It’s official: The iconic Irwindale Speedway will close at the end of this year. The facility opened to much fanfare in 1999 as a state-of-the-art
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.
Pagoda MX Raceway: New Track in Pennsylvania Opens
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Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series: Why It will be Different
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Joe Louis: His Mission
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Jon Mitchell: Winless Spell No More
After nearly two winless seasons in a super late model, Jon Mitchell began to question his abilities. That is until last Saturday at Super Bee