Newsmaker of the Week

Lance Dewease is the undisputed leader of the PA Posse. In a year when Outlaws and All Stars, even out-and-out invaders have swept into the region and taken lots of big money races, Dewease is the go-to-guy when the Posse needs a big win. Twice last weekend at Port Royal, Dewease was spectacular. On Friday, he outran Kyle Larson with a …

Big wins hadn’t been coming with nearly the frequency as in recent years for Dirt Modified driver Ryan Watt. Part of it, of course, is that there haven’t been as many opportunities. But some good chances had been unfulfilled this year too. Watt turned his 2020 season completely around Sunday night at Big Diamond Raceway when he led 71 of …

What can Kyle Larson possibly do for an encore? After apparently stepping outside his comfort zone last weekend to race Dirt Late  Models with the Lucas Oil Series at Port Royal Speedway, Larson then stunned Central Pennsylvania – and the nation – when he won the climactic feature in just his second career Dirt Late Model feature start. In a …

World Of Outlaws Late Model reigning champion Brandon Sheppard marched eastward last week for a three-day swing of races at Lincoln, Williams Grove and Eriez Speedways. To say he was dominant, at least in the first two, is to say it right. Sheppard led every single lap of both features. He had never been at Lincoln before, had just one …

Asphalt Modified racing this past weekend saw two brilliant young drivers take center stage and win a pair of high profile events. At New Hampshire’s Monadnock Speedway, Sammy Rameau won the Tri-Track Open Modified Series race and $6,000. Further south and on the same night, Blake Barney won the 60th running of Wall Stadium’s Garden State Classic in New Jersey, …

The Bill Holland Classic for USAC Silver Crown Cars Sunday night at Selinsgrove Speedway was looking for all the world like a green-to-checkered romp for fast time trialer CJ Leary. But lurking in the wings was Shane Cottle. Cottle had time trialed second slowest with a misfire. He blew a tire at the 45-lap mark of the 74-lap feature, pitted, got back …

With four wins in six days, Stewart Friesen, even by his lofty standards, is coming off quite a week. On Monday, he won at Five Mile Point. Two nights later, he won the Super DIRTcar Series season opener at Bridgeport. Two nights after that, he was first under the checkered at Albany-Saratoga. Then, it was Fonda, where he outran his …

They came, they saw, they conquered, times four. That’s the story of the World Of Outlaws Sprint invasion into Pennsylvania last week. Donny Schatz took Lernerville. Sheldon Haudenshild took Lincoln. Shane Stewart and David Gravel won Williams Grove back to back. Final score: World Of Outlaws 4, PA Posse 0. To be fair, the Posse has defeated the Outlaws with a degree …

The box score of wins – World Of Outlaws Doty Classic at Attica, OH, All Star Sprint Tommy Hinnershitz Classic at Williams Grove, two straight All Star Bob Weikert Memorial wins at Port Royal Speedway – tell only part of the historic tear that Kyle Larson has been on of late. It’s an amazing saga to recount even more remarkable to …

Cale Conley won the biggest race of his 410 Sprint Car racing career Saturday at Sharon Speedway when he throttled to victory in the Lou Blaney Memorial, the richest race of Ohio Speedweek 2020. It isn’t every day that an aspiring driver earns a rich, high profile win. This one, which was worth over $18,000 in purse money and bonuses, …