By: Ron Burt I will have coverage next week of the James Dean Classic for Gas City I-69 Speedway. At the time we are going to press only 9 points separate Justin Grant 2093 and Brady Bacon 2084. Kyle Cummins sits back a distant 3rd with 1966. Only 5 races left to decide the crown…
By: Ron Burt The 53rd Annual World 100 for Dirt Super Late Models, at Eldora Speedway was won by Martinsville Indiana’s Hudson O’Neal. All 3 nights the Big E belonged to him, but the World 100 was the icing on the cake along with $56,000.00 for the win. Georgia drivers, Jonathan Davenport and Dale McDowell…
By: Ron Burt Oakshade Raceway was off last Saturday, but reliable sources passed down the unofficial 2023 track champions names. If this changes I will post the updates here. As it stands Eric Carr, is the Sport Compact Champion. This is Erics’ 4th Track Title at Oakshade Raceway. In the Dominator Stock class, Justin Gambler…
By: Ron Burt It was great seeing a few of you at the Kokomo Smackdown last week. I could only attend one of the three nights (Thursday) but I was able to watch the last 2 nights on the racing channel. Thank goodness for these media outlets that cover major and local short track events.…
By: Ron Burt Attica’s top drivers found victory lane Friday, Aug. 18th. Cap Henry claimed his fourth 410 Sprint win of the season. Britton, Michigan’s Devin Shiels took his fourth Late Model win of the year. Jamie Miller made his 305 Sprint win look easy. Henry took the lead from Chris Andrews on lap 12…
By: Ron Burt Kyle Larson picked up his 2nd Knoxville Nationals win for Outlaw winged 410 sprint cars. This year was the 62nd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. Larson led all 50 laps and pocketed $185,000.00 in the prestigious race. Some would say that’s an amazing victory. No, David Gravel was amazing.…
By: Ron Burt I made my first trip to Sandusky Speedway for the 100-lap Annual Hy Miler for the ISMA/MSS Supermodified Series. If you’ve never been to this ½ mile, semi banked, paved track, I highly recommend you put it on your list. This oval was designed for speed! You can feel racing nostalgia once…
By: Ron Burt History was made this month at Eldora Speedway. It was Kings Royal week with all the top sprint car drivers invading the ½ mile racing shrine. For the first time a winning sprint car driver won $1,002,023.00. The Eldora Million for sprint cars was the 2nd highest paying event in motor sports…
By: Ron Burt I will cover the Eldora Million and Kings Royal next week. Leading up to Eldora, many of the top World of Outlaw Sprint car drivers were at Attica Raceway Park for the 35th Annual Brad Doty Classic, Tuesday, July 11th. Kyle Larson became the first back-to-back winner. Larson led all 40 laps…
By: Ron Burt I have some breaking news; Zach Wigal will be running some test laps in a Chad Boat Industries National Midget. This took place Friday night (July 14) at Ohio Valley Speedway, during intermission and at the conclusion of the racing program. He started at the age of seven racing mini wedges at…
By: Ron Burt USAC Midwest Thunder Midget driver Zach Wigal has now won three features in 2023. His most recent win was last Friday at Williamsburg’s Moler Raceway Park. He started outside row 2 in the feature, and by lap three had the lead, and never looked back leading the remaining 17 laps as he…
By: Ron Burt We are right in the thick of the racing calendar in the Tri-state. Many tracks have already hosted high dollar races for different classes. Several traveling series are making their way across the Midwest. Racetracks are getting ready locally to hold Mid-season championships. Some will offer large cash pay-outs, and some will…
By: Ron Burt The 2023 USAC Indiana Midget Week didn’t disappoint racing fans that attended in person or watched on live stream. Mother nature played nice and 6 of the 7 scheduled events were run. California’s Logan Seavey was crowned this year’s champion. I was happy I was able to catch up with him after…
