Newsmaker of the Week

When there is big money on the line in Dirt Super Late Model racing, Ricky Thornton, Jr. will invariably be in the thick of the action, contending for victory. The Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series visited Port Royal Speedway for two races last weekend and when the checkered flag dropped Saturday night, Thornton was counting the money – $50,000 …

Auto racing icon Ernie Saxton has passed away at the age of 84. His contributions to the sport were countless and enduring. Saxton was a respected announcer whose voice became synonymous with excitement at the track. He was a founding member of the Eastern Motorsport Press Association, serving as its president for an extraordinary 40 years. For over 40 years, …

Eighteen year old Knoxville Nationals rookie Ryan Timms scored one of the greatest upsets in Sprint Car history by winning Saturday night’s Knoxville Nationals. His team’s take for the week? $219,000! How did Timms do it? He got a good head start when the decision was made for him to race at Knoxville weekly this year, thus gaining a working …

Well-liked New England Asphalt Modified driver Max Zachem drove the race of his life in a ride he described as ‘the car of a lifetime’ to win the 112-lap Stafford SK 5k Modified race Friday night at CT’s Stafford Motor Speedway. The winning car is owned by Ryan and John Morgan, long time family friends. Zachem saved his tires and …

Racing history was made Saturday night at New Jersey’s Wall Stadium when James Blewett, who just recently turned 17, won the Wall Modified feature. Blewett became the youngest driver in Wall Stadium’s 76 year auto racing history to win a Modified race. He also extended his family’s legacy of winning at Wall Stadium. His grandfather John Blewett Jr., his late …

At Eldora Speedway last Saturday night, Anthony Macri transcended from mere mega winner of 410 Sprint races to ‘King Anthony XLII’ when he roared to victory in the Kings Royal $200,000-to-win World Of Outlaws race. Macri has won his share of major races, big purse events, and high profiles affairs but none like this. What’s more, he outran the World …

Western Pennsylvania Super Late Model driver and team owner Gregg Satterlee is still savoring the most amazing weekend of his driving career. Over the course of three days, Satterlee won on Friday night at PA’s Selinsgrove Speedway and in the process earned the rain-delayed Appalachian Mountain Late Model Series 2025 championship. He was just getting warmed up. Twenty-four hours later, …

For the third straight year, Anthony Macri raced his way to the top of one of 410 Sprint Car racing’s most difficult and most prestigious tests, the PA Sprint Speedweek championship. To win it, a driver and a team have to be capable running well over a grueling two week schedule at seven different speedways, three that race 410 Sprints weekly …

When a Bonsignore wins a NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race, the natural assumption is that Justin Bonsignore, a multi-time Series champion and winningest NWMT driver of all time, has taken down another one. Not so at New Hampshire’s White Mountain Speedway this past Sunday when Kyle Bonsignore, Justin’s cousin, won the race, which was his first win in the Series …

Central PA 410 fan favorite Danny Dietrich’s commitment to a ‘pick-and-choose’ 410 Sprint schedule this year paid a big dividend this past weekend when he raced to victory at Ohio’s Atomic Speedway. The big win came in the Dean Knittel Memorial and was worth $26,554. What’s more, the ‘Knittel’ win pushed Dietrich into the Ohio Speedweek points lead and earned him …