Newsmaker of the Week

Riverhead Raceway is a notoriously difficult place for outsiders to come in and beat the regulars. The weekly runners were out in force Saturday for the sixth annual running of the Islip 300, three-hundred wheel to wheel laps around a quarter mile track with no room to spare. The odds favored the locals but somebody forgot to tell Woburn, Mass. …

Brad Sweet’s drive to the 2022 World Of Outlaws Sprint Car season championship was his fourth straight and certainly his most closely contested. Though Sweet led the standings most of the year, his margin over rivals David Gravel and Carson Macedo ebbed and flowed. It was still very much Sweet’s title to win or lose over the three day Charlotte …

After 72 years of springs, summers and falls of offering auto racing to Southern Tier, New York enthusiasts of the sport of speed, Five Mile Point Speedway ran its last races this past weekend. When the final lap was run, Modified favorite Justin Holland, a third generation driver, was standing in the winners circle, taking the final flag and winning …

Lance Dewease has done it again. On Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway, the World Of Outlaws were back in town and Lance Dewease spanked ‘em, much to the delight of the PA Posse fans. Dewease’s win in the Williams Grove National Open was the fifth of his driving career and worth $75,000 for the driver and his car owner Don …

When there’s big money on the line, any advantage including where you start is crucial to most people. Matt Hirschman is not most people. On Saturday at Evergreen Speedway in the Tom Wanick, Jr. Memorial Modified 200 lapper, Hirschman elected to start at the back of the 24-car field after having earned the right to redraw for a starting spot in …

The wins just keep on coming for Matt Sheppard. His three wins last week, at Utica Rome and his Oswego Super DIRT Week Big Block and Small Block sweep. have added luster to a season that seems to have no limit of success. By year’s end, he’ll likely set an all-time single season earnings record for a Dirt Modified driver. And more …

Super Matt Sheppard has done it again. He won last Saturday night at Fulton Speedway in the prestigious Outlaw 200, this on a speedway he seldom competes at. The win was number 36 for the Dirt Modified master, and just to mix it up a little, Sheppard defied conventional wisdom by running a Big Block under his hood in a …

Selinsgrove Speedway will be in new hands come 2023. When the promotional team that led Selinsgrove for the past seven years opted not to renew its lease, the Selinsgrove Fair Board wasted no time in issuing a ten-year lease to Stephanie Baker and her family. Baker has an extensive background in the sport and intends to make progressive changes. It …

Craig Von Dohren soared to victory Saturday night at Grandview Speedway, earning over $32,000 by taking the checkered flag first in the Freedom 76er. The week before, Von Dohren had sewn up yet another 358 Modified track title. Though nothing is ever effortless in racing, CVD seemed in control of his own destiny from the time the green flag dropped. …

Anthony Macri reaffirmed his standing as Central Pennsylvania’s go-to-guy when the the stakes are highest in 410 Sprint racing when he won Port Royal Speedway’s rich Tuscarora 50 Saturday night. Macri set the stage when he won the first of two preliminary nights Thursday, then drove a spectacular race coming back, through traffic, to win a total of $71,000 over …