From the top row of the grandstand, Brady Bacon’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series championship last season appeared pretty much status quo as the native of Broken Arrow, Okla., wheeled the iconic No. 69 Hoffman Auto Racing entry to the series title for a third time.
The resiliency of the motorsports industry was on full display during 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic produced a new normal for people around the world.
With basketball legend Michael Jordan becoming a NASCAR Cup Series car owner, the number Jordan wore during much of his playing career will return to America’s premier racing series following a brief hiatus.
The motorsports industry is known for its charitable endeavors, from foundations organized and guided by racers to nonprofits like Speedway Children’s Charities and the NASCAR Foundation.
It’s difficult to believe, but Jac Haudenschild has been thrilling sprint car fans across the country — and around the world — with his wide-open, up-against-the-fence driving style since 1974.
Early this year, before COVID-19 altered our way of life and up ended the racing industry, I used this space to list the 10 most-talented individuals I had watched wheel a race car.
He has more than 400 starts across NASCAR’s top three series and he claimed the ARCA Menards Series championship in 2008, but Justin Allgaier scoffs at being categorized as a stock car racer.
Forget social media and forget the office watercooler. In our world, the best barometer to gauge what’s happening in the wide world of sports is to spend some time in the barber’s chair.
Sprint car fans don’t normally believe in fairy tales, but 30 years ago, on Saturday night, Aug. 18, 1990, at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway some 18,000 saw a Cinderella story come to life right before their eyes.
