Paulding County Hospital donates back to all three area schools. Antwerp, Paulding and Wayne Trace schools all received a donation to their athletic departments from Paulding County Hospital within the past few weeks. In the spring, Paulding County Hospital offered sports physicals to local athletes during the school day. Sports physicals were performed at all…
By: Ron Burt I made my first trip to Sandusky Speedway for the 100-lap Annual Hy Miler for the ISMA/MSS Supermodified Series. If you’ve never been to this ½ mile, semi banked, paved track, I highly recommend you put it on your list. This oval was designed for speed! You can feel racing nostalgia once…
By: Ron Burt History was made this month at Eldora Speedway. It was Kings Royal week with all the top sprint car drivers invading the ½ mile racing shrine. For the first time a winning sprint car driver won $1,002,023.00. The Eldora Million for sprint cars was the 2nd highest paying event in motor sports…
By: Ron Burt I will cover the Eldora Million and Kings Royal next week. Leading up to Eldora, many of the top World of Outlaw Sprint car drivers were at Attica Raceway Park for the 35th Annual Brad Doty Classic, Tuesday, July 11th. Kyle Larson became the first back-to-back winner. Larson led all 40 laps…
The Paulding Athletic Boosters are hosting their annual Pork Chop Dinner fundraiser on August 10th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. This is an eat-in or carry-out dinner at the Paulding High School. Tickets required to pick up meals. Meal will include 6oz lightly breaded boneless pork chop, mashed potatoes & gravy, buttered corn, homestyle noodles, and dinner…
By: Ron Burt I have some breaking news; Zach Wigal will be running some test laps in a Chad Boat Industries National Midget. This took place Friday night (July 14) at Ohio Valley Speedway, during intermission and at the conclusion of the racing program. He started at the age of seven racing mini wedges at…
Purdue University Fort Wayne and women’s basketball head coach Maria Marchesano have agreed to a contract extension, Director of Athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton announced on Thursday. Marchesano, who led Purdue Fort Wayne to the 2023 Horizon League semifinals in Indianapolis, now has her contract extended through the 2027-28 season. “We couldn’t be more excited to have Coach…
State Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) recognized the Wayne Trace High School girls state championship 1600 meter relay team today during senate session. The team of Sydnee Sinn, Kiara Bahena, Careen Winans and Caroline Winans won the Division III 1600 meter state title in a record time of 3:54.85, smashing the old mark by a second…
By: Ron Burt We are right in the thick of the racing calendar in the Tri-state. Many tracks have already hosted high dollar races for different classes. Several traveling series are making their way across the Midwest. Racetracks are getting ready locally to hold Mid-season championships. Some will offer large cash pay-outs, and some will…
State Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) honored four state champion track stars from Ottawa-Glandorf High School today with a senate resolution recognizing their accomplishments. Alexa Fortman repeated as state champ in the girls Division II 400 and 800 races. She then won the 4×400 with teammates Olivia Fenbert, Corinne Closson, and Averie Fox. “It is an honor to recognize those young…
By: Ron Burt The 2023 USAC Indiana Midget Week didn’t disappoint racing fans that attended in person or watched on live stream. Mother nature played nice and 6 of the 7 scheduled events were run. California’s Logan Seavey was crowned this year’s champion. I was happy I was able to catch up with him after…
It is with much excitement that we are happy to announce that the Holly Beach fundraising efforts over the last 2 years have set the splash pad project up for success!! The Kobee family will continue the annual Turtle Trot in memory of the late Holly Kobee. Moving forward, the funds raised will go toward…
By: Ron Burt The Great Lakes Traditional Sprints returned to Limaland Motorsports Park last Friday evening. Thomas Meseraull passed the leaders on lap 5 of the 25-lap feature after a caution. Ricky Lewis would do a side job on the leader and would pass Meseraull on lap 12. On lap 20, Meseraull began to reel…
