Newsmaker of the Week

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 …

Up until a week ago, the immediate future of Orange County Fair Speedway was in grave doubt. Its racing heritage dating back to 1919 might well have been over. Yes, there were vague thoughts about running the Eastern States Weekend again this October, but the words spoken were vague and laden with contingencies. Then last week, a ray of hope …

Grandview Speedway has a reputation of being very difficult for invading drivers to conquer. With $7,500 to win on the line in Saturday night’s Bruce Rogers Memorial Money Maker, it was assumed that Grandview’s highly regarded regulars would be fighting for the top prize. Instead, native New Yorker Mike Mahaney came into Grandview with, of all things, a Big Block motor …

It was no surprise at Richmond International Raceway last Friday that Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk would spend most of NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race battling up front for the race win. The pair fought hard for most of last season, swapping positions, and on occasion, swapping paint. And here they were again, side by side, as the laps were …

And the winner of the SMART Tour $20,000 to win South Boston race is – Luke Baldwin? The 17 year old third-generation racer is, by any account, a racer far beyond his years. But this was a high dollar race with a quality field of competitors each looking for one of the biggest Asphalt Modified payoffs ever offered. To win it, Baldwin …

Even with more than 500 career feature wins to his credit, Matt Sheppard’s race to the checkered flag Saturday in the Short Track Super Series Port Royal Speed Showcase was one he’ll especially savor for a long time. It was the product of a dominant drive and it was worth a stunning $65,000 in winnings, between an outright $50,000 for …

Though the basic object of auto racing is to drive cars faster than anyone else, winning races has always been the overriding goal. The winner isn’t necessarily the fastest driver, but more often than not, is the smartest. That was the case Sunday afternoon at Delaware’s Georgetown Speedway where Stewart Friesen combined the game of tire management with the skill …

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Speedway, Anthony Macri raced to a hard fought 410 Sprint victory. This wasn’t just another win for the Dillsburg, PA ace, rather his first since PA Speedweek, 2023. It was just days after that series concluded that Macri and his family-owned team split.  It’s hard to contemplate the range of familial emotion that swept …