WHERE HAVE ALL THE RACETRACKS GONE?

Posted on June 1, 2015May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Drag strips as well as entry-level stock, modifieds and sprint car tracks have become endangered species. CARS-magazine sponsored record-holding Baldwin-Motion 427 Camaro and Pacers Auto blown-fuel roadster at Island Dragway, Great Meadows, NJ in mid-1960s. Photos: Martyn L. Schorr. Fifty years after the heyday of drag racing, local tracks to national circuits have been feeling pressures of changing times, an aging fan base, and competition for entertainment dollars. “People have so many ...

STEVE KINSER, OUTLAW: SPRINT CAR CHAMP!

Posted on December 17, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Stephen Cox talks with the short track racing legend who plans on hanging up his helmet after 2014 season. If you haven’t see the Beatles in concert, your opportunity is gone forever. If you missed Elvis when you had the chance, you never will. And in a few decades from now, the auto racing world will be sharply divided among two classes of people: those who remember watching Steve Kinser race, and those who don’t. Make sure you’re among the former, because those who had a chance...