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Kevin Ward, Jr. was a 20-year old kid with aspirations of being a professional race car driver. He demonstrated considerable prowess over the past couple of years, building a team into a contender, developing his driving skills well. Last Saturday night, Ward came out on the short end of a racing accident at Canandaigua Speedway when he and Tony Stewart …

Earning high dollar wins in high profile races last week, two virtuoso drivers were the classes of their fields in a pair of events as dfferent as night and day. On Wednesday, Danny Johnson dominated the Super DIRTcar Series race at the three-eighths mile dirt Albany-Saratoga (NY) oval by setting a blistering pace that blistered tires. Not his tires, but …

Posted by: JR Kennerup August 5, 2014 On Saturday, for the second time in its 64 year history, N.Y.’s Five Mile Point Speedway held a free admission night at the races. The first one done 24 years ago drew nearly 5,000 people to the races that evening for a midweek show with plenty of pre-race advertising taking place. This time around the …

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There were two different, high stakes, high profile races two hundred miles apart last week. One was on dirt, the other on asphalt. One was promoted by an energetic lessor, the other by the second generation track owner. Both drew big fields, aiming not just for the first prize payoff but for some proportionately good money down the line. And …

The biggest 410 Sprint Car race of the summer in the east is the Williams Grove Summer Nationals. To win it, whether a World Of Outlaws regular or ‘PA Posse’ homestander, is to win big. This year’s running had the added drama of a Posse favorite beating the Outlaws at their own game and in the process, racing to a milestone …

Pennsylvania Speedweek is a regional showcase of 410 Sprint racing that brings together the very best teams from all of area tracks, spiced some invaders. Individual race wins are important but this mini-series’ championship carries immense prestige. Lucas Wolfe, past World of Outlaws full timer, was the 2014 Speedweek champion and the adversity he overcame to prevail is incredible. He …

After a run of six decades, albeit it occasionally discontinuous, Brad- ford Speedway will close its gates on Saturday, June 28 for the final time. Track owner and operator Jeff Andrulonis made the announcement through a media release Friday, June 20. The communication states that the Bradford Speedway property will become the site of a giant radio tower “that will …

Drivers, car owners, and fans in the Capital District area were surprised on Friday by rumors that Mike Sowle, promoter of Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, had plans to move his Sunday night DIRTcar sanctioned program to Friday nights—not at the end of the year, but starting this Friday, June 20. Sowle confirmed those rumors for AARN stating, “…everything is going …

Two Dirt Modified drivers roared off the final turn at Penn Can Speedway on Tuesday, June 10 and headed into a rendezvous with destiny. At stake was victory in ‘The Clash At The Can’ Mega winner Danny Johnson was on the inside of the track and Kevin Hartnett a multi-time Penn Can track champion, was on the outside. As they sped …