AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR DECEMBER 8, 2015 The notion of racing in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains of New York in late November seems preposterous. And the idea of running the first week in December after an unfortunate rainout is, well, a little crazy. So much for conventional wisdom! Last Saturday, Accord Speedway and ‘Gobbler’ …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKERS FOR THE OF DECEMBER 1, 2015 Edition Who could have ever imagined that 2015 Super DIRTcar Series champion Matt Sheppard and his car owner Al Heinke could have parted ways less than a month after being lauded for their collective achievements? And who could have ever imagined Stewart Friesen and Jimmy Horton racing at Orange …
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Area Auto Racing News Newsmaker of the Week for November 24, 2015 Edition When the chips were down, Kyle Busch got up. Often criticized for his brashness as he battled his way into the front lines of NASCAR racing, Busch became a sympathetic figure in February when he broke a leg and an ankle in a Daytona Xfinity crash. From that …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015 It was the end of the line for the New Jersey Dirt Modified and the Central Pennsyvania Sprint Car circuits this past weekend, bringing to a close nine months of continuous racing. Just as the first races of a new year are newsmaking events, …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015 The Charlotte World Finals provided its share of upset winners over last weekend. But none was more wholly unexpected than the drive of Tim Kerr, who won the DIRTcar Modified finale over an all star field. Kerr had won a grand total of one Big Block Modified …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD EDITION News is usually made when big money is on the line. This time of the year, big bucks races are harder to find and sometimes turn up in unusual spots. So it was last Saturday night at Bridgeport (NJ) Speedway’s Quarter Mile track when the first annual ‘Romp …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR OCTOBER 27, 2015 The zenith of a thirty year driving career was realized at Orange County (NY) Fair Speedway last weekend by Tommy Meier, who roared to an immensely popular victory. The night before, Meier won $10,000 for a second place in the Small Block lead-in race, setting the stage for …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR OCTOBER 20th, 2015 Edition Doug Coby closed out the 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series season in much the same way as he started it, with a convincing win at Thompson (CT) Motorsports Park. In so doing, he ended with seven wins in the 15 race Series, swept all four of the …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK EDITION OF OCTOBER 13, 2015 The top performer and the center stage are both equally illuminated in the spotlight’s glare after Stewart Friesen blitzed the competition yet again at Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds. Friesen reigned supreme for the fourth time in the last six Syracuse Modified 200s, …
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AREA AUTO RACING NEWS NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 The 44th running of Super DIRT Week is at hand. This year, as Area Auto Racing News rolls out its annual Super DIRT Week issue, at 116 pages, it does so for a SDW that is in fundamental transition. It will be the last at the New York …
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