Author: Les Grossman

Two years after the ASA STARS National Tour almost raced at Slinger Speedwaythe very late model series will try again in 2025.The popular quarter mile north of Milwaukee will be replace the Milwaukee Mile on the Father’s Day schedule, but save a weekend in Wisconsin with Slinger after a Friday night race at Madison International Speedway.The 12-race schedule was announced Friday afternoon, hours after series promoter Bob Sargent confirmed the Slinger’s addition to the Journal Sentinel.The ASA STARS National Tour initially had the Slinger Nationals on the schedule for its inaugural 2023 season. That date, however, was scrapped due to…

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Nov. 15 — Nashville Superspeedway will once again be ready for prime time from May 30 to June 1, as all three NASCAR tripleheader weekend events go green at 6 p.m. or later, NASCAR announced earlier this week.The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will restart the weekend’s action on May 30, with a race at 7 p.m. on FS1. On May 31, the NASCAR Xfinity Series takes center stage at 6:30 p.m., broadcast on The CW. To cap off the weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series will take place on June 1 at 6 p.m., streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.“Racing under…

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Bobby Allison, the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series champion, had a strong passion for auto racing. It all started when his grandfather, Arthur Patton (a relative of General George Patton), took him to a race as a young boy. As a teenager, Bobby raced short tracks in Florida under an assumed name so his parents, Ed and Kitty Allison, wouldn’t find out what he was doing on his summer weekends. That’s when the dream of becoming a superstar began.After decades of wonderful success in NASCAR’s Cup Series from 1961 to 1988, the winner of all 85 Cup Series races died last…

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Another racing season has passed, and none of the end of year championship trophies went to a rider who has 13 wins in 2024.That’s right, 13. Perhaps what makes it more impressive is the same thing that meant there was no single-season championship: Connor Zilisch won those trophies while competing in seven different series – from stock cars to trucks and even sports car prototypes.And he did a lot of it before he turned 18 mid-season.GREAT AMERICAN READING: Celebrate the iconic history of the Daytona 500 with a new book; preface by Richard PettyConnor Zilisch has won races this year…

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