AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK EDITION OF OCTOBER 13, 2015 The top performer and the center stage are both equally illuminated in the spotlight’s glare after Stewart Friesen blitzed the competition yet again at Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds. Friesen reigned supreme for the fourth time in the last six Syracuse Modified 200s, …
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Posted by: Len Sammons – October, 6, 2015 The careers of great athletes are often judged by their modern counterpart. Muhammid Ali – Joe Frazier. Arnold Palmer – Jack Nicklaus. Roger Maris – Mickey Mantle. Magic Johnson – Larry Bird. Tom Brady – Peyton Manning. Auto racing is no different. On a national level, people still compare AJ Foyt to …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 The 44th running of Super DIRT Week is at hand. This year, as Area Auto Racing News rolls out its annual Super DIRT Week issue, at 116 pages, it does so for a SDW that is in fundamental transition. It will be the last at the New York …
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Posted by: Len Sammons – September 30, 2015 TRENTON, NJ – Glenn Donnelly, the man who first organized and promoted Super DIRT Week in 1972, will keep the event alive in the future, thanks to an investment by the State of New York. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today at a press conference held at the New York …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2015 Call at the shot heard ‘round the racing world. The shot was from behind, delivered by a wholly unapologetic Doug Coby to the back bumper of Ryan Preece at Loudon, N.H. Saturday. It sent Preece spinning and Coby to Victory Lane. The sounds ‘round the racing world were …
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Posted by: Kevin Rice – September 24, 2015 On Sunday afternoon, Modified driver Ron Silk got to experience what many Modified drivers through the years have wanted to try- racing at Supermodified at Oswego (NY) Speedway. Silk made the most of his opportunity, earning a fifth place finish in a field of 25 cars despite having to start in position 23 …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 When a racer becomes known by his initials, that’s a sign that he’s a true competitor. CVD – Craig VonDohren – is just such a driver. This past Saturday, VonDohren dominated Grandview (PA) Speedway’s annual Freedom 76, a Small Block Modified race offering a lifetime of prestige and $25,000 …
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Posted by: Dino Oberto – September 15th, 2015 BETHLEHEM, PA — Jennifer Flanagan Kutz, a champion pavement Street Stock racer, passed away on Friday, September 11, due to complications from the delivery of giving birth to her daughter, Annika Kaylin. Jennifer was 39. Annika, who was born at 3 lbs. 3oz., is doing well while under the careful watch of …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 It is hard to explain the season that 410 Sprint Car driver Brent Marks has endured. Long considered to be part of one of the top teams in Central Pennsylvania racing, Marks came into Labor Day Weekend winless. He now is a three time winner, all of the …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Makers Of News aren’t necessarily persons and the events that make news aren’t always reflective of happy times. As the cold, stark, sobering reality sinks in that after this coming Columbus Day Weekend tbere will be no more racing at the New York State Fairgrounds, anger, bitterness, disbelief and …
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