Newsmaker of the Week

Newsmaker of the Week // Carson Macedo

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Matt Hirschman

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Alex Yankowski

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Otto Sitterly

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Rico Abreu

Though flat-out is Rico Abreu’s typical way of winning 410 Sprint races, his victory in Port Royal Speedway’s prestigious and rich Tuscarora 50 Saturday night was achieved as much by tire conservation on what was a difficult race track. Abreu held back when the track rubbered up, and took the checkered flag with a bald right rear tire – but …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Tyler Thompson

Tyler Thompson won the Oswego Classic for Supermodifieds for the second time in his young career last Sunday afternoon. Unlike his first win, a race in which Thompson admitted to having had no particular race strategy in mind, this Classic drive was carefully orchestrated in advance. He held back, planning to go all out for the last 50 laps. But …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Garrett Alberson

Garrett Alberson had been suiting up for Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series races for nearly five years. He took his licks, learned the ropes, improved weekly. This year, Alberson seemed poised for a breakthrough. And break through he did Friday night at Port Royal Speedway when he raced from third to first on the final lap, taking the lead …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Scott Bloomquist

When the racing world learned early Friday morning that Scott Bloomquist, the Super Late Model Super Star who for decades was THE man to beat in races of consequence, had been killed in a private plane crash, the coast-to-coast reaction was one of profound shock. Widely viewed as being a master car builder, an innovative mechanic and an uncompromising race car …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Kyle Larson

There really was little question about who would win the 63rd Knoxville Nationals from the moment Kyle Larson won the Thursday night prelim, a win that slotted him to start from the pole in the big race. From there, he was unstoppable for 50 laps. Others may had their moments in the spotlight during the week, but Larson was the …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Briggs Danner

Six straight days of USAC Wingless 410 Sprint racing across the Hoosier State are in the record books and the northeastern-based Hogue Brothers Racing Team and driver Briggs Danner saved the best for last. On Sunday night in Bloomington, Indiana, Danner raced to a popular win, his second of the season and first ever in the Indiana hotbed of Wingless …

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