Newsmaker of the Week

Anthony Macri couldn’t have scripted his comeback to Sprint Car racing any better as he won half of the Pennsylvania Speedweek races to capture his fourth consecutive title. In doing so, Macri became just the second driver in history behind Fred Rahmer to win four straight Speedweek titles. The path to the title was also not easy as he went …

After three days of fighting thunderstorms in the Western PA area, those attending the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series’ Firecracker weekend at Lernerville Speedway were treated to an epic late-race showdown in Saturday’s 100-lap finale between two division heavyweights, Devin Moran and Brandon Sheppard. Sheppard led the first 79 laps before Moran passed him on lap 80. However, things …

As a full-timer with the USAC National Sprint Car Series, Briggs Danner only gets to drive a Wingless 410 Sprint Car in front of a local crowd once a year, during the series’ Eastern Storm. This year, Danner, a native of Allentown, PA, proudly flew the banner for the PA faithful, racing to victories at Bridgeport Motorsports Park and Action …

The man of the hour at NJ’s Wall Stadium last Saturday was Eddie McCarthy as the Brick, NJ driver took the lead on lap 17 and never looked back to win the 66th running of the Garden State Classic 125. For his efforts, McCarthy pocketed $7,979, $5,000 for the win and close to $3,000 in bonuses. The emotion was raw …

After winning the NASCAR Modified Tour championship in 2022, Jon McKennedy had not been able to taste victory lane running select events with the series. Now back on the Tour full-time, McKennedy is showing that he’s a force to be reckon with once again as after winning at Mass’ Seekonk Speedway three weeks ago, McKennedy backed that up with a …

It’s always special when local drivers are able to defend home turf against invaders. Long Island’s Riverhead Raceway was the site of one of those moments last Saturday when Mark Stewart, making just his ninth career NASCAR Modified Tour start, pulled off the upset by leading the most laps in the 200 lap affair. However, it wasn’t a cakewalk to …

The racing world was left in disbelief last Thursday upon learning that Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and the winner of more than 200 events in the sport’s top three series, died suddenly from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. While adored by the faithful “Rowdy Nation,” Busch had his fair share of haters throughout his two …

Alex Yankowski had himself quite the week. The Covington Township, PA driver kicked it off on Wednesday by grabbing his first checkered flag of the season against the Super DIRTcar Series at DE’s Georgetown Speedway. He then trekked to NY’s Utica Rome Speedway on Friday, where he rattled off another win, before going north of the border to Cornwall Speedway …

Kasey Kahne fired up a Sprint Car against the World of Outlaws 227 times over the past 29 years, but had not been able to taste victory lane against the Greatest Show On Dirt. But that all changed in start 228 at Williams Grove Speedway last Friday when Kahne, in his third race aboard the Macri Motorsports No. 39M in …

On a night that ushered in a new era at Wall Stadium that saw a packed grandstand and a carnival-like atmosphere, Blake Barney controlled the entire distance of the Spring Fling 50 for the NASCAR Modified Win on Saturday night. There is just something about the Dick Barney owned Big Red No. 14 Modified leading the field at Wall Stadium and …