Port Royal honors military, veterans this evening

July 30, 2016

It's Salute to the Military Night at Port Royal this evening. Military members, past or present, need to present proof of service at general admission ticket lines to be admitted free of charge. The night is the final tuneup before next week's 10th annual Living Legends Dream Race.Three 358/360 sprint car tracks are in the middle of their weekend of money series. Williams Grove Speedway kicked off action last night with a $4,000 to win program. Tonight, Selinsgrove Speedway pays the 360 sprint winner $10,000 in its annual National Open. Utica-Rome-New York Speedway has a $10,000 dollar ...

Outlaws invade the Grove for Summer Nationals

July 23, 2016

Many area race fans have their eyes on Williams Grove Speedway this weekend. The annual Summer Nationals program got underway last night. The events are sanctioned by the World of Outlaws.Current Outlaw favorite Donny Schatz entered competition with 15 wins in the series. Other Outlaw regulars most likely to hit pay dirt include Daryn Pittman (Friday's winner), David Gravel and Brad Sweet.PA Posse members poised to strike first would be Lance Dewease, Greg Hodnett, Doug Esh or Danny Dietrich. Dewease, Hodnett and Schatz are currently among the hottest sprint car drivers in the ...

Month of money begins in earnest with big races locally, nationally

July 16, 2016

It's a busy weekend in dirt track racing with a variety of special events.Port Royal Speedway has the late models competing tonight in the Tri Star Sizzler 30-lap feature event with an added purse; 410 and 305 sprint cars also are on the program.In addition to great racing, Port Royal hosts Juniata County Rescue and EMS night this evening. An assortment of emergency equipment will be on display throughout the night. Fire truck rides will be available for children starting at 5:30 p.m.At Selinsgrove Speedway this evening it's driver and fan appreciation night. All divisions compete for ...

Racing community responds when one of its own faces difficult recovery

July 9, 2016

It's been a tough week in the region for auto racing.Speedweek came and went. Danny Dietrich broke out of a slump winning two of the last three speedweek events. In the process Dietrich managed to bump Greg Hodnett off the top of the speedweek points, denying him another title. That should have been the main story. Instead, it's another, and not the kind we like to talk about.Fire.I've seen it before and it isn't pretty. I thought Kyle Ganoe's accident at Port Royal Speedway a few years back was the worst thing I'd ever experienced. I was wrong.I wasn't at Selinsgrove Speedway last ...

Local Speedweek 2016 draws close to a finish

July 1, 2016

Happy Independence Day week end! The 2016 edition of PA Sprint Car Speedweek is coming to a close.Tomorrow's the Port Royal Speedways hosts their second program of the week. Sunday, Selinsgrove Speedway closes out the series.Greg Hodnett held the speedweek points lead as this effort was prepared.Williams Grove Speedway was hit by rain last Friday night which washed out speedweek opening night. Lance Dewease won the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial race Saturday at Lincoln Speedway. Greg Hodnett scored the victory in the Harry Fletcher Tribute event Sunday night at Path Valley. After a day off ...

New campaign sees unusual results

June 29, 2016

Someone asked me late in the season, when was the last time Belleville, Lewistown, Reedsville and Yeagertown were not in one of the final three spots when a season ended.That's a good question. Remebrer over the last half century, the four teams have racked up 2,429 wins against 1,459 losses. Not to metion 31 league titles.This year the four teams went 20-87.So, when was the last time that Belleville, Lewistown, Reedsville and Yeagertown didn't finish in the top three?Answer: 1973, and the top three teams that year were Burnham, McVeytown and Strodes Mills. Look and sound familiar?Here's ...