Newsmaker of the Week

What a week for Brent Marks! The Myerstown, PA 410 Sprint Car wheelman won two of the biggest, richest Sprint Car races in the country just three days apart. There’s no question that $275,000 is a lot of money and that’s what the Eldora Historical Big One and the Kings Royal paid together. There is also no question that Marks, …

Wall Stadium’s winningest active driver, Jimmy Blewett, suited up last Saturday night to drive the highly regarded Tommy Baldwin No. 7 NY in Wall’s first NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race in three years. In an uncharacteristic drive, Blewett held back for the first 125 laps of the 150 lap race. Then, as the events unfolded, he took off, vanquishing …

With four straight wins last week during PA Speedweek, Brent Marks was as close to being invincible as is possible. Not only did Marks end up winning five of nine Speedweek races, he also finished no worse than third in any of them. That’s amazing. Marks has stepped up his game every year he’s been a 410 Sprint driver. And he’s …

Tim McCreadie’s $50,000 victory Saturday night in the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series race at Lernerville Speedway was a textbook effort by the 2021 Series champion. There was a lot on the line at Lernerville in this year’s Firecracker 100, which had been a World Of Outlaws Late Model Series sanctioned affair since its inception until 2022. And by …

With seven races scheduled at six venues on consecutive days, the USAC National Sprint Series raced in the annual Eastern Storm last week, with the seventh race, a USAC Silver Crown event, making for a Port Royal double-header. Logan Seavey was the tornado of the Eastern Storm, winning the Sprint race at Bridgeport and orchestrating a masterful USAC Sprint and USAC Silver Crown …

Inflation notwithstanding, a million dollars is still a big pile of money. Last weekend, the best Super Late Model drivers in the nation converged on Eldora Speedway with the opportunity to win ‘The Eldora Million”. Jonathan Davenport got the big money. $1,002,022 to be precise, and became the toast of the racing world. It’s difficult to imagine the pressure Davenport …

Danny Dietrich came, saw, and conquered Lincoln Speedway Saturday night, winning the Steve Smith Tribute 410 Sprint race and $19,000 in prize money. Dietrich warmed up the night before at Williams Grove Speedway, rocketing to the win there. With the big money on the line the next night, Dietrich was tracking down leader Anthony Macri, setting him up for what …

Anthony Macri had a dream weekend at Port Royal Speedway. He swept the Saturday and Sunday features including the rich Weikert Memorial, earning $39,000 for his efforts. To say that Macri is building a dream season is to say it right. He seems to be at his best with the most money on the line, and at the same time …

Even by Matt Sheppard’s standards, last week was some kind of special week. On Tuesday, Sheppard won the Short Track Super Series North Region race at Outlaw Speedway and $5,000. The next night, Sheppard won the Super DIRT Series 75-lapper at Can Am Speedway and $7,500. Then on Saturday, Sheppard won Twin 50s at Orange County Fair Speedway, each paying $5,000, plus …

As Bobby Allen’s son, Jacob Allen is a man upon high expectations are propped. But racing alongside his nephew Logan Schuchart, Jacob’s efforts had been, to a considerable extent, overshadowed. Now armed with his own renewed commitment, Allen is coming of age, which he demonstrated by winning Lincoln Speedway’s World Of Outlaws Gettyburg Clash Wednesday, then coming within a gallon …