Author Archives: Mike Kerchner

Author Archives: Mike Kerchner
Mike Kerchner

INSIDER: 25 Years Ago — April 1999

INSIDER: 25 Years Ago — April 1999

Tony Stewart has already scored his biggest victory in this year’s Indianapolis 500, and it came in a courtroom in April, not on the race track in May.
Author Archives: Mike Kerchner
Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

I can’t imagine going to a race, watching a winner celebrate in victory lane and finding out five weeks later that the driver and his or her team were disqualified and a new driver was awarded the victory.
Author Archives: Mike Kerchner
Mike Kerchner

Rain Stops Williams Grove

Rain Stops Williams Grove

The April 19 racing program at Williams Grove Speedway has been canceled due to rain showers and inclement weather
Author Archives: Mike Kerchner
Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

Despite the unexpected purchase and parking of the All Star Circuit of Champions by High Limit Racing, winged sprint car racing in the state of Ohio remains strong.
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Mike Kerchner

50 Years Ago: April 1974

50 Years Ago: April 1974

New carburetor specifications announced by NASCAR will get their first test in the Virginia 500 Winston Cup Grand National at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway April 28.
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Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Doubling Down On The Insider

KERCHNER: Doubling Down On The Insider

It’s wild to think about how the journalism game has changed in the 35 years since I started at my local newspaper in Tiffin, Ohio, and 33 years ago with SPEED SPORT.
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Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

Speaking of Larson, it certainly didn’t take the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series and reigning Knoxville Nationals winner long to figure out the fast way around the 2.5-mile superspeedway in an Indy car.
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Mike Kerchner

25 Years Ago: March 1999

25 Years Ago: March 1999

Millionaire real-estate developer Donald Trump and racing executive William C. France announced March 12 they are looking to build a special-events speedway in metropolitan New York. Whether it will be at Long Island’s Calverton air base or somewhere else, however, they woold not say.
Author Archives: Mike Kerchner
Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

John Force is in the final round of the rained-out Winternationals that will conclude during this weekend’s event at Arizona’s Firebird Int’l Raceway.
Author Archives: Mike Kerchner
Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

Veteran asphalt late model racer Bubba Pollard gets a crack at the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend, wheeling a Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned JR Motorsports entry Saturday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.