I-80 Speedway Archives - Outside Groove

Want to Keep Short Tracks? Make Them Worth More.

Dirt, PavementAugust 6, 2024August 6, 2024 J.A. Ackley

The sale of 411 Motor Speedway in Tennessee sent shockwaves through the Eastern Tennessee racing community. How could a track that five years ago attracted

Willy Kirk: Embracing a New Challenge

Dirt, Dirt Sport Mods/B-Mods/SportsmanMay 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Mike Adaskaveg

This past weekend, 15-year-old Willy Kirk won his first IMCA-sanctioned sport mod feature at Raceway Park in Jefferson, South Dakota. He competed at NASCAR-sanctioned tracks

Josh Leonard: From the Top … of the Pileup

Dirt, Dirt Late ModelsSeptember 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Mike Adaskaveg

Josh Leonard had to climb his way out of the aftermath of an eight-car pileup last Saturday. The incident occurred during the feature for the

I-80 Speedway: Co-Owner Comments on Track’s Future

Dirt, Dirt Late Models, Dirt ModifiedsJuly 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Mike Adaskaveg

On Monday, the Lincoln Journal Star published the article, “Kosiski family looking at possible options to sell I-80 Speedway.” It touched off a firestorm of

Brandon Saltzman: Cancer Won’t Stop Him from Racing

Dirt, Dirt Late ModelsMay 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Mike Adaskaveg

Racing keeps Brandon Saltzman going. The 23-year-old late model driver received the grim diagnosis of brain cancer in 2019. Despite enduring a major surgery to