By: Ron Burt USAC Hall of Fame’s newest class was officially inducted Thursday night, June 30th, at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The ceremony took place during the running of Thursday Night Thunder Homecoming featuring Sprints, Midgets & Silver Crown cars. Six USAC greats were inducted this year, Johnny Vance, Joe Shaheen, Ray Nichels, Jay Drake, Galen…
By: Ron Burt Ohio Sprint Week ended with victories going to Tyler Courtney, at Waynesfield Motorsports Park on Thursday, and on Friday night the checkered flag dropped on Danny Dietrich at Limaland Motorsports Park for his second win of the week. Saturday the series concluded at Portsmouth Raceway Park where Brent Marks found his way…
By: Ron Burt Midwest short track racing can’t get much better than what we’ve seen in the past two weeks. Indiana USAC Midget Week played tag with mother nature and got all their races in but two. Buddy Kofoid started out with back-to-back victories at Bloomington and Lawrenceburg Speedways, earning him a 36-point margin of…
By: Ron Burt Thank you for the emails. I try to answer as many as I can. We are currently in the middle of a great racing tradition in Indiana. It’s Midget Week. Just about every track is hosting the USAC Midgets. These non wing cars are smaller than Sprints but lightening fast, and always…
By: Ron Burt More area racetracks are starting to open, and we’ll cross our fingers the weather will cooperate. This past weekend at Attica Raceway Park, defending 410 Sprint Car Champion, Trey Jacobs won his first feature of the young season. With one lap remaining in the race, he passed teenager Ryan Timms to get…
