Brody Anderson of Stettler won the Trail Tire Alberta Extreme Sprints title in 2023 as racing finally got back to something approaching normal with the pandemic’s influence fading into history. Brody started racing on asphalt in his early teens. He lasted a year. “I’m not a big pavement guy, I guess,” he shrugged. The next year he and his dad Jason raced 660 Sprints on the dirt at Sangudo and that felt right. By 2018, they even had a 360 engine and were eyeing some US events but the cost of travel ultimately meant that sportsman sprint cars were the way to go. The 2023 season kicked off with a ..read more

In this episode of Inside Track TV, filmed in the Gulf Race Fuels Racing Zone at the recent Toronto Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo presented by eBay Motors, Inside Track’s Bryce Turner chats with Dave Graham, the GM of Delaware Speedway. Graham updates us on the upcoming season at the legendary half-mile paves oval located just outside of London, Ontario. Delaware’s first event of 2024 is scheduled for May 10. All of the regular Friday night classes are back. Delaware will also present a busy schedule of specials this season. The Gulf Race Fuels Racing Zone was a hive of motorspor ..read more

John Waldie Stratford, ON’s Spencer Hyde once again defeated one of drag racing’s best-ever 1/8th-mile fields at last weekend’s PDRA Kaeser Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by Classic at Dinwiddie, VA’s Virginia Motorsports Park. Featuring a 22-car field of Pro Boost Pro Mods – including low-qualifier (3.586!) Melanie Salemi to Preston Tanner’s 3.638 in 16th-place – and only 15/100ths of a second separating top to bottom entering final eliminations, the top-five Pro Mods were all in the 3.5-second zone. The elimination field became even quicker with Hyde setting low ET in the Semi Finals, at 3 ..read more

The Ontario regional road racing season came to a close in early October, with points titles decided in various divisions and classes for the VARAC Drivers Challenge. While the divisions featuring more modern cars are run by CASC-OR, the vintage racing categories are organized by VARAC. The club’s year-end standings have a different points structure, where the competitors’ best five weekends are counted, and is called the VARAC Drivers Challenge. In the Modern Classic division, championships were won by Reg Akers (MC-B), Marco Beretta (MC-A), Guy Tremblay (MC-1), and Peter Griesback (MC-2). Wh ..read more

In this episode of Inside Track TV, filmed in the Gulf Race Fuels Racing Zone at the recent Toronto Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo presented by eBay Motors, Inside Track’s Bryce Turner chats with racer Junior Farrelly. The veteran driver will have a busy season in 2024, competing full-time in the APC Late Model Series and doing select outings in a Supermodified at Oswego Speedway, in New York state. The Gulf Race Fuels Racing Zone was a hive of motorsports activity throughout the three-day show. Stay tuned for additional videos from Motorama. Visit InsideTrackNews.com regularly fo ..read more

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – NASCAR today announced the 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 and the five nominees for the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Greg Biffle, the first driver to win both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship joins the Modern Era ballot alongside legendary engine builder Randy Dorton and three-time NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Jack Sprague. “Mr. Modified” Ray Hendrick and three-time Convertible Division champion Bob Welborn join the Pioneer ballot for the first time. In addition, Larry Phil ..read more

WEEDSPORT, NY – The battle to become the top DIRTcar weekend warrior begins this weekend. Drivers who compete weekly at DIRTcar-sanctioned tracks throughout the Northeast and Canada can earn extra money in the Hoosier Tire Weekly Racing championship. From now until Labor Day, the drivers who earn the most points will be crowned champions in the Big Block Modified, 358 Modified, Sportsman, Pro Stock, and 4-Cylinder divisions. The top-16 finishes in non-series DIRTcar events throughout the season will count toward the championship, meaning drivers can travel throughout the Northeast to earn poin ..read more

OKA, QC – It is with great pleasure that Thomas Nepveu announces his return to NASCAR Canada with the Jacombs Racing for the upcoming season. The 19-year-old driver will be back for a second consecutive year in Canada’s premier series. He will be behind the wheel of the #24 Richelieu | Home Hardware | Cromwell car over the course of thirteen rounds, which will take place across twelve tracks throughout Canada. Last season he was awarded with the title of Rookie of the Year, thanks in part to two 7th-place finishes and two 8th-place finishes. This season, he’s aiming for a Top 5 finish at every ..read more

The Ontario regional road racing season came to a close in early October, with points titles decided in various divisions and classes for the CASC-OR RaceOntario Championships. The fastest cars and most aggressive racing can be found in the CASC-sanctioned Pirelli Super Touring Sprints and Pirelli Grand Touring Sprints. The Super Touring division features the GT1 and GT2 classes, where Rocco Marciello and Daria Khachi each added another championship trophy to their collections. Marciello started the year with three finishes just outside the podium, while Roberto Sabato and James Beaton split t ..read more

In the words of my good friend Jerry Hall, (he posed this question in the context of a college graduation, but applies to all of us), “What do you want to become in life?” For me, at a young age, it was Superman. I wanted to fly and have superhuman powers. My first tattoo was his crest, but by 18, I realized it was not a practical option for a career or even hobby. Maybe it was a year or two before that. *Humour.* I always wanted to be a race car driver. As a teenager in Muskoka, circa 1997, I was Hell on wheels with my green, lowered ’81 (Che)vette. She was a sleeper, but my friends, and some ..read more