Newsmaker of the Week

Newsmaker of the Week // Two Rival Sprint Car Sanctioning Organizations

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Matt Hirschman

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Anthony Perrego

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Danny Dietrich

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 – …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Brad Sweet

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 …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Kyle Reinhardt

Kyle Reinhardt raced to a popular victory Saturday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park, thrilling a big crowd with some spectacular driving. The win came on a lightning fast track that the New Jersey native, who now calls Central Pennsylvania home, admitted kept him ‘elbows up’ from green to checkered. Reinhardt’s winning effort earned him $15,000 and solidified the driver and …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Mat Williamson

Mat Williamson has won his share of races in the last few years and knows that sometimes you’re good, and sometimes you’re lucky. In Sunday afternoon’s 62nd running of the Eastern States 200 at NY’s Orange County Fair Speedway, Williamson was both good and lucky. Williamson was good in that he managed his tires and his fuel consumption while, at …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Kyle Larson

Even for Kyle Larson, this past week was an extraordinary. one. On Tuesday, October 10, Larson earned the first High Limit 410 Sprint Series championship with a third place finish in the season finale at Putnamville, Indiana. On Thursday, he passed his Rookie Orientation Practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, running laps over 217 MPH in his first time behind the …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Mat Williamson

The sweep of the two major Super DIRT Week races – on the same day – has never happened before. Yes, Mother Nature did her part by forcing the compression of the event schedule into one day. But was up to the driver, Mat Williamson, to drive 350 error-free laps on his way to winning the Super DIRT Week Big Block …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Brent Marks

When the big money is on the line and the prestige race wins are there for the taking, PA Posse leader Brent Marks is, more often than not, right there. He certainly was Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway when he raced to victory in the World Of Outlaws National Open for the second time in his career. This was no …

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