Newsmaker of the Week

With a win at Eldora Speedway Saturday in the King’s Royal, backed up with another win Thursday in the Joker’s Jackpot, further buttressed with a second place Friday night result in the Knight Before The Kings Royal, David Gravel dominated this Eldora weekend like few before him ever have. With $285,000 in earnings, and an enhanced lead in ’24 WoO Series …

Anthony Macri has won a lot of big races but over the course of the ten day span bridging two weeks of PA Speedweek, Macri was at his very best. He started his run Monday, July 1 at Lincoln, won again two days later at Port Royal, then on Friday, at Williams Grove, picked up his third win of the series …

PA Speedweek 2024 got off and running this past Friday night when Danny Dietrich raced to victory at Williams Grove Speedway. Then, after a night of rain at Lincoln, Dietrich struck again, taking the checkered Sunday night at BAPS. Though Anthony Macri stopped Dietrich at two straight Monday night at Lincoln, ‘Double D’, nevertheless showed early that he’ll be among the …

The world of auto racing is in shock and mourning this week with the news of the death of Dale Planck. Dale was a Hall Of Fame champion Dirt Modified driver who had won three NASCAR regional championships, 201 feature races, and had enjoyed a driving career that spanned well over 30 years. After he retired from driving, he had the idea …

Briggs Danner got the 2024 USAC National Sprint Series Eastern Storm off to the best possible start when he raced to victory for the first time in a USAC National Sprint race. Allentown, PA-based Danner and the Fran and Tim Hogue owned 410 Wingless Sprint No. 39 dazzled a highly partisan Grandview Speedway crowd, thrilled to see one of their own …

The first three races of the 2024 Appalachian Mountain Late Model Series are in the books. The man who emerged as driver to beat is Gregg Satterlee. After Tyler Emory won the first Series race, Satterlee then doubled at Port Royal Saturday and Hagerstown Sunday. Then, in an unusual twist, Satterlee was swept up in a tire issue, one that …

The return to the Winners Circle of the powder blue No. 69K 410 Sprint Car this past weekend was a welcome sight. First, Daryn Pittman raced the car to the front at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night, and kept it there. The next night, Logan Wagner drove a twin Kreitz car to the win at Port Royal Speedway. The common denominator …

Larger than life 410 Sprint driver Danny Dietrich lit up Port Royal Speedway Trackside Media Sunday when he won the $75,000 Bob Weikert Memorial High Limit Sprint Series race, outrunning a fast closing Tyler Courtney to keep the top money. The first place payout was the most ever earned at Port Royal by any driver. Always a crowd favorite, occasionally …

‘Barefoot’ And ‘Bugsy’ have passed away. ‘Barefoot’ was Bob McCreadie, who at age 73 left behind legions of race fans who marveled at his talents behind the wheel of a Dirt Modified. ‘Bugsy’ was Carl Berghman, known to all as Bugs Stevens. His passing over the weekend just days after his 90th birthday awakened anew streams of memories among who …

Ron Silk’s win in Friday night’s Stafford Spring Sizzler Open Tour Modified 100 lapper was a dominant drive. He survived a poor start, battled back to the front after a pitstop, and drove an error free race. The win was worth $34,750 in prize money for driver Silk and the Haydt-Yannone No. 16 team. With big bucks on the line …