Newsmaker of the Week

Any time you are running up front, you are making news. In Ryan Smith’s case his birthday weekend could not have gone any better as he came up one spot short of winning the 410 Sprint Car feature at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, finishing second to Justin Peck. Then on Saturday night, Smith raced to the win at …

Fourth generation Stock Car racer Louden Reimert had the field covered Saturday night in Grandview Speedway’s Bruce Rogers Memorial Money Maker, the opening night of the venerable track’s 64th season. He started near the front, led early, lost the lead once but got it back, and in the end was standing tall in Victory Lane, his team $7,500 richer for …

They say you never forget your first time. NASCAR Modified Tour campaigner Stephen Kopcik certainly won’t forget his first series win anytime soon as it came on one of the biggest stages in Modified racing at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday night. Earning the highly-coveted Grandfather clock that is given as a trophy to all Martinsville Speedway winners, Kopcik already knew …

Picking up his second straight and third overall Doug Hoffman Memorial at Bridgeport Motorsports Park on Sunday, Stewart Friesen had to deal with a couple of Dirt Modified rising stars in Louden Reimert and Ryan Krachun. Ultimately, it was Friesen passing Krachun with 13 laps remaining and going on to take the $6,060 Short Track Super Series victory, his second …

Wall Stadium’s transformation from dire mismanagement to enlightened, progressive thinking has been a major story of the 2026 off-season. With new lessees Peter Maletto and Fred Archer at the helm, and a staff of enthused, capable, non-agenda driven individuals in place, the future for the venerated third-mile paved race track has never been greater. NASCAR sanctioning is returning, a full …

The second 410 Sprint race of 2026 at PA’s Lincoln Speedway this past Sunday ended the same way the season opener did; with Chase Dietz doing the wing dance in victory lane. Dietz, from nearby York, PA, kept Freddie Rahmer honest for the first half of the 30-lap feature before seizing the opportunity to wrestle the lead away ten laps …

Chase Dietz and the Stehman Motorsports team showed the entire Sprint Car world this past Saturday that the nine win 410 Sprint season in their maiden year was no fluke and they are instead a magical combination. In the northeast outdroo season opener on Saturday, February 28th at the Lincoln Speedway, the driver from nearby York, PA impressively won the …

Trevor Catalano, one of four racing brothers from upstate New York, was in the right place at the right time Saturday night inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. As the Indoor Auto Racing Series TQ Midget ‘Gambler’s Classic’ was drawing to a close, challenger Kyle Lick spun through the last corner, giving Catalano the opportunity of a lifetime. He capitalized on that …

The atmosphere was electric as the laps drew down to a precious few Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Chili Bowl was progressing and 21 year old Emerson Axsom was in control after having passed Kyle Larson early in the 55-lap feature, then pulled away. A determined Justin Grant picked up the chase only to crash, which gave Kevin Thomas, …

When Matt Swanson took the checkered flag last Saturday night to win the Ironton Global Indoor Auto Racing Series TQ Midget feature race inside the PPL Center in downtown Allentown, it was his first such win. That was celebratory in and of itself, but Swanson’s winning ride was owned by Ken Sebring and built by the late Jeff Ulrich, who lost his …