Newsmaker of the Week

Timmy Solomito was in the right place at the right time last Saturday afternoon at Wall Stadium Speedway. Biding his time, sidestepping miscues and mistakes that snagged many of his rivals, Solomito took the lead at the last possible moment and went on to win the 51st running of the Turkey Derby Modified 150. Solomito had won the Wall Mod …

There are two ways about it. Chase Grennan’s drive to victory in last Saturday’s Islip 300 at NY’s Riverhead Raceway was wholly unexpected. Grennan is 17. He was driving in just his third-ever Modified race. He battled door to door, on even terms, with established veterans. He used a veteran’s race sense planning pit stop strategy and executed it perfectly. …

Bridgeport Speedway’s long-anticipated Dirty Jersey 410 Sprint race, co-promoted by track owner Doug Rose and Central PA 410 star Danny Dietrich turned out to be a spectacular event that was well attended. The winner, Justin Whittall, was a popular figure with the big crowd. Whittall is a Jersey guy from Vincentown, who races regularly in Central PA against the Posse. …

Even with Stewart Friesen’s penchant for making headlines, what happened with his racing efforts for four days last weekend is amazing.  On Thursday night, he won the Hard Clay Finale, the last race of the 2024 Short Track Super Series North Season at Orange County Fair Speedway. From there, he flew to Homestead-Miami Speedway where he raced on Saturday afternoon in …

Opportunities for asphalt Modified drivers to win more than a single major event in a weekend are exceedingly rare. That’s why Justin Bonsignore’s weekend sweep at North Wilkesboro Speedway of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the SMART Modified Tour races back to back has the racing community saying, “Wow.” There was added significance on the NWMT side in that …

Stewart Friesen had the field covered at Super DIRT Week in the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trucks Big Block Modified 200 at NY’s Oswego Speedway. First Stewie set a new track record for Big Block qualifying. Then he utterly dominated his qualifying heat. Setting quick time and winning his heat was a mere prelude of what was to come. Starting up front …

Carson Macedo was the man Saturday night in Williams Grove Speedway’s World Of Outlaws Sprint Car National Open. After having been forced to use a provisional starting spot in the earlier Grove prelim race, Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing righted the ship just hours later when Macedo won his second career Grove National Open, a win worth $75,000 as well …

He didn’t necessarily have the fastest car for the Stafford Motor Speedway Fall Final, but Matt Hirschman had elevated himself into the mix for the win as the race laps ticked off. A late race brush for the lead between Hirschman and Anthony Nocella decided the outcome, giving Hirschman two major Asphalt Modified wins in successive weeks. Stafford Motor Speedway …

Young Alex Yankowski’s career evolution knows no limits. He races everywhere, wins often, and gives a hundred percent effort in each race he runs. Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, Yankowski won one of the biggest races, the fabled Freedom 76er. It was a $30,000 plus financial score and came with an upset late race pass of Jeff Strunk, one of …

The long time Supermodified team of driver Otto Sitterly and car owner John Nicotra have known great success in their many years together. Sitterly is the Master Of Supermodifieds at Oswego Speedway, Nicotra has become a promoter with the ISMA/MSS Series, and together the pair keep on winning. September has been good to Sitterly and Nicotra, culminating in a sweep of …