In 2024, Kolton Brauer finished runner-up to his brother Braden Brauer in WISSOTA street stock national points. In 2025, Kolton won the title, and Braden
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.
Blake Hull: From $300 Monte Carlo to National Champion
Factory stock racer Blake Hull proves teenagers with $300 and big dreams can go onto becoming champions. He spent his first paycheck at 15 years
Derek Green: Bouncing Back from Setbacks
Over the course of the season, Derek Green could have lost the USRA Iron Man Stock Car Series championship several times. But champions overcome adversity,
Dustin Gulbrandson: Bentley Made his Ninth USRA Title Special
When you win championships year after year like Dustin Gulbrandson has done, does it become old hat? Not this year, his ninth USRA national championship.
John Martinez: Friends’ Invite Results in Championship
This time last year, John Martinez didn’t feel he’d be racing much in 2025. Little did he know that he’d win the IMCA sport compact