The world of auto racing is mourning the death of Sprint Car Hall Of Fame driver and team owner Bobby Allen, who passed away Sunday at the age 81. The death of the much loved and widely respected racer was particularly sobering because Allen had been at Williams Grove’s National Open just a day before his untimely passing. Hall Of …
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By JACK O’CONNOR Danny Sams III probably never pictured winning his first national 410 Sprint Car race in a rain-shortened affair. However, given the fact his rookie campaign with High Limit Racing has been a rollercoaster, he didn’t care that only ten laps were completed when he was handed the trophy and check this past Saturday night at Bridgeport Motorsports …
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Sharon Speedway was the scene Saturday night of an electric moment in auto racing history. Dale Blaney, 61, won the World Of Outlaws 410 Sprint feature, thus becoming the oldest driver in WoO Sprint history to win an A-Main. Adding to the gravity of the moment, Sharon Speedway is the Blaney family’s track and Sharon’s fans are Blaney fans. Winning …
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By KEVIN RICE Loudon, NH – Michael Christopher Jr., made his first start with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series a success, finishing ironically in position 13, impressing Stewart Friesen and the many New England fans who came to watch. That was just hours after an impressive first New Hampshire Motor Speedway outing in the NASCAR Modified Tour race on Saturday …
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Eddie Strada raced to victory last Saturday night at Grandview Speedway in the storied Freedom 76er, earning $34,800 in prize money for himself and car owner Bobby Yeager. Strada has been racing at Grandview as a regular for the past three years and won his first career feature at the track just three weeks earlier. In this race, Strada drove …
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By LEN SAMMONS Greg Mitchell has been a member of the Delaware motorsports community his entire life. On Saturday, the sun shined on him as he soaked in the glory of having nurtured Middleford Speedway back to life and into the kind of facility he had only dreamed about when he purchased the shuttered track. “I spent a lot of …
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The Race Of Champions was first run in 1951, making it one of the oldest continuously running events in auto racing. It has been run on both dirt and asphalt, on tracks ranging from less than half a mile to the two and a half mile at Pocono Raceway. This is a race whose history mirrors the history of the …
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By STEVE BARRICK Aaron Reutzel’s drive to victory at Port Royal Speedway Friday night was an heroic effort. Reutzel had returned to racing one night before in the first of three days of High Limit Sprint racing after having sat out several weeks recovering from a significant injury to his right foot after a violent crash at Eldora Speedway. In …
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Central Pennsylvania’s 410 Sprint Car fans could have been excused for regarding Ryan Timms as a one trick pony prior to last Saturday’s Tuscarora 50 at Port Royal Speedway. Sure the 19 year old had scored an upset win in the Knoxville Nationals last month, but this was Central Pennsylvania, the PA Posse’s home turf. His Port Royal experience was limited …
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The 69th running of Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Classic on Labor Day Sunday was a race that required speed, fuel management, and a little luck to win. Michael Barnes managed his fuel more effectively than several of his faster competitor and that was the difference in this year’s Oswego Classic. Barnes had won Supermodified racing’s most prestigious race once before – …
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