Newsmaker of the Week

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 …

The hotbed of Asphalt Modified racing that is New England was rejoicing this past weekend when 21-year old Jake Johnson roared to victory in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race at Monadnock Speedway – behind the wheel of the iconic Boehler Racing Enterprises ‘Ole Blue’ No. 3. The win was Johnson’s first on the Tour. It was Ole Blue’s …

Seldom, if ever, has one driver so thoroughly dominated a racing weekend as Ricky Thornton, Jr. did with the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series. In back-to-back 40-lap races, at Georgetown and Port Royal Speedways, Thornton led every lap of each feature, demoralizing his rivals. The only thing that stopped Thornton last weekend was the rainy weather that forced Hagerstown …

Anthony Macri is back on top of his game. With $20,000 on the line Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway in the 410 Sprint Weldon Sterner Memorial, Macri was unstoppable. Not even a worn out right rear riding on a bent wheel could slow him down. In taking this checkered flag, Macri has now won five times in 410 Sprint action this …