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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 …

Two Central 410 Sprint Car drivers are lucky to be alive after a savage collision during Friday night hot laps at Williams Grove Speedway. Seriously injured was Jimmy Seger, who was practicing at full throttle, charging into the third turn, when he ran into a flipping car. Shaken but uninjured physically was Ryan Slothower, 38, who through no fault of …

I am one of those involved in the business of motorsports that Bones Bourcier wrote about in his most recent Speedway Illustrated column. “Death Isn’t Kid Stuff” is the heading on the column. In that column the final paragraph read, “Shame on us. Shame on every sanctioning body and speedway that allows this nonsense to go on. And shame on …