Newsmaker of the Week

Newsmaker of the Week // King Anthony XLII – Anthony Macri

At Eldora Speedway last Saturday night, Anthony Macri transcended from mere mega winner of 410 Sprint races to ‘King Anthony XLII’ when he roared to victory in the Kings Royal $200,000-to-win World Of Outlaws race. Macri has won his share of major races, big purse events, and high profiles affairs but none like this. What’s more, he outran the World …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Gregg Satterlee

Western Pennsylvania Super Late Model driver and team owner Gregg Satterlee is still savoring the most amazing weekend of his driving career. Over the course of three days, Satterlee won on Friday night at PA’s Selinsgrove Speedway and in the process earned the rain-delayed Appalachian Mountain Late Model Series 2025 championship. He was just getting warmed up. Twenty-four hours later, …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Anthony Macri

For the third straight year, Anthony Macri raced his way to the top of one of 410 Sprint Car racing’s most difficult and most prestigious tests, the PA Sprint Speedweek championship. To win it, a driver and a team have to be capable running well over a grueling two week schedule at seven different speedways, three that race 410 Sprints weekly …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Kyle Bonsignore

When a Bonsignore wins a NASCAR Whelen Modified Touring Series race, the natural assumption is that Justin Bonsignore, a multi-time Series champion and winningest NWMT driver of all time, has taken down another one. Not so at New Hampshire’s White Mountain Speedway this past Sunday when Kyle Bonsignore, Justin’s cousin, won the race, which was his first win in the Series …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Danny Dietrich

Central PA 410 fan favorite Danny Dietrich’s commitment to a ‘pick-and-choose’ 410 Sprint schedule this year paid a big dividend this past weekend when he raced to victory at Ohio’s Atomic Speedway. The big win came in the Dean Knittel Memorial and was worth $26,554. What’s more, the ‘Knittel’ win pushed Dietrich into the Ohio Speedweek points lead and earned him …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Brian Carber

Auto racing is a sport built on powerful emotions, played out both on and off the track. Last Saturday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park, those emotions took center stage during the running of the Joey Kay Memorial—a MASS 305 Sprint Series race honoring the late Joey Kay, a beloved competitor in the division. Among the drivers was Brian Carber, a …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Stewart Friesen

Stewart Friesen has been a winner ever since he stepped into a Dirt Sportsman race car for the first time as a teenager. He has risen through the ranks to excel in Dirt Modifieds, in Sprints, in Indoor Auto Racing Series TQ Midget competition, and as a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. This past week showcased Friesen’s versatility and talent to the …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Matt Sheppard

After what had been, by his standards, a subpar 2025 racing season, Matt Sheppard, kicked it into to high gear over the past week. In rapid fire order, Sheppard won at Thunder Mountain, picked up a Short Track Super Series last lap thriller at Kutztown’s Action Track on May 27, then took Central New York by storm with consecutive victories …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Aaron Reutzel

Big numbers make big news. Last Sunday at PA’s Port Royal Speedway, in the hours leading up to the running of the High Limit 410 Sprint Bob Weikert Memorial, an anonymous sponsor came forward to donate $25,000 to the already huge $75,000 first place payout. Aaron Reutzel won the big bucks; his post race body language spoke volumes about the …

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Newsmaker of the Week // Tim McCreadie

World Of Outlaws Late Model Series past champion Tim McCreadie scored back-to-back wins this past week, winning at Ohio’s Raceway 7 last Thursday, then taking the big $20,000 to win prize at PA’s Bedford Speedway Sunday. The wins were his first with the Boom Briggs team, for whom ‘T-Mac’ started racing for this past winter. The breakthrough scores, though, were …

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