Newsmaker of the Week

When a hometown boy makes good, it’s the closest thing to the universal warm and fuzzy theme. In racing, the most frequent set up for this delightful turn of events comes when a Touring Series and their professional drivers and teams march into a weekly speedway and take on the track regulars. So it was this past Sunday at Selinsgrove …

Sometimes in auto racing, it just happens: a driver takes a liking to a particular track and excels in a particular race. So it was last Wednesday, August 23 at New Egypt Speedway when JJ Grasso swept to victory in the rich Jersey Rush XII 410 Sprint Car race. The win for Grasso was his third in the seven runnings of …

Glenndon Forsythe has been running on the rugged Central PA 410 Sprint Car circuit for enough years to have earned a reputation as a skilled, consistent, workmanlike shoe who hangs out at or near the top five and picks up a win or two just about every year. So in a sense, it wasn’t wholly unexpected that Forsythe would be the …

He came, he saw, he conquered, for the tenth time! That’s the story of the 57th Knoxville Nationals, where a $150,000 first prize tempts the best 410 Sprint Car drivers in the world. Despite the intensity, one man, North Dakota’s Donny Schatz has made the Knoxville Nationals his personal playground. This time, David Gravel had him covered. But he blew …

Brett Hearn’s long anticipated 900th career feature win came Friday at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. It is a milestone of historic proportions, as the greatest number of fully documented victories in a driving career. Hearn has been winning races since 1976, almost always scoring double digit checkered flags each year. He has thrived at the tracks he runs at regularly, he has …

When a regional hero steps onto the national stage, every nuance of their performance is subject to scrutiny and judgement. Succeed and the rewards can be enormous. Buckle under pressure and there may never be a second chance. Ryan Preece took such a challenge when he embarked on a two-race Xfinity Series schedule with Joe Gibbs Racing this past month. …

Young Brock Zearfoss shocked the Sprint Car world last Friday night when he won against the World Of Outlaws at legendary Williams Grove Speedway. Zearfoss took advantage of some circumstances that included a flip by Lance Dewease, a restart jump called on the leader David Gravel, and a sprint to the finish among himself, Gravel and Donny Schatz. This was …

When a golden opportunity happens in racing, it’s truly the gifted and talented who can maximize it. That’s what Asphalt Modified driving standout Ryan Preece did last weekend at New Hampshire International Speedway. First, on Friday, he went head to head with NASCAR Monster Energy Cup driver Ryan Newman in the NWMT Modified All Star race – and beat him. …

Of this there can be no doubt: Kyle Larson’s 2017 PA Speedweek appearances will be talked about for years to come. On the heels of a NASCAR Monster Cup win at Michigan, Larson headed east to run in as many of the PA Speedweek races as his NASCAR schedule would allow. He won three of them, at Path Valley, Lincoln, and Grandview, …

The McCreadie name in northeastern auto racing circles remains syonymous with Dirt Modified excellence even though second generation driver Tim McCreadie has spending most of his time over the past decade racing Dirt Late Models across the nation. McCreadie has always retained a fondness for Big Block Mods however, and races them whenever his schedule permits, which isn’t often. ‘T-Mac’ …