One for the Thumb; Doug Coby Wins Fifth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Championship
Story by Patrick Reynolds. Photo courtesy Mayhew Tools. The NASCAR Hall of Fame has enshrined legendary nine-time Modified Champion Richie Evans and six-time Modified Champ Jerry Cook. Seven-time Modified titlist Mike Stefanik is on the Hall’s nomination ballot. In...
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NASCAR’s Modified Tour Races On Without Ted Christopher
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds I walked into Stafford Motor Speedway while shadows diminished as a beautiful and sunny New England autumn morning was opening its curtain. I thought about Ted Christopher and I was sad. “It’s just not going to be the same,” said...
The Why and Why Nots of Sports Cars
Story by Steve Zongker Yes, I know it’s been quite a long time since this columnist has appeared. Some of that has been due to professional and personal issues, but here I am back with another opinion piece from the sofa. I was reading an article on a popular sports...
Remembering Ted Christopher
Story by Patrick Reynolds; photo courtesy Joe Pelham Short track great Ted Christopher lost his life earlier today- not on a race track but from an aircraft crash. I saw Christopher race many times while living in the Northeast. I was mad at him over the years while...
Drivers to Spice Up the 2018 Daytona 500
By Patrick Reynolds The 2018 NASCAR Cup season will bring a crash to the changing-of-the-guard wave that has been forming. NASCAR has lost several big names from behind the wheel in the past few years. Since the end of the 2015 season Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Tony...
Where Will Fernando Alonso Race in 2018?
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds The checkers have been waved at Indianapolis. The milk and champagne bottles are empty. The photos were taken. Indycar’s season has moved on. Formula 1 left Monaco, moved onto Canada and back across the Atlantic. Open wheel racing...
Carolina Speedway Makes Friends Out Of Strangers
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds “My dad never did anything with me. I’m trying to make up for it, I guess.” Tony Armour spoke these words as he watched his son Justin scrape red clay from their family-owned four-cylinder stock car in the pit area at Carolina...
Takuma Sato Becomes First Japanese Driver to Win Indy 500
Story by Patrick Reynolds. Photo by USA Today. INDIANAPOLIS- “The One That Got Away” is a catchy title that works for a fish, a cute girl, or a country song. In the 101st Indianapolis 500 it described two men trying to overcome personal hurdles in the legendary race....
Lineup and Schedule for Today’s 101st Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS- Today 33 drivers will chase towards a white stripe painted on a yard of bricks on a speedway in central Indiana. The prize is an antique silver cup, legendary racing status, and around $3 million. Scott Dixon starts on the pole and the field includes...
Speedway Report Wins Five AARWBA Media Awards
INDIANAPOLIS- Speedway Report with Patrick Reynolds was awarded five honors for Online Media during the annual contest held by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association. “Alexis DeJoria Is a Serious NHRA Racer and a Whole Lot More” won first place...
