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…
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…
By: Ron Burt USAC Midwest Thunder Midget driver Zach Wigal has now won three features in 2023. His most recent win was last Friday at Williamsburg’s Moler Raceway Park. He started outside row 2 in the feature, and by lap three had the lead, and never looked back leading the remaining 17 laps as he…
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…
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…
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…
By: Ron Burt It was a busy 4-day Memorial weekend of racing in the tri-state. I have a complete rundown on my Facebook page, Ohio Sports Blitz. I will run through key races here that took place over the holiday. In Ohio on Friday, May 26th, Travis Philo pulled his wing back and blasted away…
By: Ron Burt The 10-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion got the monkey off his back Friday, May 19th at Attica Raceway Park, Donnie Schatz took the lead on the white flag lap, grabbing the victory and earning his first series’ win of 2023. It’s hard to believe it’s May, and Schatz picked…
By: Ron Burt On Saturday, May 13th at Fremont Speedway, Skylar Gee took the checker for the second night in a row in his Winged 410 Sprint Car. He won on Friday at Attica Raceway Park, which was opening night for the two-track series sponsored by Kistler Racing Products/All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, presented by…
By Ron Burt I will start with the big announcement from Anderson Speedway and the upcoming Little 500. It’s been confirmed USAC winner and 2023 Chili Bowl Champion, Logan Seavey has entered the 75th Annual Lucas Oil Little 500, presented by UAW. In his rookie attempt, Seavey will look to be the first driver ever…
By: Ron Burt Last week Mother Nature won again, making many area racetracks cancel their shows. The tracks south of Indy were able to dodge the rain and cold. Saturday night the World of Outlaws sprint car series fought off the rain, and got their race in at Tri State Speedway, in Haubstadt, Indiana. Former…
By: Ron Burt The only area dirt track brave enough to race on Saturday, April 22nd was Montpelier Motor Speedway. The quarter mile opened the 2023 season last Saturday night, with a chill in the air and a few snowflakes as cars went around the track. The UMP Modified feature was won by Dillon Nusbaum.…
