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In week one of PA Speedweek, Anthony Macri was the man to beat. His closest rival was Brent Marks. This past week, it was Marks’ turn to turn up the heat and he did just that, outrunning Macri in a pair of stunning race wins, at Hagerstown and at Williams Grove. These were spectacular drives, equal part bravery and finesse and …

By LEN SAMMONS  Late in Saturday’s non-stop feature at Lincoln Speedway, Brent Marks sat third behind race leader Danny Dietrich andchallenger Anthony Macri. Entering turn three, Marks went for it all and pulled off a stunning third to first slider. “I wasn’t able to move around like I wanted to with all the lapped cars. I saw an opportunity in …

To say that Anthony Macri was fast out of the starting gate in the first two races of the 2023 edition of PA Speedweek is to say it right. Macri came out best in a sensational three way dogfight for the race win at Lincoln Speedway with Brent Marks and Danny Dietrich giving it all they had to unseat him. The …

The USAC Sprint cars and stars were in the northeast last week, running five of six scheduled races. Emerson Axsom, Justin Grant, and Kyle Cummins won the races with Axsom, the only repeat winner, earning the 2023 USAC Eastern Storm Series championship. Axsom demonstrated remarkable consistency over the run of the series, backing up his two wins with two seconds and a …

By LEN SAMMONS Major League baseball games in New York City and Philadelphia were postponed on Wednesday night because of poor air quality levels from wildfires in Quebec, Canada. Weekly racing, however, at Pa.’s Kutztown Action Track went on as scheduled.While Kutztown co-promoters Richard Tobias and Doug Rose saw an decrease in attendance, car counts remained solid in all four …

This past weekend, Jim Bernheisel launched his Appalachian Mountain Super Late Model Series, a carefully crafted series of eight races over ten days. Clinton County, Port Royal, and Hagerstown were the first three venues and each one of the events was an unqualified success. Bernheisel and his staff had thought out all of the details: how to run races, how …

By STEVE BARRICK A ruling by the Town of Kirkwood (NY) at its Tuesday May 20, 2023 work session that rescinded a developer’s prior application to rezone the Five Mile Speedway site has provided an opportunity for track owner Andrew Harpell to continue racing operations through this summer. “The plan had been rescinded. It’s being changed, and a revised site …

It may very well be the toughest ‘double’ in all of auto racing – winning back-to-back 410 Sprint races at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night and at Lincoln Speedway or Port Royal on Saturday night. Though many can, and do win at both tracks over the course of a single season, very few do it in succession. That’s why …

Racing This Friday Cancelled – Racing To Resume On New Clay Friday, June 9th By STEVE BARRICK Gary Palmer had long dreamed of widening and enlarging Accord Speedway, the place that has become his life’s work. His off-season goal was to reconfigure the track, built in 1962, to make it wider, racier, more competitive, more fan friendly. Unfortunately, Palmer’s well …

Lance Dewease, the unofficial leader of the PA Posse, had a weekend to remember against the All Star Circuit Of Champions who came to Central PA this past weekend. Dewease won the $10,000-to-win Williams Grove opener, then finished fourth at Port Royal ($1,800) the next night. He was just getting warmed up. On Sunday, with $29,000 on the line for the …