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Gluchacki and Shaw Pick Up 2023 Where They Left 2022 at Hickory Motor Speedway

March 21, 2023 Lou Modestino

Hickory, NC — Although rain dampened the Easter Bunny Weekend of Speed on Friday, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials created a new plan for an epic Saturday doubleheader that saw both the St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Bunny programs go off without a hitch for the American-Canadian Tour. Teams saw both highs and lows in one of the busiest days on record, several drivers earning much-needed redemption to cap off the busy Saturday schedule and started their 2023 season on solid ground.

Where It All Began: Modifieds Continue To Thrive In NASCAR After 75 Years

February 9, 2023 Mike

The year 1985 was monumental for grassroots racing in NASCAR. The Modified series, standing as the sanctioning body’s oldest division having existed since Red Byron took the first NASCAR points-paying victory on the beach course in Daytona Beach on Feb. 15, 1948, was consolidated into what was then called the Winston Modified Tour. It featured a 29-race schedule rather than a massive, unorganized program of events.

Where Are They Now? Catching up with Kevin Lepage

June 15, 2022 Mike

Kevin Lepage may not have been the biggest name or most successful driver in NASCAR, but his blue-collar New England roots and how he treated fans throughout his three-plus decade racing career made him a winner if not on the track, then certainly off it.

Back Where it Belongs: Austin Cindric’s Authentic DAYTONA 500 Champion Car Makes its Way to Its Traditional Home for a Year – the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

March 9, 2022 Mike

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 8, 2022) – An exclamation point was placed on the 2022 DAYTONA 500 Tuesday when the Austin Cindric’s authentic race-winning Team Penske Ford was placed inside the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, where it belongs, until next year’s DAYTONA 500.

Winged Mad Dog IV Returns to Daytona Where It Shattered Speed Record

December 7, 2021 Lou Modestino

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bob Osiecki’s winged wonder Mad Dog IV, which shattered the international closed-course speed record at Daytona International Speedway in 1961, now calls the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America home. The unusual looking machine was designed (with a little help from Georgia Tech) and built by Bob Osiecki, who hired drag racer Art Malone to wheel it to a record lap of 181.561 mph.