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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.
Beaver Dam Raceway: Did It Run Its Last Race?

Beaver Dam Raceway: Did It Run Its Last Race?

DirtSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Mike Adaskaveg

Beaver Dam Raceway closed out the season with The Grand Finale. Will it be the last race ever at the Wisconsin dirt track? It depends.

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Beaver Dam Raceway, Brandon Schmitt - Sun Prairie
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Mike Loney: What This Win Really Meant

Mike Loney: What This Win Really Meant

Dirt ModifiedsSeptember 18, 2025September 18, 2025 Mike Adaskaveg

Yes, last Saturday Mike Loney won his first sportsman feature at Grandview Speedway. Yes, he did so in a 2014 Hig Fab chassis, against 47

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Alex Yankowski - Covington, Big Diamond Speedway, Bobby Trapper Jr. - Scranton, Grandview Speedway, Hig Fab Chassis, Mike Loney - Taylor, Orange County Fair Speedway, Penn Can Speedway
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Colin Cox: How He Won a Title by 1000+ Points

Colin Cox: How He Won a Title by 1000+ Points

Dirt ModifiedsSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Mike Adaskaveg

Sportsman driver Colin Cox won the Grandview Speedway division championship by 1,012 points. Keep in mind, competing at this track is no cakewalk. Last weekend,

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Colin Cox - Perkasie, Grandview Speedway
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Tazewell Speedway: Longtime Racer Brian Smith Buys Track

Tazewell Speedway: Longtime Racer Brian Smith Buys Track

DirtSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Mike Adaskaveg

Brian Smith grew up going to Tazewell Speedway. He first raced the high-banked oval in 1988 with a 1968 Pontiac Firebird. Now he and his

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Brian Smith - Barbourville, Gary Hall, Paula Smith - Barbourville, Tazewell Speedway
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Oak Level Raceway Now Set to Reopen

Oak Level Raceway Now Set to Reopen

DirtSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Mike Adaskaveg

After holding its last race in 2013, Oak Level Raceway plans to reopen more than a decade later. The return of the oval didn’t come

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Ararat Bullring, Bo Miller - Bowling Green, Langley Austin - Copper Hill, Oak Level Raceway, Peery Brown
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