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It’s been quite a month for Sprakers, N.Y., driver Stewart Friesen. Earlier this month, Friesen and Jessica Zemken exchanged their vows in front of family and friends. Last weekend, Jessica went out and won the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals while Stewart Friesen was supposed to be competing in Grandview’s 44th Annual Freedom 76. Mother Nature had other ideas so the …

Posted by: Len Sammons September 15, 2014 An organized group of car owners and drivers hope to bring back to life the former United Racing ‘Club’ to present a series of 360 Sprint Car events in 2015. The upstart group is planning an open meeting at the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport, N.J., in the next several weeks. By a 22 to 1 …

Posted by: Brett Deyo  September 9, 2014 Norm Hansell’s No. 357 team was the center of attention last Friday at Big Diamond (Pa.) Speedway before and after the running of the Coalcracker 100 for different reasons. In the days leading up to the season’s premier event at the Schuylkill County facility, word circulated in the Pennsylvania 358-Modified circuit that DIRT Hall of …

Race driver Cory LaJoie celebated his 23rd birthday on Thursday, then spent Friday helping a friend who was racing in the NASCAR K&N East Series event at Dover Downs Speedway. While Friday was fun for LaJoie, it wasn’t part of his career goal of being a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Corey is a third-generation racer in his family. His …

Sprint Car Series got a shot in the arm last week, just days before a new upstart organization was ready to challenge him. Shane Helms, a successful businessman and a car owner for his son Caleb, announced the formation of the Renegade Series less than a month earlier. With the support of several disgrunted All Star Series drivers, Helms sanctioned …

<p class=”post-meta” style=”color: #aaaaaa;”>Posted by: Earl Krause August 19, 2014</p> What began as an enjoyable day at the Green Flag Driving Experience at Wall Stadium turned into tragedy in the early afternoon on Saturday. Participant Amanda Gambacorto, age 21, was fatally injured when the TQ-Midget she was driving hit the second turn guard rail on the third-mile, banked paved oval. The …

Posted by: Lenny Sammons  August 12, 2014 Kevin Ward Jr.’s protest of a racing accident with Tony Stewart ended in his death on Saturday night at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park. Ward, 20, was racing nationally- known racer Stewart for the sixth position when his No. 13 360 Sprint Car slid up over the bank exiting turn one and stopped hard against a …

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 …

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 …