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Sunoco Race Fuels/Hoosier Tire East Auction Trade Show Presented By CARQUEST Genden Auto Parts Coming To MassMutual Center Saturday December 2nd

May 1, 2017 Managing Editor

By MATTHEW WIERNASZ SPRINGFIELD, MA – The Sunoco Race Fuels/Hoosier Tire East Racers’ Auction & Trade Show presented by CARQUEST Genden Auto Parts will be held at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA on Saturday December 2nd from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. This will be the first featured event of this kind here in the New England Region. Longtime […]

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Dave Steele, Two-Time USAC Silver Crown Champ, Passes Away After Florida Sprint Crash

March 26, 2017 Managing Editor

By RICHIE MURRAY Dave Steele, a two-time USAC Silver Crown champion and one of the United States Auto Club’s most accomplished drivers during the 1990s and 2000s, died Saturday night, March 25 after a crash on the opening lap of a Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series-sanctioned event at Bradenton, Florida’s Desoto Speedway. He was 42 years old. Steele ranks 14th […]

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STAR SPEEDWAY REMEMBERS HOWIE HODGE

February 9, 2017 Camden Proud

By RICH HAYES Longtime auto racing photographer Howie Hodge passed away last week at the age of 77. Howie was one of the longest-tenured photographers of our generation, whose body of work spanned the last six decades, evidence of which can be found in the archives at www.thechromehorn.com. He spent the better part of his life capturing images of race tracks and touring racers all over […]

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Evergreen’s “Winter Blues 100s” Are Straight Ahead

February 9, 2017 Camden Proud

By GENE OSTROWSKI ST. JOHNS, PA – It’s less than one week away from the second event of the 2017 racing season at Evergreen Raceway. The “Winter Blues 100s” Enduros are set to take the stage for the second event of the track’s “Triple Crown Series”, which is slated for Saturday, February 11. The drivers are stoked and the diehard […]

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Carteret County Joins NASCAR For 2017

February 9, 2017 Camden Proud

(Getty Images Photo) SWANSBORO, NC – NASCAR racing is coming to the Crystal Coast. Carteret County Speedway, the .4-mile oval located just a few miles from Emerald Isle, will be NASCAR sanctioned in 2017. The venue will host NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) racing action throughout the season. The opening race on April 16 will be the first NWAAS race […]

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‘Fan Can Chase’ Raises Nearly $9,000 for Local Initiatives

January 27, 2017 Camden Proud

OSWEGO, NY – With the environment and community in mind, Novelis once again partnered with Oswego Speedway and Scriba Bottle and Can Return in 2016 to continue the popular Novelis ‘Fan Can Chase,’ now completing its 12th consecutive season. Also serving as the title sponsor of the headline Novelis Supermodified division at Oswego Speedway, Novelis conducted three recycled can drive […]

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NWES Cars Shine At The Race Of Champions

January 23, 2017 Camden Proud

By GLAN LUCA GUIGLIA The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series cars once again provided huge fun to drivers and race fans of the Race Of Champions in Miami, Florida and proved to be a great benchmark to measure the skills of some of the best drivers in the world. The epic battle between NASCAR Champion Kurt Bush and F1 driver David […]

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PPB MOTORSPORTS 2017 SHOW CLOSES AFTER THREE DAYS WITH ANOTHER BIG CROWD

January 23, 2017 Camden Proud

OAKS, PA -The third day of huge crowds filed into Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa., on a day that featured free admission, pageants and races for children and the first day for Ms. Motorsports, Taylor Albert, to meet and greet the public. Taylor had a busy day. She first visited the booths that had received Awards Of Excellence […]

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New Jersey’s Calvin Carroll posts respectable time at ARCA Daytona test By DINO OBERTO

January 16, 2017 Camden Proud

By DINO OBERTO DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The last time Calvin Carroll had the chance to visit Daytona International Speedway he was just a young kid running Quarter Midgets. He and his family had been racing at nearby New Smyrna Speedway and made the drive over to check out the “World Center of Racing” were they took a tour and […]

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Evergreen’s “Triple Crown Series” #2 Quickly Approaching

January 12, 2017 Camden Proud

EVERGREEN, PA – We hope that everyone had a terrific holiday and is looking forward to the “Winter Blues 100s” Enduros, which is the second leg of Evergreen’s Triple Crown Series on February 11, 2017. Just a reminder- pre-registrations must be received by February 8 2017. Pre-registered drivers will pull for starting positions. Those who register the day of the […]

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