Area Auto Racing News – May 13, 2025 Edition Now Available

Area Auto Racing News – May 13, 2025 Edition Now Available

Top Headlines From May 13 Edition

  • Anthony Macri Remains Undefeated At Williams Grove; Takes $20,000 Morgan Cup, As PA Posse Beats World Of Outlaws
  • Racing World Mourns The Passing Of Revered Photographer Ace Lane, Jr.
  • Chemung RoC Modified Podium Swept By Northampton, PA Drivers Jack Ely, Matt Hirschman & Austin Beers
  • Flat Out At New Egypt: Danny Bouc’s Late Race Contact With Leader Ryan Krachun Propels Him To Victory In Thrilling Modified Fight To The Finish
  • Lincoln’s World Of Outlaws Gettysburg Clash Won By Buddy Kofoid
  • Jeff Rine’s Super LM Bedford Win Makes Him Track’s All Time Career Win Leader
  • Five Win Week: LM Star Max Blair Wins Twice At Stateline, Twice At Eriez, Once At Tri-City
  • Chris Esposito Races To First Grandview Mod Victory In 17 Years; Brett Kressley Gets Big Mod Score Too
  • Defending Fulton Modified Champ Tim Sears, Jr. Gets Title Defense Started Right; Wins Season Opener
  • New Father Mat Williamson Has Big Weekend; Races To Ransomville, Land Of Legends Back To Back Scores
  • Kyle Larson’s Latest NASCAR Cup Win At Kansas Was A Rout

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Rick Martin ‘just kept at it,’ and now he’s entering Year 51 at Seekonk Speedway

Rick Martin ‘just kept at it,’ and now he’s entering Year 51 at Seekonk Speedway

By Cara Cooper, NASCAR.com

Rick Martin never had grand ambitions when it came to racing. After watching his dad compete for 21 years, the sport was just something he wanted to try.

“Me and one of my friends bought a $50 car and went out there,” Martin said. “The other cars went by us so fast, I thought to myself, ‘I ain’t never gonna go that fast, I’m going to just quit now.’

“But I just kept at it, kept at it, and I guess it was the challenge that I enjoyed.”

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NAPA Auto Parts Thunder On The Hill Racing Series Opens When Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Present The Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limits 410 Sprints Tuesday, May 20 At Grandview

NAPA Auto Parts Thunder On The Hill Racing Series Opens When Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Present The Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limits 410 Sprints Tuesday, May 20 At Grandview

BECHTELSVILLE, PA   APRIL 28, 2025    . . . . . . . . Brent Marks and Rico Abreu, the two previous winners of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limit 410 sprint events presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment will be chasing that checker flag again at Grandview Speedway Tuesday night, May 20.   A hefty $20,000 first place prize is on the line for the winner of the 35 lap High Limit event that is also part of the Roto-Rooter MIDWEEK Series.   In addition, if the race winner is a Pennsylvania driver, they will pocket an additional $2,000 bonus courtesy of Alpine Building Supply.    In last year’s event local favorite Brent Marks  collected the $2,000 PA driver bonus.  It was the first Thunder on the Hill victory for Marks after nineteen starts at the Bechtelsville, PA speedway.

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Go West, Young Woman: Sprint Car Racer McKenna Haase is Going Pavement Late Model Racing in California

Go West, Young Woman: Sprint Car Racer McKenna Haase is Going Pavement Late Model Racing in California

DALLAS (April 16, 2025) – McKenna Haase has always blazed her own trail en route to becoming a professional sprint car racer. But after more than a decade of traversing a dirt-covered career path, the 28-year-old has decided to pave that path with asphalt. Haase is making a career change from 900-horsepower sprint cars to pavement-pounding late model stock cars.

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NAPA Auto Parts Thunder On The Hill Racing Series Opens When Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Present The Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limits 410 Sprints

NAPA Auto Parts Thunder On The Hill Racing Series Opens When Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Present The Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limits 410 Sprints

THE COUNTDOWN TO TUESDAY, MAY 20 BEGINS. . . .410 HIGH LIMIT SPRINT ROTO-ROOTER MIDWEEK SERIES. . . . . AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY…ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TICKETHOSS.COM. . . .

BECHTELSVILLE, PA   APRIL 15, 2025    . . . . . . . . The thirty-sixth season of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series will kickoff at the Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night, May 20 when Levan Machine & Truck Equipment present the Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limit 410 Sprints in the Roto-Rooter Mid-Week Series.  The top 410 sprint car drivers in the country will be chasing a $20,000 first place prize for winning the 35 lap event.   In addition, if the race winner is a Pennsylvania driver, the will pocket an additional $2,000 bonus courtesy of Alpine Building Supply.   Rico Aberu won the inaugural running of the High Limit 410 Sprints at Grandview in 2023 with local favorite Brent Marks winning the 2024 edition of the show and collecting the $2,000 PA driver bonus.

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Advance Auto Parts and NASCAR Partner for “Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races”

Advance Auto Parts and NASCAR Partner for  “Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races”
  • Program to bolster local support in 17 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series track markets throughout the year

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 15, 2025) – As the start of the 2025 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series heats up across the country, Advance Auto Parts and NASCAR announced today they are teaming up to accelerate support for local short track racing through new “Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races” in 17 track markets.

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FloSports Rolls Out ‘FreeRacing on FloRacing’ Campaign To Showcase Top Motorsports Events on YouTube for Fans

FloSports Rolls Out ‘FreeRacing on FloRacing’ Campaign To Showcase Top Motorsports Events on YouTube for Fans

New Initiative to Stream Six Signature Races Without Need for Subscription Starting March 21 

AUSTIN, Texas (March 20, 2025) – FloRacing, the ultimate destination for motorsports fans, is bringing the thrill of racing to a wider audience through a new ‘FreeRacing on FloRacing’ campaign that will showcase top motorsports events free of charge on the FloRacing YouTube channel. (more…)

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