How did sportsman modified driver Payton Talbot connect with his championship-winning ride this year? Someone picked up the phone. When crew chief Mike Walton found
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.
Buddy Schweibinz: Tight Points Battle Made Championship Fun
For Buddy Schweibinz, the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series championship down to the final race. He led by a narrow three-point margin over Troy Betts. “I had
Kaylee Richards: What It Took to Become National Champion
Meet the 2024 IMCA national sport compact champion, Kaylee Richards. Kaylee juggled raising seven-year-old Paisley with her husband, Dillon; working a full-time job as a
Sean Weiss: Trailer Fire Destroys Everything in It, Including Car
On their way back from the Georgetown Speedway, Sean Weiss saw his new trailer and everything in it, including his modified, go up in flames.
Kelby Norwood: A 9.74-Second Lap on a Quarter-Mile
Kelby Norwood turned heads when he turned a 9.74-second lap around a ¼-mile oval in a dirt late model. That’s an average speed of 92.403