from the crowd at the track’s pre-season Motorsports Car Show that rivaled what a rock star might expect. Everyone, it seemed, wanted a piece of Brett. He signed autographs, shook hands, posed for pictures against the backdrop of his No. 20 Modified. Brett’s back …
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