It almost looked like the streak Adam White held would come to an end. Fortunately, he kept it going, earning a 602 sportsman win this past weekend at Delaware International Speedway. It meant he has won at least one feature for five consecutive years at the Delmar dirt track.
“It is really important to me to keep the momentum going,” White, of Laurel, Delaware, said. “I set out at the start of each season with a goal to win at Delaware. Every year the competition makes it tougher. I kept telling myself If I don’t win, it will be the first time in five years. I got it done.”
Midway through the feature, White found himself in the midst of a three-way battle.
“There was a tussle for the lead for two laps,” said White. “Jordn Justice and Brandon Watkins fought hard before I could pull ahead of them.”
One variable this year involved switching chassis. White went with a used 2021 car from Bicknell Racing Products.
“I was actually surprised how comfortable I was in a Bicknell and how quickly I adapted to the chassis,” White said. “The cars drive well even when they are not at their best on setup. It’s made life easier for us.”
At BAPS Motor Speedway in York Haven, Pennsylvania, Adam White is in contention for the track championship, with 180 points over second place. The track’s final race takes place on November 11.
However, what made this season even more great? Sharing victory lane with his father, Michael White; wife, Whitney; and mother, Angela, who is now cancer-free.
(For more on Angela, read “Michael White: Happy to Have a Reason to Celebrate.”)
“It is a blessing to race with my son,” Michael White said. “It’s a bigger blessing that Angela is cancer-free and with us here tonight.”
Mike Adaskaveg has written hundreds of stories since the website’s inception. This year marks his 54th year of covering auto racing. Adaskaveg got his start working for track photographer Lloyd Burnham at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway in 1970. Since then, he’s been a columnist, writer, and photographer, in racing and in mainstream media, for several outlets, including the Journal Inquirer, Boston Herald, Stock Car Racing, and Speedway Illustrated. Among Adaskaveg’s many awards are the 1992 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Ace Lane Photographer of the Year and the 2019 National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) George Cunningham Writer of the Year.
