Newsmaker of the Week

The 410 Sprint drivers of PA Posse are legendary for their ability to beat up on invaders from traveling Sprint Car groups. This past Saturday, the excitement of a hometowner beating the outsiders played out in Central New York when the All Star Sprint Series teams came to play on the Utica-Rome Speedway clay – and walked off empty handed. The man …

For the second time in his incomparable career, Kyle Larson has won the Knoxville Nationals. Larson was among the pre-race favorites and did not disappoint, taking the lead on the first lap and staying in front for each of the 50 laps. The win was Larson’s second Nationals score and it was well received by the sellout Knoxville crowd. The …

The idea of putting full-fledged Dirt Modifieds on the fifth-mile Kutztown Action Track was a much anticipated event. Many drivers and many more spectators wondered what they might expect, and much of the supposition wasn’t at all flattering. How wrong the naysayers were! Mike Gular free-wheeled his way to the Short Track Super Series race win in the 50-lap main …

Rico Abreu is one red hot 410 Sprint driver right now, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. After winning the $20,000 Williams Grove Summer Nationals a week ago Saturday, Abreu passed Kyle Larson in the High Limit Sprint Car race at Grandview Speedway Wednesday, earning $23,000 and change. Still not done, Abreu won an All Star Sprint …

The stars of NASCAR’s Cup and Xfinity were in town to race at Pocono Raceway this past weekend, and racers that they are, Kyle Busch, Sheldon Creed and Kyle Larson did some dirt racing as well. Kyle Busch made the A Main at Kutztown’s 600 Speedweek race, transferring into the 26 car A Main – from a field of 114 …

Logan Schuchart is a millionaire! The Hanover, PA driver, grandson of Sprint Car driving legend Bobby Allen, led every lap in last Thursday’s Eldora Million, winning the biggest prize in the history of Sprint Car racing. Schuchart had his opportunites in the race to make a mistake, and made none. His car, usually bullet-proof, were all that and then some …

At Stafford Motor Speedway last Friday night, Woody Pitkat raced to victory in the track’s Open Tour Modified 80-lap feature. The win could not have come at a more meaningful time for Pitkat. It was his birthday, and it was also just two days before the one year anniversary of his father’s death. Woody’s wife and children were at Stafford …

In week one of PA Speedweek, Anthony Macri was the man to beat. His closest rival was Brent Marks. This past week, it was Marks’ turn to turn up the heat and he did just that, outrunning Macri in a pair of stunning race wins, at Hagerstown and at Williams Grove. These were spectacular drives, equal part bravery and finesse and …

To say that Anthony Macri was fast out of the starting gate in the first two races of the 2023 edition of PA Speedweek is to say it right. Macri came out best in a sensational three way dogfight for the race win at Lincoln Speedway with Brent Marks and Danny Dietrich giving it all they had to unseat him. The …

The USAC Sprint cars and stars were in the northeast last week, running five of six scheduled races. Emerson Axsom, Justin Grant, and Kyle Cummins won the races with Axsom, the only repeat winner, earning the 2023 USAC Eastern Storm Series championship. Axsom demonstrated remarkable consistency over the run of the series, backing up his two wins with two seconds and a …