Heading into the 2024 season, Jeff Strunk didn’t think he’d have a ride. At the season’s end, he celebrated winning the championship with car owner
Author: Mike Adaskaveg
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.
Clint Wendel: The Comeback from a Broken Back
A June 2023 wreck left stock car driver Clint Wendel with a broken back. One year later he returned to the seat of a race
Honda-Powered SpeedSTR: The K-Swap Solution Wins
The Honda-powered SpeedSTR made its debut earlier this year. Now at the end of the season, it has finally won, with Steven Drevicki (pictured on
Dylan Thornton: An IMCA Super Nationals for the Record Books
This past week, Dylan Thornton became the first driver to win an IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals championship in three divisions. In 2023, he won
Pete Wright: Shaggin’ Wagon II May Not Shag Anymore
With Shaggin’ Wagon II, Pete Wright has won 45 races. That incredible mark may have come to an end in turn three of Rockcastle Speedway