If you hailed from the Mid-Atlantic states — really, anywhere but central Pennsylvania — and you became a fan of sprint car racing, the chances are it came from watching the 360 winged cars of the United Racing Club.
In the United States, speedways have been variously located next to junkyards, jammed next to suburban sprawl and occasionally plopped in the middle of their hometowns.
Without question, NASCAR dropped a million jaws when it moved the Busch Light Clash to a temporary track constructed around the gridiron inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
There was without a doubt a time when a lot of people figured road racing in this country was all about amateur racers politely slicing at each other in foreign-built sports cars, enjoying the camaraderie and basically having a good time. Road racing was the playground of weekend enthusiasts.
If you hailed from the Mid-Atlantic states — really, anywhere but central Pennsylvania — and you became a fan of sprint car racing, the chances are it came from watching the 360 winged cars of the United Racing Club. The club has been a fixture of regional racing since Bob…
In the late summer of 1813, U.S. Naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry put the wind at his back and sailed forth with his squadron of light brigs from the tiny port at Put-In-Bay, Ohio, after the War of 1812 had spilled across the Great Lakes.
Time seemingly trickles like a shallow stream in the rolling hills of Oley Township, Pa., tucked tightly into bucolic Berks County. Its quietude and wafting aromas of agriculture belie its lofty place in history.
