Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski

Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Chicagoland Stock Car Ace Ray Young, 87

Chicagoland Stock Car Ace Ray Young, 87

Perhaps the most popular driver ever to wheel a stock car in the Chicagoland area, Ray Young died Saturday at the age of 87. 
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Lomax Rules Shadyhill’s Firecracker 50

Lomax Rules Shadyhill’s Firecracker 50

Jamie Lomax proved again that he’s tough to beat at Shadyhill Speedway, winning the 19th annual Firecracker 50 for UMP modified stock cars at the quarter-mile dirt oval Thursday evening.
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Slinger Nationals On Tap July 9

Slinger Nationals On Tap July 9

Take Matt Kenseth, Ty Majeski, Bubba Pollard, Rich Bickle Jr. and a host of other late model stock car racing talent, bring them together and you have the Slinger Nationals. 
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Casey Johnson Is Rockford All Star

Casey Johnson Is Rockford All Star

Casey Johnson captured the yellow caution flag-plagued ARCA Midwest Tour Kar Korner All-Star 100 late model stock car race at Rockford Speedway Saturday night
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

It’s Nottestad In Big 8 LM Tussle

It’s Nottestad In Big 8 LM Tussle

Dale Nottestad came home the winner of the Big 8 Late Model Series Salute America Night 48-lap main event at Madison Int’l Speedway Friday night
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Indoor Drag Racing In Chicago

Indoor Drag Racing In Chicago

The indoor drag races at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre during the 1960s were a unique series of events with no known indoor drag racing having taken place before or since.
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Stan Kalwasinski

Nason Tops Racing’s Return To Milwaukee Mile

Nason Tops Racing’s Return To Milwaukee Mile

Stock car racing returned to the historic Milwaukee Mile at Wisconsin State Fair Park Sunday afternoon, with Austin Nason capturing the ARCA Midwest Tour Father’s Day 100.
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Stan Kalwasinski

Rain Strikes Down Summer Nationals Again

Rain Strikes Down Summer Nationals Again

Rain has been the big winner so far this year on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour, and Mother Nature dealt another wet hand to the dirt late model tour on Saturday.
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Stan Kalwasinski

Rain Stops Summer Nationals

Rain Stops Summer Nationals

On-again, off-again rain showers became more persistent and forced the postponement of Friday night’s $10,000-to-win DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour 40-lap main event at the Sycamore Speedway
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Stan Kalwasinski

Shirley Cops Summer Nationals Opener

Shirley Cops Summer Nationals Opener

Kankakee County Speedway hosted the first night of the annual DIRTcar UMP Summer Nationals Hell Tour Thursday night with Illinois racer Brian Shirley coming home the winner of the $5.000-to-win, 40-lap, late model stock car special at the quarter-mile dirt oval