Newsmaker of the Week

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 …

Brad Keselowski has won NASCAR Cup races before, lots of them in fact. But chances are his Atlanta win last Sunday is one he’ll never forget, and for all the wrong reasons. Keselowski as sick as a dog all weekend, ill enough to miss his practices and personal appearances. His race day status was questionable enough that Austin Cindric was …

Among the many achievements race car drivers registered last week in Florida, on both dirt and asphalt, using full-fender cars and open cockpit machines, none eclipses the run of Brandon Sheppard. For four nights on the lightning fast Volusia Speedway Park clay, Sheppard drove Mark Richards’ Rocket house car to the winners’ circle every time. That’s four straight features, backed …

Race tracks have been changing hands at a rapid rate over the last several years. But no one has had the sledgehammer impact that Chris Larsen has had on Orange County Fair Speedway, a track in Middletown, N.Y. with nearly 100 years of racing history that was desperately in need of a makeover. One year into his five-year lease at …

Tim Shaffer, the ‘Steel City Outlaw’ got off to the best start in his long and storied career this past weekend at Bubba’s Speedway Park in Ocala, Fla. Shaffer won the first two races of a three-race All Star Circuit Of Champions mini-series that kicked off the 2019 410 Sprint season nationwide. A hard charger, and immensely popular, Shaffer charged …

Andy Jankowiak’s dream of winning the Indoor Auto Racing Series’ premier race, the Gambler’s Classic inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, was realized Saturday night. And the delightfully eccentric driver couldn’t have been happier. This was Jankowiak’s Classic from the first lap of practice until the checkered flag fell. He was picture perfect all weekend. In the past, he’d been blindingly …