Pat Sullivan, Author at SPEED SPORT

Author Archives: Pat Sullivan

SULLIVAN: It’s Time To Flip The Script

Last season, I watched Logan Seavey win a USAC Silver Crown race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile and conquer his USAC midget foes at Macon (Ill.) Speedway the same night.

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Brady Bacon Reloads With Milestones Ahead

Even during his teenage years there was something unusual about Brady Bacon.

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SULLIVAN: The Backbone Of Racing

We can argue about statistics all day long, but I still proclaim that local weekly short-track racing is the backbone of the sport.

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Ron Shuman Part 2: CRA, Silver Crown & Promotion

At the end of the 1987 campaign, Ron Shuman found victory lane with CRA in Ed Ulyate’s famous Three Day Blinds sprint car. More importantly, he enjoyed himself.

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SULLIVAN: The Racing Grind

One of the most intriguing of all offseason developments has centered on, of all things, openings in the traveling announcer ranks.

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Ron Shuman Part 1: From Arizona To The Outlaws

When considering the totality of accomplishments across a range of disciplines, it is clear Ron Shuman deserves greater attention.

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Meet Jordan Goldesberry: Part II

What makes Jordan Goldesberry’s success even sweeter is that this is a classic family operation.

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Meet Jordan Goldesberry: Part I

Jordan Goldesberry is not one of those people. The 2022 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Ass’n Outlaw Sprint Series champion has a full life.

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Takeaways: The Chili Bowl Always Delivers

In many respects, the 38th edition of the Chili Bowl Nationals will go down as one of the most unusual ever.

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Peasant Row At The Chili Bowl

It doesn’t take a background in sociology or urban planning to understand the spatial organization one finds inside the Tulsa SageNet Center is a microcosm of any American city.