J.A. Ackley, Author at Outside Groove

Bartley Grant: Busted Hose Made the Rainmaker Rain

Dirt, Dirt Stock Cars/Street Stocks/Hobby Stocks/Factory StocksOctober 6, 2020October 6, 2020 J.A. Ackley

Bartley Grant calls his chassis-building business Rainmaker Racecars and Fabrication. Grant named the venture for the tears his cars generate from their competitors after they

Amos Bunch: Making Amos Famous

Dirt, Dirt ModifiedsOctober 5, 2020October 5, 2020 J.A. Ackley

The T-shirt that Jon Cox (right) wears features the likeness of the ruggedly handsome modified driver Amos Bunch (background). What started out as a joke

Jadon Frame: First Time’s the Charm (Video)

Dirt, Dirt Late ModelsOctober 1, 2020October 1, 2020 J.A. Ackley

Jadon Frame never raced a Topless Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series event. Nor has he ever ventured to Mountain View Raceway in Spring City, Tennessee.

Tom Rogers Jr.: Opts to Start in the Rear; Wins Race

Modifieds, PavementSeptember 24, 2020September 25, 2020 J.A. Ackley

Tom Rogers Jr. did what some would consider unfathomable. After shattering the track record in time trials for the Bubba 150 at New York’s Riverhead

Jacob Kelso: A Rookie’s Hard Lesson

Dirt, Dirt Stock Cars/Street Stocks/Hobby Stocks/Factory StocksSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020 J.A. Ackley

This year Jacob Kelso embarked on his first season of racing street stocks. For the most part, the 16-year-old from Maryville, Tennessee, has kept his