Newsmaker of the Week

From adversity, victory! Just six months removed from suffering serious arm injuries in a Sprint Car crash at Knoxville Raceway, Davie Franek was ready to go racing again. His objective was Central Florida, where a series of 360 and 410 Sprint races over a three week period are a test for any racer and race team. Franek first ran three …

Andy Jankowiak puts every ounce of his energy developing and refining his TQ Midget for the Indoor Auto Racing Series winter races. Among those events, the Gambler’s Classic in Atlantic City, NJ is the race he covets above all the rest. This past Saturday, Andy J won the Gambler’s Classic for the fourth time in his career and in a most …

A big part of the 2024 PPB Motorsports Racecar & Trade Show was the gracious weekend tribute to the late Bob Weikert, whose life and times were celebrated by his two sons Ike and Todd and by many of the Sprint Car drivers who won races in the Weikert No. 29 Sprint Cars. The Weikert family continued to make news when …

Tulsa, Oklahoma was the scene for the annual Chili Bowl last week, the biggest Midget race of the year. Over 300 teams entered for the chance at making the starting field of 24 for the Saturday night finale. At stake was the coveted Golden Driller trophy and $20,000. When the checkered flag fell, Logan Seavey was under it first for …

The Indoor Auto Racing Series Fueled By VP Race Fuels opened this past weekend in Allentown, PPL Center. Young Tanner VanDoren scored an upset win in the Friday night opener, but no one was denying Ryan Flores the 40-lap Saturday night headliner in what was as thrilling an Indoor Series race as has ever has presented. Flores, Tommy Catalano, and Andy Jankowiak all …

As 2023 draws to a close, there is a heightened level of anticipation across the Sprint Car world as drivers and teams, one by one, are declaring their allegiance to either the established World Racing Group World Of Outlaws or to the new kid on the block High Limit Racing series. The stakes are high. WRG has demanded loyalty from …

He came, he saw, he conquered – just as he has over and over and over again. That’s Matt Hirschman, who won his eighth career Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium, a $15,000 score. The win was his 19th of the 2023 season and elevated his incredible 50 percent season winning percentage to eight straight seasons. Nobody does that. In this …

The Delaware State Championships held this past weekend at Delaware International Speedway proved to be the perfect weekend for Anthony Perrego to end a hard fought, and often frustrating 2023 racing season. Perrego started off the weekend by finishing second Friday night in the Small Block Modified feature. He also qualified into the Big Block race the following afternoon. Perrego was …

Central Pennsylvania 410 Sprint star Danny Dietrich came into the rich BAPS Motor Speedway season finale with one thing on his mind, win! A restart with two laps to go was the opportunity Dietrich needed to set up Troy Wagaman, Jr. with with a classic slide job – and he never looked back. It was a money move too – …

For the fifth consecutive year, Brad Sweet is the World Of Outlaws 410 Sprint Car driving champion. This title drive was a particularly rugged one with David Gravel a constant threat, taking over the points lead several times during the year. Sweet made an emphatic statement at The Charlotte World Finals when he won the final race Saturday, the first …