Who else but Rico? Rico Abreu made major news on many fronts this past weekend. He got the Chili Bowl off to a good start by winning his Wednesday night preliminary, a race that had thousands cheering his name. Two days later, he announcd at a press conference that he has a full time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ride …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER FOR THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016 The newsmakers this week are many. There’s Total Wrecking and Environmental of Tonawanda, N.Y., the company that blew up the Syracuse grandstand. There’s Joanie Mahoney. the Onondaga County, New York Executve who smiled and giggled as a publicly funded structure imploded into a cloud of dust. There’s …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR JANUARY 5, 2016 Auto racing returned to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley this past Saturday for the first time since Nazareth Speedway closed its gates in 2004. Len Sammons Motorsports Productions brought racing back to Center City Allentown, Pa., in the PPL Center and boy, what a reception the race got. It was a …
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ALLENTOWN, PA (Jan. 2, 2016) – Erick Rudolph proved invincible Saturday night as he led every one of the 40 laps in the Ironton Telephone TQ (Three Quarter) Midget 40-lap feature at Allentown’s PPL Center in front of a sold out crowd. Rudolph, no stranger to victory in TQ Midget racing, managed two obstacles to perfection to win. “Lapped traffic …
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ALLENTOWN, PA December 29, 2016 . . . When the eighty TQ (Three Quarter) Midget drivers take to the specially constructed indoor race track inside the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., this Saturday, January 2, 2016, one veteran driver, fifty year old Russ Gamester of Peru, Ind., will have an advantage. Gamester won an indoor race last Saturday night in Fort Wayne, …
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ALLENTOWN, PA – The stakes just got higher on the Indoor Auto Racing Championship Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels. If one driver can win all three of the 2016 Saturday night TQ Midget feature events his team will receive a $10,000 bonus thanks to a sponsorship effort announced today with Vahlco Racing Wheels! Vahlco Racing Wheels, a heavy hitter in …
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AARN has learned this morning that long-time (40+ years) AARN Photographer Ralph Corwin of Bloomingburg, NY has passed away. Ralph had been a long time photographer at Orange County Fair Speedway and attended the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 500 yearly. Ralph will be missed and our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. Ralph’s service information will be posted …
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OAKS, PA December 15, 2015 . . . One of NASCAR’s rising young stars is planning to be part of the Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2016 Fueled By Sunoco Race Fuels and Distributed by Insinger Performance Race Car and Trade Show. Kyle Larson, who almost earned his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Homestead, Florida in the final race …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR DECEMBER 15, 2015 Except for folks who have been recent attendees at Glen Ridge (NY) Motorsports Park, the name Peter Demitraszek may be wholly unfamiliar. That’t about to change. Against some heavy hitters an against some long odds, Demitraszek emerged as the man chosen by the Fonda (NY) Speedway Fair Board to run …
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Posted by: Steve Barrick – December 8, 2015 TRENTON, NJ – Continuing a late autumn trend that has seen aggressive scheduling by many race tracks, Williams Grove Speedway announced this past week that it will host a USAC Silver Crown race next year. The date Williams Grove has chosen is Friday, June 10. The race will be a 100-lap feature, …
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