Newsmaker of the Week

Over its event history, Long Island’s Riverhead Raceway’s Islip 300 for Tour Modifieds has had its share of different winners, eight in the nine year run of the race to be precise. This year’s surprise victor was Joey Braun, an accomplished Legends driver but unheralded Modified racer up until two months ago. In August, in his first start for car …

David Gravel came into last weekend’s World Of Outlaws Sprint Car three-race weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina seeking to affirm his second straight Series championship. And that’s exactly what he did, winning one of the three races, and clinching the title a race early. Gravel and his car owner Tod Quiring’s team seemed invincible at times during the season. The …

At Delaware’s Georgetown Speedway last Saturday night, Super DIRT Series rising star Alex Payne made good on a late race pass of Tim Sears, Jr. to sweep to victory. Afterward, the 20 year old was in tears, in part because of the ultimate verdict, but also because Payne had been passed for the lead late in the going and had to …

At Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway last Thursday, the 16th and final race was run for the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series. When the checkered flag flew, Justin Bonsignore won the battle but Austin Beers, in finishing second, won the war. Just 22 years of age, Beers became the youngest NASCAR Modified champion. Soft spoken to a fault, Beers praised his car owner …

The struggle for the 2025 Lincoln Speedway 410 Sprint Car track championship was on the minds of many last Saturday as Freddie Rahmer and Troy Wagaman, Jr. raced hard for the crown. Rahmer won, by just five points. But on this night, Cameron Smith stole the show. After a fourth place run in the first 410 feature, Smith was poised …

What a weekend it was in Oswego, New York for Canadian Mat Williamson! All told, Williamson earned in excess of $73,000 for winning both the 358 Modified 150 lapper on Friday night and the biggest one of them all, the Big Block Modified Super DIRT Series 200 lapper the next night. The sweep came after staring down adversity at the very …

The world of auto racing is mourning the death of Sprint Car Hall Of Fame driver and team owner Bobby Allen, who passed away Sunday at the age 81. The death of the much loved and widely respected racer was particularly sobering because Allen had been at Williams Grove’s National Open just a day before his untimely passing. Hall Of …

Sharon Speedway was the scene Saturday night of an electric moment in auto racing history. Dale Blaney, 61, won the World Of Outlaws 410 Sprint feature, thus becoming the oldest driver in WoO Sprint history to win an A-Main. Adding to the gravity of the moment, Sharon Speedway is the Blaney family’s track and Sharon’s fans are Blaney fans. Winning …

Eddie Strada raced to victory last Saturday night at Grandview Speedway in the storied Freedom 76er, earning $34,800 in prize money for himself and car owner Bobby Yeager. Strada has been racing at Grandview as a regular for the past three years and won his first career feature at the track just three weeks earlier. In this race, Strada drove …

The Race Of Champions was first run in 1951, making it one of the oldest continuously running events in auto racing. It has been run on both dirt and asphalt, on tracks ranging from less than half a mile to the two and a half mile at Pocono Raceway. This is a race whose history mirrors the history of the …