Promoter Terry Voeltz, best known for his time as WISSOTA’s executive director, passed away on August 5 after a two-year battle with cancer. “Terry was
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.
Justin Grim: One Big Swing Results in First Win
It took 13 years of racing, but Justin Grim finally did it. He won his first modified feature at Grandview Speedway. That victory, though, required
Tanner VanDoren: Beating the Car He Built for a First Win
As the laps wound down at Orange County Fair Speedway, Tanner VanDoren battled for the lead with a car quite familiar to him. He had
Smoky Mountain Speedway: Largest Event on Record? Big Rigs.
Despite threatening weather, Smoky Mountain Speedway experienced its largest crowd ever, even bigger than its previous record, a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event.
Brady Fultz: Heat Race Flip to Fourth in Feature
Adversity often creates champions, as Brady Fultz exemplified. During his heat race, he flipped. Fultz and his crew then repaired the damage to make it