For the second time in his incomparable career, Kyle Larson has won the Knoxville Nationals. Larson was among the pre-race favorites and did not disappoint, taking the lead on the first lap and staying in front for each of the 50 laps. The win was Larson’s second Nationals score and it was well received by the sellout Knoxville crowd. The …
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Newsmaker of the Week // Action Track USA
The idea of putting full-fledged Dirt Modifieds on the fifth-mile Kutztown Action Track was a much anticipated event. Many drivers and many more spectators wondered what they might expect, and much of the supposition wasn’t at all flattering. How wrong the naysayers were! Mike Gular free-wheeled his way to the Short Track Super Series race win in the 50-lap main …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Rico Abreu
Rico Abreu is one red hot 410 Sprint driver right now, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. After winning the $20,000 Williams Grove Summer Nationals a week ago Saturday, Abreu passed Kyle Larson in the High Limit Sprint Car race at Grandview Speedway Wednesday, earning $23,000 and change. Still not done, Abreu won an All Star Sprint …
Read More »Kenny Tremont Set To Retire At End Of Season
By BILL UTTER The news many did not want to hear became official this past week when Kenny Tremont announced he will call it a career at the end of the season. Tremont has been a top runner for a long-time but he feels his body is telling him that he has had enough. He discussed retiring at the end …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // NASCAR Drivers
The stars of NASCAR’s Cup and Xfinity were in town to race at Pocono Raceway this past weekend, and racers that they are, Kyle Busch, Sheldon Creed and Kyle Larson did some dirt racing as well. Kyle Busch made the A Main at Kutztown’s 600 Speedweek race, transferring into the 26 car A Main – from a field of 114 …
Read More »Schuchart Battled Pre-Race Nerves, Managed Mid-Race Strategy, Celebrates Post-Race
By STEVE BARRICK There was one joyful Victory Lane scene Thursday after the Eldora Million was over and Logan Schuchart arrived. Schuchart was elated, climbing on the roof of the Drydene No. 1S, fists pumping. He was some kind of pumped up. “I don’t usually get nervous before a race, but I was before this one and almost psyched myself …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Logan Schuchart
Logan Schuchart is a millionaire! The Hanover, PA driver, grandson of Sprint Car driving legend Bobby Allen, led every lap in last Thursday’s Eldora Million, winning the biggest prize in the history of Sprint Car racing. Schuchart had his opportunites in the race to make a mistake, and made none. His car, usually bullet-proof, were all that and then some …
Read More »Brett Looked Like The Hearn Of Old At Orange County
By STEVE BARRICK Matt Sheppard may have won the Super DIRT Series 75 at Orange County Fair Speedway on Wednesday, July 5, but the man who put on the show was the track’s all time winningest driver, Brett Hearn. Hearn was in his element after this race, smiling broadly to those who dropped by his pit area to offer their …
Read More »Newsmaker of the Week // Woody Pitkat
At Stafford Motor Speedway last Friday night, Woody Pitkat raced to victory in the track’s Open Tour Modified 80-lap feature. The win could not have come at a more meaningful time for Pitkat. It was his birthday, and it was also just two days before the one year anniversary of his father’s death. Woody’s wife and children were at Stafford …
Read More »Colagiovanni Learned A Great Deal Running With High Limit Series, Now Focusing On Local Racing
By LEN SAMMONS Paulie Colagiovanni’s dream is to one day race a 410 Sprint Car full-time, but he lives in upstate New York that’s far from their Central Pa. home base. This season, however, he’s done some major traveling to compete with Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet’s new High Limit Series. “It definitely built memories and it builds up a …
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