Newsmaker of the Week

A perfect record! That’s what Matt Sheppard wrapped up following his Tuesday Short Track Super Series feature win at Delaware International Speedway. That race victory completed an amazing streak of five wins in five races at five different tracks in three states – all during the month of April. Summarized, Matt Sheppard did not lose a race during April. And …

When Ryan Smith drove Michael Heffner’s 360 Sprint into the winners’ circle at Port Royal Speedway, emotions were deep and varied. This was no ordinary win for the driver or the car owner. Rather this was Smith’s first victory behind the wheel of one of Heffner’s cars – and the first for the car owner since the tragic death last September …

By their nature, auto racing track operators are a fiercely independent lot. They face innumerable challenges by being unafraid and standing on their own two feet. That’s why the announcement of the formation of the New Hampshire Short Track Racing Association (NHSTRA) is such a remarkable event. Lee, Claremont, Monadnock, Star, and Hudson, five once independent tracks, are now a …

Cory Eliason is a fresh-faced, 27 year old kid with enough talent to have won a pair of World Of Outlaws A-Mains in his native California last year. Now, he is taking aim on the 2019 All Star Circuit Of Championship. In the All Star season opener at Virginia Motor Speedway last Thursday, Eliason raced Kevin Rudeen’s Washington State-based car …

Two top drivers added to their impressive resumes of recent accomplishments over last weekend, continuing their prowess for making big news. Justin Bonsignore won his fifth straight NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race Sunday at Thompson (CT) Speedway and in the process got his title-defending season on track. Bonsignore’s win was his fifth straight Mod tour win at Thompson, an all …

Billy Pauch is flying high, just as he has been for over forty years, as one of the winningest Modified drivers of all time and one of the most popular. Pauch builds and maintains his own cars and races them just as hard as he did when he first got into Modifieds in 1978. At Bridgeport Speedway Saturday, a high …

When Brett Hearn strode into the Orange County Fairgrounds Arena Saturday night, he received a response from the crowd at the track’s pre-season Motorsports Car Show that rivaled what a rock star might expect. Everyone, it seemed, wanted a piece of Brett. He signed autographs, shook hands, posed for pictures against the backdrop of his No. 20 Modified. Brett’s back …

Every once in a while, a real, genuine milestone victory is achieved by a tried and true competitor. Love him or hate him, Kyle Busch’s Monster Cup win last Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in California was such a landmark drive. Since becoming a NASCAR National Series regular, Busch has racked up the wins to the extent that Sunday’s win was …

Doug Rose has been a Modified driver, a Kutztown promoter, a successful business owner, and now, he’ll be a race track owner. Rose has entered into a purchase agreement with current owner Brian Ramey to take over Bridgeport Speedway. His plan is to observe in 2019 and swing into action in 2020. It’s a bold move by a man with …

Brett Deyo’s two ultra successful Short Track Super Series and his Georgetown, Del. base of operations has already expanded once this off-season, northward, to Fonda Speedway in Central New York. Now, Deyo’s heading south to Florida, in February, 2020, with a three day schedule featuring Dirt Modifieds, offering progressively more generous prize money payouts. All Tech Raceway in Lake City is …