From the Paper

By EARL KRAUSE Will Cagle, one of the greatest of the Florida-based Modified drivers that invaded the northern dirt and paved tracks of the 1960s into the 80s, has passed away following a fall at his home in Tampa on January 27 and complication that developed afterwards at the hospital. A story in the AARN February 4th edition informed of …

Trenton, NJ – Maude Sammons, the first lady of Area Auto Racing News, passed away early Sunday morning, six weeks short of her 96th birthday. After battling dementia in recent years, she died in her sleep in a nursing home. Maude and her husband, Leonard J. Sammons Jr. who passed away in May of 1991, started Area Auto Racing News …

Billy Pauch Family Trifecta Night At Kutztown By MARK TIDERMAN Wednesday night’s show at the Kutztown, PA  Action Track USA was dubbed Pauch Trifecta Night. It was a nice tribute to the Pauch family for their 65 year commitment to racing. There were three generations of the historic family racing on the same night at the same track. Billy Sr. …

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 …

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 …

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 …