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WOELBING: The Prelims Were The Chili Bowl Show

It was 9:42 p.m. inside SageNet Center on the final night of the 38th annual Chili Bowl Nationals and Logan Seavey was already celebrating his second consecutive victory in midget racing’s premier event.

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MARTIN: The Loss Of Two Legends

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — As time sped into a new year, two of racing’s greatest drivers died during the closing hours of 2023. Two-time CART champion and 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran died from a massive heart attack on Dec. 29 at the age of 56. Two days later, on Dec. 31, one of […]

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WALTZ: A Gamechanger For NASCAR

HARRISBURG, N.C. — Located just a short walk from the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C., NASCAR’s new 58,000-square-foot production facility positions the sanctioning body as a leader among major league sports in generating and delivering digital entertainment. Home to NASCAR Productions, NASCAR Studios and Motor Racing Network, NASCAR officials say the state-of-the-art facility “fortifies […]

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KERCHNER: Racing History Is Fascinating

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Some of the best racers of all time are currently honing their craft in stock cars, Indy cars, sprint cars, late models, Formula 1 machines and other types of racing vehicles. Kyle Larson, Scott Dixon, Kyle Busch, Max Verstappen, Brad Sweet, Donny Schatz, Jonathan Davenport and so many other current stars will […]

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HOLLAND: A Busy 43 Days In Florida

DRUMS, Pa. — It’s time to wave the green flag on the sprint car portion of Florida Speedweeks 2024. All of this year’s traditional wintertime Florida sprint car action will take place during a 43-day period. Covering six weekends, racing starts Jan. 13 and ends Feb. 24. There are 35 shows scheduled on 28 days […]

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BOURCIER: Cale Yarborough

There was never anything quiet about the way Cale Yarborough went racing. Win, lose or crash, everyone knew he was there.

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DONNELLY: Is The Specialization Era Ending?

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Not too long ago, I stumbled upon a photo of the great Jim Clark, who wasn’t driving a Lotus-Ford but instead, was wheeling a Holman Moody Ford Fairlane during a 1967 NASCAR stop at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway. Clark, who had already won the Formula 1 title, started 24th and was credited […]

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WADE: 50-50 On NHRA Predictions

Here is an accounting of which of 10 NHRA prophecies and predictions came true in 2023 and which didn’t.

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FROST: Business In The Year Ahead

WILMETTE, Ill. — As the new year begins, the motorsports industry reflects on the past 12 months and looks toward the future. This month, we examine how this business sector plans to move ahead. The prior year for motorsports was one for the record books. There were new events that produced spectacular racing in front […]

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Kalwasinski: Chicagoland’s 2023 Champions

Before getting too far into the new year, let’s recognize the Chicago-area track and association champions for the 2023 racing season