Featured Stories

A young boy who once raced at such places as ‘Little T’ and ‘Little Wall’ – Quarter Midget tracks at Thompson Speedway and Wall Stadium – is now the champion of NASCAR. Joey Logano, a native of Middletown, CT, drove the race of his life last Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, storming by rival Martin Truex, Jr. for the lead when the …

Frankie Schneider, ‘The Old Master’, famed for his great racing skills on the track and for building and perfecting race cars with his own two hands, died this past weekend. He was 92. Frank’s abilities in the sport may be lost on many AARN readers. He won only one feature after May, 1975 and struggled for many years in a …

‘Super Matt’ did it again! At Charlotte in the World Finals last weekend, Sheppard raced to a record fourth straight Super DIRT Series championship and his seventh overall. Only Brett Hearn, who has eight career titles, has won more and Sheppard, clearly is on track to tie, even surpass Hearn’s standard. Sheppard didn’t win either of the twin features outright at …

Donny Schatz beat up on the PA Posse Sunday afternoon at Port Royal Speedway, leaving town with more than $51,000 of Keystone State riches and the Tuscarora 50 trophy. One of the biggest first place payouts for any race in the east, and Schatz won it the way he has taken so many of his 21 World Of Outlaws A Mains …

Superstar Stewart Friesen has done it again. This time, Dirt Modified and NASCAR Truck ace won two of the four big races at the 57th annual Eastern States 200 Weekend in Middletown, NY and came within ten pounds of winning a third. Friday, he won the Modified Challenge for past Eastern States 200 winners. Saturday, he finished first in the Small …

Winning eight races in sixteen starts is a tall order for any driver in any division. That’s why Justin Bonsignore’s victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race at Thompson Motorsports park is so remarkable. Bonsignore came to Thompson having already clinched the Series title. He left with his eighth win in sixteen races, and a clean sweep of …

Larry Wight is the toast of the Dirt Modified world after racing to a spectacular win Sunday in the Super DIRT Week Big Block Modified 200 at Oswego Speedway. Wight, who cut back his racing schedule this year to concentrate on his business and his family, was fastest when he had to be. He was met by his father John in …

The Williams Grove National Open is, in many ways, ground zero for the never ending rivalry between the World Of Outlaws and the PA Posse. Make no mistake about it: This is compelling match-up of long standing. And there’s no mistaking which way sentiments the fans at The Grove were Saturday night. As he has so many times, Lance Dewease warmed …

On Thursday night, September 20, the racing world was brought to its knees when Sprint Car driver Greg Hodnett was killed in a crash at BAPS Motor Speedway. Greg Hodnett thrilled tens of thousands of fans, elevated the games of hundreds of fellow racers, respected the owners and mechanics of the teams he raced for, and personified that great intangible quality, …

When a team sticks it out all year long, every Saturday night, without winning a feature, it says that something is good with team chemistry. Driver Duane Howard and car owner Norm Hansell, both proven winners, knew that it was just a matter of time before they’d win at their home track, Grandview Speedway. And what a win it turned …