Author Archives: Mike Kerchner

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.
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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.
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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.
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Mike Kerchner

50 Years Ago: March 1974

50 Years Ago: March 1974

Failure of a front-suspension part was responsible for the March 22 fatal crash of American racing ace Peter Revson the South African Motor Club said.
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Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

With all the hype around young drivers these days, we find it fascinating that 49-year-old Tim McCreadie has been hired to drive the Rocket1 Racing dirt late model, one of the most prominent rides in late model racing.
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Mike Kerchner

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

Donny Schatz recently earned his 500th sprint car victory, with 312 of those having come with the World of Outlaws.