Walter Cronkite Remembered As A Racer
Cronkite was the grand marshal for the 1959 Firecracker 250 – Daytona International Speedway’s first summer event, in the track’s first year of operation.
Cronkite was the grand marshal for the 1959 Firecracker 250 – Daytona International Speedway’s first summer event, in the track’s first year of operation.
Six of the Madison, Ill., facility’s previous winners are series champions, including defending winner Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 Longhorn Chevrolet). The six — Hornaday, Johnny Benson, Greg Biffle, Todd Bodine (No. 30 Ventrillo Toyota), Ted Musgrave and Jack Sprague — own all but three…
The ASA Northwest Late Model Tour makes its second appearance in 2009 on the super fast .250-mile high banked oval.
Race No. 26, the final race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “regular season,” is an anticipated event for every single driver in the series. But it’s something else entirely for Denny Hamlin.
Jason Meyers took the lead on the 17th lap following a lap-16 restart where he nearly took the lead a couple of times en route to his second consecutive World of Outlaws win and his seventh of the season.
Motorsports correspondent Doug Pace keeps up with motorsports news and notes from around the region.