Posted by: Len Sammons – November 17, 2015 Saturday’s sixth annual Final Showdown at Susquehanna Speedway Park was the swan song for Todd and Rhonda Fisher as track operators. After purchasing the speedway in Newberrytown, Pa., 12 years ago, they recently sold the facility to Scott Gobrecht. On Saturday, Todd stayed out of the limelight, calling the shots from the …
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Posted by: Len Sammons – November 10, 2015 California sensation Rico Abreu confirmed he’ll be racing a TQ-Midget for the first time when the winter Indoor Racing Series comes to Atlantic City, N.J. on January 28 – 29, 2016. Abreu has accepted a ride offered to him by former Atlantic City winner Lou Cicconi. Abreu, a proven winner in Sprint …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015 It was the end of the line for the New Jersey Dirt Modified and the Central Pennsyvania Sprint Car circuits this past weekend, bringing to a close nine months of continuous racing. Just as the first races of a new year are newsmaking events, …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015 The Charlotte World Finals provided its share of upset winners over last weekend. But none was more wholly unexpected than the drive of Tim Kerr, who won the DIRTcar Modified finale over an all star field. Kerr had won a grand total of one Big Block Modified …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD EDITION News is usually made when big money is on the line. This time of the year, big bucks races are harder to find and sometimes turn up in unusual spots. So it was last Saturday night at Bridgeport (NJ) Speedway’s Quarter Mile track when the first annual ‘Romp …
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OAKS, PA October 29, 2015 . . . The great memories of the New York State Fairgrounds “Moody Mile” will be a huge part of The Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2016 fueled by Sunoco Race Fuels and Distributed by Insinger Performance Race Car and Trade Show set for Friday, January 22 thru Sunday, January, 24th. The 31st edition of the …
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TRENTON. NJ October 30, 2015 . . . Event tickets for the third running of the Battle Of Trenton Indoor auto races are now on sale. The event, one of three Len Sammons Motorsports Productions (LSMP) indoor racing events this winter, will feature two days of racing, on Fri., Feb. 26 and Sat., Feb. 27 with Three Quarter (TQ) Midgets the main …
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Posted by: Steve Barrick – October 27, 2015 TRENTON. NJ – The conclusions drawn from independent laboratory testing of the fuel sample taken from Tyler Dippel’s DIRTcar 358 Modified after qualifications Thursday, Oct. 8 have lent a to a seemingly ambiguous result. “It was found that there were no addititives in the fuel,” said Fred Turza, VP Racing Fuels research and …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR OCTOBER 27, 2015 The zenith of a thirty year driving career was realized at Orange County (NY) Fair Speedway last weekend by Tommy Meier, who roared to an immensely popular victory. The night before, Meier won $10,000 for a second place in the Small Block lead-in race, setting the stage for …
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Posted by: Jeff Lambert – October 20, 2015 MIDDLETOWN, NY – Multi- time Orange County Fair Speedway Modified driving champion Chuck McKee will announce at this weekend’s Eastern States 200 Weekend that he will formally announce his retirement from weekly driving. “With me cutting back on racing, I’m probably more apprehensive on disappointing the fans than I am on walking …
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