Newsmaker of the Week

Stafford Motor Speedway’s annual Modified Spring Sizzler is a special race. It’s an event most often won by a competitor who is able to successfully manage adversity and so it was last Sunday. Stephen Kopcik became a man on a mission in this year’s Sizzler. Initially fast, Kopcik was black flagged and sent to the rear of the field for …

Grandview Speedway’s Bruce Rogers Memorial Money Maker proved be a showcase for Brian Hirthler, who started up front and finished there despite lots of slowdowns and the specter of a post-race protest that was later withdrawn. Hirthler earned $7,500 for an unexpected upset victory. The race served as the debut for the long anticipated change in the panhard bar placement, …

Fourteen year old Paulie Hartwig, III’s star has been on the rise for some time now, with wins on dirt and asphalt, victories indoors and outdoors, dominant drives to local wins and regional scores. By far his biggest of all came last weekend at NC’s Hickory  Motor Speedway when Hartwig executed a perfect late race bump-and-run pass in the SMART Modified …

There are many driver-owners in racing who wear those two hats by choice. Friday night’s 358 Modified feature winner of Big Diamond Speedway’s season opener, Mike Gular, is not among them. Gular was thrust into race car ownership when his long time car owner Terry Fasnacht died. The passing of his owner and friend left Gular uncertain about his ability …

The Super DIRT Series 2025 season points opener was run this past Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway before a big crowd. Stewart Friesen kept his early season winning ways going strong by winning the 75-lapper. Friesen had to outrun some can’t-miss-future stars such has Alex Yankowski, Logan Watt and Tanner VanDoren. It wasn’t all that many years ago that Friesen …

What a week it was for Kyle Larson! He was spectacular on Wednesday in California, winning a High Limit 410 Sprint race going away. Two days later, he made a rare NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start, recovered from a spin, and came back to win the race. He had the Xfinity Series race in the bag until an overzealous Sam …

With $12,000 on the line, a lightning fast Port Royal Speedway in play, and 60 laps of Modified racing ahead, Dillon Steuer knew his outside pole position starting spot would be a huge advantage. Steuer led all the way and did so by running right up against the outside wall lap after lap, challenging a cushion that became more of …

It was one year ago when asphalt Modified driver Blake Barney and his car owner Justin Gumley were denied victory in an early season SMART Modified Touring Series race over a technicality. This past weekend, the team went to back on the SMART Tour, racing in Florence, SC, finished first, and this time got to celebrate their victory all the way back …

With nearly 90 600 Micro Sprints ‘in the house’ at Trenton, NJ’s CURE Insurance Arena last weekend for the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals, a big percentage of the entries had a legitimate chance to win features either of the two nights. As it happened, one family won them both. After Zach Bealer won Friday night’s 25-lap prelim, his father Pat, …

The Daytona 500 is a race of prestige and that prestige was enhanced to the greatest degree possible when Donald Trump, the President of the United States, came to watch ‘The Great American Race’ Sunday.  This was no photo op appearance.The President met with drivers before the race, was driven around Daytona International Speedway in the presidential limousine, addressed the …